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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
Live Stock Market

Kansas City Stock yards, Apr. Ist
1907 Quarantine receipts last week.
aggregated I73 cars for the week
against 10 cars previous week and SO
cars same week last year. The mar
ket was lower Monday, but advanced
after Tuesday closing up with a net
gain OF 10 cents for the week. Run is
65 car loads market 10 higher and ac-
tive. The supply of cattle IN the ma
tfcn division and at other markets Is
small today. and has been light for
nearly week, giving the situation a
good healthy tone. Some very good
steers are included In the quarantine
run today, top for the season being
paid for some of the Johnson steers,
from ChlckaSha, at S5 go, with one load
of the same steers, lighter weight at
S4.60 to s.. 90, few strees at "a. 20 to
1880 Some choice heifers sold at S4.-
so in the quarantine today, cows at
S3.40 TO SO S5, bulls 1896 to S3.75, and
the general line of scales today is
highest paid this year. The tendency
Of the demand lately has been toward
medium and lighter weight steers,
making quarantine offerings very
desirable on account Of their handy
weights. Native steers of all weights
sold strong tc 10 higher today, one
lot at $6.40, highest price paid here
for six weeks, other scales around &c.
90, bulk 4,80 to $3.50.
Hogs took a turn upward last week
and have been going up steadily each
day since, including today. Smaller
supplies and strength in provision was
the cause. Run today, $500, market
higher; top 1886; bulk of sales, So As
to S6.524. Not many heavy hogs have
been coming lately, and there was a
decided change for the worse in the
average quality last week.
Sheep and lambs are holding up
strong, without much net change in
prices. Run is 5000 today; prices a
shade higher. Lambs, $3.50 to $3.50;
medium class ewes, $3.50 to S5. .65; ordi-
nary wethers, s5.85; yearlings, 1886.
Supplies have been fairly liberal but
indications favor reduced marketing,
and continued strength in the market.
A few feeding lambs are available
BIB.
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Loose WordIna cost Money.

Little Chip, the dwarfish comedian
can tell stories all day. His assort
ment Of hard luck tales Of his own
experiences is especially large.
THE fourth night after l opened in
New York last season, I broke my left
arm in fall from my famous horse
in the first act" said Chip. Il played
through the next two acts without
telli anyone Of my injury | played
with my arm in splints after that
and couldn't do my falls for 12 weeks.
Then when got to Boston lost my
voice for while. l certainly had a
lot Of trouble. But everything is 60
Ing nicely now"
while in Boston," continued Chip.
Il noticed that Harry Bulger Of the
Man From Now was playing at one
Of the theaters. / wrote him a note
saying i would be pleased to have
your company at supper. Well, after
the performance here came Bulge
followed by the whole troupe, some
IS or 40 people
What do you mean?" demanded
"you can't ring anything like this on
me-"
Well, here's your note, said Bull
gcr. What are you going to do about
r.?
4 read the note over. The sgrper's
IN me al rieht, I said"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
TODAY'S ELECTION
is RATHER SLOW
A Light Vote Being PoIIed and Consid-
erabId Scratching is Being
Done.

Election officials in the First ward
are L. w. Marks, A. r. Broker and
9. L. Mcclure, judges; and G. Fl. Ter
bush and Frank Billingslea, clerks.
Second-Davis Hill, G. B. Rogers
and A. Tarleton, judges; A. A. Scott
and George McCulloch, clerks.
Thirds. B. Jackson, J. f. Charles
worth and Will McCullum, judges; q.
Caldwell and Nat Hunt, clerks.
Fourth-Geo Hendricks. J. B. M.
Fowler and d. B. Slough, judges;
George Coney and W. I. Torbett,
clerks.
This afternoon at 3:15 the vote was
as follows:
First ward, l08
Second ward, III.
Third ward, 127.
Fourth ward, 104.
The third ward polling place seemed
to furnish all the entertainment today
as there is where the crowd was found.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
One Of the Best in Years

A comedy-drama, "The Burglar and
the Waif," was presented at the opera
house last night by the Shaw s. Gal
lagher-Marie Young company, one of
the best companies that has visited
Colebrook in years. The play is one
Of the best the stage Of today offers.
Each character in the play is an inter-
esting one. Soabsorbing is the interest
throughout that it may be said that
there is no minor part. Colebrook On
III. Record.
win be at the opera house in Vinita
Friday night April 5.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
800 MILLIONS OF CHINESE.
Yellow Empire Has About one-fifth Of
Globes Population.

