The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
TIIE ARROW: TAHLEQUAH, IXDIAN TERRITORY.
year, 1200 for the third and fourth people leasing large tracts of land in ; RIGHTS OF INDIAN OFFICIALS
year, and 9500 for each tucceedlng the territory. Probably those who j„d*e Hardy h«j« Thry c n c mr Amu
year? those payment* to be treated as are interested in towosites will not;
advance royalty on the mines, and if oppose the bill. While it is not exactly j
Id Ibe Discharge of Duty.
Judge Cornelius Hardy,United States
the parties refuse or neglect to pay the what the townsite people haye been ; commissioner for the Tishomingo dis-
advancc annual royalty for the period working for. yet it litres them an op- trict, has the following to say in regard
of si*ty days after the lease becomes portunlty to secure title by consent of to the new jurisdiction of the federal
due and payable, the lease shall be- the tribes, and this is believed to be I ™urts and the rights of Indian officers
come null.'and void and all the royal- the only sure way for them to get the under the new law:
ties paid in advance shall become and till*. Members of the committee who "The new law, which went into ef-|
be the money and property of the have studied the question hold that . on th® 1rsl d*}' of January, extend-
tribe. no title can be conveyed without the 'DK jurisdiction '
A provision is also added to section consent of the tribe.
BIGGEST ()FFER YET
TAHLEQUAH ARROW
*\r>
K requiring the parties who operate
coal and other mineral leases to pay
for the Improvements on any land
that may be damaged by reason of the
opening up of the mines.
Townftltr Pro Ulon .
The townsite provisions of the origi-
nal Curtis bill is changed so as to
provide that the United States con
sents and authorizes that each of the
live tribes convey by deed to any city
or town which is now or that may be
hereafter encorporated under the pro-
visions of this act, the lands embraced j
within the limits of said incorporation.
HENRY STAR SENTENCED.
Muitt Sptnd Fiftlia Yemr* In th« Peniten-
tiary for Train Robbery.
Fort Smith, Ark., January 15.—In
the federal court this afternoon Judge
itogers passed sentence on Henry-
Star the notorious young train robber
the jurisdiction of the federal
courts over the Indian courts, virtually
abolishcs the Indian courts. They
have no jurisdiction whatever under I
the new law, and are attempting to
exercise none. So far as 1 have been
ubie to learn, there has been no opposi-
j tion to the new jurisdiction by the
Indian authorities, and wherever they
have convened their courts since the
who operated as a leader of outlaws in Qr8t of January they have undertaken
the Indian Territory five years ago.
He has been in jail here since his cap-
ture at Colorado Springs. Colo., in
July, 1S93, and has twice been con-
victed of murder and sentenced to be
hung. In each instance his case has
no new business, but are working on
old business filed before the first of
January."
In regard to the duties of a commis-
sione" Mr. Hardy said: "The duties
of the commissioner are to conduct
and
upon such term™ and** for"Vuc^ prices I aPl,ea'^ to Supreme Court and examining trial, in all felony cases, j
Best Farm and Family Paper
ix the united states.
BOTHoxiAv—'- .SI.10.
Believing that every one of our readers should have at least one good
a-ricu tura" and family journal, we have perfected arrangement whereby we
can end^tba*prti<'tleaf anil ln8tructivepurnal. Farm and Home, In connection
with our own publication, The Arrow, both a full jeat for only •' « * oi
space forbids a description of the contents of Farm and Home.**1°^
I'rominent among its many departments
as shall be agreed upon between said
tribes and corporations, subject to
the approval of ;he secretary of the
Interior.
After the lands are purchased by
any city, the chief officer is directed
to plat the ground into blocks, lots
and streets, and upon the plats being
filed and approved by the secretary of
the interior, the secretary shall ap-
point an officer, who, in conjunction
with the chief officer of the city or
town, shall appraise the land? em-
braced in the town, and If the two
appraisers are unable to agree upon
the value, they shall select a third
person who is not interested in the
town to assist them, and the determin-
tion ot the majority of such appraisers
shall De conclusive. Acv person hav-
ing a building upon any of the lots
may purchase the same at the appraised
value: but If he fails to purchase it
within six month# then the lots may be
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder at a price not less than the ap-
praised value.
