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ton such as has existed nowhere else.
Each tribe occupied its own section of
the territory. establishing what was
known as its nation. Thus we have
the Cherokee nation, the Creek nation
and so on. Each nation had its capital
and its Legislature and elected its
governor. or principal chief The leg
islatures were modelled after those of
the. states. In the Creek legislature.
for. instance, the upper and lower
houses were called respectively the
house of kings and the house of war
riors. Every king, however, was only
a commoner. By the same token every
warrior was a peaceful citizen All
lands were held in common. 1t was a
modern Utopia, new world commun
ism; but, like most Utopias, it was not
perfect state of being. The Indians
had troubles of their own. Over and
above all was the great white father
at Washington, who in relation to
these five little nations and their peo-
pie was practically king.
The white mans advance continued,
irresistibly. White people poured into
the five nations. They could not own
lands there, but they could occupy
lands paying rent to the Indian ma
lions when necessary and helping
themselves to the use of the land when
they felt so inclined and could do so
without trouble to themselves.
In 1889 the first large tract of land
toward the western end of the big ter
ritory was opened to settlement under
the homestead lawss and the territory
of Oklahoma was created. This land
was west of the five nations which
still remained under the old, regime
Later several other large tracts were
opened to settlement and added to
Oklahoma, including the great Chero-
kee Strip and that remarkable region
which used to be called mo Mans
Land because its status seemed to be
such as to place it outside the pale of
civilization, and. about the only atten-
ton paid to it by Uncle Sam was to
exercise, passively. the right of emil
nent domain. Thus was created the
territory of Oklahoma, while Indian
Territory was made up only of the five
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19

HE making of the state Of
Oklahoma means the passing
of Indian Territory. When
A President Roosevelt shall pro-
claim that Oklahoma is actually state
Indian Territory viii be wiped off the
map. BY the act of congress admitting
a state into the Union bearing the
name Oklahoma the two sections
known as Indian Territory and the
territory of Oklahoma were combined.
Indian Territory. which formerly in
cluded most of the area of the territory
of Oklahoma, never was a territory in
the sense in which that term or1inari-
~ is applied to section of country be-
longing to the United States 1t Occur
pied a unique position in its legal and
governmental aspects. 1t stood alone.
There never was in the world another
large section of country occupying
such curiously interesting position.
The Oklahoma constitutional conven-
ton is now in session at Guthrie, the
capital of the territory, which will be
also the capital of the new state until
1913 under the provisions of the act of
admission Delegates sit in this con-
vention from both the territories. It is
understood that the convention will
finish its work by the end of January.
Then the new state must vote on the
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constitution presented. Upon its
adoption President Roosevelt will is
sue proclamation to the effect that
Oklahoma, having complied with all
the requirements of the act of congress.
is a full hedged state, the forty-sixth
in the American Union A governor
and other state officers will be elected.
five members of the national house of
representatives will be chosen, and the
first state legislature will elect two
United States senators.
The area of the. new state is about
10000 square miles, the Indian Terri
tory portion being a few thousand
square miles less than the western sec
ton, or the territory of Oklahoma The
population is estimated at a million
and half, Indian Territory furnish
ing perhaps small majority of the
people. Already a high degree of civ
ilization has been attained by both sec
tions of the state, so that Oklahoma
steps upon the stage of statehood and
makes her bow to her forty five sis
ters as the latest graduate in the
group, averaging in all branches we'll
up toward the front. She has thriving
cities with all up to date improve
ments. colleges and a. thorough public
school system, hundreds of churches
and newspapers, thousands of well
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titled and highly productive farms and
a population of intelligent citizens re-
cruited from practically every state in
the Union. -
In addition there is a native popu-
lation which is the most interesting of
all. This is made up of the Indians
who now become citizens of the United
States, eligible to the township con-
stabulary or the presidency of the re-
public. Most of the Indians live in the
Indian Territory end of the new state.
There are about 100000 of them Com
paratively few of them, however are
full blood Indians. Some of them
are white people and Others are ne
groes. All are classed as Indians be-
cause they are "citizens" of the ma
lions of the Five Civilized Tribes. It
would require diagram and years
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Broadway. Oklahoma City

