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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-05
HALE A MILLION LOSS.

San Diego, Cal ,Dec.5.-The townsof
Pochulta and EuatulO, in the state Of
Oaxaca, Mexico, were visited by tire
mendous hurricane on the night OF
November 18th. Serious damage was
done in the towns and on the coffee
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-05

plantations surrounding them. So far,
only four lives are known to have
been lost. The loss to coffee-grow-
ers is estimated at half million dol
lars.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-05

An druggists sell DR.. Miles. Pain Pills.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
ESSENTIALS OF CITIZENSHIP.

At this particular time it must
be of supreme importance to a
great many people to know just
what it takes to constitute a good
case for application for citizenship
in the Cherokee nation. There are
several thousand persons making
application to the Dawes commits
sion for enrolment as Cherokee
citizens, and as claimants, all such
are doubtless interested in know
ing what constitutes reasonable
grounds for the faith that is in
them. 1t is not impossible that a
great many claimants to citizenship
here are laboring under false no.
tions as to the status of their
claims, and many are very igno-
rant of the laws and usages govern
ing both the Dawes commission
and the Cherokee authorities in
determining who are entitled TO
citizenship in the Cherokee nation.
The congress of the United States
at its last session enacted law
authorizing the Dawes commission
to hear and determine applications
for citizenship in any of the five
tribes or nations in this territory.
In that enactment we find this Ian
guage: THAT in determining such
applications said commission shall
respect all laws of the several ma
tions or tribes not inconsistent
with the laws of the United States,
and all treaties with either of said
nations or tribes, and shall give
due force and effect to the rolls,
usages and customs of each of said
nations or tribes" This being the
law governing the Dawes commits
sion, we have only TO notice the
Cherokee constitution and laws to
arrive at a definite conclusion as TO
what constitutes a good claim to
Cherokee citizenship. Our consti-
tutionaI provision is as follows:
"Whenever any citizen shall re-
move with his effects out of the
limits of this nation, and become
citizen of any other government,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

The Arrow of last week enters
into a labored defense of the re-
Gently deposed board of education.
1t is certainly little remarkable,
in view of the charges filed against
the old board, and amply backed
up by affidavits of reputable citi-
zens, that a defender could be
found. No reasonable person will
maintain for a moment that Chief
Mayes could have done otherwise
than suspend the board, and In
deed subsequent events have
proven beyond question that the
order of suspension should have
been issued even earlier than it
was. Those who have read the
opinion of the encouragement in
the matter, unless they are full
of blind political prejudice, must
agree that no other course could
have been consistently pursued by
the chief. So far as making the
for the fall term is
concerned, the old board simply
did that for spite, and it was with
out authority of law or of prece-
dent. The better class of citizens
Of the Cherokee nation, regardless
of party, should see TO it that the
new board is sustained, and not
allow it made a political matter.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

be done, and while we may look
back to the good old times that
have passed and gone, with no
other regret, only that they can
never more return, we know that
a change in this country is inevi-
table. / hope you will consider
this in the same spirit that it is
written. | am
Respectfully yours,
WM. JACKSON.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

all his rights and privileges as a
citizen of this nation shall cease;
provided, nevertheless, that the
national council shall have power
to re-admit, by law, to all the
rights of citizenship, any such per-
son or persons who may, at any
time desire TO return TO the nation,
on memorializing the national
council for such re-admission "
Thus it will be seen that the COM
mission will hear and determine
these cases according to Chero-
kee law.
An applicant in the first place, to
come under the constitutional pro-
vision, must have been, he or his
immediate ancestors, a member of
the tribe and a resident of the ma
tion, and his application must be
Tor re-admlsslon as there is no pro-
vision for any other kind of appli-
cation. A great many claimants
could save time and money and
worry by needing the law govern
ing in this matter, and not listen
ing to the syren song of some citi-
zenship attorney who may lead
them TO believe that to prove Cher
okee blood is all that is necessary.
So, claimant to have any sort of
a show of ultimately being read
mitted must have at one time been
a citizen of the Cherokee nation.
either in their own person or
through some ancestor whose name
can be found on some of the au-
thenticated rolls of the tribe. Un-
der the constitution no one is enti-
tied as an inherent right to |
re admission to citizenship. II the
proves that at one time
he was a recognized citizen of the
Cherokee nation, and has forfeited
that citizenship, there is no law by
which he can demand admission;
it still is optional with the ma
tional council. And as a matter
OF course the same laws and usages
will govern the Dawes commission
in the consideration of claims to
citizenship.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
A Washington Interview.

