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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
Ribbons EVERYWHERE.

The uses of ribbon are manifold, and
a gown for youthful women is seldom
complete without some touch of rib
bon on the bodice at least. The new
chine-fowered ribbons of every color
and width, called the Dresden and
Pompadour ribbon, are in wonderful
demand. They are used both by dress
makers and milliners, and in dainty
fancy work. One more word respect
ing ribbon. 1t is very fashionable to
have braces of black satin ribbon fast
ened on the shoulders severally by
a rosette of the same. The brace
disappears under the satin waistband,
but bow with upstanding loops marks
its introduction. The ribbon reap
pears below the belt, and is then car
ried to the skirt hem, ending under a
huge butterfly bow of satin. The So
called "Trilb by" bow straps the shoul-
ders for a few inches front ard back,
and hen the ribbons fall in two ends
on each side nearly to the wa.st.-Bos-
ton CJari-r.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
ADOPTED FREEDMEN.

WITH the present complicated
state of affairs as regards the juris-
diction of our courts it is hard to
tell where the jurisdiction of the
tribal court ends or where that of
United States court begins. As
for instances in the case of the
freedmen citizens of the Cherokee
uation. Under a ruling of the depart
ment, one adopted citizen can not
adopt another into the tribe. A
freedman, recognized as a citizen
of this nation cannot bring an out
slider into the tribe by marriage as
can an Indian by blood. 1t is a
curious fact that a majority of the
negro claimants or intruders in the
nation at the present time belong
to this very class. The Cherokee
courts claim no jurisdiction over
this class of people, and if the
United States court should assert
jurisdiction over them at present
it is possible that in the future
they might be declared TO be Cher
okee citizens and the court would
then of course be in error. So the
so-called Wallace roll negroes, the
Cherokee nation disowns them but
an agent Of the United States gov.
ernment has said that they were
entitled to citizenship and the case
is in the United States supreme
court for a hearing now. There
is no question but what the Wal
lace roll is notoriously corrupt.
The methods adopted by Mr.. Wal
lace while taking testimony in this
city, while making his famous roll
was simply an outrage On the Cher
okee government and the whole
matter ought yet to be reviewed
and corrected. But in this con-
nection it should be stated that the
Cherokee government at that time
made no effort to get fair deal
and really let their day of grace
pass without making any effort to
protect their interests.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
COURT NOTES.

One of the most important cases
yet tried in Judge Springer's court,
and one that is further out of the
common order of civil litigation,
was disposed of last week. The
case occupied the attention of the
court three days and finally went
to the jury Saturday evening. Last
November a man named Boner
came down from the state of Kan
sas in an emigrant car and disem-
barked at Sapul pa, the terminus oi
the Frisco, a little less than 10C
miles west of here. Boner had in
his possession, sewed up in an old
ducking belt, sl,371.10, which,
save an old road wagon and a span
of ponies, was all his earthly pos
sessions, the savings of years oi
frugal living. Leaving Sapulpa
Mr.. Boner started out to look al
the country with his belt of money
strapped around his person. He
came back up the Frisco road to
Vinita, thence over by way OF
Southwest City into northwest Ar
kansas and back over pretty much
the same route, reaching the city
of David, where he spent the
night. Renewing the journey in
the morning he travelled along the
road toward Claremore. But the
money he carried, being nearly all
gold, began to get heavy, causing
a pain in his side, and was finally
the occasion of his removing the
belt from around his waist and
placing it in the bottom of the
shackeled old road wagon. When
he had reached the Verdigris river
he discovered that his money was
gone; he had lost it OUT of the road
wagon through hole in the bot
tom. Mr.. Boner then hastily be-
gan to retrace his steps in search
of his wealth. He searched long
and laboriously, but without sue
cess. Some one had evidently,
passing along the road, found ii
and carried it away, seemingly
leaving no trace behind. Boner
continued the search, calling a de-
tective to his assistance, and max
ing every effort to discover the
party who found it and to recover
if possible, his money. Circum-
stances seemed to point to an old
man named Josiah Eddings, a
farmer in poor circumstances, llv-
ing on a rented farm a few miles
above Claremore as the finder OF
Boner's money. Eddings was
watched and quizzed, and finally
arrested by an attachment warrant
charging him with being the find
er. Eddings could not give the
required bond and was sent to Jail
at Muskogee some time in last
June, probably the first instance
in the history of the United States
court in the territory where a man
has been imprisoned under like
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
FIT. SMITH LETTER.
The Dawes COmmissi On-United States
Court Proceedings.

