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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05
KILLED IN A WELL ON HIS RANCH
Richard Gilbery, Overcome by GAS.
Fell to the Bottom

Coulee City, Wash, May "a fatal ac-
cident occurred five miles southeast of
Hartline today. Richard S. Gllbery was
sinking well on his ranch, and had
nred blast of giant powder After
waiting a short time. he supposed
long enough for the gas from the now
der to escape. he descended into the
well. After going down about 80 feet he
began to feel the effects of the gas, and
signalled for the parties at the windlass
to haul him up just then he became un-
conscious and fell to the bottom of the
well, distance OF so feet, and was in
stantly killed. He leaves a wife and
four children.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05
GUILTY OF SMUGGLING DIAMONDS
Herman kreck of Cincinnati, of the
Well known Firm.

Philadelphia, May 29.-Herman Kreck.
OF the nrm OF Kreck. Coterman & Co.,
diamond importers, Cincinnati. was TODAY
found guilty in the United States district
court of attempting to smuggle diamonds.
1t was shown that Kreck had given the
captain of the steamer Rhineland a pack,
age containing $1,000 worth of diamonds
addressed to F. Won Reith of Cincinnati.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05

Yakima Daily Times: The proper wov
TO settle this silver question in this s,o,e
is TO provide for an expression of no
people by direct, unhampered vote ar
the next primaries. If the gold standard
advocates really believe a majority of
the republicans of this state favor n sins,Ia
gold standard they cannot obiec, ~ ,nis
manner OF settling the question. Then
let the faction defeated acquiesce in the
decision of the majority.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05
THE DECISION Is AGAINST THEI.
Moscow Not Forced to Pay warrant,
with Certain Money

Moscow, May 2S.-The supreme court
has rendered decision with regard to
the payment of Moscow city warrants.
which is of more than local interest
charles Theis of Theis 4. Barroll applied
Ior writ of mandate against Treasurer
WiIiiam Hunter to compel him to pay
Two warrants issued in 1899 and 1894 out
or the funds raised to pay the expenses
OF the city for the fiscal year ending
March IL, 1896. Judge Piper refused 20
grant the writ and his action Is sus-
tanned by the supreme court.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05

BOWLING Green Escaped.


London, May 29.-South Africa securi-
nes were depressed on the stock exchange
.oday owing to rumors Of the resignation
of John Hays Hammond and other of.
Metals OF the gold field company.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05
/ TORNADO IN PENNSYLVANIA
Swept Through the Lower End of
Montgomery County.

Amber. Pa, May 29.-In tornado
winch swept through the lower end of
Montgomery county yesterday three lives
We're lost and many persons injured. The
storm careened through the farming dis
trict, levelling barns and trees
AT Jarrettown the wind DESTROYED n
stone barn. burying Alfred Moffitt, Win
held Emslie, John Bates and Charles
spencer in the ruins. The two former
were dead when taken out.
me summer mansion of Alexander
Knight was ruined, the wind scoopjng
out the center of the building.
The Jarrettown Methodist church
schooi house and several houses We're
wrecked.
AT I.anghorn George Winter was killed
In barn.
At Penn's Manor a number of build
ings We're destroyed.
In Oklahoma,
Perry, Okla, May 29.-Pawnee 20 miles
east or here, was twisted by a hurricane
and half dozen people were killed and
wounded. Hail did great damage. In the
vicinity of Sheridan, 10 miles from Hem
messy, several houses were destroyed.
bowling Green Escaped.
Kansas City, Mo-, May 29.-Dispatches
received this morning from Bowling
Green, Mo-, state that that place was not
touched by the recent tornado The
twister struck eight miles from there
unroofing the depot at Burryville, demol-
ishing several houses and killing one wo-
man.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05

Boise, May pm. M. Ruick has re-
signed as delegate to the populist national
convention and Captain James Quinn has
been named In his stead
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-05

The Idaho Free Press IL one of the
emily seven papers In the state Of Idaho to
which . guaranteed circulation rating is
accorded In the edition of the American
Newspaper directory for 1894. The cor
rsctness Of the rating is guaranteed by a
800 forfeit, offered by the publishers of
the directory. to any person who will show
that the circulation Of the paper 10 not
correctly stated.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06
Fl. SMITH LETTER.
A Big Killing In Sequoyah-Judge
Parker's Charge.

