The Indian Sentinel. (Tahlequah, Indian Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1898 Page: 2 of 4
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'ostoftlee at Tuhle-
jdiI cttiHS mail wnt-
Taiilk'JUAH, 1. T., .'an. 21. iSili-.
'Hie senate hits jwisseii u hill
inhorlzing thelicensingof mates
• n river and ocean steamers.
Congressman Curtis' bill for
th. • reorganization of the Indian
Territory lias been presented to
the liou.se.
A bill authorizing Ihe Musko-
gee Coal and railroad Company
to build and operate a rail road
through Indian and Oklahoma
territories passed the senate
Thai nutn Cocks of the Indian
Chieftain, refers to us as "that
newspajwr monstrosity the. In-
dian Sentinel." We have never
yet done anything to he brought
so near the devil, by noticing
what he had to say, but some
time, ho grows i-o impudent, that
he has to be kicked out of the
way. Cocks, is a fair specitimn
of that class of men, in every
community, who never speak or
lias a good word for anyone. IS.y
his scurrility and insolence, his
own townsmen, will not give him
a [lassing notice. He is a mixture
of infamy scurrility and ingrati-
tude. If he ever possessed a
virtue, no one has ever been
aware of it. He takes up about
as much room in society as a
]KK)dle dog.
township in Arkansas lias two
Justices of the Peace, und contin-
uously ut work. The Commis-
sioner then must do the same
business or exercise jurisdiction
over the same area of country,
wherein in Arkansas twenty-four
Justices are necessary to attend
to the business. A speedy ad-
justment of such mutters will
remedy a great evil.
Wonder wbicli bill, ponding in
Congress, M.\ Mil ford nee Cocks
will indorse. A a matter of fact,
he will go with the gang who is
trying to tear down our once
happy governr "it. The Ncnti
nel upholds notnii except the
right—every honorable step to-
ward Cherokee longevity. It
stands ready to throw the shin-
ing lance of protection into the
infamous breast of every do
famer of the good name of our
officials. For I ho good citizens
of Vinita to listen to this blatant
beast, is worse than to read from
tho fake correspondents in the
Republic, however, it. is hardly
probable that they "Vor see the
little measly thumbjmper. We
would very much dislike to be
pestered with him. If ho should
come around our little Indian
village throwing oil' his exorc
ment, wo would take him by the
par and load liiui to tho outskirts
of the city and give him a swill
kick and tell him togo oil' und
eat grass.
Before full jurisdiction was
given the United States courts
in this Territory, it was ac-
knowledged by those who are
supposed to know that the courts
were inadequate. At this place
the fact is v. - apparent.
Crimes are eoiiii.iitl.'d and no
officers are in ti ■ tr strict to
attend to the matter. There was
tt murder at Wauhillau only a
short time ago. and no attempt
has been made to apprehend the
guilty party. Several assaults
within a few miles of this place,
has occurred recently and no
arrests. Uarring the indis|x>si-
lion of Marshals to do their duty
the area of country is too large
for the officers to cover and do
justice. A Commissioner comes
to Tahlequah every sixty days
for the purpose of doing thu busi-
ness of the permanent Commis-
sioner heretofore here, and six
Cherokee courts with as many
sheriffs and at least three depu-
ties.
In the event the Curtis bill or
the Callahan bill passes congie ,
and allotment follows, how are
the devisions to be made? A
cursory glance at these bills, the
hiatus can be soon by the citizens
of the different tribes. To allot,
moans a shift from common to
severalty or from an estate in
common where the title remains
in all tho citizens, arising by j
grant and held by one and tho
undivided possession, to an j
estate in severalty where the j
title will vest in the individual' '
in his own right only, without j
any other person being joined
and connected in any manner
whatever, in point of iuterosi.
which would In contemplation of
the bills, bo a foe simple. Allot-
ment in nil its phases would, if
all citizens were upon a common
plane, bo beneficial and would
have been the teni(toral salvation
of the masses years ago in divers !
