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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-03

II is admitted that visiting base
ball teams and visitors OF all kinds
are good for Hawaii. Therefore OF
what benefit is the knockers society
that is forever picking small flaws.
nagging, and dealing in line of crit
icism that suggests to other visitors
that Honolulu is good place to steer
,lear Of?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-03

Eva: Gracious, Katherine, what n
red spot on your right cheek! What
caused it? Katherine: Oh, Just Il
little rash. Eva: You flbber! Didn't
see that handsome young man kiss
you there, although your father was
only a few feet away? Katherine:
or course, my dear; don't you call
that Il little rash?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-03
Will Roosevelt
ForceCongress


Washington, Oct. 2i.-COngress
;his winter Is to be asked by the
President to enact certain LEGISLATION
which Congress probably will not
enact. The word probably" Is used.
Possibly the word certainly" should
he used. Mr.. Roosevelt will ask legis.
lation along the lines of CORPORATION
regulation which he homes to see nut
upon the statute books. There have
been statements made by leaders In
10th Houses of Congress to the effect
that legislation of the kind the Presi.
dent asks will NOT be passcd.
Those who know the habit of mind
Of Theodore Roosevelt can hardly be
brought to believe that the refusal of
Congress to do as he asks will in the
least abato his determination to see
accomplished that which he wishes To
have accomplished. Out of this
springs u situation.
There are few men to-day who are
ready to say that they think the fact
mat Congress will refuse to carry ont
the Presidents recommendations will
be approved by the people. UnQucs-
tiOnably Mr.. Roosevelt. after seem.
ing defeat ut the hands of Congress.
viii go, by the proxy of delegates. be-
tore the National Convention and ask
that which he has recommended shall
he put into the platform Of the Re.
publican party.
If Congress refuses TO do what he
thinks that it should do he will, ana
/ 1 l.. oil 40 thp,,,tFh
his STRENGTH in the country at large.
force the putting into the platform of
the party rs matter of principle of
those things which he shall have ask
ed and which the National Legis.
lature shall have refused to sanction.
Issue to be Outlined.
In the Presidents message to the
incoming Congress there will be
strong suggestions touching the al.
visibility of licensing corporations en-.
gagged in interstate commerce and of
legislation looking to decisive know.
ledge concerning the capitalization of
corporations. If the expressions Of
what Congress is likely TO do" made
by the leader of the one House on the
one hand and by the chairman of the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce ON the other hand, are to be
taken as final, no Legislation Of either
Ct the kinds mentioned will be passed
The Republican convention will
meet probably the first week in June
Precedent makes it fairly certain that
Congress Will adjourn before the con.
vention meets. If the Roosevelt in.
I al In thn
ton, Congress, in the platform of the
, Republican party in convention as
sombled, will be rebuked. This is the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-03

Volcano lots selling at an advance
over the upset price is Gemonstra-
ton that proximity to Hawaiis act
i've volcano is most desirable.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-03

Kind Lady: Would you work If
given Il chance? The Hobo: No,
ma am; amt takin' no chances.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-03

WuHl ) DUN SlUT'
Is In Receipt of All Its Supply
of
Holiday Good Things
embracing an unusually large
variety Of the
Late and Popular Books, suit
ing all ages; also Choice Sc
lections, Gift Books, Poets in
fine bindings, Bibles, Church
Services, etc.
Staple and latest in Rumpp's
Finest Leather Goods, few of
a kind. Fine New Stationery.
Dolls--0ur usual selections
Of best, both in kind and va
riety. Dolls Sundries, which
means much.
Mclaughlin, Bradley and
other games.
Teddy Bears, Elephants,
Dogs, Cats, Monkeys and 9TH
ers. Alphabet, Building, and
Picture Blocks. Toys in va
riety. Nothing trashy; All
New. Dolls Cabs, Velocipedes,
Wagons, Barrows, and Irish
Mails.
Crepe Tissue Paper, Flower
Tissues. Table Xmas Trees
and Tree Ornaments in large
asstmt. Candles and Holders,
Etc. Etc.
Wise buyers are selecting
early for choice of stock and
to avoid the crush later in the
season, All orders given care.
full attention.
ThOS. G. Thrum,
Bookseller and Stationer.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
AGAINST HASKELL
Local Democrats Don't Want
Statehood Postponed Until
Fall

