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Show . w CZtifOAtf ClllElTilXS. Death of Joel II. Mayes and Henry Chambers. Ilcpti. Joel B. Mayis, principal chief of the Cherokee tuition, anil II m. Henry Chambers, second chief, are bolh dead, leucine: the na tion without a rub r. Mr. Chambers died at Talileiiiah Friday, Dc-: II, and Mr. Mayes died at the same place a few days later. It is undersoil fiicro that both died of la j;rippc, with h is prevalent up there. Mayes was a prominent Dnivnin man, and at the election last .Aiiffiist led that party, with Hon. Stephen Tubee on the same ticket for second chief. The national ticket ran Hon. (i. H. Henirc against Mnyes aud Hon. Henry ( 'ham lit ra against Tubee. .Mayes defeated Henefo by a lartfe majority, while Chambers beat Tubee by a sntiiil majority. lSoth men have been very popular among their people, and, althoitcli considerably up in years, were bale aud hearty up to w ithin a few dujs of their deaths. Their loss at this particular par-ticular lime is a threat disaster to the nation and will greatly delay much needed legislation, leg-islation, the sale of the strip being one of the tUestioiis now before tho council, which it was hoped would be disposed of, and tbe cool juiL'ii-cnt of M-tyes, w ilh his irri-ttt inlluenie, would have irroatly facilitated facil-itated the closing; up of the deal between the I liited Stales commissioners now ut Tub!eiuah and Hie representatives of the nation. Tbe olllces made vacant by the dentil of these two men will have to be filled by the council, aud that body Ileitis larcely Downim,' will, of course, elect two lloivnini; men, and one of them w ill most likolv be Tuhee, who was defeated by Chambers. Henry Chambers has held many positions of trust in the nation, and was the leader in politics. He was national treasurer for many years. Mayes was serrini; his second term as chief, liavini; succeeded himself at the election last August. loci lli van Mayes was born in the Cheru. kec reservation in fieorjjia, October li:t. 1 1 is father was white and his inuthcr of mixed blood. In his youth he was moved with itis tribe to the present reservation in the liid.an territory, and in ls,"o' he was graduated at the Cherokee male seminary, lie taut'lit school and farmed until the civil war broke out, when ho entered tho confederate confed-erate army and served as quartermaster until un-til 1"-'i-"i. Then lie returned to his farm on dranile river and entered politics. He was county commissioner and chief clerk of t lie Cherokee-court for many years, and was county jud'c for several terms. While ho'iiliiiit the latter ollice he was chosen asso. ciate ti 11 I subsequently chief justice of the ! supreme court. In August, 1h.s-( he became chief of the Cherokee nation. |