The Cherokee Vindicator. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1899 Page: 2 of 10
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CALLAWAY & CALLAWAY, Publishers,
CLARKMORE, . - INDIAN TEKKITOKY.
The rtoslnK 'Session of the Memorable
Hily-rifih at Work on LegWIatloa
AITectlnf the Nation.
The senate on the 8th coinplet <1 and pushed
--------- --- the Indian appropr ntion bill and then took up
priution bill. After d 1 *poVin*^ofi" paees" It
jj 4» ! was laid aside '
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THE WOULD AT LARGE.
was laid aside for the day and a few bills of
| minor importance were pissed. Senator Mo-
I ney (Miss, i Introduc 'd a bid to have the re-
mains of the crew of the Vtrtrlnius. who were
» iL 1 executed in (’uba in IMS. exhumed and
dJt. if. , returned to the T’niu-.. .sta'os. or, if
IP I their craves cannot be identified. their
A £ ' rest I nit place marked und enclosed. A resolu-
j£ f tton was adopted aptiroprlatinir H.Jki for pub-
- £ | lishlnit surveys made In Alaska A bill was
| 1 Jt :,ls,> Passed to restore pensions to soldiers who
_if. I had forfeited them by enlistment in ihe war
.. v kith Spain.. The house went Into committee
IO (► | of ’ho whole and considered public Imllding
-!t i bllK Amoru? those favorably ucted upon was
-Sr- tr i ont‘ f°r 11 buildlnir ai Joplin. Mo., to cost toO.t Pi
I The senate on the kth had under e msidera-
tion the lecislative. executive and judicial ap-
propriation bill. A lively debate was precipi-
tate,1 over the appropriation for the support of
the office of the supervising architect of the
I treasury. Senator Cockrell (Mo.) uiaintainlnif
I that the work of that offlj ■ was done too slowly,
the construction of public buildings dragging
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Summary of tho Daily Nows.
| Delegates representing a number of
neighboring- farmers in (’lay county,
Minn., who visited the Edmonton dis-
trict of western Canada last summer
are evidently very well satisfied with
the result of their trip. They think so
well of the country that, in addition to
the privilege of obtaining a free home-
stead of ltio acres of land, they have
fd-so purchased land. In a recent inter-
, view on the subject, Messrs. C. E. and
A. Hughes, of Barnesville, Clay county,
say:
i “We are well pleased with western
i Canada. It is far ahead of what we
- expected. As for the crops, we have
never seen anything that can compete
I with them. W'e have lived in Minne-
sota and have farmed some of what
, they count the best lands in the Red
River valley for ten years, and have
done very well in that part of the
country, and have farms there at pres-
ent free of all encumbrance, but bo-
Earnost Words Prom Women Who Have Been Relieved of BackaolM
—Mrs. Pinkham Warns Against Neglect.
n M"»- Pl*KHAJt: 1 have been thankful a thousand times, since I vrrot*
f°r 'i n11 yoUj v°gctable Compound has done for me I followed your ad-
ache, headache,D<\mrvous^e^red* - different person' M* troublcs were back*
feeling, painful menstruation
I on yeur after year. Sever il unimportant”bills i ent Irce of all encumbrance, but bo-
I were passed.... The house passed mils to amend , lieve that this country (western Can-
the war revenue act. providing for only one nr’.-il is so m..r.b K„...... ...„ t-____
I stamp on bonds or notes s 'eureil bv imrtirave:
I granting to th*» Fort S-nitti .v Western Kail-
road company a rightof way through iheChoc-
, bda) is so much better that we have
; bought from the Canadian Pacific Rail-
■ way company one section of land
| northeast of Edmonton, in the Reaver
| Kill district. W'e have traveled through
I that part of tlie country, and ha.* seen
| the grain in the granaries and the
, amount of land that it was taken off.