"We are getting along admirably
down our way" said Marshal
Stowe. of the southern district to
correspondent. "Our part of the
territory is one of the best cotton
producing sections of the south and
is becoming filled up with people
who see the advantages of a home
where there are no taxes to pay.
OF course, the present status can
not last much longer, for at no dis
tant day the lands will be thrown
open to public settlement. The
Indians themselves recognize that
new order of things is inevitable.
In the Choctaw nation one of the
candidates for governor is running
Oh a platform that favors the OPEN
ing up of the country. The peo-
pie that comprise the Chickasaw
nation are orderly, well educated
and far in advance of what the rest
of the country believes of their
status. Although / have thirty
six deputies, four fitths of the work
is civil business. There is but lit
tie crime, and ninety per cent. of
that is perpetrated by men who
are refugees from other states.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
New spa pers In the ampaign.

In the present campaign, the
newspapers will be the greatest of
educators, in teaching the voters of
the land the proper way to view
the political questions of the day.
The Republic, of St. Louis. is with
out doubt the most able instructor
published on the Democratic side,
as it explains in almost every is
sue, by editorial or learned article
why the mass of the people should
vote for the democratic presiden-
tial candidate. In addition, it
prints all the news of the doings
of both parties and ali the speeches
of statesmen. The Republic is
Only Sc a year, 81 150 for 3 months,
or 60 cents a month by mail. Semi
Weekly s1.00 a year. aug
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
ACROSTIC.

Tfone short volume could comprise all that
L was witty. learn'd ard wise, How would
II be esteemed and readf Swift.
No plough shall hurt the glebe. No pruning
~ hook the vine. Douglas.
Defer not till tomorrow to be wise; Tomor-
- rows sun to thee may never rise.
-COngreve.
In this wide world the fondest and the best
Are the most tired. most troubled. and
DISTRESSED. -Crabbe
A tempt the END. and never stand to doubt;
- Nothing's so hard but search will find
it out. -Herrick.
Not from grey hairs authority doth flow.
- Not from bald heads. nor from a wrin-
kled brow; But our past life. when virtuous-
ly spent. Must 10 our age those happy fruits
present. -Denhan
Can wealth give happiness? look around
~ and see. What gay distress, what splen-
did misery. Young.
He who would hear what ev'ry fool could
- say Would never fix his thought. but
trim his time away. Dryden.
In nature there's no blemish but the mind:
kind. Prior.
/, rrors like straws upon the surface flow:
l. He who would search for pearls must
dive below. Dryden.
Faith and hope themselves shall die. While
deathless charity remains Prior.
The truly brave are soft OF hearts and eyes
And feel for what their duty bids them
do Byron.
\ : from the senses reasons work doth
spring, So many reasons understand
ing gain. Davis.
n all thy humors whether grave or mellow
1 Thourrt such touchy. testy. pleasing
fellow. Hast 50 much wit. and mirth and
spleen about, There is no living with thee.
nor without thee. Addison.
Nor should their age by years be told.
- Whose souls more swift than motion
climb. And check the tardy fight of time.
-Sandys.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

WHILE the national council is
wrangling over the matter of TAX
ing a census it might be well for
them to remember that the Dawes
commission have authority to
make a roll themselves if the Cher
okees refuse, after the expiration
of six months. So that if by the
tenth of next December a complete
census roll is not furnished, the
whole matter will be placed in the
hands of the Dawes commission.
And, we will add, that would be
the best thing that could happen
to the common Cherokee citizen.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
A HOld-up.

A. N. Randall, a teamster from
Cleveland to Tulsa for freight, was
held up Wednesday evening at the
spring eight miles west of Tulsa.
! 10 New Era representative Mr..
Randall said he had just stopped
at the spring when two men rode
up to him, coming out of the
brush One of them asked him
for a chew of tobacco which he
gave him when the fellow threw
down on him and demanded his
money. He replied that he had
none and they made a search.
Finding nothing they left. He
SAID the man who used the gun
appeared to be slender mulatto
with smooth face and curly hair.
He wore two pistols and carried a
Winchester. The other ne could
not describe. He thinks there
were four men in the crowd as he
saw two other horses hitched near
the spring.-New Era.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

A facetious correspondent of the
Tulsa Republican says:
To sell the present railroad
t5wnsites of the Muskogee nation:
to employ attorneys to defend the
rights of the Greek nation before
che U. S. supreme court; to ex-
change this. the Greek country,
for lands in South America, to de-
clare the U. 5. survey of the Greek
lands void; to pass an act prohib-
iting licensed traders from dis
counting Greek national paper; to
declare the sale of Oklahoma un-
constitutional and to take steps to
recover same, are questions That
are likely to be put before the
coming extra session OF council.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

