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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24

A HALE OLD MAN, Mr.. James Wilson of
Aliens Springs, ILL.,, who is over sixty years
of age, says: 81 have in my'time tried great
many medicines, some of excellent quality;
but never before did find any that would
so completely do all that is claimed for it as
ChamberIain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy 1t is truly wonderful medicine "
For Sale by J. B. Starkweather & Co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24
First publication, October 10, 1880.
Notice to Creditors.
II ENOSHA COUNTY COURT-In

Il ~ IIODdlC
In the matter of the last will and testament of
John Nagel, Jr., deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and demands
of all persons against John Naeel, Jr., deceased,
late of the of Somers, in said county of Keno
sha. will be received examined and adjusted by the
County Court of Kenosha County at the regular
Of said be holden at the County Court
ty, on the first Tuesday of December, A. D. 1889,
and the first Tuesday of April, A. D. 1890, at
10 o'clock A. NJ. of those days. also that six months
is the time allowed and limited for creditors of said
John Nagel, Jr., deceased, to present their claims
for examina lion and allowance.
Dated at kenosha the Ist day of October, A.
D. 1889.
BY the Court. 4w2o
ANTHONY VAN WICK, County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24
BradfieId's Female Regulator.

Should be used by the young women, she
who sufferers from any disorder peculiar to
her sex, and at change of life is powerful
tonic; benefits all who use it.
Write The Brad6eld Reg. Co. Atlanta,
Ca, for particulars. Sold by F. Robinson,
Druggist.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24

Chicago theater-goers will be glad
to learn that the brilliant young ac-
tress, Julia Marlows, whose engage
ment at the Chicago Opera House
last season was so successful, will
again make her appearance at that
theater for two weeks engagement
commencing Monday, Oct 18th.
When here last her 1enditions of
Shakespearian comedy and tragic
roles made very deep impression
upon the theater-going public
During the interval it is safe to as
sumo that she has rounded out her
characters to even greater degree
of excellence than before. Her app
pearance last year was the signal for
a most enthusiastic greeting by both
the public and the press and in each
of the parts she essayed she met
with unqualified success. In adj
dition to the plays in which she ap
peared last year, she will give sever
al new ones, namely: "Pygmalion
and Galatea' "CymDenne julia IN
"The Hunchback and probably
others; and will reappear in GAS you
Like tt, "Twelfth Night" and
Parthenia in "Ingonaar" By all
odds the best actress of these roles
upon the American stage to-day, she
will undoubtedly continues to win the
plandits of the public in her new
parts. This will be her only appear
ance in Chicago this season
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24

| have on hand an elegant assert.
ment of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-24
First publication October II, 1889.
Notice to Creditors.
Y ENOSHA COUNTY COURT

~ III PrODate.
In the matter of the last will and testament of Anna
Maria Brunlng, deceassd.
Notice is hereb- given that the claims and demands
of all persons against Anna Maria Bruning, deceased
late of the City Of KenoSha in said county of Keno
sh a. will be received examined and adjusted by the
County Court of Kenosha County at the regular terms
of said Couy to be holden at the County curt
in the city Of Kenosha in and for said county, on the
first TueSday of December, A D. 1889, and ION the
first Tuesday of May, A. d. 1890, at 10 o'clock
of those days. also that six months from and after the
10Th cay of October, A. D. 1885, is the time allowed
and limited for creditors of said Anna Maria Bruning
deceased, to present their claims for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Kcnosha, the 10th day of October, A. D.
1889. By the Court.
ANTHONY VAN WICK.
4w21 County Judge.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14

investigate his hackers, as the
chief should have done this offer,
whether there had been a wish to
sell or not, inasmuch as the delay
Of a year in closing the lease had
jeopardized the interest of this
land so much that the cattlemen
came in possession too late to op-
pose the Oklahoma bill, and espe-
oially when the brightest minds
we have advised executing the
lease a year ago, even at a less rate
than 100000, to bring this cattle
influence to help fight for our title.
Egotists may say "if we have no
tide It's time we knew it," That
is not the idea. "Might is right"
with congress and with all legisla-
tive bodies and knowing how pow
srless the catilemen would be at
this congress, 1T the least, the offer
of $500 per acre might have been
thoroughly investigated. The chief
would have found in the syndicate
all they claimed and the offer for
these lands Of $500 per acre would
have afforded tho Cherokee nation
just and legal grounds TO oppose
the terms Of the Oklahoma bill.
Respectfully and Truly,
L. w. STRoUT.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
DsrAnrMEsr on JUSTICE.
WAsufSeroX, Jan. %, lsss.

