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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
"KATYp WANTS HILTON.
"Frlsco' General Passenger Agent
May Succeed Late James
Barker.

Alex Hilton, general passenger
agent Of The Sc. Louis & San Fran.
cisco railroad, has been rendered
the same position by the Missouri
Kansas & Texas system, TO succeed
the late James Barker, snd in all
probability he will accept
Mr.. Hilton Is nov considering
the offer and will make known bis
decision within iew days The
katy" proposition ia very fiat.
tsring one aud considering The
present stalus of the "Friseun it
may he to Mr. HiIton's advantage
to identity himself With the south.
western road Fur while there has
thus far been ~ oiIisial aonau zee.
ment, the report gensially
crediied that arrangements have
bepn completed tor the purchase
of the Frisco" system by the
Chicogo. Rock Island & Pac iic
company, and under such condi.
tions the Rock Island officials
would undoubtedly assume charge
In the course OF time The con-
solidalion may not be an immedi-
ate result, but final merger OF
the two systems is inevitable and
Ia that case John Sebastian, the
present general passenger agent
Of the Rock Island, would assume
charge Of the pas agrnger depart
ment oi the consolidated system.
Alex Hilton IL we'll known and
his thorough knowledge oi railroad
conditions OF the southwest will
make him a valuable man for the
katy Before becoming general
passenger agent OF the Frisco, be
oecu pied the same position with
the old Kansas City, Fort SCOTT 4
Memphis system, which was alb.
sorbed by The st. Louis & San
Francisco
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
rREED sBY A MANIAC.
xnapsrienee OF = TeIephene kAnenaM
That Waa Mair-naising aad
No Mistake.

An old hneman lstely told Of try
ing experience which cana to him
while he was hunting for a break IA
the telephone connection between the
main Office and tho insane hospital
at Indianapolis. He had followed the
line all tho way out and found that
the difficulty lay between a lo-foot
pole and ths telephone in the mems
building. As he passed along ho mo-
ticsd several 'trustiea." guarded by
their keepers, working in the garden.
relates Youths Companion.
II had to climb tree in an isolated
part Of the yard, J" he said, ''to unfasten
wire that had become entangied ia
limb. connected my test set and
called up the wire chief and ex-
planned the case 20 him. With the
work and the talk perhaps I was IN
the tree 20 minutes.
II was on the point Of dropping
from q lower limb 70 the ground
when saw a crazy man waiting for
me with q large pruning-ixnifs in his
hand. He was one Of the gardeners
whom I had passed.
"'Come DOWN. he cried. I know
you. You stole my 5000. Give IL
back or I'll kin you And when he
saw me hesitate and draw back he
yellcdi Come down, or I'll como up
there after youi'
II scrambled higher into the tree
and shouted for help, but none came.
The Inadman found q heavy board.
and placing IL against tho tree. start
ed TO climb up, but in his hurry and
excitement he did not place IL secure
", and when he was about half way
up Il slipped and he went sprawling
TO the ground. He tried 1t three
times with the same result. Then an
other inmate came sauntering by,
and at once took hand in the game.
He held the plank for the other man,
who soon made good headway.
AT that instant bethought me 20
attach my test set and summon help
through the oflce.
"'Call up the insane hospital I
called, and tell them 70 send help
TO mo In the gardenl There are two
Iunatics after me, and one OF them
has . long knife. Hurryl'
II looked down then, and saw that
the maniac was In the tree. When
just below me he seated himself on a
limb. and drawing the knife back and
forth across his palm, said: Tooki
Won't IL cut7'
"He started toward me. and had
one hand on my foot, and had
raised the other 20 kick him, when
several keepers rushed up. Two of
them climbed the tree. and just as he
raised tho knife 20 strike they
reached him and threw q rope round
him. So intent was he on getting at
me that he did not see them. and
was easily taken"
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
TOWSlTE WORK HELD UP.
vInIta Is Fortunate In ettlnx Ap-
pralsement Finished.

