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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
EXTRAVACANCE
CROOKEDNESS
AND CRAFT


Associated Press
Des Moines, Jan. 26.-Violation of
law, extravaganza, crookedness and
graft, were embodied in charges made
by Senator Molsberry in the Iowa
Senate today against the Life Insur-
ance Companies Of Iowa.
Molsberry's remarks were OCCASION
ed by the calling up Of his resolution
providing for Investigation Of such
companies doing business In this
state. 'The Des Moines Life pays its
president twelve thousand dollars per
annum, and the wife Of the president
receives six Thousand dollars per an
num- declared Molsberry. The same
company pays salaries TO officers and
employees to the amount Of fifty five
thousand dollars and that OH ledger
assets Of less than a million and one
half dollars
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
SOUTH CENTRAL
BALL LEAGUE
New Baseball Circuit Formed
at MuskOgee Yesterday.


Muskogee, I. r., Jan. 26. The Mis-
souri, Valley Baseball League was re-
organized here yesterday, under the
name Of the South Central Baseball
League. Franchises were given to
Guthrie, Shawnee and Enid, in Okla
homa Muskogee, Tulsa and South
McAlester in Indian Territory; Fort
Smith in Arkansas, and Arkansas
City, in Kansas. Pittsburg, Parsons
and Fort Scott, which were in the
Missouri Valley League last year, were
not given places in the new league.
The next meeting of the South Cen
tral League will 90 held at Guthrie,
0. T., on February %, at which time
the schedule for 1906 will be adopted
and reports of committees heard.
The new league will be member of
the national association and will be
rated in class d among the minor
leagues.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
DISTINGUISHED
CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER
Idol Of The Boys In Gray IOins
His Comrades on that
Other Shore.
Associated Press

Associated Press
New York, Jan. 20-General Joseph
Wheeler, veteran of two wars, and
brigadier general Of the United States
army since the war with Spain, died
at 5:35 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
surrounded by his immediate rela-
tiyes.
Joseph Wheeler, the American sol
dier and legislator, was born in Au-
gusta, Ga, September 10, 1886. He
was graduated at West Point in 1859.
In the same year he was ordered to
duty at the cavalry school at Carlisle,
Pa The next year he was stationed
at various posts IN New Mexico and
engaged in scouting against the In
dians. He resigned from the United
States army in April, 1861, and enter
ed the Confederate service as first
lieutenant of artillery. He was as
signed to duty at Pensacola, Fla.
At the battle of Shilo, April, 1862,
he and his men were in the foremost
ranks. Wheeler was made major-gen-
eral in January, 1868 He commanded
the cavalry at Chickamauga and won
a brilliant victory in Chattanooga val
ley, and distinguished himself in many
other engagements during the civil
war. Was in command of cavalry in
Santiago; was senior field officer at
San Juan Hill, and commanded bri-
gade in the Philippines and took part
in several engagements.
AS democrat Wheeler served in
congress from 1881 to 1889.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
PROMINENT
NATIONALIST
FOUND DEAD
Associated Press

Associated Press
London, Jan. 26-Thomas Higgins,
Irish nationalist, who yesterday sue
cessfully contested North Galway
against Col John Phillip Nolan,
was found dead IN bed today. The
tragic occurrence is attributed to ex-
citementof polling acting upon weak
heart. Rigging was one Of the most
militant nationalists In the west Of
Ireland. He was once imprisoned un-
der the Crimes act.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
FIRE ESCAPE
TAHLEQUAH WAY

Tahlequah, l. T., Jan. 25-The young
fellows who have been attempting to
make clandestine calls at the female
sfminary by way of the fire escape,
had narrow escape last night, it is
reported, as the superintendent and
teachers are determined that visitors
must present cards at the front door.
Saturday night the teachers took sew
eral shot at what they supposed to be
prowlcrs around the building. Two
employees of the institution, who were
in town, hearing the shooting, hurried
to the institution and entering the
'front.' door walked down the hallway
Iiildee fall glare of the electric lights.
The gentleman in the rear suddenly
realized that there night be danger
and turning his head looked into the
ynuzzle of a revolver held by one Of
the lady te ichers.
The orders at the seminary are to
stop clandestine callers. If it is nee
essary, to shoot; and to shoot to hit
when it becomes necessary.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