The better class of the citizens
of Fort Gibson are considerably
wrought up over the careless hand
ling of weapons by irresponsible
parties who are commissioned to
60 armed around town. As rule
they are a class that the law -abid.
ing citizens fear and need protec-
tion from, and il is certainly an
injustice on the community to
have such characters armed as can
be found loafing around town al
most daily-some of them acting
in the capacity Of guards and 9TH
ers without any authority what
ever. We do not wish to be con-
strued as saying anything disre-
spectful of the officers of the law,
but we do think il is high time
that the city government be placed
on a higher plane by disarming a
few of the toughs and hobos that
have at all times got a big ugly
looking gun on them and making
themselves obnoxious to everyone
they come in contact with.-Fort
Gibson Post.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

The Muskogee Morning Times
will be the name of a new daily
paper at Muskogee, the first num-
ber of which will be issued next
week. Messrs. Gulick d Bishop,
of the Indian Sentinel, at Table
quah, are the men who are behind
the enterprise, than whom there
are few better all round news rus
tiers in this territory. We wish
the Morning Times abundant sue
cess.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
TOWN LOT TITLES.

In last weeks issue of our wor-
thy contemporary, the Claremore
Progress, is noticed an editorial
relative to town lot titles in the
Cherokee nation that may be, in
some degree at least, misleading.
The Progress reasons well, but
from false premises, ard as a
natural sequence reaches false con-
clusions. In the first place the
Progress says: "This nation has
plated towns, and sold to its citi-
zens the undisputed right to oc-
cupy lots therein, for all time TO
come" After laying down this as
a premise it is quite easy to logic
ally arrive at the conclusion that
lot holders had really purchased
them out and out from the Chero-
kee nation, and that the title had
really passed from the nation to
the individual. But the Cherokee
constitution steps in and rudely
dispels this utopian dream of indi-
vidual land titles in the Cherokee
nation. In the second section of
article one of the amended consti-
tuition we find these words: 1.-The
lands of the Cherokee nation shall
remain common property until the
national council shall request the
survey and allotment of the same. "
Whatever may be the ultimate
outcome of the townsite question
in this country there is one thing
sure: whoever settles it, whether
it be the United States or the
tribal authorities, must get back
to the original proposition, that
the "lands of the Cherokee nation
shall remain common property"
All the nation ever sold or tried to
sell was merely an occupant title,
and of course was limited to the
time specified in the constitution
when allotment should come. 1t
is quite right to protect the "equi-
ty" that town lot holders may
have in the lots, the occupancy"
of which they have purchased
from the Cherokee nation, but
there are great many other heirs
to the Cherokee estate who need |
protection also. More than half
the population of the nation are
minor heirs, and they are entitled
to an equal interest in the whole
estate. If the moneyed portion of
our people can monopolize the
town lot business and purchase all
the townsites as individual prop
erty, the common property idea
will have been thrown 10 the four
winds. When a citizen buys a
town lot, or rather the right to oc-
cupy one, the money he pays for
it goes into the national treasury
to the credit of the common fund,
the purchaser himself
who has as much interest in it as
be had, and still has the land.
If the townsites are valuable,
they are valuable to the whole
Cherokee people. No man has a
title to a foot of Cherokee land as
an individual. While the i'm
provements are the indefeasable
property of the citizen, the land is
still common property, and the
ownership of notsa single foot of it
has ever passed to an individual.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

BeggS' blood purifier and blood
maker cures all blood disorders. All
eruptions Of the skin can be removed
by the use of this wonderful medicine.
1t has no equal, and is purely vegeta-
bic. p. Shanahan Ike cps it, as well as
all other flrst-class goods. 400
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
WANTS, FOR SALE. Le>r, sTRAYED, STOLEN.

Zach notice, OF the character indicated, not
exceeding Fifty Words, will be inserted two
weeks under this heading for Fifty cents.l
STRAHED-Two sorrel mules about Is or
15h4 hands high. 10 years old: one has white
in forehead and two teeth out of lower jaw;
both show marks OF service and age; came
from Missouri. Information rewarded. Geo.
:. Burlington, Alluwe, Ind. Ter. 51-52
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
Auction.

On the streets of Vinita. Saturday. Aug.
-. at O'Clock. p. IN. Four head Of work
horses. one young mule. one set single har-
ness. lot of household goods, including bed
room set, stoves. carpeting, dishes and
everything needed for housekeeping. includ-
ing sewing machine. \ chance to get a lot
of valuable property at your own price.
Gall ON A. @. III .NNAM. AnctiOneer.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20
THE CHEROKEE COUNCIL.
THE LAW MAKERS NOT IN A VERY
ACTIVE MOOD.
An Attorney Bill Passed With S12, 900
Back Of it-A Unique Citizenship Ap-
plieatiOn-Charges Against The Board
of Education.
TAHLEQUAH, Aug. 10, '96.


