Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-28
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS


, lotments of Usage lands be placed
upon the rolls A number of persons
seeking enrolment were rejected by
the tribal council, and the court of
claims also declared they had no
rights to enrolment for the reason
that they We're either white or had
no tribal relations with the Osages.
Each allotment of the Osages is
657 acres and a share in the tribal
funds. amounting in all to full twenty
five thousand dollars. so that s325,OoO
is involved in the case.
It is claimed by the members of the
Gage tribe and their attorneys that
. the eighty-seven applications for
enrolment twenty-seven arc white"
lndians-wht5 at the time of the pas
sage OF the allotment act were not
residents upon the Usage reservation.
but were living in the state of Cali
fornia or elsewhere. The assertion is
made that their sole right TO any claim
in the share of allotment is that their
grandfathers had some admixture Of
Usage blood. 1t is claimed that these
persons never lived in tribal relations
with the Osages and were never any
where near the reservation until the
time they came for the distribution Of
the lands and funds.
The charge that attorneys for these
alleged white claimants" will receive
Az per cent of the value of allotment
in the event they are made has been
reported to the senate on Indian af.
fairs by the representatives of the
Usage tribes.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.-Wire trou.
|ble added to the perplexities OF Miss
, Glover Pyle, a pretty young woman of
Dolores, Colo, and Frank Wuesthoff,
n handsome youth of San Bernardino,
who were doing their best to get le-
gally married before the plans were
upset by Harry Pershall of Colorado.
An anticipated written consent from
the girls mother had not arrived from
Dolores. The couple was advised 20
have certified copy of the consent
of the mother telegraphed to the coun-
ty clerk, giving him permission tc
issue license to her 17-year-old daugh.
ter, but the wires we're down.
When Miss Pyle slipped out of the
town of Dolores, Pershall received a
tip from friend and started on the
next train, leaving behind him a
stream of threats of what he would
do to prevent the marriage
To add to Kuestoff's difficulties in
marrying the girl he loves, Mrs. Lem
Hendrickson has taken a hand in the
game and is using her best efforts 10
induce her granddaughter to postpone
the wedding indefinitely
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-With the
end not yet in sight the federal grand
jury today resumed its examination of
witnesses in connection with the al
Sged libels of the New York World
5hd the indianapolis News affecting
the Panama canal purchase. There
seems to be no doubt that an effort
VIII be made to have the jury return
one or more of the indictments here
1t is believed that District Attorney
Baker is hoping for such an outcome
because of the fact that he would have
readily at hand during the trial all
official documents bearing in the Pan
anna canal negotiations and purchase.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan 25.-
President-elect Taft sailed this morn
Ing for Panama. He left at O'Clock
amidst the footing of whistles the
cruiser North Carolina weighed an.
chor and sailed out of the harbor.
Mrs. Taft is one of the party.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ. Jan. 25.-
Charles O. Goodman, cashier of the
Southwestern Brewery company OF
this city, and prominent business
man, was accidentally killed yester-
day by Harry Benjamin, a well known
merchant, while the two we're out
hunting near Pajario. BENJAMIN was
picking up some birds off the ground
when his shotgun discharged, the full
charge taking effect in Goodman's left
side. The latter expired in As min
utes. The men were fast friends
Goodman was 80 years of age.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-with.
out single juror permanently fixed
in the box, and with but four tempo
rarily passed. the third week of Pat
rick Calhoun's trial on the charge of
offering bribe to municipal official
opened today. The court convened
today with third panel of weniremen
awaiting examination as to their quail
fications.
During the two weeks already de
voted to the trial over 300 citizens
have been excused or rejected. 1t is
practically certain that at least a
fortnight will elapse before a jury is
completed and this period may be con.
siderably extended unless the proper.
tion OF talesman entertaining fixed
opinions as to the guilt or innocence
of the president OF the United Rail
roads is found to diminish.
DENVER, Jan. 25.-Alexander Brad
enord Mckinley, aged 4S, attorney
former state senator. one of the lead