The Dawes commission mas
moved its headquarters io4his city
and will remain here until they go
TO Washington TO make their
report. They are at present at
tending the Choctaw council.
Date Miller and his wife were
assassinated at their home just
across the line in Oklahoma FRI
day night. This makes four i'm
portant witnesses in the Dutch
John murder case who have been
assassinated since the trial Three
of them were prosecuting witness
es and one for the defense.
Henry Beck, a farmer, was de-
coyed into a back alley last week
by two men. who quickly
and dexterously took his pocket
book containing $40. They left
town but were arrested in Paris,
Texas, and will be brought back
for trial.
Perry Brewer, manslaughter;ver-
dict not guilty.
William Frazier, murder; ver-
dict not guilty. He was charged
with hiring the assassins of Irving
Justice at Bells, to commit that
foul deed.
Special grand jury empanneled
and returned q true bills.
Petit jury discharged.
Alex Allen, murder; sentenced
to hang Dec. 10.
John Brown, murder; same.
Ed Wilkey, alias Davis, same,
Dan Star, Jim Grayson and
George Frances, larceny; plea
guilty.
John Landlord, larceny; plea
guilty, 5 years and 6 months.
Pierce Brandon, same; 2 years.
Mitchell Western, same; 80 days.
George Johnson, same; 60 days.
George Simmons, same; = years.
Sam Walls, same; 3 years.
James Newsome, illicit distill-
ing; plea guilty, IS months.
j. F. Conger, same; 80 days and
500.
5. L. Ramsey, same.
J. B. Watson, ,selhng;plea guilty
80 days and 500.
Henry Sunday, same.
J. ii. Burleson, same.
Lewis Smoke, introducing and
selling; plea guilty, 70 days and
500.
William Ice, same; 80 days and
sl20.
Paul Reese, same; 26 months
and $500.
Dick Sizemore, introducing; plea
guilty, 40 days and $50.
Ed Dixon, violating intercourse
law; plea guilty, 60 days and 500.
John Barnes, same; 60 days and
5000.
Jess Harmon, same; 40 days and
800.
Jerry Campbell. same; 80 days
and 500.
Sutka Tiger, introducing; plea
guilty, 80 days and 500.
Walter Taylor, violating inter-
course law; plea guilty, 80 days
and $500.
Charles Acers, assault; motion
for new trial overruled and SEN
fenced to , years and 6 months.
Bond fixed at So, 800 pending ap-
peal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

The Indian Arrow last week
descants somewhat at length upon
the Gunter- Thompson contest in
this district, and of course takes
none other than the most partisan
view of the matter. The Arrow,
from its point of observation might
not fully understand the situation
as regards political corruption in
the big district, but it is fact all
the same, that no well informed
citizen in the district believes there
were a majority of the legal votes
in the district cast for TT. .Thomp-
son as against John Gunter.
Neither do they believe there were
500 illegal votes cast in the dis
trict, because reason and common
sense are against any such prop
osition. Ifthe national party is
behind Mr.. Thompson in his mad
chase for another mans seat, it is
safe TO say that its popularity in
this district will not be enhanced
by such action.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

