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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24
ARRESTED COON FOR
KILLING HORSE.

Constable Elliott of Calera and
Assistant County Attorney Moore
ent to Platter Saturday where they
Investigated the killing Of horse,
which took place there Friday. The
result was the arrest and placing in
Jail Of a niger named Oscar Mitch
ell. 1t as reported that Mitchell
worked his horses when they were
half starved, and that on Friday he
deliberately took a heavy club and
killed one of his horses which had
fallen down and was unable to get
up while hitched to a plow. It is
said that Mitchell has killed two
other horses in times past He is
considered by citizens of that COM
munity as a bad niger.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

WANTED: Information Of my
son, Roy Downing, age II; eyes,
blue-gray, black hair, height, five
feet, ten inches, last heard from
three months ago at Blue, Okla. Any
information thankfully received.
Write Mrs. Alice Downing, Route 2,
Gladewater, Texas. -W173
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

quent township officials $2,677.5O.
The report explains the discrep-
ancies are not the result of deliber-
ate wrong. but due to the ignorance
of the provisions of the law govern
ing township administration, and
that most of the excess moneys paid
out was for legitimate purposes.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24
BENNINGTON ELECTRIC LIGHTS

According to The Tribune, Ben
nington's electric light plant has
been put in operation for business
and residence lighting and proves
satisfactory in every respect. Work
on the street lights is progressing
and the town will have well lighted
streets within few weeks.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24
KENEFICK WATER SYSTEM.

According to the Kenefick Dis
patch, the bonds for the extension of
that towns water system have at
last been sold and the work of ex-
tension will commence Immediately
The bonds were sold some time ago
it is said, but for some reason the
cash was not Immediately forthcom-
ing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS CARELESS.

Examiners or the state examiner
and inspectors office report that an
audit covering period from state
hood to Oct 3rd, 1913, that the
township officers are short total
of $75,55S.12. During the examin-
alton collectors received from delin-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24
PLATTER GIN BURNED.

During the electrical storm OF
last Friday night the cotton gin at
Platter, belonging to S. G. Losdon,
was struck by lightning and was.
totally destroyed by the fire which
resulted. The loss is. heavy and
only partially covered by insurance.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

WANTED: Salesman to sell lub-
ricating oils, house and barn paint.
and specialties. y Big profits. Cham
pion Refining Co.. Cleveland. o.
-5-2s-14
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

This paper has been authorized by
Judge Robert M. Rainey of Atoka
to announce that he will be a candi-
date for Judge of the Supreme
Court, subject to the action of the
voters at the Democratic primary,
August fourth, next. The following
are some of the comments of the
press relative to Judge Rainey's can
ldidacy;
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

The News is authorized to an
nounce Judge Robert M. Rainey OF
Atoka for the office of Judge of the
Supreme Court for the fifth supreme
district, subject to the Democratic
primary August 4. The district is
composed of Pontotoc, Seminole,
Atoka. Coal, Johnston. Marshall,
Carter. Love. Bryan, Choctaw, Nc
Curtain. Pushmataha. Haskell, Lati-
mer, and Leflore counties. The nom
ination is made from the district and
the Judge elected by the state at
large.
Judge Rainey needs no introduc-
tion to the voters of Pontotoc coun-
ty, for when he became judge his
first work on the bench was done in
Ada and for two years, until the dis
trict was divided, he presided most
ably here and won recognition as a
Judge who knew the law and was not
afraid to apply it. Although at that
time he was the youngest district
Judge In the state. and at the outset
was confronted with some of the
hardest fought cases that ever came
up here, his rulings were uniformly
upheld by the higher courts. It wa
this record and his utter impartial
itv that won him friends by the hun
dred in Pontoioc county. Being q
tireless worker. he soon reduced the
enormous dockets. much of which
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

