Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1904 Page: 2 of 12
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TO EXTEND SRRIKE
CHOCTAW8 AS LAW MAKERS.
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AN EFFORT BEING MADE TO
HAVE ALL UNIONS ASSIST
RAILROAD EMPLOYES MAY BE CALLED
Stockhandlers Start the Movement
That May Spread 'to All Unions
Affilirted With the Striking Butch-
ers in Any Way
CHICAGO: A strong effort is to
be marts by the leaders of the unions
now at the stock yards to spread the
scope of the strike so that it will in-
clude every trade which is affiliated
in even a remote degree with the
packing industry.
The first step in this direction was
taken when the stock handlers now
employed at the yards voted to go
on strike. There are about 1,000 of
these men, and their duties are to
look after and feed the cattle in the
pens between the time of their ar-
rival and the time of their killing.
Their action, therefore, will make it
incumbent upon the packers to pro-
vide other men to take their places.
President Donnelly of the butchers'
union lias declared that it i3 probable
that all of the switchmen employed
on all the railroads who do switch-
ing at the yards would be called out.
It Is al30 said to be probable that the
strike will be extended to other de-
partments of the railroads.
PULLMAN SHOPS CLOSED
More Than Thirty Thousand Persons
Wl ^S|Vffected
CHICAGO. i£l^man will be an
idle town after SejSUniber 1st. The
great shops of the great Pullman
company are to be shut dewn on that
date, and thousands of men employed
in the various departments ot the car
building corporation will bo vithout
work. Thirty thousand people at
Pullman and in the surrounding
towns will be affected, and it may be
that work will not be resumed until
after the presidential election.
When the Pullman company is
working on full time 75,000 people are
employed. However, during the last
few months, owing to a lack of new
orders, men have been laid off, three
and four thousand at a time, until
now the force does not aggregate
more than 2,000.
REVENUE TAX RULING
An Officer Acting Under Court Or-
ders Need Not Secure a License
LAWTON: In July Sheriff Ham-
monds sold under execution a stock
of wholesale liquors formerly owned
by J. C. Bardwell of Lawton. He-
cause of the fact that the liquors
were disposed of in small quantities
a revenue «fficer attempted to col-
lect a tax and penalties. The sheriff
refused to pay and the matter was re-
ferred to John W. Ginnis, internal
revenue agent at St. Louis.
A letter has been received from
Mr. Ginnis, in which he states that
Agent Burnett was wrong in his con-
struction of the law, and that an of-
ficer of the law acting under the di-
rection of any court is not required
to pay such special revenue taxes.
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To Beqln Work October 15
LEXINGTON: It is learned that
actual construction on the interbur-
ban railroad from Oklahoma City to
Sulphur will begin about October 15.
An effort id being made to induce the
officials of the company to turn the
line at Paul's Valley and go direct to
Sulphur, leaving Wynnewood and
nfevir off the line.
Brevity of Mar.'iage Ceremony—No
Cure no Pay for Doctors.—Land.
EUFAULA: Laws enacted by the
Choctaw nation In 1831, "nave just
been discovered by the Dawes com-
mission. The laws are direct and
stripped of all unnecessary verbiage,
and in them collectively is a sense of
equity and justice that could be profit-
ably followed by many of the judges
of today. In a word, and with an ap-
ology for the slang, the laws abound
in horse sjnao.
One of the first laws relates to the
killing of witches. For witchcraft,
the penalty was death, and for alleg-
ing one's self to be a witch or for
saying that any other person was one
was punishable by 60 lashos on the
bare back.
In the same year a law yas pass-
ed making verbal wills valid when
witnesses were present. It was In
the session of the same council that
a formal marriage ceremony was ad-
opted. This ceremony was as fol-
lows: "Do you take this woman
whom you hold by the right hand to
be your wife?" To the woman: "Do
you take this man to be your hus-
band?" These words, spoken by an
Indian judge or preacher, followed by
the words: "I pronounce you man
and wife." This completed the cere-
mony. The man was required to ans-
wer "yes," but the law said that the
woman might answer yes or be silent.
