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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15
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remarked a trisky horse as he picked himself
up after href argument with our CoILED
SPRING FENCE Every investigator comes te
the same conclusion and admits the truth o.
our claim tor Elasticity
Page Woven Wire Fence Company, Adrian
Mich. VIM. III. Matthews, Agent tor Addison
county Except Addison and Panton), Middle
bury, Vt, will send circulars on application
and answer all inquiries. 27u
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

by fire. We may add. that no re-
duction in rates will be made for
the improvements required.
Any information that we can
give you in reference to making
these improvements, will be cheer
fully accorded, upon a request
from you to do Sc.
We speak without fear of contra
diction, when we say that the sx-
perience of the companies in this
territory, has been an Improbable
one for more than ten years: proof
of which is established by the fact
that nearly as many companies
have Withdrawn from this field
during the term named, as now re-
main doing business here. 1t must
therefore be apparent to you that
this is not intended as a "bluff, I"
but that it means just what it says,
and that unless promptly COM
piled with, the day is not far dis
tant when every responsible fire
insurance company will be obliged
to withdraw, as a business propo-
sition, from the unequal contest.
1t is, therefore, serious matter to
you, to the companies and to our
selves. Yours truly,
FRANK s. DARBY,
TURNER & BozEMAN,
6. w. MILLER & Co.,
j. P. ScorT,
Agents.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
Better Protection Demanded.

MUSkOGEE, Ind. Ter. Jan. 9, 1896.
DEAR SIR: In carefully sum-
ming up the various causes of the
enormous fire waste in the Indian
Territory during the year which
closed on the 31st day of last De-
cember, by the insurance compan-
les doing business in this territory,
it was found that the most disas-
trous of these fires, those which
occurred at Tahlequah, Ardmore,
Purcell and Ryan, might have been
averted lind even five barrels of
water been accessible at the time
the fire was discovered in each
town named, and it can safely be
said that this would have been the
case in nearly, if not all, of the
other fires, 10 which they have
been called upon 10 contribute.
That fires have and will occur in
towns apparently tree from them,
goes without saying, but who
knows what town may suffer next
from these sweeping confagra-
tions. They have, therefore, ad-
vised US that unless some steps
are taken by the insuring public of
this territory, to provide such pro-
lection against fire as will merit
approval Oh inspection, that rates
will be sharply advanced, or tn e
companies will withdraw their
protection. In order to avoid these
possibilities, the former of which
would mean more expense to you,
and latter most disastrous to the
business interests of this territory.
We desire to impress upon you the
absolute necessity of taking
prompt action in organizing a fire
brigade, and to provide it with a /
sufficient number of hook and lad
ders, and to maintain stationary
ladders on the side and roof of all
frame business buildings,
and in front of said buildings, and |
on the sidewalk shall keep at least
two barrels of water, with fire
buckets handy, ready for use in
case of fire. We recommend fire
buckets made of zinc with cone
shaped bottoms, which are not
suitable for any other purpose
than fighting fire. Barrels must
be headed and bung closed and
kept in good repair, so they may
be rolled to the scene of any fire
which may occur.
Ifall business property owners
in your town will cooperate, the
pro rata expense will be nominal
as compared to your losses in case
of your property being destroyed J
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
A FREE FIGHT.

The board of education, the Ar
row and the Daily Capital are get
ting into a pretty squabble at
Tahlequah. The Daily Capital
has exposed Gus Ivey, the secre-
tary of the board of education, and
it would seem has very much the
best of the fight SO far, as it takes
its figures from the records in the
executive office.
The Arrow characterizes the ac-
ton of the Daily Capital as "dia-
boiical blackmail," !" but offers in
proof a statement of w. Trenton
Canup to the effect that Ivey had
been approached and asked for
hush money.
Now the thing the public is in
terestsd in is not whether w. Tren-
ton Canup wanted ''hush
money" or rot, nor yet whether
Grs Ivey said he had no "hush
money" for w. Trenton Canup,
the Daily Capital or Henry Dick,
but whether he, Ivey, is guilty as
charged by the Daily Capital or
not. If the secretary of the board
Of education drew money out of the
treasury on false pretense, or has
been irregular in his official trans
actions, the thing to do is to inves-
tigate him, turn on the calcium
light" and let the people know the
truth.
The Sentinel is preserving ian
armed neutrality" it says, and
thinks the matter may terminate
like the Lincoln cat fight or per-
chance show down. Now the
EARNED neutrality" is a wise po-
sition to take in the matter, and
the only safe one, and q Calling
gun is the thing for the Sentinel TO
wear for the present at least. But
the Sentinel say another thing
that may mean a great deal to the
Cherokee nation and to the cause
of education particularly, and that
is that this scrap may result like
Lincoln's cat fght.' The public
has always believed that the ia
nous cat fight referred to resulted
in a great many more cats, and if
this matter should result in many
more such school boards, the cause
of education has sustained a
shock from which it can never
hope TO recover.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