Last Saturday the bill providing
for the appointment of attorneys
to represent the nation before the
Dawes commission passed both
houses, and doubtless will be
signed by the chief and become a
law. The bill leaves the selection
of attorneys with the chief and
carries an appropriation of ST., 600.
No number of attorneys provided
in the bill.
A bill passed Monday authoriz-
ing the chief to have duplicates
made of all papers on file in citi-
zenship cases, to be furnished all
applicants who may ask for them
when to be used in presenting their
claims to the Dawes commission.
The bill is for the benefit OF those
who have filed claims before coun-
Gil, or any citizenship court.
A census bill is now up and will
probably pass in some form. The
bill provides for the enrolment of
all bona fde citizens of the Chero-
kee nation and to be completed
within thirty days after the begin
ming of same. 1t provides for a
census commissioner and names
Henry Eiffert as the commission
er. The last two sections read as
follows: "Be it further enacted,
That native born Cherokee citi-
zens, or those born of parents liv-
ing as man and wife under the laws
of the Cherokee nation, and one of
whom, at least, is a Cher1k by
blood. and all persons re-admitted
to Cherokee citizenship shall be
enrolled upon a separate roll white
adopted citizens upon a separate
roll, Shawnee citizens upon a sep
arate roll, Delaware citizens upon
a separate roll. freedmen made
citizens by treaty and Cherokee
constitution upon a separate roll
and separate rolls shall be made of
all inmates of each of the follow
ing institutions. to-wit: Male Sem
i.:ary. Female Seminary, Orphan
Asylum, Colored High School, Ma
tional jail and insane asylum. Be
it further enacted: That the names
of any persons offering to be en-
rolled. whose names are not found
upon the authenticated roll of 1880,
and who shall show to the census
takers sufficient reason why the
name was then omitted, to be en-
rolled, the persons being then and
since regarded as citizens, shall be
by the census takers with
proper explanation attached"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

THERE had been 120 applications
for citizenship in the Cherokee ma
tion filed with the Dawes commits
sion up TO yesterday.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

The suspension of the board OF
education, consisting of Augustus
E. Ivey, Chas. o. Frye and John
E. Butler, by Chief Mayes for en-
bezzlement and malieasance in Of
fee is one of the many fruitful top
les of conversation around the
capital. The charges made by
John Henry Dick and backed by
affidavits galore are spicy and sem
sational in the extreme, and the
whole thing is a sample of the un-
blushing effrontery and shameless
boldness which seems TO have
characterized the deposed board
from start to finish. The charges
are specific, and the chief in his
order of suspension speaks in no
uncertain terms of the conduct of
the recalcitrant board. Following
are the charges against the board
as taken from the records in the
executive office:
Sir:-I herewith prefer charges
of malfeasance in office against c.
o. Frye, A. E. Ivey and J. E But
Ter, members of the board of edu-
cation, on the following grounds
to-wit:
Charge first: | herewith charge
said members of the board of edu-
cation with gross negligence in Of
fee, in this, that the said c. o.
Frye, A. E. Ivey and J. <. Butler,
members of the board OF education
have from time to time appointed
primary school teachers without
first examining them as to their
qualifications and competency, as
is required of them by the statute
in relation to education.
Also that incompetent teachers
have from time 20 time been ap-
pointed by said members of board
of education 10 teach various pri-
mary schools. Also that there is
no record in the office of the board
of education showing that said
members of the board of education
have examined or caused to be ex-
amined the persons applying for
appointments as school teachers.
Also that the said members of the
board of education have not visited
the various schools of the nation,
as is required of them by the law
of the Cherokee nation relating to
education.
Charge second: | also charge
said C. o. Frye, A. L. Ivey and J.
E. Butler, members of the board
of education, with embezzling the
funds of the nation, in this, that
the said members of the board of
education did accept, approve and
file a false report from Tom Tucker
for teaching or claiming to nave
taught the Cedar Bluff primary
located in Saline district,
for the fall term of 1895. and did
issue a requisition on said report
in favor of Tom Tucker for teach
ing the fall term, with a full
knowledge of the fact that said re-
port was false and that the said
school had not been taught.
Also that said members of the
board of education did accept, ap-
prove and file a false report from
John Usery for teaching or claim
ing to have taught the Georges
Fork primary school, located in
Canadian district, for the fall term
of 1895, and did issue a requisition
on the executive department in ia
vor of John Usery for teaching
full term. with a full knowledge of
the fact that said report was false
and that said school had not been
taught.
Also that said members of the
board of education did secure upon
issued by themselves
upon the executive department the
II { d. r 4
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-08-20

The character of applications for
citizenship here is something very
remarkable. Some of the strangest
and most unique letters are re-
ceived almost daily by Chief Mayes
from parties who wish to become
citizens. Herewith is printed an
exact copy of one that was received
by the chief Monday of last week: