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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

court and they held you to be a
/ citizen; it certainly would not inn
pair the title Of everybody else.
1t is only a question to.be decided
by the court as to whether you are
a citizen or not and affects you only
individually. Now | say that
these acts and things do violate
the provisions Of your treaty; that
your council and people should
really say who should be your cit
liens, but it does not impair your
land title. Now this court may
let people in as citizens just the
same as your own court would.
Gen. Armstrong: Now any
names appearing on the roll not
confirmed by the treaty of 1866
may be stricken iherefrom by your
commission, although they may
be put on by your people, and the
party affected shall have ten days
notice. Now that clause was put
in at the request of your very com.
mission hero and your people and
your government and delegates.
They signed the letter asking that
it should be put there, and now If
we take that roll, examine it and
find that it is not satisfactory, why
it is for your people to make the
case. We are not hunting for it.
If you prove TO us that there are
men on the rolls who are not prop
erly on there, it is our duty TO take
them off.
Chief Mayes:-The commission
first got you to purge the roll,
didn't they, at Muskogee2
Gen. Armstrong:-Yes sir.
Chief Mayes: And then after
we met at Atoka | addressed you
a private letter on the subject2
Gen. Armstrong:-Last fall at
Muskogee, on the 10Th of Decem-
ber there was a letter signed by
your commission, asking that this
commission be told by congress to
purge your roll. We filed that
letter with the secretary OF the
interior, subject TO his taking what
action he pleased thereon, and ]
believe he did submit at to con-
gress, and we didn't do anything
more about il. We merely filed it,
subject to whatever action he
chose to take about the matter.
Then afterwards this other letter
was filed and then we forwarded II
at your request. Ii was sent in
since we left Washington.
Chief Mayes:-This commission
fret addressed a letter 10 the
Dawes commission asking them to
get authority from congress to
purge this roll, and then while we
were at Atoka we brought this mat
ter up and the commission refused
to take any part in it.
Then Mr.. Boudinot and prepar-
ed a letter and addressed il to the
commission and asked them to
recommend IT, say this because
our delegation has been accused OF
doing something that they ought
not to have done.
Gen. Armstrong:-Mr. Lacey
signed the first proposition last
December, asking us TO purge the
roll; then that was filed and that
was really stronger thar this
Then afterwards, as nothing was
done about it, yYa wrote. this other
letter.
After hearbg Dekinpy Waters
the cOmmissibns adjourned.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

SENATOR PETTIGREw has intro
duced the annual junketing resolu-
tion for the Indian committee and
of course it will be adopted. The
five tribes are included in the mat.
ter for investigation. A visit will
do good all around.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

THOSE who urge the necessity oI
treating with the Dawes commits
sion offer no solution or settlement
of the claims hanging over this
country. The CHIEFTAIN realizes
the fact that a change Of govern
ment is inevitable, and has favor
cd treating with the Dawes com.
mission from the day 1t was ere.
ated, but when the members ol
that commission express them.
selves as fayoring the Delaware
claim against this nation we part
company then and there. A great
majority Of the Delawares them
selves recognize the injustice Of
the claim and express themselves
as opposing it. To force that
claim upon the Cherokees at the
present juncture would be the
crowniDg act Of unjust dealing with
the Indian. When traced to its
origin that claim can be located in
the minds Of few unpatriotic and
unprlncipled Delawares and Cher,
okees, and was instituted purely
for individual gain, and to have
the Dawes commission jump in
and favor il is certainly thT,lNnF
klndesl cut Of ALL"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

1T is now definitely announced
that L. B Bell will again make the
race for the senate in Delaware on
his brain. That poor old brain
has been on the track so long and
been defeated so often it looks like
cruelty to animals to again force
1t through the lists. The same
brain has probably cost the Cher
okee nation more than the recent
negro compromise cost il.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

1T is reported that the Ds
commission has recommended the
rehabilitation of TT. Gibson and
the war department is making es-
Inmates of the expense, etc.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

