The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 24, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 14, 1895 Page: 2 of 4
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ii M. MAKKS Editor.
M. E. XILFOKU Manager.
Vihita Iwd. Tun. Fun 14 1895.
Sknatob Morgan having failed
to got liia ptoposod amendment
as published in this hsuo grafted
upon thd Indian appropriation bill
has introduced it as an independ
ent measure with but few changes.
At.L fair minded people rccog-
nlw tho necessity of somo ruch
mensuro as tho Morgan amend-
ment extending United States
courts in this torritory but as
a mattor of right tho treaties
should not bo violated. If treaties
Bland in tho way of beneficial leg-
islation they should bo removed
not violated.
The fact that Judge Tom Bui"
fington is in Washington in tho in-
torcst of tho passago of tho Mor-
gan amendment wiping out tho
Indian courts will probably bo
used against his candidacy for cir-
cuit judgo hero. It should not
howover as ho wont more as a
delegate from Vinita and in tho
interest of tho town than anything
else.
Senator Butler of South Car-
olina offered an amendmont to tho
Indian appropriation bill Monday
adding something over ono million
dollars for tho Cherokecs for old
claims found due under tho recent
accounting in which Judge Wyly
assisted on the part of tho nation.
It was rejected and referred to tho
department of justice for investi-
gation. Somebody lias proposed Kilgoro
of Texas for tho new judgo of tho
northern district if the Morgan
amendment becomes a law.
"Buck" won't do. A man that
will fight a measure simply be-
cause it hurts one little town in as
big a state as Texas is .too narrow
a statesman to bo entrusted with
theroboofa justice Buck Kit-
goro's feet are built for kicking
down doors but ho hasn't got tho
kind of a head a judgo should have.
No Buck won't do.
as the narp oi imvicl soothed
the evil spirit of Saul so the
promise to let Paris and Ft. Smith
retain tboir jurisdiction over this
country loftens and mollifies those
Texas and Arkansas congressmen
who are opposing tho Morgan
court bill. There are somo featreus
of tho bill that the Indian delega-
tion would be expected to fight as
an infringement of their treaty
rights but it is a very narrow and
mieerable kind of statesmanship
that would induce a congressman
or senator to oppose a measure
simply in tho interest of onn or
two small towns. But this is tho
country's opportunity for getting a
good view of these fellows.
A provision of the Indian ap-
propriation bill is that the secre
tary'of tho interior suspend action
in reference to the removal of in-
truders from this nation. It in
very difficult to understand hntv
action could be suspended when
there has been no action. Below
is tbo section:
Tho secretary of tho interior is
hereby authorized and directed to
suspend action under the provi-
sions of the Act of Congress ap-
proved March third eighteen
hundred and ninoty-three (twenty-
seventh Statutes Bix hundred and
forty-one) ratifying tho agreement
with tho Cherokee nation of De-
cember nineteenth eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-one as to the ac-
tual removal from tho Cherokco
country of persons designated by
tho authorities as intruders un-
til tho appraisal of tho value of
the improvements of such persons
shall have been completed and
submitted to congress by the sec-
retary of tho interior and until the
further action of congress.
It is not at all strange that The
Chieftain's success as an all
around newspaper should excite
the envy of some of tho little nar-
row guago concerns springing up
bore and there and asking for pat-
ronago and calling themselves
newspapers. The paper's bucccs
has come to it just a.i success
should and does come to any other
enterprise by close attention to
business and the exorciso of in-
telligence In the conduct of all its
departments. For o great many
years it has run along with per-
fect regularity never missing an
JBftHO and has thus built up for
itself a business and patronage
that many a moro pretentious
journal might be proud of. It
has long einco demonstrated
th feet that a newspaper which
stands for anything in the com-
munity morally socially or po-
litically must expect tho antagon-
Imi of the rabblo. When a news-
capr uncovers a scoundrel or
tMMW trfce mask off a fraud it has
icarily'' made an enemy of
vry ffttud anil scoundrel in tho
cjgtumiy and they are mire to
najty arwH y paper that
tfdom W In th country in (he
HJtm ko of ;ktroyin; an adver-
MTf oradvatitiUf.Uieirown ends
A NBW SYSTEM JTUEDED.
