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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-08-04
forcing the law, will report the viola
tions to Governor Frantz.


Oklahoma City, Aug. 4-The trustees
of the Oklahoma Anti-saloon league
and the Church federation Of Indian
Territory met here yesterday and
agreed that the plan Of their cam
paign to secure prohibition in the
new state, both in Indian Territory
and oklahoma, would be to pledge
candidates for the constitutional con-
vention to make a specific provision
for prohibition in the constitution.
This was an abandonment Of the plan
to submit prohibition separately from
the constitution. E. G. Dinwiddie Of
Washington, legislative superintend-
ent for the National Anti-saloon
league, attended the meeting. Mr..
Dinwiddie will come to Oklahoma and
take charge personally Of the cam
paign for prohibition.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-08-04

HeIsingfors, Aug. 4-The strike Of
the employees Of tile street railroads
and factories here is over. All the
leaders of the Socialist red guard have
been arrested and the organization
broken up.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-08-04

Warsaw, Aug 4. The Jewish So
cialist; proclamation today urges the
Jews to be ready to fight, and should
the signal be given they are request
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

from the vanity that success sometimes
 reveals. Perhaps that sort of humil-
 ity is only form of suppressed vanity
 and the absence of the one quality nc. counts for the absence of the other.
 She talks of her books and life with open frankness. yet seems unconscious of their fame. Probably her lack of vanity accounts for that attitude also. for the thought of fame as such only appeals to a certain strain of vanity. She had task and did it for the tasks sake. did it thoroughly and well. as she would have worked a problem in mathematics and let the results take care of themselves. Maybe the word task" sounds too irksome. for she cer- tainly loves her work. and no work that we love Is task. As final sum- ming up of Miss Tarbelrs character, there Is nothing false in her. She is not q poseur. Possibly women do not pose as much as men anyway. Ida Tarbell is simple. straightforward. unaffected and wholesome.
 In appearance the historian of Stand ard oil Is striking-rather tall. dark of complexion. with almost black hair and blue-gray eyes. She is not a beau ty in the ordinary sense of that term. but gives rather the impression of strength. poise and refinement. The air of culture is one of the most no.a- bic things about her. She speaks well from inc platform. on which she has appeared frequently Of late years. In private conversation while she Is sim tle and franz. she yet knosss how to refrain from saying too much. She has the gift of silence and the faculty of precise statement She Is not one who would te easily trapped She is wise in her simplicity. strong in her recti- tude and fortified by her knOwIedge-
 Miss Tarben vas born in 1851 h Erie county. Pa Her father soon moved t0 TItusriIle. in the middle of the oil field where he was an tndepend- enf producer. Her brOtber Is still in the same business. Here the giri had sn opportunity to observe the evolution Of the industry of vhich she sftervard became the foremost historian She wzs educated In the pgblic schools. graduated from the hixh scbooa and zftsrward fre7 . coe1Dcatioozl col le<s at NesfsiIse- ss> tbe1 be<xne c tsschsr ia . sezEcary for two yesrS sfter ~ts<h h<r pars1<s ir1sced b>x to rsfz1 bcne ff vss ct tzts tzse tbaf - coufsurlatea fusof1nx hx Efs es
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

A total of s56.250.000 worth of products were taken from the waters and sold by United States fishermen in 1905, exclusive of the fisheries in the insular possessions and the fish taken for home consumption and by sportsmen. It is estimated that 232.- 900 persons earn their living yearly on this industry. which is variously estimated as having capital of ss2.- 100000. The total output of oysters in this period is placed at 32.000.OOO bushels. valued at s15,760.000. vir- ginia ranks first in the production of oysters, yielding during 1905. s. 500,000 bushels. valued at s3,250.- GOO. About s7.500.0O0 worth of cod. haddock. hake, halibut, mack erel. herring and other we'll known fishes were garnered from their abodes in the waters of the United States in 1905. The yield of mack erel. however. was less than in any of the four preceding years. in fact. the annual production of this kind of fish has been gradually decreasing since 1886. Svordfsh were in great abundance in the summer and fail of 1904. A diminishing yield is noted in the catch of holsters in the United States. the catch on the Massschu- setts coast being particularly small. This is attributed to the violation of the law in everlasting.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
A WOMAN WHO
 CAN WRITE HISTORY
Ida M Tarbell an Example of What Determination,
 Courage and Industry May Accomplish
Precise and Judicial Yet Engaging Author Who Does Not Write For Effect but Tells Emneny Fa Free From Both Vanity and Falsity She Is Not Easily Trapped-iow She Became
 the Standard Offs Champion Exposer

