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Unlike most newspaper the Tulsa Democrat does not contain preprinted national pages. The eight pages of the paper contains not only Tulsa news, but news gathered from all around Indian Territory.

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Died.
      Mrs. Lizzie Geddes McAllister died at her home in this city last Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock.
      Mrs. McAllister had been very sick for several weeks, but was thought to be on the road to final recovery, when heart trouble suddenly developed and carried her away in a few minutes. She was the wife of John H McAllister, and the mother of six children. She was a devoted Christian, and an earnest worker in the Presbyterian church.
      The funeral was held at the church on Tuesday morning, and the body was followed to the grave by a large procession of mourning friends.
      She was beloved by all who knew her for her amiable disposition and gentle manners. The bereaved have the sympathy of every one.

Arthur Antle, the well known feed man, has sold his feed store to Wm Vahn of Bristow and has bought an interest in the butcher and stock business of J H Boyd & Co, and this firm will be known in the future as Boyd & Antle. They will deal in fish and salted meats, and buy stock of all kinds.

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Dr. J S McAllister of Sapulpa attended the funeral of Mrs. J H McAllister at this place last Tuesday.

Wanted Fat Hogs and Cattle.
      Highest market price paid for all first-class butcher stock. We are also in the market for shipping stock, and will pay full value for all you have to sell, at City Meat Market. J H Boyd, Prop. A. Antle, Buyer

Notice.
      I have taken up at my place one sow marked in each ear; and swallow fork and under-bit in left ear. The same will be found at my place in the north-east part of town and the owner can have same by paying for the keeping and feeding of the hog and cost of this notice. J S Nelson.

Next Wednesday will be St Valentine's day. The editor expects to get his full share of that variety usually characterized by a head big enough for nine able bodied men, with a diminutive body, feet about the size of bales of hay and having pretty much the same symmetrical outlines, and a verse of poetry which is not altogether flattering to one's self esteem. So far we have not seen any Valentines on display, but they will doubtless be found at the right time.

Warning Order.
      In the United States District court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory, sitting at Wagoner, March term 1900, Maggie E. Feeback, Pltf. Vs Gilbert Feeback, Dft. The defendant, Gilbert Feeback is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Maggie E Feeback. Geo. C. Beidleman, Atty. For Plaintiff. A R Querry, Atty for non-res. Defendant.

Miss Estill Won.
      Miss Lelia Estill won the prize offered in last week's Democrat for the correct answers to the list of questions found below. Miss Estill lives at Tipton, Mo., and is in Tulsa on a visit to her sister Mrs.. Harry Campbell. Following is the list and answers:
1900
1. Question - What century do you live in? Ans. 19th.
2. Question - What is the City of Brotherly love? Ans. Philadelphia, Pa.
3. The Railsplitter. Ans. Abe Lincoln.
4. Nutmeg State. Ans. Connecticut.
5. The Plumed Knight. Ans. Jas. G. Blaine.
6. The Jayhawker State. Ans. Kansas.
7. City of Spindles or Manchester of American. Ans. Lowell, Mass.
8: Insurance City. Ans. Hartford.
9. Sweet Swan of Avon. Ans. Wm. Shakespeare.
10. Wizard of Menlo Park. Ans. Thos. A. Edison.
11. Swedish Nightingale. Ans. Jenny Lind.
12. Old Hickory. Ans. Andrew Jackson.
13. Sucker State. Ans. Illinois
14. Mound City. Ans. St. Louis, Mo.

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VINITA SHOOTING BEE.
Ladies of the Cherokee Metropolis Know How to Use the Rifle.
      The Muskogee Phoenix: - A little out of the usual is the shooting club of the ladies of Vinita, and it is worthy [of] a good place in the Phoenix.
      Capt. John swain provided five turkeys for the ladies to shoot for. Some eight or ten used the target rifle, but only three won the turkeys. Mrs.. Swain got three, while Mrs.. S J Burns and R O'Shea one each.
      After the ladies had finished, Capt Swain remarked, "Now let us boys take a shot, just for fun." Four of them took a hand. Capt Swain, S J Burns, Ples. Thompson and I B Hitchcock. The latter being the oldest "boy" - 75, was declared by Capt Swain to have made the best shot of the day, as his bullet hit center, knocking out the nail. Of course it was only an accident (?) as he does not profess to be an expert, but he got there all the same.

National Banks Exempt.
      The Secretary of the Interior has rendered a decision of the effect that national banks in Indian Territory are not subject to the license or privilege tax imposed by the laws of the Territory upon non-residents doing business within the Territory. There are sixteen national banks in Indian Tetritory, and theretofore some of them have paid the tax referred to under, protest, while others refused to pay, claiming that under the national bank act, the only license a national bank requires to do business in any state or territory is the certificate of the comptroller of the currency. This view of the case, it is understood, having been sustained by United States district attorney for the Territory, the matter was appealed to the Secretary of the Interior with the result above indicated.