Local Democrats are frightened at
the action Of the Murray Haskell wing
Of the party in attempting to post
pone the statehood election until Sep
tember 8 Despite the fact that yes
terday was Sunday, a meeting Of the
faithful was held, and telegram was
despatched to w. III. Kornepay i'm
pressing upon him the necessity for
doing everything possible to secure
the defeat Of the resolution.
Many Of the local party workers are
out for office, and they don't see the
necessity Of waiting several months
before beginning the distribution Of
the good things which, as they look at
matters, already belong to the Demo
cratic party, and are waiting only to
be plucked.
Besides, the campaign here was
waged largely against the carpet
baggers, and it wouldn't look we'll for
the party SO Illuminated against the
wicked federal appointees to continue
them In Office until winter.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
GOOD THING
.yman Thorn son
Commends AgriCuI-
turaI College


Il Wyman Thompson Of Ketchnm
was in the city today. Mr. Thomp-
son returned last night from Still
water, OKLA, where has been attend
ing the short course in stock grading
and seed selection offered free to the
farmers of the new state at the agri-
cultural college. Mr.. Thompson Is
most enthusiastic concerning the col
lege and what he learned there, He
says there were four hundred farmers
present for the weeks course, almost
all of them from Oklahoma proper.
Lectures began at $50 each day and
continued thruout the day. The most
prominent men In their various lines
were present as lecturers, and there
were SO many good things that the
program could not all be carried out
for the lack Of time. Lectures on
stock grading were delivered each
morning by specialists, who illustrat-
ed each point. One Of the most interest
ing lectures on stock was delivered by
Joe Wing, the we'll known Ohio sheep
raiser, whose lambs bring the highest
price paid in the United States.
Joe Miller, Of the famous 10l ranch,
lectured on the growingvnd selection
of seed corn, He has made himself an
authority on this subject, raising the
best seed corn in the southwest. He
ships annually 5000 bushels Of seed
corn TO Texas alone.
Mr. Thompson says the farmers of
the Indian Territory have no idea OF
what fine institution the agricultu-
raj college is, nor Of the benefit that
may be derived, even from a week
attendance on lectures there. He
thinks every farmer should take adj
vantage Of the opportunities, which
are zee 70 the pe0nlh Of the Indian
The farmers present gVuss
the convention at Guthrie to put the
agricultural college under the control
OF a board of six regents,to be appoint
ed by the governor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
TO BARTLESVILLE
-Four Alleged Murderers Among
Prisoners Taken Last
Night

Ten prisoners were taken to Barrles-
vile last uight for trial this week.
-Four Of them are charged with muir
der: Curt Whitney, Jack Foster,
James Pierson and G. L. Swayze.
Whitney killed a man with an iron
bar, striking him on the head He
admits the killing, but claims it was
iustifable The man whom he killed
drank out Of Whitney's water barrel
against Whitney's order.
The other three men. Foster Pier
son and Swayze, are all charged With
being implicated in the murder Of an
old cook ia Bartlesyille a year ago.
Foster Hpeached" on the others. and
il the chief government witness. Tx
City Marshal Hicks Of Bartlesvilie is
also implicated, but is now out On
Continued on page 8
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
Marked for Life. =

Manager J. H. Buffers attraction at
the opera house next Wednesday night
will be grand revival Of that ever
popular melo-dramatic success, mark
ed For Life" 1t is a thrilling play
with all the principal features which
make melo-dramatic productions sue
cessful. IL is a clean play with a
dialogue that is well written. The
piece is presented with all the special
scenery, electrical and mechanical ef-
fects required for the production, and
the different parts are endowed by a
strong, evenly balanced company.
SpeciaIties, singing, and dancing are
introduced during the action ofthe
play. Special prices for this engage
ment.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14

