The Chelsea Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901 Page: 2 of 4
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The Kki 'M; I
! and the rich "••• ■ v 'lye [at'}<r
i ilitr tredlUil lo.sc u s usury aud
the debtor is acquitted of his obli-
I gatiou. There tue proud man sur
Published Thursdays.
- Editor I rend rs his dignity, the politician
. A. CL.VVSON,
<■ the post office «l cba^, I his honors, the worldling his pleas
ecouil class mail. ( ures, the invalid needs no phys-
ician, and the laborer rests from
I Kattlcd an IIJB [K'H Ul
J. T., •• second cl.ua mil
• f.OO A YEAR.
ttTRS.. FKBRUARY *8 I9"I
IMCIU
'Si
£
tri|e
8ytU
his unrequited toil. Here, at last,
is nature's final decree iu equity.
■ . The wrongs of time are redressed,
I TBK Cherokee and seek treaties ^ ^ explained, the ironv of
•v. passed the .mate, ..nd now refute(, ,, jistribntion
flte president's approval I. 'f hc|)or capacity, ,)lea8.
t e optnio.i o k - ng on opportunitv, which makes
otht-rs that the election soon to 1|f^ ^ i licable a d>,
b called mil nsmt 10 Us rejec- , . . . 4. ,ru
. . l4>ceases 111 the realms of death. The
Ion by t.' e Clic;ok, .• i*< pi \ It 4
r 1 i 1 /•! . r* strongest tlic! . has no ? nreuiacy,
bpsrui ath.it 1 eStac lAid 0 1 Com-! , y , , , f
_ , and tlie weakest r.cedi uo defense.
\nv was closniy w\. i ; the .
. The mighty captain succumbs t«>
Toxre.sso; the treal u:e .01- ,
I ? , the invincible adversary, who ui-
twing clause was inserted as a ' .
I. . . 11 arms alike the victor and the van
ibstitntc for the mineral lease , _ _ . . .
.use which was stricken out: I «1 "^-John J. Ingalls.
. "That nothing iu this act con-
The oldest man in the world is-
sued shall be held or construed to living in Russia His age is 135
fiance, alter, modify or impair an) yeais. The \V. C. T. lT. will be
'fisting co.il or oil rights hereto-, disappointed to Larn that he tak« -
re acquired by lease, location,. a "nightcap" and a ".•.iornin'.s
fvelopment « r otherwise, or tojmornin'" legularly.
tifv, confirm .ecogui/j ..r val '
ate any such rights." Rev- J- C- Rlthle>'* o£ Wichita.
• "timpvctl t > cit«*wau the nw.!
and as the Sentuicl scorpion in-
vaded liis laundry room be iound
Sam in the best of spirits aud with
a table groaning tinder plenty of
palatabits aud au iucense of wax [ JS?
and other tapers. The Chinese
date their New Year's from the <
birth of the emperor. The present &
ruler of the Flowery Kingdom was •&
! orn February 18, according to our <§>
calendar.—Tahlequah Sentinel.
There are at present ;6S piison
era in the United States jail at ^
Muskogee, and the number is ex- |<
pec ted to reach too as soon us men i <
who have been iudictel by the i'
grand jury have been arrested. Of |
the 268, 37 are charged with mur-
der and 4 with being members of
1
the Snake band. The marshal ha-
'. eea unable to transport any pris-
oners to the penitentiaries in the
states for some time, owing to the
prevalence of smallpox in the In-
iian Territory.
Clerk Yamer last Thursday i—
siK.l a marriage licence to the j j
smallest couple ever married iu the, v*
Iudian Territory. The groom, Mr.
