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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-09-13
Business About Completed

The distrlcting and canvassing
board will meet in Muskogee tomor-
row to complete the appointment OF
election commissioners. Seven ap-
pointments were not made at the
last meeting. The board has decided
on the various forms to beGysd by the
election officers and indeed has but
little work now remaining Of that
which it was appointed to do.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-09-13
Still in Session.

)enver, Colo, Sept. 13-The Demo-
tic state convention today began
third days session, and immediate
took up the task of nominating a
tie ticket. 1t is now certain that
Ia Adams will be the candidate for
Vernor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-09-13
|UBAN REBELLION is
MORE THREATENING
anta Clara Province Is Almost Entire
. " in the Hands of Rebels, Who
Are Menacing Havana.

under Pine Guerra is marching to-
ward Havana, coupled with a very
greatly increased concentration OF re-
bells outside the city, is causing much
uneasinees here.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
WAS 4 REAL MAGICIAN.

\ Rostonian was praising the other
day the astronomical and literary work
of Percival Lowell.
Before the last eclipse he said,
"Mr. Lowell observed to an old colored
man whom he liked.
."George, If you will watch the chick
ems out at your place tomorrow
morning at II O'Clock you will see
them all 90 to roost."
"'Hi, hi George laughed. Oats a
good joker
Tie thought, you see. that Mr..
Lowell was fooling him. But. sure
enough. when II O'clock came the
next morning the sun darkened and
the chickens did go to roost. George
was amazed. He sought Mr.. Lowell
out and said:
"'NVot you done tole me wuz true,
sab. Nah chickens went to roost, sab,
iist laik you said dey would
Yes, George, | suppose they did,
the astronomer returned.
"'How long, sab, did you know
bout dis?' asked George.
"'Oh, a long time George
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
UNIQUE STREET RAIL WAY.
In Which the Horse aud the Passen-
gers Ride Together-Owned by a
Woman,

If the spirits of the poor. departed
car horses are allowed to return to the
land of the living. they must chuckle
If car horse spirits do such an n
seemly thing when they witness n
of their kind standing on the back
platform of a street car. neditatiyely
chewing a straw and viewing the
landscape Ger as the car merrily
glides on its way into the town. But
that is a spectacle that presents itself
many times a day just outside the
great city Of Denver, Colorado.
A short line of street railroads
called the Cherrelyn Line, leads from
one of the city terminals TO the little
town of Cherrelyn. 1t ascends gradu-
ally from the city, and its motive
power, an ancient and decrepit speci-
men of the genus ear horse" creeps
slowly up the hill, stopping frequently
for breath. Once at the top however,
his labors are over for the time be-
ing. He is unhitched from the car,
climbs aboard tie rear platform. and
proceeds to make himself comfortable.
When the hour of departure Is reached
the driver gives the car a gentle shove
and the whole outfit goes spinning
down the hill to its starting point,
The C%herrelyn Line Is owned and
controlled by Mrs. George II. Bogue,
of Denver, who claims that it is the
only all-gravity system In the world.
There was a similar line operating in
southern California a few years ago,
SO the claim TO that distinction may be
disputed. Be that as 1t may, how
ever, it Is one of the sights of Denver
"a street car on which both horse
and passengers ride.
The rolling stock Of this road rep
resented by the single carts not
exactly up to date in style or finish.
It Is shabby and worn, and the rear
platform. not originally designed as
a stable, droops disconsolately. The
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Mind UnhinEed by Blow.

In his youth he was an infant phe-
nomenon, At four years Of age he
read almost all of the Bible. and dur
ing his teens he acquired a reading and
speaking knowledge of no less than
thirteen languages. During the gold
craze in 40 he went West and started
a stage line. Within two years he had
accumulated a fortune Of $4,000. A
partner robbed him, and then j. N
moved back TO Ohio and began the
study of law. Within a few years he
stood at the top of the bar of Cincin-
natl.
One day he was defending a muir.
derer in whose innocence he strongly
believed. As a result of his %eloquence
the man was acquitted. The same day
his client confessed that he was guilty.
-. N" rushed back to the courtroom
and started to explain, but the strain
and excitement had been too much for
him. He was stricken with %apoplexy.
Within a short time he recovered his
physical health. but eve his mental
poise.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
INDIANS RAID THE TREAS
TRY.

A band Of Osago Indians has looted
the United States Treasury of S53S.
The loot was permitted by the author
tiles, for the Red Men had the law
on their side, the money being the
expenses they We're allowed by the
Indian Commissioner in making the
trip to Washington from their reserva-
ton. Each Osago was allowed $66
by the Commissioner. They filed into
the Treasury Building. a few weeks
ago, silent as oysters and presented
their order. They got their money and
left the department without uttering
a wOrd-only a few grunts. The
names they signed or indicated BY
mark were well worth the money and
were as follows:
O-lo-hah-wal-la; =. Deerheart; Bacon
Rind; Ne-ke-wah-tiau-ka; O-loh-hah-
mole; Nun-tsa-wah-hu: Arthur Bonni-
castle, and Eve's-Tall- Chief.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
DO RATS HAVE SOULS?

