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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30
UNITED STATES COURT,

1
Attorney N. B. Maxey, of Mus
kogee, came In from the east this
morning and is attending to bus
mess in Judge Springer's court to-
day.
***
Lawyer Clayton, of Wagner,
came up on the 1924 train this
morning.
***
The trial of Isaac Nolen, charged
with murder, was taken up this
morning. Nolen was tried at the
October term of court and the
jury failed to agree as instructed
by the court. The verdict render
ed at the first trial was for ''invol-
untary manslaughter" which ver-
dict was refued by Judge Thomas
on the ground that such offense
was not named in the federal stat
utes. The attorneys for the de-
fense demurred to the charge of
murder. Isaac Nolen was finally
allowed to plead guilty to man.
slaughter and was sentenced to
one year and one day at Fort
Leavenworth, time to begin Oc-
tober "a, 1898, the date of the
verdict rendered which the court
at that time refused to accept.
***
The murder trial of Andrew
Cudgo charged with the killing OF
Monday Bruner last fall near Bris-
tow on the Frisco railroad in the
western part of the Creek nation,
occupied the attention of the court
Saturday, and the jury returned a
verdict of guilty of manslaughter
Sunday morning at ten o'clock.
The government was represented
] by district attorney, P. l.. Soper,
and assistant attorney, Luman f.
Parker, and the defense by Wat
kins & Koogler, of Muskogee.
*4*
Dennis H. Wilson was this
morning appointed administrator
of the estate of Dick Prather, de-
ceased.
***
1t is probable the criminal bus
: mess will be finished this week,
, and that next week the court will
take up civil business which will
/ continue three or four weeks.
***
3 The attorneys for Mrs. Bridget
r Burns in the probate case in which
II the estate of Bernard Burns is in
volved, asked for an order Of court
, requiring the administrator, I. M
: Burlington, to turn over to the
guardian, John F. Warren, all the
Improvements belonging to said
+. estate in order that the same
/. might be sold and converted
4 into cash before allotment OF
: Cherokee land.
*x*
Anderson Guido, the negro tried
r Saturday and convicted of man
s slaughter was today sentenced to
0 ten years in the penitentiary al
Fort Leavenworth.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30

For external piles, cuts, burns and
bruises, old sores, eczema and all skin
diseases Beggs' German salve stands to-
day without a peer. 1t is an old reliable
remedy and if used freely wounds will
heal without scar. Be careful to get
Beggs' and be sure Of speedy cure.
Peoples drug store.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30
NOW THE CREEKS AGREE
Chief Spieche Reported to
be Satisfied.

The Creek commissioners con-
cluded a treaty Saturday night
with the Dawes commission, on
very much the same terms as the
Cherokee treaty. Relating to the
allotment of land it reads as fol-
lows:
Il. There shall be allotted out
of the lands owned by the Musko-
gee or Creek Indians, in the Indian
Territory, to each citizen of said
nation 100 acres of land. Each
citizen shall have the right, so far
as possible, to take his allotment
so as to include the improvements
belonging TO him, but such inn
provements shall not be estimated d
in the value fixed on his allotment,
provided that any citizen may
take any land not already selected
by another; but if such land, un-
der actual cultivation, has on it
any lawful improvements, he shall
pay the owner of such improve
ments for same, the value to be
fixed by the commission apprais-
ing the land. In the case of
minor child, allotment shall be
selected by the father, mother,
guardian or administrator having
charge Of his estate, preference
being given in the order named,
and shall not be sold during his
minority. Allctments shall be
selected for prisoners, ,eonvicts and
incompetents by some suitable
person akin to them, and due care
shall be taken that all persons en-
titled thereto shall have allot-
ments made to them.
"2. Each allotment shall be
appraised at what would be It's
present value, if unimproved, con-
sidering the fertility of the soil
and its location, but excluding the
improvements, and each allottee
shall be charged with the value Of
his allotment in the future distri-
button of any funds of the nation
arising from whatever source, pro-
vjded that the minimum valuation
to be placed on any land in sale
nation shall be s1.25 per acre.
IS. In the appraisement OF said
allotment said nation shall have a
representation TO cooperate with
commission, or a United States
officer. Appraisement and allot
ment shall be made under ths
direction of the secretary of tn
interior, and begin as soon as ar
authenticated roll of the citizens o
said nation has been made. Al
citizens of said nation, from ant
after the passage of this act, shal
be entitled TO select from the land
of said nation an amount equal t
100 acres, and use and occupy th
same until the allotments hereil
provided for are made.
"a. All controversies arising be
tween the members of said natiol
as to their rights to have certall
lands allotted to them shall be set
tied by the commission making al
lotments.
"5. The United States shall pu
each allottee in unrestricted pos
session of his allotment and re
move therefrom all persons objeC
tiona6le to the allottee.
"6. The excess of lands alter a.
lotments is completed, all fund
derived from town sites and a
other funds accruing under tn
provisions of THE agreement shal
ha ,,sad for tba nurnosa of eouali;
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30
deficiency shall be supplied from
other funds of the nation.

