The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1898 Page: 2 of 4
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VINITA I. T. NOVEMBER12J898
1t dnnt 8m to bt known defi-
oiteiy whether the Creek treat;
was carried at the election last
Chief Mayes in his message rec-
commends that all Cherokee resi
dents of the state should be strick
en from the roll ofoitizens; belore
the Dawes commission.
The Afton Enterprise appears
gain without thegreen stamp it
wore a few weeks ago. JJouoUesd
the embargo against its admission
to the mails has been . raised.
There never was any good reason
why it should have been barred.
Swearing is not always profani-
ty. . It is far better to have your
neighbors to 8wear by you than at
jou.Ifyou are the kind ofmanyou
ought to be they will Bwear by
-jou but if you are pot there may
be a great deal of swearing at you.
The chief did not say a word
about the rights of the adopted
white people in the " Cherokee'
nation in his message. But
fhep his views are welLkriown up-
pn: that ijuestujn iie" havjnjj rec-
ommended that they be fully rec-
ognized as citizens in two or
three former messages.
CHEBOXEE COUNCIL
McAleet I. (T. .Theftepprt Of
Hutcbjngs & Westiet'ef ltn sub-
mitfed fipt tpur fconsideration;
shows that they have kaaek DQW
TK'AVrthi- in that C.iTinimnrniLjrf
Appeals at St. Louis Mo. Court govern&enonlytper cent or
ofJlppeals at South .McAlester!. S" 15HffJW' peF -ceDt S
T. and in the Sunrema Court..ofl.VW.we-mouns wrouna
at once taken- to liquidate this in.
debtedness." ' With! oftr judioial
Bystem-and other uoneoesBary of-j
noes aDonauou our ipouooo
greatly lensened.jTbe outstanding
warrants which jreprecent this in.
debtedness draw" pe' cnt
interett .whiiwWeivc from the
the 'United States' aC Washington'!
I'.- V.' Bad VOttt UBUIBIUU IB -ex.
pected soon. My contract with
the.m is jlso(. Submitted ; herewith
. V f . JUDICIAL RECORDS.
inasmuch as toe offices oi our
courts are abolished 1 suggest (hat
you provide for the taking care oi
the records found: in their custody.
Some of them are valuable and
may be of great benefit to our cit
izens in the future. They might
be made a part of the records of
the Executive department from
which certificates could there be
given 1 am not leel authorized
under existing Jaw to take cnarge
of them and not being a legal cus
todian no certified copies of thorn
could have been given from the
Executive office.
FINANCE.
There are other and more serious
infractions of our treaties in the
last act of congress. Section 19
provides:
any monies on any account
ever shall hereafter be made by
the government of 1 the .United
States to any of the tribal govern
ments or to any officer thereof for.
disbursement but payment of all
sums to members ol said tribes
shall be made under direction of
najiiKarsIof 'rfuif irtdebftdBdfjBi this
Amounts to- an annual loaa.of $6tJ
000.00. I suRKest therefore the
propriety of requesting the with-l
drawal ol a sufficient amount' on
our invested funds to pay all out-
standing warrants." The 'interest
on the remainder left to our cre'dit
for the benefit of the general fund
Will then amount to $33595.23
quite enough to run our govern?
Went and pay the officials irt caBb.
.' . DELAWARE CASE. " '
Our Washington correspondent
jays -tbat-he PriBidgniw di?ap:
proving some Chjckasjjw lawand
may do the same to -jomfl .acta 'k)t
the late Choctaw council. The
President.iaaoBnlimUejl.Pionarch
so far as these two nations are con-
concerned and ..we hope he wjll
use his wisest discretion in these
matters. 1 :-
. A mistaken idea seems to be
prevalent that the lands pf the
Cherokees' are' already graded
were graded by the surveyors when
the land was sectiomzed a year or
two ago.') The fact is no grade has
been made with a view to individ-
ual allotment. The grade of the
soil . and the outside of
quarter section would be of little
value in determining the real value
of the land on the inside. In a
country as spotted as this it would
be quite difficult to establish a
certain grade. Each allotment
should be graded and appraised
separately Irom every other allot-
jnent in order that no'partiality
- be shown.
Known By Tour Words.
By your words you are known.
