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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
An oklaAsma City Mob ovsrpowsrsd
the 0fhoeFs and HHrg Man Who
Morally Wounded = psakemen

OaFa Okla. july II nAexllng
from telegraph pals 40 ynras ffom
tls depot i tie boay of Frank bailey
negro tfAmp. also WRa lynched %.
night b ; moo composed 81 afieen
men sud boyA after lhs negro had
ahus aid mOFtailY sounded Frank
Kelly. = Brakeman 10 ne employ d
TIE NJ. X. and 7 fallfoaa
keliy. wiso made hls nrxt run ffom
Oklahoma City this morning. lies IN
TIE Usage station. Slowly diving from
a sound 10 the breast inflicted hY tie
negro.
The mot wofked qaickiy aud with.
out giving lfa victim = eianos 10 con.
Tess After taxing hin from TIE Gus.
tody q the ofacers wto had him 10
clare ; fope was placed around hls
NECK and thrown around tie cross
teAsa of q telegraph pole aud the negro
as swung up
TIE lower end of tie rups waa fAs
tened and che nrgro wAA left IL slow
y strangls 70 death. an todf was
net cut down and wAa eft 70 swing
Will ghs sind throughout the night.
The crime iof which TIE mob sought
yengeanne Naa committed At o eiock
this aftsrnoon Kelly, The brakeman,
vas standing oa top of hcx car "a TIE
train waa pulling out ofths east gaSia.
TIE negro shot from ambush, the Nib
let entering kelly's breast
The negro Jumped ffsm Als hiding
plAos Ard fAn east O6iccw we're 40.
tlaed aad after ga hours chase, cap
tufrd Bailey one mile east % towu.
lis =as bfoaght taos and guarded uy
40 officers
About io ocafek tonight tls m0b
bFgAn % gather and afefpowefiuE the
negfos guardians tiose sha made %
this aFenging party toek him a. elthln
\ fcw yards ~ TIE soene o. his crime
and hanged hlm.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25

I ap4 hae atJ o.
t aeN Cmn kp m tla s8.
ahh t contrast as
rNHh tarstay aa.
te %
teeta.c e th uat
- Tetau
ln preliminary W f5qt
ten se.uteJ ta trAevHN n.
eh Harvey eating house the
MISSION siyl q HthaeetHc. 60 as,
Is vand fgaes tlN sum s0W0
fN ground has her at sf ard
Is has bvn definitely tht
t structure a7lI b. ioap1 a1an-
iag tle d.pa hga0 Nilhl and
Coneb gr@ts ony thp blocks
tnm ihe mand heue
lW sN b quite 3 basl fof
Clovis. ana all cause real estate
values D. sEU lcain
r. &. Rela las q tle contract
~ tAp tg tngk buildings 81 Main
siref, } q. Lyons eilI hre work
IN a feN days % q brick building.
size s0aso, on the corner Of Grand
aeenue and Main streets and q mum.
hef q other substantial buildings are
noN being figures On b. the con-
tractors.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25
FOR SORE HANDS

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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25
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The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25

