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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-08-15
KILLING AT OAKTAHA.
Negros Ordered Boys 0xt of Field
and They Respond With Shot
Guns.

The marshal's Office at Musko-
gee has been notified OF killing
at Oaktaha, in which negro was
shot and killed by the three sons
OF Green Raleight, a prominent
farmer.
The boys bad been treed by cat
tie, and the negro ordered them to
come down and leave the field.
Fearing the cattle, the boys re-
fused 20 comply and the negro fred
on them.
The boys. being armed, re-
turned the fire. killing the negro
instantly.
No arrests have been made as
yet.
will be In Vinita for a few days,
and will finish up all work. Leave
orders at Brooks music store.
G.. w. SHEETS.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-08-15
rarrIage Licences.

Albert Lowhead-Celia Vann, Eu-
cha.
George Hogan-Annie Gritts, Still
well.
virge Riley-Dellere Allen, Maple.
VIM. L. Brown-Lucy Peterman,
Claremore.
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Instructor.

Round trip 81. Special train. Lots
of room. Arrive in Kansas City Sun
day morning at Z o'clock, returning
train leaves at 1890 p. m, giving you
all day In Kansas City. See Katy
Agent.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
HOW NEAT PLOT WAS rolLED
Hard-Hearted Girl Discouraged At
tentions of Admjrer.

Several young men, members OF
prominent West Philadelphia library.
had vainly attempted to become ac-
quainted with a certain young lady
there in charge as librarian. Plan
after plan was tried. but all proved OF
no avail.
Finally. one day when these gentle
men were standing on the corner the
young lady. carrying suit case.
alighted from a car. One OF the gem
tlemen. thinking his opportunity had
come. stepped forward and politely of
fered to carry the case.
She handed 1t to him and they
walked together up the street He
was thinking of the progress he was
making and how jealous and envious
the other fellows must feel
All went well until they reached the
library door. when she reached for
her suit case and handed him nickel.
That was all.-Philadelphia Times.
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ber was damp and cold. and SO foggy
that 1t was almost impossible to dis
tinguish an object on the other side
of the street. The Helene" was now
ten days overdue, but Just after l came
In the Office. ] received a cable from
the captain of passenger steamer.
"Oceania" saying he had Just landed
In Liverpool. bringing with him the
passengers and crew of the Helene"
which was disabled in heavy storm.
Everyone all right except the captain.
who was seriously Ill. En.re cargo of
Helene" lost
BY ten o'clock the crowd had again
assembled. and ! watched their
faces closely as / told them the news.
and wondered whether or not any
of the captains friends were among
the crowd. Apparently they were not.
every face was smiling and happy. A
What's that?r he cried; the cap'n?"
little later | heard the "thud. thud."
of walking stick OF the floor, and
knew the little man was coming to ask
for within" He looked SO haggard
and worn, l hnstened to tell him the
message.
II have good news for you this
time" said. I'VE have message
from another steamer which passed
the Helene" and it seems they did
have a 'perrillus' voyage"
The little man rubbed his hands
softly and shook his head.
THE passengers and everybody are
all right. except the captain. they say
he is seriously M"
The walking stick drc-ped to the
floor with bang, and his face whit
ened. What's that" he cried. "the
captain. why that's will'm, the cap
tain is" He stared at me wildly.
was too astonished to speak
well, perhaps he is not 80 sick as
they think," | said trying to comfort
him as well as I could. he will have
the best attention. and they Will send
us word later"
OH II it had only been someone
else. some of those others who
better able to stand it-but this poor
old man, tottering on tho bring of the
gravel He turned and walked away
without a word. ! offered to help him
across the street, but he would not ac-
cept my aid. / suppose he wanted to be
alone. l was almost sure from the
first that the captain would not re-
cover. it was very serious or they
would not have mentioned It, And
sure enough. late that afternoon we
had dispatch saying that another
man would bring home the ship. and
announcing the death Of Capt. William
Ray. have never had anything qui.n
so hard to do as to tell that old man
OF his sons death. He looked at me
for a minute In bewildered way, and
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
The Passage "PerrlIIus. !"

