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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
Notice of Assignee's Sale.

Notice Is hereby given that pursuant to
the powers granted In a certain deed OF as
signment made by Geo. W. Green TO the un-
derslgncd on the nth day Of November, 1895.
the undersigned assignee will offer for sale
at public auction ON the Goth OF January,
1871 la the town Of Alton. Indian Territory,
at the place whore the property Is located,
the following properly, via. the stock of
general merchandise formerly owned by
Geo. W. Green and used by him at Alton,
Indian Territory said stock consisting OF dry
goods, boots aud shoes, clothing, hats and
such other articles AS are generally carried
IN such stocks; the furniture, counters, shclv-
ing, show cases. tables, Iron safe and such
other articles in the way Of furniture as
were used with said stock; one hay barn lo-
Gated In Alton. Indian Territory, on the
north side OF the Frisco X. X. track; one
grlst mill. one Aultman & Taylor steam en-
giue, one steam power hay press. one McCor-
mick mower. one sulky rake. one lot OF baled
hay estimated 20 contain one hundred and
twenty tons subject 70 a mortgage in favor
OF observation-disclosures Dry Goods Com
pany; also the following town lots located IN
Alton. Indian Territory, together with the
improvements thereon. the sale OF the lots
being subject 20 the restrictions OF the law
concerning the sale OF town lots In the Cher
okce Nation, viz. lot No. In block No. 20,
and lot No. In block No. Al, and lot No. ia
block No. fi. and lot No Q in block No. S3.
The said sale viii take place between eleven
o'clock In the forenoon and four o'clock In
airy. t6sI. aud II not completed on said day.
viii be continued between the same hours
70 such other day rs the assignee may ad-
journ the said sale 20. W. II. CURTIS.
Assignee.
This, the 18th day OF December, 1895
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
The Freedman Payment.

Editor Times: | notice in your
paper of the 9th instant, an article
clipped from the Wagoner Record
in which it stated among other
things that the Cherokee Freed.
men are TO be paid at last, and
that there is no hitch to stop the
payment, and the rolls will be
completed in only few days, and
then the payment will commence.
According to my information,
which | deem entirely reliable,
the article from the Wagner Rec
ord is misleading, and is likely to
arouse a hope which will not be
gratified. Ny information (direct
from " ashington) is TO the effect,
that the Indian Office is now at
work on the report Of the commits
sion, aud that it will report to the
secretary Of the interior about the
10Th, instant, and the matter will
then be made special in the in
terror department, and if it is pos
sible 10 approve the roll and make
payment in the next sixty days it
10 believed the secretary would
like to do so; but you will under
stand that delays usually attend
work Of this kind. So no one can
tell just when the interior depart
ment will get ready for the pay
ment.
have no information as to who
will be made paymaster Of the
fund, aud presume that is a mat
ter for the future consideration
and action by the honorable sec
retary OF the interior. deem il
my duty to publish this informa-
hon so that all parties interested
in the payment can settle down
and await the inevitable with due
patience until something further
has been decided upon in the mat.
ter. ID. NJ. WIsDoM,
u. s. Indian Agent.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
SINNRD AWAY THEIR DAY OIL
GRACE.

At present the indications point
strongly to speedy and radical leg
islatioI by congress eilecting the
Indian Territory, ard that the
Choctaw agreemont will be modi-
fed so as to more nearly meet the
requirements of not only the Choc-
taws, but also OF the other tribes,
and it will be made general.
The Dawes commission is now
in Washington, and together with
the secretary of the interior they
have prepared a bill providing for
immediate dissolution of tribal re-
lations without further delay, or
waiting for other tribes to act. The
bill proposes to arbitrarily take
hold OF the matter of Indian auton-
omy in the five tribes and practi-
cally abolish it. The delay, and
tactics of the commissions appoint
ed by the different tribes tending
only to block legislation and pro-
long the struggle has about decided
the fate Of the FIVE civilized tribes.
And the prospects are good for the
passage Of the bill before the 4th
OF next March, and the president
is in .he mind to sign it. He
takes the position that the Indians
have been given every opportunity
they could reasonably ask, and
have had ample time to get ready
for the change. The Dawes COM
mission is fully satisfied now from
the conferences recently held with
representatives of all the tribes,
that longer delay will be absolute
ly detrimental TO the interests OF
the common citizen of these tribes,
and that the proper course to pur-
sue is to take hold at once, and by
sweeping legislation make further
maladministration here impos-
sible.
The men who have been run
ming these Indian governments for
so long time are going TO have to
quit, Congress and the Dawes
commission from this time forward
are going 20 stand between them
and the people they have so un-
mercifully plundered. Secretary
Francis and the president it is
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
Fort smith Court.

