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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
WATERWAYS BILL
TOPIC OF MEETING
Expected rhst Appropriation Will
Amount to $4,000. .oo0--other
Meetings TO Be Held

Washington. Dec Work is well
under way with the preparation Of a
river aud harbor bill to be presented
at this session A meeting Of the
river and harbor committee has been
called for today By Chairman Alexan.
der to consider some projects and
other meetings will be held az frequent
intervals until the bin is made up
Il is expected that the appropriations
carried viii amount TO about $4,000
coo. Chairman Alexander today de-
clined TO predict the size OF the bill,
but said it would necessarily have to
be OF liberal proportions
I'VE have not gone far enough AS
yet ID say how much the bin viii
carry. said the chairman but it is
my idea that It should be a good.sized
one We are considering the various
projects and the claims they have
to appropriations This SUMMER I
have spent my time since the adjourn.
meut of congress, inspecting the big
propositions such as the lakes-to.the
gulf. the Atlantic waterway and the
Ohio river aud also have looked over
great works IN Europe / have not
had time TO confer with the other
members o. the committee Our FIRST
meeting viii be held tomorrow
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
TO INVESTIGATE
GAS CONDITIONS
Council Met to Transact Unfinished
Rusiness-south Wilson Street
Pavement is Held Up.

The city council met ~ ! o'clock
Wednesday afternoon FOR the purpose
Of finishing up the business that
should have come before the regular
meeting that should have been held
Tuesday night, but was postponed on
account of the absence from the city
of several members
Mayor Rider was absent last night,
and the meeting was presided over BY
J. S. Martin, president of the council.
The other members Of the council ex-
eept Alderman Frazee were in atten-
dance.
The council devoted most Of the
time TO the allowing Of bills and trans-
action OF routine business. Action on
a number Of important measures was
deferred until such time as Mayor
Rider can again meet with the coun-
ell.
The petition, of several citizens ask
ing that the franchise of the Ninita
Gas company be revoked, WIS present.
ed. and a committee consisting OF AID.
ermen Roberts. l.eforee and Taylor
vas appointed TO investigate the con.
dltions OF the local gas company and
ascertain II possible, upon whom the
blame for the present inadequacy OF
the ges supply should fall
The matter Of paving South Wilson
street has been helpup on account OF
a protest. and to await an opinion
upon some legal complications.
A special committee was appointed
TO investigate the paving assessments
paid 10 f. J Overley a Company. and
which. on the city books. are stlll
charged against tue property.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
FLYER AND FRISCO
TRAIN COLLIDES
Fortunately Both Engines Were run.
ming Slow And the Damage
Was Very Small.

An accident thought 70 have been
due 10 confusion of signals. oc.
CURED at the crossing Of the NJ. x.
Is r. aud Frisco railroads, in this city
Wednesday night
The Katy flyer running about forty
minutes late. and the Frisco passen-
ger train number 4O7. due here at 3
a. M. but running ten houra late. ar.
rived at the crossing at the same
time. The engineer Of the flyer, it is
said, signaled to the engineer Of the
Frisco train for the right Of way, and
started 60 cross the Frisco tracks. The
engineer on the Frisco train either
misunderstood the signal or was un.
able 10 stop his engine. and the two
steam monsters crashed together For
tunately neither was running fast, and
the momentum was not sufficient 10
derail either The Katy engine. how.
ever, was disabled, BY having the pis.
ton head broken on. and both trains
we're blocked until a relief engine ar.
rived from Parsons to pun the iiyer on
IT'S northern journey
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
DEFENSE CONFERS
WITH ATTORNEYS
improbable ina, Trial Of muskogse
Town Lot Gases win Be Heard
at January Term.

Muskogee. okla. nec. ia confer.
ence was held last night hi Maskogee
between Governor Haskell Attorneys
orville 4. smith. Henry Ash Of Guth.
rie. stllwell Russell Of Ardmore. r.
T. Kistler and s. Morton Rutherford
OF Nuskogee and others, 10 determine
what action 20 pursue TO obtain the
records III the Muskogee townste
cases from 1901 to the present date
II is stated these records are neces
sary in preparing defense IN the con
spiracy cases or the governor and
Eve Muskogee citizens who are under
Indictment on the charge OF eonspir
acy to defnud the government IN con
neetlon with Muskogee town lots At
torneys for the defense nc one time
asked for these records. showing the
various opinions OF the department
the scheduling OF lots and the various
transactions OF the government
townsite commission aud the request
was denied by Thomas Ryan. asking
the attorney to specify Just which re
cords were wanted
It Is statea that another attempt vii
be made and II Il Is unsuccessful
Judge Marshal will be asked for d
court order Judge Marshal at Chick
asha stated Vat the defendant.
should have access to the papers neces
sary for them TO make a defense
United States Attorney Gregg stated
that the government Is ready for triaI
any time It II improbable that The
trial will be set for the Muskogee
term OF court in January as the term
viii be taken up by Judge Campbell
Nothing that would indicate when the
trial will be held has developed
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
GIRL MURDERED
FOR INSURANCE
Coroner IL Pittsbura Case Not sat-
fed With Stories Told BY
Girls Family.

