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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-28

TOR SALE-The property situated on the
IL southerly corner of Lafayette andland Cum
berland Sts., consisting OF three houses having
an income OF $500 per month. Lot contains
9,204 square feet: Price very low. Inquire of
A. G. LIBBY & CO., AZ 12 Exchange ST. 24t
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BIG GOLD RESERVE.

Washington, January 27.-The gold re-
serve today reached 1853. $40, 900, the high
est point in about seven years.
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G9AN DOWN buys first class two story
SOVV house containing rooms, Sebago
water, cemented cellar furnace heat and stu
ated corner Sawyer and Thomas Sts. Wood
fords, and a gooa sized lot OF land with same.
Balance to be paid in easy monthly instalments.
ST. 2+1
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FOR SALE-House. stable and five acres of
cheaB lana Pear L u soO corner This property
DRESSER. No. so Exchange St., Portland. Me.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-28

II OST.-On the evening of January Goth,
IL between the Falmouth hotel and Oak
st. ,on Congress, a small black card case con-
tanning sum of money. Finder will be hber-
ally rewarded by communicating with Mr..
ELLIOT, Manager of New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., Exchange street
Portland, Maine. 2S-1
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VNANTED--To buy for spot cash, from o to
w % acres of vacant land on line OF cleo
trio cars or near depot. Answer by letter. M.
HENDERSON,, 50 Court street, Boston Mass.
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NOR SALE-Here is rare chance to purchase
u one of the very best paying restaurants In
Portland, located on the busiest part of Ex-
change street. For full particulars inquire Of
A. z. LIBBY & CO, 42 IL Exchange St. al
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WANTED.

Wy ANTED in every town in Maine an ac-
w tive agent to anvass for "Alaska and
Kondike Gold Fields,'' by A. G. Harris, the
well known author and traveller. For par
ticulars address Box $780, Portland, Me. 2s-1
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GALL RIGHTS REsERvED.l

"See,' she cried, ''the nghtl The light
on the walls See p
'Well?' said Omar.
"Tne gates of Fee are OPEN said
Asma Goldman has opened them. He
was sent out for the Berbers, but he has
opened the gates to us.
Forward ALI" cried Omar in a voice
of thunder.
The army OF the Mahdi moved towards
the walls of Fee.
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TOILET.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-28

DOOMS TO LET--Sngle or in suite, with or
Id without board, all modern conyenienees,
1853 STATE ST. 27-1
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WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

Forty words inserted ander this head
one week for 25 cents cash in advance
WANTED-A woman as working house
w keeper in widower's family; one accus-
toned to children preferred. Apply to HARRY
COUGH, Portland Rolling Mills, Ligonia, G. E.,
Me. Psi
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-28

EoRSALE-Or lease, a lot Of land at the West
End, corner Forest and Congress streets
eo1ddaain n, about 1924 feet Apply to E. HAIR
Low 'i' congress 81. jan25dtf
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THO LET-Rents with baths Cheat and other
Il improvements. No. 172 Bracket, near Pine,
and rooms; No. III Neal near Congress,
man, corner High, rooms. and many others.
Particulars, Real Estate Office, First National
Bank Building. FREDERICK S. VAIL. 27-1
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FOR SALE.
Forty words inserted under this head
ONE week for rs cents. cash in advance.
TOR sALE-We have on our books today by
II actual count IS different tenement houses,

EfoR SALE-Cigar store, newspapers, etc.
IL Gal CONGRESS ST, 26-1
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-28

rB,O LET-A pleasant lower rent of six rooms,
u large stable large yard, cemented cellar,
and modern conveniences at 1928 Congress St.
Apply to TRUE BROS. 1914 Fore ST., or De G.
TRUE, No. II Hemlock st. 26-1
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NOR RENT Two family house, eight rooms
Il each, and bath, open fire places, hot water
new sunny, slightly and .convenient,in one OF the
best locations in city. corner Grove and Cum
berland, near the three electric lines street
cars and Union station. CHAS. S. NOR
CROSS. 26-t
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BK HALL GAME,

