The Weekly Chieftain from Vinita, Oklahoma • 1

1 NITA HIEFTAIN. EEKLY I 1-1 VOL. XII. VINITA, INDIAN TURRITORY. THURSDAY FKHKUARY, 18,1904 7" NO.25 Ask your neighbor if she has the flajestic Range, sold by Darrough Hardware Co 0 1 ARE BECOMING U.

S. CITIZENS Vinita's Syrians Adopting a New Country. SUBJECTS OF TURKEY. Instead of Being Accepted as Soldiers They Pay Higher Pcrcapita Tax to Mo-her Country, Although Absent Preliminary were taken yesterday by the people known a.i the Abdos toward becoming; citizen of lie t'nited States. First naturalia-tlon papers (declaration of eitlen-hlilp) declaring tlieir Intentions to that end, were Issued In the onloe of the United States court, and their citizenship may be perfected In two years.

At the expiration of the probationary term the usage Is to have the petitions presented by an attorney to the Judge of the Fnited States court, who, If deemed proH-r, makes the order admitting them to full ell The declaratory statement read-, as follows: I'miki) Static ok Amkhica. Indian Territory, Northern i let, Joe AUIoHahwajeo, do solemnly inn met. Monday night in regular declare on oath to ('has. A. Lavldson, twloc-a-motith session in the north clerk of the t'nited States Court, in (Jf Chieftain oitlees.

The the Indian Territory, Northern di. i subject selected two weeks ago for district, hat it is bona tide my Intent KSoll hat extent, does u-ootno a citt.enot He I niien and to ri'iicuiiee fi rver niv 1. an i'n F. prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty U.K t.Xt ion i he relat ion whatever, and particularly to the'()f khI cil ien.ship to nU-dieooe to sovereign, Ai.1.11 the Mnian of Turkey, whereof I was heretofore cil ieii or JlAIIW lrt. Sul.serided and sworn to iiefore me all tlng limited to tive minute this day of February, I'M.

-addresses. The nest meeting will tc has. A. iMvidsoit. evening of Mond.iv, Fit.

Ily l'hiiip Fold, Iiepuly. Tiuw! who yesterday "dc-laivd their intent lotis" were: J(e AIkIo Hahwajee, Dihood Court. Two other p'i sons wis! icil to tn in cluded, Uias AIlo Hahwajee and i Cecilia La hood Courl, but they are minors and such action on their part i is. the iv fore, unnecessary, as the par- etits' puH-rs carry hem. The toot bT (of part of them) Is Anna II Tltese people are Syrians who have i lived lu Vinit.i several ears, making a business of selling notions tbioutii 'U he country.

They are upright, hnu-Viratiie (N'Ople, far as known, well iiiid pay anv debts til. may iti-i-ur. They are Intelligent, s-ak Lug-bsh ipiite well, and a daughter, a'mut elKl-'eeu of age, is an except ion-ally girl. The mother as leii kick to their ho lasid Heveral times, and, possibly, the sime Is true as to the younger persons. A above Indicated, the A- yi-ople are subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, and i one object.

In taking out naturalization pajicrs Is to eseape pawuent of a tas which enacted from their families by the Sultan's novernmeiit on their account. Cpon In-coming jnat- urallzed citizens of the Flitted States nnd furnishing evidence to this effect this taxation, amounting to from ts tnll'i er capita perannum, ill cease. One of the reasons for this taxation, In the cas or their nut Is greu. tijqnaiiy other of the Sultan' leing Christians, '7ey are Cat lilies) they are exempt- "'ifrom military duty, the Turkish COIIINsed of aiAy U-lng exclusively 1 ''hamedaiis. SpriDKor Memorial.

Ti 'he expect at Ion Is that th towns- i lHiile, Uith ladles and gentietiu-n. In) present at the Judge Springer 1 exercises, at the court room. morning at In o'chn k. The (iddrcases will prove entertaining ns Instructive and should not I mvM-l. i i Tba.

Forry't Taatily tick. 1 (I'h famflv of Tlieo. Lerrv Is afflicted a slight degree, HUwife, who is 1 Cornelft Corn.Mer. has a disorder and a child has an nftc- AT THE U. S.

JAIL. Gun Inmate With Quite an ITuumial History. A It ill A I.H. Will Alexander, Lodland; whisky. Sam Iiodson, II.

