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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-15
The Indian Bill.

3etter nrinted herewith is portion Of a private
communication from Luman f. Parker, Jr the legal
representative Of the Cherokee nation IN washington
We H pubcity because it contains information that
MANY readers Of this paper will be anxious to see u Is
unfortunate for the Cherokee people that Mr Parker
had not been sent to Washington at the opening 81 con-
gress However his intelligence and activity Will pro-
tec the interests Of his clients far as It is possible lo
it to be done
Washington D. G., April Y, 1904
ID M AIarrs Yinita, l. 7,
roar Sir.-qhe Indian appropriation bill passed the
senate finally at 2s0 o'clock this afternoon and will GER
tainly PASS the House. 1t contains new provisions
t several were eliminated The matter of opening the
citizenship question was stricken out and the provision
removing restrictions was changed. As now passed u
nrovdes that adult intemarried citizens and freedmen
may dispose Of their lands without restriction ana uhat
indians by blood adults only may do likewise, with the
annrova Of the secretary You this prevents minors
of either class from dsposing Of their land After
hard fight this Was the best that could be done at ts
session: as an opelifg wedge, it is decided victory
arrived here too late to accomplish much WIN 1is
n;u 4 having PASSED both Houses and being in con-
ference and it against the rules to listen to arguments
after the bill has been 50 referred. had several inter-
views with the members individually and sought to have
tbe Delaware provision changed But the provision IN
the hill having had the approval Of the department ana
H. committees of both Houses before arrived was con-
sidered fair and was unable to change it. After al
aside from the six months clause, no very strong
answer can be made to it when the committee say that
both ntruders and excessive holders In the Cherokee ma
on were given reasonable time to dispose OF their sur
plus Improvements.
NV efforts have been devoted to securing an early
,nanipg Of the land Office | had hoped to leave here
omorow but two questions have arisen which necess
sfes nv staying over perhaps for week They may az
s DELAY the opening Of the land Office One Of them IS
,at 1 meant by the phrase Delaware Cherokee ctzenS
# mean only registered Delawares or all citizens Of
asuare blood9 The other is what shall be the nature
the instructions to the to be appointed to ap-
nraise these improvements
webster Ballinger, and certain other gentlemen are
,shing bin referring to the court Of claims all citizen
cases in which persons denied rights because Of
provisions or limitation in the different acts oi con
sueh as the provision in the act Of June 4o1 leso
peorina persons to register with the Dawes conlSsO
,n certain time and the provision in the Gurus PHI
nroyidng that no application should be consloeleu u
os te person had moved to the Territory before .s
.ssoe a. the act We believe there will be no 1rouDs
S aafeatine this b but do not intend 70 leave unu
sl,e ~. nan il put in its conHn. Yours,
II f. PARKER JR.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-15

Joe seouiche IS organizing company for the publca
tim If history Of the Cherokee nation printed IN Cher
okee characters The main object it is stated IS % per-
petuate the Cherokee alphabet. It Is questionable
whether Joe can write book that viii preserve lhe
Cherokee language more than thousand years
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-15
Sctssoreo ano Otherwise
Natures Daily Message.


When from the East, the spring OF
day
Lights up the world sublime
/ hear cheering voice say,
ITO work, and lose no time e
When, from mid-slSy, the same great
sun
Cheers other workers sad
The same tones through my senses
run
ssBe glad, my child, be glad
When evening shadows gather slow
On hill and field and wood,
/ hear murmur sweet and low,
''Be good my child, be good
When, from beneath Gods burning
throne,
The stars shine in the skies,
1T comes again in solemn tones,
ssBe glad, and good and wise"
w Il. #.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-15

Four more hobos were put to work on the rock pie 20
dag. All this gentry who don't want 70 work may as
wen hit the road Both the city authorities ana Com
missioner Stanfeld after them
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-15

Men have been known to put money into oil companies
and never get back cent
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-04-15

south McAlester is eagerly looking for flock Of rail
roads.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
BRIDEGROOM THREE DAYS;
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS.
He Lost His Position and So Chose
Death.