In the course of a lecture before the
Psychotherapeutic Society, DIR. Ward
announced that Prof. Elmer Gates. of
Washington. ID. c.. who has been eX-
perimenting with light rays, had found
about FIVE octaves above violet a form
of wave similar to x-rays, but differ
ent in some respects.
Under these rays living objects
throw IA shadow which exists as long
az there is life in the animate object.
A live rat was placed in n Theoretically
sealed tube and held in the path Of
the rays in front OF a sensitized screen.
So long as the rat was alive 1t threw
d shadow. When it was killed 1t be-
came suddenly transparent after a GER
tain length of time.
Here" said the lecturer. there
was a strange phenomenon. AT the
very instant the rat became trans
parent. a shadow Of exactly the same
shape was noticed to pass as 1t were
out OF and beyond the glass tube and
vanish as it passed upward on the
senSftized screen"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
VERY BAL

Senator Clay, of Georgia, told the
following story to a number Of his
colleagues in the Senate cloak room
a few days ago:
Sam Jones, the evangelist, was
holding meetings in my home town
last summer in the open air. His
subject for the particular evening of
which | speak was Death He had
been preaching some fifteen or twenty
minutes when he reached the climax
of his theme with My Friends, think
of it. Think of it, | say. And you not
prepared to die. At my every breath
a soul drops dead" Then a small boy
away back in the rear exclaimed, Why
don't you chew cloves?"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
HELPS BURGLAR TO ROB
WEALTHY WIFE.

Il had no trouble gettln into the
house." said the reformed burglar in
a reminiscent mood. 1T "a one OF
the old fashioned kind which had not
been modernized, and a 4-year-old
could have opened the windows. The
female party hat owned the house
had the reputation of bein' mighty
rich and sunthin' of a miser, SO l
thought there might be good pickin's
for me in the way of old silver and
the like. She had married a young
man about a year before my visit
who was known to be sunthin' of a
high roller.
THE first room l struck that SEEM
ed promisin' was the dinin' room
filled up with massive mahogany fur
niture like they don't build nova
days. | had no trouble in openin' the
sideboard, where | found a few real
silver spoons and a blamed lot o. plat
ed trash that wasn't worth carryin'
away. | was just about to leave the
room when out flashed an electric
light and found myself starin' at
the barrel of a pistol. A young rei-
Ter in pajamas held the gun, and his
hand didn't shake a bit. He had a
business look in his eye, so when he
told me to throw up my hands done
SO without no argument.
How much of a haul have you
nader" he asked pleasantly. l told
him only a few spoons, and that it
was a low-down trick to pinch a man
who hadn't got enough to pay for his
trouble.
"He acknowledged there was a boss
on me, and then asked me If | was
a amatoor, or could | blow up a
safe without rousin' the %neighbor-
hood. If you have the materials with
you to crack a safe says he, why,
you an nell divide the spoils.'
81 Acknowledged that | had come
prepared to open anything in the
hardware line. and chen, with his gun
p'inted, he backed me out of the room
to one adjoinin' where there was a
safe in the wall. Then he ,old me to
go to work and sat down in a chair
with his pistol turned my way.
well, sir, to make the story short,
| opened that safe with this pelican
superintendent the job. There was
wads o long green In a tin box that
would choke a cow, likewise diamonds
ana OlIeF SUlDeIS. lHS uOSS y luS
business sorts 'em over careful, and
when the box was clean empty he
hands me over some old breastpins
and napkin rings and a baby's silver
mug and told me that that was my
share, while he pockets the rest as
calm as We please.
"'Now, then, about face and don't
kick, for this gun is likely to go or,
says he, and heads me back to the
window through which I'd entered.
Git through there. and be quick about
it, son. he says, and then, as if to
add insult to injry, gives me a push
that sent me flynn inter the back
| yard ready to choke with rage"
The reformed burglar here uttered
| some very unreformed profanity as
the picture of that night rose to mem
DRY.
"When I'd got on me feet l heard
a pistol go off in the house an a yell
for help and knowed who done it.
There was nothing for me to do but
light out. 1t seems that young man
was the old party's husband. Shed
kept him short of funds and he took
this chance to make good. Now, did
We ever hear a meaner job played on
a hard working man than he played
on me?"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

sides Of the car, both inside and out,
are decorated with the carvings and
writings of tourist fools
Whose are like their faces,
Always seen in public places.
Mrs. Bogue is not exactly a million
aire as the result of operating her own
railroad and drawing all the salaries
and dividends, and she appreciates
the deficiencies of rolling stock and
road-bed. But she takes keen de-
light In the management of the road
and finds it a paying investment.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
THE HORSE IS A PASSENGER on THIS CAR.