DISTURBED
Uneasiness Caused by Reported
Sale of Islands to Japan
Associated Press

Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 26.-The follow
ing cablegram has been received by
the Secretary of War from Governor
General Ide at Manila;
1.-THE natives are much disturbed by
cable stating that Ambassador
Wright has been authorized to nego-
tiate the sale of Islands to Japan.
Authentic denial from you might be
useful.
Taft replied to the cablegram as fol-
lows: "The cable statement referred
to in your cablegram has not the
slightest vestige of truth. Its not
only untrue but absurdly so.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
Gordon q Gilbert.

Korker Morton who has written a
goodly number Of farce come
dies, and who bids fair to fill the place
left vacant in the hearts OF millions
of amusement goers by the lamented
demise Of Charles H Hoyt, gives the
following unique receipt for the build
ing OF successful comedy: "Take a
teaspoonfuI Of merriment and another
full OF song, then dash Of ginger
Just to help the thing along, stir it
gently till it slances, add as many
beautiful costumes as the manage
ment will buy, produce it with the
best stage directions possible, with so
leastla score of dazzling beauties, a
dozen or so of good, funny comedians,
and there you have 1t. Morton is
doubtless right, for he has not made
a failure yet, and his merry shows de-
light more people every year. His
latest and best Offering is in the form
of musical review, and bears the
unique title of "Hans an Nix" and
serves to again introduce those mas
ters of mirth, Gordon and Gilbert, the
two Jolly fellows whose names have
never been coupled with failure.
CLANS an Nix" has been great 60
in the Eastern cities this season, and
should be greeted with packed house
at the Opera House, next Monday
night.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
FORTY men
ONLY ARE
SURVIVORS
1f All the Woman and Children
on lII-Fated Steamer Not
One Escaped Death
ssociated Press

ss0ciated Press
Seattle, Jan. 26.-The steamship
Speka, which arrived this morning,
ought no survivors of the Valencia,
Fe those already reported. Total
aved. according to the figuIes Of Of
Icials of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company is forty, including three men
ound on Turret Island. Another man
Is believed to be alive on the Island.
This includes three reported on beach
near KlanowElz. The tug Pioneer, re-
Burning from the wreck last night
reported nothing left of the hull Of
the Valencia. Not single woman or
child escaped death.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

The portion Of the Hamilton bill
with reference to Federal court towns
is as follows;
Sec. l3. That said State when adj
mitted as aforesaid shall constitute
two judicial districts, to be known as
the eastern district Of Oklahoma and
the western district Of Oklahoma; the
said Indian Territory shall constitute
said eastern district, and the said Ok
lahoma Territory shall constitute said
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
MISSOURI
PACIFIC HAS
A WRECK
Miraculous Escape of Passen-
gers-Out of Two Hundred
Injured, None Fatally


Associated Press
Jefferson City, Jan. 26.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific express train west bound
crashed into a freight train standing
on the main track early today. Near
ly two hundred passengers we're
bruised but no one was seriously hurt.
The freight train caught fire and ten
cars burned. The express was run
ming at full speed, rounded curve
and ploughed through ten freight cars.
Only one truck Of a car Of the passen-
ger train left the rails and only the
engine damaged. The responsibility
is not placed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
The "ChIeftaIn" to Incorporate

The Chieftain is taking the prelimi-
nary steps to incorporate the business
to-day. The name Of the corporation
will be "The Chieftain Publishing
Company, and the incorporators are
ID. NJ. Mars, John d. Mars and
Olivia Mars, the present owners.
The business win be incorporated for
$1,000, fully paid up.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
nishop BROOK and MattlmOny.