pittsburg, Kans., Dec Z. Goldl
Engberg. who Y last Saturday 500
after being fcdnd groaning on tn
front porch Of her parents home her
vas murdered By persons, who IN
ed to collect insurance on her IN,
This was the partial conclusion til
coroner's jury reached today. Col
oner Dudley said he was not satis1e
with the story given by certain friend
Of Miss Engberg and members OF be
family. They will be given an oppo
tunity to testify at another session 4
the jury on Thursday Then If the
refuse 60 tell what they know. the
will be arrested. the coroner said.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
National Rivers and
Harbors Congress Meets

ity ana west of Berlin Of vessels q a
least GOO tons, though not at low wa
Ter times Where a suitable oorrec
ition was not possible, the riyen
were converted into use as canals ans
provided With locks Of large dimen
Isloue Those canals then IN use were
replaced by more efficient ones anC
Iscynal new canals We're built where
there had been none.
"rhe length Of German inland water
ways during the last 25 years has
only been about 800 kilometers (10C
Imiles)" sald Count Won Benstorff
but the Improvement has not been
in length but In efficiency OF the
total 10000 kilometars which are OF
actual Importance for inland naviga.
tion. the length has remained nearly
unchanged
The count then proceeded to tell Of
the capacity OF the waterways While
ships Of more than 1000 tons may
travel upon the Rhihe. the Eberland
Canal Of East Prussia can only bear
barges Of so tons
Iii the work of correction 81 the
greater streams several general
schemes we're settled Stages and
parallel works narrowed the channel
and ia consequence a greater depth
OF water was obtained. BY making
the banks irm changes n the course
we're made unnecessary When
steamboats, began TO Use the water
ways It became necessary to protect
the banks by strong dykes of stone
and cement. The bridges are gener.
ally Of fixed construction at such d
height that they do not hinder the traf-
nc. The bulk Of the tratIic ii concen.
trated IN d great number Of harbors
built partly BY the state
corporation or private concerns.
1T is interesting to point to the
fact. declared the count that the
number Of vessels tor inland nayiga-
ton exceeded the sea-going German
vessels six fold and that their net ton
mage Is one and one.half times
greater and amounts to one-third Of
the net tonnage OF an the British sea-
going ships registered BY l.loyds In
1902
Comparing the effect Of the deyel
)pment of the inland waterways on
he traffic OF the railways the count
said Notwithstanding the constant In
'rease OF the railways the short wa
erways have had a trainc equal TO
iearly onethird Of the aggregate of
hat of the railways The transport
~ water being cheaper than BY rail
he further Improvement OF German
inland waterways promises to be use.
iul 10 the German industrial life
When one considers that the rail.
Ways. IN spite of the active inland
navigation have attained a favorable
development and that they are the
most profitable in Prussia where in.
and navigation is best developed. Il
S evident that a harmonious co-opera.
ion Of waterways and railways IL also
to the latter
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
UTMOST ANXIETY FELT
FOR KING LEOPOLD
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Brussels Dec Srhe Information
from private sources, today, il that
King teopolds health IS causing ut.
most anxiety II is reported that
rheumatism has been complicated by
paralysis and that his majesty Is un-
able 60 rise from his chair
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
REPORT or CENSUS BUREAU
CAUSES JUMP IN COTTON
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press,
New York. Dec. s-The bullish tone
OF the census bureau on cotton was
followed By increased activity IN the
cotton market here. with May cotton
selling up to Sl5.8s or seventeen
points above yesterdays close
and new high record for the season
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
DR.. COOKS OBSERVATIONS
ARRIVE IN COPENHAGEI


Copenhagen, Dec. S. The mort
polar observations OF DC. Cook reacI
ed here, today. on board steame
from the United States. Extraordif
airy precautions we're taken to max
sure the data was delivered safely I
the university authorities. AT th
university they were placed IN a stron
room, where they win remain until th
committee appointed 10 examine thet
Il ready to begin work
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10

6. c. White Is offering q s2500 sid
gun free at his pool hall over RaI
cliffs ls7l
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
GIRDfD WITH SWORD OF OSMAN
Christians for First Time Allowed to
See the Ceremony-Day
Passes Peacefully.