are admirable. She Keeps her personal ity out of her work, looks at things with a broad and temperate view, has no pri- vate prejudices to air and is eminently fair, yet she conceals none of the sto- ". In other words, she is a historian or perhaps you prefer "an" historian, if you are purist-who has the histor ical method. She is a judge on the bench reviewing the evidence that she herself brings. Though woman, she is impersonal. For all that she is es- sentially womanly, loves feminine things, speaks in a low. well modulat- ed voice, enjoys spending her evenings at the theater, reads novels and poetry. is fond of music and flowers and, greatest test of all, just dotes on cats.
 Yet this very woman once contem- plated devoting her life to microscopic work. Later she spent three years in Paris studying historical methods, still later she devoted as long time to delving into court records and legisla- tive investigations of a great indus trial corporation. More wonderful still, she enjoyed this work, mastered it as few men have done and presented its results to the world in a manner that attracted the commendation of lawyers and scholars and at the same time was as enchanting as romance to the aver age reading public. That is triumph. It is art that conceals the fact of it's being art.
 The 'M." in Miss Tarbell's name stands for Minerva, and Minerva, as every one knows, is the goddess of wis dom. Perhaps that accounts for it.
 Miss Tarbell has no false humility concerning her work and is alike free
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

After taking a whirl at the interior
 department in the earlier part of its
 investigation, the Keep commission
 is now going back to it, and they will
 find a state of affairs in the patent
 office worthy of serious consideration, says a Washington correspondent.
 This office is one of the most impor-
 tant as it is one of the most popular in the service. Recently congress made an increase of 100 experts in the examining force. Yet the patent office is to-day. according to its own confession, eight months behind hand, in many of its divisions. That is to say, the cases have accumulated so that in some departments it is eight months after patent is submitted before the examiners even take it up to look at it. This means often that it is year or even two years before a decision is given and the patent finally issued. Now this, of course, is an imposition. The office is one of the few under the government that is self-supporting. In fact, it pays a big annual revenue. But the present of patents has been in office so long that he has come to the point of letting his office largely run itself. The clerks and examiners smoke, gossip and read instead of at- tending to their work and the public has to stand still and await their pleasure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

We do not know much about the Pulianes. but from what we know of General Wood we would advise them to be out when he calls.
 Perhaps the worst thing that can be charged to the trolIeys ia that their availability has made 90 many persons seem to forget that nature furnished them with the means of To- comotion and walking is getting to be lost art However. that is a small thing compared with the advantages that arc furnished and the poor man also can think himself lucky and for that matter the man of means also that he lives in an age when the trolley service Is % accommodating New Londp Telegraph
 After the TOW that Senator Lodge stirred up on the rate bill. he ought to he a good drawing attraction when he surEss into the pure food debate.
 District Attorney Moran Of Boston is we'll carrying out his resolve. con- fded 10 a friend. that he purposed to give the public such a continuous performsnce that his name would hs found figuring daily in the headlines Of the Boston papers. The day which does not bring forth a Moran feat urs- rfT1 soo1 be acco1nted lost ia the Hub- Moran and Lzreon have becoue twin sens4ffonaliz-s. scns- rhsf seafnsf the peace a-t tienitT o< the cunmoauonlfh-z2rineGeA RepukIic1n-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
HEARD IN PASSING.

