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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
Statement BACKED
BY NAVAL ACTION
Cruiser And eunboat Ordered to Pro-
ceed TO West Coast Of Nicaragua
Marines En- Route.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 2- Backing
up the declaration made by Secretary
of State Knox yesterday, regarding
the Nicaraguan situation the seere.
tary of the navy today, sent urgent
orders to the commanders Of the cru
iser Albany, and the gunboat York
town, now at Magdalena bay in CALI
fornia to proceed forthwith to Cayinto
on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. near
Managna
philadelphia Pa Dec O. Seven
hundred marines, equipped for any
eventuality, viii leave the Philadelphia
navy yard this afternoon on the trans.
port Prairie for the Panama canal
zone, or possibly Nicaragua.
Washington d c., Dec. 2. Rear
Admiral William w Kimball left
Washington today, for Philadelphia to
take passage on the transport, Prairie
to Panama, it is believed he win take
command OF the naval forces operating
against Nicaragua.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
ARSENIC FOUND
IN EXHUNED BODY
Nebraska Woman, Arrested on Biaamy
Charge, is Now Suspected
of Murder.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
st. Louis, Mo, Dec. 2-The report
to the coroner, today, by DR.. William
Warren, Of Washington university
showed the presence Of arsenic in the
vital organs of William J Erder
whose body was exhumed November
20.
Based upon this report, an informa
ton charging murder has been issued
against Mrs L. 3. Doxey, of colum
bus. Neb. Mrs. Doxey is held in Co
lumbus on a warrant charging bigamy
II being alleged that she married Er
der, in Clayton Mo, last April, when
she was already married TO Doxey
Erder died suddenly in July. He was
insured for thirty-two hundred dollars
Mrs. Doxey denies that she is the wo
man who married Erder
Jefferson City Mo, Dec. 2.-Gover
nor Hadley, today, issued a requisi
ton on Governor shallenberger OF
Nebraska, for Dora Elizabeth Fuller
Doxey. wanted in ST. Louis for alleged
bigamy An officer left here for Ne
braska Immediately.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
ELKS MEMORIAL DAY TO
Be OBSERVED SUNDAY

Next Sunday Is Elks memorial day,
and $4,000 members of the Beneyol-
ent. and Protective Order OF Elks, will
observe this day The Elks are
scattered over the entire United States
but wherever there is lodge, mem.
orial services will be held and a fit
ing tribute paid to those Elks that
have passed to the fields beyond.
vinlta Lodge number 1852 will hold
its service Sunday evening at the
Episcopal church. Rev J. J. II.
Reedy will deliver the principal mem
orial address. This lodge has only
been in existence since May 2S, last,
and has had no deaths IN the order,
however. the service viii be dedicated
to the departed members Of the other
lodges
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
Topeka CLUB REFUSES
TO ENTERTAIN Stubs
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Topeka. Kans., Dec 1.-The Topeka
Club. a fashionable social organiza.
tion today. by vote Of the directors.
refused to permit Governor stubbs 70
be entertained at the club The oc-
casion is the banquet to Chief Justice
Johnston. to be given Thursday night.
by Del Valentine, clerk of the supreme
court.
Stubs was formerly a member of
the club, but withdrew because the
club would not abolish the locker sys.
tenn for keeping liquor at the club
house.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
EXCISE TAX COLLECTIONS
WILL Be $4,000. 900
By Associated Press

Washington d c. Dec lit IS
estimated that there Will have been
collected from the special corporation
excise tax by July 1910. $l5,0Q0o0o,
and with an additional Si0000,0Q0 col
leeiible for the calendar year from
January 1908 % December 81, 1909
to be collected subsequent 70 July /,
1910. making an estimate for the total
amount OF collections for the fiscal
year 1910. S2500o.a0o Ths above
figures are contained IN the annual
report Of the commissioner oi internal
revenue, Cabell made public t9day
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
COMPANY REFUSES
TO ACCEPT BONDS
Commercial Club viii Discuss condl
tions at City Schools IN Regard
to Fires.

