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Toe Perry Daily Times.
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PERRY OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, JUNE, 2, 1894
STRIP SETTLERS,
Tliey Petition Congress to Rrd'essa
Wrong; of the Opening.
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The settlers of K county are circu-
lating the following1 petition
T.i tlie Honorable Senate and House
of lo'pri seutatives in Congreftl assein-
bleil —The unilerhi^ned citizens of the
I 11 iI• 11 Mates, and residents of Okla-
homa territory, respectfully petition
your lionuruble body and show,
I' irst. That prior to the ltith day of
Septeuiber, 1HU3, in pursuance of the
pia* 8 of a confederation of citizens to
enter upon seize and occupy, in vioia-
tion of law, the lands to be then
opened under the pi o tarnation of the
president, dated August 10, 1803, false
information was Riven and misrepre-
sentations were made by, between and
to persons in. connected with anil rep-
ns ntintf the interior department by
which such combine and conspiracy,
many thousand persons were misled,
dereivcd and defrauded of their rights
jfiven them under the law and vouch-
safeil t«i them upon complying with
the conditions of the president's proc-
lamation.
Second. That whatever informa-
tion was intended for the general pub-
lic toueliing the occupancy of the strip
of ground I'M) feet wide south of the
Chilocco reservation, from which ta
eiit• ■ r said lands, it wan purposely con-
eealed from the public by said per-
S'• ii•• and their confederates until the
vantage ground offered by such pre-
tended authority had been by such
• « mi bine se.-ured and occupied to the
eM-lusion of all others; that uotwith-
► lauding the fact that there were
t housund> « f honieseekers on the state
I i ii•• of Kansas north of the Chilocco
r s- rvation, and in the vicinity «>f
Arkansas City, it was not generally
known that settlers were to be allowed
iinler any other authority than the
pi « sident's proclamation, to enter the
outlet from the south side of said res
ervatiou: that they were not uttempt
ingor expecting to enter upon said
lands over the reservation, but were
placing themselves in line along the
• xterior boundary of said Cherokei
outlet, as required by said proclauia
tion, from which to enter the same,
that during the morning of the ltith
along the north side of sai I reserva-
tion hundreds of parties were refused
P« i mission t«• pass to the south side of
said reservation; that only within a
few hours before high noon of Sentem
ber Iti. Is'. 3, was such pretended an
thority made kuown, and then only
communicated to the friends of said
conspira'ors, by word of mouth, and
011 the evening previous through one
ne-vspaper of very limited circulation,
and this without any official sanction
or authority for such publication. And
Mich pretended authority was even
then withheld und denied on said
morning of the ltith of September, by
the authority of the military officer in
• inmand of the soldiers guarding the
boundary Hue of said outlet, a'- late as
1 m of said da\ .
Third. That said entry from saic
south side of said reservation was uot
o ly an impeachiuciit of the presi
dent's proclamation, but it did vio
b'lice to law and ignored the rules tin
der which the settler was required to
make entry ii|>oii said lands; it worked
injustice to the thousands of honest
Ii uicseekcrs who sought to comply
with ull the requirements of law.
N our petitioners show that by ri >
mjii of the a I Hive facts, in so conceal
ing, misleading and falsely directing
and saying ami causing to be said by
■aid confederation and their agents
Mid associates and said military officer
in charge, as aforesaid, to many thou-
• amis desiring und making the effort
to go to and upon said KM) feet of re
■ crved land south of said reservation
in words as follows: "If you want u
claim you had better go back: parties
going through here '(meaning Chilocco
reservation) "are going to the county
••at for lots, not for claims," when
in truth and in fact said confederation
combine, and conspiration, were then
with the knowledge of said officer,
holding and then in possession of said
KM) feet strip for the purpose and with
the intention of entering upon said
lands therefrom, to secure claims, and
not town lots, and were then fraudu-
lently combined and deceitfully acting
to exclude the general public from the
knowledge of their possession, where-
by they would be permitted with an
advaniuge of three miles, from the
vtute line of Kansas, the same being
the northern exterior boundary of said
Cherokee outlet, to unlawfully enter
upon, seize and occupy said lands
ngainst the rights of many thousand
law abiding homcseekers then comply-
ing with the terms and conditions of
the president's proclamation, and who
then were by said confederation and
conspiracy, denied permission to enter
and forbidden to exercise the right
and common privilege to secure for
themselves homes in the Cherokee out-
let.
