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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-22

(NLYpE's REGULAR LINE STEAM
SHIPS TO piiILADELPHIA
THE ONLY DIRECT LIN /, FROM Nor,
FOLK no PHTLADELPHIA.
Until further orders steamers are an
DAY. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY M
{ D. m, and from Philadeiphia ever
TUESDAY. THURSDAY and SATUR,
DAY, Through Rlls OF Ladins TO nil
points south and Southwest via SeaSoarJ
Nir Line. Atlantic Coast Line, Norfoiii
ana Western Dispatch. Virginia, Teniies.
Way and Norfolk and Southern Raiiroads
JAS. w. MrCARRIC,S.
General Southern Agent. Norfolk. Va.
Nv. Z. GLADE Sc co,
w. tGenA. laSeatss ssRnssn delahts, rpa.
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n I'M = NarfsIhsmay
n->:saIHlz.sEEa Schedule in Egscf
MAY q. 1890.
MAY q. 1890.

LEAVE NORFOLK DAILY.
i:40 q m.-For Richmond. Washington,
Lyrchburg ana the West. Pull
man Buffet Parlor Cars Nor
folk ard Roanoke. after juno
IL
o:c5 a. m.--"Occan Shore Limited" for
Richmond and Washington.
Stops Suffolk. Waverly. Peters
burg.
1850 p. m.-Richirond Limited for Rich
mond and Washington. Stops
only at Suffolk. Waverly and
Petersburg
$50 p. m.-t'or Petersburg. Lynchburg.
the West and Southwest
Trains arrive at Norfolk daily $40 4. m,
ll:e0 n. m. 5;S5 p. n. and l0iQ T. m.
Tickets and all Information at station
w II. BEVILI.,
General Passenger Agent
w. f. HAZI.EWOOD. c. L. y.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-22

HIM eeH6cr sh!ps arc appointed
hG'FSM> TO sail from Norfolk daily.
iSSssS.%.A except Sunday. u; $50 p. IN.
FROM NEW YoRK-Da..
ly. except Sunday. a;a;oO p. IN.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS UN-
SURPASSED.
Fare. Including meals ana state-
Round trip C!mi,cd to dirty daysj isS
For tickets and reservation OF state
street, Or at general oniee At wharf;
Ships leave Old Point for Norfolk sun
day about 1000 u, III.
Time schedule of steamers Hampton
Roads" "Mobjack." ''Luray." ''Acco-
mack" ".oeracoke." and Virginia Dare"
saiins duly except Sunday. from Com
FOR OLD PolNT.-At $50 ana HAS n:
whart Norfolk. at 200 and 1850 ~ In.
FOR Hf.AMpToN.-At Has n. M. sas
and 40 p. m, Portsmouth, 1905 a. m.
and 800 y; m: lay Limo wharf. IL 80 a.
FOR NEwHonr NEWS AND SMITH.
Portsmouth. a:iS p. M. Bay say Li inc Il Wharf, mi
For WARE AND EAST RIVERS
At Csc n. m; Portsmouth. e:a5 a M: Bay
A F6k whi N6R 81 a. R H Monday
pqrsSmonth, eA5 a. n; hay Line 100 a m m.
Thursday ard Saturday. at $50 n. m
Portsmouth C;4' Il. m: Bay Line. 7e0
FOR RACK. roQUosIN AND YORK
RIVER LANDINGS AND CRAB NECK
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, al
Gas II. M; Portsmouth, GEO n. m; BAY
Line. Gas n. IN. Returning following day
FOR NANSEMoND RIVER AND SUF-
FoLk,--At 400 p M: Portsmouth. $40
c. Railroad.
Freight for Ware. East, North. Severn
Back Poquosn. York and Nansemond
River Landings must he prepaid
All schedules subject ~ change without
notice.
Freight for Washington and New Bern.
y. C, received nj and delivered from NJ
and S. Railroad depot
Freight received daily, except Sunday
until 500 p.
NJ. y. CROMWELL,
General Agent
Norfolk. Va
New York. N. Y.
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heIGh0lI5 ShIl9r' 5 TRANSPORTATION O.
DIRECT ROUTE.