Lots not occupied by any person
may be sold at private sale at the ap-
praised value or at public auction
under the regulation* pi-escribed by
the secretary of the interior. The
proceeds of the lots shall be applied
first to the purchase price of the lands,
and after that payment is made the
balaucc shall be deposited with the
secretary of the interior for the use of
the public schools of the city. It is
provided that until title shall be ob-
tained under the provisions of this
section, the use of the vacant lots in
cities and towns shall be disposed of
upon such conditions as may be pro-
vided by the secretary of the interior.
Enrollment of Cltlxeni.
New sections are added to the bill
authorizing the Dawes commission to
take the roll of Cherokee citizens of
18M), not including freedmen, as the
roll intended to be confirmed by this
nd preceeding acts of congress, and
to enroll all persons now living whose
names are found on that roll and all
descendants born since the making of
the roll to persons whose names are
found thereon, and shall investigate
the rights of all whose names are found
on other rolls and omit such as may
be found placed thereon by fraud, en-
rolling such as have a lawful right.
They are also authorized to make a
roll of the Cherokee freedmen in strict
compliance with the decree of the
court of claims and to make the same
kind of roll for each of the tribes, the
Chickasaws, Choctawg and Creeks
(the Semineles are not included); they
are to make a correct roll of the Choc,
taw freedmen. and enough land Is to
be reserved from allotment for the
use of the Chickasaw freedmen for
allotment to them under the provisions
of the treaty of 1636. In case it is
found that th^y are entitled thereto,
40 acres is reserved for each freedman.
Provision is made for the disposition
of the interests of members of one
tribe who have married into other j
tribes: and the tribes are permitted to !
make an agreement with reference to i
such person, if they can.
Provision is made for the adjustment I
of claims of the tribes against the v
United States by a joint committee of ; f
members of the house and senate, who ' %
shall be a board of final arbitration. a
The original bill and these addition ' ■
the decision of the lower court revers-
ed. When brought before the court
last October for trial he was allowed
to plead guilty to manslaughter.
Ainont the first act'' in Starr's crimi-
nal career was the killing of Floyd
Wllsou. who was endeavoring to ar-
rest him for the robbery of the express
office at Nowata. This is the case in
which he pleaded guilty to man-
slaughter. Previous to his first trial
for murder he was convicted on several
robbery cases, and two of his pals,
Kid Wilson and Alf Cheney, were sent
try all misdemeanor cases, handle „ , . T, , r>.,-±
civil business in suits on contracts or FciVIIV (171(1 Garden- Market IiCpOtiS,
Plans and Inventions, The Apiary, Talks with a
Lawyer, Around the Globe, Live Stock and
Dairy, The Poultry Yard, The Question
Box, Plants and Flowers, The Yeteri'
Fashions anil Fancy Work-
debts for amounts as high as $300, and
to try all eases for damages to personal ;
property where the amount involved
does not exceed *100.''
As to the right of Indian officers to
go armed In the discharge of their
duty, he continued: "I have noticed
an account in the papers where mur-
derers were allowed to escape because : per
the Indian officers were afraid to
arms after January 1, but that
erroneous idea. The Indians have popularity can
nary.
These are but a few of the many subjects treated, for liberal space is given
In every issue to mothers, daughters, boys and girls, and infact u> every thing
icvausc pertaining and of interest to the farmer and his family. 1' arm and Home's
j carrv published semi-monthly, thus giving you 24 numbers a year, the whole making
* a volume of over 500 pages, teeming with all the latest and roost reliable in-
wao an fol.,natjon that science and experience can supply. >o better proof of its
be afforded than its enormous
^ .W — JHHBclrculation, which extends Into
to the New York penitentiary for the same right to carry arms tnat they every state and territory in the Union, each number being read l>\ no less than
twenty-five years each. He was not have always had, if they are author-1 ft million readers.
sentenced at the time on account of the ized officers of the Indian courts, and j
murder charges pending against him. will be allowed such rights until such
and for nearly four years he has been ^ time as their court matters are finally
engaged in a legal battle for his life, disposed of. They are proceeding to
at last succeeding in getting less pun- wind up their court matters under the
..CHAMBERS' ENCYCLOPEDIA FREE.,
To all subscribing immediately, and sending 10 cents additional for mail-
' expenses, ranking* $1*30 in till, we will send Chamber# I'opulnr KdcjcIo*
i:-hraent than his two comrades in Indian jurisdiction as fast as possible,
ing .\|'«-UDVOj luwntMK •— - • r| | - , .
