The Weekly Chieftain from Vinita, Oklahoma • Page 1

-ww TV JHV 1 THE INDIAN CHIEFTAIN. GtflEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO. VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902. VOL. XX.

NO. .38 ll n. i fc. f-S True Economy TKe difference in cost between an alum baking powder and the highest-class cream of tartar baking powder would not amount for a family's supply to one dollar a year. Dr.

Price's is the standard cream of tartar baking powder. It makes the food delicious and healthful. Note. You cannot, II you value good health, afford to use cheap, low-grade, alum baktng powders. They are npt to spoil the food they do endanger the health.

All physicians will tell you that alum in food is deleterious. final Report Of Grand Jury Returned tp Court and Mombors aro Discharged, NUMEROUS CASES. Being Cleared Daily From Crlru inal Docket and the Civil Docket is Expected to be Beached Within a Week. Case oeivlng Btolerr property transferred to Muskogee. Frank Lewie entored plea of not guilty to charge of larceny and re ceiving stolon property.

Caso transferred to Muskogee. John Lowman plead guilty to churge oi larceny and emhz and was glvon two years in Ft. Leav enworth. Boozier Saiiders plead not guilty to charge of assault to kill and case was continued. Perry Remberton plead guilty to charge of aggravated assault.

As. sessed 850 and costs and ono hour in jail. Mllo Brady plead guilty to tho charge of introducing liquor. Sentence deferred. trial at present STATEHOOD BILL Came up for Consideration in tho House of Representatives Yester-i day.

aud dendandod term of court. Tho caso of Jacob Brown and Forty Four charged with murder was transferred to Muskogeo. Sanlord Ferryman plead guilty to introducing and dispensing liquor and was sentenced to 30 days Murkogeo jail and fined 810. W. I.

Slarkey will spend 00 days in Muskogee jail and pay 825 fine on his ploa of guilty to int and dis'pliq. Jack Poter a boy of sixteen plead guilty to disponing liquor and wsa1 orderod reloased on his personal recognizance until tbo next term of court. Tom Henderson plead not I guilty to larceny charge. Case John Big pond and John Tiger transferred to Muskogee Tho omnibus statehood bill was called in the house of representa lives one day laHt week. Not more than one-fourth of the house members wero in their seats, when tho speaker called Mr.Hemingway of Indiana to the chair to preside over the house In committee of the whale.

"But very little interest was man- ifeBtod during tho explanation of the bill, though some enthusiasm was started by Cougreseroan McRae of ArknnsaB who made an impassioned appeal for the relief of the Indian territory. The debate was opened by Mr. Knox, chairman of the committee on territories. After calling attention to the great wrong which bad been done the terrilorioB through tbo ap pointmenl of outsiders to ofilceB, Mr, Knox said: "I am glad, as a republican, that I am a member of a party which has pledged itself to homo rule for theBO territories and that the republican party has kopt its pledgee." Mr. MoRea of Arkansas, at the conclusion of Knox's speech, offered an amondmentto I In bill which added nil ot the Indian territory to Oklahoma and made the two territories one stale.

Mr. McRea is an impaseloued speaker. He announced that he wanted it understood he did not object to tho admission of Oklahoma. He thought Oklahoma was thoroughly urenarlTfttintatehood. The grand jury re urned their final report to tho court Saturday afternoon and the members were discharged.

Tho eeetion of the jury has been a remarkable ono, and breaks the record in the amount of work accomplished. A total ol one hundred and ten true b'lli wero returned during (he week the jury was in session. After organizing Monday, only three cases were considered, but during Ihe following five days, an average of over 20 cases a day was maintained Assistant DlBtriot Attorney Orrin L. Rider, who was Ibe legal advietrol the jury, has received many flattering commendations, for his success in bringing their labours to euch a speedy conclusion. Truo bills wero returned against the following at the session of court Saturday afternoon.

Addison Stewart, incest. N. J. Paco and John Pace, murder. J.

W. Harrod, int and dis'p llq. Pratt Childers, laro and reo p. J. W.

Harrod, charged. with in-troducing and dispensing liquor entered a plea of guilty, and was released under his present bond until the next term of court. The criminal docket is being rapidly cleared and it is thought that the big civil docket will be reached within a week. Tbero was no ecBsion of court Monday owing to Judge Gill going to South MoAIester to meal the other judges to arrange the docket for the next term of the court of appealB. What be did object to was the willingness ot congress to leave the Indian territory ns a foot ball, to be kicked around by people who knew nothing about tho conditions that prevailed tbero.