GOVERNOR CLARKE, of Arkansas,
has been heard from again on the
subject of prize fighting in his
state. A week ago the governor
gave it out that he would al
low the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight
to take place in his front yard, or
rather in the state house yard, be-
fore be would call the Arkansas
legislature together to prevent it.
But now he has thought better OF
it, and most likely he has heard
from some of his people on the
subject. and had his innate state
pride aroused 10 a proper appre-
citation of the matter. The irate
governor now says that the pro-
posal 10 fight on Arkansas soil is
be taken as an invasion of the state
and that they will be met with a
force sufficient 20 suppress them
If they undertake it. "Such an
act' he informs them, ''is a viola
tion of our law and an affront to
the sentiment OF state pride enter
tanned by our people" Wouldn't
it be a grand thing if this same
state pride would bar the
fight out If every state in the
Union? And it begins to look like
such would be the case.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

IT HAS been the good fortune OF
Vinita within the last year to be
especially honored by great relig-
ious gatherings. In November
last the Indian Mission conference
of the Methodist church south,
favored US with its annual meet
ing. Again in June of this year
a district convention of the Baptist
church embracing this territory
and several Of the adjacent states
assembled here. And now, next
week, the Presbyterian synod of
the Indian Territory and Okla
homa will hold its annual meeting
in Vinita. The citizens of our
town have a pardonable pride in
the fact that its location, its acces-
sibility, and its physical and NOR
al status, are such.as to cause it to
be so often chosen as a place for
ecclesiastical gatherings of the
leading orthodox denominations of
the country.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
Ovarnlaved Himself,

For the fourth time in one evening
the third assistant guard of the harem
had beaten his royal master at chess
81 envy you your skill" said the po-
tentate.
Il flatter myself there are no flies on
me-" replied the underling.
"Yes. l envy you. l really wish l
had your head"
And the thing was done.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
As A general thing those who are

As A general thing those who are
getting more than their share of
the common property of these In
dian nations are very much op-
posed to a division. The man
who has a thousand acres in culti-
walton when his share would be
probably 160 is very much opposed
to giving any of it up of course.
But the question now is will the
real Indian ever see it in that
light, or will he ever demand his
rights?
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
WHO GET THE BENEFIT.

There are in this nation about
100 public school. with an average
attendance of 1900 pupils. In ad-
dition to this we have a male and
a female seminary, and a colored
high school. These schools are
supposed to be composed of Indian
pupils, paid for by Indian money,
and taught by Indian teachers.
The money that is used to run
these schools is the interest of the
invested school fund held in trust
at five per cent by the United
States government. The school
fund, like all other tribal porperty,
belongs to all Cherokees alike and
equally. The school fund is set
aside for the benefit of all Chero-
kee children equally. This being
the case, let US enquire if the peo-
pie for whose benefit the school
fund is held are getting that which
is theirs by inheritance. In the
public schools in this place there
are something like 200 pupils, and
there is not one solitary Indian in
the lot. By Indian we mean FULL
blood, of course-the people who
are supposed to own this country,
schools and all. At Tahlequah in
the two seminaries there is a re-
markable absence of full blood
Cherokee children. OF the up
wards OF 300 children in attendance
in these schools a very small per
cent are more than half breed and
full blood can hardly be found.
1t is so with the primary schools
all over the Cherokee nation. The
white race has intermingled with
and absorbed the Indian race.
But are there no full blood Chero-
kee children to be educated in this
nation? Most assuredly there are,
and they need an English educa-
ton worse than any class of peo-
pie on this continent. The only
hope of the Indian is a Christian
education, and it looks pretty hard
that the very money that was set
aside for the education of Indian
children should be DETECTED from
its proper course and be used by
the very race with which they are
contending for existence. We do
not desire to be understood as
meaning that the children of mixed
blood should have no interest in
the Cherokee sch ool fund; far from
it: but rather that some means,
compulsory or otherwise, should
be inaugurated whereby all
would be benefited and get an
equal show at a fund and a privi-
lege that is supposed to be COM
mon. There are reasons why the
full bloods do not attend schools,
and it is not because they are de-
MED admission or discouraged in
any way from attending the school;
the reverse is rather the case. But
as a rule the full-bloods are so
isolated, so far removed from the
towns, villages and settlements,
as to be out of reach Of the schools,
and they are not able financially to
send their children away from
home to boarding school, neither
are they so inclined.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

