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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07
TNPLEASANTNESS EXPECTED.
SCHOOL BOARD MATTERS WITH A TINGE
OF POLITICS.
THE MEETING TOMORROW LIKELY 10 UPSET
CALCULATIONS. As BOTH CANDIDATES FOR
THE PRESIDENCY PROFESS con

FIDENcE OF ELECTION.

flDENCE OF ELECTION
Those who have watched the fight which is
being made by Charles +. Robertson and his
friends 10 supersede J. Edward Swanstrom
president OF the School Board Of the Borough OF
Brooklyn. say that there may be some unpleasant
personalities at the election tomorrow afternoon.
II H. said that certain Democratic politicians have
attempted 10 throw the Influence OF the organiza-
rOn for Mr.. Robertson. This has been denied. as
has the rumor that Mr. Robertson has pledged
certain places on the important committees In re-
turn for votes.
Some Of the anmus which has been injected into
the fight can be seen in the following anonymous
letter which has been received by Mr. Swanstrom:
What do you think OF your friend. Haaren. now?
Who wants to rule the Board? Tully Haaren
and Robertson Nit
Mr. Swanstrom processes to be entirely ignorant
OF the meaning Of the cpiste.
The position OF president ~ the Board r. OF great
importance this year through the committees.
which viii reflect the personal sentiment Of the
head ~ the Board about 100000 IL 10 be expended
on school buildings and sites. Both cand-
dates claim enough votes 20 secure the election
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07
Well he didn't vote for the treaty

How 10 deal with the question OF an appro-
priation for the military and naval volunteers
puzzled the legislators a good deal To find
some basis was the difficulty. Senator Braun's
Dill names 500 TO each man. but that would
take out Of the treasury over SJCDVp. Some
one suggested 800 and another said SD. Why?
Well, no specific reason could he given in favor
OF fixing the amount at any Of the sums named.
Then. too came the query As to whethe: there
should not be- some distinction made according
20 length Of time I'm the Government service
Senator Johnson and Adjutant- General Stryker
put their heads together and they looked up
presidents. Here's just what want" both
said together on reaching the appropriation
made in the time Of the Ciyil War OF SO a month
FOR married men and - d month for single men.
That was agreed upon being fair from every
point Of view. and it is expected that ma
iorlty Of the legislators viii acquiesce. The
Civil War veterans cannot complain that the
veterans" ~ 1895 are being made more Of
than they We're and the boys who volunteered
10 fight against Spain cannot very We'll grum-
bic at not getting more substantial recognition
than the men who Went through the storms
u shot and shell a generation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07

The acquittal Of the Passaic County Free
holders indicted for malfeasance did not sur
prise persons familiar with the circumstances
and conditions There vas proof that he Free
holders had spent more than was necessary for
the construction Of a bridge. but there was no
attempt To prove corruption. And there were
many who believed that the finding Of indict-
ments was Influenced by political squabbles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07

View cineua-ograoh views were shown al me
Eds- Mlste Yesterday and the usual concerts were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07

y rowing compostor when arrested in Trenton
described himself as tourist printer" That
isn't at all bad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07

one day last week the New-Jersey Edition OF The
New York Tribune published m.sstatement which
We understand. with the facts before II, 1t has
declined To corrct t-and which sorry
10 say does gross injustice TO the memory Of
distinguished former citizen OF New-Jersey and
Monmouth County. Under the caption OF New
Jerseys War Governors" il allowed correspond
eut. who halls from Ashury Park and whose name
Is given Day I'VE forgot the initials not only 10
misstate well known facts Of local history, but to
tdd thereto the charge that Joel Parker was not
entitled 10 the credit Of being either much OF
War Governor or Over-lOyal to his country. We
have the paper before Us but this j. the graVa
men OF the charge eehOld TRANSCRIPT.
Sometimes It i misfortune to know things
that are not SO. There as no request for The
Tribune 10 publish any correction OF mis-
statement" nor was there the slightest reason
for such a publication. one Of The Tribune's
readers over his own signature. questioned the
right Of Joel Parker to be called one Of New
Jerseys War Governors. and gave ii his
opinion that Governor Parker wasn't particular
ly loyal. Other readers Of The Tribune took
issue with these statements, and that is all there
was to il. The Tribune took no part whatever
in the controversy and had no responsibility
whatever for the views expressed either side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07