, Patrick Southard, is just 4 feet. W
Kan., says the saloon is so deeply taP, while the bride, Miss Rena
grounded in American life that itjoib-on. is only 3 K-et 11 inches. ,^
, ILEA FOR INTHRB8T.^VVB
k. L. Owen, representing the 's a fart ®':c soc'a' system. A They were married at the home of | ^
astern Cherokee claim, made an large number ol the people make it , ue bride's parents near Pocolo, ^
giiinert iu favor of including tin ''Ic'r c'°b. Regulation is the best! jast gun(jay. Tjle groom js a #
|l)4 "terest 0*1 the su:ii a- lce! at j>. i , at ca" ^ done with the saloon prosperous fanner and a handsome,
nt. There have I ?rn indication- :-r Weiti. manly fellow. The bride is the
J-h Kit the members oi the committee ; coNFKDlvRATK YKTERANS. t "',u8'lter au<' J°',n ^
O fcre favorable to t'ac priucipil O." The committee on tniusportation Ga"#"> -uia • |W«W ;
lit e claim, which was something have securej iates of 1 cent per j ch*nninR ''"le lady.—Poteau News! T
er S1,100,oc., but were not dis niiie, each way, going and return-1 Alabama Station struck a prop- j^
sed to coucede that interest at 5 jng, to Memphis. All who cau are | ositioa when the name wert up to ..J
x cent wa« due. The interest c iruestly requested to attend the
>uld make the claim amount to reuulou at Memphis on the 28th,
"er $4.0' 0,000. Mr. Oweu cou- ,9tll and 30,h of May
ied himself to a presentation of -
lat he tliought was the law in TERRITORY NEWS,
e case. The committee has in At + o'clock Thursday niorninp
rated an intention of giving him burgiars dynamited Parkinson C\
•Uill further heating. ( Co.'s safe at Okmulgee, in which
kept the postoffice ftvds
INDIAN AFFAIRS,
pr Senator Thurston on Friday
ide the report of the conferees on
i Indian appropriation bill, and
is expected h- will follnw it up
soon as possible wilb the report
the conferees ou the Creek and
orokee agreements. The con
By
t'.ie immediate appearance of citi
AT W. J. STRANGE'S
We have nine Jackets that we will close out for $1.00. Cost of them is $2.50 and $3.50.
Come early and secure one for only $1.00.
Three Capes for only Fifty Cents each.
A few pairs of $1.50 H.-B. Shoes that we will close our at $1.00, and a few pair at 75 cents.
We can fit you in PANTS at greatly reduced prices.
We are closing out Facinators and Children's Hats at your own price.
At W. J. Strange's.
the jiostofHce department. The
department would not institute an
office there under that name be a'
cause of it being the name of a A
state. The people of Alabama are ' w
not accustomed to doing things
backward, but sometimes the back- v
ward way is the most straightfor-
ward und best, as in the case now.
They simply spelled the name |
r I*
kusa
In speaking of twins born near thrifty as young pigs. They are
Bartlesville a few days ago, the doing well, and Dr. Ayre declares
zeus the robbers* were scared away I backward and are instituted as a Magnet says they are entitled to that they have as good a prospect
belre they ^ uud any boot/ ' postoffice under the euphonious t-.e distinction of being the most t. survive as babies of larger de-
There is no clue to the identity of name of A, : a! i. Mr. Hayw ard , diminutive specimens of humanity velopment He says, however, that
tmaste Holdenville Times. I *be Indiaa Tetritocy. TheWo.il they an. the ndHt jpecimens of|
twins are particularly noteworthy humanity that Le ever met with in
on account of their limited phys his professional experience.
M. ROBERTS
t'le robbers.
the
]" p
is post most'" - Holdenville Times.