lating intercourse law; plea guilty;
80 days and 500.
James A; Gibson, illicit distill.
ing; same.
Dennie Carpenter, Jack Griffin,
Y. A. Mathews, John Mayes, Wal
ter Franklin, Gooden Barnes John
Cantrell, violating intercourse law;
60 days and 5000.
David Beanpaw, same; so days
and 500.
Bob Roberts, selling to Indians;
60 days and 500.
Will Wasson, violating inter-
course law; 26 months.
Charles Cunningham, same; 16O
days and s400.
Tom White, same; 80 days and
5000.
Nick Fallen. same.
John Payne, same; so days and
500.
Ed Graham, selling to Indians;
plea guilty; 40 days and 500.
William Sherman. robbery; plea
guilty; 2 years and 6 months.
George w. Wilson, murder; Pc
tition for writ of error filed.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

FROM a communication from the
fire insurance companies operat-
ing in this territory printed in an
other column, it will be seen that
there is danger of all com panies
Withdrawing from this country ,and
refusing any more risks where
there is SO little protection against
fires. If the insurance companies
were to do this, the business inter-
ests OF the whole country would
certainly suffer, as every mans
credit is weakened or strengthen
ed in proportion to the amount of
insurance he carries. Tahlequah
and other towns are organizing fire
companies and preparing TO fight
the flames. Let Vinita go and co
likewise.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
L0 the Poor Cherokees.

And so the Dawes commission
has been ordered by Secretary
Hoke Smith to Washington to con-
fer with the house and senate COM
mittees on Indian affairs. This
looks like business. A change
must soon come over the Indians
dream in all the territory. Our
yesterday mornings dispatchs
most clearly indicate that the
tribal decks are to be cleared for a
more modern government.
That delegation of Cherokee In
dian, now in Washington, pro-
testing against the intrusion of
whites in their territory. has its
sentimental and pathetic side, az
the answer of the secretary was
materialistic and hard. But so
goes the world. tits not a ques-
ton of right but of might when it
comes to possessing this earth. The
Anglo Saxon is earth hungry, and
nothing but the Anglo-Saxon him.
self dare confront this hunger for
land. The Cherokees appealed to
their solemn treaties and pointed
to the fact OF all they had acquired,
and to the progressive steps they
have taken along the lines of civil
ization. But the appeal will prove
futile. They hold their lands as a
tribe of nomands in common, and
that present civilization will not
brook, no matter what the treaties
OF the past may say, or how solemn
were the compacts under which
they were drawn up. Their con-
stitution and laws and judiciary
system are modelled after the white
mans; but there stands the fact of
tribal relation and the social COM
pact of commonality of land own
ership, not in fee simple owner
ship but treaty rights. They are
as d whole religious people, the
greater of them being Prssbyter-
ians, as shown by statistics, and
their schools are well attended and
well supported. They have at
their capital, Tahlequah, two high
schools, one for boys and one for
girls, and these schools are free.
They have newspapers printed in
both English and Indian, and with
al guaranty from the United
States that their country should
not be intruded upon by whites.
But there are more whites than In
dians in the nation even now. At
first tenants at will, these whites
have gone on and married Cher
okee maidens and women, and
built houses on the choicest lands,
and there they are, in all probabil-
ity. to stay. to hold and to keep,
to hold their lands and keep their
wives, cattle and possessions. The
situation seems difficult, but more
difficult for the Indian than the
white. The one is uneasy and dis
turbed; the other serene aad con-
tented. The whites who married
the Indian girls, who in turn have
become mothers, are more sure of
maintaining their rights than are
the Indians with all their treaty
guarantees. So we have this del
egation at Washington, hoping
against hope and pleading the i'm.
possible. Wichita Eagle.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