to present him with a bill. II Is re-
corded that a hotelkeeper ono offered
to throw off half the bin when he
learned his guests identity. The i'm
mortal j.. y. . glared at the landlord
then. declaring he would allow no one
70 Guido him in generosity, and said
he would throw off tie other half.
He seldom stopped III cities of nor
than 10000 population, believing that
in the large cities his personality
would be lost. There are few news
paper Offices in the country outside Of
the largest cities where h. is not we'll
known. Some years ago he travelled
all over the country ra%nsacking the
files of newspapers for his own obit-
uary. He has been reported dead
more than nee.
He is an apostle of truth, press
ure.n and keeper of the secret of the
veil For forty years he has been
promising to lift the veil and put "on
the pressure.
Wherever he stopped in the course
OF his migrations his first announce
ment was that mel called him crazy,
and that he was about TO put the
pressure on This pressure was
some mysterious force Which"he alone,
he believed. prevented from crushing
out of existence all the life Of this on
tinent.
No one has ever doubted that he was
insane. He himself boosted of il. But
his is an insanity that up to now in
splred only friendship and sympathy.
But behind his insanity and his fifty
years of aimless wandering over the
country is a tragic story.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
AUTOMOBILE
Skates Run by Storage Battery
Strapped to Mans Waist.

Recent cable descriptions of auto
mobile skating in Paris nave been
verified. Alphonse Constantine, an
italian who lives in Paris. has been
making many successful experiments
with his new form of automobile
skates which he invented.
The apparatus consists of two four
wheeled skates each operated by an
air-cooled motor of Up horse power
capacity.
A small tank containing gasoline,
sufficient for a AZ mile run is strapped
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
CURE FOR -SEASICKNESS.
Electric Current Used to Quiet Nerves
of the Sufferers.

Those who have been Frustrated by
the heave and the chop-chop of ocean
vessels will he glad to learn that a
sure cure for seasickness is promised.
The ship physician Of the Hamburg
American liner Patricia has found by
experiments conducted or the last
voyage of the ship that a simple cleo
trio vibration chair does the work, and
so successfully did he demonstrate this
to the satisfaction of the ships officers
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
THE IMMORTAL ]. n"
Most Picturesque of Characters
Goes to Asylum.
AS a Boy He Could Speak Thirteen
Languages-Mind Unhinged by a
Great Criminal Trial Has Been
Insane Fifty Years.

Jacob Newman Free, the immortal
j. ~" has reached the end Of his
travels. He was finally adjudged in
sane. and will spend The remainder Of
his days in the State Hospital Of To-
ledo. He is now seYenty-eight years
old.
Thus passes a character known in
every stable town in every State in
the West. For more than half a cen
fury he lived as the birds live. No town
or State could claim him as its own In
each he a at home and among
friends. 1t is his claim, and It is not
disputed, that he knows more peo-
pie personally than any other living
man.
For nifty years he has travelled up
and down and cross the country, rid
ing free on nearly every railroad. and
living without expense in the best ho-
tells. the towns he visited, afforded.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Keeper for Thirty-eight Years.

Albert IL. Metcalfe watched the gov
eminent belongings around Sacketts
Harbor for thirty years, and then
died. During all the years the Blu
reau of Yards and Docks of the Navy
Department has regularly submitted
an estimate of 1865. to Congress for
the annual salary of the ship keep
err at Sacketts Harbor, and that Is
probably the only place where the
name ship keeper" appears in an
official way on the records
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
ID. II. on Livery Railroad.

Still in his possession are a hundred
slips reading Good Tor J. y. His
most treasured possession is a slip of
paper signed by the leading officials
of many of the biggest railroads in
the country. Il reads "rhe immortal
j. N, pass him forever. Good on all
roads from now until doomsday."
Hotel men in the towns he visited
did as much. He was neve known to
have more than a few cents at a time,
but in the fifty years of his wanderings
few landlords have been bold enough
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

about the skaters waist. Attached to
the tank are the IGNITION battery, the
throttle lever and the spark control.
A speed of 81 miles an hour can be
attained and diminished by means Of
the throttle lever which the skater
holds in his left hand. 1t is claimed
that almost any hill can be climbed.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
HAS STUDIED STANDARD
OH

There is the making of a most val
liable servant of the trusts in South
Orange in the form of a small boy
whose name does not appear. Be
lieving he had killed seven-year-old
Loretta Smith, a pupil Of the Column
bia public school. whom he knocked
senseless with a SNOWFALL, a small
boy, who escaped before his Identity
could be aseertained, hired a negro
boy for 5 cents to assume all blame
for the tragedy. The girl was more
frightened than hurt.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
THE RAID ON THE TREASURY

