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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-06-09

ore Vinita Chieftair,
weekly Edition
d. N. MARRS. Publisher
vINITA, IND. TER, JUNE 0, 1904.
Prices for cattle the market yesterday were stead
to ten cents higher
one OF the compensatons OF living In a small town
freedom from the end seat hog.
When Cleveland volunteered tospeak work for Parke
ii acted like a drop shot, and Knockout
The high waters and the great waste Of whisky at Tab
leQuah has tendency to make things dull
week from Thursday the democratic convention o
the Indian Territory will meet at Durant.
Despite the talks OF hard times piece Of Vinita rea
estate occasionally brings what looks like good rount
price. -
The democncyof Oklahom showed mighty little respect
for COL waterson when they endorsed Bryan while ht
was in the city.
The strenuous Mr. Roosevelt has decided to put the
members Of his cabinet the stump in the interest OF
his candidacy
That bottled Russian fleet should be alowedto escape
it would make the captuation Of Port Arthur sooner
and more certain.
The damage done to roads bridges and farms by last
weeks rains in this section is enormous, but II is
much worse south Of US
Col Henri wattersou prefers Cleveland to Roosevelt
because he would fish more and fool with the machn-
cry Of government 80 much
reign Of terror exists in Cripple Creek Colorado on
account Of da5olcal dynamitng plot followed by riot
ing Twenty-Five are dead and Of Others injured
When the red ants aud the Bob Whites get through
with the boil weey cotton viii again whiten southern
Texas But what have these ants and birds been doing
heretoforeY
Caney is to have another paper. Dr. Blewett and
Deacon" Jones Of welch, l. T., have made arrange
ments to start another weekly The first issue will come
out In week or two
The sensible thing to doat the Duantconyenton will
be 10 let the statehood question alone resolution
yorng single statehood could doubtless be passed with
rush. but what's tie use The thing win settle itself
IN due time
The chleftain believes the Cherokee people, and the
public generally should know all about the working Of
~.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
The Logical Inference.

Mr.. Kidder looked up from the even
ing paper upon which he had been in
tent says the Smart Set.
81 see. my dear" he said sorrowful-
ly that Christmas rs again coming. .
What else eanyydu1 expect this time
of year@' queried Mrs. Kidder, un-
shocked by the news.
Still. said Mr. Kidder, argumenta-
lively, lit is a distressing and harrow
ing fact which no reputable newspa-
per should thrust upon a mans, es-
pecially q family mans, attention. /
think shall have to change my pa
per. can't stand for such yellow
ness
why, does the paper announce it?"
asked Mrs. Kidder, with some sur
prise.
We'll, not in so many words" re-
piled Mr.. Kidder, carefully ahering to
the exact facts; but it is the deduc-
ton from what it does say which no
logical mind can resist especially
that of the husband of a wife,
why, what does it say?" asked
Mrs. Kidder, stopping her darning in
her curiosity.
1T says" replied Mr.. Kidder, SOL
emily consulting the article to make
sure he was correct, that two women
We're injured and several tainted in
the crush at Seller & Doomore's neck
lace sale this morning."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
His Order for Eggs.

There is a certain lawyer of the
town who devotes all his leisure time
to the preparation of elaborate and
solemn jokes, says the Washington
Post. Nobody on earth is too august
for him to tackle. He was in London
last summer. and one morning he went
into restaurant with his most dig
nided air, and proceeded to order
breakfast.
Il want two eggs" said he to the
waiter. II want one fried on one side
and the other fried on the other"
The waiter nodded and Withdrew. A
little later he returned.
Beg pardon, SIR" said he, "but 1
am afraid 1 didn't quite catch your
order. Would you mind repeating ii %
mot at ALL" said the American, SOL
EMMY. Il want two eggs, one of them
fried on one side and the other on the
other"
Thank you, sir" said the waiter. II
thought that was what you said, but
j wasn't quite sure, sir"
Five minutes later an apolegetic
waiter returned to the Americans ell
bow.
Il beg pardon, SIR" said he again,
but the cook and / have had some
words. Would you mind having those
eggs scrambled"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
Personal.

