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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
DAN MYERS LOSS
ESTIMATED $4,000
Fire Originating Supposedly From De-
fective Wiring Causes Loss of
Probably $4,000.
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.


Fire, supposed to have been caused
by defective wiring, resulted in a loss
estimated at $4,000 last night in the
Winner building at the corner of Cana
dian avenue and Wilson street.
The fire was discovered about 10: 80
last night by Sheriff Ridenhour, who
had started home and was passing the
building, when he noticed smoke com
ing from the rear of the building. The
fire department was called out and by
getting promptly at the seat of the
fire soon had it extinguished. The
blaze had started in much the same
manner as the fire which destroyed the
block on South Wilson street on De
cember /. When the fireman arrived
they found the fire was between the
ceiling of the ground floor and the
floor above. BY breaking a small
window in the rear the fire fighters
got above the blaze and by cutting
holes in the floor were able to get
water to the fire and extinguish it.
The ground floor of the Winner build
ing is occupied by Dan Myers store,
which suffered the greatest loss as a
result of the fire. The loss to Dan
Myers is estimated at $4,000 and was
confined to his shoes, ladies ready-to-
wear and millinery departments The
damage was caused by flooding the
store with water and by the smoke.
Some OF his mems clothing was also
damaged but the loss in that depart
ment was comparatively small A par
tition was built across the store today
and it was again open for business this
afternoon.
Mr.. Myers was very grateful to the
firemen for saving his store and this
morning presented the department
with $50 in appreciation of their val
liant service.
The upper story of the building is
occupied by offices and few families
doing light housekeeping. Probably
the heaviest losers of these was Starr
& Patton, attorneys, whose Office fix
lures were badly damaged. Dr. G. o.
Burch also lost considerable by means
of breakage as did the other tenants.
The damage to the building is esti-
mated at $1,000 This can all be re-
placed, and it is understood the entire
loss is covered by insurance.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
LITTLE BUSINESS
IN LEGISLATURE
Senate Action is Disappointment to
Many Who Had Allowed Taxes to
Lapse in Hope of Extension.

Oklahoma City, Feb. II. A large
number of individuals, firms and cor
porations who allowed their taxes to
lapse in the hope that the legislature
would pass a tax extension BILL were
disappointed Friday when the senate
decided that there were flaws in the
IVogel-Charles measure and by a vote
of 18 to 16 the bills were declared lost,
having failed to receive a majority of
the entire senate.
Little was accomplished in either
house of the legislature Friday, aside
from the final passage of a number of
bills HERETOFORE perfected by the house,
except that the lower branch decisive
ly defeated the King bill, forbidding
the operation of pool halls outside of
incorporated towns and cities.
The senate discussed the prohibition
bill at length, but was unable to make
no progress whatever, and finally
passed the bill over for the time be-
ing. One section was stricken, that
expressly forbidding the keeping of
liquor in place of business or amuse-
ment or clubroom, even in lockers for
individual use.
Bills were passed finally by the
house: By Goulding and Watrous, re-
lating to the sale of cemetery lots: by
Smith and Jones, of the senate, repeal
ing the law requiring bridges at GER
tain distances apart; by Peters, au-
thorizing the leasing of a school sec
tion of the Helena agricultural school:
by Peebly, making the penalty for
horse stealing five years imprison-
ment; by Barrett, requiring railroads
to maintain hospitals for sick and in
jured employees; by Woodson, extend
ing the time for certain domestic rail-
road corporations commencing opera
tions; by Jackson and Champion, pro-
viding for the sale of unclaimed goods
by warehouse men, storage men, COM
mission merchants and express acom-
panies.
Attorney General West designated
Fred S. Caldwell of Oklahoma City
Friday to be assistant attorney general
in prosecuting the pending application
in the United States supreme court of
writ of prohibition to restrain the Ok
lahoma federal courts from interfering
with prohibition enforcement by the
state.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
MUST REMAIN IN JAIL
TO AWAIT ExTRAOIT|ON

