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


to coast and from sorder to border
A fact not generally known Is that
hundreds OF concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law to
unloose literature, already prepared
in many instances, which would pro-
iect them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands Of
entirely now mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to. already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves crampeo
for room. One Of them expended not
less than 81 ,000.O 900. and probably more,
for new home. The other lately has
secured new location and also will
expead at least s1.00O,0Oo for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who win reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence Of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization Of wealth. and how enormous
part it is playing in this direction
will be understood from a second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
IL is due 70 himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly Of himself what the final out
come is to be il the mail order bust
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
IT is useless to repeat The well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
thal they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels Of trade to leave
their customers more money than
over to devote to home enterprises
s,d institutions. The failacy Of this
Statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute com-
narisons OF goods. as 70 their quality
and prices. Te refute it finally and
'ndisputably by q simpler and more
direct method It Is necessary only 70
ask the reliable business men Of any
Of the smaller communities TO show
the evidence from their books and ac-
counts OF the harm the mail ofder
habit IS doing their communities.
tt is q truth as cid as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting o1
the sun that no country cr section q
8 country can prosper unless The reo-
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-02-04

their way into the coHers OF tne fHaia
unities to which it belonged, and which
accordingly.
that he could do so on all Of them, can
he afford TO continue to impoverish
his own community, upon which his
own prosperity. the very value Of his
LAND depends?
If he VIII ask himself this question
and consider it scberly and fairly in
all OF its phases, including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits of single article, we thIa&
his answer must be that he cannot.
The wonderful productivity Of this
country has been sufficient to over
come the various adyerso economic ia.
nuences Which have existed during tho
period Of years in which the mail or
der business has accomplished its
greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty We'll" While the
increasing flow Of golden millions from
their source in the land Of the coun-
try to the already great centers OF
money and population has held back
the growth Of the smaller commune
ties, it has not yet occasioned a great
disaster. The test will come with the
first pinch of hard times a condi-
ton which no country ever has been
able to escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those COM
munities will best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources.
JOHN S. POTTS.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-02-04

Wife-Why de yeu always sit at
the piano. David? You know you
can't play a motel, David" Neither
can anyone else, while / ann herel
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-02-04

Drilling contracts by responsible
party, q years experience. Address
box T25, BartlesvilIe. /. r. 76 st
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-02-04
SUBTRACTION
GUARANTEED.
DALQUEST

First Published January 10, 1907
WARNING ORDER.
Ii the United states District Court at vinita
in the Northern District Of the Indian Ter
ritory.
Bank Of Big Cabin, Plaintiff.
vs. No. 26O2
Frank Sexton, Defendant
The Defendant Frank Sexton. is warned 20 an
pear in this court within thirty days and answer
The complaint Of the Plaintiff, Bank Of Big
Cabin.
january 18th. 1907.
Chas. s.. DAVIDSON. Clerk
~ F. 3. Davidson. Deputy.
Riddle Chaplain. Attorney FOR Plaintiff
~ p Thompson. Attorney for nonresident ne
PENDANT.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05

and in the new Douma is marked, but it is py
no means unnatural. In any case 1t was 10
be expected to some extent since the novelty
of the first Douma has largely worn OH MORT
over the election laws have been arbltrarliy
altered so as practically to dfsfranch1se the
masses of the people. Men cannot be expected
10 display much enthusiasm over an election III
which they are not permitted TO participate on
ANYTHING like equal terms with their fellows
There is in addition a widely shared feellhg
that this third Douma will be a futile bodE'
since il will either have TO be subServlent TO
bureaucratic diCtation or be dismissed IN dls-
grace as were its predecessors.
There is nevertheless, some ground on which
the friends of Russian progress may thank Goa
and take courage, The government arbitrarily
altered the electoral law so as practically 10
disfranchise peasants and artisans and to
throw all power into the hands of the landed
proprietorS. reckoning that these would prove
to be "stern. unbendng Tories Rut we are
now told that many of these supposed bul-
warks of the existing auto bureaucracy are
manifesting unexpected and decided liberalism
Moreover. despite the unfair appOrtionment, the
Constitutional Democrats expect to elect con
siderable number of Deputies. and as they viii
chiefly be men Of ability and parliamentary ex-
perience and by far the best organized party
in the Douma. there is a good prospect Of their
exertng Il powerful if not dominant inf1u-
ence. The result of the elections and of the
meeting of the third Douma may therefore be
quite different from the expectations of the bu-
reaucrats who dictated tho last dissolution.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
rt4rRETANIA IN EETREMTS.