One ol the most commcndablo
fcaturos of tho Morgan amendmont
providing for the reorganization of
tho judicial system of Uiis terri-
tory is that conferring oxclusivo
and original jurisdiction on tho
new courts. In tho light of re-
conUnvostlgation and of common
sonso it would bo oxtromely diffi-
cult to find a renson why any mem-
ber of congress should not vnto for
this bill. It is agreed by common
consent by both friends and ene-
mies of tho measure that tho peo-
plo of tho fivo lribos both citizens
and non-citizens aro as intelligent
and as competent to sit as jurors
as tho pooplo of any portion of tho
United Statos. Indeed it has
been argued beforo tho committees
of botli houses of congress that tho
peoplo of these nations wcro so
competent as to need no addition-
al courts to try criminals but that
tho tribal courts should bo given
jurisdiction over all who come in
to tho country. But the degreo of
intelligence possessed by tho peo-
ple of tho vicinngo is not tho only
reason why theso courts should
havo full jurisdiction. They
should havo it as a matter of right.
Thero is no more justice in drag-
ging the people from this territory
over into Arkansas or into Texas
to bo tried away from homo and
friends than Micro would bo in
bringing tho citizens of Missouri or
Kansas into tho Torritory to bo
tried for crime committed in eith.
or of those stales. A citizen of
this torritory may bo arrested and
carried to Fort Smith or to Paris
for somo trivial offense in some
instances bo compelled to travel
hundreds of miles and take friends
along at great expense to assist in
giving bail bond or as witnesses.
It generally means financial ruin
to a man whether he is convicted
or not when bo has to go to Fort
Smith or Paris to stand trial. A
great many crimes aro committed
in this country for which no ono is
brought to justice for tho simple
reason that no ono cares to go so
far and lose valuable time as a
prosecuting witness. In soma in-
stances that could bo cited tho wit-
nesses are absolutely unable to go
and men havo been sent to tho
penitentiary because they wero
unable to bear the expenses of
their own witnesses. Shameful
state of affairs. For more than a
quarter of a century the people of
the five tribes have been trims
ported to Arkansas and Texas to
be tried for crimes committed in the
torritory and Judge Parker alone
during that time has hung nearly
ono hundred men and sent 1500
or 1000 to the penitentiary from
here.
Justice and right demand
that the territory courts have com
plete jurisdiction. Every princi
pie of equity and of humanity de
mand that an American citizen bo
tried by a jury of the vicinage.
The constitution of the United
States guarantees him that priv-
ilege and here in the Indian Ter-
ritory is the only place in the
United States where that sacred
right is denied him. Nowhere un-
der the sun do the stars and stripes
mean so little as they do in this
territory. Elsewhere our flag
means "life liberty and tho pur-
suit of happiness" but here it
doosn't mean much of anything.
THE OHIBPTAIN'S POSITION.
CowiKi PiuiRiE I. T. Fb. 10 1805.
Editor Chieftain: You claim
that your paper is independent in
Bolitics o. i. neither National nor
'owning. Now if this is so will
you explain to the comitrv whv
you are supporting the nominee of
mo uunmiig pariy nam waves
for chief? J. If. 3.
Nothing could bo easier. The
Chieftain reserves tho right to
support anyono whom it sees
proper be he Natioial or Down-
ing. It chooses Sam Mayes in
preference to Bob Ross becauso it
thinks Mayes is the best man for
the place the best politically
morally and intellectually. Ross
not only comes of a family that
havo lived off the nation for gener-
ationa but ho himself is charged
with having taken something over
88000 of tho people's money only a
few years ago. Mr. Mayes repre-
sents the safest eloment in this
country and is acloan man person-
ally and politically. Nothing
could be further from tho truth
than the statement that Mayes is
n great monopolist. He has mado
his money honestly and fairly and
the farm whore he lives has been
the scene of his activities and
labors where he has legitimately
gathered about him what ho pos-
sesses. However il our friend J.