The interesting question Of the pop
ulation of the Chinese empire has
often been discussed, but it is still
impossible to say with any degree OF
certainty what the figures are.
AT the beginning Of the Christian
era it is tolerably certain that there
were at least SO,OOO,OOO inhabitants,
and It must be remembered that the
empire then was much smaller than
1t is at the present time.
Most Of the censuses taken in China
during the last 1000 years, says the
North China Daily News, have not
professed to take in the whole popula-
ton. Young children and old men, for
Instance, were sometimes omitted, the
main object of the census being to as
certain the number of taxable persons.
BY common consent the most reli-
able consus ever taken in China was
that of 1912. This gives the figures
as more than 362,001,0O0. In 1865 the
population was estimated nearly 40S,-
100000; but in 1881 1t had fallen to
SS,0O0OO0, the great TAPPING rebellion,
In which so many millions of people
lost their lives, being one of the prin-
cipal causes undoubtedly for this great
decline.
Travellers, missionaries and others,
who have visited the region devas-
tated at the time of the TAPPING rebel
lion, express the opinion that the loss
of life during the great convulsion has
generally been estimated at too low a
figure, and it is a question also
whether the terrible famine more than
a score of years ago in the provinces
Of Chill, Shansi, Shensi and Honan,
with a population of 7O,OO0,0O0, is not
responsible for the los of more lives
than it is usually credited with.
1t is still more certain that the Mo
hammedan uprising in the northwest
destroyed more lives than it is gen
orally supposed to have done. A very
moderate computation of the loss of
life incurred in these three calamities
makes it to be fully 6O,O00,00O And
In this connection 1t would be well,
to remind ourselves tkat the
habitual use of opium by such
large number Of the people has tended
70 act injuriously on the recuperative
power of the nation.
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Wera Mlnhtv hurdIers.


Farmer P, in Barre Mass. a
'eaeration ago was crafty catlle
'ealer and had handsome yeha Of
cvaa he warranted to be good Faith
I'll wcrlers One day a man came in
scarab OF just such oxen aad Mr.
P-- showed the pair They wsre
sleek and well matched, and seemed
versed in all the variations Of tho Ian
guase Of "haw and gee"
But the stranger noticed the nigh
ones rowing eye. and his suspicious
were aroused.
Are they peaceable? That nigh
one acts breachy. Jest's lives jump
over anything, hadn't he?"
my good man" answered Mr..
P, 'I tell ye what It's, one rails
iest's good as fivel"
The stranger paid the price and took
the oxen, but the next day he re-
turned very angry.
What dye mean by telling me them
oxen are peaceable? When l got
home l put them in my pasture where
kept oxen fur 20 year-and I've had
all kinds of cattle, too-and this morn
ing they're in my best clover field.
What kind O. Christian are We, any
way, to lie like that?"
4 didn't lie" returned Mr.. P,
calmly, Il said one rail was jest's
good as fve.' and It's so. they'll jump
over five rails iest's Quick's they will
over one"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
U. T. D. C. Meeting

The first literary meeting of the U
Il. d. 9. will be held in the CONNER
cial club rooms at 2:3O p, m. Saturday
April 8. The following program will
be given.
Roll call, Quotations on Civic
Woman's place in the home, Mrs
Seymour Riddle,
Womans place In civic, Miss Quig-
ley.
Reading, Mrs. B. A Mcfarland.
Current Events.
MRS. d. r. ANDERSON, Reporter.
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until tomorrow what you can do today
If you are suffering from a torpid
liver or constipation, don't wait until
tomorrow to get help.
Buy bottle of Herbine and get that
liver working right. Promptness
about health saves many sick spells.
"Mrs. Ida Gresham, Point, Tex,
writes: / used HerbiLe in my family
for six years, and find it does al 1t
claims to do Peoples Drug Store
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
CITIZENSHIP CLAIMS