rHE ScApEGoAr "nE LAST CoNFEss1oN'' 1.-THE RoNDMAN &C.
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EOR SALE--A Curran & Wolf modern dry
Il kiln. capacity 40, 900 feet all in perfect Or
der; price very low. Can be seen at No. SO
York street. Enquire of, RUFUS DEERING
CO., 800 Commercial st. 21-2
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MONEY TO LOAN-On first and second
M mortgages on real estate. stocks, bonds,
securities. l. P. BUTLER, 4S IL Exchange
street. 2o4
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billiard AND POOL TABLES for sale
ID and to let Tables sold on commission.
Also dealers in billiard cloth, balls. cues, cue
tips, chalk. and billiard merchandise of every
description. Salesroom 4Sb Fore street, corner
Cross. G. III. SHARKS s. co. 221
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EOR SALES stored brick house, IL rooms
Il and bath, in perfect repair, open plumbing,
steam heat; 2 tenements, large lot desirable To-
cation. one minute t. ON City Hall; first time
offered; great bargain. Nv. Ii. WALDRON
& CO., 1s6 Middle st. 22I
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WYE will advance money on any kind of
w merchandise consigned to us, or will
paw cash for household furniture, store
stocks and fixtures of any description. GOSS
& WILSON, Auctioneers, Is Free street. If
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
Bnt What Of COllinsvil!ei

The Santa Fe railway has pur-
chased the old right-of-way of the
defunct Bartlesville route and have
cashed the outstanding pay checks
issued by the Bartlesville road
promoters. They have also caus-
ed new survey to be made, which
veers off from Collinsville on the
northwest some seven and one-half
miles and touches the new town of
McFall. This move on the part
of the Santa Fe officials shuts off
all prospective railway facilities
for Collinsville and has caused
surprising growth in McFall.
Already streets have been laid out,
a town plat made and various SUBJ
stantial improvements effected. A
town company has been organized
with Lee Jordan as president, and
John McFall, secretary and treas
urer. Both are enterprising men
and Mr.. McFall will probably be
the first mayor of the city which
bears his name. He is a man in
every way qualified to fill the
position and has many friends in
Tulsa who are glad to know that
honors of this nature will be me-
ted out to him by the people. The
theory advanced for this change in
the route is that rich coal fields
underlie the new survey and it is
for the purpose OF operating exten-
sive mines that the Santa Fe will
traverse an entirely different Sec
ton. McFall is assuming metro
politan airs and is offering special
inducements for contemplated lot
purchasers.-Tulsa Republican.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

In the adjustment of private in
terests appertaining to allotment
of the land of the Cherokee nation,
the rights of schools and churches
to occupy and obtain final title to
land will demand the attention OF
the commission. The liberality
of the Cherokees toward the
churches and the schools is as well
known as is the lavish hospitality
of the tribe.
That these institutions will be
well cared for in the treaty that is
now being made there is no occa-
sion for doubt. Whatever may
have been the circumstances a de-
cade ago, the same conditions as
to land do not exist today. Ten
years ago the Cherokees owned
considerably more than twice as
much land as they now own, be-
sides the population is almost
double what it was then. A Sec
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
STATUS OF THE WHITES.