Ibid you know dey would go to
roost a year agoY
"'Yes, fully a year ago
"'Well, dat beats ALL said George,
in an awed voice. Dem chickens
wuzn't hatched a year ago.'"-Satur-
day Evening Post.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

Mr.. Bryan's daughter has taken to
writing plays, Senator Tillman is writ
ing a book, and Congressman Long
worth is accused of writing topical
songs. By next November we may
have very little left 10 be thankful
for.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

Nearly all the cigarettes of the
United States are made In New York,
Richmond, New Orleans, and San
Francisco.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

Sumatra is now producing about as
much coffee as Java.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
POSTMASTERS OF OLDEN
TIME.
Ninety Years Ago Incomes Arg
umented by Acting as Agents.

The postmaster Of today may think
he has troubles of his own, but there
was a time about the year 1917, when
queer things were expected of post
masters. An old pamphlet dated
April 5th, 1917, states that a new
daily and thrice a week paper" was to
be printed "at the seat of government"
After the virtues of the proposed publ
cation were set forth the editor-to-be
says:
"Postmasters are hereby authorized
to receive subscriptions for the Gaz-
cite, and for all moneys collected and
transmitted to the editor, at the city
of Washington, a discount of 10 per
cent. will be allowed. Distant sub
scribers will have their Papers care
fully packed and punctually forwarded
to order. 1t is to be presumed that a
copy of this pamphlet was sent to
each postmaster in the United States.
Under the system that then existed
this method was entirely proper and
it is claimed that postmasters derived
considerable income from such sour
ces.
The prospectus" further states that
"a competent reporter will be employed
to furnish the proceedings of Congress
for the Gazette" and that all Inter
esting articles of intelligence will be
carefully selected and published"
The Editor-to-be. in writing OF him.
self says:
"As the humble guardian of the pub
lie veal. he will occasionally use the
privilege he has a right to exercise,
in expressing his temperate disappro-
baton of such measures OF the coun-
try. If those opinions should some
times be erroneous, he wishes them to
be ascribed to the common fallbiltty
of human Judgment, which cannot De
always in the right. AS far as 1t may
be possible, he will labor to be I'M
partial, but that there will be a bias,
and that that bias will be in favor or
the present dominant party, he has too
much candor to deny and too much
honesty to conceal. What he can do
within his humble sphere, shall be lone
for the good of the country, and II
he fails he will console himself with
the reflection that he had discharged
his duty to the utmost of his ability
and power"
IT IL announced that the fad of TAX
ing snuff is again coming into vogue
in France.
Cotton fabrics OF fine quality are
found In Peru In tombs that date back
to the time of the Incas.
Sumatra is now producing about as
much coffee as Java.
Nearly all the cigarettes Of the
United States are made In New York,
Richmond, New Orleans, and San
Francisco.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

Cotton fabrics Of fine quality are
found in Peru in tombs that date back
to the time Of the Incas.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Once Prominent Place.

1t used to be a prominent place,
and shortly after the close of the war
a ship-of-the-line, then the biggest
type of war craft built, equivalent Of
the first.class battle-ships of modern
times, was planned, and the building
begun at Sacketts Harbor. The vessel
was to have been the New Orleans.
The work progressed slowly, how
ever, and was finally abandoned, but
the hull of the big vessel remained up
on the stocks. Away back, probably
along in the '40's or sos, a man
named Metcalfe was appointed ship
keeper. In 1868 he died, and his son,
Albert H.. succeeded him in the posi-
ton. Some years ago all that was
left of what was to have been the New
Orleans was torn down; but the posi-
ton and title of the keeper remained.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
ONLY WOMAN SHIP KEEPER.
Sackets Harbor Navy Yard in
charge of Woman.
Some rlember of Present Keepers
Family Has Been Stationed Here
Since Navy Yard Was Established
f1any Years Ago.

Women are steadily encroaehing up
on the occupations of men. and now
another position heretofore filled by
a mar has gone to one of the fairer
sex. The charge and care of a govern
ment naval establishment, almost for
gotten, has been turned over to her,
and for the first time in the history
of the American navy a woman has
the rank of ship keeper"
The woman is Mrs. Albert II. Net
calfe. She has been placed in charge
of the nayy yard at Sacketts Harbor,
N. Y, on Lake Ontario not far from
the st. Lawrence, and will receive a
salary of 1865 a year.
Albert H. Metcaife, keeper of the
yard since 1868, died recently, and his
position was given 10 his widow. The
Sacketts Harbor Navy Yard is not
a big establishment. 1t consists OF an
acre and a half of ground, on which
there are half a dozen small buildings
and a few guns used in the war OF
1912
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

It is announced that the fad of TAX
ing snuff is again coming into vogue
in France.