and find that they have grown as much
T|... PrW,AS,,I1Ii'OT‘/ D NOTKV „ | company a rightof wav throiufh thoChoe-
J 1IK credentials of Hrigliam K. Rob- taw and Ch-rnkee Indian reservations, and to
©rts, of l tali, as a meirtipr of the F'ifty- i disability of rx-confederates which pre-
sixth congress have Been received bv I vents lh(,rn frum Mttin.r on federal, i eiit and
Chief Clerk McDowell, of the house of J porlaUew^e °' “‘ttor ‘m’
representatives, and placed on file. j Ln , i.k progress was made in the senate on
t.KN. Otis reported on the 8tb that | tho the lrelslut v,-. executive anil judl-
the American losses up to date in the I l iil1 Pl'i-opriat ion tint, the time being occupied ,
battle of Manila were 61 killed I "lth '1“6ate on minor topics The president's . as 50 oushels and over to the acre, nnd
missing and 207 wounded * read‘and “ Ou; itlc cable, was J they say that this has not been a good
Tine National Farmers’ Alliance had f^d a joint reso'iutbm'for^h^i^ctcm^f^en-' ! J’6"1*’ and vcr-v littIe if an.v grain has
a two-days’ session at Washington re- iltors bv 'he direct vote of the people. It was i bern tollched by the frost. Hay seems
cently. The meeting adopted a plat- 1,10 taide. Senator Coekrcll (Mo.) pre- j to be plentiful, and if you wish to put
form reaffirming the demands made at | of" rude tiding "he [h.^Ntear- ^ ,'°K b"il(lh,!?f -vou/an get the logs
former meetings, and, in addition, ! nguo canal and the deepening of th- southwest j "1,bln a few miles. Coal can be had at
siooj Th,. J 'l)e mines for 75 cents per ton, or you
; can dig it yourself. Nearly all kinds
| garden truck can be grown in abun-
, da nee. W'e find everything that can be
grown in good demand. The farmers
tell ns that they can get four and a
half live weight per hundred for hogs.
made a plea for the extension of the
rural free delivery postal service. ,1.
C. W'ilborn, of Old Point, S. was
elected president and A. R. Welch, of
Victor, N. Y., secretary-treasurer.
The court of inquiry to investigate
Gen. Miles’ “embalmed beef*’ charges
caused much interest at the war de-
partment, but all information as to
the court routine was jealously guard-
ed and officers refrained from express-
ing any forecasts in the ease.
PttK.siDKNT McKini.ky on the 10th
transmitted a message to congress,
calling attention to the necessity for
a cable across the Pacific ocean to our
new possessions —the Hawaiian and
Philippine islands.
The treaty of peace was signed bv
the president at 2:35 p. m. on the 10th.
'1 in: president has appointed Clinton
I1. Irwin, <>f Illinois, to be associate
justice of tlie supreme court of Okia-
‘ puss ut thj mouth of Dll' Mississippi....The
, general debate on the sundry civil apprnprla-
I tion '’ill was cone I ml si in th ■ house. At ihe
ni-ht session 33 private pension bills were
i passed.
I »An agreement was reached in the senate on
I the lltti by which a vote will lie taken at ‘2:20
; p. in. on tiic litli on the resolution of Senator
| McKnery (La.1, declaring that the Philippine 1
I Islands are not to lie annexed, but their Inhub- I
Hants are to lie prepared for self-government. I
Senator Cockrell iMo ) presented a resolution
I adopted by Ihe Ministers’Evangelical alliance,
of ist. I-outs, protesting against uuv ap: roprla- 1
tlon by ihe government to aid sectarian educa-
tion in Indian schools Consideration of the
legislative, exeetitive and Judicial appropria-
tion bill was then concluded and the bill I
passed. . . . In the house several bridge bills
and other meaiutesof minor Importance were
passed. A joint resolution proposing the ,
thanks of congress and the American people to
Maj (ten. Klwell S. Otis and his officers und ,
aien for th-ir successful action at Manila on i
the-lth and .Mh of F du u iry was introduced.
1‘he rest ,,f the day being devoted to tributes of
the late Representative Dingier.
At no time on the tilth was a quorum of tho
•enate present, a maj • rity of the members
and leucorrhoca.
1 took four bottles of Vegetable
Compound, one box of Liver
Rills, and used one package of
Sanative Wash, and atn now well.
I thank you again for the good
you have done for me.—Ella E.
R hen NEK, East Rochester, Ohio.
Great numbers of such letters as
the above are constantly being re-
ceived by Mrs. l’inkliam from wo-
men who owe their health and
happiness to her advice and
medicine.
Mrs. Rinkham’s address is
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is of-
fered free to all suffering women
who are puzzled about them-
sel vcs.
If you have backache don’t neg-
lect it, or try heroically to “work
it down,” you must reach the root
of the trouble, and nothing will
do this so safely and surely as
Lydia E. Rinkham’s Vegetable
Compound. Raekaehe is accom-
panied by a lot of other aches
and wearying sensations, but
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dKt?ressin^‘'tl,iihVayS °V"U‘ 'pPm the same source. Remove the cause of'thes*
Gibsonihv l t aiI,'< iV°U become well and strong. Mrs. S. J. Swanson, of
Gibson City, 111 tells her experience in the following letter:
i,.,,yu „ ',ts’ ink it am: —Before using your medicine 1 was troubled with
I have ver nl'Y ?’fTk S°,that \ could not rest- Vour medicine is the besk
cine.
