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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30
dispatch \ from Montepelier. ia

. a dispatch from Montcpelier, Fab
ssth said that S
,sinate NJ. Beaulieu. who was d. candl-..
date for election to the Chamber Of
Deputies. Six shots. 1t was stated.
We're fired ut him rom am bush while
he was driving In g. carriage one Of
jsnllant escaped &. ftS {5i ig
Beaulieu, who was the director & Of
the Ins tttute OF France. was err elected
TO the Chamber Of Deputies on March
sd. Violent disturbances followed the
Of his reelection. 55s s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30
CAPT P|L.EASONTON
L!0S1a|A' N VIRGINIA. |: [ | |. .A'
5Philadelph Friends Alarmed
Over Failure to Hear from
Him.
KEEPS EEL STRANGE SILENCE
KEEPS STRANGE sILENl
President Of Mining Company,
Missing Nearly Three Weeks,
II Owns Large Farm on James
River Near Irwin, + Forty
Miles Above Richmond.

8 PHILADELPHIA, September 29.---
4. friends are alarmed for the safety OF
Captain Alfred Pleasonton, wealthy
president OF the Girard Min
ing Company an d 50 n sof the famous
Civil War veteran, the late General
Pleasonton, whose home Is on the hiss
torict Pleason ton Farm, at Sixty fourth
Street and Woodbine Avenue, Over
bro He left this city for hiss ex-
,tensiye forest preserves in Virginia
almost two months ago. and a for a
month no word has been received from
he departed from Philadelphia he car
ried q large sum OF money It is fear
ed that he may have been the victim
OF &accide dent or foul play. s 81.
s4s Cap tain Pleasonton is reputed to be
g millionaire. His estate in Virginia is
SO large that 1t requires a days jour.
{ney on horse back to traverse the ter
,ritory. a "A railroad station, 5& which * Is
situated at Its edge Is named Pleason. :.
tom. IL t was to visit this property, the
nearest northern bound ary Of " hichSis
about forty miles from Ri ichmond. that
Captain PleasontonS left Philadelphia
That was on September ! I tn. Since
that time off, GERS OF the Girard Mining
ASSnA
Hale Building, received communi cations
from him, but about2a month ago there
came stop to the letters, and from
that time until last night nothing has
been heard from Captain Please on.
AS yet no steps to- es blish the safety
OF Captain leason ton have been taken
3s. Left to Inspect His Property.
The forest preserves owned by the
captain SareSextremely wild and abound
In game. RI: al long the edg OF these
fores IS live q rough clan OF lumber
mon, empty es of the captain. In the
interior, where the country is widest e1s
andaWhere squatters have settledSand
made K laws unto themselves. thereEste
no protection for a solitary man tray ~,
cling Eunarned across It. III It is believed
that Captain Pleasonton contemplat tee
exploring his h property on horse back e
and thaIfa trip from the nor rthern e ~ Fl
i southern side was one Of the objects
which led 4 him to make the trip
!. sssgI tssw swas from this sparsely3 N nhahitee
estate That aptaln 81 r Pleasonton$ laie
4 eSfoundation&o OF his fortune. He be
gan clearing the land years ago. ane n
shipped I the Alumbe to &all parts OF tn
country. q. Yet 33t to-day the estate a.i
nra.tot tcallys ali In timber, SO svastSt IN
i tract, sG During the last tensyears S$:l I'm
captain has been raising 1--we 9 to ck -
addition. to clearing the timber on HI NJ!
4 l|lpossessions. sg s-t5 ~
Ia-,4ftT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30

d $Pleasant ton, y on the James RiverIDi-
vision rs OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, is only a$sidtng, the nearest near
teleEra pf, station bsing 1rWin, y .Wo}
miles away. It was not poissmlnlee$ SD ilasl.
night Ito secure Information rom tEA Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30

thank you for 6 iyin e. me ance
70 say his ord &of gree ting to-day,.'''b
The b isho ofs I.on don it henis dellv--S
credit he sal lutati Ion; and Ia tor ad Dire cssed
the opens alrSf meet tlngl II Bro Their
hood Of rc ass IssE}
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
CREEK INDIANS
Will Demand That Uncle Sam Pay
Them About Four Millions
Cash

