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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
MORE LAND
COMPLICATIONS
Unpleasant Truths
Have Been Made
Public.

=
retary Hitchcock, of the inter
ior department, comes in for
some uncomfortable notoriety
and it is too much to expect
that all of it is undeserved.
The feeling for a long time has
been that a new secretaryis need
ed and the assurance is given
that one OF these early days a
strenuous fight for Mr.. Hitch
cocks retirement will be inaug-
urated. His hope TO Withstand
the tide must lay in the strength
of the Missouri Indian lobby
and the dislike OF the president
to stir up trouble on the eve of
the national convention which
will nominate a president.
Beginning with the tele-
graphed refusal OF permission
for the Dawes commission to
give out an advance synopsis Of
It's report there have been whis-
perings of uncomfortable and
uncomplimentary stories, leaks
they might we'll be termed. But
now from the other end of the
line, Washington, the "eat is
out OF the bag in good earnest,
and as has happened a good
many times before the matter
touches the Cherokees.
The story as it comes from a
Washington correspondent is
given as sent.
Why is il that the annual re-
ports Of the Dawes commission,
special agent ]. George Wright
and Indian agent shoenfelt
have not been made public by
the secretary of the Interior9
The above question is one
which is being frequently asked
now, not alone by people from
the territory but by members
OF congress who are anxious to
secure information with refer
ence to the operations of the
federal officials in the territory
No explanation can be secured
from the interior department,
other than that the reports are
not ready.
But there is another explana-
tion one which Secretary Hitch.
cock probably does not desire
made public. 1t IS a story that
does not reflect credit upon the
head Of the department, and Al
the same time indicates how
plant his subordinates are in
the territory, that is, il they
now do his bidding. 1t is a
story hard TO believe, yet il
comes to me from a source that
cannot be questioned. l would
not purposely misrepreseni
Hitchcock. His secretivenessi
his indisposition to answer even
civil aud pertinent questions
pertaining to affairs in the ter
ritory at this time, compels me
to believe that the following
story is true IN all essential re.
spects
"How is 10 that the annual
reports Of the officers IN Indian
Territory have not been made
public2f ! asked a prominent
attorney Of this cisy.
"Because the reports, as sub
mitted, do not correspond Will
an affidavit made By Secretary
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26
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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-26

Hitchcock, and which was sub
mitted TO the supreme court Of
the District of Columbia in the
mandamus suit brought by the
Delaware Indians to compel
him to segregate certain lands
in the Cherokee nation. Secre-
tary Hitchcock stated in his
affidavit that certain things had
not been done. The report Of
the Dawes commission showed
that they had been done. The
report submitted by the COM
mission six weeks ago has been
revised TO suit the secretary and
returned to the members of the
Dawes commission for their
signature.
"That does not seem posi-
BILE" ! remarked.
ut is not only possible, but
true, the attorney replied. 81
know whereof / speak, and the
facts are just as ! have stated, Z"
he continued. "The Delawares
would have won their manda-
mus suit but for Secretary
Hitchcock's affidavit, and now
the reports of officers IN the Indi-
an Territory are being doctored
to conform to his affidavit. This
matser will shortly be present
ed to Mr.. Roosevelt, and he
will be asked 10 take appropri-
ate action. I
There is no doubt but that
there is again a concerted ef'
fort to secure another secretary
OF the interior and to depose
of Mr.. Hitchcock. In this con,
nection there is an amusing
story going the rounds which
will afford Secretarydite
closest friends and admirers il
the territory much amusement
When President Mckinley died
and Mr.. Roosevelt assumed the
reins Of government, he SEM
for each member of his prede
cessor's cabinet and asked him
to remain at least temporarily
with him. When the invita-
tion was extended to the Mis-
sourian to remain temporarily
at the head OF the interior de
partment he is reported to hav,
replied; Certainly, Mr.. Pres
ident, | will not only remain
with you temporarily. but as
long as you are president" ("
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