McRea contended that the proposed bill was unfair to the Indian territory. He insisted that it was an outrage to penult Oklahoma to organize and have lis affair a adjusted without reference to the Indian territory, and then finally force Indian territory into statehood with tbe organized state, Oklahoma bad only ten population to the square mile, while Indian territory bad twelve Ho regretted to bear his political friends assert that it waB better to have two states, and thereby get four new senators to oflset the senators from some of the Bmbll eastern He thought in Ja meaBuro of this kind congress should arise abovo nartiBon null- tics and attempt to leglBlato for the best Interest of all the people. Representative MoRae, was followed by soveral othor epeakors, who advocated immediate statehood lor the territories. The debate will bo resumed today and a vote Is expected to be reachod Botuo time this aflernoori. Tbe preaonoo of seoral nl the republican leadeis on the floor, leads to In belief (bat the opposition will take on important plaoe In to-days proceedings.

Thursday. The jury in Ibe case uf Wm. Hern, charged with passing a raised 810.00 note on tbe Crntralte Mercantile Co returnzd a verdict of not guilty Thursday morning. Ben Hester waived arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty to a cbargo of assault to kill. The bond of Jesse Burr, charged with larceny and receiving stolen property was ordered forfeited on non-appearance of the defendant.

Geo. 0 Collins withdrew his plea oi not guilty and entered plea of eulltv to introducing liquor and waB released eubjtct to tho order of 1he court on payment 830 00 nnnlR The grand jury roturned twenty, nine true bills and ignored bills ogainBt S. P. Taylor and Blue Smith. W.

II, Doherty was excused from duty on the grand jury and was replaced by Marma Daniels. True bills have been returned by grand the jury against the fol lowing who are in custody; Jim Gage, larceny. Frank Lewis, larceny. Jno. H.

Lowman, lar and embz Ned Island, Henry Island and Joe Island, murder. Boogy Sanders, assault to kill. Ben Hester, assault to kill. Isom Taylor, assault to kill. Jacob Brown aud Forty Fouj, murder, Sanford Perryman, int anddls'p llq.

W. O. Btarkey, int and dis'p llq. JacobPoler, int and dla'p llq. Luclan Int and dlB'pliq.

Willie Lilllehead, int and dis'p liq. W. H. Turner and Georgia Tur- ner. laro and reo a p.

Leonard Oliver and Sam Moore larceny. C. Johnson and Jasper Doolan laro and reoB p. Perry Pemberton, agg asslt. plead guilty to disturbing peace and were each sentenced to five days in Muskogee jail and fined 85 and costs.

E. Tanner, who was short in hla poetoffice accounts, was ro-loosed on paying tho deficit of 822G G8. Joe Nipp, plead guilty to fornication and was sentenced to 89 days at Muskogee. Bob Hendricks was allowed to eland on his plea of guilty to disturbing tho peace. Tho trial of Ned Island, Harry Island and.

Joe Island, charged with murder was transferred to Muskogee. At this morninc's session of court Ed Wofiord paid a balance of $40 80 due on his fine imposed at last term of court for dielurbl ng the peace, and was released. Jop Underwood, plead not guilty to charge of introducing and diBpencing liquor. Tube Smith charged with burglary will have bia hearing May 15th. Wm Lynch was acquitted by a jury on a charge of introducing liquor, Boozier Sanders plead guilty to assault and battery and was fined 825 and coats.

Three 'charges of assault to kill are still standing against Boozier. P. H. Anderson was fined 850 and costs for forcible entrance on real estate. Tbe grand jury returned time bills ogainBt the following this morning: Boyd Stone, earring weapons and aselt to kill.

Will WeBt, murder. John Harris, carrying weapon. Wm. Mayfield, carrying wea pon. Geo Wright, forgery.

Jas Goddafd and Charley Pit houd, burglary. Tom McGee, larceny. A. Ward Murray, larceny. Lacey Raincrow, int and dis'p liq.

Wm. Beaver, int and dis'p liq. Frank Setser, lntnd dis'p liq. Jim Greet), int liq. Will Green, int and dis'p liq.

