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THE TULSA CHIEF.
IV CHEF riftUSIIM CO.
G. tV. II FMtV, Editor aud Publisher.
TULSA.
IXD. TER
When the landlord comes in like a
lion, the tenant ought to “give up*
like a ;amb.
Dr. Chadwick mournfully says he
must now go to work again. Lost his
hi ead winner?
It is evidently going to be nec°ssary
to advance the age of consent lor
cl.l< reformation.
Balfour's cabinet is be ginning to I
show that a poor quality of glue was ,
used in its construction.
The Indian Appropriation Bill
Full Text of the Bill As It is Applicable to Oklahoma and Indian
Territories.
The Indian srrroprlatlon bill which h*e-
rnme a law Just before the adjournment
of the last session of conirr* ** rental®*
the following anrr- prlaflor.s for Indian
and Oklahoma Tc-rrlt'-rl**
$1 »*00 pay for the aifent at Kiowa
Agency, Oklahoma.
For pay of the agent at the Union
aaer.cy, Indian Territory. $3.u»'
For permanent annunity In accordance
with treaty stipulations with Choctaw
Indians, $32
For Interest on ftf* 120 at ft r**r r*nt.
which Is the value of fifty-four sections
| of land set apart by the government for
! th® Osage Indians P 4ft'-
For education of the Q iapaw Indians.
------------ fl.tWO For blacksmith nn*l sslstante *nd
This war has fifty-three Sunday*. I Iron and iM l»r black, mlth iliop,
which Is good, of course, hut the best j ArproncUllon. am made for th» 8<ml-
year is the one that has 53 pay dtt>S. j r.ole Indians as follows For interest
------- on $2».<W0 at 6 per cent, to t*e paid as an-
A tea Praselaco girl who la worth Jn,1,y
ft ter c«*nt. to t'• r*.;<l as annunit)
The provision In the Indian nriw^pri
ation tilll for the fiscal year ending Junt
' 1904. authorizing the secretary* of the
Interior to m-11 it.. residue of the lar.di
ter ar.d the r.-.rth half of the southwest °f the ('reek nation not taken as allot*
quarter
range
11c surveys, including the buildings now
used by the licensed traders and others,
for a townsite at the town of Hominy;
and the south half of the northwest
f se t . ’ township _4 north rrents Is repealed and the provision of
-t f r townsite at the town fbe t'rcek agreement, approved March 1,
is only 1*. It is nfedlesn to
p.dd that she i.s bewitchiogly buauti*
lul
H. Ri<!*r Haggard ■ ays that writing
ft f-er cent to ho paid as annunlty. II. '*•"
For Interest on f.Vl.OOO at ft i*er cent. to he
paid annually for the support of s hools
$2,600 For Interest on I.",'*■) at ft p* r
« • r. r t < ■ • ; • ■ i . 1 ■
of the Hemlrw-le government. |1 O'"'
For general Incidental expenses of the
novel.** !.-• a more incident of ills lilt . Indiun service In the Indian Territory.
How lovely it must be to be able to
say that!
iyc. is restored and re-enacted.
The secretary of the interior is directed
le *>ed for eme- 1° make an Investigation and ascert .a
and two towi.sites of 100 definitely what amount of land. If any,
belonging to the (’reek nation has been
taken and allotted to the members of
the Seminole tribe and arrange payment
tb® ' rn-k Rati n for vuch land, if
t tr.e towns <f Fairfax and Hominy Hiere be anything due by the Seminole
nation.
The improvements of Seminole citizens
upon ('reek lands ,*nd the improvements
of Creek citizens upon Seminole lands
that are unpaid for by said allottees
of Fairfax, and the northeast corner,
sc t:«>n 1? towns? ip 24 rang* ft east, con-
sisting of ten
tery purposei
acres « - h on the l:ne of the Midland
Valley K illroad company adjacent to
stations <n this line, not less than ten
milet- fr->n Fawhuska And the town
lots
nnd at th * townsite* on th* line of me
Mhllit l Valley railroad shall be sur-
veyed appraised and sold the same us
pr .dcd for town lots In the town of
I’awhuska
I NTAin SA LARI EH AND FXPENHKo b#y [*»ve*tl*ated by the secretary of
the interior and paid for by these na-
tions.
An appropriation of flic,WO has been
A man lias reached the agf? of dis-
cretion when it is one of his firm
convictions that some money costs
too mt* h.
Alleged “pure apple cider,” the grim
reaper and wood alcohol whisky
iteem to have formed a strictly busi-
ness combine.
and for pay of employee*. $18
For rlerh al and Incidental expense* of
the United B?Mes inspector s <*ftl e. In-
dian Territory 110 «»r>
An appropriation of fio.nrp is made to
pay all ezj>ens«'S Incidental to th** com-
pletion of the survey, platting and ap-
praisement of townsite* In the Choctaw.
