The Indian Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 17, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 6, 1898 Page: 2 of 4
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Indian Chieftain.
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TH CHrElTAIK 1'CBLISHWO COMAST.
1). X. MARKS Editor.
X. E. MILFOBD Haaager
Vinita Ind. Teb. Oct. 6 1898
It is said on good authority that
Judge John R. Thomas does not
regaid the Curtis law as infallible.
The Dawes commission have re-
cently ruled that all applicants for
enrollment in any ot the five tribes
must be residents of the territory.
The allotment enthusiast in the
Cherokee nation would do well to
be patient as that happy consum-
mation is still some years in the
future.
The Cherokees are not only sat-
isfied with the working of the
United States courts in their coun-
try but are willing to be saved the
vast expense of their own courts.
We see no good reason why . the
military post at Fort Gibson
should not be re-established. It
is a nice quiet place away from
the bustle and excitement of town
life.
Jhe Indian citizen should con-
gratulate himself upon the fact
that the title to his land is not a
subject of litigation. But no one
can tell how long such will be the
case. The trend is toward a dif-
ferent condition.
Before the good things for the
territory are all distributed
wouldn't it be a good idea to get
that "brick hotel" for Claremore.
If such a thing could be accom-
plished Kates' smile could be
heard to Dog creek.
Judge Thomas in his charge to
the grand jury yesterday spoke in
no uncertain sounds with reference
to the sale of Hop Ale and Roches-
ter tonic. If theEe joints continue
to exist it will be in the face of
the court's declarations to the con-
trary. If the territory press don't let
up on the Curtis law little Curtis
will deny its authorship. But the
Dawea commission had about as
much to do in iraming that mar-
vellous measure as did Curtis and
the members of that body are all
lawyers too.
A labge number of those origi-
nally summoned to serve as petit
jurors got excused. And there
seemed to.be no lack of ready tim-
ber with which to fill their places.
The juries both grand and petit
however are made up of intelli-
gent men and good citizens.
-There are more people around
the court house than ever before
in the history of the federal court
at Vinita and it is presumable
they have business with the court.
A vast amount of business is in
store for the future courts of this
territory.
Veby little enthusiasm will be
kindled in the breast of the aver-
age Cherokee warrior at the assem-
bling of the national council next
month. There is a growing dis-
position to believe that that august
body would as well not meet any
more.
A good deal is being said about
the unfavorable conditions that
prevail in the Indian Territory
and -what a hindrance such condi-
tions are to immigration. But it
seems that everybody comes Jhat
wants to and they generally stay
especially when they come to
Vinita.
If the people of Vinita are to
respect the city ordinances the
same must be enforced. To enact
a law and. then not execute it will
soon bring contempt upon those
who are intrusted with the admin-
istration of law. If a law can not
be enforced when it is new it will
hardly be possible when it is old.
The state board of agriculture
and the state veterinarian of Mis-
souri have satisfied themselves
that splenetic or Texas fever is
conveyed by means of the tick.
They have further determined that
the ticks can be killed by dipping
the cattle into a vat of oil and sul-
phur and hereafter cattle so treat-
ed will be allowed to pass the
quarantine. A vat has been erect-
ed at Thayer with a capacity of
3500 gallons.
Why not pass a special law
something like this: Every per-
son who shall prove to the satis-
faction of the government that he
is not a person of bad repute that
his intentions are good though
his conduct is sometimes repre-
hensible shall be granted a con-
tinuous pardon protecting him
from the annoying processes of
the law said pardon to be used
only in cases of emergency and
Otherwise to be kept a profound
secret?
The utterances of Judge Thomas
on the subject of the wonton de-
struction of fish liv the use of
dynamite and poison wo hope will
have the effect of stopping that
nefarious practice. While a stick
of giant powder exploded in a hole
of water will secure a few good
fish it will destroy thousands of
small ones and thus cut off the
supply in the future.