~. The residue OF the lands,
with improvements thereon, if
any there be, shall be appraised
separately, under the direction OF
the secretary of the interior, and
said lands and improvements sold
in tracts of not to exceed 100 acres
to one person, to the highest bid
der, at public auction, for not less
than the appraised value per acre
of land, and after deducting the
appraised value per acre of the
lands the remainder of the pur-
chase money shall be paid to the
owners of the improvements.
80. Patents to all lands sold
shall be issued in the same manner
as to allottees.
"10. There shall be allotted
and patented 100 acres each to Mrs.
A. E. w. Robertson and Mrs. H.
Buckner (nee Grayson), as special
recognition of their services as
missionaries among the people OF
the Creek nation.
I'll. Harrell Institute, Henry
Kendall College and Nazareth In
stitute, in Muskogee, and Baptist
University, near Muskogee, shall
have free of charge, to be allotted
and patented to said institutions
or to the churches to which they
belong, the grounds they now oc-
cupy, to be used for school purpos-
es only and not to exceed ten acres
each.
"12. The following lands shall
be reserved from the general allot-
ment hereinbefore provided;
Gan lands hereinafter set apart
for town sites; all lands which
shall be selected for town cemeter-
les by the town site commission as
hereinafter provided; all lands
that may be occupied at the time
allotment begins by railroad COM
panies duly authorized by congress
as railroad rights of way; 100 acres
at Okmulgee, to be laid off as q
town, one acre of which, now oc
cupieG by the capitol buildings
being especially reserved for sale
public building; one for each
church now located and used fol
purposes OF worship outside of the
towns and sufficient land for buria
purposes where neighborhooc
burial grounds are now located
100, acres each, to include the
building sites now occupied, fol
the following educational insti
tutions: Eufrula high school
Wealaka Mission, Creek Orphan
Home, New Yaka Mission, We
tumka Mission, Euchee Institute
f Coweta Mission, Tallahassee Mis-
sion (colored), Pecan Creek Mis-
, sion (colored), and Colored Or
| phan Home. Also, four acres eacl
= for the six court houses now es
, tablished.
LAND TITLES.
"13. AS soon as practicable afte
the completion of said allotment
the principal chief shall deliver t.
each of said allottees patent.
"14. The United States shal
provide by law for proper recor
of land titles in the territory occu
pied by said nation.
{ Robt. H. Kern, of st. Louis, ha
+. written a letter addressed to
!. prominent freedmen in this cit
: advising Cherokee freedmen t
vote for the ratification of tn
: treaty, taking the position that
8 Ills good for that class of Cheroke
4 citizens.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30

The work of the Cherokee COM
mission is rapidly drawing to a
close. Most all of the points have
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30

Robt. H. Kern, of st. Louis, has
written a letter addressed to a
prominent freedmen in this city
advising Cherokee freedmen to
vote for the ratification of the
treaty, taking the position that it
is good for that class Of Cherokee
citizens.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30

Anderson Guido, the negro tried
Saturday and convicted of man
slaughter was today sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary at
Fort Leavenworth.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-30

Lot s in block 2, Chouteau block, for
sale; apply here.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
AcoksREssloNAL SITUATION.

