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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
Seventy Known to Have Lost Lives in Most
Terrible Catastrophe in History of RGilrOading
dead so Horribly MangIed as to Render
Identification Impossible Denver & Rio
Gr0ndP0ssenger COllides with Freight

were completely demolished, the baggage
car was left standing on end, one day
coach was telescoped by chair car inn
mediately behind it and over twenty per-
sons in the coach and chair car we're
mangled almost beyond recognition The
injured were pinned under the wreckage,
Of the chair car and coach which turned
over on the sides and was shattered The
passengers Of the rear cars saved many
lives. All Of the sleeping cars remained
on the track and no one in them was in
jured
The train waswell filled with passengers
many Of whom were bound for Glcnwood
Springs. When the relief trains arrived.
physicians and nurses ministered the best
they could to the dead and dying,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
JONES FRIENDS SURPRISED
by VOTE AGAINST BILL

Guthrie, okla, Jan l6-A mild sensa-
ton was sprung in the house Thursday
when Representative, Jones. who has In
fIicted his leadership on the republican
side, spoke against the concurrent resolu-
tion memorializing congress- 70 reimburse
the Indians Of the five civilized tribes FOR
the lands and money they were forced to
divide with their ex-slaves and descen-
dents
As there are several thousand Indians
on the east side who are republicans, the
conduct Of the minority leader was sur
prise 70 his colleagues.
Every Democrat in the house voted for
the resolution, which has previously pass
cd the senate.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
PROPOSE MONUMENT
TO PAYNE AND COUCH

Guthrie, Ok, Jan l6-A bill for mon
ument to perpetuate the memory Of Cap
tain David L, Payne and William L.Couch
whose efforts were largely responsible for
the opening Of Oklahoma TO settlement
was offered in the house yesterday by
Representative Ashby The monument
is 70 cost 10000 The design and the
Inscription will be chosen by commiss-
ion composed Of the governor and two
persons aamed BY him
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
EXPECT LEGISLATION
ON STATE DIPENSERIES

Guthrie, okla. Jan i5-That there will
be some sort of legislation on the subject
Of state dispensary is assured by the re-
cent decision Of the supreme court, affirm
ing the district court who declares the
agency system was not correctly submit
ted at the late election and is therefore
not annuled. Until such legislation is
enacted Il is understood that there will
be no effort made to open the agencies ia
the various towns that closed by the proc
iamation Of Governor Haskell when the
certificate Of election results on the ques-
ton were submitted
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
DISASTROUS FIRE
RACES IN SAPULPA
Loss from Early Morning Blaze is
Estimated at $75, 1000 Two
Overcome by Smoke
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Sapulpa, Okla, Jan. i6-Fire, early to-
day. destroyed tbs buildings occupied by
the Gillieland Mercantile company j.. R.
Sutton Dry Goods company anda rooming
house, containing forty roomers, all Of
whom escaped. with the exception Of one
man, who was overcome BY smoke. This
man and Fire Chief Stage, who also was
overcome, were carried out by the firemen
and soon revived. The total loss is esti-
mated at seventy-live thousand dollars
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
PITTSBuRG BANKERS GET
FIVE YEAR SENTENCES

BY Associated Press
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. l6-In the United
States district court today, William G,
Mckee, and John N Mckee his brother,
and William and Charles f Mullen and
+, II. Sherman were sentenced to five
years each in the penitentiary. in connec-
ton with irregular banking methods
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
ORGANIZED LABOR WAS
FIRST TO BE RECOGNIZED

Guthrie, OKLA jan l6-The first per-
mits granted BY the legislature 70 re-
presentatives Of any particular organiza-
tion 70 lobby before committees. were the
unanimous vote extended 10 several rep
resentauves Of organized LABOR divisions
The anti-lobby laws are being closely en-
forced AS yet few lobbyists have appear
ed in Guthrie
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
Notes Of The Legislature