If what is told of the victims Of the slaughter
Of Fey IS true if for their own aggrandlzement
they have robbed. corrupted and ruined lhe
Moorish empire. il may be said that, according
10 the elemental principles and methods OF
Oriental lands-if we may call the Far west OF
Africa the Orent-they merited their 1ate' anu
the Caid Of Mech ar rises to the stature OF
natriotic hero and would-be savior of his coun-
FRY Rut il is TO be feared the riddance Of the
amnira of the vampires which have been suck
inc ire Ufe blood has come too late Collapse
has supervened and exhibitions of activity now
arc only the throes Of impending dissolution
For dav by day makes confusion worse con
founded. Nfuley Abdul Azz Is still tftular Sui
fan and enjoys international recognition. but
Mulev Hafid has been proclaimed Sultan in his
place and has the support OF a large part OF
the country though the ulemas, true to Sheree-
fan traditions declare him anathema Then
there is Roghi. who has a strong following and
who defies both Abdul Aziz and Hafid, and there
is the redoubtable Raisuli. who cares for none
Of these but fights for his own hand with all
the Riff AT his back. Tangier and MequineZ,
Fez and Morocco, Rabat and Figig, each Is
separate centre of anarchistic swirl and crash,
while Riff and Atlas, Anti-Atlas and Jeb- Be
shar each offers its hordes Of truculent tribes
men to fight against each of the others 1t is
as If all fragments of forgotten people from
all DartS or the continent udu pecA uIiHtu W
gether TO make a final pandemonium in that
rugged and inhospitable land
The difficulty and improbability Of ever re
facilitating Morocco into even the semblance Of
stable self-governing empire are magnifed
into apparent impossblity in the face of these
increasing complications. Nothing seems to be
left 10 serve as the nucleus or the foundation of
new regime There is no national leader. nor
any one who can hopefully be promoted TO that
rank There is no national spirit no unity, no
apparent capacity for rising into nationality.
Fgvpt was far more hopeful, for the people
were q nation Turkey is not so hopeless for
II has men Of true light and leading But in
Morocco there is nothing and there is nobody
unless It be this caid, who delayed to strike
to prevent his country's ruin. and struck only
In tardy and Intellectual vengeance.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
4 CONSERVATIVE JTDGE.

The hardihood OF some judges is astounding.
They will persist in handing down conservative
decisions in the face of resolute complaints
against our medieval bench. Notwithstanding
widespread criticism of the appointed dispensers
of Justice for their hidebound traditions and
superstitions a Judge in Westchester County is
still bold enough to deny a Mount Vernon
woman's application for divorce with alimony
on the old shioned ground that a wife should
share her husbands misfOrtunes. Such disre-
gard Of the clHmor Of the Progressives betokens
alarming bravado.
The petitioner whom the judge rehuffed sought
separation from her husband because he could
not find n Job The husband had always been
a good man. il appears. never having used the
stove poker in an Argument, nor whskey in
despair His only fault his joblessness.
But in the petitioners opinion. this defect ir-
remediably msrred her domestic bliss The judge
retorted to this with the antlquated opinion that
wedIock is not a contract contingent upon the
woman's happiness incidentally, too he re
buked counsel for encouraging and aiding the
petitioner And all this happened within twenty
miles Of the New York City Hall,
An outcry will probably follow the publica-
ton Of this reactionary decision, for the records
of the divorce courts show that large number
of American women are firmly convinced that
marriage is treaty to be abrOgated simulta-
neously with the first decrease in the supply of
hats and opera tickets. He is indeed a venture
some Judge who dares order woman 70 share
her husbands woes.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
NEU MUSEUM MADONNA
Knee1ing Figure by italian Sculptor
NO7c at the Metropolitan.

