The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 266, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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7INITA INDIAN TERRITORY THUR3DAY AUGUST 20. 1003.
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HINGING
I COMMENT
ferritory Scandals
3 are Astounding
to the Outside
World
' The Eastern press has taken up
I the matter of territorial scandals.
The comment of the Public; Led-
ger of Philadelphia is as follows:
"The Brosius report la sulLo-
ently explicit and condemnatory
to demand the most searching in
vestigation by congress redress
or the Indians who have been
ver-reacbed and robbed and such
odification of the laws as will
protect tbe Indian titles. The
present allotment isvstem it ap-
pears is too cos'ly and technical
end delays and disourages the se
tuning of titles by the Indians in
"nianjr instances. Flagrant wrongs
'with reepectto excessive land
''holdings now unlawful are da-
scribed. I "United States official! it is
(charged are interested directly
for indirectly in the developing
companies aDd some of them are
commissioned as the special
guardians of Iidi:i interests. Mr.
'Irnunia aava that with the Nil' jr.
.v j ..
- jTLTEtion in popseesion of these of-
j ficials it is clear that they posee
dtcided advantage over others
fi o pressing 'any business in which
they may h ve an interest either
ttirough a trust cimpany or other-
wie9."'
Tha New York Daily N'rwt
i tbii to cay:
"As though to fill in a long
wait in tbe pos'.office and Littauer
ipvectigatiotis the Roosevelt ad
" iutaitration it is announced will
present a cenhatiooal land icm
Jul involving members f lh
Dawes Indian comissiun official
of the department of justice and
other brunches of the government
service.
Special Agent Bmeiu "f t
J Indian Rights Aisociation who
has en duc'ed lbs inquiry mid
; prepir-d his report finds lont
; trust C aipa-ne- and Mrnl elmrks
I bavs? been operating for a I
lime in the Indian Territory and
securing the lands of the Icdims
by nharp prac ice.
j "The array "I natuee of oQieule
f involved in Sp-c'al Agent BroMua'
j charges to most impoeiug. One
agJwaCAa'uet company has as its largest
stockholder the internal revenue
inspector for the territory and for
$ vice president the United Stales
k district attorney for the northern
district of the territory. Another
; has for stockholder acd vice presi-
dent Tarns Bixby chairman of the
Dawes commission; foe director
i an Indian inspector who is in ab
solute charge of the Urritory.
I Chairman Bixby is president of
I another company and Thomas B.
' ( Needles another member of the
J ' commission Is vice precideut and
director. A clerk of the United
i States court and an assistant
United States attorney are also
connected with the company.
"Even Machen with all his in-
dustrious and persuasive ways
was never able to gather about
him such a distinguished company
of government officials in his var-
ious schemes for turning bis poei
lion iiuo hard cash. Practically
all tbe officials exposed by Spec-
ial Agent Brosius are charged
94vnh tne jpecial duly of defending
! the Indian? in their property and
privileges against unscrupulous
rbc men."
The Boston Herald speaks as
follows: " The report made by S.
M. Brosius is one that seem to
require prompt action by the. ad-
ministration for il inoicaies that
an Aggravated form of 'graft' is
being operated in iHh territory.
It seems to be another cae simi-
lar to those Which have f irai-ily
scandalized tbe national honor
where officers appoin'ed to exe-
cute the laws have avoided and
abused them with interertert mo-
"It was hoped that w had
come to the end of sucn wrongdo-
ing but the peculiar conditions in
the Indian Territory have made
an opportunity which appears to
have been availed of in the old
fashion.
'No one can imagine that if
Mr. Dawes bad lived any suspic
ion of eelnh corruption wouia
have attached to the proceedings
eilhtr on the part of uaembern aod
employes of tqe C'iaiaaUniio or of
anybody else."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Right
on the heels of the hou-ecleaning
in the pmtoflice depar'ment come
direct and circuoDBtmtial ctiMrges
from a responsible a U'fe that
something is rotten in the inter
ior department. That department
has been in the past hardly less
fruitful of rcii.dal' than the
one now being investigated.' Its
conduct of Inditn nflairs for thirty
years during the opening of the
great West whs a imtionnl ecandal
which died yut only witn th dy
ing ouf of the redm in.
'' Tne tirxve ice uh!"'0 i made
tout iuw0t-rs ul tti- Dtwes cjoj
mis-ion fejrrt'i 'l.irnay rvi In
llmi liiHp-C or- a": H Uie hei I
or ia teres ed jo t 'leHland c rap i -
ie Jl 1- plain thht thii ile'nilid
charge tiint i ne " ward ' the i -li
ui ir- to-" i e'tn 'led y ttit-i'r
gu ird an-
v . I I t i 1 1 . g
Mill
'e i f
I .t of in-
ELrXTRIC CARS.
I'buunHiirlii tif IlurhfM llai e Hrrn Dl
plureil by iiir Atloptloa
of tbe vlntom.
The wldoprcad ttdopttun of elec-
tricity by tramway companies nil over
the L'cited Kingdom has during: tie
past two yearn Lad the remarkable ef-
fect of dii-n'.acii.fj some 13000 laories
nf)orts the Loudon Mail.
A proportion wect to South Africa
in the lat-t stapes of the war many
have been bought by carriers and
omnibus companies have taken ft
preat number while not a few are being-
used by cab proprietors. Of this
class of animal (technically known. S9
"maehlters" because of their all
around uses) there is on increasing1
scarcity ar.d the electrification
schemes are welcomed particularly
by farmers vho have much difficulty
in obtaining gcod "machinens."
