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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05
TO GET EVEN WITH COMPANY.
Insurance Agent Had Peculiar Reason
for Importantly.

An insurance agent was trying to In
duce a hard man to deal with to take
out policy on his house. After lis
tening to him for an hour. while he
painted in vivid colors the extreme
danger of fire consuming the house,
the hard man to deal with said:
do you really think it likely that
my house will burn down within the
time that the policy will rum"
Certainly" replied the agent.
Have not been trying all this time
to convince you that do?"
Then, said the hard man to deal
with, why is your company so anxious
to bet me money that it win not"
The agent was silent and Thoughtful
for a moment; then he drew the other
apart into an unfrequented place. and
whispered in his ear:
my friend. I will impart to you
dark secret. Years ago the company
disgraced me before my sweetheart.
Under an assumed name have
wormed myself into its service for re-
venge, and, as there is heaven above
US, I will have its hearts blood. -
Pearson's Weekly.
Trouble with the Mullins.
Somehow the mullins didn't seem
to Mr.. Skcptikof to be quite right thai
morning, though he couldn't say him
self just where the trouble lay, and
when he and Mrs. Skoptkoff had gone
up from the boarding house dining
room to their own room he said TO
her:
my dear, what was the matter with
the mullins this morning?"
We'll" she said. they didn't put in
quite -four enough to hold them to
gether, and they were not quite done.
and they we're a little sour"
rs that all?" said Mr.. Skoptikon.
yes" said Mrs. skOpakofr. that's
ALL"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05

suDOrdinates have touched the differ
ent bills in the vaults. lie knows who
received them, who printed the seal.
who wrapped and cut them; for every
package is numbered and it's history is
recorded in an enormous book.
The combination Of checks Is so
complete that Mr. Sample would know
within 20 minutes if a single bill were
missing, but he has never had occa-
sion to test this knowledge except
twice within 15 years. Only two at
tempts have ever been made to steal
the money Of the government while it
is in this stage of its history.
On one occasion many years ago a
pressman passing a pile of notes upon
the table of his neighbor slipped the
top sheet under his blouse without
being observed and carried it with him
into the layatory, where he was sue
cessful in concealing It, The theft was
discovered within five minutes and II
was clearly apparent that he alone
could be guilty, although the evidence
was purely circumstantial. No one
saw him take the money Therefore
he was not arrested and was never
publicly charged with the crime. But
he was dismissed from the service
and he, knew the reason why. The bills
were never recovered. He probably
destroyed them. as they did not appear
in circulation
On another occasion eight or ten
years ago a colored messenger whose
business was to haul the money about
on a cart slipped loose sheet into his
pocket unobseryed while passing be-
tween the printing and the counting
rooms. This theft was also unseen.
but the responsibility was fastened
upon him. The pile Of notes was com
plete when it left the printer. for 1t
was counted and registered automati-
cally in the press. When it reached
the counting room one sheet was miss
Ing and the package had not been out
Of the possession Of the colored mes
senger in the meantime. Therefore he
alone was responsible. ami as he could
not offer any satisfactory explanation
he too was dismissed from the service.
but was not prosecuted because there
was no direct proof Of his guilt.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05


II there is one thing more than another
that has contributed to the result in Okla
homa it is too mroh Haskell Determined
10 xindicate himself ar the expense Of
the democratic party, he has exploited the
state and driven many voters out Of the
party and come dangerously near turning
the state over to the republicans. Last
week bis itinerary in a special car, with a
ereap Of admirers. was desperate at
sempt TO force the people 70 recognize him
~ the leader and yindicate himselfo Of the
serious charges that made it necessary
Tor him 70 resign the treasurcrship Of the
democratic campaign committee. It was
intended as sort Of triumphal tour on
.the eve Of election, after which he was to
pose as the star actor in bringing about
grels victory for democracy in Oklahoma
The effort fell fat and was like a wet
blanket on the party throughout the state
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05

The Chieftain has always contended.
and stiIl contends. that the best state
government cognes from evenly divided
political parties. Oklahoma has no brutal
democratic majority, It viii have to give
the people the very best kind Of govern
ment or the republicans win carry the
election the next time. sure. This Is not
At all depressing. The democratic party
win simply have TO make good. and that
means 70 give the people Of this great
new ssate decent government, The cry
sf Let the people rule" viii have wider
meaning.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05
WATCH OVER MONEY
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN DURING
ITS PRINTING.
Theft Of Currency Before Il Is Ready
for Distribution is Almost I'm
possible-only Two At
tempts Ever Made.