Chickasaw. ( 'reck and Cherokee na-
tions. Indian Territory It Is provided
that the several townsite commissions in
these nations shall, upon the completion
of the appraisement of the town lots In
their respective nations, be abolished to
the secretary of the Interior at such time
as he considers proper All unfinished
commissions, the sal- of I
Th • disbursing • !*rk of the department
of Justice is directed to pay out of the
unexpended balances of the appropri-
ation* for salaries and expense*. Choctaw
and Chickasaw citizenship court such
expenses a* were Incurred by the bailiff,
reporter* and stenographer* of that
»urt for subsistence while in the j>er-
fornmnr* of their duties at the head-
quarter* of th** court, and which remain
unpaid bv reason of the derision of the
comptroller of the treasury whether
such expenses were actually paid by the
disbursing clerk nr.d disallowed by the
a counting Offl era of the treasury or
payment refused by the disbursing clerk
In the first Instance.
All action* against Indian* or their
property In the territory of Oklahoma,
whose affair* arc under the *uper\lsl<>n
of Indian agents or l onded superinten-
dent*. shall be brought In the district
made for the support and education of 70u
Jr.dlnn pupils at the Indian school at
Chllocco, Oklahoma, for pay of superin-
tendent at sild school. 13.000; for general
repairs and Improvements. $410.00u, for
cottage for assistant superintendent. $J,-
0W for steam boilers, 13,000; for Ice plant,
l&.ono.
TO MAINTAIN TRIBAL SCHOOLS
For the maintenance, strengthening
and enlarging of the tribal schools of
the Cherokee, ('reek. Choctnw. Chick®?
««w and Seminole nations, and making
provision for the attendance of children
of non-citizen* therein, and the establish-
ment of new schools under the control of
the tribal school boards and the depart-
ment of the interior, the sum of |15<'.U00.
or so much thereof as may be necessary,
. . ... , * • he placed In the hands of the sec-
courts of the county in which the Indian r...,.v ih* i_, ^ ^ ^
, . retary of the Interior, and disbursed by
Paradoxical as It may seem, a *ea woi* of «h« commls.lona, the »
. .......1 ......Ill !... town lota at public auction, disposition »f
level canal at Panama will be about
$100,000,000 higher than one that is
higher than the sea level.
J. P. Morgan haa paid $l,oo0 for the
original MS. uf “The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table.” Save your manu*
scripts. Morgan may want them.
Jupiter ami Venus are snuggling up
closer and closer together ever)’ even-
ing. and there's no way to find out
whether or not Juno is getting Jeal-
ous.
A prominent distiller, about to mar
ket a new rye whisky, offers $50 to
any one suggesting the best name for
this brand. “Knockemout!" Nd
charge.
Did you ever start out from home
In the morning feeling as if you
hadn’t a friend In the world, and then
have three men meet you and strike
you for $10?
Another new "largest steamship
afloat” has arrived in New York.
They come at the rate of three a
season and have ceased to cause
much excitement.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who has been
suffering from inflammatory rheumn-
tlem, would doubtless bo willing to
sacrifice a million or two if he could
get rid of it entirely.
Judge Fitzgerald of the New York
supreme court has been hearing di-
vorce cases at the rate of four an
hour. The ministers, as a rule, don’t
marry folks as fast as that.
Japanese professors of jlu Jitsu
have found a few Americans who are
masters of a system of self-defense
that has no special name, but an
swers the purpose Just as well.
A man at Lisbon. Ohio, sued for a
divorce because his wife said he
looked like a monkey. As he lost tin
case, the Jury must have decided that
his wife knew what she was talking
about.
The sultan of Turkey has decided tc
buy thirty gunboats. He is foolish
Why should he buy gunboats when he
can always get out of trouble by mak-
ing promises that he doesn't intent,
to keep?
Two milPon dollars' worth of gob!
Is used every year to fill the teeth
of the American people. It must
bother John Bull a good deal if he
knows there is so much gold that he
can't annex.
Mr. Hyde says It is no offense tr
give a dinner. Possibly not, but it
comes mighty neat* being an of
tense for the host to wear a purple
coat and bottle green trousers at
such functions.
Elihu ltoot declines to take the job
ol building the Panama canal at a
salary of $100,000 a year. It is strange
that the people who don’t want them
are always the ones who arc being oi
fered these lucrative Jobs.
A Brooklyn fire marshal has been
st ppended fer making love to n prett.i
girl in an engine-house. In Brooklyn
t’ne people are expected to do most
of their flirting in church or on the
way home from divine worship.
An explorer just returned from So
maliland interviewed the Mad Mullah
who is seven feet tall and lias n body
guard of COO stout young men of about
the san1'* size If the editor asks us
to get an Interview with Mr. Mullah,
we re going to fake it up.
The Boston Globe states that Cnpt.
William S. Winder, aged 71, has jus*
committed suicide, leaving a clipping
from Dr. Osh r's silly speech to ex-
plain his act. Perhaps Osier will
charge this case to the despondent
old man’s defective sense of humor.