Constantinople, May 12.-Mehmed
V. ended his coronation day by
blowing a furrow in the lawn at Dol
ma Bagtsche palace, symbolically at
least. by holding the plow handles for
a fraction Of a minute while two
horses dragged it a few yards. In
carrying out the ancient test, Mehmed
V. showed himself to be sound of
body and fit to bear the physical bur.
dens of the empire.
1t had been a day both of fulfill
ment of ancient customs and of the
breaking of them. Christians for
the first time were admitted to the
small mosque attached to Ayoub
mosque and allowed to see the cere-
mony Of girding the sword of Osman
upon the sultan.
American Present.
Among thirty persons present were
Buchanan Pasha. an American, and
Woods Pasha. an Englishman, both in
the Turkish service. They were I'M
pressed with the beauty and solem-
nifty of the ceremony, which, with the
tLoAlo " tHC pilCSlo, ldolCu OIly
twenty minutes.
The day. notwithstanding rumors Of
~reactionary plots. passed peacefully
and without sign of disturbance.
Wallis Figures Doctored.
Constantinople, May IL. - T tele-
gram received here from the vail of
Adana states that 1924 Moslems we're
killed and 533 wounded. while only
LASS Armenians were slain and 1872
wounded. These figures, it is claimed
comprise the casualties throughout
the entire vilayet.
This statement by the vail is con-
sidered here en- obvious and mon
strous misrepresentation. made with
the object Of throwing the RESPONSE
bility on the Armenians to justify
numerous arrests of Christians, which
it is reported still continue.
Conditions Improving.
Adana, May 12.-The situation here
and throughout the province is i'm
proving. The government is begin
Ming to restore the plumber, and the
people are beginning to return to
their homes, many of which are still
standing. The military commando
has sem troops into the country dis
tricts to maintain order and enable
the refugee farmers to harvest their
crops.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
WOMAN DUPED OUT OF $1,o5o.
Gives It to Ciairvoyant to Garry Un'
der Promise to Brinq Back $4,000,


Minneapolis, May II. Robbed of
her savings little by little during the
last twenty years by a clairvoyant.
Mrs. Mary Norbeng has asked the po-
lice to assist her in recovering the
cash. The woman said she allowed a
clairvoyant to take $1,000 last Satur-
day to carry around with her under
promise that she would bring $4,000
back.
Mrs .Norbeng is forty years old and
is housekeeper in the home of F.. A.
Chamberlain, president of the Securi-
ty National bank. Mrs. Norbeng says
the woman exerted a queer power
over her, and when she asked for SIS
to carry around a few hours for good
luck" there was no hesitation. The
money was brought back in the stated
time.
Saturday the m again came,
told Mrs. Norbeng of her mysterious
powers and the mysteriousness
proved sufficient to persuade Mrs.
Norbeng to draw $1,000 from the bank
and add $50 to it. The money was to
be returned yesterday.
With the woman when she received
the 81, 900 was a man, and the pair
was known to Mrs. Norbeng as Mr..
and Mrs. Sigrid Johnson.
When yesterday came and the mon
ey came not, Mrs. Norbeng became
worried and went to their boarding
house to demand her money. Upon
her arrival there she was notified that
the couple had left unceremoniously.
She then hurried to police headquar-
tiers. where she told her story.
Detectives are working on the case.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
Detective Makes Startling
Statement to Senatorial
Probing Committee.
saw AFFAIR TnROUGhTRANSOM
Names Three Assemblymen Who, He
Says, Got Money Brought by
Stephenson's Banker.

Madison, Wis, May Z. Frank T.
Wagner, a private detective of Mil
waukee, made the startling statement
to the senatorial investigating commit
tee yesterday afternoon that he saw
money handed over to State Assem-
blymen Ramsey, Farrell and Towne
(Democrats) at the Plankinton houee
in Milwaukee on the second Saturday
before March 4, the day that Senator
Isaac Stephenson was elected United
States senator by the Wisconsin leg
islature.
Saw II Through Transom.
The money, Wagner said, was
brought to the Plankinton house in
Milwaukee by Mr.. Puelicher, cashier
of the Marshall & Ilsley bank, and
handed to M. J. Regan, who paid it
out.
The affair was witnessed by Wagner
through a transom Of an adjoining
room, according to his testimony, the
money handled being in two pack
ages.
Mr.. Puelicher, who acted as Senator
Stephenson's banker in Milwaukee
during the senatorial campaign, is now
in Europe for the benefit Of his health.
Ramsey Denies.
Madison, Wis, May c.-Assembiy-
man Thomas F. Ramsey declared last
night that when Frank T. Wagner
swore before the senatorial investi-
eating committee that he saw him in
a room at the Plankinton house a few
days before the election of United
States Senator Stephenson, he DELHI
erately lied.
Il haven't been in the P%lankinton
house since the day before the gen
eral election last November" said the
a~ssemblyman.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
CARVE VI UNION SPY.