Eithar was consiJeieci as consent.
The law stipulated that no doctor
could take the money or any part of
the belongings of a patient he treated
if the patienl died. If the patient
was raised up from a sick bed, then
the doctor could accept what was of-
fered him, and it nothing wa3 offered,
then he could take in goods what was
his just compensation.
In 1834 tiie Choctaw council passed
an act which made a person who bar-
gained to sell any of the Choctaw
land a traitor and punishable by
death. Any white man who encour-
aged such action was to be deported
from the nation. This law was ob-
served by all Indian tribes, and at
the great council of all the tribes here
in 1895 there was incorporated in the
articles of confederation a clause
which made a traitor of any Indian
who, in any manner, agreed to segre-
gation of their lands. An Indian who
sold or disposed of land, either to in-
dividuals or to the United States in
toto should be considered a traitor
and shot on conviction. This waa
just preceding the work of the Daw;s
commission.
In 1834 a law was passed destroy-
ing the Indian custom of marrying
their own clan. It had beeu the cus-
tom among the Indians for members
of a clan never to marry out of that
eli n. The result was that there
grew up in tht midst oi* one tribe so
many distinct clans as to be almost
a different tribe I.1 each clan. This
law was to nnke the tribe more cos-
mopolitan within itself. It was not
until 1840 that the Judges of Indian
courts were ordered to keep records.
No trading house or store was al-
lowed established with three miles
of an Indian school, and persons who
were guilty of cutting down hickory
or pecan trees for the nuts were sub-
ject to a fine of $2.50 for each of-
fense.
A law compelling all white men
who had been living with Choctaw
women to marry them at oneo was
passed in 1849. It was provided
however, that no white man who had
a bad reputation could marry a
Choctaw woman. It was in this same
year that an act was passed prohibit-
ing polygamy.
The czar of Russia, on the occas-
ion of an heir to the throne, has is-
sued a manifesto remitting land pur-
chase arrears. This affects one of
the largest classes of population in
the cm;<lre and Its benctir; aro i-.lsc
extended to states in Poland.
MONEY FOR MOVING CROPS
Banks Are in Better Shape Than
Usual to Meet the Demand
WASHINGTON: The following
statement has been made public by
the comptroller of the currency:
"For the purpose of ascertaining
the general condition ol the national
banks of their ability to meet the de-
mands upon them incident to the an-
nual movement of the crops, the comp-
troller of the currency, under date of
August 4, sent to the national bank
examiners), with the exception of
those whose districts are comprised
with the New England states and the
city of New York, a circular letter ot
Inquiry containing the following ques-
tions:
"First—Will the demand for your
section he greater or less this year
than last, and will it come any earlier
or any later?
"Second—Are the banks in your
section better prepared to meet the
demand on them from their own re-
sources than they have been in the
past year or two?
"Third—Will the money required by
the banks in your district come
mainly from their deposits in the re-
serve and central reserve cities or
will they be large borrowers?
"Fourth—Will there be any In-
crease or decrease in the amount your
banks will have to borrow?
"Replies have been received from
nearly all the examiners, and the re-
sult of this inquiry may be summar-
ized as follows:
"The demand on the banks will be
about the same as last year, and at
about the same time, with the excep-
tion of those in the following states:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Min-
nesota and Wisconsin, where it will
be greater, and from two or three
weeks earlier; and in Indiana and
Missouri, where it will be less, and a
little later.
"The banks are generally as well,
but in most cases better, prepared
than they have been in the past year
or two to meet the demands made
upon them. The banks in the follow-
ing states are better prepared: Ari-
ozna, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesotl, Montana, New
Mexico. New York, New Jersey, Ne-
braska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming,
Washington. The banks in the states
of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-
gia, Indian Territory, Iowa, Louisiana.
Missouri and Oklahoma are not so
well prepared.
"While the banks will depend main-
ly upon their deposits with the re-
serve agents to supply funds for mov-
ing the crops, the amount of money
to be borrowed will be about the
same this year as last. There will,
however, be some increase in the
amount borrowed by the banks of
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Arizona, Indian Territory, Louisiana,
Missouri, New Mexico and Oklahoma
and a decrease by the banks in Dela-
ware Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska,
New Jersey, South Dakota, Texas and
Virginia."
