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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-05-13
TWO TRAINS DAILY

25a. Fast Mail-For the Occur
d Alenes, Pennington,
Garfield, Colfax, Pull
man, Moscow, Pomeroy
Waitburg, Dayton, Walla
Walla, Pendleton, Baker
Cityand all points EAST
FastMail-From llpoints
EAST, Baker City, Pen
dletoD, Walla- Walla,
Dayton, Pullman, Pom
eroy, Waitsburg, Mos
COW, Colfax, Garfield.
Pennington and Occur
d Alenes. 500 p IN
f:30 p, m. Expression Pennington,
Garfield, Colfax Pull
man. Moscow Lewiston,
Walla Walla, Portland,
Baker City ,SsnFranciscU
and allnOints EAST
Express From all points
EAST. Baker City, san
Francisco, Portland,
CoifHK. Garfield and
Pennington. III 40 am.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
NEWS OF THE NEW STATE,
THE FLAG TEcUMseH CARRIED
II Is to be Exhibited In indian Terri.
tory BuiIdjno

II Is to be Exhibited In indian Terri.
tory Building
MUSKOGEE: Joseph McCoose, a
Peoria Indian Of Miami, has furnished
to the managers of the Indian Terri.
tory building at the Worlds fair an
old flag which is said to have been
carried by the famous warrior, TIE.
cumseh, in his last fight, the battle
of the Thames. The relic was Sc.
cured through the agency of l.. F.
Parker, Jr., and the history which it's
owner gives Of the flag is very in.
teresting.
According to McCoose's story, Gen.
eral William Henry Harrison, who
commanded the United States army
at the battle of the Thames, called
for three volunteers who should at.
tempt to capture the great Tecumseh.
Immediately three Indians, SupernO
McCoose of the Peorias, greatgreat.
grandfather to the present owner OF
the flag, member of the Kaskaskias,
and Plankasha, presented them.
selves for the task.
In the attempt to capture Tecumseh
the great chief was killed, and mem
bers of his own tribe spirited the
body away in boat. The three
trusty reds, however, made last at.
tempt to get the body from the boat.
but succeeded only in tearing from
it the war flag in which it was
wrapped; that is, McCoose did, for
both his comrades were seriously in.
iured, one of them dying almost i'm.
mediately.
McCoose is quite positive as to the
gcnuineness of the relic. He says it
has been in the family for four gen.
erations, and has always been pre-.
served with the greatest care. OF
truth the flag looks to be quite old
enough to give credit to it's owners
story. 1t is filled with bullet holes
and rents, and apparently torn by ar.
rows.
McCoose has another interesting
story in connection with the service
rendered by his ancestor and his two
companions in their all but success.
ful attempt to capture Tccumseh. He
claims that the three arrows engraved
upon silver dollars and other silver
coins arc placed there in honor Of the
trio.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
He sWINpLEp TExANs
A Man Claiming to be Dawes Com
missioner Working an Old Trick

~ wan NtdiVIn9 10 DC OdWeS NoHP
missioner Working an Old Trick
SOUTH McALESTER: James b.
Cassidy, clerk of the cbitizensbip
court at Tishomingo, says his office is
besieged with letters from persons
In north Texas asking for information
regarding the identity of man who
collected money from them on the
promise to secure citizenship rights
in the Choctaw nation.
The operations of the man are said
to be as follows: He meets the
fraudulently inclined person and de-
ciares that he is one of the five com.
missioners appointed by the govern.
ment to look after applicants for citi-
zenship. He says his associates have
been at South McAlester, but are now
working at TishomingO. For stipu.
lated sum he agrees to open their
cases and see that they are admitted
to recognized Indian rolls.
The similarity of the name he gives
to that of Judge Henry s. Foote OF the
citizenship court doubtless leads per-
sons to bite the brilliant bate 10 their
sorrow
Speaking of the fraud, Judge Spen-
Ger b. Adams of the citizen-,:p court
recalled a discovery along the same
line made by him while taking testi-
mony in citizenship case at Haley
vile, Ala, some time ago. He was
waited upon by numerous pepole. who
declared they had paid a member of
the Dawes commission sums of
money to secure place on the tribal
rolls. The name of the alleged com.
missioner was a new one to Indian
Territory, and descriptions given OF
the man did not fit any one of many
who have attempted similar tricks in
the past. From investigation it was
found that this swindler had secured
$2,SO0 in the vicinity Of the little
town in Alabama.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
SEARCHING FOR A NEGRO
Near Grand Mrs. Moran Was Knocked
Down by Black Eicnd