The federal court has been rather
quiet this week, nothing engaging
attention except civil business.
Judge Adams, Of the eastern dis
trict of Missouri, arrived in the
city Thursday to. preside over the
consideration Of several cases in
which Judge Rogers was disquali-
fed.
Although there is but little work
for the court at present, the next
session promises to be a busy one.
The docket shows that twenty-one
murder cases will come before il,
also one manslaughter case.
The cases on docket, with dates
set for trial are:
w. j. Vance, February A.
Leonard Williams, February 8,
Rufus Winlock, February II.
Jess Miller, February 10.
Gordon Owens, February %.
Charles Scott. February "a.
Ellis Bat, February 26.
Aaron Craig, March 1.
The cases without date are Sam
Downing. Famous Smith, Charles
Smith, John Allison, Buz Lucky
Eli Lucas, Thomas Thornton, j N
Yostler, Ed Alberiy, Mollie King
and Berry Foreman. To these
must be added Henry Starr anc
Jesse and John No6re, who have
been convicted Of murder anC
whose cases were remanded by tbs
supreme court, Monday for re-
trial.
The case OF James Davenport
charged with manslaugbter, Is also
on docket for trial during the nexl
term. Elevator.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
Prohibition In Kansas.

LIE Roy. KAN, Jan. 8, 1897.
Mr.. EDITOR: A dispatch in your
issue January Z, from Topeka dated
January 4, under head of
"liquor dispensaries favored" l
wish to correct | don't know who
could send out such a message
broad cast but the enemy. In the
first place the state temperance
union convenes on 18th. A union
made up of all parties instead of
the "ultra prohibitionists, " and on
the 18th mass convention OF the
w. G. 7. u, I. o. G.. T., Good
Citizenship League, State Temper
ance Union and any other temper
ance advocates not committed to
above societies and OF all political
shades. When this goes to press
you will likely know how false
that statement was by their own
doings in convention. Temper.
ance workers favor no regulation,
but prohibition. Gov. Morrill,
laid the dispensary nest egg in
Kansas but rest assured the tenn
perance people will never hatch it
out. ALICE NJ DAVID.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
WHOSE OK IS qoREDf

WHOSE OK Is gORED9
Some people seem to have failed
thus far to realize that the lands Of
the Cherokee nation are really
common property. II is no un-
common thing to hear the express
sion that it will be nothing short
Of robbery to again require the
purchase Of town lots by those who
now hold them. THE CHIEFrAIN
would not like to be- found in the
lists Of those who would deprive
any citizen o. non citizen Of their
rights, either in town or country,
but il seems strange that any
should be ignorant Of the condi-
ton of land tenure in This country.
The situation is not different now
from what il has been all along. and
this paper has urged for years the
great necessity for a change in the
system of land tenure from com
mon, to individual title in order
that these people might build per-
manent homes, and that the towns
might offer field for investment
and enterprise, and that capital
might be attracted to this great
country and be safely invested.
But our non-citizen friends in
the nations south of us would not
wait. They grew impatient at
what was considered unnecessary
delay, and went to work and built
magnificently, if not wisely, on
land, the title of which was vested
in an Indian tribe, and now when
the Dawes commission comes down
here to divide the land amongst
the rightful owners, the Indian,
they find themselves 'twixod the
devil and the deep sea" and talk
savagely about robbery. Who is
II thA is about to be robbed2 No
body las heard an Indian COM
plain of the Dawes commission
trying to rob him; on the other
hand he is getting ready to re-
ceive his share OF his estate in
land and money; then, when the
legal prohibitions are removed he
may sell to outsiders or to whom
soever he pleases.
The towns in the Cherokee ne.
tion have been built almost exclu-
sively by Cherokee citizens, and
are owned by them, so far as own
ership can extend, namely, to the
improvements. The Cherokee who
finds himself in possession of town
lots, actually occupying them, will
stand in little danger of being de-
prived OF them when the division
comes. He has rights under the
constitution Of his tribal govern
ment that can and will be respect
ed. But there is no law under
which a Cherokee citizen can claim
protection in the ownership of un-
occupied town lots. The spirit
and the letter of both the constitu-
ton and the law is violated in the
assumption that a citizen can hold
land in the Cherokee nation with
out occupying it. The thing pur-
chased from the nation when a
town lot is bought is nothing more
nor less than the right TO occupy,
and when the purchaser does not
occupy, then he fails to avail him.
self of the only privilege sold him.
The Dawes commission under
stands this proposition perfectly
in all these nations, and if let alone
will settle everything justly and
equitably. The cry Of robbery"
comes from the crowd tha: have no
rights to protect.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

