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oftc Viraita Chieftain
WeeKly Edition
D. M. MARKS. Publisher
VINITA.IND. TEli., FEU. 4, 1001
The put's now Is that the supremo court will render a
decision In the Delaware case next Moiu'ay.
"Newdooot or down comes your old one next Monday,"
Niy.s the South McAIester city council to the Katy.
iKtwn ut KiissoU. according to the American, "the
creeks and rivers Mow through the valleys." "Same here
Pete."
Winter has been a llttlo tardy getting started hut Is
ii akhitf in for lost time in. u way that threatens the
memory of the oldest Inhahltant.
South McAIester seriously fcurs that Muskogee will
secure the federal court for the eastern disliet, under
statehood. That is proUtbly the Intention.
The commander of Sun of Confederate Veterans has
issued an order making Sunday, FcU ", Gordon memorial
day, an 1 asked that it lie duly oliserved.
To the kickers- Fiea.se let the city huild the water
works so that all our people may have the benefit nswcll
as those who have artesian well of their own.
Now Isa gxxl time for some public spirited citien to
make the town a iri f t of land enough to build a stand
pipe and powerhouse on. Ixm't too many speak at once.
The ore.sidi lit of the St. Louis. H RehO Si Western
railroad was acquitted a few' days since fcrr "cussing" a
negro who entered the Guthrie depot w It bout taking his
h it off.
The maintenance of a Sunday Uill game in North park
was not so distasteful to a few of our cit l.eiw as a power
plant for waterworks tlat would not occupy one tenth of
the area of that reserve.
The lank statements printed in the paper this week
show little Indication of anything like slump In business.
The Indications now are that throughout the country
there is to I e a revival of business.
Senator Burton, of Kansas indicted for alleged misuse
of his position In Ijluencing the postal authorities not
Issue "fraud or.hr-." against the Rialto drain and Se
curities Co. has given bond hi the s un of -, for trial
March ".
In announcing Mr. Wilson 'a retirement as prolate com
missioner it would have b ,n more proper to hay that
there will henceforth tie no prolate commissioner; that
the practice or usage In the management of probate
cased will I altered
The republican jKtrty of the Indian Territory placed
itself on record at Okmulgee yesterday In favor of piece
meal statehood. It is well that the, people of the Inii
an Territory now know definitely bow the G. O. I. Viands
urion this Important proposition.
Take the federal officers out of republican politics in
the Indian Territory and the party would look a punct
ured balloon. The private citizen ha little to gain or
lo-in the matter, and hence I having the business to
Ihoie who are drawing salaries from the government.
At the suggest ion of S. M. lirosiotis Senator Carmack
of Tennessee offered a resolution calling on the secretary
of the Interior for all pafrs, Including the fhs4-ctot's
r-l.rt. In the case of Geo. I. Ilarvty, sujerinteiidtnt at
lanee agency. The name day. Harvey w ired Ins resig
nation, Colonel Rohc it L. Owen is a much abused man. Ac.
coni ng to bis own statement he l as U-c a lain! moiioj.
olist for nineteen tears, and when I.e. was about to have
to turn loose all but bis own allot mint,! urntd around and
vi!d It to Iick Ada lisaiid railed It Ieiaware segregated
land, and still collects the rents thereon.
It has oven concluded by the attontcis in the Choctaw
nation that town lot are taxable tt.ere, tun though the
final payment have riot lttn made. Many doubts are
fXpn-ssed as to Cherokee town lots, because of the fact
that the purchaser wh fails to make final payment. ac
quires no equity, and the lot Is simply retold fur the na
r Ion. In the etciit the lot .owner was a mm resident,
aiid 5 be lot oniuqirote I. there wcim no good wat to col
lect the tat.
The Kcpuh'ican Kxecutive committee of t he Cherokee
nation, of which J. S. StanlieJ 1 Is chairman and Hy Jen
nlng Is secretary, is in session In this city today. The
obj.-ct of the meet ing is to lix thetia.e and place o
holding the Cherokee nat ion convention, and also the
Uisis (if represent at ion. Ciareiiiore nt.d Tahlcqtiah are
t he towns Ix-ing considered by the committee, which
consists of nine jicrsoh.
President Roosevelt lias announced that he does not, '
1elre any federal office holders to sit In the republican!
convention is bis champions. This order puts a midden j
quietus to the usual delegation from Indian Territory.