In conversation today with A. C. | The i-rt ( .ioson Pest is contin-
Clawson. a cattleman living near ually tOl'ug of strange things. It
«s hare™ reached conclusions towa' he saitl tIiat blackleg «a- says t'.iat Patrick Southard, 4 feet
Utive to all questions which were P: >> ' g havoc among stock just j 4 inche * high, weighing 98 pounds.
ical proportions. One weighed i\ Sam S::,abeii0ue evening last'
pound at birth. An ordinary finger vvt:e)Ci a(ter sawing wood during
ring would easily slip over the arm tj,e forelloo;1 anci parj 0j the after-
.lp ative to all questions which were 1 • - ring would easily slip over the arm the forenoon and part of the after-
[ta -olvel ta ti* consideration o, <f < "">. °"'* ht ma t1-" « on. A l.rg. m c,:„ J,
|the , bills which carry approvals of has . - reat. . .1 of ;s lock * ^ ^ Territory ttacuP wouU fit ov':r i,s head' ai,d his int, scratched his bead and'
I vc : agreements, and it is known «."om th., . s--w. ° i , .1 siKer dollar ahuj. 0 vet its it ■ >iV . , wife. -I don't know a!
U ,re are but two important amend- in bis iiei.bborhood were «rf-1 thw .n the hoc . , ir, )n it. of t,K;r ' "' . ' .
Wcl nt, which are to L incorporated a like manner.-Ardmore of oddity. Mr. Frank Deton, who are \ y and ^
His wife is
tolerably tall for a lady, and when
side b" vJj the husband's bea 1
;ut iw
:rf
ere are but two important amend crs 'n bis neigbborhooil were suf-1 Olaremote eau beat this in the line
nU which are to be incorporated
the recommendations of the con- ,tl?- f^1 " S °u 1 "u" Sl L
•ees. One of these provides for A young lady of Purcell by ac- l,u' 4 feet 1 inch in height aud
e application of the condition-, cideut picked her tieth with a vac- wc'£ 5 9' P^uu • .
toed in the last Indian appropria- cine po.nt, and got the virus on
urWIifjrt tvc" lag a:ul lay- her .e result was that the
gout of'towns'^s. It was de- virus 'took. and by some re- comes o --.i wit a the wite s apr. n
led to ifcorjorite the exact markable coincident five of her sU,n«' Messenger.
)rd:ng o that in the meas gentlemen fiLmls have vaccine The appraisement of the lands in I
es, so ti etc 'vi.' lot be a refer- scabs < 11 thcr lips. How could it the .Seminole Natioa has been com- j
to tlie tit le ot t'.ie appropria- have happened? i pie ted, everything is ready for al-I
M the - ion. Under Robert Miller was released from lotment, and a land office has been !
terms of lb1 act referred to. t ail at Muskogee yesterday be- opened. The Semitic'.'s will be the !
K ^Bwnsitcs will Vie under the cau- •.'> ---retaryof the interior first to get title to their land and,
I mervision of townsite commis- faile'l to interpose in f..\ r of the have citizenship in the United1
ione:*. The object of the provis- Caban authorities. M'.;.r was States, and that will ct ne very,
e' on is to make all townsite i.-ondi- charged in the city court of Ila- > -on. The Semiuoles are ready for
W (Ions in the territory uniform. This vaua. CuU>, with embezzlement, cit.ieti-'a; -, aud when it
lt( s designed to prevent coufusion, and recently made au nusucces-:iil t'uey will enter into the new condi-
is operations have r.lready com- effort to obtain I.in release on a writ ti-11 of ntfairs prepared to meet all
!neuc-l under the provisions of the ' of habeas corpus before Judge Gill. J its exigencies n'l to tu.ik. ..xid
ipprt ;iriation act. The other im- —Chieftain. citizen- .if the United States. The
IU =K)it.i t liange is au agreemert to A new newspaper In,- . ti.', allotment of laud; and the giving!
klimi iate trout the biil any refer- 0;i the .- rv at Chec-.: 1... The of individual t u!-.s to the S-..-. -1-s
kt'fcnce to mineral or ot;.-r leases. District Advocate is e.lited by the w '' thu uation a great im-1
lilts action will be most acceptable ucV. N IJ. Brapg, pre-..'.iag eliier petus toward settling up a ad be-
Ito th> Indians, aud, iu the opinion < of the Okmulgee <li«=trict, .d J I coming one of the most populous
lof Judge Springer, who represents ij. McDonald. It is published in of t!lat P°r'iou 01 liie Terri'.ory oc-
1* the Creeks here, will insure the the interest of the M. E. Church cupieel by Indiau tribes.—Ex.