~ Aei'hs Union Square Theatre yesterday Neil
res played widow Bedott." other performers
80 frsncis Rcc6ng In THE Duchess Of Devon
~ hose Elliott. Helen LudingtOn Maud Court
~ ana George ". Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-07

W 70 change Of tn made ~ Weber & Fieids's
ID ~ nan last night and the house was a. crowd
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-19
THE $4,3OO,OOO CLAIM.
Brief but Complete History
of its Origin,

In compliance with the third
subdivision Of article 2 of the
agreement made by the govern
ment of the United States with the
Cherokee tribe of Indians, on Dec.
10, 1891, and ratified by act of
congress of March 3, 1898, which
provided that there should be
made "a complete account of
moneys due the Cherokee nation
under any of the treaties made in
the years 1917, 1919, 1925, 1888,
1885 36, 1916, 1866 and 1868, and
any laws passed by the congress
of the United States for the pur-
pose of carrying said treaties, or
any of them, into effect" the
United States government render
ed to the Cherokee nation
through r. f. WHY, the duly APP
pointed and constituted agent of
the Cherokee nation by authority
OF the Cherokee national council,
complete account Of moneys due
under said treaties and laws.
The claim of the Cherokees
against the United States is based
upon the treaties of 1919, 1888,
1885 and 1866 and the act of con-
gress of March 3, 1898.
Under the treaty Of 1S19.-When
the treaty of February 27, 1919,
between the United States and the
Cherokee nation was made, 1t car
ried wi it ths cessions Of land
made by the Cherokee nation In
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Tennessee.
The reservations made in the
treaty of 1905 and a twelve mile
square tract Of land in Alabama
were ceded to the United States to
be held in trust for a school fund |
and were TO be sold and the pro-
ceeds from the sale invested by |
the United States so that the in
terest thereon would add to the
the school fund of the Cherokees,
and provided that this land should |
be surveyed and sold as public
lands OF the United States and the
proceeds be invested under the d.
rection of the president of the
president of the United States
most advantageous TO the Chero-
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-19

from January 1st, 1874, at the rate
of five per cent per annum. All
the other sums due the nation
from the treaties of 1866 and 1858
have been properly paid except
this amount of $432 %.
Under act of congress of March
Q, 1S93.--On the fourth of June
1863, $500 belonging to the
Choctaw orphan fund was expend-
ed for the relief Of persons belong
ing to the Cherokee nation. At
this same time the Cherokees had
to their credit an amount many
times larger than the amount inn
properly loaned them from the
Choctaw funds and the matter was
lost sight of until attention was
called to it through an examina-
ton of the Choctaw accounts made
for the use of the court of claims
in 1889. The Cherokee nation,
therefore, for nearly thirty years,
although in possession Of ample
funds, was unconscious and in
voluntarily a borrower of this sum
from the Choctaws. This $4,000 !
should have been taken from the
interest on invested funds of the
Cherokees or from their own fund
and not have been borrowed.
The $4,000 was restored to the
Choctaw nation from interest due
upon the Cherokee national funds
by the act Of August 10, 1890. By
the act of March 3rd, 1898, the
interest on this s15,0 900 from June
4th, 1868, to August 18th, 1890
amounting to 500, ,40625 was paid
to the Choctaws and charged to the
Cherokee invested funds. The
Of this trapsactiontis
that the Cherokee fund has been
depleted of this amount of over
$40, 900 by virtue Of loan fer in
dividual Cherokees which it did /
not request nor from which il new
sr derived any interest or benefit,
and a loan of which it had no
knowledge and which it was in a
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-19
kee nation for the benefit of the

