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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-25

| ton. entered the civil war at young man.
| hood and served throughout as a private
the entire term Of his enlistment, AT the
| close of the rebellion he returned 10 the
farm, and later took his course I'm Am
hers, college, graduating with The \. z
degree III 1879.
In 1874 he was elected To the Connecti.
cut legislature and III tbe fall OF the
same wear entered the Boston Law uni
rersity., from which in later years he
received the degree of l.. l.. B, and The
year OF his alma mater lie was given the
degree Of A. NJ. by Amherst
In 1878 he removed TO Pennsylvania
and became interested in oil nclds
In lS39 he removed 10 Idaho. locating
at Roise. lie aided in the promotion OF
the Swan Falls power plant, which sup
plies the Boise d Interurban railroad
with its energy, many of the towns in
south Idaho with it's light and tho Trade
Dollar mine in Owyhce county with cleo
In 1906 1c was elected AS n membe,
of the Idaho state Legislature from this
(Ada) county.
In April of 1909 he was appointed as
city magistrate OF Boise, the position he
is holding az the present time.
Judge White has five sons and two
daughters.
He is member of such fraternal So
cietes rs the \. +. and a. NJ Knights
Templar and Shriners. g. a r. and Sons
of the American Revolution.
Lewis Had No Bias.
Rasmussen, a Swede from Mink creek,
was being tried before Federal Judge Hays
az Blackfoot during territorial days for
having two wives al the same time.
contrary 10 the specific provisions of the
famous old Gdmunds-T Tucker act
Kentucky Smith was defending the
erring follower OF Brigham Young
Justice Lewis of the high Justice
court OF Symsria precinct, was called us
Juror. and his wcll-l<nowD anti Nor
mon procltvites encouraged "Ilaintuck''
10 attempt To disqualify the juror, who
had been sworn on his voir- dire.
Here was the coloquy which followed 10
the amusement ot tho court:
Clucstion-Havc YOU any bias, Judge
Lewis. which would preclude your sit
tins as n fair juror in this case, wherein
thS people fo the United States accuse
Mr Rasmussen of having a plurality OF
wveS2
Answcr-No bias.
Question-IIavc YOU not bias against
this defendant through tho fact that he
is charged with the crime of polvGamy
while you, Judge Lewis, arc a member.
OF and an officeholder under the anti
Mormon party OF this (Oncida) county?
Answer-No bias.
Question-Did YOU not say. in Maiad
within month past. Judge Lewis. that
YOU would like 10 be Il court OF final de-
cree in the trial M Mormons. and il YOU
were you WOULD ask them one question.
they answered i'm the affirmative YOU
would say, Take them out and cut their
heads off"
Answer might have so statcd-in my
cups.
Qucstion-And yet you say you have no
bias?
Answcr-No bias.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-25
EXCURSIONS EAST
Via Denver g. Rio Grande,

Round trip rates:
To Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo .................. $22. 30
To Omaha and Kansas City. go. 30. 90
To St Louis Observation-Disclosures. 40. 90
To Minneapolis and st. Paul. 10. 90
To Chicago .................. So 90
Low rates to many other points.
Selling dates June 81 and July z,
good returning until October 81,
City ticket Office sol Main street.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-25
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
Via Denver & Rio Grande R. r.

Via Denver & Rio Grande r. E.
Provo Canyon. 7:50 a IN. 81 25
Ogden 1925 a. m, 80 p. m, 2:15
p. NJ. ...,.. l 90
Pharaoh S Glen $50 a. M. ...... SO
Special train leaves Provo Canyon re-
turning at p. M, arriving at Salt Lake
10 p. III. Magnificent scenic trip. Good
fishing Trout and chicken dinners at
Upper Falls resort.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-10-12
SETTING Fer Rioht.

On one Of the corners OF busy
thoroughfare sat an old man blind and
minus one leg. \ sympathetic lady
who was passing stopped and gazed
at him In pity.
Finally she approached him and be-
gan asking him questions. She asked
him If he were married. how many
children he had, where he had worked
last, how he had met with the accident
that had incapacitated him for work
and a thousand other questions.
Finally the unfortunate one became
peevish. Madam" he exclaimed harsh
~, you may think this Is an infor-
nation bureau. 1t is not. 1t is a
collecting agency" Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-10-12
Plain Clothes Men.

