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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-17
4 One Hundred Chinese Perish.

my Associated Press
LONDON. Sept. IA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Hong Kong announces
that during a typhoonathe steamer On
Ling-Woa capsized off Kwang- chau-Wan
and one hundred persons persisted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-17
SLUG NO. ONE.

Mr.. s. II. Nugent.. chairman OF Chester
fled county. has called his committee to
meet on the. 25th. and Chairman l.. o.
Davis. OF Powhatan, Will call his in day
or two. The meeting Of the Goochland
committee will follow.
The Republicans OF the district are
working In harmony, and they claim that
the Democrats will have to hustle to
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

the commission is making the roll
OF citizens, is as follows:
"For the purpose OF expediting
the enrolment Of the Cherokee
citizens and the allotment OF lands
as herein provided, the said com.
mission shall. from time to time,
and as soon as practicable, for ward
to the secretary Of the Interior lists
upon which shall be placed the
names of those persons found by
the commission to be entitled to
enrolment. The lists thus pre-
pared, when approved by the sec.
retary OF the Interior, shall consii.
tute a part and parcel Of the final
roll of citizens OF the Cherokee
tribe, upon which allotment Of
land and distribution Of other trib.
al property shall be made. When
there shall have been submitted to
and approved by the secretary Of
the Interior lists embracing the
names Of all those lawfully entitled
to enrolment, the roll shall be
deemed complete"
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
ANOTHER BLUNDER.
Secretary Of Interior Makes confus-
Ing Order to the Dawes
Commission.

This morning a Times reporter
was told by the chairman Of the
Dawes commission that yesterday
the commission received a letter
from the department not TO issue
certificates of.allotment to any in
termarried citizens, no matter
what roll they we're on.
This letter came just In the nick
Of time, as there were then on the
chairman's desk certificates OF al.
lotment to 200 Uherokees, some
of them intermarried citizens.
These will all have TO be cut out,
according to the Srder.
This Is but another Of the most
exasperatlng delays caused By the
department. Of The interior, which
seems to be about as familiar with
conditions aud necessities Ia the
Indian territory as they are with
the iungles OF Africa.
In the Cherokee treaty express
provisions are made for intermar
ried citiSena. This treaty was ap-
proved by congress aud the Cher.
okes nation and filled all necessary
requirements. The rolls were
made up and approved by the
secretary OF the interior, the inter
married citizens we're issued al.
lotment cards. and the work Of al,
lotling the land was going forwarc
satisfactorily.
Now comes one John ]. Hemp
hill, representing the Ke-too.whI
society, clan that is against al
lo.ment, and everything else, and
succeeds in getting the secretary
OF the interior TO reverse himself
reverse the commission and throw
the entire Cherokee nation In I
turmoil.
There are 1900 inteFmarrles
oitizens 10 tbs Cherokee nation
The same rules that apply to then
also apply in the ChickasaW sn'
Choctaw nations. In those pa
tions there are probably 10,00l
intermarrled citizens. Itis likell
that the same order concerninI
them may be made by the Hecre
tary, aud II so there will be q con
fusion that will set the Dawes com
mission back six months with II
work.
The ways Of the secretary an
his motives are past finding out
--Muakogee Times.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
THESE HAVE LOST.
Interior Department Aiilrms Decision
of Dawes Commission.

The Secretary OF the In.
terror has affirmed the de-
cision of the Dawes commis-
sion rejecting tbs following ap.
pIicahons for enrolment as citi.
Gems Of the Cherokee Nation:
Joseph N. ilafvllle et al; Aiafanda
Hursell ct all Laura n Prltchardi
Della NJ GORE ct al; Mary l.. Strickland
et Al; Mary /. portwood et al, Mary
Stone ct al; Mary Watts: Orlcna 7,
Myers ct al
Commissions deelsiuG rejecting
the application of ". W Rfeedloys
for tho enrolment o. Lncratla and
James Hunter reversed bY the secfe
tary u the Interior remanded and
ordered enrolled
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
ARRESTED FOR KILLING.
Body was Thrown IHto Pond and
Remained There Three Weeks.