The green-eyed monster, jeal.
Ousy, took possession Of the Vinita
CHIEFTAIN when that paper opened
its peppers to the fact that Fort
Gibson was destined to be the cap
iial city of the new Indian state. =
FIT. Gibson Post.
Not so, neighbor. What THE
CHIEFTAIN objects TO is the Dawes
commission lending a hand for OF
against any town or special in.
terest. The CHIEFTAIS was anx-
ious TO see the commission succeed
in its efforts TO allot this country
and plainly foresaw that any side
issues undertaken would destroy
its ability in that direction.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

AND now Tams Bixby has been
TO Washington and got interview
ed. Heretofore the general" has
had a monopoly Of this kind Of
thing.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

How long will the Cherokee
commission appointed to treat
with the Dawes commission con-
tinue to live and move and draw
their salaries2 1t is getting to be
almost as much of a bore as the
Dawes commission, 20 say nothing
of the expense. Under present
circumstances there is no proba-
bility OF its rendering any service
to the nation, as the masses have
decided to not treat at present.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

Jim Berry Is back and with Sam
Motley will re-enter the restaurant
business In the Shanahan drug room.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

clothing to go regardless Of cost.
The greatest sacrifice sale Of youths
and children's clothing on record; none
reserved: must clean the stock by the
10Th Of July.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

CoNoREss has abolished tribal
government in the Indian Terri
tory. Let the work stand.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

TIE Cherokee negotiating COM
mission has adjourned until after
election.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

To the careful observer it is
quite plain that the average Office
seeker in this country is willing to
cast his lot with any political
party or faction that offers success.
The man who fails to get a nomi-
nation on one ticket generally does
not hesitate TO walk boldly over to
the other party and try again.
The man who is continually on
the lookout for an office is the
very man that should be left at
home.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

II the law recently enacted by
congress concerning jurisdiction OF
the courts of this country goes into
effect the first Of next January,
officers and custodians of public
funds in the Indian Territory will
be liable TO criminal prosecution
for any irregularity in their official
conduct. Tribal affairs will be un-
der the supervision Of the United
States government and it is safe to
say the big steals will cease or
some prominent people will serve
time in the penitentiary.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01
THE Arrangement Of terms

TIE Arrangement of terms OF
court in this District has been fixed
as follows Muskogee-Firs' Mon
day In May. First Monday in De.
cember. Vinita-Third Monday
in January. First Monday in oc-
tober. Miami-Flrst Monday in
April. First Monday in Noyem-
Der. Tahlequah-Second Monday
In April. Second Monday in Sep
tember. Wagoner-First Monday
in March. Second Monday in No
vamhar
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01
DRY GOODS.

80 yds Standard Prints at....
800 yds LII Muslin at.........!.'
800 yds Apron Ginghams at......
800 yds best Dress Ginghams at.
800 yds heavy Check Shirting At.
20 styles Cordonets, Dlmitles, En-
glish Duck Suitings and Lawns,
- worth l0c to zoe f0r..........
80 Shirt Waists worth 7bc., sl.O0
and l.j0; TO clean up at. ........l
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

The National ticket for Della
ware district, nominated last Sat-
urday at Needmore on the west
side Of Grand river and at the
court house on the east side, is as
follows: Senate-L. B. Bell, JEFF
Muskrat; council-Jas. McLaugh-
lin, d. w. Burlington, Tom Thorn.
as, Andy Hyder, Henry Sutton
and Jas. Hilderbrand; clerk-Ed
Washbourne; judge-Jas. Critten-
den; solicitor-John w. Chandler.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

THE only possible result that
could come OF treating with the
Dawes commission at this time
would be the recognition Of the
railroad and Delaware claim
NIEfF NalSsNl1ufhe Cherokee ma
ll40 'sIfpn1461 y that, 10 a man.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01

We are authorized 10 announce VIM. Ward
of noattlcs Prairie. n candidate for the Office
Of sheriff of Delaware district
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01
2s naIrs menis Goodyear Welt

25 pairs mems Goodyear Welt
shoes, black and tan, worth
$3.50, 8 to ., TO close at...... o.
40 pairs mems Twentieth Centu-
ry shoes, black and tan, worth
$3.50, o TO 0, TO close at. ....... q.
We also have one lot OF $500
shoes, Enameled Calf, Kanga-
roo and COrdovan, we offer two
days only at .....,...,.....,.. 8.
90 pairs Creole plow shoes, worth
$3.50, 8 to II, TO close at ...... j.
10 pairs OF shoes, grain buckle,
worth si.bO, . to 10, go at... l.,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-07-01
Dress Goods and Shoes
FL Prices Named for Our Big Sale.