The condition existing Of the city
schools in regard 70 fire escapes, was
discussed at the meeting Of the Com
meroial club Thursday night and It is
hoped that immediate relief from the
dangerous conditions win be obtained
a member Of the school board stat.
ed this morning that the Gre escapes
had been ordered three months ago.
An order for escapes IS not what the
children in the upper stories Of that
fire trap would need ia ease OF a fire.
If the company from whom the ea-
capes were ordered aid not put them
in, an order should have been placed
with someone that would build the es.
capes at once. Il is not enough that
the order be placed and then nothins
done.
Ii has also developed that the school
board has received notification chad
the bonds voted for the erection Of 4
high school and ward school building
Ia this city, have been rejected by thd
bond company TO whom they wefd
supposed to have been sold The eaI
son for the rejection has not been as|
signed
This viii mean that the bonds WI
have 10 be re-adyertised and sold else|
where, probably at q lower price Thd
price to have been paid was sl05 and
this was considered an excellent saleI
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
YOAKUM RESIGNS
FROM DIRECTORATE
Conference Of Directors Of FrIscs a.
Rock Island Was Called FOR
To-Day
q AsgoeIated 90.

Bg Associated Press
New York, Dee. i-R e Yoakun|
chairman Of the executive committe
OF the Chicago. Roek Island s paeia
Railway company and his associates
todsy. resigned from tho direetoral|
OF the Rock Island company
A conference Of Tho directors Of I'll
Rock lslaud and the 81 Louis & sal
FTanciseo system has been called II
today after which j. Is believed
formal statement will be issued slylal
the terms and other details o. the "
posed separats win b. for es'e
San frapcor az Japan and
a deiin''esensed TO king
this afterriiiiam ana mem
and their miles il Europe
ne Friss 81 France
president
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
KING ACCEPTS INVITATION
TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT
BY Associated Press.

London Eng. Dec. ?. Premiet
Asquith announced In the House oi
Commons today, that the government
had advised King Edward 10 dissolve
parliament aud the king had accepted
the invitation AsGaith added that II
the liberals we're returned TO power,
the first act Of The government would
Be the reinactment Of an taxes for
which provision was made ia the bud
get. rejected by the House Of Lords.
The House Of Commons, today, pass.
ed, Overwhelmingly, the resolution. Of
Asquith to the effect that IN rejecting
the governments budget bill the
House Of Lords had committed a
breach Of the constitution aud usurped
the rights Of the House Of Commons.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
EIGHT MEN ENToMBEo IN
TENNESSEE COPPER NINE,
v Aaa0cIated -.

y NHHVIIWIFU IIEHsf
Knoxville. Tenn. Nov 30 = Eight
men We're imprisoned. by a oayeini
and fire today. IN one Of the copper
m'nes Of the Tennessee Copper com.
pany. at Copper Hill -Four oxygen
helmets. two tanks Of oxygen and
other mine rescue appliances have
been sent from here by special train.
The fre is under control and the en-.
tombed men are thought to be alive.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
STAY OF EXECUTION
GRANTED LABOR LEADERS
By Associated Press.

Hy Associated Press.
Washington, D. G., Nov 30 The
court of appeals Of the District Of Co
mmbia today. granted the petition Of
the labor leaders, Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, for
a stay Of execution of the mandate Of
the court. sending them to jail for
contempt, in the Bucks Stove aud
Range case. The mandate Is stayed
indefinitely. pending a decision on the
defendants appeal 20 the supreme
court Of the United States
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
5000 MILL EMPLOYEES
THROWN OUT OF WORK
By Associated 20.

by Associated Press.
St Paul D. c, Dec. with the
closing of all the great -four mills in
the Twin Cities, five thousand mill
employees were thrown out of work
today, as a direct result of the strike
of the switchmen Of the northwest
railroads. The railroads are making
an effort to handle freight today bat
very little is being cared for
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
ROCK ISLAND MEN TO
CONTROL LEHIGH VALLEY
By Associated Press

By Associated Press.
New York Dec 3 II was announc.
ed today, at the offices OF the Lehlgh
Valley railroad, that William II.
Moore. Daniel G. Reid and 10 Moore,
of the Rock Island company would be
placed on the ticket for election to
the board of directors of the Lehigh
Valley company. next January It Is
understood that w III Moore and
Reid will become members Of the exc
eutive committee OF the Lehigh Val
ley
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
HOUSE OF LORDS ACTION
A BREACH or CONSTITUTION
by Associated Press.