Copyright. 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
| was just in the midst of a long
column of figures. when the telephone
bell rang for about the sixth time in
fifteen minutes. Perkins, I said ir-
ritably. answer that phone won't
you, don't let 1t ring all day" He
looked somewhat surprised at my i'm
patience, but said nothing, while
started for the third time to add that
one column of figures. Yes, -" NO"
Wait a minute and I'll find out"
heard Perkins say to the questioner at
the other end of the line. Mr.. Boyd"
turning to me, have you had any
message from the Helene YETI"
She's not due in Liverpool until
this morning. we'll not hear before this
afternoon or tonight. Have to allow
for delays, besides she is not a regular
passenger steamer"
Perkins repeated my words to the
phone and hung up the receiver. Il
hope that bell won't ring again today"
i said to myself. | really was In no
enviable mood, our force was short
about one-half our regular number of
men. consequently we did double our
n
six hours sleep In two days. had
just finished experimenting the lading
OF n ship. which was to leave in half
IN hour. and was busily arranging my
work and fixing accounts. when l be
came conscious that someone was
standing at the window
-Well?" I inquired. without raising
my eyes. thinking 1t was one of the
freight hands. Receiving no answer.
looked up and saw standing there. an
old man with an eager, expectant look
on his wrinkled face, patiently wait
ing until / should finish.
Can l do anything for you, sir?"
Wilfm told me to come here this
mornin' and ask about the Helene;
said you'd know as soon as they
landed"
I'VE will know. but have not heard
from them yet. guess they have hardly
had time, they do not land until this
morning. you know"
That's SO. then they might have
had stormy wage. perrillus the sea
is"
That's right. might Rave been de-
layed little: come back again to-mor.
row."
"Thank'ee, guess will
watched him as he made his way
slowly down down the walk to the
street He hesitated at the crossing,
looked anxiously up and down the
crowded street at the stream of wag-
ons which blocked the way, and
seemed afraid to cross. He was too
feeble to be here among this jostling.
hustling crowd. put weights on ny
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
Charm of the pe.ert.

You often hear from car window OBJ
servers Of the "dreary" desert. the
hopeless" the "cheerless' desert.
But the desert deserves none of these
adjectives. 1t is dreadful. If you wish
In the way in which 1t nunishes the
ignorance and presumption of those
who know not the signs of thirst: II
is sometimes awful in It's passions
OF dust. torrents. heat; IL is even mon
otonous to those who love only the
life OF crowded cities; but II is never
dreary or cheerless. Hopelese.ess
may well apply to the deserts OF M.iI-
berry street and Smoky hollow, with
their foul odors. their swarms OF
crowded and hideous human life; but
the desert Of the arid land Is eternaily
hopeful. smiling, strong. rejoicing In
Itself. says a writer In the Century.
The desert is never morbid in its ad-
versity, on the other hand. 1t is calm
and sweet and clean-tne cleanest of
all land. Not till man comes. bringing
his ugly mining towns and his de-
structiye herds, does 1t bear even the
vestige Of the unclean, the dreary,
the unpicturesque.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
The Risk Of salIoonIna.

Considering the risks which aero
nauts necessarily take every time they
make an ascent the science or sport
or trade tfor 1t partakes Of all three
is extraordinarily free from fatal acci-
ncnts. Mr.. Charles Green. who made
over GOO trips. died at the age of
eighty-four in 1870. Twenty years lat.
er NJ. Eugene GODDARD. who had made
quite 1900 ascents. died in his bed.
On the other hand. among British bal
loonists. Capt Dale was killed before
he had completed 200. and Capt whe-
Ian also. in 1892. met his death in his
three hundred and fifteenth ascent.
Mr. Perciyal Spencer. the most noted
living English aeronaut. has probably
beaten all these records, and has In
addition made parachute Gescents on
all the continents and in most Of tie
seas surrounding them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03