Okmulgee, Ok, Dec. 3-(Special)
The Creeks want their equalization
money amounting to about $4,000, ,OOo
from Uncle Sam.
Tomorrow in pursuance to call
joined in by many OF the most prom
inent members OF the Creek tribe,
the Creeks win assemble at the coun-
cil house and formulate demand
upon the government for the payment
Of the money yet due the Nation.
The Secretary OF Interior has noti-
fed the Creeks that the department
has no authority to pay over the fluid
until everything has been wound up,
but the Nation feels that since the
completion Of the rolls and the Sc,
lection Of allotments, that the amount
due the several members of the tribe
can easily be ascertained.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
LEGISLATURE MEETS
New Lawmakers Convene at the
State Capital.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 2-The Demo
Gratis, with the majority in both hous-
es, had no trouble whatever in organ
izIng the first Oklahoma state legis-
lature today, whipping through their
caucus states.
William Murray, Of Tishomingo,
president of the Constitutional conven-
tion, was elected speaker of the house
and Henry Johnston, of Perry, father
Of the initiative and referendu m
clause in che Constitution was named
president OF the senate.
The Republicans made no nomina-
tion for speaker, butin the Senate
supported Emory Brownlee of King
fisher for president protein.
In his address OF acceptance Mr..
Murray advocated the sale OF Oklaho-
ma school land, the state purchase of
the segregated coal and asphalt lands,
and the appointment Of legislative
commission to prepare modernized
barren land system law for the second
legislature to adopt
The address Of Senator johnson was
aimed mostly against the lobbyists
desiring them eliminated entirely be-
fore committees.
Chief Justice Bob Williams admin
istered the oaths TO the senators, and
Associate Justice Sam Hayes to the
representatives. The iron-clad oath
provided by the state constition was
used.
The gayels being used in both hous.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
LAWYERS MEET
Ano Organize a District Bar AS
sOciation--Banquet Follows.

The Bar Associatiation OF Craig
county gave banquet at The Cobb
Hotel last night in honor of the visit
ing attorneys who are here at the
opening of the District Court Of the
Second Judicial District.
The affair vas ia the nature of a
smoker, and refreshments were also
served
Several toasts were responded to by
Judge Gill, Judge Brown, Judge Frazer,
@. B. Rogers J M. LaHay and others
After luncheon several business
matters we're taken up for discussion,
One of the important matters was the
organization of District Bar Associ-
alton for the 2nd Judicial District,
the officers Of which are as follows:
Wade S. Standfield, President;
Geo. e. Mccullough Secretary and
Treasurer; Vice Presidents, Vene Il.
Thompson, Of Ottawa, ]. Howard
Langley, of Mayes; w, J. Campbell
Of Nowata; J.. T. Shipman, Of Wash
ington: W. A. Deans, OF OTTAWA;
Joe M LaHay, Of Rogers. w. P.I
Thompson acted as Toastmaster and
the affair passed off In a most pleasant
manner
The following members we're
present: Adds A. Brown, j.. Howard
Langley, }. O Duckworth, D. b.
Neville, VIM. Meeks, w. E. Claphana,
Gaylord N. Beb0ub, ]. nj Shipman,
W. J. Campbell, w. A. Deans, w. III.
Kornegay, Joe M. LaHay, Theo. u.
b. Frazer, &. M. Probasco, Seymour
Riddle, Joseph A. GIL, w. P. Thomp-
son, w. S. StaEdtield, Fl. ]. Swarts.
Z. B. Rogers, G. p Fogle, T. ]. Farrar
T. +. Mackey, @. Coldwell, G. E.
McCulloch, Verde Il. Thompson,
Judge Thomas Brown.
There is some significance attached
TO the organization of a bar association
inasmuch as it brings the legal profes-
sion ID closer touch with each other
and is bound to better the conditions
Of legal fraternity. Tt bids fair to
make one of the strongest organiza-
lions Of it's kind In the New State.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKETS

Kansas City, Stock Yards, Dec, 2,
1907. Receipts Of Quarantlnes have
been small for the last ten days, iu-
Guiding today, and while prices have
not been fairly tested the market is
Is to rs cents higher than a week ago.
Some fed steers arrived the middle OF
last week, and sold at $40, top COWS
for the week $500, no decent calves
included, some heavy weights at s4.O0.
Bulk Of the calf supply In quarantine
division has been shipped direct to
packers here, purchases made on the
Fort Worth market. General cOndi-
tions in the live stock trade are inn
proving each week, total cattle run
today 10000 head, market strong to 10
higher in the face Of a decline of 10
to % cents in Chicago, because Of an
excessive supply there Several i'm
portant feeding sections tributary to
Kansas City are short Of cattle on
feed this season, notably Northern
Kansas and Southern Nebraska, ac-
count of failure of the corn crop there.
This territory includes several of the
best feeding counties in the country,
and will affect receipts at this point
during the winter season, and make
this market more or less independent
Of adverse condition else where,
Decreased supply Of hogs last week,
and general improvement in trade
started the market upward |
and kept it going up all
week, the net advance FOR the week |
81 cents per cwt. run to 60OO today,
market opened 10 higher, aud with |
the full strength held to the finish.
Top today s4.s5, bulk Of sales s455 to
s4SO, heavy hogs in the lead, pigs and
light weights s4.25 to s4.75, Novem-
Der show a small decrease here as COM
pared with a year ago, although there
vas gain up to the first Of last
week. Present. pri ces are Sl.25 below
his time last year.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

u
es were made BY students in the in-
dustrial departments of the Weather
ford Normal school and presented to-
day. Speaker Murray notified the
Republicans they would be allowed
two members on most Of the house
committees. -ttf atsAsf e4ss
Both Robt. L. Williams, who is
chief justice, and r. A. Billups, a
senator, are members Of the Demo
cratic national committee. Both de-
clafed today for Bryan for president
Billups sent his proxy to Mr. Bryan
to represent him in the national com
nittee meeting.
Gov. G. N. Haskell broke all legisla-
tive precedents in Oklahoma tonight
by reading his own message TO the
houses ia joint session.
A resolution was adopted by the
Democratic caucus barring profession
al lobbyists from the floor Of the house
and recommending the naming Of
fifty-two Standing committees and
three joint standing committees.
The Republican house caucus tc-
night elected w. Fl. Chappell, of Guth-
rie as minority leader. tefg
The house tonight adopted a con-
current resolution inviting VIM u \
Bryan to address the joint session
some time between Dec. Is and 25,
and the Democratic state executive
commiUtee is arranging a dollar plate
state wide banquet on the date he
names.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
INDORSE OKLAHOMA
BANK PLAN

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. p Governor
Haskell has received hundreds Of let
ters from citizens and bankers thru
out the State indorsing his proposed
depositors' guaranty fund bill where
by depositors in banks would be pro-
tected from loss by levy of l per cent
on the deposit of all state banks and
Of such national banks as might wish
to subscribe to this levy.
The fund would be in the keeping Of
a state banking board. The state,
however, would be liable in no way
for the payment flosses to deposltors.
Governor Haskell feels that this is { e
most important feature of his message
co the legislature, and is seeking ad-
vice and suggestions from men
througout the state as to what such
legislative bill should contain.
The members Of the legislature,
almost without exception, approve
the plan ard the fact that the Demo
cratic majority has great admiration
for Governor Haskell, gives reasonable
assurance that his proposal will be
enacted In Law.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

Jas. S. Davenport will introduce
bills in congress to have congress ap-
propriate funds for the support Of all
the public buildings in his district,
and also a transfer OF title from the
government to the Counties Of the
Federal iails at Vinita and Muskogee.
The family Of the Methodist preach
sr came in last night.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

A. r. Broker and family and Mrs.
Kate Carselowey returned from the
country yesterday where they went
Sunday to visit c. v. Carselowey. Mr..
Brecker says he found some fine hunt
ing ground and killed a number of
Quails.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03