He Lost His Position and So Chose
Death.
Raleigh, N. c., April 81. Stanley
Parker, aged 2S, of Danville, Va, blew
out his brains in the Office Of Clegg's
Hotel at Greensboro at O'Clock to-
night, dying without regaining con-
sciousness an hour later.
Parker was married on Wednesday
at Pelham, this state, to a lady from
Roanoke, Va 1t is said that upon his
return to Danville that night he re-
ceived notice of his discharge from his
position.
He went to Greensboro yesterday,
saying he was on his bridal tour to
Atlanta. To-day he walked into the
office of Clegg's Hotel, wrote four let
ters, placed the muzzle of a pistol to
his temple and shot himself through
the head.
One of the letters addressed to his
bride expressed regret for the deed,
which he nevertheless felt obliged to
prform. The bride is Frustrated with
grief.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
EXILED QUEEN
DIES IN PARIS
GRANDMOTHER OF ALFONSO
EXPIRED IN THE LAND OF HER
ADOPTION.

Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain Passed
Away Mt Her Paris Residence-At
Her bedside Were Her Two
Daughters, the Infantns EuIaIIe
and Marie-KinG of Spain, Her
Grandson, Is Not to Attend the
Funeral.
Paris, April 9.-Ex-Oueen Isabella
of Spain, grandmother of King AL
fonso, died here at 9:45 o'clock this
morning of influenza, with complica-
tions.
The American embassy, which is op-
nue. Kleber, the late Queens residence,
was early informed of the Queens
death, and Ambassador Porter was
among the first to call and sign the
palace register.
The Infantas Isabella, Eulalie and
Marie, daughters of the late Queen,
were at the bedside when she died.
The Queen had been afflicted with
the grip for two months. which grad
nally affected the lungs. Last night
she became unconscious, and the death
agony began at o'clock this morning.
The three Infantas and Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bavaria, husband of the In
fanta Marie, were summoned to the
bedside, but the dying Queen did not
recognize them.
The papal nuncio was summoned to
administer the last sacraments, but
owing to his absence from Paris the
last rites of the church were admins
tered by the Vicar of the Church of
St. Pierre. The Queens death follow
ed shortly afterward.
Prince Ferdinand Immediately tele-
graphed the news to the King of Spain,
to Foreign Minister Deicasse and to
all the European sovereigns.
1t is understood that King Alfonso
will not come to France for the funer-
al, as he did not come for the funeral
of his grandfather, King Francis, who
died in April, 1902.
The deceased Queen had been one
of the conspicuous figures of Paris
since she left Spain. After her abdi-
cation in 1870 she continued to live
with queenly magnifcence here, CIV
ing largely to charitable and religious
works.
Isabella. II-Maria Isabel Luisa-was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10

st. Petersburg, April 9, 5:25 p. m.-
The best informed military circles no
longer anticipate a Japanese landing
at the head of the Liao-Tung gulf.
They believe the Japanese have missed
their opportunity, the Russians being
now too strong.
A Russian officer who accompanied
the Japanese armies during the war
with China. said:
Il witnessed the Japanese landing at
Wei Hal Wei. 1t was excellently per-
formed, but there was no enemy to
offer resistance, the Chinese having
fed. Yet it required four days to dis
embark 21.0O0 men. If the Japanese
attempt to land anywhere within strik-
ing distance of New Chwang we can
easily concentrate a force to oppose
them faster than they can disembark." :"
The opinion now is that the Japanese
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10

the eldest daughter of Ferdinand VII,
by his fourth wife, Maria Christina of
the Two Sicilies. She was born In
Madrid in 1890, became heiress-ap-
parent, and ascended the throne in
1888, her mother being appointed
Queen Regent. Her reign was tur-
bulent one, being disturbed by many
revolutions and troubles with the col
onies. Frequent changes of minis
tries, occasional revolts, the banish-
ment of Queen Christina, the war with
the Moors, the great Carlist rebellion
of 1S34-39, the annexation of San Do
mingo in 1861, and the quarrels be-
tween Spain and her former colonies,
Chilli and Peru, were the most marked
events of her reign. In 1868 a general
revolt threw the country into tur-
moil, and in 1870 Queen Isabella was
forced to abdicate the throne; the
Cortes, in 1871, electing Prince ANA
deo of Italy, King. The line of Isa-
bella returned to the throne with the
coronation of Alphonso, her son, in
December, 1874.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
HE FIRED AS whitaker
GAVE UP HIS PISTOL.
GiIIis Did Not Approve the Proposal
for Fist Fight.

