Stilwell Standard. (Stilwell, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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Successor to the Stllwell Tltoes — Vol II lSo38
VOL II
STILWELL I T FRIDAY DECEMBER 13 1901
NO 10
A WATERS M D
Physician & Surgeon
STILWELL IND TER
J R JOHNSON M D
Physician and Surgeon
stilwell i t
Local Physician K C S R'y)
brrrCE: Day time at Tuoll's Drug Store
NIkIiU at Kcsideuco
JessW Watts Jason 0 McCombs
warts £ ttcComtis
ff Attorneys
Oommerclul business a specialty!
SAIXISAW IND TER
fQR R A WALTERS
Resident Dentist
Teeth Extracted Whout Pain
Office at Tuell'i Hotel
Stilwell Ind Ter
D
R L C POWHATTAN
Dental Surgeon
Will make Stilwell and Evans-
vilie regularly— Once a month-
Will be in Stilwell from the 20th
to the 26th of each month
H
M ADAIR
Notary Public
Office with F A Bla'nck
STILWELL I T
r utherKyle
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Attorney-at-Law
t Practices in all courtB i
Leaalbiisiitessof all kinds Legal hociimonts
drawnnud notarial seal nflixef Lllo
Insurance l'olicies boii?lr or
loaned on at low rates
Stilwell Indian Territory
fcH O BIRNIE
UNDERTAKER
AND
- t f EMBALMER
808 GARRISON -AVENUE
Fort Smith
Ark
Chas A Blrnie 6c Co
(Successors of Chas A & H C Birnlo)
Embalmers and
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Undertakers
Telegraphic or Telephone Orders
are £iven Special Attention
ST Garrison Avenue FOR? SMITU ARK
c m CROSSNO
Dealer -Iri
Watches and Jewelry
Vino watch repairing ft specialty: Elgin
Walt haw'' and liutuduu watches at tort
Smith prices
SALL1SAW - - r I T
JUATH HURST
( News Dealer
And Confectioner
Fine Fruits of all Kinds and
Fine Cigars at My Place Next
Door South of Mason & Farmer
Stilwell I T
Jack Gordon's
PLEASURE RESORT
Is a delightful place to spend
your leisure Drop in at his
plaeoon Front street when you
tvish to enjoy a game of
INowo and Comment
Too much "bugju'ce" and
"booze" is being sold in Stilwell
Muskogee had the "frost" of
the season on the 10th inst when
Bob Owen's Double Statehood
Convention of 15 delegates met
there
The Standard editor is on his
own dirjt— under his own vine and
fig tree — and proposes to say
what he pleases and what is best
for our people
Henceforth The Standard will
act independently of either the
National or Downing parties It
has been demonstrated that
neither of these parties are worth
j )
a dam to tie to
Tis not a question of whether
or not you want to allot your
lauds( The only question is
whether you will allot under
terms of our own making or un-
der the Curtis Act? j
The people of this section are
a unit in favor of the agreement
before council as against the
Curtis Act — save a few f ullbloods
and even a lot of them express
their preference for it
No man from this section at-
tended the fiasco at Muskogee on
the 10th The Standard told you
that the names of the instigators
of that convention was "pizen"
to the Cherokee people
Thirty thousand Cherokee pso
pie" favor the acrreement ' as
apjainst about two thousand who
do not wish to do ' anything Is
it possible that thirty thousand
people must-have their interests
sacrificed because two thousand
people dont care a dam what be
comes of them or the country?