The late Phillips Brooks, being
bachelor, was greatly annoyed by re.
ceiving offers Of marriage from women
all over the country One woman told
him that she had a fortune at his dis
posal if he would accept her hand and
heart. He replied: Give your money
10 the poor, your heart to God, and yom
hand to the man who asks you for It.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

Perfection can only be attained in
the physical by allowing Nature to ap-
propriate and not dissipate her own
resourc. s. Cathartics gripe, weaken
-dissipate, while DeWitt's Little
Early Risers simply expel all putrid
matter and bile, thus allowing the
liver to assume normal activity. Good
for the complexion. Sold BY Peoples
Drug Store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

Many children are poisoned and
made nervous and weak, if not killed
outright, by mothers giving them
cough syrupc containing opiates. Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is a safe and GER
tain remedy for coughs, Group and
lung trouble, and is the only promi-
nent cough medicine that contains no
opiates or other poisons. Peoples
Drug Store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

Backache is never known to those
persons who take an occasional dose of
Pineules. The value of the resin OBJ
tanned from the pine tree has long
been recognized in the treatment Of
of the bladder and kidneys.
One dose of Pineules will give relief,
and one bottle will cure. Sold by A..
p. Owens, Druggist. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

The many friends OF G. II. Hausan,
Engineer l.. E. & w. r. r., at present
living in Lila, o., will be pleased to
know Of his recovery from threatened
kidney disease. He writes: Il was
cured by using FoIey's Kidney Cure,
which / recommend to all, especially
trainmen who are usually similarly
afflicted" Peoples Drug Store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
bout m Million indian Territory People WIN Move Into Oklahoma
Vinita
A Court Town.

western district The circuit and dis
trlct courts for the eastern district
shall be held one term at Muskogee,
one term at Vinita, one term at South
McAlester, and one term at Ardmore,
each year. and the circuit and district
courts Of the western district shall be
held one term at Guthrie, one term at
Oklahoma, one term at Enid, and one
term at Lawton, each year. for the
time being.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
ECCLESIASTICAL
APPOINTMENT T

Associated Press
Rome, Jan. 26.-The Pope today
signed papers appointing Right Rev.
w. II. O'Connell, Bishop of Portland,
Maine, who recently visited Japan on
a special mission, to be co-adjutator
Arch Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
To Transfer Fast Mails.

a force of men began work today
building platform at the junction
for the transfer of mail from the
Frisco train to the NJ. X. & 7. fast
nail train that is to be put on in a
few days. The platform will be two
hundred ard fifty feet along the M. X.
81 T. tracks and one hundred feet on
the Frisco.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
Senate
or Statehood.

I Washington, Jan. 20 ~ (Bulletin) ~ The Senate
ommtee on territories today agreed to report favor
lbly on the statehood bill passed by the House.
Some minor amendments only have been made to
he bill
The Senate committee today took up considera-
ion of the bill, Notwithstanding it had not been re-
leived from the House.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

Capt. G.. S. White has secured the
general agency for the Natural Hen
Incubator with all its utilities, BROOD
efs, coops, egg-producing formulas,
Ice and mite formulas, etc. See him,
III write for information. Also agent
gor the best Poultry paper published.
Capt. G. S. White,
66 limo Vinita, /. t.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

One night is all the time necessary
to prove that Pineules is the best
remedy in the world for backache and
all kidney and bladder troubles. II
you lave rheumatism or any other
blood disease a single dose will give
relief Sold by A. ?. Owens. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
GRATING
MAGAZINE
REBUKED
Editor Mann, Of Town Topics
Loses in the Criminal Libel
Case Against Collier

New York, Jan. 26-The jury in the
Town Topics case returned verdict
that Editor Norman Hapgood, Of Col
liers Weekly, is not guilty Of criminal
libel.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26

NJ, K. & T. Winter tourist rates for
season 1905 and 1906 now on sale to
nDints in Texas, Louisiana, Mexico and
New Mexico u it'll April 1906. Final
Unit June 1st, 1906. Please call on or
felephone NJ, X. & T. agent for rates
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-26
FOLEYSHONEY1%TAR

hsr ehildreHf safe save- 'to eptafPa
For sale by Peoples Drug Store
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
The Latch String Out.