instruction to explain the peculiar
status of these Indian citizens under
the regime that i5upow passing away.
Philadelphia lawyer. popularity pre-
sumed to be able to runtangle all twists
and solve all puzzles, would meet his
Waterloo here. THE Dawes commits
sion, appointed to do the untangHng,
has worked twelve years at the job,
most of the time under the active SUI
pervision of Hon. Tams Bixby. the
acting chairman until the death of
Senator Dawes, when he became
chairman. Mr.. Bixby is now commits :
sioner to the Five Civilized Tribes,
winding up the work. Muskogee, the
largest city in Indian Territory, has
been the headquarters of the commits
sion.
Indian Territory was set aside three
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markedly less erratic, but it's market
value has expanded immensely.
The Shaws live at the top of big
old fashioned house which stands only
a few hundred yards from the bustling
Strand. The building dates back to
the French revolution. and there is
nothing modern looking about ifs ex-
terror. On the lower floors are. the
premises of the New Reform club, in
which Mr.. Sllaweis greatly interested.
From the club rooms a winding stair
way leads up to the Shaw nienage.
and halfway up this ascent is a little
wooden gate such as is used to prevent
small children from falling downstairs.
On this gate is plate which bears, the
legend Mrs. Bernard Shaw. Please
Ring" A ring brings a trim servant,
who unloclSs. the gate and usherss the
visitor into a great drawing room that
looks out through three big windows
over the Thames senbanlxmentt
The room is charming, and SO are
it's contents, and so also are the Shaws
when they make their appearance.
Mrs Shaw is a pleasant faced matron,
with "a constant and highly specialized
knack sof bearing the burden of the
conversations when her husband is
present. Shaw himself is ta1I, thin
man. straight in body and quick of
He. wears a red beard
has big and very white teeth, which
are quite prominent He is no longer
conspicuolfslyYs unconventional in his
attire, but still retains certain pecuI-
iarfties of dress.
Shaw is unique as talker. He is
Enthusiastically of the sort that needs
no drawing out one has only to sug-
gest a topic. and Shaw does the rest.
He talks rapidly and with a slight
bfogue, and he never hesitates for a
word or an illustration He talks so
huentiy and SO swe1Iethat lit seems al
most as if he were delivering a care
fully prepared lecture. What he says,
too, is entirely worth while
Mr.. Shaw is not partial to the press,
and although he is exceedingly gra-
cious to American visitors it is under
stood that he does not approve OF
America as a whole. Some of his
plays have made a great. deal of money
on this side of the water, but he has
never become reconciled to the fate of
Mrs, Warren's Profession." which he
declares to have been the victim OF
.sComstockery." -
JAMES R. BENTLEY.
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the present status of women and an
insister on the serious in art"
1t might have been a good definition
for Shaw as he understood himself at
the time, but it would be wide of the
mark at present. 1t would have to be
expanded in some directions and cur
tailed in others. Since then he has be-
come Benedict, a successful play
wright and a man of affairs, 'the vic
tim of a bank account" as he asserts
humorously.
Shaw was born in Dublin fifty years
ago. He does not seem inclined to
speak of his early life except to deny
almost everything that has been said
of it by others. He admits that he
made up his mind at a very early age
to earn his living by the pen and that
nine years effort brought him about
$50. most of it a prize for a patent
medicine advertisement. At the age
