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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-04-19
VIM. NaIrn's opinion.

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full and free discussion, therefore
is desirable. If the measure be
comes a law the method by which
the citizens OF our country shall
receive their allotments and undeI
what conditions will be fixed.
One great objection to the treaty
or rather to the arguments of the
advocates of it, is, that if we re.
ject the treaty we will have to &C.
cept the Curtis law. 1t is in ef-
feet saying; If you object to one
unjust measure you shall accept
one still more unjust. How do
they know we will? Have
they fathomed the intent and
power of the legislative, ex.
ecutive and judicial departments
of the government? Is it not an
attempt rather of the lease crowd
to scare voters into the support Of
their pet measure? 1t seems SO.
The lease advocates tell us that
the lease clause really amounts to
nothing. If so, what was it put
in the treaty for? 1t seems to me
the document was long enough
without adding superhuous mat
ter. 1t is very evident that the
advocates of the treaty are not
only sincere but very anxious to
secure it's adoption. The only
part of it that renders its adoption
at all doubtful is that relating to
the lease of Cherokee lands. Those
who are responsible for that clause
OF the agreement were fully
aware Of it at the time it was
attached to it. Why then was
additional risk assumed if no ben
eft was expected? Judging from
the communications of those who
rushed into print in its behalf the
opposition that has developed was
anticipated and their defense of
the measure was already prepared
at the time of it's adoption.
1t is also said in extenuation of
the clause that holding leases OBJ
tain no rights through the agree
ment above what the law already
gave them. How did the lease
holders get leases in the Cherokee
nation? BY an act Of the Chero-
kee council, which was clearly I'M
because the constitution
says that 'the land of the CherO.
kee nation shall remain common
property" 1t is not common
property when n citizen holds a
lease five miles square, or more,
another is limited to eighty
acres. AS the granting of leases
~ an act of the Cher okee council
vas not only unconstitutional but
wrong, it was clearly the duty of
congress to not only inyalidate
hem but to utterly destroy them
DOT and branch in the dark of the
noon and in August, to thorough
y demonstrate that the attemptt to
,et something of value for nothing
through the medium of the law
hould forever prove u%nsuccess-
al. The agreement goes so far In
be abrogation Of contracts as to
Ieclare that 20 debts, however
Ionest, that was contracted prior
0 the allotment shall be held as a ]
len against it. If congress had a S
light to set aside a just debt it
urely had a right to set aside an +,
MUST claim or lease, and their !
allure to do SO shows the hypoc- .
acy Of those who insist that the {
ction of congress was to protect {
ested rights. :
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-04-19
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12

IN Wyoming; that he IN nowise NOR
in any particular corroborated the
statement made by Wallis, thus
showing that the statements were
made by Wallis maIiciously and
without foundation of facts.
Judge J. c. Rich, who was pres
ent, stated that he was present dur
ing Meeks trial and was familiar
with the circumstances of the ease
and that the statement made by S.
J. Rich were true. This statement
was also eorroborated by . letter
from Judge Standrod, before whom
the case was tried, who added:
"Notning 1n the proceedings could
create even the thought that Meeks
did not have fair trial
Both Judge Rich and S. J. Rich
stated they did not want it under
stood they had anything to say
against the pardon Of Meeks or that
woald in any way initiate against
bis release, but, IN fact, would like
TO see pardon granted and believes
Meeks to be innocent, but that dit
should not be granted under the
false representations made by Wal
lis"
Judge Rich gave to the board the
names of three persons vino, he
said, could throw much light Oh the
matter.
The names Of these parties have
not been divuIged. The board
postponed the case until August II
in order to avail itself of the in
formation furnished Statesman.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12
Montpelier, Idaho, July 70, 1901
RUNNING A BIZ UEF.