Investigators are cautioned to 20 gently with the ice trust this sum- meT. If you make 1t hot it may an- nounoe a shortage
 We Americans make a mistake no; to feed disabilities more and gIoomi- ness less. There's health in laughter. and it means death to the lugubrious look. To take things seriously is a duty: but to take them too seriously is suicide Worry vears-Ansonia Sentinel.
 While the towns all about Bridge port have been busy rskinz ia the revenue and stopping the speeding. this city has been labeled Easy by the reckless Eotorists- Nov it has changed and the signs will vsrn su- toEobilis-s that this city vfH stop then and take their coin away frou then if they exceed the legal limit There cz1 te 70 legitimate Rick g- tksz prue>dzrs-Bri1gsport Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1906.

The invention of an apparatus to make use simultaneously of the tele- graph and telephone over the same wire is receiving a practical test in Mexico by the Mexican Central rail- way. It means also that long-dis- tance telephoning will be possible over the regular telegraph wires without interfering with their use for telegraphic purposes, and thus ren- ders available thousands of miles of telegraph wire already placed for telephone purposes. s.. A---.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

The report of the commissioner of corporations at Washington has in- corporated in it a very interesting set of comparative tables showing how the published rates were made to favor the Standard Oil Go. These discriminations amounted to from 5 to 20 cents on every 100 pounds of oil carried and with the enormous business that the Standard Oil Co did amounted to millions of dollars annually in every state. Just how this sort of discrimination will be dealt with in the bill as it finally shapes itself is question, but it is a thing that will not be overlooked.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

feelings Hard names never made a brigand cease from being a robber, but with such people the strong walls of jail are a powerful argument for de- cency. Organized selfishness will not succumb to hot air. It Is coming time to take tools adapted to the work in hand. There is no call for going daffy with theorizing and agonizing. when all we need are little honesty, cour- age and common sense-yes. and deeds. We certainly need deeds.
 Yet the investigations and preach ments are necessary preludes. All praise to them. and while exalting the utterances of the chief magistrate and bis commissioner of corporations let us not forget one who preceded both of them in the work of exposing Standard Oil and who wrought more nightly to that end than any other single agency. That this one is a woman entities her to all the more honor. Her name is Ida N. Tarbell After long months spent with high financiers. politicians. yellow journalists. sporty kings and other more or less disappointing male bipeds it is a genuine pleasure to write Of such character as Miss TarbelL She Is like a cool oasis In a desert of mas culinity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
SALE WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.

Io15 ID Gran Sugar Tor soc to all purchasers of our ceIebrsted Teas and Coliees, our CsyIon Consou and formosa Teas need no introduction to the people of Waterbury.
 CoIises IS 20 and 7se per b srs the best sold ios the price THOMAS FENrON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

1" HE Garfield report ana the presi- dents special message on Stand ard Oil have got the octopus go-
 ing again. The only trouble with all these exposures is that while they make the monster with the over production of legs lose sleep they do not cause 1t to lose dollars. and that is the only sort of loss for which it really cares. It still has the same old strangle hold on the race, and it will take something more strenuous than messages to make it let go.
 If the people really get stirred up enough to go after the beast--if an oc- topus can be called a beast--they will make an end of the creature. When the brave knights of old went out to slay a dragon they did not do it with dictionary and an inkstand, but. swathing their limbs with few hun dred pounds of boiler plate, they took lance, a sword, meat ax and some other weapons and sallied forth to tear up the earth in a ripping, roaring, slashing dragon fight.
 The Need of Deeds.
 The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the only way to get thief is to go after him with a gun and pair of handcuffs. The great trust fortress will never be knocked down by publicity paper pellets. Might as we'll attack Gibraltar with a popgun. The campaign of exposure has it's place, but only in getting people nerved up to the pitch where they will do the real work. If we stop with words we only succeed in narrowing up our own
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
Manufacturers and Importers.
SEA TROUT

Bluefish, 10c ID; Fresh 1Mackerel, 12c lb; Porgies, 10c ID; Halibut, 15c lb; Butterfish, 12c lb; Sea Bass, 12c lb; Goldfish. 10c ID.
 Fulton Fish and Meat Market
 25S-6O65 Cherry St. Phone 6S3-2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
Her First Big Success.

