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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
GOVERNMENT TO MARK
CONFEDERATE GRAVES

NaaanftH Nay TIE war de
muutat sH aaaat sIHaa fsw
days oe contract 81 @a8d white
mafue hcaastoaa to mark ube graves
ef Confederate soldiers aad sailors
sho Died lu Federal prisons and ull.-
ary hospitals u tfe Nouh during the
civil aaf aH1 VITO eeFe buried near
tae place af their confinement This
sHi be the aist step toward action by
uhe government 81 marx these graves
Colonel william Elliott al 0Hleer Or
tho Confederate army ana formerly
representative from South Carolina.
has been appointed commissioner a.
take charge q The work
Tie territory III which the graves
are oeaied extends As Tar south ana
eest as santa Fe. y NJ. aud as far
north aud east rs B0stoU
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
PRESIDENT TALKS
HILL SAYS REPORT INJURIES
THE BANK AND yINITA.
SHORTAGE WILL Be LOCATED
Bank sim Has Confidence in rs
unfortunate cashier-Reeoyef-
inE From Mental Trouble.

IN speaking q tie alleged shortage
Ia the accounts Of tie vInltA Nation
a tanE. that las bssn published
10 several paper Davis lini pfssideu,
q that hank ald this morning ia,
these papers lad done re bank ard
vlnlta ; great injury as ne state
meut ssfe not true
~ iul sad thai when TIE baos
examiner Wzs here iast THURSDAY 1
shortage had teen discovered sat tlat
was never slpe0o aud that lI had
nearly 81 been checked 20 fIe faf
thsf stated that Il vas bis eplnlou
that TIE entire amount would -
found IA a short time Tie hank re.
gfefs that NJ QulIllan. the cashier of
the Institution should have fallen r.
q sach = serious condition Of mind.
bat sfiIi has implicit confidence IN
him Tie cashier Who IS said % -
Ia temporary state g mental lusta
bllity. Is recovering and Il IS believed
be slll b abe % amlghten eat tie
affair ln q perfectly satisfactory man
net
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
WANTED DYNAMITE SHOOTING AT TULSA
Said Il Might Come in Handy and
Re Would Have Fun With
the MaFshais

Fem Tae,lsf paaf
! eant asllcs o. dynamite aida
rather golng Gsan as BE- hafueay
walked into fho Hickman HaniNare
store yesterday evening TIE cItfk
AS Somewhat siafflei nf The mans
manner and saspeellng that be might
want tie dynamite Co tie sroue
parpcse askea the gouug man VI al
he wanted 70 90 sifh tie explosive.
'Oh Il might come in haudg fe
piled the prospective customer "If 1
can get some dynamite ili have some
fuu oat 81 these marsnaIs
The clerk snd several bgsfand r.
wefs utfefiy besilsiefod bF the fellows
statement and be eas told that he
e8ula get no dynamite Hthout
another Nord tie fal.os sii lie store
ana hurried - wHsan street aud as
Appeared To- the crowd ile vas dress.
"a in a blue suit snd sore a black
slugch tat Tie pa'ice we're uotlasd
q the incident aud have been on shs
look eat fef tbs peculiar person
since
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
GET NO ASSISTANCE
GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE NO
PART IN INJUNCTION
WILL WAIT FOR ROOSEVELT
oklahoma Democrats in Washington
Seeking to Learn the Objections
ta the Constitution.