looked like dead man. He was
lookin' down at his feet an never
winkin' an eye.
"Old Bill seen him. too. Look there.
Dad. he says. Amt that the lad that
used to ride down town with the girl
so much?'
That's him. says. Well. sir.
Just felt plumb sick all that day. l felt
in my bones that that sblack-eyed girl
was dead an 1t seemed like I'D lost
one of my own family.
Il reckon II must have been year
after that when one warm day who
steps up on the grip but him an what
do you think he has. Nothin' more
nor less than baby. He got into his
old seat an tucked the clothes around
that mite an sort of rocked n In his
arms. He looked at me an nodded. a
kind OF sad smile on his face. was
dyin' to say something-Eort Of tell
him hoy mighty sorry ] was-but
couldn't find no words. guess he
seen the question in my face for look
of pain came into his eyes an he said:
She died the day after the baby
was born Then he drawed back the
little fleecy thing from the taby's face
an held the youngster up so I could
see. Mister that baby looked me
straight in the eye an smiled an give
little gurgle like she'd knowed me
for long time-sort of like was an
old friend. There was her ma. all
right. same snappy black eyes and
same pretty mouth. stuck my finger.
fAntfob Lo At kar 49, ..tr 49,
reached right out an grabbed hold
Of 1t an gurgled again like she was
tryin' to say. Glad 20 see you"
The gripman stared up into the tree
tops and smiled-smiled as IL he saw
something among the green leaves
that pleased him. Just then n clock
in the barns struck and he pushed him.
self up from the bench.
Time to take the old boat out" he
said.
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lightning Never strikes Water.

Experiments lately made by Prof
TrowDridge have convinced him that
liehiu.ng never strikes The surfacs of
tie ocean. He used In his expert
ments electric sparks six feet in
length and OF high electromotive
force. resembling lightning as closely
AZ possible. his object being to VIOLA
tilize water for the purpose of obtain
ing water-vapor spectrum. He
found. however, that the surface
sparks would never strike the sur
face Of the water. but passed to the
edge of the vessel containing ii. He
found It also extremely difficult to
pass spark from one stream of
water to another. From all this he
draws the interesting conclusion that
lightning discharges can hardly be
supposed TO pass through regions of
the air where there is. at any time.
heavy fall of rain.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03

seemed hardly to comprehend what !
was saying.
Come in here for a minute" sale
~and rest"
mo. no. I'll go home to mother.
she'll be wantin' TO know: will'm was
such good boy. wiIl'm was. / knew
they had n 'pcrrillus wage" His
voice broke and he turned abruptly
away. As | watched him, the tears
filled my eyes. and was not ashamed
OF them. He was so feeble he could
hardly walk.
Perkins" I said quickly. TN oe
back in few minutes,if anyone calls"
| put on my hat and overlook him be-
fore he reached the end of the walk.
"Mr. Ray.I am going home with you.
will you tell me your address," said.
The tears were streaming down his
face: he thanked me. and we walked
silently. he did not speak again until
We came in sight OF the house. when
he said: 'rhank'ee young man for
comm this far. but mebby mother bet
ter not see you come home with me"
shook his hand silently. "If eau
be of any service TO you whatever. Mr..
Ray, here is my card. Only let me
know-I shall be glad to do It."
He thanked me again and went on,
and | watched him until he reached
his steps. then went back to my work.
Two days later received a note re-
questing me to call which did. Mrs.
Ray met me at the door. and silently
leading the way down the passage. mo-
toned me to follow. We entered &
small, darkened room, where lay Mr..
Ray, should have thought, asleep,
but for the motion OF his lips. The
doctor. bending over him. was listen.
ing to something he was saying, and
as we entered. motioned us TO be
quiet; pausing. we heard him say
family, ''It--must-have been--a per-
rii-," there was long-drawn sigh.
and all was over. | had come too late
There was a momentary stiffness In
the room, the sun shining through a
crack in the blind, fell upon an old
sampler which hung upon the wall
upon which was embroidered the
quaint old motto. "A passage peril
lus. makyth a port pleasant" and as
| looked from it to the face before me.
calm and peaceful now | realized that
his voyage was over. Perhaps II. too.
had been "perrillus." now he had en-.
tered the port. and rest was pleasant
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03

on part way down town. Before wc
got out of sight l could SEQ they
walked very slow an he held her arm.
The next thing shnt happened was
| can't Just tell how long after. Might
have been two or three or four months.
We was whangin' away towards the
barns an | was figurin' on bein' on
in about five minutes an gettin' home
TO grub, when | seen hearse comm
out OF Blatchford avenue. OF course n
funeral gets the right of way an !
give her the brakes an stops on the
street line. The hearse crossed an
! was ieanin' on the levers waitin' for
the procession to pass. lookin' lazy
like at the horses. Old Bill Waldo had
Just took up fare in the grip an he
was standin' beside me. l think II
was IT. the first or second carriage
after the hearse that | seen him. He
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
Should Have Been Easy.