For several years It -lias been the custom for federal of- j
flee holders to represent republican opinion In this couu
t ry. The honor of living elected to t he nut lonal conven
tlon has ever Unm nought.
The work of the I'nited States court was resumed this
morning. As was to have been expected there was little
of real Interest at the morning session. It was largely
given up to orders In prolate matters. An opinion was
delivered by the judge in the Homer Andrews-Sam Le
forco ca.se, a piece of litigation concerning a place and
possibly the purchase price. It Int. already been to the
appellate court and more than likely w 111 go lack again
though this Is conjecture. Judgu Clark's hog thief case
was to have been tried this afternoon, but all tho parties
cjuI I not lie found so It gave place to Hank of "Wagoner
luratnst Kd Lee, an election bet case. The Jury was
draw n about 2:15 o'clock.
lion. Clifford A. Jackson, the "Katy" attorney, and
Ir. 11. F. l ite, of Muskogee, were visitors In the city yes
terday, combining buslntss with pleasure. Mr. Jackson
was asked by an Oklahoman representative a. to the na
Jure of their visit and confessed that his visit was merely
of a missionary nature. Dr. Fife, he went on to say, Is
one of the ardent two-state advocates of Indian Terri
tory, whoso mcmlier.s,by the way, aro rapidly decimating.
Mr. Jackson stated that ho has long insisted on his com
Ing over to Oklahoma and we what It was like. Natural
ly they came to the metropolis. They were taken over
the city yesterday, and is somewhat of a revelation to Ir.
Fife, Mr. Jackson lielng familiar with it by reason of his
many former visits. Ir. Fite admitted while a caller at
the Oklahoma office yesterday evening that if worst
comes to worst, and the two territories arc thrust into
statehood together, he will have a much letter opinion
of his western neighbors than he has heretofore enter
tallied.
The 'Frisco Is now sending out "(list aid" packagesand,
It Is said.thev will be distributed all over the entire sys-
tern, in stations water tanks, section houses, switch
shanties and trains, so thst In case of accident remedies
w Hi le at hand. The package contains one tourttqtiet
a hose-like curd of rubber to bind tightly above a wound
to check the flow of blood: four ounces of antl.septie ab-
sorpt Ion cotton In a waled Ux, fourouncesof rolled band
ages: sterilized gauze, bichlorled gau.e, borat 1c acid gau.e
and three ounces of whiskey. The use Jof the packages
will be taught the employes. The men will bo given cir
cular showing how to use the tourniquet, the method of
putting on a tiandae and bow to know the character of
tandage to use in different kinds of injuries. It will all
be supplemente I with a note of Instructions to use the
whiskey sparingly. The instruct ions advise the adminis
tration of hot coffee, if it is possible to get It, ratlut than
the use of alcohol. In stat ions will be an addlt lonal pack
age containing catgut ligature in glass tubes, Instru
ments, ether and morphine. These are to be used by
doctor only.
A meeting of republicans was held at Okmulgee yester
day, the purpose of which, a stated, was for the puros
of devising means for the more perfect organization of
the republican party in the Creek and Seminole nations,
and to determine the party's attitude toward statehood.
As It panned out, after a "scrap," the absorption plan was
endorsed the Creek and Seminole nations to leave u.
From rcjHjrt in the newspaper it nee in 4 to have been a
slugging match ltween the republican club and the
Roosevelt club of Muskogee with a victory for the lat
ter, which meansantl-machiiie.astheorganlzatlou wants
only one club, and to be It. The start for the blowout Is
thus graphically descriU-1 by the Muskogee Times;
I stood at the station near mid day,
(Went down just to see the fun)
Two fact Ions warmed scat In the Coaches
When there tihouldn't hae leii but one.
The train pulled out for Okmulgee;
Although daylight, the headlight was "lit:"
For the "darkness" eclipsed Syl In hi glory,
And the "shades" were the one. that were It.
The Quay bill provide that at . ,it one senator from
Ihe new state of Oklahoma shall be an Indian by bixl
an I that is sat isfactory to iiill Hast leigsaiid Pick Adams
and a host of others, but just how to provide that the
other one shall U- a Kansan and a tiej.be w of Cy Leiand,
or a Norwegian und from Minnesota, aitd whfse name U
'faui lUxhy, Is a little puwling. Senator Quay ha. Iiow.
ever, put the bill in t he iwubator and gone to Florida to
await devel 'pinetih'i. I
THREE GREAT AMERICANS.
