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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
GIRLS MURDERER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Fugitive Returns to Home Of His For.
nner Employer, And Shoots
Himself.

Cauther vile. Mo-, Nov. 4.-Martin
Rollins, who on Monday killed 1e.year.
OLD Annie Austin because she refused
to elope with him yesterday afternoon
committed suicide in barn belonging
to John Maxwell, farmer, % miles
southwest of Caruthersville. The fugi-
tive, who was being hunted by Sheriff
Franklin and posse and trailed BIZ
bloodhounds in Arkansas, returned to
the home Of his former employer ana
there ended his life by blowing his
brains out. When his lifeIess body
was found, rope was discovered
around his neck, apparently placed
there by himself with the intention of
seeking death by hanging.
Maxwell discovered Rollins in his
barn about 10 o'clock yesterday fore.
noon and was Instantly covered with
pistol by the fugitive. AT the point of
his pistol, Maxwell was made to prom.
lse tnat ne would not report Rollins
to the sheriff until o'clock yesterday
afternoon. AT that time Rollins said
he would let Maxwell know whether
ne would give himself up, fight or k.lll
himself.
Maxwell reported the presence of
Rollins to the sheriff's Office here. and
deputy was on his way to the barn
At o'clock promptly Rollins turned
nis pistol ON himself.
Rollins sent the empty shells with
which she was killed to the girl S
mother Accompanying them was a
lote which read:
Here are the shells that killed
our daughter, and you are the cause
Il it." This message is said to have
'een written by the fugitive shortly
'efore he burned the barn of Sheriff
franklin Tuesday.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
Lost lais SHOTGUN.

j. ]. sayle. Of vinita, is minus gun,
but he's on the warpath just the same
Two boys called this morning al his
boarding place and asked Mrs. Tom
Hammon, the landlady for Mr.. sayle's
shotgun. She refused to give it up
without his permission. The boys
went away for a little while and came
back with the story that he had said
they might have the gun. The boys
were seen headed westward. One Of
them lives in Alton He told friend
ne met here that he and his companion
had left home. Mr. Sayle says the gun
was worth about 1880.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04

MT and Mrs, w. p Thompson are
entertaining Q week end house party,
consisting of Judge Thomas H. owen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pendleton, Miss
Ella Rogers and Dr. Blakemore. Of
Muskogee. They entertained with an
informal dinner last evening, the other
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. W. B.
Coley, Mr.. and Mrs. R. v. Mcspadden
Miss Parker and Judge and Mrs. L. F.
Parker. This morning the party, in.
Miss Parker and Mrs. Parker
left in large wagon for an outing at
Mr Thompson's ranch, three miles
east Of town.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
PR|NCET0N'S GUNS TRAINED
ON vALLADERE'S RESIDENCE
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
New Orleans, La, Nov. 4.-The
cruiser, Princeton, at anchor off
Amapala, Honuras, is training her guns
on the governors vesfdence. now oe-
cupied by General Jose Valladares.
leader of the revolt against President
Davila's government, according to dis
patches to the Picayune from San
Salvador. The dispatches state Valla-
dares yesterday surrounded the Amer
lean consul intending to fire upon the
residence. Immediately upon being
notified Commander Hayes, of the
Princeton. cleared the decks for action
and informed valladares that il for
eigners were molested h's would shoot
the governors palace full Of holes.
The dispatches add that chaos reigns
throughout western Honduras and that
'nfiamatory manfestos have been cir.
eulated by valladares and his follow.
ers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
Tulsa Looks Much Better.

Probably the most interesting foot
ball game of the season is now in pro
gress at the city school grounds, where
the Tulsa high school is trying to
"wallop" the gridiron gladiators of the
local high school. After sizing up both
teams it is the general opinion that
the visitors have much the advantage
in both weight and experience, and a
victory for the locals is hardly anti
cipated.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
GOVERNMENT WILL STOP
LABOR DEMONSTRATION

Madrid, Spain, Nov. 4.-The govern
ment announced today that it would
prevent, at all hazards, the monster
labor manifestation arranged for to-
morrow at Barcelona, to which city the
men on strike in the other towns have
declared their intention of marchinf.
General WegIer, captain general of
Cataleona, has large force of troops.
but these will be reinforced by fifteen
thousand more. The government
claims that the revolutionary leaders
many of whom have been imprisoned.
are trying to infame the masses.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
LIpp to Be Win Iumho.