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 11.-Judge John
H. Cotteral of the United States circuit
court is doubtful if he has jurisdiction
to grant bond to men held for extradi-
tion to a foreign country, and until he
is decided fully upon the point w. L.
Chapman, Al Brown and L. C. Grimes,
of Shawnee, under Indictment at Goa
hula, Mexico, for alleged frauds in
Kickapoo lands, must remain in the
federal jail here.
Attorneys for the men last night pre-
sented some authorities to Judge Cot
teral to show that he has jurisdiction,
but he will look up the entire matter
himself before deciding. He has an
nounced, however, he will grant the
bond if he determines he has jurisdic-
tion. The attorneys for the United
States will not resist bond.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
APPEAL WILL CAUSE DELAY
IN BUILDING OF CAPITOL

Oklahoma City, Feb. 1.-THE an
Inounced intention of Guthrie to appeal
the capital case to the supreme court
of the United States may delay Okla
homa's free capitol until the court
passes on the case. 1t is understood
here that the capitol building company
!of Oklahoma City, which has agreed to
sell land and build the $1,000,000 cap
itol, does not desire to go ahead with
its project while the capitol location
lis tied up ip the courts.
If the United States supreme court
Should reverse the capitol decision it
could only be on the question of the
binding force of the act prohibiting the
location of the cepitol until after 1913,
as this is the only federal question in
volved, Such decision would invali-
date the location here and make a new
location impossible until after 1913.
A proposition for the state to appro-
pirate 100000 for temporary capitol
building here is being discussed among
Legislators.
dembers of the Oklahoma City cap
itol expense committee which pledged
to pay the state $71, 900 to provide free
quarters for state removal say they
are ready to deliver that amount to
the state board of affairs. They will
pay no attention, they say, to Guthrie's
annpal
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
WATER USERS INTEREST,".
IN WESTERN IRRIGA7

Chicago, H., Feb. 11.-Water VI
in western states are interested in
action of the legislature of the y.
of Washington with reference to-
water right code, prepared by a C
mission named by Governor Hay E
measure is designed to settle nu5
Gus important questions, to avoid
terminable litigation and to pt5l
the public as well as tlfe holders =
the users of water.
A draft of the code, received
Arthur Hooker, secretary of thec.
tional Irrigation Congress, which
have its nineteenth annual sess% :
Chicago, December to 8, showsa
it is purposed to create offices !
state hydraulic engineer and two.
perintendents, the former receivin
salary of $4,000 a year. The pax
the superintendents is to be S2.4(.
year. The bill also provides =
these officials shall compose the q
water commission.
There is a provision that no W
right shall be granted without 4
plete investigation, also that iLf1
diately following the passage of
act the auditors and clerks of the !
eral counties shall prepare and sen
the commission abstracts showing
water right filings and DEGREES in .
respective Offices. I
Heavy penalties are provided W
bill for interference with irrig2
bitches, fumes and canals. for $.
ing water and other offenses agt1
irrigated property. The commissis
empowered to void any rights fore
ure to use the same within liLo
time. I
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. II. -
Verelda Samuel was one of the Or;
nent figures of this section oil
country during the latter part oil
civil war. AS the mother of the J.l
boys, she later acquired notoriety
through it all she remained true tM
sons.
Mrs. Samuel was born in KenYI
in 1924 and was educated at con-
in Lexington, Ky, Her father W
soldier in the Revolutionary war.j
her mother was the daughter q
prominent Kentucky family.
In 1S41 Zerelda Cole, was mas
to Rev. Robert Cole, a Baptist =
lister, and a short time later they |,
ed to Clay county, Mo. Y
James went to California duringf
gold rush and soon after died. Ina
the widow married DR.. Reuben Sapl
and until the opening of the CivK
continued to live on the James =
During the war what was known az
home guards" visited the home !
their treatment of Samuel later cav
him to become insane. A visit froA
detective of a private agency cas.
the loss of Mrs. Samuel's arm, III
the men in their anxiety to capt
Jesse James, threw a bomb intC1
house. Later in life, Mrs. Samuel j
advantage of the fame of the Old a
stead and charged each visitor twt
five cents to visit the home. Fromy
she received a comfortable incomls
Three years ago her second hus5
died in the state hospital for til;
sane at st. Joseph, Mo-, and since
time the widow has divided her 3,
between the homestead and the "a
of her son, Frank, in Oklahoma. |
During the Civil war, Mrs. SAM
won admiration by her bravery. s
was nearly six feet tall and of XIV
full build.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
FAVORABLE REPORT ON
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
BY Associated Press.

