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The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
COUNCIL HOUSE OF CREEK INDIANS

the hill beyond the present Frisco
tracks. The last Creek execution oc-
Cured there in July. 1895 The vic
mitted his third horsetheft There
was large crowd in Okmulgee that
day. The young Indian was taken
to the cemetery on horseback. When
the prisoner with his escort arrived
the men had Just finished digging the
grave. few songs were sung. a
prayer was offered up in which the
victim Joined and the Indian sheriff
Berryhil. stepped from the crowd.
Colts revolver in hand, to do his duty.
When the fatal shot WAS fired the
young Uitche's eyes were sweeping
the lovely Greek hills and uplands
He fell with a smile on his face. His
grave is well kept In the cemetery. a
monument to the stern laws and in
corruptible justice 6f his people.
The legal authority of the Creek
Indians expired in 1898, and on March
I, 1907. the Indian governors will step
down and out and the Indians will be-
come actual citizens Of the United,
States instead Of remaining wards of
the government The last of the In
dian governors are William C. Rogers.
of Skatook. chief of the Cherokees:
]. F. Brown. of Wewoka. chief Of the
Seminoles: D. B. Johnston. Of Tish-
omingo. chief Of the Choctaws; Green
3. McCurtain. Of South McAlester.
chief of the Chickasaws. and Pleasant
Porter. of Muskogee, chief of the
Creeks.
Gov. Porter. all in all. is the best
known and perhaps the most extraor-
dinary Indian now alive. Few men
have received so much newspaper no.
tice as Gov. Porter. for he has been
the subject of many fables. He has
been written about as an Indian mil
lionaire, when the eart is that. though
comfortably fixed, he ranks lowest Of
the Indian governors in point Of
wealth. He would have been a
wealthy man II he had been less hon.
est and less charitable. He has given
away a large fortune In the course
of his lifetime Gov. Porter was born
in Indian territor" near Clarksville.
September 26. 1s4o. He entered the
confederate army as a private and
left the service as q second lieuten-
ant. after an honorable career In many
battles from Wilson Creek until the
last shot was feed In Texas.
Gov. Porter Is profoundly versed IN
Indian history and lore and will write
a history of his people. He believes
that the southern Indisns are of Aztec
and Toltec origin and was even in
advance Of ethnologists In maintain
ing his views.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
Is Prisoner Four
Months on a Shin

else in his watch and he was always
the last to get through at night
instead of being allowed =. eat the
food given the other men he was
often forced to forego his breakfast
and then eat only biscuits and tea.
Though he shipped January "a. there
was never letup in the cruelty with
which he was treated, he says.
On its long journey the Craigard
stopped at many ports in South
America, but though shore leave was
accorded the rest of the crew O'Brien
was ordered to stay on deck. During
stop of week at the mouth of the
Orinoco in Venezuela O'Brien was the
only member of the ships company
who was not allowed to land.
When the ship put into the harbor
of Barbados June l a sailor brought
on board copy of New York paper
in which O'Brien read for the first
time of the calamity that had visited
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
Boy Leads Searchers
To Rescue of Father

over small tree which had fallen
across the path, and stumbled and
fell, pinning the rider to the ground
Pfander got his horse to move a little.
and SO extricated his right leg from
under the horse, but in attempting to
help the horse up he fell again, and
his leIt leg slipped under the horse.
This time Pfander was forced to dig
the plnioned limb from under the horse
with his hands. AS he tried to re-
mount his horse Pfander experienced
severe pains in his back. and had to
give Up the attempt.
In the meantime Pfanders son, Wal
Ter. had arrived at Earle on visit to
his father. and was told where his ia
ther lad gone and that he would re-
turn in the evening
After waiting until the next evening
without any word from his father, Wal
ter Pfander started parties out to find
him, thinking that perhaps his IA
ther had been lost in the timber. Three
days !; ter one of the searching parties
found the elder Pfander lying close to
small stream running through the
woods in an exhausted condition.
He was taken to town as quickly as
posi- bic. and ate for the first time in
several days. He said that he had
been forced to sleep the first night
with the saddle for a pillow: that he
had kept hold of his horses bride
reins day and night to keep the an
imal from leaving him. and that, after
being without water or food for two
days he finally dragged himself through
the brush until he came to the small
stream beside which he was found.
He allowed his horse to drink, and
while he himself was enjoying his
frs. drink IN two days his horse
slipped away from him, and he would
no doubt have starved 10 death If his
son lad not rescued him.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
Assault on Owner Of Private Bank In
Denver

