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The Wapanucka Press
ARCU K MvtilLL rrerlslfc
WAPANUCKA
IND TER
NEW STATE NEWS
Two new carrier will be aided to
the Ardmore free delivery service
The old court bouae at Hobart is
to be aold and the building moved to
give place for the oew court bouae
The government ha rigged up
tone crusher at Fort Keno to macad-
amize the garrison street and drives
1
e Lawton broo
have
hundred dozen Lawton made brooms
Seventy-eight babies were enrolled
In the Creek division ot tDe Uawe
commission at Muskogee one day last
week
The farmers of Earl and Mannsvme
have organized a triicK growers’ as-
sociation and elected ottlcers
A life net has been added to tne
equipment of the Oklutioma City nre
department which was a valuable ac-
quisition owing to the large number
of high buildings being erected
The pupils In the public schools at
Minco celebrated Arbor day by plant
lng over one hundred trees
The fifteenth annual meeting or tne
OklaHfima Dental association will be
held ’at Oklahoma City May 15 lii
and 17:''
' y :
The postoffice department has com-
missioned postmasters in Indian Ter-
ritory as follows: William T Phil
lips Brooken Nannie L Gleen Ken
tress These offices are not money
order offices
Grave Anderson aged 17 was killed
cear Arapabo by the accidental dis-
charge of a shotgun ho was cleaning
Marlon Wheeler fell from a wind-
mill tower forty feet high near Mari-
etta and sustained serious injuries
Many Unbl to Extrleat Them
elves From tho Wreckage Were
Roaeted Alive— Idenificetion of
Charred Bodies Is Impossible
BROCKTON MASS: At least
sixty persons were killed by the ex-
plosion of a boiler In a large shoe
manufacturing establishment In the
The Lawton broom factory people c belo dlHtrlct conUucted by the
lVo shipped to Dallas Tex seven R R Grover compnn
TJie explosion was followed by a
flash of fire which consumed the fac-
tory a long four-Btory structure as If
It were a house of cardboard and an
unknown number of men and women
who were unable to extricate them-
velves from a mais of tangled wreck-
age formed by the terrific upheaval
in the boiler room More than fifty
of the employees In the building
were maimed burned or bruised by
the time they reached safe ground
Some had Jumped from the roof some
from windows and others had been
Injured In the mad rush to escape
from the doomed factory which from
all parts emitted the heat of an in
ferno driving back the band of heroic
rescuers who in a few moments had
performed gallant service The fire
extended from the factory to seven
other buildings In the vicinity and
dcsiroyed them
The total financial loss fS estimated
at 1250000 $200000'of vheih falls on
the R B Grover company
It may never be known just how
many persons perished in the wreck
age No one knows exactly how many
were in the factory Thehumber has
been estimated at 400 Two hundred
and fifty survivors have been ae
counted for and the remains of fifty
bodies have been recovered from the
ruins Fragments of bodies other
than those enumerated have also been
found Few of the remains have
been Identified The head In nearly
every instance is missing and ex-
cept In rare Instances it was Impos-
sible to distinguish the sex
An election held In Wapanucka last
week to vote on an ?suoo scnooi
bond carried unanimously There
was not a dissenting vote
As a result of a quarrel over a debt j
at Oklahoma City Bert Klldred
was struck on the head with a loaded
whip handle in the hands of Clyde
Ratliff The blow caused concussion
of the brain Kildred's condition Is
Eerlous and his assailant is in jail
A rabid dog In the streets of Durant
Is reported to have bitten three chil-1
dren students at the Durant college
One of the children a boy is said to
have been severely bitten The dog
was killed
The Oklahoma Oil Ketlnlng and De-
velopment company made up of local
capitalists of Shawnee has Just
signed a contract with Pennsylvania
parties to sink a wen 2500 feet deep
on their leases near Dale provided oil
or gas In paying quantities is not
found at a less depth and drilling is
to commence tn ninety days and the
development well to be completed m
eight months from date
The four-year-old child of Mr and
Mrs S J Korf of Elgin was severely
burned one day last week 5Ir Korf
Is agent for the Frisco Railway com- j
pany at Elgin The father of the child
had started a bonfire The child got :
too close to it and its clothing caught
fire The mother who was near ar-
rived in time to extinguish the flames
and save the life of the child
Fort Gihson claims a six foot vein
cf fine asphalt has been discovered
near the town
Twenty-five prisoners were taken
from the federal jail at Muskogee and
transferred to Fort Smith where they
will serve out their sentences
The first meeting of the Oklahoma
board of health will be held at Guth-