f* acceptance of the agreements by South of this section. The first As an evidence that Chitto Har-
I1' the tribes. Other changes in the , number is full of good things. The jo aud his friends bilieve that they
p 1 agreements are minor, as they are printing is done by the Enquirer have a serious case is found in the
designed solely to alter the dates in Company, aud is an example of fact that through a Eufaula agent;
f|| | the «Kreemeuts. The necessity for 1 high class job priutiug. —Enquirer, he has retained the services of Stu
these alterations arises from the Monday last was the Chinamau s art, Gordon & Rutherford as hi.s
fact that the agreements were|^- .%v Year, aud Sam Lee, the ^ttorne>s- Judge Stuart was asked
framed with the idea that they j ^a-hpe-washee, arose at 5 a.m. "bout the case this moruing and
would lie approved at the last ses ■ s ated to the Times reporter that
sion, so it became necessary to pu wmthe had been retained. It is evi-
dent that Chitto knows that he will
have to right pretty hard to get cut
THE FAKE ENDOWMENT. F - of ^ afijir' i",d h,s h>V'
nt. 1 . ^ made up a retainer that has sc-
1 he fiction about the money and d d 0 i i
... a A cured the services of the eminent
farm inducements to raarr In iiau T* IB fl ^
^ attorney from South McAlester.
Territory maidens is still coutrib w , .
utiug to the gaiety of the Interio. | ^/*uart -='l ^at he had not
department. Will J.Zevelv, a mem- fluttering or irregular pulsa- ^okt:l lut° Ule CMe>d'i Either
ber of the Missouri legislatur, and "ons are an indicarfon of weak- Chitto nor his attorno - know with
librarian of the ntpn me court at. nessofthe nerves or muscles |what ,K ~ e >urged, or what the
Jefferson City, now a special u , nt of the heart. A weakness long j' J"r> do with the Last
. of the government, is credited with continued produces deformity , "■ Ui Crtxks' -daskogee Times.
designs on one of tl:c prize beau an(^ organic disease. If your Judge Thomas ia giving the gam
ties. The following dispatch was ^eart ^ion is weak, make it Infers of the Indian Territory a hot
. aent from the department last week strong- Build up the muscles j^ld time, and if the prosecution of
I "To Nester, Indian Inspector, An- anc* strengthen the nerves with , tliem is kept up as vigorously as it
adarko, I. T. Repoited Zevely l^c greatest of all heart reme- ] began at Muskogee last tfeek, they
contemplates taking as bride Choc- dlcs Dr-Miles' Heart Cure. will find th.- Indian Territory a
them forward iu every instance one
year.
taw maideu with $10,000 endow
ment and farm. Office force aud
Inspector Wright much worried
If Zevely appears at Anadarko to
consult yon, advise us aud keep
bitn under restraint.— W. Scott'
Smith."
"My wlte suffered greatly with
palpitation of the heart, cmotb-
rrlDR spells and loss of sl ep. (she
found Immediate relief from Dr.
Miles' Heart Cure atid aftor a
thorough oouitts ber trouble all
dUaraFared."
CGu*r. Taos. V. Okoroc.
Athens, Ala.
Dr. Miles'
Heart Cute
In tbe democracy of the dead all
men are at last c^ual. There is
neither rank nor station in the re-
pablic of the grave. At this fatal j quiets the nervous heart,
threshold tbe philosopher ceases to l*tes its pulsations and builds
be wise and the song of the poet is UP 'ts strength as nothing else
■{lent. Dives relinquishes his c*n- So'd by druggists on a
■nd Lazarus lus rags. The guarantee.
man ia as rich a« the ncbeat, &*■ Mlle* Madtcal Co.,
nice place to stay away from. Clint
Silvery, who entered a plea ot
guilty to nialtitaiiiitiK a gambling
house at Mounds, was find $200 in
! addition to thirty days 111 jail.