In a small South American state
which had recently undergone change
OF administration the new potentate
summoned an artist and ordered new
designs for all the official uniforms.
81 wish SNOWY costumes. very
SNOWY" he said. for the people are
impressed by them. l have here some
sketches that l myself have made.
Look them over and be guided by
these ideas as far as possible"
The artist examined the sketches
carefully.
This" he said. turning the pages,
"is evidently for the navy and this for
the army. but. If you please. what is
this-a long red plume on a three cor.
nered hat. yellow dress coat trimmed
with purple. and
That" replied the chief OF state
gravely. "is for the secret police"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-10-12
His Hilarious Outburst.

There is a doleful looking but sub
stantial Scot living in London whose
business ability is above the average,
but everything he does is done with
the glum and melancholy air of a man
constantly wrestling with some prob
lem Of the soul. He rarely speaks I'M
less spoken to. He never smiles. and
his eyes have fixed but intense ex-
preston. One day he was returning
to London with several companions.
The whole party were Scotch. but the
glum mans companions were of genial
type. One of them told a humorous
tale. over which the rest laughed up
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-10-12
A WOMAN AND A CHECK.
Mrs. Black Was Not Absolutely Help
less In Money matters.

Mrs. Black Was Not Absolutely Help
less In Money matters.
Some few persons still cherish the
idea that all women are absolutely
helpless In business matters and that
they are so lacking in financial ability
that they cannot safely he trusted to
handle money.
Mr. Black belonged to this class He
had been in the habit of paying all the
household bills at the end OF each
month, and his wife. though allowed
unlimited credit, had never had an al
lowance. One day the Blacks hap
pened to be passing the comparatively
new building I'm which the bank was
situated.
do you know. John rema rked
Mrs. Black. Il have actually never
been inside the bank since il was built
more than two years ago?"
You haven'tv' exclaimed John. If
that's the case ] guess I'd better give
you check this month and let you
pay the bills. Do you think you'd
know how to cash it?"
Mrs. Black received the check.
which. by the way, happened to be an
unusually large one that month.
That evening Mr.. Black asked. not
without sarcasm. il she had succeeded
in indorsing it properly.
"Oh. yCs.' returned Mrs. Black
cheerfully.
How many bills did you pay?"
'None Ii seemed n pity 70 waste all
that money paying bills"
"'Then what in the world did YOU do
with it?''
oh" returned the little woman Sc
renely. 81 just deposited it in my name
and opened an account of my own with
it,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-10-12
Grass and Glass.

A Scotsman was employed to NOW
the la wn OF a close listed old lady. She
insisted that he must cut 1t very short.
adding that one inch at the bottom
was worth two at the top. He did II
80 well that she WAS moved to produce
a whisky bottle and Il glass. which she
filled about half full
Fill II up. men," said Sandy. "for
IT'S no like the gress An inch ut the
taps worth twa at the bOttOm"'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-10-12

roariOusly Not so the human prob
lem. He sat in a corner OF the rail-
way carriage glowering at his mirth-
full friends. Half an hour afterward,
however. when all were standing at
q street corner before separating. he
took one aside and said solemDly and
slowly: aye would obsairve that ]
did ma laugh at yond' story. Well, i
saw the joke. Ye might not think 1t,
hut have q keen sense of hum0r."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
HOUSE WILL HAVE
MANY NEW SEATS
Chairman crumpacker Expects to Be
Able to Present Reapportlonment
Bill During the Session.