W asa nANAi AAfaNH % sAAAs a % A'N|N J
The SEc'Y oFTHE INTERIOR, ,.kiR:
Il have received your communi-
cation of tho 7th inst, which is in
the following language:
81 have the honor TO hand you
herewith a copy of an act of the
legislature of the Cherokee nation
Of 1870 in relation to the admission
to Cherokee citizenship Of North
Carolina Cherokees, in which it is
provided: THAT all such Chero-
KEGS as may hereafter remove into
the Cherokee nation and perma
nently locate therein as citizens
thereof, shall be deemed as Cher.
okee citizens, provided such Cher
okees shall enroll themselves be-
fore the chief justice of the su-
preme court within two months
after their removal in the Chero-
kee nation and make such showing
to him of their being Cherokees,
and the said chief justice is hereby
required to report the number,
names, ages, and sex of all persons
admitted by him to be entitled to
Cherokee citizenship, and also the
number, names, ages and sex Of
the persons denied the rights Of
Cherokee citizenship, to the annu-
al session of the national council
in each year" and thereupon to
solicit your opinion upon the .ol-
lowing questions:
-. II North Carolina Chero-
kee removed into the Cherokee ma
ton and permanently located there
subsequent TO the date Of the act,
and within two months of his re-
moval made satisfactory proof Of
his character az a Cherokee to the
chief justice, and was by him ad-
mi.ted, was he thereby fully in
vested with the rights, privi-
leges, and immunities OF Cher
okee citizenship, or did there re-
main in the council, or legislature,
or other authorities Of the Cherokee
Nation right Of supervision over
the act Of the chief justice, so that
the question remained dependent
on future termination by supe-
rior authority.
80. Ifa North Carolina Chero-
kee admitted within the time and
according to the foregoing act, after
permanent location according 10
It's requirements, should be, some
years subsequently, declared by a
commission established by the
Cherokee legislature 10 inquire
into the claims of residents ia the
Nation 10 citizenship, to be not
properly entitled 70 such citizen
ship, is the department under OBJ
legation to respect tho later decis-
ION of the Cherokee authorities,
and,upon the demand of the prin-
cipal chief, 10 remove such person
as an intruder under the existing
treaties between the United States
and the Cherokee Nation?p
In answer TO the first question /
propounded, I beg leave 10 say
that North Carolina Cherokee re-
moved into the Cherokee Nation,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14

as stated in such question, and
who made proof, rs therein named,
was thereby fully invested with
the rights, privileges and immuni-
ties Of Cherokee citizenship. This
was n species Of naturalization re-
sorted to by the Legislature of the
Cherokee Nation in 1870, and
would stand, to that extent, pre-
cisely as a judgment Of a court
under an act Of congress comforting
citizenship in the Uuniled States
upon q foreigner or an alien, and
closes all inquiry, and, like every
other judgment, is complete evil
denoe of its own validity. (Spratt
v. Spratt, i Pet. 406.)
Or to state it a little moro
broadly, a judgment in this pro-
ceeding by tho chief justice OF the
supreme court Of the Cherokee Ma
ton was in the exercise of a special
jurisdiction conferred upon him,
and comes within that familiar
rule, that when 4 special tribunal
is authorized to hear and deter
mine certain matters, its decisions
within the scope of its authority
are conclusive.
find, from the papers submit
ted, no authority TO supervise this
act of the chief justice, and
Il certainly think there is
none. The right of citizen
ship is determined in this pro-
ceeding, and becomes an adjudica-
ted matter, and to leave it an open
question for review by thelegislaturO
or the council or other authority,
would be to unsettle every right of
citizenship based upon that act.
In this, as in oil other things,
there must be termination, an
ending somewhere, and the proper
construction of this act is that the
judgment of the chief justice rem
dered according to the terms of
such act, is the final determina-
tion, and leaves nothing for re-
view. These principles of law
would apply, if possible, with
more force here than in ordinary
cases, because it appears from the
papers submitted, that the Chero-
kee council invited tho North Car
olina Cherokees to come to the
Cherokee Nation and to become
identified therein as citizens, and
this plan OF making them citizens
was adopted to carry out the pur-
pose of that invitation.
And it, therefore, follows, as a
CONSEQUENCE, in reply to your sec
ond inquiry, that tho department
of the interior is under no obliga.
tion to respect the decision of the
Cherokee authorities.in pursuance
Of the order of commission, os-
tablished by the Cherokee legisla-
ture, to inquire into the claims to
citizenship of these persons adj
judged to be citizens, as designated
in the first named inquiry. The
right OF citizenship cannot be for
feited by legislative act directly or
indirectly, no more than can be the
right Of property.
As requested by you, [ herewith
return the copy of the law of
the Cherokee Nation. Very re-
spectfully, A. II. GARLAND,
Attorney-General.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
TIE 5000, 900 PROPOSITION
Mr.. Strout TELLS OF it's Treatment
During Last Council.