by Associated Press
London. Eng, Dee. I. = Premier
Asquth has announced in the House
Of Commons that, tomorrow he would
introduce resolution to the effect
that the action Of the House Of Lords
IN refusing to pass into a law the fin
aneial provisions. made by the lower
house. was a breach Of the constitu
iioa and a usurpation Of rights Of the
House of Commons
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
WRIGHT IS SELECTED
TO SUCCEED LURTON
BY Associated Press.


Chicago. m. Nov. 29.-A Washing
ton spcial to the Record Herald says
General Luke p. Wright democrat
who was Rooseyelt's secretary Of war
has been selected by President Taft
to be United States Judge of the cir
cult court of the sixth district, to
succeed Judge Lnrtom. who was chos.
en- to I'll the vacancy in the United
States supreme court. caused by the
death OF Justice Peekham. These
nominations, the special says will not
be announced until after congress
meets.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
WANT MISSOURI RECORDS
TO USE AGAINST PIERCI
By Assoelatell Press

Jefferson City Mo- Nov 30 0-Al
torney General Majors. today reeeiY
ed a telegram from Attorney Genera
Davidson, Of Texas asking him &
send 70 Austin. a certified copy OF lhl
report Of the special examiner anl
the records Of the Missouri eael
against The Standard on eompany
The Texas official stated that the doeu
ments We're wanted for use in the lfia
Of II Clay Pierce, on the charges d
false swearing
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
GRAINMEN SUFFER HEAVY
LOSS IN RORTHWI
BY Associated press.

ST Paul, Minns Dec. l-Both th.
railroads and The striking switchmel
Of the northwest claim to have IN
situation well in hand today Hov
ever. the railroads are attempting i
move only passenger traffic. u D1
luth, the train men have been heayil
bit BY the strike aud the Duluth mar
ket is IN confusion. Every man. en-
gagged IN handling grain, faces q heaYl
loss through being forced 10 breal
contracts.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
PHYSICIAN INJURED
BY OWN MOTOR CAR
associated Press

~ Associated Press
Tulsa Okla, pec 2 Dr 3 w.
Russell, while speeding 70 attend q
patient. early today, was thrown IN.
der bis motor car and probably fatally
injured
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
Of WAR MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT TO Taft

Complete and Comprehensive Re-
organization of the Army--NOre Officers and
Closer Cooperation With Militia in Various
StGtes--- Young and Active Officer of
Regular Army Should Be Stationed
at Militia Headquarters.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
a6Yean

e Years
henry starr
ado. who olMaa.f
robbed 3 bank 81
senteueg0 yesterday
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
The Steady Man.

Wed like to write a little rhyme about tue steady man, who keeps on begging all thc time and does the best he can; the man who early goes to work and doesn't get home late, who never tries to shrk in order 10 be great There are some fellows who will try to do their business tricks and have a finger in the pie of city politics. They try to put on lots of style and play a heavy role and in a little bit O while you find them in a hole. like the man of steady pace; his system ! admire. He has no wild desire 10 place more irons in the ire!- Los Angeles Express.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
APPLES ARE
 VERY H.G4

Choice eating apples are nCw sell ing in skagway at $& and $&.50 a box. The reason is that buyers from Germany and England have been through the Yakima, WenaJchce and Hood River districts offering as high as S210 a box for apples on the trees The competition is keen and it is bard for the local dealers to get ap- pies a, any price One local grocer recently ordered fifty boxes of ap. pies and only received ten. After Christmas apples will probably be cheaper and more plentiful.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08

WANTED-At once, reliable repre- sentatiyes in this vicinity to look after renewals and new subscriptions, pat os whole time, for the fastest growing magazine in AmGica. Liberal salary ,ud cGmmiss oas. Live men and wo- men make $35 to $15O d month. Ap- pointmeuts now being made. Write immediately to Director of Circulation HAATPTONS MAGAZINE, GG West 35th. st. New York City. Ct.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
TOWN TALK
The Jefferson is expected in port

