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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31

Washington, March 26,-The house
began consideration OF the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Chairman
Hemenway Of the appropriation com.
mittcc, and Mr.. Benton, democrat,
fled statements on the bill. Mr..
Hencaway summed UP the fiscal con
dltiCu for the next fiscal year showing
that after all the legitimate expenses
had been paid there would be a $22,
100000 surplus for the year. He
estimated the annual expenditures for
1905 to be 1897 ,S02,324; to this sum
must be added the interest on the pub
lie debt estimated at $Si,97l $40, The
revenues for the year, he said. are es'
ttmuted at $1O4,472060 The total
estimates Of the departments for the
expense Of the government for 1906
aggregates $747,3l7922 or an excess
Of $42.S45,S62 over the revenues. By
scaling down the estimates and omit
ting to pass the river and harbor and
publlC buildings appropriation biIls,
the expenditures have been reduced to
So 100000 less than the estimated
revenues This estimate. he said.
contemplated all the reasonable addt
tions that may be made by the senate
to The several appropriation bills and
il also sufficient to cover all legitimate
doucitncies that may have To be pro
vidcd lOr at the next season
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31
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Signature sf I1X1N1Zs<
PLANS FOR REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION APPROVED

Chicago. March 29-The sub-com,
mittee OF the republican national com.
mittee. having in charge the arrange
ments for the national convention in
this city. met yesterday with the local
committee to discuss the preparations
at the Coliseum. where the convention
is to be held. The arrangements made
by the local committee were approved
by the members OF the national com.
mittee and there was no friction at
any time between the members Of the
two committees. In going over the
arrangements made for seating il was
found that the total number of seats
in the hall will be s.4as.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31

Washington, March 25,-The house
passed the postofiiCe appropriation
bill, after prolonged debate on the
paragraph affecting rural letter car
rcrs, which had been stricken out,
but which was inserted again. I'm
der the provisions of the bill, rural
carriers will receive salary of not
to exceed 1920 per annum. The bill
prohibits soliciting of business and re-
ccrtion OF orders by carriers from any
person, firm or corporation, but permits
carriers, under certain restrictions, to
carry merchandise for hire for and
upon The request OF patrons residing
upon their respective routes. Repre-
sentative Stevens of Minnesota filed
favorable report authorized by the
house committee on merchant marine
and fisheries on an amended senate
bill TO require the employment of YES
sells of the United States for public
purposes The bill requires all gov
eminent supplies transported by sea
to be carried in vessels either owned
by the government or flying the Amer
lean flag. Representative Lucking of
Michigan submitted a report in which
the minority members of the commit
tee declare the bin to be "a step in the
policy of substituting the merchant ma
ric for which for seven years the
most active, persistent. influential and
unbmshing lobby has been bounding
the lie ont Of both branches CT con.
grCss,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31
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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
THE MORALS OF AMERIcANc.

DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hall thinks
that the moral standard of the Ameri
can people is degenerating DR.. Hall
is president Of the Union Theological
Seminary in New York. In the course
of an address May Is before the Re,
ligious Educational Association IN
Chicago he spoke Of the relatively
good state of tie common morality OF
the American people," but a deeper
examination of the social side of our
American life reveals, he thinks, a
situation that causes anything but
satisfaction. Our activity has aston.
ished the world, "but morally we are
rapidly going astern-so rapidly that
one is dumfounded at the contrast
after a visit to some of the countries
OF Europe" Religion, he finds, has
very little part In our civilization to-
day; our home life might be better
and our people are generally apathetic
about their spiritual interests. To
much the same intent but more spe.
Ciic are the conclusions Of Dr. Coyle
OF Denver, as disclosed by him May
~ at the opening Of the Presbyterian
general assembly at Buffalo He
noted the drift Of the people away
from lofty ideals and from organized
Christianity. 1t meant something. he
thought, when conservative observers
called our time "the age Of graft
Harper's Weekly.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
LAST YEAR OF EXISTENCE
Dawes Commission Preparing to 90
out Of Business