You, too, friends and brothers Ken
tuckiansr each and every, one-you, too,
Home again; this your castle, Ken
tpcky's flag, not wholly hid beneath
the, fold of the nation 3, above it.; this
your cottage, Kentucky like, the latch
string upon the outer side; but, wheth-
or castle or cottage, an altar and 9
memories. Be sure from yonder skies
they look down upon lis this day; the
immortal ones who built this common
wealth, and left it consecrate, q rich
inheritance and high responsibility to
you and me; who, like the father Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

the fear of Hell and the love of vir'
: God bless virginia. Heaven smile
upon her as she prepares to celebrate
with fitting rite three centuries of
upon her brow, the di,staff in her hand,
nor spot nor blur to dim the radiance
OF her shield! - '*-;>~+,~{@as -
r.. The Heroes in Homespun.
They came, the virginians, in their
homespun, in quest of homes; their war
rant their rifles; their payment the
proverb. the Chinese have That 7tit
needs a hundred. men to make a fort
Iress, but only woman can make a
home for they were quick to go
back for their women; their wives and
their: sweethearts; our grandmothers,
who stood by their side beautiful and
dauntIess, to load their fowling pieces,
to dress their wounds, to cheer them
on. to battle, singing their simple re-
QUEEN over the dead at Boonesborough
and bringing water from the spring at
the news came back from the River
Raisin. -
I am here to welcome you in the
name of all the people of this lovely
city, in the name Of all the people Of
this renowned Commonwealth. to vel
come you as kith and kin; but you will
not expect me, am sure, to add there
to more than the merest outline, Of the
history of Kentucky as it is known
to each and every one Of you, from
the time when the pathfnders, under
Boone, and Kenton, blazed their way
thru the forest, and the heroes, led BY
Logan and Shelby, by Scott and Clark,
the land from the savage, to
the hour which smiles upon us here this
day; a history resplendent with Illus
trfous names and deeds; separating
itself into. three great epochs and many
episodes and adventures in woodoraft
and warcraft and statecraft; the period
Of the Clays, the Breckenridges and the
Crittendens, with it's sublime struggle
it had come down to them from the
Revolution, with always the Marshalls
and the Wickliffes, the Boyles and the
Rowans, the Johnsons and the Browns,
the Adairs, the Desas and the Mellow
ellis, somewhere at the fore-"Old Ben
Hardin'' having a. niche all to himself
none Of them. greater than hejS the
period Of the War Of Sections, when
even the Clays, the Crittendens and the
Breekenridges were divided, when for
a season the skies were hung in sable
and all was dark as night, the very sac-
rifces that had gone before seeming to
have been made in vain, the dark and
bloody ground" Of barbaric , fancy,
come into actual being thru the pas
sions and mistakes of Christian men;
and, finally, the period after the War
Of Sections, when the precept "once a
Kentuckian, always Kentuckian,
was met by the answering voice,
"blood is thicker than water" and
/ the Goodies, the Billiards. and the
Speeds, the Harlans, the Frys and the
T Murrays, clasped their hands across the
breach and made short shrift Of the
work of reconstruction with the Buck
ners, the Prestons and the Dukes. Thus
Is 1t that here at least the perplexed
grandchild cannot distinguish between
the grizzled grandfather who wore the
blue and the grizzled grandfather who
wore the gray.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
BDilGDtic Fits Of Children

Epilepsy, or fits, in children is even OF greater
frequency than In older people. = In their active
and restless life an attack is liable to come at
will be crushed out Of existence. At the very
nrst sign of epilepsy nervous twitchings or
kremblings, Elixir. Kosine should be used. ! -
This remedy is the discovery of a well known
washington scientist, and is the only known
pure for epileptic fts :; It can be used by aH
ease voegeli Bros, the local agents, have SO
much faith In this remedy that they, WILL give
their personal guarantee that 1t will cure. or
else the price, $3.50, will be refunded Mail
orders filed. The Kosine Co., Washington, D.
yoEeEL1 BROS. DRUG CO.,
Cor Wash and Hennepin avs cor. 7th st and
Nicoilet av; corner 4th av s. and y22d st; cor.
Lyndale and Goth ay N: !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

