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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-28

A dispatch from Muskogee to the
Kansas City Journal says; All OF the
rolls in the Five Civilized Tribes
closed at midnight Thursday and the
worklwhich has kept fifty men busy
for the past ten years Is now practical
ly at an end, During this time the
Dawes commission has passed on the
applications Of nearly 100000 appli-
cants, and Of this number about 95,-
600 have been admitted.
The Dawes commission was created
in 1898, during Cleveland's second adj
ministration. The first commissioner
appointed was the late Henry L.
Dawes, Republican. The work Of
the commission consisted in making
the rolls Of the Five Civilized Tribes,
and finding who were entitled to share
tribal property and allot to them their
share Of the land.
June 10, 1896, the first actual work
in citizenship was commenced, ninety
days being allowed in which a copy Of
the original Indian rolls as shown BY
the tribal governments were to be
made, and applications Of others who
claimed citizenship were to be receiv-
ed. Sixty days more were allowedto
pass on all these cases. Congress at
that time thought five months time
enough to complete the work, which
has consumed ten years,
When the commission commenced
to take the rolls, the Indian nations
raised a protest, saying that their own
rolls bore hundreds Of names that
should not be on them, that they had
been corrupted, and we're incorrect.
The protest Of the red man led to the
passage Of the Curtis act in 1893, The
Curtis act provided that treaties
should be made between the nations
and congress to provide tile manner
in which citizenship and rights TO
tribal allotments should be establish
ed. The first among these treaties
was the Seminole, December I6, 1897.
The Creek treaty was made in March,
1900; the Choctaw and Chickasaw
{ known as the Atoka agreement)
June %, 1898. The Cherokee treaty
was made July /, 1902.
In each treaty the time for the clos
ing OF the rolls to applicants was set.
In every case this time was changed,
and those changes have been response
bic for the delay.
The Creek roll was to close May Is,
1901. This time was postponed until
September II, 1902, and this time was
changed.to March 4, 1905. The Choc-
taw and Chickasaw rolls we're first
ordered closed September 25, 1902, re-
opened to March a, 1905, and again
held open until March 4, 1906. The
Seminole rolls we're first to be closed
December 81, 1899, but were reopened
to new born children to March 4, 1905.
The members Of the Dawes commits
sion have always been opposed to the
opening Of the rolls, and ia nearly ey-
cry instance they have teen opened
for the enrolment Of children born
while the rolls we're being made. An
abstract of the enrolment work done
by the Dawes commission up to
the first day Of July, 1906, shows the
following number to have been enti-
tied to allotments:
Choctaw Nation 24,9l6; Creek Ma
ton, 1888; Chickasaw Nation, 1852;
3zl1l; Seminole, 3,Il2. /
This includes freedmen (negroesl and
white citizens.
Aside from these there are 2. 800 ap-
which have been received,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-28
TRIBAL ROLLS ARE
DEFINITELY CLOSED.
Three Hundred Thousand Applications
Have Been Received, Two
Thirds Rejected

but have not been passed on, as we'll
as all Of the new born children who
were admitted by the last congress.
1t is estimated that this number will
reach 1850 The law provides that
all applications must be finally passed
on by March 4, 1907.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-28
An End to the GuiIIOtins.

Paris, July 2s-The budget com
mittee today struck out the salary OF
Diebler, the public executioner thus
foreshadowing the disappearance Of
the guiHotine in France.
, 1906-10-17
DEATH OF A FORMER
CITIZEN OE LARAMIE.

Councilman II. d. Beemer this morn.
ing received a telegram from X. A.
Proctor of Cheyenne, notifying the To-
cal lodge of Odd Fellows of the death
of Henry Wolf, a member of Laramie
Lodge No. 2, who died at Cheyenne
at midnight last night. Mr.. Wolf was
for several years a resident of this city,
being in the employ of the Trabing
Commercial company, and was well and
favorably known by all old timers. He
removed to Cheyenne from this city
several years ago hue still retained his
membership in Laramie lodge No. 2.
The Cheyenne Leader this morning
had the following:
Henry Wolf, the well known liquor
dealer, died last night at IL o'clock at
his rooms in the Commercial block.
Death was the result of an affection OF
the throat of long standing and of an
accident which befell the deceased last
Saturday night. While descending the
stairs OF the Commercial block he fell
and injured himself severely. His in
juries were not sufficient of themselves
to cause death, but combined with his
chronic ailment they quickly brought
the end. The body has been taken to
the Gleason undertaking establish.
ment, where it will remain pending ar,
rangements for the funeral"
, 1906-10-17
Railroad Notes,

