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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04
FULLBLOODS HOLD
BIG CELEBRATION
creaeer Flag Raising at Jay on Mon.
day Was Attended BY Hundreds
Of Cherokee Indians.

The two days meeting Of the full
blood Cherokees at Jay, the newly
elected county seat of Delaware coun-
ty. came to a close last night and
marked an interesting epoch in the
history of Oklahoma
AS has been previously announced
this picnic and meeting was called to
celebrate the raising of the "Creager
flag" or the flag that was used at the
Inauguration of President Taft, and
later presented by Taft to the full
blood Cherokees.
The picnic grounds are located on a
beautiful site about three-quarters of
a mile from Jay. On the grounds were
a number of springs gushing forth
pure clear water. Tents had been
brought for the accommodation of the
members of the fullblood societies and
their guests who we're in attendance.
The committee on arrangements,
composed of Dave Muskrat, John
Grass and several other we'll known
fullbloods had made all plans for the
flag raising. In the center Of the picnic
grounds stand for the speakers had
been built, A short distance from this
stand a fiag-pole about forty feet high
had been erected.
At 2 o'clock Monday afternoon the
fullbloods formed in double column
and headed by the fullblood Indian
Glee Club of Eucha, marched to the
pole. singing songs in the language Of
the Cherokee. Then after a prayer
and song the beautiful American flag
was hoisted to the top of the pole
where for the first time it's folds were
unfolded to the breezes to float over
the heads of these fullbloods The
cheer that went up from the assemb-
lage was evidence of the deep love
for the flag CT their country.
Following the flag raising Rev. John
Grass, one of the most noted Indian
preachers, delivered. in the Cherokee
language, an eulogy to the flag. His
speech was interpreted for the benefit
Of those who did not understand the
native language. In closing his adj
dress the aged Indian said that he and
many of the others were going and
soon their places would have to be
filed by younger men. He told how
earnestly the members Of the Keetoo-
yah Society had worked for the good
of their people, and invoked the bless
ing Of God upon the younger genera
tion and prayed that they might be
able to always meet and solve the
problems that would face their people,
and that the younger generation might
always be prepared 10 protect the in
terests of their people.
At the conclusion of the address Of
Rev. John Grass, the committee in
vited Judge Joseph A. Gill of this city
to speak to the assembly. Joseph
Fox, of Eucha. acted as Interpreter
of the judge, whose short address re-
coived much attention from the full
bloods
Mr.. PaschaI, a fullblood from Table
quah also spoke Monday afternoon.
The Indians engaged in a stomp
dance Monday night and continued
the celebration throughout yesterday
and last night.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04
start on Wedding Trip.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo-, May 4.-Lieuten-
ant Reginald A. Owen and his bride.
who was Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt, en-
route from Lincoln. Neb., to Jamaica,
on their wedding trip. spent last night
in Kansas City. They expect to de-
part sometime today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04
aft at St. Louis.

BY Associated Press.
St. Louis. Mo-. May 4. 4.-President
Taft arrived here at $3.50 this morning.
Secretary of Agriculture James VIII
son met him at the station. The pres
ident addressed the Farmers Conven-
tfon this morning.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04
Prohibits oral BOOkmakins.

by AssUcIdttu fItss'
Albany, N. y May 4.--FoIlowing
a conference today with Governor
Hughes, Senator Newcomb succeeded
in having the senate strike out his
amendment made yesterday to the
Agnew- Perkins anti-oral bookmaking
bill and the measure was passed in the
form, which prohibits bookmaking
with or without writing"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04