ways one in particular, shutting (
out the. "Kingof Intruders'' with
his horde of scavengers at his
heels. True, allotment would
forever end the question and
too. :i vexatious one, of "citizen
.ship." ll is to be observed that
tho different tribes luive three
classes of citizens namely: the
"squaw men," the halfbroed and
the fullblood. The solution would
be easy if the squawmen and
halfbreeds were the only bene-
ficiaries, they could grapple with
each other, like tho 'wrestle
with Jacob. I!ut to give to the
fullblood, a fee simple, with no
restrictions and allow him the
opt ion of disposing of his heritage
at will, would bo to place t he
fullblood upon the verge of star-
vation to be pushed in us soon he
would spend the might lie had
received for the last vestige of
what he called "homo, ' after
having signed away his fei
simple to some white man for a
nominal sum by his z maik. Do
these bill mean to convey tin
idea that the fullblood, who lives
away back in the bills in his
humble hut and who has his tuire
and a half of corn is on a parity
with the halfbroed who lives
upon tho broad prairie and who
has his hundreds of acres and
who is now holding his thousands
of bushels of wheat for a higher
price? Can it be assumed that
ti. s fullblood, whenever owned
a foot of land individually, who
' never cultivated three acres,
I knows as much a! out the intrin-
sic value of the soil as does the
| white indiun who has owned land
in the states and who has culti-
: vated it all of his life? Along
j these lines, tho fullblood is a
minor, he must continue to have
a guardian. Uncle Sam has
| fostered and cared for him and
lie has the same implicit confi-
dence in the "Great Father" but
should such a bill piss, general
as it is in point of citizenship and
intelligence, such sweeping leg-
islation without a saving clause
for the protection of the fullblood
then will Poor Lo hi" convinced
that the "Groat Father" has re-
nounced him saying "you are no
longer my ward I was only
guardian ad litum.' In the face
of such legislation, the indian
will stand out and cry for protec-
tion and at ovory turning point,
when opportunity affords, w ill
register "nay."
The United States Commis-
sioner here, has tho jurisdiction
over an area of country extend-
ing from the Spavinaw creek,
forty miles north of this place
15 about twenty miles south, and
to the Arkansas line north and
east thirty miles lo the Grand
river thirty miles west, and said
Commissioner sits here on< e in
sixty days. There is uj objec-
tion to theext mt of country com
po.-ingthe district but the time
the officer is allotted to dispose
pf the business arising among
^he peopl* of the di'-t rict. Every
OUR WASHINGTON LUTTU t'
• i From Our Regular Corrcfpomlent.)
Washington, Jan. 14.—How can
u President who is nn honest and
conscientious himetullist keep a
Secretary ot the Treasury in his
cnliinct wtio is so hopelessly wod
ded to the nohl standard as in en-
dorso the statement Unit bimetal-
lism—n double standard—is an
impossibility? 'flint wa the ques-
tion nslceU in the minds of man}'
when Secretary Ciaj;p, Mltinj* be-
side tho chairman of llie house
committee on Banking and Cur
reney, en lorsed that statement
in l ie by ex-Senator lvlmonds,
president of il.e so-called mono-
t:iry uoiifet i-nce, an I believed to
be lbo paid attorney of the ;;old
ring, wli n|ij e
committee in ! • t . * i
standard bill prep i by
mission, The question wr>ul ! ocrsU lilt'
probably not have been asked had the ivsolnt
not Senator Chandler justprcvi-| I bey intend that
onsly slated that be bad Mr. M<-
Kinlry's own word tor it that le
was in favor <>I bimetallism, and
to clinch bis statement added:
"Mr. McKinley is as good a bi-
mctallUt as I am." it that
truo Mr. Chandler is hardly a
good himeiallist, notwithstanding !
his conbimit claims lo be such.