Negro Dresses as a Woman In Nil.
Waukee and Is Discovered.
Milwaukee, Wis, May IL. = Harry
Williams, a negro member of the ma,
rine cooks union, was seriously stab.
bed in a saloon brawl in the marine
district early yesterday morning.
The negro, dressed a. a woman and
went to the saloon, it is said, to spy
on the non-ulior. men. The non.
union men set upon him with razors.
His nos was almost u of, and he
was frightfully .slas he'd about the neck
and face.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
RECEIVER WILL OPERATE.
Action Taken in Case Of Brainerd
Water Works.

B%rainerd, Mimi, May 12.-Judge w.
s. McLenahan yesterday appointed s..
F. Alderman a receiver for the Mime
sofa Water Works company, On ap-
plication of the Central Trust Compa
ny of New York, the trustees of the
first mortgage bonds. MI. Alderman
has accepted and announces that the
same superintendent, Judd Wright,
and the same mechanical force viii
be continued under the receiversh;p.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
CASUALTIES

Fire Of unknown origin DESTROYED
the plant Of the Sioux City Brick and
Tile works at Sioux City. Loss, $780,
000.
Four persons were drowned and a
total of eight barges were lost during
a fierce storm OF Faulkner's Island.
Conn.
Mrs. w. e. Leadford Of Powderly
was instantly killed and her child ia
tally injured by a Bessemer electric
car at Elyton, Ala.
Prot. William Sawyer Of the Michi-
gan agricultural college, drowned at
Lansing, Mich. when his canoe cap
sized in Cedar river.
Three children Of Charles Cross
man, a painter, were suffocated by
smoke from a fire which badly dam
aged their home in Sackville, N. B.
A big blowout OF gas occurred in
No. Z mine of the Crows Nest Min
ing company at Carbonado, in the
Fsrnie district, killing two miners and
injuring a number of others. The e
plosion blew coal into dust.
Fire wiped out the little town of
Wesley, B. c., twenty-five miles west
of Nelson, near the United States
boundary. The Yale-C Columbia Lum-
Der company's mill. employees houses
and other buildings and a stock of
lumber, all valued at $3.50 1000, were
destroyed.
William Rose, his wife and two
children. were killed in a collision OF
their buggy and an electric car on
the Chicago. Lake Shore G. South
Bend Interurban line, near Gary, Ind.
Rose had been drinking and purpose.
~ stopped his buggy on the track as
the car approached. The family lived
at Tolleston, Ind.
Windows in the First National
bank. Grismar:s clothing store, Ames'
printing establishment and numerous
oflces at Waterloo, Iowa, were shat
tered, and o. H. Green seriously in
jured when his popcorn wagon ex.
pioded on the main business street.
It is thought that the gasoline tank
ignited, blowing the machine to
atoms. Flying missiles were HURLED
a block, but fortunately no n except
Proprietor Green was hit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
BISHOP coTTER is DYING.

Head Of Winona Diocese Of Catholic
Church Very III at Atlantic City.
Winona, Mimi, May IL. - Prayers
were asked IN the pro cathedral here
for Rt. Rev. Jc-eph +. Cotter. Fo'
the past two mo ,ths Bishop Cotter
accompanied by Father Gallagher.
h s been at Atlantic City for the ben.
eft of his health, but the change
has done him no good, and he is get
ting worse.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
Four Blown to Atoms.