Iiottia, to succeed John C Tarsnev' of ST" prt‘rnt’ maJ ,rl,y of
Kansas City Mo i’ I Ping snuw bound at tlieir hotn-s: and for tho
• ’ I 'Gst tung in many years, no invocation was
A dispatch received from Gen. Otis
on the 10th stated that the American
forces made an attack upon Calooean
and reduced it in short order. The Kan-
sas regiment charged across the open
and carried the earthworks, drove the
enemy before them and lowered the
Filipino ilag. The American loss was
slight, but the insurgents were mowed
down like grass.
Ihe report of the commission to in-
vestigate the conduct
pronounced at th’ opening of tho session, no
minister be,ng able to roach tho cupltol. The
bill to create Hear Admiral Dewey an mineral
was passed, as was also the agricultural appro-
priation bill — The bllzzird caus -d practically
» suspension of business at the house. Speaker
Deed did not appear and sent word that he
thought it ittadvi-ablo to hold a session, but
ihe ni hi, mtiers who had managed to get to the
capital determined to h i d a session and Mr.
I’aytie t N. 5 i was elected speaker pro tetn. I
1 he house, then, on motion, went into commit- I
ice of the whole, Mr. Hopkins (111.) i„ the 1
chair, and resumed consid -ration of the sundry
civil bill. Aft.-r completing Mi pages of trie tilll
and for three-year-old steers from $50
to $00 per head, providing they are
good. W'e will move into that part of
the country next summer. All the peo-
ple in that part of the country seem sat-
isfied. and we do not see any reason
why they should not be so.”
Messrs. Hughes also stated that they
would be very glad to afford anyone de-
siring particulars about the country
they had visited the fullest informa-
tion. on receiving inquiries at Rarnes-
ville. Clay county, before the first of
June next, when it is understood they
propose to return to the Edmonton dis-
] t:rict.
Wnrned.
! ‘‘Ain’t you worried about the trusts?’’ i
1 ssked the nervous man. I
I “Np. ’ answered the easy-going citize...
If they make trouble they II have to stand
their share of it. I*ve done my duty. ]
Miote and published a card calling their at-
tention to whither they are drifting, and
asking them please not to do so. and now,
it they persist, it's their own fault Mv
conscience is clear.”—Washington Star. '
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A MI.,ion Women Have Been Benefited by Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice and Medicine
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A 01/ everybody you know to
no I\ save their tin tags for you
The Tin Tags taken from Horseshoe, “J T ”
Cross Bow, Good Luck—and Drummond
Natural Leaf — will pay for any one or all of
this list of desirable and useful things_and
you have your good chewing tobacco besides.
Every man, woman and child in America can find something
on this list that they would like to have and can have— FREE^
Write your name and address plainly and send every tag you
can get to us -mentioning the number of the present you want
t a&r*
Florida Alp Line.
The Louisville Air Line has inaugurated
for the season through sleeping car route to
Jacksonville, Fla., in connection with the
Southern Railway, Queen & Crescent Route
and i-lcrnla and ( Antral l’eninsular railroad,
Passing through the important cities ot
Louisvi.ie, Lexington, Chattanooga, At-
lanta, Macon. This line affords passengers
for Honda trip via Asheville, N the
greatest American all-year-around resort.
Correspondence solicited and information
of the war was
made public on the 12th. It is a volu- j ibec^mitte; ^‘^a
minous document, containing 05,000 I --------------
Words. Muck Starving to Death.
A ('A itt.Ei, it a M on the 12th from Ma- ' L“nP Creek, Ore., Eeb. 14 —Thou-
nila stated that things were quiet at sands of range horses are said to be
Calooean. but, despite this quietude j starving to death in eastern Oregon
the problem concerning the Filipinos i Cat,1e and sheep buyers who have re- Correspondence solicited
ids far fiom solved, nnd it was thought ceutly visited this city and who have promptly furnished. 1L A. Campbell" Gen
tile natives would carry on a guerrilla j also been in the counties of Crook, Gil- tra* Rassenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
warfare, even' bush, el u m i, ,.f t „ „ .i j linn, Morrow, Raker, Wallowa I’nion 1 --- * ~
j l mati 1 la. Harney and Malheur say
| that in every section they- have visited,
I wilb vt*ry exceptions, the owners
! of both horses and cattle have de-
■ -—a ui iliac numoer and spaired of saving more than u small
thousands taken prisoners. The Amer- ! percentage of their stock.
leans had 65 killed, 27(1 wounded and -------
25 missing and unaccounted for.