-Ex-Queen Liliuokalani and Con-
gressional Delegate Kalauiauoale of
Hawaii have arrived in the United
States. The former queen is still hope
full of securing an appropriation from
Congress to reimburse her for the loss
of former crown lands.
Many of the congressional families
find it hard to enter the social life be-
cause of the lack of what is, considered
a proper place to receive calls. A
group of ladies from one Western
state have surrnounted this obstacle
very cleverly for the last several win
ters by combining and engaging the
parlors of large apartment hotel in
which several of them reside. The; arr
rangement proved a most pleasant and
desirable one. ru5bas- nr-. .i
The wisconsin Legislature that
convenes next january will have
among its members ten men who hold
degrees from the University of Wis
consin. Graduates OF the university,
while not preponderating in member
ship in the Legislature, will have con-
siderable influence in formulating
laws. OF the ten members the Sem
ate has five and the assembly the
same number. This means that 5 per
cent. of the Senate and 5 per cent. of
the assembly are graduates of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. u
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
lNDEA ~ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Dividend Notice,
Savannah Bank and Trust Company;
Notice, Savannah Bank and Trust
Company; Crew Notice, j. Davis, Mas
ter; Ship Notice, Strachan & Co., Con-
signees; Crew Notice, H. Vogemann,
Agent.
Business Notices-Fish and oysters,
Roos' Market; Juvenile Bicycles. Oak
man & O'Neil; Juvenile Bicycles, G.
w. Thomas; Just Try a Meal, SOM
mcrs' Cafe; Xmas Bicycle Needs, Wal
ter F. Higgins.
SILVER Days Due-B. H. Levy, Bro.
& Co.
Factors, Good Cheer-A. Enrich &
Bro
Friday Special sale-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
Special Daily Sale, Nov. lib. H.
Levy, Bro. & Co.
Electric Lights Are Safe Lights-Sa-
vannah Electric Company.
Toilet Articles for the Holidays
Livingston's Pharmacy
Red Cross Coffee-Henry solomon
& Son.
.Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
Young Man-E. & w. Laundry.
Catoosa Springs Water-Knights
Pharmacy.
Sweet Maiden soap-Henry Solomon
& Son.
Genuine Hot stuff stoves-Edward
Lovelrs Sons.
Delightful shampoo soap-shup-
trine's.
Saturday Is Bargain Day-Rowlin-
ski, Druggist.
Useful Presents-At Lattimore's.
25 Per Cent of-Dr. NJ. schwab's
Son.
More Good Things-The Metropoli-
tan.
Maillard's Candies-The Delmonico
Company.
The Tail End--Connor & Sullivan.
Want TO Know the Best Things
Falk's. Around the Corner.
Oranges-w D. Simkins G. Co.
Kalola Praised-The Kalola Com
pany.
Special Shirt Waist sale-Estate
Daniel Hogan.
Medical-Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
Christmas shopping-Leopold Adler.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted, Employment Wanted, For
Rent. For Sale, Lost, Personal, Mis-
ceilaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
COLUMBUS LOG DOES NOT EXIST.
From the New York World

Paris, Dec. 10.-"Quote me most en-
phatically as saying that neither the
Duke Able nor any one else possesses
the original log of Columbus's voyage
for the simple reason that it doesn't
exist having been destroyed in Co
ldmbuss lifetime because it contained
entries the Columbus family wanted
suppressed" said Henri Vignaul, doyen
of the American Diplomatic Corps in
Europe, and greatest living authority
ion Columbus matters. THE Duchesse
d'Albe, the present Dukes mother, a
scholarly woman, gathered all the pap
lers and archives of the family and
/, published them in several volumes
most of the contents of which have
been widely quoted. One contained ex-
tracts .purporting to have been taken
from the log in question, but they We're
largely, sI1rnfise. believe q the
Duchesse exhausted the archives thor
ioughly, little of value remaining. The
Duke is absent from Paris at the mo-
menty but the Spanish Embassy prom-
Uses to notify me of his return, when
it is possible / may learn the extent
of the papers remaining, if any. But
there is no possibility of the existence
of the much talked-of log which / am
enormously said to be trying to per-
suade the United States to buy"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
A NAPOLEON IN COLORADO.
From the baltimore. Sun.