As jet the electrification of tram-
way Fystems and the prowth of the
motor car indnMry have not been felt
by horse bVeeders three or four years
generally elasping1 before omnibus otj
tiamway car hordes nre efficient fof
work. The requirements of London
in this direction increase with suchi
rapidity that the demand is always
greater than the supply.
According to the latest board of
trade return the length of tramway
line in the United Kingdom open for
traffic at the end of June 1302 was
1454 miles. On S70 miles of this ths
method of propulsion was electricity
and on 'Atl milts of line 24120 horscj
were employed.
Vhen the great transformation of
American tramways took place sev
eral years apo tens of thousands of
horses were disposed of for ridiculous
sums. Many broupht only JC3 or 120
and even at that fipure were some-
times sold vi;h difficulty. There are.
now 1.003 miles of electric tramways
authorized- or under construction in
the kinsrdom. but as most of them are
sntirelj new and not transformations
a plat of .horses in the market is not
likely to o.c r on anything' like the
scale that obtained in the United
States.
Kiplit hnndrod horses. tV.e lat link
with Manchester's horse tramway
ears are this wc( k br ir y. f ( Id by auc-
tion. T.f ss than two Tears aco thero
were S.000 such horses in the city but
they have been displaced by electric-
ity. IVaWs from Ireland fcotland
and the south of England competed at I
the first day's sale. Fifty-fix ho'-ses
in Cln ster displaced' for the same rea-
son have been sold by the corpora-
tion for an average price of $00 apiece.
HAD HEARD
OF THE GOLD
Story was Told by
a Condemned
Murderer
The Chieftain fell on another
trace of the Redfork gold deposit
thla morning a somewhat grew-
some one. Among those who read
the story last night was Capt. Jim
Wilkerson.tbe government's jailer
for tbe northern district at this
place. Tba gentleman stated that
the first man ever hung by the Ft.
Smith court.Judge Story presiding
in 1872 was John Childers.The day
of tbe execution Cbilders told
Capi. Wilkerson that there was
gold out in the territory; that bo
had found a piece in a gulch near
where tbe R edfork of tbe Canadian
intersected the Arkansas and
tried to describe the place. Owing
to the circumstances and tbe
events of the day "possibly the
consideration it was entitled to
iran not accorded the story. In
any event Capt. VVilkereon never
was able to locate tbe spot nor
did be make any special effort but
tbe incident was again brought to
his mind by the Chieftain's story
and his belief is that there id gold
in tbe section of the country for
certainjy Childers could have no
ru'Hive in falsehood.
Juhn Coildera was a fine look-
inij intelligent ureeK-uoa roKee
mixed blood and held his citizen
thip in the latter nation and gen
erully ran over the country west
of Tulsa. He killed a man with a
load of flour and threw the flour
into the Caney. When arrested a
short time liter by Deputy. Joe
Vannoy he was riding one of the
murdered man's horses. Childers
was released on bond and came
in and eurrenderad and on bis
ttial endeavored to make it appear
that Vannoy was the assassin. He
was first defended by a lawyer
named Robinson but had a dfa
agreement with bim and it is like-
ly was finally defended by Tom
Brues.
At the execution Capt. Wi lk?r.
son waa detailed for duty as a
guard among others but the trap
whu cprung by a man named Mess-
ier. V bile on the scaffold which
w out in the open Capt. Wilk-
erron recalled the fact that a cloud
arose and there was almost a
wver-epout. This did not inter-f.-rt
to save Cbilders from his de-
served fate though a report of
triMi kind got abroad and persons
d clared afterwards to Capt. Wil-
kerson that they bad seeu him
uliv. all 0f which the officer
k ew was not true.
Speaking of executions at F. r'
Smith. Ccpt. Wilkerson stated
thai the boast of John Maledon
that de bad hung a hundred uieu
lncked a ureal deal of being the
iru h All the marshal's office
lorce however were more iban
willing that Maledon should laV?
thi undesirable notoriety if hede-
rfired.
f HE LIVE STOCK MARKET
OF ST. LOUIS.
1 he St. Louis National
Stock Yards.
located itEastSt. teals. Ill
UlrrcilT ot'jit th ell? ci et. Loult. B
nt for H lecriptlon of I.lve Stock IT
wm.lnnre ml within (be ironn.le or t'
5t.ik Yr U U Beef i nnln (.onipiiy wl'-h
.. .i...k.l.l.s lull it B'tia
i tinritT fn"'oiihtfrln :i.iJ bout iliiy.
O. G. KNOX. Vice Pre
0. T.JOSES.Ge . Mtf'r.
L. W. n&AKE Ass't. Gen. Mst.
8AMFFL HTNT. Git. Agent for Tn
nJ Indian lerrltnrT- d'
Well The
TAILOR
jz? MADE
That Was Ever
We have spared no expense
in making- room for a Cloak
and Suit department and we
can now boast of being the
onty firm in Your town hav-
ing a niceAvell ventilated and
lighted private cloak and suit
room devoted especially to
this line.
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W
li arc showing all the new things in Ladies' Suits and Skirts and es-
pecially invite the ladies of Vinita and vicinity to call and inspect
this line and see what the new STYLES are for this fall. The line is the
celebrated "Palmer" make and needs no introduction as they are given up
by everyone to be right in STYLE best in MATERIAL and correct in
TAILORING.
We have the new "Corset Coat" suit the very thing for street wear and
the Russian Blouse suit for an all purpose suit.in all the new shades of cloth.
Now we feel proud of this line for we know you can't find one as com-
plete outside of the largest cities. Come and see them "sure." .
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Swellest Line
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Shown in a Town
Mercantile Company.
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Marrs, D. M. The Vinita Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 266, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1903, newspaper, August 20, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc774709/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.