Columbus, Kan, May 12. The
mixing room CT the Lafin-Rand Pow
der mills at Turck Staten, near hero,
blew up yesterday afternoon, killing
four men. Their bodies were blown
into bits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
OTHERWISE

A dispatch from Sitka announces
the seizure Of the japanese sealing
schooner Kaisen Maru, with thirty
men, for violation Of the sealing laws.
Charles D. Gates entered an en-
phatic denial to a report that his IA
Their, John w. Gates, was contemplate
ing the building Of . race track at
Galveston. Tex.
The grand jury at Nelson. B c..
returned mo bill' in the case of Lord
sholto Douglas, brother of the mar
ouis Of ~Queensberry. charged with
shooting with intent to kill ]. B.
Rawlins last September.
The United wireless Telegraph
company announced that communities
ton lad been established between
the station on the top Of the Waldorf
Astoria and the station on the top OF
the Auditorium Annex, Chicago.
The Missouri senate passed q reso-
lntion submitting to the people q
statewide prohibition constitutional
amendment. The amendment. which
came to the senate from the house,
was amended with a tax rider which
provided for the doubling OF the rate
OF taxation. The Anal vote far 70 to
8. with two senator's not voting.
Howard Charters. twenty-three
years old. q teacher IN . school pear
Crawfordsville. Ind, has forfeited his
license on the charge OF having sup
piled . girl fifteen years old with an
swers in an examination for an eighth
grade graduation diploma.
An epidemic Of typhoid fever at
Meservey, Iowa, caused Judge Clyde
to drop the cases against Mayor Co
bell, City Attorney Vanderzahm and
four others. charged with conspiracy,
convicted In the last court and now
10 for reheoring. The ltar witnesses
are III dangerously III.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
SIMS n SINNERS.

Melancholia b supposed 70 have
I'D Edward Everstt vinal. Z promi.
Aent Boston grain broker to kill him
self. He was fo~rty-thrse years old.
Henry Yarling. : wealthy farmer,
walked into the once Of Sheriff Beck,
q Upton. Ind. ana said: II have kill
q Charles Smith and surrender my
oolf."
Wayne Brasel ri acquitted at Las
Cruces, N. NJ, OF the murder OF Pat
Garrett, New Mexico's famous sheriff
= frontier days. Brazel claimed self
lo(ense.
William n. Dose. said to be q news
paper man Of Belleville. Ill, commit
~ ouicide In Central Park. New
Ycrk, ~ shooting himself In the
Aead. He was nifty years old.
Charles r. Cults, tw-enty-seven
years old. city editor Of the Daily
evening Item. At Lynn. Mass, com
mitted suicide BY drinking poison.
The cause II : mystery.
AZ the result Of ! revolver duel
betueen two rrenchmen OF Mountain
view, n. u. Armand Fauchon ia dead,
and the other. EAyid Broussard, who
wAs spirited away ~ friends, Is seri.
ously wounded. The motive for the
duel n uIlknCwnl
Beujemin Wellington SSoult was ar.
red IL Nourt q San francisco on
4UAaree0 ~ sending letters to Rudolph
IN. epeoekels and James
S~mAeahhtef a. the Mechan,
tAffoatanlng them with
u ra1a1n AZ ~ 49, mot given
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
FOREIGN.

A treaty Of arbitration between
Brazil and Venezuela was signed at
Caracas, and a similar treaty between
Brazil and Panama will be signed at
Washington.
The news of a recent explosion at
Osaka, Japan, in which sixty persons
were killed and eight buildings were
destroyed. was brought to Vancouver
by the liner Empress Of Japan. Care
less handling of old shells in q store
caused the explosion.
DR.. Manuel Amador, first president
of the republic of Panama, died at
Panama after q lingering illness. He
was seventy-f1ve years old. He was
one of the prime movers in the rev
Olution in 1903 against Colombia,
which led to the independence IT
Panama.
Lieutenant Commander r. r. Bel.
KNAPP, American naval attache at
Rome. has turned over to the project
Of Messina a total of 400 American
wooden houses to be used in shelter
ing sufferers from the earthquake Of
last December. The attache expects
that 1890 houses will be completed
by June Z.
Lord Kitchener, eommander-in-chief
OF the British forces in India, will Wis
It Canada this fall and inspect the
military sorces Of the Dominion at
the order of the British government.
His term in India expires in July, and
he will spend August travelling In
China and Japan, after which he will
tour Canada.
According to good authority, and
as . reply to British anxiety. the
delegations at their next meeting will
Be asked to sanction an expenditure
Of 400, coo, 900 kronen for new Dread
naughts for the Austro-H Hungarian
navy. The program provides for
building seven Dreadnaughts within
the next few years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-14
TAFT HAS INFLAMED EYE.

President Unable to Attend Ceremony
Because Of Minor Injury.
Washington, May 9.-President Taft
was compelled yesterday to abandon
the idea Of attending the unwilling of
the Longfellow statue in this city. Nv.
ing to q badly in1amed eye, over
which he Is wearing a light bandage.
A gnat or some other small insect
flew into Mr.. Taft's eye while he was
horseback riding Wednesday after.
noon.