Spencer Sorrell, murder. STILL TALKING. Vote the Was not Reached on Omnibus Statehood Bill Yesterday. FEATURE OF DEBATE Leonaod Oliver and Sam Mooro plead guilty to larceny charge and wero each sentenced to 15 months in Ft. Leavenworth.

Tbo caso of J. C. Johnson and Jasper Doolan, charged with larceny was tranefessod to Muskogee. Mllo Brady plean guilty to liquor charges and was.released on 8500 bond, until next term of court. Addison adultery, In ceBt, rape, carnal know fem.

entered plea of not guilty. At morning's session of court, Bert Gray was finned 8100 and costs on each of two indict ments for conducting a gembling bouse, Thos. H. Buford charged with fence cutting filed a demurrer to indictment. Demurrer confessed.

A. Reynold entered plea of not guilty to killing a hog. Buford Patrick entered plea of not guilty to cbirgo of larceny and recep. Tho grand jury reported a true bill ogainBt Pratt Childers on charge of larceny and reo p. Court adjourned morning session at 10 a.m.

WaB the Defense of "Political Expediency" by Grosvonor of Ohio, who said Politics was tbo Paramount Issue. THE OIL PIRATES Aro Sustained by tho Supremo Court of the District of Columbia. BILL IS PASSED. The statehood battle wbb continued in the house yesterday, ani a vote will not be roacbed until sometime today, Tho house organization made a determined opposition to the bill and attempted to dofeat tho measure through the insertion of an amendment providing that one state be formed out of Arizona and New Mexico. Mr.

Moon opened tho fight with an eloquent plea for tbo passsgo of tbe bill and was followed by Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, in a speech remarkablo for its honest confession tlint politics alone was tbo queallon which inspired his opposition. Tbe speaker, practically con tended that "political expediency" was more to be considered than the claims of justice. Delegates Smith of Arizona and Flynn of Oklahoma both attacked tbe position of Grosvenor, and carried tbe house with them. They were followed bv Mr.

Parker of New Jer sey in opposition to the bill. Mr. McReo, at the conclusion of Mr. Patker's speech, called for bis The supremo court of the District of Columbia has refused the petition of the Cherokeo nation for an injunction restraining the Secretary of tbo Interior from granting a renewal of the leases on oil lands to tho Cherokee Oil and Gas Company. Tho decision of the court is in line with the recent decision nf tho court of appeals in the Line Wolf caso, that it is competent for congress to provide for tho leasing of Indian.

lands, or other adminis tration of their property interests. Tho decision provides the open ing wedge, for the horde of oil pirates, who havo been awaiting an opportunity to oontrol ono of the most valuable assets of tho nation. The land directly involved approximates 12,000 acres. The oil pirates attempted in the first instance to obtain control of about acres, but later agreed to accept the lesser acreage, which contained their actual discoveries. It was when tho department announced their intention of renew ing tho leases of tbo company to tbe lands that Judge Springer ap plied for the injunction which jbaB been denied.

An appeal will be taken by the nation. TERRITORY CITIZENS i mi mm luwmmwmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Screen Doors! i With Hardware 50c Each House Organization go Down to Defeat on, tho State-. hood Measure. FIGHT IN SENATE Will not be Made Until Short Session, When Strength Suffi-cient to Pass Measure is Expected to be Enlisted. Are, After a Century's Preparation Ready for Statehood, says Durton.

Friday. Rapid disposition was made of a number of criminal cases at tho afternoon session of tbe criminal court yesterday. V. 11. Gourd entered plea ol not guilty to disposing of mortgaged properly and case was continued.

Jim Gage entered plea of not guilty to charge ol larceny and re- Saturday. Tho following cases were disposed of at the session of tbe Federal court yesterday afternoon: CharleB Keys and Bill Blue plead guilty to disturbing tbe peace and were fined 820. Will Weil entered plea of not guilty to charge of murder and.the oase was transferred to Muskogee. The bond of John Harris, under indictment for carrying weapon was ordered forfeited on non-appearance of defendant. Geo.

Wright entered ploa of guilty to charge of forgeqr and will aojourn at Ft, Leavenworth for the next two years, James Goddard plead guilty to charge of burglary and was sen tenced to MuBkogeo jail for 00 days. Tom McGee plead guilty to charge of larceny and was given a year and a dayin Leavenworth, Ward Murray plead guilty to petit larceny and was sentenced to Muskogee jail for 00 days with an accompanying fine of S20. Laoy Raincrow plead guilty to introducing and dionenslng liquor and wbb given sixty daya in Mus kogee jail and fined 825. Wm. Beaver plead guilty to dispensing liquor and will spend tbe next sixty daya in Muskogee jail and part with 825.