The fre insurance companies have
raised their rates in Idaho, and alIege
as reason, the law passed last
winter compelling them to pay into
the state treasury an insignificant
amount of their net earnings, TO
help support the state that gives
them protection. Some twenty-five
other states have the same law, only
they require, in most eases, certain
per cent of the gross income.
j This raising OF rates is only a
bluff on The part of the insurance
companies. They hope to force the
; repeal of the insurance law by the
next legislature. The next legisla-
ture ought to call this bluff by let
ting the statute stand as it is and
adding some provisions like the fol
loving, suggested by the Moscow
Star:
The custom of insurance companies
of paying only three-fonrths of losses
incurred, even when fully covered by
insurance, is a grave injustice. This
has been submitted to without protest
heretofore, but the next Legislature
should prevent this by suitable legisla
tion. The enacrment of valued policy
clause, making the companies pay the
face of their policies where the destruc-
ton of insured property is complete,
would be about the proper medicine to
administer to them in the way of legis.
,, lation.
The insurance companies ought
to be taught that they can't "buf-
falo" Idaho simply because it hasn't
great number of people. Last
year they took out double the money
they expended in the state. The
insurance law is good one and the
way to meet their raise is give them
little more taxing medicine, and
add to it provision barring out all
companies absolutely that are in
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12
Couldn't Stop 1t.

VIM. Perkins was talking with a
friend down at The depot the other
day, when train backed up onto
the track on which he was standing.
a box car came in contact with
Bills anatomy, with the result that
he had two RIBS broken and was
otherwise bruised. Although the
injuries are painful yet under DR..
Poynter's care Mr.. Perkins will be
around soon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12
To Lay Heavy Steel.

The Oregon Short Line has con
clnded TO lay eighty pound steel
rails over the whole of the Idaho
and Montana divisions. Between
now and July 18th it will receive
10, 900 tons of this quality of steel
from the east, the order having
been placed several months ego.
The contract calls for the delivery Of
the first consignment July lst. This
is the heaviest steel that has ever
been III use on the Short Line.
While it may take many months to
replace the lighter material on all
parts Of the divisions named, it will
be done as rapidly as possible.
Heavy steel is III demand wherever
heavy engines are used.-Leader.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12
T E CARD
Between Grand Junction and Denver
Effective February. 25, 1900.

Newand elegant dining cars on all
through trains. service la carte.
through Pullman ane family sleeping
cars ia Chicago
Three personally conducted tourist or
famiiy weekly excursions TO New York
City and Boston via Chicago or 81 Louis.
For rates descriptive pamphlet and
all information apply 20 any Ticket
Agent or TO, S. H. Hooper, G. p. & T..
4. Denver, Colo, Il. F. Nevins General
Agent, salt Lake City Utah, H. M.
Gushing, Tray. Pass Agent, Salt Lake
Guy Utah
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12
Suffered a Sunstroke.

The EXAMINER understands that
little son of Robert Wallantine.
at Paris suffered sunstroke last
Monday. Timely help on the part
OF DIR. West saved the little fellows
life.
This is the first case reported in
Bear Lake county for years.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-07-12
combines that Cypress and 2rhitrar-
sly rob the people
The rIcek's Case.

% wi VChOC u 0o yC@6 hU1 CVsH pr
city in the robbery of the Montpel-
Ter bank on August Is, 1896. Meeks
IS supposed to be member of the
Butch Cassidy gang His case has
been before the board for some time
and the claims IN his behalf have
been fully published here.
Interest in the hearing revolved
around the presence of s. J. Rich
of Blackfoot, brother of Judge Rich
Mr.. Rich appeared for Meeks at
the preliminary examination. When
the case came up for trial be with
drew. This led to an attack beng
made on him by J. III. Wallis of
Paris, who appeared for Meeks at
the last meeting of the board. Wal
lis charged that Rich bad been
derelict IN his duty, bis actions
initiating against the prisoner.
The statement made by Wallis was
published in the Statesman at the
time.
Rich had requested the appear
ance of Wallis here at this time and
the board had notified him to ap-
pear, but he did not come.
The board, after listening to
Rich's statement exonerated HIM
from all blame.
A! S. J. Rich's statement was in sub
stance as follows:
81 was employed to defend Meeks
at the preliminary examination and
received therefore two ponies, one
saddle and $25 In cash. Attorney
Preston of Rock Springs, Wyo.,
was subsequently, retained in the
case as associate counsel. We to-
! gether were to receive $500 for the
trial of the cause in the district
court. which money Meek's father
was TO bring from Wyoming when
he came to attend the trial. HIS
father came but failed to bring the
money.
81 appeared for the purpose of
arrangement, not yet having heard
from Preston, but as soon as
heard from him, stating that be
would not be there, / stated the
facts to the court in open court and
withdrew as counsel for the defend
ant. Whereupon the court appoint
ed Spence & Glenn to defend Meeks
Il have been to the penltentiary,
read the article III the Statesman OF
April l6, containing the accusation
! of Wallis as to my allsged derelic
ton of duty and asked Meeks in the
presence of Chief Clerk Tschuds
who was responsible for the state
ment. I read the article paragraph
by paragraph to Meeks and he sa1d
that Joe Neibaur, the then deputy
sheriff and now guard at the peni
Tertiary, told him OH one occasion
that Butch Cassidy and Matt War
ner had been subpoened by the
conrt as witnesses in his (Meeks
behalf; that he blamed Neibaur fol
some delays with his mail, as it re.
quired Is days to get an answer
from letters written IN his naon1e
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15