In less than one month the Cher-
okee national council meets at
Tahlequah and will doubtless pro-
vide for a commission to-make an
agreement with the Dawes com-
mission. The basis of any agree-
ment reached should be absolute
title to all allotments. However
those under age should not be al-
lowed to dispose of their allot-
ments before they come of age.
The question of the legality of
the incorporation of towns under
the Arkansas statutes in force in
this country was touched upon
today incidentally by Judge
Thomas. His honor seems to take
the position that such incorpora-
tions are without authority of law
'and that officers acting under such
charter are not warranted in tak-
ing extreme measures in adminis-
tering the law.
An item in the Tahlequah Ar
row states that Will R. Draper
was married at Wichita last week.
Let's see; it was about that date
that that lie about the 20000
"Squaw men" being ordered out
of the territory and the 5000
Delawares going to Mexico under
the leadership of Dick Adams
was telegraphed the city dailies?
Draper is the most picturesque and
deliberate liar in the west.
The offer has been made by cer-
tain attorneys to secure the pay-
ment of outstanding Cherokee war-
rants for a fee of five per centum.
This is a large fee and we believe
an unnecessary one as there are
ample Cherokee funds held by the
government to cover the indebted-
ness of the nation many times
over. There is very little risk in
holding Cherokee securities in the
form of national certificates and
warrants.
Many residents of Vinita are
not veiy well acquainted with the
names of all the streets and ave-
nues. It should be remembered
that the avenues all run east and
west are 100 feet in width and
are named from the districts of
the Cherokee nation. There are
six avenues as follows: beginning
at the south Delaware Canadian
Illinois Flint Sequoyah and Tah-
lequah. The streets are 80 feet in
wi'dth except those' fronting the
railroads and are named for prom-
inent Cherokee families. There
are twelve streets in the original
survey as iollows beginning at the
west: Ross Adair Brown Brew-
er Foreman Gnnter Miller
Smith Thompson Scraper Wil-
son and Vann. In addition on the
east side of the Katy track there
are five unnamed streets.
PENCE LAW SEEDED.
A subject to which the attention
of congress should be cited as soon
as possible is that offences in the
Indian Territory. At present the
country is practically without a
fence law and vast areas are
fenced up with one two and three
wires and the depredations of
stock in some sections has been
the cause of untold trouble and
criminal prosecutions as well as
civil 6uits growing out ot the lack
of an adequate law are growing
numerous. The range is practi-
cally a thing of the past that is
the vast stretches ot unfenced grass
land is no longer to be seen. The
cattle business from now on will
doubtless be confined to fenced
pastures and limited herds. The
farmer in the prairie country
should not be required to fence
against hogs as timber aud fenc-
ing material is scarce and in fnct
not to be had for love nor money.
The man who depends upon till-
ing the soil should not be required
to invest all his earnings in a fence
to protect his crops against the
man who is a herdsman only. And
on the other hand the man who is
trying to handle stock should not
be forced to keep his stock out of
the crops of the man who has not
a sufficient fence. It is to be
hoped that the attention of con-
gress will be called to this matter
and that some legislation along
this line will be forthcoming.
CHEBOKEES TAKING C0UEAGE.
A number of Cherokee citizens
were discussing matters pertaining
to tribal interests on the street
yesterday and ; without one dis-
senting voice all were of the opin-
ion that the Cherokees are really
fortunate in having their courts
abolished and are saved tho enor-
mous expense of maintaining
them. Three years ago the judi-
cial expenses of two of the smaller
districts in the Cherokee nation
amounted to over $40000 and
when the expenses of the whole
nine districts is added it became
alarming. As this c!if item of
expense is eliminated there is no
good reason why the Cherokee
national debt of over 8G0OO0O
should not b-- soon liquidated
from the interest on the invested
funds.
There is not much ground for
tho gloom that seems to have set-
tled upon the Cherokee people
since the enactment of the Curtis
law. As the courts of the country
approach that marvellous com-
posite production of Curtis of Kan-
sas and the Dawes commission it
is more and more evident that its
provisions cannot and will not be
enforced.