Y @tF
 In Paris she remained three years, attending lectures. ransacking the great library and learning how to dig out facts and to present them. To pay her way she contributed articles to the American newspapers and magazines. One of these articles fell under the eye of $. s. Mcclure and induced him to ask the author to join the staff of the magazine he was then starting. He called on Miss Tarbell in Paris and asked her to gather some anecdotes of Napoleon She was the more ready to do this as she was just finishing her story of NIme. Roland, and all her studies of the French revolution seenl- ed to lead her toward the great Corsi- can. Later MT. Mcclure wired her to write life of the French emperor, tell ing her that the first installment must be in the next month. The audacity of the thing appealed to the resolute wo- man, and she agreed to do it. That short life of Napoleon was her first big success.
 At this time she returned to America. Afterward she took up the early life of Lincoln, which she supplemented by a complete biography of the great eman- cipator. In this work her new histor- ical method began to tell. She commu- nicated personally or by letter with all most every man and woman who had known Lincoln and thus gathered much new and interesting material. That work established Miss TarbelPs fame.
 The manner of taking up the Stand ard Oil history has been told by her self. At an editorial council of the magazine the best method of handling The trust question was discussed. Miss Tarbell suggested the giving of some concrete example such as the Stand ard, concerning which there was so much material available. Her idea was finally adopted, and she herself was deputed to write the history. She was already somewhat familiar with the great trust from her girlhood in the oil regions and from the further fact that very early in her life she had written novel woven about Rockefeller and his methods, which she concluded was too crude for pub lication.
 A Laborious Task.
 She went about her great task by in- vestigating the testimony in cases tried against the trust. For the most part she depended on the sworn statements of the officials of the company them selves. This investigation was labori- ous and led her into many different states, but the work was done thor oughly She determined at the incep- ton that the work must he without bias and that both sides of the story must be told. She found the architect of the Standard and the key to all it's policies in John D. Rockefeller. and taking Emerson's motto that 'an in- stitution is but the heightened shadow of man" she interpreted the trust through this man, who was Its center and brain. The upshot of her whole showed that the Stand ard oil had been built up. as has so many of the other monopolies. through
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
Chief Woman Historian.

Miss Tarbeil in addition to being the champion exposer of Standard on is the chief woman historian not oaly Of the present day. but of all days In fact. she is practically the only one. Women often have made history. but seldom have written it Miss Tarteii not only writes it. but writes it well She is accurate and judicial. yet al ways interesting. She Is exhaustive in gathering her facts. knows how to choose the salient ones. bow to ar range them effectively and how tO tell them in a simple yet attractive man. ner. Her life of Lincoln is a mas terpSece- Many consider # the most readable bso<r.phy of the martyr pres
 tdent Her TNzpoIeon- threv q Ber Eznr Ol that saazzsI1lz EEure- Her Nine Roland and Nine de StaeT
 briag tbese tuo great women of the Frpnch rHrOGutS0n nesrsr to us Mss Tsrben makes her characters human and living Ihers Es nothing hi<hfaluf- Inx sbont her styie- she does 1sf vrfse fer erec1- Sbe tells fzrts. far1s facts hu- does Ii direrf;v asd charzi,xty- Her poxes of analysze. sf ge1erzIlka-
 ssr asd q rea<7izg t1z cszez-1Ug
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
AMONG OTHER MoNUMENTS

we erected last year in the old and new St Joseph's and Calvary are those for Timothy Brennan. Daniel Cassidy, Roger Connor, Marcus Hellmann, John F. Hackett, Terrence Downey. Mary Pheian. Michael Shea. William Dun- can, Thomas Butler. Patrick Boyle. Chris Dunphy. Maurice Healey. Lu- cien Pratte William Stafford. We are making a number to be set next spring. Place your order now, while prices are low.
 c. A. JACKSON & co
 27027A Bank Street.
 Manufacturers and Importers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31

