The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-05

WASHINGTON. March At was broad
daylight when the last two of the confer
ence reports were presented. They were
the reports on the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill and the Indian appropriation bill.
Against them all opposition failed, and
they were adopted without serious obsta-
Gle, whereupon the house took a recess
till 1890 o'clock a. N.
The Indian appropriation bill carries
with it the provision for opening the Cher
tkee strip. As agreed upon in conference
and passed by both houses, the point of
difference in the Indian appropriation
hill relative to the Cherokee strip was ad-
justed Oh the following basis: The secre-
ttary OF the interior IS authorized to con-
tract with the Indians for the strip at the
price Of IS, 900, 600, to be paid in five annual
installments, beginning in 1894 and end
ing in 1898, the first payment being fixed
at $685. coo.
Deferred payments are to bear interest
of per centum per annum, to be paid an
nualiy, and the amount required for the
payment of interest is appropriated. 1t IS
provided. further, that of the money here
bV appropriated a sufficient amount to
pay the Delawares and ShAwnees their pro
rata share in the proceeds of the outlet
shall remain in the treasury OF the United
States antil the status of the Delaware
and Shawnee Indians shall be determined
by the c,urts OF the United States, before
which their suits are now pending, and a
sufficient amount shall also be retained in
the treasury to pay the freedmen, who are
citizens of the Cherokee nation. or their
legal heirs and representatives., such sums
Ms NAV be determined by the courts of the
United States to he due them. Nor shall
ANYTHING in the bill be held TO abridge or
deny said freedmen any rights TO which
they may be entitled under existing laws
or treaties.
The acceptance by the Cherokee nation
Indians of any Of the money appropriated
shall be considered and taken. and shall
operate as ratification by the Cherokee
nation of Indians of said agreement, as it
is hereby proposed to be amended, and as
full and complete REIMBURSEMENT and
eItinguishment of their title, claim and
interest in and TO said lands; but such re-
linquishment and extinguishment shall
not inure to the benefit of any railroad
company nor vest in any railroad COM
pany, any right, title or interest in any of
the said lands, provided said railroad shall
be released from any further payment of
compensation TO said Cherokee nation, as
required by law. for running said railroad
across said outlet. And said lands, except
the portion to be allotted, as provided in
said payment. shall. upon the payment of
the sum Of $685.. .736, herein appropriated,
TO be Immediately paid, become and be
taken TO be and treated as "A part of the
public domain. But in any opening of the
same TO settlement. .sectionl6 and 50 in each
township, whether surveyed or unsur-
veyed, shall he, and are reserved for the
use and benefit of the public schools to be
established within the limits of such
lands, under such conditions and regu-
lations as may be hereafter enacted by
congress.
Provided, that il the the legislative
council of he Cherokee nation shall deem
it more advantageous to their people they
may issue q loan for principal and interest
of the deferred payment, pledgiug said
amounts of interest and principal to secure
payment Of such debts.
Sections -, IA. 10, 16, q, %, %, "a, 25 26,
q 2S, and the east half of sections Il, ~
and %. all in township numbered % north,
of range numbered >, east of the Indian
meridian, the same being lands reserved
by executive order dated July l., 1884, for
use of and in connection with the ChiloCco
Indian industrial school in the Indian
Territory. shall not be subject to public
settlement, but shall, until the further
action of congress, continue to be reserved
for the purposes for which they were set
apart in the said executive order. And
the president of the United States in any
order or proclamation which he shall make
for the opening of the lands for settlement
for public purposes as he may deem wise
and desirable.
The president Of the United States is
authorized at any time within six months
after the approval of the act and the ac-
ceptance OF the same by the Cherokee
nation, as herein provided, by procisma-
tion TO open to settlement any or all of the
lands not allotted or reserved in the man
ner provided in section l3 of the act of
congress approved March .. 1889 entitled !
An act making appropr atious for the
current and contingent expenses of the
Indian department and for fulfilling
treaty stipuiatlOns with various Indian
tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1891, |
and for other purposes" and is also sub
ject 10 the provisions OF the act of congress
approved May !, 1890, entitled IAN act 10
provide temporary government for the
territory of Oklahoma, TO enlarge the jur-
isdiction of the United States court in the
Indian territory and tor other purposes"
Also subject TO the second provso Of sec
tion L, the whole of section Is of the act
Of March 3. 1921, entitled An act making
appropriations tor the current expenses Of
the Indian department and for fulfilling |
treaty stipulatlOns with various Indian |
tribes, for the year ending June 13, 1892
and for other purposes" except a. to so
much Of said acts aud sections as may con
fict with tie provisions of the new act
Each settler on the lands to lie opened to (
settlement as aforesaid shall before reCeiv-
ing a patent for hls homestead. pay 10 the
United States foE the lands SO 10 be taken
by Eim, ~ addition to the fees provided by |
law, the sum of 81 80 per acre for any land /
eRst Of S1ls degrees west longitude. the !
sum of 81 30 per acre between 91is degrees /
west longitude ana the sum OF Sl per acre
for any land west of 9Sis degrees ives,
longitude, and shall also pay interest upon
The amount SO TO be paid for said land /
from the date Of entry to the date of final I
payment therefor at the rate OF per cent /
per Hnnum.
No person shall be permitted to occupy |
or 10 enter upon any of the lands he rein !
referred 10, except IN the manner prescriO- I
ed by the proclamation Of the president /
opening the same TO settlement aud any
person otherwise occupying or entering |
upon said lands shalt forfeit all ri.ht 10 4
acquire any Of said lands.
! be secretary Of the interior shall under |
the direction of the President. prescribe 1
rules and regulations. not inconsistent 1
with the act, tor the occupation and set- 1
tlement of lands TO be Incorporated in the /,
proclamation of the president which shall /
lie issued al least twenty days before the |
time fixed Tor the opening OF said lands
The allotments provided for in the fifth /
section Of said agreement shall be made
without delay by the persons entitled /