Our esteemed contemporary the Ga
zette, speaking of the congressional
situation in last weeks paper says:
Next year is the cong .essional one.
The Eighth district Republicans cannot
do better than to place Col. w. p. Hep.
burnin nomination. Comrade Hepburn
fills the Office and fills it we'll. Far bet
ter than any new mau, no matter what
his qualifications may be, conll expect
to. AS far as fine Gazette has been able
to learn there will be no opposition to
him in Adams county.
Capt. Hoxie may he in closer touch
with the Republican masses of Adams
county, but we feel confident that there
are great many Republicans in Adams
county, who are pronounced for the
candidacy of Judge H. M. Tow ner as the
possible Republican candidate. This
feeling is shared by the Republicans Of
Ringgold, Clarke AMI Decatur counties
and it is getting to be An open secret
that the Judge is growing in public
favor daily. The home friends Of Judge
Towner in Corning openly announce his
candidacy and state he is sure winner.
Adams County Free Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
ART OF BALLOT srUFFlHe.

3
The Record tells how the thing is done
in Philadelphia First comes the dis
he nest assessor. who stuffs his list oi
voters with the names of fictitious per-
sons, the names Of the dead and the
names of non. .esidents. Then the bal.
lot stutter stuffs the ballot boxes before
the voting begins with ballots suitably
marked in the names of the fictitious,
dead and non resident persons which
haye been placed on the fraudulent vot.
ing list.
Then the elective offices of the muni-
cipality and Of the state, as a result OF
the voting, are stuffed with officials whu
are not ashamed to stand as the bene.
ficiaries and representatives ofsfraut al
the polls. Then comes William A. Stone
governor Of the state of Pennsylvania BY
virtue Of ballot stuffing, to kill with his
lmpudent and illegal veto proposition
to 30 amend the state constitution as Ia
secure the prevention of ballot frauds BY
an honest registry. And, lastly, the re.
publican party Of Pennsylvania, in q
state convention of its representatives
indorse the act of Governor Stone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

Trust; that no law gives him that power;
thst he would be officiousand go beyono
his limits should he interfere with
Trusts. The Trusts are in league and
sombre covenant with Hanna, the mas
ter and manager Of our mannikin Presi.
dent. And Hanna applauds and de.
fends Trusts from the stubborn stump,
making no disguise, promising them
safety. A IN YET THERE THE LAW! una
mended, unrepealed, undecided against.
If it's not in force, then there's no law
in the land! If it's invalid, then all law
is invalid! And Mckinley and Hanna
and Griggs have taken oaths to enforce
this very law. They don't; they say
they never will. The anti. Trust law re.
printed above is to lie the issue. The
question will be: Shall these monsters
be met and checked? Democracy and
Bryan already reply with Yes. kepub.
licanism, with Hanna Mckinley, says
No. And the voter must make his
choice. The issue isn't: Shall law be
passed? but: Shall law be enforcedl
There's no doubt of the existence Of
the trusts, nor of the harmful iniquity
and malignance Of their methods. Ten
years ago, Vest, as chairman of an in.
vestigation, reported the villainy Of the
Beef Trust, with names and dates and
details of specific ruin it had conspir.
ed and brought about. Within a year
the Standard G..s-las been charged with
attempting with $40O, 600 to bribe Ohio's
Attorney General. The Trusts force the
railways to break the Interstate Com.
merce law and compel railway officials
to commit perjury. The Trusts have
| put men out of employment, strangled
small competitors, put. up prices Of
goods, tieeced and swindled investors
with watered ncks and bonds. Their
story for ten year. has been one of ra.
pine, and extortion, and conspiracy
and crime. And all the time this law
existed, rs it still exists; and these same
trusts were criminals and could have
been captured, punished and destroyed
And Mckinley does nothing, and
Griggs says he cant" and Hanna de.
clares openly for the Trusts and snaps
bis red and vulgar fingers in the face o1
law. And the question is: What il
the public going to do about il?-Ver
dict.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