ARDMORH: The Dawes commits.
sion Is entering upon the last year of
Its existence and the commissioners
are rushing matters as fast as DOS
sible. 1t is thought by the time the
commission expires July /, 1905, the
work will have reached that stage
where the government can wind up
the Indian affairs without the aid OF
the entire board. Il Is probable that
an experienced man will be appointed
to look after the odds and ends Incl
dent to the closing up of tribal affairs.
1t Is regarded as improbable that COM
plications will arise after the dissolu-
tion VI the board, the well defined
policy Of the commission being so
thoroughly established, and the allot-
ment of lands being complete, would
have little room for ENHANCEMENT.
However, it is said in the event that
there should be trouble It would be
one of tribal nature and would not
he attended by the same considera-
tion given the commission by the gov.
ernment, when policy for the future
SuiuohSc VI IhC pSopic NHS DcluS OuI'
lined.
In the Chickasaw nation It is learn
ed that 80 per cent Of the allotments
have been completed. The work of
arbitrarily alloting the lands in this
nation is now going on and the field
party Is working very fast. In the 9th.
er nations the work Is well in hand.
1t is thought that the appropriation
made by the last congress will be sur-
Rcient to carry out the plans OF the
Dawes commission. New rules have
been established, which are radically
different from the old ones. One of
the principal rules provide that before
any employe can draw his salary he
must take oath that he is not mem.
ber of any corporation or organization
which is dealing in Indian lands, and
that he is not specializing in lands
himself.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
kWITH TffE WOPLD'S
EB BEST WRITERS\
s=E:2~@ssuI-znas(a<61d
WHERE OUR WOMEN FAIL,

The native-born American woman
has been made the subject of discus
sion almost ad nauseam indeed, 1t
would be matter for no surprise If
she were to regard herself as being
apart. Her energy, her brightness,
and resourcefulness have been lauded
to such an extent that the women of
other countries cannot be considered
in the same category with her. This,
too, Is true as far as it goes, and in
many qualities the American woman
stands supreme. Unfortunately, how
ever, she fails in the most important
one Of all-that of maternity, and
fails in consequence of her cultiva.
ton to excess of those attributes
which are generally thought not to
be within a womans province. Her
physical powers suffer in proportion
as her mental powers increase, and
as propagation of the race she can.
not compete with women of stronger
bodies but of less highly trained
brains.-New York Medical Record.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
USE OF VAST FORTUNES,

Vast accumUlations of money al
ways were, and always will be, in.
teresting, but it is obviously difficult
for the accommodating individual 10
make more than moderate fortune
minister to his personal happiness
very big fortune determines what
his occupations shall be, and on what
he shall put his mind, but it has not
much to do with determining how
much satisfaction he shall get out OF
life. The great Office Of accumulated
wealth Is to promote civilization to
realize new possibilities of develop
ment. When wealth can buy new
knowledge for mankind; when It can
help lower race to rise little,
higher race to rise still more, it Is
doing about the only thing it can
hope to do which is highly important
The more thoughtful of our very rich
men seem to realize this. They give
money most readily for the spread OF
knowledge and the discovery of new
knowledge. For the relief of suffer.
ing they are less solicitous. AS is
natural, considering their training,
they want to do things that will pay;
that seem to be scientifically useful.
The proportion of their incomes that
our richest men spend for their own
pleasure is mere bagatelle. What
they don't spend at all Immediately
becomes productive capital, and q
large part of what they give away
promotes the spread Of knowledge.
Harper's Weekly.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
STRATEGY.

What has war taught about STRAIT
egy? Nothing. The principles of
strategy are few, simple, and appar-
emily immutable. They are the same
now as they were in Caesars time,
and have never been better optic
mized than by Gen. Forest, who said
that the art of war consisted in get.
tin thar fustest with the mostest
men," The japanese have managed
to do this so far. II is supposed the
total number of Japanese soldiers in
the field about equals the total num-
ber Of Russian soldiers. But the Japs
had considerably more troops in bat
tie at the mouth Of the Yalu, Nanshan
hill and Vafangow than the Russians.
The Japanese generals. up to the
present time, have showed themselves
to be the superior strategists.-Chi
cago Tribune.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
SCENE IN WHEAT BELT.

One square mile of wheat. Ever
see 1t? Transcontinental trains used
70 stop in the Smoky Hill valley OF
Kansas to allow passengers a view OF
such a wonder It realized all the
travellers dreams of agricultural
splendor. Hundreds such visions
now mark the great grain area of the
plains. but their beauty is none the
less. Six hundred and fosty acres OF
wealth; $4,000 proft-perhaps more!
1t shimmered beneath the perfect
opalescent blue of the sky, the tall
straws bending with their weight OF
grain. Standing on the seat of the
reaper one might see in the distance
slimmer of green pastures and
catch glimpses of rustling fields OF
corn, but here was the heart of sum,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
WORK FOR CONvlcTS.

81 may never be governor again."
said David r. Francis in an address
to the recent good roads convention in
st. Louis, "but II were to be would
surely put the convicts on the high.
ways" 1t might cost the taxpayers
a little more 10 work the states pris-
oners on the roads than it does to
keep them locked up, but the ultimate
results would probably be more profit
able to the state than would be the
results from any other use they could
be put to. The outdoor work would
be good for the convicts' health and
would, therefore, according to the best
authorities, exert a stronger influence
upon them than indoor work does, and
the products of their labor would not
then come into competition with the
products Of free labor.-Kansas City
Journal.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
SPAIN SINCE THE WAR.