FOR BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE.
For Boston-Mondays. Wednesdays, Fri
days and Saturdays ut eco p. m.
FOR PROVIDENCE.
Every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
at Goo y. m
FAKES TO BOSTON AND PROVE
DENCE.
First-cass. including meals and
statcroom berth .......................Slf. 90
Steera8c, including meals and bunk 800
,Perishablc freight sent via Providence
forwarded by early train 10 Boston and
a the same rate as b. direct steamers TO
Boston
tor further Information apply to
X. H. WRIGHT. Agent, Norfolk, Va.
\: y: STEBBINS. Asst Traffic Msr.
W. r TURNER. Gen. Pass. Agent.
j. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices. Baltimore. Nd.
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The new and powerful iron palace
steamers NEWPORT NEWS. NASH
lNGTON and NORFOLK, will leave
daily as follows:
NORTH-BoUND.
Leave Portsmouth. n. ~ w.
Leave Norfolk. n. X w. S. B.
Co. Go, oi, ,,o,;; c:,a,o:;..... s:49 p IN.
arrive in Washington ........ 6:ij a. M
Leave Washington. b &c o.
r. r. .:..................,... $3.50 u m.
Leave Washington, Penn. r.
Arrive in rhiadciphia. Penn Penn. ~ u M
Arrive in Philadelphia. Il. ''' a. M
Arrive in New York. Penn -''-' H. m
Arrive in New York. B. & $40 - H.
o. l. II. Observation-Disclosures. ''l:45 p. IN.
SOUTH BOUND.
Leave New York. Penn. II. r. .l2:55 u. m
Leave New York. Is. ~ O..
Leave philadelphia. Penn II. Nv p m
Leave ca. Philadelphia. Is & O. Oh p H.
Il, r. .;............... "s:O7 p. m.
r. r.. ..;..........:....... '6:lo p. m.
Il. Il. Observation-Disclosures. 1000 p. m.
Leave washington ............. $3.50 D. III.
Arrive Old Point Comfort. 700 a. m
Arrive in Norfolk......... 500 a. m
Arrive in Portsmouth. $50 a. M.
SUNDAYS.
Leave New York. Il &c O.
ARMS e. Washinsto c.':ii,:., (: o h;so a. m
X X. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50 n. m
.'Daily, except Sunday.
Tickets on sale at u. & O. ticket Office
company's office on wharf
For further information apply
Telephone AL
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-22
OTHER ITEMS.

There will be white supremacy raj
~ and basket picnic here next Thurs
day. July 70. Hon. John IL. Small. NJ.
c.. ann others will speak on the politi-
cal issues. This Will be great meet
ing.
We had a little excitement In our
usually quiet town recently. Editors
Hornaday and Mccall. of the Abe
marie Dispatch, were attacked on the
streets on account of certain editorials
that had appeared III the Dispatch. by
e%-Reprcsentative T. w. Babb. the flu
sion candidate ,or The legislature. He
had been somewhat ventilated by the
editors, and the Old politician was as
mad as n March hare. AS the editors
passed down Church street Babb made
Il rush for Mr.. IiOrnaday ana struck ut
MIN with n cain. but the blow was
easily warded of. He evidently in
tended TO do some Gaming. but his in
tenuons were quickly changed when
he looked down the barrel of an up-to-
date revolver. This changed the status
OF affairs, and the editors passed on
unhCrt.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-22
NORTH CAROLINA
POLITICAL NOTES
Candidate May Be Dropped From
the PopuIist Ticket.
GOVERNOR RUSSELL TALKS

lie Thinks the Franchise Amendment win
Bc Carried and ravors Non-par-
tisan Electoral Ticket Composed OF
Business Men Arrest Made ut whining
ton for Using tho AInils for Fraudulent
Purposes -iow the appointment of II
Now Federal Judge is Received.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-22
The Steamer S. A. Mccall

Leaves the y Y. T. s. ". wharf WIS
freight and passengers for Newport New
all James River landings and Pctcrsburs
every Monday. Wednesday and FRIDAY e,
"a. m. Passenger and freight rates m,teh
lower than any other line.
t'irst-class tickets between Norfolk m,
Peters burg. SLIGO. f1rst-class round trin
TO Petersburg and return Sl.75 Second1
class tickets straight. s. cents. round
trip. N.11.
J. f.. DEY Agent
4. y. COOKE. Gen'i Agent
j. w. PHILLIPS, Owner.
. 'Mas-lnih e,
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HEREFORD.
WHITE SUPREMACY RALLY-A
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER.
Especial to virglnian-Pilot.)