GRAND: Posses on horseback
and on foot are securing the country
in search of a negro who assaulted
Mrs. Thomas Moran. A negro was
captured, but Mrs. Moran declared he
was not the one who had committed
the outrage.
The assault occurred at about the
noon hour The woman was cook
ing dinner when the negro appeared
at the kitchen door and demanded
either food or money. Mrs. Moran's
movements were not swift enough to
satisfy him, and, entering the house,
he struck her over the head with a
rolling pin, rendering her uncons.
cious. The negro then proceeded to
ransack the house, and while so en-.
gagged was seen by Mrs. Moran's hus-
band, who was coming from the field.
He called to the negro, inquiring
wha. he was doing there, and at that
the negro rushed out Of the house
and was soon lost to sight in a clump
of bushes at the rear of the house.
Mrs. Moran was found by her hus.
band, lying where she had been
thrown by the negro, and still In an
unconscious condition. She could
give no coherent account Of what
had happened for some time, but was
at length revived sufficiently to fur.
nish description of her assailant.
Posses were Immediately organized
and have since been searching for
the negro. but without success.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
JONES HAS RESIGNED
A Report States That the Indian Com
missioner Will Quit

IVlSSiONSC VIII GuIV
MUSKOGEE: A private telegram
from Washington has been received
here, stating that William A. Jones,
United States commissioner of Indian
affairs, has rendered his resignation,
effective as soon as his successor can
be decided upon. The message states
that Mr. Jones action was forced by
the breach which has constantly been
widening between the commissioner
and Secretary Hitchcock. According
to the report Mr.. Jones will return to
his home in Mineral Point, Wis, and
retire from public life.
Commissioner Jones and Secretary
Hitchcock have differed widely in a
nunter of things with which both
were, in a way, connected, among
them the recent dismissal by the lat
ter of Indian Agent Mitscher of the
Usage reservation. But what was
probably the elimination of the
trouble grew out of the removal Of
General Pratt as superintendent of
the Carlisle Indian schools in Penn
sylvania. In addition to these, the
secretary, contrary to the wishes of
the commissioner, dismissed a mum.
ber of special agents in Wisconsin
and other states. This, it Is said,
tended to humilate Jones until he
finally decided to resign.
Knowing as they do the state of
affairs as they have existed for a
number of months, the officials here
credit the report, although it comes
from an unofficial source. However,
the departments in Indian Territory
have never suffered any by the fric-
ton. Such of their work as had to
so through the commissioners office
has been submitted to him without
hesitancy. and it has always been
given prompt attention.
For the past three months, however,
Mr.. Jones has not been at his desl: in
Washington, having had some special
work in Chicago and st. Louis. II
is the opinion Of many that he will
not return to the capital at all, but
will continue with his outside work
until his successor is appointed. There
seems to be no doubt that his reSiS-
nation will be promptly accepted, il
it has not already been, since it is
supposed it was, at least by iInplica'
ton, demanded.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED
Enid Bank Failure Causes Arrest Of
Its President

ENID: William Kennedy, president
of the Citizens bank, which failed
last April, has been arrested, on a
charge of having made false state
ments of the banks condition to Bank
Commissioner Cooper. Mr.. Kennedy
was taken before Probate Judge Gar
Der and was arraigned. He pleaded
not guilty, and was bound owed to
await a preliminary hearing July %,
under bond of $4,000.
Mr. Kennedy was made president
of the Citizens bank about two years
ago. at which time NJ. A. Low, gen.
eral attorney for Rock Island Railway
company, and stockholder in the in.
stitution, sold his interest. Mr.. Ken.
nedy's business connection with the
people of tine county made the bank
stronger, and when the institution
closed it's doors it had $247,000 in de-
posits. being one of the strongest
banks in the Cherokee Strip.
Mr.. Kennedy is secretary and
treasurer of the Kennedy Mercantile
company, owning large retail stores
in Enid and Oklahoma City. At the
time of the failure of the bank he was
actively engaged in managing tho
mercantile business
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
FIVE THOUSAND MISSING
many Creeks and Freedmen on the
Rolls Cannot be Found

