The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 93, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 18, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1 NO. 93.
VIN1TA 1ND TER.. WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 18 1899.
PRICE IOc WEEK
UNITED STATES COURT.
Cherokee Prisoners are Le-
gally Held in Custody.
IMPORTANT DECISION".
An opinion of some importance
was renderedeeterday afternoon
by Judge Springer in the habeas
corpus case of Wm. Clark a young
Cherokeeconvicted of a felony in
the Cherokee courts anil serving
sentence in theriiutional prison at
Tahlequah. The application for
writ of habeus corpus was over-
ruled by the court on iht ground
that (he Cherokee laws were Ftill
in force and had riot been annulled
by tho operation ot acts of con-
green and that the high sheriff of
the Cherokee nation was an exec-
utive offices acting undt-r the di-
rection of the principal chief of the.
Cherokee nation.
Judge Springer in rendering the
opinion quoted from the new
treaty made by and between the
Cherokee commissioners and the
Dawes commission in which it ffS
jnsde the doty of the principal
chief immediately upon the ruiitJ :
cation of treaty to liberate tili
prisoners serving time iu the na-j
tional jail at Tahlequah having i
been convicted in the Cherokee!
courts i he court held that the
.clauppin the nr w.treaty referred to
was a recognition by both govern-
ments that sueli prisoners were at
the present time being legally
held. The prisoner Win. Clark
was turned over to the Cherokee
sheriff and remanded to jail at
Tahlequah.
CALL OF TUB DOCKET.
In the case of V. G. Cooper
charged with disposing of mort-
gaged property attachments were
issued for Dean Hogan and Janus
Edwards witnesses returnable
forthwith.
James Stevenson aggravated
assault; plea guilty fine $25 and
costs.
William Harris and Alexander
Harris robbery; attachment issued
for witness.
Ed Haap liquor continued for
present.
Ed Har.8 continued.
John McCracken larceny dis-
missed. G. H. Harlow Wm. McClaiu
Buck Musgrova and Howell Cobb
larceny; dismissed.
Leonard Smith liquor; contin-
ued. W. Gt Cooper on trial.
James Stevenson ; aggravated
assault; fine $25.
W. Buford liquor; set for Feb.
2nd. ' !
Wm. Jackson and S. J. Sallee
continued. .
Chas. Parks robbery; sentenced
to Columbus Ohio penitentiary
for term cf 10 years and one
montb.
Wm. Harris Alexander Harris
Application for witnesses
Coowie BuflingtOn disturbing
peace fine $25 and costs. fc.
Jim Putman liquor; continued.
J. A. DeShaio disturbing peace;
continued till Feb. 2. ;
H. Burnett continued till Feb.
2nd. .
W. C. Wrjght liquor; plea not
guilty; continued for the present
FrankJBiHinleaxJiqaor; con-
. tinned. "'
Ed Haas continued.
V Wm. Barker larceny; jury trial
verdict guilty not sentenced.
Sylvester Cbilders assault; nine
months in jail at at Fort Leaven-
worth. . '
THE AGREEMENT.
Arbitrary Valuation Palpably
Unfair.
Eniion Chieftain: The long-
expected Muskogee agreementHs
done; it hops out before the peo-
ple and crows "What-do-you
think-of-me?"
In some respects it is admirable;
in some it i wonderful; in others
it is abominable.
The allotment of lands! Com-
pared with tiie Muskogee agree-
ment in reference to allotment
the Curtis law was a benefaction.
That law say what you will about
it gave each'Inilian an equal rur-
face to dunce on while the real
title to the soil remained in com-
mon. There Was nothing pailial
or mean in this kind of allotment
however absurd it may be in fact.
The land to be allotted is di-
vided by this agreement into five
grades; the first grade is the btst
and is valued at 85 per acre; the
filth is the jinore?' and iJ priced
at twenty-five cents. The other
two grades are medial and are ap-
praised at liiedial GgUieS.
Nuv let it be noticed that these
graded prices ore absolutely aibi-
trary; they are dictated' without
any definite reference to the piop-
erly uhich they pretend lo value;
they are merely a set of figures
agreed upon by a number of gen-
tlemen sitting behind the closed
doors of the commission room at
Muskogee. Whether they will be
correct in actual application or
not will depend upon whether
there can ba found in the Chero-
kee nation any land whose actual
value will exactly correspond with
them. But when the facts come
to be fully ascertained in reference
to the quality of these lands it
will be found that there are many
thousands of acres whose real val-
ue none of these arbitrary figures
will exactly express. In fact
there are thousands of acres that
are worth much more than $5 per
acre yes aa much as from $15 to
$25 per acre clear of improve-
ments; this grade of land will be
found lying along the bottoms of
the Grand river the Arkansas
and the Verdigris and adjacent
thereto; while at the same time
on the other hand there areas
much more that is not worth even
twenty-five cents per acre- not
worth anything at all for any prac-
tical purpose' in the world.. Yet
however this worthless land .ac-
cording to this Muskogee agree-
ment is going to be put off onto
some poor allottees at twenty-five
cents. '
Letjis now see how all this is
going to pan out.
Each person is to have 120 acres.