Last Day of Grace.
      Cherokee Air: - January 28th was the last day of grace for the payment of the tribal tax in the Chickasaw Nation <torn> under the command of Captain Jack Ellis, is in Chickasaw towns to enforce payment. These men are working under orders from the Indian agent and their instructions are said to be to enforce the payment of the one per cent and permit taxes.
      The Chickasaw Nation requires all white people living within its borders to pay a tax of $1 per year for the privilege of staying and helping to reclaim the aforesaid Chickasaw Nation. In addition to this, for every cow and calf, each steer or other bovine, the farmer must yield twenty-five cents each year, and their merchant must pay one per cent of the value of his goods as a tax to the Chickasaw Nation.

Current Jokes.
      Chieftain: - "This smallpox you are afraid of," said a Grand river farmer one day last week, "ain't smallpox at all. Its nothing but celluloid and they ain't no use to canteen the whole town for that."

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Big Days at the Land Office.
      Muskogee Times: - The standing room' sign could have appropriately been hanged on the wall of the land office yesterday and today, for the boys played to larger houses than since last fall. The attendance was large and interesting. The majority of the citizens came down about Holdenville and were mostly fullbloods. They came overland and their wagons and tents are scattered on the outskirts of town. They are of all ages and conditions and color. Mrs. Sue Rogers stated to the Times scribe that she had notified them to come and make their selections, and that it was in response to this notification that they are here.

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HUNDREDS ARE NOW PERJURERS.
Many Filing on Land Swear There are No Improvements.
ALEX PERRYMAN UNDER ARREST.
Whether Ignorant or Not of the Meaning of an Oath
the Penalty is the Same.
      Muskogee Times: - <hole> Perryman was yesterday <hole> the charge of perjury. It is claimed that at the land office when he filed on a certain piece of land he swore that it was not improved, that it was nothing but timber and prairie land. It was afterwards discovered, so it is alleged, that Perryman had filed on land that had improvements thereon. That the land had been improved by Marshal Bennett for his children and that Perryman knew of this at the time he made his sworn statement. Perryman's case is set for the 9th of this month.
      In getting at the above statement the Times scribe called on Commission Sanson and made inquiry, and asked if this was the only case filed. "Why, I have hundreds of them," said the commissioner. "They come almost daily, but I do not know when I will get to them. These cases come from those who want to select improved land and they think that all they have to do is swear that it is unimproved to get it."
      Most of the cases come from the freedmen. They either do it wilfully or they don't know what it means to swear a falsehood, and its penalty. When these cases will be reached and when they will be disposed of no one knows, but if each case that has filed has to grind its way in the courts it will be a long time before the matter is settled.

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<tear> Auditor Touched, <tear>
      Muskogee Times: - Hon. Henry Fisher, auditor for the Creek Nation, went to his room at a hotel in this city last night to sleep the sleep of the just. Some time during the night it is charged that John Buckner, a colored song and dance artist, entered his room and stole $17, take the money out of his pockets. Buckner was arrested and will be held for examination.

Territorial G.A.R.
      On account of the smallpox rumors and the existence of the disease at various points, Department Commander White, of Indian Territory, has decided to change the date of the annual meeting which was to have been held in Ardmore, from February 22 to March 28, 1900. It is hoped that there will be a full attendance at that date.

Pertinent Query
     Vinita Chieftain: - While Chief Buffington is wiring appointments from Washington to people of Indian Territory the friends of Assistant Chief Swimmer are wondering how it is that Swimmer is not chief in the absence of Buffington, and therefore the proper one to make appoints.

A Roast.
     Checotah Enquirer: - A great to do is being made over that man up at Nowata who has lived several weeks after losing a spoonful of his brains. That's nothing. We have men right here in Checotah who have lived for years who never had any brains.

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 CREEK, CHEROKEE, OSAGE NATIONS.
Columns of Interesting Items Gathered From the Three Nations
IMPORTANT TO ALL OUT READERS.
Scissors, Pen, Ink and Paste Pot
Brought Into Use for Readers of The Democrat.
      Claremore Courier: - The Cherokee Air has almost precipitated a crisis in the town of Nowata by advising the people to clean up their back yards enough so the city scavenger can stand it to drive through the alleys.
      Chieftain: - The equalization board is listening to complaints of taxpayers whose assessments have been raised today. The raise, in the aggregate, amounts to about $100,000.
      Vinita Chieftain: - The artesian well company is discussing the proposition of turning the well over to the city at net cost, which is about $1850. Most everyone seems to be in favor of the proposition and of if it is done the city will build a system of public waterworks. The advantages of an abundant supply of water in Vinita cannot be measure.
      Stamp and money order sales at the Claremore postoffice during the past month than any month in the previous history of the office. Strange as it may appear the money order sales of the two weeks during which quarantine existed, were greater than any previous two weeks since the office has been established.
      Claremore Courier: - It is hoped that the farce entitled "The Coon-Buffington Contest," has had its last appearance on the boards. The people are tired of it and it is suspected that those who have been putting up will soon get tired of it also.
      The Cherokee Advocate has almost caught up with the times, having finished council proceedings up to and including December 20, 1899.
      There is a rumor that the Santa Fe will extend the Hutchinson & Southern into the Osage country.

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