On account Of the fsilure Of the
Indian appropriation bill to pro-
vide funds Immediately available
for carrying on the work Of APP
praising townsites in the Indian
Territory, the work will cease un-
til next July, at which time the
regular appropriation Of s26,OOO
will be available.
All commissions at work In the
Territory have received official
notice to this effect. Five town.
site clerks will be retained in the
Inspectors office at Muskogee, to
attend to the clerical work In the
matter Of issueing receipts for
money for deeds to lots already ap-
praised.
Deeds to lots included In the
townsite Of Vinita will be issued
soon, beginning within the next
two weeks, or as soon as the blank
forms are received from Washing.
ton.
II is most fortunate that Vinita
got her appraisement finished and
approved before the cessation OF
work
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

for a small tip. This will continue
until the streets are paved. The
boys are making money but Il does
not pay to have that kind Of
streets. Muskogee Times.
A sensible young lady Of Rush
Springs, says the Landmark, made
the following request OF heI friend
"Do not lay me down by the rip
pling brookside, lest the babbling
lovers wake me from my dreams,
nor 10 the beautiful cemeteries In
the valleys lest sightseers cooling
over epitaphs distract me; but let
me sleep under the counter Of the
merchant and business man, who
never advertises. There is the
peace that passeth all understand
ing, and deep is the sleep IN
which neither the buoyant football
of youth nor the weary shuttle OF
old age will ever intruds."
There is a movement on foot to
get new national chairman for the
Democratic national committee.
Senator Jones is not worrying over
II just now, however. He is down
with the grip and man In the
clutches of that does not care who
runs the party, makes the laws or
writes the songs Of his native land.
South McAlister News.
The appraisement parties made
eighteen olassifications Of Chero.
kee land, giving each value as
follows: Natural open botiom lana,
81. .50;best black prairie land, $50;
bottom lands covered with timber
and tickets, $3.50; best prairie
land other than black: s5; bottom
land subject TO overflow "a; prairie
land, smooth and tillable, s4.00i
rough land, free from rocks, $500
rolling land, free from rocks, s4i
rocky prairie land, $3.50; sandy
prairie land, 81; alkall prairie land,
SO; hilly and rocky land, s2;swamp
land, $3.50; mountain pasture
land, s1,50; mountain land, sandy
loan, $3.50; mountain land, sili.
cious, 81; rough and rocky noun
tain land, SOC; flint hills, 30 cents
Sometimes an allotment does
not amount to 1926. go 10 value al
lowed to each allottee, 10 which
event the allottee takes another
piece somewhere else. For In.
stance. II q man selects sixty acres
OF So land he still has $50 due him
and with that he can select tifty
acres OF bn-oent land, miles away
II he wants. But il must always
be in ten-aore lots, and as a result
there will be many small holding
OF lend scattered about the Terri
tory.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Mr.. SPRlNGER'S FEE.
The One Allowed Was too small and
II Is Refused.

William NJ. Springer, former
representative from Illinois, has
refused TO accept q check for $500
that is waiting for him at the Of.
fee of the Secretary OF the Interior.
The amount wes carried in the
last Indian appropriation bill, in
settlement Of claims Mr.. Springer
has held against the government
for services in connection with
the settlement OF Indian claims.
Mr.. Hitchcock, Secretary OF the
Interior, opposed the award OF any
sum on Mr.. Springer's claims.
The attorney had secured employ
ment from Lone Wolf and other
dissatisfied Indians in the Indian
Territory and brought suit for
them against the government to
prevent the opening of the kiowa-
Comanohe.A Apache country.
The Secretary Of the Interior
had refused to approve the con.
tract between Mr.. Springer and
the Indians and the government
won its contentious in all of the
courts. Then Mr.. Springer Sc
cured the insertion Of an item in
the Indiaa appropriation bill
awarding him $4,000 for his ser.
vices 10 fighting the government.
The conferses on the bill had quite
a wrangle and finally agreed, in
recognition Of past services, to al.
low s2500 to Mr.. Springer in full
settlement OF all his claims. This
Mr.. Springer refuses to accept and
threatens 10 bring another suit
against the government.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

Mrs. 4 + Simpson, 5o9 Craig s.
Knoxville, Tenn, writes. June 10, 1899.
II have been trying lhe baths Of Hot
Springs. Ark for seialic Rheumatism.
but ! get more relief from Ballard's
snow i.ininent than any medicine OF
anything have ever tried. Enclosed
end postoIlice order for 81. Send me a
large bottle BY Southern Express. 4" Sold
by Peoples drug store
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Iexas MIdIand RaIIroad.