Dr. Jacques l.oob of tlie tJnlversltj
ot California announces mat he it
able to give birth to sea urchins now
by purely physical and chemical
means, but that doesn't mean that
he vs ill be able to Improve the qual
ity of the human race for consldei
able time to come.
The performing ape at a Brooklyn
theater chewed up $120 belonging to
his trainer last week, but,some of th*
collateral and evolved members of h.t
family have been known to chew up
$100,000 at a singlo dinner party.
contests, the determination of the rights
of claimants and the closing up’ “f all
other minor matters thereto shall t-*1 per-
formed by the secretary of the Interior
under such rules and regulations as h#
may prescribe. It Is also provided that
all unsold lots, the disposition of which
la required by public auction, shall We
offered for sale and disposed of for the
best obtainable price.
For the purpose of removing Intruders
fr«»m the lands of the Five Civilised
Tribe* and placing allottee* In unrestrict-
ed possession of their allotment*. SU.,000.
For clerical work und labor connected
with the sale and leasing of (’reek und
the leasing of (’herokee lends, H6.0UU-
For special clerical force In the office
Of the United States Indian agent. Union
agency, and miscellaneous expenses In
connection with entering of remittances
received on account of payments of town
lots and Issuance of patents, and convey-
ing same, $6,000.
FOR COMPLETION OF TRIBAL AF-
FAIRS.
An appropriation of IlfOO.OOO Is made for
the completion of the work heretofore re-
quired by law to be done by the commis-
sion to the five civilised tribes. The
work of completing the unfinished busi-
ness of the commission la devolved upon
the secretary of the Interior, whoso duty
It shall be to Investigate any lease of al-
loted land In the Indian Territory which
he has reason to believe has been ob-
tained by fraud, or In violation of the
terms of existing agreements with any
of the five civilized tribes Should the
evidence In any such case warrant It. the
matter shall be referred to the attorney
general for suit In the proper United
States court to cancel the lease, and In
all cases where It may appear to the
court that any lease was obtained by
fraud. Judgment shall be rendered can-
celling the snme upon such terms and
conditions ns equity may prescribe, and
It shall be allowable In cases where nil
parties In Interest consent thereto to
modify any lease and continue the same
ns modified It Is also provided thnt no
lease made by any administrator, execu-
tor. guardian or curator which has been
Investigated by and has received the ap-
proval of the United States court having
Jurisdiction of the proceeding shall be
subject to suit or proceeding by the sec-
retary of the Interior or attorney general.
It Is also provided thnt no lease made
by any administrator, executor, guardian
or evirator shall ho valid or enforclble
without the approval of the court having
jurisdiction of th® proceeding.
OIL LEASES IN THE OSAGE NATION
It is provided that any allotment**
which may be made of the Osage res-
ervation In Oklahoma territory shall l e
made subject to the terms and conditions
of the lease authorized. It being a renew-
al as to a part of the premises covered
by a certain lease dated March 16, l.W. ;
given by the Osage nation of Indians to i
Edwin B. Foster and approved by the
nor calculated to nttarct and inter- !
secretary of the interior and now owned i
by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil j
company, under assignments approved |
by the secretary of the Interior 'Phis
lease and trll sub-leases thereof are ex-
tended for the period of ten years from
March in. I90i. with all the conditions of
the original lease, except that from and
after this date the royalty to be paid on
rfss shall be $100 per annum on each gas
well. Instead of $50 as now provided In
the lease, and except that the president
of the United Stntcs shall determino the
amount of royalty to be paid for oil.
This determination shall he evidenced by
filing same with the secretary of the in-
ferior on or before December 31. 1905,
«vho shall Immediately ni.«il a copy there-
tt to the Indian Territory Illuminating
(»:! company and each sub-lessee.
It Is provided thnt there shall be cre-
n lcd an Osage townsite commission, con-
S'sting of three member*, one of whom
shall bo the United States Indian agent
«t the Osage agency, one to be appointed
bv the chief executive of the Osage tribe
and one by the secretary of the Interior,
•who shall re» clve such compensation ns
the secretary of the Interior may pre-
scribe, to be paid out of the proceeds of
the sale of the lots sold under this act.
RESERVATIONS FOR TOWN SITES !
It Is provided that the secretary of the
Interior shall reserve from selection ami
allotment the south half of section 1
nnd the north half of section 9. township i
25 north, range 9 east, of the Indian me- |
ridlan, Including the town of l’awhuska.
which, except the land occupied by the
Indian school buildings, the agency res-
ervoir, the agents office, the council
building and the residences of agency
employees, and a twenty-acre tract of
land, including the l’awhusUa cemetery,
shall he surveyed, appraised and laid off
into lots, blocks, street* and alleys by
the townsite commission. under rules
and regulations prescribed by the s> -
rotary bf the Interior, business lots to
be twenty-five feet wide and residence ;
lots fifty feet wide, and sold at public
auction, after due advertisement, to the
highest bidder by the townsite commis-
sion und*r such rules nnd regulations .
