The Standard-Sentinel from Stilwell, Oklahoma • Page 7

It ittiiat Leading Indians are urging the adoption of the new supplemental and'it is expected that Oov. Johnston- will issue a proclamation shortly, calling attention to the fact committee to formulate formal and specific charges against Dwight W. Tuttle arid H. C. Linn, the commissioners.

A copy of the resolution was sent by wire to President Rpose- velt aad another copy mailed to the secretary of the interior. Former Judge In Jail. W. S. Pettit has been placid in jail at'Pawnee to answejrfor the murder of George Dickey near Pawnee, Osage nation, July 5.

Dickey was shot four times by Pettit at the latter's house at a dance. At the preliminary hearing Pettit's two sons refused to tes- tify on the 'plea that so doing would incriminate them. Pettit has been supreme judge of the Osage nation. Dickey was a graduate of Carlisle University. Both are Osage Indians.

Tahleqnah Will Celebrate. Tahlequah has decided to have a grand celebration on August 5 on account of the opening of the Cherokee Central railroad -4o that town on that date. The Ozark Cherokee Central company has announced its first train will run into Tahlequah on August 4, 1902. This road is being pushed rapidly toward Muko- gee and a large force of men will be put to work Monday between Melvin and Fort Gibsoja. that the has to be.rati-.-j.be incompetent and providing for a fled by, popular vote.

There are several important changes in the new treaty. Orie striking feature is in reference to appraisement of lands to be allotted. The location of lands is not to be taken into account. In words, nearness to a city will not make the land more valuable. There is a very- stringent rule against excessive folding by citizens or freedmen, the offense being made a misdemeanor, with a minimum fine of $100, each day being considered a separate offense.

One-fourth of the allotment of. a citizen shall remain inalienable or 21 years, or during the the allottee. It cannot be mortgaged or otherwise incumbered in. that The entire allotment of the Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen, 40 acres each, shall be inalienable for 21 years, or during the life of allottee. Of the inalienable land of citizens one-fourth in acreage may be sold within one year from date of patent, one-fourth in acreage in three, years and balance in five" vears.

It is provided that none of this land shall be sold for less than the appraised value during the life of the tribal government. The limit of land which may be held by a citizen after 90 days after ratification of the agreement is 320 acres of average land. Prosecution follows excessive holdings, afe above stated. The rights of the Chickasaw freedmen are to be determined hereafter, but they are to be given final allotment, and if the courts uphold the contention of the nations that the freedmen are not entitled to rights, the United States is to pay the two nations for the allotments. On the subject of townsites the nations agree to the law of May 31, 1900.

There is an agreement for the appointment of more townsite commissions to expedite the settling up of business, if the secretary shall see fit, their jurisdiction being limited to the towns he shall designate. Occupants or purchasers of lots in townsites in the nations upon which no improvements were made prior to the passage of the act of congress will have to pay full value of Baid lots, instead of the percentage named In the Atoka agreement. The agreement provides for the sale of the coal and asphalt lands of the two nations under the direction of the president. This shall happen within two years after the ratification of the and may happen from time to time before that, if the two governors desire and the president agrees. No coal leases shall be made after the ratification of the six months after the ratification of the agreement the secretary of the interior is to segregate all coal and alsphalt lands for allotment.

The agreement provides that if he misses any and it is allotted it shall remain the property of the allottee. The sale of the coal lands shall be by a commission of three, paid $4,000 a year each. A reservation of j3ulphur Springs is made, the government paying the tribes $20 ah acre for it. The Dawes commission is given final jurisdiction in question of all allotments. An allotment cannot be contested after Hine months after its Selection.

Fired at United States Marshal. George Blackburn was arrested at South McAlester charged with robbing Savage's at Harts- norne. Blackburn, who is a white man, was secreted in -a negro cabin. He refused admittance to the officers and finally opened a door a few inches, thrust out a pistol, and took aim at "United States Marshal Bob Fortune. Just as he" fired a negro: jerked the door and the let'missed the officer a few inches.

The, officers prepared to blow up the house and Blackburn came out with "his hands up. A quantity the stolen goods was recovered. Frlsc'o Is Behind It. Arrangements have been completed for the construction of the Oklahoma Eastern from Oklahoma City to Coalgate. Engineers will bei placed in the field next week and the Toad will, be completed early, next year.