Guthrie, okla. Jan. l6-- Every republi-
can member Of the lower house voted
against the addition Of a committee on
criminal jurisprudence. Every democrat
voted in favor Of it. when the resolution
came up Thursday afternoon
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

Ell Reno expects TO entertain the lesis-
lature and state officials and employees
Saturday night of next week. A special
train WIN take the visitors over after the
days session is concluded. A ball and
banquet is planned Thursday a COM
mttee from FL Reno was here perfecting
arrangements. Both Lieutenant Governor
BeIIamy and Speaker Wilson are from
Canadian county,, Of which Ell Reno is the
county seat.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
.TOMPKINS GRANTS APPEAL
OF HARRY THAWS MOTHER
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
Nyack, N. X Jan. l6-Harry X. Thaw
win be given a trial in New York City to
determine his mental condition, and an
order to that effect was issued today BY
Justice A. S Tompkins to whom an ap-
peal. asking the trial was made by Mrs.
William Thaw. The trial will be before a
judge or court not by jury.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

Senator Stafford has introduced a bill
to provide the manner in which, and the
terms upon which. the mineral lands
granted Oklahoma by congress for educa-
tional purposes. shall be disposed Of He
would have the lands appraised by a
commission of three disinterested parties
and sold by direction Of the school land
commission.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

Glenwood Springs Colo, Jan. l5-one
Of the worst wrecks in the history Of Colo
RADIO took place last night at Dotsero
twenty miles east Of Glenwood Springs
when the Denver & Rio Grande passenger
train west bound, rushing through dark
ness at the rate Of thirty miles per hour,
crashed into an east bound double header
freight train. Both trains were wrecked.
causing a loss Of life vari5usly estimated
at from twenty five to fifty Many Of the
passengers and members Of the crew
were injured. Some of the injured are
horribly mangled and win die
The passenger train was flying down
grade when the trains met. Both engines
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

b. Associated Press
Nessinal Jan. i6- American sailors TO-
day found the bodies American Consul
Arthur S. Cheney and wife ia the niins Of
the consulate.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
Cy Associated Press

Cy Associated Press
GlenuOOd Springs, Colo, Jan. rs
Seventy-One are dead and fifty injured,
GtIeast thirty of phom wilI probably
die.
That is the record Of a collision Of a
Denver & Rio Grande passenger west
bound and an east bound freight near
Dotsero To add to the horror Of the
wreck the second relief train on lis way
to GIenwood Springs, loaded with the in-
iured was tiedup by derailment Of some
freight cars.
The wreck is one Of the worst in the
history Of railroading In chair car in
which there were sixty nine passengers
are said to have been killed
The one human being to escape was a six
year-old girl Who was found under the
dead body Of her mother, and who was
too near dead even to remember ernane
The dead ii many instances were 50 hor-
nbly mangled that Identification was
very difficult
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16
.ABDICATES IN FAVOR
OF SON, PRINCE MIRKO

BY Associated Press
Paris, France. Jan. 16-A dispatch from
Vienna says; Il is rumored that Prince
Nicholas Of Montenegro. has abdicated
in favor Of his son, Prince Mirko
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

House employees do not receive the high
salaries that were allowed under the
territorial rule.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

The new members are to be added 10
the public buildings committee in the
house. There was applause in the Senate
when President Graham signed the house
bill No. l. an act to correct tax abuses
and extend time for payments
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

Lights burn in Convention hall every
night until early in the morning. Commit
tees work is being pushed and many Of
the most important hearings are held at
night
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

Representative Durant, Of Durant, has
won his spurs as the house humorist. His
resolution declaring the water wagon" a
common carrier. is admitted to be one Of
the cleverest burlesques ever read in an
Oklahoma legislative body
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-01-16

Representative Jones' the minority
spokesman. makes more speeches every
day than all other republican members
combined.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
SCHLEY MAINTAINS
 HIS FAITH IN COOK
Hero of Santiago Publicly Calls on Peary to Submit His Proof to Danish Savants Fairness of
 Danes.