James Mcl'urlaud, of Wetumka,
was also fined $100 and costs for
allowing gambling in a house
owned by him. The recent grand
jury thought the surest way to
bieak up gambling was to indict
tbe men who owned the houses
along with tbe men who owned
'bj games, and some surprises are
xpected when the nain£s of all the
iwrties indicted are m-idc known.
—Record.
We are not
liciv lor Inn !
We want to
Make Money
And to make money
we must have trade,
and the way we sell
goods on a close mar-
gin, we must have lots
of it. We don't pre-
teud that we can Fell
you everything at cost,
or lower than elsewhere
but we sell on an av-
erage as low as the
quality of the goods
will permit. We ask
that if you eat your
breakfast early, that
you try our celebrated
Eariy Breakfast Coffee
the best you can buy
for 25 cents anywhere.
Add to this Squirrel
Breakfast Food with a
little cream and sugar
and you have a break-
fast that will make you
want to bny all of your
Groceries of
J. H. JOHNSON
WE WANT
EGGS!
Will give >ou anything
you want for them
from Cish to Prunes,
at ct* a pound, or
tbe be-st Oolong basket
fired hard rolled tea,
May picking at $1.00
per pound. Bring
them on to
J. H. JOHNSON
single ti.iug; I don't know any
body; can't remember anybody's
name uptown." From that hour
ti'itil two days past he continued
losing his memory by degrees until!
it was gone altogether. He spent
nearly .il of two days walking the
floor. At the close of the second //?A//Tf JR 5TO/?iE/
day he was tied down in bed. Aftf-r
making a few atteDipts to get
up, he quieted down and was soon
asleep. He slept nearly all of two
days. After his two days' sleep,
his memory came back by degrees,
I as it leit him, until he is now pos-
| sessed of as good a memory as any-
J one.-"-Tahlequah Advocate.
j Col. S. T. Stone, formerly of II-
I linois, aud otice a prominent poli-
tician of that state, is dead at Su'-j
Full line of FURNITURE always on hand.
Also COFFINS and I'ndertaker's Supplies.
Orders attended day or night.
Good Hearse when wanted. Respectfully,
McSpadden Building.
M. ROBERTS
Hague's Meat Market
Fresh Bee! and Fork.
We have reopend the Meat Market in tlie Shr rp building and are
phur, I. T. Mr. Stone was the prepared to furnish the finest meat in the city.
inventor of the traw that bears his A F1R8T CLASS BDTCIiER IN ATTENDANCE
name aud is used th? country over!
GIVE ME A TRIAL. ~
J. S. HOGUE. RROR.
for cold drinks,
erty.
He died in pov- j
L. 11. DA WES
Is making some mighty low prices on
—clothing
Just at this time when clothing is going to come in so liatid^.
A good full stock toselect from. Come in and look them over.
-LARGE LINE OF-
♦♦fraoooo XX>^.>*<K>^o<V> 5 :XKH->>*OO<X,OC
| Educational Column.
| ^ O. A. Hrardcn, Editor.
Rev. J. S. Lisli. ol Miami, visited
I the Academy Tuesday and made j
an address to the students, which
! was much appreciated.
j A committee has been appointed \
and is now at w ork to make a tiuin- ]
; ber of improvements at the Acad- <
|emy. First, the blackboards will 5
| lie repaired and a cistern made, aud ]
' alter wards will follow a lot of new <
I desks aud a large bell.
Saturday. March a, is tree-plant- j
' ing day at ilie Academy. livery-! j
| body invited to come and plant a J
tree.
j The members of the board of di- <
; rectors of the Academy visited the i i
school Tuesday morning and all! j
made appropriate speeches, to the j 5
] pleasure aud delight of the teachers ,
!' and students.
At a meeting of the board of di-!
rectors of Chelsea Academy, held
011 Tuesday, G. A. Bearden was
{ elected principal of that institution 1
for an indefinite period, and he will,
| conduct the school for several i
I years.