Pickett, Nowata; adultery. Frank Loss, Haydeii; gaming. One Inmate In particular, of his hist it tit Ion, has had quite an unusual career. A dozen or more years ago, this man, an Indian named John Lag-le, was in the house of Ned Christie In Flint district, the time the of-fleers made an attack on that strong-hold. P.eing unable to dislodge the out laws by other means, the oillcers set, lire to the house and killed when be attempted to escape.

Lagie was severely burned, but was doctored up and Kent, to the penitentiary. Las! season he was arrested for larceny and while In Jail at this place was attacked by pneumonia. The case was a very severe one and the physicians had to cut him oon to let the pus out. Eagle was turned to die, but it appears this Is about the last thin he Intends doing, for begot fat and healthy and gives no evidence of the very close calls he had bad to cross the river. His propensity for dealing too freely with the property of othersdoes not appear to be Impaired In the least.

Ned Christ ie, men! loned atiovc, is the man who shot I P. Istwll In the shoulder, rendering him a cripple for life, but this was In a previous engagement, in which he was not captured. THE BIBLE STUDY. Practical, Everyday Subject Only, Are Cuusiilrrod i The I n's Silnd t' in eiil 1 government." Tin rprrrf The Ve 1 ....1 riiiuf was prcsenti-u jihilo i.iii, iuii Tim fauill iaritv with Imth old and new testa- meut si-iipture. A number of gentle- took In the of 1 1, and the topic selected is: "What, under the script 1 ires is religious liU'l'ty." The leading paper will le presented Iv Itev.

Ij. C. Wolfe, of the First church. TIicm? meet lugs are becoming ih-eply interesting and a number of bu.sine and professional are taking pan. jQ D01N3 WELL, Sixteen Year a Subrrlhr to Clilrftaiu, anil Stlfld.

the J. L. Cant -I, a piipyojs farm-r! who sonic )ars live! 0:1 Horse; creek. was in Monday. Seven trs he Uiiiirht a farm tear Mi.uni for 11 an acre fur which he has sine refused Id and does not i egret the r-1 iivil.

The Chieftain takes prid. mukititr' the statement that for pi irs Mr.J Cant roll has U-en one of its subset il- ers aiid Is one of the numb-r who in all that time ha never found cause to! get angry with and order it discou tin lie I. STRANGER HAD A FIT. rortaaaUly, for Hlta, WaS(ricka ia a Pnbllo Plae. A ranger was found lying tiion bis kick, unconscious, about o'chx-k this morning In front of Joseph Hunt 'a' Implement house.

He apH'ared to hiiv had some kind of a lit, ami It Is likely that but for bis timely discov-erv bo would have choked to death. The man was heled to the Llue-Jacket hotel and put to Ud but a little later was seen walking about the st reel, "Owl." llav VUltora. The nt basMss Inva led quite a tiumUr of visitors In 1'ivt few hours of Its exist eiii-c. Tb are already comfortable and coy. They have thrw nmnect tog rot ttis.

Including that cluli has occupied nnd are nicely situated. Aa OaWn, Clab. Mr, Trapp, at the liilernutional, in i wmie friends, have wmie Ufs and Intend to erTt a tlsl.n.g nd hunting Unar at a conven ent point on Urnitd river. TWO RAILROAD MAGE CASES The Katy Sued for Physical and Mental Injuries. Two railroad damage cases are fore the court today, the Katy U'lng the defendant.

In each. W. M. Smith, a negro cook Itound for the work train at Adair, got on a train at Atoka with a pass. At Kit-1 faula he got left and endeavored to come up on the next rain, on a conductor's (hat check.

Smith was put off the train six miles from a station mid bad to walk that distance. He mies for looo damages. The conductor said he put him off because he was a "bum," and that be had put him off several times. Another case to follow Is brought by John Wllhoit, a white man. He was employed on the Katy as a section hand, on Feb.

On hat day he was helping pump a hand car and in crossing a bridge near LigCal-In it juitited the track and threw Wil-hoit oil the bridge. He Kiistained a broken arm and a "good and plenty" of scalp and other llesh wounds, and asks 91 0,000 in compensation. Later -Smith got Judgment for oii, INDIAN TERRITORY TEAGHERS ASSOC'N Program of South McAlester Meeting. Feb. 19-20 riidny, Fcbrnary 19.

Moining Session. Iuvoi'ation. usic -1 uet 1 liertou and stalcup. Addle-s of Welcome, Lev. J.

JL Lull. South McAlester. "Natural Mtthixls." Lobi. Swann, Caddo. lu.