The question of the rights of the
intermarried white men and wo-
men in the Cherokee nation, and
what disposition shall be made of
them in the final settlement now
about 20 be made, is one of the
leading topics of discussion. View
ing the matter from the standpoint
of the Cherokee constitution there
is not much left to contend over.
The white adopted people are
either citizens of the Cherokee ma
tion with all the rights of such, or
else they are not citizens. In
making up the treaty now about
to be undertaken the law undoubt-
edly should govern. If the white
adopted people demand anything
it should be no more nor less than
the law would give them. The
proposition to provide in the treaty
for the payment by the whites of a
stipulated sum for share in the
division of land is unfair alike to
Indians and whites. If the whites
are not legally entitled TO share in
the land, the Indians have no land
to sell them, and they should not
be required to sell one foot of their
land, for they have little enough
anyway. The white adopted peo-
pie could not afford TO accept that
kind of a settlement. Whatever
their property rights are under
the tribal laws they should have
and such rights can be defended in
the courts if necessary. Under
the Cherokee constitution and
laws a white citizen of the nation
could sue and be sued, and exer-
else the same property rights as
could the Indian. The Cherokees
found it necessary many years ago
to assume jurisdiction over the in
termarried white people in their
country, and in order to do so
they, by their laws, and an amend
ment to their constitution, granted
them the same rights as they
themselves enjoyed. Whether
this was wise or unwise, the ques-
ton cannot now be raised. If the
whites are entitled to full share
in the land according to the Chero-
kee law, then such rights are yes
ted rights, and before such person
could be elected from his hcme,
process of law would have to be
applied and an adverse decision of
the courts obtained.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
THE DELAWARE CLAIM.

The DelaU Ire claim if insisted
upon by the Dawes commission
will destroy every chance of an
agreement with the Cherokee COM
missioners. The injustice of the
contention of the Delawares is so
manifest that the Cherokees would
certainly vote down any PROPOSE
ton which recognized it.
On the Sth day of April, 1867,
the Cherokee nation entered into
an agreement with the Delaware
tribe of Indians in consideration of
certain payments, and the fulfill
ment of certain conditions to sell
them for their occupancy a quan-
tity of land east of the 96th merid-
ian line, in the Cherokee nation
proper equal to 160 acres for each
individual Delaware included in
their register numbering nine hun
dred and eighty-five. Those Della
wares were to be subject to the
"same restrictions and conditions"
as native Cherokees, e. l., when
one of them died, his or her inter-
est in the land was to revert to the
Cherokee nation, as has been the
custom and the law among the
Cherokees ever since they have
had an organized government.
The children born to these Della
wares were to be regarded as
members of the Cherokee nation,
with the same rights and immuni-
ties as native Cherokees. 1t was
further provided that in the event
of allotment those registered, or
original Delawares were to have
an amount of land in the aggre-
gate equal to 160 acres for each in.
dividual. OF course this included
only those living at the time allot-
ment should come, as they were
subject to the same restrictions
and conditions as were native
Cherokees.
1t is difficult to conceive how
any difference of opinion could
ever have arisen with reference TO
this agreement. The contention
that those Delawares already dead
should have their shares set apart
and treated as an estate is an after
thought of such fertile brains as
Dick Adams and his co-laborers in
the scheme to deprive their bene-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
Sketch of j. T.. Turner.

For many years Mr.. j. E.
Turner had been a familiar figure
in the mercantile circles of the In =
, diau Territory. He was one Of
the old time Indian traders and
by honorable and fair dealings and
industrious work had amassed a
considerable fortune. Coming in
to the Territory near a genera
tion ago, he located at first ct Ok
mulgee, the capital of the Creek
nation and at that time the leading
commercial point. When the NJ. j,
X. Il 7. Railway built throuh tn g
Territory, Mr.. Turner moved his
store to Muskogee and had con-
tinuously been in business at this
place up to year ago when he
sold out his establishment to
Harsha & Spaulding. Not salts
fed with an inactive life, he had
recently, in conjunction with his
son Fred, opened general
store at Tulsa. He was known as
careful, conservative and honor
able business man. He was ever an
active participant in any measure
that had for its object the up
building of his home town end
was both generous and charitable.
Mr.. Turner was always averse to
making any display of his acts of
kindness and deeds of mercy He
did not parade his virtues. Many
of the old inhabitants, and they
are the ones who knew him best,
can testify to his sterling worth.
Beneath the rough exterior there
beat a kindly heart and in his
daily walk from year to year he
ever exempli6ed the cardinal
principle of a right life-he was
honest to both himself and his
neighbors. There was naught of
the hypocrite in his makeup.
He did the right as he saw it
without show, fear, favor or pre-
judice. He was broad minde d
and liberal and held himself aloof
from petty seotarisn and de-
nominational ell v.-onments. He
will be missed by all and most by
those who knew him best-the
older citizens and inhabitants.
John E. Turner was born in the
year 1924, in the state of New
York, and was consequently at
the time of his death in his 74th
year. He moved in early life to
Ohio and engaged in railroading.
He was married to Miss Julia
Ayers, OF Trumbul county, Ohio,
in the year 1856 He came west
in the year 1867, settling at Fort
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
A Hard.Luck story.