may he prescribed by the secretary of
the Interior, and the proceeds of such
sale “J be placed to the credit or the
Osit’s tribe of Indians It is also pro-
vided that these lots shall be appraised
at (heir real value, exclusive of Improve-
ments thereon or adjacent thereto, and
the improvements nppmis< d separately
Any person, church, school or other as-
sociation In possession of any of the lots
and having permanent improvements
thereon shall have a preference right to
purchase the same at the appraised
value, but In case the owner of the Im-
provements refuses or neglects to pur-
chase the same then such lots shall be
■old at public auction at not less than
the appraised value, the purchaser nt
•uch sale to have the right to take pos-
session of the same upon paying the oc-
cupant the appraised value of the Im-
provements There shall in like manner
be reserved from selection and allotment
$M acree of land to conform to lb# pub-
resides
An appropriation of $5,000 Is made In
full settlement of the claim of J. Halo
flypher against the Choctaw nation for
legal service*.
TO 18PUE PATENTS IN FEE
The president Is directed to Issue n
patent in fee to Ira M. Jones, an Ottawa
allottee, for a part of the land hereto-
fore allotted to him In the Indiun Terri-
tory, to-wlt: the northwest quarter of
him under such rules and regulations ns
he may prescribe. It is ulso provided
that the attorney general of the United
States is directed to turn over to the sec-
retary of the Interior all money now* in
his hands paid over to him by the clerks
and deputy clerks of the United States
courts In the Indian Territory. This
money Is to be applied to the permanent
school fund of the district.
It is provided that hereafter all appeals
the southeast quarter of section 30. town- an<i wr$ta of error shall he tukon trem
ship l’v north, range 23 enst of the Indian the United States courts In the Indian
meridian, and all restrictions to the sale. Territory to the United States court of
encumbrances or taxation of this land appeals In the Indian Territory, thence lo
are removed the United Mates circuit court of appeals
The secretary of the Interior Ih au-
thorized to issue a patent In fee to W. T
Whittaker for the lanl heretofore al-
lotted to him In the (’herokee nation, as
for the eighth circuit in the sama in. n-
r:er ns Is now provided for In cases taken
by appeal or writ of error from the clr-
The cable says the duel between
Count Czaykowski and M. Villette
"was well attended.” It was quite a
social function, in fact.
lent.
of appeals of the United Males
follows: The west one-hnlf of the north- for the eighth circuit.
west quarter of the southwest quarter of ---—
section 17, township 21 north, range 19
east and the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 17. township 21 north,
range 19 east, containing thirty acres.
The following named allottees of lands
In the Quapaw agency. Indlnn Territory, I ~
are authorised upon approval of the sec- | Tbo kaiser Will permit army officers
retary of the Interior, to alienate certain to drink to his health in water, feel-
portions of their allotments therein de- jng, DO doubt, that the custom is not
.rrlt...l, e» follow.: Henry Hick*, lot „kely to become dangerously preva-
No. 3. containing three acre*, more or ,___ b / v
less, and 1’hllltp It Dawson, lot No. 4.
containing twenty-eight acres, ull In sec-
tion 30, township 27, north of range 24
east.
RESTRICTIONS REMOVED
All restrictions on lands of adopted
full-blood adult white allottees In
Quapaw agency are hereby removed.
All restrictions ns to the sale. Incum-
brances or taxation of the lands hereto-
fore allotted or thnt may hereafter be al-
lotted to Mrs Jennie O. Morton of Ra-
mona. Indian Territory, or to Fred A.
Kerr of Hereford. Indian Territory, both
citizens of the ('herokee nation, and duly
enrolled ns such, be, and the same here-
by are removed.
In the case entitled "In the matter of
enrollment of persons claiming rights in
It ig not true that activity In build-
ing South American railroads is so
that defaulters may make the trip
the ! through to Buenos Ayres without
change.
The first woman typewriter is still
thumping the keys. However, she was
married before she entered the busi-
ness and was not a real typewriter,
after all.
The society for psychical research
wants $100,000 to find the way to the
*•"•**. This n:,gh. be encouraged
if we had discovered any royal road
to the here.
The Emperor of Japan has written
another poem, which consists of six
lines. Ho gets $3,000,000 a year, and
is undoubtedly tho highest salaried
poet on earth.
number 76." now pending in tho court of
claims, the court is authorized and em-
powered to render final Judgment in this
rnse. and either party feeling itself ag-
grieves] by said Judgment shall have the
right of appeal to the supreme court of
the United States within thirty days from
the filing of the Judgment in the court
of claims. The supremo court of the
United States shall advance said case
on its calendar for early hearing.
TO dispose OF IM/'KOVKMENTS Those who claim that onions as a
The Delaware-Cherokee clttiens who diet sharpen the Intellect will point
have made Improvements, or wore In ] with pride to the assertion that Mrs.
rishifal posseeeloa of Improve Chadwick Is addicted to the tear-com-
ments upon lands in the < herokee nation
on April 21. 1904. to which there Is no , Peldng vegetable.
valid adverse claim, shall have the right ----
within six months from the date of such i q'jjp Parisian hostess who enter-
approvnl of this act to dispose of such . . ...