Jim Green plead guilty to dispensing Jiquor, sentenced CO days in Muskogee jail and fined 825, Will Green plead qullty to introducing end dispensing liquor and waa sentenced to Ft. Smith jail for four months and fined 8100. W. H. Turner and Georgia Tur ner pload not qullty to ohargo of laro and reo a and case ordered continued.

Isom Taylor entered plea of not guilty to charge of assault to kill Without even bo much as a formal roll call, tho omnibus statehood bill, admitting Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, passed the house yesterday. Not a vote was caat against tho bill, which Speaker Henderson had opposed from the very beginning of the sosBion. The last effort of the re publican house leaders to debate tbe bill waB an Ignominious defeat for the oligarchy. Grosvenor of Ohio made a speech Thursday afternoon in which ho declared that the plank in tho republican national platform favoring the ad mission of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico as states was "Quig-ged" through. Ho had reference to Eli Quigg of New York, and followed with the statement that not one delegate in ten in the Philadelphia convention knew anything about it.

Overstreet of Indiana oflered at tbe cIobo of Thursday's session an amend ment combining New Mexico and Arizona as one state, and about this amendment tho opposition took its stand. An effort to get a republican conference failed and when the vote was finally taken only twenty-eight republicans voted for tbe amendment intended to com plicate tho situation and defeat the omnibus bill. This defeat settled the fato oi the bill and further effort wbb made by the house organization to appose its paeasgo, Tbe bill will go to the Senato and rest peaceably with th Benete committee on territories until the short session of Congtesc, Friends of (ho meas ure will not Beek to havo it reported at tills soeelon, but claim they will havo sufficient strength to force a report and its passage at Its short session. Piles aro not ooly most painful, but also vory dangerous, as tbo Inllumcd nodules are very apt to toko ou ma-llgneut action and cancer ot the rectum Is produced. Thoy should be cured.

Tabler'a lluckoyo PIIq Ointment will euro tho most obstinate cases. Trice, CO cents In bottles. Tubes, 75 cents. For snlo'at Peoples' Drug Store, dw amendment introduced yesterday Tho amendment offered by McRae included tbe Indian territory as part of tun stato of Oklahoma and follows; "That tbe inhabitants of all that part oTlhe'UuUed States constituting the territory of Oklahoma and tbe Indian territory, namely, that eeetion of the country bounded on the north by the Btates of Colorado and Kansas, on the cast br tbe states of Arkansas and Missouri, on tbe south by the stale of Texas, and on the west by tho state of Texas and tbe territory of New Mexico, may become the Btate of Oklahoma aB herein after 'provided. Provided, that nolbingvin this act shall be con strued to impair any right now pertaining to any Indian tribe or tribes in Bald territory under tbe laws, agreements or treaties of the United StateB, or to affect the authority of tbe government ot tbe United States to mako any regulations or to make any law respecting said Indians or their lands which it would have been competent to mako or enact if tblB act bad not been passed." Mr, Lloyd of Missouri raised the point of order that the amendment was not germane, but was overruled.

Tbe Bereeant-al-armB brought into tbe house and placed on an cbbbI a map, showing the boundaries ot Oklahoma and tha Indian territory. Mr. MoRae got in front of tbe big easel and point- od to tbe map after the manner of a school teacher with a chart. The Indian territory was marked in red, and in impassioned language the apeaker wanted to know what excuse tho committee had to offer for admitting all the territory in the United States aB states except this particular territory. Mr.

Lloyd replied to MoRae. He waa aware, ho eaid, that the people of the Indian territory wero sadly in of some form of government. All that any friend of tho Indian territory could rightfully ask, tho speaker was ready to grant. The committee on territories had carefully considered tho situation and had agreed to favorably report the Moon bill, which would give the Indian territory a territorial form of government. Arizona aa a territory had served ite prbbationary period.