Washington, Dec. 22. - Re- affirming his complete confidence in Dr. Cook, Rear Admiral w. s. Schley. retired, today publicly called upon Commander Peary 10 submit his proofs that he reached the north pole to some scientific body other than the National Geographical Society. This, the admiral declares, should be done at once in the interest of justice and to establish beyond question the claims of Peary.
 The admiral believes that the same body which threw out and repudiated Cooks data should be permitted to pass upon the data submitted by Peary to the Geo. graphical Society.
 1.-The Danes are the best post ed body of men in the world on Arctic matters" he said. .'The consistory of the University of Copenhagen should be given the opportunity to examine the Perry proofs, for iu that way they would be submitted 10 the same test that was applied to those of Dr. Cook. The cousistorv which was regarded by the civilized world as more than friendly to Or. Cook showed by it's action in turning him down that it holds the scales of justice as # sees them, evenly aud honestly"
 Moreover, Admiral Schley be- lieyes that the submission of the proofs to Copenhagen should be insisted upon by Peary, despite whatever the National Geograph ic Society's attitude may be. I, was uggested to the officer tha, the society some time ago official ly declared its intention to lei scientific bodies of reputable standing examine and test th. Peary proofs when they had beer passed upon by the society.
 Admiral Schley reaffirmed hi, Iclief in Cook, adding that h, believed also that Peary. too, bat gained the top of the earth.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
HUNTER FATALLY SHOT
John Dill, While Seeking to Secure Game for Christmas, Receives
 Charge From Friends Gun.

Mammoth Spring, Dec. 25- While hunting game with which to supply his Christmas table, John Dill, a prominent young farmer of Agnos, this county, was accidentally shot and almost in- stsntly killed yesterday by Newt Owens, his hunting companion. Dill and Owens were running side by side when Owens tripped aud fell, his double barrel shotgun be- ing discharged in the fall. Dill was directly in the line of fire and received the entire charge iu his body.
 My God, Newt, you have kill ed me-" he cried as he fell to the ground, mortally wounded. Owen rushed frantically to neig h bor- ing house for assistance, but when he returned his friend had expired. The tragedy has thrown both households into the deep est gloom. The verdict of the cor. oner's jury exonerates Owen.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

The old fashioned way of dosing a weak stomach, or stimulating the Heart or Kidneys is all wrong. Dr. Shoop first pointed out this error. This is why his prescription Dr. Shoop's Restorative -is directed en- tirely to the cause of these ailments the weak inside or controlling nerves. It isn't so difficult, says Dr. Sroop, to strengthen weak Stomach, Heart or Kidneys, if one goes at it correctly. Each inside organ has iss controlling or inside nerve. When these nerves fail, then those organs must surely falter. These vital trutks are leading druggists everywhere to dispense and recommend Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Test it a few days, and see! Improve ment will promptly and surely follow. Sold by Davis Drug Co.,, The Old Reliable.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Ratledge Green.

At about 2 o'clock Thursday af- ternoon, at the home of Mir. and Mrs. K. K. St. John and in the presence of few friends of the family, Miss Blanche M. Green was united in marriage to Dr. T. F.s Ratledge of Guthrie Ok. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. A. Park, Miss Ano ra Hoge softly playing a wedding march while the words were spoken. After the ceremony and congratulations a luncheon was served.
 The bride IS the youngest daug hter of MT. and Mrs. E. M. Green, now of Clio, Cal, and q sister of Mrs. K. K. St. Johu. She practically grew from child hood to womanhood Tn Mena and has for the past six months made her home with Mrs. St. John and has many warm friends here who have learned to love her for her womanly qualities.
 Dr. Ratledge is practicing his profession in Guthrie and is a young man of fine character. The couple left Thursday after noon for Memphis and Nashville to visit relatives of the groom.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
DELAY IN ROAD WORK
The Building of the Bethesda Springs Camp Wilder Connection Is Being
 Carried on Under Difficulties.

