The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1898 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1 NO 31.
VINITA IND. TER. SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER Ov 1898.
PRICE 10c WEEK
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JUDGE THOMAS' COURT.
In the trial of Lon Blair and
Oscar Terry charged with larceny;
the jury returned a verdict of
guilty as to Blair and acquitted
Terry.
James 0. Hall Jonathan Gore
and James Taylor were selected
as jury commissioners by Judge
Thomas and instructed to report
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
The news of the death last night
of the young son of Sol Ketchum
came this morning. Mr. Ketchum
was on the jury in the middle of a
trial and therefore could not be ex-
cused until the end of the case.
The petit jury was discharged
for the term this afternoon. It is
not probable that there will be any
more court at this place of any
kind till the next regular term in
January.
The court authorities have been
directed by the attorney general to
send no more prisoners to Ft.
Leavenworth.
Hon. A. 8. McKennon of the
Dawes commission is assiduously
working on the school question.
He placed the condition before
Cleveland personally. Cleveland
told him that loo much money
was being spent on the territory
as it was. A few days ago Mr.
McKennon laid the matter person
ally betore President McKinley.
Mr. McKinley remarked that as
so much money was being expen-
ded on bad people it would be a
good thing to spend money on the
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A handsome parlor
lamp $1.25
A set of 9 inch din-
ner plate 45c
A set of glassware
10 pieces 6?c
A set of imported cut
glass 75c
"Aet of handsome
glass tumblers 20c
Dark green fruit
bowl 1 glass 15c
Dark green berry
bowl; glass 15c
Dark green celery
dish glass 10c
These goods are en-
tirely new in this city
nothing having previous-
ly been shown in this design.
Yours for Business
JUMBO
STORE
good people and that he would
sanction a bill looking to the pro-
viding of schools for the white
children of the territory. With
the Dawes commission recom-
mending a bill of this kind the
secretary of the interior urging its
passage and the president willing
to sanction it there remains for
the educational forces of the terri-
tory a complete organization and
understanding and a method de-
vised which will bring the needs
of the territory children before
members of congress. All educa-
tional interests that have an exis-
tence here should take this matter
up and treat is as a live and burn-
ing issue. Colleges and churches
bar and medical associations se-
cret societies commercial clubs
and leagues all should go to woik
and at once while the signs are so
favorable and bring this matter to
a focus. Any action taken by the
people will be heartily endorsed
by the Dawes commission and
that commission will give every
possible assistance in its power to
further the cause of education in
this territory. Capital.
In his report to congress Indian
Agent Wisdom says: "I have re-
ceived information that there is
liable to be an influx of negroes
into this Territory which may
assume alarming proportions and
provoke a racial issue to be de-
precated by every lover of law and
order. In Texas an organization
composed of white men exclusively
has driven the negroes from small
towns to the larger ones ot that
state. The cities revolt at this
phase of the matter and are
organizing committees ot safety for
their own protection to drive the
negroes elsewhere." Mr. Wisdom
is right in his apprehension. The
negroes are coming here by hun-
dreds lots of them thinking they
too like the Indian freedmen can
get lands free for homes from the
government. If the courts make
the Indians give their freedmen
the 40 acres each as stipulated in
the Curtis bill there is going to be
rocky times in the Territory for
a few years. Gainesville Hes-
perian'. Dela wares Baise the Bent.
Fourteen men who have renters
in the north part of the territory
passed through today enroute to
Oklahoma. They state that the
Delawares from whom they have
been renting have concluded that
they were not getting enough for
their land and raised the rent;
quite a number of these men came
from Illinois a few years ago and
have been saving their money.
They could not buy land up there
and are determined to go to Okla-
homa where they expect o pur-
chase farms. South McAlister
Capital.
The 72 prisoners in the United
States jail were quietly moved
from the old to the new jail just
west of the court house this after-
noon. The new quarters are a de-
cided improvement on the old
building. The sleeping rooms for
whites and negroes are separated
by a partition and a large coal
stove is erected in each room. As
formerly the prisoners will be al-
lowed the freedom of the jail yard
within the walls and the method
of guarding the building will be
the same as before. Ardmorite.