RAINEY, OF ATOKA.
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had been inherited from the Federal
courts, to a point where they could
be handled with some hope of catch
ing up.
The supreme bench demands
judges who have had experience in
lower tribunals, and as Judge Rain
ey is now entering his sixth year of
his service as District Judge, it is ap-
parently that he is prepared to meet
that requirement, and his record is
guaranty that the Supreme Court
will not suffer any deterioration If
he becomes a member-Ada News.
Judge Rainey, the popular young
jurist of Atoka, was here Monday on
legal business and stated that he
would be a candidate for Judge of
the Supreme Court. The Judge is
well liked in Pontotoc county and he
will receive almost unanimous sup
port from our citizens.-Ada Star
Democrat.
The Capital-Democrat heartily en-
dorses the avobe from the Ada Star
Democrat. If there is a person in
Johntson county who would vote
against Judge Rainey, we have not
heard of bm. We believe Judge
kainey would come nearer gett,Hg Il
unanimous vote than any other man
on the Democratic ticket. Our peo-
pie like him and recognizing his abil-
tiles, his intellectually, his nerve
to administer impartial justice, will
march to the polls in solid phalanx
in his support for Judge of the Su-
preme Court. The friends of Judge
Rainey, in this judicial district, may
count on Johnston county, first, last
and al 1.-The time, as enthusiastically
loyal in their preference for Judge
Rainey, for Judge of the Supreme
Court. .-Tishomingo Capital Demo-
crat.
We would like to, in this issue of
the Gladiator, say something in the
interest of Judge Robert M. Rainey's
candidacy for the office of Supreme
Judge of the state, but we are not
quite ready to boost the Judge, just
now. However, we will say this
much about him. He is honest; he
is capable; he is a worker and one
OF the most unselfish, accommodate
ing, kind hearted and benevolent
men in the state of Oklahoma
From Brains Gladiator, Atoka.
The voters of Atoka county should
feel themselves honored by having
the opportunity to vote for a mar
who, in every sense of the word
measures up to the high position tc
which he aspires-that of justice Of
the Supreme Court of the state and
Judge Robert M. Rainey is that man
He is a lawyer of untiring energy
brilliant legal attainments, and
above all he is absolutely honest an6
fearless, and the Indian Citizen
Democrat commends him to the vot
ers of the district.-The Indian Cit
izen-Democrat.
We present in this issue Of the
Democrat the announcement o.
Judge r. M. Rainey of Atoka as :
candidate for Supreme Judge of th'
fifth district to succeed Judge r. L
williams. This district is compos
ed of the counties OF Seminole, Pom
totac, Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Car
ter, Marshall. Love, Bryan, Choctaw
: McCurtain, Pushmataha, Haskell
Latimer, and Leflore. The nomina
: tion is made from the district an
: the judge elected from the state a
large.
1t would be superfluous for us I
make any form of introduction Q
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

To fill the office of District Judge
for a period of several years, to
deal in a manner fair and impartial
so as to meet the appreciation of
lawyer, public, culprit, and accused.
to win their love, admiration, conf
dence and esteem, is indeed a great
career and few men there are big
nough to do. But in the person OF
our District Judge R. NJ. Rainey we
find the man. Absolutely fair, un-
prejudiced, courteous, broadminded
fearless and competent. he has dis
charged the duties of District Judge
in a most remarkable and praise
is loved and admired by all and in
his candidacy for the supreme bench
of Oklahoma he will have the solid
phalanx of the militant democracy
lined up unanimously for him. In
his county he has kept right up with
his work and his expeditions manner
of handling court matters has been
the means of saving many thousands
of dollars of the taxpayers money in
Coal County. His gentlemanly man.
ner has been great boon to the gen.
eral public and at all times his con-
stituents felt free and easy to ap-
proach him on all propositions and
he has always proved himself a
friend to the individual and state
and he is consequently a great favor
ite with both the low and high, as
he draws no distinction between man
and woman because of the conditions
financially or otherwise. His mas
terry of the law is wonderful for a
young man and his breadth of vision
and depth of thinking render him a
very capable and qualified jurist to
fill the exalted position to which he
is aspiring. The Record-Register
and Coal County are for Rainey-
you may tell the world that.-Coal-
gate Record Register.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-04-24

