The Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1904 Page: 1 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:
WT-?
The
VOL. IX.
CHELSEA, CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY, FKIDA
- ... . ■ 1.1,i,
*£t~-t===
* ,Kfj!!UTAKY 26, 1904.
Ill T ncAPAlMKN. W. a MILAM. JOHN O. 8C0T1
| PreHldent Vlce-Pre l(Ui t Cashier
i CHAS. WYNDHAM. AniUUnt Cwhler
1 1
Bank of Chelsea*j
1896 Che,sea Indian Territory 1903
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS!
and Respectfully Solicits Your Account
DIRECTORS:
J.T. HcSpadden. C.L.Lane, W. P. McSrad'l'n, W, 0. Hllam, \
J. M. Sharp, W. J. Strunge, John It. Scott
Any valuable papers you desire to protect will be absolutely safe with us j
as we have the best protection for them tbut can be had in Indian Tcrllory 1
ami 110 charge for their care. Any collections you desire made we desire J
you will leave with us. We remit for all collections the day we receive
them. . 5
2Zi
J. G. MEHUN.
PRESIDENT
M. W. COUCH.
VICE PfiEStD .NT
CHELSEA MILLING I
=- GO MP ANY.— 1
U. S. JEFFERIES. MANAGER. $
BRANDS
American Patent,
0. K. Straight Patent,
Gold Barrel,
Lily of Egypt.
v",. You will find our Flour in all of the principal stores of our q*
<5$ neighboring towns Call lor aud try it, and if it does not w
pive satisfaction, take it back where you got it aud get your« $£*
money back 01 another sack in its place. It will not cost you
£a| anything as we fully guarantee our flour to give satisfaction. '■&
We also do'a re.t ulur exchange and deposits business with
h.; the farmers, liritig me your wheat and crrn aud I will pi
£L guarantee we will seud you home perfectly satisfied with both
& the quanity a'd quality you receive Yours for business,
I Chelsea jvfilMng Coijipani) 1
Wir
00>00
So. 43
♦O© -'•■XXL' COO 0 00 <>OC 00 0 0 © OO OOOO a vV>'
THE DELAWARE CASE DECISION.
firming the decision of the court of
claims in the case of the Delaware
Indians against the Cherokee na-
tion, Justice Day, who delivered
the opinion of the supreme court,
The United States Supreme Court Finally Decides
the Famous Case th*t has Greatly Delayed |
the Alloting of Cherokee Landi. |
Washington, Feb. 23.--In af-dians, who had much at stake.
The suit was brought in the
Ui ited States court cf claims as a
tribe by the Delawares residing in
the Cherokee country, and individ-
ually joined in by certain ot'. ers
reviewing at considerable lcn.-th J suing for the surviving rcgisteied
the contentions of both sides to the j Delawares, their children, descend-
su:t and the decision cf the lower ; ants and persom.l representative?,
court, anid concludes his decision
in t'r.e following words, in which
the fiuding of the court is summar-
ized:
"The court of claims tendered a
decree dismissing the bill. Whilst
agreeing with the conclusions in
that court as to the righ's of the
D lawares, we think that the bill
against the Cl.cn kee nation, lot
the purpese of determining the
righto! the Del wares "in and to
the lar.ds and fur.;', of said natioi
under the contract and agiecment
vvi'h the Ciitn kee nation dated
April 8, 1367."
The court of - hiims dUiuissed
the bill The supreme court af-
11
>
Have
You :
Keen It
was bread enurgh in its all .nations j firms the dec-ion, but modifies it
and prayer for relief to require a An r.Uoru.y for the Delaware
definite settlement of the/rights in! Indians in explaining the decisio; ,
ti,e controversy. Instead of dis-1said: "In the1 ccnrt of claims v,\
mi:sing the bill, we think a dtcr.e jsutd f0r 157,600 r.cres of laud, tc.
should have been entered finding which the Delawares claimed they
the registered Delawares entitled > <rCt a title in h e simp'e wlun the?