Dl AaoutIdlVU IItoo.
Washington, D. c.. May AFTER
twelve years, all of the battleship
Maine is to be removed from Havana
harbor and the bodies that went down
with the vessel win be inferred in the
National Cemetery at Arlington A
bill providing for such removal and
burial. which had been passed by the
house today was passed by the senate.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04


down to defeat before the insurgents
rather than to have turned their
backs and joined with the democrats
in dropping proposition promised by
the republican national platform and
advocated by Mr.. Taft
The indications were last night that
the success OF the senate insurgents in
killing sections I and 12 Of the rail.
road bill has only whetted their ap.
petite, and that they are preparing to
oppose the regulars on other sections
of the bill. Section was killed rather
than face test Of the insurgents
strength on Cummins' provision Of
this section, which would substitute it
Cummins withdrew his amendment on
the agreement that the whole section
would be killed.
Some of the regular republicans are
in favor now, it is understood, of drop
ping sections IS. IA and Is frorn the
railroad bill. These are the sections
providing for the regulation Of the
capitalization of railroad corporations
and aimed chiefly at the prevention OF
stock watering. The argument ad
vanced by administration senators is
that this is doubtful field of legis
lation and that the sections as draft
ed are unsatisfactory to both the
friends and critics of the BILL The in
surgents served notice on the admins
tration senators this afternoon that
they will not consent to the elimina
tion of these sections from the bill and
that they intend to make a fight fol
the adoption OF amendments that they
have offered.
This interesting situation, well illus
trating the tangled condition of affairs
in congress, is thus presented; Sena
tors who have assumed The task Of
steering the Taft bills through that
body find themselves inclined now, Is
it is said, to drop sections Is, IA and
Is, while the insurgents are in the
attitude of insisting upon their re
tention.
The insurgents, however. will not ac
cept the sections as originally drawn
but will demand the adoption Of theil
own amendments. That Is where ths
rub comes. The republican admins
J tration senators will not consent to th,
form of these sections as amended b.
the Insurgents
| The insurgents held meeting afte
adjournment Of the senate and at thi
meeting ii developed that there ia
difference Of opinion among the in
surgents themselves as to what cours'
ought to be pursued in regard to thes
three sections. Some of the more rad
ical insurgents insist that physical val
uation of railroads ought to be insert
ed in the sections, while others OF
lpose this idea. The suggestion wa
made at this meeting that the elimin
alton of these three sections from TIL
bill If they could get assurance from
Senator Aldrich and other republican
leaders that an independent bin en-
bodying the provisions Of these sec
| tions would be reported quickly by tn
committee on interstate commerce.
This probably would mean the quicl
passage by the senate of what remain
of the railroad bill, but the insurgent
would insist upon full debate on th
substitute bill Some Of the republ
can leaders were inclined to view thi
proposition with favor, but nothin
ldefnite win be decided in regard t
1.-THE sections 1S. IA and Is for a day Q
1.-Two.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-04
AGED Missouri Frelahter Dead.

BY Associated Press.
st. Joseph. Mo-, May 4.-Cyrus Sex
ton, who was prominent in the early
history of northwest Missouri as a
freighter. died at his home here early
today, aged seventy-six.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
WHEN LORD RUSSELL'S DAUGH.
TER BECAME A NUN.

Non-Catholics a never understand
how young girls give up all the joys
OF the world and enter converts. or
why parents permit them to do so.
Do o remember the beautiful letter
Lord Russell of Killowen, lord chief
justice Of England, wrote to his
daughter Mary when she desired to
enter a religious life? It expresses
so accurately the Catholic spirit in
this matter that it Is worth reprinting.
Mary's choice vas not unnatural for
a member of the Russell family. All
RusselPs sisters became nuns. His
brother is the famous Father Mat
thew Russell, s.. j., of Dublin.
Royal Courts of Justice, April 81,
1900. My Darling Child-God's will
be done! You have now taken the
first serious step toward final retire
ment from the life of the world. The
thought that it makes for your happi-
ness n hat it is the will of God,
softens the blow to your mother and
to me-for blow it, beyond question,
Is to us-blow it is also, 1 know, to
Lily (who has borne herself like the
brave girl she isl and to Margaret
also.
We hoped, selfishly in part, no
doubt, but not wholly selfishly, to
have your sunshiny nature always
with or near US in the worId-a world
in which we thought and think good
bright souls have a great and useful
work to do. Well, If it cannot be so,
we bow our heads in resignation. We
know o will do your duty, as it
comes to you to do, well and thor
oughly and unselfishly; and we have
no fear that Won WILL forget Ic AZ
ter all, it is something for us, poor
dusty creatures of the world, with our
selfish concerns and little ambitions,
to have a stout young heart steadily
praying for us. I know we can de-
pend on this; I know also you will
not forget your promise to me should
serious misgivings cross your mind
before the last word is spoken. I rely
on this. God keep and guard you, my
darling child, is the prayer of your
father, Russell of Killowen."
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
SOME CURTOUS FaCrc

