Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-28

i utsudy VI tHlo WEN iOi NhSioS"
to complete arrangements to open
up the oil wells here and push the
output 10 its fullest extent. A deal
has been made by which the COM
pany formerly working the wells
has transferred its interests to a
syndicate of English people whose
capital is unlimited. We expect
the parties here next week.
Duncan Banner
Col. Henry B. Freeman, acting
Indian agent at the Usage agency,
and Frank d. Baldwin, acting
agent at the Kiowa agency, have
been sued by order of the treasury
department at Washington for the
recovery of amounts enormously
paid to them by the paymaster OF
the army as Communication quar-
tiers. These officers were duly de-
tailed and assigned to duty at an
Indian agency where suitable quar-
ters were provided by the govern
ment for their use, which they
were at liberty to occupy whenever
they chose; there they were not
entitled to Communication of quar-
tiers, which is allowed only when
no public quarters are provided.
Freeman is alleged to have re-
ceived s1,761.60, and Baldwin
s9SS. 80.
(Adair Advocate)
Last evening, the Goth, the home
of w. G.. Langley was brilliantly
illuminated and over flowing with
guests; the occasion being the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Bes-
sic, to Robert Lee Brock, Rev.
Mr.. Stinson officiating. The oc-
casion was happy one, the popu-
larity of both parties being attest
ed to by the intense interest of The
large number of relatives and
friends who were present. An ex-
cellent collation. Of good things to
eat were piled high on table in
an adjoining room, whittier the
guests repaired after the ceremony
and ate and drank to the future
happiness and prosperity of the
couple. Mr.. and Mrs. Brock will
leave in a few days for Sloan
Springs where they will make
their future home.
Purcell Recister1
On last Saturday night, during
the absence of Jailer Brown from
his home, he spending the night
at the Jail, parties entered his
premises and destroyed a large
number of nice fruit trees and
grape vines. The vines were
trained over an arbor and had
four years growth, so they were
just getting to a point where the
owner could feel justly proud of
them. The fruit trees were also
four years of age and growing very
thriftily. The miscreants cut the
vines off close to the ground, and
shaved the trees until they insured
death to the whole lot. 1t is sup
posed that parties having grudge
against Mr.. Brown for his energetic
work in enforcing the laws are
the guilty ones. Every effort will
be made to find the perpetrators
of this dastardly act, and if found
they should be punished to the
full extent OF the law.
$50. McAlester Capital.l
Sixteen tie makers sent over to
Shawnee last Friday and got ten
gallons of whiskey. TIE ten gal
Ion cask was boxed up and address
ed to a fictitious name at Calvin.
When a man went after it he signed
a receipt for it and started for the
tie camp. 1t appears that another
camp of cutters had wind of the
affair in some way and waylaid
the man who was hauling the
square, inoffensive box of obejOy-
full out to his sixteen thirsty COM
panions. Six of them stopped the
man as he was driving along
through the timber and forcibly
look the box from him. They
burst the box and the ten gallon
keg rolled out upon the ground;
each man was provided with a gall
on jug which they filled and sent
he man on to the camp with the
remains. Hutchings, for this was
he drivers name, went to the camp
md told the men that he had been !
gaylaid and robbed of so much |
They refused to believe |
him and jumped on him and beat
him numerically. He was in
own yesterday asking advice from
IN attorney and buying court plast-
n. What the attorney told him |
S not known but last night he |
raded his certified time check of |
or two ten-dollar bills and left on
he north bound Katy.
Ft. Gibson Postl
Col. w. P. Boudinot went from
Fort Gibson on the 18th of March
With F. J. Boudinot, his son, to
Kansas City for purpose of taking
reatment for the morphine addic-
ion. The next heard Of him was
y letter written from East St.
.ouis, H., TO his son, Frank Boud-
not, in which he said he was not
with the method pursued
t the institution at Kansas City,
nd that he was going somewhere
lse-that he would return when
ured and not before. He also
to write to his son again
oon. The letter was dated the
9th of March, 1898. The next,
nd last, heard from Col. Boudi-
OF was letter to frank Boudinot.
nailed at Chicago, Ill.,, on April