Improvements to other cltlsens of the | talned hcr quests with a moving pic-
('herokee nation entitled to select allot- ture representation of a surgical op-
ments at a valuation to he approved by oration evidently expected to make
nn official to be designated by the presi-
dent for that purpose, and the amount
for which the Improvements are disposed i
of. if sold according to the provisions Even the sly fox will admit that the
of this net. shall he n lien upon tlie rents friends who are opposed to putting a
.. i ____ait.. ..f 1
them happy by contrast.
bounty on his skin hope to preserve
him that they' may get a chance to
and profits of the land until paid, and
such lien may he enforced by the vendor
in any court of competent Jurisdiction, it
is also provided that the right of any hunt him down as a sport.
Delawn re-Cherokee citizen to dispose of ) ____
such improvements shall, before the ....
■ t which tho improvements j The man who has bought his on tho
tikiv be sold, be determined under such installment plan is not always sure
regulations as the secretary of the m- that Cicero was right when he spoke
of the possession of books as a peren-
nial source of solace and joy.
terlor may prescribe
i 'ATIONS for enrollment
OF INFANTS
The commission to the five civilized
tribes is authorised for sixty days after
the date of the approval of this act t« ro-
celve and consider applications for en-
rollment of Infant children born prior to
September twenty-fifth, nineteen
died and two. and who were living on
said date, to citizens by blood of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of In-
dians whose enrollment has I een ap-
proved by the secretary of the interior
prior to the date of approval of
art; and to enroll and the commission to
the five civilized tribes is hereby author- , . , .
ized to make allotments to such chil- "ords tho kinc could not pronounce,
dren. J---
Su?an B. Anthony is 85 years cld
nnd admits it. Alice Roosevelt Is 21
and makes no secret of the fact. But
hun- between Susan and Alice are many
women who would rather net tell.
King Edward read his address at
the opening of parliament. He got
He* along very nicely, as the man who
w rote it was careful not to put In any
The commission to tho five civilized
tribes is authorized for ninety days after
th® dat® of th® approval of this act to
receive and consider applications for en-
rollment of infant children born prior to
March 4. 19<Xi. and living on slid If.tter
date, to citizen* of tho Seminole tribe of
Indians whoso enrollment has been ap-
proved by the secretary of the interior,
nnd to enroll and make allotments to
such children, giving to each an equal
number of acres of land, and such other
citizens of the Seminole tribe in the dis-
tribution of all other tribal property and
funds.
1 W \ RR w T ' PPR )PR1 tTIUN
An appropriation of $300,000 is made
from the trust funds of the Chickasaw
A court of law haa decided that if
a wtfo exceeds a liberal allowance for
dress her husband cannot be held for
her bills. Now will some court of law
kindly decide what is a liberal allow-
ance?
A Chicago woman sued for $50,000
for breach of promise, and got 50
cents. It should have been 30 cents,
to have adequately represented her
mental condition when she heard tho
verdict.
tribe now In the treasury of the i nited 1 A negro woman 73 years of age has
States, for the Immediate payment ot all graduated from a New Haven, Conn.,
the outstanding school warrants of the
school. She has one big advantage.
tribe legaJly Issued for tlie purpose of , ... . ^,
maintaining th*' public schools, the pay- Nobody will bo likely to make flippant
tnent to be made under the direction of references to her as a "sweet girl
the secretary of the Interior. It is also graduate.”
provided that any unexpended balance of '' _____________
that sum shnll be held by tho sccretnry ( ..
and added to the Interest® of the Uhicka- 1 dispatch from Carson C tty, Nev.,
s.iw trlbo in the coal nnd nsphaltum says thnt of fifty five children whoso
royalty fund nnd used for the mainten- births were recorded there last year
unco of the tribal government It Is also , ono bov-but it doesn’t say
provided that the sum of J .v>0» of the • •
money in the treasury belonging to the there were only futy-fl\e births
Creek nation, derived from the sale of
lots in townsltes ho appropriated for the
payment, under the direction of the sec-
retary of tho interior, of tho outstanding
Indebtedness of tho nation
last year in Carson City.
Tho attempt to discipline automo-
bile owners by fining the chauffeurs
Tho secretary of tho interior is directed has not proved the success that was
to jay out of any available funds of hoped for. Being arrested merely
the Creek nation of Indians in the treas- . . „„nn'A„A na o port nt
ury of the United States to tho Turner couos to be regarded as a part of tho
Hardware company of Muskogee. Indian | chauffeur’s regular duty.
Territory, the sum of $1,249 in full pay- —■ .
tnent of account for certain school sup- ‘ A man Is sup|>08ed to be nappy
plies purchased by the superintendent® when he whistles, but when he whls-
for the use of various Creek boarding tle8 ftt of hig wife*g milliner's bill
school® In the years 1SW and 19U0. which „ .. .... ..__
account® are approve*! by the supvrinten- I wc‘^t s quite another matter.-*
dent of a. ^ol® in Indian Territory. ] Chicago Nftws.