MUSKOGEE: The Dawes com.
mission has completed the roll of lost
and missing Creek freedmen. There
are on the rolls 5,1C0 names of per-
sons supposed to be in the Creek
nation who have never been found,
and cannot be located by the com
mission These names We're furnished
the Dawes commission at the time IL
began business by the tribal author.
tiles, from their roll.
Chairman Bixby thinks most Of
them are dead, and says those who al.
tempt to perpetrate fraud by repro.
senting the missing will surely be de-
tected and prosecuted.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
2I PEOPLE KILLED
COLLISION ON EASTERN ILLINOIS
KILLS AND INJURIES MANY
EXCURSION TRAIN RUNS INTO FREIGHT

Surray School Picnic Returning rome
Meets With Frishtfui Accident.--Ir.
j,'te Are Placed at six.J-Twenty.
O,t Killed
CHICAGO: A collision on the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway be-
tween Chicago Heights and GlenwCod.
about twenty-five miles out from Ihe
city, caused the loss of twenty-one
lives and the injury Of three score
more. The train, on which Sunday
school picnic was riding, crashed into
q freight train at switch.
The picnic train was on the right
hand track going north, and the
freight was on the left track. A mis-
placed switch threw the picnic train
over on the left track, and before the
engineer could apply the brakes 1t
ran at forty miles an hour into the
rear OF the freight. The engine, bag
gage car and first coach of the picnic
train were demolished. and all Of the
killed and injured were on the engine
and in the two cars.
In explanation of the accident the
engineer and crew of the freight train
say that their train, which was north
bound, parted at Chicago Heights, and
the break was not noticed until the
train was near GlenwOod. The engi.
neer knew that the excursion train
was coming. but believed that it was
on the north bound track, and was
switching his train from the north
bound to the south bound track in an
effort to keep out of it's way. when 1t
came north on the southbOund track
and crashed into his train.
The picnic was the annual outing Of
the members of the Doreemus church,
formerly chapel of the South Chi.
cago Congregational church OF this
city. After spending the day on the
picnic grounds at Momence the train
started on the return trip, running
as the second section OF the regular
passenger train, which is due in Chi.
cago at S:25.
Between Chicago Heights and Glen
wood there is sharp curve, and as
the picnic train tore around this on
the southbound track freight train
was backing from the southbound to
the northbound track. 1t was partly
on both tracks. The bend Is so sharp
that the engineer of the picnic train
had no chance to see the freight be.
fore he was upon It. 1t was too late
to do anything. and the passenger
train smashed into the freight at full
speed. The engine and baggage car
oi the passenger train went through
the freight and were piled up I'm a
heap of wrecksge on the further side
of the switch The first coach Of the
picnic train plunged straight into the
wreckage and buried itself in q mass
OF kindling wood under the demolished
baggage car. Nearly all Of the pas
scngers in the first coach were caught
beneath the mass Of debria and II
was here that the loss OF life occurred
The people in the rear coaches were
hurled from their seats, and many ol
them were badly shaken UP and
bruised but all of the serious casual
ties occurred in the first car. Tho IN
injured passengers and the trainmcu
at onco FASTENED TO .he relief OF those
who were pinned down under thI
wrockage.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
JUST LIKE WHITE FOLKS
An Indian Couple Married In Law.
ton Chruch

LAWTON: At the Congregations
church last Thursday Judge Foster
united in marriage Harry Toenipcr, a
Comanchc Indian, and Sinota, an
Apache Indian There was somo ques.
ton about tho age Of the parties, the
young man saying when he came for
the license that he was eighteen an>:
the young lady seventeen. The pa
rents said they were twcnty-ono anc
nineteen, respectively, but for fear
there might be a mistake Chickawal
ard Pohwachaka, as parents OF the
young people, gave their consent t
the marriage. This Is the first rec
ord Of Indians getting married after
the fashion of white people in thie
pert Of the southwest. The calr,.
was crowded with white spectators.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
Oklahoma City e. G. l. Statement

GUTHRIE: There has been filed
with Secretary Grimes statement
covering the past fiscal year OF the
Oklahoma City Building and Loan as.
sociation. The law requires that such
statement he filed. The report CT
the company shows 47G shares OF
stock issued between July 1, 1908. and
January 1, 1904, and 7G5 shares issued
between January and June 30. this
year. During the first period named
there were loans made of sl5.65S.i5,
and during the second period the
loans amounted to Sl9,G52. The re.
sOurGest Of the company are shown to
be SS6,O52.45.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-21
Fined for Handling Nitro Glycerin