IT'S an unusual thing for day
to pass when some rottenness con-
nected with our city government
does not come to light. The town
is gradually being loaded down
with debt, and the taxes will some
day be used to liquidate it. Cor
ruption in Office is one of the
greatest enemies of popular gov
eminent today, state or municipal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17
GRAND JURY REPORT.


vINITA. 1. T., Oct. II, 1885.
Hon. VIM. NJ Springer, Judge:
We the grand jury selected for
the October term of the United
States court at Vinita beg leave to
present this our final report:
We have examined into 43 cases,
have found 81 true bills, and have
dismissed 9 cases.
We desire to thank the honor
able court for its many courtesies
and also desire to express our ap-
probation especially to Assistant
District Attorney Givens for inval-
liable assistance rendered Us
throughout our deliberation as
grand jurors.
If, in the press of the great vol
ume of business that has come be-
fore our body, any felony cases
have been omitted or overlooked
we very respectfully recommend
that such cases be brought before
the commissioner without cost
bond. In cases of misdemeanor
we believe that the public is not
generally informed that such cases
can be finally disposed of by the
commissioner and that no cost
bond is necessary when the COM
planning witness is poor. Not the
least of the difficulties we have en-
countered in the discharge of our
duties as grand jurors, is the Sc
curing of witnesses who will testi
fy in the cases of introduction and
sale of Intoxicating liquors. Men
who are in the habit Of procuring
intoxicants in this Indian country
are very loath as a rule'to give tes-
timony that will in any manner
involve those from whom they OBJ
tain them.
We believe that the sale and use
of intoxicating beverages in this
country is directly or indirectly the
most fruitful of all the sources of
crime in this country, and it is our
candid opinion that it will be sad
day, especially for the Indians,
when, if ever, this country is
thrown open to the indiscriminate
sale of liquors designated by the
law as intoxicants. IL our inves-
legations on this line we find that
a class of liquors sold under the
label of bitters of different kinds,
are especially hard to reach as
they are sold as medicines but in
reality are adulterated nostrums,
used as a makeshift for a better
grade of intoxicating liquors and
handled and sold by druggists and
merchants in various parts Of the
country.
A large per cent of our people
are wholly unused to the method:
and usages of a United State:
court. And that, taken with the
real or apparent conflict of juris'
diction of the different courts
makes necessarily more or less
friction. But we believe that a:
the people gradually get accus
toned TO the workings of thi;
court and that year hence when
it has full jurisdiction over all OF,
fenses committed within the
bounds of the Indian Territory, q
very improved condition of society
will be the result and that tn:
majesty of the law will be main.
tanned and justice will assert itselI
in a way that will be very satisfac.
tory to all concerned, and that thi;
court will be regarded as a shield
and II protection to every class o
citizens.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

The results up to last accounts
of the special election in Saline dis
trict are as follows:
Charley and Will Wickliff, sons
of Judge Wickliff, late of the su-
preme bench, became involved in
a difficulty, resulting in the kill
ing of Will. Blackbear was shot
by Adam Proctor and is probably
dead. Taylor Buck was badly cut
in the back. Adam Proctor shot
an ex-convict by the name OF
Young. Proctor was cut and bad
ly bruised in the rucus. Charley
Wicklifi Adam Proctor and Young
have been arrested.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

THE Dawes commission have re-
moved their headquarters from
South McAlester to Ft. Smith Ar
kansas where they will remain un-
til the assembling of congress in
December.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

THE Chickasaw legislature, not
to be outnone by the lone star leg
islature has enacted an anti-prize-
fight law. The Chickasaws draw
the line at glove contests.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