further annoyance by the quickness of
her chatelaine.
But the chatelaine often has other
duties, although self-appointed. 1t is
she who walks through the nursery
the last thing before retiring to see
that all is we'll, and who even dares
to stoop and kiss the cheek of some
little sleeper. 1t is she who plans the
children's parties and sympathizes with
their frolics.
When the boy or girl starts off for
school or college it is she who super
intends the packing of the trunks
making careful lists of clothing, to be
verified on return. If new clothing is
needed during their school term, ii is
to her that the requests go, and she
gives the requisite orders to tailor
and modiste. She packs with her own
hands the boxes of home goodies, so
dear to the hearts of the boarding
school lad or miss.
Is it much to be wondered at, then
that the girl comes for the chatelaine's
look of appreciation when dressed for
her coming-out ball, or that the boy
shares his first love affair with her?
Milady must have a care that. in shift
ing responsibilities from her own
shoulders she does not enable the
chatelaine TO usurp her rightful place
in the hearts of her children.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

brands on. weren't we?' he Numbered.
threateningly.
Il trembled from fright, and. though
1 distinctly saw in his hand the black
brush used only in putting on the rev.
enue stencil and right before me
score or more of caddies standing on
their ends instead of lying on their
sides, | nodded my head and answered
affirmatively in a scared tone.
It's nobody's business but mine that
1 come down here at night to do this
branding the boss then roared at me,
and II you ever speak of it to any one
-any one. you understandable throw
both you and your uncle out of this
factory and, what's more, I'll keep you
out of every factory in this town. Now
get out, and mind you travel fastn
Il lost no time in following his or
ders. Taking the lantern he offered me.
l rushed w the stairs, secured the
watch, came down again in four jumps,
set the lantern on the floor and flew out
of the door at such a speed as to bring
OLD Pluto to his feet with a growl. The
dog was soon treasured and l hurried
home. which l reached all in a sweat.
My uncle didn't think 1t necessary to
ask me any questions, and l said moth
ing of what had happened at the fac
tory.
I A Million Made IIIicitIy.
AT the time I didn't realize all that
was going on when l came upon my
employer and his son that night. A
few years later l heard my uncle talk
ing about the matter. and the figures
he mentioned showed that the coun-
terfeit stencil and dies had been pro-
life sources of wealth to the man.
1T seems that he kept up his fraud
ulent branding for more than four
years, netting something like a million
dollars, and that he was not run down
until he had sold out his factory in
our town and gone to one of the large
Southern cities, where he was making
arrangements to reopen one of the
largest establishments that had been
closed during the war. 1t was said
that during the four years the aver
age of his swindling amounted to one
third of the factory's output.
A Fortune Lost in n Day.
"Ie was only about four years in
accommodating his million and a quar-
ter; it all slipped away from him in
side of twenty-four hours. The Sc
cret agents of the revenue department
had been watching the factory and it's
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

output for two years before the pro-
prietor sold out. and he had hardly
settled in his new home when they
came down upon him with such evil
dence as to make him willing to ac-
cept the compromise offered by the
government. In the settlement he had
to give up every dollar that he pos
sessed, but by so impoverishing him
self he kept out of prison
The Judge pushed his chair back,
arose to a standing position. and, with
hands in his trousers pockets, con-
tinued:
In the autumn of 1871 1 was riding
on a night boat from st. Louis to
Quincy, III. There was a quiet poker
game in the forward end of the cabin
and in the game were five players.
With half dozen other passengers
was watching the game. In fact,
was interested in one of the players
something familiar about his face and
general appearance held my attention.
l was sure that | had seen him before,
but a youth of II can't fix names and
faces together like he can some years
later. l was waiting for the man to
speak.
Presently one of the party said, as
he was shutting the cards:
Gentlemen, what will you have to
drink?'
"A waiter stepped up to the table
and three of the gentlemen said they
would take some whisky; the other
two, one of whom was my man, simply
nodded their heads. When the liqour
was placed upon the table each man
laid his cards down and. as they pour
ed their tipples, they seemed to find
their tongues. One of the party spoke
of big pot he had won on a previous
trip up the river, another said some-
thing about making money quickly,
and then my man spoke for the first
time. I'll know that voice if 1 hear it
in another world a thousand years
from now.
'"Well, gentlemen he said, lin 1860
I didn't have $500 that could call my
own. In 1865 l was worth a million
and a quarter Now / am where l was
in 1860. 1 made my pile in four years.
lost ii in one day. But I'm game yet,
and I'll have another million before
I'm put way in my seven-foot caddy.'
1.-THE game and the silence were re-
sumed and l turned away. but l had
fitted a name and habitation to face
and figure with the assistance of a
voice"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