If ; ydu use language that is vul-
gar low or full pf slang' people
will think that you are low mind-
ed. Slang is used by the unedu-
cated' by those who are careless
and who wish to be with the crowd;
by persons who have no high asp
iration. Good English is a sign of
good breeding. Bad slangy Eng-
lish is a sign of vulgarity and low
mind. To USe 6lahg is to degrade
yourself in the eyes of respectable
. people. Boys may think it manly;
they may think it makes them big
but a little thought will convince
them of the contrary. Good lan-
guage elevates the mind foT we
must .not forget that' language is
the expression of thought. See to
it boys that you use no slang;
make a strong effort to get rid of
it if you have already acquired it.
In the election Tuesday Col.
Avuosevsii -rougn rider" was
elected governor of New York by
20000 and may now be regarded
as a "presidential possibility" if
no more. The legislative assem-
bly also went to the republicans.
Missouri - went ; democratic and
Kansas overturned the populist-
democratic fusion and went re-
publican. Congress will remain
republican.
During the special session of
council in AugUBt last you passed
an act which I approved August
8th 1898 authorizing and direct
ing me to employ attorneys to de-
fend the interests of the Cherokee
nation against the claims of the
Delaware Indians citizens of the
Cherokee nation authorized to be
adjudicated by the court of claims
with the right of appeal to the
Th.T n ' f supreme courtof the United States.
lhtl"?PAyJ?e"t J?M In compliance with the act of con-
this act immediately to the presi-
dent of the 'United States for hie
approval which he declined 'to do
as shown by the correspondence
with the secretary f the interior
herewith submitted to you lor you
theSecretarraftbellnterior by an. T3 !
nd in order itba't tbVinUrest of
disbursed although certiged lists' !SS
pro rata share of the lamia
roptr House oe W
W5
NG
THEliAiERS IN REPERTOIRE
Engagement of the Always Popular
CbasiLister iTbeafr? Co.
A New Repertoire of Special Plays.
' A New Equipment of Special Scenery.
! 'f A New' Season of Continued Success.
Continuous Performances No )Vaits.
Carryln? Over 2700 Pounds Of Special Scenery
Using Their Own Calcium Llijhts. 1
it
EAST LYNNE"
11 .V
h-'.i ; Or the Elopement.
SEATS NOW ON SALE AT THB USUAL PLACE.
t'
Prices
10
: 3r K. .
20
AN on
30
...CENTS.
several "funds were furnished the
secretary oi tne interior on auk
ust 20thi '1898. What '.right the
United-States government has ito
so arbitrarily withhold our funds
and embarass our educational in
stitutions other than the power is
not apparent it certainly ' has
neither legal nor moral right. An
other provision of this act to which
I desire to invite your attention is
Section 26 which provides: -
.vl bat on and alter tne passage
of this act the laws of the various
tribes or nations oi Indians snail
not be enforced at law or in equity
by the courts of the United States
in the Indian lemtory."
Since our courts were abolished
by this same act and the United
States courts prohibited irom en
forcing our laws we have had no
means at hand of collecting our
revenues and as a consequence
little if any revenue has been col
lected since this provision of the
act of congress has become known.
The revenue report of the ireas
urer shows that including $11238.
83 collected for board at our High
Schools tor the benefit of our
school fund. 830238.87 was col
lected during the past year. In
this connection I desire to call your
attention to making some provision
for the collection of the remaining
installments due from the sale of
intruder improvements. These
improvements were sold under the
law and were to be paid for in six
annual installments to the sheriffs
of the several districts. On some
only one aud on none have more
than two paymenrs been made.
The offices of Sheriff have been
abolished and it will be necessary
lor you to provide means for the
collection of the remainder due as
well for the sale of any other lm
provements now . in - the illegal
possession of intruders. I recom
mend that the office of Revenue
Collector be created with the same
duties as respects the collection of
this special revenue as were here
tofore exercised bv the several
sheriffs if the President approves
jt in my judgment it can be en
forced. . -
PUBLIC DEBT.
Our public debt has been care
fully calculated and October 2Utb
1898 the outstanding warrants
against the several funds were:
General fund $593805.58; School
fund $46334.31: Orphan lund $W.
