Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-06-13
THE GLORIOUS ToUHrM
To bs Appropriately Celebrated At yiAiis fhis
Tear.


est tth OfJuly celebration at vinita this year
ever witnessed in the Indian Territory. The
Fair Grounds will probably be selected az the
place for this gigantic demonstration. Tive
beeves will bo bArbecued and enough bread
and meat will be provided to feed multitude.
Eminent speakers will be secured to address
the people anu all candidates will be Invited.
Further particulars will be given next week
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Last Sunday evening boy Of six
or seven, named Christian, whose pa
sents live in Bob Titles house, fell
down and broke his left arm just above
the wrist. Drs. Fortner. Bagby aud
Haynes, assisted by Mr.. Anderson, re-
duced the fracture and the patient is
doing well.
"A herd Of cattle near Muskogee,
belonging to a man named Boyle, were
seised by the marshal last week and
proceedings at once begun against the
owner in the u. s. court. lie is a nom
citizen who has been removed from
the country and Is liable to fine Of
$1,000, for which the cattle can be
sold.
The Phoenix states that a list OF
262 rejected claimants to Cherokee
citizenship was reported to the agency
by Chief Mayes last week. l0l OF
this number will Nbe required to sell
their improvements, IL they have any
and remove from the Indian domain,
The other rejected claimants are scats
tered through the adjoining states OF
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and
Texas.
NV. Clay, who figured largely in
the splitlog railroad and also in old
man Splitlog's pocketbook, is now fig
uring on getting out OF nine year
term in the Missouri penitentiary. He
was convicted OF "a conspiracy, in re-
lation to an option upon 70 acre tract
of land owned by Mr.. splitlog near
Kansas City. In this instance the at
torneys get tho money and both the
wolf and the sheep get the experience.
There is not in the Indian Terrific
ry, another as pretty town as vinita,
and reasonable effort on the part Of
its inhabitants will make IL the best
business point. A mill. a sugar manu-
factory, u bank, aud a few enterprises
OF that kind would be worth more to MS
than all the courts which the terrific,
ry will ever have and there would be a
feature Of permanence about them
which nothing else has. They would
stimulate the building up OF the sur
rounding country and make their
presence and patronage a necessity,
-" The Lassiter case" from Prairie
City. has been accorded no little at
tention in the past two weeks. About
5000 worth Of property was embraced
IN the Lassiter estate, the major part
OF which was willed to party in Tex
as. In some way the case got into the
Muskogee court and an attachment
was issued upon the personal prop
erty only which required an 5000
bond. The instrument was furnished,
but when court convened the fact was
developed that the sureties were some-
what defective from a financial stand
point) and the result was the institut-
OF $1,000 damage suit against Mar.
shai Needles. The parties were given
until Tuesday Of this week to provide
new bond.
Lieutenant T. X. knight, who has
been in police duty on the Strip since
early In the year, came home Tuesday
on visit and TO appear at Fort Smith
against timber thief who is coming
la charge Of marshal. That the tim
Der in that country is looked upon as
"free plunder" is shown by a circum-
stance related by Mr.. Knight. Some
time ago he overhauled a man who
was drawing out load OF wood upon
the top OF which he had a quan.
hty Of cedar boughs. After being
made to unload, he begged the privi-
lege OF taking along the bushes and
when questioned as to the uso he had
for them replied that he "wanted
them TO decorate the church." Strange
as 1t may look TO us,i was learned that
the man was a member Of a church,
in good standing.
-Messrs. Il. N. Raiclih and J. o.
Hall we're excused from further SER.
vice upon the jury Of the Muskogee
court last Saturday night. Whether
their being excused has anything to
do with producing the high degree Of
esteem in which his honor IL held by |
them. We cannot say. Both declare |
him TO be the right man for the place.
They further say that Under the new
regime the sixshooter and the Win
chester must go, aud that the days Of
these heretofore formidable IA ctors In |
frontier affairs are numbered. Judge
Parker has, We believe, holds that II a
man, having in his possession load
ed weapon, threaten the life OF anoth-
or, and without being restrained does
not execute the threat, he Is guiltless
Of assault with intent 10 KILL"
Judge Shackleford rules that II a man
makes threats against another or has
an alteration, ho being the aggtessor,
and haa In his possession weapon
which would enable him 20 carry out
those threats, he may be found guilty
Of misdemeanor under section 25 OF
the new law. The penalty for such Of
Tense Is dine in any sum not less than
so nor exceeding sl0o0 and imprison.
mont not exceeding one year.