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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

A Remarkable Achievement I'm Rail-
road Affairs
Was the running of the Exposition flyer,
the famous twenty hour train between
Chicago and New York, via the Lake
Shore route, in service during the Worlds
fair A handsome litho-water- color OF
this train may be secured by sending ten
cents IN silver to c. K WILDER, Western
Passenger Agent Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

One simple precaution will insure per-
feet felicity in domestic work. Use no
other baking powder than Dr. Prices.
The food that it produces is sweet, pure
and wholesome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

The first and probably last and onlv
chance % hear this popular concert com
pay, for 20 cents, AT Congreg ationAl
church on Monday evening
Resting Coal Company.
ITO West Sixth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08
allemxesis

Ccrbeft Challenged
To prove SHOWS Pins Expectorant7 will
not KNOCK Out" any COLD or COUGH. In
Is GUARANTEED. For sale by all drug
gists; price % and soc bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

Call up Phone 153 and have our wagon
call for your bundle
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

We put on new neckbands on shirts
Peerless steam Laundry, IL and ia
West Eighth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

Half dozen bullet proof coats have
been invented. None of them is a safe
guard against indigestion. A sure pre-
venIive is food cooked with DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-08

II. 0. GARvEY, Agent.
COL Kansas avenue.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

to each man, woman and child
their pro rata share.
IL has often been intimated that
partyism and boss rule have driv-
en- many, in a discussion Of this
subject, to act and speak contrary
to their own interest and that OF
the country at large. If this is a
fact, and | do not doubt it, then
have the courage to discard that
rule, cut the ground from under it
and be everlastingly done with it
in every place where it has no part,
place or right
Seeing an evil and seeing REM
edy, one at hand the other in
reach, why not, with the exercise
Of ordinary common sense and the
possession of what should be a
common article of "sand," grasp
the remedy and act with it at once.
II we do not, | take it that it will
be stupidity and criminal neglect
on our part or deliberate avoidance
of our sacred duty, a duty we owe
to ourselves and to the rising gen.
Grafton. Respectfully,
DoN d. Folsom.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
Thrifty Populiatn.

The populist state officers of
Kansas have secured lease on
some very valuable property in
the Indian Territory. State Audi
tor Van b. Prather and Private
Secretary Fred j. Close returned
from that section and report that
they have found bonanza near
the Arkansas line. They say they
have leases on several tracts of
land that are rich in lead and zinc.
The other members of the com
pany are Governor Lewelliug, State
Treasurer Biddle, Bank Commits.
sioner Breidenthal and M A.
Householder OF Cherokee County
a member of the state board ot
charities. They have two tracts
five miles square each, which they
say will rival the lead and zinc
district of southwest Missourf'in
production. The company also
has lease on some oil property
near Vinita.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

The commission has been ad.
vised by Senator Dawes that he
would leave Washington for Mus
kogee yesterday, or as soon as he
is able to stand the travel. 1t is
expected that he will be here by
the close of this week or the first
of next. The commission is lay.
ing out quite an amount of work
and campaigning for the early fu-
ture and is making arrangements
to take up quarters here for many
months The indications are that
they will settle down and stay un-
til they have accomplished the re-
suit of their creation. The COM
mission will begin its campaigning
at Okmulgee on the 3rd of April,
when il will meet the mass of the
Ofeek people, ana on the 9TH of
April will meet the Seminoles in
council at Wewoka The feeling
am ng the Seminoles is difficult TO
learn because they are 80 remote
from the commercial points. but il
is safe to predict that the commits.
sion will dnd it necessary to do a
great deal of missionary work in
that nation before an agreement
can be reached with them. The
latter part of this month they will
spend in the Choctaw country and
expect to be invited to attend the
special session OF the Choctaw
council which has been called to
treat with the commission. The
last half of April they will spend
in the Cherokee country by invi.
tation Of Chief Harris, explaining
the situation to the Cherokees.
The revolution of opinion in the
Cherokee nation is slow, bat is sat
isfactory to the commission
Phoenix.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
A MIGHTY POOR SYSTEM.