UAAAIs D1U NOT approve the t-rOpOAhI
for a Fist Fight.
Columbia, s. c., April 81. McRae
Whitaker of Camden was shot and kill
ed this afternoon at Boylkin Station,
on the Southern Railway, by ]. E.
Gillis.
The two men had some trouble some
time ago about fire, which Whitaker
charged Gillis with setting on his
mother-in-law's plantation. This aft
ernoon Whitaker met Gillis and his
father on the Camden road and the
trouble was renewed. When they
reached Boykin Station Whitaker call
ed to w. A. Boykin. a merchant, and
telling him of the trouble, suggested
that they turn over their pistols to
Boykin, and fight it out fairly with
their fists.
At this Juncture, while Whitaker
was about to pass the pistol to Boy
kin, Gillis fired. the ball penetrating
Whitaker's breast over the heart and
causing death in a few minutes. The
elder Gillis was armed, but did net
shoot.
Whitaker was about 25 years old and
Gillis is about 30. Both were pros
porous farmers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
FOR KILLING A GIRL
Charles l.. Tucker Was Arrested In
Massachusetts.

Charles l.. Tucker Was Arrested in
Massachusetts.
West Newton, Mass, April 9.-After
battling search of nine days for the
murderer of Miss Mabel Page, who
was stabbed to death in her fathers
house in Weston on March 81, the state
police arrested tonight Charles l..
Tucker, former railroad enploye,
who on Monday apparently establish
ed an alibi as to his whereabouts on
the day of the tragedy. Tucker will
be arraigned Monday, charged with
murder.
Tucker admitted to the police on
Monday that he was in Weston on
the day of the tragedy, and that he
passed the Page house.
The attention of the police was again
turned to Tucker through the discov-
cry that several of his statements, by
which he had proved an alibi, were
false, and tonight he was arrested.
Up to two weeks ago Tucker was
baggageman on the Boston and AL
bany Railroad. Last April, while
boating on the Charles river with his
wife, the boat was overturned. and
Mrs. Tucker was drowned. The po-
lice made an investigation of the ac-
cident, but took no action.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
GENERAL KUR0PATKIN
CAUSES CONFIDENCE.

New Chwang, Manchuria, Thursday
April 7, via Che Foo, China, April g..
Gen. Kuropatkin's visit to New
Chwang has inspired boundless con-
ttdence. The commander -in-chief or
dered 10000 reserves to reinforce this
position, in view of the expected Japa-
nese attack. while an additional force
of $4,000 men is ready to concentrate
upon this place at short notice, if nee
essary.
Lit is estimated now that there are
100000 Russian troops in Mauchuria.
Gen. Wogack has taken over the
command at New Chwang from Gen.
Kondratsvitch. The preparations for
the defense of the town are complete.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
THE UNDERSTANDING OF
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

London, April 9-The Associated
Press learns that the exact status of
the mueh-forecasted Anglo Russian
understanding is as follows:
After King Edward had given his
personal assurances to Emperor Mich
olas that the anti Russian comments
in the British press did not repre-
sent the feeling of his government.
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne inform
ed the Russian ambassador, Count
Benkendorff, that he would be glad to
reopen the negotiations looking to a
settlement of all matters now in dis
pute between Russia and Great Brit
ain. Lord Lansdowne did not stipu-
late any basis or enter into details.
Ambassador Benkendorff expressed
his pleasure at the offer and trans
mitted it to st. Petersburg, where Lord
Lansdowne's action is understood to
have been taken as a material express
sion of King Edward. There, for the
moment, the matter stands.
Negotiations beyond Lord Lands
downe's offer have not been COM
menced and are not likely to assume
any particularly definite phase in the
near future. No great hope was felt
here that they could ever reach a con-
clusion satisfactory to both countries,
though in view of the Anglo French
agreement even the most pessimistic
are unwilling to be too dogmatic on
this point
Both King Edwards personal action
and the step taken by his Foreign Sec
retary are due to a great degree to the
untiring solicitation of Queen Alexan-
dra, who has been greatly distressed
over the war, which has involved her
Russian relatives and Great Britain's
ally
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
MONEY IS READY
TO BUILD A ROAD
VALD0STA RAISES 100000
TO CONSTRUCT LINE FROM
THERE TO LELIATON.