THE DAILY CHIEFTAIN.
Monday this office began the pub-
lication of The Daily Chieftain.
The apology for thiB advance step
in newspaper work in Vinita is
that the population and business
interests of the place indicate the
necessity for the printing of the
social and industrial events trans-
piring in our midst oftener than
once in seven days. Three thou-
sand or more wide-awake pro-
gressive people being within the
municipal bounds of a town noted
at home and abroad for its business
activity and general intelligence
naturally come to demand tho pub-
lication of a daily newspaper that
will in some degree reflect the
character of the town.
The weekly Indian Chieftain
will be continued without change
other than that it will contain
more news than formerly as it
will have tho advantage of the
daily news Eervice.
UNITED STATES COURT.
Complete Report of Proceed-
ings Thus Far.
MONDAY.
Judge John R. Thomas took his
seat on the judge's chair at the fed-
eral court building this afternoon
at 1:30 and ordered court called.
The grand jury was immediately
empanneled and instructed. The
charge was elaborate and forcible
as usual and if that body attendB
to its duties as suggested by the
court there will be no room for
complaint as to the indictment
and prosecution of criminals at
this term of court. One of the
events of the occasion was the
placing of Capt. R. C. Day upon
the panel of the grand jury and
making him foreman of that body.
Capt. Day aB is generally known
returned a few days ago from the
Santiago campaign where he
served as a lieutonant in Troop L
naigh riders. After Capt. Capron
was killed and Lieut. Thomas
was wounded 'Day was promoted
to the captaincy.
The grand jury is composed as
follows:
R.C.Day.foreraan; Blue Rider
J. C. Hogan D. W. Vann
B. G. Chandler W. Bond
W. H. Morrison
John Willie
Thos. Reynolds
Levi Parish
J. H. Dixon
Jacob Harlow
Ja3. Yeargain
E. S. Lane
Chas. H. Palmer G. W. Holt.
TUESDAY.
The work of the United States
courtuptothc present time has
been largely preliminary. Yester-
day and today were consumed
principally in erapannelling and
charging tho grand jury and in
selecting the thirty-six men who
were to sit for tbo term as petit
jurors. Only two prisoners have
been brought up from Muskogee
Norris Ruggles and Bob Cloud.
Ruggles was liberated this a. m.
on motion and Bob Cloud has not
yet pleaded. As we go to press
the case against Mrs. Delia Thur-
man of Claremore indicted by the
last grand jury for employing non-
citizen labor as clerk in a mercan-
tile establishment is being argued
on demurrer offered by J. S. Dav-
enport attorney for defendant.
A number of cases have been set
for tomorrow and doubtless from
now on to the close of the term
the court will be kept busy.
The following is the list of petit
jurors as completed this morning:
J. S. Bobbitt Robt. Brown
B. T. Chandler John Dameron
Marion Dixon C. C. Lipe
Sam McSpaddenGeo. W. Mayes
Geo. Rosa T. M. Rushing
Geo. W. Taylor C. F. Walker
Col. Williamson Martin Bell
J. J. Dumas Sam Francis
Toney Matney Henry Robinson
Joe Kline Tom Isbell
F. W. Strout Lewis Alexauder
Ed Lynch Jos. Thompson
M. M. Wright Oce Harlin
M. Sheehan Charley Rider
Riley Thompson Allen Hughes
E. Zimmerman J. Thompson.
Louis Muldrow Sol. Ketchum
Newton W.Williams.
WEDNESDAY.
Judge Thomas' court is "grind-
ing away" at the court house and
since the preliminaries of tho first
two days are out of the way is dis-
pensing with business rapidly.
Twenty-three prisoners were
brought up from Muskogee this
morning and pleas of guilty will
be heard in a large number of
cases as soon as they can bo
reached in tho regular order of
business. From tho number of
witnesses hanging around tho
grand jury room that branch of
tho court apparently has plenty of
work on hand and probably
enough to last some weeks yet.