II you have citizenship claim PEN
ding and are NOT yet enrolled, or have
business before the Interior Depart
ment, write Immediately to William
W. Wright, registered attorney. OF
fees: Washington Loan & Trust Build
ing, Washington, DC.
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"Hello. old man. Haven't seen any.
thing Of you since you got married.
How goes it?'
Thanks, fairly well. But marriage
is a costly JOB. i you only knew
what the dressmakers charged"
so I suppose you regret it?"
"Ohl no, ! married a dressmakeri D."
Translated for Tales from Meggen-
dorfer Blaetter.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
HAVE OPENED
HEADQUARTERS

A special dispatch from Tulsa says:
Lee Cruce, Of Ardmore; Q. N. Has
kell, of Muskogee, and Tom Doyle, of
Perry, contesting candidates for the
Democratic nomination for governor
Of Oklahoma have opened headquar-
ters in Tulsa, a town twelve miles
north Of town.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-04-02
ENTERTA TA|NMENT
POSTPONED

The last number of the Lyceum
Course, Durns, the magician. is una
voidably postponed from the 4th to
the 9th of April-next Tuesday
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The first lessons in cooking will be
given Wednesday at 2:30 Miss Haw,
kins arrived too late for work today
Frazee Hardware Co.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
MUST REDUCE COAL RATES
Freight Rates from Colorado to
Points In Kanss, Too High.
Interstate Commerce Commission De-
cides Live Stock Shippers Have
No Cause for Complaint.

Washington, Dec. 13-In an opinion
rendered Wednesday by Commission
er Clark, the interstate commerce
commission announces its decision in
one report, of II cases, all of them
of livestock dealers and shippers in
Kansas City against the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway company
and two or three other carriers. The
question involved was that of rates
on live stock from various points in
the West to Kansas City and the
facts in each case were substantially
the same. The commission hold that
a carrier may, because of commercial
conditions or competition, establish at
a given point an especially low rate,
but it does not follow necessarily
that all like traffic that moves through
that point in the same direction must
be given the benefit of that low rate.
The commission also held that a spe-
cific through rate or the lawful rate
for a through shipment, even though
some combination of rates make
lower rate, but the carrier may not
charge the higher through rate upon
one shipment and the lower combina-
ton rate upon another shipment. The
commission further held that neither
q carrier nor an agent of a carrier
may act as forwarding agent for a
shipper in such manner as to evade
the purpose of the law. AS no COM
plant of the reasonableness of the
through rates was made the commits
sion denied the demand for repara-
ton in all the cases.
Commissioner Clements rendered
the opinion of the commission in the
case of the Southwestern Kansas
Farmers and Business Mems league
against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway company and other car
riers. The complainant questioned
the reasonableness of rates on coal
from mines in the Rockville and Trini-
dad districts in Colorado to points in
Kansas. The commission decided that
the rates were unreasonable and or
dered them to be reduced in accord
ance with the compliments petition
by January 20, 1908.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
Senator Davis Attacked Trusts.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Passionate
oratory marked the proceedings of the
senate Wednesday. Senator JEFF
Davis, of Arkansas, who. when elect.
ed, declared that he would attack the
trusts Immediately after taking his
seat, fulfilled his promise, although
he was a few days late in doing so.
The speech was filled with sensation.
al declarations and was given with
that vigor for which the Arkansas
senator is famous in his own state.
Quaint phrasing, pointed denuncia-
tons, and evidences of intense emo
ton characterized his remarks. He
was given a careful hearing by SEN
ators and the galleries were well filled
throughout the time he held the floor.
Beginning shortly before l o'clock he
spoke for a little more than an hour.
At thu close of the speech the senate
went into executive session and at
2:1O o'clock adjourned. The house
was not in session.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
NOT A CANDIDATE
The President Issues a Statement
Reaffirming His Former Decla-
ration on lie Subject.
HIS DECISION UNCHANGED
He Says That Under No Circum-
stance Will He Seek or Accept
Another Nomination-Re-
spects Wise Custom.