Daniel Webster, shrank from no dan
ger, no toll, no sacrifice to serve their
country and raise their children to a
condition better than their own. In
Gods name, and in Kentucky's name,
I bid you something more than well
come: bid you know es and feel, and 4
that this is actually God Is country,
your native soil, that, standing knee
deep in bluegrass, you stand full-length
in all our homes and all our hearts!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
Of 1.-The dinner horn, and the creaking
ofssthe barnyard gate. Home

49, Take the bragMEsheH!1 "a ~
81 Il 3a.4 Fromsits horna@en the lea, = i.
I: $ SSsssJ i And whereverstk goes.
It will <sing: of the sea- @;
ssSss ssss SO take, the foud heart
I From it's home by the hearth,
IT will sing sof TN loved ones
Ss To the ends Of the earth. 81
s For II q g II ono, Home, H ONE, 'ssighs
the exile on the beach, and it IS "Home,
Home, Home, = rites the hunter from
The fills and the hero from the wars
s 4: ST. rs Hame to. IN e ountree,
always Home, WhethIef be tears or
with. laurels crowned, sor bent with an
guish and. sorrow and failure, having
none other shelter finzthe wide, ,swide
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
Kentucky First in Peace.

Kentucky, which gave Abraham LIN.
to the South, contributing very near:
" equal quota Of soldiers to each of
the contending armies Of that great
conflict-in point Of fact, as many
fighting men as had ever voted in any
election larger per centuni Of the
population than has ever been fur.
nished in: time Of war by any modern
State-Kentucky, thus rent by civil
feud, was first to know the battle was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
MURDERER SENTENCED
Kobat Given Life Term-First Day 0,
Each Year in the Solitary.

Appleton, Wis, June 16-Wensd b.
Kabat, convicted Of murder in the first
degree for having shot and killed and
then burned the body Of Michael Mo-
Carthy, wealthy bachelor farmer, the
crime having been committed for NOR
cenary purposes, was today sentenced
to life Imprisonment at Waupun, the
first day Of each year to be spent u
solitary confinement.
The convicted mans mother col
lapsed upon hearing the sons sem
tence, but Kabat was not visibly az
fected. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
CAN'T HELP ITSELF

Heart disease never grows better Of
itself. Unless something Is done to assist
its recovery, will surely lead to death,
through some chronic disorder which it
has induced, or by sudden heart failure.
The very best restorative known Is DR..
Miles Heart Cure. which strengthens
the heart muscles and nerves. If first
bottle fails to benefit, money back. : ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
NA'TTERs0N L 4 |
HIS STATE KENTUCKY
Never More Eloquent Than in His
Address at Home Coming
Celebration.

Henry Nj. Watterson's wonderful
oratory was never heard to better
advantage than In his address of last
Wednesday in the Kentucky "Home
Coming 8 celebration at EoulsviIle.
Inspired by his topic and surround.
Inss, he scaled the heights of elo-
| quence In thrilling fashion, which
makes his Soration good reading even
| for those not directly Interested In
the Kentucky celebration. His adj
dress isshere published ln#fuH.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

world beside, the prodigal along with
the vietor-often in his dreams, yet
alwayssi in his hope-turns him Homel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17

gion where the Mocha coffee grows. It
will extend from Hodeidah, on the Red
sea, to Sannaa, the largest city In
southern Arabia, with population Of
rs. 600. ISL ~ =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
Tour No. g
SEATS, $500

Seeing the Twin Cities Cars for
this tour leave The journal Building
every afternoon at 1:30. Nve-hour
tour, covering fifty miles and includ-
ing principal points Of interest in Min,
neapolis and st. Paul the Lakes and
Boulevards, Minnehaha Falls, Fort
Smelling, Summit Avenue, Knob Hill,
State Capitol, Como Park, Agricultural
College, State Fair Grounds, Univer-
#sity Of Minnesota, st, Anthony Falls,
etc. #.s