That in so obeying the law, the un-
dersigned and many thousand for
whom they act and speak, were denied
the right and opportunity to acquire
any possessor right by prior settle-
ment to any part of said lands, from
the fact that the larger portion of said
outlet, in ranges 20, 27, 28 and 29 east,
was so taken and occupied, and is now
held by said confederation, who enter-
ed upon said lands from the south side
of Chillocco reservation, from a line
three miles south of the exteri r
boundary of the Cherokee outlet, from
which exterior boundary ouly was
stipulated and expressly declared in
said proclamation, persons should en
ter upon said lands for settlement and
occupancy.
Whkkefokb, Your petitioners re
spectfully asx your houorable body
that the guarantee vouchsafed to every
citizen of the 1 nited States by our
constitution, be carefully extended to
this people in the protection of their
most sacred rights, and to this end,
tliat the tri ubie now existing, in con-
tentions, vexations and costly litiga
tion may cease, and the evils growing
out of said occupancy, and acts of per-
sons pretending to speak for the gov-
ernment may have a speedy termina-
tion, and that peaceful pursuits may
take the place of strife, and good order
prevail over dissensions among con
testing claimants We most earnestly
request that a committee of congress
b * appointed and empowered to in-
quire into the authority for the exer-
cise of authority as herein shown to
have been exercised, and if the law
providing for the opening of said Cher-
okee outlet to settlement justified the
exclusion of the hometeeker abiding
under said proclamation from the pos-
session of land, in favor of him who
holds theJund under an "order" from
a department subordinate officer
therein.
1 hat justice may be done "speedily
and without delay" and the burden of
years of waiting the determination
of the issues in the district land office,
now overburdened with 2,lHK) cases, be
removed and that said committee in-
vestigate all matters pertaining to the
allegations herein made, with power
to send for persons and papers, and to
hold sessions in this territory if neces-
sary.
And your petitioners will ever pray
No 2 18
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOUUTEUT PUKE
Y. P. S.C. E. MEETS
The Oklahoma Societies of Christian
Endeavor in Session,
A LARUE REPRESENTATION
The Mnt Meeting Thl« Afleruoou-The
Hrdnloii lu I.m I Including Kuuility—
Home rruniluf ut Men of
I lie Country to |l«
In Atten«l-
Hure.
(ii'TURiic, Okla., June 2.—(SpecialJ
The Young People's Society of Chris
tian Kmleavor of Oklahoma Territory
met in convention in this city this
afternoon. There are about 200 dele
gates already present, and more ar
expected. They came in on all the
trains during the day and ware met at
the depot by local committees. The)
are select, good looking young men
and ladies, and filling the streets hert
and there in groups, the ladies dressed
in their summer dresses of white
make the city look like the city of
hope that the Christian pilgrims were
wont to seek.
The convention was called to order
at 4 o'clock this afterno >n in the Pres
byterian church by Win Hlincoe, pres
ident of the society. The church wa?
rowded, and at going to press tht
preliminary organization was going
on, with the following program:
3:30 p in —l'raise ana prayer ser
ce, led by Joel Harper, of Downs
0. T.
4 p. in —Pledge studies
"The Klemeut of Obligation," Prof
•'rench K. Amos, Norman.
"The Klement of Consecration,'
'rof W \V. Ilutto, Stillwater, O. T.
"The Klement of Loyalty, Key .1
II. Parker, Kingfisher.
Free Parliament on the Pledge.
p. m —Assignment of delegates.
There will be a meeting this even-
ing.
There will be some prominent men
from abroad to address the convention
during the sessiou. The convention
will last including Sunday.
There will be many pleasurable fea
tures during the convention not the
least of which will be an organized
'horus trained for this occasion,which
will sing some fine music, composed of
the following persons:
Mesdames Wood, Rich, Spurlock,
Nix, Boles. Misses Maud Goodrich,
Jennie Watt, Gladys Kincaid, Lillian
Hunter. Messrs Hosworth, Smithson,
Leach, Cannon,Smith.Hlincoe.Lehrer,
Cattle, Richardson. Pianast, Miss
Stephens. Organist, Mrs. Hishop
llrook. Leader, E. L. Piatt.
A UISTIS(WISHEli CITIZEN.
