Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-06
AN INDIAN TREATY.
Agreement for Abolishing Tribal
Relations and Allotting Lands.
WANT TO EXAMINE The TARIFF BILL
OemOs rattle Members Of the Senate Com.
mittee Insist on Time to Examine
the misunderstanding Bliss
Not to Resign.

WASHINGTON, April s9.-The repre-
senMtives Of both the Dawes Indian
commission and the Choctaw and CHICK
asaw tribes who five days ago at Atoka,
|. T., jointly executed joint agree.
ment or treaty for abolishing tribal
organization and allotting lands in
severalty have reached here and have
announced formally the results Of their
conferences The agreement now has
to be ratified by the senate and there
is little likelihood of material delay in
securing that approval. The tribal
governments are to continue for eight
years from March A, 1885, on the ground
that no further lands will be coded till
the lands shall, in the opinion of con-
gress, be prepared for statehood admis-
sion. Provisions practically identical
to those in the former unsanctioned
agreement are made as to direct pay
ment of per capita funds; as to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw trust funds
and their payment to the Indians; as
to Choctaw orphan lands in Mississippi,
assuming of citizenship on the expira-
ton of tribal existence, and fixing the
senate as the arbitration tribunal for
claims between the United States and
the two tribes. Forty acres are to be
allotted Choctaw freedmen; $40 acres,
instead of ten each, are given certain
eleemosynary institutions designated;
the federal government agrees to main
tain strict laws in the territory of the
two nations against the liquor traffic
in any form; lots, not exceeding so feet
front and 100 feet deep, for churches
and parsonages in the towns are set
apart and exempt from sale, with re-
version to the tribes; all the coal and
asphalt mines are to be controlled by
two trustees, appointed by the presi-
dent and recommended by the heads
Of the tribes; past agreements for oper-
ating coal or asphalt mines are de-
clared void, but all contracts here
after made by the national agents thus
authorized are ratified by the agree
-ment. Coal and asphalt leases are to in
clude 900 acres and to run over 80 years.
Aloyalty Of 10 cents per ton on all coal
mined and go cents on asphalt is pro
vided for, subject TO change by the In
dian legislature.
WANT TO EXAMINE THE TARIFF BILL"
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The repub'
lican subcommittee of the senate
finance committee, which is preparing
the tariff BILL decided definitely yes
terday not to attempt to report the bill
to the full committee before next Mon
day. The democratic members of tht
committee, when the bill Is presented
will ask for time sufficient to examin,
the bill in detail with the view of sug
costing any amendments they may con
slider it possible to have accepted b.
the committee. They might expect tt
make this examination apart from tn,
republicans and to sit with them only
when conference is necessary
Amendments which they know vii
have no chance Of being accepted vii
be reserved for presentation in tho
senate. The democrats insist tina
they have no purpose of placing
distractions in the way Of the orderly
disposition of the bill or of delaying
It's passage beyond the time necessary
! to present their views, but insist tina
they must have time for a thorough ex
animation.
THE BEER AND TOBACCO TAX.
WASHINGTON, April 90--The repub
lican members Of the senate finance
committee have agreed to double tn,
tax on beer and tobacco. When thu
! TpVlStu lHTllI Dlll ID plcntnvtu w Wv
senate Monday 1t will contain thes'
surprising changes in the two SEIZED
ules. The present tax Of 81 n barre
on beer is not to be doubled outright
but the increase is to be made up BY
taxing the percentage OF alcohol uset
in the brewing Of beer. On tobacco
the present rate Is TO be doubled. This
will give about O,OOO,O 900 year add
tional revenue.
SECRETARY BLISS NOT TO RESIGN.
WAsuINGroN, April 29.-Sccretary
Bliss, of the department Of the int
rior, last night denied the report thai
he intended to resign his portfolio IL
President McKinley's cabinet. Mr.
Bliss said; 81 am at loss to know
the authority for such statement.
do not wish at this time to make any
extended statement, further than tt
! deny the report Of my intended resig
nation"