of twenty he concluded that starvation
in London was no more to be dreaded
than the same fate at home and was
likely to be less monotonous, so he
migrated to English soil, his COM
bined resources consisting of an itch
for scribbling that was incurabIe" and
"a capacity for abstinence that would
have been a delight to Francis d'As-
sisi"
He was at that time the author of
no less than five novels, no one of
which had ever seen the light. He took
a humble lodging, his Irish plausibility
enabling him to secure a weeks credit,
and proceeded to let loose the torrent
of ideas that was seething within"
Armed with pocketful of sketches, he
made a tour of the newspaper offices
without lodging a sheet, At one of
them, however, he was given to under
stand that his work would receive con-
sideration if the conditions were full
filled.
The young Irishman took the hint
and after making a study of the pol
ICY of the paper submitted another
batch of sketches One of them was
accepted, and the overjoyed author
was the richer by a crown 1t was the
entering wedge. and it gave him a
foothold. In the course of time he
found favor in other literary quarters
and established connection" which.
precarious as it was. made living a
possibility to one of his abstemious
habits.
Even at this early period Of his
career he was an ardent vegetarian
and had begun to indulge in little af-
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| flourish on so small a capital. His
physical requirements were so few
that they occasioned him no worry.
and all of his effort could be directed
toward the business of making him
self known He was absolutely with
out any of the trivial vices of men of
his kind-tobacco, he maintained, was
Satan's most. potent ally and the use
of flesh was distinctively eannibalistfc.
He was an extreme socialist. That
enabled him, to mount a box in Hyde
park on Sundays and holidays and
harangue the crowd. His unkempt ap-
pearance and his extravagant lam
guage attracted considerable atten-
ton. and the more the better-for
George Bernard Shaw. He thus be-
came an easy speaker and later on be-
gan to deliver lectures on a variety of
subjects whenever and wherever he
could secure a hearing.
This was his life for twenty-five
years. At the end of that period he
really had little to show for all his. eff
fort. He had achieved a certain
amount of popularity. no doubt, but it
was of the kind that is least of all
satisfying TO it's owner. He had ere
ated market for his literary wares
and had become the mouthpiece of
those who make it their crowning vir-
tue to decry modern ways of doing
His apostolate was not of his own
choosing, but was composed of those
of all classes who see no merit in
things as they exist, Himself man
of wit and creative talent, he must have;
1espised the puny logic of those who
professed to be his disciples. sS1
At the age of forty two, and for the
first time on record. Shaw lapsed into
conventionality and was legally we'd
ded to woman who knew him and his
ways and was prepared to cope with
them. He had spent twenty years of
his life in inveighing against suat1i-
mony as it is practiced by civilized
mankind. and the news of his Darby
and Joan marriage came like a; shock
to those who had enrolled themselves
as his followers. Dire consequences
were predicted, but they have not
come. On the contrary, there is every
indication. that marriage has done
great things for the eccentric and
would be iconoclastic Irishman. The
eight years of his married life have
brought him greater prosperity than
he had ever known, and domestfcity
has added greatly to his popularity
His literary output has not become
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19