1 (i.scussioh of at.sjvc cj.eti-ed by L. L. Hinshaw, Kemp. "The Function of the. 1'iiblie High ScIhh.I oftolay," J.

C. Tucker, Coalgate. Discussion. S. Cow-art, Ilaiieyville.

1 1 I Llucat ion of Women." L. M. Logan, AfteriKHin Session. 1 1:1.1. Music -Solo.

Miss St aleup. "The Teachers Imty In the Community." J. L. Trlsler, Hold-env ille Iis 'isslon. opened bv Lriice Moivinley.

"Waste hi Kdncatlon." tieo. r'ck lsh.imiii;o. I in La'dard, l. "The l'reparation of the Teacher." J. It.

Masters. lwibt. i.i: lisisiiieNS Meeting. KVn HKssJON. Music, Cccillian Cluli.

Lt-ct ure, "Interdepend-(ierge South Mc- etiee," JU'V, A lest or. l.i-s 2.i. Music, Cccillian Club, lecture "What Shall Siipt. J. 1.

Lenediet. we Teach lATl UIIAV, rcilltl AUV 2'. M. irvocat ion usic Solo, Miss Ft ha l'emU-rtoti. "Individuality of the Teacher" A.

I alone. Imrant. Msciiislon-T. F. Fierce, McAlester.

of the M. O.born, Fa ills Valley. lMsc'iNsioii J. A. Ljiin.

South McAlester. 4 ILi'MblM. "Manual II. Lllscli. Dlsciission-R II.

Lish-el, Atoka. ArTEUMX HKSHIOV. "The Human Voice and What the School Should do for It" It. S. LnuH', Wagoner.

I l'ap-r, Jonas Cook.Chiek- Tbraa Kicbt. Thursday, FeU the K. -r StH-k Company, In their rojMT-toire of high class comedies and dramas opining with "I-ady Audley'a stret," a guaranteed pnxluc! ion elation! era! umwl and icrfect In every doli.il, Interspersed wltti high-class mwlaltlea ty the U-st of vaudeville Hon't miss It. Fi lees, 2 at I ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mlsc)Ia neons No t--Jiiek Kily for Appraiimr Chailes Whlteday has U-gun to turn the ground on the asylum farm. I'r.

W. II Smith, tnn former medical suix-rinleiident, Is getting ready to move to Collinsville, where he will reside In the future. Ir. T. T.

Tilly, who bus liceii doing the asylum practice since Lr. Smith reslgnerl, isiitiite sick at bis home in I'ryor ('reek. The health of pupils and employes continues gixnl and he doctor bills are at their minimum. Mr. and Mrs.

Carrett entertained a nimiU'r of young eople from town last Monday night. The evening was spent In a delightful manner, all hp- pearing to have a jolly good time. The guests present were: Misses Cannon, Lewis, Frazler, Mrs. Mitchell, Messrs. Graham, Miller, Hero', Hendrix, Jones and Crookshank.

After some time spent at pit, music, end other amusements, refreshments, con.sising at fruits and candles, were served. At a meeting of claimants of the lands to bo taken in allotment, formerly held by the orphan asylum, on the as was announced last week, a majority of the participants selected Jack Kiley as the man to aid Supervisor Lenediet In appraising the Improvements. As noon as Mr. ltllcy can set a time to meet the supervisor at the old place the appraisement will le made. This is to I in accordance with the recent treaty, which provides or same.

While the treaty Is the law on thi subject it seems'tiat when any money Is paid for these improvements it should placed to the credit of the orphan fund, and not, as the treaty stipulates, to the Cherokee National fund. The money that made these improvements came out of the orphan fund and should, by right, go back to that fund. In this appraisement, it is the opinion of a great many that lie money exi'iided to put the laud hi its present eVellotil. eoiuht Utn for cult ivat ion should lie taken Into consideration. The charing, fencing i and of this land cost from to 1 s.ti acre, and if ym take the avciage price for putting ti'idtcr land lil.di-r cultivation, it can re.idily si-eiitiiat the asj lum has sj'iit a lot of money on tb.

se improvement, and it should get it back. MEMORIAL SERVICES. To be Held Triday in Honor oi Lata Senator Hauna. A mass meeting Is hereby called for Friday, FeU l'4, at 2 o'clivk p.m. to U' held at the United States court dom) at Vinita, for the puixisi; of conducting rnemori il services suitable to the UKtn iry of the Senator M.

