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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
At Red Fork Charged With
Unlawful Occupancy of
Indian Lands.
SUIT INSTITUTED
BY District Attorney Agairsl Three
Companies Operating in New
Field Which lie Claimed to be
Part Of National Lands Of the
Creek Nation.

THEE suits affecting the validity
Of title TO the valuable oil lands
near Red Fork, were filed in the
United States court this morning.
The actions are brought in the
name Of the United States and
three of the principal companies
are named as defendants.
The complaint sets forth that
the defendant companies "have
unlawfully made settlement on
lands there and then belonging,
and the belonging secured aud
granted by treaty to the Creek
tribe Of Indians, = **% and have
erected thereon derrick and
other structures without any legal
authority therefor. Wherefore
said plaintiffs pray judgment
against said defendants for the PEN
atty Of the sum Of one thousand
dollars against each Of said de-
PENDANTS and costs Of this aclion. :"
The companies named aud their
locations are as follows:
w. S. Wick, J. @. Heydriek, S.
W. quarter Of section %, township
10, range II, east Indian meridian.
Guy Blackwelder, j. }. Novak,
Phoenil Oil and Gas company, s..
w. quarter Of section %, in town
ship 10, range IL, east Indian
meridian.
Red Fork Oil and Gas company
s.. W quarter Of section p, town.
ship 10, range u, east Indian mer-
idian.
The suils are based on the al
legged location Of the wells within
the corporate limits Of the town OF
Red Fork. Such unlawful ooeu-
pancy is punishable by a dne ol
lsl,000.
AS the oil companies were thor
oughly oonvorsant with the law All
interesting case is expected, 81
they have implied az different
Times that the law wac faulty a
applied 20 Red Fork.
Some unique points are ea a con
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
Senator Burton Here.

Senator Burton, OF Kansas, enroute
home from trip through oklahoma,
stopped over In Vlnita for a few
hours Tuesday. The distinguished
visitor examined the public well,
talked little politics and seemed
pleased with the world 10 general.
He was accompanied by Mr.. Foley, OF
Parsons, who does political stunts
here ut frequent intervals The SEN
ator and party left on the mldnigh {
Katy for the north.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
Double Statehood for Twin
Territories, But Says
tits ImpracticabIe.
EAST WILL OPPOSE
Any Effort 10 Make Two States
From the Territories, Says
The Senator, and il Would
b. a Hopeless Fight Against
the Opposition.

Senator Burton was looking over
the political field in Oklahoma
yesterday and delayed figuring up
the probable political status Of that
uncertain territory after it's admis-
sion into statehood, long enough
to give the following on the chances
Of The Indian territory for the
coveted statehood:
"The relation which the Indian
territory bears to the matter makes
il a somewhat complicated ques-
lion," replied the senator. "If
some satisfactory arrangement
could be made with respect to that
country so at to make the lines
run over to the Arkansas boun-
Diary, the solution would be simple
and shortly forthcoming.
$50 far as l am concerned l
would be very glad to make two
states here if it could be done, one
composed of Oklahoma and the
other the nations OF the i've civil
lized tribes, but | do not believe
the eastern portion Of the country
will ever consent to this. Not but
what we have a good country here,
but we have had some mountain
states very lhinly populated.
Their population would be sufi-
cienl at the time Of admission and
a few years afterward dwindle con.
siderably instead Of gaining in the
number of Inhabitants. My opin
ion is that the best plan would b'
to make a state of Oklahoma nov
and later take in the country com
prised Of the Eve civilized tribes
81 believe the feeling here il
strong for single statehood, bu
over there believe most Of th'
people would favor double state
hood. However the more intelli
gent citizens Of that section recog
niEe that double statehood is i'm
practical, hence | do not thinl
statehood can be accomplished il
that way"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
COTTON GROW ERS
Organize For Promotion Of The
Industry.

