Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-05-19

Jumped out OF the wagon befoTl
it entered the stream, refusing I,
60 with them. as she declai ed tla
il was dangerous, as the West girls
brother had warned them agains
crossing there, which warning the
had obeyed in going from tow
home before noon, but failed {,
heed their brothers. advice on re
turning The body was recovered
in short time near the scene 0
the accident. The deceased wa
an unusually bright girl and be
death is mourned by large circl
offiiends.
IMuskogee Phoenix
A serious shooting took place a
Fort Gibson Sunday evening, il
which a restaurant man by tn
name of Sears was badly hurt.
seems that he was returning to hi
place of business after purcha SIM
some goods at Nash's store, ant
while crossing the street in tn
dark a man whom he could no
make out yelled at him TO halt
and upon his refusal immediatel,
began firing revolver at him
One of the bullets struck him Of
the right cheek, entering his hea,
and running upwards, causing
very ugly and painful wound
which, it is feared, may prove ia
tai.
Col. II l.. Owen came in from
ST. Louis last week on a bushes
trip. Mr.. Owen has lately re
turned from Washington and whel
approached upon the subject o
the Curtis bill and the probable
ties of favorable action by senate
stated that in its present form th,
measure would not receive a ma
jority vote from the fact that thert
are some very distasteful feature
embodies in its framing as acteC
upon by the house some week
ago, and that the senate realized
that it would only have a tend
ency to work hardship upon tn,
people Of this country, whicl
would compel adjustments in tn,
courts. and the senate as a body
wanted TO avoid and prevent such
state Of affairs if possible.
The Curtis Bill is sleeping tn,
sleep of death in the senate Indiar
committee. The opinion is now
firm that the measure has dropped
into that abyss from whence iher,
is no resurrection-a pigeon-hol,
in committee room. The bii
passed the house with no opposi
ton. 1t was then shifted to thu
senate; the senate referred it tC
the Indian committee; the Indiar
committee evidently knew wha
was expected of them; they
smothered the weakling effectual,
ly. At any rate, this seems to bt
the way matters now stand anC
the way the "bill that was to right
all wrongs" has been cut down.
We scarcely know whether to laugh
or cry at the fate of the Curtis bill
Most everyone, aside from the In.
dians who opposed the measure,
were strangely Indifferent as to its
ultimate success. The bill as orig.
inally drafted, and as it passed
the house, was not such measure
as met the hopes of the majority
of those who would be effected by
it. 1t should, however, be remem-
bered that no measure could posi-
bly, be drafted that would meet the
favor of all. Interests are so vari-
ed, prejudices so rampant, equities
so complicated, that anything even
approximaling fairness to all is
near = :.apossible. The Curtis
Oil may have come as near APP
preaching the "golden medium"
as it were possible to arrive. To
our way OF thinking, it was emf
nently fair for the Indian (though
somewhat bungling); still the In
dians were most bitterly opposed
to it. In the bill provisions were
made in a measure recognizing the
equities of the whites, though the
lax for privileges of existence"
was placed pretty high. The only
lament we have over the evident
failure of the bill to become a law
5 the fact that the town-site feat
Ire is lost TO US and the building
and beautifying of the towns and
titles must still be held in check.
No divine benediction would have
allen upon US by the passage of the
Dill neither has any dire calamity
ettled down over US because Of
Ipparent defeat Of the same. We
will just jog along as heretofore.
even as matters are there is no
lace like the beautiful Indian
territory.