A curious barometer used in Ger
many and Switzerland consists of a
pan of water with a frog and a little
stepladder in 1t. When the frog comes
out of the water and sits on the stems
1t is said infallibly to f~oretell rain.
Japan a an avenue of trees fifty
miles in length. The trees are the
cryptomera, and every one is a per-
feet specimen, quite straight, from 1870
to $50 in height and twelve to fifteen
feet in circumference. The avenue
extends from the town of Namanda
to Nikko.
In the Sandwich islands widows
have their departed husbands names
tattoed on their tongues.
In Germany is prisoner is acquitted
on a tie vote by the jury. A vote of
seven to five leaves the decision with
the court, while a vote Of eight to four
means conviction.
In Abyssinia it is considered a crime
to smoke. The law forbidding tobac-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
MGR. AGIUS.

Mgr. Agius left Rome for his
delegation in the Philippines last
week, greatly cheered by the prospect
of resuming and completing his val
liable work there. His visit to Rome
has beer the means of securing the
speedy approval Of the statutes of the
provincial council, which was held in
Manila last year. the creation of four
new dioceses and a yicariate apostolic.
the enrolment of new c~ontingents of
regular clergy and nuns to help in
the work of preserving the faith.
One Of the great dangers of the
moment arises from h presence in
the Archipelago of over 60 Protestant
missionaries, who have found the
ground not altogether unprepared for
them, owing to the dearth of priests,
the Aglipay schism, the disturbance
created by war and rebellion.
1t is hoped that Catholic America
will now do everything possible to
counteract the influence Of these en-
issaries by providing the Bishops with
the means necessary for the support
of priests and churches.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
SAVED BY MARY.

Above the doorway of an oio
church in Barcelona Is an image OF
the Immaculate Conception, with the
face of Our Lady slightly urned the
eyes expressing the most tender pity,
the features moulded in a sweet, sad
smile. Centuries ago a poor weaver
and his mother were working togeth-
err one night, when the screams OF a
misery neighbor attracted their at
tention. and Severe, against the wishes
of mis- aged mother, ran over to offer
his help. He soon returned scared
and pale; hte miser had been muir
dcred-tne officers were upon m
had found his scissors which he had
dropped on the way-the trial and
conviction then followed-prayers and
e~ntreaties and protests of his inno-
cence were of no avail; how the poor
mother prayer In Santa Maria Mar
Alianor. the mother of a good son.
The day of execution came, Severe
was led away by the soldiers. AS he
passed the church of st. Mary he
begged to pray there-what an appeal
to Her protection? How trustingly he
told her of his innocence. With what
establishment the crowd Of people be-
held the image of the Blessed Mother,
which had its head raised heavenward
"rn toward the condemned man with
a look of compassion, and so remain
to this day. severe was declared In
nocent and continued a piOuS son of
Mary to the end of a long and useful
life in Gods service.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
THE CHURCH.

The term church denotes the society
founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
1t is composed of all who are bap-
tized and profess the faith taught by
| Christ and proposed and defined by
the church, and who partake of the
| same sacraments and are governed by
the lawful pastors under one visible
head-the Roman Pontiff, the Suc
cessor of st. Peter.
Sometimes the term church is used
in a wide sense to embrace all who
from the beginning of the world be-
lieved in the one true God and were
made His children by grace. Thus II
includes the saints before the law, the
saints under the law, n the saints
under grace. Hence, in this sense it
might be designated as the church he
fore the old covenant, the church of
the old covenant and the church Of
the new covenant.
Again the term may signify the
whole body of the faithful, those whr
are living IN earth, those who are in
Purgatory. and those who are i n
Heaven. These form the Communion
Of Saints" spoken of in the Apostles
Creed. Sometimes the terms used to
designate these are: The Church Mil
liant, the Church Suffering, the
Church Triumphant. Then the term
is sometimes divided into the Church
teaching, and the church being taught,
Ecclesia Dozens and Ecclesia Discens.
the term Church in its full and prop
er meaning denotes the whole body of
the faithful, the pastors and the peo-
pie.
The following words of Cicero, the
celebrated Roman orator, should be
noted: There is no nation existing
SO barbacous that ii does not asknowl-
edge the existence of a God, so much
so, that men will rather have a false
god than no god at ALL" And the
heather philosopher, Plutarch, writes:
IF thou ~wanderest through the eartn
thou mayet easily find cities without
walls, without kings, without palaces,
without money and without science;
but no n has ever yet found, nor
ever will find, a people without relig,
ious ceremonies and without sacrifices
whereby to obtain benefits, or to aver
evil. Nay, L believe that it would be
easier for a city to be built without
foundations, than for a community to
be organized or to continue to exist.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
HAMPTON OF CATHOLICISM.