One day woman came to country
doctor complaining that she was un-
able to digest her food. He inquired
into the history of the case and
learned that years ago. while pursuing
her business as a milliner, she was in
the habit of filling her mouth with
pins SO as to have them handy. But
one memorable day while she was do
ing her stunt as a human plncushion
some one spoke to her. and in replying
she involuntarily drew in her breath
and swallowed the pins, but never
heard of them afterwards. She con.
cluded her story by inquiring:
Now. doctor, do you think that has
anything to do with the present dis
tressing conditions?"
Well, really, maoam," he replied de
liberately, Il do not like to venture n
rash opinion, but it strikes me that
you ought not have any trouble with
n stomach that is as well pinned up"
as yours appears to be-"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
The Watch In Hot w.a,b.,

Some men are as prone to take up
fashion as women. A few years ago 1t
became fashion to wear the watch in
the upper outside pocket OF the coat.
fastening the bar OF the chain in the
buttonhole Of the lapel. SO that the
chain ornamented that part of the gar
ment
Then the fashion disappeared. 1t
has returned. and during the first
warm days Of last week when waist
coats were discarded the tendency to
transfer the watch to the upper out
side pocket of the coat was very
marked.
An authority on such matters says
the fashion originated In New York
when negligee wear was more of a
novelty among men than = is now.
The same authority adds that the
watch in the coat pocket Il better
mode of wearing it thna In tb bs pocket
Of the negligee shirt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
ENTERED THE WRONG HOUSE
But He Was Treated In Thoroughly
Homeiike Manner.

Homelike Manner.
Here is n story which the late Con
gressman Amos J. Cummings was fond
Of telling. A member of congress was
going home late one night when he
met n young man who was satisfac-
torily loaded" The congressman hap
pened to know where the young man
lived. and kindly guided him home.
The congressman had no sooner pulled
the bell than the door was thrown
wide open and tall. husky woman
appeared. She never said word, but
grabbed the young man by the collar
and shook him till she fairly loosened
his teeth; then into the hall she took
him and slammed the door.
The congressman was descending
the steps when the door was thrown
open a second time and his friend flew
out of II as II thrown from n catn-
pult. AT the foot OF the stairs he land
ed. and the congressman picked him
up. Very much frightened and CON
siderably sobered. the young man
gasped: I'VE don't live here; wo
moved last week. Washington Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
WOMAN 40 A POLICEMAN.
Honolulu Peace oHeiaI ls Of the Gen.
tie Say

Every woman must be interested In
the progress made by other women. es-
peclally when that progress means an
lncursion into the ranks OF the call
ings held by men. For this reason I
go 30 far afield as Honolulu In order
to draw attention to the fact that a
woman has become policeman there.
am quite aware OF my bull" In max
Ing n woman policeman. The rea-
son which prompted her to seek this
novel employment is that she is ex-
ceedingly fond OF children and ami
mails. and II was TO protect them that
she obtained the appointment As her
father is worth millions. and Ia one of
the great men there. 1t is easy to un-
derstand that II was not desire for
gain which inuuced her to put on the
blue" though 1t is probably not blue
in the blue Pacific. She is a mounted
officer. the better to aid ner In coming
up to malefactors. and she carries q
Woman's Life.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
CHANGE IN cuRloslr,es.
Senator manderson's story at Ban
uuct TO General Portcr.


quet to General Porter.
AZ the dinner given in honor OF Gen.
Horace Porter by the Republican
club. Senator Henderson created the
main diversion by telling the follow
ing story:
There was once Connecticut
farmer who went up into Maino and
captured a young bull moose. When
he got II home he instinctlvely sought
to make It a source Of revenue. He
built a fence and put n tent over II
and hung out sign explaining tho
rarity OF the animal and advertising
single admissions. 10 cents; families.
20. There came along long. lean.
lanky hill farmer. with a woman and
twelve children behind him. and offer
ed quarter at the door.
Looky here said the Snowman.
Walt bit Is this ali one family?
Are these all yoursf'
They be- said the lanky one.
This be my wife. my only wife, and
these be my children, NIL twelve OF
them'
"The Snowman handed back the
quarter.
Pass In, my friend he said ear
nestly. pass in. II is far more I'm
portant that the bull moose should
see you than that you should see the
bull moose
Now" concluded the senator. ut
strikes me as far more important that
this club should be entertained by
Gen. Porter than than Cen. Porter
should be entertained by this club"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
A Useful Society.