pedia. containing TOO pages and over 1.U00 illustrations. ihis Knc\ciopeula,
....... which has never sold for less than $1.00. is unsurpassed as a work of reference
crime received, as the sentence passed and until they have finished will exer- f J(, lhe var{ous departments of human knowledge, containing as it does no less
upon him only aggregate fifteen years, cise all the rights they ever had." than 20,000 articles, pertaining to questions of agriculture, anatomy,
For the Pryor Creek robbery he gets NQ qanCER OF an OUTBREAK architecture, biagraphy. botany, cliemistry, engineering, geography, history,
-- - NO DANGtM oh AN geology, hlstorv, horticulture, literature, mechanics, medicines, natural his-
se\ en j ears, foi the Nowata -1« >8 Unly Twenty Armed Men Went After the tory, mythology, and the various arts and sciences. In short, it is a treasury-
robbery five jears. anil for man- liouie* cf the vietima. of knowledge that will be found of greatest use in answering the thousands <'f
slaughter three years. | Second Chief Halbutta, in the ab- questions that constantly arise In regard to dates, places, persons, incidents,
Wh„ .«>.** I i.il h« four ol Governor Bro.n U *«■ tollb-l
years ago. Starr was scarce -0 years jnoie nation, took precautionary I which we make {0|. a iimite(j tlme oniy by special arrangements with the
of age. He has read and studied a measures to prevent any uprising on : publishers. Remember, we send both papers a full year, including book, at
great deal since his incarceration, ac- j account of the recent stake-burnings the very low price above given. Address all orders to
quiring much knowledge on general ; Oklahoma, and to assist the govern-
subjects. in fact he lias fairly educated rnent In peacefully ferreting out the
himself. His excellent behavior dur-; mob. He called a council of chiefs to
consider the matter and the methods.
It is due to the Seminoles to say that
they would not shelter the murderers
of Mrs. Leard, and would .have aided
in giving them over to the authorities
of the United States under the regulat-
ing his long confinement had much to !
do with lightening his sentence, the
judge telling him that a continuntica
of his good conduct might result In
making his punishment still lighter.
Mollie King, a negro woman convict-
ed of murdering her husband near
Vian, Cherokee nation, was sentenced
to the Columbus (O.) penitentiary for
the rest of her natural life. Starr also
goes to Columbus.
Cul Howe, a prominent Cherokee.
was convicted of manslaughter on
Friday evening and committed to jail,
having been out on bond. Howe
killed Frank Bozeman at Pryor Creek
in April, 189(5. He was tried soon made some threats, but there has been
after the killing and convicted of man- no danger of an organized effort going
slaughter. He appealed to the supreme | beyond threats made in the heat of
Tahlequah Arrow,
TAHLEQUAH. IXD. TER.
court ana gave Dona pending tne ae-
cision. H« was granted a new trial,
and again stands convicted. He does
not deny the killing, but claims it was
in self defense, as Bozetnan stabbed
him severely with a knife before he
shot him. Howe is a man of excellent
reputation, and has many friends in
the Cherokee nation.
For New Territory Jail*.
Attorney General McKenna has sent
win Hold court. the famous hot waters of that city.
Judge Watt Starr was in town this Judge Little stated that this move-
week and wished us to state in the Pro- hag been on foot for some time, and
form, and it is the lawless and horrible gress that Will Draper, the Chelsea ; that the proposed institution had been
lvnching that they feel imbittered at. i correspondent to the Republic, some-j located in that city by the supreme
A correspondent gives the following timas stated things about this country lodge of the United States, and that
interview with Halbutta: that are not of the George Washington 1 the knights of Arkansas have already
"There will be no uprising. There ! order, only the judge was a little more j contributed $8,000 toward this improve-
has been no danger of an uprising, emphatic in his language in regard to i ment. it is believed that there will be
My people are peacable, religious and the matter, and he wished it denied ! no difficulty in securing the $250,000
law abiding. Some of the young In- that be was removed from office last f0l. the completion of the institution,
dians have been a little hot headed fall, and that'the alleged fake of the The organization numbers more than
about the death of the two boys, and Cherokee delegation offering to back , 250,000 members and is a benevolent
him to the tune of $12,000 In fighting nnd social order.
the new law abolishing the Cherokee 1
courts was >not a fake, only it was No One to Attend to it.