C. l.. Washbourne was up from
his ranch this week. Claude says
he has been playing in hard luck
this year. He lost about 80 acres
Of fine wheat with rust TO start
with, and then 60 head of his best
cattle died with the fever. In the
fall he sold a crop of Kaffir corn to
a man on credit, who in turn sold
the corn for cash and skipped the
country; and just recently he had
about $500 dollars worth of hay
burned by the NJ, X. & T. rail-
road. We hope, however, that
fortune will smile favorably on
Claude in the future. IS. w. City
Enterprise.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22

quence to the tribe few years ago
than SIS quarter section at the
present time. In arranging for
deciding land to these institutions
their absolute needs should be
first considered, and land enough
for all reasonable future use
should be granted them, though
not one foot for future speculation,
or profit aside from their legiti-
mate operation. No such institu-
ton can reasonably ask the Cher
okees for a donation of land over
and above their actual needs for
buildings and grounds. The
granting of large and valuable
tracts of land under the present
circumstances should not be
thought of, and should such pro-
vision enter into the agreement 1t
should, and will be promptly
voted down by the people at the
final election. There is no such
thing as vested rights to land in
the Cherokee nation outside of
that of the tribe. The title has
been held indivisible, and the
common property of the Cherokee
people. According to numerous
decisions of the supreme court of
the United States no Indian tribe
had power to sell, or TO give away,
or grant away in any manner its
lands without the consent of the
United States government. There
fore no such grants have been
made legally and should not be
considered in finally allotting the
country. 1t is safe, however, to
say that no church or school need
be uneasy as to the protection OF
their property and their future in
terests, provided they do not get
too greedy. Any such indication
on the part of such institution
should be promptly checked by
the strong arm of the government.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22

Smith, Ark, and two years later
moved to the Creek nation, where
he has since resided. Besides his
wife, three children survived him
namely, c. w. Turner, a promi-
nent merchant of this place, Fred
Turner, merchant of Tulsa, and
Mrs. Effiie Kirkwood, of Calves
ton, Texas.
There is one thing connected
with his family which is very re-
markable. The mother of Mr.. j.
E. Turner died in December, 1S4S,
and left seven living children, six
of whom are today living, his be-
ing the first death since the death
of his mother fifty years past
Muskogee PhoeI.ix.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22

Tom Wind, convicted with Sam
Smith of murder in connection with
the Frisco train robbery at And
over, was probably an Indian. as
it is stated that he had two sisters
attending Haskell Institute who
came to the Lawrence depot and
met him on the way to the peni-
tentiary. There is a family named
Wind belonging to the Ottawas.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22

1t was an evil day for the Chero-
kee nation when a dozen or more
of her leading citizens banded
themselves together for the COM
mon purpose of plundering the
treasury of s126,00O in the freed
man compromise. And now it is
like adding insult to injury to
again place some of the same gang
of thieves in important and re-
sponsible positions in making an
agreement with the Dawes COM
mission. 1t is unfortunate that
such a thing has been done, and
such action should be resented by
every decent Cherokee citizen in
the nation.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
THE DRIFT OF A DAY.
BY "RAMBLER.' ~