TIE tIOHits
Denver. Dec. 11.-Adjt. Gen. Sherman
NJ. Bell believes that he resembles
Napoleon in more ways than one and
has said so over his signature. To-
day Willard p. Hatch, who was en-
gagged to write a biography of the
general, but who disagreed with him
over the financial end of the deal,
made public a portion of the biography.
which is really autobiography, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hatch, who says the
General wrote it himself Excerpts
from Gen. Bells opinion of himself are
given literally:
He (BelD is conceded to be the
most thorough military officer in disci-
pline and efficiency in the United
as well as the fac-simile appearance
of Napoleon in his youth. The Colo
RADIO brigadier general, ranking with
all the war generals of the past and
present centuries, in the person of Gen.
Sherman M. Bell-his major general
ship Will stand as monument to Colo
RADIO, no doubt in the whole United
States, if not in the entire world, to
the memory of the man who was named
after the man who marched to the
.sea-Gen. William Tecumseh Sher-
man."
There is much more in the same vein.
and Mr.. Hatch offers the Generals
copy in evidence. The two men have
been denouncing each other for several
weeks and might have fought a duel
had they agreed on weapons. Hatch
insisted on the privilege of the chal-
lenged person and chose swords, but
Gen. Bell refused to fight with cold
steel
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
BRIGHT BITS.

The Main Penalty.-Mr. Jackson
Sam shinbone done got thirty days
in Jail To- stealin' chickensn Mr..
Johnson-"Gee! OATS long time to go
wivout chickens!"-Puck.
Miss Flyrty-'.Jack Hanson was
telling me about a romantic adven-
ture he had at the party last night. It
seems he bumped into girl in a dark
hallway and kissed her; and he doesn't
know yet" Miss Elders-"Oh! tee
heel That was l." Miss Flyrty-
What? Obi for goodness sake, don't
tell him now. Let him love his ro-
nance. "--Philadelphia Press.
-Immune-"Doctor,' said the call
er, somehow I'm afraid of pneumo-
mia. There's a good deal of it in town,
1 hear. What causes it? Riding in cold
cars?" NO" said the doctor. THAT
toughens a man. All my pneumonia
patients contracted the malady by liv-
ing in overheated steam flats" The
caller went away with light heart.
He was doubly safe.-Chicago Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
-s--o-s---
HOW SOUTHEY WORKED,


Southey was a methodical and rapid
. literary craftsman. 81 am a quiet, pa
tient, easy going hack of the mule
breed; regular as clockwork in my
pace, surefooted, bearing the burden
which is laid on me- and only obstinate
in choosing my own path" he wrote
to friend. But his method was by
no means simple.
he was poet, historian, a critic
and miscellaneous writer: he turned
out an enormous quantity of matter
and succeeded in doing so by working
fourteen hours a day and diversifying
his labors within his daily round. He
had six tables In his library. He wrote
poetry at one, history at another, crit
lclsms at third and so on with the
other subjects upon which he was en-
gagged, and when he was tired of spin
ming his brains into verse he turned to
history and criticism
There is a story that he once de-
scribed to Nine. de Stael the division
of his time-two hours before break
fast for history two hours for reading
after, two hours for the composition of
poetry, two hours for criticism and so
on through all his working day. "And
pray, Mr.. Southey," queried the French
woman, somewhat unkindly, when do
you Think"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
The Sfamese Twins-Were They
Brothers.

The late P. T. Barnum was a keen
student of human nature as well as
a natural humorist and nothing which
set forth human traits that were odd
or amusing escaped his attention, says
Success. He was very fond of telling
stories of incidents that brought out
features in human character-one of
which, that delighted him immensely,
was connected with the Siamese
twins.
When he was exhibiting those orien-
tai freaks the press of the country
made them widely known and they
became very soon one of his best
drawing cards.
One day there came to see them a
back country rustic, who was per-
fectly absorbed in them and inquisitive
enough in regard to them to require
almost bureau of information to
answer his innumerable questions.
Mr.. Barnum happened to be the one
questioned and he was asked their
age, occupation, original home wheth-
er they were single or married, their
weight and stature and their religious
belief. Nothing at any rate, was too
trivial or irrelevant. which the rustic
thought of, all of which interested the
Snowman intensely.
Finally the bucolic visitor started
slowly, but reluctantly, to leave, but
after walking away a few steps he re-
turned and said with the most solemn
simplicity:
They are brothers, I presume"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
SIGNS OF GENERALIZATION.