Information reached here Mon.
day of the murder of Mack Glass
and Judge Laskey and the mortal
wounding of Ju ge Laskey's son,
in Sequoyah district, Saturday
night. Glass was in the peniten-
tiary at time of the payment and
drew mis- money only a few days
ago. Two men undertook to rob
Glass at Laskey's house and as
the victims showed fight they
were killed. Glass had the money
concealed on his person and the
robbers failed to find it.
Ed. Nuiter, stranger, died here
Friday night from the effects of an
overdose of morphine. Whether
he took the poison for the purpose
of killing himself or not is un-
known.
The February term of the feder-
al court opened Monday and Judge
Parker's charge to the grand jury
was especially forcible. He scored
the Oklahoma and appellate
courts, and said the principal use
of the latter was to shield crimin-
ais from just and deserved punish
ment. He did not call the Okla
homa courts farces, but said that
the governments money was
squandered there and no one ever
convicted of murder. He paid
a high tribute to the newspapers
and to the mails by which they
were enabled 10 enter every house
in the land. In speaking of the
change of the jurisdiction of the
courts he said the law had always
been administered faithfully here,
but it was continually urged by
those who wanted the court moved
but that it had never yet cost as
much annually as it takes to pay
the salaries OF the officials of the
Indian Territory courts. He
thought justice and law would best
be served by maintaining the jur.
isdiction like it now is until the
Indian Territory was blessed by
statehood.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06
School Teacher Appointments.

NINITA. L. l.. REQ. i, leyo-
EDITOR CHIEFTAIN: Il notice
with pleasure that one Justice,
in last weeks issue of your paper
comes nobly to the rescue of the
school board and defends the gen.
tlemen composing the honorable
body against the accusations and
structures of Mrs. Anderson who
two weeks ago roasted them un-
mercifully in The columns of THE
CHIEFTAIN. Now Justices heart
is in the right place, and his be-
nevolence of the most approved
orthodox kind, and he or she, as
the case may be, is cut out for a
missionary without doubt. In the
first place the National party
didn't make any mistake when it
selected the three gentlemen COM
posing the board of education.
These men were chosen on ac-
count o. their peculiar fitness for
the responsible position they &C.
cupy. These three men, headed
by Augustus E. Ivey, whose lofti-
ity of purpose, and purity of
character wouldn't be questioned,
and whose honesty and amiabil-
ness is known from one end of this
country to the other, are absolute
ly above suspicion. In the second
place the board did the right thing
in making the politics of the ap-
plicant the only test of qualiiica-
ton. The National party has
right to exact this much of those
who hold office under its regime,
otherwise it couldn't exist. The
idea of the home board of directors
having anything to say is rank pre-
sumption. 1t is not the preroga-
tive of he people at Vinita to have
anything to say about who teaches
their children; the board of educa-
tion will attend to that for them.
Mr.. Ivey's services 70 the country
have been such that as matter of
right he ought to oe allowed to
run the schools without Interrupt
tion from the people. But it is
wholly unnecessary for me to de-
fend the board of education, for
there are upwards of one hundred
teachers appointed and every one
of them will defend the board to
the extent of their ability, and in
some instances that is truly phe-
nomenal.
Hoping that the discussion may
continue indefinitely to the great
edifcation of the people, | am,
Yours truly,
Soc EFT TUUM.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06
The Administrator Measure.