wAshluFtou Nay u Attorusy Gen.
sral Honamrts yesterday refused O.
comply with TIE sea lest Of ths dele.
kallon representing tag Oklahoma con.
stltuti8nal convention tfat be PAS
apou certain features e The eouaita.
ton TIE delegation stieH reached
Washington yesterday Afternoon. con
sisis q W 4 Ledbefter of Artmoft
S " Hayes of ChickAsha and G l.
Moore q Eaid TIE memlan ot tht
delegation came here O. discuss ths
constitution with Pres dent B10ss
and the atioFney general
They we're geff much dIapul fed
g and Thar ST Roosevelt aas aat af
the city and tlaf be Wa8i u1f res rn
ant rhuriar Thsy called apoB
Governor FmufH ata aesempa ed
Them u ne uepaunent 81 Iascs.
shore ihrg atrfteUe8 AtiatHtf 8en.
eml ianapafte ltsf etlea Nr Haaa.
parte attention ta iHr neIau
shIch laFelaecH issued tfstfsH.uFfhs
governor ffou uK BITS emEuu
pfpclaHati8a ann tle election officers
afthe teuIt0u fum performing Ger
tain dauc, mi asss1 fHat the atf0f
ne{.Renerai take stels 90 have the
legality ~ tlas action aekrt .uta iu.
etieu'a|.E thry TOOK ap the recent
deesIau of Judge raucasst abich iu
eject defcn anui late 60 30 ss thee|ee.
t.ou fat the Atl6eation 30 tae coast
tation recently adopted
speaking sabse ueutlg of the com.
miitees vista ~ Bonaaue admitted
tbat the men fum oklahoma rad
asked him to appoint government
council to defend certain suits growing
oat of The action of The constitutional
convention Tie attorney general 5o.d
them thai this course could seem 10
identify the department 81 justice
elth enc side Of The controversy 10
tie exclusion oi tie other 60 which
he thought there vas serious obIee.
ton
In az interview here, Ar. Ledbetter
said that De had received satisfactory
assurance that the president had not
said he voult refuse 70 issue state.
sood proclamation. On the contrary,
~ 'slf that the President would issue
one whea convinced, as be would be.
that the constitution IS republican IN
form, a. required BY the enabling act.
TIE delegation viii remain Ii Wash.
ington until the Presidents return.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
Wealthy Real Estat, II Wound
Cd By Attorney Haskell B
TalleY Deales Romance

Taa Ne I benjamin p Pet
tas. a capitalist ani rea. estate ae4Isf
Was ), ana seriously wounded bJ
CsrtH 8 TaHrF 4 prominent pt
ue.ana an3 aa}or u thls cItF yesJef
dae afttuoan. TIE troua.e arose.
over aessi statements mais
b rtttas against T,ieg TEE latter
vtot, letter dtaani,ag a rel action
Of us stafsa snfs 80 TIE letter
petts simply wtote 50 to
YESTERDAY tie two men met en Main
street Herc and faloJ pbHcJ 10.
handed a retractfou reitas replied
tat he never TOOK anything baes
Taiey then drev an automatic 3
Co.t revolver aud dred at pettas
TIE bullet teos eject 70 TIE capital
isgs side and inflicted a painiul flesh
wound which however elll not
Hks.Y pfove very serious Tally "a,
arrested and placed ln jail IL
sald he affair was purely persouaI
one. and denied tie rumoF tiat Il
eas 90 account ofa love affair IN Ehlch
be had been refused admlstance O. tie
psitus home.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
BOND IS APPROVED
FEDERAL UNION SURETY COM
pANY ACCEPTED.
AMEND SCAVENGER ORDINANCE
Council Passes Stringent Ordinance
Against BOYS Frequenting Pool
Halls.

Prom Wednesdays Daily
TIE city council met ia regular ses.
sion last night a. the city hall with
All members present except Alderman
Crutehheld wto vas absent on account
of sickness. Tie meeting vas char
actsri1ed by considerable push May.
Or par1s urged tho rapid disposition
or tie business o. the council
Fer years this city has been troubl.
81 b. promiseoas dumping by those
SHE haul tho garbage awAY from Tie
clty and tie council amended the
scayengsf ordinances, compelling ali
refuse 10 b. hauled % the city dump.
ing ground under tie supervision of
tne eity seaveuEef All carcASsfs ~
animals must u0s either - burned
81 buried The council intends q
make This the mos, desirable city ia
TIE ues state aud fealites The ueces
sity o. looking our fof the sanitary
conditlons u the cItF A heavy pen
atty IS made ioF the violations q this
ofdiaanca and The poilce aud searen-
ger are instructed % be FefY rigid ia
Tie enforcement " this law Tie
passage u this ordinance Is very pleas.
ing 10 The residents 0f TIE suburbs
wlo have been bothered by having
a. sluda q refuse dumped near their
homes
Aaother comaendable act of the
council last night was the passage q
al ordinance prohibiting boys under
eighteen years 81 age from visiting
ths poo and billiard balls of tie clty.
/ tndsf tins ordinance the proprietor
81 pool fal vho allows minors 70
pay games n his place a. se as the
boy must pay tie penalty II Tie
past This has been one Of TIE worst
evils 81 TIE cltf. and .t is q great
source % grauaeation to knou thar
audef tie present enscisnt police
service this lsto b. stopped
TIE bond of tie international hauk
A Trust company ,of 80 90 viii the
Fedea tnlou Trust company of Ia
aianapo.is lud As boudsmen. was
approved TIE above sas one II the
succession bidders faf TIE deposit Of
TIE eity funds and whose bond vas
rejected at TIE ILst meeting o the
council
Itene eefe number q requests
for street improvements - Lee be-
lug present assed fof scme wofk IN
TIE north part of iosn Al the re-
quests we're referred u The street and
ailei committee with instructions to
act
Col l. 3 BcH slo has been ab
sent from the cIty since his elec
ZION sas present lasi a.glt and took
the oafi, ~ Office as an A Alderman from
the ~ ri eafd sod participated 10
tue De- useatoH ai tfs ccuclL
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
WILL GIVE $4,000
c0FFEYvTLLE MEN MET WITH
THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE
RAILROAD TO NORTHWEST
Railroad to Be Bullt from coney-
vile 10 vlnita VIII accept
Old Right Of Way