WRITTEN FoR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Mexico is hardly the country in which one
would expect to find any souvenirs Of Ma
poleon. yet a notable relic Of this kind
has just been found there.
1t is a tea set. fashioned from the IA
nous sveres ware. which was manufactured
for Napoleon in 1906. Its color is bleu de roi
and 1t is stamped with the imperial arms,
the bees and decorations being in old gold.
In every detail It is as perfect to-day as
when it left the factory. and as to the date
Of its manufacture there can be no ques-
ton, since 1t Is clearly indicated by q :ed
mark on the back Of each piece,
Whether the Emperor used It much or lit
tie is not known, but after his death It
passed into the possession OF his heirs end
thus in time became the property Of Louis
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
The 1. to Avo,a.

reserve me from the man who s.r..
Wen. really. I must so!"
ana VINO then settles down to chat
With me an hour or 10.
Preserve me from the man who Save.
I was about to say says
Inat I would feel obliged II you
Would lend me S to-day"
Preserve nj from the man who .ro.,.
Upon my corns- to see.
.f n hs, are painful. then who says:
Preserve mo from the man who tr,e,
Whenerer We chance to meet.
TO pass me on both sides at once
And takes up all the street.
Preserve me from the man who has
The only Kid and who
ID always telling me about
The things that kid can do.
Columbus CO., State Journal
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
FIRST NAPOLEONS FAMOUS BLUE
: TEA SET FOUND in MEXICO.

Napoleon. During his reign It remained in
Paris. but after his death 1t was purchased
by an Austrian merchant from the execu-
tors Of his estate at Chiselhurst. in Eng
land. The Austrian took 1t to Vienna and
soon received a handsome offer for it from
q firm Of jewelers. in Mexico City. which he
accepted. The new owners retained it in
their possession for several years. hut final
" disposed of 1t to Mr.. F. B. McKircher.
assistant general manager Of the Mexican
Central Railway.
For the last few years many admirers CT
Napoleon In Europe and elsewhere have
been wondering what became of his bea lti-
full tea set, and the news Of its being To-
Gated has attracted unusual attention end
IL impelling several persons to ask whether
there may not be other Napoleon relics in
Mexico.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15

In 1870 ninety-nve pounds out Of every 100
Of sugar were made from cane. To-day only
thirty-four pounds are so made.
Russia. Austria and France all have field
n capable Of fifteen shots a minute.
The worlds record plantation con-
tains 1900 acres. has thirty miles OF rail-
way and employs l.5oo people.
Great Britain has LOO steamers Of over
5000 tons; Germany. III: the United States,
10. and France only sixty.
Analysis Of q pound OF chimney SCOT has
showed that II contained iron. calcium,
nickel mansaue1A. copper and silver.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
New Way to Turn Music Leaves.

which IL placed near one Of the pedals. i.
slight pressure Of the foot sufices TO releGSS
q sheet or leaf Of music from . clasp which
many clasps as there are sheets Of mule
and . simple mechanism connects them
with the knob containing tho COMPRESSED
air. +.s..
This device can be attached 10 any music
stand. and thus q violin player will 0nA &
~ useful ~ . piano player. Moreoveg. e
takes only . fsW Deeonds 70 Put 4 IN p1asae
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
BITS OF IMPORTATION.