/ Cnerokee scnool Iunqs Inc twelye
mile square tract Of land in Mad,
ison county, Alabama, on the Tend
nessee,river, was surveyed, and the
most OF it sold, and the proceeds
have been properly added to the
school ( fund, but there were res
ervations of three small tracts Of
land on the north side OF the Ten
nessee river, and in the state of
Tennessee, consisting of one small
tract lying below the mouth of the
I'Clinch river, and two sections of
one square mile each, one at the
foot of the Cumberland mountain,
and not far from this one was the
other tract lying on the north bank
of the Tennessee river where the
"Cherokee Talootiskee" then
lived. Inasmuch as Tennessee
was not public land state there
was no authority for survey and
sale of these lands, these three
tracts of lands were claimed by
white people by~virtue of a rev.
olutio nary land grant from the
state Of North Carolina and by
others under grants made by the
state of Tennessee and the citizens
of Tennessee after much contro-
versy and compromise had the
grants confirmed to them. Thus
these three small tracts of land
which were ceded to the United |
States TO be sold and the proceeds
invested for the benefit of the
Cherokee school fund were not
thus sold for the Cherokee nation
and as these lands were a part of
the consideration of the treaty of
1885 and consisted Of 1700 acres Of /
land of the value at that time of
S1.25 per acre there is therefore
due the Cherokee nation for this
land So, 125, with interest from
February 27, 1919, to date of pay
ment.
Under the treaty of 1635.-The
United States had entered into an
agreement with the state Of GeOr-
gia whereby the state Of Georgia
ceded to the United States all of
its lands outside of its present /
b boundaries and the United States
agreed to extinguish all the Indian
titles within its present limits as
soon as it could be reasonably and
peaceably done. In order to carry
out its agreement with the state of
Georgia, the United States under
took by treaty to remove the Cher
okees west of the Mississippi river.
Under the treaty of 1885 the
United States agreed to remove
The Cherokees to their new homes
and subsist them for one year.
After the removal was made the
cost of removal was charged to
The treaty fund improperly, and !
should not have been charged at
Ill, as this was an expense the
United States was to bear, under
The treaty. The question at issue
S "Is the expense of removal {
chargeable to the five
million treaty fund.-" Since the
United Stetes agreed to pay for |
he removal of the Cherokees west
If the Mississippi river, there yet
'emains unpaid from the five mill i
ion dollars due the Cherokees un- 4
Ter the treaty of 1885 balance Of a
Il, ,2S4.70, which was improp- I
,rly charged against the treaty {
lind and this amount should draw Z
interest from June u, 1888, to date t
# payment. q
Under treaty of 1s66.-There {
The times., 1899-09-06
Forest Fires.

Somebody has been investigating the
matter of the destructive forest fires in
the Adirondacks, and has discovered a
thing which is not very creditable to the
/ inhabitants of that region. 1t has been
! plain to all thoughtful persons that great
harm would result from these yearly fires
if they were not controlled in some way
Not only would priceless forests be de-
stroyed, ana a marvelously beautiful re-
gion laid waste-and there is not so much
beauty on the earth that we can afford TO
lose q great deal of it-but the climate OF
the surrounding country will be seriously
affected.
X now appears that these fires are in a.
great measure due TO the cupidity and un-
scrupulous selfshness of certain men in
the neighborhood Of the forests Spruce
as everyone knows who has lived in a tim
Der region, is most excellent kindling wood
when thoroughly dry-almost like tinder.
II is also good material for the manufac-
ture of sounding boards for musical in
struments. The portion of the tree which is
used for this purpose is that part which is
free from branches, extending TO twenty
or thirty feet above the ground. Hundreds
OF small farmers in the outskirts of these
forests make a regular business of steal
ing fiddle butts'-iddle- butt being the To-
cal name for this part of the spruce tree.
They go into the woods, cut down the tree,
cut on the top, and haul the big base log
TO the nearest sawmill, leaving the
branches 10 lie where they fell In course
Of time these become dry. and when some
careless passer-by happens to drop a light
ed match or start a fire in any other way.
nobody can stop.
This is not case in which the local
courts can be depended upon II is some
thing like the iynching affairs in the
South. No Jury can be warranted to con-
yict a guilty man, because none can be
drawn which does not include one or mora
men guilty of the same offence. It seems
10 be case for the State government.
since outsiders viii suffer most from the
destruction of these life-giying evergreen
forests.
There may or may not be a way to
stop this vandalism. Perhaps some day
there viii be a general recognition of
the fact that no man can wantonly de-
stroy property without injuring many in
terests, and affecting the fortunes of a
great number of people Besides the di-
rect harm which he does, he helps to lower
the moral tone Of the community The
instinct Of destructiveness Is atavistic, and
directly opposed. as rule. TO all the i'm
The times., 1899-09-06
The Dernier Resort.