James B. McCracken of Ogden, form
erly claim agent for the Union Pacific
on the Wyoming division, was here
this morning.
The Laramie Plains engine was Civ
en- a final inspection at the shops this
morning and will be run to the new
camp on the Plains line.
The accident at the crossing last
night emphasizes the need of a sub
way under the tracks for a crossing.
The crossing is always dangerous, and
doubly so at night.
Mrs. Eldora Thompson of Cheyenne
has begun divorce proceedings against
c. H. Thompson, a Union Pacific ma
chiHist, On the ground of n~oH-support.
Thompson is not to leave the juris-
diction of the court without the per-
mission of the judge thereof.
A score of sheep we're killed in an
accident in the yards at Cheyenne
Monday night. The sheep were re
leased from a car in the wreck and
many of those not killed are missing,
having been picked up, no doubt, as
they wandered about the yards.
, 1906-10-17
WIFE OF LATE PRESIDENT OF
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
AT NEW YORK.
Disease Contracted in Adirondack
Mountains, Where She Had Spent
Summer - President Roosevelt
Sends Message for Himslf and
Wife and Flowers for Funeral
Remains Taken South.

New York. Oct. 17.-Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, the widow of the president of
the southern confederacy. whe had
been i'll for a week at the Hotel Ma
jectic in this city, died at 1925 O'Clock
last night. Her death was due to
pneumonia induced by a severe cold
which Mrs. Davis contracted upon her
return from the A~dirondacks. where
she had spent the summer months.
President Sends Flowers.
The body of Mrs. Davis was viewed
by many friends this morning. The
casket a surrounded by flowers,
prominent among which was a beau
tiful wreath sent by President Roose-
welt and his wife. The remains will
be SEN south this afternoon.
, 1906-10-17
RUN OVER
LAST NIGHT
AGED SHOEMAKER LOSES RIGHT
ARM AND SUFFERS WOUNDS
OF HEAD AT CROSSING.
Was on Way Home and Started to Pass
in Front of Slowly Moving Cars
Accident Discovered After Several
Minutes-Arm Amputated and
Wounds Dressed.

j. Nielsen, a shoemaker having q
shop at 106 Grand avenu and living
with his family at 615 Cedar street,
was knocked down and run over at the
Grand venue crossing of the railroad
about $3.50 last night, his right arm
being ground off at the elbow n his
face on the left side receiving m
GUS cuts, some of them extending to
the bone. Drs. Stevens and McCollum
attended the patient, amputating the
arm a little above the elbow. The
wheels of the car had passed owe the
member just below that joint, injuring
the bones at the joint SO that the arm
had to be taken off a little higher up.
Mr.. Nielsen was taken to his home,
where he lies now, with the chances
of his recovery considered somewhat
hopeful by the surgeons.
Cars Moving Slowly.
Mr.. Nielsen, according to the word
of those familiar with the accident,
was on his way home and was caught
between two cars. A switch engine
was backing a car down to take a
switch and struck the shoemaker, who,
it was thought, attempted to cross
ahead of the moving car. The train
was moving very slowly, and it was
not for several minutes that the injuf-
ed man was found. At the time of the
accident no one saw 1t and the switch
men did not know until their return
that they had struck Nielsen. One of
the switchmen saw him as he started
across the track and called to him to
look out, but supposed he had cleared
the track and went about his work.
Was On Way Home.
Mr.. Nielsen is 81 years old and has
a family. He is a shoemaker by trade,
starting a shop in the stand of A.
Vogelsang, who retired from business
some time ago. He vas on his way
home from the shop with a package Of
cakes when the accident occurred.
, 1906-10-17
WATER COMPANY FORMED
To Av NEW MAP
!, o Q O Q

At the meeting of Seventh street
property owners last night, at the home
of Harry C%ordiner, with t~wenty-four Of
the forty lot owners present, it was de-
cided to organize the Seventh Street
water company, with G. w. Lovejoy as
president, Harry Cordiner as secretary
and Ole Thompson as treasurer. The
company will lay a four-inch main from
Grand venue to Park avenue, and bids
for doing the work will be advertised
for without further delay. It is hoped
to bring all the property owners along
the thoroughfare into the company.
, 1906-10-17