$20,000 instead of $12,000 that the del-: The at Washington is
egation offered to back him in his' 'n a 4uai,dary as to what should be
fight, and that he had the letter in his ,,l0ue with a petition from oOO residents
pocket signed by Joe M. LaHay as l'ie I,1(lian Territory urging en-
secretary of the delegation. The 'ar£ed school facilities for their child-
judge says that the only way the ren- ' commissioner of Indian
United States autorltles can stop Ills 'las n° control oyer the matter,
court is by arresting him. as he intends a°d under the disorganized condition
resentment. The oniy body of armed
Indians assembled was composed of
about twenty men who went across the
line into Oklahoma to cut dow-n and
bury the bodies. And the onlv reason
th-vt so many went was because they
were afraid of an attack from the mob
which recently invaded their nation.
There is no need of government inter-
vention to supress an outbreak, for
no outbreak exists, nor will there be
to congress, through the treasury, a any future collision between our peo-
recommendation for urgent deficiency
appropriation for the United States
courts aggregating over a half million
dollars. Of this $100,000 is asked to
p!e and the residents of Oklahoma un-
less they force It upon us."
Robbed of 870 While Asleep.
R. W. Lumpkin, an apple peddler,
establish sites and errect United States whose home is near Oil Springs, was
jails for the northern, central and
southern districts of the Indian Terri-
tory at Muskogee, South McAlester
and Ardmore, respectively.
robbed of $70 while asleepinhis wagon
near Ardmore last Tuesday night. His
pistol and $10 which were in other
pockets were untouched.
going right on as if there was no act of
congress setting aside the Cherokee
courts.—Claremore Progress.
Knights of Pythian Sanitarium.
Congressman J. S. Little, of Arkan-
sas. has introduced a bill in congress
authorizing the supreme lodge of the
Knights of Pythias to errect and main-
tain a sanitarium on the government
reservation at Hot Springs for the use
of the Knights of Pythias, the building
and equipments to cost not less than
of the territory it is not known to what
office this petition should be referred.
The prospect Is good for better edua-
tlonal facilities as soon as the Curtis
bill becomes a law, as provision is
made therein for increasing the school
fund of the territory. In the mean-
time this petition will remain a waif,
roaming about the interior depart-
ment.
Our furniturestock is complete, com-
prising all grades, and prices are as
$250.0u0. and to have the privileges of1 low as possible. Stapler's Hardware.
rfAHLEQUAH LUMBER YARDS,
Ft. W. FOSTER, J
PROPRIETOR.
al features have been virtuclly agreed ; ®
upon by the joint commiltee, and it is ; W
believed the bill will pass both houses 4
with but few amendments. j A
l'robable Opposition. i
The measure in this form undoubted- j ?
ly will be bitterly fought by the var- j 9
ious delegations here representing the j
tribes, the mining interests and the '
lumber A XI)
hardware
On Street Leading- to McSpad-
den's Mill, east of Main Street.
LARGE BILLS SOLD ON
THIRTY AND SIXTY
DAYS ACCEPTANCE.
BUILDERS' MATERIAL.
Of all kinds. Lumber. Shingles, Mould-
ing. Moulded Base and Casing, Sash
Doors, Glass, Putty, Paints and Oils
BLACKSMITHS AND FARMERS
Will find always on hand, a complete
line of Tools and Supplies of the very
designs and of standard manufacture.
4
OUR MOTTO: Quick Sales and Small Prcfits; Good Goods Cheap for Cash. |
FANCY WOODWORK.
Columns, Newels, Balusters, Brackets,
Balustrades, Base and Head Blocks, Base
Angles and Beads. Stock is complete.
WAGON AND BUGGY REPAIRS.
Complete assortment of the best in this
line always in stock, and everything is
marked at prices to suit the hard times.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hudson, Waddie. The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1898, newspaper, January 22, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc155666/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.