TEXAS WINS SUIT
Greer CoL*ity Lciei Four Leagues of
School Land
I WASHINGTON: Associate Jus-
tice Helmet of the United State* su-
preme court has handed down an
opinion in the case of Greer county.
Oklahoma, plaintiff In error aganlit
the fctate of Texas on appeal from
the Texas circuit court of appeals.
The contentions of the state cf
Texas as presented by Attorney Gen-
eral Bell an ! Assistant Attorney Gen-
••ral Reese are upheld, and the decis-
ion of the lower court is affirmed,
with the co-’s.
The result of this litigation be-
tween Greer county. Oklahoma, and
»he fetate of Texas is a distinctive vic-
tory for Texas, as It restores to that
state her ownership to four leagues
if school land patented to Greer
.ountv, Texas, which tad not been
I llaposei ot by that county prior to
I ’.he establishment of Greer county,
Jklahon.a
The controversy aro'se out of the
fact that the territory included in
Greer county formerly was con-
sidered as within the territorial lim-
its of Texas, and while the county
was thus considered four leagues cf
land lying in Hockley and Cochran
counties, Texas, were patented to the
?ounty under the laws of Texas for
•chool purposes.
When the supreme court decided in
1890 that Greer county was no p.m
ot Texas and th3 county became a
iart of Oklahoma, Texas instituted
proceedings in the courts of that
state to recover that land, and the de1
cisions were favorable to the state.
FLOODS IN PITTSBURG
Rise in Rivers Causes a Number of
Mills to be Shut Dov\n
PITTSBURG: Pittsburg is threat-
ened with one of the worst Hoods in
years. Forecaster Frank Ridgeway
lirediets over thirty feet. He does
not expect over thirty-five feet if
that much. For a while the water
began lo recede lrom the rise m the
Alleghaney. but a fresh impetus was
given to the rushing torrents by a
rainfall of nearly two inches over the
entire water shod of tlie Monongahela
river. About fifty miles above Pitts-
burg the Monongahela is rising eight
inches an hour.
Already a number of mills have
been shut down as a result of the
water putting out the fires. From
three lo five feet more of water is
expected up I tie valley and a total of
20,000 men are likely to be idle.
Hundreds ol bouses in Alleghany
soul hern side and in McKeesport
and other suburbs are surrounded by
from two to eight feet of water, the
occupants living in (ho second stories.
The water has entered the upper
rooms and homos are being aban-
doned for the time being.
QUIET IN MANCHURIA
No Information as to Present Move-
ments of Armies
TOICIO: No reports of the Rus-
sian retreat or Japanese pursuit have
been received, which is strengthening
the belief that the Russian plan is to
hold the line from Changehung to
Kirin. Tho Japanese continue to very
closely follow General Linevitch's
rear guard, Imt the damaged bridges
Impede their progress, and possibly
will cause sufficient delay to permit
the Russians to reconcentrate, rein-
force, partially reorganize and con-
struct works al Changehung and
Kirin. It is reported that si portion
of the Vladivostok garrison had born
withdrawn and hunted to Harbin,
but no confirmation of tho rumor is
obtainable. The discrepancy between
the Japanese and Russian report® of
the number of guns captured wt Muir
den remains uncleared.
Oil has been disunered at Oklaho
ma City.
SHAWNEE BUILDING CONTRACTS
City Council Adopts PI.ms for Fire
Station. Jail and City Hall
SHAWNEE: The illy council has
adopted ihe plums lor I he new city
hall. The building is to be three
Stories and huscinrnl, of Romanesque
style of architecture, and in addition
to having office looms for Hie mayor
and other eily officers, will contain
in auditorium and quite a inimhei uf
offices for rent. It is estimated that
the city will derive an income of
some $2.5dJ a year lrom office rent-
als. The plans have also lu-on adopt-
'd for a fire station and city Jail
rhii building is lo i»e "I brick und
' III cost $1 i.ufi ) Buis lur Hie eon
-tru'tioa ol lr*th buildings are to he
id vert1, sed ! r at once, and il is *-\-
•iccte-i that tie buildings will be
ready b r •.» cupaiicy by H.e cud uT the
year.
Three pn iuers. Whaley. Albert
ind Sullivan, were convicted upon
he c!i*iae of mtiu<crfcbmg at Guth-
rie and s ri»(»ncd i«» » m‘il.*,n months
*ach i:i the penitentiary at Leuven-
worth.
During an cL-trical storm Friday
•veiling lightning ®iruck Hie hum of
H. CTahb. u 1 ir:u**i living just
north of Shiwn« e. burning the build-
ing and contents. Including twelve
head of stork, consisting of horses,
muKs and cattle. Tlnee head uf
horses w re saved The loss l; $!,-
200, partly covered by insurance.
Tho Chickasha Gas and Oil com-
pany has purchas'd a drilling cutltt
and has 1m un boring for oil.