From the National Watchman: The
trusts cannot perpetuate their reign .ot
p nader without the aid Of u large stand.
ing army that can he used to reverse an
election. Hence there will be no at
tempt on the part Of the administration
to bring the war in the Philippines to
an end until after further attempt is
made to secure the passage through
scongress Of bill creating large per-
manent standing army. Militarism Is a
necessity to the trusts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
! The contest now is identical with that

The contest now is Identical with that
sin the early days Of our struggle tor in.
dependence. Said Thomas Jefferson
then: "The contests Of the day (before
and during the forming Of the conshtu.
tion) we're contests to prevent the for
nation of kingly form of government Z
Inl 1882 he declares: Every govern.
ment degenerates when not trusted te
the people alone. The people them
selves are its only safe repositories The
people, and not the rich, are our depend
zee for continual freedom
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
-I

.. In the past year 6els United States
soldiers met death-less than 1000 in
battle and nearly 6,O0O by malignant
fevers. All. we'll, they we're mostly
farmers boys and perhaps some day We
will make billion dollars out of some
Of our new possessions, besides we have
crop of farmer boys growing SO the
government will never miss the brave
fellows that lie in Cuba and the Philip
pines. The government, No! But alb my
friends, the mothers.
There's lots of plannin' for
1his OH woElss final rightin'
Twill come when folks that make the wal
Go forward an do the fightin'.
-Creston Advertiser.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

~. } /.
One Of the signs Of the times to which
republican papers have failed to call the
attention of an admiring public is the
character Of the republican platform
in Massachusetts this year. In the
most vigorous langnageit called for the
ending Of '.the wicked, uncalled for and
wholly unjust war in the Philippines
and demanded that the inhabitants be
protected in the formation Of govern
! ment that should be free from all inter-
ference. II platforms are any guide the
vote Of Massachusetts, was practically
unanimous in condemnation of imperial
ism. If Mckinley obtained any encour-
agement from the vote in Massachusetts
he is welcome to it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

The rro.trust man places himself in q
somewhat inconsistent position when
he declares that trusts are necessary to
the welfare of mankind, and later agrees
with the less ardent advocate that they
will finally work themselves out of
existence if let alone. If trusts were all
that is claimed for them by their friends
it would seem to be great wrong to
have u-em destroyed in any manner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

Nta f . q @
There was only one state amongst
those which held elections this fall
where the result was distinctly Republi-
can success, and that was New Jersey
New Jersey, the home Of trusts and
Griegs. The reason for this is not un-
fathomable. If there ever was birth.
place Of iniquities, this state tondles one
af the very worst with which we have to
deal This state is the home
ground for trusts. here they flourish
and wax sleek through the laws of theil
own make and construction. Yes, the
state went wholly Republican, and the
trusts are awarded credit fol this 'greal
administration victory"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

Prosperity has struck the printers
and ne Sspaper pub ',shers very forcibly.
The trusts have advanced the price of
paper Of all grades from % to 80 per
cent and we have yet to hear of q print
shop that has been able to raise the
price of job printing Or newspaper sub
seription. We hope there is not a
newspaper man in the entire nation who
is foolish enough to vote for four years
more, Of Mckinley prosperity"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

Testimony taken for the congressional
industrial commission in Chicago clear
" establishes the fact that, iye men
have been meeting and still meet in
Chicago every morning and decide what
the farmer shall be paid for his grain;
that their purpose is to maintain the
/ profits Of transporters and dealers in
grain, no matter how low the market
prices may go; that as these men
represent and control all Of the means
by which grain is sent from the farm
10 the market their decision has been
and is final. And still Mark Hanna
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

There WAS never a more avaricious
trust than the money trust of England
and America. The alliance between
Lombard street and Wall street is rivet'
ell with bolts of mutual interest through
whicn both have made millions at the
expense of the American people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
REPORTER SERIES VOL. XIV. NO. Is
TIM l e |. !: ALL \ e.
H0ITTH