The announcement OF the Twice
a-Week Globe Democrat will be
found IN these columns. AS a
newspaper this journal is without
a peer and being published in the
city TO which all this country is
tributary IN a commercial sense is
the best that our people can read.
The price 10 S1.00 a year; OF it will
be sent with The INDIAN CHIEF
rAIEfor 81 year. Subscriptions
will be received for the Globe
Democrat alone at this Office with
out expense TO persons desiring.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
Subscribing for MetropoIItan Papers,

The coming year will be crowd
ed with big news events and hap
penings the details of which every
one interested in national and for
eign affairs will want to read
The best western newspaper pub.
lished is the Semi Weekly Repub-
lie of st. Louis, 1t is only 81 a
year, and for that amount it will
send two papers a week to any ad-
dress for one year. The Republic
daily is Sc year, SO for six
months or 81 80 for three months.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

lr would seem TO be the part Of
wisdom to concentrate the courts
Qf they are to be concentrated) at
the point where the largest amount
Of business is, but the Muskogee
plan seems to be to concentrate at
the point where a few of the law
yers live and have undertaken to
build a town.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

Jesse Mcknight, who formerly
conducted the stage line from Tahi-
equah to FIT. Gibson, was brought
to Muskogee Sunday and lodged
in Jail, charged with being impli-
Gated in the stage robbery near
Menard last summer. Bob Elliot,
Guy Thornton and William Hoff.
man are in Jail on the same charge
-Muskogee Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
WANTS. YOR SALE, LOsT, sTRAYED, ,sTOLES

tEach notice, OF the character indicated, not
exceeding Fifty Words, will be Inserted two
weeks under this heading for Fifty cents.l
TAKEN uP-One dark bay mare. dark
name and tail. white strip In forehead. about
eyears old. about Is hands high. ewe-ncckcd; ;
no marks or brands. owner can have mare
by proving property and paying for adver-
tislng and keeping. a. Cruzan. Ninita.I.T
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
Nearly One Thousand Ladies'

are now selling those elegant tollot
preparations put up by the Partisan
Toilet Co. Of Chicago. Agents wanted
all over the U. S. Write for full di-
rections to 100 Michigan st. Inclose
stamp for reply. Sold by Shanahan. 400
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

The Muskogee court bill, and
the Muskogee townsite bill, have
been followed up without any un-
necessary delay by nominations by
the Republican club Of Muskogee
for about all the offices scheduled
to the Indian Territory. Mr.. Nc
Kinley will probably not be able
to reach our. Muskogee friends be-
fore the afternoon OF the fourth Of
March.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

An exchange tells Of a fellow,
who every time he gets on a spree,
insists on paying years cub
ecription 70 hie town paper. He
has already paid 10 January 1,
l847. An effort will be made here
10 ascertain what brand OF whis-
key The fellow ik using that IL may
be put on the market here. Wag-
oper Record.
n thero must be any spbscribs
efs my years IN arrears our
friends a. Wsgoner are welcome
" them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
DR. w. w. BRYAN,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
OLAREMoRE. IND. TER
Notice.

BY virtue OF the power contained In GER
tain chattel mortgage, executed by r.. T.
lronside, In favor Of John :. Britain Dry
Goods Company. and others and which was
duly recorded In the Office OF James A.
Winston. clerk OF court for the northern dis
trict. OF the Indian Territory, az Muskogec,
]. IT,. on the 18th day Of DECEMBER. 1895 In
book q. pages 3s5-6, | Will sell at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder for cash. In Ninita,
!. T.. on the 2ist day OF January, 1897. In front
OF the store OF n. +. Ironside, the following
prOpert All OF the stock OF general mer-
chandise contained in the said store. con-
sisting OF dry goods. nOtions. boots. shoes,
hats, caps. clothing. hardware. quecnsware
SC. aud all fixtures. OF every description
contained In said stOrc also all notes and
book accounts.
JOHN :. BRITTAIN DRY GOODS Co..
EVANSVILLE STOVE WOnKs.
II. WErrER MANUFACTURING Co.
Mortgages.
n. B.-Prospcctivo bidders and all persons
desiring to inspect said property are refer
red TO Mr. j. n. Butler agent OF the mort
gagees. TURNER & BuRCKuALTER,
Attorneys for Mortgages.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