The great SAINTS Fe system, nes
only owe D, she largest Failroad sys-
rms. but ne bess equipped in the
United States today, never dacs
things by halves They have lo-
Gated seyrnlso0ns On ,l,st nea iine,
tlc Belcn cutoff. and among ttcm
IS Clovis. whleh the Santa Fe has
determined 10 maisc : bx ie4n ana
that they wiH make i . hse town
goes uthoat saying gNefyihing
points that aay Clovis, New
Mexies. IS the oeN Santa Fe
Dnisnn ToNnslse nine mikes vest
d Texou. New Meslco. Tie sgf'
ia0e Il sla Land "a ahNh she 'oNn.
STE S IoSsic4 is slightly rolling ias'
enough % give gfot drainage.
Cioss Is staAsrA in ihc bcss part q
ths country snd IS II itc orntef q
tl,e hca farming ana stock raising
SEXTON II tasscfn Ness NeNAeo "
all Command uatc 90 forty miles
r. the north and eesi and iof isi'
teen r,les q ibe east All tltis
land Is sesihet on by lmmestca.kfs
uho are Improving fheR an5 and
building Improvements with q vaa
10 making this ihsH permanent
homes Bless d pHh wonderful
y 1eagmim dna,s. siose who
have lived ln fh,s sekfion believe and
confidently state thar ClNs N 81
ias q be ,he tg aiy = all TINS
rfeai healthy ana p'eiaaRe agan-
~. Il f1s tl9 hsslien. j. the
right distance q tAasun fsisaY
heaaNaftes. has srlsn1ll aaisf
and sast iausey 8 tas ifate
from
There IS a egth aqn etfy ihD
acres ahlsh assua> asiap.t growth
ara psfmamnsy ClMs IS 90 -
main uans,tan,euial hae q the
Santa f.. ahsh IS esllea Is th.s
territory she Easten RaHNsya NeN
MeNea. Il sill be tts 3elsnn
po.ni Is, ia main lns' q Tie Santa
Fe. It's Pens Valley line and tis
HmWaNesl Extension, thas rfee.
tieaily making & 3 itsan paIni 81
smee distinct anes m the Santa t.
Rziius8. Ths sili naturally W'
cessissls tfe employment = : la5sr
nanbe X railroad men, whah
alone s IN make large addition @
tEe ira1c q CLOVIS
~ Pcsas Valley tracks sig ee
.=sen up between fesica, \ n,
aod Camea. \. ~ sni Is moved
Nes, eight mles Is make Cpss
the n8rilssfn DIVISION pont q ibg
Pesos Valley Linz Ihe Bf0an-
Weod Extension Wa q mn aut q
Clovis. Wbth All eNe q through
llne from Calfania d Galveston
The railroad company has fetam-
81 80 asfes 90 railroad purposes
ana tIlsp sin te extensive machine
shops eresied ai Clovis. CLOVIS
vii h the FIRST DIVISION pant west
81 Amarillo. Texas. ard the Santa
Fe are noe cieshns'an lghieea-siall I
round house, grading mikes y sidlng
ana yards. preparing to e'esi Z large
SIS. .O00 cencfete tso-siofy DEPOT q
Mission style d architecture. with
terminal Offices on the scgond floor
an extensive Harvey hotel q the
latest architecture. The company
are noN drilling several lage wells
in oflef % sesure al the water that
vii " required; ! good supply d
water has been secuted IN the wells
already drllled
As soon As tie foad s completed
TIE company vii put all the Cali
ioFnia passenger, freight and perish.
able fruit tFaihe on tlas Inc. which
vii be the shortest between Chi
caeo and Southern California. and
Galveston. Texas, and southern
California. !, viii also carry Al tlie
paslic and Oriental mail which i
pos being largely handled b The
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25