0. L. Lipp formerly employed by
Dan Myers has accepted a position
with the Jumbo store. Mr.. Lipp is a
young man of considerable experience
in the mercantile business and is very
genteel in his manner and pleasant to
his customers. He has made a host
Of friends since he came to vinita and
will be glad to welcome them in the
Jumbo store.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04

along these lines. II you see COM
rade who did not receive a COPY of
this letter, please discuss the matter
with him and have him write me fully.
! may not have time to answer each
letter but ] shall certainly be glad to
hear from every soldier in the district.
When you write l would appreciate
a word relative to the campaign. If
each soldier would get one or several
OF his democratic personal friends to
vote for the republican candidate for
congress as personal favor to them
the result would be a benefit to all
concerned. Merchants and the public
generally seem to overlook the fact
that money paid to old soldiers in the
form OF pension warrants is a benefit
TO the entire community and not mere
ly TO the soldier himself. He spends
his money for necessaries and thus
puts money in circulation, benefit to
all. Any democrat therefore who real
ly has an interest in his community.
especially if he be business man
should be interested in the election of
a member of congress who is willing
and anxious to do what he can for the
old soldier. II you succeed in getting
any Of their votes, should like to
have their name when you write con-
cerDing your personal views on pen
sion legislation.
Sincerely yours,
C. e. CREAGER.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04

Col. ]. ]. Spencer returned last night
from a trip to the counties in the
southern portion Of the third congress
sional district, where he was called
on official business. The colonel says
in talking with the citizens he became
satisfied that there would be heavy
vote polled in that section, and that
the election of-James S. Davenport to
congress was practically certain,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
SHIRT FACTORY NOW Seems
CERTAIN FOR THIS CITY

That Vinita will soon have a shirt
and garment factory is pretty genor-
ally believed in this city Jack Dia-
mond. of Edwardsyillv. H., who was
here this week with a view to locating
such an industry here. before leaving
for his home, asked ". b. CoIsy, if
he would entertain a proposition to
add a second story to his laundry
building, the additional story to he
used for such factory. AIr. Co,ey
agreed to build such addition ii Mr..
Diamond SO desired and it is probable
that the new laundry building viii be
two story
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
ANOTHER MONARCHY LOSES
PORTION OF ITS POWER

BY Associated Press.
Peking, China, Nov. 4-Another abb
solute monarchy has surrendered part
of it's power. An official decree was
issued this morning announcing that
an impartial parliment, the first in the
history of China, would be convoked
in 1913. This is concession to the
demands of the recently constituted
senate, which asked the government
for the early formation of a general
representative legislative body
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
Dead Of Mrs. eranvIIIa oraln

Mrs. Granvil Craig died at 1890 this
morning at Welch. She had been M
with diabetis for the last fiye months
Her death win be deeply regretted
by a host of friends in vinita and
throughout the county, as well as in
Welch.
Mr.. Craig is one of the best known
farmers and democrats in Craig coun-
ty' which was named for him. A
dQuphtap af hf~- C--s-s-
.. "ais. Sidls 5, mrs. W. l..
Marker, is the wife of a prominent
banker in Welch. Funeral services
VIII be held at the Baptist church on
Sunday, at 2 p. m. Interment will be
in Welch cemetery.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
MUSKRAT CASE ADVANCED
ACCORDING TO TELEGRAM

]. c. Starr has received telegram
from Washington, d. c., that the SUI
preme court of the United States has
granted a motion to advance the Musk
rat case and set the same for hearing
with the Gritts, Brown and another
case and that the Muskrat case COM
monty known as the Cherokee too
late baby case" will be argued be-
tween the 18th of this month and the
first Of December and that the prob
abilities are that the opinion in the
too late baby case will be rendered
not much later than the 18th of Jan
uary.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
SINGING REPLY
TO CONGRESSMANS INSULT