rie March ’29
It Is rumored that the Santa Fe is
to build a dipping vat at Ralston
This will make at least five built j
along the line of the Osage nation to
comply with the new quarantine law
The calendar of the present term or
court In Oklahoma county tras lour
murder cases which will come to
trial
The master plumbers of the’ twin
territories held their annual session
at Shawnee last week The next
convention will meet In Muskogee
Bristow has a new gas and oil com-
pany with a capitalization of 8500000
Okmulgee has reported two dia-
mond thieves Two negroes entered
a store there and on of the men di-1
verted the attention of the proprietor
while the other "Jilted" 8700 worth ot
the sparklers
Muskogee celebrated the inaugura-
tion of street car service last week
by the mayor and a "large number or
other notaLlc-s taking the first ride
Anadarko has recently
ral acres to ter park
added sev-
FACTORY BURNS
SIXTY PEOPLE PERISH IN A SHOE
FACTORY AT BROCKTON
MASS
EXPLOSION OF BOILER FOLLOWED BY FIRE
OKLAHOMA’S TRUST LAW
School Book Law Is Better Than It
Was Believed
GUTHRIE: L W Baxter terri
torial superintendent of public in
struction has called attention to the
fact that Representative Lydick's bill
which recently became a law by the
signature of Governor Ferguson
deals directly with trusts In connec-
tion with the sale of school supplies
books
in Oklahoma The fact that the
Menefee school book bill did not get
upon the statute books and the Im-
pression that has to an extent pre-
vailed that there was no legislation In
regard to the sale of the commodities
renders the passage and approval of
the Lydick bill interesting and impor-
tant The bill provides that trusts In con-
nection with the furnishing of sehool
books and supplies or as the hill
terms them pools shall be considered
as a misdemeanor and so punished
Firms engaged in this line of business
in the territory are required to file
with the clerk of the district court a
desrription of the nature of their or-
ganization It is further made un-
lawful for agents of these companies
to act unless the statement has been
filed with the clerk as provided by
law Other provisions of the law
render any violation of the anti-trust
provisions of the act liable to severe
fines
and more particularly school
REVOLVER IN COURT ROOM
During the Hearing of a Case Two
Men Engaged in a Fight
DURANT: What came near be
ing a fatal shooting affray occurred in
the federal court room In this city
An intruder case in which an Indian
was seeking to regain possession of
her allotment was being heard be-
fore Indian Agent Bennett of Mus-
kogee when an altercation arose be-
tween W A Durant a Choctaw In-
dian attorney of this city and Judge
C N Rutherford of Madill
In the midst of the Investigation
Durant struck Rutherford on the
head with a chair Rutherford drew
a revolver and fired twice at Durant
who dodged behind the table and was
not bit by either shot Deputy Mar-
shal Sexton who was standing near
Durant had a narrow escape as one
of the bullets barely missed his face
Sexton arrested Rutherford dis-
armed him and placed him In the fed"
eral jail
An old bachelor says but few men
are disappointed in love unless they
marry
Wilson McKinney a field deputy
marshal attempted to make an arrest
on a charge of selling whisky at a
dance at Poteau and was shot In the
back and probably fatally wounded
Arrested for Bribery
DURANT: A C Joyce a promi
nent citizen of Caddo was arrested
by Deputy Marshal Wilcox in this
city npon a bench warrant sworn out
by the Jast grand Jury charging him
with bribery Ills bond was fixed
at 11000 which he’ gave and secured
his release
OIL PRODUCERS ORGANIZE
Plan of Action to B Pursued A airst
Standard Oil Company Mapped Out
INDEPENDENCE KAS: OH
producers of Kansas to the number of
3000 met In convention to map out
plan of action against the Standard
Oil company Tho organization ef-
fected early In the whiter at Topeka
to fight for leglblutlon was made per-
manent Many speeches devoted to the busi-
ness end of the project weredellvcred
Among the participants were sev-
eral United States senators and
many prominent business men of Kan-
sas Governor Hoch was the center
of attraction and Miss Ida M Tarhell
was received enthusiastically Others
present were former Governor Burke
of North Dakota and Frank 8 Mon-
nett of Ohio
Governor Hoch made an address
In which he said:
This Is not a war on the Standard
Oil company It Is a war upon Its
methods It Is not an attack upon
this gigantic corporation It Is an
attack upon Its commercial policies
It Is not an attempt to drive the
Standard Oil out of this state It is
an attempt to compel It to he decent
This is not a socialistic move-
ment but the very reverse of It
Thoroughly convinced by long Btudy
and much thought that the socialistic