Lafayttte Young, publisher of the In-s Moines (lnw.i)
Ittily Capital, spoke at the thirteenth banquet ijf the
Kansas pay club at Ti.ijs.-ka Friday night. I'e was the
rinciial orator of the evening, and anwiu. H her things,
said ' ! the close of the civil war three men
iave hitriol iced the tiidsl pjo'iiinelit lie thoughts th;,t
iave att r icfed Ameruau attention. The first w.at Id-nry
V. flrady, a di viit. gifted m.h of a Confederate v. ' her.
who, from his great heart, oiiied u way by whiehjUie
surviv ing I 'of, federate coiild miMiru for his dead and re-
veie their memories, arid e ln-coir.e leva! to the old flag.
The second was IlookerT. Washington the greatest man
oi us race, wi.o i.as tost the in-gros that they mtt, in
a preat misure, ! the architects of their own fortune,
and to them Ills ns-iimmeiei.-d iuihi.try and thrift n a
means of a'l re-iignition whic), 1 1 r could desire, IU
gave the tr'i phil.rvmhy to his race, nn-l it ajtiji.-i-n.
ly to the while. Th third was 'rheot,re Roo velt,
who told thy rich and jor that the laws were ma le for
an ami not tor the few; that all mast pay their taxes
aiike. lie has done more than any one of M time toward
making manhood arid character the test of a man"
HjKTCtablllty. !
"The new South became a fact und.-r (he leadership of!
i uau) . j iio oi.ii i hi an wg an iiis rare r a a money naver
and borne maker under the' lead of Ikioker T. Washiti"-
Sc(88orcb anb tbenvise
A delcgat Ion of Osages have gone to Washington
urge the adoption of measures to allot their lands.
to
1 he standard OH comjiany Is going to construct a WO
mile pipe line to convey oil from tho Kansas and Indian
Territory fields to Chicago,
Affidavits protest Ing against the confirmation of 11. L,
Taft on postmaster at- Parsons have been pouring Into
Washington it many as a hundred some days-but the
senate continued the appointment Monday.
What would Iw thought of Joe Folk, of Missouri, and
ids work of penning the hood lent, If ho went out for a
champagne Mipper with Fl Butler, Charles K rat t and
their clique? And what 1 to be expected from the in
vest Igat Ion of an inspector who puts In a part of his time
at every town he visits, making political 8eeches which,
If they have any purpose in the world, are calculated to
keep the men whose oftlcl.il conduct be is scultlnlzing, In
ofllcey A whitewash, to lo sure.
Rased on t he verdict of coroner's jury at Chicago 8 w rits
were issued in connection with the Iroquois theatre tire
They were for Mayor Carter Harrison, W. J. Davis, man
ager of the ojiera house and six stage hands. The docu
ment reads:
"We hold Carter II. Harrison, as Mayor of tho city of
Chicago, responsible as be has shown a lamentable lack
of force." "The beads of dejiartments," it continues,
"under tho said Carter H. !!irrison, following his weak
course, have given Chleno inerilelent service which
makes such calamities as tho Iroquois theatre horror a
menace until the public service Is purged of Incompe
tence." This puts an end to the political asjilratlons of
at least one presidential candidate, an no party would
take any such risks a.s this nomination would entail. The
mayor was, however, released on a writ of haljeas corpus,
i Uge declaring that be was in no way whatever guilty
or
.ble.
B--f-laM m VialU Char-cteriatle.
Mr. T. Leland So per Isa modest little man. He wants
a great many things in this cruel world, but he Is too
bashful to ask for them. Muskogee Times.
Well, They'y th Ttm to Spr.
Since the return of 11. Wolfe, Pave Muskr.it. and J.
Henry Pick the report is current on the streets that
their rejKirt to their clients is that they would sxn have
the members of the Pawes commission in Jail. Gee whiz,
what next ? Tahlequah Herald.
Would Yon Hit tfloi Swim (a It!
The fact is that not half Ihe amount of liquor In any
form, Is sold or consumed in Tahlequab a In Vinlta,
right under the nose of Judge Gill and his court. It Is
0s'iily asserted that at least one prominent public official
In that saintly town ships In liquor and disjx-hse It. at
hi home to gne-sts. Tahlequah Herald.
Soatktowa Capital Say las.
The lodge men at Muskogee who stood on their consti
tutional rights, may now lie seated.
Although Claremore has two railroads only the Frisco
will do (deadhead) business when the republican Sopcr
convention meet March I.