PAlen Tolbert came In from
Weleslka thiu morning and bro
ught with him an Indian named
Louis Scott who is charged with
the murder of an other indian
named Factor.
The murder occurred west Of
0keema. Factor vas killed and
thrown into = pond. His saddle
and bride we're hidden. but Scott
took bic horse aud was riding It.
The body Of Factor remained In
the water three weeks before It
vas found and a week later Scott
was arrested. He bad the horse
In bis possession whenhe was arr
rested. -Muskcgee Times.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Chief Buffington's Proclamation.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Cherokee Natann.

Tahlequah, |. T. March Is, '03.
70 The eleyks Of ne segeyai dist,leis:
By the authority 10 me vested
by law, I, T. NJ. Burlington, Prin.
cipal Chief Of the Cherokee Nation,
do issue this my proclamation,
promulgaling Monday the Bird. dsy
Of August next. as the day desig-
mated by law, on which the gen.
eral election will be held at the
various voting precincts 10 the
Cherokee Nation. to Gil the Of.
fees hereinafter named, to.Wil
One Principal Chief to serve the
time designated under the agree.
ment ratified August z, 1902, or
according TO existing law.
One Assistant Chief to serve for
the the period designated under
late agreement, or according to
existing law.
MEMBERS oTTHE NATIONAL COUNCIL
Canadian District, 6 members
2 senators, councillors, 2 ysars.
Cooweescoowee District, 9mem.
bers--2 senators, 7 councillors; 2
years.
Delaware District, s members
2 senators, 8 councillors; 2 years.
Flint District, s members--2
senators, s councillors; 2 years.
Goingsnake District, 8 members
p senators, 4 councillors; 2 years
Illinois District, 7 members
2 senators, 8 councillors; 2 years.
Sequoyah District, 3 members.
2 senators, 3 councillors; 2 years,
Saline District, 5 members-s
senators, 3 councillors; 2 years.
Tahleqush Disirint. 7 msmberl
p senators, 5 councillors; 2 years
In the performances of your du
ties you will be guided BY the pub
lished laws ofihe Cherokee NatioI
of 1892, Chapter VIII, page s35
au Act entitled; "An Act RslatinI
TO Elections.n
In witness whereof | hereunll
set my hand and atiix the seal Q
the Cherokee Nation a, Tahlegual
! Indian Territory on the day an,
date fret above written.
7. NJ. BURLINGTON,
J Attest: Principal Chief.
J. II. PARKS, Executive Sec
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
WHITE CITIZENS.
Are Allowed to File Pending
Decision of Court of
Claims.
LANDS ARE RESERVED
Can Only Hold Lands in Their
Possession and Upon Which
Improvements Are Now
Located.

The order was received at the
land Office yesterday directing that
names Of intermarried citizens OF
the Cherokee Nation be eliminated
from all schedules Of citizens sent
up to the Interior department for
approval.
In preparing these schedules in
the future, the name of no white
intermarried persons will be in-
cluded until the opinion OF the
court Of claims is rendered In the
case. In the meantime, the COM
mission has decided TO allow inter.
mar led citizens to file on the came
terms that doubtful citizens are
permitted to file. That is to say,
the lands they select for their al
lotments will be reserved for them
pending the final determination OF
their cases before the courts.
All white adopted citizens OF the
Cherokee Nation stand In the aiti.
tude Of claimants to citizenship.
The decision OF the court ol
claims may be forthcoming very
soon or II may be ong.dsisysd
In any event, its action will nee
essarily have to be patiently
awaited
II is the opinion Of the best Law
yers that this class OF citizens maj
properly go into the courts ans
demand their share Of all pc
capita cash payments made Il
Cherokee citizens heretofore II
which thev have not been allowed
TO share.
The rights Of intermarried whiisl
was originally based upon th'
Cherokee constitution, which
enumerates therein it's definition
of Cherokee citizenship, and sub
sequsnllY upon the late agreemen
passed by Congress and ratified a
the polls by The Cherokee voters
Section sixly.eight Of the agree
ment coniers the right to go int
the court OF claims, with the righ
oil appeal to the supreme court 0
The United States, to any party Il
interest, and that the case shal
be advanced on the docket Of eithe
court on motion Of either party
the suit, and TO be determined q
the earliest practicable time.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
HAPPENED so YEARS AGO.
An Old Copy Of the Cherokee Advo-
cate acknowledgements
Address BY VIM. ?.
Ross Etc.