Washington, d. c., Dec. PA house
membership of 440 is the smallest
number under the census bureau meth.
cd of apportionment that will result
| in no decrease of the present number
of representatives from any state. This
is announced in detailed statistical
statement submitted to the house COM
mittee on the census yesterday by the
census bureau.
The statement was arranged to show
the exact effect under any particular
proportion of representatives to the
population and the returns of the thir-
teenth census. It starts with a mini
mum of 800, which is one less than
the present size of the house and ends
with a maximum Of 440, each table
showing whether ON such a calculation
states representation would be di-
minished, increased or unchanged.
Chairman Crumpacker of the com
mittee will have the tables printed
along with other data necessary along
the same line and will call a meeting of
his committee Immediately after the
lreassembling of congress. He expects
the committee will be able to present
reappointment bill at this session of
congress. 1t will require numerous
conferences between members and
senators as well from various states
or groups of states. who will be affect
ed by whatever basis of apportionment
lis planned, for much opposition natur-
Ially already has developed.
Minority Leader Champ Clark of
Missouri and other democratic leaders
will be consulted, for the readjustment
always brings out the threat of gerry
Wandering and merry political fight
lis in prospect when the bill emerges
from committee.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
FIDELITY COMPANY AND
BUTLER 8 BYRD UNITE

AS the result of brief negotiations
extending over hardly more than a
week, meeting was held yesterday,
which resulted in the combination of
the Fidelity Farm and Loan Building
company and the insurance and real
estate business of Butler and Byrd.
Both of the concerns had more bust.
ness than they could easily attend to,
and felt that to coordinate and sys-
tematize their united business would
make it more easily manageable
The Fidelity Farm and Loan com
pany has had general agency for the
Southwestern Surety company, and
does a very extensive bonding busi-
ness. They also did little in the in
surance line and have done quite a
large loaning business. Butler and
Byrd have done a very large insur-
ance business, loaning business
roughly equal to that of the Fidelity,
and small amount of bonding busi-
ness as Craig county agents of the
Southern Surety company.
The two concerns have gone into
the combination on even terms. Half
of the outstanding stock of the Fidelity
company was transferred to Butler and
Byrd. The latter firm gives up its
agency for the Southern Surety com
pany and transfers its bonding bust
ness to the Southwestern company.
The united business is to be trans
acted in the name and at the present
Offices of the Fidelity company. The
following officers were elected yester'
day: C. C. Roberts, president; Mr.
Butler, vice president; T. H. Byrd,
secretary; C. e. Lehman treasurer.
Mr.. P. w. Mckay, who has been as
sociated with the Fidelity company,
goes to Little Rock, Ark to take
charge of the Southwestern Susety
company's business at that point.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
While Mother Was < d ng in Preparing Christ
mas Tree Her Home and Babies We're
Burning ---Men Who Fought Flames
Didn't Kuow Children We're in the
House---Wiu Be No Christ
mas Tree in AUant.

Avant, Okla, Dec "a - The first
tragedy as the result of the annual
visit of Santa Claus to be reported in
Oklahoma this year occurred in Avant
at o'clock Friday afternoon, when the
two infant children of Frank Mccoy
we're burned to death while the mother
was at the little school house a few
yards distant hanging presents on a
Christmas tree for them.
1t is one of the most touching and
saddest incidents in the history of the
four months old town which has de-
veloped from a cornfield into village
of five hundred souls in four months,
and the finding of the charred re-
mains of the little ones in the smould-
ering ruins of the small home has
caused pail of gloom to settle over
the entire town.
The school house is situated but a
short distance from where the Mccoy
home once stood. A Christmas tree
stood in ell readiness in the school
house for the hanging on of presents,
and many of the women of the town
were assembled in this task. But a
few minutes before the fire was dis
covered, the mother, with her arms
filled with toys and sweetmeats for
Raymond, two years old, and Ethel,
one year old, left her home for the
school house. The elder child was
playing on the floor while the youngest
was sleeping in its crib, all unmindful
of the terrible fate awaiting them.
Mrs. Mccoy heard the first shouts
of fire" as she was preparing her
gifts to her children for the trees. In
another instant she learned that it was
her home which was ablaze. Fran
tically she rushed from the school
house to her home, already surrounded
by a crowd of men making vain at
tempts to subdue the flames. Few OF
those trying to save the house were
aware that human flesh was burning
to a crisp on the inside. Not until
they had restrained the mother time
after time from entering the flames
did the sad reality of the situation be
come known. The appeals of the
mother to save her children were most
pitiful, and had it not been that she
was held back, the flames would un
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
OWEN INTRODUCES
ANTEL|QUOR BILL
One Prohibits Railroads From Garry
ing Booze into States Having
Prohibition Laws.