EDITOR OF CHIEFrAIN:-I don't
know but l owe the Cherokee peo-
pie a little explanation about the
SIS, 900, 900 offer for the strip lands,
inasmuch as the chief, in q letter
TO a friend, which was published
in the CHIEFTAIN, claims that the
offer was 4 fraud and that 10 mon
ey was offered. In this letter he
also eulogizes his past and future
policy, his "wise saws and modern
state-craft." | think it would have
been more modest to have left
these matters for his friends to ap-
prove. But IL is very true he op-
posed the offer of eighteen million,
for he distinctly told Judge Gun
nell, the first week of council, at
the only interview we ever had
with the chief, that he positively
refused to slow those lands to be
sold while he was chief, and from
that day we realized that so far as
succeeding in the purchase, we had
a hopeless case. The chief fur
ther says these fellows hadn't any
money. The gentlemen selected
10 visit the Cherokee council TO act
as agents between the Cherokees
and so-called syndicate, il is true
had very little Of wealth or money.
Yet they were selected by one of
the richest syndicates ever formed,
TO visit the Cherokee nation and
see if there was a feeling to sell at
$500 per acre, knowing that the
Oklahoma bill was already before
congress, and authorized to refer
the Cherokee nation to the Mid
land National bank, Of Kansas
City, as to the standing Of this
syndicate. AS no notice was taken
OF the reference or any commune
cation Of inquiry sent to the bank,
broker was sent Tahlequah with
full power to executeN "A bond of
800, 900 as a forfeit to the Chero-
kee people for their trouble in con.
sidering this matter and the good
faith OF the company wanting to
buy. This broker was brought to
Tahlequah at two different times
during council. At either visit we
were unable to get any encourage
ment that the proposition would be
entertained, or was il considered
by the chief for moment, except
after he had signed tho bill to
lease. He then sent the PROPOSE
ton 10 council with his disapprov-
al. lie al no time ever asked to
see the broker sent TO execute the
bond. lie now, in this letter un-
dorstood to have been written TO
Thomas Howie, fortifes himself
against his arbitrary treatment OF
these agents Of this syndicate, by
saying that these men didn't have
q dollar, This is all very well 10
talk, now that the Cherokees are
likely 10 not get over s1.25 per 9cre
for tleir land, but If anyone wishes
10 knOW the facts in this mat
tor, they have tho reference or
/ will aslg the honorable chief
to publish lis letter or kilograms
Of reference from tho bank as Civ
en-. ! don't know, myself, whore
% draw the line as 10 how much
money ono should have in sight to
make a purchase. II stranger
should come 10 me to buy q half
dozen bushels Of apples, ! should
want the cash II / had eighteen
million dollars worth Of land for
sale, and he would give me a bond
OF 100000, as earnest money, /
would certpinly take the trouble 10
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
Beware OF Ointments for CatarFh
that contain Mercury,

as Mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smoll and completely dorange
the whole system when entering il
through the mucns surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescription from reputable physi-
clans AS the damage they vii lido are ten
fold 10 the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. llall's Catarrh cure,
manufactured by Y. J.. Cheney K Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, contains no murcury, and
is taken internally, aud acts directly
on the blood and mucus surfaces ~
the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine; IL
is taken internally and made in,
Toledo, Ohio, by +. j. Cheney 4 90.
gs0- Sold by druggists, price 75c per
bottle.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
DErAnrMrxr oF rnR IsrERIoa,
OFFicE or lSDIAE AFFAIRs,
WAgHrHCrON Feb. 4 Iss0.