The cotton growers of sequoyah
district have organized for the
promotion Of their interests, un-
der the name Of the Sequoyah
Cotton Growers Association. The
organization embraces the owners
OF nearly 1000 acres Of the heecy
staple in the Cherokee nation,
Their holdings extending from
the Adair prairie as far moth as
Dwight Mission.
The officers are; r. f Adair,
President; Nose Sanders, Secrs.
tary; Bud Fields, Treasurer. A
standing committee OF which o. +.
Adair, H. A. Ogden and VIM Kyle
are this members, has been ap-
pointed to look after the general
intere SIS Of the association.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
EXECUTIVE COM MlTTEE
Appointed by Okmulgee worlds
Fair Convention TO Meet.

Chief Burlington has received a
notice Of a meeting called by Gen.
Pleasant Porter, chairman Of the
executive committee, having in
charge the representation Of the
Indian territory, at the St. Louis
Worlds Fair, to convene at Mus.
kogee September 25'h.
Chief Burlington, who is chair
man OF the Cherokee committee,
replied at once, promising his
presense and earnest efforts in pro-
noting the fnal organisation for
the important work.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
pETTIGREw'S SUCCESSOR
FlndIay OF Kansas Gets Contract for
Feeding Prisoners,

The contract for feeding the
Federal prisoners IN the Indian
Territory has been promised Geo.
W. Findlsy Of Kansas by Marshal
Bennett. Jas. w. Simpson, OF
Kansas, will at the same time be
appointed government collector.
Both appointees are partisans Of
Senator Burton, and their appoint.
ment is part ofs big political
deal, recently oonsumaied by the
Kansas senator.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
ApPRAISMENr FINISHED
Ia MuskOgee and Wagner and Boards
are Dismissed.

The work Of appraising and sell
townsite properly at Muskogee
and Wagner, Greek nation, Indian
territory, having Been completed
the secretary Of the interior has
abolished the townsite boards.
The following townsile board has
been appointed for the appraise-
ment Of townsite property in the
Creek nation; Dwight w. Lutte,
Connecticut, chairman; II. @.
Linnia, Kansas, and &. A. Rut-
ledge, Indian territory, associate
members.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
Census Enumeralor Clawson.

Who is also editor OF "The Heraldn
at Howe, i. T., writes; To whom -
may concern;-I was sufferer from
stomache trouble until was induced
70 Try a bottle OF Or. CaIdwell's Syrup
Pepsin and ] want TO say that ia my
opinion II has 90 equal as a stomache
remedy. ] had tried many different
remedies, but none with the happy
results OF Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin. G. A. Clawson, Howe, /. Il. sold
by Peoples drug store. DIV
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
Notice To Farmers

living along Island Ford road
The Vlnita Commercial Club has
purchased 1000 feet OF inch oak
iumber and other material TO be used
10 making culverts and other repairs
along the Island Ford road, leading
out Of Vinita TO the southeast. On
Monday aud Tuesday. Sept. 10 and
II, weather permitting, all farmers
living along or using said road, are
urgently requested 10 join with the
Commercial Club In this improve
ment, by furnishing wagons, teams,
hands, plows, picks aud shovels. A
Committee OF the Club will be on
hand % superlntend and assist.
Work will begin near Strouts place,
one mile from Vlnlta, aud continue
from there TO the creek, AN meet az
strout's place aS each morning. We
respectfully ask every one Interested
20 give a helping hand Ia this work.
L. +. PARKER,
Soc'y Commercial Club.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
Marriage Licenses. .

The following marriage licenses
were recorded by Clerk Chandler Mon
day: Jim Hayes-Stella Morrison,
Blueiackel; j. Il. Cue--Grace Smith,
Sapulpa; Arthur Daugh-Emma
Childers, Sapulpa; John Bell-Sarah
Rice, Wetumka.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12

sequence, expected TO be raised by
the attorneys for the companies,
who will bitterly contest the effort
to remove them from the rich
fields.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
Jury Disagree.

In the case Of Lum Perry; charged
with tapping the TIL at the Garrison
Grocery Co., which was heard 10 Com
missioner stanaeld's court Tuesday,
the jury failed to agree and we're dis
charged. The rehearlng OF the case
Is set for this afternoon.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12

Ladies Aid society.