The road will $2,000,000, The St. Louis' San Francisco is: back of the enterprise, New Banfc tor BosweM, Articles of incorporation 'were by the Bank of Bosifcell, of BQS well Ciiiy; With a capital'of jJahn Pierce, F. Underwood," CYi L. "By if. Blocker, WtSte.r- Claude B'Wilkihs yj, vD, Charges Atfalnat Commissioners.

At; a mqss meeting of -Okmulgee citizens a resolution was adopted declaring the members of the Creek townsite commission, with the exception of George A. Alexander, to Divorce for Shan-Shap-Bear. Shap-Shap-Bear was granted a divorce from his wife, Mad Bear, in the district court at Pawnee. The complaint alleged infidelity, abandonment and non-support. Mrs.

Bear did not appear to answer to the allegations. Shap-Shap-Bear is old, feeble and blind. wife is much younger. The testimony was in the Pawnee language, of which tribe they are members. Big Payment to Osages.

Private advices received from Washington state that the long-deferred Osage payment will be made at Paw- 1 huska not later than August 15. This payment will be several hundred dollars capita for each of the 1,860 Osages. This money was derived from the sale of-Osage lands in Kan- about 30 years ago and has since been held in trust by the United States. Fnglllve Johnson In Jail. Thomas Johnson, who killed John Ellis, last May and escaped after the preliminary hearing, pletad.

the 1 of the Cherokee nation'' and' issues a schedule Showing the classes of grades, kinds of land anti ttutftber' of aores of land in each grade in the Cherokee nation. The folowing are the classes: Natural open bottom land, 11,640.61 acres. Best.black prairie land, acres. Bottom land covered with timber; and thickets, 743,830.03 acres. Best prairie land, other than black, 281,990.78 acres.

Bottom land subject to overflow, 213,903.87 acres. Prairie land, smooth and tillable, 899,207.05 acres. Bough land, free from rocks, 322,555.78 acres. Rolling'land, free from rocks, acres. ROcky prairie land, 414,899.83 acres.

Sandy prairie land, 5,673.75 Alkali prairie land, 7,700.34 aores. Hilly and rocky land, 614,362.08 Swamp land, 15,450.27 acres. Mountain pasture land, 159,394.27 acres. Mountain land silicious, 41,142.81 acres. Bough and rocky mountain land, 220,341.43 acres.

Flint hills, 469,330.87 acreB. The total number of acr.es of divisible land in the Cherokee nation is 4,420 ,070 .13 acres. 'Details of Awful Trag-edy. At Stringtown- Jack Reeves, a Spanish-American war veteran, shot and killed his wife', his mother-in-i law, Mrs. Daniel Grant, aged 70, and C.

D. Knuckles, a cattleman from Mena, has been boarding at Grant's. Reeves and his wife separated eight months ago. Tuesday Knuckles took Mrs. Reeves to a picnic and Thursday night he escorted her and her mother to church.

Reeves heard of it and waylaid the trio as they returned home. He had forcibly taken a Winchester from the home of Mac Beck. He ordered Knutekles out of the wagon, abusing him for his attentions to Mrs. Reeves, and accused him of having a wife and two children. Knuckles alighted, denying both charges.

Reeves hi Ms: Rome, July pope rerietved Gov, Taft and the party in farewell audience at noon Monday. T-o mark satisfaction at cess of the negotiations, the pope presented eaohimember, of Gov. Taft's party with a personal gift enclosed in- a magnificent -morocco adorned with the papal arms. Gov. Taft got a gold gOoSequill of site workmanship, Mdth' Popov coat of 'arms on the Bishop O'Gormah was presented with a pectoral cross set 'with rubies and amethysts and having a cameo tor bearing the figure of the virgin surrounded with pearls.

Judge Smith and Maj. Porter both received a gold jubilee medal. TlyJ pope gave Mrs. Taft an enamel reproduction of the ancient painting 'of Saint Ursula surrounded by virgins. SWEPT INTO A SEWER, Sooth at Jamestown.

N. Miraculous Escape from Destroyed Property Worth 9300,000. Binghamton, N. July separate cloudbursts have occurred in Broome couKty and the surrounding territory, freaking mill dams, washing out railroads bridges. Four persons were drowned and the property loss will reach $300,000.

A bridge across a culvert in Jamestown broke down while George Singular, a six-year-old boy, was standing on it and he was quickly carried into a sewer through which he was swept at a terrific rate for more than 1,000 feet. He came out at the lower end in less than three minutes in a frightfully cut and bruised condition but alive and able to crawl to a place of safety. CUBA DON'T WANT BRAGG. Man and tOaptared Xnbther, Bottfej Mack Ray 'and his name was VMch todkV place behind the hotel, Mo-A Mahonwas patroling. Thetnen 1 lurking in an alley, supposedly ing a victim.