r. l.. OWEN, US. Indian Agent,
Muscogee, /. r., SIR:-Referring
to my telegram Of January %, 1889,
directing you to permit all persons
admitted 10 Cherokee citizenship
by the chief justice under act Of
Cherokee council Of 1870, to re-
main in that nation, and 10 protect
all such in the possession Of their
Improvements, &c, enclose here
with, copy Of a letter of January
2l, 1899, from the secretary Of the
interior, in reply TO Office reports Of
October 20 and December n. 1888,
relative 10 the claim of w. j.
Watts aud others to rights Of cil-
zenship in tbs Cherokee nation,
and TO the request Of the authori-
ties Of that nation for their remoy-
al lherefrom as intruders.
II will be observed therefgom
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
ThnIr RnsInnss RnnmInr-

Probably no one thing has caused
such general revival Of trade at W o..
Patton & Cos. Drug store as their Civ
ing away TO their customers Of so many
free trial bottles Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Their
trade is simply enormous In this very
valuable article from that IL always
cures and never disappoints. Coughs,
Colds Asthma. Bronchitis, Group, and
all throat and lung diseases quickly
cured. Yon can test IL before buying
by getting a trial bottle free, large size
81. Every bottle warranted.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
important Notice.

l. P. Bledsoe, Chouteau, !. T.,
gives notice that hereafter he will
do a strictly cash business and
cash only. He also wishes all
outstanding accoui Is to be paid
without delay. Produce Of all
kinds will be taken in settlement
at cash figures. As heretofore he
will carry a full line of drugs and
groceries. Stf.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
LIKE BANQUO'S GHOST. IT
---- WONTDOWN.

wv 4 LIZ w ANs
q The bill to organize the territory
r of oklahoma, as published in the
NJ CHIEFTAIN Of last week, contains
N provision that to some, no doubt,
n slike hurting over stone .bruise on
u the heel of school-boy, who is
oi just man enough not TO yell or say
u bad words, despite an awful dispo-
sition to do SOY II says, in dis
z posing of our strip lands, that "an
le accurate account shall be kept by
~ the secretary of the interior OF the
ar money received as proceeds Of the
sale of said land, and said money
% shall be placed to the credit OF the
q Cherokee Indian tribe in the treas
ury Of the United States, after de-
o Quoting the cost of sale by the
r' United States and the amount here.
n tofore appropriated and paid to The
Cherokee tribe as part compensation
~ for said unoceupicd lands" F" 1t is
i' hardly necessary to tellreaders what
ro "tiIe amount heretofore appropri-
'r ated and paid" was or when paid,
eJ and how much per acre we will re-
I ceive foras much land as the amount
n will cover. should the bill become a
pi law and we are forced to accept
lss conditions. But it is hoped that
All tie bill will never pass and that,
b. ifit does, we may manage somehow
ca TO escape an obligation though
~ fastened on Us by an act Of the ma
u tional council.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14

II a lengthy article appeared in
,ce the New York Sun, some time ago,
= in which is given a history Of ono
IA Mans Land.p A conclusion, that
J. I i is not part Of the Cherokee out.
nt let il reached after its origin is ac-
!, counted for and comparison Of
M dates is made between the time Of
NJ ite accession By tho United States
"a, and cossion to the Cherokee ma
n ton under tho treaty Of 1885.
~ Il may not be uninteresting to
NJ the readers OF tho CnEFTAIS just
r. now to giyo short historical ae-
ad count Of the origin Of "No Man's
g Land I" going back as hr as 1885
' whepit was a part ofthe vast DO.
a, mann claimed by the French, and
"a when i passed into possession Of
81 tho Spanish in theyear 1890, and
.X 20 romaiaed until 1922, when
N Moxico gained its independence.
.s } 4 was then a part OF the PROV
IN inee of Texas, and when Texas
become 40 independent republic
~ amer ne revolution Of 1896, II still.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14
TWO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Relating to tho vexed Question
of Cherokee citizenship.
DEPARTMENT or THB INTERIOR,
OFFICE or INDIAN AFFAIRs,

