The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1898 Page: 1 of 4
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MILT
VOL- U NO- 5'
THE CHEROKEE COUNCIL
jhe Collection Matter in a
SwCSaw
TJHLcquAH Nov. n m.
The contest between the M. K.
& T. Trust company represented
by Ed Halsell and Dr. F. B. Fite
nd Wyly Cox and Robert L.
Owen representing another syndi-
cate ba beh on at Tahleqnah
since the assembling of council
Monday morning. The two com-
pgnieB are each endeavoring to se-
cure from the Cherokee council
the contract for collecting the $4.
300000 found due the Cherokees
according to what is known as the
"Wyly accounting.
After a lonp-drawn-out fight in
the senate yesterday morning J tu allot the lands of the five civil-
Haieell and Fite succeeded in de- j jzed tribes had a clause inserted
ftatmg uie uwen crowa out uiojby tue congresHmen from Miss-
in the afternoon Owen's frienda 1 iggippi authorizing the comniis-
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defeated the M. K. & T. people
in the lower houe. So it is a
etiiiul off so far as these two eyndi-cute-
are concerned. The chief
iljeeliou to Mr. Owen's scheme
H't-uiB to be that be is known to
be friendly to the Delaware claim!
now pending in the courts for tde
segregation of 157GOO acres of
Cherokee land. The prospect
however is good for a compromise
and that some one will be given at
Itatt ttn jnr ciat of the $4300000
for its collection.
The sentiment amongst mem-
bers of both bouses and leading
Cherokees on the outside includ-
ing the chief is to limit the con-
tract to a period cf not more than
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..Store.
As Xmas draws
nearer the more we
should think of pres-
ents. We have many
useful articles.
You know something-
made by your
own hands is always
appreciated.
See the line of
Stamped LINENS
shown in our east
window.
Store.
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VINITA 1ND. TER. WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER .30 1898.
twelve months in which to make
the collection as attorneys here
tofore employed have been in the
habit of laying down upon the job
and doing nothing simply waiting
to claim their per cent when the
money is paid.
DAWES C0M1I8SI0N.
Will Leave for MiggUslppt on Decem-
ber 15th to Treat.
The Dawes commission to treat
with the five civilized tribes of
Indians and to allot their lands
will leave December 15th for Pon-
totoc. Miss. where th'ev will make
an effort to treat with the Chicka
saw Indians now remaining in
that country.
The appropriation bill which
was passed by congress creatine
' the DaweR commiMsinn with pnwe
r
siou to visit tne oia umcKasaw res
ervatiou in MisNissippi. and treat
with those remaining there buy
their lands and induce them to
move and on this errand the com-
missioners start on the 15th of
next month.
When the treaty of 1832 was
concluded by which treaty the
Chickasaws in common with the
Choctaws sold their holdings
in Mississippi and agreed to
move to their present home in the
Iodian Territory there was a pro
vision in that treaty to the eflect
that the members of the tribe de
siring to remain on the old reser
vation in Mississippi should be al-
lowed to do eo and take allotment
of lands. Quite a large body of
the Chickasaw tribe remained be
hind in Mississippi on the old res
ervation and with these Indians
the Dawes commission will endea-
vor to treat.
Congressmen from Mississippi
Dresentftd the statement that these
Indian were a hindrance to the
progress of that portion of the
state of Mississippi where tbey
are located and thattbeir removal
bv the United States was a neces
sity. Tbey hold tbeir allotments
under the treaty of 1832 however
and as they are apparently well
satisfied with their present loca
tion it is hardly likely that a trea
ty with them will be eaBy.If a trea.
ty is perfected.however it is prob
able that these remaining num-
bers ot the Chickasaw tribe will
come to the Indian Territory.
Tuesdays Court at Wagoner.
The present grand jury has re-
turned an indictment against Chas.
Gibson of Eufaula in the matter of
the Creek warrant fraud. Mr.
brought up tnis morn-
Uiwow" " w -
ing and expects to stand trial at
this term of court.
The case against the parties in
dicted at Vinita on tne irau-
dulent Creek warrant mat-
ter was taken up this evening.
The attorneys lor "
fence called for a separate inw.u
. ;;t indictment which included
about four defendants and the case
against E. B. Childers was im
up first. Judges oiewi
and Col. Cravens are conducting
the defense. This is a strong 4U
.rioi 1ont and of course the
defendants side of the case is be-
ing well protected.
The $4000000 due the Chero-
kees if paid out per capita would
amount to $125 BtimaUng the
citiaen population at 32000.