studies with the microscope. This pur~ pose was changed by an offer of an editorship on the Chautauquan Maga- zine. then small publication at Mead vile. She remained with it for eight years. eventually becoming managing editor.
 One of Miss Tarbell's duties on the Chautauquan was to write character sketches and historical studies. She was always deeply interested in tho woman's movement and especially In the part played by great souled women in crucial epochs of the past. This led her to take up the women of the French revolution. her first essay be- ing on Mme. de Stael. She next took up a study of Mime. Roland. By this time she was so deeply interested in the subject and in the French histor- ical method that she determined to go to Paris with definite purpose in view. The purpose was nothing less than to learn the French way of handling the philosophy of history with the inten- tion of introducing it in America Peo- pie do not deserve big successes who cannot dream big dreams. To have an ideal, definite plan and work to 1t constitute the only road to the heights. It may require sacrifice and may end in failure, still 1t is worth while. It need not end in failure if the plan is sufficiently well thought out and if the requisite determination and ability are put behind it. Miss Tarbell had thor oughly matured her plan and had the will and capacity to put 1t into execu- tion. Thus fortified for the race she could not fail to reach the goal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-19
WHIPPED A CONVICT
GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI THRAsHEs MAN WITH BROOM.
vardaman Had Recommended That Treatment of States Prisoners $ Be Investigated, and Leg
 isiature Will Do So.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 1S.--A report having been current for some weeks that Governor Vardaman had thrashed severely q convict at the Governors mansion some time ago. W. M. Calvin Wells Jr., member of the Legislative Penitentiary Committee, called on the Governor and asked him If the report was true.
 Governor Vardaman said that he had whipped the convict who. he said was shining his shoes and made some impu- dent remark. The, Governor said he kicked the convict and then grabbed a broom and had given him a sound thrashing.
 Governor Vardaman. In his message to the Legislature charged the Iegis- lature- to investigate the convicts' treatment and this whipping of convict by the Governor will be thor oughly investigated by the committee. The convict who was whipped is now in the prison hospital suffering from rheumatism. The publicity of the story here has created a great sensation in political circles.
 The Governor has stirred up consider able surprise. in the House by sending in message recommending that strusty eonvicts instead of hired labor CTS be used as porters around the Cap itol The recommendation has already aroused violent opposition. The Gov ernor wanted the convict porters "uni- formed in gray or some other agree able color.".
 Governor Vardaman, when seen at the executive mansion tonight by representative of the Associated Press and asked about the alleged whipping or a convict at the executive mansion, while the convict was shining his shoes, replied:
 T do not care to discuss the matter for publication
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-19
SENSATION IS PRODUCED.
Governor Vardamam Does Not Den,
 BeaasmG Hhe Convict

Beating she Convict.
 Jackson. Miss, Jan. Ex-Governor Vardaman's whipping of q negro con yict employed as a trusty around the executive mansion, which Is to be given thorough probing by the penitentiary investigating committee, according to assurances from members of that body, has aroused the iiveliest sensa- tion Of recent years. and is now the most absorbing topic of discussion among the members of the Legislature
 The Governor does, not attempt to- deny any phase of the story, but very candidly admits in answer to questions that he soundly thrashed the prisoner, ana further declares that he would do so again under similar circumstances.
 The negro, it Is alleged, was at first knocked down by the Governor, a good kick administered and then a broom stick was used in the chastisement So Tar as known, he sustained no serious injuries from the encounter with the Chief Executive. although he was ex- ceedingiy sore for several days, and Is now in the negro ward Of the convict hospital at Oakley suffering from rheu. matism. having been ordered to that institution several days ago by the Board of Control
 The offense that provoked the caas- uSement of the convict was his leav- ing the mansion grounds. and his ar- rest by an officer of the local police force, who found him. prowling around in the fourth ward one night The To- cal authorities are allowed a reward of Si0 for arrests of this character. The Governor sent his private secretary to the city jail on the following morning for the prisoner and the whipping oc- cured shortly after his return to the executive mansion.
 The rules of the Mississippi peniten- ttary prohibit corporal punishment for convicts. Although it has been an es- tablished precedent for many years. the Governor in reality has no legal authority to use convict labor around the executive mansion.