From the following open letter ad
dressed to Charles Evasive Creager
may be seen the disgust in which
Creager is held by at least one mem
Der of the G. A. R.:
Vinita, Okla, Nov. 4, 1910.
Hon. c. e. Creager,
Congressman from Third Congress.
sional District,
Muskogee, Okla.
Dear Sir: Your letter asking me as
an old Union soldier to vote for you
and get several democrats to do the
same. received.
In reply permit me to say that you
are certainly ignorant of American
history when you assume that all I'm
ion soldiers were or are republicans.
Thousands Of Union soldiers from Cen
eral Mcclellan and General Hancock
on down were democrats and no
braver men ever wore the colors.
| am a democrat and love my coun-
try none the less for it. Your cam.
paigning letter sent to me under
frank (Which doubt your legal right
to use for such purpose) has GER
tainly gone astray in this case. The
old soldiers owe no congressman any
thing for what they did during the
war-they did it ON principle. We GER
tainly owe nothing to you who wish
the National Tribune bill, the DolIar-a-
ping into a $500 job which benefits
no one but yourself and the Interests" 4"
The defeat which awaits you No
vember 8, is deserved as you have fail
ed to represent your constituency, but
have stood by Cannon and Aldrich and
the other standpatters who represent
Rhode Island ideas.
Yours respectfully.
JOHN J. SPENCER.
The following is the letter from
Creager to Mr.. Spencer:
Muskogee, Okla, Oct. 29, 1910
Mr. Jno. J. Spencer,
vinita, Oklahoma.
My Dear Sir: The third session Of
he present congress will soon con-
gene and considerable Legislation of
Importance to those who wore the
blue viii be considered. During the |
summer have had occasion to discuss |
R. posts have adopted resolutions /
lay bill, and other pension matters
'ut I find wide difference of opinion
'mong the boys" as to just what is
Q their best interest. Only few G.
!. R. posts have apodted resolutions
lefining actually their opinions. Tn /
rider that may intelligently and eff
ectively represent the soldiers and
heir interests, | should like an ex- /
ression from them at an early date
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
M'B|RAEy AsTOAIsHED At
vIh|TRS LARGE GROWTH

why I never was SO surprised in
my life" said Sam McBirney. cashier
OF the Bank Of Commerce, at Tulsa,
this morning In discussing the wonder
full growth Of vinita during the last
two years. Mr McBirney had not been
in the city for about four years and
he said he could not realize that this
is the same town. The words Of
praise coming from a man who lives
IN hustling city like Tulsa certainly
sounds good to vinitans. Mr.. Nc
Birney came up to see the football
game between vinita and Tulsa high
schools.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04
RUMOR OF KING ALFONSO's
ASSASSINATION UNTRUE
By Associated Press,

BY Associated Press,
London, England. Nov. 4. Rumor
from Paris that King Alfonso, Of Spain.
was assassiuated, circulated through
the stock exchange at the opening to-
day, but is considered to be on a par
with the stories of revolution in Spain,
that originated recently in the same
quarter with the purpose of influenc-
ing the market. The result of the in
quiries was to discredit the story.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-04