Denver-Boldly walking into the FL
well Bank, a private institution at the
Ernest & Cranmer building, Seven
teenth and Curtis streets at 1:3O
o'clock Saturday afternoon, Duffield
kncx Duncan, twenty-five years old,
en,iced Edward w. Elwell. the pro-
prietor, into a safety deposit vault and
in an attempt to rob the bank and
vaults struck Elwell on t,e head with
heavily-loaded black jack The
weapon broke in two at the first blow
and Elwell and Duncan engaged in a
struggle. John G. Hastings was on
guard at the door OF the bank while
Duncan committed the assault. He
ran at the bankers first Cry for help.
Duncan was arrested by Patrolman
Skely while he was still struggling
with Elwell. Jack Hastings was ap-
pretended while he was attempting to
escape with hand satchel from the
Adams hotel, where had moved from
the Virginia apartments. Eighteenth
and Stout streets, Immediately after
fleeing from the scene Of the attempted
holdup. Hastings had small bottle
of cyanide of potassium concealed un-
der his coat. Both men made written
confession of the holdnp to Detective
Captain Loomis at police headquarters
and are now being held In the city Jail
by the police on charges Of highway
robbery. Hastings states that he
planned the robbery and induced Dun
can to assist him.
Both Hastings and Duncan claimed
to be newspaper men and secured posi-
lions on several of the Denver news
papers. but neither was able to hold a
position.
1t is reported that Duncan is the son
CT college professor at Duluth, who
Is prominent in that section. Hast
ings is said TO have played tackle on
.he Minnesota varsity eleven In 1896,
and later to have worked on the Min
neapolis Journal. being employed on
that paper during the expose OF the
doodle administration Of Mayor Ames.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

OLD CREEK COUNCIL HOUSE AT
OKMULGEE. /. T.
Is situated in yard shaded by ma
pie trees ~three-Quarters of century
old. The building itself is two stor-
les high, square in form, with the
conventional bell tower on its top. A
small marble tablet near the north
front door bears the inscription:
"Muskogee National Capitol. Erected
A. D. 1878. Building Committee
James McHenry, ". F. Brown and
John Mcintosh"
The council house was not only the
seat Of the Greek legislature. but it
served the Indians as a hall of JUS
tice for the trial of their prisoners.
Beneath the cluster of trees ON the
shady side of the walk many a pris-
oner has been executed within the
past % years. These executions were
always solemn affairs. The prisoner.
after a dignined farewell to his fam
lily and friends. took his stand with
his back to the tree and calmly
awaited the shot from the lighthouse
mans pistol, which was to put out his
life.
Sometimes however. the executions
took place In the small cemetery on
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
Lcrd Joicey Had Disadvantage Of
Starting in Life Rich-Knows
Business Thoroughly.

London.-Decidedly the most inter.
esting Of the new peers is Lord Joicey
who has been raised from bar
onetcy to q barony and has taken
the title OF Baron Joicey of Ches-
terle-Street in the county Of Durham,
a district which he has represent ed
in parliament for ten years. But he
has won another title which will stick
to him longer than that which car
tary legi: lators OF the realm 1t is
that of the Coal King" for he is
the largest individual producer of coal
In the world. The output OF the Lamb
ton and the Joicey Coliery compa,
nies. which he practically owns.
amounts to 100000 tons a year, and
he has besides large interests in sew
eral other coal companies.
Lord Joicey cannot be described as
a self-made man according to the pop
ular definition of that much-abused
phrase. He did not start in life with
what Andrew Carnegie has repeatedly
declared is the most valuable aid to
success-porerty. He belongs to the
rarer type of men who acquire vast
fortunes without the early stimulus
of dire struggle for the necessities
of life. His father was a fairly pros
porous coal mine owner. He could
have well afforded to send his boy to
Eton. Rugby or some other famous
public school, where he might have
moIa of cpvaral fu
ture dukes and earls. and aristocratic
scions OF lower degree, and have oh
tanned a sort of education which is
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
PROHIBITION PARTY.
Colorado State Convention At 0snvsr
Makes Nominatio