II might not be uninteresting
and surely not Improbable for
congress, while devoting so much
attention to this country, to over.
haul its own judicial system here
While our Indian courts are more
or less crude and the enforcement
OF law not always certain. When a
citizen is forced to sit on a Jury in
an Indian court he is sure to get a
compensation that is not entirely
unreasonable and ridiculous, as is
the case in Uncle Sans own court
here amongst US. The sum Of
twenty-five cents is allowed a juror
in = United States commits
sioner's court for each case, where
a verdict is returned; if no verdict
is found, no matter il the jury has
sat for a week, they get no pay
III the United States government
throughout is like it's judiciary
then it is worse than our own. A
farmer may come to town to get
plow sharpened and leave a boy
holding his team in the field and
be summoned by a constable for a
juror, and lose one, two, or even
three days from his work without
compensation, yet the United
States courts in this territory are
costing more than similar courts
anywhere else in all the United
States. The Dawes commission
should have this branch of the
public service added to It's line Of
duties and correct some of its own
children before offering the mil
lennium to poor To-"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
FRIScn LINE cnNNIcrInNs-

No. |, vestibuied, connects at Paris, Texaa.
with q 4. ;. q. aud 4 A 4 tor points In
Texas. Connects al Barton. Kan With A
i ) y tor points In colorado Arizona
Nevada. utah, ldHho. Montana, Warrington
and CALIFORNIA; has free reclining chair car 10
Cirburne Tex. via Wichita through Cheroke ee
strip and OF iAhOmai Pullman sleeper and free
rsclinin. ehhir car 10 Barton. Kan. Pullman
sleeper To- Dallas. lea via Paris. and frcr re
clinlng char car to Cieburne, Texas. via DaI-
No. 2. yrstibuled, connects at 81 Louis with
all lines Tor the east. north and outheast; has
fullman sleeper aud free reclining char cars
10 ~ Louis
No Seonn-eis At Monstl Tor ali points In the
Indian Territory viA Nro,ho, con meets at Bnrr.
ton, Kan with A. 4 as Y. for points io
Colorado. Utah. New aai Old Mexico, Arizona
and California. Has free reclining chair care
TO Paris. Tex Alao To- Anthony. Kan. Pull
man sleeper 60 Joplin, Mo Pnliman sleeper
and free reclining chair car 10 Bnrrton Kan 1
through Pullman sleepers Burton, Kan 10
Pueblo, Denver. OGDEN, Nj PasO, Los AnRe.
les. San Diego and San Fra- SEQ
No connecis At - f.Ouis with all Iines for
the east north and southeast; has Pullman
sleepere sud free reclining chair cars 70 So
LOuis
No ram 81. Louis every SATURDAY. nIgnt
has through Pullman tourist sleeping car 10
Los Angeles, Cal. without change via Rurr.
ton. Albuquerque aud Bar-iOw
Through Tickets on sale to all points For
further Information call on or address
B. u. WALKER. Agt. Vlnita, 1T.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
Vinita Real Estate Agency,
D. M. MARRS e. Co.
List Of property for sale, Rent or

List Of property for sale, Rent or
Exchange:
One lot in the southeast portion OF
town, at a bargain.
profitable business In Vinita for
sale. Particulars at VinIta Real Estate
agency.
A tbree-acre impro vement near the
fair grounds can be bought cheap Tor
cash. Ninita Real Estate Go.
A 2 room house and 3 acres
choice land for gardening purposes, in
mile OF depots, for rent at S8 per
month Ia advance.
A 200 acre farm for sale three miles
west of BIZ Cabin switch, on Rock
creek; l75 acres grass fenced. Fair
improvements. A good home for
some family. Price 5000.
2s lots 5Oxl60 and 5O1l7O In "wal.
nut Grove" (Raymonds's block) lust
west Of the Chopteau residence.
Prices and terms To suit purchasers.
Bald yourself a home and cease pay
ing rent.
A valuable farm Of 90 acres fenced,
With abundance ol good land Chtslde
belonging 10 claim, plenty OF hne tim
Der, eveIl astiDR spring Of good, soft,
water. Located miles north. west OF
Adair. Will sell on strip payment.
Price 5000
A farm 9f over 1850 acres Ia cultiva-
tion, two dwelling houses, orchard,
abundance Of dne timber, a very de-
sirable place. IA miles southeast OF
this city on Cabin Greek, near Grand
river, would sell or exchange Tor city
property, or farm near Vinita,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

