Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-12-08
A CHEROKEE CLAIA.
The Indians Ask the Government for
Over $4,000, 900 for Subsistence.
INDIANS COMPLAIN OF THEIR AGENT.
A President Of Humane Society FavOra
Adopting The Whip ins Post for "H0od.
lums"-ColoradO Gold Output
Cherokess viii Not Treat.

Tahlequah, l. T., Dec. 1.-The legis.
lature defeated the proposition of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust COM
pany and of Wiley 0. Cox, Of Kansas
City, to collect the "a, 100000 due the
Cherokees by the government The
trust company and Mr. Cox each
offered to collect the money for a COM
mission Of ten per cent without
further cost to the Indians. Mr. Cox's
proposition received two.thirds ma.
jority In the house, but failed to pass
in the senate by close vote. The
proposition of the trust company
passed the senate, but was overwhelm-
ingly defeated in the house. Lawyers
and bankers are satisfied that the
claim against the government can be
collected. The claim is for su bsistence
money which the United States agreed
to pay during the journey Of the Indians
when they we're removed to the In
dian territory from the east in 1887.
1t took over a year to make the re-
moval and the money, amounting to
81, 900, 900, was never paid. With so
years interest this amounts to over
81, 900, 900. About 100000 additional
is claimed by the Cherokees for misap-
propriated funds. When the Cherokee
strip was opened, the commission
which examined the subsistence claim
found that "a. 5OO,O 900 was due the Cher
okees and Hoke Smith, secretary of
the interior, approved the claim. But
when the matter was referred to At.
torney General Harmon he reported
adversely on a technicality.
INDIANS COMPLAIN OF THEIR AGENT.
Washington, Dec. 1.-The large dele.
CATION Of Cheyenne and Arapahoe In
dians who have been here some days
had q long conference behind closed
doors with Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs Jones late yesterday afternoon.
They made protest against the In.
dian agent in charge of the reserva.
ton, protesting, among other things,
against his making them live on their
allotments and his methods Of issu ing
rations and other endorsements Of the
rules and policy Of the agency.
Though agreeing to consider the state.
ments made the officials are inclined
to sustain the agent, as acting in the
best interests Of the Indians.
WHIPPING POST FAVORED.
Chicago, Dec The whipping post
as legal instrument Of corporal pun.
ishment for certain classes Of Grim
inals is favored by President John G.
Shortall, Of the Illinois Humane So
ciety. AT meeting Of representa-.
tives Of charitable organizations Mr..
Shortsll read paper giving at length
his reasons for favoring the adoption
Of the whipping post He urged leg
islstion to that effect Bodily punish
ment for women heaters, incorrigible
and dangerous Migrants, and more
particularly the ''hoodlum" class, was,
according to Mr.. Shortall, an absolute
public necessity.
COLORADO GOLD OUTPUT.
Denver, COL, Dec. 1.-The mint re.
ceipts for the month Of November
show total Of sl,92S, 7ls, as against
81. eS7, 1879 for the same month Of 1897.
The total receipts for the first ten
months Of 1898 are SIS, s69,27l, as
against $40, 92O, s44 for the same period
in 1897, gain Of s7,s4S,4s7. The gold
output of the Cripple Creek district
during November is estimated at 81
al, 500.
CBERoKEEs WILL NOT TREAT.
Muscoeee, l. T.. Dec. 1.-The Chero-