The Arrow has before II copy
OF the Cherokee Advocate bearing
date Of January Il, 1853, a little
more than 80 years ago. The
Advocate was then in its eighth
year and at lie masthead is 70 und
the name Of VIM. P. Boudinoi, cd.
ilor; Joseph P. Bird, translator.
The iisst page Of the paper Is tax.
en- up with an address delivered
by VIM. P. Ross before the Sons
Of Temperance, which organiza-
tlon appeared to be in good work.
ing order in Tahlequah even In
that early day In the Nation--lhs
new Nation. The address in ques.
tion breaths the sentiment Of !
maslerlul mind, and the Arrow
herewith presents al excerpt:
.'In,emperance leads 20 poverty
Il mukee the rich man poor, ans
The poor man poorer Point m,
out oae poor dlunkerd who hal
made a fortune and | will ehov
yon q thousand rich ones, whosl
riches have taken wings 10 them
selves and Aown away Drunk
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
WILL REJECT OIL LEASE.
The Secretary Of the interior Again
Demonstrates Ills Power IS
ContoFtIonlst.

The secretary OF the interior has
decided TO reject ell applications
for leases Of oil lands In the Greek
and Choctaw nations until be can
investigate the conditions there.
The interior department has ie.
csived many ofthese applications,
and the secretary believes many
Of them are not made in good faith
The purpose Of the government in
leasing the lands is TO develop
an oil producing Territory for the
benefit OF the indians. Informa.
ton has reached The department
that certain oil companies have
formed a syndicate With the pur.
pose Of obtaining the leases and
not developing them. One appli-
cant asked for lease for 10000
acres and there are other appli.
canls for large areas. A special
agent will be cent to the Indian
Territory, and the secretary will
be governed by The report Of thil
agent.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

The Dawes commission ls quite
an expensive luxury to the nation
at large, The South AcAlester
News has figured up thessxpensea
Of that body for he past year at
s27S, ,975. As. This includes salar-
les Of commissions. $4,000 Sal-
aries Of employees, sis2. .9e5.42
subslalenee Of the employees en-.
gagged IN field work, go. .6s9.56.-
Ardmorise.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Glover, Redtop, Bluegrass, Bermuda and Alfalfa s

enness and thrift are incompatible
and nothing can we'll combine
them, short OF sordidness Of soul
that sinks it's posessor into the
meanest Of misers. Whether
they be 80 combined by any one
10 this Nation, | know not, but
this we all know that hundreds OF
y.ctims to their cups, who have
commenced life under an auspici.
GUS sun, and who, otherwise, had
within their easy grasp compe-
tence, If not wealth, have sunk to
poverty and want. Poverty is the
shadow OF drunkenness, a shadow
so dark, that It is alike visible
amid sunshine and cloud and
which rapidly lengthens towards
the close ofits earthly day. But
bad as they are, these are not the
only personal bad effects ofintem.
perance in q temporal point OF
view, (and the eternal one we look
as too sacred for our lips Poverty
can be endured with ease-sick-
ness borne with fortitude. and
death itself met with defiance.
But worse than these, it robs its
victim Of that which is more preo-
ious than gold and jewels, and
health and life itself-priceless
reputation. Who trusts the drunk
ard as q sober man2 No one does,
nor can, nor should. Dangerous
as a companion, unstable and un.
reliable, be is not only unfit for
the discharge OF high public
duties, but for even those Of an
humble kind. Does this assertion
demsnd proof? Surely noil Who's
here that knows not cases Of tbs
noble, ingenious and patriotic
man gradually lose caste amonl
bis iellow.men, and sink from higl
promise to depths so low tha
there were "none to do him rev
erence. )" There have been case
In our midst. Intemperence an'
rue respeoability are incompa.
table toe, and never unite wher
there is 8 pure and elevated an
refined moral sentiment. Thes
considerations, il seems shoull
win every man to temperance AM
enlist him, II not under the nobl
banner, under some one unfurle,
In a similar cause. But II tn
pleasure Of present health AM
prospective long life, the ease AM
blessings Of competence, and tn
inestimable boom OF unsullied rep
utalion be not sufficient, We sa.
you should be temperate for tn
sake of your families. ."-Tahle
quah Arrow.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