aouble II value N a short iiue; 1
sou MARX % - II BUSINESS u
so9n thai IS % b . eilsuos has
been''s o. / yuu uans a seslahls
place 10 make ypuF home. slNn "
think you can make no misiase -
locating IN Ciosas
NOTES ABouT CLOVIS
Loss IN Clovis have sod AZ 4 re.
markably rapid rata. IN a3siitlon
70 the sownsise proper. embracing
80 sores. several sepcfate additions
70 Cows have tssn platted, each
containing leo atirs. Practically Al
oi tte lots 10 some n the additions
have been selJ. while II Ieasi sev-
enty-hve per oeng q tbs lots IN shr
s0Nnstte proper have been sold ~
date IN many instances lots have
changed hands several times. and
always 1t sharp advances
Il has n0s been over SIX weeks
since lots Wcfe placed On sac IN
Cl0ts, and the above showing we
fegafa As somethlng As on q the
Ordinary in town building Al the
same time q number 81 substantial
business houses have hcpu com-
pleie1. and more Afe under course
q construction, Whiie the townsiie
IS dotted th RESIDENCES
Clovis has reached tire stage q
btick buildings On hfge sruc-
tap soyi2s feet IS noN under way
and Ne Underestimate TIA, tire contract
has hcen a. fol oiheis and that
plans ard specifications are bving
e o. oshes The building nora
beug constructed IS oWnel 81 af.
iepas parties. and 100 iet q ;ir
structure WlI Be- Tao siu bgh
4 IS gwen oui that there alll he
ue k than n1n blck buildings.
aH BUSINESS houses, commenced
within ihe nest ihrty days These
holdings shaa tx faith y Clms
pepe ln their oan properly
Fine progress tvag naae th
the water aofks sch rh dflsefs
ats nea assn 21s fes, so8 sneci
ta strike strong lbs II nste AZ
asy q tao Mak on the ate
system vii b pashe8 lhas as an.
iiiY IS res,te abd Cla peopIe
may espst q gaai wstef system IN
operation iR she1 tm
Tbs IS i mos important enter.
Prise ~ HeN iean lkc CLOVIS aad +
alIl hsnet' 4 greatly. an3 ,ae pfo.
meters ste g g oemme15ej tu
tlsH enterprise
The iuaHoous investment s T.
uI has alaaSs required t. s. oiel
thought 1l Hen u afee meaas ani
unlimited capital The person 81
metfaie meaas aga has ehanee
with tN millionaire at Cm S. Nsa
Mexk6 fhs nee t1Rn IS ths oay
terminal asa genesaI repair shap SEE
oa tte santa Fe system n tie
Sauihe 4 nll0a3 iaaHiies aHi /
2 ieria agricultural oanlfy loani q
the development rtoeess CLOVIS WH
te 9 l.iy e thousands fhs bean.
tfa siy sa1r8s splendid emporium.
ii q 9hsaianIos SITES 81 homl
with reasonable teHns. ans au6ms
81 chances s. masking money is
short peasi q tine Spedn n-
tluments g Parties building ham
fir nes u ach railroad wen
near tle mgnd hause was tested
fdaly evening ani saturday aadl
uH srpb hem 50 q So gallons 70
ile minute. tee aaicf IS e fBe S I
anY iaan3 a the West ana ne sur.
plY IS IuCNnlusfr
The water 0as struck Iaa strata
q coarse sand ans gtstrl aal a
though The pumps wsre kept Fune I
fof hours. i lid ne haye the least I
ciiegt apparently oa tie supply.
The eighteen double stat conuele
round house % which work Is being
pushed with ail calnestncss. IS noa
assuming the proportions 4 "a im.
meuSe structure. Tlan faasost..
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-07-25

Kissed Wife, Then Cut Her Throat.
Fort smith. Ars fulF ia Al
DER hpme here ate .Asf night A. q.
ahalstnu. q tsacher klssnd sis wife
sud tben cat her throat. klIliuR her
its cause % Tire silling wN jealousy
lhnizion vas arrested
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

benevolent religious and educational
institutions in the country.
This enormous annual loss we are
sustaining and maintaining by lack
of national foresight and of conscious
collective supervision that fosters the
grossest and most serious public in
jury by the unjust distribution of in
comes among the different social
classes-the average income, for ex-
ample, of professional criminals being
more than three times that of honest
factory wage earners; the average in
come of prostitutes three times that
of public school teachers, and the
average income of saloonkeepers more
than so per cent greater than that OF
college teachers"
In addition to his own researches
Prof. Bushnell cites 81 different pri-
vate and government publications as
authorities for the figures he gives
and the conclusions reached. He chal-
lenges anyone to disprove a statement
he has made regarding the subject of
the cost of pauperism, vice and crime,
or the causes producing the startling
array of facts he displays.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