IT is said, the best evidence Of
the good quality Of a mince pie is
that one can't sleep after eating it.
So it would seem the best evil
dence that the agreement recently
entered into by the Choctaws with
the Dawes commission is pretty
good for the Indians is that the
other crowd are stirred up over Il.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14
Warning Order.

In the United states court for the Northern
district OF the Indian Territory, at Ninita.
G.. l.. Hudson, plaintiff.
vs. No. al2
Madalene Hudson, defendant
The defendant Madalene Hudson II warned
TO appear Ia this court within thirty days
and answer tho complaint OF the plaintiff. q.
l.. Huds9r. JAS, A. WINSTON, Clerk.
by J. G, ANDERSON. Deputy. rs
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

THE many conflicting interests
in this Indian Territory will rem
der il impossible for the Dawes
commission to make any treaty
whatever that will not be violently
attacked by the opposing interests.
The conditions are such that some
body must necessarily get hurt in
the final shakeup. If there was
no one in the country save those
who are to share in the division Of
land the same difficulty would still
exist, as there are many Indian
citizens who will be practically
ruined when they are forced, as
they must ultimately be, to give
up property that belongs to the
tribe in common, the exclusive use
OF which they have had for years.
The man who has had the free and
unmolested use of large tract Of
farm, or Of grazing land, will Of
course "kickp when be is forced to
relinquish his hold upon it. But
the Dawes commission can view
this matter in a more disinter-sted
light than any Indian citizen, be-
cause II recognizes the equal rights
Of all, as though no difference ex-
listed in holdings. A row is begin
ming 10 take shape which will only
be settled by a sweeping act Of
congress that will ultimately set.
tie, not only the Choctaw trouble,
but the same in all the other tribes
IN this territory.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

The Dawes commission are prob
ably as much interested in being
continued in Office another year as
anything else just at the present
time. When that matter is settled
definitely, the negotiations can
,,roonod
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

THE latest information relative
to the freedman payment indicates
that the time when it will be made
remains indefinite. The interior
department generally moves slow
ly in such matters, but it is not
probable that the delay will extend
beyond the present administration.
If the present roll is accepted as
final, which seems more than like
". the distribution should proceed
:. once. A numerously signed pc
tition went up from this city to the
secretary of the interior last week
praying that Agent ID. NJ. Wisdom
be appointed special disbursing
agent to make the payment. The
Wisdom petition was almost unan-
imously signed by business and
professional men here.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

A THREE cornered fight on the
Dawes-ChocIaw agreement is in
progress in the Choctaw nation.
The non citizen element, who are
chiefly interested in the towns and
the leases, have organized and de-
clared war on the treaty, aud the
opponents of McCurtain in the
late campaign have consolidated
their forces and are red hot after
preventing its ratification 10y con-
gress or by their own gcyernnsnt.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-01-14

TIC THOSE who have doubts aG to
whether school and church prop.
eriy in this country is to be pro-
tected in the final windup, it may
be of interest to know that the sec
retary OF the interior in answer to
a communication from the Presby-
terian Board of Home Missions
gives assurances that all bona fide
religious institutions will be al
lowed to remain undisturbed, free
from taxation, so long as the prop
erty is used for its present pur-
poses. This applies to all the
different denominations having
missions Or schools on Indian land
in the five tribes, and which have
been regularly established with the
consent of the Indians.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-09
REMARKABLE LIGHT.
Method of Producing n Flame Which
Cannot Be Blown Ont.