"Wonderful Nerve," is tha catch line used a a head
ing for a certain patent medicine. Reader of Territo
rial new sjtaper should not think that the heading re
fers to either Joe McCoy or IMiny Sojier.
In replying to the accusers the Pawes commission says
Rrosius associated with the "dangerous element" In In
dian Territory. No one ever heard of Ilrosius seeking
admission to any of the federal jails, where the really
dangerous men are confined; but then, the commission
proliahly referred to the siisiicious element In Its broad
charge.
Marshal Parrough is up against it. Recently lie re
signed hi position a ehjiirman of the Territorial execu
tive coinmltti-e N-cause president Rxm;elt objected to
federal employe playing too prominent a part (n politics.
Parrough then announced that he wanted to lie a dele
gate to tho National contention. Roosevelt, has denied
itn this honor. The Idea of seeing two oritees taken
away fniin him slmjily U'caiiv! he Is in the tniloy of
the federal gm ernment would Just ify a swap of one job
for t wo.
As near as the editor of this Muskogee Tlmes'-au figure
there I nothing in I'liny Soju-r (i!if leal future rnvpt
what Is earned Territorially. Soi- r was made by Cy Ro
land of Kansas. Leland has since Ijeeu unmade. Ills
next Iw. friend was Kerens of Missouri, who ha recent
ly bolted to Il.uma. The election of Teddy will there
fore rob "Mr Plenty ik Far" of Ihe alliance from his
nat ive state which has heretofore ln-eti a iower used
effect fvcly in U-ha!f of Hojier.
I'roliubiy the reason for holding the Tcrriforlal reu!
I lean convention In March Is to get lid of Sojs'ilsm, com
mit the Territory to Teddy and thus fttold seeing the
fulcra! prestige of the leader diminished by a two-sided
j delcgat ion to Chicago next summer. Fear of a Hanna
nif.li jiromjited the adtance re;hitiois adojited at Vltiita
Sat nr. lav.
Eprt ( Lot III Jh.
Nothing I nn been heard of tho n K)rt of Ihe Intent iga
j ti' ii that was made of the Pan CampUdl Case by the
Vslilirg!ofi Irisfwctor who s iit U conjile of weeks In
II. Im .hjl. m ..,...!.. t.t 1 - n . II . I. .1
equality and a better recognition of stalwart, manly :;, llM ,,,,,, tt ,I(H Vi.rt Sr-ott 'Tribune,
qualities of honesty and strength of cluiracler underfill! i, expected that the te-rt will m made from the In-
leant rsnip oi ji.eouore iMmew ferlor d iartmht In a few tints at which thru, tho i!o..r.
ton, ami itie country u entering ujxin a greater era of
bon county representative who Is accused of U-ing mhed
up la some crooked deal during the last legislature will
learn of his fala. The prediction Is, even if Pan Is not
convicted by tho district court of Lals-tle county, he will
lose his lucrative posit Ion with the Dawes Indian com
mission. That Is what his friends believe on t lie quiet
although they are not making any nolso alsmt it. The
wave of boodle investigation Is going over the country
and it seems to lie pretty hard to stop. Even if there Is
nothing criminal In the charges made against Campljell
the Interior department has learned enough to dismiss
him from tho service. In antlcljialloa of this Mr. Camp
bell Jma opened up an office and gone to work.
PronpocU F. - Statehood Bill.
The prosjH'cts for the i -met incut of a stateliood mens,
tiro by the present congress are growing less favorable.
The situation has undergone several changes recently.
Just at present there is lively act ivity on the part of the
advocate. for separate statehood for Oklahoma. Rut II
still seems certain that the two territories will come In
as one state or that the whole subject will again 1st put
off. There are men In congress and In both territories
who would be pleased to have the matter deferred Indefi
nitely for personal or political reasons. These are encour
aging every movement that Is calculated to complicate
the problem, which L sufficiently complex within itself
to make proceedure exceedingly dlillctilt. Rut partlau
and personal consldcrat Ion. aside, It must be admitted
that the best Interest of the count ry, and of the territo
ries affected, would 1m served, especially In the long run.
by making a single state.