te bns that shOI not be The sale rsdTced @ @
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
COLONIZING NEW ENGLAND
A Movement to Find Tenants fol
Abandoned Farms

New York, Dec. IA company has
been organized in Springfield, Mass,
to coIonize the abandoned farms of
New England.
John Wanamaker and other capital
lists are said to be interested. A. Will
lis Lightbourn, secretary of the wool
exchange of this city, is the president
of the company.
I'VE are Incorporated under the laws
of Maine" Mr.. Lightbourn said today,
with a capital of $50, 600. Mr.. Wana-
maker is interested as a promoter. An
option has been obtained on 10000
acres, located in the five New England
states, and the farms will be divided
in size varying from so to so acres
each.
ANY person of good character can
lease one of the farms for a year at a
time and pay an annual installment for
the privilege. Good buildings will be
placed on the farms and the land will
be brought to a high state of cultiva-
tiOn. The orchards will receive spec
ial attention, and where the lessees are
beginners, or lack knowledge of farm
ing. thorough instruction will be given
in the tilling of the soil, poultry rails
ing and the cultivation of crops. Our
object is to divide the land into small
farms and settle on them good, pros
porous and ambitious people. The syn
dicate includes business men, bank Of
ficerS and Others
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
REPREsENrs THE PAST.

Chicago Record; It will surprise no
one to hear that Gen. Grosvenor in the
early sessions of congress is lifting up
his voice in praise of the spoils system.
Gen GrosvenOr's whole training has
been in the school of politics which
teaches that every man who enters
public life does so with an interested
motive and that his services should be
paid for out of the magnificent supply
of government jobs. Men of Gen. .Gros-
venOr's antecedents sincerely believe
that the matter of distributing the po-
litical prizes is necessarily of more i'm
portance than that of providing honor
able and faithful service for the nation.
President Mckinley, following the
lead of President Cleveland, has taken
his stand boldly for the merit system
His famous order" extending the op-
erations of the civil service law was
greeted everywhere with appreciation
as a sign that this administration was
committed to civil service reform. It
remains to be seen whether the major
ity in congress stands with the presi-
dent or with the spokesman from Ohio
but none of the congressman need have
any doubt that if civil service principles
are violated at their order the people
will be sure to visit their condemnation
upon the legislators responsible for it.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
RAM,s HoRM BLAsTs.

Some guns kick: revenge is one of
them.
mo man can help his belief Unless
he has brains.
A poor picture is not helped by being
put in a good light.
The dunest man has in him some
thing original. 1t is sin
In religious controversy. ferocity is
not the only sign of fidelity.
For a certain class of minds. infdelity
is the hallmark of genius.
The man is usually in the right, who
owns himself in the wrong.
He who casts stones at others. makes
of himself a target for their return.
Take care of Number one. but take
care it is the right One-the soul, not
the body
The confession of past folly may be
only the profession of present wisdom.
Who would refuse the offer of eternal
life, if he could put mortgage on it2
A temple to Venus was erected on
Calvary: it was the best the devil could
do.
Encyclopedias have to be rewritten
every ten years; the Bible is still up to
date
He who always complains of the
clouds, receives little of nfe's sunshine,
and deserves less.
The mind, like the lens, may be con-
cave and scatter brain power or con-
vex and concentrate it.
When the X rays are so perfected as
to reveal a mans thought, there will
be a radical change in thinking.
Giving an inspiration to another is
like filing a lamp with OIL some time
the light will brighten a dark corner.
The man who denounces the existing
order of things, should speedily suggest
some means Of Improvement.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
A CANDLE THAT BURNS AT
BOTH ENDS.