The life insurance companies say
they do not object at all to the PROPOSE
ton that the government shall have
supervision of their affairs. Indeed
they rather court such supervision, be-
cause they think that eventually it
will relieve them from compliance with
state laws. At present the laws of
the states in reference to life insur-
ance companies differ greatly, and the
companies find 1t difficult and annoy
ing to comply strictly with them. 1t
would suit them to be placed directly
under national laws and to be relieved
from compliance with the laws of
the states in which they do business.
And it is probable that all corpora.
lions which do an interstate business
would prefer to be required to comply
with only one set of laws. and those
the national laws. They would prefer
this for only one reason, namely, that
it would relieve them from the annoy
ances and expense of complying with
so many different sets of laws admin
istered and enforced by officials hav-
ing so many points of view.
And it is found practically iinpossi-
bile to remedy the divorce evil by leg
lslation because of the difficulty of
getting the states to agree to unit
form divorce law. Therefore. it is
probable that there wouldn't be very
strong opposition to an effort to give
the national government authority TO
deal with the divorce question.
All the time there is some question
coming up which could be handled to
better advantage by Congress than by
the Legislatures of the states. at least
1t seems to be admitted 1t could
Hence. the constant movement to-
wards the Capitalization of authority
in the national government. The
movement is so slow that it attracts
but little attention. but when viewed
through a long period It is seen that
II is great enough TO suggest the ques-
ton whether state lines will not be
practically obliterated eventually.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record 'Dem.)
says: 1T is to be noted that yester-
days renewed and heavy slump in the
stock market followed the presidential
announcement that the question of
tariff revision had been dropped for
the time being We may thus learn
that assurances to let the blessed tar
if alone constitute no protection to
prosperity quotations. If the slump
had followed an announcement that
an extra session would be called to
revise the schedule, how emphatically
would the stand-patters have pro-
claimed 1t as an unmistakable' effect. "
The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) says:
"Mr. Roosevelt's plurality over Par
ker was 2,54e. 160. or almost exactly
one-half OF the total vote cast for the
Democratic candidate. The vote given
TO the Republican candidate was the
largest ever given 10 any candidate for
President. His majority over all was
1,746,9Oi so that even taking into con-
sideration the voters who did not ex-
ercise the right TO cast their ballot last
month II would seem as though Mr..
Roosevelt had the right to claim that
he was the choice OF a large majority
OF all the voters Of the country With
ENin ~ N1Aiilh Hitil nc WI
tainly ought 70 have every Incentive to
keep his pledge TO be the President Of
the whole country, and not OF any
party or faction"
The Louisville Courier Journel
Dem.) says: "Thefe is a wave Of
condemnation for the Chadwick wom-
an, upon whom fhe strong hand 81 the
law has been placed for acts which
are no worse thnn those committed
constantly by men sho sWindle inyea-
tors out ~ their money by false rep
reservations. and Yet ~ free 30 pose A.
successful nnauciers Forgery a. nft-
er 40 only one form ~ mia-repre-
neufaii0n. dineilpR iu moral crime from
abe nOaflnr ~ bogus corporations anh
selling ~ worthless stocks. in fhe pun.
lfhmenf AFFIXED io fhe former. ~ 90
fie eD-calif1 maFunfrH who r1ll Dol
wealth DY prnfilfff ah fraudulent aa
those f1r nhlol MfH. nhndWlff "a nUH
held W M lDonuF Hfrf treated ~
fhrF lfffrFf fnoff would n0f a. prison
unrommoaaiipH flfcirm f0f fhfu.'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
CIeveInnd,s Twins.

Grover Cleveland caught many a
fine bass in Lake Erie at the mouth Of
Cattaraugus creek before he became.
Governor Of New York, says the New
York Press. One day, while doing
some bottom fishing. he lost his only
lead sinker. Shan" Bissell's boat
was a mile away. and you know how
much a musy fisherman hates TO move
and how slowly he comes to your re-
lief. While waiting for his partner
Cleveland had happy thought. His
flask Why not use II as a sinker? No
sooner thought than done. and down
went the line again to the bottom.
Just as Bissell got close by Grover
hook. Hey. Grove. that's a lusty pair
OF twins you've got this time" he ex-
claimed. Yes" retOrted Cleveland.
"and brought up on the bottle, too"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16

