Abilene weekly reflector., 1897-12-09

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fused to agree to Its terms, and as they have .
common interest with the sChoctaws In tho
lands Of said nations, the agreement with the
latter nation could have no effect without tho
consent Of the former. On April 20 1897, tho
commission effected an agreement with both
tribes-the Choctaws and Chickasaws This
agreement 1t IL understood. has been ratified
by the constituted authorities OF the respective
tribes or nations. parties thereto, and only re-
Quires ratification by congress to make 1t bind.
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On the 9th Of September, 1907, an agreement
was effected with the Creek nation, but 1t Is
understood that the national council OF said
nation has refused to ratify the same. Nego-
tiations are yet to be had with the Cherokees.
the most populous Of the five civilized tribes,
and with the Seminoles the smallest In point
OF numbers and territory. The provision In the
Indian appropriation act, approved June 10,
1905, makes 1t the duty Of the commission to
investigate and determine the rights Of appli-
cants for citizenship In the fve civilized tribes
The commission is at present engaged In this
work among tribes and has made appointments
for taking the census Of these people up to and
including the oth Of the present month.
Should the agreement between the Choctaws
and Chickasaws be ratified by congress and
should the other tribes fail to make an agree
ment with the commission, then 1t will be ne.
cessary that some legislation shall be had by
congress. which, while Just and honorable to
the Indians, shall be equitable TO the white
people WHO have settled upon thass lands hy IN
vftaron OF the tribal nations Hon. Henry L
Dawes, chairman Of the commission, In letter
TO the secretary Of the interior, under date Of
October H. 1897, saws: individual ownership
Is In their (the commission's) opinion absOlute-
ly essential to any permanent improvement in
present conditions, and the lack Of it is the
root Of nearly all the evils which so grievously
afiict these people. Allotment by agreement
Is the only possible method, unless the United
States courts are clothed with the authority to
apportion the lands among the citizen Indians
for whose use 1t was originally granted"
concur with the secretary Of the interior
that there can be no cure for the evils engen.
dered by the perversion Of these great trusts,
excepting by their resumption by the govern.
ment which created them.
The Yellow Fever Epidemic
The recent prevalence Of yellow fever In
number Of cities and towns throughout the
south has resulted in much disturbance OF
commerce and demonstrated the necessity NJ
such amendments tn our quarantine laws az
will make the regulations of the national ouar.
antine author,ties noromount Tho secra,orv
of the treasury in the nortion of his renort re,
latinp to the operation Of the marine hosnital
service, calls attention to the defects in
the present quarantine laws and recom-
mends amendments thereto which will give
the treasury department the reouisite MI.
thority to prevent the invasion of epidemic
diseases from foreign countries and in times
of emergency like that NJ the mast summer will
Add tn the ef1ciencv of the sanitary measures
sor tho nrotection NJ tho neonlo and ot tbo sono
time pravent unnecessary restrictions NJ com.
merce concur In h,s Recommendation In
furtber effort IN nravent the invasion NJ tho
limited states hv veIlow fever the imnortanca
NJ tho discoverv NJ the eYact cause of tbe dis.
oaso ,vhjoh m IN ,ha rrouort tir,o has hoor
,rda,arrninod 10 ohv,ous and tn ,hJs ond a
s,storin ,,o hoctor,o,ooiool ,ryostiootion should
10 rnoda 1thoro,oro roco,r m ond thot corarass
oW,h"s,so tha onroin,mont of comr,,ssion J,u hu
.ho nras;d.nt to ponsis, ~ ,our evnort hactari,
oIo,Is,s ono ~ ho so,ootod from Tho ,nodico,
officers OF the marine hospital service, one to
be appointed from civil lie, one TO be detailed
from the medical officers OF the army and one
from the medical officers OF the navy
r,o 1r,,on poo,eo roi,wors m,ir limo ,vo.
sold under the decree OF the United States
court for the district Of Nebraska on the lst
and 2nd Of November, of thisyear The amount
due the government consisted of the principal
of the subsidy bonds, S272S6,512 and the ac-
crued interest thereon, aSl,sll,ill.75, making
the total Indebtedness S5S, s231 The bid
at the sale covered the first mortgage lien and
thS entire mortgage claim of the government,
principal and interest The sale of the sub
sdlzed portion of The Kansas Pacific line.
upon which the government holds second
mortgage lien, has been postponed at the n-
stance of the government to December
IS, 1891 The debt Of this division
of the Union Pacific railroad to the
government on November l3, 1877 was the
principal of the subsidy bonds S6'3OSOOO and
the unpaid and accrued interest B,62d69OSS,
al ~ IN col nj