Nomination Of candidates
for the next state election, and
speeches b. Quincy Lee Morrow and
Rev. N. d. Hornbeck, urging the advo-
Gates 10 energetic work. closed the
state Prohibition convention which
held two days session at Unity
church. Nineteenth avenue and Broad
way. Reports read by the delegates at
the last session show that the party is
gaining in numbers throughout tho
state, and that 1t is standing upon n
more substantial foundation than it
was year ago.
The following nominations were
made:
For GOVERNOR. c. Chamberlain Of
Colorado Springs.
For Lieutenant Governor-Dr. w. T.
Brooks OF Canon City.
For Secretary OF State-J. H. Ketch-
um Of Colorado Springs
For State Treasurer-W. NJ. Nc
Creery OF Loveland.
For State Auditor-C. z. Wellman of
Kit Carson county.
For Attorney General. E. Ken,
worthy Of Denver.
For Superintendent OF Public In,
struction-Mrs E. C. Burke Of Stex :
ling.
For Regent of State University,
DR.. Maud NJ. Sanders Of Denver.
For Congressman-at-Larg y. M.
Platt OF Boulder county.
Congressman from the First District
DR.. f. f. Evans OF Fort Morgan.
For Congressman from the Second
District-H B. King OF Pueblo.
The platform contains a preamble
setting forth the belief OF the party
that legalized liquor traffic is the most
fruitful source of poverty, crime and
misery in existence, and that, since tho
decision of the Supreme Court of tho
United States denies citizens the in
herent right to sell intoxicating
liquors. it is logical truth that such
a privilege cannot be legally granted.
1t is declared that any law so enacted
is in direct disobedience OF the Su-
preme Court and that no legislature
can legally bargain away the public
or morals by permitting its sale.
Summarized. the platform Of the
party is as follows:
With reference to prohibition, tho
| frmest plank in the platform, the con-
vention declares its opposition to the
sale of liquor, for any price or under
any conditions, declaring for prohibi-
ton not only of its sale Of liquor, but
of its manufacture; for the sake of
homes and country, prohibitive legis'
lation 10 demanded.
The platform asserts the belief that
the present tendency Of the nation to-
ward graft is due 10 the sale of liquors.
J ard has baen fostsred by the hish IL
cense which the liquor trafnc has been
forced to pay in order to live. and de-
clares that the graft spirit cannot be
overcome until saloons and the liquor
| trafac are done away with. 1t arraigns
the dominant parties for silently iEnor'
ing the moral financial and civil dom.
nation OF the liquor trafic and de-
nounces any party failing to insert Z
plank in its platform putting itself on
| record as against such trafi1c.
The platform favors legislation for
| tint regulation of railroad rates in Colo'
RADIO and municipal ownership OF pub
lie utilities, also the initiative and
referendum and proportionate repre-
| sentatiOn.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

San Francisco. Since then his worrf.
ment increased a hundredfold. I'm
able to land anywhere, he had no op-
portunity Of communicating either
with his family or his friends in the
stricken city.
O'Brien is 22 years old. clean-cut in
appearance aud talks like q man OF
refinement. When seen at the hos
pital he said:
Il used to think liked the sea, but
my liking has been cured forever.
All | want now is to get back to my
poor mother and sister at home.
Just think of it," he broke out
tearfully. Il was their only support.
What can they do without me?" He
has little fear of the earthquake.
though that is an added anxiety.
Just as soon as | get out OF the
hospital I'll go back to them If l have
to walk all the distance" he con-
cluded. And, besides. | am going to
make it hot for the people who are re-
sponsible for my being shipper on
a filthy tramp steamer against my
will"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
The Oldest Living Elk.