The Odd Fellows, last night, elected
the following officers: Noble Grand,
J. K. Taylor; Vice Grand, L. A. Stub
blefeld; Recording Secretary, J. w.
Craig; Financial Secretary, F. J. Bar
ret; Treasurer, W. E. Wolf; Trustee,
Henry Workman.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-12-03
is IN
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rAIs sTOaE IS gEING DEcKED 0UT N ns

Everything w be done make Santa Claus feel home here and Merchandise
in all departments DI be arranged make sd selecting
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-07
THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 1907

dience to the popular will As the
subject is better understood, its har-
mony with democracy will become
mere and more apparent, and I have
no doubt that the time will come when
the people will understand the sub
ject of direct legislation as well as
they do the popular election of SEN
ators, and then it will be as difficult
for democrat to oppose the former
as il now is to oppose the latter.
While the application of the doc
trine of direct legislation was natur-
ally made to the city first and to the
state afterwards, the principle applies
just as we'll to the national govern
ment as to government covering
smaller areas. The question is, shall
the people rule? And that question
is as vital in the government of the
nation as in the government of a
state, a county Or a city. Of course,
in the nation the equal position of the
states must be respected and it is alb
Surd to talk of the small states being
overwhelmed by popular vote fur
those who favor the application of
the initiative and referendum 20 ma
tional questions favor it with the I'M
deretSnding that the people of ma
jority of the states as we'll as q ma
JOfliJ OF the people must concur.
A Basic Principle.
One who believes in the right of
the people to rule and in the capacity
OF the people for self government
naturally accepts the fundamental
democratic doctrine of local self
81 gerpment-that is that the people
can govern best where they best I'M
derstsnd conditions. The democrat
believes that the individual should be
left to choose his own course except
where his action would injuriously jaf-
feet others, that each community
should attend to its own matters, that
the state should have control of state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-07
WHAT IS A "DEDNOCRAT's
W. ]. Bryan's Letter to The N. Y World.

Accepting your kind invitation to
define democrat, l beg to say thai
the subject may be considered from
two. standpoints: First, from a party
standpoint, a democrat may be defin
ed as one who is a member of the
organization known as the democrat
&c party. A mans connection with q
party is voluntary. He is at liberty
20 connect himself with any party OF
With no party, and he Is known politi
cally by the company he keeps. II
ne allies himself with the democrat
&c party and votes the democratic
ticket, he is entitled to be called a
democrat, insofar as that term is used
as party designation, although he
may not endorse all of the party
platform or be democratic in his in
stinets
II; in addition to voting the dem
ocratic ticket, he endorses the plat
form adopted by the party no one
can dispute his title to the appeIIa-
tioE. democratic when the subject is
viewed from the standpoint of party
A party organization has a rgiht to
choose its own name, to write its
own platform, and to nominate its
own candidates; and employing the
word democrat in a party sense, the
party has a right to withhold the
name democrat from anyone who re-
fuses to accept the party's decision
without questioning the right of a
person to leave his party organization
at the command of his conscience and
his judgement
1t is only fair to say that he can
not take the party name with him if
Ehe dissents from the opinions and acts
OF the majority of the party for the
rale of the majority is as much a
part of party government as it is a
part of our theory of government.
Men upon the outside may claim to
be more democratic than men on the
inside of the party-and under a
broader definition of the word demo
crat, they may be-and yet, from a
party standpoint their claim can not
be allowed without the obliteration
OF party distinctions
From a Party Viewpoint.
If. then, by your question, What
is a democrat? you mean to ask fer
definition from a party standpoint,
] would say that a democrat is one
who considers himself a member of
the democratic organization, who
works with the democratic organiza-
ton and who expects to vote the
democratic ticket. | do not mean to
say that by taking part in the organ
iZatfon he would bind himself morally
or politically to endorse any platform
that might be adopted or support any
candidate who might be selected, for
these questions must be left to the
conscience of each voter, but when |
say that he expects to support the
ticket. | mean that he desires to do
so and will do so unless good and suf-
fieient reasons can be given for re-
fusal / may add that his member
ship in the democratic party can not be
thoroughly democratic unless he con-
siderS other members equally entitled
with him to an influence in the party's
management No intelligent man be-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-07
affairs and that federal government