idea in government and private busi-
ness Is radically wrong I have en-
tertained with caution any and every
proposition tending toward govern-
ment absorption of business enter-
prises which Is wisely left to Individ-
ual enterprise But I do not propose
topermit myself to he misled by false
Interpretations This oil refinery
movement of ours I repeat Is not a
socialistic enterprise I abhor social-
ism hut I believe In competition
Tn my judgment Mr Rockefeller-
town lots nt public auction disposition of formnnre of the'r duties at the head-
contests the determination of the rights quarters of the court and which remain
of claimants und the closing up of all Unpaid bv rerson of the decision of the
and I mention him merely 111 his rep- other minor matters thereto shall he per- '-o-nptrollor of the treasury w
formed by the secretary of the Interior I tich expenses were ncfunllv paid by the
under vich rules nnd regulations ns ho disbursing clerk nnd disallowed bv the
may prescribe It Is also provided that accounting officers of the treasury or
nil unsold lots the disposition of which I nnvmo nt refused bv the dlsburs ng clerk
Is required bv public auction shnll be I n the first Instance
offered for sale and disposed of for the All actions against Indians or their
obtainable nrice evonerty In the territory of Oklahoma
For the purpose or removing Intruders v-ose nffalrs nre under the supervision
from the lands Of the Five Civilized of In-linn ngenls or bonded ''hor nt'"
Tribns nnd placing allottees in unrcstrict- dents shnll be brought In tho fll-
ed possession of their allotments S15(W courts of the county In which the Inda
For clerical work and labor connected resides
with the sale and leasing of Creek and I -
resentatlve capacity — Is doing more
to multiply socialists and make so-
cialism popular than all the profes-
sional propagandists of that fascinat-
ing fallacy in the United States are
doing- And the Standard Oil com-
pany In its essential character is the
most gigantic socialistic concern in
the country Its aim and end is the r clerlciiI wurll llu
aim and end of socialism the d nTth the sale and leasing or Creek and An npnronrlation of ISOOO Is made
struction of competition In battling thJInsln of Toilic Svlrrt:St 1' Chta: naion for
7e patents IN m
connection with entering of remittances The preehlent Is greeted
received on account of payments of town Pn'entinfce tolra M Jones Ottawa
ots and issuance of patents and convey-1 a r-rt of the
NOT A FAIR COUNT
stop 28 north range 23 east of the Indian
An appropriation of $200000 Is made ror meridian Btuj an restrictions to the sale
the completion of the work heretofore re- I encUmbrnnres or taxation of this land
quired by law to be done by the commls- nrJ removed
Sion to tho five civilized tribes The aecrPtary of the Interior Is av-
work of completing the unfinished busi- orZpd j0 issue a patent In fee to W T
acted by the late legislature effecting ness of the commission Is devolved PP®n Whittaker for the land heretofore ai-
the election law of the larzer cities the secretary of the Interior whose duty ottpd t0 h)m ln thP Cherokee nation as
a 8 II ni 1 11 Shall he to Investigate nny lease of al- -0n0wa i-je WPst one-half of the north-
At first the bill was made applicable I totedl land ln the Indian Territory which I weat quarter of the southwest quarter of
to cities of 20000 but was changed to he has reason te believe has been ob- ecton 17 township 21 north range 19
include only cities of more than 25- I tained hy fraud or In violation of the I eaS and northeast quarter of the
1 terms of existing agreements with nny I northwest quarter of the southwest
of the five civilized tribes Should the I qUarter section 17 township 21 north
evidence In nny such case warrant It the I 59 east containing thirty acres
matter shall be referred to the attorney I f00wjnR named allotter of lards
general for suit in the proper United I n Quapaw agency Indian Territory
States court to cancel the lease and In I ara authorized upon approval of the sec-
all cases where it may appear to the I rPtary of the interior to alienate certain
court that nny lease was obtained by I portions of their allotments therein de
reaching the 25000 mark as the new fraud judgment shall be rendered can" I scribed ns follows: Henry Hicks lot
law would raise the license from 400 celling the same upon such terms and No j containing three acres more or
° me license irom I on(mon aa equity may prescribe and eSSi nnd Phillip R Dawson lot No 4
to 1000 a year and It Is alleged by I R shall be allowable In cases where oil I containing twenty-eight acres all ln see-
the most of the citizens that they parties ln interest consent thereto to I on 30 township 27 north of range 24
were responsible for the ’’fake’’ re- modify any lease and continue the same east-