The developments al Rennes yesterday
seem TO settle one proposition unalterabIy.
Either the Governments Of Germany.
Austria, and Italy, OF at least one Of them.
VIII voluntarily offer to tell what they
know OF the French staf treason. or the
syndicate Of headquarters conspirators with
their willing court martial tools. will be
able 70 defeat the ends Of justice.
il WIS easy for Jouaust TO summon dis
reputable foreign witness to bIacken the
character Of the prisoner, but he and his
associates could not bring themselves 10
ask the Foreign oaiee for its IntercessIon
10 secure the information notoriously with
~ the power OF the war ministers al Ber-
lin, Vienna. and Rome to furnish.
We shall now see who holds the master
hand Ia the international game which the
latest phase Of the Dreyfus case has de-
veioped. There is something in the situa-
ton that may teach the Jew baiters OF
France a ssiutary lesson. They and the
traitors whom they iaud and protect to the
destruction Of national credit and deeency
VIII have an early opportunity 10 realize
the invisible and intangible power Of the
The times., 1899-09-06
AFFAIRS AT HAVANA.
Vigilance of Authorities TO Escape
Buhonic Plague

HAVANA, Sept. 5--The constant inflow
OF Spanish immigrants which has been in
ereasing steadily during the past two
months. is causing the health authorities
OF the port to be exceptionally vigiiart
owing 70 the presence of the bubonic
plague in Portugal. Every ship from
Spanish port IS thoroughly inspected. After
taking the declaration OF the captain each
immigrant is examined separately The
Spanish steamer Ciudad de Cadiz. which
arrived Sunday. had 299 immigrants, nest
ly Gslieians. The whole day was spent in
examining them. Some of them were so
ignorant that when asked If they had beea
IN Portugal they answered: Il don't know
where Portugal is The French steamer
France, wb arrived today brought I40
immigrants
Crescencio Matagas, who IS said TO have
been the guide of the Spanish column
which killed Gen. Antonio Maceo, arrived
Sunday from Spain. He was recognized
today at La Punta, where the Cuban sol
diers who were skipped in the original
lists, were being paid off. They pursued
him into saloon. large crowd soon
gathered and wanted to lynch him The
police, however, came 10 the rescue. and
after fighting of the mob with their clubs.
tooA hdtdSdS 10 the spanish consulate.
lie viii be sent back to Spain.
Another strike of the eoachmen here is
threatened and the public IS becoming w0r-
ried in consequence, as their last exper-
fence in walking when the coachmen were
striking was anything but pleasant. The
principal complaint of the coaehmen is that
the police are continually arresting them
on petty charges and they have to pay
their own fines They asked Mayor I.acoste
to remedy their grievance, but he answer
ed that il was impossible for him to inter-
Iere, adding that il they broke the law
they must stand the consequences. The
eoachmen were greatly disgruntIed and
they held meeting tonight to decide upon
their course. They hope by a strike TO 90
inconvenience the public that their condi-
ton viii be ameliorated by public clamor.
La Protesta," following in the foot
steps OF the suppressed ''Reconcentrado. -
which it defends, roundly abuses General
Ludlow in its issue of today 1t speaks
siightingiy of a reception given By General
and Mrs. Ludlow last night
Battaiions of the First and Eighth In
fantry will probably be sent to Beaufort
Friday.
The times., 1899-09-06
The Carter Procrastination.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.1


The man had an exhaustive trial the
case has been twice thoroughly gone over
to discover reasonable grounds for doubt
of his guilt or flaws in the proceedings.
The question is now with the President
whether he viii approve the result OF the
trial and the two legal reviews OF the case.
The suspicion is growing stronger with
every additional week of delay that the
President hesitates because of powerful
financial. social, and political influences
invoked by Captain Carter to shield him
self from punishment.
No one is likely to be misled by this new
move in the policy of procrastination. and
President Mckinley cannot afford. for his
own reputation, to vacillate much longer
He has been prompt enough in approving
the sternest judgments in cases of military
offences of minor Importance and enforc-
ing them with rigorous severity. Yet Cap
tain Carter has been allowed to go in free
dom. wear his uniform, and draw his paw
although it is more than sixteen months
since he was condemned to dishonorable
dismissal from the Army, a heavy fine. and
Imprisonment for an offence compared
with which those of the other military cul-
prits We're insignificant.
The times., 1899-09-06
Losing Her Grip.