Senator Chandler at tlo same
time said Mr. McKinley told him j
that the international bimetallism
take was not dead, and that ho in-
intended to send the commission
to Kuiopo again. A considerable
numl or of voters were probably
fooled in the presidential cam
paign by that international bimet -
allism plank ot the itepublieun
platform, bnt Mr. MeKinlev must
have lost inucii ot the political
shrewdness with which ho has
been credited it lie believes it can
be used to lonl thorn agaiill.
So tar as they can bo seen, the
results of the first week's deliber-
ation of tho Hawaiian treaty by
the senate are net satisfactory to
the annexationists, Last week
when notice was given that the
treaty would be taken up Mondey
and considered daily until dis-
posed el, its Iricnds were conli
dent that votes enough were in
sight to furnish tile two thirds
needed tor ratification, and it
looked as though their confidence
was justified. Presto, change !
And ratification is again in doubt,
owing to the detection of senators
who had been counted for it.
Among those who have changi d
and como tquureley out against
ratification aru Senators Thurston
of Nebraska and Gear of Iowai
both ot whom claim to have been
influenced by the sugar beet in-
dustry ot ilu.ii' stales; an I Sena
el' M '
i. leplienson i
it
at herid.
he re-
It will;
, as well
Sunday ::t 11 A. M,
stiudsy School at 10
.11. i amil'oD, uiinist r
poried uii'l vote! upoii.
put Ilio foir torn <*ii reci l
ns nerve as a notice i« the
J Munriard administration that its
efforts for gold bond legialation
; ulso belong in tho ''ne edless legis- 1 j*0 Cure Constipation Forever,
lotion" class. j rj nk(, caw.arets Candy Cathartic.
The house having let oil it« sur- , 10c <>r 25c.
baptist.
Ke^ular service® every Sunday at
11 a. m. and 8 i*. m, .Sunday SHwol at
10 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
ev ings.—Kev. Daniel Rogers, pastor.
plus steam in discussing the civil
service question a whole week is
now jogging along with routine
work on the Appropriations
If c. C. C. fail tocuae drug-
gists refrod money.
Subscribe for thelndinu Sentinel
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work hn'1 LTet Ills lioliJay prices.
Will. F. Rasmus,
AT TOR V-A't-.'W
TAHL: QUAII IND. TEli.
Oilieo Up-stairs iu Bank Building.
, Kansas (Jit)
!Pittsburg & nil
RAILROAD COHPANY
T. J. BOND
PHYSIC IAN A SniGfcON
Dr. Price's Cream liskinjr Powder
World's Fair Highest Medal uad Diploma.
Or. Price's Cream Baking Powce.
Awarded u IJ Mcdil Mid* in'.- Fair. San I .inci v .
Trains leave and arrive at Still well, I.
T. as follow h:
uoino north— i.have.
N<>. KanMas City Kx. Dully 11:10p. in.
No. 1. Mail and Ex. Daily 6:25a. ni.
uolno south — a kiuvk.
N >4, Port Arthur Kx. Daily 3:05a.m.
,o. 'j, Mail and Kv. Daily 9:00p. m.
Remember this is the popular short
line between Kansas City, Missouri* audi
-p > i . Pittsburg, 1'an., Joplin, and Xeoglio, Mo.,
Oliice ;ii KfSiden c, 1< i • tu i. s.,j1,iulI 4<prinirH sm,l ,8iloam Springs,
Ark., mid Stilwell, i. T., and the direct
Connection. ^ route from the south to St. Louis, 1/hi-
cayo, and points Nertli and Northeast,.
T VliLl'iQUAU 1. 1 and ti Denver, Ogden, San Francisco.
Portland and points west sind northwest,
No expense has been spared to mak*
the passenger equipment oi this line
jneeond to none iu the west.
Travel via the New Line.