Spain is financially better off than
when she was loaded down with colo.
nies, which she had for generations
administered feebly and corruptly,
and which she had become incapable
Of administering at ALL Not only that,
but they had forced her to keep a
useless navy, and to waste in them
capital and energy which were needed
at home. II Spain will now establish
genuine free government under what
ever form, cut off the horde of privll-
eyed officeholders who sap her life
blood, reduce her army, provide uni.
versal free schools, reduce her in.
Vulnerable holidays to reasonable
basis and turn her attention to the
development Of her own rich and
neglected domain and untouched re-
sources she may enter upon a new
and lasting era Of greatness.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
CATTLE DYING RAPIDLY
Farmers Near Perry Report That Tex.
as Fever is KILLING Live Stock

as Fever is Killing Live Stock
GUTHRIE: The attention Of the
Oklahoma live stock commission has
been called to the attention of cattle
along the quarantine line which separ.
ates the Otoe Indian pastures from the
main portion Of the territory. Farmers
and cattlemen north of Perry are up
in arms, for their cattle are reported
to be dying at rapid rate as a result
of Texas fever.
X. II. Hahn, territorial cattle in
spector, has quarantined six different
herds in as many different pastures,
and his work is being continued un.
ceasingly. There have been between
thirty and forty head of cattle which
nave died from the fever within a
week. Active preparations are being
made by owners to construct dipping
plants Immediately. There are 1900
head OF cattle under quarantine at
present There is one bunch of 1 500
Texas cattle under quarantine. The
rapid spread Of the disease is what is
worrying the Oklahoma owners.
Several head Of Charles Holcomb's
herd have also died as a result of cat.
tie breaking across the line from the
reservation.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
Only Beaumont OIL Can be Used

GuTHRlE: Secretary Tom Morris
OF the Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary
commission states that thus far no
OIL other than that found in a few
wells In the Beaumont, Texas, district
mas been found that will do for use
IN killing the fever ticks on cattle.
Other oils possess so much petroleum
as TO make them UNIT for such a pnr.
pose. On the contrary, the Beaumont
OIL is no good for petroleum purposes.
The specific gravity of Beaumont oil
Is ~ and 20, while that of Cleveland.
okia'' oil is 80. There are only one or
TWO wells in the Beaumont district
from which the oil is suitable for dip.
ping purposes; the vats in which the
cattle are dipped hold from 400 to 500
gallons of the crude oil.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
SlOCUM VICTIMS
Total List Of Dead Is Given as 958 In
the Final Report

NEW YORK: The total dead in
the destruction OF the excursion
steamer General Slocum on June l5 is
given as 95S in the final report pre-
sent2a to Police Commissioner Nc
Adoo~by the inspectors in charge Of
the Investigation by the police de-.
part~ent. Only S97 of the dead were
identified, 62 were reported missing
and G1 unidentified. while lSO were
injured. and only 235 out Of the nearly
400 on the steamer escaped injury
Assuming that the unidentified dead
are among the missing, all but one
has been thus accounted for.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED IN
RULING OF DEPARTMENT
INDIAN AGENT STOPS THE SALE OF LAND
Petitioner Recited She Was q Freed.
man, While Rolls Showed She Was
Listed az Half eIood-Matter De.
termines Who Can Sell Land

'""So WIN YAH oSII Lana
MUSkOGEE: The most important
decision given out by the interior de-
partment was the one recently decided
establishing the precedent which the
land buyers have been longing for
ever since the restrictions were re.
moved from the freedmen's land in
the Territory.
The trouble has been that the bill
read, And all allottees not of In
dian blood, etc., shall have the right
TO sell their lands without restric.
tion," and the fact that there were a
good many citizens who were enrolled
as freedmen, but had Indian blood in
their veins, kept the land buyers
guessing whether to buy land of the
freedman who was of Indian blood,
and many of them would not buy at
oil, as the banks would not make
loans on the land bought from a
freedman who was of Indian blood.
The following is the first time the
departemnt of the interior has ever
made any decision on the question,
and is letter written to Rhoda Cook
OF Haynes, I. r., who admitted in her
petition that she was at least one.
half Creek Indian:
Department Of the Interior, United
States Indian Service, Union Agency
-Rhoda Cook, Haynes, I. T.: Dear
Madam-June 8, 1904, l submitted your
petition for the sale of a portion of
your allotment in the Creek nation,
described as the north half OF the
northeast quarter of section 23, town
ship 1S, north, range II east, 80
acres.
1t appears that you are Creek
freedman, and your name appears on
the approved partial roll of Creek
freedmen opposite No. 1872.
In your letter accompanying your
said petition you state that you are
"as much as one.half Creek Indian by
blood"
The petition and all the papers re-
ceived Herewith were transmitted TO
the department. which, in returning
the same. states that under the law
the commission to the five tribes and
the department have the authority to
determine whether applicants for citi-
zenship In the Creek nation are en-
titled to enrolment as freedmen or as
Indians by blood; that it has been de.
termined that you were entitled to en-.
rollment as a freedman. and that it
was believed that In the meaning
OF the law you are Creek freedman
and have right to dispose of your
land without departmental supervis-
Ion. Under these circumstances you
will not be permitted to list your
land for sale under the regulations of
July 10, 1903. Very respectfully,
j. BLAIR SHOENFHLT,
United States Indian Agent,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-18
LASTING EFFECT
This Evidence Should Prove Every Claim Made for Doaais Kidney
 Pills in AIaska