Washington, D. c., Feb. II. = The
Canadian reciprocity agreement was
reported favorably to the house today,
by the committee on ways and means.
The committee adopted an amendment,
proposed by Mann of Illinois, provid-
ing that wood produced in Canada may
be brought into this country free and
that products of wood, as specified in
the bill up to the valuation of four
cents pound, may be brought in free.
Andrew Carnegie urges early and fav-
orable action by congress on the Can
adian reciprocity agreement, in a let
ter he has written to Senator Bever-
idge.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
MOTHER OF JAME|
BOYS DIED FRISAl|
Was Prominent Figure in Mis-
History During Closing Days ]
the Civil War.

Oklahoma City, Feb. II. III
Verelda Samuel, eighty-six yeaKs
the mother of Frank and Jesse "a
ex-bandits, died at 8 o'clock Fl
afternoon in a Frisco Pullman, fiji
miles from here, enroute to IA
City from the home of her son, Fl
who lives on a farm near Flea,
Okla. Mrs. Samuel had been Wis
her son for two months.
Mrs. Frank James, a daught'
law, was with her when she 4
Frank James, and Jesse James, j
grandson, who lives in Kansslas
were notified of her death and r.
James is expected to arrive here
day and is on the way to Kansas :
where the body was taken last q,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
Contractors Are Indicted.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, o., Feb. 10.-Indictments
were returned by the grand jury today
against Public Service Director Harry
Sundmaker, City Engineer N. e. Ship
ley and three contractors, August
Henkle, Conrad Henkle and William
Coney, on a charge of fraud in public
in permitting material to be
used that differed from the specifica-
tions.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
Gore Opposes Pension Increase.

By Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 19.-The
senate committee on pensions today
voted to report favorably the Sulloway
general pension bill, which already
has passed the house. 1t increases
the pension roll fifty million dollars a
year Senators McCumber, Gore and
Taliaferro voted against it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
ROBBERS GET AWAY WITH
LARGE SUM At SACRAMENTO
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Sacramento. Cal, Feb. 1S-Blowing
open the safe of the Nippon bank
here today, five bandits got away with
$5,90S, and seriously wounded Police
man Charles Pairlin and Charles Eli
son, a companion. In the excitement
following the explosion, which wreck
ed the safe, Deputy Sheriff Mofitt.
was also shot at by the robbers.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
misunderstanding as to Taxes,

There is popular misundersta,
in Vinita regarding the extensio
time granted for the payment of /
This extension does not apply to ST
improvement taxes. These taxes
due and are subject to the eigt
per cent penalty. Property oy.
will save this penalty by payi9s
their tax for special improvemd
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17
Passed Without Opposition.
BY Associated Press.