Washington, d. c., Dec. Ex-senator
Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma is de-
termined to do his share toward max
ing his home state absolutely dry.
He has introduced two bills in the
senate either of which will have this
effect if they become laws. One pro-
hibits the sale of liquor in a state
where the state laws prohibit the sale.
Another prohibits the shipment of
liquor into any state where the state
laws prohibit it's sale. The two bills
have been printed and referred to the
interstate commerce committee.
They are as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-
bled, That no license for the sale of in
toxicating liquors or beverages, or for
the manufacture thereof, shall here
after be issued by any officer of the
OnlICu OtdICo Wltnll thC Vi
state prohibiting the sale or manu-
facture thereof"
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sembled, That no common carrier
shall hereafter ship into any state
alcoholic liquors, or beverages, where
the laws of such state forbid the man
|ufacture or sale thereof.
Sec. 2. The violation of this statute
shall subject every officer, agent, OF
servant of such common carrier, tax
ing in such shipment, or delivering
the same to the consignee, to impris
onment for not less than one year foI
each offense.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
WENT CUNNING FOR INDIAN
AND IS SHOT TO DEATH

Hurlburt, Okla, Dec. 24.-Henry
Neugin, a three-quarter blood Chero-
kee Indian, who resides eight miles
south of Hurlburt, Cherokee county,
Thursday night shot and killed his
nephew. Jim Butler firing four balls
into his body from a Winchester rifle.
After the killing Neugin drove to Hurl-
burt and gave himself up. He will
have a preliminary hearing next We'd
nesday.
The killing was due to the fact that
a brother of Neugin accused Butler of
having whiskey on his person and But
Ter blamed Henry Neugin with start
ing the report that he had the liquor
Armed with a revolver Butler went
cunning for Neugin. The latter saw
his approaching his home and with
out saying word procured his Win
chester and fired four times at But
Ter, each shot taking effect Butler
died in few minutes. Neugin will
claim self defense.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
FORMER FAVORITE IN WASH
INGTON SOCIETY DEAD

The friends of Judge d. w. Henry,
of Terre Haute, Ind, who is frequent
ly a business visitor in Vinita, will
read with much regret the following
report of the death of Miss Thomp-
son, his wife's sister published in the
Terre Haute Tribune, Wednesday of
this week:
Mary Gardiner Thompson, eldest
daughter of the late Col Richard w.
Thompson, sixty-seven years a resident
of Terre Haute, and favorite child
friend of John Quincy Adams and Hen
ry Clay, died at the home of her sister,
Mrs. d. w. Henry, 1140 South Sixth
street, Tuesday night at 7:40. The di-
rect cause of the death was pneu.
monia, aided by general declining
health and old age. The decendent
was nearing her seventy-fourth birth
day. The final illness was of but two
days duration, and the serious condi.
ton of Miss Thompson was not realiz.
ed until shortly before her demise.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
WHAT ......-RSTATE
SHIPMENT MEANS
Excessive Receipts of Whiskey May
Be Taken as Circumstance to Prove
Violation of Liquor Law.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 24.-The Grim
inal court of appeals has defined the
time when an interstate shipment of
liquor loses the protection attaching
to it in that character in affirming the
conviction of Logan Billingsley of
Caddo county for having liquor in his
possession with the intent to sell or
dispose of the same. The court holds
that when liquor is received by the
consignee from the railway company,
is hauled to his place of business and
unloaded and deposited in place des-
ignated by him, it is no longer an in
terstate shipment and if the consignee
intends to violate the prohibitory law
with such liquor it. is instantly sub
ject to seizure and the consignee to
prosecution.
holds that the receipts of frequent
shipments in larger quantities than
the recipient could consume himself
may be taken as circumstance tend
ing to show the intent to sell; also
that the courts will take judicial no.
tice that the abbreviation "R. L. d."
as used in the records of the internal
revenue collector, stands for Retail
Liquor Dealer" The contention that
the section of the Billups law in re-
gard to possession with intent to sell
is not covered by the title of the bill
is also overruled.
Billingsley, the defendant in this
case, has been tried twice for the muir
der of his father-in-law, A. c. Wheat
ley, at Anadarko on September 8,
1904, and was convicted the first time,
but finally got out on self-defense
plea. Another possession" case, that
of D. Buffo of Pittsburg county, is re-
versed and remanded in an opinion by
Judge Richardson because the informa-
tion charged him with having whiskey
in his possession with intent to sell,
but did not state what it was that he
intended to sell. The case of F. M.
Patterson, from Cleveland county, con-
victed of violating the liquor law, was
affirmed in an opinion by Presiding
Judge Furman, and rehearing was
denied to Lem Sing and Lee Sing,
whose conviction on similar charge
was recently affirmed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
DRURY GLEE CLUB ENTHU.
S|AsT|CALLY APPLAUDED