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. IA penniless,
white-haired spinster awoke today to
find that she had come into possession
of 81, 900, 900 of Chicago wealth, and a
distinguished Chicago family found
that by a freak of law a vast fortune
slipped through its hands into the pos
session of a total stranger. The wo-
mar is Miss Jennie Phipps of Troy,
N. Y. She will have an income of $780,
600 a year.
inherited by Accident.
The family through whose hands
the fortune slipped was that of the
late w. T. Baker, a multi-millionaire
and the foremost citizen of Chicago,
Dying three years ago. Baker left nc
will. The dover of one-third was Civ
en- to his wife, who was supposedly
insane. Yesterday she died at the
home of her step-daughter.
Wife Died Insane.
Being Of unsound mind. she could
make no will. and as the five children
, 1906-10-17
MINING CONGRESS IN
FAv0R0 Of DEPARTMENT

riculture, has demonstrated the wis
dom of this cooperation in giving di
rection to American industrial forces,
and believing that the cooperation of
our government with the American
miner through a department of min
ing, will give an additional and con
elusive proof that American industrial
progress can be most permanently ad-
vanced through this method of coop
GRAFTON between the government and
the people, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the American min
ing congress, in convention assembled,
most earnestly urge on our federal
congress the Importance of creating a
department of mining. coordinate with
the department of agriculture"
, 1906-10-17
viii InyestIaate Institution.

Denver, Colo, Oct. Humane
Agent Kerr left this morning for Pa
gosa Springs to investigate. and. IL
necessary, rescue the children now
held by the Brotherhood of Light at
their home in Archuleta county.
Children Die of Starvation.
Stories have been told of the chill
dren there dying for want of food.
The brotherhood is made up of veg
etarians, and no meat is given, so the
children, it is said, pass away for want
of n~ourishment. No cruelty is charged,
but the fanatics are not regarded as
responsible, so far as the care of
poor children is concerned.
Claims Of Friends.
The brotherhood's friends here say
that the percentage of deaths of little
ones in the home is not any greater
than in the orphan asylums and other
institutions for children throughout
the country.
, 1906-10-17
Enaine Taken to Yards.

The Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pa
ciic company's engine, No. /, was de-
livered to the company today and TAX
en- to the Plains line yards at l o'clock,
Superintendent Stewart being aboard
as the locomotive left the right of way
of the Union Pacific Inc went to the
company's tracks. Mr.. Mcdonald Is
the engineer and Freeman Bower is
the fireman. One of the cars belong
ing to the company has been fitted up
as an outfit car for the use of the
trackmen. The train was taken to the
western terminus of the road, where
a new camp will be established.
, 1906-10-17
LOOKING FOR
INSPECTORS
LOCAL OFFICIALS PREPARING
FOR COMING OF SYSTEM Of
FIcIALS NEXT WEEK.
Annual Inspection, Upon Which Sta
tion, Yards, Rolling Mill and Other
Departments viii Figure-Fire-
man Injured by Bursting Pipe
Railroad Notes.

Local railroad officials are doing
their best to get their several depart
ments in apple pie order for the com
ing of the officials on their an
nual trip of inspection of the
physical condition of the Wyo
ming division on the Goth or there,
abouts. The shops. depot, baggage and
express offices, yards and rolling mil
are receiving plenty of attention. Lar.
annie has always stood quite high
mostly at the very top, n Agent
Emmons, District Foreman Sullivan
Yardmaster Wilburn and Manager ia,
cobus will give the officials of the sys.
tenn a chance to make a similar report
this year or a little better.
, 1906-10-17
Sold His Pretty Wife.

New York. Oct. 17.-That a husband
sold his pretty wife to a man nearly
Go years old for 5000, when he already
had thousands of dollars himself. was
the amazing testimony by Prof. Isaac
Russell in a suit for SIS, 900 that Ed
win H. Tucker. a wealthy insurance
broker, is bringing for alienation OF
his wife's affections, against Eugene
Dudley, an aged millionaire manu-
facturer of car fixtures.
, 1906-10-17
Death of Conductors Son.

Virgil e. Thompson, son of Conduc-
tor and Mrs. B. w. Thompson, died
last evening, at the home of his par
ents, at 210 Fourth street, of pernicious
apaemia, and the remains will be TAX
en- to the former home of the family
for interment. Virgil was 10 ear old
and had been i'll for some time. He is
the grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Belts,
living OF Seventh street. The family
have the sincere sympathy of their
many friends here. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson will accompany the remains
of their son to Virginia.
, 1906-10-17
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, 1906-10-17
Fireman Injured at Hanna

Fireman James Hastings was treat
ed by DR.. Stevens this morning for a
badly scalded and burned face. A steam
pipe in the firebox of his engine burst
ed and when he opened the furnace
ing him on the left side of the face,
burning and scalding him. The left eye
was affected, but not seriously. DR..
Stevens believes he will be able to re-
turn to work in a week, and Mr.. Has
tings vas out on the street this morn
ing.
, 1906-10-17
CREW PERlSHED.
Submarine Torpedo Boat Goes to Bot
tom of the Sea.