The Texas Midland Railroad an
nounees the following rates In effect
from points on lts line:
Annual Meeting, Atlantic States
Packers Assn, Western Packers
Canned Goods Assn, and Canning
machinery and Supplies Assn. Wash
ington, D. G., February e-ll, rate fare
aud one third, on the certificate plan.
Annual Meeting Department Of
superlutendence OF the National Ed-
uoatlonal Assn. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Feb 2l-2o, rate fare aud one third on
certificate plau.
Meeting United Nine Workers Of
America, Jan 1889. and Joint Meet
Ing OF Operators and Miners, Jan %.
indianapolis, Indians, rate one and
one third fare on The certificate plan.
Meeting sta Coaseatlon, Y. NJ
.C. A..ILampaasa ssas March if-l7
rate couveutlan bass
sunny. .south saoeE|az Tournament
Bfeuham, Ttzss. Jas g-al, rate one
and one thlrd.iaFt o. Ihe certificate
plau.
biennial Meeting State Senate
Order OF pseEoflans. Austin. Texas
February Il Fsts iaEa ana one third
on cortlfcase 9lsn
fh McKAv.G Pa
Terrell. Teka
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

Rancid Rufus-A lady told me yis-
tiddy to apply 20 de Door of Hope.
Wot does dat mean2
Moldy Mullins-Dat means de kiteh-
en- door, Of course. You can't never
hope 10 git nuthin' by ringin' de
door bell round at de front.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Tae Territory Press.

SN~NNN~N~~NNNNNN,NS
The Vinita Chieftaln Is inclined
TO boast over the fact that one Of
Vinlta's business men refused q
$1,000 job. The Times.J Journal
refers to this fact, and goes II one
better by telling Of a North Cana
dian valley farmer who was offered
a $4,000 job as superintendent Of
a big stock yards, but begged of
because he had to look after bis
potato crop. k. G. Journal.
The total amount Of the Gsage
annuity to be dishursed at Paw
huska this quarter is $50, 200. a de-
crease Of $40, ,0(0 from last quarter.
The per capita is s42. There are
S62 full.bloods and 1901 mixed
breeds on the rolls. Eight hun
dred and thirty.two have taken
their allotments OF 100 acres. -Four
hundred and fifty.one Of thess are
full-bloods.
The Times Journal, Of 0klaho.
ma City, prophesies that the In
dian Territory wall be cursed for
years with litigation growing out
OF the settlement OF tribal hold.
ings. The tribal estate was loosely
handled when ii appeared to be
almost vslueiese, and as in all such
cases, when the estate became
indefinite declarations and de.
crees aud treaties loosely drawn
have brought on a mass Of litiga,
tion. The Choctaws and Chicka.
saws have dispute with the
Freedmen, the Cherokees with the
Delawares. The Mississippi Choc-
taws are clamoring for equal rishts
and intermarried whites are clam.
oring for recognition In every tribe.
South McAlester has just shown
remarkable instance OF civic har.
mony. The streets Of the city are
in great need Of paving, yet the
laws OF the Territory are such that
the work cannot be carried out az
a municipal enterprise. 70 over.
come this difficulty every property
owner but one on the main busi.
ness street Of the city has entered
into an agreement TO pave. The
agreement provides for 8 commit.
tee TO let the contract, and pro.
vides that each man shall pay his
just proportion Of the cost Of paw.
Ing, and each signer pledges him.
self to make the cost lien upon
his property until his proportion
is paid. The one property owner
will undoubtedly sign and thus
make 1t unanimous.
Small boys with rubber boots
have started new industry,
When a mans hat blows of and
lights on the botiomless mud,
which il cannot fail to do, the boy
Immediately opens negotiations
with the owner of the bat as "a
the price he is willing to pay th,
lad for risking bis life in The
treaeherous holes The boy usu.
ally 6xes his own price. depend
ing on the color OF the mud and
the quality Of the hat, unless hs
has competition, wnsn sometimeI
the hata are rescued for the ownel
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
MALARIA AND
YELLOW JACK
lrrom +. Y. HeTald, IanuarY 4. I5o-.l

"The widow Of DR.. Lazeare, who, In
the employ Of the Government, went
to Cuba, was inoculated with yellow
Fever through mosquito bites, and died,
applied 10 Congress for relief to-day
The above tells Of the sad eulmina.
ton Of series of experiments by the
Government, all Of which proved "a
cluslvely that the familiar mosquito is
q dangerous vehicle for carrying Ma
laria, "Yellow Jack, and other malar.
ial fevers.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
The neason.