IT is said the Cherokee Delega-
tion in Washington and the repre-
sentatives of the Cherokee-Shaw-
nees have reached mutual agree
ment that will take the Shawnee
case out of the courts and secure TO
the Shawnees an early payment OF
their share of the Strip money.
The number of Shawnees entitled
to citizenship in this nation ac-
cording to the present roll is $50,
aud the amount agreed on is 1896.
per head.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

ACCORDING to recent Washing
ton dispatches, President Cleve-
land is getting ready 10 put forth
his recommendations in regard to
legislation touching this country.
The president has had several con-
ferenecs with Secretary Hoke
Smith on the subject, and has ex-
pressed a desire that the secretary
and the Dawes commission Jointly
would prepare a bill and submit
the same to him that it may go in
as an administration measure. Mr..
Cleveland is not among those who
believe that statehood is best for
the five tribes, nor yet territorial
government, Notwithstanding the
Dawes commission recommend the
latter so strongly in their report
However, he is in favor of extend
ing the jurisdiction of the United
States courts so as TO include all
offenses and to supersede the tri-
bal courts.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
Some Novel Races.

A London newspaper some years age
contained an account of a strange sort
of contest which two noblemen once
got up for their own amusement 1t
consisted of matching a flock of tur-
keys and flock of geese for a race on
the London and Norwich road, In the
middle of the last century. The tur-
keys would insist upon flying into the
roadside trees to rest; while the geese,
keeping up steady waddle all night,
reached London from Norwich two
days ahead. The same journal also
mentions the feats of Hon. Tom Coven-
try's sprinting pig. In 1903 this speedy
animal was matched against a cele-
brated runner, and started strong
favorite on the day OF the race. which
she won with ease. The pig had been
trained to run the distance each day
for its dinner. Another strange contest
of this time took place between two
sporting noblemen, who raced against
each other on a windy day on Hamp-
stead Heath, one running backwards
in jack boots, and the other holding up
an open umbrella, and running for
wards. Round Table.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
The Puppy Painted Away.

Speaking of dogs" said Superin-
tendent John Horne, of the Mount
Washington railwaI, lid you ever see
a dog faint away" No one had.
well, / have" said une veteran rail
road official, and he proceeded to tell
of very young pup which was taken
from its mother and remained at the
signal station on Mount Washington
all winter, several years ago. When
taken down the mountain in the spring
he met another dog, who undertook to
make his acquaintance. "You will OBJ
said Mr.. Horne, "the young fell
low didn't remember ever having seen
a dog, and doubtless thought the one
before him was the only other dog in
the world; so he keeled over in dead
faint" Among the Clouds
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
SURVEYORS AT WORK.

The United States government
surveyors are now at work in the
southwestern portion of the Cher
okee nation. They have recently
crossed the Creek line on their
northward course and are even
now cutting Cherokee territory up
into sections. In other years a
great deal has been said about sec.
tionizing this country. The prop
osition has had its opponents and
its advocates, but now in q few
short months it will be "condi-
tion and not a theory" There is
little doubt but what the act of
surveying the land will work a
great change in the feeling and
sentiment of the citizens of this
country in reference to the consti-
tutional opposition of the average
Indian TO allotment. When the
section lines shall have been run,
and the corners established, then
the people will begin to want to
conform their improvements to
these lines, and will mutually want
TO know that their homes are their
own and cannot be encroached on
or taken by another. A single
section-640 acres-is going to
look mighty small to some of our
citizens who have thousands and
thousands of acres in cultivation,
and who if they have to take their
pro rata share only. will have to
give up the greater part of their
holdings. The time is fast ap-
preaching when every citizen
should know where his part of the
land is and have an individual
title TO the same. The pro rata
share will be very small at best,
and there is certainly no good rea-
son to continue holding land in
common when there is 30 little to
the head. When the surveyors
are done, when this country is all
surveyed, then it will certainly be
wise to allot the land with Just as
little delay as possible. Nearly
all the leading Indian citizens ex.
press themselves privately in favor
OF allotment. but publicly, for var
GUS reasons, they do not like to
advocate such a measure. The
full blood contingent is opposed
to any sort of change in the land
tenure and will probably never
consent I'LL il is forced.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