Washington Dec IS. - President
Roosevelt will not be a candidate for
third-term. All doubt on this point
was Wednesday night dispelled by
| the authoritative statement from the
White house that Mr. Roosevelt still
adheres to the declaration of renunci-
alton made on the night of the cleo
ton three years ago. In the state
ment issued Wednesday night, Presi-
dent Roosevelt says he has not
changed and shall not change the de-
cision delivered to the American peo-
pie in 1904
1t appears that President Roosevelt
had been awaiting the call for the
republican national convention to af-
ford the proper opportunity for max
ing his position clear and unmistak-
able, thus leaving the field clear for
Fairbanks, Taft, Cannon, Knox, For
aker and other declared or receptive
candidates for the republican nomina-
ton. The presidents statement fol-
lows:
"On the night after election | made
the following announcement: L am
deeply sensible of the honor done me
by the American people in thus ex'
pressing their confidence in what |
have done and have tried to do. l
appreciate to the full the solemn re-
sponsibility this confidence imposes
upon me, and l shall do all that in
my power lies not to forfeit it. On
the 4th of March next l shall have
served three and half years and
this three and a half years constitute
my first term. The wise custom
which limits the president to two
terms regards the substance and not
the form, and under no circumstances
will be a candidate for or accept
another nomination
81 have not changed and shall not
change the decision thus announced"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
Oklahoma Lands at Auction.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Commission-
er Ballinger OF the general land Office
has issued instructions for the sale of
certain land remaining undisposed of
in Oklahoma, under sealed bids to
the highest bidder for cash. The land
involved is six tracts in Blackburn
townsite, two tracts in Kingfisher town
site and 236 lots in Choctaw City,
Clayton. Cross, Edmond. Frisco. West
Guthrie, Kingfisher. Newkirk. Noble.
Northeast Perry, Reno City and
Woodward townsites.
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they were only asleep at the frontier!
He returned the document to his
pocket. and as he did so his fingers
came into cantact with the purse he
had picked up in the road that morn
-Hildegarde Won Heidloff. What
meant Fate in crossing her path with
his? He had been perfectly contented
in mind and heart before that first
morning ride; and here he was, sigh
ing like a furnace. She had been
merely pretty on Monday, on Tuesday
she had been handsome, on Wednes-
day she had been adorable; now she
was the most beautiful woman that
ever lived. (Ah, the progressive ad-
jective, that litany of loveD Alas! it
was quite evident that she had passed
out of his life as suddenly and mystic
riously as she had entered it. He
would keep the purse as a souvenir,
and some day, when he was an old
man, he would open it.
There is something compelling in
the human eye, magnetism upon
which Science has yet to put her cold
and unromantic finger. Have you
never experienced the sensation that
some one was looking at you? Doubt
less you have. Well, Max presently
turned his glance toward his silent
fellow traveller. She had lifted her
veil and was staring at him with won
dering, fearing eyes. These eyes
we're somewhat red, as If the little
bees of grief had stung them.
"You!" he cried. the blood humping
into his throat He tossed his hat to
the floor and started for her end of the
compartment.
She held up hand as If to ward off
bis approach. Il can hear perfectly"
she said; lit is not needful that you
should come any nearer"
He sat down confused. He could not
remember when his heart had beaten
50 irregularly.
May | ask how you came to enter
this compartment" she asked coldly.
Il jumped in,"-simply. What was
TO account for this strange attitude?
so observe What l meant was,
by what right?"
1T happened TO be the only door
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against the window and peered out.
The lights of the city flashed by, and
finally grew few and far. between, and
then came the blackness. of the coun-
try. 1t would take an hour and half
to cross the frontier, and there would
be no stop this side, for which he was
grateful. He swore, mumbling. To
have come all this way to study, and
then to leg it in this ignominous fash
ionl It was downright scandalous!
Whoever heard of such laws? OF
course he had been rather silly in
pulling his gun, for even in the United
States-where he devoutly wished
himself at that moment-it was mis-
demeanor to carry concealed weapons
He felt of his cheek. He would return
some day, and if it was the last thing
he ever did, he would slash that lieu
tenants cheeks. The insolent beggar!
To be struck and not to strike back!
He choked.
Gradually his eyes became accxs-
toned to the dim light, and he cast
e5out.
1.-THE deuce% he muttered.
He was not alone. Huddled in the
far corner was woman heavily
yelled. Young or old, he could not
tell She sat motionless, and appear
ed to be looking out of the opposite
window. Well, so long as she did not
bother him he would not bother her.
But he would much rather have been
alone.
He took out his passport and tried
to read it. 1t was impossible. So he
rose, steadied himself, and turned up
the wick Of one Of the lamps.
He did not hear the muffled eX-
clamation which came from the other
end.
He dropped back upon the cushion
and began to read So he was George
Ellis, an American student in good
standing; he was aged 30, had blue
eyes, light hair, was six feet TALL and
weighed 154 pounds. Ha! he had, then,
lost 80 pounds in as many minutes?
At this rate he wouldn't cast shadow
when he struck Dresden. He had
studied three years at the college; but
what the deuce had he studied? If
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20