The Dawes commission appear
ed before the senate Indian com
mittee Monday, as stated in a
Washington dispatch, and explain
ed bill which they have prepared
and which meets the approval of
the administration and avoids
conflict with the treaties. One
provision extends the jurisdiction
of the federal courts over the Ind
ians, so completely that nothing is
left for the Indian courts to do.
Another requires the approval of
the president to every act of the
Indian council before they can go
into effect. Town site legislation
is provided for. The Dawes COM
mission is continued and given en-
larged powers. The commission
is to make up the rolls of the Ind
ians entitled to tribal rights, to ap-
portion and divide the town lots,
among the Indians, according to
value, not size. AS soon as the
patent passes to the Indian, the
property becomes his to do with as
he pleases. No inalienable right
goes with any of the property.
The Dawes commission is to have
charge of the intruder question and
of all like controversies. In short.
the Indians, under the operation
OF the proposed act, will become
citizens of the United States and
landholders, and for the present
the commission will exercise most
of the functions of the government,
apart from what belongs to the fed
eral courts.
The bill carries an appropriation
of $50. 600 to continue the com mis-
sion and TO make its efforts effec-
live. No territorial form of gov
eminent is to be established for
the present.
The idea among the senators has
been that territorial government
would be the first step toward a
change of existing conditions. But
after the Dawes commission had
explained the administration bill,
the committee seemed to think
that about everything desired
might be accomplished through
the extension of court jurisdiction,
the enlargement of the commits
sion's powers and the distribution
of the lands among the Indians.
Indian delegates have been
relying on a blind belief that the
president would stand between
them and the change. They are
thunderstruck at the statements of
the Dawes commission about the
provision which the president ap-
proves.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06

THERE is no clash of opinion
among the reading public as to
whether public official should be
exposed when guilty of conduct
unbecoming one filling a public
station. So The CHIEFTAIN, along
with the common people," is Of
the opinion that when Cherokee
judge prostitutes his high office for
money and works" his friends in
the senate and house for acquaint-
ance sake, while he pockets the
"slush," he ought to have the
cover pulled off him, be be long or
short, Downing or National.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06

most important of all duties de-
volving upon a citizen, the duty Of
enforcing the laws against those
who may violate them Without
your cooperation. without your
interposition we would be subject
to all the lawless element that
might come among US, and there
fore the people have right to ex-
pect of you, and do expect of you,
that you will diligently inquire
and make careful investigation SO
that no guilty person shall escape.
There is one other matter to
which the court should call your
attention; it frequently happens
that neighborhood quarrels spring
up and men slip into the grand
jury room TOR the purpose of hav-
ing prosecution instituted, merely
for their own revenge or gratifica-
ton. The grand jury room is not
the place for gratifying private
vengence. 1t is not the place
where men may SANDER their
neighbors and escape the conse-
quences. Where such a case is
brought before you, you will ex-
anime with great care and consid-
Grafton all the surrounding cir
cumstances. But if you find that
crime has been committed and
the evidence of prejudiced witness
es is corroborated it will be your
duty to make presentment.
Your investigation is in secret.
You have no right to make known
outside your room anything that
occurs within your council chamb-
ers To do so is a very grave Of
fense, one which would subject you
to punishment for contempt of
court. There is a reason for this.
You will investigate a great many
offenses and hear a great many
witnesses and complaints which
you will find are not sufficient up
on which to present an indictment.
1t would be great wrong 10 indi-
viduals whose name should be
thus used If you should 60 outside
and make public your deHbera-
tions. There is but one channel
through which you have a right to
speak and that is by indictment,
prepared by the district attorney
and approved by you and present
ed to court; and when you have
discharged that duty the seal of
secrecy is thrown over all the rest,
not only during this term, but for
all time hereafter. You are not to
make known at any time any of
the deliberations of your body.
And finally, | earnestly appeal to
you to discharge faithfully
the duties which will devolve upon
you in your capacity as grand jur-
ors. You will present no man
through malice or i'll will and you
will permit no one to escape
through fear, favor or affection.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06
That Board Again.