Hartford, N. c.. July 2i-Nr. w. l..
Cohoon is to speak here to-day on the
political questions of the day. He is
doing great work for the cause OF
democracy, and large crowd is ex-
pccted to-day
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-22
Travellers GUIDE.
Norfolk Z HQSRillIOl Steamboat CO

The new and powerful iron palace
steamers NEWPORT NEWS, NASH
INGTON and NORFOLK. will leave
daily as follows:
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DID Dominion Steamship Co'sLine

!: :: :; s.: ::
EtGN senger ships arc appointed
/ G'ESM TO sail from Norfolk daily.
ISS Pix. ~ except Sunday. III 7:So p. III.
" FROM NEW YORK-Da..
u " oNcnnt SnndnN .l.3.nn 1, n,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05

tried to pry it off with his fingers, but
without success. He pulled sturdily at
the rear to force it to let go, but it
wouldn't do anything of the kind He
now smelt a rodent. The president,
seeing his predicament, stepped up and
gave the thing such a tug that Smith, in
alarm but in an undertone, said
Hold on, Ferguson, you'll tear the
cloth away, and you can see my coat
is a short sack and there are ladies
present.
The audience now tumhled to the sit
uation and instantly burst into thun-
dering outlaws. The room became
beGlam Of laughter-convulsed lunatics.
Women screamed and children whooped,
while ahle-bodied men lay down on the
benches and roared. The hilarity was
catching, and soon Hank, geniaI-heart-
ed and fun-loving as he was, sat down.
leaned back, and joined the deafening
chorus. Finally, waving his hand the
crowd became sufficiently quiet to hear
him say: II came here to speak my
piece, and I'll do it, though the whole
school house were glued to me-" Then
he got up again, and, half bent over,
with the chair dangling behind, waded
in. Every motion he made the chair
would bump up and down on the floor
or swing against the wall, or strike the
table holding the lamp. Of course, the
crowd laughed when he joked and laugh
ed when he didn't joke. At last the
speaker said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I must rest;
my back is about broken" and sat down.
At this an old fellow ran out, and, trot-
ting across the way to his house, brought
over a pair of overalls. Hank was
steadied off the platform amid renewed
yells of laughter, and with man hold
ing the chair away from his calves, wad
died outdoors, where he was ''unhusk-
ed" He finished his speech in the over
alls.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
ADMIRED A BABY
On a Street Car, and the Owner Let
Her Have 1t and Disappeared.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
Motherly-looking, middIe-aged women
with fondnesS for admiring babies in
the hands of strange young women, will
of S29 Orianna street an example of
what the habit may lead to.
mrs MRS. Lasky is gray-haired, kindly
Girard avenue car yesterday, In the
seat opposite sat a we'll dressed young
woman with babe in her arms. The
little thing became restless after a time
and Mrs. Laskey, who reared several
babies of her own, went over and sat
next to the woman with the baby. Mrs.
I,askey snapped her fingers in front Of
chin, and said 600! goo!' The baby
crowed and stretched out it's chubby
fists to her.
Now, according to the ethics of foot
try for goal. She was not slow in
Selling the opportunity
Won't you hold the baby, for me
moment, pleaSe?' she asked. at the
same time pushing the child into Mrs.
Lasky.s outstretched arms. Mrs. Lasky
readily re- l :, ac .p seed She was so taken
a Stsoo the young woman She said
1t articulated goo back to her and
Mrs. Lasky wanted to e' get off the car
at nineteenth street, and, as Eighteenth
street was reached she suddenly remem-
pered that the baby did not belong to
her, and looked around for the young
woman. In the meantime that individ-
ual had seen an opportunity to break
through the center, and was making the
she jumped from the car and hurried
away The suddenness of it all left
Mrs Lasky speeches.. The car stop
ped and went on again several blocks
before Mrs. Lasky Gould speak Then
she tenderIy, approached the conductor
and and offered him the baby with an ex-
planalon He listened to her patiently
hands.
I'D take it, lady, in a minute, if
f tney Jet me hand 1t to the lost and
round 1ont department at the depot, but they
SIN dazed Mrs. Lasky got off the car
She had not recovered fully an hour or
so later when she got back to her home
Several times she had to pinch herself
to find out if she was awake. Then the
SMa rS oegaR calling for bis lnncheon and
mat she was wide awake.
She examined the baby and found that
ne ne was dressed in comfortable clothing
was nursery bottle and a $40 bill. Mrs.
nSshy no, notifed the police of her strange
p9Dy Tor the time being,
When a reporter called at Mrs Lasky's
nome Tor today he found her nursing the
paDy. It's a pretty blue5eyed boy, APP
evidently not afflicted with any impede
ment in its lung powers.
Uoesh 1t seem strange, said Mrs:
LasKy, with a good natuFed smile, that
a baoy should come to an old woman like
me me- whose husband has been dead these
Ten long years. Then, Just think Of it.
too my daughter, who has been i'll in
hospital, will be here with a new baby
tomorrow borrow She'll find that l have got
Keep Sfel2, the baby for a few weeks. anyhow.
Maybe I'll keep him altogether. He's 4
nice little fellow. I don't see how one
COULD Id be heartless enough to desert him.
MIS- Iasky, like her neighbors. is
nara working woman In order to keep
the dwarf she will have to toll longer
and harder each day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
Der BoEGea7
SMfuaGiom.