The paper money OF the government
is brought in iron-bound chests, locked
and sealed, from the bureau OF en-
craving and printing 10 the cash room
OF the treasury and there delivered
upon receipt to James A. Sample, chief
OF the division OF issue, In sheets Of
four bills each. They are complete
with signature and numbers. except
for the seal, which Is printed upon
them with power presses in a small
apartment under the cash room.
These presses are worked by two
people, usually a man pressman and a
woman feeder or assistant. When the
seal has been imprinted upon the bills
they are counted automatically, bound
in packages OF equal numbers by bands
OF paper, marked, signed by the per
sons who have handled them. and
passed into the adjoining room,
where the sheets are cut, the bills are
recounted and inspected, so that the
imperfect ones may be thrown out.
They are then bound into packages Of
equal amounts and taken TO the drying
vault, where they lie upon the shelves
for several weeks. until the ink has
become perfectly dry.
Every safeguard that ingenuity can
contrive Is placed around these trans
actions, and the chief Of division can
tell which Of his hundred or more
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05
PEN PICTURE OF STEVENSON.
Cousin of Novelist Has Given Us a
Pleasing Description.

l had heard much Of this cousin. Of
the life which Bob and he had led in
Edinburgh. where their revolt against
the overstrict conventionality of that
famous town had been Favored with
the zest Of forbidden fruit. | had also
heard that Louis was going in" for
literature, but this had not interested
me particularly, for in those days we
were all going in" for one thing or
the other, and so long as il was not
banking. commerce. politics OF other
unworthy or material pursuits. it mere
" seemed the normal and proper func-
tion Of life. / had heard enough, how
ever. aided By my hearty affection
for my friend Bob. to be keenly inter
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05
First Published October 2e, lsOS)
Notice of Publication.

STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
COUNTY or CRAIG.
In the District Court Of said County.
j. W. Craig. Plaintiff.
Clara D. Craig. Defendant
Said defendant. Clara D. Craig. will take
notice that she has been sued in the above
named Court upon petAon Of j. W. Craig
for an absolute divorce. and must answer
the petition filed therein by said plaintiff
on or before the 7th day of December. A.
D. 1908. or said petition will be taken as
true and judgment for said plaintiff for
divorce will be rendered and granted.
Attest: d. B. STuTsMAN.
Clerk Of Said Court.
ds-All By J. v. Roberts. Deputy
c. Caldwell. Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05
CLERKS ERROR CAUSES
CONFUSION. IN REPORT
BY Associated Press

TV EKH6UCIdICU IEa7
Washington. Nov. Son October 10th,
The Associated Press sent out dispatch
from this city TO the effect that in the
United States Supreme court ti@ Interna-
tional Text Book company was denied a
rehearine in its suit against Aaron 7.
Pige. Of Topeka. Kansas. Il now appears
that this was an error caused by mis-
take Of the Supreme Court Clerk.who con-
fused this case with another having like
number on the court calender. The case
of the international Text Book company
against Pigg has not yet been argued.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05
Oklahoma was again redeemed.

Roosevelt viii sail for Africa the thir-
eeenth Of next March-the ides Of March
Thus the last Of the continents win be
subdued
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1908-11-05

Second class one way colonist fares to
Alberta. Arizona. British Columbia. Cali
fornia: Idaho. Mexico, Montana, Nevada.
Oregon. Utah and Washington. Date of
sale from Sept. 1st 06 to Oct. 81, O8. in
elusive For further information see KATY
agent.
H. A. Farthine. Agt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
The situation.


 If William J. Bryan has earned the nomination at Denver, and It is quite apparent that he has. he has also earn= hence we say that 1t is a mistake on the part of the reactionaries to strive to make a conservative platform with a radical for dead of the ticket
 Divided against itself. the Demo- cracy has in front the Republican par ty, the most perfect political organiza- ton our country has produced, and that has emerged victor from ten of total of thirteen quadrennial campaigns since It's birth. Then, bearing down on one flank, is the Independence Par ty. The middle of -the-road Populists, under the lead of the ablest of all the Populists, Thomas E. Watson, of Geor- gia, Is skulking on the other flank. Seeking to harass and to damage the ticket named at Denver.
 The Democratic party has abandoned everything north of the Potomac and east of the Alleghenies, including West Virginia. 1t is depending on the cotton States and the middle West, including Kentucky and Tennessee south of the Ohio. It Is the strategy to conquer Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis consin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas by hoisting the banner of Rooseveltism.
 And that is why we would ask the reaetionaries-tne Gray and Johnson folk-to hold their peace at Denver Let the delegates who make the nomi- nation write the platform, for, after all, the head of any ticket Is the plat. form of the party.
 MT. Bryan is the leader-let him lead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
A REMARKARLE VISION
Of Remarkable Woman of a New Era fo.
 Mankind.