Kangaroo have been known to Jump .
height Of II feet. A deers best record ia
chaperon originally meant the hood Of
cloth which priests wore in the Fifteenth
Century.
The steamer Deutschland's record speed
is 5s4 miles in a day. She burned SO tons
of coal in the effort.
!. Out of every 100 pounds of paper manu-
featured in the world. only stx pounds =
made into books.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Young men have long made themselves
useful by turning over leave Of music for
ladies' who were playing the piano. but It 10
doubtful II in future they will be called
upon to do much of this pleasant work, for
a device has nov been invented IN France
the object OF which is to do this very work
mechanically.
ali that the player has to do d. to press
with the foot upon a;amA0 rubber knob
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
Lone-Heaaea.

Mamma: 'Now. dear. you may invite one
Of your little playmates In. to share your
birthday cake"
Tommy: IAN right ri ask lmmy
1oneA" -
Mamma: 7 thought you liked wrliie
Brown betterrt
Tommy: "Yes'm. but Jimmy don't like
a q he don't eat much."-Philadelphia
Evening star., 1901-04-10

Thomas Williams Charged With Pro.
noting n Lottery.

Thomas Williams, a dealer in coal and
wood, at 3247 Prospect avenue, was yester-
day placed under arrest by Deputy United
States Marshal Cusick on a warrant alleg-
ing violation of the act of March 2, 1885,
entitled an act for the suppression of lot
terry traffic through national and Interstate
commerce and postal service subject to
Jurisdiction and laws of the United States.
In substance the accusation is that Will
liams deposited certain lottery tickets with
an express company for transmission. The
warrant was issued on complaint made by
Post Office Inspector Samuel Fry.
Preliminary hearing of the case will be
held before United States Commissioner
Mills next Tuesday, Williams being re-
leased on bail in the sum Of $500 in the
meantime.
1t is said that this arrest was based on
information supplied by Anthony Com
STOCK agent of the Society for the Preven-
tion of Vice in New York. The evidence,
so 1t Is asserted, was obtained in New
York and neighboring places Captain Will
liam B. Smith, post office inspector, in i'm
mediate charge of the investigation, is
quoted as saying that the arrest was an
important one because it was the entering
wedge by which the postal authorities hope
TO break up the operations of the Hon
duras State Lottery Company in the United
States.
Williams himself Is not regarded by the
officials as an important prisoner, because
ii is alleged that he was simply an agent
for men in charge of the very large busi-
ness of the lottery company in this coun-
try, with headquarters in this city.
Mr.. ComstOck, IL is said, obtained evi-
dence that lottery tickets had been shipped
by the Adams Express Company to a per-
son in Morris Park, l.. 1. He learned that
the tickets were shipped by Henry Cold
well of No. 1925 street. Washington and
he then wrote to Coldwell ordering tickets
to be sent to ]. ]. Anderson, Breeze Crest,
Summit, n. j., by the United States Ex-
press Company. The tickets We're sent, SO
it is charged, and were received by Mr.
Comstock, who had used the assumed name
of Anderson.
The address to which Coldwelrs mail was
sent is a branch office of the Adams Ex-
press Company. Williams, who was for
merly a driver for the Adams Express
Company, would call at this office so it
is explained, and get the mail addressed to
Coldwell. He would also carry packages to
this office TO be sent by express for Cold
we'll Williams says a man named Cold
well came to his Office for the mail re-
ceived and left with him the packages to
be shipped, paying him for his services.
Evening star., 1901-04-10
SENT TO THE PENlTENTIARY,
A Charleston Pension Attorney Con-
victed of Forgery.