The collections of the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art were increased by no gifts last month anu
bv only one loan. that Of forty-seven pieces or
German and Swiss stone ware Of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. by Robert W de Forest
OF the four purchases by the museum perhaps
the most noteworthy is a kneeling Madonna IN
terra Gotta by Giovanni della Robbia The hGure
Is about fourteen inches high There are also
tventv-one tiles from Damascus Some OF these
specimens Of ancient SaraCeuiC art were taken
from The niche which shows the direction of Mecca
10 the followers OF the Prophet others are merely
wall ornaments There several specimens or
early woodwork and a piece OF silk from tomb
OF the twelfth century
The Museum Is now undergoing considerable
change The big main hall has been stripped and
is filled with a maze Of scaftolding where changes
IN the skylghts Of the small domes are being
made In the time the collection OF modern
sculpture has been placed chiefly IN Galleries 8.
: % and "a Some changes in Gallery on the
second floor have made necessary the temporary
withdrawal OF part of the collection of Chinese
porcelains lent by Mr.. Morgan and the removal OF
the remainder to Gallery 5
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mics Eve,vn Sloane will be married this ai'er-
,oor IN UfIfan1 E. S. Griswold at Wyndhurst' the
country home of her mother, Mrs John 0loah0'
a+ Ienox Mass Robert Walcott Griswoio VIII oe
his brothers best Miss Sloane VIII nave ho
attendants About five hundred invitations nave
-, ,,s,,ad for the ceremony which will be per
formed bv the Rev. DR. William r Rlcharus OF
the Brick Presbyterian Church, assisted oy the
Rev Harold Arrowsmith, of Trinity Churcn' Lenox-
yee1,e SchIey who is to marry Miss Kate de FOR
est Prentice in St Peters Church. Galtlee, N j.,
on Saturday gave his farewell bachelor dinner
last night at the Yale Club His guests Included
Bernon S Prentice. G. Barney Schley' Evahder
H schiey Kenneth B. Schley Howard A Plum
nner Harry Beekman Douglas Greene Clifford
Cochran and Max Behr Miss Prentice's parents.
Mr and Mrs William S P Prentice will give
dinner and dance for the bridal party tomorrow
night at the Monmouth Beach Club house
Mr. and Mrs w Starr Miller, who have been
at Newport all summer will go to their country
place at HYDE Park the latter part of the month
Mr. and Mrs C c. Cuyler returned yesterday
from Europe, where they have spent the greater
part of the summer. They will pass the autumn
Tuxedo.
The Rev and Mrs. Herbert Shpman have re-
turned from the Thousand Islands. where they
have been visiting Mrs. Shipman's parents Mr.
opened their cottage Tuxedo for the autumn.
Mrs. Alexander T Van Nest has returned to
town from Newport. where she has been visiting
her daughter. Mrs. j Stewart Barney. and has
opened her house in West 37th street
Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones who have been IN
Europe since July. returned from abroad yesterday.
They will spend the autumn in Newport
town N j.. to-day and go 10 Southampton. Long
Island. for q short stay.
Mr. and Mrs. lie Grand Benedict and Miss Mar
garet benedict. who have Just returned from six
months trip abroad. staying with Mr. and Mrs
]. Henry Harper at Lawrence. Long Island
Mr. and Mrs W Goadby Loew. who have been
staying with Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt at Newport.
have returned TO their country place Monmouth
Beach. y. J.
Mrs Robert Shaw Minturn. who has been abroad
all the summer IS expected Saturday. and VIII
go to I4,nox for the remainder OF September.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Belmont. jr-. leave South
ampton next week for their place al Hampstead.
where they Will spend the autumn
Mr.. and Mrs. H K. Bloodgood and the Misses
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Strikers. using petroleum, set fire
TO a lumber yard and warehouses at Antwerp.
causing damage estimated al 100000; troops
were called 10 check the flames - Gen
eral Drude's forces pressed southwark from Mo
rocco, scattering another force Of tribesmen
after action in which the cruiser tGloire tool
part: the Moorish losses in the fighting on Tues
day are said 70 have been enormous. == Ger
many and France 7.;-b5rau- ,air r,ronossls re-
gardlng the rights and duties Of neutrals in land
wars, and proposal embodying only a few
minor changes adopted by the committee.
- Testimony before the coroner's jury in the
Quebec bridge accident showed that curvature
had been noticed on August = in the ninth
lower cord Of the west truss. other testimony
said that there was crack in the lateral plate
from which the cords ran Adyices re-
ceived in Paris said that Thanh-Tha the de-
posed King Of Anam had ahdicated and that his
son, eight years old, had assumed the throne.
under the regency OF the Council Of Ministers
DOMEsTIC--Senetor Femenway. Of Indiana.
said in an Interview at Washington that if tire
Republican National Convention were held to-
morrow he believed the chances Of Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks for the Presidential nomination
would be better than those Of env other canGi-
date - Governor Hughes reviewed the camp
OF the Third Brigade of the National Guard ar
Felts Mills, y. Y. - Attorney General Bona
parte, at Lenox Mass, issued a statement re
garding the Standard Oil case in the Illinois
court a coal barge sank off Montauk
Point and two went ashore Al Watch Hill, r /
= The funeral of Archbishop Williams was
held IN Boston. Cardinal Gibbons celebrating a
pontiflcal mass Of requiem. = The COM
mission TO investigate the Torrens system of
Hughes announced at Albany: five Of the
six mem bers are New Workers - The Kan
sas Railroad Commission ordered two cent
railroad passenger rate, 70 go into effect OCto-
Der !. - -Four Allegheny City penn pOliti-
clans. including State Senator. were indicted
for alleged fraud.
CITY--Steeks closed lower D. c.
MooTehead Was under a long. rigid examination
at the Public Service Commissions inquiry into
the Interborough-M Metropolitan merger. -
One large dealer said that coal famine was
entirely possible this year. - Ex-Governor
Odell was in conference with his district lead
ers in this city They reported that there was
general dissa at1sfaction with the leadership Of
Herbert Parsons. - Mrs Carter the wit
ness stand, swore she returned the stolen Wind
eor Trust money 10 Runyan- - Charles F.
Murphy out openly against Fire Commits
sioner IanrFV- =- Big FlOrrie" Sullivan xas
sent 10 the psychopathic ward at Bellevue --
Public school officials said that there would be
a large increase in the number Of part time
pupils Ten hrernen we're burned by a
easolene explosion in Williamsburg
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Showers The temperature yesterday: High
est, ~ degrees. lowest, 73
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
GRADE CROSSING PRoBLEMs.