to share equally with the Cherokee j Were invited to mcveinto the CI e;-
eif.zens ol Cherokee blood in the okee ccuutrv. The Cherokee^
allotment of lands iu the Cherokee1 claimed that the Delawares had
country, with thecondit < n, that if only a light of occupancy. The
there is not enough land to g.ve to law required the Dawes eommiss
each citizen of the nation 160 a> res,1.on to segrcga'e the Cherokee
then the ret istered Delaw.ret- shall |;U ds and they proceeded to do so,
j be given that quantity, together i |v,t :h;s suit was brought and the
•vith their improvements. In all segregation was set aside cr held
oilier re. pects, the Cherokee citi-; in abeyance pending the result ol
zei s, whether of Delaware or 5Uit The Delawares, undr
C ;erokee blood, should be given decision cf the court of claims
e i'u:l rights in the lards and funds secured the right of occupancy on-
of the Cherokee nation The de- 1/0ml this decision affirms that,
cr '3 d: missing the bill is so modi- the re is a modification of it. This
Led as to conform to the terms just opinion ho'ds that the Delaware?
stated, aud, so modified, is affirm- hive no permanent right excej t
cd.:' , when after the Cherokee lands ^-re
Thede'ision finally dispos.s ol j allotted if there is enough 1o v.ive
the controversy between the Dela-; each Delaware 160 acres, then the
ware and Cherokee Irdians over a 1 registered Delawares 160 acres
matter of 157,600 acres of land in I each with whatever improvements
the Cherokee nation. The direct I there may be upon the lands."
question involved was whether the The supreme court today also
Delawares exercised merely the handed down a decision in th ? case
right of occupancy of ^hese lands i of the Choctaw and Chickas w
or whether they had acquired per-(freed men, in effect holding that
We do not mean the
owl, tftough we have
one in our window, but the elegant stock
of fresh groceries that we have. Come in
see the owl and the red fox, and then
j «.'s shew you how we can save you money
your groceries. Come in any time, you
find us at the store nearly all the time.
BILL'S STORE
ron.
f • * OS
■a.J JL'4A
KSII11
o*
In all its branches catefully and quickly done. Wagon aud car-
ca riage work a specialty. All kinds of farm machinery over-
hauled and repaiiel. Bring in your work,
Mr, W. T. Fi.r'rcs, an expeit hcrseshoer, is now employed in
my hop, w! c t you will always find 11s trying to plc;tsc our cus-
tomers. When you need anv work in our liue, come and s^e us.
W. A. REEDER,
Chelsea, Indian Territory,
manent rights, in the same. This
i. cecided in the interest of the
first proposition—namely, that the
De'a wares acquired no permanent
rights, with the exception that,
when the allotment lakes place,
eac'i Delaware aud Cherokee shall
receive au equal portion cf the
lands, but, in the event that there
is not sufficient land to supply
each Delaware with an equal pur-
tiun, then the registered Delawares
only, shall receive 160 acres. It
Is estimated in round figures that
there are about 1,200 Delawares in
all, of whom only between 200 atd
,o._' are registtied.
I i he representative of the Dela-
jware Indians, after the decision
1 this evening said that the supreme
j court would be asked to issue a
supplemental decree, defining what
| is meant by the "registered Dela-
1 wares," whether those who origi-
jnally weie registered cr those on
the register, who arc now living.
Upon the decision rendered today
has defended the segregation of
157,600 acres of land iu the Chero-
kee nation, the final dispu-'uon of
which ha: teen held in abeyance
pending this decision. Tire decis-
ion, wh L in a measure in their
favor, i-> still disappointing to the
representative of the Delavr-re Iu-
the freednieu were r.ot entitled to
forty acres each, allotted them un-
der authority of congress, with the
guaranty of the government that,
if the case was adversely decided,
it would reimburse the Choct&ws
and Cbickasaws for the allotted
lands. The amount involved, for
which the government becomes re-
sponsible, is about a million col-
lars.