A number of jolly evening games
can be played with ordinary pins, one
scent paper of which will supply the
foundation for an evenings amuse-
ment.
A Paper-Spearing Contest.-Tear or
cut clean scrap paper into inch squares
and pile them on a pasteboard box lid.
There should be several handfuls,
enough to make good sized heap.
Place the box lid in the center of the
table at which the game is to be play
ed and give each player pin. The
fun consists in seeing who. in the If
teen minutes allotted to the game, can
spear the most pieces with his pin.
BY the rules of the game only one
piece of paper may by taken on the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

to reach the stairway that led to the
rolIjnk-roam on the floor above. AS l
moved toward the rear of the room |
saw a dim light burning in the far
thest corner. Thinking this was the
watchman's light and intending to
make my presence known to him and,
at the same SINE, to ask him to loan
me a lantern, l approached the corner,
my bare feet moving noiselessly over
the floor.
rhe BOSS" Caught Counterfeiting.
'Imagine my surprise and conster-
nation when. as / turned the corner
around a large stack of caddies, / be-
held my employer swiftly affixing a
brand with stencil and brush to the end
of a caddy. while one of his sons stood
by, dies and mallet in hand, ready to
stamp in the weight. The young man
saw me first. and, touching his stoop-
ing father on the shoulder, said to me:
" What do YOU want here. boy2'
THE father arose quickly to his full
hight of six feet three inches, turning
upon me a pair of eyes that / had al
ways thought too fierce to be in a hui
mans head, searched me as / explain
ed the mission upon which 1 had been
sent by my uncle. When / had finish
ed he said. in a voice that had often
caused every boy i'm the factory 10
tremble when caught in the act Of tear
ing wrapper:
We'll. go and get your uncle's
watch and get out OF here. and don't
bother US any more when we are put
ting the name brands on the sides OF
our caddies. We were putting the red
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
FUN AND FROLIC
FOR YOUNG FOLK
IN A PAPER OF PINS

Merry Games with Pins as Their
oundation-Simple and Inexpen-
sive Suggestions for Children
Who Enjoy a Romp-A Nina
ture Bowling Contest-Spearing
Paper Scra Ds-How to Guide I'm
ruly Potatoes Across the Floor
with Pins.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

pin at one time. If two are captured
by mistake both must be returned to
the pile.
A small prize may be given to the
boy or girl having the most squares
when the games is at an end.
Pins and Marbles.-Each boy or girl
receives three pins. which are stuck
upright in the carpet Marbles are
then used to bowl over the pins. Nat
urally. there must be a pre-arranged
place for the pins TO be stuck. and for
the bowler to stand, in order that ev-
erybody shall have an equal chance.
If more than one boy or girl should
succeed in downing all three pins in
the three bowls allowed by the rules,
the successful players can have rub
Der" games togetehr until one or the
other becomes champion,
Pin Run.--Young folk fond of a live
ly romp win like Pin Run. 1t is cas-
lily arranged.
Fill an ordinary square box with
soft wood ashes or sawdust. Give
each player half a dozen pins and let
him run around the room six times, en-
deavoring, each time he reaches the
sawduSt box, to drop a pin in such a
way that it will stand upright in the
sawdust.
A quick run is not necessary. and
might prove exhausting. A gentle trot
is best. but the player must either
stop or hesitate in passing the box to
let fall his pin. He who succeeds in
making most pins stand upright is
victor in the game.
Potato Pin.-In this all the company
join at once. Let all players line up
against the wall at one end of the room
and give each a potato and a pin. At
a given signal each player begins roll
ing his potatoes across the room, using
the pin as propeller. The potato, of
course, rolls this way and that. 1t
must be followed and guided with the
pin. The player first to reach the other
end of the course is victor.
Stick Pin.-Place a pincushion in
table or a chair at the far end of the
room and give each player a, pin.
Each player is blindfolded in turn
and told to stick his pin in the cush-
ion. AS he is bandaged at the end of
the room most distant from the pin
cushion, and is not guided in any way
toward the goal, this will prove to be
no easy matter.
Pin Point.-For this game use a
basket of apples, bananas, peanuts or
bonbons. The starting point is mark
ed by the basket, and the goal by a
book or anything that happens to be
handy. See that each person present
has clean, new pin. Every player
has three minutes in which to get
apples or other trophies out of the
basket and run around the room with
them. The fruit is, of course, speared
and held on the pin. The young per-
son who, in three minutes time lands
most apples at the goal is winner in
the contest
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
Nervousness