II. 8 prefers Mr. Ross for chief
if he honcalfy believes that gentle-
man would make the best chief
then il is clearly his duty to vole
for him and wo will interpose no
objections.
The next grand re-union of Con-
federate Veterans will bo held at
Houston Tex.. May 22 24. R. B.
Coleman of McAlester adjutant
general requests that strong del-
egations bo sent and that the per
capita tax bo forwarded to him by
April 1st
A OALIi TO ARMQ.
A Southing Communication From
Ilov. Caldwell.
I noticed in The Chieftain two
week ago mention of tho effort of
tho W. O. T. U. to purgo our town
of women of ill roputo and I am
glad to chroniolo ono small result
in tho removal of ono such estab-
lishment. This is liko tho noblo
work that our women aro doing
every whoro but it is only a drop
in tho bucket. It is a step in tho
right direction but il is only ono
step. It is pruning tho tree of
vico and crime but it does not lay
tho axe to the root.
As great a crime perhaps a
greater becauso men aro supposed
to bo stronger ta tho part our men
play in tho ruin and In the main-
tenance of theso agents of cor-
ruption and theso fires of hell in
our community Thero may be
excuse for a women; thero is no
excuse no palliation for a man
who goes opon-oyod into theso
dens of leprosy. Men who will
stoop to soud a purr whito soul to
hell only to grnUfy his own un-
bridled passions and hell-born and
nurtured lusts are the most un-
mitigated brutes.
I can excuse an inexperienced
girl who falls a victim to somo hu-
man hound because of her inno
cenco and inexperience; but the
man who in the face of his know-
ledge of human nature and of tho
world (jives himself over to theso
corruptions is tenfold a child of
hell and ought to bo so considered
by our public sentiment.
But however prevalent and dis
astrous mo social evil is m our
midst thero are other thincs that.
judged by tho decalnguo aro in tho
same category ot innlt and cnuallv
ruinous and just a deserving of
the condemnation ot Uod and of
Christian people. Tho fact that
thero are in full blast under the
eye of our churches and our moral
sentiment and under the protec
tion oi our law or tuo represenla
tives of tho law gilded dens ol
iniquity where tho manhood of
our young men it being stung by
the viper's Mine where our b vs
are being trained for penitcntinries
and lor lie II where tho very vi
tals of our country aro being sap
ped thai the deadly upas tree
should train root in tho very heart
of our young men is a reproach to
our manhood and our fidelity to
tho trust that our nation and our
God havo given us.
That scores of our men and boys
are in tnisverv cny niciit alter
nighty day after day learning and
practicing the arts of satan in sa-
loon and gambling hell and how
many other such places who knows
but tho arch-fiend himself with
no efiort on our part to arrest the
open advance of Appalyo'n tho de-
stroyer ought to bring the crimson
blush of shame to our brow That
satan Haunts his banners in our
faces; that men can he found who
will lurnibh the ground on which
he can plant his ensigns and erect
his fortifications is the depth of
disgrace.
Honest gambling! Is thero hon-
est robbery or honest murder?
Night and day heaven and hell
are not more removed from each
other. Does tho fact that a man
goes to the gambling room with
tho hope of robbing some one else
make tho crime of robbing him less?
It is laid down as a self-evident
maxim admitted by the lowest
standard of morals that there are
only three ways acquiring prop
erty: 1st by earning it; 2nd by
gift; 3rd by theft; gambling be-
longs to neither of tho first two
classes. As satan is honest the
gambler is honest; the same in
kind and degree
What can we do? Aro you
afraid these human demons will
laugh at your efforts and chafe
you for your failure? Then don't
let your efforts bo fruitless. To
falter is to admit our weakness
and Christ's inefficiency.
To fail 1 Thero is no day of fail-
ure in the Christian calendar.
What our town needs is hor
manhood organized witli a purpose.
What our women need is the
help of their husbands and brothers.
What our boys and girls need is
for their fathors to show them
where they stand and to stand on
the rock.