of the strike than in former years.
Last year the unions met with un.
usual defeat in the case of many OF
their larger strikes. This is due to
three causes-growing organization of
the employers in opposition to the
unions. the use of the injunction and
union liability rulings by the courts.
and the disapproval of open violence
and industrial disorder by the public.
By these means some foolishly think
the unions are now finished. But the
end is not yet. Defeated by financial
means. they are turning rapidly into
politics. mainly toward the radical
party. where their numbers ultimately
must cause their voice to be needed
and their righteous demands to be
granted
Churches Criticised.
After proving by statistics that re-
ligious conditions in the country are
not so good as formerly DIR. Bushnell
said:
THE reason OF the present failure
of the churches is twofold-their
methods are antiquated and their
spirit is commercialized. The world
has become collective and longs for
true comradeship. while the churches
have remained individualistic and
have become umid and calculating
The world needs not prayers and
profits so much as justice and devoted
service. The tragic lack of security and
the community of life characteristic of
our times is reflected not only in the
infidelity of the churches but in the
growing infidelity in the homes of the
land. Fifty years ago. taking the
country as whole. there was not an
average of one divorce in so mar
riages. To-day there is an average of
one divorce in about every ten mar
riages. During the ten years from
1895 to 1905 the number of absolute
divorces granted more than quad
rupled in Manhattan and the Bronx, in
New York city. and nearly or more
than doubled in Chicago. Philadel-
phia, Boston, Detroit and Omaha, ag-
gregating in those six cities alone
more than $4,000. Cleveland. o.. has
one divorce in every five marriages,
and there are many other sections Of
the country in as bad condition.
Situation Summed Up.
ITO sum it all up, the wealth repre-
sented in two-thirds of our total an
nual loss from abnormal conditions
would pay off all our federal, state.
county, municipal and public school
debts. the running expenses of all our
railroads, the annual income of all the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

dom. showing growth of about $751;
100000 over the preceding year. Pig
iron alone shows an increase in the
IL months ending with May of nearly
S7,000,000 from the United Kingdom
alone. pig tin an increase Of $1,000. 900
and cotton cloths. cotton laces, silk,
crude India rubber and manufactures
of various sorts, as well as many other
less important articles, show consid-
cradle growth.
From Germany imports show an ad-
vance of about $26,000.000. This oc-
ours chiefly In beet sugar, chemicals,
kid gloves, silks, knit goods and paper
manufactures. the largest single in
crease being in sugar, which alone
shows an increase in the IL months
ending with May of nearly $4,000, 900
compared with the Immediately pre-
ceding year. From France the i'm
ports show gain Of about $21 900. 900.
chiefly in silks. laces, diamonds. gloves
and other manufactured articles.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

accurate estimate, but the annual ma
tional loss from that source must be at
least twice that from professional
crime. This class consists OF an
oligarchy composed of three classes
saloonkeepers. gamblers and others
who engage in business that degrades;
contractors, capitalists, bankers and
others who can make money by get
ting franchises and other property of
the community cheaper by bribery
than by paying the community; poll
ticians who are willing to seek and ac-
cept office with the aid and indorse-
ment OF the classes already mentioned.
These three classes combine and get
control of the party machine, nomi-
nate and elect men who will agree to
help them rob the city and state for
the benefit of themselves, and who
will agree, also, not to enforce the
laws in regard to the various bust
nesses that degrade community
Strike Weapon Ineffective.
After reviewing the labor conditions
of the country and their resultant
strikes and lockouts. costing in 1903.
DR.. Bushnell says, s55,OOo,o00 in loss
of wages and profits. he continues:
Heroic, though often misguided, as
have been the industrial struggles of
the labor unions for better wages and
living conditions, they are beginning
to be less successful with the methods
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

VI ITH 10000 enlisted men in its
w service, dependent almost wholly
on the aid they receive aboard ship.
there is not dentist in the whole
naval service. This is the showing
that Surgeon General Rixey will make
to congress at it's session this winter.
Gen. Rixey will urge three impor-
tant measures. upon which he is now
working, and which will later be In
corporated in his annual report to be
submitted to the secretary Of the
navy. He will urge in the strongest
terms possible that congress pass law
authorizing the reorganization and en-
largement of the naval hospital corps,
the employment of sufficient number
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15
INCREASE in IMPORTS
BENEFITS WHOLE WORLD

A LII the world, or at least all the
~ grand divisions of the world, have
profited from the large increase in i'm
portations during the fiscal year Just
ended. This gain. as already announced
by the bureau OF statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor.
amounts to over $200.O00,0O0 COM
pared with the preceding year.
OF this increase about $115,000, 900
is in imports from Europe, $33. .00O. 900
in imports from Asia, $25 ,000, 900 in
imports from North America. about
s20.000.000 in imports from South
America, nearly 100000 in imports
from Africa and about 100000 in i'm
ports from Oceania. The United King
dom, Germany. France. Brazil, Japan,
British India, Cuba. Italy. Egypt and
China are the chief beneficiaries from
foreign purchases by the people of the
United States.
The largest increase in imports from
one country is from the United King
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15
pepends on the DOGS.