One day last week one Of the
Canadian Valley girls cooked din.
ner for ten men and sitter washing
her dishes attended school that
afternoon. Notwithstanding such
ocerfanees as this. some folks back
Esss wonder whether Oklahoma
is ready Tor statehood Times
Journal.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Prior Department Directs
pawes Commission To
Strike Names Of flnter-
| married Citizens off
Schedules.
SWEEPING ORDER
'Fcling Three Thousand White
ople In The Cherokee Ma.
ZION. A Curious and Unpre.
|saedented Condition
Concerns All Inter
married Persons.

be land Office officials received
ay sweeping order from the
artment Of the Interior direct.
that the names OF adopted citi.
8 be eliminated from all sche.
es prepared in the future.
be order is based upon the fact
the case OF the intermarried
Ans has been referred to the
ted Ststes Court OF Claims for
opinion az TO their status as
gems oil the Cherokee Nation
their right to share In the di.
on Of land now being made.
rhe names Of about twelve hum
d white intermarried persons
ge already been approved by
Secretary Of the Interior and
|ir names have been placed on
fnal roll Of Cherokee citizens
& pared by the Dawes Commis.
and on the schedules made
use Al the land Office in the
tier Of filing on allotments.
Many Of these intermarried oiti.
be have filed upon allotments
4 The same terms az Cberokees
blood. What effect this order
fthe Interior Department will
We upon those intermarried per-
ns whose names have been en-
led as citizens after approval
the Secretary OF the Interior lie
h clear. II, however, is reason
e to suppose that All will stand
on The same footing in the end.
|lIt IL believed that the order Is
the nature Of an injunction and
4 will operate as such. The In
ior Department is simply cay.
a 60 the Dawes Commission.
N be matter OF the rights OF inter.
irried persons 10 The Cherokee
ltion TO share Ia the allotment OF
|lld, has been referred to the court
claims, don't allot any more
Id to this class Of citiz ems until
opinion OF the court is had" +"
This is not an unreasonable
lew as II stauds TO reason that Il
e case is pending In the court
. action OF the court should be
gaited TO determine finally the
sps OF the people involved.
dt IL 8 little pusrling as to how
3 case got into the courts, 81
hder the Cherokee agreepenl th'
cislons Of The commission, wher
bprovsd by the Secretary Of th'
i ,rior, are final.
Anens the righta OF intermarriet
.hlts persons TO share in The trib
property, the Court Of Claimi
1.-THE Delaware decision recently
Anoered says;
Being clothed With the eharac
rislics OF q distinct political com
unily, the Nation must have in
|dent to IL the right and .power Il
|imit TO citizenship such personl
+ Il may desire, aud, being ed
tled TO citizenship, they partak'
+ all the rights Of a citizen In
lolisicel sense, and on equality
i common with the other oilizenI
i property and lunds OF the bod
|olitic. The communal properly
Il the Nalion becomes theirs IN thI
|ame sense that 1t is common L
|Gher citizens. "
With reference to thOes inter
BARRED persons whose name
Have beeu placed on The fnal roll
is not clear al this time wha
a be done. Section 20 Of th
|ihArpkee agreement, under whiol
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19
Meeting Called To Devise
Means For Raising Nee
essary Funds.
IND. TER. EXHIBIT.
Money Appropriated by Congress
Is Available on Condition That
the Territory Raise an Equal
Acknowledging al South
McAIester.