Guy Brewer of the Arkansas National Forest, who is in direct supervision of the construction of the new road that connects Be- thesda Springs and Camp Wilder, was in Mena Thursday. He states that the work IS being much hampered by the snow and cold, but that good sized force is at work every day wheu the weather permits. The entire north side of the mountain that is to be crossed has been under show continuously since work be- gan. Much of the road is being blasted out of almost solid rock.
 Great credit is due to the ;n dustrious farmers ia the neigh borhood, who are giving their labor free. When the work Is little fnrther along, the money subscribed by Mena citizens will be paid to these workers.
 Mir. Brewer is giving up his va- cation for tbis year in order to push the work, which he expects now to finish by January 10.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

Coughs that are tight or tickling, get quick and certain help from Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. On this account druggists everywhere are favoring Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. The tender leaves of a harmless lung healing mountainous shrub give to Dr. Shoop's Cough Remedy its cura- tive properties. Those leaves have the power to calm the most distressing cough, and to soothe and heal the most sensitive bronchial membrane. Mothers should, for safety's sake, al- ways demand Dr. Shoop's. It can with perfect freedom be given to even the youngest babes. Test it once yourself, and seel Sold by Davis Drug Co.,, The Old Reliable.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

their instructor, and can answe
 his questions, when they are con | fused in the same questions sub
 mitted by stranger.
 Again, there is powerful iu centive to master any subjecl
 about which 1t is certain tha
 that one will be questioned, ans must have something to say
 The larger proportion of ths studying that is done, whether by the young at school. or bJ men in professional life, is prompted by this incentive. The expectation of speaking on thesub' ject generally relates to de6uits tune, as with the lawyer in pre- pairing his briefs for the court room or the clergyman in writing his Isermons. So with the stu. dent at the school. He feels thai at his recitation he will be calico upon to say something on the subject be is studying, and this spurs him to diligence to learn as much as possible about it. Nor is it true that such knowledge passes out of the mind more quickly than that acquired with out this incentive. Still, if the student feels that the acquirement is merely for that occasion, and does not view it as adding to the general store of information tha will be wanted for all occasions, it will undoubtedly prove of less value to him, and be sooner for gotten.
 The more we study and con slider the subject of examinations, the more do we discover that its roots run down to the basis of educational science itself, and it is by no means light question we are asking when we say: What is the tendency and value of examinations, and what, in a philosophical system of education, IS their province?"
 A Certain work is given the children to do in certain time. and as a means of knowing how we'll it is done, some one or a committee should furnish uniform questions to the several teachers of the county and these in turn should submit them under cer- tain regulations to the pupils and the results should be recorded and published in some way, or as suggested in another article.
 School examinations should show the systematic arrangement of the regular work of the pupils, or certain proportions of 1t at stated times. As 1t is i'm possible to show all the work in a city, it cannot be the best plan to at tempt to do this in the country. Acting upon the conviction that the patron should know the stand ing of his children, that the pu- pil should know his absolute as we'll as his relative standing. We briefly outline the plan of ex- aminations which seems most practicable to us.
 Gro be continued)
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
NEW IDEAS IN AEROPLANE.
Of but One Sixth Usual Size New
 Ideas in Construction.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 23.-W. K. Clark, an inventor, living in Spokane, has completed a model of flying machine, one sixth of tue normal size, containing 95z cubic feet of plane surface, with which he will attempt flight early next month. He believes he has solved the problem of successful aerial navigation by creating friction on the element against which he he is conteuding. Four propellers are used on the sides and the rear of the machine with two wheels, giving the same ac- tion as the gyroscope. The speed of the side propellers is 1000 rev o lutions minute, while the gy- roscope wheels are geared to 2,000 revolutions a minute.
 There is also a dome to hold the air under pressure and give the ship the steadiness maintain ed by descending parachute. The completed machine will be A feet from tip to tip and 62 feet from Iilot to rudder, and motive power being two 40.horse power gasoline engines.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30

Ask your friend, your preacher. your druggist for hls opinion of Swamp Chill and Fever Cure; ask anyone who knows or who has ever used Swamp Chill Cure, and you will find they one and all will say Swamp Chill Cure IS as nec- essary as food; to those who dwell in any section of the country where chills and fever prevail Prove it for yourself. 1t is guar anteed absolutely to cure.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
AN ARKANSAS BOY
 WON HIGH HONORS
Elmer Halter, One of Four to Secure Prize in Corn Club Contest Under Department of Agriculture
 Wonderful Production shown.