The Ladles Ala Society Of the
Presbyterian schurch will meet this
Afternoon at o'clock. Come with
needle, thread and lhimhlo.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12


big showing hndsomest line
had We showing and
the fabrics fall and winter
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12

The new Racket store, Ia Raymond
building, Is the cheapest place for
notions, Stationary aud school sup
plies. I'd Rose, the Joweler POS
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12
A Poor Millionaira

Lately starved IN London because
he could not digest bis food. Early
use Of Or. Kings New Life Pills
would have save him. They strength
ca the stomach, aid digestion, pro-
mote assimilation, improve appetite.
Price 25 cents. Money back Il not
satisfied. Sold by Peoples drug store
aud A. w. Foreman DIV
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-09-12

slill wo have 90 rain.
The Washington times., 1901-08-30
PERSONAL.

Queen Alexandra has ordered a special
"volturette" to be made for presentation
to the Dowager Empress of Russia. The
car is to be Of eight-horse power, and is
to be of the spider type. finished and fur
nished in a most luxurious manner.
John d. Rockefeller, jr., is an expert
horseman and judge of horsefiesh. He Is
at present Interested in the breeding of
valuable cobs and has also imported sew
eral from England to his place at Pecan
tico hills.
Austin Dobson, who recently gave up
his office as principal of the fisheries
and harbor department of the London
Board of Trade, by his resignation term
mated a public service of forty-five years
Mr.. Dobson will go abroad for several
months, and on his return to England
will devote himself to a life of Samuel
Richardson. for which he has collected
a large store of material.
Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, who
has just reached the age limit and been
retired from the British navy, was in that
service longer than almost any other liv-
ing English officer. He entered il fifty
years ago. and served through the Bur
mese campaign OF 49,.
Mr.. w. G. Whitney's great park In the
Adirondacks has never been numbered
He Is setting a good example to forest
owners. and also preserN ing its value. by
cutting off TIE trees over ten inches in
diameter leaving all the smaller ones to
grow.
In an address recently delivered in Lon
don, Mr.. Asquith, the well-known mem
her of Parliament. made felicitous use of
English when pleading for better lipguis-
tic culture. He took occasion 10 con-
denim the uneouth and pseudo classical
terminology of the men of science the
tortuouS and nebulOuS phrases of philoSo-
The Washington times., 1901-08-30
POLITICAL COMMENT

| 1t is reported that President Castro OF
Venezuela wants Washington to give him
| some friendly advice regarding his trou-
| BILE with Colombia. Secretary Hay should
| refer Signor Castro to the commander
OF one of Uncle Sans warships now due
IN the vicinity of Panama.-St. Paul t'io-
| neer Press
| Uncle Sans receipts from the sale Of
| lots in the new town in Oklahoma will
amount to 100000 The way to make
| money in the real estate business is to
| grab land by the square mile from the
| Indians and sell 1t out by the foot TO
farmers. Boston Globe.
Whatever else it may do, the Hanna
| boom in Virginia will not be likely to
break the solid South.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Cen Fred Grant says the Efiipinos are
quick to see joke. AS the principle of
Joking is surprises, considering the sur
prlseS they have had and those in store
Ter them. they are likely to have plenty
use Tor the faculty.-Philadelp Times.
The Steel Trust may feel more like CON-
ferring again, when it has worked off its
products on the rising market. So far.
probably, 1t has not lost much-Indian-
apolis News.
An unfortunate fact in that connection
is that Mr.. Knox stands for the Admin
istration. He is placing 1t before the
country in an exceedingly unfortunate at
titude The probability is he ought never
to have been appointed to the position
which he holds. He is recognized as a
fine lawyer and a good fellow, but he has
been a corporation attorney for a long
time and that he has been influenced by
the corporation atmosphere in which he
has lived for so long is plain enough
Minneapolis Journal.
with France closely resembles the studied
policy of Il man who is stacking up
against four aces with nothing stronger
than pair of treys.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Colombia's greenbacks are now worth
cents on the dollar. The greenback party
isn't likely to stand much of a show In
Colombia after they get things straight
ened out again.-Chicago Record Herald
General Uribe-Uribe has to take back
seat While Sultan Abdul Hamid makes an
other exhibition of himself-Pittsbury
Chronicle.
The grandfather clause in the Alabama
constitution will be a great incentive TO
the study of genealogy.-Memphi Appeal
y despatch from Manila yesterday said:
owing to the heavy rains, active opera-
tons az iinst the insurgents in the island
of Samar have been temporarily SUSPEND
ed " Is this perhaps belated cablesrau2
II is very like the dispatches that came
from Otis two years ago and from his
successor last year. Isn't the war over?-
New York World.
Pension Commissioner Evans is not go
ing to resign. The report that he was
appears to have been merely a case of
the wish father to the thought.-Boston
As one result of the strike the price of
tin has gone up s. a box, from which it
may be inferred that the trust is able
to regard the present situation with a
greater degree of complacency than either
the public. which pays the advance. or
the strikers. who lose their wages. With
out the protection of the Dingley tariff
the situation would not be so comfortable
for the trust.-Baltimore News.
The Washington times., 1901-08-30
Austria and Mexico.