Henry Treathart and Chas.
Keyes INDUCED in a little scrap
about noon Tuesday. 1t seems
that Keyes was drunk and began
abusing Treatheart, who is an old
man. rreatheart resented such
treatment and gave Keyes several
blows in the face. The fight began
on the corner of ninth and Walnut
streets. Keyes took refuge in the
Tower Jewelry Co.'S store, where he
was followed by his elderly assail-
ant, and was knocked over a large
vase standing in the window, shat
tering it completely and also
breaking the stand on which it was
placed. The men were arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Harbourt and
arraigned before Police Judge Car
rington. Keyes was fined IS and
costs for provoking an assault, and
Treathart was fined SIS and costs
for the assault. Treatheart also
paid for the large vase which was
valued at about s8.-Coffeyville
Journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
A Venal School Board.

The directors and patrons of the
Vinita public schools were sur
prised and disappointed that
Miss Halle Thompson and Miss
Harlan were not assigned this
school for the coming term. These
young ladies have worked earnest
ly and faithfully for the progress
of the school, and have built up an
unusually large interest and atten-
dance. Through their efforts the
school house-if the shelter (?)
could have been so called-has
been remodeled into a respectable
three room building, so arranged
as to be converted into one room,
well ceiled; well lighted, and COM
Portable. which has been paid for
by collections and entertainments
through their OVID exertions, with
the exception of $50 or SIS, which
we understand Miss Halle Thomp-
son has obligated herself to pay.
In the face of the fact that a
petition was sent down by the di-
rectors of this school requesting
that Miss Thompson and her as
sistant be reappointed for the COM
ing session, and in defiance of the
acknowledgment of the patrons of
the school that they had given sat
isfaction and shown themselves
capable and worthy of the same,
the appointment was denied them,
neither were they given any other
school. There can be but one ex-
cuse for such action on the part of
the board of education. The rea-
son obvious to all is one of polit.
ical prejudice. When Miss Halle
Thompson, or any other young
lady dependent alone upon her
own exertion for support, to say
nothing of the satisfaction she has
heretofore given, is made victim
to such narrow minded prejudice
and political plots, it is time
long needed change in the govern
ment of our school system should
take place.
The object of the school board
is supposed to make selections
from the applicants for the schools
according to their capabilities and
worth, regardless of political pres
tage. Can any one remember
when such a state of affair. exist
ed? On the other hand, il cannot
be denied that the public school
system has been made a tool for
political favoritism.
1t 10 hard to believe that any one
could be so mean in spirit aud
so small of soul as to make use of
his influence against an orphan
girl in order to salty some grudge.
We can think of no body of men
who should be chosen with SO
much forelhought and judgment
as that of the board of education.
From it must spring an influence
that is far reaching and never end
ing; for the teachers in this nation
are moulding the minds and char
acters, and many times the desti-
nies of the youth of this land, who,
in the future must take the place
of the men and women of today.
And yet it is fact, as painful as
true, that in many cases where an
appointment OF teacher is made
more care is taken to learn the ma
ture of the votes cast in the elec-
tion by the relatives Of the same
than any inquiry into or concern
for the ability or fitness of the ap-
plicant. The better element of
this community are unanimous in
their condemnation of the action
of the board of education for not
even considering the applications
of the former teachers of this
school. Mrs. j. G. ANDERSON.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
The Delaware Payment.

Special Indian Agent Dickson.
who has been in the territory some
days tor tine purpose of making
the payment of the per capita
money due to the Delawares, feels
considerably lost at the delay in
the coming of the rolls and checks
from Washington. After remain
ing in Muskoges week awaiting
their arrival, he has gone to No.
wata and Bartlesville, where the
Delawares most reside, and will
there await the arrival of the rolls
and checks. The payment will be
made by checks, made out in
Washington. and Agent Dickson's
duties is to properly pay out these
checks when they arrive. Eighty
two claimants, whose claims are
just and correct, but about whom
some disability exists, has been
suspended until the disabilities can
be corrected-Ex.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
Fl. Smith LETTER.