Let's see the $4000000 the
Cherokees are now offering tea
per cent to have collected off the
government was to have been paid
as part of the consideration for
le of the "Strip." It was as
much a Dart of that deal as was
the money paid out per capita in
1894.
Ian Maclaren (the Rev. John
Watson) as quoted by the New
York World in a lecture described
the typical American as "tall
sinewy nervous eager and self-
confident; bright with enormous
intellectual possibilities." He ad-
ded: "The New York man is the
money maker and the Boston man
is the book worm. The hum one
hears on entering the city is net
traffic but Browning societies in
full swing. Philadelphia is a city
of old families where each man
knows his neighbor's grandfather.
Chicago is a city of hurry. In a
sense a coarse city but one where
the navvy (laborer) may rise to
own a splendid art collection."
GERMAN LABOR TROUBLES.
Ot Late There Haa Been an Alarming
Iacreaae In Strike. and (or
Siffniflcant Cue.
European papers are devoting apace
to the troubles which are continually-
agitating labor circles in Germany.
It is freely.admitted the incessant agi-
tation U of national importance- hav
ing a political bearing of significance
far beyond that usually attriouiaDie
to such phenomena. Violence has ac-
companied ao many of the strikes of
the past few months that tne emperor
himself found it expedient to apeak
strongly of the matter in a public
mpeeea. - Hie word hare been oon-
Mrvsd variously aoeordlng to the
party color of tiose who discuss them.
The social democrats declared that
they foreshadowed strict laws which
would make striking a mlsdtmsanor.
The rtwH l that the f elinr' smons;
the workmen already bitter has been
iff mated and the semiofficial !
suraneM that the emperor'' speech
was intended merely to assert kta da-
air to protect tie iaborwr ra all le.fi ti-
nvate eft or U to better hi condition do
not item to have much effect.
Btatiatlee whioi have i bee' ' pub-
lished reetntiy in the empire stow an
Srmlsf ittorsese of strikes. hi UM
re wr' tl strikes involving l.OU
laborers; In ISM the reeord was 116
with 8.S66 prtielptsu 1894 slowed
Ul with. T.8W men; In 186 KM strikes
threw 1408 men out of works 18 BOS
men participated in 481 strike in 1896.
The immense number of strikers in
that year is due to the great strike of
the Hamburg longshoremen and dock
laborers. In 1897 there were 678
strikes in which 68119 persons were
involved.
The social democrats have called at
tention to the fact that there is a
steady growth In the number of strikes
that are instituted not for increased
wages or other similar purposes but
purely for the purpose of attacking
employers who have provoicea tne en
mity of the social democrats. These
"offense" strikes as the party calls
them have increased from 20 in 1898 I
to 330 In 1897. Chicago Chronicle.
Am Aactent Hospital.
At Bkden near Zurich Switzerland
in connection with recent exoava-
tions at Windlitch the Bom an Vendon-
Issa an ancient military hospital haa
been discovered. ' It has 14 . rooms
which appear to have been well sup-
plied with medical surgical and phar-
maceutical apparatus including
probes tubes forceps cauterising im-
plements and even safety pins; medi-
oinfl spoons of bone silver measuring
vessels jars and -pots for ointments
ate. Some coins were also found those
of silver being of the reign of Ves
pasian and Hadrian those of oopper
bearing the effigy of Claudius Nero
Domitian. Scientific American.
Cnaplaln for a Railroad.
The Denver & Bio Grande is prob-
sbly the only railroad in the world
that keeps a chaplain. John Brunton
once a brakeman and later an engi-
neer holds that position. He is an or-
Jained minister and devotes his time
to charitable and mission work among
the employes. ' The railroad company
finds that it paya them. Chicago
Tribune. . . . ' - ' -.-
THIS IS NOT A
ITS&t
STOVE TI ME..;
1 1 Have Ev?ry Kind at Every Price.
For nearly 15 years I have done about all the stove f
trade there has been at Vinita. ....
Look at my Lin? of Stoves. $
CHIN AWARE
LAMPS ETC.
New and extensive line just opened.
W W MTTTRR.
Pretty Things
For Christmas
At Ratciiff s.
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Come and See.
IP fiiMfpathpr mm
fSO ARE
Gloves
Buy of us and you
Underwear
M' NAIRN BROS
Second Door North Postoff ice.
f
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PRICE 10c WEEK-
HOT TIME
buy at the right place.
Shoes-
L. C. COUCH .
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
; . EAST SIDE-TRRCK. .
Best place in tlie city to get yocr Lirtrf
'or board your horsesj
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1898, newspaper, November 30, 1898; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc774068/m1/1/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.