The Jefferson is expected in port tomorrow.
 The Humboldt will leave Seattle tonight and is due in skagway Friday night
 Fresh Oysters served in any style at the Pack Train Restaurant, soc. tl
 Miss Mary G. Hiudshaw of Sitko arrived in Skagway on the Georgia and will start a musical institute in this town, probably at the Pulleu house annex Miss Hindshaw is an accomplished musician, having studi. ] abroad for a number of years and comes to Skagway at the request Of a number of local people and with the best of recommendations
 Oysters on the half shell, 5oc at the Pack Train Restaurant tG.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
$toO REWARD, stOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least che dreaded disease that science ha been able to cure in all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls CatarTh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re Quires a constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the Datien strength by building up the constitu- ton and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors offer One Hu cred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials Address: F. J. CHENEY & Co.,,
 Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for con. stipatiOn.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
F.WE SKATING
 0N THE LAKE

There is now fino skating on Lake Dewey. Andrew Rappuzzi and Char ley Broadway went to Lake Dewey this afternoon and report that there is three inches of fine glare ice over the entire lake and the ice is free of snow.
 The trail to Lake Dewey is in good condition and free of ice.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
B0H-ERS

The following are the 200 scores made during the week ending last Saturday on the Elks alleys:
 William Seymour .. .. 2O2 2O7 2iS Alex Blanchard .. .. POI POP 2l1 PIP George Blanchard .. |. .. 215 PIG Will Blanchard ... 60. . " ., 2O9 William Hawkes. Q. 0. .. Q. 2OS
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
ovc

Love must be cultivated and can be Increased by judicious culture, as wild fruits may double their bearing under the hand of a gardener, and love can dwindle and die out Of neglect, as choice flower seeds planted in poor soil dwindle and grow siugIe.-Harriet Beecher Stowe
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
GEORGIA MET
 BAD WEATHER

The Georgia arrived in port at 2 o'clock this morning with four pas geugors and left for Juneau at s o. clock this morning with three pas aaugars. The Georgia was delayed ay the heavy wind and Capt. Thorn aau said that terrific seas were run ming off ChiIkooJ inlet.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
BALL PLAYER
 MEETS TBFT
Csy United PrsssI

AUGUSTA, Ga. Nov. Sly Cobb the celebrated outhelder of the Cleve. land club. was introduced to Presiden Taft today. The President greeted the ball player cordially and compN' mented him upon his ball playing,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08

Go to the Pack Train restaurant for your Sunday French Dinner. The very best of everything the market affords. Ice cream served free with orr spndav dinner s. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
THE 5TH AVE. HOTEL.

will furnish rates on application for Rooms with or without Table Board during the winter.
 To be comfortable you MUST stop a the 5th Ave, the best heated ho- tel in Alaska. A special price will be made fo~ rooms and suites with bath. See Runner.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
FULL QUART MEASURE

old Famous Cedar Brook Bourbon Bottled in Bond, well Aged in wood, from the Renowned McBrayer Dis. hlIery. Full Quart $l.5O, at the Pack Train. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
BUCKS
 SNOW DRIFTS

Snow storms Saturday night and Sunday packed drifts five feet deep on the railroad track between Glacier and Fraser and this morning it was necessary to send the big rotary out to clear a way for No. 1.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
LOOK oUTl

Beginning 10th inst. shall have some A.-Y.-P. special at the Pack Train. Finest in the Land. Yours as ever. Herman Grimm. i'
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
VICIOUS BULL
 CORES FARMER

DELAWARE, O.-George Coulkins, fifty-five years old, was fatally gored ry a bull today while he was attempt ing to drive the animal from the pasture into the barn. He was dis cmboweled and three ribs were brok- eu.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
He Saw Double.

Stymic twho has dallicd too long at the clubhousel-Hcy, old man! What chuh wanter tee up two balls for? Green ldltol-ThaCs all right, old chap. Can't you see I'm driving with two clubs2-Puck.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
mnuId Be Nice.