II. C. ORR,
(ien'l I'ass. Ak-, Kansas City, Afo
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
METHODIST EI'ISCOfAI. ( IIUBCII, SOI TH. |
lingular servir h every Sunday at 11 j
a. M. and S I'. II. Sunday School nt 10 |
a. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday j
evening.—Rev. Z.U. Wldtehurst,pastor. I
methodist EPISCOPAL CIIUKCI!
Preaching services every Sunday at
11 a. m. and 7 P. m. Sunday school nt
10 a. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
S'DONT GET SORE ^ ^
o—- i mn
If your clothes don't (it ^
£>- ii DUESTERDICK, The Tailor—^
^ Guarantees first-class workman-'^
ship in style and finish or no pay. ^
^"'Opposite Lawrence, Talile«iuali,
Arfr
m v
Jl\ .> •j «J...fc— Jj-t-'l—i-*-'-1. •*
W. T. RICHARDS & CO.
Have the goods and have in-
creased their help, so they
arc better prepared to serve
then customers without de-
lay. Their store is filled to
the utmost fullness with
New, Fresh (Mean Goods.
BARBER SHOP
Best Equipod Tonsorial liooms
in the City.
fg itiH tlio most iliroil, best equipped
Hint runs Through Wagner Sleepers
o all nliovu points without chango
I u 'lero direct conuectiou i« made in
Union depots for all points North, East
Four Chairs. Export and j anj West.
rienced Workmen.
B. W. FOREMAN - PROP. FREE RECHNING CMIR CARS
i. on all through trains. For fttrther ;.n-
• uiation as to charts, routes, maps
j.t.pakk5. 3. frazierparks. . c Hlcel>in^ ,.flr reservation.
.llvlS.^
Attorneys.
TAHLEQUAH - - - 1. T.
Office in Thompson-French Building.
U n I
the
tois Welli• ■' >t
Spoonei ol ''
ol Illi
doiibilill c.'iumn
Kinley can wi :j
back it to line, or bri e hem
with patronage, into voting tor
annexation, there isn't much j rob-
ability of the treating being rati
fiod.
Tho boss of tho big boss is what
they are calling Joseph Kirealarni
Foraker just now, There isn't
the slightest doubt that Boss Ilm •
na owes his election to tho Senate
to Foraker, nor that he would
rather havo owed it to any other
nian in tho world. Foraker was
in Washington wailing for Hanna,
through McKinley, to get down
and ask for his help and ngrco to
his terms. Hanna thought ho
could buy his way through with-
out regard to Foraker. At tho
last minute he got rattled and no-
tified Mr. McKinley to get Pora-
ker's help on tho best terms he
could, but to get it. It took Mr. It
McKinley and Senator Foraker
two or three hours to come to
terms, but in tho end Foraker hud
his way, and had gent the telegram
to Columbus ensured li anna's oloc- jj
tion to the senate. Tho terms
vpon which Mr. McKinley secured
Foraker's assistance for Hanna j N
were, of course, secret, but they j N
probably include much that would
interest Ohio Republicans and ^
were certainly advantageous per-
sonally to Foraker.
Tho irrepressible Jerry Simp-
sen injected a little amusement
into the close of the civil service
debate in ho house by telling the
anti's that whether they would be
allowed to consider a bill for the
modification or repeal of the civil
service law, later on would de-
pend entirely on the speaker, of
whom he added: '<He is tho whole
thing und runs the houso " Amid
the laugnter which followed Lem-
uel Eli Quigg, Boss Piatt's man,
tried to get fanny by k turning to
Jerry and asking: "Have you con-
sulted tho speaker? ' Quick as a
flash Jerry replied: 4<Noj he n
consults me and I n
him." •
Tho Republican members of the
senalo committee on finance warn
to pigeon hole the Stanley Mat-
thews resolution declaring that all
U.S. bonds are payable in silver,
at the option of the government,
which was offerer by Senator Tel-
ler, and referred to this committee.
They say that tho reporting ot the
resolution will cause needless agi
tation; that it has been ndopleti by
congress and that its readoption
now by the senate, wht ij i is
\V. 1\ THOMPSON.