Inc prison car tnat runs up ana
down the Katy, and during the
semi annual terms
The Prison of court stands up
Car. on the sidings here
is sufficient to sci
in motion a train of thought that
has an und dercurrent that might be
beneficial to the race.
During the past eight years our
court facilities have increased one
hundred per cent; that is about
equal to saying that in 1890 we
had no courts for the punishment
of crime and that now we have a
very we'll equipped system of juris-
prudence and in witness of same
we point to the prison car, and to
the court records, and to the alb
sent faces of the criminals who
have been taken out of every
neighborhood in all this Indian
country and sent over the road to
the penitentiary.
1t is the concern of all good citi-
zens to do what they can to i'm
prove the morals and raise the
standard of citizenship in the
community in which they live.
The conditions in Vinita and in
this country present something
anomalous. We have class of
born criminals, and they will
never be anything else but crimi-
nails, because in many instances
their fathers before them were
criminals and notorious yiolators
of law and decency, reaching back
at least two generations. These
people don't know how to be good
citizens and can never be taught,
or reformed. The "prodigal son"
doctrine is very beautiful one
but it doesn't apply to these in
corrigibles. The door may be left
open for their return "when they
reform" but society need not go
to the trouble of going out and
falling upon their necks and kiss
ing them back to good citizenship,
and moral upright lives. In my
opinion there is practically only
one effective way of dealing with
them and that is to gather them
up and prosecute them in the
courts and deport them in the
prison car to the penitentiary,
there to remain till they are re-
formed or death ends their trou5-
les. and the troubles of others on
their account.
l notice that these notorious
people who respect neither God,
man nor devil always come to
grief, financial and social disaster,
within a generation or two. Ma
ture and kind Providence wont
let them last long. The ancient,
uncivilized people Knocked in the
head and left to perish on the
mountain side, the vicious and in
sane members of their tribes.
They knew better than We how to
effectually rid the race of defect
ives and incorrigibles. Of course
l do not propose any such meth
ods, for we live in a more enlight-
ened age and have batter appli-
ances for preserving the race and
taking care of criminals.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-12-22
THE FINAL ALLOTMENT

The most important and far
reaching subject that will claim
the attention of the Cherokee COM
mission who are now engaged in
framing an agreement with the
Dawes commission, which shall
embody final settlement of all
questions bearing upon Cherokee
rights, will be that of allotment of
land. All other matters are SUBJ
ordinate as compared with the
landed interests of the Cherokee
people. In round numbers we
have an estate of five million acres
to be divided equally as to value
among about thirty-two thousand
people. The land is composed of
every grade, from the richest and
finest bottom land, to the thinnest
and most worthless of hill land.
A plan is to be sought whereby
each citizen of the Cherokee ma
tion, small and great, is to be
put in possession and ownership
of his pro rata share of this prop
erty.
Several different methods have
been suggested, all of which are
more or less open to objection.
The Curtis bill proposes division
according to fertility, location, etc.,
which is the correct theory but
provides no definite plan whereby
such a consummation may be
reached.
The proposition is to divide the
land equally as to acres and then
equalize the individual shares in
value by paying the difference in
cash so as to bring each allotment
up to the money value of the best,
or first-class land.
This plan is open to serious OBJ
lection and would be destructive
to the interests of large portion
of our people. The heads of many
families would purposely select
the allotments for their children
from the poorest grade of land in
order to get large sum of money
and when the children became of
age they would find themselves
the owners of a worthless allot-
ment and their money all spent.
The land and money belonging to
the tribe undoubtedly should be
divided; each separate, and inde-
pendent of the other.
Enough good land for each indi-
vidual Cherokee to be able TO build |
home upon should be the rule
followed, but as to grade, those |
who get the best quality of land |
and the most desirable locations
should take a smaller amount than
those who take a poorer and less
valuable grade.
The task before the two COM
missions, and the responsibility |
upon the government in perform
ing this delicate duty is very |
great. And within a few short |
years the little allotments will be |
all the masses of Cherokees will |
have from a princely estate of |
many millions of acres. A
modest little home of less than a
quarter section is to be the final |
share of each.
AS to the title,i 1T, in our opinion, j
should be Il complete individual
deed without restrictions, to all |
adults, and allotments of minors
should be inalienable until they |
come of legal age at which time
all restrictions should be removed. |