The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-27


Santa Fe avenue, Wichita, Kan, for
| Blood Balm.
! Senator o. H. Platt. Of Connecticut; Del
egate Flynn, Of Oklahoma, and Judge Van
deyenter, Assistant Attorney General for
the Interior Department, went to the Of
fee Of Secretary Hitchcock and sought g
conference with him relative to the action
Of the "sooners'' in Oklahoma. The con-
ference was held today. and after going
into the matter exhausytvely, it was de-
cided that the secretary was authorized
to take action in the matter. His action
/ is indicated by the letter which ne ad-
! dressed late this evening to VIM. a. Jones,
/ the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs. The
/ full text Of the letter is as follows:
| 4 have carefully considered that por-
/ ton Of the act of June 6, 1900 providing
for the extension, Of the mining laws
over certain of the lands ceded to the
United States BIZ the Comanche, Kiowa
and Apache Indians, and 1 direct that you
inform the agent in charge of the Com
anche, Kiowa- and Apache agency that
the lands coded By these Indians to the
United States We're 50 ceded upon certain
conditions, among whieh are: % That
the secretary Of the anterior shall set
aside for the use in common OF said In
dams 4SO.000 acres of grazing land: CQ
that allotments in severalty shall be made
to the individual Indians from the lands
ceded and 90 that. after said grazing
lands are so set aside, and after said al
lotments are 50 set aside the remaining
-,
not here necessary to mention. shall, by
proclamation of the president be opened
to settlement and disposed of under the
general provisions Of the homestead and
townsite laws.
There is in said act a further provision
subjecting to location and entry under tn
mining laws any Of said lands allotted to
said Indians or opened to settlement IN
der this act which are found to contain
valuable mineral deposits. This provis-
ion does not extend TO the lands set aside
for grazing purposes. and IS applicable
only to the lands which have been allot-
ted or opened 10 settlement under said
act. No lands have as yet been allotted
to said Indians. or opened to settlement
under said act, and, therefore, none of
try under the mining laws. None of said
lands can be opened TO settlement until
after the allotmeuts to the Indians are
made. and the making Of these allotments
Will necessarily consume a considerable
time. the peridf provided therfor in the
act being six months from the date Of its
passage. SC
when any OF said lands become sub
iect to location or entry, under the min
ing laws, ample public notice Of that fact
win be given and in the meantime the
Indian agent viii keep all prospectors and
miners OF Of said lands He should notify
any prospectors o. miners who may now
be upon said lands that they must forth
with vacate, and remove from same and
that. If hey 90 not peacea bly, do so with
in a reasonable time, the Indian police
AMI the military forces, If necessary. VIII
be employed IN removing them therefrou.
Very respectfully.
'E. a. HITCHCOCK. Secretary
Delegate Flynn Is very much exercised
over The report about people entering the
lands. and says: Under the most favor
able conditions the lands can net be
opened for six months. which will throw
il into another session Of congress and (
If settlers intending to go IN there now
disregard the rulings Of the interior de- 4
partment there IS great danger of new 4
legislation bein genaCted. which will dis /
qualify every person who enters on these /
lands before they are opened uD for set /
Element BY pruClamatoin Of the president.
an very anxious 70 hurry the work. but 4
am fearful that this influx at the present !
time Or TO the reservation will have a /
tendency 10 retard and delay the open /
ing"
The first official COPY of the bin. as
approved by President Mckinley. pro
vidcs:
"First-That every member Of the three
Tribes on the reservation shall receive IN
allotment Of ls3 acres of land. sections
Is and q, IN each township are reserved
for common schools. and u and Sc sor The
colleges and public buildings e the Ter
ritory. The tribe is granted pasture rese--
vauon Of 4Sloo acres to be set aside hv
the secretary OF the interior. and there
n reservations for Fort Sill. Anadqrko
ana several schools. in AL taking uo a5a1,.
half tire land. leaving 1879 IN acres omen
10 settlement at S25 per acre. Tho
Of TIE interior : given six
~1't'-7 -t- ~ tlF- To Hieshr tslE 34aof EfleEfS
~ special agents. ard the lands snail 81
hzoNn OPEN 20 settlement by procla-sa-
ton or the 2resi5snt within SIX month /
itSer the sliotmeats are completed. and
the lands disposed OF By she homestead.
The section which is claimed 70 have
been serEeptidousiy Inserted in the oiH.
reads:
TIA; should any Of said Lands allotted
to saii Indians or opened IN settlement
'uEer this act contain valuable mineral
deposits. such mineral deposits shan ~
opening 10 location and entry under the
visiting mining avs e the United states
lpon Tie passage of tbs act. and the
laws 81 the United States are
hereby extended over said lands"
CoHnty'~ rSt New Wheat.
Eaid. O. T., June sS-Harrexrine IS
7A2riy coDpletel and the Wells aul a
y. "a