Each one '.of these acres is to be
worth five dollars' and the whole
td be worth 8600. C That is to say
.each fellow's allotment is to be in
cash value $600; and if hia land is
worth less than that the differ-
ence is to.be paid to him in money;
but if his land should prove to . be
worth more than $600 say $1200
be takes the overplus as so much
what would you call it? steal-
agetrat of the common estate.
Suppose my friend Mr. O. V.
Rogers chairman of our Cherokee
commission and controller of ne-
gotiations on the Indian aide of
the convention should . take his
120 acreB somewhere in the fertile
valleys of bis cherished Verdigris.
The intrinsic value of his allot
ment would be eomething from
tlH to $20 per acre; say $10. If$10
then his whole allotment will be
worth $1200. But the cash value
of the allotment to which he is en-
titled under the agreement is only
$600; thus he gets $600 out of the
common estate more than his
share.
Is it possible that a result of
this kind could have been unfor-
seen by Mr. Rogers and bis parti-
sans in framing this agreement?
Again; look at this: the man
who gets a 120 of less value than
$600 it is true he is to receive in
cash as much as would make up
lor him an allotment of SG00. But.
mark you his dip out of 'the com-
mon est:te can never by any
means be more than 600 a very
different state of luck indeed from
that enjoyed by the fellow who
happens to get a lay on the rich
landa of the river bottoms like
Messrs Mayes Ross Rogers & Co.
Ajjain here is old Poorbear who
has a 120 acre allotment assigned
hi iu over in the flint bills. His
land is measured off to him at 25
cents per acre but in fuel it is
absolutely without any value at j
all for any practical purpose on
earth. But the agreement is very
considerate of his cae he is to re-
ceive iu cash as much as will raise
his allotment to $600; that is he
is to receive $000 diminished by
this arbitrary fictitious value of
his laud. One hundred and
twenty-five acres at 25 cejits per
acre would be 830. Thus 8600
$30$570. Now you see the pre-
dicament of this old fullblood is
this: be gels just $570 in cash
and goes absolutely landless.
Oh shame shame on such
abominable dealings! If the Cher-
okee nation can not produce betteT
statesmanship than that it is well
that Cherokee civilization should
be summarily extinguished.
Let us now make a brief state-
ment of the account:
C. V. Rogers '$1200; Poorbear
$570; S. H. Mayes $1500; Wolf-
killer $570; R. B. Ross $900;
Flyinghorse $570; W. W. Hast-
ings $1200; Widow Oldturkey
$570.
In view of such figures as these
no wonder ' Saugee the fullblood
withdrew from the convention
laughing disgustedly and saying
"Stall; stall 'em; . what you call
'era Enliss hoss pull it up hill
can't go; stall 'em; can't make it
treaty." v " Too-qua-stek.
Recovered.
W. R. Badgett's little boy which
yesterday and the day before was
quite sick and showed symptoms of
meningitis is now playing about the
house apparently as well as ever in
his life. ; It Is amazing how quickly
children can get very sick and get well
again.
rtust Pay In Checks ! -
A new order of the attorney general
that all court" fees must he paid in
checks make it necessary that the
XT. S. marshal or his. chief deputy be
here all the time; as a result we have
Mr. Hubbard with us most of the
time. ' . . t
II. II. Butler rattier of Joe Butler
of this city returned to bis home at
Miami this morning. Mr. ButJercamc
up from Muskogee last night report-
Ins; Judge Thomas very ill with pneu-
monla. - - y
" PtaLost.
Lost somewhere on the streets ot
Vinlta yesterday a little gold pin or
badge In shape of a circle of ribbon
with the monogram "A. L. S." io the
center; on the back "Miss Eva E. 'Foster."-
On tho outside of monogram
around ribbon is a .latin inscription.
Finder will please bring same to this
office and be very liberally rewarded.
GRAY'S. GRAY'S.
The Popular Store
Has a few rare bargains in
BLANKETS......
A California All Wool Blanket regu-
lar price $3.75 for $2.80.
A Merino Blanket regular price $5
for $3.85.
Balmoral 10-4 Blankets regular
price $2.50 for $1.80.
Burlington All Wool 10-4 Blankets
regular price $4.00 for $2.75.
Melrose 10-4 Blankets regular price
$2.50 for $2.00. -
Sbirfs Sbipfs; Sbirfs.
Come and look at these beautiful
Percales and Madras Shirts now on
sale at 25 ajid 35 cents each. The
same will cost you 50 to 75 cents at
other stores. Great reductions on all
fall and winter goods. Don't forget
to call and see us while you are at-
tending court if you are in need of
Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear as we
are leaders of low prices on these
croods.
COBB &
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Harnesss and Saddle Shop
S on the
The very best of saddles
East side of track
.ViniU LT.
WORCESTER ACADEMY
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- its clfiss in the Indian Territory. -It is doing bet--1-
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'features.' More favorable terms. New catalogue -"
just issued. ' " '
Academic Business Musical
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Write for our late catalogue to
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Marrs, D. M. The Daily Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 93, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 18, 1899, newspaper, January 18, 1899; Vinita, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc776480/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.