W. W. IIASTINGS,
1 ticket agent or
F.PW1X ADAMS,
(ieneral Ticket Agent,
Kanssa" and 1. T.
1'arsons, Kan.
JAMKS BARKER,
lien'! Pass. & Ticket Ag't
Mo., Kan. «Nc T. K'v System.
St. Louis, Mo.
• i!lM" V-HI
Ait und
healthy,
Dry Goods
Clothing,
that will
Thompson & hastings.
Attorneys at Law.
Olfico in Stapler Block,
Oyer City Drug 3tor e
head and footwear
make you warm
and comfortable this fall and
winter. Their motto is:
I EON
2vlOTJ 3>TT-A.I3>T
23013" T 33
ircctlino for uD points in
S'ia.rraLciaaa. CkX^iL
"Merit
Is the trademark of success, r
Value
The true test ofCheapness |
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Calls answered day or nigbt.
in Fite Building, up stairs.
C. A. CII AST KEN,
Attorney-at-Law,
_E_j O ./Ql. 1 w" -
With closc connections for
ANSAS CITY. ATCHISON"
r/ A YEN WOUTII, ST. JOSEPH,
ST. LOUIS AND TIIE KOUTH-
HAST.
Bleg'aiit Trcxina
AHLEQUAlf,
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Special and prompt attention given
to collections and business before tho
lr. S. ami Commissioner's courts.
:
Staked Out
A Clahn^-es^
It's a liroad claim based
on public confidence, and ex-
tending as far as good new>
can travel. It pans out a
soul full of satisfaction to our
patrons. We claim to give
greater grocery value tor
J every nugget that goes into,
j ■ i: ;il lh;n a . ocer in
. .it i. ■ 1. . i i. \ oi 11
■'aim. Buy
if us and
Hides,
Furs
And Deer-Skins
i will pay llie high-
est market price.
JOE HEINRICHS.
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j ii'ove this,
..in iii our
•. in!- -j i ■ ■ ■ . ies
sou will have
W. R.Mat his'
(Arkanstvw)
Freight Wagons
leave Tahlequah and
Fort Gibson every
day in the week ex-
cept Sundays.
All Parties
Wantinp freight hauled leave
nnlers at J. W. STAPLF.Ii &
SON'S.
If. C. TOVVNSEND,
General Passenger Agent,
St. Louis.
IF. SWEPSTEH,,
The Oldest E<tablished and Most
Popular Barber in Tahlequah.
Location—First door north of the
City Drug Store, Main street.
.-j la.Liir."* 1.1 I !■ ■ ■
DR. GLAZE,
Host equipped Dental Parlors in
the Territory.
0FFICK IN BANK BUILUINd.
Dr. a. W. Blake. Dr. Ed W. IStake.
BLAKE ct BLAKE,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Offices 2 & 3 Over City Drug Store,
Tahlequah - - - - I. T.
enough surplus left to inve I j
in Klondike niininir -lock. !
FRPE: Sio.oo IN GOLD,
^ HDclc.Oold Watch, Diamond
i OMII^ (). a SchoUr8h|
^ 0 l'raughon's PracticalIlusine
! • p -v• • 1 T ■ . ' t
y-11 :ig people, b-it read wil't (ut?ro«t and profit
•• pi.-op!o of ail n-res. btoric ocd other lute.
matter welt Illustrated. Sr.;nple cot.i«r
nt free. Afrits wanted. lAddre^s V rnthV
Advocate Puty Co.. Nafh\i:ie, tmu.
[^!.ution this paper.)
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Ui America. We have n \V(.«himrtnn otflce.
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anvll'l'n.'L '"." ""'ned, larcest circulation of
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JOl Hiomluuv. New York.
ANTHONY M. CRAFTON
Lawyer,
Ollice over Bank,
Tatileq.-u.ali
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