OF
and
«e1v
THE WAR STRENGTH
JAPAN AND RUSSIA
Comparisons of financial
naval strcr.gth ar3 teine ^
srauued in the c. -u.. .
tweeu Japan and Russia. If it ^cs
sesseu the command of the se.\
witli sufficient monetary i-.-mmt.- >.•
Japan could easily place the
\s:,;tic continent an aimy which
i<:i : i would be ; cr? ! -xed to cj nsh
It has been repeattdly alleged iu
ill in;')'.::ied eircl.s th .t tue t res-
0:11 state 1 t J.ipm's finance- handi-
caps her h-.avilv fi:r fighting pur-
pose •. Precisely the same estimate
fou d g. neral credence .:t the out-
set of the war of iS;4 But in
truth japan's petition today is
incom;"'.:rah!/ better than it v.ws
then. Si'.e uks ia th^ t anks of the
C'eu'.tal bank specie aggregating
113.000,000 yeu^ 11,300.coo pounds
sterling) an altcgetlicr unprece-
dented amount. Th;r: als- • re-
mains to the bank a legal margin
cf 35,000,000 of r.ote issuing p >>aer '
which will probably be ex;.a i<-ed,
to at least 50,000,000 when the iu«
variable year's end drain is suc-
ceeded by the spring deposit?.
Out of tl.e proceeds of the 511,00?-
000 yen worth of bonds sold abroad
a gieat part lies in hard money iu
London, Next fiscal year's huget
•v. ; revenue of 225,225,000 yen
agai .' t au expenditure t f 183 6^7,
000, a surplus of over 41,000,000^
t eiiig thus available.
The treasury has also in hand
thrt three capital lur.ds—the Laval
maintenance fund (33,000,0 ),
the education fur.d (10,coo,000),
and famine relief fund (10,000,000)
—one half ji this total of 50.onp,«
<00 b?i;:g in specie. Finally t!:e
•.naike'' rate of interest, v;• . h
ranges fr. 111 10^ 12'2 las: y .-ar
ii now quo.el at and the
banks are embarassed wit'.i IuikU
for which they cannot fin ! a-.y
profitable use. Japan's actual out-
lay du ing her war with-China in
189495 were 165,223,003 Ve!1 in
account of the army and 35,000,*
000 yen on account of the navy, in
..liich figures there weie included
large sums for the purchase of
transports, men of war aud am-
munition, none of which expen-
ses would now have to be incur-
red. As for the hard money side
of the account, the aggregate u:t-
1 r.s did not reach 12,000,000 yen,
It 111 iy be said, therefore, ti at t:-.e
financial sit'iation is uow notably,
favorable for Japan.
Concerning the command of the
sea, the la'.est statemcn4: fr6m J~-
anese sources shows the strength
or the two squadrons as follows,
premising that the Russian totals
include vessels now enroute for
the far east: Of battleships Japan
has six, with a displacement of S^t
2 jo tons, against nine Russian with
a disdlactment of 110,232 to-s,
but this superiority on Russia's
side is somewhat redressed by ti e
greater size, higher speed and
heavier armament cf the Japanese
ships.
Of armored cruisers Japan has
six with a displacement of 58,788
tons, against five Russian with a
displacement of 49,016 tons.
Of protected cruisers capable of
developing a speed of twenty knots
and upward Japan has six with
a di-plaeement of 25,106 tonsj
against eighs Russian, with a ditr-
plroement cf 45.553 tons. In this
li:t, then, v\ • comprises first-
class fighting : it lial, Japan's
ships number eighteen of a total
tonnage of 170,182, against twenty-
two Russian with a total tonnage
of 204,Soi.
In second class fighting matetial
Japan has twelve cruisers of a
s-ved of siv;^?n ---- - -t4
vv h !,i • t
a.,a cst cue Kos: iu-:, ,.1 . a uis .
plapemer't of 2,285 tou , Jri n
has twenty ihre;- gr., i d
coa^t defeuse ships agg:e atir.g
12.9S8 tons. Thus i.'. .-.C'.nd*
eli s material has thnty-five :ii s
re,KL.-enting 65,13) tpuc, again.t
thir .'eu Russian totaling 2o,2;3
tons.
Oi torpedo destroyers Jspjn has
nineteen, displacing 6,2:7 tons,
against thiity-two Rnssiaa, dii-
p.acin; 9,608 tons, and of toipe.lo
boats Japan has eighty-five agai '.st
i Ru sia's iourteeu. On the whole
then, the fighting forces of the two
powers seem tolerably equal, while
(Coucluded 011 page S)
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.
The Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1904, newspaper, February 26, 1904; Chelsea, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185736/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.