Dit you know dot der ELECTION is cam
ing along init swiftness und dot She VIII
pln here on Dinsday morning? How
gladness some peoples viii be Ven id iss
all ofer. Some uf der candidates are nm
douhtngly hating bad treams desc
nights alndt id? Bud We viii all hin glad
ness ven id ISIS Offer und w ISIS id der req
Bo: yet? Because bItzness ISIS on der bi1m-
mel You try to sell q man some goots
und ne says Wait till afder der eleg-
uon. may hat to CLOSE me ub der shoh
uf PrYan's ISIS elegted' You can het
DOT he iss a Mckinley man Some onder
man says I would lige to gif You an
orter but / don't know how aboudt der
ELECTION. IF McKinley's Oldest nov, Rim
ISIS elected Id will drife me ondt mf bitZI
ness as Id viii do away nit sigsteen TO
Won una dot ISIS yust vot I am LOGGING
Ior TO tage in sigsteen tollars und spend
eu Won. You can mage some gambIings
oot he ISIS Pryan's man. Bitzness ISIS
sIashatoned NIT Everybody. Herman
broWn' Ut der Wisconsin Central, infor-
nations me dot he can't efen sell some
relroadt dggets because der beopIes saw
Not ISIS der use dot We should mage
any chourneying. ven We hat to ged
right pack home to vote?''
quo DER ackonY will soon be sometimes
Ut der past. Soon We viii know uf We
are AIKEN to endure der hated ImperiaIis-
teIs una der Mllitarishers. Uf We are 60
ing to keeb ub der cruel var in der PIilIi
Pinochle Islands, IF We are to continue
uon der Sultan uf Lulu unter der f1acl,
VI desc Unided Stades IND soon We
VIII know vOt kind uf a lunches We viii
hant Dom Paul ven he arrifes Yust ad
Der present time Dom Paul would he
halblhdlty to hafe some ice creams down
mt uer PACK III hees necks. Lader on id
ISIS possibility dot We mide MAGE some
VI win
Vedder We are to ged sigsteen tollars for
Won or Vedder We ged paid nit full timer
pals, aindt id. Der onder tav ven 7
hat Chon Lind out in mein automobun-
pie he Vispered to me. Don't feel nm
easlness, Budveiser, id ISIS a skinch for
me. Last night Sam Van SAINT vos ofer
Ply my house on der oudSite und vile
vos talking to him he set to me Bind
'e.Sef Id ISIS PROCESSION I can't lose"
NOW, Vot am I to dink aboudt id7 Tn
Ger morning time l read der G o D e. vich
10 says Lind will bin ELECTED nit devep+v.
TWO dousand machority. Der Press saws
Id Is Van SAINT by anyhow eighteen
dousand- All uf der 0nder papers saw dot
Pryan und Mckinney will both been
ELECTED. Louie. ID ISIS such a fright.
fulness some dimes I dirk I will 90 to
der crazy houses uf id ISIS nod soon set
tied. Bud to sum id all ub NIT some mn.
shells. Id loogs to me lge Pryan und
Lind in Walk bud Ven [ ged home und
talk id ofer NIT der 'mutter'' she hands
me a few punches of iteas dot IMAGES me
dink dot id ISIS slIinch for Mckinley
und Sam. Den ven I go Offer town /
run me on to some uf doses feIlers want
ing to bet SOMEBODY else's monies. Dew
g1f und tage odds, den ] don't know we're
am ad. Id ISIS nod use speculationing
on der ELECTION. Be carefulness dot YOU
don't bet some uf your own monies den
you Won't hat to lock yourselluf in alder
DER ELECTION. Aindt id?
-Budweiser
Per z. Weisenburger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
Prospect in FnribauIt.