Judge Rainey, the popular young
jurist of Atoka, was here Monday on
legal business and stated that he
would be candidate for Judge of
the Supreme Court. The judge is
well liked in Pontotoc county and he
will receive almost unanimous sup
port from our citizens.-Ada Star
Democrat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
\ OR1 RI | j | / \ hOsPlTlIIL.
AND SAlNITARIUM.

private institution which combines all the
advantages OF perfectly equipped hospital
with the quiet and comfort Of refined and
elegant home. Modern in every respect. No
insane, contagious or other Objectionable cases
received. Rates as low as the most eff
cient treatment and the best trained nursing
will permit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
First Pub. April 23-2t
Notice of Hearing on Petition fol
Formation of New District.
Princeton, Minnesota

Whereas, a petition has been filed
with the county board of the county
of Mile Laos, with the approval of
the county superintendent of schools
of said county endorsed thereon,
signed and acknowledged by major
ity of the freeholders who reside in
the proposed new district herein de-
scribed, and who are entitled to vote
at school meetings in their respec-
tive districts, and duly verified by
the affidavit of one of the residents
of said proposed new district, pray-
ing for the organization of new
school district out Of the territory
hereinafter described, to-wit: All
of sections five (5), six (6), seven
(7), eight ~, nine TO-, sixteen (l6),
seventeen (l7), eighteen (l8), the
north half of southwest quarter
(n@ of sw4) Of section ten (l0), all
in township thirty 1897, range
twenty-seven (27), and the said
county board have appointed time
and place for hearing upon said
petition as by law required.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given, that a hearing upon said pc
tition will be had at meeting of
the said board, commencing upon
the 10th day of May, A. D. 1914, at
O'Clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the office of the county au-.
ditor in the village of Princeton, in
said county, at which time and place
the said county board will hear argu-
ments Of all persons interested, for
or against the proposed organization
of said new school district.
Dated at Princeton. Mimi, this
7th day of April, A. D. 1914.
By order of the county board of
Mile Laos county, MINI.
W. c.. DOANE,
County Auditor and Elk Officio
Clerk of Board.
(Oficial Seal)
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
First Pub. April 23-3t
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.

Estate of Christine Skretting.
State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of
Christine Skretting, decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per.
sons interested in the granting of ad-
ministration Of the estate of said
decedent:
The petition of Edward Skretting
having been filed in this court, rep
resenting that Christine Skretting,
then resident of the county of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, died intes-
tate on the 2lst day of June, 1913:
and praying that letters of admins
tration of her estate be granted to
Frank P. Morneau; and the court
having fixed the time and place for
hearing said petition; "
Therefore, you, and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have; before this
court at the probate court rooms in
the court house, in the village Of
Princeton in the county of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, on the 18th
day of May, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. M. !,
why said petition should not be
granted.
/: Witness, the judge Of said court,
and the seal of said court, this 18th
day Of April, 1914.
VIM. V. Sanford.
Court Seal Probate Judge.
Charles Keith, <5 a
Attorney for Petitioner. #
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
THE Volunteer ARMY LAW.
Transfers Power Of Governors to Ap-
point Officers to the President.

Transfers Power of Governors to Ap-
point Officers to the President.
The bill signed by President Wilson
which provides for raising a volunteer
army in time of war takes out of the
hands of governors of the various
states the appointment Of officers of
the volunteer forces. It breaks down
state lines and provides for mobilizing
volunteer troops without regard to
such artificial divisions.
However, if three-fourths of the pre-
scribed minimum enlisted strength of
any military organization enlist in the
volunteer army the company. troop or
battery shall be received in advance
Of other volunteer troops and their Of
tcers will have a prior claim upon the
consideration of the president.
A concession to local pride is made
in the tacit agreement that if a mill
tary organization enlists as a unit it's
same officers will be commissioned in
the volunteer army. However, these
officers are appointed to the grade to
which they belong and may be trans
ferred by the president
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
TIRELESS MEXICAN SOLDIERS,
Care Little About What They Eat, but
Can't Fight Without CigariIIos.