@1-.O1It@NNN NH1.7s
Washington, d. c., Feb II. - The
joint resolution, naming San Francisco
as the place for holding the Panama
Exposition, in 1915, was passed by the
senate today without opposition.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17

STRAW WANTED-In car load lots.
Address North Star Mfg. Co., Coffey-
vile, Kans. 24-37
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-02-17

there was no practice in the south
worthy of that name.
Indicating doubt as to Mr.. Root hav-
ing had such offenses in mind, Mr.. Ba-
con said he was sure the New York
senator was really inveighing against
supposed offenses against the fran
chise.
Am I correct?" questioned Mr.. Ba-
con.
Perfectly" responded Mr.. Root
Then he added
IF the constitution should be so
amended as to provide for the election
of senators by direct vote, the national
government must retain the power to
make those elections free and unham-
pered. Without this privilege, the gov.
ernment of the United States surren-
ders the power of its own preserva-
ton"
Does the senator contend for the
power of congress to annul laws now
on the statute books Of the states.
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View OF MD SHIP PoRT1oM Or Week OFMNnE.
fkorr PORT 91oE

ada. where, 1 believe, it is well known
that an American gave him a good
thrashing. resulting in considera BILE
trouble to quiet the scandal"
Ranking high in the councils OF gov
eminent at the time OF the Maine catas-
trophe were two men-both noted for their
sagacity-who believed from the first that
the Maine blew herself up. These were
Thomas b. Reed. then Speaker OF the
House. and Rear Admiral George w.
Melville. engineer-in-chief of the navy.
That Spain, utterly unprepared for war,
could have countenanced the destruction
of the Maine and thereby have endan-
gered her American colonies Reed re-
garded as incredible from a moral diplo-
matte or military standpoint Until the
time of his death he regarded the war
with Spain as unjust and encouraged by
politicians who feared to defy the popu-
lar cry for vengeance inspi. ed by unjust
suspicion.
In the course of careful study of the
Maine mystery Reed wrote to Rear Adj
miral Melville for his views, and early in
1902, after three years and a half of calm
reflection. the engineer-in-chef Of the
navy replied at length to the former
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Maine, but he did not touch the button
that set 1t off. That was actually done
by high Spanish officer. Don Pedro, In
a ferryboat, which was rowed out OF
the harbor just a little before the ex-
plosfon. 1t was the intention to explode
the torpedo under the powder magazine.
and If the Maine Is raised 1T will show
with how much success.
THE ferryboat had only two men in It,
the officer and the ferryman. Seavaldo
after connecting the wires, tainted
whether In pretense or not do not
know, and was taken to the hospital
forcing the officer to do the work The
ferryboat was gone couple Of hours.
cannot say exactly. for we were too
busy saving our own lives in the excite
ment following the explosion.
The excitement was caused by an
American. who, being a -first-class Span
lard by nature and tongue, was acting as
a spy, and was employed as waiter in
the Spanish Officers Club. He had tray
In his hand conta ming bottles and glasses
when the sound Of the explosion reached
the club At the instant Of the sound the
officer whom he was about to serve, one
DR.. Quisada-if my mind IL clear as to
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the name-of the battleship Viscaya
sprang to his feet exc,aiming:
There goes that - Maine.
THE shock was too much for the Amer
lean. who let his tray fall to the floor,
speaking. it was afterward said, in Eng
fish. The crash and the English words
made an officer spring at him and the cry
Of spy was set up. The district was
soon swarming. and we did not know
what was happening until two of us
landed in the water and tide mud.
After a while the ferryman came
back with his boat, but without the
officer. AS it was learned the next day.
the first ferryboat after setting off the
torpedo met a second ferryboat watch
ing for it, and the officer was trans
ferred to the second, the first returning
with the lone man. The officer was
picked up next moning by the light
house tender and landed at Key West
and proceeded to Wash .ngton, received
his passports. and was escorted to Can
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to the wall near where four Spaniards-a
fat citizen wearing a arse diamond, a
naval officer, an army eutenant and an
army staff off1cer-were speaking in low
voice. and without susp cion that he was
listening to them. They were discussing