People of Douglas Made Prop0-
sItiOn to Build From There to Lee
IiatOn If VaIdOsta Would Under
take the Construction From Leila
ton 10 VaIdOstn-This Proposition
Was sAccepted-PeOPIe From Along
the Proposed Line Attended.
Valdosta, Ga, April AT a meet
ing of citizens here this afternoon $780,,
900 was raised with which to begin the
construction of a railroad from this
city to Leliaton, to connect with a line
from that place to Douglas.
Quite a number of prominent citizens
of Douglas, Milltown, Sirmans and in
termediate points attended the meet
ing. The Douglas delegation stated
that they came to make Valdosta a
proposition, which was that the people
of Coffee county would build from Le-
llaton to Douglas if the Valdostans
would build TO Leliaton.
The two roads are to be merged into
one when completed, and 1t is under
stood that work will begin upon both
of them at once.
The people of Douglas, 1t is under
stood. have already raised enough
money to complete their end of the
road. valdostas action to-day insures
the speedy completion of the road from
here to the Ocmulgee river, via Doug
las.
The committee from Douglas is in
charge of members of the Board of
Trade tonight, and is being entertain
ed at a smoker. Messrs. j. w. West,
p. +. Jones. w. S. West, A. S. PEN
dleton, e. p. Rose George Warn, L. w.
Shaw and ]. G.. Crawford are leading
spirits in the enterprise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
BOYS ARRESTED FOR
STEALING $4,000.
Robbed n Man who Kept His Money
in n Trunk.


Waterbury, Conn.,, April 9.-Four
boys, suspected of connection with a
robbery in Lanesville, Conn, Thursday
night, when $4,000 was stolen from
the home of Henry Davis, were arrest
ed at their homes here to-day. About
$1,000 was found in their possession.
The boys are Fred Blodgett. aged
16; Edward Welmer. aged 10; Samuel
Mccormick, aged IS, and Benjamin
Plant, 20 years of age.
John Turner, Is years old, has been
arrested at New Milford, charged with
completely in the same robbery. He
is said to have made a full confess
sion, and took the officers to Brookfield
junction, where they found $1,000 hid
den under a stone wall.
All the boys are members of re-
spectacle families. According to the
story they told the police, John Tur-
ner was in Waterbury a week ago,
and told them he had seen Davis
counting his money, through a crack
in his bedroom door. Some one sug-
gested that they rob the man, and
the four boys accordingly walked with
Turner to New Milford. Thursday,
while Davis was away from home,
they pried open the window of his
bedroom and taking a trunk contain
ing the money, carried 1t to the woods
and opened it. They returned to Wat
erbury last evening and were soon
traced by detectives.
After their arrest they told the police
where the money was hidden. The
sum of $1O,213 was recovered. Davis
insists that he had about $4,000 in the
trunk.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
Mobilization Gazetted.

st. Petersburg, April 9.-The naval
mobilization was gazetted to-day. 1t
refers only to officers and men of the
reserve in European Russia and not to
ships. The mobilization is due to the
necessity for providing full crews for
the Black sea and Baltic fleets, which
will go into commission at the opening
of navigation. 1t is an open secret now
that several thousands of sailors be-
longing to these fleets, which had been
laid up for the winter, were sent to
Vladivostok or Port Arthur.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
RUSSIANS READY
FOR THE JAP PANESE
LIA0-TUNG GULF LANDING
is NO LONGER ANTICIPATED by
THE RUSSIANS.

lt Is Declared That the Japanese
Have Missed Their Opportunity, as
They Should Have Landed on the
shores of the Gulf Some Time Ago,
When the Russian Force Was
Weak, if at AII-It Is Now Believed
That the Japanese Win Try
Flanking Movement From Taku-
Shan, West of Antung.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
R00SEvELT'S STATE
WILL BE FOR HIM.

New York, April s.-At Republican
headquarters to-day arrangements
were completed for the State conven-
ton, which will be held in this city
on Tuesday next. Senator Chauncey
M. Depew and Representative S. e.
Payne have been settled on for tenn
porary and permanent chadrmen. II
is generally agreed that resolutions in
favor Of the nomination of President
Roosevelt will be adopted, and that
the delegation to the National Con-
vention will be instructed to support
him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
IN THE FAR EAST.