Arkansas River High
MUSKOGEE: High water in the
Verdigris river is causing officials of
the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf rail-
road some trouble. The drift for the
last day or two has been lodging
against the piers of tho company’s
bridge across the Verdigris at Fulls
City and Superintendent IVylnkhous
has directed that a gang of men be
stationed there, in order that the
driftwood may be kept moving.
The man of grand Impulses fhedi
a lustre on all around him.
OKLAHOMA’S LAWS GOVERNING
RAILROADS AND SHIPPERS
CrTHRiE- The Nofffinger demui'
i»ge bill, which has Just been sigctd
by Governor T B Ferguson of Okla
noma, is said by railroad nu-u to be
the most drastic of any bill on the
statute books cf any state in the
union. The governor was beset by
railroad officials from St. Louis and
Chicago and other central points who
would have had him veto the meas-
ure The bill regulates demurrage
and storage charges and prevents de-
lays in furnishing oars and in trans-
portation ar.d delivery by railr ads of
freight other ttac live stock and per-
ishable goods
in making it the duty of every rail-
way company operating a line wholly
or In part w ithin this territory, upon
the verbal or written application of
any shipper, to furnish the desired
cars for the transportation of freight
within four days following the appli-
cation. or to furnish them on a speci-
fied future dale if so requested by the
applicant. A violation of this secth n
makes ihe railway company forfeit
and pay to the shipper the sum cf J1
per day. or fraction thereof, for each
day delayed in furnishing cars, togeth-
er with all actual demages the ship-
per may sustain by reason of ihe de-
lay.
When freight in r.irloads or less is
tendered to the station agent and cor-
rect shipping instructions given, the
company must Immediately receive
the same for shipment, and it must
be carried forward at the rate of not
less than sixty miles per day of
twenty four hours, with twenty four
hours allowance at each point where
transfer from one railroad to another
is involved. Violations of this sec-
tion compel Ihe company to pay the
shipper $1 per day for i aeh day’s de-
lay. and 1 per cent per 100 pounds per
day on freight in less than carload
lots, with a minimum chaigo of 5
cents for any one package, together
with all actual damages sustained by
the shipper.
Within twenty four hours after the
arrival of freight the company must
given written notice by mail to tha
consignee, together with tho an unt
of charges due. The penalties for
violations are the same as in the pre-
ceding seciion. Toe coiupaii.-s . *
compelled lo deliver freight at thei.-
depots or warehouses, or in case cf
shipment for track delivery, sha I
place loaded cars at an accessible
place for unloading within twenty-
four hours after arrivals The deliv-
ery of cars lo privale tracks shall be
considered io have been made erh r
when such cars have been placed on
ihe tracks designated, or If such
tracks shall he full of loaded or un
released cars when ihe road offering
ihe cars would have made ihe deliv-
ery had the condition of such tracks
permitted. All cars not unloading
shall he considered placed tvh n tl) y
are held awaiting ord is for consign-
ors or consignees.
All package freight unloading by
companies In their depots or ware-
houses and all freight which, in ordt-r
to release cars. Is unloaded in Ihe yard
space of the railroad company and
not remove by the owner within forty
eight hours, may be subject to the
| charge of storage for each day, ct
fraction thereof, it may remain In the
\ custody of the railroad company, as
follows: In less than carload lots, one
per cent per 100 pounds per day. In
car load lots not more than ten cents
per ton per day. Suit may be brought
in any court in the territory for the
collection of any of the damages, for-
feitures, demurrages, or storage
charges, and the plaintiff, if judgment
is recovered, may recover in addition
a reasonable attorney's fee-
COLORADO'S FIGHT
Democrats Will Protest the Seatinf
of Governor Peabody
PENVEIl: The democratic mem-
bers of Ihe Colorado general assembly
are preparing a protest against the
action of the majority of that body in
deciding tho gubernatorial contest
In favor ot James II. Peabody, the
contestor, after lie had agreed to re-
sign and permit Lieutenant Governor
Jesse F. McDonald to become gover-
nor. The protest will allege that
the seating of Peabody, when It was
known his resignation had been sent
to W. S. Boynton, to lie filed within
twenty-four hours after his Inaugur-
ation, was illegal, and that, therefore,
Governor McDonald Is not entitled to
his seat. The protest will be filed
with the joint convention. which
meets next Tuesday to receive the re-
port of the committee appointed to
investigate Senator Morgan's bribery
charges.
STORM IN ALABAMA
Several Persons Killed in a Tornado
in Randolph County
ROANOKE. ALA.: One of Ihe
most dlstastrnus storms that ever
visited this section swept across the
southern part of Randolph county
Tuesday night. Eight to nlno lives
are known to have been lost, and
damage ainouilng lo thousands ot
dollars was done lo property. The
tornado started at a point near
Double Heads und proceeded in a
northwesterly course. Six miles
east of here several houses were de-
molished Three negroes were killed
and several wore injured. At Lime
postoffleo a store was demolished
and a little while gfiirl, the daughter
of a .Mr Lucas, was killed, and her
mother was seriously injured.