the Ma ne. one Of them having remarked
that 1t was shame to Spain that size
was in the bay. The staff officer re-
Mtlitario. or military club on the Prado.
that they were going to blow her up.
But If you blow her up another one
would come" replied the lieutenant
They would take care not to send
another" said the staff officer.
"Will not making explosions in the
bay run great risk to the city Of Ha-
vana?" asked the stout citizen
The staff officer replied in the mega
tive. The explosion would simply
sink Immediately.
II will take plenty of beer on that
OCCASION" laughed the citizen, at
which juncture cartman came for
ward and the voices Of the speakers
lowered.
Since the war precipitated by the Maine
tragedy evidence that the Cubans and
not the Spaniards were responsible for
the explosion has been volunteered from
several sources.
In lecture delivered in Kansas City
last November. Jasper Ewing Brady.
former army officer and brother of the
well known divine, Rev. Cyrus Towns
end Brady, stated that as one of four
army officers who had investigated the
Maine mystery he had become convinced
that Cubans had destroyed our battleship.
When 1 went to investigate the disas-
ter with three other officers" Capt. Brady
said, there were three theories concern
ing the origin of the disaster-that the
explosion was caused from the outside
by agents of Spain: that it was caused
from inside and that the Maine was
anchored over a mine prepared by the
Cubans. We were able to inform the
President and the Secretary of War that
the last theory was the most consistent
with the facts. This leads to the con-
clusion that the Maine was blown up by
the Cubans in order to bring on war
with Spain and the deliverance Of Cuba
Continuing. he said: "Now, 1 will tell
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bring about the explosion" but Just when
they were retiring they were attacked,
from some quarter not stated. one OF
the two thieves was killed and left his
ed, taken prisoner and at the time the
letter was written was being admin
istered morphine constantly" that he
might be put out Of the way before be-
traying the plot.
Only the diver escaped, according to
the mysterious writer, who suggested
that this survivor. named Pope Taco.
be found and made to talk. which he
would probably do If offered his original
share of the profits. which he now feared
to claim.
No funds with which to run this story
down were in the hands Of Consul Cen
eral Lee during those days Of excite
ment. but he assigned his clerk, Henry
Draine, to the task Of finding Pepe Taco.
He sent Ora ne to Charles CarboneIl. an
American citizen of Havana, as the like
lest person who could help them and
Carbonell enlisted the services Of his
trusted boatman. who reported that Pope
Taco could not have been the man. as he
had died several days before the
Names destruction: so It must have been
Pepe BarQuin who was meant. the boat
man added. But search for Barquin
resulted, it is alleged in the discovery
that he, too. had died suddenly several
days before the explosion. The court Of
inquiry considered the anonymous letter
and called upon our consulate for fur
Their investigation Of this story. but
further evidence was not forthcoming.
The only direct evidence before the
court bearing upon the authorship Of the
conspiracy was presented by a mys-
ferrous person thus described IN the pro-
ceed!ngs of the tribunal:
A rcd bat h.
court, whose name and address are sup
pressed by agreement with the witness
that his identity Should not be revealed.
and was sworn by the president, through
the Interpreter"
This mysterious witness said he was
crossing about 7:39 O'Clock on the morn
ing of the 18th from Havana to Reglas
on q ferryboat He was standing close
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gled out the Sevres ware for gifts OF i'm
portance.
In the productions OF the Sevres fac
tory there has been no decadence in art,
as there has been In many other branches
in the art field. The policy Of the factory
has been to employ the best available
artists of the time to or ginate the design
for the models and decorations, and this
principle exists today. 1t is not gener-
ally known that the greatest living sculp-
tor, the mighty Rodn, whom one is apt
to associate with heroic statues, bold,
fearless monuments and vigorous busts,
has supplied the models for some of the
daintiest vases. A group OF small cher
ubs by him. deNcately proportioned in a
fantastic dance of childish abandon
around the circular vase in neutral colors,
Is one OF the most beautiful things in
the modern production of the factory. A
small bust of the previous director Of the
Sevres factory which Is in one Of the ex-
hibition rooms IL also from the hand OF
Z is muster