Denver.--The Elks are proud OF hav-
ing one member Charles Carol
ClnCker. ninety y-seven years and four
months old. one of the remarkable old
men Of the United States. He Is the
oldest Elk in the world member OF
Lodge No. $50. San Bernardino. Cali
fornia, and arrived Saturday at noon
in special California train. MI.
Clusker does not appear more than
seventy, at the most. There are many
who seem older at sixty. He is as act
i've as a man half his age. and there Is
many a good days work left in him.
should he choose to work. He was as
fresh on his arrival in Denver after the
hard trip through the heat of the inter.
mountain desert as the Youngest.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

snObbery. and where thorough
grounding in science took the place Of
Latin and Greek. There young. Joicey
studied hard. carried of lot of prizes.
joined his fathers business when he
was 10. and devoted himself to mas
tering all its details. He was con-
stantly in the pits and about the work.
inss-so much so that an old work
man one day said to him as he passed
with dirty Overalls on:
why. young master, you'll soon
know as much about the pit as we do.
That's just what | want to do"
answered young Joicey.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
Cat Steals Rat Trap,

Greenfield. Ind.-MrS. Matilda Cald-
we'll. OF this city, is the owner of
cat that has collected more than half
IA hundred mOuse-trapS, presumably
from as many houses. The cat comes
TO the screen door and scratches until
Mrs. Caldwedd releases the mouse
from the trap the cat has stolen. The
cat then carries the mouse to her fam
lily OF kittens. The collection of trap
IS increasing each day.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
Starvation-Is Found in Ex-
hausted Condition.

St LOUISA fallen tree. a runaway
horse. and BADLY Sprained back COM
bined 10 force +. c. Pfander, a former
lumberman OF 81. Louis, to spend sew
cral days in the swamps of southwest
Missouri without anything to eat, and
part of the time without any water to
quGpch his thirst.
Piander left recently Tor Earle. Mo,
where he contemplated accepting a pO-
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
HISTORIC STRUCTURE MAY BE-
COME COURT BUILDING.
Citizens Likely to Buy Hall of Justice
at okmulgee, I. T., Where Indian
Grimes Were Judged and
Criminals Executed.

Okmulgee, Ind. TIN the event
that Okmulgee becomes a county seat
under statehood the citizens of the
county are more than likely to buy
the old Creek council house for court
building.
The council house is one of the his
toric buildings in the Indian terri
tory. Ii is made of very fine grade
of sandstone called cotton rock and
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
BRITISH KING in PARLIAMENT.

supposed to best equip man for the
job Of going through life without
working for living. But young
Joicey's father was levelheaded
man. He sent his son to a good mid
die class school. where there was no
danger Of his being infected with
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

sitlon with Il lumber company. He
started out on Il trip of inspection
through some timber land belonging to
the company. and, after having made
the inspection, started home late in lhe
afternoon.
AS il was getting du-k he urged the
horse he was riding TO a faster gait
and wh.n about half way out &C the
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
NEWS OF THE WEAA
Nest Important Happenings Of t--s
Past Seven Day. Y,
sntesestiag Items Gathered sroD An
parts of the World ConAesssA
late snail space for the
Ia Deaeat Of Oar Readers.
PeFs0 u u !.

Senator Crane. OF Massachusetts,
and Miss Josephine Boardman. of
Washington. were married recently at
Manchester, Mass.
Adjutant General Drain OF the state
of Washington has been appointed
United tSates attorney for the ne"
United States court in China and
Korea provided for by the last session
of congress.
Vice President Fairbanks will speak
at OsawatOmie. Kan, August so and
ut Dodge City on the following day.
Secrtary Taft addressed the Ohio
State Bar association at Put-in-B Bay
recently on the subject Of the Pana-
ma canal.
Judge Alton B. Parker has issued a
statement in which he takes issue
with the utterances OF Secretary
Taft in his keynote" speech at
Greensboro. N. c.
George d. Meiklejoha. former men,
Der of congress anl assistant secre'
tary of war under President Mckln-
ley, has announced his candidacy for
United States senator from Nebraska
II. Clay Evans. former commits.
sioner of pensions and recently Amer
lean consul general at London. has
been nominated by the Tennessee re-
publicans for governor.
The net value Of the estate left b!
the late John A. Mccall. former pres
ident of the New York Life Insurance
company. was $40,S35.
John H. Chapman. OF Chicago. has
been elected for the 10th time as
president of the Baptist Young Peo'
Piles Union of America.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
KATIE QUAQUA'S CAMP"

Willow. Mich.-While all of the
white settlers who traded with the
Indians in this vicinity at the begin
ming of the last century have passed
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

away and the reds have long since
gone to the happy hunting grounds.
there are few landmarks which still
recall the stories and legends of those
times not the least interesting of
these is the old log hut, built nearly
100 years ago on the banks of the
Huron river two miles of this town
In the early days it was known as
Katie Quaqna's Camp" and was at
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
Mlscella neOus.