How can you expect your boy to
bo a man when you allow his
school teachor to boa devil? What
our country and town and our God
expects is that every man shall do
his duty.
In the name of manhood wo
manhood social purity tnd of
common honesty can wo not havo
a men's league for tho promotion
of good order and social purity
and the expulsion of vico and li-
censed crime?
Aint it time that wo wero wak-
ing to our responsibility and grasp-
ing our opportunities?
.Men and brothron; why stand ye
all' tho day idle?
Proachers lawyers christian
doctors and business men and all
that love cleanlinoss and purity.
iiriso in your might and shako off
your guuiy iears; stand in me
might of your Christian manhood
and let us do belter for tho Lord.
Some ono suggests the Y. M. C.
A. It soems to me we noed some-
thing broader moro inclusive
per chanco more efficient because
of the immense work needed. But
by all means let us havo a Y. M
C A. with tho moral numerical
and financial support of the Chris-
tian manhood in which every
man who hales iniquity and loves
righteousness shall bo a young
man by tho graco of God. And
let us grapple with tho monster
that defies us.
Don't have lime for this work?
Havo you time to let your boys
So to hell? Then you will some
ay hove time to follow them thero.
Boyn estimate themselves by
what interest their fathers take
in them. "Tho hand that rocks tho
cradle rules" butl.alf "tho world."
Tho other half is in anarchy and
misrule .because tho hand that
wields tho axo strikes not the root
of sin. Our watchword: "For tho
Lord God will help mo. therefore
shall I not bo confounded there-
fore havo I setrny face like a (lint
and I know that I shall not be
ashamed." S. A. Caldwell.
MORGAN'S AMENDMENT
Continual from Page Oiuvt .
ors acting as justices ofjllio ponce
whoro tho amount of the judgment
oxecods twenty dollars and orfgf
lial jurisdiction of causes transfer-
red into said courts from .tho In.'
dian courts. ' ;
Any causo pendingin' any In-
dian court at tho date of the np-
provnl of this act shall on the
motion of any party thereto bo
translerred into tho United Slates
court of the district whoro tho
cause of action originated or in
which any defendant resides for
trial as an" original catfse and for
tho period of two years from the
approval of this act said Indian
courts shall have jurisdiction to
hear and delormino all cases now
pending thorein that shall not bo
transferred after which dato their
jurisdiction shall ccaso and (ho pa-
pers and a transcript of tho record
in all cniHcs ponding in said In-
dian courts which nro not decided
shnll then botranferred into such
United States courts for trial: Pro-
vided That the jurisdiction of tho
Indian courts relating to tho ad-
ministration and settlement of tho
ostites of deceacd persons and
to Riiardiaus and the accounting
of expeutors administrators and
guardians and their appointment
and qualification or removal shall
bo changed by law. Administra-
tors and executors of dcconduiiK
and guardians and trustees shall
continue except as the same shall
bo held liable to suits in the Unit-
ed Statos courts upon doinunds.ob
ligations and liabilities that may
exist against tho estates they rep-
resent. All laws heretofore enacted con-
ferring jurisdiction upon United
States courts held in Arkansas and
Texas outside of the limits of the
Indian Territory as herein de-
fined as to cnusos of action arising
or offenses committed it. raid In-
dian Territory except an herein
provided aro hereby repealed and
Mich jurisdiction as is now con-
fcrrcd by law upon said courts is
hereby given to tho courts created
by this act in said territory: Pro-
vided That in all criminal coses
where said courts outside of the
Indian Territory have when this
act lakes cfl't'ct acquired jurisdic-
tion of the persons of the defend-
ants by arrest they shall retain
jurisdiction to try and finally dis-
poso of such cases and shall retain
jurisdiction to try all civil cases
ponding therein at tho date of this
act; but all other criminal casoi in
which tho offense is charged to
havo been committed in tho In-
dian Terrilory shall be transferred
to tho courts herein created to-
gether with all original papers be-
longing to tho same and a cupy of
ail proceedings of record therein
All cases civil and criminal now
pending in the United States court
in the Indian Territory shall bo
tried and disposed of by the courts
in the districts whero the Fame aro
now pending unless tho v.-nuo
therein be changed.