A. Hatma The ioovvltig ciuiiiilf tee is hereby appointed en program atid arrange-tiieuts: has. A. I chairman. Llgar Smith.

J. W. rr. T. T.Wlmer.

All art; cordially Invited to pies- out. J. S. liWKMstiiT, Mayor. T.

M. Ll FUNoT'iN. l'n-s. I emiKTat ic Club. Wakk S.

Sr.vNKiKi.ii. Pres. Lcpublieati Club. A Thousand Dollar Thi'owa Away Mr. AV.

lUiker. of IMaitiv K-w, writes: "My wife bad lung trouble for over fifteen jvrs. We tried a numU tf clmMors ant -ent over a housiiid dollars without any relief. She was very low and I lost ail hope, when a frieii. suggested trying Foley's Honey and Tar, which I did: and thanks lie to this gnat remedy, it saved her life.

She Is stronger and enjoys Utter health than fhe has ever known In ten jear. We shall never la without Foley's Honey and Tar and would ask thase afflicted to try It. For sale at Peoples drug store. dw Hardwar Batia. Messrs.

Weaver and Smith, from Itolivar, who were here a few days since looking for hardware store location are back again. Vinita takes their eye as a good place to live and to do business. Curd CoatBKiptloa. Mrs. ll.

W. Kvans, Clearwater, writes: "My husband lay sick for three months; the doctor Mated be had quick eousiimpt ion. We procured a Wt tie of Ikillard's llorehound Syrup and It cured him. That was six year ago, and since then we always keep a it le in be house. We cannot do without It.

For coughs and colds, it has no equal." 2.V, flop and 11,00 a Imttle at l'wples Irug Store. dw EULOGISTIC RESOLUTIONS Tribute of Vinita Bar tj Late Judge Springer. The resolut ions prepared by lilgar Smith, chairman of the committee of the Vinita Lar Association on the subject were presented thisafternoon. They read as follows: To the Honorable Joseph A. (Jill Judge of the United States Court for the Northern Iistrl't of the In dian Territory: Your Committee apolnted to pre wiit resolutions expressive of the sentiment of the Ylnita Lar touching the death of Judge William M.

Springer, former Judge of the court of this dis trict and chief Justice of the court of appeals of the Indian Territory, re speet fully beg leave to submit the fol lowing: On iK'cember 4, Lhi. at his home in Washington, I. Judge William M. Springer died. The shook toll's friends was not lessened by the fact that he wis somewhat advanced in years.

It has lieen ruly said: "tor whether in mid-sea or among the breakers of the other shore, wreck must mark at last the end of each and all, and every life, no matter if its every hour Is rich with love and every movement jeweled with joy, at its close becomes a tragedy as sad and as deep as can Ixj woven of the warp and woof of mystery and death." This brave man met uncomplainingly all the cares and burdens of life, ana died full of faith and trust in his fellow man: he siKike not harshlv even he cause of the absence of Southern of bis enemies, and was disposed i i in human con duct rather than evil: his uniform eourte-j erou.sed even latent courtLay hiotneis." lie was a perfect tvpe of the perf.s-t gent Ionian. ft .1 i oe j.oei siiioiiKiii, iiiisj I way but oie-e," was bv 'evi rv ro'aiion in Jus life. No need to ret tee a step to xit he feelings wound- ed or correct the mistaken thoughi-i less speech or actions calculate! I to sadden or di.vippoint friends or acquaintance. Many are the hearts that feel the loss of so lovable a lia-tuie. TheM are the thoughts that, must, arise Irresistibly in the mitids of I those who knew him well.

and are giv- en vent to even lie fore mention of his long ami useful career as a public orti-cor. As the life of each man teaches something. It may lthat the impress of a gentle, kindly and Christian spirit of a h'ghly Intellect ual nianoccupj Ing tan exalt ihI posit ion, IstheU-st borit- age left the world. There can In- no greater cotnmeiitary than that ihej private Lie attd ituiividlia! cbanieter of Cue m. in outsbmie eveiithe i dent public the highest duty5 I of a man to In: a gmtd cit leti was as- j-erb'rnu-1.

i lie was one of the wi rld's workers; i 1 be wolke I Us-ause be took his vj otisly. and there mu.Ti to do. lie Is Utttr known here n-a-vci t.f five years' anluori toil as Fnited States judge of the North- ern district and as chief justice of the court of apsals of the Indian Terri-1 tory, but in his home, these vears are but an Incident lu his life. For more than a quarter of a con-' tury he was a prominent figure In the national life. No greater tribute to! his memory exists than the friendship wIik'I.