Of Remarkable Woman of New Era for Boston Special. '
 In a manner believed by Mrs. Julia ward Howe and her intimate friends to be su- been lifted before her eyes. Her own stae- ment as to what was revealed to her in her vision. imDressively by the venerable woman to a reporter at Oak Glen, Ports mouth. R. l.. is here given:
 One night recently experienced a sud- era which is to dawn % for mankind. si1 % and neM in which men and women are battling equal ly. unitedly for the uplifting and emaneipa- tion of the race from evil.
 T saw men and women of every cline working like bees to unwrap the evils of society and to discover the whole web of vic eand misery. and to apply the remedies and also to find the influences that should best counteract evil and its attending suffer iHgs:
 ever permeating light. the glory of which l cannot attempt to put into human words the light 10 the new born hope and sym was born of human endeavor. the immortal purpose of countless thousands of men and women who were equally doing their part in the worldwide battle with evil, and whose energies are bent to tear the mask from error, crime. superstition, greed and to dis cov4r and apply the remedy.
 T saw the man and the woman standing side by side, shoulder to shoulder, a com mon, lofty and indomitable purpose lighting every face with a glory not of this earth. All were advancing with one end in view, gain.
 T saw them advancing like a mighty army laden with the fruits of their research their study, their endeavor in this battle with the powers of darkness and ready to tear vice from the earth to strip away all selfishness of greed, of rapine.
 seemed to see them stoop down to their fellows and to lift them higher and higher. Men and women a vast host of whom none could number. working unitedIy, equally, with superhuman energy, all for the extirpation of the blackness of vice and for the veal of the race.
 And then I saw the victory.
 All of evil was gone from the earth. Misery was plotted out Mankind was eman- ctpated and ready to march forward in a new era of human understanding. all en- composing sympathy and ever present help The era of perfect love, of peace. passing understanding"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
NEWS OF UNION SPRINGS 1.
The People Observed Monday as fnde
 pendence Day.

The People Observed Monday as fnde- pendence Day. Union Springs, July e.--(Special)- )-- Today was observed here as Independ- ence Day and all of the stores are closed.
 A crowd of young people went to Chunnennuggee for a barbecue and to- morrow W. W. Rainer, ST., will give his annual barbecue at his plantation at Fitzpatrick.
 The annual singing at Macedonia on the Fourth was largely attended. w. A. c. May was elected Chairman and from until o'clock large class en- joyed singing the old sacred harp songs. This was the fortieth annual singing at this place.
 Delegates to the County Sunday School Convention which conwenes at Midway Tuesday and Wednesday are: MT. Cowart. Miss Mitt Wilson. pr. T. J. Dean. Miss Claude Edwards from the Baptist Church: Miss Daisy High tower, Mrs. D. l.. Crawford, L.. M. Moseley from the Methodist Church. Others who will attend are. MT. and Mrs. B. T. Hey, J. c. Lawrence. W. R. l.. Bell.
 The School Improvement Association has secured for the coming season a splendid lyceum course which promises to be interesting and attractive. It will Include Charles Lane. Booth Low ", Emma Dee Randle. the brilliant im- personator; Totten, the magician, a concert company and a Quaker male quartette.
 The Missionary Society of the Bap- tist Church will make the following report at the coming convention In Roanoke for the past nine months. For various causes. $413.75; s27 of which goes to the Training School for Girls in Louisville, Ky, s45.25 State missions. Orphans Home. $31.
 Mrs. 9J. W. Wright will leave to- morrow, for visit to St. simon's Is- land.
 Mrs. Matte Thomas, Mrs. W. c. Ellis. Mrs. Andrew Hixson are visiting in Newman. Ga.
 Misses Belle Anderson and Mary Boyd Williams, who have been for the past week the guests of Miss Eva Pierce. leave today for their home In Montgomery. accompanied by Miss Eva. who will be with them for two weeks.
 Rev. D. J. Blackwell of Eufaula preached in the Presbyterian Church here Friday evening and Saturday morning.
 J. L. Brown of Grenada. Miss, has located here,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07

politan Life Building. s57 feet high one might look down on the pyramid ot Cheops, or the domes of St. Peters pr St Paufs. with a sense of neighbor.. nooo, perhaps. but with no conscious ness of being crowded. The Eiffel Tower at Paris is the only structure n the world that would give one look-in at the upper windows of this new building: and the Eiffel Tower is not building at all but four sectionn of lattice bridge work placed on end ana boited together at q constantly reduced square and designed solely Tor curiosity purposes.
 BIT Henry Rawlinson estimates that tns me tower of Babel had a square base zIS Feet on each side. The Eiffei tow. CT stands on four foundation piers of masonry. each ss feet thick and ar ranged In quadrangle 336 feet souare. This Equitable building is to have for iss aso oase a down town block of about Sov oy 16o feet. With solid rock under that space of earth its thou. sand feet of populous life ought to pS sate enough; but we fancy that nttie earthquake would toggle some what the furniture in it's 62nd story.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
TUESDAY, JULY ', 1908.
A few days ago The Advertiser pul