L modified It is also provided that no RESTRICTIONS REMOVED
turns Two years ago a census was ea!e made by any administrator execu-1 All restrictions on lands of adopted
taken that showed a population °f tor ! gimrdian or curator which has been full-hlood adult white allottees ln the
over 28000 and the town has been investigated bv nnd has received the ap- Quapaw agency are hereby removed
steadily increasing ever since and the proval of the United States court having All restrictions as to the sale Ineurn
I itA-isdiction of the proceeding shall he I hrances or taxation of the lands hereto-
actual population now must be far In aubject to suit or proceeding by the sec- fore allotted or that may hereafter be al-
excess of 30000 Owing to the short retary of the Interior or attorney general lotted to Mrs Jennie O Morton of Ra-
tline allowed for the work another It is also provided that no lease made mona Indian Territory or to Fred A
K administrator executor guardian I Kerr of Hereford Indian Territory both
census cannot be taken and the new b be valid or enforcible citizens of the Cherokee nation and duly
‘charter bill’’ is inoperative Hun- w)tho‘t the approval of the court having -nrolled ns such be and the same here-
dreds of people have reported that the jurisdiction of the proceeding by are removed
I- -rs no a i T7 vttpifiM i in tho no A ant if ion in tne matter or
In
which’ may be made of the Osage res- I the Cherokee nation by Intermarriage
Tryation In Oklahoma territory shall he against the United States TJirtmental
enumerators' failed to get their names I OIL LEASES IN THE OSAGE NATION I In 1 the case entitled
Investigations show that a large I Is provided that any allotment -nrollment of persons claiming right
number of voters who are registered !llltm —
for the coming election do not show made subject to the terms and conditions number 76" now pending in the court of
leme authorized It being a renew- I claims the court Is authorized and em-
up on the census returns and in num of the lease h°?ztehde’ premises covered powered to render final judgment ln this
bv a certain lease dated March 16 ISPS case nnd either party feeling Itself sg-
glven bv the Osage nation of Indians to I grieved by said Judgment shall have the
jven U II o I r-L onriAfil tho MlnrAmA court of
erous ways irregularities are
proven
PHILIPPINE POLICY
Definfte Retention Until People Can
Govern Themselves
WASHINGTON: In order to allay
any misapprehension relative to the
policy of the administration with re-
spect to the future of the Philippines
Secretary Taft has made public the
text of a letter which he wrote to rvelllCM
John N Blair of New York bearing I This determination shall be evidenced by I harokre nation entitled to select allot-
direrflv on that stiblect The secre- filln 8am8 wl‘hthe t ‘'n's at a valuation to be approved by
directly on that subject ine secre- tarlor on or before December 31 ofnrini to be designated hr the presi-
tary states very plainly that the I who shall lmmedlaly mafi arepyjhere- for that purpose hnd the amount
for which the Improvements are disposed
of If sold according to die provisions
I -- --- of this act shall be a lien upon the rents
for the purpose of developing the ated an Osage townslte commission con- and profits of the land until pnld and
prosperity and the seir-governlng Ca- slating ot °Tndla Teet urh li‘n may b by tbe vendor
i I shnll be the United States Indian 1 any cort of competent Jurisdiction It
paclty of the Philippine people I at the Osage agency one to be appointed I aJso provided that the right of any
What shall be done when the Fill- by the chief exeoutive of the Osage tribe pelnware-Cherokee citizen to dispose of
pinos have reached a condition when I and one by the secretary of the Interior I improvements shnll before the
they can safely be trusted with their who shaI1 rcelv® "uch compensation valuation nt which the Improvements
they can Barely De trusted w itn inerr I retary of the Interior may pro- be (letermlned under such
own government the secretary be- Urib to he paid out of the proceeds f reBuiatlons as the secretary of the In-
heres to be a question which doubt-1 the sale of the lots sold under this act I t(rlor mav prescribe
APPLICATIONS for enrollment
OF INFANTS
less will have to be settled by an- reservations for townsiies
other generation than at the PB--nt VcrmrPairreserve'riom'lecUon and
I abetment the south hnlf of section 1
L W Bohannon assistant private I and the north half of section 9 township
secretary to Gov Green McCurtain 0 2S north range 9 cast of the Indian me-
the Choctaw nation died Saturday at prfheanrcupied'by'the
his home ten miles east of Talihlna
Her Plan for Economy
He — We must economize Suppose
darling- that you try your hand at
making your own clothes?