A railroad from vin,ta 10 ths north.
vest nos seems a Certainty, 10 the
near future
The Failroad committed Of the com.
merclAl club met last night With r.
L. Moody and } p CASEY. of Cofey.
yilic and agreed TO give : bonus
" s5ois iof the construction Of this
road The gentlemen from CufIsy
Vile represent the CuGeys Vile a Men.
piis Rallfoad company, which vas 70.
Gently granted charter % build q
lire from CCiisyyllie kan, e Mem
pths. Tenn. They agreed 10 build tie
road through this elty for bonus Of
ss10o and 10 accept TIE right n
say uaw owned bY the subscribers 70
tie ylnita 4 Northeastern railroad
fond. As part of tic houux This
wlli amount lo about s7oo ard i,ase
80 90 70 be ralsd by TIE businss,
men Of TIE rity
VinliA has long needed railroad "a
tie northwest and has agNds many ef
forts 70 ecafc sgeh line This y
believed q ts the bcat proposition sst
made 10 build rad here and tie
committee readily agreed 70 tls terms
ne rad Nlll b. bailt At present emily
from coasyvllie 10 this city Bat eii.
later ~ extended through the SPAS
NAV country and Arkansas Co Mem
f.fs4s
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
CANNON IS silent
NO TIPS AT CAPITAL FOR THE
OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS.
PRESIDENT IS ONLY HOPE
Ledbeusr WIN Advise Convention
70 Place Entire Responsibility
on Republicans.

Washington, May q Ths Demo.
cratic delegation from the Oklahoma
constitutional convention tried 10
vain today 70 get some information
concerning What TIE department az
justice thought u the consultation ia
80 present form and shat provisions
must be eliminated Ter il @ pass The
president
"1he bars are higher here tlian we
Anticipated hnding them. AID "
A Leib~itsr head q tie delegation.
~ the president tsrns us doWn we
shall 30 back % Oklahoma and advise
the convention q take such action a.
Niil pat tbs responsibility Of defeat
lng statehood entirey upon tie Re
pabicans
About az tie advice the deiega.
ton will get said a high onicial q
the government u q go back lhoms
and tsil The members uf tng coustltu.
tloual convention % peFfotm their du.
ties Is patriotic American citlscus
Instead % partisan poiticians
Speaker CAnnan cane ln tonight
from New YORK Relative 70 rep ~
connecting him wfth al ~
p.an 80 keep Oklahoma out q uhe
Union he would ay nothing
D am uot gulns % talk about ths
Oklahoma statehood situation said
the speaRcf / have ua rsspnoslbllt
g - % TIE cgnstlfutleu.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
CHARTER ISSUED FOR
100000 RAILROAD

Guthrie Osla Nay "A charter
was lssued yesterday q TIE Empire
Railway company with siaeo. 80o
capital stock TIE route 81 tie pro.
rased read Is soo miles Tong and ls 70
tfayeug Oklahoma. beginning az tie
Usage nation ludlan TERRITORY Colo.
RADIO and New Mexico Tho principal
business ofiice slll b locatoi 81 Kan.
sas cts and Granite. Oklahoma.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23

The Anchor ear ef baesies received
10 day ago are going verl fast and
almost exhausted, hut ws are leoking
Of everY train FOR two more carr We
bought lAst seek.
le1.et sraLpiSe Rnos.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23

Mrs Walker AMI Mrs " sloan,
bogh q Keller, are guests d Mrs +
A MlashAli this seek.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
ROBERT L. OWEN

cratic primaries June sth making his solely the fit
ness for the position and the good he Do the people
He that the restrictions must be removed fer Il
they the country sl prosper There is but little
taxable land outside o the towns. Nonaxabe land un-
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-05-23
DUNCAN FOR SENATE
he is A NATIVE CHEROKEE
AND OLD RESIDENT HERE.
HIS THEORY or GOVERNMENT
isa GRADUATE oi Dartmouth College
and 4 man Of Rare Intellectual
Ability