Sec. 10. That it shall bo tho
duty of the marshals appointed
under this not to provide under
tho direction and with the approv-
al of the judgH of the district suit-
able building and rooms for hold-
ing the district courts of their ret
pective districts. They shall aNo
procure suitable offices for tho
clerks and marshals. Any con-
tracts for these purposes shall be
approved by the judgo only after
personal inspection of the premises
leased and any contract for a per-
iod longer than six months shall
be reported to tho attorney-general
for his approval. Said in ir-
shals shall also provide suitable
prisons at the place of holding dis-
trict courts for tho confinement
and safekeeping of all prisoners
committed by order of said district
courts .ind the 'commissionres ap-
pointed under this act and all
other prisoners in legal custody.
Sec. It. That the judgo oCsaid
district courts together with tho
judges of the United Slatea dis-
trict court for tho western district
of Arkansas shall constituto a
United States circuit court of ap-
peals to bo presided over hv tho
judgo of tho United States district
court lor tho western district of
Arkansas as chiof justice of saiil
court and said court shall have
such jurisdiction and powers in
Bald IndianTerritory and such
general superintending control
over tho courts thereof as is con-
ferred upon tho supreme court of
Arkansas over tho court thereof
by tho laws of said statf as pro-
vided by chapter forty of Mans-
field's digest of the laws of Arkan
sas and tho provisions of aaiiH
cnanier so mr as niev reiaio to mo
jurisdiction and powers of said su
preme court ol Arkansas m to ap-
peals and writs of orror and as
to tho trial and decision of causes
so far as thoy aro applicable shall
be and thoy aro hereby extended
over and put in force in tho In
dian Territory and appeals anil
writs of error from said district
courts to said appcllato court in
criminal cases shall bo prosecuted
under tho provisions of chapter
forty-sjx ol said Manifield's di-
gest by this act put in furco in the
Indian Terrilory. But no ono of
aid judges shall sit in said appel-
late court in tho determination of
any cause in which an appeal is
prosecuted from tho decision of
any court over which he presided
In case of said presiding judgo be-
ing absent the senior judgo of said
district court shall preside over
said appellate court and in such
case two of said judges shall con.
stilute a quorum.
Writs of error and appeals from
the final decision of said appellate
court shall bo allowed and may
be taken to thn supremo court of
tho United Statos in tho same
manner and under the samo regu
lations as from tho circuit courts
of appoal of tho United Slates.
Said uppellato court shall appoint
its own clerk who shall hold his
office at (ho pleasure of said court
and who shall receive a salary of
ono thousand (wo hundred dollars
per annum bold appollato couit
shall bo held at South MoAlestor.
in the Choctaw Nation.and it shall
hold two terms in each yoar at
such times and for such periods as
may bo fixod by tho court.
Sue. 12 That thero shall ho al-
lowed to said attorneys marshals
and clerks of the court ol appeals
and district courts tho sumo foot
as aro allowed to liko officers in
chaptor tlxtecn title judiciary ol
uiu reviseu ninimcs in uio uuueii
Stales and as aro allowed in chap-
ter sixty three of Iho laws of Ar-
kansas in all ensoa whero such
fees or taxed costs aro paid b' in-
dividuals or corporations and they
shall each keep careful account of
all such Icos collected by him and
account lo tho clerk of tho court of
appeals for all of tho same in ex-
cess of their rospectivo salaries
making settlement therefor with
said clerk ut tho end ol each quar-
ter of tho fiscal year. And the
said clerk of the. Court of appeals
shall at tho end of each quarter
pay the moneys or fees so receiv-
ed by him to tho assistant treasur-
er ol tho United States in Saint
Louis Missouri.