Bisaria, Tunis, Oct. 1.-THE French
submarine torpedo boat Leutin left
port for plunging experiments. The
vessel went through various
vers just outside the harbor, when it
suddenly disappeared. An alarm was
given and several tugs went to the
scene. The ship was located with
graphing irons at the bottom of the
sea, the entire crew of fourteen hav-
ing persisted.
, 1906-10-17
Notified of Death of Friend.

Mrs. F. C. Let's and Miss Laura
Let's were this morning notified of the
death at North Platte, Neb., at 2 a. m,
of Mrs. c. A. Norton, wife of a train
man there. and will leave tonight for
that city to be present at the funeral.
Mrs. Let's and Mrs. Norton were warm
personal friends and close neighbors
when the Let's lived at North Platte.
Mrs. Let's and Miss Let's will be alb
sent a week or more.
, 1906-10-17
The Sheep Market.
Big CONTRACT FOR
HANDLING SUPPLIES. |

G. L. Wright of the Fillmore ranch.
today secured from the Carbon Timber
company the contract for hauling 1,OO0,1
900 lbs. of supplies from the railroad
station here to the Douglas creek and
Keystone camps of the company. He
Is already at work. The contract will
require several weeks. The Gem City
Grocery company was also awarded a
very large contract by the same COM
pany for grain, most OF which will be
oats grown on the Laramie plains.
, 1906-10-17
Ross Sheep In Wreck.

Timothy Ross of Rock River re-
turned this afternoon from Cheyenne,
where he had been called to help ad-
lust a loss sustained by him. A couple
of carloads of sheep belonging to him
and being shipped to Nebraska were
struck by an engine and partly wreck
ed. The sheep were released and scat
tered about the yards. About twenty
of the animals were killed. Mr.. Ross
was not with the shipment at the time
, 1906-10-17
CANDIDATES COMING
FOR FRIDAY MEETING.

Governor Brooks, Congressman Mon.
dell. Auditor Grant, and A. d. Cook,
candidate for state superintendent OF
public instruction; Edward Gillette,
candidate for state treasurer, and W.
R. Schnitger candidate for secretary
OF state, will be here Friday and speak
that night at the Opera House. The
house will be crowded.
, 1906-10-17
WOULD LIKE MINING INTERESTS
CARED FOR AS AGRICULTURE
AL INTERESTS NOW ARE
IN THE CABINET.
Principal Address Delivered This
Morning BY Governor Pardee of
California, Who Believed interests
LOSof Miners in West of Sufficient I'm.
zportance to Require Control by the
III Federal Government.

Denver, Colo, Oct. 17.-Governor
Pardee of California, before the Amer,
lean mining congress this morning,
made a very eloquent speech in favor
of bringing every possible pressure to
bear at Washington to create a ma
tional mining department.
Of Vast Importance.
The governor declared that the min
ing industry of the western states and
Arizona was of sufficient Importance
to demand the organization of such a
department, and he offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted by
unanimous vote:
For Department of Mining.
Believing that the cooperation of
our government with the American
farmer, through the department of ag-
, 1906-10-17
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, 1906-10-17

Findley, o., Oct. 1.-THE case of
the state against the Standard Oil
company was given to the jury today,
but a verdict is scracely expected.
Should a disagreement result, it is the
purpose of the state to have another
trial Immediately for violation of the
Valentine antitrust act
Will Go After John D.
Should the jury convict the com
pany, Ohio's attorney general o
templates the immediate prosecution
Of John D. Rockefeller himself.
, 1906-10-17
REFORM.
President Will Make Vigorous Demand
in Forthcoming Message.