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser)
Every hearing before the State Commerce Com
mission makes it clearer that the decline of COM
merce at this port is not due TO natural causes.
No port along the Atlantic seaboard has more
natural advantages for attracting commerce than
New York city, and as long as other Atlantic sea-
port towns made no effort 10 lure ocean traffic
from this port the latter had little difficulty in
maintaining its commercial supremacy. But of
recent years these towns have been unremitting
in trying TO secure greater share of ocean traf-
fc. Money has been lavished on harbor improve
ments, construction of suitable docks, betterment
of terminal facilities and in other ways, while
New York city has done practically nothing. OF
course, commerce at this port has declined under
such circumstances. Natural advantages amount
to nothing unless they utilized. 1t is not too
late yet for New York city to recover its former
commercial prestige.
The times., 1899-09-06
The Carter Mearircss.

In common with all our readers and we
think. the great bulk of American voters,
We wish that our friend Griggs would hear
the oral argument of our other friend
/ Wayne MaeVeagh, and then relieve him
self of bother over matter with which
it is not his legal privilege to concern him.
/ self We suggest this for Griggs own sake.
If, in order to help out a friend and
| benefactor whom Edmunds, Rose. Blair,
1 and-one who shall be nameless-haye fail
ed to relieve, he is toting the load of this
scandal, thinking that his New Jersey
mosquito treatment viii disinfect it, he
should read his Bible, and. instead of trust
ing in princes, go home and play golf
How sad il is to see a really nice man
like Griggs fall into a slough of despond"
like this affair. When he came to his
pleasant Office as a thing fresh from the
salt marshes of Newark, and the pure poli
tical dairy field of Trenton, we hailed him
as something TO be treated to anything we
had Up to the time he became entangled
in this army, family, and unjurisprudent
unpleasantness, it must be said that he
conducted himself in a manner calculated
to attract the plaudits of all people who ad-
mire his course. Coming from the State
which exists principally upon the usu-
fruct Of the organization fees and annual
dues Of the trusts il officially creates.
Griggs may be said TO be true TO the gen.
ius of his origin, and has never yet been
known TO betray his wealthy, adopted, con-
stituency.
n,,f C-sr-r,. ,,-;.L
ton. We sympathize with his feelings,
which must be shattered to tatters at the
present time, in view of the inadvertency
Of Carter's man in Chicago. Those Windy
City. people are too careless about the con-
ventionalities to make good confederates
in an Eastern game. Blair has, we fear,
foiled the amiable plan which was con-
cocted to arrange one Of the worst scan
dals of the Administration with mercy and
profit, by dragging into it in a merciless
and obnoxious way functionary who, like
Sampson, has mysterious pull.
We are not a bit sorry for Blair. He
deserves all he will get 1t is Griggs that
exeites our sympathy He will be forced
either TO accept the horn of the dilemma
which involves Otis. Barr, Gillette, and
lot Of others in a conspiracy to wreck the
character of a close friend of Senator Platt,
or. to tackle the other one, which would
place the President in the uncomfortable
position of arriving at a personal decision.
II Griggs were a free agent he might
easily fall back upon the law, and say that
he had been improperly brought into
matter which belongs exclusively to the
Office of the Judge Advocate General
But the trouble with him is that he is
too honest and loyal He knows that
Wayne MacVeagh is paid to consider Car
ter innocent, and that Platt Gaynor, and
Blair-not to mention the other and closer
influence-so regard the prisoner. How
can he go counter to the current of the
tide?
Where is the man with soul so dead"
that will not drop tear over the painful
situation OF Griggs?