The deliberations Of the New Jersey State
Railroad Commission on the subject Of the abol-
tion Of grade crossings are Of much interest in
that state. the most populous regions Of which
are gridironed with railroads as few other parts
of the country are. They are also of interest
throughout the whole metropolitan district. and
indeed wherever the grade crossing exists, since
The problerns involved are substantially the
same everywhere, and the solution or attempted
solution of them In one place is fruitful Of sug-
ees.ion TO all other communities which have to
deal with them
The commission which was recently consti-
tuted properly regards the abolition Of grade
crossings as one Of its most urgent tasks, but It
fs not uuuaturally, somew hat divided in opinion
as TO the best methods of achieving It The sug-
gestion was made some time ago by one of its
members. as we reported ar the time, that IL
might be well TO begin with the first class coun
ties, which are the most densely populated, and
20 leave the more sparsely populated regions
until later. That plan is now antagonized with
the counter proposal that the most dangerous
crossings should be dealt with first, whether In
city OF country, and IL is pertinently pointed out
that some Of the most fatal crossings are TO be
found in Monmouth County. near the great SUM-
mer resorts That is quite true and IL may be
added that because OF the LAY of the land" they
will not be the easiest to transform, although
the cost or the operation may not De as great as
in the cities. 1t seems probable that the best
judgment will be In favor of this latter plan
Of Transforming the most dangerous crossings
frs.
The question of costs IS also unsettled. There
are those who hold that the entire expense
should be borne by the railroads. and that the
commission has power TO enforce such ar
raneemeat II is quite true that Chancellor
Magic decided. IN certain Newark case that
where the traffic Of highway materially
inpeded or ohstrucped by railroad crossing at
grade the railroad company might be required
70 sbste the nuisance at it's own cost and IL
may be that that principle could be successfully
e1tendsd 70 other crossings throughout the state.
But It is quite obvious that IL bill In equity
h&d specially 70 be sought Ia tbs case OF each
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
THE CLEFFLAND M4YORALTY.