Washington, D. c., Oct lit is un
derstood the president will make a
vigorous demand for currency reform
in his Forthcoming message to con-
gress. This is the result OF recommen-
dations and suggestions from the lead
ing bankers of the country and the
best interests of the various states.
, 1906-10-17
LEE TO CONNECT

LONG DTS TNNCE LINE.
Linemen Beacham and Jones of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany are today stringing wires to con-
meet the lines of the Little Laramie
Telephone company with the city ex-
change. The company owns a new
line to the Little Laramie, embracing
the Earnest, Eykyn and other ranches,
and they will be connected with the
city exchange.
, 1906-10-17
Covered EnsInemen With Guns.
Shortaae In Sub-TreasurY.

st. Louis, Mo, Oct. 1.-THE Repub-
lie this afternoon prints the statement
that agents from the treasury depart
ment, after counting more than $780,
0O0, 900 in the vaults of the sub-treas-
ury here. have discovered a shortage
of over $4,000. Who Is responsible
for the loss has not yet been discov-
cred
, 1906-10-17
TRAIN ROBBERY IN
JESSE JAMES WAY
TWO MEN COVER ENGINEER AND
FIREMAN AND MAKE THEM
CUT THE TRAIN IN TWO.
Express Car Run to Lonely Pass and
Safe Blown open, Robbers secur-
ing Only Sixty Dollars-Shortase
Said to Have Been Found in Sub
Treasury at st. Louis.

Leadville, Colo, Oct. 17.-Up to
noon today no trace had been found
of the two bold robbers who last night
held up the second section of the west
bound Denver and Rio Grande express
near Leadville Junction. The train
was the second section. and in the
first was the great treasure safe, which
would have been a big haul had the
robbers secured it. AS it was. they
only secured $50.
Covered ]Enginemen With Guns.
The holdup was effected by the men
climbing over the tender. making the
engineer stop the train and the fire
mar uncouple the express car, then
moving on TO Tennessee Pass. where
the robbers covering the men with re-
volvers entered the express car. but
secured little booty.
, 1906-10-17

Being Of unsound mind. she could
make no will. and as the five children
, 1906-10-17
RANCE SHEEP FOR
BREEDING PURPOSES.

IN ~
BREEDING PURPOSES.
Prof. George e. Morton of the Uni
versity of Wyoming has gone to Mon
tana and other northwestern states,
accompanied by G. Arthur Bell of the
bureau of animal industry, in search
of range sheep for breeding purposes
at the university experiment farm. 1t
is proposed to improve the breed and
ascertain definitely the best types of
sheep for the ranges of Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Colorado and other
range states. Less attention has been
paid to breeding in some states and it
is expected the experiments will be of
great value to fockmasters. What is
most desired is a combination of types,
or one type, that will produce the best
wool and the heaviest and best lambs,
and a type that will withstand the rig
ors of the Rocky mountain winters.
, 1906-10-17
DELIGHTFUL TIME AT
THE EASTERN STAR.

Alpha chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, had a very interesting session
last night, initiating three candidates
and presenting Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Coen, who were recently married, with
a beautiful cut glass dish. A banquet
was served following the limitations
n presentation. The chapter was
nearly all present.
, 1906-10-17
Message From the President.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 17.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today sent the follow
ing telegram to Mrs. j. Addison Hayes
expressing the sympathy of Mrs.
Roosevelt and himself over the death
of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. which oc-
Cured in New York last night, shortly
before IL o'clock:
THE White House,
Washington, d. c., Oct. II.
ITO Mrs. ]. Addison Hayes, Hotel Ma
jestic, New York City:
Pray accept the most sincere sym
pathy of Mrs. Roosevelt and myself.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
, 1906-10-17
Too Much Business in Yards.

I'm for free wool" said Oscar Sod
ergreen this afternoon. 81 sold a
bunch Of lambs to c. B. Brennan and
business is so lively at the stock yards
that we are having a hard time trans
ferring the shipment. Too much bust
ness" Mr.. S%odergreen received a very
satisfactory price for the 600 fat lambs
sold to Mr.. Brennan. {.
, 1906-10-17
Funeral on Thursday.

Tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. m, from
the family residence, will be held the
funeral service of Virgil E. Thompson,
the your son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
ThompSSS.. Rev. r. Addison Lansdell
will conduct the service.
, 1906-10-17
Guggenheim Hall opened.

Golden, Colo, Oct. 17.-Attended by
the governor and notable men of the
state and the country, the formal op.
ening of the new Guggenheim hall took
place early this afternoon. This ad-
dition to the state school of mines was
donated by Simon G~uggenheim at a
cost of nearly 500. 900.
, 1906-10-17
.lege here last Friday night.
Business Section Burned.
LAST HEARD FROM
IN WYOMING TOWN.

Leaving his wife and family in Den
yer last July to seek work in Wyoming,
Roger Hortop of 4145 Xavier street,
has disappeared and his family a Sc
cure no trace of him, says the Denver
Post. The only word they have had
from him was a letter written on Au-
gust 4 and mailed at Corbett, Wyo.,
stating that he had lost the place he
had had there and was going to Cody.