New Mexico bad served Its probationary period, and so had Okla homa, but tbe Indian territory never had any government except that of the Indian tribes, and wae not yet ready for statehood, The McRae amendment wbb lost by a vote of 130 to and the discussion cf the bill by sections waa taken up, and waa in progrees when adjournment was taken. During tho course of his epeacb on Pbillipine question, Senator Burton of Kanees, made the following reference to the political prospects of the Indian territory: "I do not know bow long it will take to civilize the Phillipines. It bas taken a cenlury to bring the people of the five civilized tribes of Indian torritory up to tbe standard of citizenship, but tbey are now ready for it. Their territory will soon be admitted as a territory or aa a part of a Btate. Tbe people of tbe Indian territory are a splendid class of Americans and many of them are equipped for eervico in congress or in any other position of responsibility." We want your trade; we're after it.

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CHArit Assistant Cashier First National Bank, VINITA, INDIAN.TERRITORY. 'CAPITAL, $100,000. Oldeitf and Strongest National Sank in the Cherokee Nation, DIRECTORS. OLIVERBAGBY. B.F.

FVR7NER, E.B.FRAYSER, A.L.CJWCJJLL, N. KA TCLIFF. A. GRAHAM, O. HALL, G.

IK CLARK, W. E. HALSELL, Does a Saf QonoraCEianklnff Business. L. K.

McQUPFIN, President. THOS. T. WIMEB, McGEOHQE, Vice-President. Csshil GRAND OFFICERS Elected by the Knights o( Pythias at Cliecotali.

Cherokee National Uinifa, Ind. Ter. OA.iPIT.AJL, 25,000.00. DIREOTOR8, L. V.

Parker. Jr W. Fl Gurrouih. W. ll ifcOlorRe.

Fred Kell.T. E. N. IUtcllff. Thos.

T. Wlmtr. K. licOuffln. Every Courtesy Extended that Is Consistent with Sound Banking Interest Paid on Time Certificates ot Deposit.

Foley' Ilonoy and Tar contains no opiates and can safely bo given to children. dw The following grand officers were elected at tbe Ohecotah meet ing of the grand lodgo of Knights af Pythias yesterday: G. 0. B. Morrow, Ohecotah.

G. 0. W. Malloy, Harts- horn. G.

M. W. Murry, Po-leau. G. K.

of R. 6.W. L. Chap- man, Vinita, G. of E.

Jerry McKenna, Poteau. G. M. of F. W.

W. Robs, Tahiequab. G. I. G.

PeteT. Lone, Dun can. G. 0. G.

D. II. Linebaugb, Atoka. Tbe meeting was one of tbe most successful over held by the order in the tsrrilory. The next meeting will be held at Olaremore.

Tho Younu People's Society of Christian Bndoaver of the Presby terian churou wilt hold a business meeting at the eburali at 730 this evening. To Record Deeds. E. Rowsey received a telegram from Tom Smith who is supposed to be doing a stunt at lobbying in Washington, stating that be haa a promise from Senator Jones and from Congressman Curtis that they will introduce in tbe house and eenato today a bill providing for the recording of all instruments bearing an the transfer of real property in tbe Indian territory. This is a bill that will, fit beoomes a law, be a good thlnsc for the Territory.

For a lone time bankers and buoineBB men have felt tho necessity of some law that will cover tho point and provide for a uniform BVBtem of recording all instruments that havo to do with title to real estate, Muskogee Times. Most women with fonmlo woauoess luffor from Ipllo In addition to their other pains. They way be cured by uslntr Tabler'a llucVeye PlloIOlntinont. Prlco 50o bottles, 75Qln tubes, at People drug store. dw WANTED By The Kansas Mutual Life Insurance Company, Of Topeka, Kansas.

A few Firt-class Insurance men, as District, Local and Special agents, in the Cherokee and Creek nations. Indian Territory. THE KANSAS MUTUAL LIFE is an old line, or level premium company; it has assets of over $617,000, surplus to policy-holders above all liabilities of over and insurance in force of over Si 1,358,000. It sells the most modern contracts of life, term and endowment insurance. First-class terms made to men of ability.

Call on or address JOS. P. SCOTT, Agent, Vinita, T. -v, aaw Watch Repairing Plain and Ornamental Engraving Promptly Executed. Wheu you navcuuy work In the above Hum tl you want done cult and, see me.

Fine aud complicated watch repairing a specialty. Motto Not the cheapest but the BJT work at all fine. 36 S. Wilson St. August Schliecler, jewcter ana upiKwut ill.