His Honor the Mayor Why do you
transfer every once in while 50 many
Of your men t6 the seburbs2
Police Commissioner Ne believe IN
the old aduee. '.luu arHs cooks spoil
the palieeman. Drtfpit Free Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28
NO EXCUSE iFoR TROUBLE.

THERE SHOULD BE no hard feelings
Gals over the point as to whether the
county or the city should take care of
INDECENT smallpox patients. Either the
city or the county is responsible for
the care of such persons. City Attor-
ney Nye declares that it is the plain
duty Of the county; Commissioners An
dersOn and Standish hold to the con-
trary view. 1t should be easy enough
to settle the question, in view of the
fact that section 511 of the revised
statutes is somewhat ambiguous.
Let the commissioners accept City
Attorney Nye's suggestion for friend
ly suit, to be carried Immediately to
the supreme court, so that the statute
may be interpreted once and for all.
That is the sensible way out of a diff
Guilty that has caused no end of incon-
venience, perhaps actual suffering.
among unfortunates stricken with
smallpox who have not the money with
which to secure food and medicines.
Certainly those people must be quar-
antined in their homes when the isola-
ton hospital has reached the limit of
its capacity. The duty of the city's
health officers is perfectly clear on that
point They must establish the quaran-
tine and they must see that it is en-
forced. Must they also see that the
afflicted ones have plenty of food and
medicine? Common humanity dictates
an affirmative answer. The sick must
be attended to. no matter what the cost.
The bills can be adjusted later.
The Herald will not pretend to pass
upon the merits of the controversy. Mr..
Nye is a lawyer of long practice and
frst-class standing. Messrs. Anderson
and Standish are not lawyers, but the
fact that they are county commission
ers would be taken anywhere as prima
facie evidence that they are fully as
skilled in the law as any of the law
yers. They evidently think so or they
would not take the position they have
taken.
In any event however, the dispute
must be settled. If # is necessary to
pass bill to bring this about, by all
means let the bill be passed. But il
should not be necessary to enact a new
statute on the subject The courts
should be permitted to pass on the sub
I ject, and then let the dissatisfied party
appeal to the legislature if he feels suf-
| fcientiy aggrieved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28
DESTRUCTIVE LEGISLATION.
CID BEN FRANKLIN once wrote

GID BEN FRANKLIN once wrote a
" very delightful and sarcastic
pamphlet which he published in Lon
don, showing the Britains how to insure
the alienation of their colonies. 1t
was, of course, satire on the methods
being used by the British government
toward the American colonies and it
made a tremendous disturbance.
Similarly the Republican legislature
of Utah has apparently been studying
the best way to prevent outside capital
from investing in Utah enterprises, and
the result Of its studies is embodied
in a bill now before the senate to tax
incomes over $1,000 per annum at the
rate of ? per cent.
If the originator of this bill had
spent years in an effort to injure the
states enterprises he could not have
been more successful To demand per
cent of the net earnings Of any enter
prise, individual or corporate. is TO
handicap that enterprise almost hope
IessIy at the outset. Four per cent net
on absolute security is regarded as a
desirable income; per cent is possible
with great care; 8 per cent cannot be
had except where there is a CONNER
cial risk, and more than per cent is
either an emergency investment or a
short time loan.
The income tax law as proposed.
therefore, is a measure TO limit earn
ings close to the .conhscation point; it
offers a premium on the removal from
Utah Of successful men, and it is no.
tice in advance to outsiders that they
will be held UP by the state if they are
inconsiderate enough TO venture large
investments in this commonwealth.
An income tax may be desirab bic in
settled and well developed states: II is
the least profitable form Of taxation for
new states whose resources need de-
Selopment by outside investors. 1t does
not seem possible that such measure
can find favor here, especially at a
juncture when the state is promised
great development within a short Pc
riod through the investments OF out
siders who have been Attracted by the
richness of the opportunities here and
the hitherto rational and conservative
legislation governing the conditions OF
investment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28