BARTLESVILLE: -Four men. one
well manager, two driilers and a
shooter, were arraigned and fined $25
each for attempting to shoot well
in the town limits. They were con.
-victed under a city ordinance pro-
libiting the handling Of nitro'glycerin
In the town limits. but have appealed
the case and expect to beat 1t.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12
JApS STILL BATTER
THE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS

Toxic, Dec. I2.-The Japanese con-
tihue to batter the Port Arthur fleet
and there is little ground for expecting
that it will ever again engage the Jap
anese The battleship Sevastopol con-
tif1ues to anchor outside, but possibly
returns toAtile harbor at nights and an
chors inside the outer boom which pro-
tects her from torpedo boats.
The recent heavy weather has given
added protection to the vessel. Naval
experts are discarding the theory that
the Russians themselves sank any Of
their ships. The fact that the vessels
first showed lists while in exposed po-
sitions and the efforts made to save the
Seyastopol are regarded as conclusive
evidence against the theory of their be-
ing stink by the Russians Al majority
of the sunken warships lie headed north
ward. They receive the bulk of the fire
across their port sidss and the fact that
at least two oftheIff showed lists to star
board, gives rise to the theory that Jap
aIiese shells exploded inside the ships
and against the starboard arrnor. driv-
ing the arnor outward and causing
leaks. To make sure the destruction of
the Russian warships the Japanese CON
tiriue to drop shells into the sunkell
hulks. The whereabouts of the torpedo
boat destroyers continues doubtful, but
it is thought they are sheltering outside
the harbor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12
FOUR MEMBERS OF A
FISHING CREW DROWNED

Z tfE r
Highland Light, Mass, Dec. I2. -
Four of the twenty members Of the
crew Of the Boston fishing schooner
Fish Hawk lost their lives last night.
after deserving their vessel, which had
struck and was pounding heavily On
Peaked Hill bars at the north end Of
Cape Cod. Five others succeeded in
reaching shore Captain Bly, and four
men who followed their four compan-
ions over the side, had q terrible time
to keep from freezing in gale, but
managed to reach Proyincetown Har.
Dor. Qne body was recovered last
night by life savers, but none Of the
other bodies were seen today. The
Fish Hawk was fishing off Cape Cod
when the weather became threatening
and Captain BLY, decided to run into
Proyincetowr. Before lie reached the
end 81 the cape the vessel fetched tip
on the Peaked Hill bars. Captain BLY,
burned his signal torch and then or
dered his crew into the boats. Four
.of the seamen jumped into the dory
which immediately capsized Captain
Bly, and four Others left the vessel
few minutes later Before the other
men could leave the ship the vessel
was driven off the bar and the men
succeeded iil navigating her into Prov
incetown harbor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12
THE RUSSIAN OFFICERS
HATE GENERAL STOESSEL

Chicago, Dec. TT lived next
door to Gen. Stoessel in Port Arthur
He is hated by every officer under him
for his severity and cruelty. He seems
to have no human kindness whatever,
and it was the common report in Port
Arthur that some of his own soldiers
would kill him and lay the deed to the
japanese, a%...
This statement, throwing new light
on conditions in the Port Arthur gar
rison, and varying greatly from the
Russian stories, was made Thursday
by III. B. Campbell. formerly Chi
cagoan and one of the last Americans
to escape from the besieged city. He
arrived in Chicago yesterday. @.s,~1
Campbell is a banker in New
schwang and lived in Port Arthur for
seven years. Discussing the. situation
in Manchuria, he said:
Everyone in China believes that the
war has come to a deadlock. The two
sides are more equal now than at any
time since hostilities began. 1t is the
opinion of the residents at Newchwang
that Russia has a much better chance
to hold out than Japan, because of her
immense resources, y s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12
tees probably will Be filled during the
week. n. t.s
IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, Dec. Ia.-The house be-
gan the second week Of the session with
consideration of private pension bills,
this having been made pension day.
On Tuesday the resolution reported
by the Judiciary committee to impeach
Charles Swayne, judge of the northern
district of Florida, comes before the
house as a special order, its considera-
5tion having been deferred by resolution
at the last session to that day and au-
thority given the judiciary committee to
take further testimony. All the evidence
taken including that heard since the last
session, has been printed for the use Of
members of the house A supplemental
report has been. submitted to the house
by the judiciary committee advising the
house of the additional testimony.
I 1t is probable that the appropriations
committee may report a short urgency
deficiency bill during the week, and it
is stated that it is barely possible that
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill may be reported by the end of the
week. B An.
h A subcommittee is hard at work franz
ing the bill 45
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12
WOMAN WAS GAMBLING
ON CARNEGIE'S DEATH