MlbceIlaueous.
According to estimates based on di
rectory figures Kansas City. Mo-. has
gained 19.487 in population in the
last year and now has population OF
3l6,732.
Honduras has declared war against
Guatemala, which brings Il third state
actively in the South American troI
bles.
The British steamer Sainam ha:
been attacked by Chinese pirates ii
miles from WI Chow and Rev. J. j
Mcdonald, a--missionary, was killed
and the captain wounded. 'ss'a2'7
The New South Wales government
has entered upon a spirited policy o
water conservation and has decided Il
construct dam costing $500. .00'
which will represent the first part o
the great national scheme.
The third Pan-American conferenc,
will open at Rio .Janeiro. Brazil. Jun:
81. All the American republics eNcrp
Haiti and Venezuela will be represent
ed.
at distance of nine miles was won
in the Seine by the French swimmer
Rouemin. in three hoyrs and six min.
utes.
Brazil has contracted with an En-.
elish company for the construction ol
three warships each TO cost more thar
$5.O0O.O0
Both Salvador and Guatemala have
accepted the good Offices OF the United
States looking to the settlement o
their differences.
Ole Jansen, a butcher. went up in
Bluffs, Ia. and in making a parachute
jump landed in the lake and wa
drowned
Henry Thaw. charged with the mur
der of Stanford White, has dismissed
the firm of eminent criminal lawyer:
insisted upon attempting to prove hin
insane
The fifth fire within few weeks lie
stroyed the American Cotton Doci
and Trust companys plart at Tonp
kinsville, N. V, destroying about 800,
bales of cotton upon which the insur
ance had been cancelled owing TO tn.
frequent fires.
The coal miners and operators VIII,
have been in conference at Columbu,
the differences which had arisen owe
the scale recently signed
The French chamber of deputies
and the senate have passed bill
providing for Il compulsory day OF
rest weekly.
Three men were blown to pieces
three others were fatally injured anc
several others badly hurt in an ey
plosion which wrecked a stone quar-,
shanty near Chicago. The explosion
was believed to be the result of /;
plot.
Miss Katherine Brown. chorus
girl playing an engagement in Den.
yer, recently died from eating pottet
ham.
European grain importers are now
complaining that improper classifca.
tion Of American grain has caused {;
loss to them of millions Of dollars
Both houses of the French parlia.
ment passed the government bills
restoring Albert Dreyfus and Col
Picquart to the army by overwhelm
ing majOrities. Dreyfus was made :
major of artillery and Picquart a
brigadier general.
Minnie Ellison. milliner OF Els
worth, Wis, was robbed and mur.
dered In hotel at Minneapolis, Mimi
recently.
A Russian paymaSter was robbed
in the streets of ST. Petersburg recent
ly Of $4,000 in cash Two of his
guard were wounded by the bandits.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-07-12
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Commercial Club
Smoker

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lpratiug O L Rieers feSpoilss e
1.-THE toast "Vnita. a. The CONNER
cial club smoker Friday night us
ala effort worth preserving
! speas tbs toast % eur hearts %.
sire To man. 0ed gave the pur.
( poss aud the poser, % the state SOY.
erelgntY and dominion bua % Ire
t0wn Tie gave the hame. tie family
and he iifesiae. and ensllrlucd there.
ia our household gods There we
temple our hopes aud All ouF dreams
and there We conseeFats ths failnsss
of Years
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right " should b Here not three
seofe yaam age less than tlse span or
ems mans lie vas desnlatlon gone 60
waste the coyote scpamed and the
slid winds sang the agc long rsQulem
Of despair Ia this Tie siVln soll Of
the fudman, we huilded cur city Of
homes and ladies fair. attractive alike
q knlkht, sage and and aBanciey No
piles o. cold p.tiless stonc ior is. nor
frothmaa bubbles of speculation
We are grounded Ia sterling maDlloe.i.
wisdom and integrity We all admit
that
True. we have our iolh.es aud car
ianclss our paper railroads and eas.
ties IN tie air. nut have We not also
crystal waters pure aud plenty ladies
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brics on Wilson street noruaIs aud
sanltauams Under our hats. aud tao
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