The peolo's representatives In congress should be big
enough and broad enough to do tho right thing, regard
less of political .considerations. Of course, the expecta
tion that such a policy would bo followed In the admis
sion of a state sure to bo permanent ly e!t her republican
or democratic, would le visionary. Rut If one new stale
were made of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, it
would be good lighting ground for Ixith parties. It would
not figure In the next national contest. Ry l'.oH a good
many changes could take place. Where tho chances are
coinjianttively even, the senator and representatives, of
both parties should take the course promjited by common
sense and common just ice. They should Insist that the
Jical politicians come to an agreement among themselves
rand that they lie left out of the consideration altogether-
Kansas City Star.
A Seaaibla Conolsnlon.
The News turned down a jirojsisitlon thl4 morning by
which tt was jiroposed to Issue a so-called "sH Clal edi
tion" from this office, sell space In It to our jKitron. at
exorbitant rates, and divide the loot with a coujile of
canvasser who would engineer Ihe ileal. If wo ever (ft)
through the work, worry anil veXallon of a sjH-clal edi
tion, It w ill be upon occasion, and we will devote mighty
llttlesiaeo to laudatory biographies and sickening syco
phancy. We have In mind a sjH'Cial edition, if wo can
ever litu the time, which shall be devoted simj)fy and
solely to a deseript ion of our town and the many reasons
why It Is the ix-st town of its sis in the I'nlte I States.
When we get around to Ismio that edition, our patrons
will ho welcome to advertise In it if they want to; but
we will not hire outside help to drag them into it col
umns by the heels. South McAIester New.
Anaat Wagoaar'a Aatulpatud Railroad.
We would 1st glad to see Vinita gt another railroad
and hope It will go there without any bonus. It was not
such a difficult proposition, however, for Wagoner to
raise the l".,ooo Ixmu for the railroad. The amotmt was
raised within four days after tho soliciting commit te?
commenced work. Wagoner's cotit raet ing committee Is
now ready to close the dal for the railroad. She has
raised the bonus and Is now ready to commence work for
something else. Wagoner Sayings.
C. N. Haskell will Ktll Wagoner a railroad for T3.Wm.
It is probably the same Jerkwater branch line that Mus
kogee Uuight for t7(MKK). This revives Tbeo GuHck's
cojyrighted slogan: "Muskogee does things," which can
readily ,1 amended by "Haskell does MusT,ogee."-South
McAIester Capital.
tub nuniTY tr tub mui.
Of the flowers that "blush unseen" or little noticed in
the rather weedy garden of civilization, the fairest and
sweetest is the kindness of the jKxir to the poor.
Miss Caroline l'embertoti. in the Philadelphia North
American, pins earnest and eloquent tribute to the un
heralded heroes and heroines of the humbler walks of
life. Wit It t he eye of a keen st udeiit of social cohdit Ions
she has oliM-rted, and thus records, the deduct io..s from
her oIm rvat Ions:
"The charity of the jxmr to the poor is unifervtl and
lucres, iing; It Is not onllned to any race or creed. If it
could lie !l onlcled, deed by tleed, and the records gath
ered In from every court, alley and byway, and the dime
and dollars counted that are contributed by the NKr to
the poor, what a magnificent tribute to human nature tt
would make."
We lave Ussome used to thinking of charity only In
big figures. Princely donations hate d.i7,,led Us.
We are apt to forget that the far deein r stream of
charity and symjathy. pure and umlefiled, flows unstead
ily from the jxior to the jioor. We may not estimate this
self-forgetful charity in material statistics, which would
apieal most strong!) to a material age. but it I at hast t
good to Iw reminded of its wi de-sjireadlug existence,
We know that the great churches of the worldare buiif.
not by the millions of the few rich, but by the mlfcs of
the many jor. The pas'or rf one of the richest church
es In New York cltv announced not long since that of
the tls.inKi collected annually for the running exjiehses, .
four-fifths came in weekly sums of dimes and less from
the xxir who could afford to give no more.
The real Good Samaritan of every Iriiixm-rished heigb
Ixtrhixxl Is hot, the rich young woman who God bios her
heart !-giji on her dutiful missions of mercy, but the
poor neighbor who has little material thing to offer, hut
gives her nil and her heart-sympathy with It.
We are Justly proud of the princely bent-fact Ions. Rut
what. Iiecoirie of the jHruilcs of the jwtor?
The dollars given In charity aro easily ( raced, but the
pennies are lost sight of in the shadow.
Rut It Is good to know that they am performing the
sweet, functions of true charily.
The penny, js-rhiits, has ttoiie more to relieve real want
In the wori than the dollar Ima.-Kansas City World