MAhHi NGIOks req. =, ioob. ]
w. j. WATTS, Washington, DC,
SIR:-Refsrring to the matter Of
your claim to citizenship in the
Cherokee nation and complying
with your verbal request Of recent
date, | transmit for your informa-
tion copy Of letter Of even date
herewith TO Agent Owen, instruct
ing him in regard TO those claim
ants who were admitted to Chero-
kee citizenship by the chief justice
OF that nation under the act of
council of November IS, 1870, but
whose rights have since been de-
MED by the authorities Of that ma
ton, and the removal of said
claimants as intruders requested, I,
and a copy Of the attorney gener-
al's opinion OF January %, 1899,
upon the nature and extent OF the
rights conferred upon claimants in
whose favor a decision was render.
ed by said chief justice, under that
act. Very Respectfully,
JEo. III. OBERLY,
Commissioner.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14

claimed rs a part Of the republic
of Texas. In 1S45 Texas was ad-
mitted as state Of the federal
union, its congress having accept
cd the conditions imposed by the
congress Of the United States. AZ
the outbreak Of the revol ution in
Texas, it may be remembered by
a few very old citizens Of our coun-
try, and by many from tradition.
that Sam Hous ton was an adopted
citizen of the Cherokee nation and
lived at or near Wcbbcrs Falls on
the Arkansas river. The struggle
Of Texas for independence reached
him in his obscure retreat. and
furnished him just such a field of
adventure as one of his nature and
genius would naturally seek under
the circumstance that drove him
into self-imposed Punishment.
His history in the war for the in
dependence Of Texas, in its orgOni-
zation as an independent republic,
its admission into the federal un-
ion as a state Of the United States
and the war with Mexico are all
known.
The conditions imposed by the
congress Of the United States and
accepted by that of Texas were,
as stated by the Sun, a surrender
of that part 1.-THE domain of Tex
as north of the Mason and Dixon
line, or the parallel Of SO degrees
and 80 minutes north, to the Unit
ed States. This line was estab-
lished in colonial times to settle
boundaries between colonial pro-
prietors, but afterwards acquired
political significance as the bounda-
ry between Meeyland, the most
northern Of the slave states, and
Pennsylvania, the most southern
Of the original free states. All
territory south of this line was con-
sidered "slaye" and all north
"free."
If we como down to more mod
ern events, the northern bounda-
ry Of Texas and the separation of
"No Mans Land" from it may be
more correctly accounted for under
the operation of the Missouri COM
promise, as an arrangement of the
slavery question in 1920. The
constitution of Missouri, which
had been submitted to congress
for approval, contained a clause
against slavery. The southern
members insisted that the clause
should be stricken out, while the
northern, equally as persistent,
maintained that it should stand.
A compromise was the conse-
quence, and Missouri was added
to the slave-holding states, with
the understanding that no more
slave states should be organized
north of it's southern line. Fol-
low this line directly west
through the Cherokee nation to
the Tooth meridian and you will
strike the dividing point between
Texas and "No Mans Land.
The proposition that Texas sur
rendered that county, in order to
accommodate itself to the require
ments Of the Missouri comprom-
Use, must be accepted.
The treaty that gave Us this
country and the outlet, "as far
west as the sovereignty of the
United States and the rights Of soil
extended" was made ten years
after Texas was admitted into the
union Of states. The right Of own
ership Of that country must, there
fore depend upon the fact, wheth-
er or not "the sovereignty o6 the
United States and the right of
soil" extended to the land in
question. If beyond the 100.h
meridian, it clearly belongs to
the Cherok ee nation; if not, it
don't, and that's the end of il.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14

THE CHIKFrAiN has been request
ed to publish the reply OF Judge
Wyly TO the editor Of the Arrow.
The article is rather long for re-
publication, and although the
Judge was provoked to such a
thing, it can but be regretted that
cause was given, because the at
tack on him by the Arrow could
not have been in the defense Of
the public interest or it's safety.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-02-14

CHiFF MAYEs left Tahlcquah
last Saturday for Washington
City. He had received telegram
from Delegates Dushyhead and
Harris that he was needed there
and to come Immediately. No
cause OF reason is assigned why he
should go, but it requires no guess
ing to say that it is the attitude of
the Oklahoma bill now before
the senate.