Though an habitual recluse—a man
who cares naught for the smiles and
companionship of the open world -the
Hon. ItiM Dalton is nevertheless next
to Grover Cleveland in the public in-
terest. News of him is received with
ravenous appetite. A do/.en corres-
pondents loaded with an inflated im-
agination make a living by killing the
Hon. Bill every few days, for the
world's edification. As an evidence of
the warm interest the people have in
Hill, wc quote the following, from the
Kansas City Journal — an editorial
1 ader in that paper:
"The Journal is informed upon good
authority that tbtito is a feeling of
suspense and anxiety "back east."
caused by the recent dearth of news in
regard to the demise of Mr. William
Dalton. It has been some three weeks
or more s nee the last death of that
noted freebooter was announced, and
the hitch in the usually regular news
service in this respect has caused ap-
prehension and alarm. The reason
for this incertitude lit that a large
amount of capital is nov awaiting an
opportunity for investment in the far
west, but owing to the familiar man-
ner in which Mr. Dalton has been in
the habit of seizing property to which
he has no legal title, this capital, al-
ways timid, has withdrawn into its
coffers. In fact, money is said to be
piling up so fast iu the east by reason
of this solicitude that a panic is
threatened which may call for another
issue of bonds by Mr. Carlisle.
"To the many anxious inquirers who
are daily besieging this paper for in-
formation the Journal has only this to
say: He patient. All things come to
him who waits. In good time the
welcome message will speed across the
plains with the cheering news that
William is no more again Even at
this writing, for aught the Journal
knows, the "desperate battle" may be
taking place within the strip which
will seal Mr. Dalton s fate for
another month. And when the
last sail rites are over, then capital
can come forth and westward speed its
way. Hut in the due and certain or-
der of events Mr. Dalton will rise like
a plnenix from its ashes and with his
merry band of choice spirits he will
dash into the populous cities of the
plain, despoil the down easter of his
plutocratic gains and speed away in
safety to his chosen and beloved' re
treat. Thus will ihe cycle of events
goon and doubtless the prattling in-
fant of today when grown to manhood
will read in the pages of the Journal
f the thrilling exploits and the nu
merous and violent takings off of this
desperate man
reads and thinks and keeps itself in
touch with the big world and its cur-
rent interests It is almost incredible
that a domain which was given up
only a few years ago to savages now
supports enough newspapers to admit
of an editorial convention of nearly a
hundred members. This is the way,
though, that the west has of making
history.
Tiik democratic party, gorged to the
brim, is out in the wet and hasn't
sense enough to find the way in.
J V. N. CRECORY, Pre*. F. W FARRAR, Cuhlw.J
V.C TALBFRT, Aes't.Caah.
BANK of PERRY
CAPITAL,
$50,000
DIRECTOH8.
•I V. N. OREUORY, p. W. FARRAK, v. C. TAI.BKRT,
GEO. S. HARTLEY, J. T. LAFFERTYJ
I his Hank lias the latest improved safe with automatic bolt
work. Also a fire proof vault.
Smith Brick Manufacturing Company
NOKTH l'ERRY, EAST OF RAILROAD.
1 Hh Seventh Iowa district has nomi-
nated lieneral Weaver for congress
on the pop ticket and an accumulation
of e(?gs has already begun.
i'oi.d is again traveling to the Orient
and the bond fiends hover over the
treasury nice buzzards over a carcass;
ami the bonds will come.
Tiik senate is still talking at the
fret- lunch bill, the bill of sale and the
surrender bill—nicknamed a tariff for |
buncombe and deficit onlv!
It is surprising how many democratic
i-ongressmen are boldly declaring thev
do not care t.. go l>acl< to congress this
fail. It is surprising how the hand- |
writing on the wall stands out in wild
west show letters!
!
Perry Made Brick,I
?Cheap as the Cheapest,
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This Space Reserved
1 uifj'i Case'May lt«* Appealed.
^ asiiimiton, dune 1.—Representa<
tlve Hudson, of Kansas, and Attorney
A. A. Lipscomb, of Washington, who
defended the commonweal leaders,
have drawn ,ip an application to the
('nited States supreme court for a writ
of habeas corpus to secure the release
of Coxey, Carl Browne and Christopher
Columbus Jones on the ground that
the law under which they were con-
victed is unconstitutional. Represent-
ative Hudson will apply to some justice
of the supreme court for the writ.
Cora mm,I W I I'mhI fwr cowl.
IHtBUQCK. la., June 1.—The effects of
the coal strike are seriously felt here
among the manufacturing institutions
und railroads. One factory burns corn.
Others are using wood, and one or two
have closed down. The Illinois Cen-
tral railroad, to hushund its supply,
has taken off one train on each divi-
sion. Dealers here have very little coal
on hund.
I (iov. Matthews, of Indiana, has issued
i u manifesto commanding strikers to
disperse.