- FORGE BERNARD SHAW is
one of the most thoroughly
exploited men of the day, and
~ it is a reflection on ones ca
pacity for keeping up with the times
not to know something of him. One
of the most interesting things about
him is the method by which he has
achieved SO great notoriety in so short
time.
of course there are various well au-
thenticated ways of doing it. HON.
icide and the long and elaborate in
termezzo between the act itself and
administration of retributive Justice
afford a certain and rather popular
means of securing publicity. Suicide
is equally potent. but it has one CAPT.
tai drawback-he who is most con-
cerned is debarred from the full en-
Joyment of the sensation. Happily for
the born egotist, there are abundant
other less extreme resources. If he is
clever enough, he is pretty likely to
find a vehicle suitable to his purpose.
Shaw has found that medium. BY
means of it he has attracted the at
tention of the English speaking
world, particularly America. There are
Americans-not so many English, per-
haps-who believe him to be the near
est approach to genius of the time.
There are others, plenty of them, who
regard MIN as an arrant charlatan.
Fortunately for Mr.. Shaw both views
are valuable, and almost equally so, in
obtaining for him that which he seeks
so palpably.
Egotism has an unpleasant sound
but it really isn't so always. It is only
intolerable in the ignorant and vulgar
In the hands of the capable and clever
it may be made thoroughly enjoyable
and even profitable. The egotism of
George Bernard Shaw is transcendent
and all pervading. but it is never com
monplace- 1t is the inspiration of a
man possessed of a surfeit of clever
ness and an unquenchabIe desire to
exploit it.
A few years ago, when Mr.. Shaw was
lust beginning to attract attention. it
occurred to him that it would be
novel thing to define himself precisely
as If the word SHAW" were a common
noun in its correct alphabetical posi-
ton in the dictionary. This was the
outcome: "A bachelor, an Irishman, a
vegetarian. an atheist, a teetotaler. a
fanatic. humorist. a fluent liar. So
eial democrat, a lecturer and debater.
/ lover of music, a fierce opponent of
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quarters of a century ago for the oc-
cupancy of the Five Civilized Tribes
and a few Indians of other tribes. The
five tribes are the Cher6kees, Greeks,
Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles.
They were driven from their native
country in the states of North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi and louisiana. The
United States government herded them
in Indian Territory, which at the time
was supposed to be a barren tract on
the outskirts of the mythical Great
American desert, not fit for the habi-
tation of white men. but good enough
for Indians. AS matter of fact, it is
one of the most fertile and habitable
regions on the globe.
The tribes settled in the wilderness
of the territory and built up a civiliza-
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nations and the small Quapaw reserva-
ton in the northeast corner.
In 1893 so many whites had gone into
Indian Territory that things were in
terrible mess Congress determined to
aIlot the lands to the Indians in sew
crafty with ultimate statehood in view.
The Dawes commission undertook this
task The first thing was to find the
Indians Any person having one six
ty-fourth part of Indian blood was to
be classed as a "citizen" entitled to all
lotment. Under certain conditions the
white men who had married Indians
were also to be approved as citizens.
Then there were the emancipated
slaves of the Indians, who also came
in for allotments. The full bloods.-
who number only about $4,000 alto.
gether, were of course to be citizens.
but many of them resisted the aHot-
ment, preferring to continue holding
the lands in common. Some of them
took to the woods and the hills. The
commissioners had to go out and hunt
them up, twist their pedigrees out of
them in some manner and compel them
to accept their share of the highly vaIu--
able acreage That was one of the
most difficult parts of the job.
There are Indians in Indian Ter
ritory, now holding rich land. as white
as any white person who may read
with the peachiest compilations and
the most glorious of raven tresses. and
there are some blends. But they are
Indians-they have trace of Indian
blood. Happy men no whittier than
they, though altogether white, have
married many of these maidens and
are living happily ever after. for,sas a
rule. the girls are highly educated, re-
fined and pretty. 49,
General Plea Porfer forr11arIv
governor of the, Creek nation. is a
typical white Indian. He is Creek.
Muskogee, which is in the Greek ma,
ton, is the largest city in Indian Ter
ritory. 1t had about 5000 people four
years ago and now claims 23,0Oo,-
which is said to be not an extravagant'
claim. The city has trolley lines, the
aters, big hotels and many handsome
homes. In "old Oklahoma" are Okla
hoIna City and Guthrie, each rapidly
striding forward in population and.
Importance. while many smaller cities
are growing SO fast that you can see
them grow e-r--.
Aside from the unusual conditions
incident to Indian Territory and it's
history. Oklahoma -presentsf most.
fascinating storys of Development ls 1t
is full of romance. and thrill. Volumes
might be wfittehnabout it@as1 INTEREST,"
ing as any of the six best sellers of the
week in fiction and far more deserving
of public attention. The story of the
Neutral Strip or mo Mans Land
already mentioned, which now forms
Beaver county, in the extreme western.
projection of Oklahoma, has an un--
written history worthy of any ro-
mancer's. pen. The facts alone could
be woven into serial stories enough to-
supply the magazines for many
months. ROBERTUS LOVE.
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George Bernard Shaw, Wit and Man Of Letters o