Care Little About What They Eat, but
Can't Fight Without cigariIIos.
J. L. w. Birkinbine Of Philadelphia,
who has spent much time in Mexico,
is Of the opinion that the United States
may have more trouble in a war with
Mexico than it anticipates, because, he
says, "a Mexican never sleeps and
Mexican army never has commissary
department. The soldiers subsist al
most altogether on tortillas, which is
thin cake made Of corn.
"Mexicans seem never to tire and
never to Sleep said Mr.. Birlzinbine
''They will travel all day, often carry
ing heavy loads, and then sit up and
talk all night. If they have plenty Of
tortillas they are satisfied, always with
the understa nding that the cigarillos
or cigarettes do not run out. A Mexi-
can soldier might be able to fight with
out his tortillas. but he could never
fight without his cigarette.
1.-THE Mexican soldier is not brave
nor ultra patriotic. The officers are in
terested in charging their own i'm
portance and glory, and the rank and
file of the army is composed mostly
Of Indians. Notwithstanding it will
be no easy task for the United States
to bring order out Of the chaos down
there"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07

naming there Rear Admiral Fletcher
gave orders that all the prisoners
against whom no charges were pend
ing to warrant their impris
should be released. Those against
whom there were criminal charges
have been transferred to sanitary quar-
tiers.
Noted Leader In Dungeon.
Among the political prisoners releas-
ed was Fernandino Iglesias Calderon,
one Of the most widely known politi-
clans in Mexico, who formerly was the
leader of the Liberal party. He was
arrested in Vera Cruz Feb. 16 last
after the discovery Of an alleged plot
in the capital by the Huerta secret
service agents, who claimed to have in
formation that Senior Calderon was
deeply involved.
Mo- charges had been made against
at least two of those incarcerated in
the old fortress, over which the stars
and stripes now fly. It is in command
of Captain Sticlney, commander Of the
port.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
Photo by American Press Association

and their families continuing for the
present to occupy their usual quarters
in the fort
NO stage manager putting on 1.-THE
Count of Monte Cristo" could imagine
anything more creepy than the sight
which met the eyes Of the American
officers when the keys were turned in
the rusted old barred doors and they
entered the ancient vaults. The prison
was built in the sixteenth century, with
walls six feet thick. meats, subter-
ranean dungeons and vaults
All the rooms are unlighted except
for single shaft Of light falling verti-
cally like searchlight from an open
ing about a foot square in the center
of the vaulted roof
Infested With Vermin.
One of the dungeons in which almost
a hundred persons were confined had
no light or ventilation except a small
square hole in the yaulted roof, and
the air was so foul and close that one
coming in from outside could scarcely
endure it. From this dungeon two sub
terranean passages led off for some lit
tie distance until terminated by a
blank wall. These tunnels had no light
or air OF any kind and were shut off
from the main dungeon by heavy iron
bars.
1t has often been said that there
were dungeons in San Juan de Ulua in
which sea water came at high tide,
The officers found none, although the
walls and floors were wet with water
that had seeped through, and the rooms
were alive with cockroaches and other
vermin.
According to Mexicans who are ia
miliar with the ancient prison fortress,
seven years was about the limit of life
for any one who was imprisoned there.
One Of the correspondents was per-
mitted to visit several of it's gloomy
chambers, where prisoners, looking
more like animals than men. stood up
in line to receive him.
Men Went Mad.
When the American authorities be-
gan to bring the prisoners out of their
cells for formal inquiry as to the rea-
son for their imprisonment some were
found to be half insane because Of
their long incarceration. Others were
reduced to mere skeletons as a result
Of the vile sanitary conditions and the
inadequate food which was served to
them.
Among the unfortunates were boys
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
HUERTA'S PRISON
SURVIVAL OF.
Shocking Revelations Mark
Americans Rescue of Half
CraZed Inmates.

