The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-11
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The strip bill calls for the new counties
| to contain at least 800 square miles.
| Sections IL and l9 are not reserved for
school purposes as was at first supposed.
Indian appropriation bills are sure. win
ners when they have Oklahoma riders says
McMasters.
The merchants of Mulhall paid the
Santa Fee 5000 for freight during the
month of February.
Mr.. c. w Coombs, foreman of the
Guthrie Leader, has received a decision
from the secretary of the interior, giving
him clear title to a valuable claim on
the Cottonwood near Seward.
New papers are springing up all over the
Indian Territory now. A stock company
with capital of s., 900 has been organized
and will start one at South McAlester next
week. A. j. Stewart also started one this
week at Chelsea.
State Capital: The following is the list
of the ladies who will gather the copper
coins and other relics and metals, in the
different cities of Oklahoma, for the Col
umbian Worlds fair liberty bell: Mrs. w.
Glassen, Edmond: Mes. George Heay,
Beaver; Mrs. j. NJ. Remington, Tecumseh;
Mrs. 7. j. Richardson, Saltwater; Mrs.
George Perkins, Mrs. L. X. McGruffen,
Gushing; Mrs. H. E. Shape. Clayton. and
Miss c. NJ. Hollensworth, Langston.
The Office of clerk of the Muskogee court
is worth $35, 600 after paying all deputies
At present it is held by Mr. Nelson. SON
in-law Of Judge Shackleford who appoint
ed him. The clerk gets all fees, there be-
inc M ~ vi rpr,,, limit FNhora ura throa
divisions of the court jurisdiction which
necessitates two deputies but the deputy
ships can be farmed out so as to cost not
more than 81 200 or 81, 500 a year each. In
addition to his duties as clerk he may also
be United States commissioner but Mr.
Nelson has never acted in that capacity.
While resisting arrest, Bob Dorsey was
shot and killed near Centre, Chickasaw
nation. About three weeks ago Dorsey
and two companions crossed the Canadian
and Deputy United States Marshal Nc
Claim and two other deputies attempted
their arrest under the charge of intro
ducing whisky. A fight ensued during
which Dorsey escaped. The other two
were captured, and McClain kept on the
lookout for Dorsey. He found him last
Wednesday. Dorsey resisted arrest and
during the fight which ensued he was
killed. McClain gave hi mself up and will
have hearing before Commissioner Gates
at Purcell.
The delegates of the five civilized tribes
in Washington held another conference
last Tuesday which was distinguished by
a very earnest and vigorous conference on
the part of the delegates of the five civil
lied tribes VINO are in Washington. The
pow WOW took place at principal hotel
and was long and heated. The meeting
was the third and the last which it appears
these delegates have recently held on the
subject of the five tribes and their future.
The question considered was whether the
five tribes should not abolish their tribal
laws and status and the individuals be-
come members of the United States and
aid in the work OF making state of tue
whole Indian Territory at the fifty-third
A great deal of talking was in
dulged in and at last it was concluded, so
it is reported, that the sense of the dele
gates assembled was that the future of the
Indians, so far as the five tribes were con-
earned, could be best served and advanced |
by abolishing their own existence as tribes |
or nailOnS ana becoming part or parcel or |
the United States with white mans !
rights and white mans responsibilities. |
To further this view and bring about this |
purpose an address was carefully and Sc
cretiy prepared by the delegates, one adj |
dressed to each of the five tribes and |
signed by every delegate present, and yes |
terday Mr.. Duncan, editor of the Table. |
quah Arrow, left here for the nation witt. |
the five addresses of each sealed III an en- /
velope and directed one to each Of the |
chiefs Of the said tribes.