WINNEBAGO CITY, Mimi, Nov l.
The political situation in this county will
be about the same as it was four years
ago as to the vote on the president. We
figure that there will be about 1890 votes
cast this fall, out of which Bryan will
receive about 1900, Gov. Lind 1900. Math-
ews about 1850, T. j. Knox 1850. Lo-
cally we expect to elect S. H. Hall, of
Verona, state representative; Miss Flavia
Deem, of Blue Earth, superintendent of
schools, George Freer of the same place,
as sheriff, and either Judge Harry l..
Bulls, Independent, or Judge Bruder,
Democrat. will be elected judge of the
probate over ]. w. Vance, of Blue Earth,
the Republican nominee.
A few enthusiastic locals started in to
give political instructions in Republican
economy at the country school house, but
the enterprise went to pieces on the
rocks of empty seats" Very truly
yours, VIM. Z. Brady,
Chairman of the County Central Com
mittee, Faribault County, MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
new RATIONS UNDER TEST
UNCLE SANS TROOPS WILL TRY
TWO NEW FOOD PACKAGES.

FORT RENO O. T., Nov 1.-The board
Of officers detailed by the war depart
ment to find, if possible an emergency
ration that will meet all the require
ments of troops engaged in active war
fare while away from their base Of sup,
plies and in a hostile country where pro-
visions are scarce, left here Yesterday
with detachment of twenty-five men
from Troop A, Eighth cavalry, for ex-
perimental purposes. The men will OBJ
serve the same routine as If they were
engaged in an active campaign against
an enemy. The members of the board
are Capt w. S. Fountain. Eighth cav
airy and Capt. S. W. Foster, Fifth cav
airy; Captain and Assistant Surgeon ].
D. PondeXter. stationed at Fort Reno,
accompanied the expedition. A single
ration is supposed to contain enough food
to sustain man q day and in its pack
age weighs slightly more than a pound
The board has two different emergency
rations with which it will experiment.
The first is ration prepared by the board
after an examination and analysis of the
food prepare tons used in nearly all the
European armies. The boards observa.
tions and conclusions are embodied in
the ration, which was manufactured
under its supervision.
The second is a ration produced by
company at Passaic n J., consisting of
tea in place of chocolate and a conbina-
ton of meat and breadstuff compactIy
arranged. The boards own ration con-
sists of two cakes of pure sweet choco.
late, three cakes of a combination of
meat and breadstuff i'll compressed form
and small quantity of salt and pepper
for seasoning.
Capt. Fountain who is president of the
board said Of the experiment: Our eX
petition will leave Fort Reno Just as if
it had been called suddenly away from
its base of supplies to fight an enemy in
an unknown and hostile country The
routine of daily life Will approximate as
closely as possible the conditions Of
actual warfare. Five regular field ra-
tons and five of the boards emergency
rations will be issued to each man at the
start For two days the men will live
on the regular army field ration On
the third day this field ration will be
abandoned and the men put on the
emergency ration, which will be their
only food for five days. The test will be
as rigorous as possible, so far as food is
concerned.
While the troopers are subsisting on
the emergency 1ations Capt Pondexter
will have each man strip and take his
! weight morning and evening The tenn
perature of each man will be taken at
intervals during the day This record
! will show whether he loses OF. gains in
weight, whether his strength di,rinishes
or increases, and the condition of his
health.
The results Will form the basis of the
board s report to the war departmcnt.
AT the end of the seventh day we Will
reach Fort Sill. The men will still have
three days supply OF regular field RAJ
tinos which will be enough to carry them
back to Fort Reno
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05