Candidate oef0rs thr Democratic
primary fog the nomination A. candi.
aste for the ssnAtorAhip of the uhiFti.
sth senatorial district of tie state of
Oklahoma. comprising tie.ccunties q
Ca,g. Ottawa and SosAta.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-21

Thanksgiving day should be a Gull
mination and not a contradiction of
the ordinary experiences of life. If
anyone finds that it requires a special
effort to gain the mood that is fitting
for the day, it will be evident that the
Thanksgiving spirit is an unusual Wis
itor and praise a missing element OF
daily life. He who habitunlly restraints
his temper is not likely to grow un-
manageably angry under stress Of sud
den temptation. He who lin every
thing gives thanks" will be in Just
the right mood for Thanksgiving day.
The grace Of perpetual praise may
come like a breath Of clear air into
our dull days, scattering clouds ard
letting in the sunlight of cneerfulness.
But II we arc content to stiie in fcgs
cf discomfort and dun complaining on
he day appointed by the president
thanksgiving will seem unnatural. Nor
vi II come Of itself on any ordinary
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-21

The following afternoon the letter
came. 1t showed Judge Sands in a
very nervous, uneasy state. He said
he had been living a life of daily ter
ror, as some of his friends, for whose
estates he was trustee, had been re-
ceiving anonymous letters, advising
them to look into the judges trust af-
fairs; that the Reinhart crowd had
been using renewed pressure to make
him let go all his Seaboard stock,
which they wanted to secure at the
low prices to which they had de-
pressed it, in order that they might re-
organize and carry out the scheme
they had been so long planning. Judge
Sands went on to say that the day he
was compelled to sell his Seaboard
stock he would have to make public
an announcement of his condition, as
there could be no sale without the
/, courts consent. His closing was:
My dear daughter, no one knows better
than 1 the almost hopelessness of expect
ing any relief from your operations. But
so hopeless lave l become of late, SO
much am l reliant upon you, my dear
child, and eternal hope SO springs in all
of us when confronted with great neces-
stiles, hat I have hoped and still hope
that you are to be the savior of your
family; that you, only a frail child. are
through Gods marvellous workings to be
the one to save the honor of that nane
we both love more than life; the one tc
keep the wolf Of poverty from that door
through which SO far has come nothing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-21

preciate my fathers character eAA to
UNDERSTAND how terrible this sorrou II
to him. Every morning OF his life he
spends an hour after breakfast with
my dear mother, who is a cripple from
hip disease. He takes her in his arms
and brings her down from her room to
the library as if she were a child. He
then reads to heI-and he knows good
books as well as he knows his friends
After he takes mother back to her
room, he gives an hour to our people,
the blacks of the plantation and his
white tenants throughout the county.
He is a father to them all. He settles
all their troubles, big and little. Then
for hours he and | go over his business
affairs. Every afternoon from four to
five he devotes to his estates and the
men and women for whom he acts as
trustees. He has often said to me:
We have a clear million of money and
property, and that is all any man
should have in America. 1t is all he
is entitled to under our form of gov
eminent. Any more than that an
honest man should in way or an
other return to the people from whom
he has taken it. l never want my
family to have more than a million
dollars When he went into the Sea.
board affair, he explained to me that
it was to assist the Wilsons-they
were old friends, and he acted as their
solicitor for years-in building up the
south. He discussed with me the
right and advisability of putting in the
trust funds. He said he considered il
his duty to employ them as he did his
own in enterprises that would aid the
whole people of the south, instead OF
sending them to the north to be used
in Wall street as betting for the 'Sys
tenn grinder. These fortunes were
made in the south by men who loved
their section of the country more thar
they did wealth, and why should they
not be employed to benefit that par
Of the country which their makers ant
owners loved? l remember vividly
how perplexed he was when, at the be
ginning, the Wilson's would show hin
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-21

but the suGshine of prosperity and hap
piness; the one. my dear Beulah, who Is
to save your old father from a d~ishonored
grave Dear child, forgive me for plac-
ing upon your weak shoulders the addi-
tional burden of knowing l am now help
less II compelled 20 rely absolutely
upon you After you have read my letter,
If there Is no hope, 1 command you to tell
me so at once, for although / am now
financially and almost mentally helpless,
1 am still a Sands, INT there has never
yet been one of the name who shirked his
duty, however stern and painful 1t might
be.
When l handed the letter back to
Miss Sands, she said:
"Mr. Randolph, let me tell you and
Mr.. BROMLEY a little about my father
and our home, that you may see our
situation as it Is. My father is one of
the noblest men that ever lived, l am
not the only one who says that-if you
were to ask the people of our state to
name the one man who had done most
for the state as a state, most for her
progressive betterment, most for her
people high and low, white and black,
they would answer, Judge Lee Sands
He has been, and is, the idol of our
people. After he was graduated from
Harvard. he entered the law office Of
my grandfather, Senator Robert Lee
Sands. Before he was 80 he was in
congress and was even then reputed
the greatest orator of our state, where
orators are SO plentiful. He married
my mother, his second cousin, Julia
Lee, Of Richmond, at rs, and from
then until the attack Of that ruthless
money shark, led a life such as a true
man would map out for himself if his
Maker granted him the privilege. You
would have to visit at our home to an.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-21