Guthrie, Okla. l4--Three delegates,
Baker. Kornegay and Weaver, are the
objects of much abuse at the hands OF
Boss Haskell and his minions, be-
cause they exposed the huge Leader
printing graft. Every opportunity to
humiliate these men is being taken
advantage Of.
It wasapparentlY the intention Of the
Haskell forces to allow Niblack to
gouge the convention for whatever he
saw fit, and had it not been for Messrs
Baker, Kornegay and Weaver one Of
the greatest steals ever perpetrated
in the history of Oklahoma legislative
bodies would have been the result.
That Leslie Niblack of the Leader
may be allowed to continue a splend-
i'd graft, the constitutional coyention
has made printing contract with him
which would not pass muster with
the most unsophisticated individual
who ever walked the streets of Guth-
rie. The committee reported this
contract to the convention Saturday
and theirlconclusions were swallowed
with the keenest relish by the dele
gates, the majority of whom, their
friends outside belieyeto be Of this
gullible variety.
Tie new contract signed with Nj
black is little better than the original
arrangement. except that he now has
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14

tion Ia discharging the troops SAYS
Ut would be absolutely impossible to
preserve the discipline of the army by
pursuing any other course. That the
criminals Is abundantly proved, the
president says, By the fAct that re-
putable witnesses saw their uniform
and heard their voices, recognizing
them as negroes.
The president says, in conclusion,
regarding his order dismissing the
individual companies without honor:
"The order was within my discretion
under the constitution and laws. and
cannot be revoked or reversed except
by another executive order. Tie ac-
tion took was imperative unless /
proved false to my sworn duUy. If
any Of these men can show that he is
clear Of guilt I will take whau action
Is warranted, but che circumstances
OF the case certainly put on each man
their burden Of clearing himself"
Secretary Taft's report, giving the
sworn testimony of the with esses ex
amined, Is transmitted With the mes
sage, The testimony Of fourteen eye
witnesses is given, and the president
declares the evidence is conclusive
that the weapons used were the
Springfield rifles now used by the
United States troops, including the
negro troops who we're III the garrison
at Brownsville.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
WRANCLING IN
THE CONVENTION

Guthrie, Jan. 14-During the de-
bate on the section of the bill Of
rights, referring to the condemna-
tion Of right Of way, King Of Newkirk,
said this morning that he believes the
time would soon come when the state
would own its railroads, and that the
proposition proposed would stop rail-
road building by compelling the rail-
road to wait until the jury could as
sess the damages and an appeal should
be decided.
The morning was well spent in dis
cussing the question without action.
The committee on railroad corpora
rions this morning favorably reported
several propositions. One provides
that contracts waiying any rights Civ
en- in the constitution shall be null
and void. Another section fayorably
reported provides that contributory
negligence shall not be bar to a re-
covery Of damages in case Of death.
The Democratic caucus on county
seats called for this afternoon was
sidetracked by the convention adj
iourG.ng u1tsl2 p. NJ.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
PRESIDENT STANDS
BY HIS FIRST ACTION
Says His Dismissal Of Negro Troops
Was JuStifabIe and Constitutional
and won't be Revoked

Washington, Jan. President
Roosevelt today sent to the senate a
special message regarding the Brown
vile Incident which gives the addi-
tional evidence just collected by AS
sistant attorney General Purdy and
Major BIocksom, who we're sent to
Texas by the president to Investigate
the affair.
The president declares that the
evidence is positive that the outrage
OF August 3 was committed by the
members Of the three negro troops
that were distmist, and that some or
all Of the members Of these three
companies Of the Twenty-fifth infan-
try had knowledge Of the deed and
have shielded the guilty men.
The negro troops are referred to by
the president as midnight assassin, y
and he declared that very few If any
Of the soldiers who we're dismist
without honor could not have been
ignorant Of what occurred
That part Of the order which bars
the soldiers from all civil employment
under the government Is revoked by
the president. This clause the presid-
ent Gays, was lacking in validity. The
DISC Urged soldiers, however, will y5e
forever barred from reenllsting Ia ~
army or navy, and as to this the prs-
sldent says. There is no doubt Of my
constitutional and legal power.n
The president In defe nding his acr
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
KORNEGAY Under
BOSS'S DISPLEASURE
Haskell Abusing vinita Man Because
the Latter Exposed the Big Print
ing Graft Of the Leader