She — Oh George ' dear I newer
could do that? Suppose I begin by
trying to make yours?
Choosing th Lesser Evil
Mamma — It wont help matters to
worry now Why did you marry jt
man with Ticea? t
Daughter — Because I didn't want to
bo an old maid — Life
The Indian Appropriation Bill
I Full Text of the Bill
Ths Indian appropriation bill which bs
nme a law just before the adjournment
of the last evasion of eonrresa contains
the following appropriations for Indian
end Oklahoma Territories:
llMO pay for the agent at Kiowa
agency Oklahoma
For pay of the agent at the Union
agency Indian Territory 13000
For permanent annunlty In aocordanee
with treaty etlpulatlons with Choctaw
Indians 83200
For Interest on 869120 at 8 per cent
which la the value of flfly-four eectlcne
of hind set apart by the government for session of the earns upon paying the or-
the Osage Indians $3460 I cupant the appraised value of the lm-
For edurntlon of tho Quapaw Indians provements Thsre shnll In like manner
J1000 For blacksmith and aeslstnnts and be reserved from selection and allotment
tools Iron and ateel for blacksmith shop 160 seres of Innd to conform to the pub-
IK) I llo surveys Including the buildings nrwv
Appropriations are made for the Beml- used by the licensed traders nnd others
pole Indians as follows: For Interest I for a townslte at the town of Hominy:
on IMHuo st ( per cent to be paid ae an-
nuity 112600 For Interest on IZGOiMO nt
ft per cent to be paid ea annunlty SI2U00
For Interest on 150000 at 6 per cent to be
paid annually for the support of schools
12600 For Interest on 120000 at I per
cent tobe paid annually for the support elsllng of ten acres to be used for ceme-
Of the Seminole government $lgxw tery purposes nnd two townsltes of !
For general Incidental expenses of the I neres ench on the line of the Midland
Indian service In the Indian Territory Valley Railroad eompnny ndjneent to
and for pay of employees $11000 I stations on this line not less thsn ten
For clerical nnd Incidental expenses of miles from rnwhuskn And the town
the United Stntes Inspector's office In-I lots nt the towns of Fnlrfnx nnd Hominy
dlnn Territory $10000 nnd nt the townslti-s on ths line of me
An appropriation of $10000 Is mndo to Midland Vnllev railroad shall he sur-
pay all expenses Incidental lo the com- I veyed npirnised and sold the same ns
(lotion of the survey platting nnd np-1 orovlded for town lots In the town of
prnlsement of townsltes In the Choctaw
I’hlckusaw Creek and Cherokee na-
tions Indian Territory It Is provided
that the several townslte commissions In
these nations shall upon the completion
of the appraisement of the town lots In
their respective nations he abolished by
tile secretary of the interior at suuli time
s he considers proper All unfinished
work of the commissions the sale of
FOR COMPLETION OF TRIBAL AF-
lng same $6000
FAIRS
Edwin B Foster and approved by the
secretarv of the Interior and now owned
by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
company under assignments approved
by the secretary of the interior This
lease nnd nil sub-leases thereof are cx-
tended for the period of ten years from
March 16 1566 with all the conditions of
I the original lease except that from and
after this date the royalty to be paid on
gas shall be $100 per annum on each gas
well Instead of $50 ns now provided ln
the lease nnd except that the president
of the Unltfed Stntes shall determine the
nmnunt of royalty to be paid for oil
Indian school buildings the agency res-
ervoir the agent's office the council
building nnd the residences of agency
employees and a twenty-aere tract of
land Including the Pnwhuska cemetery
shall be surveyed appraised nnd laid off
Into lots blocks streets and alleyn by
the townslte commission tind-r rules
end regulations prescribed by the sec-
retary of the Interior business lots to
be twenty-five feet wide nnd residence
lots fifty feet wide nnd sold at public
8-ietlon after due advertisement to the
highest bidder hy the townslte commis-
sion under suelf rules and regulations ns
iny be prescribed by the secretary of
the Interior and the proceeds of such