The argument that is being adj
vanced, that under the present
system of holding land in common,
the Indian has a heritage that will
always afford him home is GER
tainly a sophism. The facts in
the case are, monopoly is un.
bridled and a few men are getting
the benefit of that which justly
belongs to others. No sane man
who knows what he is talking
about and has any regard for the
truth will deny this statement.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
JOHN n. ouNrnR
Suggested as a Suitable Man for
Next Chief.
FoYrL. l. T. March u. ,94

FoYfL, |. T., March ~, VA.
EDITOR CHIEFTAIN;-Since your
mention that we need more states
men and fewer politicians l have
been looking for material for the
Cherokees TO make chief Of.
Our present chief, G. J. Harris,
will not do because in time of our
great need we did not hear his
voice clear and distinct above the
confusion directing us how to go.
d. w. Lipe is wanting in some
respects.
Ex.Chief Bushyhead has been
laid on the shelf and don't know
that the people will take him down
for use, though | have laid things
by and afterwards found them the
very article | wanted.
George Benge is too narrow; |
had rather have Huston.
Richard Wolf, | don't think,
should be trusted with the posi-
ton; other men could do us more
good.
j. f. Thompson is minister of
the gospel and il he attends to that
well he has higher Office than
chief
Judge John E. Gunter is a man
whose patriotism none can doubt
He is a worker for his country.
My acquaintance with him for
twenty years enables me to know
his very disposition. could not
believe him connected with any
dishonorable act. II the Strip
money was all laid before him he
would not touch one dollar belong.
ing to the people. If he was chief
he would be servant for every
citizen Of the Cherokee nation.
Some of you rub up your ma.
terial; we will need the best.
A FoYIL.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
ARainat Allotment.

A MuIdrow Register reporter had
a talk with Hon. Richard Wolfe,
the leading Cherokee in the Ma
tional party, concerning allotment
of lands and abandonment OF tri-
bal relations. Mr.. Wolfe did not
seem anxious to talk on the sub
ject, which was evidently not a
pleasing one. He said that the
rank and file of the Cherokee
people are in favor of the present
conditions and against a change,
and that he is with his people.
In answer to the question as to
whether there are any prominent
Cherokees who are in favor Of al.
lOtment Of lands and abandonment
of tribal relations, said he knew Of
none, and did not think there were
any-said there used TO be such
talk some time back. but now that
the Dawes commission il here and
proposes such in earnest, the Cher
ckee people so far as he knows are
a unit against a change, which they
look upon as a disruption of their
race and a dispoiler Of their homes
and they would fight it even to the
last ditch.
AS TO congressional action. Mr..
Wolfe thought nothing could be
done to deprive the Cherokees Of
their land rights and that they pre-
fer to await any action Of congress
in relation TO this matter than to
make any argument with the
Dawes commission. This being
fair expression OF the leading men
Of the Cherokees. it is safe to pre-.
dict that they will not agree on any
proposition yet made by the U. s.
commission Register.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

President CLEVELAND is quoted
as telling the commissioners lust
before tney left for the Indian Ter
ritory that they were not being
sent here TO represent the United
States citizens who are now in this
country, but that their mission
would be to represent the Indians
He expressed hope that they
would do their work in such a
manner that the United States
government could look with pride
upon the interest il took in these
people, and that the Indian prob
lem, when settled, will be for the
best interest of all concerned
We believe the commissioners are
sincere and conscientious in all
they have done and that the prop.
ositlons offered, if accepted by the
Indians, will work to great ad
vantage 10 the masses Of the peo-
pie. Atoka Citizen.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
In Favor of Allotment.