official sanction should he desire to
pull the convention for graft money.
The original bill provided for rate
of rs cents per thousand ms, which in
the new contract has been reduced to
10 cents. Tokens go at 60 cents each.
The contract provides for a charge of
/ cent per copy for folding, and SINH
lar provisions for stock, stapling and
ink. Here is where the graft comes
in. A rate Of 10 cents per thousand
ms for composition is charged. Print
ers in Oklahoma City, Guthrie, and
the world at large pay their compost
tors about IL to IA cents per thousand
for this work, using the modern limo
type. Regular customers are charged
in Oklahoma City and Guthrie not to
exceed 35 cents per thousand for
straight composition. The price for
job composition because Of modern APP
pliances, including the linotype, is
seldom over 40 cents. The velvet
money which will 60 into Niblack's
Golfers will be 30 cents per Thousand
ms on all work of this nature.
Thus it may be seen that the con
vention have failed, either thru ignor-
ance or a desire to make Niblack rich,
to protect the interests of the people
who will eventually have to pay the
freight.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14

Annual Convention Southwestern
= util Och --4n,s Association Kansas
City, Mo-, Jan. 29-sl, 1907. One first
class fare plus one dollar on certificate
plan. Certificates showing purchase
Of going tickets on Jan. rs to 81 inclu-
sive will be honored for return ticket
if presented not later than Feb, 4, 1907
II. A. FARTHIEG, Ticket Agt.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-01-14
M. K. &T. Specials

National Association, retail Grocers
OF the United States, Dal las, Tex.
Jan. 22-34, 1907 One first class fare
plus $500 for round trip. Date Of sale
January 10th and 10Th, 1907. Final
limit thirty days from date of sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