Relief from the pains aud aches of 8 bad back is always welcome to every backache sufferer; but to cure lame, weak or aching bac> is what's wanted. Cure it so it will stay cured It can be done. Here's the strongest evidence to prove it:
 W. ". Lee, painter of Willis street, near Placer street, Bedding, Cal, says
 Like the majority of men who follow my calling, fl the action of the ingredients used in the business was not the primary cause of kidney com plaiut, they certainly aggravated it when the attacks Occurei. l do not want my friends and acquaintances in Bedding Co think that DOan'S Kidney Pills have radically cuaed an old chronic case of kidney complaint like mine. but this l can eOnscientiously say, the treatment undoubtedly did me a vast amount of good. Anything that helps a man whose back has ached so badly that he cyu q not sleep at night, who many and many time when at work could hardly push brush 10 and from him without suffering almost un- endurable rwangs, is pleased 10 obtain a remedy VI hich brings relief To say that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me, very mildly expresses the amount of benefit | received from the treatment" "
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Fos'er-Mnburn Co, Buffalo, x. r., sole agents for the United States.
 Rdmember the name DOan's, and take no substitute,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-18

GU une west end of the line. To his chagrin he found a dozen mounted war riOrs placed to head off any such at tempt. He made 1t, however. Run ming down the lines at the top of his sueed and receiving a cut from almost every warrior as he passed, he broke out on the prairie and ran for his life.
 The pursuing Indians could have kill ed him, but the idea was recapture. He got two full miles from camp and d0dg- ed them for an hour before this was ac- complished. He was then made to pass up and down the lines four times, after which be was returned to the tepee for an hours rest. Being stark naked, every blow of the switches had raised welt, and he was scared from head to heel.
 The next move on the programme was to bind him to a tree and throw knives and tomahawks at him. The Idea was to torture his mind, but some of the weapons slightly wounded him. and those who threw them were laughed at as bunglers. Hall won the admiration of all the warriors by lGs display of nerve during the trying or deal
 At noon he was taken back to tho lodge and given another hearty meal and an hour later was brought out to be tied to the stake Before thls had been accomplished an old buffalo bel pursued by wolves dashed into the herd of ponies about half a mile away and started a panic and q stampede There were GOO ponies in the herd, and they made straight for the village, and so sudden was the alarm that for the moment everybody was upset.
 The general idea was that an attack was being made by the soldiers, and there was a rush in every direction for weapons.
 Hall and his guards were knocked down like tenpins. but the instant he was free he rose up among the horses and ran with them, yelling to keep them going. He was carried along for mile or more and then suddenly caught sight of his own mule.
 She was as obedient to his whistle as dog, and he was soon on her back It was not until the herd had covered a distance of five miles. that the panic suhsided, and this gave Hall long start. lie was riding without saddle or bri1le, but that was no trick for a scout. He headed for Fort Wallace, and, though pursued to within a mile of the post, he got in safely. His pur- suers numbered fifty, and some of them urged their ponies to such speed that the animals dropped exhausted and were abandoned within sight of the fort. NJ. QUAD
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-18
WILL BUILD
Cable to Valdez to Be Con-
 plpted

Not only will the cable from Sitka to Seattle be built this year, but 1t is hoped to build that from Sitka to Val dez before fall A recent dispatch in the POst-Iutenigencer says:
 "BidS for about 600 miles of tele- graphic cable have been called for by Gen. Greedy. This cable will be used to supply the last link iu the Alaska military telegraph system, between Sitka and Valdez. The bids will be opened at the war department on the 10th Of this month.
 ''The advertisement was issued on the assumption that the required ap- propriation Of s32l, ,5SO will be made iu the pending army bill, but as this item has been agreed to by the conference committee of the two houses there is no doubt that the funds will become available at an early date. The laying Of the Sitka-Seattle cable will be com pleted in the coming summer, and Gen. Greedy hopes that the stretch of 500 miles between Sitka and Valdez can be closed up before the storms come next fall 20