81 can't be nice and sit away over
here"
what made you jump into this COM
partment, of all others?"
81 wasn't particular what compart'
ment l got into so long as l got into
one. AS said, l was in hurry"
You said nothing this morning about
going away from Barscheit."
Neither did YOU
Another pause. Il take it, from the
character of this dialogue, that their
morning rides must have been rather
Interestingly
You told me that you were in Bar
scheit to study nerves, "-wickedly.
80 thought /, up to half-past nine
tonight; but it appears that am moi"
-gloomily.
You are running away, too?"-with
suppressed eagerness.
Running away, too" he repeated.
Are you running away"
LAS fast as ever the train can carry
me. am on the way to Dresden"
Dresden? 1t seems that Fate is de-
termined that we shall travel together
this day. Dresden is my destination
also"
Let me see your passports, "-ex-
tending a firm, white hand.
He obeyed docilely. as docilely as
though he was married. She gave the
paper one angry glance and tossed it
back.
George Ellis; so that is your
name?"-scornfully. You told me
that it was Scharfenstein. l did not
ask you to tell me your name; you
took that service upon yourself" She
recalled the dukes declaration that he
should have her every movement
watched. II this American was watch
ing her. the duke was vastly more
astute than she had given him the
credit for being. Are you in the pay
of the duke? Come, confess that you
have followed me. that you have been
watching me for these four days"
How bitter the cup Of romance tasted
to her now, She had been deceived.
We'll, you shall never take me from
this train save by force. will not
go back"
To BE CONTINUED
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
After Nebraska DELEGATION.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.-Friends Of
Senator La Toilette Friday began the
fight for the Nebraska delegation at
the next republican convention. In
a telephone message from the sena-
tors advisers at Madison to Clerk F.
A. Harrison, of the federal court, it
was announced that representatives
of La Toilette will come to Nebraska
in a few days to assist in turning the
delegation from Taft, who secured an
Endorsement at the last state conven-
tino.
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at hand, and was in a great hurry"
thought? He was embarrassed and
angry at the knowledge.
did you follow me?" Her nostrils
were palpitating and the corners Of
her mouth were drawn aggressively.
Follow you?" amazed that such an
you are the last person l ever expected
to see again Indeed, you are only a
fairy-story; there is, / find, no such
person as Hildegarde Won Heideloff."
Clearly he was recovering.
Il know it," candidly, 1T was my
mothers name, and saw fit to use it. !"
She really hoped he hadn't followed
her.
You had no need to use it, or any
name, for that matter. When | gave
you my name it was given in good
faith. The act did not imply that de-
sired to know yours"
But you did!"-imperiously.
Yes. Curiosity is the brain of our
mental anatomy" When Max began
to utter tall phrases it was sign Of
even-balanced mentality.
And if l hadn't told you my name,
you would have asked for it,"
mot the first day."
We'll, you would have on Tuesday"
mot bit of doubt" He certainly
wouldn't show her how much he cared.
(What was she doing in this carriage?
She had said nothing that morning
about traveling)
well, you admit that under the cir
cumstances | had the right to give any
name it pleased me to give"
He came over to her end and sat
down. Her protests (half-hearted) he
ignored.
81 can not see very we'll from over
there" he explained
1T is not necessary that you should
see; you can hear what have to say"
Very well; I'll go back" And he
did. He made a fine pretense of look
ing out of the window. Why should
this girl cross his path at this unhappy
moment?
There was pause.
You are not near SO nice as you
were this morning" she said presently.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-20
Driving Saloons From Massachusetts,

Boston. Mass, Dec. 12.-All but one
of the 354 cities and towns of the
state have gone on record on the
question of permitting the sale of in
toxicating liquors, and tabulations
show a no license majority in Massa-
chusetts of over $4,000. The majority
this year is the largest in the history
Of the state. License by this years
elections is now favored in IA cities
and ~ towns, while prohibition pre-
walls in is cities and. 249 towns.