Washington, D. C.-There was m interesting occasion in the off | ice of the Secretary of Agricul- ture December IA, 1909, at 9:30 o'clock. Secretary Wilson pre-
 sented diplomas 10 Bascom Usher South Curolina, Dewitt Lundy of
 Mississippi, Elmer Halter of Ar kansas and Ralph Ballwood of Virginia.
 These boys were among the l2,500 in the Boys Demonstra- ton Work in the South who planted one acre of corn apiece and worked it under instructions from the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Dr. s. A.. Knapp, who has charge of the Farm Demonstration Work, of- tered trip to Washing ton to the boy in Mississippi who should get the best results. The State Bankers Association in Arkansas offered similar prize in that state. Citizens of South Carolina and Virginia duplicated the offer there.
 The above named boys, all un- der eighteen years of age, visited the Department of Agriculture and other interesting sights of the caprtol, and were received by the president.
 Thousands of dollars worth of prizes have been offered this year to these boys clubs in the South by merchants, boards of trade aud public spirited citizens gen. orally, under regulations fur nished by the United States De- partment of Agriculture.
 These regulations do not encour- age freak yields, but are drawn to encourage profitable farming. The basis of awards rests on showing of profits, written rec ords, exhibits of ears and stalks. and yield per acre. The greatest yield does not get the prize in everyscase. Stillthere were some fine yields this year. The prize winner from South Carolina made 152H bushels per acre; a boy in Mississippi made l47 bushels; boy in North Caroliua made l35 bushels, and the Virginia winner, l22 bushels. More than fifty boys made over 1C0 bushels per acre. In several counties no boy fell below 50 bushels per acre, and the club average was about 60.
 Arrangements are being made in all of the Southern states to send the prize winners to Wash ington next year.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-30
Examinations.

EA0utiuAtiuuss
 That there are objections t
 regular examinations there cat be no question; that these objec
 tions are valid in many cases there can be no denial; but tha' examinations are of no value cannot be clearly shown.
 Everything in business life i: estimated by some test; this tes' may not be termed an examlia' tion, but it is nothing more or less than such, no matter wheth- CT it is so termed or not. It ha: been said that the teacher know; the exact standing of every pupil under his charge, that he is capa- ble of judging as to the promo ton ot the pupil, that examina- tions are useless for these and other reasons. This is true to a certain extent, only, especially in the city, or graded school; bow is 1t in the rural school? In the city or graded school the teacher has the test of the cou SC of study as interpreted by the superintend- ent of the school system and by the principal of the high school, fu the rura. schools we have no such test. But with this test does the superintendent risk the promotion of the pupil to the high school without some fixed standard to be applied to all the grades? If the pupil is not sub jected to some periodical test in the shape of an examination, does it not follow that he is free from 1t in his daily recitations, or in his Friday Reviews. That test which is applied all along the line from the day that he enters school unti, it's close is the best; but is such a test uniform? No one will claim for an instant that the test of one teacher will be that of another; there must, then, be as many degrees in the test from the teachers of county as there are teachers, since, if left alsne, they will make or unmake a course of study. Iu other words, the tests for promotions given by one teacher is very diff ferent from that given by anoth CT.
 Why, then, should we have these tests? First to help the pupils.
 A carefully prepared list of test questions will frequently bring up practical subjects which have perhaps been neglected or overlooked. Scholars go from their written test exercises in their books with greater interest than ever before, and those ques- tions not answered in the exami nations are afterwards made fa- miliar by careful review and in- yestigation. There is one sd- vantage, also, in having ques- tious submitted by some one else besides the teacher. Scholars grow familiar with the style of