Philanthropist-Why don't you take
a bath?
Tramp do, sir, every time l get
chance.
Philanthropist mot so stupid as he
lookedl-I mean an external bath
Detroit Free Press
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

home life is an object lesson to all
who cross their portal and no one
ever leaves their home without
feeling the helpful influence of
these good people. Mrs. Springer
will join her husband at this place
within the next week.
Truly this district is fortunate
in having such man to decide
the difficult questions which arise
in its courts, and all can go before
him with the full assurance that
Justice will be exercised.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

awber-Have you proposed to Miss
Quilter yet?
Singerly-Nl. I'm going to put it
off till fall Her father has invited mo
TO go on a yacht cruise this summer
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

IT NOW begins to look like the
governor of Texas had whispered
something in the ear of the COVER
nor of Arkansas. Who can tell?
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

Our people will be delighted to
know that Judge Springer has de-
cided to locate the court cham
bers in this city.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

THE press meeting called to meet
at Wagner the 21st inst has been
called of on account of the Purcell
meeting Yesterday.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-10-17

Gov. CLARKE of Arkansas has
ordered out the army to suppress
Corbett- -Fitzsimmons.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-25
THE VIRTUES AND SINS OF
WEALTH.

Unreasonable person can find ground
for finding fault with honestly &C.
quired and properly managed wealth.
1t sometimes may appear that the
critics of the present condition of
things are enemies to wealth; that
they are socialists or anarchists. This
is not true. Excepting the mounting
anarchist, says the Farmers Voice,
nc One has a word to say against the
rich because they are rich. 1t is
against the common methods of acquir-
ing great wealth that complaint is
made. These methods are largely dis
honest and inhumaE. To claim that a
man like the late Jay Gould, who
never created a dollar of wealth in his
life, could honestly acquire 800, 900, 900
in half a life time is preposterous. He
did not do it. His fortune was plumber.
His business was that of a sharper, and
in this respect did not differ much
from the business of cur other multi
millionaires. Nobody can reasonably
do otherwise than praise the generosity
of the rich, whatever may be their
motives-in bestowing millions upon
educational and charitable institutions;
and a great deal of money has been
thus expended by the wealthy. We
are glad that they have been so liberal.
But such Iiberality does not in the
least atone for the sins of the money
getter when he has been guilty of sins.
Building a meeting house will not
atone for the Sin of stealing the money
with which to build it. EndoWing
colleges and universities does not make
the sin of robbing people through a
dishonest monopoly any the less re-
voting. II a man robs a bank, the
community will be better off if he
spends the money than it would be if
he buried it. But the community
would be still better eff If the bank
had not been been robbed, for then the
legitimate owners of the money could
have spent it themselves. The dis
honest rich man is worthy Of praise if
he uses his money to benefit somebody
else, but at the anne time he Is to be
condemned for his dishonesty. Most
of our large fortunes have been &C.
cumulated by iu~fllcting injustice and
even brutality upon somebody, and
while it may be praiseworthy to use
this money to help somebody else, it is
no sort of excuse for the infection of
the original injustice
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-25
MONEY IN WINTER EGGS.

The practical farmer knows that
there is more money in winter eggs
than in those produced in summer. He
likewise knows that if he allows the
fowls to roost in open sheds and cold
places and feeds nothing but corn he
cannot secure a winter egg crop. He
gets ahead of the average farmer by
having good, warm houses, by feeding
the very best grains for manufacture
ing eggs, by keeping the birds at work
in scratching pens while the ground is
covered with snow, by Matching his
pullets in April and May and bringing
them to market at the right time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-25
A HEN AS A MONEY MAKER.

There is no poetry in u makeup,
writes a matter of-fact man, but when
a pleasant truth is presented in pleas
ing language we can overlook the fan
ciful description and see the solid facts
beneath. So in the following from
the Fonciers' ReUiew, the plain state
ment that there is money in keeping
hens is dressed up: The best money
maker on the farm is the hen. She
turns grass into greenbacks, grain into
gold, and from the sand and gravel she
coins silver. There is nothing else on
the farm to compare with her. The
horses and cattle are heavy consumers,
and to get their value we must part
with them, but not so with the hen.
In her small way she is a gold mine on
the face of the earth, a mill that grinds
that which others overlook or refuse.