She 13. That tho laws hereto-
fore enacted by the sevoral legisla-
tures of thcludian tribos within the
territory included in this act so far
as the same aro not in conflict itli
the constitution of the United
States or with the laws nl con-
gross tlial am especially appli-
cable to nny of said tribes of In-
dians shall remain in forco ex-
cept so far as tho satno aro in con-
flict with tho provisions of this act
and shall be recognized by the
United States courts as valid en-
actments. Sec. 11. That within thirty
dcys after the pasago of this act
the president ol the United Statos
will by his public proclamation
inform the inhabitants of tho ter-
ritory included in this act of its
provision and in said proclama-
tion thero shall bo given a copy of
the laws of Arkansas that aro
hereby made applicable to said
territory
And lor carrying into effect tho
provisions of this act iho sum of
dollars is hereby appro-
priated out of moneys in the treas-
ury not ntherwio appropriated.
Sec. lf. That none of tho pro-
visions of any other acts or nny of
the laws of tho United Slntes or
of the state of Arkansas hereto-
fore put in force in said Indian
Terrilory except ho far as thoy
come in conflict with tho provis-
ions of this act. aro intended to be
repealed or ill any mannor affect-
ed by this act but all such acts
are to remain in full force and ef-
fect in said territory.
Sec. 115. That this act shall
take effect from and after its pas-
sago so 1 tr as to authorize the ap-
pointment and qualification of the
judges anil other officers n quired
by its govern! provisions but in
till other respects it shall take ef-
fect on and after ni nitty days from
its passage.
FORT SMITH NOTES.
Tho
Court City Country
Gonorul News.
nnd
Fr. Smith .hk. Feb. 1'.'.
Tho body of Jim French wns
brought here Saturday morning
and 'lor several hours lay in an
open coffin at the United States
jail whore hundreds viewed the
body. After it had been satisfac-
torily identified it was turned over
to his brother Tom French who
took it In Fort Gibaon for burial.
Tho Potcau has been frozen over
for several days mid affords excel-
lent tkatinjj. The Arkansas was
frozen over in places.
u. s. COt'ltT.
Hill Cook and Cherokee Bill
were convicted of tho robbery of
tho dopol at Red Fork. Dayeen
Skeeter .Munson nnd Lucas were
with them in this robbery. They
woio also convicted of tho robbery
of Parkinson's storo at Okmulgee.
Skeeter was their nssociato in tho
crime
Bill Cook was also convicted of
robbins McDermott's store anil
post office and T. II. Scales of
Wetutnkn. Skoetor Snider and
Farris wero with him in the first
and only his brothor Jim in the
lust. Cook will ho tried on only
one rnoro case.
Thero wero four nrraigninonls
for murder: Cherokco Bill for
killing Krnot Melton nt Lpnapah;
J. S. Davei.port hr killing William
Goforth near Vinita; John Alli-
son for killing his fatliei William
Allison nt-ar Claremnre; Amos
.Mcintosh for killing Leo Atkins
near Clarotnoro. All entered
pleas ol not guilty. Davonpori's
application for hail was overruled.
Webhor Isaacs was convicted of
murdering Miko Gushing.
I'LBAS GUILTY.
The following persons plead
guilty on whisky charges and re-
ceived sentenoes as stated: Iko
Twist 50 days ond 8120; Abo
Twist 80 days and $200; Tom
Gregg 16 days and 815; John Tar
water SO days and 8HX'; John T
Brown and Byron Dickison 15
dnys and 8115; John Tipton -10
days and 8110; W. A. Sprnguo 1
hour and 815; Robert Norrit 25
days and 825 15d Gish and Win.
Martin I!0 dayi and 8100; Wal-
lace Batoman 15 days and 815;
Chas. Carver 50 day and 8120;
Chas. uiul John O.ikbtill.Itunaway
and J. M. Wilson 40 days and
$110 tsacli; Joo Brown 45 days and
8115; John Wigg. ono hour and
810; Goo. L. Shod and Win. A.
Standridgn introducing 15 days
nd $15; Nnnh Morton.45 days and
8110; Leo Caimnck 00 dayt ond
8150; James Bohanon 1 hour and
815; Felix Loo 20 days and 820;
John McCutchen 25 days and 825;
David Carr 15 days and 815; Door-in-tho-water
SO Jays and 8100:
Jako English -10 days and 8110;M.
Jo'oph 1 hour and 810 Suutenco
suspended in cases of John Twist
Albert Woodman Mart Woods
Will Hall John Selvidge Colum-
bus Springwator. Geo.X'lovins M.
W Caldwell Polk Blackburn.
Plead guilty: Harry Johnson
larceny 0 days; Isaac Aloxander
larceny 3 years in Cheltenham re-
form school; Bill and Dick Whiso-
naut Lewis Ridgo mid W. 8. Yar-
borough illicit distilling 30 days
and 8100 each; John Lanoastet
larceny tint sentenced.
ACqUITJtLtf.
Slne-che.che assault; Elmer
Milligan and Vernon Scott Jar-
cony. NOLLE I'ltOSSED
Fayotto Hughes and Jaqo Hu-
ghes introducing' and soiling; Wil-
liam W.GaddiB selling.
MI8TIIIA1.S.
Charles Walker stealing mail
and larceny; Dan Roborts larceny.
I0N0IIED.
Thomas Hopper and Roubon
Broils burglary; John Arbogast
larceny; James Stewart assault
with intent to kill
Tho boy who sold papers on tho
Grand Trunk railway forty years
ago is to-day known and honorod
in every country in tho world and
peoples of far-n'ff lands pronounco
his namo as that of a benefactor of
his raco and accredit to him a
genius for invention surpassing
that of any other man of whom
they havo hoard. Ho has done so
many wonderful things that man
almost havo ceased to wonder as
Iho later products of his fnventivo
mind havo como to notice There
was a timo when men exclaimed:
"What a wondorful manl" But
now thnt Edison lias becomo recog
nized as a sort of wizand men say
when thoy como across somo now
thing from Menlo Park: "This is
Edison's latest is it?" Tho popu-
lsr notion is that Edison will dis-
cover everything if ho shall live
long enough.
ASTHMA.
Distressing Cough.
- SOEE JOINTS
MUSCLES.
Dospalrod
OF RELIEF.
cuiii:i nv
ftp's Cherry Pectoral
"flnmo tlmo H 1 lnd n cvcru o
atUn-'t if nitlnna. nrroitip inlod wltli n i
illtt resiltiK rotutli nnl n itonoriil soi mifm o '
of I lie Juliit mi'l miiM.'l i. I coiiMiltcil o
!iyl:l un n.fl trial .inuin rrmcuic. :
Hit wHumt KcttliiK nin relief until I
ilramlicl of rvur ti'liiR well njwhi
a
ol
Iltmll)- I took er'i Cteny rrctnmt o
nml In n Mrv ulnit time win entirely S
cm-el. I r-i-i. tlien fur- cnntl illy nml oi
eoiifiili'litlv rinnrcn I Hill ineillcliio to o
fcll." J. llnai LI Vletorl I Texts. JJ
.... .. o
vy xrv Ii 1 1 n very irnmueome 0i
emt'lk Hh "' 1 Avtr'H tlierry reeio- o
n 1 ami Ii- nit I In'ini f ito relief." 2
11. II. 1'ofiiHi K. Ilumi'liretk (la.
Aver's Cherry Pectoral 2
RocoUot highest Awards
AT TKE WORLD'S
D. S. HICKS
BLACKSMITH
HORSESHOER;
Plow Work Promptly Done
and Warranted.
EAST OF THE TRACK.
People's Meat Market
EAST OF TRACK.
J. H. BAILEY Proprietor.
Frosh and Salt Moats
Sausago Poultry
Lard and Evorythlng to
Torn.pt tlio .A.ppetito.
Jociy Public.
t'srf fat Attention fflfen tn drawlnr
npof AHtl tiklnp acknowledgment!
to execution of DEEDS. 1IUIIT-
UAQES CONTUACT3 and All legal
papera.
DEPOSITIONS AND PENSION PAPERS
A 8PECIALTY.