affairs and that federal government
should be supreme in it's sphere.
If man is really democratic in
sentiment, that is, if he really be-
lieves in the rule of the people, this
belief dominates him in the consid-
GRAFTON of all the questions that come
before the people. He looks at qIes-
lions from the standpoint of the whole
peopl and notzfrom the standpoint of
a few.-,-,z.. 49,
His .conoeptEea OF society is that IL
is built from the bottom, not from the
top.
While the aristocrat pictures pros
perity as dripping down to the masses
from the Weli-to-do, the democrat can
nor imagine prosperity that does
not begin with the producers of
wealth.
The democrat believes in applying
democratic doctrine to every question
There are those who are constantly
democratic, and then there are those
who are democratic in spots; there
are those who apply democratic prin-
ciples to some questions. 1t ought to
be the purpose of those who engage
in educational work to enlarge the
number of questions to which demo
cratic principles are applied. 1t is
hardly worth while to waste time OIL
one who is really aristocratic in senti-
ment. It is impossible to make
democrat out of him until he has
chdLge of heart, but it is possible to
show a real democrat that he has
failed to apply democratic principles
of persons left our party who called
themselves democrats. Some of them
were aristocratic in sentiment,
and their departure was perfectly
natural. They have not come back,
and they will not come back so long
as the democratic party is democrat
ic, but far greater number of those
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-07
A man said

A man said:
L don't beliVe you can arrange food
SO that it will go to rebuild and nour-
| ish the brain. Grape-Nuts is a most
delightful tasting food, but. can't I'M
derstand how you expect any certain
food to be appropriated by any GER
tain part of the body.
A good earnest skeptic and well
worth attention.
Actual results are better than any
| theory pro and con. Grape-Nuts food
is being eaten by millions of people
all over the world and any interest
ed person can satisfy himself by ques-
tioning his neighbor as to the result
of the use of Grape-NutS. The testi-
mony is given over and over that af-
ter 10 days use here comes a feeling
of strength, sturdiness. clearness of
intellect and power of the mind that
is unmistakable,
There's a Reason"
Thinking uses up each day parts of
the filling of the cells in brain, and
/ Nature demands albumen and natural
phosphate of potash mot from the
drug store) to make new the soft
jelly-like substance (gray NATTER
which is used as the filing of these
brain cells.
Grape-Nuts contains these elements
direct from Mother Nature and pre-
pared in the form of a most delicious
and dainty food, practically pre-di2
gested and quickly absorbed into the
system.
The hard stubborn facts are that
Grape-Nuts does build brains Read,
"The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-07

VINO left us in 1896 left from misun
Outstanding. Most of these have
come back and the rest will come
back. A majority of the republicans
are really democratic in their funda-
mental ideas, and to these we can APP
peal if the democratic party con-
y1nces them that it can be trusted to
carry out democratic principles.
Test of Democracy.
To recapitulate, a democrat accord
ling to party definition is a man who
connects himself with. the democratic
p9rty and acts politically with those
who bear the same party name. In
broader sense, he is democrat who
believes in the rule of the people and
who desires to make the government
the instrument in the hands of the
people to carry out their will. Such
a man trusts the people and favo-s
such reforms as will give to the peo-
pie an Increasing power. And n real
democrat will not only favor demo
cratic methods in government and in
sisJ upon the right of the majority to
rule, but he will favor the administra-
ton of the government in the inter-
est OF the whole. people according TO
the Jeffersonian maxim, equal rights
to ell and special privileges to none
If attempted to apply these dehni-
tons to particular questions l would
enter the field of controversy, bit I
do not understand that there is or
can be any controversy over the doc
trine that one is democratic when he
trusts the people and undemocratic
when he distrusts them.
Very truly yours,
W. J. BRYAN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-07

The first mention of money in the
Scriptures was Abraham's purchase of
sepulcher for 400 shekels of silver,
B. G. 1860.