Mr.. Justice, | think if you had
signed your name "ridicule" in
stead ofjustice it would have been
more appropriate.
Public crib must have an awful
bearing to cause such sore places
in certain peoples hearts that they
smart so under the pepper and salt
applied by the present board Of
education in the shape of indiffer-
encc. 1t is a deplorable fact that
some old teachers have been left
out that should have had schools,
but it is not for Us to say what
was the cause. Let us cast the
beam out of our own eye that We
may see more clearly to pluck the
mote out of our brothers. eye; but
then we know of no one else but
the present board who could have
been guilty of such a thing |
think, if | am not very much mis-
taken, there has been teachers left
out before, orphans dependent on
their salaries for a living, etc. But
they were too proud in spirit to
make known to the public that
their feelings as well as their purse
suffered thereby. But then. that
was done by some other board to
some other person. so it didn't
make any difference | suppose. 1t
is a supposition that some people
think the world was made for
them and theirs, and if anything
happens to ruffle the plscidity of
their aristocratic feelings, they
forthwith 60 on the war path.
They want to be something like
Turkey; everybody must worship
their way or be Immediately ami
hilated, if not by the sword then
by the pen. Speaking of the or
phan child having to pay for vi
nita's public school building, and
holding the board of education re-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06

WHATEVER may be the result OF
the embrogiio at Tahlequah over
the queer capers of the secretary of
the board of education in drawing
over $1,000 from the school fund
contrary to law, the fact will re-
main that there is something
wrong somewhere and that the
careful administration of law has
been sadly neglected. The law
directs how money shall be drawn
from the treasury, and the execu-
should not allow Mr.. Ivey nor any
one else to transcend the authority
of law and place in jeopardy the
most sacred funds belonging to the
nation. Ivey no doubt imposed
upon the chief as he does every one
with whom he comes in contact,
but ne certainly seems to have
very much the best of the matter
SO far.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06

SENATOR JONES and Congress-
man Bass Little of Arkansas are
brilliant examples of statesmen
that are able to blow hot and cold
as occasion requires. During the
last session of congress they were
in favor of stripping Judge Parker's
court OF all its jurisdiction over
this territory and now they are
both fighting to have that section
of the law revoked which grants
the territory courts full jurisdic-
ton after September 1, 1895. But
there is to be an election over in
Arkansas this fall and these gentle
men probably need the help of
Fort Smith.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06
W. W. Miers Supply Full line Hardware Stock

sponsible for same, would say it
is an excellent recommendation
for Vinita. Isn't she able to build
herself public school house? If
not, won't some charitable neigh
Dor take up small collection and
pay for Vinita's school house.
Don't let the orphans of that city
have it to pay. Vinita has spread
out her wings and tapped so long
in the past, | thought probably she
was about ready to fly off by this
time, to become a celestial city,
when low and behold she can't
build herselfa public school house,
much less boast of an orphanage.
You speak of sitting down on JUS
tice, decency and the will of the
people. Which one of the honored
names is applied to the ex-school
teachers, and to whom does the
third one apply. Mrs. Anderson?
Be careful, honorable board, and
don't sit too hard. But so long as
your hides are so callous as not to
feel stab, guess there amt no
danger. Now don't get mad; we
are only upholding justice. There
has been many malicious lies hurl-
ed at the head of the present board,
when | candidly believe they are
just as honorable as any other who
who have held that office, or any
other Office heretofore. The idea
of any sane man using the express
sion that is credited to the secre-
tary of the board in telling the
teachers that if they didn't trade
at his store they didn't get eny
school, 10 too thin to hold truth.
1 reckon the school marms of Vinita
disobeyed his precepts. Because
some knave has said the board was
composed of two fools and knave
don't make it SO. The expression
only points to the fool himself.
You speak as though the wife of
the president of the board OF edu-
cation was not capable of teaching
and controlling the minds of the
Cherokee children. | have the
pleasure of saying she was a
school mate of mine, ana you will
find her a competent, worthy,
christian lady, fully able to teach
in any of the schools in the terri
tory, instilling good morals into
the minds and hearts of our youth.
And l suppose Miss Beatty is
lady fully capable of filling her
position, else she would not have
been honored with the place. |
think Vinita may we'll be proud of
her next corp of public school
teachers if they have lost favor
lite. Respectfully,
Mrs. j. NJ. CARsELowEY.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06
SURVEYORS In TROUBLE.
Corner Stones Destroyed and Bearing
Tree Mark Obliterated.
United States Indian Agency.