TVI'E rniriNQ. UOI'VIKO and COItltES-
f'O.NDK UK tollclted All boalneaa atrlctly
confidential and lalltfictlon gnaranttador no
charpea. 12-10
Office at tho Cobb Houso.
rnoFES3iowAL cja.nrs
p DONOHOO M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
12-27-01. A FTON IND. TKK.
Dn.
G. R. GRIFFITH
DEN S5frtf TIST
Rooms M nnd 1G Hill Building
VX2TXT.A. XST33. TEX.
)R
W. W. BRYAN
RESIDENT DENTIST
llde.1 Ol.AltEMnKB lnu. Tn.
DKMIHTKY Prnctlcod in all Us do-
tails by
OIIAS. DAY D. D. S.
I'crmaiiciitlr Located at Vinita I. T
Sutiofnction Guaranteed.
0 III co in nuvr 1'atton building back
of Drs. Knrtner & Ilngoy. dec 8
1'OKTJIEU & HAUHY
I'lIYSICIANH & SURGEONS
VINITA 0. N.
OUIce in now Pat ton hull lint ...
ataira. """ "
rR. A. M. OLINKSOALBS
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
trNITA I. T. '
Offlcj nu ataira In Uaymonil uulldlm. Ileal
Kr.'"ebpl"c"n "" ""'"'. I" . "r.
I'"."1"1 Qlr KeUI wnblM apaelalty.
fyj tMUTNES ' 827
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
Vinita - I. T.
Calls promptly nttonilod tonight
or day.
P M. SMITH I(M
ATTOUNKV AT LAW
NOTA KY PU11M0 LOAN UKOKKK
Special attention rlvan (Iran lo trial ofiulta
Always rrtvlr to iuwr yoar qurtUon nd
reply to yoar Innulrln
1 ivjumi iiniuirifli
Ice In Opera HuliTj VINITA I. T.
UUM
A uqust
SOnLIEOKBIl
OPTICIAN.
Willi J H Thonuion VlnlU Ind Tar
Speetaclra anil Ejrrclaiaca aceoratalr AIM
according to h &tt Approf(4 ScUnUta
m r
o
o
o
FAIR o
FrlnelulH
tmr
W. R. BADGETT
Is now offering everything
in Woolen Goods extreme-
ly cheap.
Woolen Dress
Woolen
And Cassimeres are lower
by 15 to 25 per cent than
they ever were before.
We offer special induce-
ments to purchasers of any '
sort ol Woolen Goods
DURING
Come in and
' ft....
'lt'f'tf!f''
i-..'.(.i
We are also making special
prices on
BOOTS Sz SaiOElS
Of every
W. R BADGETT.
Prices Always Right.
OUVE1I IlAOllY
President.
E. .
First National Bank
VINITA
CAPITAL STOCK $50000.00.
SURPLUS
SECURITY Is the Foundation of Banking.
Burglar-Proof Safe.
Time Lock.
Electric Alarm.
Insurance Against Robbery..
Liability of Stockholders.
A. Pyramid
DON'T YOU
"Ycoir Bvxsinoss Solicited.
DIRECTORS:
S. S. Cobb 'OHvor Bngby IJ. P. Fortncr
E. N. RntcJlin M. 13. Milford W. A
t n TT.n ar v itia.ii v. n c.nti.1..
W.S.4t.J ........U.UW..
4sAs'
S. S.
Has bought
Patton
Dry Goods Store
And in a few
tip-top
General Merchandise
Come in and see one of the
pioneer merchants of
the Indian Territory.
Patton' s
vf
Goods
Flannels
Woolen Shirtings
JANUARY1.!
get our prices.
'
description.
.WaiWMiVki "
IlATCMFF
Vlce-l'rcslilent.
II.
C. Cook
Cashier.
I2STD. TER.
$25000.00.
of Security!
THINK SO?
G.W.Beck
Gralinm
H. C. Cook.
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COBB
the W. C.
& Co.
clays will open a
stock of .
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Marrs, D. M. The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 24, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 14, 1895, newspaper, February 14, 1895; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc71372/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.