prisoners in the old prison
fortress of San Juan de Ulua
by American officers and ma
rines are given by correspondents for
the New York Times and New York
Tribune stationed at Vera Cruz. The
prison is a famous landmark of Vera
Cruz harbor and relic of the dark
ages. It is an impressive looking
structure built in the old Spanish style
and looming up as the most conspicu-
GUS object at the entrance to the har-
Dor, with its high clock tower facing
the sea and painted snow white.
The structure proved literally a
whited sepulcher, as one of the CORE
spondents wrote.
All through the recent fighting at
Vera Cruz and the uncertainty Of
succeeding days the Mexican flag float
ed above the old turrets, and it was
supposed that there were several tor
pedoes in the prison which might con-
ceivably be launched at the Prairie,
anchored scarcely 200 yards away. In
fact, the Prairie's commander had
warned the commandante of the fort
that he would fire on it at the first
sign of activity near the torpedo tube.
Famine Led to Surrender.
The prison is on an island, and the
scarcity of provisions at last compell-
ed the commander, Colonel Aurelio
Vigil, to ask that it be turned peace
ably over to the Americans, and Cap
tain Chamberlain, Lieutenant G.. X.
Shuler and company Of marines from
the North Dakota quietly took posses
sion, the commandante and officers
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-05-07
FORTRESS A
THE DARK AGES
Endured a Living Death In
Dungeons of Vera Cruz
Harbor Landmark.

of twelve years and men over seventy
years old.
The prisoners were found to number
more than 300, and large number Of
the men when released wandered
about the streets of Vera Cruz in a
pitiable condition, with unkempt
boards, lacking money and friends and
acting like all the world as if they
were lost children.
Tablet to Americans.
In going through the prison the ma
rfnes found at one place a tablet in
scribed thus:
'To the memory of the American
soldiers who died at San Juan de Ulua
island, 1S47."
No traces were found of any graves
Of Americans on the island, which was
one of the first landing places of the
American troops under General Scott
sixty-seven years ago.
Some of the cannon in the fortress
were found to have been half eaten
away by rust. Several of these, it is
estimated. were more than 200 years
old.
Many Freed by General Mas.
Of the 1,400 in the place until recent
" several hundred political prisoners
were, it is understood, released by Gen.
eral Mas. The few hundred remain
ing included a few criminals, but the
most of them were merely poor, abject
poems raked up in southern Mexico and
brought north to serve in Huerta's
! army. All when questioned told the
same story-that they had been cap
tured in the state of Tabasco and ship
ped north to Vera Cruz.
AS a result of the terrible conditions
| existing in the fortress and the mani
fest danger to even we'll men in re-
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GAMBETTA's ESCAPE

The first practical and successful application Of aeronautios to the uses of warfare was during the siege of Paris by the Prussians in 1870, and. the most thrilling incident of that pe- r4od was the escape from the invested city in a balloon of Leon Gambetta, one Of the leaders of the Republican ministry. The government for na- ttonaI defense had removed the eapi- tai from Paris. to Tours, but Gambet- ta, who was Minister of the Interior in the new cabinet, remained too long in Paris, and was shut up in the be- Ieaguered city. It was important that he should join his colleagues in Tours, but the Prussian lines were drawn so close that escape by land was rendered impossible. Just for ty-four years ago to-day, Oct. [, Gambetta decided to make the at tempt to leave Paris s.par baIIon- monte" and in the basket of a bal loon he sailed over the lines of the Germans, who vainIy fired vol1eys at the aerial craft It was a danger ous experiment, and on three occa- sions the balloon descended close te the Prussian lines and its distfngu ed passenger narrowly escaped cap ture. On the following day, how ever, he reached Tours in safety, and organized a fierce but vain Resistance against the invaders.