The remarkable light which has been
brought forward in Germany, and
known as the Durr light, is declared to
be equally capable of use for interior
illumination. 1t is originated by auto
matte evaporation and overwhelming of
the vapors from ordinary lamp petrol
Gums; the vapors being converted into
gas. when burned, yield light of from
$500 10 1900 candle power
The apparatus consists of tank con-
tanning the supply of petroleum, which
is removed sufficiently from the burner
TO avoid all danger of fire from the
flame. The oil is conducted by drops
into a burner of special construction.
after the latter has been heated for
nbout five minutes by means OF oil
which is burned in small heating pans
furnished with the apparatus. Be.
hind the burner from which the fame
issues there is a second burner, which,
after the heating of the pans has been
removed. continually produces the
vapors and heats them TO a high tenn
perature. at the same time completely
surrounding the first burner with a
strong flame. This arrangement is said
10 make the extinction of the light m
impossibility, even in the strongest
wind.
Fresh air is drawn in between the
burner and the external cylinder by the
force OF the flame rushing out. and, by
using this air in the burner. a smoke
less flame results. The oil used is or
binary 1O0-proof coal oil, the consump-
ton of which IS about one and three
fourths pints per 1000 candle power
Railroad Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-09
CONNECTIONS

~o roi Kansas Matthias reclining chair
80 seats free) and Pullman drawing room
sfsrrers 10 Wichita and Burton. Kan Con-
,scis al Wichita. Kan, with A. 7 & 5. F.
Tor points N Cherokee strip and Oklahoma
connects at Burton, Kan, with A 7. &
F. for points in Kansas.
Ma TO- 81. LOUIS A2u-Has recliairg
rha,r ears (seats free) to St LOUIS and
Pl,lirnan drawins-roor sieepers 20 Monet
Connects al Pierce City. No, with No Sc
Tor points IL Indian Territory VIA Neoshc
a. Monet with No 5. the Texas Limited
XesribIlel) which has reclining chair cars
seats freel. Pullman 6rawirg-roor siseo-
&c 70 Galveston Wa Paris and Dallas: has
ai-tne ears TziTlna 10 Dallas. connects AZ
Sto1.f. with No 2 which Connects =:
.ASt,r c-at.oE. s. Louis with Ali li-ss fo-
-. east north and southeast
Sn itS Colorado and California li-,s,.i
has reclining chair cars Isea;s freal -
y,'.--,on and Anthony. kan Pullman Rr,f
ufnz-roorn sleepers 10 Burton *
11S,tS,,sh Pullman sie~pe-S Burton Ea-
!h,SS,sSia Denver e Paso. Les Ans-,es
70 nssso and san Francisco. Co1ne~-s
.. t,-T.5n. Nan. with A T 6 s F TO-
o,r,< in Colorado. Wyoming. Utah. Nsya-
Idaho. Montana Oregon. N4sa.-Sioa
New and Ola Mexico. AEiz11a and Ca.fo.-
No. ,os. 81. Louis Iin!tei-fFas reclining
clair cars seats freed and Pullman Bure:
Irsuing-Eoozr si>epcrs 70 S. Loaas. Re
Ching chair cars seats f.sel and Pullman
Palace Sleeper Monet 10 Dallas Tex via
Faris. CONTESTS at Moo<,t with No for
points n ArSaRsas AID Texas Co1ne--s
Aar&sf wf.n Ma ( hssh nI-n@-a.. ~ -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-09


Trains Arrived Leave
North and East.
No. Kansas City, Chi
i ass' t saf St houi. linn go am $50
No. 2 Colorado Springs,
Denver and Pac. coast
No. Kansas City. St.
Louis al Id Chicago
cept Sunday .........-.. 1o:S IN 1850 r. m
No. 90 Accommodation
daily ex. Sunday)...... $50 q. m l0:2o a n,
South and West.
No. Fort Worth. Dallas
Houston and Galveston
express daily ........ SIS pm IT'D Pm
No. Oklahoma, FIT with
New Orleans and Ia
cific coast Daily. ...... SIS pm 7:lo Pm
No. Oklahoma, Fit With
Dallas and New Orle'ns
express daily ex Sun. SIS am s:5o am
No. Fort Worth, Hous-
ton. Galveston and San
cept Sunday ............I SIS am $50 am
No: 81 Accommodation
daily ex. Sunday. 80. 2:s5 PM 400 p. m
Elegant free reclining chair cars on al
trains and Pullman Palace sleepers IRON
out change. Also sleepers on all night
trains to Fort Worth. Houston. san AN,
tonic and New Orleans. Tickets SOLD ano
baggage checked to all points north. cas-;
south and west Steamship tickets soi1
to all European points at lowest rates;
Passenger station corner Douglas aho
HAL s. RAY. D. P. A.
JOHN SEBASTIAN. G. P. and T. A. CHI
cago, H.