firm believer in woman's rights, and
shortly after her marriage, Mr.. Barton
complained, refused to cook his meals
She was one of large following led by
Isabella Beeecher Hooker, a woman suf-
fragist, whose home is in Hartford
The outcome of the Barton suit was
awaited with much interest. The deci-
sion is admitted to be a crushing blow
to the new woman throughout the
country, and many Hartford men who
have become proficient in mending socks
and baking bread threaten to resume
their places as head of the household.
Mrs Barton stated frankly that her
husband possessed probably all of the
virtues and none of the vices of men,
as they go, but when he objected to her
getting in at midnight from the lodge he
had overstepped his authority.
The Bartons were married in New
YORK state on April Is, 1891. For nearly
i've years they lived together in low
ing accord, and then Mrs Barton be-
came known as an active worker at the
lodge. Absent buttons from Mr.. Barton's
Waistcoat marked the change
When meetings had reached the stage
where Mrs. Barton declined to cook her
husbands meals he eXpostulated He
intimated that midnight sessions at the
lodge were not characteristics of wifely
devotion. Mrs. Barton averred the lodge
was twentieth century innovation.
tending to the uplifting of her sex Then
Mr.. Barton told his wife she must choose
between himself and the lodge. With
out hesitation she choose the lodge and
went to live with friends in WetherfeId,
taking with her their child and leaving
Mr.. Barton to keep house for himself.
Mr.. Barton called on his wife a, short
time later and endeavored to convince her
of the error of her choice. She stated she
much preferred to come and go as she
pleased, without the encumbrance of a
husband who had no sympathy with the
new woman
Despite this setback, it was arranged
by Mrs. Patrick c. Hughes, a mutual
friend to have the couple meet at q
Thanksgiving, dinner, which, it was
hoped, would answer for love feast
and in reconciliation. Mrs. Barton re-
Piled to the invitation that she had long
been acquainted socially with her hus-
band, who mad treated her most kindly,
but she did not care to live with him
again.
Judge Prentice heard testimony III the
case, learned that the defense was bas-
ed on new woman" arguments, and
promptly granted to Mr.. Barton a di-
Vorce.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
REPORT ON BIxBY's WARDS.
In the Indian Territory. However,
Not In Twin Cities.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-United States
Indian commissioner Shoenfelt. in charge
of the Union agency, whose Jurisdiction
comprises the five civilized trib s, pro-
tests In his annual report against unlaw-
full occupa ton of the Indian lands and
urges rigid congressional legislation to
protect the Indian citizen against en-
croachment of aggressive and gFasping
whites. OF 1900 complaints fled against
non-c1riZens by Indians in the past fiscal
year. large majority were against white
men who in the past had intiuded them
selves, upon the Indians and had gained
their confluence to q sufficient degree to
secure possession of their prospective al
lotments, and, after having secured pos
session, refused either to pay rent or to
vacate, thus preventing the Indians from
receiving any rents Or profits therefron1.
Many of the Indians are too poor to In
stitute suit for possession, and therefore
are left helpless
The total population Of the Give Civil
lied Tribes" IS estimated at S4.75Q COM
pristng 2O,25O Choctaws and freedmen,
10000 Chickasaws and freedmen, 5000
Creeks and freedmen. IS 600 Cherokees and
freedmen and 5000 Seminoles. and their
lands comprise a total of 19,776,2S6 acres.
The agent says that there is now every
reason to believe that the Indian depre-
dations and disturbances in the five tribes
region are at an end. A few full-blooded
Greeks are strenuously oppoN1 the allot-
ments of lands, and have banded together
and refuse to appear to select their al
lot1nents. A large majority of the Creeks.
however, have actually made their seec-
lions. The report recommends that con-
gress appropriate out Of tie Cherokee
FUNDS sufficient amount to pay the in
debtedness of the nation; that a law be
passed compelling the five tribes to adopt
a uniform system of taxing non-citizens
residing and doing business in the limits
Of their nation, and that a workhouse or
reformatOry be established