EDITOR CHIEFTAIN:-I am q
young Cherokee twenty years old.
My brain power is limited, but my
eyesight is awful good. In look
ing over CooweescOowee district |
find that more than half of this
country is settled upon and i'm
proved by leasers and claimants
and | know that many of
these leasers have from eight to lif-
teen years; and many of these
claimants have been enjoying the
benefits of their homes for from
two to twenty years. And | see
further that they are liable to re-
main unmolested as long as this
country is held in common.
! have no home, and yet am in
terested in thousands of acres of
land held in common, not an acre
of which is benefitting me. | have
three younger brothers in the same
situation. | also know of dozens
of young Indian boys just entering
manhood who are alike situated.
1t might be said by some that it is
a lack of energy and industry, but
such is not the case. We might
have all the energy that flesh is
heir to and yet we would fail to
get a thing that is not here for US,
thing that is not in reach. These
are stern facts and undeniable.
Give US allotment, and give IL TO
US quick. We must check the
commencing tread of applicants
led by some of our leading anti
allotment men. Three cheers for
the Dawes commission and three
cheers for the United States gov
eminent that sent them here. |
believe they are better, truer
friends to our interests than those
who pretend to lead us here. Give
US a territorial government; give us
allotment. And | believe to-day
if we could get the true sentiments
of this territory after everything is
thoroughly explained that two
thirds of our citizens would say
give us our land.
In my opinion there are only
two classes of citizens who oppose
allotment. One is our leading men
who are making more money out
of the country the way it is by
drumming the different states for
applicants for citizenship and now
and then getting few dollars in
council by voting on some bill fa-
voring capitalists. The other. a
few of the fullbloods who are
prejudiced against their interests
by the unjust influence Of these
same individuals.
| want allotment so | can get a
gin to work on the backs of some
of these old nesters who have been
robbing we poor Indians for the
past ten or twenty years. | want
to see some of those old roosters
have TO get up, shake themselves
and crow for the last time on Cher
okee soil. Allotment will show
every man his permanent home.
Allotment will put us all on equal
footing. Allotment will give US AN
even start and allotment as prom
ised us by the Dawes commission
don't mean statehood. They tell
us they know we are no, ready for
statehood but they want us to be.
come a territorial government, and
promise US that all questions and
business shall be settled
before hand No honest man
should want better thing, aud no
one should oppose it except the
leaser, the applicant and the Cher
otee citizenship drummer. Every
man talks for his own interests and
my interest is to secure myself a
home. Under existing circum-
stances there is none tor me.
WOLFE GEORGE MARTIN.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

CAN the United States force the
five tribes to change their form oI
government? The most preju.
diced stickler for Indian anton.
omy will, il he is honest, admit
that congress has the power to
pass and enforce any law relative
to Us that it sees fit. Next, will
congress force a change of govern.
ment on the five tribes? Our best
friends in and out of congress tell
us that the policy of the govern
ment is to bring about change as
speedily as possible.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
GROCERIES

That we are in the midst
of hard times and a general
stagnation in all the lead
ing lines of business is very
generally admitted. | have
recently purchased a New
and complete stock of Gro
ceries in a depressed busi-
ness market which | pro-
pose to let my customers
have the benefit of. My
stock embraces everything
that may be found in a first
class grocery establishment
and at prices that will
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

THE recent cold snap was the
severest Easter storm" this
country has seen in a good many
years. Plums, pears, cherries,
and early blooming varieties OF
apples are destroyed, and the
peach crop had already been kill.
ed. Oats were bitten to the
ground and probably damaged 10
a great extent. Corn sprouted,
and coming up was destroyed,
while "garden truck" generally is
gether farmers and fruit growers
are very much worsted.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

SAM PELL is candidate for con.
gresham from the fifth Arkansas
district. This district is at present
represented by Hon. Hugh A,
Dinsmore, the brightest and most
popular of the whole Arkansas
delegation, and it would be unfor.
tunate to displace him with such a
man as Peel.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

A WAsHINeTcN dispatch dated
yesterday (2sth) states that all
obstacles are removed and the
Strip money will be placed in the
sub. treasury at New York to the
credit Of the Cherokee nation Fri.
L..
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
THE THOROUGHBRED
DICK BASSETT

DlSh DhOoE
viii maze the season of 1891, at
John ssillman's stable, Big Cabin
switch
DICK BAssEcT was sired by Old
Bassett OF Kentucky. LIST dam, Lyde
Tay lor, she by old Gold Deck. out Of
asthoruughbred Kentucky mare.
Pedigree OF old Bassett--t hestnnt
horse, fifteen and one half hands high.
ny Pat Malloy lst dam, Canarv Bird
by Imported Albin; 2nd dam, Panola,
by Imported Airdisby; 3rd dam, I'm
ported Sweet Br.ar, by recovery. Pat
Malloy Is by Lexington out OF Glenco
by Imported Eclipse.
TERMS; Sl6; half money due at time
OF service, balance when colt stands
up and sucks.
Good pasture furnished for mares
from distance. For further informa.
tion see BlackstOne's Stud book, Lou.
lsville, KY, where horse is registered.
mch S-3mo. RICHARD KLdoRE.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