The nomination by the Republicans of Rep
resPntative Theodore +. Burton for Mayor OF
Cleveland. Ohio. will insure interesting con
test Against almost any other Republican
Mayor Tom L. johnson would be practically
sure of election. but with Mr. Burton in the
field the result is doubtful. 1t was the consid-
GRAFTON that he would be the most formidable
opponent possible to Mayor Johnson that
prompted the strong pressure brought TO bear
upon Mr. Burton and it is undoubtedly sense
of duty TO his party locally that has persuaded
him to turn aside from his Washington career
TO take up. if elected. the administration Of his
home city. If chosen he will have TO give mp
distinguished place in Washington where his ser
vices have been such as 10 render his retire
ment from Congress a real national loss
The issue of the municipal campaign will be
the traction question, and Mayor johnson. with
his three-cent fare propaganda. has long had n
strong hold upon the voters. having been thrice
elected with increasing pluralities in a Repub-
licar city. The Mayor has made the most of
the traction issue He is a convinced municipal
ownership man. but he is too saSaciouS 10 con
duct his campaign upon any such abstraction
The streetcar service being fairly satisfactory.
Mr.. Johnson agitates for cheapening it, and
points 10 the successful operation of three cent
lines started by him in Detroit and also to an
unimportant threecent line established during
cent fare companies in Cleveland have seemed
several times in the last year to he on the
point of surrendering 10 Mayor Johnson and
selling out To n company which he has backed
with his credit. ON the other hand. they have
offered in consideration of new franchises.
10 reduce their fares 70 n tTife over three cents
seven tickets for a quarter, we believe, was
the final offer-and 10 start NJ once building
extensions 10 their system and making the i'm
provements which the publ" demands.
II will he here that Mr.. JohnsonS weakness
will he discovered. If he has any The voters
may prefer immediate 4-1-cent fares To "nlti-
mate threocent fares and immediate additions
to the traction facilities 10 improvements In IN"
indefinite future. They likely Ia take 4
practical view Of the situation II the pressure
for additional facilities is great. they may ahan-
don Mfr Johnson and his remote ideal. II VIII
be impossible to guess at the result until II Is
known what solution Of the problem Mr.. Bur
ton will propose If Cleveland has grown tired
Of waiting for the long postponed fuihlment or
Tom Johnsons promise. il may readily ac-
cept any practicable compromise which the Re
nuhIicaD candidate has 70 offer.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
TIE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

The savage outbreak at Odessa. presumably
organized and conducted for effect upon the
electoral campaign. is reminder OF the prog
ress of that campaign Less than fortnight
hence the members OF the third Douma will
be chosen by the electoral colleges which the
people are now engaged In selecting and just
two months thereafter the Douma will assemble
for work Comparatively little has been re
r,ortsd about the campaign, but it appears to
have gone on quietly until this week. and there
were hopes that II would be completed and the
new DotIma would be organized without any
serious disturbance of the peace. The proposal
Of the revolutionists to boycott the elections
themselves and to compel the abstention Of
others. or to destroy the results of their pollings
by violent means. has happily not been full
filled IT has remained for the reactionaries
to resort to violence and massacre, but we may
hope that these pernicious activities will be
confined to q small area.
The general lack Of interest In the elections