= FORGE BERNARD SHAW is
one of the most thoroughly
M exploited men of the day, and
~ it is a reflection on ones ca
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-25

Rigo, the famous gypsey violinist,
who some <lne ago created an inter
national sensation by clipping with
Clara Ward, Of Detroit, and who Of
late has been the head of the Royal
Imperial orchestra, has retired from
that position. He is succeeded by
)Nyary Bella, the talented czimballist
|of the orchestra Bola is the older
brother OF Nyary Rudi, the young Hun
garian fiddler, who recently married a
real countess in Paris. He is the own
er of the worlds largest czimballion,
quaint Hungarian instrument resem-
bling a piano, except that the strings
are struck with hammers held in the
hands of the players instead of being
attached to ivory keys. The entire
orchestra has been engaged for the
summer at the Harlem Casino, at
124th street and Seventh avenue,
where Bola and his musical associates
will discourse sweet music for the
benefit of the diners at New York $
largest summer restaurant.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-25
Definition Of an Authority.

During the early days of big Tim
Sullivan's service in the House of
Representatives there occurred dis
cussion between him and Represents
tive Alexander, Of Buffalo, touching
the right of third Representative to
pose as an authority on finance. Sulli-
van insisted that the member in ques-
ton had every right to speak like all
oracle.
! What is your definition of an au-
Ithority?" suddenly asked Alexander.
My notion Of authority" instantly
.retorted big Tim 'is a man who
bluffs beyond my limit
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-25
JUST FROM GOTHAM

New York, June %. Almost unpre-
cedented is the tide Of European travel
from New York, reaching its high
water mark today when small army
Yankees sailed for an invasion OF
gland and the continent The bulk
the passages were engaged to Liver
pool, although the French. Italian and
German liners also carried full pas
senger lists. Among those sailing to
day were noted DR.. vogel, minister to
the United States from Switzerland
who will spend the summer in his ma
tive Alps, and the Hon. Maud Paunce
fote, who was a passenger on the Blu
cania for Liverpool.
) Americans are doing great deal OF
travelling these days-not only New
Workers, but people from every nook
and corner Of the Nation. That pros
perity obtains in the Western and
Southern States is conclusively shown
by the number of European tourists
who hail from cities and towns in
those sections. Most Of these sigth
GERS make their first stop in John
Bulls tight little island and then ford
the channel and spread their battal
ions over France. Germany, Italy and
Switzerland. to say nothing Of the com
parative few who go to Sweden and
Norway's icy hills and the empire Of
the Great White Car.
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What She Wanted to say.

A prominent American politician re-
lates the following story. Once" he
says, T told three negroes that I'd
give big turkey to the one who'd give
the best reason for his being Repub-
lican.
ssThe first one said: Use Publican
kase de 'Publicans sot we niggers
free.
Very good, Pete, said T. now,
Bill, let me hear from you.
Well, Use Publican kase dey've
glib us a pertectiye tariff
'Fine!' ] exclaimed Now, Sam,
what have you to say?'
Boss, said Sam, Use a Publican
kase wants dat turkey.
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The average man lcannot afford to
|enploA n s,phxsician \for every slight
0iiment ~ 5hry that may occur in
rs fan31 z6< can he afford to neg
iect - $50 slight an Injury as
Ne scr a pin pas been known
y eau loss Of d limb. Hence
very man n1Sbt from necessity be his
|ewn deqf this. class of ailments.
succes9 a depends upon prompt
freatne which can only be had
when <ls medicines are kept at
band. berlain's Remedies have
been 4 market fdr' many years
|hpds- s good repu alton.
|, Ch6inIs16ln's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel com
berlain's Cough Remedy fol
Icd5I cplds, Group and whoopine
e. lain's Pain BIN Can anti
|6eptI1 1l61Ikent) for cts, bruises
huriR di(1Uzn, sWellings lame bach
Iahd rlI64zo(1c palms.
ChsnEet1oIh's STOMACH and Liver
TABLED rs pnst(ipation, biliousnes'
and sd s5a1 doubles.
ChanbSr1<6Is sAlve fol diseases o
One bet1le 81 each of thsse five pre-
narations costs hut 81 .e5. For sale b.
Hays 6 Field and yellow Pine Phar
macy.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-25

stealing IA j whist There was
70 evioencs love his guilt, so Man
gay was as B explain.
4 Z Wei. J she said. aus les lax
cls. lat 2 been round alta me
tebbile long but doan care for
Ioat nigga zone day goes long de
potato pa1cltn' / done ketch my toe
in an ole wal dug down in de eroun'
an q plack ut buried in it, Jedge,
Twas my wal see
Here NAM paused, as IL her evi
ueiice was coplete.
\ Wel' as d the justice, how does
|that prove hetole it?,
& I" Why. J ea doan Won see? ex
|claimed Man Il impatieptly. Eve,
|since then 4 Z leanin' toward dat
nigga !"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-25

a great shame that this hous
externally disorganized. Other
manage to keep their servant
can't you? Why
John Smith, tell you that |
knew you would be late, SO ST
cold chicken, custard puddir
pint of claret on the dining ro>
for YOU
We'll, Gwendolyn, why in 4
of common intelligence didn't
that at first ?"-Tit-Bits. .