The resumption of diplomatic rela-
lions between Austria and Mexico, re-
Gently consummated, furnishes an ad-
mirable illustration of how time heals
the ugliest of wounds, and soothes the
angriest of human passions. Many
there are who do not know that since
the execution of Macmillan Austria
and Mexico have been, nationally
speaking, strangers. having no diplo-
matte relations with each other. Max
imilian was a brother Of Franz Josef,
and the execution of the former deeply
wounded the Emperor both In his af
fections and his pride Opinions may
differ as TO whether this execution was
The Washington times., 1901-08-30
Circulation Statement.
No Strike Settlement.

despatch yesterday from Indianap-
oils stated that Simon Burns. Grand
Master Workman of the Knights of La
Dor, had returned TO that city, and an
nounced that the plan of arbitration
to settle the steel strike had been re-
jected by President Schwab of the
Steel Trust. and that there would be no
further effort to secure peace by means
of arbitration or compromise.
Such a result was TO be expected.
Whether their view be well founded or
not, there is no doubt that the steel
magnates regard the strike as failure.
and hence are in no mood to make con-
cessions. There is too much reason for
believing that they will force the fight
ing from this time on, and either COM
pei the strikers to resume work on nom
union trust terms or wait patiently
until they can find outside labor enough
TO run their plants on a non-union
basis
This development will be a source of
disappointment to thousands of men
identified with labor organizations; be-
cause, if tie Steel Trust should succeed
fully in carrying out its programme. the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel, and Tin Workers would receive
almost II not quite its death blow, and
that disaster would reflect itself dan
gerously upon organized labor in gen
era1. But. whatever may be the indi-
rect effects, the truth remains that the
movement has not been intelligently
handled by President Shaffer. His
blunder in calling out the Western
workers who had contracts with their
employers has forfeited confidence on
the part of many prominent labor lead
ers, and of the country
There is a probability that the Joliet
and Bay View Amalgamated people
may return to work, and a possibility
that the McKeesport strikers may Sc
cede from the association and make
separate terms with the trust. Mean
while the latter is increasing union
production. and promises, next week, to
have number of plants now idle in op-
Grafton again The consensus of
opinion at Pi'tsburg, where more is
known of tbs inside conditions than
elsewhere. appears to be that the strike
will fall by its own weight within the
next two weeks.
The Washington times., 1901-08-30