INDIAN TERRITORY SAFE
Careful Examinations for Boll Weevil
Reveals no Trace of the Pest
WASHINGTON: The department
of agriculture has issued a bulletin,
in which It states that during the sea
son of lliot the increase In Infested
territory was hut-normal. About 15,-
000 square miles, representing ap-
proximately an area devoted to the
cultivation of cotton of 900,000 acres
the normal production for which
would be In the neighborhood of 350,-
000 bales, became invaded for the
lirst time. This Increases the infest
ed area in tho United States at pres-
ent to about HI! per cent of the total
cotton acreage.
An interesting feature of the boll
weevil situation during the past
season, the bulletin says, has been
the fact that the infested territory
has been extending eastward much
more rapidly than northward. This
lias led lo some speculation as tc
wnether the post has not reached ■
northern limit beyond which its
spread will be prevented or at least
hocked by climatic conditions. Care-
ful examinations of the portions ot
Indian Territory which the boll
weevil Is likely to reach have failed
(o reveal any Infection. To the east
there has been a general extension
of the Infested territory of about titty
miles.
Department Will Protect Lessees
LAWTON: Colonel J. F. Hand-
lette, Indian agent, whose office is at
Anadarko, Is in receipt of a telegram
Horn Washington, which reads as
follows: "Tho opening of the roads
through the pasture lies altogether
with Ihe secretary of the interior. Tb*
United Slates officials will protect th*
present lessees ”
CHER0KEES AWARDED A LARGE
AMOUNT BY COURT OF CLAIMS
WASHINGTON: The cases of the
Cherokee nation of Indians and of In-
dividual Cherolices against the
l tilted Stales wore decided by the
court ot claims. They involved a
large amount of money and are of un
imusiiul and extraordinary character.
The United States bought the
Cherokee outlet, agreeing to pay lor J
it JS.JOO.W i. being about ?1 per acre. I
and also agreeing In reopen a long-1
standing cniilioversy between ilseit
and the Cbernkees.
In JS:t5 a treaty was made, under
which the Cherokees wore to move or
be i t moved from Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee to Indian Territory.
The Cherokee:; contended before they
were removed that, under the provis-
ions ot the treaty, they were not to
be made to pay the cost of removing
from homes whirh tlcy did not wish
to leave to a country to which they
did not want to go. The govern
tnent, however, held to the contrary
When the Cherokee outlet was soid
the Indians stipulated that all of theii
accounts should lie reopened and the
matter equitably sotiled, and for that
purpose Ihe United States should
make out an account and transmit it
to ilio Uhtruke nation. It the Chero-
kee nation adopted it congress
should immediately appropriate tot
whatever balance might bo fouift!
due. The act was adopted, hut con-
gress did not appropriate the money,
and for some lime did nothing. In
the present suit tho court of claims
decides that Ihe account transmitted
by the secretary of the Interior, fol
lowed by the inaction of congress,
renders the United Slates liable foi
the balance of $1,111,29*. with Inter-
est from June 12, ISkS, which
amouuts approximately to $1,50U,0U0.
Somebody Tampered With Switch
SOUTH MeAl.ESTEU: A west-
bound Rock Island freight tratn was
derailed at Cotter's spur, seventy
uiil.-s east of here, nnd Engineer W-
\Y Anderson of Haileyville and John
liud. 2:" l Fine street, Philadelphia,
were killed. Maurice Hildebrand,
the fireman, had one foot crushed,
and John Gray, a cattleman from
Natural Steps, Ark., had a leg
broken.
Nowata has a commercial club,
with a membership of seventy-one.
A Fast Ball Team
OKLAHOMA CITY: The first
game of ball for tho season was
piayed on the local grounds between
the St. Louis National leaguers and
the new Oklahoma City team. The
score resulted In 1 to 0 In favor of the
visitors. The game was agood one,
and shows that Manager Barnes has
secured for this place a good team,
and It is expected that a good article
ot ball will be witnessed here this
season, as tbs men all sbow up well.
School Lands to be Re-Lcascd
GUTHK1K: The territorial school
land leasing board will commence the
re-lcaslng all the school lands In
Ihe counties of Caddo, Comanche an !
Kiowa within the next lew days
The leases expired several weeks
ago, but on account of an investiga-
tion being made by the secretary ol
the interior it was lmpor-stble to be
gin the re-lcaslng until he had made a
decision in the matter. There Is a
total of 373.Sti0.D3 acres la these three
counties.
Attempted to Kidnap His Own Child
GUTHKIE: G- A. Lynch of Mary-
ville, Mo., attempted to kidnap his
ten-year-old son from his divorced
wife, Mrs. G. T. Conard of Marshall,
twelve miles northwest of here. Mrs.
Conard had been given the custody
of the child and Lynch came here
from Maryville for It. After trying
to Induce the child to leave with him
he tried to take the boy away by
force. The stepfather of the lad In-
terfered, and later had Lynch arrest-
ed
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