Rome. May 2S.-The Pope has is
sued an encyclical on the occasion of
the third centenary of The ~canOniZa-
zion Of st. Charles BorromeO, in which
he eXtOls him as the great champion
OF Catholicism against the Protestant
reformation who. he says at the time
Of the Council of Trent, definitely es-
abolished that Catholic principles hsa5
been undermined by Martin Luther.
The Pope compares the Protestant
Reformation with today's modern
ism He eXhorts the clergy and the
l3ity to combat modern innovators in
the same manner that ST. Charles
BcrrOmeo waged war against the re-
formers of his day. Plus X concludes
by recommending .he e~piscopate to
follow the saints example and pro-
mote tmong the people religious in
struCtion. which constitutes a defensa
against errors of faith.
The number Of Americans who have
been received by the Pope this year is
Unprecedented. Bishop Kennedy, rec
tor Of the American college. who at
tends exclusively to the Papal pre-
sensations. says that since Easter over
q thousand Americans have been re-
ceiyed by the Pope weekly. Seventy
per cent of them were non-Catholics.
The Pope meets Americans almost
daily, and is always pleased TO see
them and appreciates their visits
owing to the long journeys they un-
dertake for h purpose of seeing him.
The Vatican authorities afford them
every facility and make no distinc-
ton between Catholics and Protest
ants.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
A A GOOD TREE.~

What is a god tree? Nobody
knows or a aver heard of such
a thing until, not long ago, an eth
biological explorer anne across quite
a lot of them on certain little known
islands along the west coast of Su-
matra.
The god tree is carved out of wood,
with curiously fashioned branches of
the same material. On these branch
es are hung strings of bright colored
bits of cloth and tiny baskets filled
with grains of rice. The whole affair
is not more than three feet high.
According to the belief of the ma
tives of the island aforesaid, a god
lives in the tree. He is not a partic-
ularly good sort of divinity and, If he
takes a notion to leave the tree he is
liable to do folks a mischief. The
best way to persuade him to stay at
home in the tree is to make the latter
attractive by adjoining it in the man
ner described and by supplying rice
in baskets for the god to eat.
The god is a household good and
the tree which he inhabits is kept in a
corner of the family dwelling.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11