A few days ago The Advertiser pub Iished q special from Decatur to the effect that President Charles Tender son and Associate ". D. Nesbitt of the state Railroad Commission found no complaints whatever filed by the people of Morgan County against the rail- roads, steamboats, express or telegraph companies when they visited Decatur ofacially to hear complaints as is re- Quired by law.
 They were in that place in accordance with the new law requiring them to go to every county site and ample notice had been given of their intended visit and the object thereof. A great deal of the outcry against Nrailroads and Transportation companies in the last few years was gotten up for political effect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
Among the Presidents.

Washington was the tallest of the Presidents and had the longest name. Taft, the steam roller, If elected, will held down a White House throne. When he orders a pair Of trousers he says extra stout" His girth measure Is 72 inches. Abe Lincoln's was 31. Roosevelts is 45. Mir. Cleveland was a big man in his physical prime, meas uring 5S inches in the waist. He lost 100 pounds in his recent illness. Taft Is the most active big man 1 ever saw. Dixon H. Lewis was much stouter, weighing nearly 800 pounds. the heav- fest man that ever sat in Congress-. He was chiefly distinguished for cutting out a pane of glass in the Senate cham Der with diamond ring, so as to hear one of Webster's speeches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
roo MUCH TALK AND INTERFER-
 ENCE.

MT. Bryan so far has uttered the only discordant notes. That is since the pilgrimages to the Lincoln mecca be- gan. If we are to have success there should be an end to factionalism and especially should the man who is to be the beneficiary of harmony among all factions set the example. He made the statement at his own home last Saturday that he broke the rule of his political life by taking sides with one faction in a State quarrel. This was in reference to the Pennsylvania dele gation to Denver, one faction and the one supporting him being among his auditors. He would have done better to stili remain quiescent in the face of faction, but 1t was a good chance to hit somebody who was opposed to his nomination and he could not let 1t pass He should have said "a plague on both your houses" and advised them to get together. Mir. Bryan seems 10 have forgotten that he has meddled in more than one State trouble. and Mir. Guffey, the National Committeeman from Pennsylvania. who was so bitter iy assaiIed by Mir. Bryan. was quick to remind him of--shall we call it-his lapse of memory. Now that Mir. Guffey has spoken. there is probability of bringing on more talk, as the current saying is. It is certainly an ugly cpl sode and bodes no good to . sit uation which is already too compiicat- ed for comfort or peace of mind- Every State ought to be allowed to set- tie its own squabbies and without any consideration of what effect it may have upon Mir. Bryan's or anybody's political fortunes. If that is not States Rights 1t Is at least seeming recognition of the doctrine which is mart of the substructure of the party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
The Pension Inlquity.

Richmond Dispatch.
 The Republican party. in it's platform of 1880, boasted that it had annually expend- ed s30. 1000, 900 for soldiers pensions. At the last session of Congress it appropriated $163, 000,00 for the same project. The Republicans of that by no means remote period were not modest men. but they would stand with abashed awe at the ac- complishment of their successors in office And the platform of 1908 specifically conn mends the recently enlarged appropriations for pensions and declares for liberal ad- ministration of all pension laws.
 No phase of Republican extravagance has been more fragrant than that which has marked its pension policy. Here have been an all-embracing law. lax adminis- tration, and a progressive promise of more The pension list has for a long time been almost as much used as means to strengthen the voting power of the party as It's benefieent purpose has been used to help disabled soldiers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-07
scholarshIp and Succeed.

Boston Herald.
 It will be interesting to note the results of the investigation which President El- Hot reports Prof. Lowell to have undertak- en for the purposes of showing the supe- rior prospects of success in after life by young men taking high rank as scholars in their collegiate course. If the purpose of the inquiry proves successful, 1t will dispose of a popular sheer against the practical benefits of high scholarship. If 1t falls, 1t will be nothing discredItable to the high scholars. It will rather serve to show that the poor and indifferent students frequent ly brace up after graduation and by dint of energy and perseverance in their chosen callings achieve as large measure of suc- cess as those who out-stripped them in their college days. It often happens so, not the graduates of other institutions of learn ing as we'll, such as West Point for in- stance.