IT WAS A FROST
The Owen -Muskogee-South
McAlester( Double Statehood
Convention at Muskogee on the-
10th inst was a complete fiasco
— a fizzle This is as it should
have been It was a trick of
political hucksters— it was not
intended to benefit the great
masses of the people in the In-
dian Territory — it was to launch
the boom of:R"L Owen for Uk S
Senator of the would be state of
the Indian Territory and to make
either Muskogee or South Mc-
Aleter the capital of this would
be political hermaphrodite
council persisted in trifling and
that allotment would proceed un-
der the Curtis act in the absence
of an agreement
GLAD TIDINGS
The people will rejoice at this
news and will exclaim to their
senators and councilors "Well
done thou good and faithful ser
vants' The Standard stops its
press to get in the following tele-
quah:
Special to the Standard
Tahlequah I T Nov" 12—
The Cherokee National Council
in extra session is considering
the bill submitting a proposition
to the government of the United
States in the form of an agreed-
mint to settle the tribal affairs
dnd individualize the land titles
in the Cherokee Nation The bill
now pending in the senate is an
extremely fair one and went over
until to-morrow under the rules
The advocates of the bill Have
gained grounds as Senators
Fletcher and Smith have joined
their ranks and indications are
now that the bill will pass in a
day or so by a vote of 10 to 8 in
the senate and will have smooth
sailing in the house
J C Starr
ards or Pool
To Close the Rolls
The ultimatum of the gover:
ment has been issued to the national-council
through the Hon
O R Breckinridge who appeared
before that body last Friday'and
in unmistakable terms informed
them that a definite date for the
closing of the tribal i'olls must be
set at once Mr reckinridge
went to Tahlequah pn special or-
ders fromihe interior department
and spoke authortively when' he
informed the council -that 'tht'ir
failure to name a date for the
closing of the rolls wouM result
in the government taking the
matter out of their hauds
In reviewing the work of the
Dawes commission Mr Breckin-
ridge said that while they had
been retarded in their work by
certain elements in the- tribe that
this government would not toler-
ate further delay and that the
rolls wquldrbe closed at a! - dute
named by the department if the
To Settle Delaware Claims
Senator Quay has introduced a
bill whfch has for its purpose the
settlement of disputes ' between
the Cherokees and Delaware
Indians which have become so
complicated that it is considered
necessary to send tfaemtlo the
United States court of claims for
settlement The feature of the
dispute which has led to the in
troduction of the bill is the contest
over stjme of the rich oil lands in
the Cherokee country The Del-
awares were joined with the
Cherokees under different agree
rrents many years ago with the
understanding that they were to
secure possession of some 157-
000 acres of Cherokee lands
There was no trouble' under the
agreement until valuable oil
lands were discovered in the
Cherokee nation Then the Del-
awares sought to exercise their
rights' under the old treaties and
claimed 160 acres of land (each
There is not enough land to fur
nish each Indian 160 acres but
the Delawares refuse to accept
less than the full amount Inci-
deutallythe Delaware'salso claim
the right of selection under the
treaty and naturally want to
select the oil lands which have
recently become highly valuable
These claims are disputed by the
Cherokees The dispute has be-
Gomevery complicated Senator
Quay's bill -provides that the
Delawares may briug suit to set-
tle and determine their rights iu
the United States court of claims
and may appeal to the Supremo
Court olthe United States
The foregoing dispatch is all
wrong as the Cherokees never
did consent to give the Delawares
157000 acres of lnd as a bonus !