Since the foundation OF the govern
ment, probably 1000 judges have sat
upon the federal court bench. OF this
considerable number, four members Of
the federal judiciary have been inn
peaehed. The impeachment OF Judge
swayne, OF the Northern district OF
Florida, makes the nth case OF the
Kind IN the history OF the country.
The other cases are ~ follows. 1903
Judge Pickering OF New Hampshire,
removed for drunkenness and profan-
ny lsol--Juatice Chase Of the su-
IRENE Court, tried on seni-politicai
charges. but NOT removed. lss0-JudFs
Peek ~ Missouri. charged with a'bi-
uafy and Illegal conduct buf not con-
'iefoa itei-Jpdge Humphreys ~ Ten
nonsee removed Cor fepudiauur b.
allegiance and aecpiina a confe6-
enpte commission. Yhia record o. one
~ nirh credit ~ the nafionai judi
NIafg.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
RUSSIA HOPEFUL.


Is the Russian officer quoted in our
st. Petersburg dispatches yesterday
right in his statement that the Japa-
nese have reached their high water
mark, and that they viii not be able
to achieve any additional success at
Mukden, even though Port Arthur
should fan and they should receive re-
Inducements from there to the extent
Of $4,000 men? It seems in Russia the
belief prevails that the fall of Port
Arthur will not be of any great as
sistance to the Japanese. The possess
sion of that port will not enable them
to make greater Roadway in the effort
to drive the Russians out of Man
churia
The Russians are of the opinion that
the japanese have missed the psyche
logical moment. By that they mean
the Japanese should have concentrated
all their forces in the effort to drive
the Russians out of Manchuria when
Kuropatkin had but small army to
oppose them 1t would have been much
easier to prevent the Russians from
regaining a foothold in the province,
even after they had been reinforced,
than it will be to drive them out now
that they have been reinforced.
j With the Russians out of Manchuria
the japanese could have taken Port
Arthur at their leisure. Now Kuro-
patkin has about 100000 men at Muk-
den, and Japan has called out nearly
all of her reserves, 50 it is said, and
is practically unable to greatly increase
her armies in the field. On the other
hand, Russia can continue to pour
troops into Manchuria by the thou
sands.
If this is the true situation there may
be something in the statement of the
Russian officer quoted in our dis
patches. But there may be another side
of the story. Port Arthur may be neces-
sary to Japan to get supplies to her
army when all of the streams become
frozen. When the other available ports
are closed by ice she may be able to
keep open that port.
And then it is not certain that she
has practically exhausted her resources
in putting her present army in the
field. No doubt she viewed the situa-
ton from all points of view, and chose
the course she followed, knowing all
about the advantages which is now
pointed out by the Russian officer
The army she has at Mukden is a re-
markable one, and if handled rightly
may prove to be more than a match
for the army which confronts it,
though greatly outnumbered.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
FROM HIGH ATTITUDES.
From the New York Press.

A man came here the other day from
Mexico City and tried to drink all the
whisky in town. The same chap was
here three years ago trying to do the
same thing. Our wood alcohol seemed
to haye no effect on him, which he ac-
counted for in simple. common
sense way. Men from high attitudes
who are addicted to liquor can drink
vastly more when they descend to
lower levels. The average increase of
capacity is about one pint per diem
per 1000 feet. Therefore a man who
drinks a quart day in Mexico City
and manages to attend to business can
drink nine and one-half pints in New
York without being under the infiu-
ence, inasrnuch as the capital of our
sister republic is 1900 above sea level
and we are at the waters edge.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-16
HOW TO GO TO SLEEP.
From the Chicago News.


Sir William Laird Cloves advocates
a novel remedy for refractory cases of
insomnia. 81 have recommended such
people, after having ascertained what
is likely to be the most comfortable
position for Sleep" he says, Ito affix
a small bright light two or three feet
above the head, so that in order to see
it without moving the head the eyes
must be rotated upward.
For this purpose an ordinary electric
glow lamp, covered with Opaque black
paper, in which is cut hole the size
of a pins head, is very suitable, pro-
lvided, of course, that the hole be ar
ranged so that it is in or near the
imaginary line joining the glowing fla
ment and the position which the eyes
will occupy. The brighter and smaller
the point of light the better. Let the
.upward-rotated eyes be directed stead
lastly at this, a persistent effort be-
ing employed not necessarily to keep
the eyelids open, but to keep the
eyes themselves bent upon the required
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