Rt direction of the secretary of war
Chaplain T. E. Sherman, of tho Fourth I • ' *, -' -.....- *•*“.»• **“0 »
Missouri, was mustered out with liis 1 with a capital stock of
regiment, his services being no longer I ®*',000’b(^ to conduct a telegraph busi-
required. 1 ness- Ihe promoters of the new com-
- 1 pany state that they will adopt a new
warfare, every bush, clump of trees and
stone furnishing cover for their sharp-
shooters. It is now known that the
iilipino loss in the recent skirmish
was fully 2.50 J killed, with wounded
vastly in excess of that number and
The ItlKht Way.
: “And you say you ate horse steak in Raris*
Iiow was it served?”
Dealer^ Cart’ °f course-”—^Cleveland Rlain
I 915 00 Her Week.
I We will pay a salary of U5 per week for
__ I nianL'yul1 **if? to introduce Perfection Poul-
wiii Hdvi.iurionUe Teie^raphv. I *,l’.v Mixture in the country, i he preatest
Cleveland, O., Feb. 10.—The Crehore- ‘ U1'1’*u<,cr oa ®arUl' Address, with stamp,
Squire company, of this city, lias been ; PerfecU°n Mfg Co., Parsons, Kansas.
Y\ hen a well digger finishes a job he prob-
; considers it “well done.”—L. A \Y
Bulletin.
Match Bov, quaint design, im-
ported from Japan. ......
2 Knife, one blade, good steel
8 Scissors, 4‘6'inch, good steel .. .
4 Child’s Set, Knife, f ork and Spoon
o Salt and Pepper, one each, quad-
ruiJ'c p’ate on white metal
6 Razor, hollow ground, fine English
steel .......
7 Butter Knife, triple plate, best qual.
8 Sugar Shell, tr iple plate, bestquality
9 Stamp Box, sterling silver........
10 Knife, “Keen Kirter,” two blades
11 Butcher Knife, “ Keen Rutter ”
8-inch blade.............
12 Shears, “ Keen Kutter,” 8-inch,
nickel ..........
Nut Set, Cracker and fi Picks, silver
14 Nail r ile, sterling silver, amethyst
set, fi-in h.................
15 Tooth Brush, sterling silver, ame-
thyst set. T-inch .......^. . . .
Paper Cutter, sterling silver, ame-
thyst set, 7-inch .
Base Ball, “Association,*’ best qual.
18 \\ atch, stem wind and set, guaran-
teed good time keeper.....
tags
Alarm Clock, nickel, warranted .. 200
Carvers, buck horn handle, good
steel....................200
Six Rogers' Teaspoons, best qual. 228
Knives and Forks, six each, buck-
horn handles. ... .......... o«j
50 23 Clock, 8-day, Calendar, I hermom-
eter, Barometer......... . 500
Stove, Wilson Heater, size No. 30
(.iNn, 40 500
1 ool Set, not playthings, but real
tools..................
Toilet Set, decorated porcelain,
very handsome...........pQO
Watch, solid silver, full jeweled 1000
Sewing Machine, first class, with
ad attachments...........1500
29 Revolver, Colt's, best quality . . . .1500
j .‘<0 Rifle Winchester. 16-shot, 22-cal. 1500
; 31 Shot Cun, double barrel, hammer-
1' sv, stub twist......... 2000
I 32 Guitar (W ashburn), rosewood, in-
1 l "d with mother-of-pearl . . 2000
33 Bicycle, standard make, ladies* or
”ents’ . . 2500
BOOKS—30 choice selections — same
as last year’s list, 40 tags each.
100
100
200
This offsr expires November 30, 1899.
Address all your Tags and the correspondence about them to
DRUMMOND BRANCH, St. Louis, Mo.
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kkxkkai, nkws.
'i he entire Denver A Rio Grande
railroad system, with the exception of
tile Rlue River branch from Lead vi lie
to Dillon, was opened up on the 13Lit.
Traffic was resumed in all the depart-
ments and no fear of any further de-
lay was felt as the storm had abated.
The Colorado Midland was also open
to Lealvdle and was rushing coal in-
to til at camp.
Tjie zero weather at Knoxville,
Tenn., caused a number of manufac-
turing plants to close and a produce
famine was on there.
1 Hof sands of range horses were
said to oe starving to death in eastern
Oregon. Cattle and sheep bn vers from
tout vicinity said that in every sec-
tion they visited the owners of both
horses and cattle despaired of saving
more than a small percentage of their
stock.
Coal miners at Ironton, «., strpek I
for an advance in wages and the in- 1
dustries were crippled and a coal !
famine was imminent.