ACADEMY AFFAIRS. 'retain Prof. G. A. Bearden asprin-
I The board of directors of Chel- ciI l of saW school as long as he
s'-a Academy and the Rev J. S. 8,vts reasonable satisfaction to the
i.i.->h, chairman of the I'resby terian board of director
mnuittee, met with the school ou 1
lues lay morning, February j(<, at
0.4^. The) were delighted with,
the singing ut the chapel exercises.
l ue principal read the scriptural
lev>on. Rev. Lisli led the prayer.
Then the principal called on the I
FRISCO TIME TABLE.
So. 207; west hound pa^scn^er, 10:50 am
NTo. 105, eai t bound passenger, nia
No. 39, west bound freight, 2:2^ pin
No. 40, east bound freight. to^ci ac
BONDS & BROWN,
Attorneys at Law,
Chklsba, I. T.
B W CLAYTON.
JVESIfOTVOT . .
J. iDi^TJS J
Office iu
s McSpaddeu
g Bid?..
4 J. up sv lits
Prices
Very
Reasonable.
CHELSEA, IND. TBK.
T. B. DICKSON. MTDT
P^'sician aqd burgeon,
CHELSEA, I. T.
All calls promptly attended.
Office in McSpadden building up
stairs over Palace Drug Store.
I)R. J. W. BONE.
PHYSICIAN AUD SURGEON.
Office: Rooms i aud 3,
Lane Building.
Chei.skA, - - IND. Tek
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps
and Furnishng Goods.
at prices witoin reach of all. You will get yqflkoney'e woith
at our store. Highest market price paid for i^Fand wheat.
L. PAW/ES,
Cask Paaler, CHELSEA, I. T.
E> • "
1 , vv..
1 >
Almost Like Magic
The way irmove i lfemlin^ tr«-th from
sort'lv tri.nl.U.I mouths. i*prri
ince, skill iTiodern in-truiiunt*. in-
utile us to rv • i.ut teeth paiules I) -*ith-
otit the u-e "I ^as, unless ill use is .It-
sin-! Our m stem of tilling, cltnnin^,
eli . caaM 110 pain or inc«.nvenii lire to
the p.ititnt ami the teeth made anil tittnl
II) us arc equal in appearance ami oper-
ation to the unlttrnl teeth.
i rs. tai.m rr & hi i'fman.
John P. Dkakk, Pres.
J. K. Ci.inuan,
W. A Crawford,
C. L. Lane,
R. C. Pakks.
Directors."
The board appointed C. L. Lane
D. G. ELLIOTT.
ATTORNEY.
Insurance and
Collections.
Dawes Building, I'p Stairs.
Our fee returned If we'fcil. Any one lend-
- . . -j . ing Vttd and description of «njr invention will
members ol tlie board aud Re\ . W. A. Crawford and R c. Parks pronely iwire <iur opinion free c mcerning
Lish t< I makt short speeches to the a committee to see after the nece-s- p tem«hiiity of same. "How to oUain a
student-s. who seemed to eniov the sary improvement!! at the Acad fi^le It'o"1* KOir®d
tulles very much. After viaiting emy, such as repairing blackboards, I'aTenh taken out llwoogh us re<*lVi#*ri/
the different departments of tbe making a cistern, securing fir tv **>.<-, without charge, m The I'atekt Rio- 1
school, all were of one opinion: single desks, getting n hell, etc. °*D>*"U[ «r«te>l and widrly circulated jour-1
that tbe school was doing good. The blackboards and cistern are 1
work and on the upward tendency. | needed at once MIATltD I ruiHC • M I
The hoard adopted the following: The committee are expecting the | VIvlUH Ja tVARo ft vUif
"We, the board of directors of hearty co operation <>l the com (Patent Attorney*,)
Chelsea Academy, hereby agree tojmuuity. Skcketaky. EvtntMMlag, WAMINQTOM.B. C. j
Patents
Ocarasa
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