w. w and Roscoe Woolman. who
live in the Jenkins district, have been
in town today buying equipment for
two weeks hunting trin On Grand river
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time so small a coin dime when it thrown into
the air. He wasn't doing these things conceitedly
osentatously; but just for fun to keep his hand in with
his service pistol and to the stalled passengers.
One shooting stunt, however, baff1ed him. solitary
bird flying tantazingly about three hundred feet
above the middle of the Snake River in line with the
top of the paisade upon which the Sergeant and his
group stood. The bird flying with the jerky dart
ng eccentric movements of bat only with great deal
rapidty The Sergeant tried to get that bird with
half dozen snapshots; but he had picked out too diff
cult stunt His bullets went wide every time, and the
crazy bird continued to dart hther and yon high above
the center of the stream.
Then young woman, wearing Newmarket coat of
plaid and with veil draped enticingy about her pretty
face and hair in place of hat stepped to the edge of the
pasade after having watched the Sergeants shooting
with obvious interest. The Sergeant had by this time
given his attempt to wing the utterng bird with the
dazzling speed and the crazy flying motions. The young
with the veil about her hair drew silver and
pearl mounted pistol from of the pockets of her
Newmarket coat, studied the flying of the bird
for few seconds and them suddenly lifting her shooting
tool fired
The bird, stopped in the middle of sweeping side
DASH fell dead into the middle of the brown river.
The young woman replaced the pistol in her pocket
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the committee arrangements related gloomiy they
passed through the stalled trains endeavorng to find
they could passenger able to play the violin who
might volunteer to help them out with bit of dance d
ding with piano accompaniment.
knew how to scrape and volunteered. 1t was one
joyous occasion. The wives and daughters and sweet
hearts of the railroad looked mighty pretty in their
white dresses did we'll as knew how with the fid
diet strictly fiddle too, and volin-belong
ing to the brakeman with the crushed hand My ten
dency recall, to play too fast; but the lady pi
anist-she of Mormon parentage she naively in
formed me between dances, and of thirtyseven
chdren-kept under pretty farish control with her
ump-tata, ump-ta-ta piano accompaniment of simple
chords.
AS many of the passengers of the stalled trains as
could squeeze into the hall on hand at the dance
most of them to look on others of Them particularly
the pretty girls from the palace take in the
dancing and to enjoy it keenly; and not few of them,
mostly men folk from my train, were there with
the sole and perfectly obvious purpose of strngng
in my capacity as fiddler for the occasion
oftily ignored these last however, and went almost
through the entire dance but not quite
Here is the why did not play the last two
dances on the program:
Along toward midnight, while was saving away at
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to recede from the track round Pocatelo All of the
six trains. bound both ways, crowded with passen
gers.
Beyond all question as miscellaneous lot of
travellers got trapped a railroad siding. We
little bit of everything in human guise,-luxur
California folk in the palace of the easbound
trains making their way to New York and thence to the
Riviera; chatty, cheerful drummers galore; four
loads of newly recruited soldiers their way to Pacific
Coast garrsons; bovine eyed immigrants of both
with their stolid Children cowboys in store Clothes
turning to their ranches after tumultuous furloughs
rough miners with their shooting tools plainly visible
pretty. chattery girls who viewed the whole thing
lark; fretful repning capitalists who fumed the
Enthusiastically mixed crowd ever for
gathered involuntarily within the borders of Idaho.
All hands, including the toughest of us, behaved
pretty WELL Americans generally do in such circum
stances during the five days of delay at Glenns Ferry
Genns Ferry little railroad settlement of three
four hundred inhabitants mostly employees of the rail-
road and their families. Fortunately it eating
station. and the larder well stocked with
smoked meats, canned goods and the like The eating
room of the station small; but took turns.
The women-pretty girls from the Pulmans and immi-
grant women with their babies down first. When
they finished, the took their turns at the tables
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eTT0IS small world" Or, less concretely and more
colloquialy. After ALL this old world is pretty
SMALL isn't it,"
l quote two forms of one of Our standard universal
bromidoms. 1t is transmitted truism; for it
trapped in the amber of antiquity. The ranging
Phencians chattering the wharves of Tyre, prob
ably used it. Alexander of Macedonia said something
that was verbal first cousin to it. Julius Cesar if he
did not say it in so many words, limited it. Charemagne
behaved as if he believed it. Marco Polo, hoar and
weary after his wanderngs in China, said it outright.
The globe trotter and the commercial traveller of
day employ the bromdiom in careless, ofhand way;
which is nothing remarkable, since all bromdioms
employed in just that selfsame way aren't they? But
there is verify in this smaness-of-the- world bro
midom than there is in commonplace of its sort.
1t offers opportunities for endless proof and illustration
Wherefore, let us add to the accumulation of in
stances, having found for ourselves, well from
Others, good deal that to show the almost
believable tininess of Our planet.
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Drawing by Herman Pfeifer