McAlester.
Steps are being taken towards
raising the amount of funds neces.
sary TO defray the expenses OF an
Indian Territory exhibit at the
Worlds Fair at 81. Louis In 1904.
The last session Of congress In.
corporated in the sundry civil bill
a provision appropriatiDg s25 GOO
for this purpose available on con-
dition that Indian territory raise
an equal sum. The method by
which this amount is TO be raised
was not indicated by congresa, but
the time In which Il is to be raised
is limited to the first day of June,
1903.
In view Of this fact the following
circular letter, which is seli.ex.
planatory, is being sent out:
Muskogee, /. T., Mch. 16, 1903.
Dear Sir:
At the last sessio Of congress
there was incorporated IN the sun
dry civil bill, a paragraph provid-
ing an appropriation for an Indian
territory exhibit at the Louisisna
Purchase Exposition to be held al
81. Louis in 1901, herewith enclosed
The act, as you will see, doeI
not indicate any method BY which
the cilizens Of this Territory shal
raise the s25 600 incumbent upon
them to make the $4,000 appro
priated by Congress available.
With the purpose Of getting such
q representative body OF the Ter
Fiiory together as will devise way
and means TO raise this fund which
will be satisfactory TO the entir'
community, the undersigned hav'
assumed the invitation and MAKE
this call for a meeting to be held q
South McAlesler on Wednesday
March 25, 1908, ct i0a.m.
The executive heads ofthe Fiv'
Civilized Tribes and the mayor
Of the towns In the Indian Terri
tory have each been sent a lette
similar 10 this.
The Indian Territory, Is 80
know, is part Of the Louisianl
purchase. In lie natural resource
is the peer Of the proudsst state Q
The Louisiana purchase territory
The people Of the world are IN
mindful OF the progress that be
been made toward civilization, ant
while we recognize that lie nalura
resources have been bat little de
Yeloped, we feel that such an ez
hibitiOn OF progress can be show
at the Worlds Fair as will great
ly augment the inflow Of capits
and population to the Territory
Il is also most desirable that oi
izens ofthe Indian Territory visi
ing said exposition have a home I
their own while upon the IA
grounds, as is contemplated by ID
act.
(, We most respectfully urge ye
TO attend this meeting in persol
and assist in getting the machlnel
prepatory TO this important evel
in motion.
H.B. sPAULDING,
Mayor Of Muakogee. Greek Natiol
L. F, PARKER, JF.
Mayor Of vinila, Cherokee Natio
FIELDING LEWIS.
! Mayor Of South MeAlesaef, Che
law Nation.
4. Il DICK,
!. Mayor Of Ardmore, Chickasa
!. Nation.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

Mayor Of Ardmore, ohiokaaaw
Nation.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

The Dallas News col uff lbIs Pun.
"0klahoma and the Indian Terri
tory combined should maka he
best state Ia the Uaiou; 81 shhfe-
Waited reason being thai shs Inr-
mer Is usually recognized A. OK.
while the latter Is univsfskiIy re.
lerred 10 a. being IT." xba com.
binalion would oerlelnI9 msks
IrOK.
Read the Daily Cniztz4<
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-03-19

The Ozark i Cherokee Central rail-
r0adha been transferred % the Frisco
System including Tho Dexter route to
Shawnee Oklahoma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
HUNTING FOR CARS.
Western Roads Are Trying to Pre-
vent Shortage.

In the west the Rock IslCn1, Frisco and
Santa Fe are prominent If. their prepara-
tions for car shortage All three, as well
as most other granger roads, have added
largely to their equipment during the
year, vet all three are still in the market
for cars. The Frisco comes to the front
with a demand for 1900 cars, wherever
obtainable The road is willing to charter,
rent or buy Mr.. Winchell sends urg-
that the crops of the southwest can not
be properly handled with the present
equipment.
The trouble of the west is not yet imme-
date The roads have a month or more to
prepare before the rush begins. They have
been clamoring for cars for sixty days,
and their rolling stock on alien lines mas
been called back as far as possible The
complaints registered in the early summer
about the long delays that the roads were
meeting in getting their cars sent back
from trunk line territory are subsiding.
1t would appear that if the western roads
are supplied with equipment to meet
crops there win be little hindrance to their
accomplishing this end, so Tar as delayed
returns of cars are concerned Inc PEE
diem system has materially assisted
them.
on the whole this cry of car shortage
is the most hopeful sign of the times 1t
follows very few months of Wa1ling over
decline in business, either present or fu-
ture There can be no decline in railroad
business when the bushes in sight far
exceeds the ability of the railroads TO
handle it. A car shortage is an index OF
prosperity. A plethora of cars would De a
very bad sign, but the man is pesslm1St
indeed who can find signs of decline in
this cry from Pittsburg and the west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
100 HORSES BURNED.
Lantern Upset in a Livery
Stable in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg. Sept. Sire which broke
out in the large stables of the Ale
gheny Transfer company at Sixteenth
and Liberty streets at o'clock TINS
morning resulted in a loss of at least
5000. 900. distributed over greater por-
ton of the block bounded by Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets and Liberty
and Spring alley.
The blaze originated in the stables
supposedly from the Overturning OIL
lantern, setting fire to some hay There
were 129 horses in the stable, and fully
100 of them were either burned to death
or so badly hurt that they will have to
he k:llez