l sound this. warning too late" he
station agent who walked pornpously
into the railway station and shouted
In loud voice:
Any more here for Oshkosh? Trains
just gone
Typicala Well, Only Of, One Glass.
"A Philadelphia at dinner said of
A. ]. Drexel. the young millionaire,
who. as one of the leaders of European
society. has quite forgotten his father
land:
I'm the Mediterranean, off Monte Car
10. I was one of Mr., Drexels guests
last year at luncheon on his beautiful
yacht. 1t was a superb luncheon The
guests too, were in their way superb
a grand duke, two princesses, an earl,
Il marchioness, and so forth.
THE marchioness, 1 thought. gave
Mr.. Drexel rather a dig. Speaking of
well-known New Yorker, she said:
oh. yes, he is a great swell. truly
He spends the spring in London, the
summer at Trouville. the autumn in
the Scottish highlands deer stalking,
and the winter in Il private dahabiyeh
on the Nile. In fact"
Here the young and pretty march
ioness nodded and smiled mischeviously
at Mr.. Drexel.
-" in fact, he Is typical .Ameri-
cam"
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from partition walls. When finally COM
pleted in 1912 the cost was $3.50, 773. The
architects plans were much more extern
sive and elaborate, and contemplated
building costing about $1.5OO,OO0.
Soon after the completion of the original
building the rapid growth of the depart
ment demanded additional space. and by
an act approved March 3, 1865 Congress
on plans prepared by Thomas U. Walter,
and made an appropriation of $500, COO
Work was commenced in July, 1873, and
in September, 1861, the south wing was
completed and occupied
After the outbreak of the civil war
operations were suspended for a while,
but were again resumed, and by 1864 the
west wing had been completed and ex-
tended up to the line Of the present north
facade. Immediately adjoining this wing,
at the north end Of it's east wall, was the
west end of the old State Department
building. This is shown in the picture
above. In November, 1866. this building
was vacated and Immediately demolished,
the work of laying the foundation of the
north wing being commenced in April.
1857 In 1869 this wing was finished, COM
pleting the building as it stands at total
cost of $6.127. 1852, to be exact to the
pennies Since then repairs and modifca-
tions and the addition of the latest appro-
priation for changing the east front have
brought the figures up to 81, $50, 1895.
AS 1t stands the Treasury building is
considered one Of the finest government
structures from an architectural stand
point. 1t is an imposing structure of
Grecian architecture. 26O by 466 feet and
consisting Of a basement, subbasement,
three stories and an attic. The NORTH
west and south facades are adorned with
large porticos, the pediments of which are
supported by eight huge monolithic Ionic
columns of granite. The granite pillars.
as well as all the granite slabs and blocks
used in the construction of these wings,
we're quarried on Dix Island near Rock
land, Me-. and transported to Washington
in sailing vessels. The ships discharged
their cargoes in Georgetown.
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nue. from the Capitol to the White House.
AS the story is told. however President
Jackson became exceedingly impatient at
the delay in the selection of q site. One
day he walked over the ground and
planted his cane in the northeast corner
Here, right here" he said, Il want the
corner stone laid at once" The cane in
question can still be seen in a glass case
sticking in the cement flooring of the
TTeasury's subbasement.
Work was commenced soon afterward,
the sandstone being obtained from Aqua
creek. Va. The construction of the build
ing was carried on apparently without
any definite plan or estimate other than
to construct handsome building without
regard to cost. On March 90 1888. a
vigorous effort was made by the congress
sional committee on public buildings and
grounds to condemn the then unfinished
building on account of Its location, plan
and the materials introduced in its con-
struct1on, the committee stating that the
design If carried out would necessitate the
removal of the State Department build
Ing, which, as may be seen above in the
reproduction of an old wood cut, then oc-
cupied the position of the north wing of
the present Treasury building. The COM
mittee went SO far as to present a bill
providing for the removal Of the walls of
the structure and the use of the materials
for the construction of Post Office
building to replace the one Just burned.
Work on the Treasury building was sus-
pended pending action on the bill, which
was laid on the table after much dis
cUssion.
Operations were then resumed and by
August, 1889, the building was so far COM
pieted as to allow the Secretary of the
Treasury. the register, the first controller.
the Attorney General the solicitor and
the commissioner of the general land Of
flee to occupy offices. The main corridor.
-xtending north and south along 18th
street, was $40 feet long. and that ex-
lending east and west 10 feet. In all
there were $50 rooms most of them small,
with groined ceilings The corridors were
narrow, resting on barrel arches. sprung
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is interesting in connection with the pic.
lures shown above.
The Treasury Department was estab-
lished by an act passed by the First Con-
gr SIS and approved September 2, 1889.
When the seat of the government was re-
moved from Philadelphia to Washington
in $500 the department was installed in a
small wooden building. designed for the
purpose by George Hatfield, an English
architect and completed in 1893. 1t was
at the northeast corner of the site of
the present building. fronting on 18th
street. In 1901 it was partially destroyed
by fire, and in 1914 was completely de-
stroyed by the British and most of the
files and documents burned. Another
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two showing the east front and colonnade
as it is today, are copies of original photo
graphs in the archives of the supervising
architects Office. They show the various
stages In the evolution of the present
building. Observe the tall hats of the
boss builders. The picture showing the
carting Of one of the monoliths for the
south wing was taken practically from
the site of the present State, War and
Navy building. In another picture-that
showing the laying of the foundation for
the north wing-the old Riggs House can
be seen In the background looking Just
as it does today. Time has changed it
but little, inside or out
A short history of the Treasury building
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Tw1nnG EA1r EnD Of 1ovrH Wing 1868

building was speedily constructed, and
this also was destroyed by fire in 1893.
After some delay new building. the
nucleus of the present structure and the
part the east front of which is now to be
reconstructed of granite, was authorized
by Congress in an act approved July 4,
1885, which provided that the President
cause site to be selected and a fireproot
building constructed of such plans, dim, en-
sions and materials as he deemed most
advantageous. This act carried with it an
appropriation of 100000 for the COM
mencement Of the work. 1t was purposed
by those In charge to locate the building
in such position as to permit an un-
interrupted view along Pennsylvania ave.