Asa Goddard. of the American Auto
mobile association. was recounting In
Worcester some OF his touring adven-
lures.
One summer morning." he said.
"the approach of n great flock of sheep
obliged me to pull off the narrow coun-
try road. l halted my car. and watch
ed with interest the passage of the
sheep. the intelligent dogs and the
shepherd.
Il had short talk with the shep-
herd about his odd and difficult trade.
Look here / said. what do you do.
driving sheep like this on narroy.
road. when you meet another flock
coming In the opposite direction?'
"'Well. said the shepherd. 'ye just
drive straight on, both of ye. and the
one that has the best dogs gets the
most sheep"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

wars at the same time and all the
time against innocent humanity. If
all these casualties were every year
condensed into one day. or even into a
week, we would soon put stop to
them, but because they are diffused
in time and space we stupidity and
criminally allow them to go on.
The vast majority of these acci-
dents occur among the working
classes, and European statistics show
that among these classes 80 per cent
of all accidents cause the families of
the injured to be thrown upon public
charity. Soldiers suffer because they
are professional destroyers. but the
members of this great industrial army
are struck down every year in this
country because they are producers.
This is the price they have to pay for
the privilege of earning their bread
and serving civilization.
Crime and Vice.
with the growing industrial disor-
der is associated a startling recent In
crease in crime and vice. Suicides
have increased in the 19 years from
1885 to 1903 more than five times as
fast as the population. Murders and
homicides in the 20 years between
1885 and 1904 have increased more
than three times as fast as the popu-
lation. Even making allowance for the
greater fulness of recent records,
nearly 5000 suicides and 900 murders
occurring in 1904, and 10000 in 1906
is not good record. Their growth
has been almost steady. showing it is
not the resultant of accidental causes,
but of some sinister evil in the nation.
which is steadily working increasing
wrong.
"Of professional criminals, such as
burglars. footpads, gamblers and other
crooks. there are now known and es-
timated to be some 100000 in the
country. getting an average income
each of perhaps $1,000 a year. and
causing an additional national expense
for police protection, to say nothing of
extra expense for locks, safes, alarms,
etc. of s2.000.000 more. making a
total annual loss to the nation from
this source, more than counterbalanc-
ing the value of all our annual ex-
ports of manufactures, or nearly equal
to the annual running expenses of all
our churches. benevolent institutions,
public schools, institutions of higher
education and home missions of every
kind.
Political Grafters.
"Of unprofessional crime in busi-
ness and politics. in the form of
graft it is impossible to make an
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15
NAVY WITHOUT DENTISTS;
TEETH OF SAILORS BAD

of dentists to attend to the needs of
the enlisted men in the service and
the creation Of a corps of women
nurses. In his last report Gen. Rixey
showed. and also when he appeared
before the house and senate naval af-
fairs committees, that very large
percentage of the sickness In the navy
was directly attributable to the lack
of dentists aboard ship and at the
various naval stations. He said he
considered this one of the most impor-
tant matters upon which congress
could act. as the whole ability of the
sailors properly to perform their du-
ties was dependent upon their physi-
cal state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

n OIL. WILLIAM f. TUCKER of the
~ pay department of the army. hus-
band of the daughter of Mrs. John A.
Logan, who is now stationed at Chi
cago, will not be court-martialed on
the charges preferred against him by
his wife.
This is the opinion of army officers
who are familiar with the contents
OF the report which has been made
after a full and careful investigation
Of the charges. The inspector general
of the army has had several of his
best inspectors at work on the case
and testimony has been sought upon
the Pacific slope and in the Philip
pines
The report has been prepared and
forwarded to Secretary Taft, who is
at Murray Bay enjoying vacation.
1t is expected that Secretary Taft will
act upon the report before starting
for the Philippines.
Army officers who are in posi-
tion to know the substance of the re-
port say that the inspectors have
not found sufficient evidence to war
rant the department in ordering a
court-martial. Mrs. Tucker has the
civil courts open to her for redress
If she desires, and may sue for a
divorce without consulting the Off
cials of the war department, but Off
cials say the department goes slowly
in all matters affecting the private