The Auditorium got genuine sur
prise last evening, for it has been a
long time since so much applause was
distributed there on one occasion as
the audience gave the Drury Glee
Club, which sang there under the aus
pices of the Vinita high school.
The Drury Glee Club is compara-
lively new feature of the life of that
college. During the three years of it's
existence Prof. Johnson and the boys
have worked hard at their task, and
the program they rendered last even
ing was pleasure to the audience and
a credit to the boys.
The musical selections were attrac-
tive ones in themselves, and the pleas
ure they gave the audience was intens-
flied by the evident joy of the singers
in their work. The college spirit was
there, as well as the college songs
Mr.. Thomas reading of one of Will
Allen Whites Boyville stories gave
the people taste for more. He should
have been given another chance in the
second half.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
DAN CUPID GIVING
CHRISTINA PRESENTS

Lots of the boys are going to get
nice girls for Christmas presents. Dan
Cupid and the county clerks office
have been working overtime. Mar
riage licenses were issued yesterday
and today to the following couples:
Willard Kellogg of Centralia and
Ethel Warden Of Hollow
Charles D. Douthat and Estelle
Moon, both of Centralia.
E. T. Chenowith and Nellie Curtis
both of Grove.
Lee Martin and Mamie Landrum,
both of Vinita.
Raymond P. HERE and Florence L.
Proudlove, of Vinita.
William P. Bond and Mamie Cald-
we'll were married by County Judge
Frear.
Best wishes, Merry Christmas and a
long and happy life to one and all.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24

doubtedly have claimed their third
victim.
The home was a small one story
building containing two rooms, and
the fire soon destroyed its every tim
ber With heavy hearts the crowd
stood together in mutual sorrow, and
it was not until an hour later that
strong men entered the hot ashes and
with bowed heads removed therefrom
the charred remains of the two little
ones.
It is thought that a gas stove was
the cause of the fire, which occurred
while the father was working quar-
ter of mile distant
There will be no Christmas tree in
Avant this year.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
No Strike of Engineers.
by Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-No strike on
the railroads west, north and south of
Chicago by engineers This was the
brief announcement made today at the
close of the midday conference be-
tween the railway managers, the engi-
neers represented by Grand Chief
Warren Stone of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. and mediation
Charles P. Neill No details of Com
missioner Neill's plan of settlement
were given out.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
Gas Stove Fumes Kill Six.

By Associated Press.
Kenton, o., Dec, 24.-Six people, two
women and four men, were found dead
today in a building at the rear of the
opera house. The clerk of restaur-
ant on the first floor, receiving no re-
sponse to calls. went to the rear room,
finding the bodies scattered about the
room. 1t is supposed that the fumes
from gas stove killed them ALL
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
Guthrie Asks injunction.
, Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 24-Suit was
filed in the supreme court today asking
for an Injunction against the removal
of the capital to Oklahoma City under
the bill passed at the recent session
of the legislature. The suit is in the
name of w. S. Coyle. heavy taxpayer,
who alleges that Guthries business
will be hurt and that the special ses-
sion was Illegal
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-24
Aviator Grace Still Missing.

By Associated Press.
London, England, Dec. 24.-The
search for Cecil S. Grace. the amateur
aviator who lost his way in the fog
while attempting to return over the
English Channel to Dover Thursday,
was continued today without any sue
cess. The feet of torpedo boats sent
out from Sheerness to scour the waters
of the vicinity did not return this aft
ernoon.