sale to he placed to the credt of tbe
Osage trlte of Indians It is also pro-
vided that these lots shall be appraised
As It Is Applicable to
Territories
- lat thslr real value exclusive of Improve-
manta thereon or adjacent thereto and
the Improvementa appraised sepamtely
Any person church school or other ns
soclatlon In possession of any of ths lots
end haring permanent Improvements
thereon ahall have a preference right tn
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 he
sold at public auction at not less than
ths appraised value tho purchaser at
such sale to havs tho right to take pos
nnd ths south half of the northwest qmir-
ter and the north hnlf of the southwest
quarter of section 7 township 21 north
range 0 enst for a townslte nt the town
of Fnlrfnx nnd the nnrthenst corner
I section IS township 24 range ft enst con
UNPAID SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The disbursing clerk of the epaivment
of Justine Is directed to pay out of th
unexpended balances of the nmron'
ntlors for salaries nnd expenses Choctaw
and Chickasaw citizenship mart n'c’i
I expenses ns were Incurred by the bailiff
reporters nnd stenographers of thn
-oort for subsistence while In the per-
I ectfonTnwn'
right of appeal to the supreme court of
(he United Statee within thirty days from
the filing of the Judgment in the court
of rlnlms The supreme court of the
United States shall advance eald case
on Its ewlendar for early hearing
TO DISPOSE OF IMPROVEMENTS
The Ielawnre-C’herokee citizens ' who
have made Improvements or were ln
rightful possession of such Improve-
ments upon lands ln the Cherokee nation
on April 21 1S4 to -which there Is no
valid adverse claim shall have the right
within six months from the date of such
nnrovnl of this act to dispose of such
Improvements to other citizens of the
The commission to the five civilized
tribes Is authorized for sixty days after
the date of the approval of this act to re-
ceive nnd consider applications for en-
rollment of Infant children born prior to
Septemtier twenty-fifth nineteen hun-
dred and two nnd who were living on
said date to citizens by blood of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of In-
dians whose enrollment has been ap-
proved by the aecretnry of the interior
prior to the date of approval or this
net nnd to enroll and the comminston to
the' five civilized trtbes Is hereby author-
ized to make allotments to such chil-
dren The commission to the five civilized
tribes Is authorized for ninety days after
the date of the approval of this act to
receive and consider nppiientions for en-
rollment of Infant children torn prior to
Marsh 4 1506 and living on said bittr
date- to citizens of the Seminole tribe of
Indians whose enrollment has been ap-
proved hy the secretary of the Interior
und l ear Mi and make wiiounenis to
Oklahoma and Indian
ueh children giving lo aarh n tmuil
number of aorta of land and such otner
eltlzna of tha Bamlnola triba In tha dia
tributlon of U other tribal property and
funds
SCHOOL WARRANT APPROPRIATION
An appropriation of $300000 la made
from the truat funda of the Chickasaw
tribe now In the treasury of the United
State for the Immediate payment of all
the outstanding school warrants of the
trlte legally Issued for the purpose of
maintaining the publia school the pay
ment to be made under the direction of
the secretary of the Interior It la a 10
provided that any unexpended balance of
that sum shall be held by the secretary
and added to the Interests of tha Chicks
saw tribe In the coal and aaphalturn
royalty fund and used for the malnten
ance of the tribal government It la oiso
provided that the sum of f6000 of the
money In the treasury belonging to the
('reek notion derived from the sale of
lots In townsltes be appropriated for the
payment under the direction of the sec
rotary of tho Interior of the outstanding
Indebtedness of the nation
The secretary of the Interior la directed
to pay out of any available funds of
the Creek nation of Indians In the trens-
ury of the United States to the Turner
Hardware company of Muskogee Indian
Territory the sum of $1219 In full pay-
ment of accounts for certain school sup-