In an effort to cut the government
coat according to the size Of the cloth.
in other words to make the receipts
cover the expenditures there ap-
pears to be a disposition on the
part of some members of con
gress to attack the pension rolls. The
customs receipts for the last fiscal year
show a small increase over those of the
previous year but the receipts from
internal revenue show slight falling
off and the pension list is still growing
The decrease in internal revenue re-
ceipts is possibly due to reduction in
the number of saloons in the country.
The statistician has been at work and
has discovered that the number of Ii
censed salOonkeepers in the United
States was reduced 10.340 during the
last year. In 1896 the total was 216.-
258. in 1897 206,0 OF the latter 11O7i
are licensed to sell malt liquors only
There is no state or territory without
its saloons-even Alaska has 147 and
six breweries. Prohibition Maine has
995, Kansas :, 2,269 and Iowa 3 7S9. Ind =
an territory has only 13, the smallest
number. New York, of course, leads
off. and the other states follow in the
following order: New York 80. $50; Il
Inois, 1889; Ohio. 14,S49; Pennsylva-
MIA, 14,519; California, 12 767. There
are comparatively few saloons in the
south. Alabama has $50; Arkansas
SAC; Mississippi. 326; South Carolina,
322. Georgia has 1910 only 256 more
than the District of Columbia, 400 less
than Montana and 42S less than Rhode
Island. Arkansas, Indian territory
Maine. Mississippi North Carolina
Oklahoma and Vermont are without
breweries.
The total number of cigars sold in
this country last year was 4,063. .169. .097
The quantity ef imported cigars used in
the United States is to be very much
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
NET AFTER 30 YEARS.
Pension Bureau Brings a Virginia
Family Together.

Parkersburg, W. Va. Dec. 14-Thirty-
five years ago Henry Warner, of Lewis
county, enlisted in the Federal army
and went to the front, after which all
trace of him was lost, and he was sup
posed to have been killed in battle. AS
his wife could not obtain a pension
without producing proofs of her hus-
born after the father left home, has
spent 20 years in tryinge to secure such
evidence.
About two weeks ago the pension bu-
reau notified the searcher that his
father was dying at CottageVille, jack
son county, and was drawing a pension
for services during the rebellion. A cor
respondence began, and this week the
veteran and the son he had never seen
met at the home of George Lawson,
where the old soldier had lived for 80
years, believing his wife and child dead.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
PAIR OF STEERS
Rescued by Sailors While Swimming
at Sea.

New York. Dec 14.-"Sea serpents!"
cried the crew of the sloop Elk of
Keyport yesterday afternoon. as she
lay in Raritan bay, near the southwest
ship buoy at Matawan, N J. Near the
Elk was the SlOOp ImOgene, also of
Keyport
The attention of both crews was con-
centrated upon a pair of horned heads
and two pairs of flaming eyes which
were making their way through the
water toward the sloops
When the curious animals drew near
er they were found to be a pair of
steers. By the time the steers had
reached the side of the sloops, the
bOatsmen had arranged q rude sort of
a tackle upon the decks and the ami
mails were IasOed and drawn aboard,
The steers were brought to Keyport
and will be sold for the benefit of the
boatmen who captured them. They
are worth $100.
They were probably lost overheard
from the cattle boat Glasgow, which
collided with a coal barge off Sandy
Hook yesterday morning.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
Last year it was only