either justifiable or necessary, but there
| can be no dissent from the view that
( the story of Macmillan and poor Car
I lotta' is one of the saddest and most
touching to be found in the pages of all
history.
Macmillan was a kindly and we'll
meaning man, and when, in the midst
of our own great civil war, Louis Napo-
leon determined to set up an Empire in
Mexico, the Austrian Archduke was Sc
lected as the first Emperor. a sort of
election was held, and Macmillan was
induced to believe that he was actually
the choice of the people for the imperial
station. So he probably was of those
who wanted an Empire, but as the event
proved, these constituted but a small
fraction of the Mexican people. From
the very first the maintenance Of his
authority depended almost entirely
upon the French army by which he
was supported.
But with the close of the American
war the United States asserted the
Monroe Doctrine in a manner that
amazed the world The French Govern
ment was advised that the longer con-
tinuance of its army in Mexico would
be regarded as an act of hostility to the
American Republic, and the withdrawal
of the force that was sustaining the
power OF Macmillan was requested in
terms that could not be misunderstood.
Had the language itself been in the
least ambiguous, there was nothing
doubtful in the despatching of Sheri-
dan with a powerful army of veterans
to the American side of the Rio Grande
Ambitious though he was. Louis Napo-
leon felt no inclination to join issue
with million American bayonets.
Very reluctantly the French army was
withdrawn, and the fate of Macmillan
was sealed. His devoted wife went to
Europe vainly seeking for help in lieu
OF that which had been taken away by
the action of France. But no country
of the old World was prepared to haz-
ard conflict with the United States
a conflict which could have but one
ending. Carlotta failed everywhere in
her efforts: her heart broke, and her
mind gave way. Soon Macmillan was
Ncui tihicu, anu ShOl
He was not executed for his usurpa-
ton. but for an indiscreet proclama-
ton, in which he characterized the
Mexican revolutionists as brigands, and
not entitled to be treated as belligerents
in war.
The execution opened a diplomatic
gulf between Austria and Mexico that
for a third of a century was never
closed. But as the years have come
and gone they have had their soften
ing influence. Nations cannot afford to
treasure up hatreds forever, and it is
not natural for them to do SO. Touched
by the hand of still deeper sorrows, and
himself standing almost in the shadow
of the grave. the Austrian Emperor is
said to have made the first advance.
However this may be. the chasm has
been bridged between the two nations
and the representative of the Mexican
Republic has been welcomed to the i'm
perial Court of the Hapsburgs. Thus
passes from view the last political re-
minder Of the tragedy of Macmillan,
which was the indirect cause of the |
downfall of the last great Empire in
France. the lonely widowhood of Eu-
genie, and the death of the Prince I'M
perial in the military service of Great |
Britain.
The Washington times., 1901-08-30

be American before Congress legislates
| concerning It, and cease to be American
just as soon as Congress enaets a law
with reference to it, but nobody else
| seems capable of understanding how
such a thing can be. Not one of his as
sociates in the court is able to grasp the
idea. and so far as we have seen, no
outside commentator seems to have
tried. Those who are opposed to the
later decision have riddled the idea with
merciless satire. while those who want
ed such a judgment have been quite
content to take it and say nothing with
respect to the reasoning which he Of
fers in support of it.
But apart from all this, if Justice
Brown remains consistent with himself
in either case, it would seem that he
must hold that the duties collected were
unlawful. The Philippines We're coded
to Us by the Treaty of Paris, just as
Porto Rico was, and Congress had not
undertaken to legislate for them.
Therefore whether the De Lima or the
Downes case is taken as a precedent
the decision must be adverse to the Gov
eminent. 1t all appears to depend upon
Justice Brown. That is to say, if the
case is to be considered parallel with
either of the two upon which we have
been commenting. But as before re-
marked. the court may see something
in the case which distinguishes it from
both. If not the failure to decide it
with the others can only be accounted
for upon the superstition that there was
some special reason for holding up the
opinion.
The Washington times., 1901-08-30
THE ALGER BOOK,

Mr. Alger, the ex-Secretary of War;
is about the publish book relating
to the war with Spain. in which he will
defend his administration of the War
Department and give his version of the
various controversies in which he was
engaged. If the rule which the Acting
Secretary of the Navy enforced upon
Rear Admiral Evans, that naval officers
may not speak disrespectfully of for
mer Secretary. applies equally in the
army. Mr.. Alger will have 1t all his own
way. lie can attack the officers who
served under his misused authority. but
they viii be forbidden to reply. 1t may
be said. however. that reply from them
Will not be necessary. The country has
already formed its opinion OF Mr.. Alser
and the worst that anybody could do for
him would be what he is now doing for
himself, to bring him again into public
Observation-Disclosures Times.