Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
IN INDIAN TERRITORY
Secretary Hitchcock Prepar-
ing a Statement.
MR.. GARRETT'S CHARGES
VERY LIVELY CONTROVERSY
MAY RESULT.
Not Believed the President Will Inter-
fere In Management Of Affairs
Of Bed Men.

Of Red Men.
Secretary Hitchcock Of the Department
OF the Interior is preparing statement
Of the condition of the affairs of the In
dams in Indian territory. concerning
which charges and counter charges have
been made. and Will give the entire story
OF the condition Of the government Offices
as he found them to the public in the
course OF few days.
Mr.. Hitchcock will not give out this
statembent. however, until he hears from
President Garrett Of the Indian Rights
Association or has reason, to believe that
Mr.. Garrett does not intend to answer the
communication addressed toe him by the
Secretary last Thursday, reqhesting to be
informed whether or not the publication
Of the charges by Agent .Bnesius Of the as
ISOLATION was done with hisi consent, and
fnquiring whether OF not Mr., Garrett want
ed these charges to be published before he
had presented them to the secretary Of the
Interior. So far no notice has been taken
wait until reasonable time has elapsed
before making public his statement.
Mr.. CARROTS Charges.
While 1t is not known officially at the In
terror Department that MR. Garrett had
anything to do with the charges In ques-
ton. 1t is known throughout the country,
wherever a copy Of the charges was re-
~ceived. that they were sent out not only
with Mr. CARROTS consent. but by Mr.
Garrett himself and were accompanied by a
letter from him explaining what they were
and what was intended in giving them to
the public. The charges were contained in
a report made to Mr.. Garrett by Mr.. Bro
sius. his agent in this CITY,
On Monday morning last a copy of these
charges and the letter from Mr. Garrett
were found at The Star office in an envelope
addressed to The Evening Star Washing
ton. D. G. The letter was of the manifold
type, evidently carbon copy of the original
typewriter letter. and this was addressed
to the editor of The Evening Star. and was
signed by Philip G. Garrett, president of the
Indian Rights Association. Letters of the
same character. couched In the same lam
guage, were received by other newspaper
editors. 1t Is learned Saturday night and
Sunday and formed the basis of articles
published In Sunday and Monday morning
newspapers. 1t Is not possible, therefore
that Secretary Hitchcock will receive a dis
claimer from Mr.. Garrett and 1t is prob
able that there will be a very warm corre-
spondence between the two gentlemen when
Mr.: Garrett replies to the Secretary.
The Secretary. Commissioner Richards of
the general land office and Commissioner
Jones OF the Indian Office had a conference
this morning, and while none of them
would say what was discussed, it is be-
1ieved that the troubles in Indian territory
formed the topic that was Considered nv
them Mr.. Hitchcock had also brought to
MS room several papers with reference to
the laws of Indian territory, especially the
last appropriation act OF Congress.
No Difficulty Expected.
The Secretary stated this morning that
matters were progressing smoothly and
that he did not anticipate the slightest diff
Guilty In continuing his Investigation. It
has been limited In the newspapers that the
President would take hand in the investi-
cation and would inaugurate his interior
ence with the dismissal of the Dawes com
mlssion In It's entirety. It was learned this
morning on good authority that the Presi-
dent has no such intention President
roosevelt received statement of the con-
dition OF affairs in Indian territory from
private sources last month. He learned
mucn more regarding these affairs through
the Secretary of the Interior than he had
through his friend, and the matter has been
the cause Of several prolonged conferences
between Secretary Hitchcock and Mr..
1rooseveit' as mas been stated in The Star.
therefore,, knowing just what is going on
ana permitting the Secretary to proceed
thus Tar 1t Is not regarded as probable that
PRESIDENT Roosevelt will interfere In the in
"oooSdtiou dl tnlS Juctur0.
1t Is stated on good authority that eon,o
weeks ago Secretary Hitchcock notified
the members OF the Dawes commission and
others who are using thetss positions in the
,es'n SsViSe as vantage ground from
Winch 10 90 business In Indian lands. that
they must choose between their offices on,
their land business. In other words the
FEDERAL authorities whose names are being
printed as presidents, directors and stock
holders IN trust companies that deal in
~nI1} nf tI,a
panies or resign their offices. It Ia he
I1eved that some of the accused offlcials
hava fnttmated that they win WITHDRAW
from the land companies. a.
Sale Of Indian Lands.
The new rule promulgated some weeks
ago by the Secretary in regard to the sale
OF allotmen.s by the Creek Indians is hay-
Ing the effect OF preventing much fraud
OF the kind complained OF in the Brosius
charges. Under the law the Indian IL per-
mitted to sell thfee-fourthss Of his ailot-
ment. That IL. he may sell 12O acres. but
must keep forty
It is stated at the Interior Department
tnat me lana companies had options on the
best Creek land for from $3.50 to 81 an
acre. and that 81 was the unset nsace
Much OF the Creek land would be chean
at SIS an acre. 80 that Il the land COM
scheme. estimating the number OF acres
to be purchased at 100000, there would
be profit OF from 80 to SlE an acre. or a
total OF from $20.000.000 to $4,000, 600 In
tho Creek nation alone.
In the Choctaw and Chickasav nations
there are II 100000 acres OF land, in the
Cherokee nation, 100000 and m the ger,i
mole nation 100000.
Street Railway Strike or.
RICHMOND, w., August 24.-The streef