"I tell you that the world shall yet give me what | deserve" he rantcd.
 "That will be nice, replied his wife, trying to view Der back in the mirror 'I look well iu black Houston Post
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
PENlEL MISSION.

Sunday-school Sunday at 2 o'clock, Holiness-mectiug a. o'clock. Meet ings at night, Sunday, Monday, We'd ncsday and Friday, at s o'clock.
 Come everybody.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08

When on your way home drop into the Board of Trade and take with yo some bottled beer It's always nice and old,-we keep 1t on ice.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08

Stop at the Caribou hotel when i' Carcross. Fine fishing and huntins in the immediate vicinity. Overlook the beautiful shores of the lake. E ". Gideon, prop.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08

The famous Olympia Beer or tap a the Board of Trade, Limerick alley Also a fine line of whiskey and wine.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08

There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the Gngers.-Seneca.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-08
UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN SRlGHAY p. .
UncIaImed Ietters remaInIng ln t6l

Unclaimed letters remaining in tho s5agway p. O. Nov. st. 'O9. Buchanan, J. M. Hughes, Mrs. Louis Kindly, Fred Nordgren, J. V. e cards) Sanders, R. Vogel, F.
 A. B. KINDELL, P. M.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-16
LINCOLN's IRONY.
His Reply to Petition For a Dishon-
est Boys Pardon.

The Hon. Alexander I'll. Rice once
paid a visit to President Lincoln on
behalf of a Boston boy who had been
imprisoned for robbing his employers
letters. After reading the petition.
signed by many citizens of Boston,
the president stretched himself in his
chair and asked Mr.. Rice If he had
met a man going downstairs.
"Yes, Mr.. President" replied Mr..
Rice"
His Grand" said the president.
was to get man pardoned out of
the penitentiary. and now you have
come to get a boy out of jail" Then,
with characteristic humor, Mr. Lincoln
continued: "I'll tell you what it is.
we must abolish these courts or they
will be the death of us. ! thought 1t
bad enough that they put so many
men in the penitentiary for me to get
out, but if they have now begun on
the boys and the jails and have roped
you into the delivery let's after them!
"They deserve the worst fate" he
went on. because. according to the
evidence that comes to me, they pick
out the very best men and send them
to the penitentiary. and this present
petition shows they are playing the
same game on the boys and sending
them all to jail. The man that you
met on the stairs affirmed that his
friend in the penitentiary is a most
exemplary citizen, and Massachusetts
must be happy state if her boys out
pears to be who is in.
Eyes. down with the courts and de-
liverance to their Victims, and then we
can have some peace!-Boston Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-16
PLUCKlNG BATS.
A French Industry That Is Linked
With the Restaurants.

81 plucked bats in Paris once at
francs a day." said a sailor. Bats
hibernate in the winter. What mean
to say is that they fall into a kind Of
drugged sleep. In this here sleep,
clingin' together in big, black, soft
punches, they hang from the roofs of
caves or the inside Of chimbleys. See
in | was down on my luck-I was
studyin' art in them days-a restau-
rateur over in the Latin quarter, or
Cart-shay, as we used to say, guy me-
a job of bat pluckin'.
He showed me the ropes the first
day. | soon got on to it. 1t was dead
easy. Just go into cave, you know.
locate a bunch of bats and then pluck
'em one at time like grapes and drop
'em in your burlap bag. All that win
ter I'd set out from the Cart-shay with
nay big bag in the mornin', and on to-
ward night you'd see me staggerin'
back along the Bull Mesh, as we
called the Boulevard Michel. loaded
down with hibernatin' bats.
"'You don't feed these to your Glen
tele, Jacques? / said to the boss one
night.
Maybe-oh. yes said he. They
always figure In our farfamed one
franc dinner
81 gave him a reproachful look.
"'Bats meat is excellent he says.
The meat is pink and very fine. Fried
in butter with parsley sauce, the
gourmets in the Cafe Anglais could
never, never tell it from venison.'
"'You wouldn't catch me eatin' it.
says l.
HE chuckled and nudged me in the
ribs.
"'No?' says he. No? And yet, mon
vieux, the bat largely figures in our
excellent five sou navarin that you SO
dearly lover "-Cincinnati Enquirer.