SOUTH NORTH
Passenger. 200 a. M Passenger. 2:ss p. M.
Freight .....l 20 a. m Freight...... :OOsp. m.
Passenger. II: 81 a. m Freight $1,000. q 80 D. nl
Freight. 2:35 p. M Passenger. ..s:ll p m.
SOUTH. NORTH
Passenger l1:45a.m, Freight 9aO q. m
Freight 4 4:5Op. m. Passenger 2:15p, m
No. II Stock express going. north, Sundays
only. Due 7:I5a m.
No.l9. Freight on Wednesday only sos a.
m, Takes the place OF No. l3.
Coupon tickets on sale to all points. Call
for them and have baggage checked to desti.
natlon. A. S. THARP, Agent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
NOT1CE-PRooF OF Will,

state of Iowa. Decatur county, SIS.
District court in vacation.
To all whom IL may concern:
Notice is hereby given that an instrument
In writing purporting to be the last will and
testament of Mary E. Vowel, deceased, was
this day produced, opened and read by the
undersigned and that I have fixed Monday,
l5th day OF January, 1899, as the day for hear
ing proof in relation thereto.
Witness my otficial signature with the seal
Of said Court hereto affixed, this 4th day of
December, 1S99
j G. STOCKTON. Clerk.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
ADM1N1srRATR1x's NOTICE.

Estate OF g. B. keshlear. deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons inter.
ested. that on the 4ih day OF December, A. ID.
1899: the undersigned was appointed by the
clerk of the district court. of Decatur County.
Iowa. administering of the estate of G. Is
Keshlear deceased late of SAID county. All
persons indebted to said estate will make
claims against the same will present them
legally authenticated, to said court for al low
ance.
Dated December a, 1899
LUCY B. KEsHLEAR, Adninistr,tri X.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate of William Hartman, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons inter.
ested. that on the 18th day Of Noyember.A D.
1899, the undersigned was appointed by tho
District Court of Decatur county, Iowa exec
late OF said county. All persons indebted to
said estate will make payment to the under.
signed. and these having claims against the
same will present them, legally authenticated,
to said Court for allowance.
Dated December 5, 1899.
l5.3t WIN. HARTMAN
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14

The Declaration Of Independence. says
the National Watchman, is now the best
democratic campaign document in ex.
istente.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-14
Subscription Rates:

Mark llanna's plan for busting the
trustsis to take their surplus earnings
fur Republican campaign expenses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-01
FLORAL DESIGNS.
What Becomes of Those Left OIL
Graves in Cemeteries.

What Becomes of Those Left ON
Graves in Cemeteries.
From the Baltimore Sun.
In enc Of the cemeteries people have been
known to carry the floral designs from the
lots Of strangers to their own. Some people
have even gone to the places armed with
brushes and pots of paint. with which they
have changed the coloring of the metal de-
signs they have taken for their own lots.
The painting of iron chairs and other IRON
work which ornament the lots to escape
detection when the articles have been re-
moved without the consent of the owners
is quite common.
After some funerals from ten to twenty
floral designs are left upon the graves.
Not long ago, after the funeral of a little
child about six years old, sixteen designs
were left. on the grave. In a day or two
the flowers wither and nothing remains but
the glaring, tinfoil-covered frame In ceme-
teries In which there are from forty to fifty
funerals every week the number of these
designs, which are removed every month
by the employees of the cemetery, mounts
up into the hundreds. Every once in a
while florist calls at one of the cemeteries
and buys up lot Of gates aiar, harps,
Tyres. vacant chairs, pillows and anything
else there may be. The designs are usually
Jumped together and sold in one lot at
from to cents apiece. The cost of the
same designs when new would have been
from 10 to 70 cents each
Sometimes the florist may find some
thing unusual in his collection. For in
stance, in the case Of the death of rail-
road engineer the friends have frequently
honored his memory by sending a floral
design representing locomotive and cab.
Some time ago the friends of a deceased
street peddler sent their tribute of af-
lection horse and wagon made of flowers,
with various colored flowers in the inside
of the wagon to represent the vegetables
he had sold.