over estimated. Last year it was only
35, $50 362.
There has been a comparatively
small increase in the consumption of
cigars. There was a decrease of 172,-
7S4, 705 last year from 1896, and the in
crease from 1887 has been less than 40O,-
100000 But this accounted for by the
enormous increase in the use of cigar
cites, which has doubled almost twice
in the last ten years. The total for
1887 was 1. .S25. .2S7. .OS2. which in 1897
jumped to 5.046. .2Os, ,77O.
There has been a very large increase
in the consumption Of snUff-a habit
which people in polite society generally
suppose is obsolete. The total used in
1887 was 816S, 609 pounds. In 1897 it
reached 13, ,26S $40 pounds. The increase
in tobacco has not been so rapid. The
total in 1887 was 21S 1S4, ,857, and in 1897
26O 734. 812 pounds OF this 153, ,397. .9O7
was plug, II, 761 $50 was fine cut and
SO, ,45S. .984 pounds was smoking tobacco.
The commissioner of internal revenue
reports that there are no manufactur-
ers of opium in the United States so
far as he has been able to discover, so
that no revenue is derived from that
article.
The tax on playing cards produced a
revenue of S251. .306 last year.
It is urged by some that a lower tax
on whisky would produce more revenue
than is derived from that source at the
present rate of S1.1O per gallon. Moon
shining is said to have received a great
impetus since the advance was made
in the rate and the difficulties attending
collection have been increased. An in
crease in the beer tax, it is thought,
could not result in a similar condition.
For these reasons it is not improbable
that an attempt will be made at the
present session of congress to restore
the old rate OF 80 cents per gallon on
whisky and add about 81 per barrel to
the tax on malt liquors. The brewers,
however, WELD large influence in leg
islative matters and may be able to
prevent the change as they did at the
extra session.
The internal revenue taxes have
hitherto been depended upon to meet
the pension payments and unless they
are kept up and the pensions kept
down, some other way of raising reve-
nue. must be devised.
Secretary Gage does not anticipate
sufficient increase from the Dingley
tariff. for two years yet, to meet the
governments requirements, even if the
internal revenue and the pension fig
ures should remain where they are.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
NEW MORMON COLONY.
Purchase of Tract of $3.50 Acres in
Old Mexico.

Casas Grandes, Mex, Bee. 1.-THE
Mormons are so well pleased with their
colonization work in this locality during
concluded the purchase of another tract
Of $3.50 acres in extent at Galeana, 30
miles south of Casas Grandes. on the
Santa Maria river, and will start an
other colony there at once
The concessionary is Andrew J-Stew-
art and the chief promoter of the enter
prise is Bishop G. ". Sewey, OF COlOnia
Juarez the leading Mormon colony
here. Profiting by experience, the Nor
mons have secured the title to the new
Iy purchased tract before undertaking
to occupy it. A town site has already
been laid out and plated. The colon
lists will pay from 81 to IS per acre for
the land. A large reservoir is to be
built in the canyon above the town site.
The purchase does not include the site
of the old Mexican town of Galeana.
The new colony viii be called Colonia
HidaIgO.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
By THE LORD
Lonely Prisoner. Says a Sparrow Was
Sent to Him

Upper Sanduslky. O., Dec. 14.-Out of
a double quartet of prisoners confined
in the Wyandot county jail, there is a
confirmed epileptic, a young man of
the name of Frank Swalley, who is
awaiting a vacancy in the hospital at
Ga1lipOliS.
Swalley is alone in the world. but
has now for his companion a saucy lit
tie English sparrow, which he claims
was sent him by the Lord.
Several nights ago the bird flew into
the Jail from an open window and
perched itself near a burning gas jet.
It has since been Swalley's sole so1ace
in his lonely residence, and he caresses
and fondles it like a child.
Nothing will drive the feathered Wis
itor from the cell, and Swalley says
that as he is alone in the world the
good Lord has not forgotten him and
sent this companion.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
COST OF A STRIKE.
How the Engin eers' Struggle is Par
alyzing Industry in England

London, Dec 14-OfciaI estimates
show that POL 63S workmeu We're af-
fected by strikes during the past year,
and that the loss hereby entailed to
British trade was $4,000, 600.
The industrial situation improved
somewhat during the week, for al
though the engineering strike is no
nearer settlement. the threatened CON
current strikes in the cotton industry
and on the railroads have been averted,
at least for the present.
But that Titanic struggle between
London unions and capital IS impend-
ing. is still true, for the Employers
FTederations are determined to pursue
in other directions the advantages the
combination has secured against the
engineers, whose union is deemed the
most powerful in England.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-14
VETERANS LONG WALK.
A. n. Barnes Tramps From Leaven
worth to Washington, D. q.

Washington, Dec. "A H. Barnes.
a gray haired old soldier, who under
took to walk from Leavenworth, Kan,
to this city, ,3O1 miles, in 65 days, has
arrived here, having covered the dis
tance in 81 and one-half days. He lost
13 days by rain and other causes.
Barnes is So years old, but is a hale
and hearty man. He had no sickness
nor accidents on the trip, though he
walked off something like eleven pounds
of flesh He made the trip to prove
the staying qualities of an old soldier.
and to settle. a wager of a piece of
property located in LeaYenworth, val
ued at about $500.