MCShOGEt. 4 Jan. 1870
Hon. S. Ii. Mayes. principal chief. Cherokee
nation. Tahlequah. Indian Territory
SIR: Enclosed herewith | send
you a copy of a letter received by
me from the honorable commits
sioner of Indian affairs, of date
Washington D. c., January 20,
1896, in reference to interference
by Indians with the work of the
surveyors who have been and are
now operating in the Indian Ter
ritory under the director of the
geological survey under authority
of congress.
The letter is self explanatory
and | hope you will give it due
publicity through the proper cEan-
nels, among your people.
Very respectfully,
D. NJ. WISDOM,
U. S. Indian Agent.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06

The second term of Judge
Springer's court at Vinita opened
Tuesday in the Gray Halsell build
ing with a lengthy docket, both
criminal and civil. This week and
next will be devoted to criminal
prosecutions, and the common law
docket will be taken up on Mon
day, the 18th. The first thing in
order on the assembling of court
was the empansling of the grand
jury. The sixteen gentlemen Sc
lected for that body are certainly
well qualified for the duties before
them as they are well known, SUBJ
stantial citizens; Capt. C. V. Rog-
ers is the foreman. Following is
the panel: VIM. Little, Lem Par
is, John L. Bates, Joseph Bar
ricklow, G. A Williams, Lee Bar
ritt, C. V. Rogers, Lee B. Smith,
John Drake, C. T. Moore, A. S.
Nottingham, Robt. J. Lunday, R.
w. Lindsey, J. G. Mehlin, T. A.
Stewart, L. T. Kinkaid.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-02-06

When considering the manifold
causes that have LED up to the i'm
pending dissolution of the Chero-
kee government, we should not
lose sight ofthe fact that it has
largely been the fault of our own
citizens and that the conduct of
many of our trusted officials has
been such as to give the Dawes
commission and others, both out
side and inside our country, the
opportunity to pick our boasted
power of self government to pieces.
1t is true that the Cherokees
have surrendered right after right,
and made concession after conces-
sion to the United States in the
vain hope of thereby preserving
intact the institutions that are
dear TO every Indian heart. But
it is also true that the grasping
and heartless greed of our own
people have run wild and uncheck-
ed When the Strip was sold, (and
it was sad day for the Cherokees
when it was) cur own people rush.
ed in like hungry wolves and
many of them pejured themselves
to get an unjust share of what
should have been divided between
the whole nation, as it was their
common heritage.
In every solitary compromise
the Cherokess have made with the
government she has weakened the
home government in proportion,
but the death blows have been
struck by our own people, and are
continually being struck by our
leaders from the lowest to the
highest. The history of the Cher
okee nation affords but few instan-
ces of loyalty or of patriotism
among her leaders, but is replete
with the pelfidy of corrupt Off
cials. While We deplore the state
of affairs accredited to us by the
Dawes commission which was
without doubt overdrawn in many
particulars we all know that had the
corruption and meanness of many of
our own officials been made known
fully, the awful report of the
Dawes commission would have pal.
ed into insigniicance beside it.
Take for instance the payment of
the proceeds of the sale of
the Strip, and we find a system
attic and scientific course of plum.
der and stealage that hardly has
a parallel in the history of
any country. Our authorities not
only denied large portion of the
bona fide citizens of the nation the
right to participate in the pay
ment, but they themselves. with
out any sort of doubt pocketed
generous share of the peoples
money.
To enumerate the instances in
the legislative department of the
government where large sums of
money has been used in carving
forward schemes to loot the treas
ury would fill a volume, and the
citizen who has paid any attention
to public affairs knows beyond a
doubt of many, many cases of open
and shameless bribery. 1t has
been said that these things ought
not to be printed, that they hinder
and injure the Indian cause. But
that kind of argument will not bear
the calcium light of reason, and
the time is here when the people
propose TO know even the worst
and ifpossible to provide against it.