NEW RULINGS
Special Instructions Regarding Dela-
ware-Creek Lands
TAHLEQUAH The commission to
the five civilized tribes has made a
new rilling for the Cherokee land of-
fice, as follows:
"CherQkees desiring to file on lands
purchased from Delawares will not be
given preferred rights of admission to
the Cherokee land office
"Allottees desiring to file on land
acquired from Delaware Cherokees,
under the act of congress of April 21,
1904, will not be permitted to make
application for land until improve-
ments have been appraised by the
United States Indian agent, and pay-
ment made thereof at the appraised
valuation.
JEFFRIES WON IN TWO ROUNDS
The Champion ' Put Monroe Ovt l|
Very Short Order
SAN FRANCISCO: Like the ver
iest amateur in the prize ring, Jacl
Monroe of Butte, Mont., vuit dowi
and .out before Champion James C
Jeffries Friday in the second round
The man from Montana made an ex
tremely sorry showing, and the crowc
in the Mechanic's pavilion roundlj
hooted him as he protested to Refere<
Graney against the decision that hat
been given in favor of Jeffries.
The two giants had not been in tin
ring two minutes before it was fore
seen that the aspirations of Monro*
would be quickly disposed of.
The miner was scared and awkwarc"
and Jeffries in the fir3t round had hire
twice on the canvas taking the count
Jeffries Erected his bombardment
against the stomach of his opponent
and each shot was followed by a blow
on the jaw that sent Monroe dowr
to his knees. Jeffries went back tc
his corner after the opening rouni
with a sneer and a laugh on his
swarthy face, while Monroe's seconds
busied themselves with smelling salts
and restoratives. When the twe
came together for the second rouni!
the laugh on the cnampion's visage
changed to a look of determination
that boded ill for the miner.
IMPROVEMENTS AT LAWTON
Bids for the Construction of Various
Buildings to be Let Soon
LAWTON: General Matthes, chief
engineer of the United States geologi
cat survey, with headquarters here
states that the plans and specifica
tions for the school houses, the court
house and the jail for this place arc
in the hands of officials of the in-
terior department, and have all been
approved. Advertisements for bid;
will be made soon. The department
now has well under ways prepara-
tions for all the buildings provided
for in the act of congress, which
authorized the sale of town lots in
Lawton and the consequent disburse-
ment of the proceeds of such sale to-
ward public buildings and other pub
lie improvements in omanclie county
Will Make a Handsome Profit
WASHINGTON: Officials of the
war department have been notified
by the Guarantee Trust company of
New York and Philippine depository
in the United States that M. L.
Turner, the Oklahoma City, Okla.,
banker, who was awarded the issue
of three millions of Philippine bonds,
has deposited the amount of his bid.
The trust company was directed to
turn the bonds over to Harvey Fiske
& Sons of New York, who will trans-
fer them to Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner
had arranged for the sale of nearly
the entire issue before he submitted
his bid, and it is understood that he
will realize a substantial profit,
When here he said that while ho
would place a large part of the is-
sue in New York, some of the bonds
would be taken by western banks and
trust companies.
Closed for Twenty Years
SOUTH MCALESTER: After
lying idle for nearly twenty years,
the Savanna coal mines are to be r< -
opened. The Savanna mines were
at one time the largest in Indian Ter-
ritory, being operated by the Mis-
souri Pacific railroad, and Savanna
was one of the largest and mo?;
promising towns along the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad. The daily
output of coal was nearly 100 car6.
and being of the same grade and
quality of the McAlester coal, com-
manded ready sale. In 1887 an ex.
plosion occurred in the mines, i>i
which about twenty miners wero
killed. The miners who escaped re-
fused to continue work, so the mint"
were closed, and have never beea
reon rn <j.
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Wilson, O. S. Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1904, newspaper, September 1, 1904; Pauls Valley, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110170/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.