by properly ton1ng and
feeding the nerves with pure
blood, which is done by u.s.
ing P. P. p, Lippman's
Great Remedy, the most
marvellous cures of nervous
ness are made, restoring
health Immediately to the
patient and making him
strong and vigorous in a
little while.
P. P. P. is superior to all
sarsaparillas.
P. 2. p. has its formula
on every carton.
Any physician will tell
you that P. P. P. is the best
combination of green roots
and barks that was ever put
together for the cure of
weakness, general debility
and nervousness. 1t is a good
tonic and the best blood
purifier in the world.
For sale by all druggists.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
HOW TO KEEP HOUSE
FOR "A MILLIONAIRE

Railroad Masnaes Housekeeper Tells of the Manifold
Duties OF the Position and of the Tact and Executive
Ability 1t Requres~-Her Word Is Absolute With the
RetInue OF Servants. from Chambermaid to Chef and
Coacnman---She Takes the Entire Management of the
house UT the Shoulders of the MiIonaires Wife Who
ofen Doesn't Bother to Approve the Plans of the Day.
BY RAILROAD MAGNATES HOUSEHOLDER
Copyright 1903, by T. c. Mcclure.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
ROBBED UNCLE SAM
OF MANY MILLIONS

Before the Days Of Internal Revenue Stamps Tobacco
Manufacturers Made Fortunes by Counterfetng the
Government Collectors Stencils and Dies-A Well
Known Jurisfs Story Of How His Boyhood Employer
IIcitIy Made Over Million Dollars. and Then, When
He Had Settled Down to Enjoy His III-gotten Wealth.
Lost Every Cent of 1t in Twenty-four Hours.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
PERSONAL
MAGNETISM

How Prominent Men Develop This Power
and Use Ii to Influence Otners-Women,
Too, Adopts in This Mysterious Art.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

A Reporter Makes Astounding Discoveries.
secret Methods which Charm and Fasci-
nate the Human Wind.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23
OKLAHOMA'S GOVERNOR
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
Present Value of Territorial Taxable
Property Placed at $4oo,o0o,00o.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. %. =
Gov. Ferguson, of Oklahoma, in his
annual report to the secretary of the
interior, estimates the present popula-
ton of the territory at $4,000 and the
actual value of taxable property at
practically $4OO.OO0,OOO, although only
SABBATH is returned by the assessors
for 1903. The territorial Indebtedness
is $461, 1855. The report says that spec
ulators and prospectors have harassed
many of the lessees of lands in Kiowa
Comanche and Caddo counties by pros
pecting for mineral, cutting timber and
attempting to locate mining claims on
school lands, but the state board has
uniformly declined to recognize that
the mining laws applied to these re-
served lands and have treated all
prospectors and loeators as intruders
Rules have been amended to prevent
the hypothecating of leases as security
for loans and their transfer in blank,
and in the future all leases and trans
fers must be executed before a notary
public or other officer empowered to
take acknowled gments as in real es-
tate transfers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23
SMALL BOY MAY WEAR
SWEATER TO SCHOOL
Philadelphia Board of Education Revokes
Teachers Stern Rule.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 22.-The
objections of his teacher, Notwithstanding,
the small boy Of this city may wear a
sweater to school if he desires. The board
of education committee On hygiene has SO
decreed.
Some time ago the teachers of the
Twenty fourth ward appealed to the Sec
tional board to adopt rule forbidding the
wearing of "a garment called sweater
in the school rooms. Unwilling to over
step it's power by legislating concerning
pupils wearing apparel, the sectional
board referred the matter to the central
board, and that body in turn saddled it
upon its committee on hygiene. AS this
committee is composed exclusively of
physicians. it was thought perhaps it
could be shown that the wearing of a
sweater indoors was injurious from the
hygienic standpoint But the physicians,
after carefully considering the profession
al aspect of the case, decided there was
no reason why a boy should not wear a
sweater to school if he wants to, so laid
the matter on the table The boys are
happy. sr
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23