The United States hotel, an old land- 1
mark at the southeast corner of Cot-
tage Grove avenue and Thirty-first
street, Chicago, was destroyed bv fire i
on the lfith. During its palmv days,
long before the civil war, the hotel
was a favorite resort of prominent
political men, among whom were U.
K. bran t and Stephen A. Douglass,
Forests in Oviedo, Spain, were burn-
;
| system which will revolutionize teleg-
j raphy. It is called the "sign wave”
system and it is said will greatly ex-
pedite cable communication. Senator
H. A. Garfield, oldest son of the dead
president, is one of the incorporators.
Will K»l.« H»f.« of 36,000 Men.
New York, Feb. II.—John \V. Gates
of the American Steel & Wire com-
pany, the barbed wire trust, confirms
the report that the company would ad-
vance the wages of its iiO.oOd einploves
March 1. These increases in wages,
Mr, Gates said, which would amount
in the aggregate to between $750,000
and $1,000,000 a year, bad been made
by the management eolirrly of its own
accord.
It w»« h li-ue.ome Find.
Marlboro, Mass., Feb. U — A police-
man, who went to a small house in
the rear of a shoe factory to investi-
gate a fire, found the house full of
smoke and in a room off the kitchen
four persons lying on a mattress,
which had been placed on the floor,
all dead and in the kitchen three
other persons in a state of insensibil-
ity. j
A mixed pain has bruise and sprain. St.
Jacobs Oil cures the twain.
The most of man’s contentment is due to
his ignorance.—Chicago Daily News.
Ever thus—heirs to aches and pains. S
Jacobs Oil’s the doctor.
FRUIT ANDJPM1ENTAL Sm1{he7.u^
I.urge.t and choicest collection* In America
BEST NOVELTIES “er,c“-
Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue free.
_ ELLWANCER & BARRY,
AT REASONABLE PRICES. MOUNT HOP^1NURSERllES^^RochesUr. N. Y.
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL
7K££S
When a man is “in his cups” he is often
in his hiccups.—L. A. W. Bulletin.
FOR 14 CENTS
We wish to pain this year 200.000
low cubtomi TH, ami hence offer
now cubtomvrK, and ]
1 I*ksr. li liny Radish,
Pkg. harljr Kipo Cabbase,
•• Earliest Ked Beet.
Long Li chin'£ r*
>n*f LightnV Cucumber 1( _
balzer's Bent Lrttucr, 16©
Gttliforoia Fig Tomato
Early Dinner Onion,
Brilliant Flower Seeds,
lOo
loo (
loo <
2nc
luo
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Worth 81.00, for 14 cents,
Above 10 pkus. worth 91.CO, we will
mail you tree, together with our
great Riant and Seed Catalogue
upon rect int of this notice* A 14c
We invito your trade and
r»u once try ^al%er’«
Inever get alongwith-
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SSI./Kit SEKIl < (>.. I.t I IIOSSE, HIS. Q
STAR PLUG
L. & M. NATURAL LEAF PLUG
CLIPPER PLUG
CORNER STONE PLUG
SLEDGE PLUG
SCALPING KNIFE PLUG
Not TVlodo by
SCALPING KNIFE PLUG \ ^
SLEDGE MIXTURE SMOKING / C O /W BINE f
Llg^r^&MYEg^TOBACCO CiOMX>*y. MsuxaTacturer.
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postage. Weil
know when you
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outt hem. O*'
A FRFF PIRTIIRP r\V7:rr.:.>v'Si'
I The Strike n i l l atme > iifTorl,i(-. i
I South McAlestcr, I. T., Feb. 14.—The
action of the miners' union in calling
a sympathetic strike at the various
mines in the Indian territory because
some of their members were discharged !
■ s going to cause a great deal of suffer* j
WHEAT!
WHEAT!
WHEAT!
ing on the 12th and many villages had , ;-----------
been destroyed, the inhabitants flee- ^ *n lefas Oklahoma, wpich de-
Ing for their lives. Many herds of f*!/ T tbe ln,ilan territory country
cattle had perished i*i the flames. U
m
•rnment A
Canatfa. or m
Trade izmld'ti
I Nothing but wheat a$
I far as the eje could reach
i on either side: what you
might call n sea of
wheat." win what a lect-
urer speaking of West-
ern Canada said while re-
ferring to that country.
For particulars as to
routes, railway fares, etc..
«ppljr to Canadian Gov-
*f nV i^Tjartrnent Interior. Ottawa.
,; ' j- S CHAWFORD. 403 Board of
lianw^ Cltr. Mo.
WHAJ..BRINCS RELEASE from dirt
AND CREASE 1 WHY, DON’T
YOU KNOW?
SAPOLIO
2 A HANDSOME watch
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1740
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