Writing in the June Century. of the
organizations to create or preserve
beauty in public places. sylvester Bax-
ter thus speaks of the service of the
American Science and Historic Pres
ervation society: Its record of work
accomplished includes the purchase
by New York state, at its instance. of
thirty-three in the steps for preserving
such historic monuments in New York
city as Fraunces' Tavern. the home OF
Alexander Hamilton. and the cottage
OF Edgar Allan Poe. the Phillipse Man
or hall in Yonkers. the mansion OF Sir
William Johnson in Johnstown and the
ruins OF the forts at Grow Point and
Ticonderoga- a feature of the society
is the organization of a woman's aux
iliary which has performed effective
service"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
Was Waiting to be the Baby.

II was at a party and some of the
children had begun to play theater
on their own account After awhile
they came to wedding. Everything
was going swimmingly.
One of the grown-ups who were
overlooking the party saw one little
girl sitting remote from the wedding
party. contentedIy watching the pro-
ceedings. but evidently taking no part
In them.
Don't you want to play, too, little
girl?" the woman asked. you see
what good time they are having"
"Oh, | am playing" said the child
as she looked up beamingly into the
woman's face. Il am the baby wait
ing to be born"
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
s!s zEsa~

across and hurried back to my work.
after receiving his grateful 'Thank'ee.
young man. God bless ye.' again. But
somehow | could not seem to get along
well either. his face haunted me. Il
hope we will get that message" said
to myself. wondering who 'Will'm"
was. But the message did not como
that day. nor the next. and next. 1t
was becoming serious now, the
Helene" was a week overdue. and no
message yet Every day we were be-
sieged with inquiries, and each day
this little man came to inquire for
"Will'm."
The morning of the 24th of Novem-
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03

more. didn't ask who the man wac.
but I knowed all right.
THE next time | seen them they
was together. They TOOK their old
seat in front an noticed that he was
extra watchful of her. sneaked a
look at her out Of the corner OF my
eye as often as could from watchin'
the track ahead an someway her face
was sort OF changed. She was every
mite as pretty. but she seemed sob.rer.
Seemed she'd all at once Growed up
from a girl to woman. yhey gor
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-03
THE RETURN OF THE PASSENGER
BY EDWIN p. PAYNE

IcopyrIsh,. i9Oa sy pally sl0ry rus. co,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-25
PEOPLE WITH
 THE PRINCESS
WHEN PROF. eIRoN BECAME THE
 cHlLDRENs TUTOR THE DIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRINCE AND PRINCESS REACHED CRISIS

Berlin, December 24-The crown prince beat the crown princess, according to an editorial in the Vossische zeitung, one of the most careful newspapers published in Berlin, which adds:
 Their disagreements reached this crisis in June after Professor Giron became the chlldren's tutor. The princess at that time considered seeking a divorce and visited her best friend the Princess Therese of Bavaria, who dissuaded her. The princess, however. after returning to Dresden, did not resume marital rela- tions."
 The sympathy of the people of Drseden seems wholly with tho princess, who is of a cheerful, pleasure-seeking dispost tion. The crown prince loved to torment her. Among the writers forbidden her were Tolstoi, Zola and Nitsech.
 Prof. Andre Giron is described an idcal- ist of the extreme type. It is related that his family once considered the ques- ton of confning him in an asylum be. cause he refused a legacy on grounds of delieacy of feelings.
 Dresden, December 24-It Is reported here that the Crown Princess of saxony left for her husband written confess sion of her relations with NJ. Giron, to- gether with a declaration of her unal- terable intention of never returning to the Saxon court The court has no off, clal information as to the present where abouts of the princess, but 1t is known here that she is going to Mentone, France. to reside. The court at present Is concerned with considerations as to the best course to pursue in the matter. It Is believed that the pope will be appeal ed to grant an abse'2te divorce.
 Vienna, December A-The Crown Princess of Saxony through M. Lachnell, a former president of Switzerland, has informed the Nous Weiner Tabeblatt that she intends to take immediate steps to procure a divorce She will not return to Salzburg for fear of being placed in an asylum. In two letters to her intimate friend, Princess Therese of Bavaria, the crown princess complains bitterly of her treatment at the Saxony court where she always was subjected to the strictest dis cipline. She says the official statements in her case are incorrect.