that the investments were returning
unusually large profits.
1T is not right, Beulah,' he said to
me one morning after receiving a let
ter from Baltimore to the effect that
Seaboard stock and bonds had adj
vanced until his investment showed
over so per cent. profit, 1T is not right
for us to make this money. No man
in America should make over legal
rates Of interest and a fair profit on
an investment, that is, an investment
of capital pure and simple, particu-
larly in a transportation company,
where every dollar of profit comes
from the people who patronize the
lines. have worked it out on every
side, and it Is not right; it would not
be legal if the people, who make the
laws for their own betterment, I'M
derstood their affairs as they should
"He was always writing to the Will
ons to conduct the affairs of the Sea-
board SO that there would be remain
ing each day only profits enough to
keep the road UP and the wharves in
good condition and to pay the annual
interest and a fair dividend. And
when the Wilson's came to our house
to lay before him the offer of Rein
hardt and his fellow p%lunderers to
pay enormous profits for the control
of the Seaboard, he was indignant and
argued with them that the offer was
an insult to honest men. 1t was he
who advised the ~trusteeship control
of the Seaboard stock to prevent
Reinhart from securing control. sat
in the library when he talked to the
elder Wilson and the directors.
ITO BE CONTINuEDl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-21

strangely different. But she couid dot
put her heart into the service.
There can never more be a day
OF thanksgiving for me-" she thought
drearily, as she sat in her widows
weeds in the square wooden pew.
The long, long prayer was finished.
Patience liked the prayer, for in it she
could hide her face. II was too
long for her, although a modern
church-goer would be aghast at having
to listen to eve a sermon of such
a length. The psalms of rejoicing had
been sung. These had been harder
to bear. The preacher had settled into
his discourse. He had turned his hour
glass, and vas already at thirdly"
God in his providence has ex-
~ceedingly blessed us in delivering
us from danger-he was saying. Pa
tience s%huddered. What good was it
to her to be delivered since John had
persisted under the Indian t~omahawk!
A figure appeared in the doorway.
Such a figure! Gaunt, tattered, wild
~JNN' NAhSlLplI D~olSlOOLCu, DlSCuln5
a mere skeleton covered with ragged
shreds of garments. 1t stood in the
doorway ~quivering and m~otioning
strangely.
Patience! Patience!" it cried.
lis some crazy exhorter such as
used to come and harrangue the o n
gregations in my g~randfather's time"
said Judge Fletcher, whose ancestor
had been a judge in the days of the
persecution of Anabaptists and
Quakers. The tithing-man stalked
down the aisle to put out the intruder.
Some of the men half rose, but sat
down again when they saw that the
matter was being attended to. 1t was
a dreadful thing in those days to dis
turb a meeting. But John Halcomb's
widow, unmindful of disturbance, start
ed up at the cry and fairly ran down
the aisle.
ut is John! 1t is joint she
cried.
Never had a religious service in
Bethlehem Hill been broken up like
this one. The minister stopped in
the very middle of his most important
sentence. The dreaded tithing-man
himself, who bore upon his soul the
awful responsibility of every man and
woman, boy and girl in the meeting
house, forgot it all and cried out like
a frightened boy: st is a ghost!'
But it was not a ghost. 1t was
John Halcomb himself, safe.
The story of the Indian attack or
the village of Wyoming in 177S is {
story Of marvellous escapes as we'll a!
OF torture and massacre. No adven
ture in it seems more marvellous thar
that Of John Halcomb which is one O
the well attested stories of his
tory.
With Is other c%aptives, John Hal
comb had been ranged around a large
fiat stone while a woman fury called
Queen Esther" who seemed at thu
head of this ceremony Of sacrifice o
prisoners, crushed the heads of one
after the other with a great stont
death maui. Two of the captives sud
denly leaped to their feet and dashet
} into the forest. The Indians pursued
, them but did not shoot, probably be
cause their plan was to bring then