Stephen A. Cuddy, chief of the law divi-
sion of the pension bureau, has been noti-
fed that George 2. McClay, pension at
torrey of Charleston S. c., has been SEN
fenced at Nashville to six years imprison-
ment in the Tennessee penitentiary for
forgery and the filing of false papers in
connection with the pension claims of Tony
Williams, Reuben McCray, Giles Jenkins
and Violet Grimble, alias Grumble.
1t appears from the testimony during the
trial that McClay had an office at 1lO
Smith street, Charleston, in the rear Of
small shop, where wood was sold and
which was kept by an old soldier. 1t was
his practice to prepare papers in his office
using his landlord and his landlords step
son as attesting witnesses to the purported
signatures by mark of the witnesses to es-
sential facts He also used for this pur-
pose the signatures Of various persons who
made a habit of stopping at the office.
His notary work was attended to by Solo
mon NJ. Brown, a barber and notary public
whose shop is located on King street
slightly over mile from McClay's Office,
and in each Of the cases in which conyic-
tion was had it was shown that McClay
would prepare by forgery declarations and
af1idavits to be filed in pension claims and
on each Monday Brown would come to his
office, get the papers, take them to his
shop, sign the jurats and impress his seal
thereon, or, as Brown expressed it. would
and McClay stood trial.
The papers in the Tony Williams and
Reuben McCray cases We're fabricated, but
it appeared that there was a genuine an
plicant in each case. Giles Jenkins, whose
purported claim was filed In 1893, has not
been seen by his friends and associates in
Charleston since the great earthquake, and
is supposed to have perished. Violet Grim
Bile, a resident of James Island, sent her
husbands discharge certificate over to
McCiay. together with a quart of COW peas
and a dozen eggs, and he attended to the
preparation of the papers, forging the Sig
natures thereto and causing Brown to
falsely certify that the parties had ap-
peared before him and We're sworn.
Fifty-four of the cases filed through the
instrumentaIity of McC1ay have been in
vesttgated. Eleven of them were shown to
be in proper form and the remaining forty
three to be fraudulent in some material
particular. Sixty-seven additional cases are
now under investigation and nine addition
al indictments have been found against
Mc(1av
Evening star., 1901-04-10
GERMAN COMMERCIAL POLICY.
of Consulate General
at ManaEua, With Enlarged Powers,

Ds
Mr.. Merry, the United States minister to
Nicaragua, has Informed the State Depart
ment of the recent establishment at Mana
qua Of a German consulate general, with
jurisdiction over consulates in Salvador
Honduras. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The
establishment of this office, says Minister
Merry, appears worthy Of notice as an indi-
cation Of the recognized German policy In
the development of foreign commerce, and
is also probably due to the impression that
the construction of the Nicaragua canal In
the near future will increase the import
ance of proper German representation in
the vicinity. The extensive commercial in
terests Of Germans in Central America.
adds Mr.. Merry, have suffered heavy losses
during the past few years, resulting large
ly from the unfavorable condition of the
coffee market in Europe and the United
States; but German merchants have made
such heavy advances to producers that it
has become necessary to work out the COM
mercial problem patiently and with in
creased investment if necessary.
Evening star., 1901-04-10

According to a report made by Chief Con-
structor Bowles, four OF the nine battle
ships now under contract, are well along,
the Illinois standing at the head, and be-
ing 80 per cent completed. The Maine
comes next with 46 per cent completed.
The Missouri stands 2S per cent and the
Ohio 80 per cent completed. The remain
ing fve-Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia, New
Jersey and Rhode Island-as well as the
six armored cruisers, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, California, Colorado Maryland
and South Dakota have not yet been start
ed. OF the protected cruisers the C1eve
land is making rapid progress, being now
25 per cent completed. The Nevada Is far
thest along of the monitors, being 81 per
cent completed. OF the sixteen destroyers
most of them are practically completed.
The fourteen torpedo boats also show an
advanced stage of work, three of them
Goldsbrough, Bailey and Misunderstanding
90 per cent completed, and five more,
Strongham, Bagley, Biddle, Blakely and
De Long, standing at 9S per cent Prob
ably the most advance is shown on the
submarine boats, the degree of completion
having doubled within the last month on
several of them.