1t is estimated that there are
now 100000 Russian troops in Man
churia.
The visit of Gen. Kuropatkin to
New Chwang has inspired the
deepest confidence there in the sue
cess Of the Russian arms.
1t is said that the Japanese
fleet appeaerd off Port Arthur, but
retired when the search lights of
the the Russians were flashed upon
it.
1t is now held that the Japanese
have lost their opportunity to land
at the head of the Liao-Tung gulf.
the Russians having strengthened
themselves in that section.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
Instructed for parker.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 9.-The
Democrats Of the Seventh Congress
sional District tonight unanimously
instructed for Judge Alton b. Parker
of New York for President and in
dorsed Thomas Taggart for the In
diana member of the National Com
mittee.
The resolutions indorsing Parker say
that Judge Parker is regarded as the
most available man to be nominated
by the Democratic party for President
of the United States, and that his NOM
ination would command the enthusias-
tic support of all Democrats, and of the
independent voters of the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
GAMM0NS TALKS OF
HIS DOUBLE KILLING.
Tie shot His Sweetheart Because she
Cried.

Cried.
Jackson. Miss, April ed Gam
mons, a young white man, aged about
"a, was brought to the city to-day
from Water Valley, where he was ar
rested for killing Jake Kimsey and his
daughter near that place. He was
brought here in order to prevent his
being violently dealt with.
Gammons is we'll educated, and to-
night at the city jail he freely admit
ted the killing, saying that Kimsey
had forbidden him to marry his
daughter, with whom he was in love.
He says he did not intend to kill the
girl, but went to the house to tell
about having killed her father in the
field He says he does not know what
made him shoot the girl, unless it was
that she cried.
He said he was in bid fix and ex-
pected that he would be hanged for
his deed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10

will try a flanking movement from
Taku-Shan west of Antung, at the
head of the Gulf of Korea, in connec-
ton with their advance on the Yalu
river, but the authorities here make no
display of nervousness manifesting the
utmost confidence in the plan of cam
paign marked out by Gen. Kuropat-
kim
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
WILL BE FOR PARKER.
McCarren Says the Convention VIII
So Instruct.

McCnrren Says the Convention viii
So Instruct.
New York. April 9.-Democratic con-
ventions were held tonight in the
twenty-one assembly districts of Kings
county for the selection of three dele
gates and alternates from each district
to the state convention at Albany on
April 1S. Senator McCarren carried
seventeen out of twenty-one districts.
In accordance with the desire of
Charles F. Murphy, resolutions for an
uninstructed delegation to the state
convention were adopted unanimously
in Deputy Fire Commissioner Doyles
district, the Seventh, and in the Ninth
district.
Senator McCarren had passed the
word that the custom in Kings county
of not instructing the delegates should
be strictly observed, but he declared
that the state convention will instruct
as a body for Judge Parker.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
TO WORK IN THE SOUTH
Movement Is started for "A Force OF
Evnngelists.

Washington, April 9.-At the mis-
sionary conference at the Catholic Uni
versity to-day Rev. Father O'Grady of
North Carolina discussed methods of
training for missionary work in the
South, paying high tribute to the peo-
pie of that section.
4 movement was started to organ
ize a force of trained evangelists for
work in the South. The collection of
1 cent a week from every Catholic
child in the North is proposed to pro-
vide funds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
MRS. BOTKIN TO BE TRIED
Upon the Charge of Numbering Mrs.
Deane of Delaware.

San Francisco. April 9.-Joshua
Deane of Dover, Del, to-day swore to
a complaint before the police judge.
charging Mrs. Cordelia Botkin with
the murder of his wife, Ida Henrietta
Deane, by means of the same poison
ed candy that caused the death Of her
sister, Mrs. John p. Dunning. A war
rant for Mrs. Botkin's arrest in this
new charge of murder was served on
her later In the county jail. She will
be arraigned on Monday.
This action has been taken In order
to perpetuate the testimony OF the
witnesses brought from Delaware by
the state, who are anxious to return
and cannot legally be compelled to
come back to California In case Of a
retriaL
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
THE IAPS APPEARED
BUT DID NOT LINGER.

Paris, April 9, 5:95 p. ma dispatch
to the Temps from St. Petersburg
says some of the enemys ships appear
ed before Port Arthur last night, but
retired when discovered by the cleo
tric searchlights.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
FIFTY AUGUSTA KNIGHTS
COMING TO SAVANNAH.

Augusta, April s.-The local council
of the knights of Columbus will send
a delegation Of Atty to Savannah to-
morrow morning to take part in the
there. The party will leave
in a special car and will return in the
evening, a special engine being ar
ranged to convey the car from Millen
to Augusta.