The agreement was to admit
them ith the Cherokees on an
equal footing Thi3 claim gotten
up by the Delayrares is the scheme
of oe Dick Adams and one John
Bullctto
yMjiskogee is now to have water
works
For Statehood
From present indications Ok
lahoma and the Indian Territory
may be a state before the end of
another year Expressions of
senators and representatives are
generally in favor of giving this
great section of country the dig-
nity attaching to a full-srrown
commonwealth
Yet the fact is not assured
There will be opposition in some
parts of the countrjf Even in
the two territories effected there
are evidences of disagreement
some clever politicians letting
selfish interests guide their ac
tions
There is little probability that
either of the territories can be
admitted as a separate state
Yet the resources of the two
neighbors cornhinbd are worthy
of statehood The rapidly grow
ing population the evidences of
solid wealth the large crops and
above all the wide-awake spirit
of the people deserve the recog
nition which is evidenced by
statehood
r
Oklahoma and the Indian Ter-
ritory need to look to Iheir own
industry and perseverence as the
surest path to absolute self-gov
ernment Their persistence in
presenting their claims in Wash
ington will do much to make
statehood sure
There is every reason to be
lieve that the people of the two
territories have a friend in Pres
ident Roosevelt who has so often
expressed hiSj admiration for
this section of the country Let
the campaign for full recognition
bo urged The victory is sure to
come — St Louis Republic
: Rights Souqht
Washington Dec 9— To give
those persons who have intermar
ried in the Cherokee tribe of In
dians the right and emoluments
of members of that tribe is the
object of a bill which was intro
duced to-day by Senator Jones
of Arkansas The preamble to
the bill recites that many people
have married citizens of the
Cherokee nation iu the Indian
Territory but have never been
allowed to share in the tribal
funds or enjoy any other of the
privileges enjoyed by Cherokee
citizens The bill provides that
ninety days after the date of its
passage suit can be instituted in
the court of claims by those who
have married into the tribe to
recover the£r full share of tribal
funds now held in the treasury
of the United States' The suit
will lie to the court of claims but
provision ih made for an appeal
tb the United States Supreme
COurt There is also provision
for the fixing of attorneys fees by
the court of claims
Worlds's Fa3r Scd-Turnin
St Louis Dec 10— A shovel
in the hands of President David
R Francis of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition to be held in
St Louis in 1903 will furnish the
subject for a new page of Amer-
ican History on December 20 '01
On that day the) formal breaking
of ground on the World's Fair
site in Forest Park will take
place Elaborate preparations
for the pr?at event are going for-
ward rabidly From that day 68
years ago when the formal trans-
fer of the Territory of Louisiana
was made by France to the Unit
ed States of America at New Or
oans no event has occurred m
the trans-Mississippi country of
so great importance as the bogin
uing of the construction of tho
nternational Exposition celebrat
ing the centennial anniversary
of tho acquisition of that territory
Louis now the fourth city in
size on tho American coutinent
fully realizes the importance of
the task she has undertaken "To
begin well is half the way to the
goal of success" has been the
motto Df the managing directors
of the World's Fair hence the
arrangements for the beginning
of the physical construction of
the Exposition have been well
laid A great military aud cjyic
parade will be one of the features
of the ceremonies in which all
the States and Territories carved
out of Louisiana Territory have
been invited through their gov
ernors to participate
Conditions Must Change
The following eloquent advo
cacyof statehood for the Indian
Territory is from the pen of S S
Stephens:
"It is true that the Cherokees
have been recognized as a polit-
ical community possessing a
national character and the right
of self government in all respects
But the time has come for them
to understand and know that they
cannot remain so much longer
The public do main of 40000000
acres of Indian land3 will be Utih
ized for the benefit of all con-
cerned The policy of the government
will add to the citizens wealth
and his rights taken care of bet-
ter than if left alone as commun-
ists We cannot be in error as to the
ultimate result It is better that
the great heart of the Federal
government should be interested
sufficiently to see the Indian Ter-
ritory attached to Oklahoma and
by so doing encourage the life-
fluid of national prosperity to
flow unvexed in every artery of
the republic It is madness and
folly to entertain any theory for
the settlement of the Indians' in-
terests that does not include as
its final object the incorporation
of the Indians of the-F ive Civil-
ized Tribes' into the civil body
politic ' ' — Wagoner Sayings
Inherited as It Were j
Mrs E M Albertv of Table-
quah has a copy of a newspaper
published at Tahlequah in 185o
edited by Evans Jones andknown
as the Cherokee Messenger Tho
message of Chief John Ross is
published and in it occurs this
paragraph: i(Ih referring to the
documents containing tho cor-
respondence of lhe delegation
with the secretary of war you
will perceive that bur long unset
tied affairs with theUnitedStates
government remain still open and
unsettled and unadjusted" Af-
fairs that Were complained of by
the Cherokee chief 46 years ago
as at that time long unsettled are
to this day jopeuj and unadjusted
Iu the light of the past it is seen
that the opposition of the Chero-
kee council to haste in the settle
ment of tribal affairs is an inher
ited trait-
-Purcell Register
The correspondents who are
helpjug Admiral Dewey write
the Schley verdict are the same
who rendered the Presidont such
valient aid ja the preparation of
his message
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