Tho morning hour devoted to
motions was not sufficient time
this morning for the hearing of all
the motions ready to be offered by
the attorneys and will be contin-
ued at length tomorrow morning.
CALL OF THE DOCKET.
John Kingfisher nolle.
Thomas Jones larceny; con-
tinued. W. J. Meadows abusing child
underage; continued.
Joseph Crowell and John Wil-
son larceny; nolle.
Robt. Cloud larceny; defendant
called and bond forfeited.
Willard Drake assault with in-
tent to kill; plea of not guilty; on
trial.
Geo. W. Bell introducing and
selling; nolle entered by district
attorney.
John Christie alias "Apple
Jack" introducing and selling;
continued.
Win. Askins Richard Askina
and John Watkius; defendant
called and bond forfeited.
John Mcrrell introducing and
selling; bond forfeited and war-
rant issued returnable next term.
Arthur Payton introducing and
selling; one year and one day at
Fort Leavenworth and $150 fine.
The court of appeals at South
McAlester last week affirmed the
decision of the lower court refusing
to grant writ of habeas corpus in
case of Blount Martin.
Bob Cloud indicted for larceny
pleaded guilty in the court yester-
day to stealing a yearling from
George Bulletto at Tulsa. He has
not yet been sentenced.
legal mattebs in genebal.
In passing upon a motion in the
administrator case of the estate of
the late Joseph Burns Tuesday
Judge Thomas held that tbo Curtis
law making it a misdemeanor for
a Cherokee citizen to be in posses-
sion of more land than a pro rata
share after the first of next April
was unconstitutional inasmuch as
it was a virtual confiscation of
property without due process of
law.
The case against Mrs. Delia
Thurman of Claremore indicted
by the grand jury last winter for
employing a non-citizen clerk was
dismissed by the court Tuesday
for want of jurisdiction. The
court held that in the absence of a
specific statute making the act of
hiring nou-citizen labor by a Cher-
okee citizen a misdemeanor the
defendant could not be held for
trial. Tho purport of the court's
decision seems to be that the tribal
law sought to be -enforced should
first be adopted or re-enacted by
congress or else it could not be
administered by the federal court?.
Notice to Subsoriberp.
Subscribers to the weekly can
change to the daily by notifying the
oflice and any amou;t to their credit
will be applied or the daly
Waining Notioe.
All parfes who have bsen warned
to work un the streets of this city- ac-
cording to law and have not appeared
iu person or paid the tax due are
hereby notified that unless the amount
is promptly paid to the recorder they
will be proceeded against by law.
J. J. SraxcEit
Street Commissioner.
'"What Is Eternal Life?"
Topic for investigation at the Pres-
byterian church Thursday night Is
"What Is Eternal Life?'' and "Hew
Is It Obtained?" As the Bible is a
kind of cyclopaedia of religious truth
and at the same time a lexicon of its
own terms come and let us investi-
gate the gospel according to John on
above subject. John 20: 31: "Hut
f these are written that yc might be
lieve that Jesus is the ChrNt the sou
of God and that bcilcvlmj yc might
have life through his name." Every-
body invited.
Low Hate
via tho
Dallas.
'Katy"
This is your opportunity to visi't Tesss'
most prosperous city attend fal Texas
State fair and view the Dallas exposition
Ko expense has been spare by the manl
ageinent to gratify all. Scc small bills
for date train sen-ice. ad ticket rates.
"KatyV ticket oger.t) 5f advised t
ly that you will ptr..chase ticket for the
Dal as excursion ( n sec ample accom.
modatious aw furnislled with for
all. See sin' M hills for part5cuiars.
J J. &.OCGUEY Agent.
R I. BLAKENEY
Has about 25 sec
ond hand sewing
machines to sell or
trade. Singers
Wheeler & Wilson
Whites Howes
Crown and other
makes. Price from
$350 to 10. These
are bargains.