after the belief in a Divine Power has
been discarded" Religion, being in
herent in mans nature, has always
existed on earth; it is Indispensable to
social life; it is the very foundation
and mainstay of society. Religion.
therefore, forms the basis of eccles-
iastical history; for the history of the
Christian church is but the history of
the Christian religion.
The Christian religion rests on the
Fall of Man, and his Redemption by
the "Incarnate Son Of God. Hence, the
history OF the Church Of God does not,
properly speaking, begin with the
birth OF Christ, but reaches back to
Eden. The great doctor, st. Angus
tine, beautifully remarks: What Is
now called the Christian religion has
existed from the creation of the hui
man race; but ii was only when Christ
appeared in the flesh that men gave
the name Of Christianity to the true
religion which was already existing"
Christ is the center of the history
of mankind. The history of mankind
before Christ is the history of the
preparation CT mankind for the COM
Ing of the Savior of the world and the
history after Christ is the history Of
the development of Gods kingdom on
Garth. All historical events are more
or less directly guided by the Divine
Providence for the welfare of Gods
kingdom on earth, His church.
The preparation of mankind for the
coming of Christ may be said to nave
been twofold, a negative and a posi-
tive preparation. AS a negative prep
aration for Christianity, the ancient
world, having fallen away from God,
: obliged by long and painful ex-
%perience to learn that "ft is an evil
and a bitter thing to have left the
Lord" :han in his arrogance, said to
God: Leave US, we desire not the
knowledge of Thy way" and Paul
says. suffered all nations to walk in
their w way" Gradually the knowl-
edge of the One Personal God was
lost. and mankind fell into the most
degrading idOlatry. This was, indeed.
according to the Fathers, the greatest
crime of the heavens, that they would
not acknowledge Him whom 1t was
impossible for them to ignore. AL
though they discerned God" says st.
Paul, "they did not honor Him, but
corrupted the truth Of God with false
mood, and prayed TO creatures instead
Of the Creator
Disbelief and immortality are linked.
From these spring cruelty. Hence,
the prosecutions of the early Chris
tlans. The world needed the Re-
deemer to a V it, and society needs
the church to preserve it. It's history
is the history of the Kingdom of God
earth.-The Catholic Universe.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
A QUEER %COCOANUT.

A showman's clever dodge was dis
covered recently at a fair held at Biz
kenhead, England, as a result of
which he was arrested and heavily
fired for obtaining money under false
pretenses. The story told by the de-
tectives was that they saw a young
man pay a penny for a "shy' at a CO.
coanut temptingly placed on a ledge
four yards from where he stood. AL
though he hit the nut with a sounding
force, he failed to dislodge it. The
officers then entered the stall with
the intention of examining it. One OF
them went to pick up the nut and was
jcstled by the stall-keeper, while her
assistant ~skillfully changed the nut
for a genuine one. However, the Off
GERS obtained the right article, which
turned u to be d cannon ball weigh
ing IL pounds, over which cocoanut
fiber had been cleverly glued, giving
it III appearance of a genuine cocoa
mt
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
BEESWAX IN CRACKS

Ugly cracks or splits in furniture
can easily be filled in with beeswax
so that the marks will hardly show.
Furniture dealers cover UP many
blemishes in this way. Slightly soften
the beeswaX until it becomes like put
ty' then smooth it firmly into the
cracks and smooth the surface over
Flth a thin knife. Sandpaper the sur
rounding wood and work some of the
dust into the heeswax. This eives q
finish to the wood, and when it is
vanished the cracks will have disap-
peared. Putty is sometimes used in
the same way, but it soon dries and
falls out, while beeswax will remain
in practically forever.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
THE lei CATHOLIC.

The spineless Catholic is usually a
Eood-looking fellow with some social
position. As he has no spine, he can
pend quite easily and be, as he calls
It. liberal" He is of no earthly use
10 society, which soon discovers in
nm the cad; he is constantly snubbed
by the very set for whose favor he
would compromise his faith, but he
hopes on still. He is thoroughly con-
lemptible TO every honest man, but he
VIII persist in imagining that he is the
genuine article. The moment of dis
l.Iusionment comes to him, as to all
Of his class, but ever then he is not
able TO see that his misery is not the
effect Of his faith, but of his W pig
headed obstinacy in trying to recon-
Gle sin and virtue, Catholicity and the
WoTld-The Pilot, Boston.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11
RULES FOR LIVING ONE HUN
DRIED YEARS

A newspaper asked DR.. D. X. Pear
son what one must don in order To
live to be one hundred years old. AT
The age of 80 he has succeeded in Civ
ing away So, 600, 600 to colleges. but
has kept back enough to buy the nee
essaries of life for ten years more. He
expects to need them, for he is in
perfect health.
Here are some Of his rules:
Save your carfare. Walking is the
best kind of exercise.
Eat moderately when you are hun
CRY. and when you are not hun
CRY.
Keep the Ten Commandments.
Don't worry.
Work hard. but also take time for
recreation.
Go to bed early and sleep eight
hours: sleep with the window open:
keep in the open air as much as pos
sible.
Always control your temper.
Make others happy.