presentation of the case of the minor
ity- Charges of the gravest character
were made against Congressman But
Ter. charges which the minority of the
committee on elections. to which his
case had been referred. denied in vigor-
Gus language No chance was given
Mr.. Butler OF his friends to make de-
tense before the body of the house, not
withstanding the fact that he was
clearly entitled to that courtesy. though
he had been the vilest criminal.
Congressman Butler was elected by a
majority exceeding 5000 votes. 1t was
alleged by the contestant. George c. r.
Wagner. that this majority was OBJ
tanned through fraud. 1t is hardly prob
able that so large a plurality could
have been fraudulently obtained, but
whether it was or not has very little
bearing on the case. The fact remains
that the proceeding by which he was
ousted was arbitrary and revolutionary
in the extreme.
Although a quorum of the house was
not present when the vote was taken,
the motion to adopt the majority re-
port was declared carried. If few
less than a quorum can do business,
why would it not be possible to do bust
ness with considerably less than a
quorum? The thing could be reasoned
down until we might find half dozen
men out of more than 400 representa-
tives passing bills and transacting such
other business as ordinarily comes be-
fore that body.
When all is said and done, Mr.. Wag-
oner will have mighty little comfort
out of his seat. He will draw some
SO. 900 of salary which he has not
earned, but his term of Office win cover
a period of less than a week Mr. But
Ter has already been elected to succeed
himself, so that his new term begins at
noon on Wednesday next 1t remains
to be seen whether or not the Fifty
eighth congress will be fairer than the
Fifty-SeVe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28
LeILIcH AND sMoor.

w HEN THE CHARLESTON earth
w quake shook up things all over
the Atlantic coast and middle west, it
included in its tremors a very staid OLD
Kentucky gentleman who had had no
previous experience with earthquakes
After he had recovered his nerves and
drowned his establishment, some one
asked him how ne felt when the quake
hit him. "Well, sah,'' he said, Il felt
jest like sayin' please DON'T and you
know I'm pretty badly upset when 1
say that"
We had been expecting more or less
eommotion in Washington when SEN
ator Smoot struck that staid old town,
but this Leilich earthquake makes one
feel very much like saying please
don't" Until the charge of polygamy
was sprung the opposition to Smoot
had been based on grounds that were
readily understood from the personality
of the protestants, and the fight was
being made in a rational way. But the
injection of what must seem an in
credible charge bids fair to make a
sentiment for Smoot that will defeat
the very object of Leilich and his back
ers.
1t is, of course. possible that Leilich
has some information of which no one
in Utah has any knowledge, but it is
more likely that he has made aftidavit
ION information and belief to a charge
which he cannot possibly substantiate
by evidence that the senate will con-
slider acceptable.
lfv,~~
election, Mr.. Sm00t gave his friends
unqualified assurances that he was not
and never had been polygamist. His
personal record entities him to the full
est credence and even his political OPP
pOnents here will be SLOW to believe
that he has deliberately deceived a
whole state TO secure his place in the
senate.
on the other hand. while the Rev.
Leilich represents a strong denomina-
ton in position of responsibility, his
statements on the platform and in the
religious press have not been SO en-
tirely veracious as to justify implicit
confidence in his charge against the
senator-elect. In at least one series OF
articles which has come to the atten-
ton of The Herald. Mr.. Leilich made
assertions as to conditions here which
indicate his claim to fame as a writer
of fiction, but not to a place alongside
George Washington as a realist.
The upshOt of Leilich's attack, unless
he happens to have evidence to sup
port his charge, will be a conviction
in the east that the opposition to Smoot
is on religious grounds only. and il
that conviction finds Judgment in the
senate, Smoot will be seated by unani-
nous vote.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28

The Herald will be very glad to aid
in the prosecution of the individual
who cut the telephone wire leading to
the Wabash mine and then sent a ly-
ing report TO this paper about a strike
in that property. He is a villain too
mean for description. Unfortunately
there IS no law under which he can
be prosecuted for sending the false re-
port but he can be prosecuted for
malicious destruction OF property. 1t
cate and arrest him will be crowned
with success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-28
THE CASE OF BUTLER.

AN ESTEEMED MORNING contem-
II porary finds the Democratic mem
bers of the lower house OF congress
guilty OF various high crimes and mis-
demesnors because they protested
against the unseating of Representa-
tive Butler of St. Louis. AS matter
of fact. the Democrats protested not
so much against the act itself as
against the manner in which it was
Gone. A more high-handed proceeding
has rarely been attempted, even by a
Republican house of representatives.
No opportunity was afforded for q