surrounded him to the hour of hJeith friendships extending over thirty or forty years, and In lxth branches of congress and lu both polit ical part ie. Judge Springer, who was in the active practice of law I fore his election to is mgress, after his ret Iremeut there- from, and after hi term of office as United State judge expired, returned to his first love, and at thetime of his death was engaged In the active prac- Iticeofhls profession, and while he was discharging bis duties a counsel for the city of Chicago In the great drainage canal case pending before the supreme court of the Fnited States, lie contracted In that city the Illness which ended in bis death. A a lawyer, be was honorable, la-Urlou and obliging. Impressed by the broad equities of a case; he was Intellectual and widely Informed. He lived Just across the street from the Capitol rounds and from the Congressional Library, ami at bis home had collected a large and valuable private library, and up to the time of his last.

Illness, he was actively constantly engaged in research. Lesolved, That In the death of Judge Springer, bis tvife has lost a devoted huskiud: his children, kind and in dulgent father: the Lar, a capable and honest lawyer; the courts, an Indie--t rious, fait hf til and coiiseiencious counsellor. We extend to his wife and family our deepest sympathy. Lesolved, That a copy of these rev-o bit ions presented to I he family of Judge Springer, and that this court be requested to set aside a memorial page on its jwrmanent records lu commemoration of the life and character of he deceased. SEQUOYAH LITERARY.

Tbi. Club Will DUcnk Thomaa N.l- on Page'a Work. Mrs. L. I.

Llakeney, with a most enthusiastic and well arranged paper. was the leader of this club last Saturday afternoon, Eugene Field, poet, being the subject. Never has its member spent more interesting hours than in the reading and discussion of this most pleasing author. With only a few exceptions every sub-topic was well htudiod and well given. It wan-unanimously decided that this club would take up the English ant horn ami their works for their next year's work.

Mesdames Sanders, Johnson and Lhoa, have charge of the program which will printed as soon as completed. The next meeting will on Satur day, FeU 2Tth, with Mrs. J. L. Tinner, at o'clock.

Mrs. S. K.W'ajmer is 10 ie i ne leader, wit a paper on Thomas Nelson l'age. The following-Is the program: LaiK-r-Thomas Nelson Lage The old South Mrs. Waymer.

The colonization of the South iuenuure irs. l.t.t; The old Virginia Lawyer Mrs. Viko's Idea of the Qn.s.' ion Mrs. Sanders The tiold.Ti 1 Uden" I avs or the Ij Miss Lrownh.g. Fags as a Novelist rs.

Johnson. A Short of Mrs. F.trktr. i l'age as a writer of Juaiect stories Miss Lynt Leadii-g from Marvban Mrs. Thompson.

His Success as a writer of Christmas. torios Mrs. (Jill. The Chivalry of the South Mrs. In-uke.

ne claim for Southern Aristocrat Mrs. Turner. l'age' Lank In the Field of Authorship Mrs. 'lordoii Keith as a Character Study. Anderson.

Page as a Lecturer. Mrs. Ll.iketuv WEAK AND LOW SPIRITED. A Coi rpo.nilnt Tbnit Deerllie Hi Ejcpertrnce. "I can stntigt recommend Ih thine 1 a I I 1..

ai'i'i ii'e, i.isie 01 11. i palpitation. drowsiness after moils with distressing mental depressions and low spirits. Herbine must bo a unique prepar.it ion for 0.1s. uch ns mine, for a few doses entire); removed my complaint.

I wonder at people going on suffering or spending their money en worthless things when Heibino is proeurab.e, and so cheap." a lot-tle at Peoples I 'rug Store. dw Raaaioa of Rea Brother. Milton Lea left this morning for Leaver City, Nebraska, to visit his brother whom he has riot seen In twenty year. Two other brothers are exieclcd there at the same time; the four have not tnet for 2" vears. Arch P.

Farls and Miss I rta L. Lorton. lth of Chelsea, were married this morning at the llreen hotel bv Lev. C. Wolfe.

They returned to Chelsea Immediately after the ceremony was performed. The most reliable kidney troubles on preparation for ttie market I Foley's Kidney Cute at store. Peoples drug dw The Owl Cub will pay 1 each 1 the two largest owls kllitnl ar Vl; ta within the next two weeks 10 Sal Cheap. A 915.00 ftide Kiddta good a tie-See Harry It. 1 1 tint Co.

ti of the throat A.