Press-tia/.ette: General Furlong says
he is the chosen head of '.'.'.'(to men in
this territory who are out of employ
ment and starving. If the general
will pardon us we would suggest that
he furnish references for his veracity
before he expects the people of this
territory to believe it. We wager that
there are not one hundred able-bodied
bona tide citizens of Oklahoma who
annot secure employment of some
kind if they try hard enough. The
people of Oklahoma are the most pros
perous lot of people iu the countrj to
day and they would have as much
money as they ever had if it were not
for the low price of farm products,
and as to the idea of anyone starving
in this territory with thousands upon
thousands of acres of wheat that will
yield from twenty-five to fifty bushels
to the acre ready to har
vest, with a splendid prospect for
an abundant yield of all othf
kinds of crops, it is too ridiculous to
think of even. If Oklahoma Territory
was fenced out from the world with a
fence a thousand feet high, which
would make it impossible for the peo
pie of the territory to have any inter
course with the outside world, we
might not get any richer thau we an
but it is as certain that no one would
ever suffer for food inside the fence
Mr. Furlong, you make us very weary
K. C. Star: The meeting of the Ok
lahoma editors at Guthrie is an event
which merits something more than a
passing notiie It is the fifth annual
convention of the newspaper men of the
new territory, and it is suggestive of
the progress which is being made by
this new candidate for statehood. The
printing press was about the first piece
of mechanism to make its appearance
in Oklahoma. In many localities it
preceeded the plow. There is not a
town in the territory, of any size,
which cannot boast of at least two
newspapers and the number frequent-
ly reaches half a dozen. That they
all manage to subsist is evidence of a
•apidly increasing population which
The immigration question has 1 een
settled by C leveland—the foreigners
ai.d all others who can get out of this
country are going, and none are com-
ing, for the wor.l has gone abroad
that Cleveland has emancipated the
laborers here and thrown millions out |
of a job.
A. A. Btkm, by his toast on "How
to Secure a Delegation," spoke to a
big audience at the editorial banquet;
and he so surprised the boys that
should he have delegations enough to
nominate him against Flynn he will
know where to lay the blaine. Ilyers
is a trump—the deuce of trumps—and
he li find the only trouble will be that
Dennis holds all the trump leads on
him.
Papst - Brewing - Co.,
HENRY FREEDLANDER, Agent.
PERRY. - - O. T.
JAKE FORCH.
FRED FOECH.
The continued rain and sunshine,
alternating exactly to suit the needs
of nature, cause the Oklahoma farinei
to keep on an omnibnssmile and thank
God this is not as other countries,
where spring drouth and later frost
have killed the tires of hope in the
fai iners heart. There is no use argu-
ing the matter —this is the best all-
round agricultural climate in the
world.
The Royal Palace.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the best
Imported and Domestic brands will be
POUND AT THIS
ELEGANT RESORTS
The best equipped in Oklahoma-over the liar or for Family Use, in Paoka«a
of Any Sue. The Liquors sold at
THE
FOR PURITY AND AGE are not EXCELLED,
IF EQUALLED IN THE COUNTRY,
ouvenient Side Rooms and Courteous ( , sixth st„et WaU ,
( Side Square.
Attendance.
S
Mr. Ti'hnkr, at the populist revival
last night, trounced the daylights out
of the republican and democratic oar
ties. He showed that the country was
so nedr the consuming fires of perdition
that the slightest jolt would send it in
ami that all this was brought about
by the old parties. Turner, from his
standpoint, is a good talker. Ik
shows, however, too much bitterness
and prejudice to make converts: and
he is must too loose on facts.
[Geo. M. whitmey, Groceries.
CORNER OF B and 7 gj.
We call each day for your order and deliver goods to any part of Ferrr
We guarantee ihe lowest prices and the best satisfaction
r/11 I mn ccr 1,0 °arry aU seasonable eatables.
CALL AND SEh US. Corner B and Smnth s,
I iik democracy knows it is an assi-
nine failure. All its promises have
been trampled upon, and that party
hangs over the country like a pesti-
lence. So far under the Cleveland ad-
ministration the interest-bearing del t
has increased on an average 85,000,00(1
a month, or about $00,000,000 from
March 4, 1803, to March 4, 1804, to say
nothing of the financial distress and
general depression of business from
one end of the land to the other.
AVILL A. LINDSAY,
I Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
rile surveying of lots and homesteads a specialty, plans aud estimate!, eati
I ates '''Hnished on all branches of engineering. Reasonable charges.
I ostothce building, Room ti. All work guaranted
Awarded
Highest Honors—World's Fair.
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BAKING
POWWB
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
Excelsior - Steam - Laundry,
Corner 5th snd B Street. j H HILL
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