Cleveland, Dec. IL. - Following is
list Of the Carnepie notes used by
Mrs. Chadwick in her campaign Of
money making throughout the coun-
try:
Notes sought by secret service men,
S., ,ooo, ,ooo
Note among Reynolds securities,
SIS, ,ooo, 900.
Trust deed among Reynolds securi-
ties, $Io, $4,000. a
Notes held by Banker Beckwtlr;
$75o,ooo.
Note seen by Beckwith, whereabouts
unknown, 100000.
Notes said to be in Pittsburg, $500
ooo
Total, $Io,2o6,ooo
The discovery of Carnegie note for
$4,000, 900, and deed whereby Andrew
Carnegie apparently is made to ac-
knowledge that he holds as trustee for
Mrs. Chadwick stocks and bonds val
ued at $Io,246,ooo, would make it ap-
pear that this remarkable woman was
playing greater game than any one
has yet given her credit for. 1t leaves
ouL oiiS luSotioh upDSi AloSl III every
body's mind.
Was she banking on the death Of
Andrew Carnegie?
Lawyers here who have studied the
subject all agree that this must have
been her one great aim.
They argue that she had out enough
Carnegie notes" to enable her to bor-
row all the money she could possibly
need. Why, then, should she have
wanted this deed of trust for more
than $Ioo 600?
1t looked perhaps an easy matter in
the event of Mr. Carnegie's sudden
death, they argue, for this shrewd wo-
man to put up so strong claim
against his estate that the iron kings
heirs wodld have settled rather than
have the matter dragged before the
public. T-% -, ..., ...-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12

the notes and considered them good. ii
any man loaned money to Mrs. Chad
wick according to the strength OF his
belief in the ability Of Mr.. Reynolds to
Judge accurately of the value OF securi-
ties, in the affair, according to the
attorneys who hold this view Of the
case, is one that rests only between
that man and his own hard luck Other
charges may be brought home to her,
they declare, but in their opinion, it
will be somewhat difficult to punish her
for forgery in connection with the
Carnegie notes unless it can be shown
that she endeavored to negotiate them
This apparently is the opinion of the
Loraif County grand jury, which fail
ed to return an indictment against
her.
The loan of 100000, said to have
been received, by Mrs. Chadwick in
Pittsburg or from a man residing in
that city, is declared to have been
made to her by a multi-milionaire
manufacturer OF that city.
Mrs. Chadwick in discussing this
statement, it is known, declared that
she did owe him $4,000. but not $500,
GOO as has been claimed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-12-12

her affairs that any more large loans
will be developed.
The extent OF her operations is now
believed to be approximately as fol-
lows:
Secured from Citizens National
Bank of Oberlin and various sources
IN and about Lorain County, O., $780,
600
Borrowed from Herbert D. Newton,
SIoo ooo
81 Borrowed from business man in
Pittsburg, $5oo,ooo.
## Total $I,1oo,ooo.
# Against this stands security Of
known value on one note amounting to
81 300 which is held by Ira Reynolds.
RI The amount. of money received by
Mrs. Chadwick in Pittsburg may run
as high as $500, GOO, but it is believed
that a portion of this sum is bonus
promised by her for an original loan
Of at least $5oo,ooo Her creditor there
figures that she is indebted to him for
the larger amount, while she has ad-
mitted that she owes 100000. If her
debt in this direction is 100000 the
probability in sight Of the creditors is
about one and one-ffth mills on the
dollar. 1t is not believed by any of the
attorneys intthe case that the Carnegie
Securities will be of any account what
ever. If they do at any time reveal
value other than that of so many cents
per pound of white paper, the delight
Of the lawyers will be comparable only
to their amazement, and just now they
are anticipating neither pleasure nor
astonishment.
The case of Mrs. Chadwick was to-
day brought before the grand jury of