street by throwing her from a second
story window. Curtis denied the boys
charges, but the Identification made by
Mrs. Shoemaker substantiates Lingo's
story to the letter. Curtis is an awk-
ward-looking chap and he is apparent
ly from the rural districts
A Stonemasons named Hartman call
ed at police headquarters last night
and identified Charles Curtis and Will
liam Lingo as the man and boy who
had held him UP Sunday evening.
Hartman, was returning home, when
the boy approached him with his tale
of woe, and moment later the man
stepped up from behind, and, showing
his gun in his face, demanded his
money.
Hartman possessed only 40 cents,
but resisted out of principle, and for
his pains is carrying a much bescarred
face
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23
SEWING MACHINES
is CRAzED QUEERLY
Rich Man Unbalanced by Prep.
arations for Wedding.

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Bidding fare
we'll to an insane man to whom. had
it not been for his affection, she would
have been married today, Mrs. Emma
A. Richardson figured in an affecting
scene in the Garfield Park sanitarium
this evening. Charles Edmund Ross,
a wealthy insurance man, who became
violently insane last Thursday, was the
prospective bridegroom, and the we'd
ding eve was changed to a mournful
parting.
Ross broke down under the strain of
overwork while preparing for the
ceremony, and jury adjudged him in
sane. He was placed in the custody of
his brother, Jared C. Ross, and ordered
to be taken to his home, in Racine,
Meigs' county, Ohio.
Mrs. Richardson today appealed to
Judge Carter to be allowed to see Ross
before his departure The request was
granted on the condition that the en-
gagement should not be mentioned.
With friends of both parties Mrs.
Richardson met Ross at the sani-
tarium and babe him farewell.
For ten years Ross had boarded with
Mrs. Richardson at her home, No. 1871
California avenue. From his business
Ross is said to have amassed a
fortune of several hundred thousand
dollars.
Friends of the afflicted man said that
for some time they had noticed that
Ross was failing in health, and attrib-
uted 1t to overwork. Nov. 2, accord
ing to the evidence, decided change
became apparent. His friends declared
w eli
and at all times. Nov Ross got a
marriage license, which is still in his
possession. He also ordered din
ner In a well-known restaurant for
Nov. 10. and notified a minister.
DR.. j. Zabokitzky, friend of Ross.
appeared in court last Thursday and
filed petition for investigation of
Ross alleged insanity. The matter was
taken up Immediately by order of Judge
carter, ana the case was heard before
Judge Pond.
At the trial nothing was said of the
intended wedding, except by Ross HIM
self.
II will show you all a good time on
my wedding day. Ross is reported to
have said. ut will not be long. and
we will all go to the restaurant, and
l want you all to have fine time"
Witnesses said that Ross had a de-
1uSlon tnat he mad countless millions
of dollars. and spent his money Law
tshly. He is said to have purchased
things for which he had no use, in
GLIDING q grocery store, for Which he
paid $4,000.
A score or more insurance men APP
peared at the hearing and stated that
Ross stood high in his profession. and
was looked on as one of the leading
insurance men in La Sale street. Ross
has been widower for seventeen years
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23
TITLED ACTRESS WEBS
OLDEST SON OF DUKE
Countess Castel Vecchio, of the Rose
CoehIan Company, Is Married.

NEW YORK, Nov. % Josephine,
Countess Castel Vecchio, better known
as Miss Oldcastle. of the Rose Coghlan
company, was married this aft
ernoon at the Greek orthodox
church in Twenty-seventh street, to
Professor Antonio Frabasilis, Oldest
son of the Duke of Castel Saraceno,
Marquis of Garaguse of Basilicatat
near Naples. The professor latelysoc-
cupied the chair of language in the
University of Athens, Greece.
The ceremony, which was given with
the full and impressive Greek church
ritual, was followed by reception to
the bride and groom, at the studio OF
Helen Watson Phelps, the portrait
painter, in West Fifty-seventh street.