49152; and Insane Asylum fund
$6500.73. It should be remem
bered that our last semi-annual
annuities have not yet been paid
and of course the above amounts
will soon be lessened to the amount
of the annuities. Our total invest-
ed fund drawing five per cent
interest in the possession of the
United States government amounts
to2.716979.98 and of this amount
11271904.65 belongs to the Gen-
eral fund. Some steps should be
of the Cherokee nation in addition
to the 157600 acres authorized to
be segregated by the act of con
gress and the withdrawal of their
part of" our investment I em
ployed W. T.Hutehings of Mub-
kbgee" I T and John J. Hemp
hill of Washington I. C agree
ing to recommend that tney pe
compensated' to the amount you
indicated in the act of council. In
asmuch as the Delawares had al-
ready instituted suit no action
was brought by the Cherokee na
tion. The suit is pending in the
court of claims and in order that
you may be fully apprised of the
nature of their claim I herewith
transmit you one of their petitions.
(Concluded next issue)
L. C. COUCH
( Livery Feed and Sale Stable
8 EAST SIDE TRrACrv.
. .
tw? Best place m the city to get your livery
or board your horses.
The Bee Jewelery Store....
AUGUST
SOHUECKEB.
JEWEL EE
AND... '
jOTICIAN
'A' New Line of-
; SILVERWARE
r-VNHl
Berry'Dishes
...Berty Spoons
Fruit Dishes
. Fruit Knives
-NexttdPoatOfflca.
Cauliflower Pickle.
Select choice white heads break in
pieces' and cover with scalding hot salt
water; after standing ten minutes.
drain and turn a fresh hot brine orer
it; in half an hour dram on a towel
and pack in a stone jar. J'lnYor
enough vinegar to cover it with whole
mustard seed cloves stick cinnamon
and a few cayenne berries; when the
cauliflower Is perfectly cold cover
with the hot vinegar and; let standi una
til next day. Then drain bring the
syrup to the boiling point and again
pour1 over the piclcels; put a layer of
nasturtium leaves over the top and a
plate And weight and keep In a cool
dark pi.ice. Good Housekeeping.
Carrot Soap.
Take one quart stock one teaspoon-
ful of suerar one small onion sliced
fine one pint carrots cut in small
cubes one tablespoonful rice salt and
pepper to taste. Boil the onion rice
and carrots vigorously for about 20
minutes or until tender stirring occa
sionally with a fqrk; then drain and
add to the stdek which has been
brought up to the boling point. Add
sugar salt and pepper to taste and
serve. Good Housekeeping.
UftcIeHtt Worry.
Many persons who are said to have
died from overwork really died from
worry. Worry kills more people than
work -ever did and most overwork is
the work that is done because of the
worry. People worry over this thing
and that thing and for fear that thev
will not make ends meet and have
something left over they work too
hard and too much; but worry is at
he root of it all. If housewives would
take leisure for self-examination and
ask themselves a few pertinent ques-
tions and give common sense reason
able answers thereto they would save
themelve much useless worry 4 La-
diet' World. -
A DeMeata Baadwlck.
Mince either cole' cUicken or real
very fine mixing celery In with It; when
well minced cut thin slices of bread
pare oft the crust and butter; place the
mixture between the buttered slices
only using salt aa seasoning. Cincin-
sati Enquirer.
LIVERY
STABLE
Guptcr'y OW 5tand.
it i-.i-'tniitiii-mr
Brand Nw TurpoutsBugjics Horses and Ttarrjs.
Tr&r)5ieot Stock Cad for Promptly and Properly
BUS AND CAB LINE IN CONNECTION.
"AH weather
halite to me?
I wear the.
kind that!
"RETAIN
THEIR jM
SHAPE.
(Ml
"That' the
kind Tm loot-
ing for. I'll
order a salt
from their
Solely."
MADB TO ORDER BY
EDWARD E. STRAUSS & CO.
America's Popular Tailor Chicago.
(AOENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE IN
THE V. S. AND TERRITORIES.)
That's Just Iti
You can't always tell by
the looks of a garment how
it is going to wear.
Why Not
get the Avear as well as the
looks when you can have
both at tlio same price.
$12.00
is the starting point 011
those Edward E. Strauss &
Co. famous Custom Tail-
ored Suits and Qvercoats
with an ironclad guarantee
thrown in free.
It will pay you
to examine this lino and
leave your order for one of
these handsome garments.
Call on
W. R. Badgett.
litis Cheap and
Effective
. Several of our business men are availing
themselves of the advantages of advertis-
ing in the columns of ; ;
THE DAILY
CHIEFTAIN.
i f It vou are not amoncr them it is your loss.
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