Marshal Crump received a tele-
gram Thursday night announcing
tn. safe arrival in Guthrie, o. T.,
of Marshal Tighlman having in
charge the notorious Bill Doolin.
Doolin was captured in Eureka
Springs, Ark. Tuesday night.
Bras Parker leaves tomorrow for
Fit. Leavenworth with a car load
of prisoners, who were convicted at
the present term. He will be ac-
companied by eight guards. They
will have between 35 and 40 pris-
oners.
Friday night Judge Parker fin
ished the call of the criminal dock
ct. Three juries will be made up
to try three civil cases and then
the jurors will be discharged. The
court has been in continuous ses-
sion ever since the first Monday
in November,
II. Austuman, an upholsterer,
committed suicide Friday on ac-
count of financial affairs. He has
been respondent some time and
finally took a ballot on his life and
drew the black ball. He went to
Schentzen park, climbed up into
the music stand and fired bullet
into his brain.
The special grand jury empan-
nelled Saturday, reported to Judge
Parker this morning. They re-
turned SO indictments.
Kizirah Walton and John L.
Walton, forgery; verdict guilty.
David Markell, assault; 2 years.
Andrew Jackson, receiving stol-
en- property: l3 months.
Reuben Johnson, larceny; 2
years.
Ed Christopher, assault; Is
months.
Thomas NJ. Duncan, perjury, yer
dict not guilty.
Thomas NJ. Duncan, forgery;ver-
dict guilty.
John Fields, illicit distilling;
plea guilty; 80 days and 500.
Bob Payne, same.
Charles Taylor, violating inter.
course law; same.
Joseph McMillen, same.
John T. Lowell, selling; same.
Gus Roberts, introducing and
selling; 60 days and 5000.
Edgar Jennings, same.
Ben Howell, receiving stolen
property; years.
David Crutchfield, introducing
and selling; sentence of 80 days set
aside and sentenced to 26 months.
Lum Langley, larceny; plea
guilty, 10 days.
Emett Stewart, same; sentence
suspended to February term.
A. Kennedy, assault; is months.
Phil Cosey, larceny; plea guilty;
2 years.
Ed Hopkins, violating inter-
course law; plea guilty;30 days and
500.
John Butler. alias Rat; Will Dau-
nonburg, w. J. Heffllefinger, J.W.
Wicker, Wesley r. Webb, Pat
Leonard, Mike Riechel, Andrew
Heaton, G. w. Watts, Geo. Chand-
Ter, Will Thompson, Ed Triplett,
Charles Smith, David Hall, vio-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23
Agent Wisdom has received

Agent Wisdom has received a
communication from the commits
sioner of Indian affairs advising
him that the Interior department
has no authority to arrest or inter-
fere with the operation Of the white
clerk law so far as it may effect
Cherokee citizens, and that the
agency has not the authority to is
sue permits to non-citizens to re-
side in the Cherokee nation with
out the consent of the authorities
of said nation, except as provided
by the treaty of 1866, in the case
of licensed traders. This leaves
the white clerk law matter, 30 far
as the Interior department is con-
cerned, wholly with the Cherokee
people.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-01-23

Early Sunday morning Mr.. John
Slower, residing near the seminary
spring, upon going to his wood
pile was astounded to find half
hidden In the wood, a fetus, which
had been thrown there by some
ruthless hand. He at once noti-
fed the officials and an investiga-
tion was made. Late yesterday
afternoen the crime was partially
revealed. Lizzie Cordrey, who
had been staying at Mr.. Stover's
house, was arrested, and acknowl-
edged that she was the cruel moth
er. She claims a certain physi-
clan in Tahlequah gave her the
prescription which resulted as
above intimated. The woman is
now under arrest and will await
the action of the grand jury. More
sensational developments are an
ticipated when the case comes up
for trial.-Tablequah Capital.