according to their luck in the meal drawings Those
who drew the late numbers uttered word of COM
plant. 1t all part of the game A Major General
of the United States army smiled agreeaby when, at
almost every drawing. he caught number that forced
him to wait for the very last table, hours after the meal
had begun. He was the most monothc hoodoo as
number drawer that ever saw; but he grand old
boy and perfect SPORT all the same, and he never
batted eye when the grnning immigrant men passed
him, licking their chops, their way the tables.
We amused ourselves best we could, tramping
through the crusted sagebrush of the palisades
overlooking the roy swift flowing, sinister Snake River
A Bafaed Marksman
DURING the forenoon of the second day. grizzled
Sergeant of infantry one of the noncommissioned
officers escorng the recruits to Pacific Coast posts
doing fancy pistol shooting the edge of of
the buttes overlooking the river. He was wearing the
medal of distinguished marksman" of the United
States army and the crack shot of the service with
both rifle and pistol. The stalled travellers watched him
interestedly as he pep
pered tin tossed
- into the air with three
four bullets before
"~ it reached the ground
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man, who cuStOmar1ly furnished the
stringed music for these dances. One
of the fddler's hands had been
crushed, which of course put him out
of business, for the time, at least. as
fiddler. The LADY piano player"
a freman's wife, was in readiness for
the evening; but they had been used
to dancing to the music of violin and
piano. All of this two members of
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and started to stroll back to her train But the sur
passed Sergeant, filled with admiration, meant to have
speech of her. He approached her courteousy raised
his forage cap and thus addressed her:
Miss, there is only woman in the world that I
know of who could make shot like that
Yes?" replied the young woman, stopping and snil-
ing. "And who is she?"
Annie Oakley Miss, said the Sergeant.
WELL l Annie Oakley" replied the young
woman.
And she Miss Annie Oakley, the most famous of
all women Shots On that day Miss Oakley, always
great traveller, might easily have been breaking with
bandaged eyes, glass balls at the London hppodrome
the circus at Madrid Budapest. But crazy flying
bird darting the Snake River at Glenns Ferry,
Idaho, happened to be daunting crackshot Sergeant
on that morning. and Annie Oakley just happened to
be there to to the Sergeant that the trick could
be done and to afford another instance of the saness
of the world.
The Author at the Fiddle
ON that vigil evening of the day of Saint Patrick the
railroad folk of Glenns Ferry had arranged to have
dance at the town hall the general But the
committee arrangements had been thrown into
state of gloom few days previously, owing to acct
dent which had disabled the fiddler, railroad brake
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lnterestedly as he pep
pered a tin can tossed
into the air with three
or four bullets before
it reached the ground.
He would hit every
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What Happened in Idaho

What Happened in Idaho
ON March Is, 1894, a train on
which / was travelling westward
was stalled at Glenns Ferry, Idaho,
between two washouts. The trestle
spanning Indian Creek, ahead of us.
was down. The track back of us,
around Pocatello, had been flooded
and washed askew after our leaving
there. Two other westbound trans
continental trains ahead of ours were
laid up at Glenns Ferry, waiting for
the Indian Creek trestle to be re-
paired. Alongside of these were
three stalled eastbound transconti-
mental trains, waiting for the waters
The daily Alaskan., 1910-03-18

Only One "BRoMo oUININE"
 That is LAXATIVE PROMO QUIN. NE. Look for the signature of E. w. GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c
The daily Alaskan., 1910-03-18
ELECTION NOTICE.

A general municipal election will be held Tuesday, April jth., 1910, for the purpose of electing seven coun- cilmen, one school director and one school treasurer.
 The election will be held at the town hall and the hours for voting will be from a. m. to 2 D. m.
 A voter for COuucilmen must be a male citizen of the United States, or one who has declared his iUten- tion to become such, twenty-one years of age or over, who has resided continuously one year next preceding the election in the District of Alaska and for six months preceding the cleo tion in the Town of Skagway and who has duly registered
 All adults, male or female who are citizens of the United States or who have declared their intention to be- come such and who are bona fde residents of the Town of Skagway arl qualified to vote for the school direct or and school treasurer.
 E. J. Doherty, Town Clerk.