REMRIWRF.R! Vnn o-et a
Ringling Bros'. Circus ticket
"with every $10 worth of gro-
f it T-lf
cenes Dougnt at ciatjeneys
and the show comes next
week.
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Everybody knows Badgejfs and nearly everybody trades at
Badgett's Do You? If not You are paying too much for
goods We are the S & & &'
Largest Distributors
It is not by chance that we have gained the position we have.
low prices and a determination to gbt our customers the best
brought the reward.
This Week We
We have an elegant
Note a few of them.
One lot of heavy Cottonade Suits worth 3.00 to close at $1.50.
Five styles all wool Cheviot Suits worth 7.00 to close at $3.75
We have about ten styles that we are selling at $7.50 per suit that
is well worth 10.00 per suit. This is one of the strongest lines we
have ever shown and to be appreciated must be seen. See them.
At $10 $12.50 and $15 we have some choice up-to-date styles in
Men's suits that you will not see in any other clothing house in the
Cherokee N ation . We sell clothing for boys that wears.
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Rook Crook Noteo.
Our cliool H proxrosslnc nicely
To sli ake Is the style 'round here.
Zlllen & Gnntor aro shipping their wheat.
llorl. Cot sirs he Is ctine to hay until It
snows.
Wo ai e having nlco fall weather to sow
wheat.
Mack and Kred Whitney are going to
Adair to school.
Cal. Gnnter of Slloam Springs was
down to ltis farm last week.
Everybody In this vicinity has been chill-
ing or abfut to chill or will chill.
Jim Glnn of Troop I. rough riders has
some very nlco pictures of his troop.
Xlr.Tcncntand Will Vropp havo bought
a disk drill and are going to sow wheat right
now.
Frank Emerson did not uava any hotter
wheat than the reit of tho farmers this year
if ho TJd want more a bushel for it.
Some of oar neighbors will not go to
Adair ns often now. Tho worthy mayor of
that II ttle towp has stopped tho salo of hop
ale so they say.
Mrs- Itcrlha Propp and children left last
Saturd. ly to visit her patents In Baxter
Springs. From thcro sho will go to Illinois
to visit (relatives and tako Id tho St. Lou
fair. CTiarloy I) trying baching awhile.
"iNESHiMP mm vv
See oi'u S1-00 IIat
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All the Iat:e and new novelties in fine and
uptodate clothing
Our Hobby -
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Ol SU1IS lUlb iliways ucuil c an .. " 7 e rr . ; ft;
partment. This season we schpse all former efforts m this
line. Some of these suits are absolutely worth 12.00.
Heavy
wear
Suit.
Undcr-
50c per
Men's
OO0frO
e
Have Determined to Sell Some Clothing.
line of New Fall Clothing that is made right fits right and the prices are right.
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A Pleasing Reflection
to those who ore about to bring their
laundry work to us Is tho fact that It
will bo returned to you in perfect
condition aud done up In a manner
that rcllects the highest credit on our
skill nnd Ann methods. Our fino
it i ..!... .! I. I..nwiiiit1iniln In
:? color and finish and your flno linen
Is perfectly safe in our nanus.
EXCELBIOE
Steam Laundry.
Lei' ve word or Telephone for Wagon
l'liono o s
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buys a fine tailor made suit; one
you need not be ashamed to
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Suits as low as $1.25.
Children's Suits
The best duck coat in the world for 1.00.
ADGETT'S
of Reliable
in Cherokee Nation.
GOOD GOODS AT
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...LUMBER
AND ALL
Building Materials
Small Orders Receive Same Care
as Large Ones.
Want to Figure on all the
Building being Done
Both in the City and Country
No Misrepresentations.
Suits at
Many of
our clothinc de-
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STORE
Honest goods and
of everything have
LOWEST PRICES. "
OWNING
Men's Fine and Heavy Shoes $i
See our line of nobby
$4.98
these suits are worth 10.00
Men's (rood heavy
hose regular 10c
quality 50c a doz
49c
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