A good farm to rent; apply to Frank
Btlllogslea Ytnlta I. T. r : 40tf
The Bight Kind of a Girl.
There was h young man with a
little Indian blood in him who
brought his best girl with him to
take in the show. They came by
team and put up in one of the wa
gon yards and then strolled out to
see what they could see about the
town. The young man saw a
friend going into a saloon and he
excused himnelf every time as he
desired to see th friend on impor-
tant business. He talked so much
that it was not very long before be
found navigation difficult and the
young lady discovered that he had
a big load to sustain. She being
of a practical turn of mind con-
ducted him back to the wagon
yard induced liiin to go to sleep
and then she went through him
took his pocketbook and went to
the show. When it wan over she
returned to the wagon yard and
found the young man still asleep.
She hitched up the team and start-
ed off with her lover asleep in the
wagon bed. The proprietor ot the
wagon yard said that he never saw
a more practical jjirl in his life.
Ft. Smith Newa-Record.
An Important Law Suit.
It took the jury just fourteen
hours Iat Friday to decide the
suit growing out of a promissory
note in which there was rendered
a verdict for the plaintiff. It
seems according to the evidence
that several years ago T. F. Mea-
gher gave a note for $200 to some
parties in order to prevent them
from fencing in a large pasture
around his farm and which note
fell into the hands of J. E. Turner
and later into the hands of the
Commercial bank. The note has
been due for some time but Mr
Meagher refused to pay the same
claiming that he had been coerced
into signing the note. The jury
held differently and on last Fri-
day rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff for $262 and some cents as
the principal and interest on same.
A motion for a new trial was Sled
by the defendant which has not
yet been argued. Phoenix.
A Warning to Cuerokees.
J. R. Jewell in charge of the
New York Indian agency says in
his report to the Indian bureau of
the interior department that after
careful investigation he finds that
the funds of the Seneca Indian
nation are almost wholly absorbed
by the officers of the nation and
that they are in collusion with
white men for such purposes. The
history of the socialistic or com-
munity system has been the same
all over the world and the Chero-
kee nation is nearing the same
disastrous end. It is time to call
a halt. Fairland Bee.
A Jayhawker youth contrasts
the American and Philippine girls
in this way: "Oh give me the
eight of a shoulder white an Jeye
that is tender and blue a cheek
that's pink with a tint of a rose
and hair that is golden in hue.
I'm tired of the hair that's black
as a spade I'm tired of brunettes
Uncle Sam and I beg that you
send me back from this sombre
land this home of the unhosed
leg."-Ex.
Some writer in the Atlantic
Monthly describes an Indian hot
tamale as "a molten pepper-
sauced chicken croquette covered
with a coat ot Indian meal and an
overcoat of corn husk and steamed
in a portable boiler the result be-
ing a diabolical combination that
tastes like a bonfire."
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I'm not exactly "standing in" with
the weather clerk but have antici-
pated his tricks and have stoves to
supply town and country.
THEY ARE.
ALL KINDS
ALL PRICES
F0RALL USES.
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pipe because no smoke.
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boards coal buckets shovels etc.
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LAEGEST STOCK
BEST GRADES
LOWEST PRICES.
P. G. Browning....
Lumber
Sash
Doors
Mouldings
Cement
Paints'
Brushes
Lath -Shingles
Blinds
PlaRter Oils
Lumber
Dealer
Vinita I. T.
EVERYTHING AS
REPRESENTED
Brick Sand Etc.
Buy your
Lumber at
Browning's
Yard.
Opera House one WeeK 0J Saturday Jatioee.
COMMENCING j(jfY "7
MONDAY I Al J V I
THE LEADERS IN REPERTOIRE
Engagement of the Always Popular
Chas?-Lisier Theatre Co.
A New Repertoire of Special Plays.
A New Equipment of Special Scenery.
A New Season of Continued Success.
'..' Continuous Performances No Waits.
Carrying Over 2"00 Pounds of Specinl Scenery-
Using Their Own Calcium Lights.
Presenting Monday Eve. the Beautiful Comedy
Drama In Four Acts .
Tbe Harvest Mooo.
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