After long conference with Col
Napoleon Breedlove Ainsworth
and Hon Green McCurtain last
week, Gov. Jones called the Choc-
taw council TO convene in special
session the 2Sth of this month.
This looks like the ChoclGws are
realizing something journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

The Dawes commission have
pulled up stakes at Muskogee and
gone to South McAlester, which
will be their permanent headquar.
ters hereafter.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
A DMlNIsrnAToa.s { SALE Of sa, L.t.tel

A DMlNISIRATOR'S SALE Of Real EstAtei
~ VIII be sold al public sale, on Monday
April ?. 1891, al the late homestead OF
Charles JourneycAke, decreased, near Alluwe
I II. The following residences aud real estate
substantial ll-rOOm dwelling In excellent
repair; large aud nice dOOryArd surrounding
samei barn amt granary and other necessary
outbuildings suitable for the farm ali in good
state Of repair; l30 acres Of land In high state
OF cultivatiOni n 20-acre orchard consisting OF
apple. pear, peach aud plum trees. grapes and
gooseberries, all OF thrifty growth; plenty OF
grazlrg room and pasturei well OF good water
at howe and spring nesr byi within one. half
mile OF Alluwe pOstOfice aud within one-quar-
ter mile Of church and school good home Tor
the best of families Also. place adjoining In
the bottom land containing 100 acres, well i'm
proved, aud all In wheat bat acres and il un-
der good fence; good tenant house and out g.
buildings for use Of farm. Also two other
fields In timber bottom OF abOnt i've acres each
with good locations for farms and excellent
land. Anyone wishluga well-improved home
Will do well 10 examine same and be present
on day oftAle. Terms OF sale cash. sale to
commence at 10 O'Clock N at the home
cad. j H. BAErLVs
Adminis,rAtor for the estate Of Charles Jour
Beycake. deceased.
For further particulars address J, II. BAR
ties, BartIesville, I 7. % I'd
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

llE Gulf Coast Of Texas 10 a charming re-
U sort for inyaiids who do not like zero
weather. Big attractions also for home
seekets' twenty acres OF land planted In psars
nets the own er S6.tOl.O0 each year Af-
Yer orchard Il established, Strawber-
les ana !. Grapes are also probably
raised Reg ular wiuteT tourist tickets
eau be bought any dav but special excursIoDe
VIII be run the second Tuesday Of each mont III
rom limited terri tory to all pOints in
Texas The excnr- W sion fare Ita cheap
enOnRh-A little over ~ a cent mile. tick.
cts good 80 days, with stop overs
south bound Talk Il over with agent Frisco
Line or address %. WishArt. G. r. A. saint
Louis. Mo-. and ask for free eopy Of
Illustrated pamphlet deserlb- n Ing. In
full, the Texas cOsst country - II costs
you only one cent to ask all theques.
tlons calculated 10 be of any Interest 10 you
about this country and IL may may mean a
fortune for you Texas undoubtedly Of
iera better Inducements for home seekers q
than any country to-day under the sun. -
IOU WANT TEXAS.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
WARNING ORDER.

In the U. $. Commissioners court at VInitA.
ln the First Judicial Division OF the Indian
Territory
ID ID. Pennington. plaintiff.
vs.. No gsT
Jas W Martin. defendant
The defendant. Jas. w Martin Is warned
to appear In this court within thirty days and
answer the complaint OF the plaintiff. I. ID.
Pennington 4 j. CnooKs,
U s Commissioner.
March 18th. 1884,. 2D-lt
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29

IT is distressing to know that
the recent cold snap has damaged
the fruit all over the country to
a great extent. Not even half a
crop is expected,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-29
$4,000 REWARD

Will be given for the arrest and conviction OF
the parties who attempted TO assasslnate 81.
nOidermAn nnd his two sons on the night Of
March ~, lisa, near Chetopa. Kan
Zs-Jl 81. HOLDEhNAN a Sous.