nlles purchased by the superintendents
for the use of various Creek boarding
schools In the years 1VU9 and WO which
accounts are approved by the superinten-
dent of schools In Indian Territory
The provision In th3 Indian npproprl
atW foj (he yenr ending June
: 19C4 authorizing the secretary of tbe
interior to sell the residue of the lands
of the Crock nation not taken ns allot-
ments Is repented and the provision of
the Creek agreement npproved March 1 m
1500 is restored and re-enacted
The secretary ot the Interior Is directed
10 make an investigation and ascertain
definitely what amount of Innd If any
belonging to the Creek nntlon has been
taken nnd nllottod to the members of
the Seminole tribe nnd arrange payment
to the Creek nntlon for such land If
there be anything due by the Bomlnole
nation
The improvements of Bemlnole citizens
upon Creek lands nnd the Improvements
of Creek citizens upon Seminole lands
thnt are unpaid for by said allottees
shall hy Investigated by the secretary of
the Interior and paid for by these na-
tions An appropriation of $116900 has been
made for the support and education of 700
Indian pupils t the Indian school at
Chilocco -Oklahoma for pny of superin-
tendent at said school $3000 for general
repairs nnd Improvements $410 nou for
cottage for assistant superintendent $1-
01 : for steam boilers $3000 for ice plant
$5000
TO MAINTAIN TRIBAL SCHOOLS
For the maintenance strengthening
and enlarging of the tribal schools of
tbe Cherokee Creek Choctnw Chicka-
saw and Bemlnole nations and making
provision for the attendance of children
of non-oltizens therein and the establish-
ment of new schools under the control of
the trlbnl school hoards nnd th d'pnrt-
ment of the Interior the sum or $’50000
or so much thereof as may be necessary
to he placed ln the hands of the sec-
retary of the Interior and disbursed by
him under such rules and regulations as
lie may prescribe It Is also provided
thnt the attorney general of the United
States is directed to turn over to the sec-
retary of the Interior all money now ln
his hands paid over to him by the clerk
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
and writs of error shall be akea irom
the United States courts In the Indian
Territory to the United States court of
appeals In the Indian Territory then-e to
the United btates circuit court of appeals
for the eighth circuit In the same man-
ner as Is now provided for In cases taken
by appeal or writ of error from the clr-
court of appeals of the United State
for the eighth circuit
Arizona now figures merely a a Ut-
ile desert In the great blooming oas:s
of states
Seven men were burled alive In Ar-
kansas Most people would prefer liv-
ing In Philadelphia
An "operaganza” has been put on
the stage Otherwise things are com-
paratively quiet in the theatrical
world
“Love is honey mixed with gall"
says a magazine philosopher The
girls will tell you that the young men
have the gall
This Idea of having a knocker on
the bedroom door will not be popular
There are "knockers” enough now In
every family
The governor of Ceylon says there
are sixty-seven species of mosquitoes
In that Island This is at least ten
varieties too many
A slippery slimy tale of 1400
pounds of eels being stolen from the
estate of W K Vanderbilt on Long
Island has Just come to light
A New York man says he had on®
of Judas's thirty pieces of silver
There is reason to suspect that the
other twenty-nine are still in circula-
tion If a hen and a half lay an egg and a
half in a day and a half how much
do you suppose you will be called
upon to pay for your wife’s Easter
bonnet?
A New York Herald "Personal’’ la
addressed to "the young lady with
large black eyes gray furs initial J
hat pin” Who says that men are not
observant?
Mr Carnegie says he always keeps
$10000000 or so In cash handy In cas®
of need Thus he Is always sure of
having a place to sleep and a break-
fast anyhow
The news that the rebels have rob-
bed the Buenos Ayres National bank
f 8300 0C0 "Would teem more impore
tent If there were any assurance that
It's real money
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