The' officer at.flr** aftW but bne man and, he sickness." Suddenly a seconds jinifoSU rose in behind a box and trained theli 1 officer, MoMahon drew nia and all three' men fired. Murphy killed instantly. Ray darted downt the alley and front the darknessfLced. repeatedly at the chase. McMahon finally tripped tha fugitive and took him to the police station.

THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. A. Blae of a Foot Carried the Water Over Thonianda.of Acres Previously unlnjored. Keokuk, July 22 1 of the flood in the Mississippi river The Consul Oeneral Has Made Himself Offensive and Be WIU Be Requested to Resign. Washington, July is expected at the' war department that Consul Bragg will resign his position at Havana within the next two weeks, shot' Knuckles The officials all recognize that the Mississippi river was reached yesterday south of here.

The river fell an inch and a half, at Keokuk yesterday: and 'the faU will reach southern, points' by tonlayt the rise of a foot more In the'vicing lty of Canton, Quiney, LaGrange.and Hannibal yesterday carried the ter over thousands of acres uninjured. The highest water Is between LaGrange and The rise yesterday took out some more whent in the shock which previously Btood with butts in water. Estimates of $4,000,000 to 000,000 in damage in Missouri, along the 75 miles of river frontage, are conservative. 1 ANGRY MOB WANTS Bill. Hark Dunn, a Dranken Citizen offiash- vllle, Slew Alfred on Btreets of That Town.

the a Eushville, July general can" no'lJnger be'orservioe Fen a wealthy farmer, through the heart, and with w. Qn atreets of this-clty by Mark same deadly aim instantly killed to the government after Dunn olo(jk Mrs. Grant, his The character.of the Cu- Dun who it 8 team became unmanageable and the bans, and it is beUeved he will was arrested, but third shot took effect in the back of show appreciation of the situation from officer he Beoured a Ji Mrs. Reeves. A man named Barker by presenting his Te 9 n.

This witnessed the shooting and heard, will be the least difficult manner of fe Fenton died the quarrel. He followed the run- closing the incident. Should the gen- tllll Jat 1A eralpfail to the Cuban dismiss or request his recall by this government. away team and found Mrs. Reeves in the wagon.

She lived 15 minutes. Made a Father's Word Good. After scouting for two days, pursued by a posse, "Jim" Shelton, a full-blooded Cherokee, went to No- was captured near Okmulgee and wata and ave MniWf up to make conveyed to the Muskogee federal ood the word of his father, who jail. Cantaloupe Failure at Catoosa. The cantaloupe crop in the vicinity of Catoosa is almost destroyed by the green lice.

Territory Notes. Rev. F. M. Colville, the Methodist preacher at Claremore, will be office deputy marshal at that place.

Arthur Briscoe, who was shot through the head by a man named Wyatt at a meeting near Marlow about one week ago, is said to be recovering. His case is pronounced J' by physicians as being anf exceptional one. Although the bullet entered just above his left 'eye and passed through his head, and some of hia brain protruded' the bullet hole, the young man is inhis right senses. One of the most stubborn of the Creek freedmen to attach his name to the allotting records was Wiley White, as black as the ace of and the reason he gave for his stubbornness was: "De white folks to 'mak me tak- 160 acahs p' lan', and mak me work it. dat is too much lan' for one nigger to handle, an' I guess I doan want hit." For the past year the merchants of Ravia, OJdand and surrounding towns have, been troubled by thieves breaking into their stores and carrying off goods.

Deputy Marshals have arrested six men at Randolph, three of whom are in business, for receiving the stolen goods. About! $1,000 worth of goods have been, identified. The United States jailer 'at Vinita is reading up on what the gists have ori "the diet of priS' oners, and the effects of certain foods on the moral nature. He hopes to' devise a way to make the crinv inals in sov ciety through the" "agency of theix stomachs. 1 The.

Indian appropriation bill pso vides that person 1 shall be re moved from the Indian territory 7 poss6ssion jof any' lot parcel of in. any town in by tb govern; mentifs a claimed: had promised to deliver the son to justice. Shelton and "Charley" Jackson, it was charged, attempted to ditch a heavily-loaded Iron Mountain passenger train near Watova, in a spirit of revenge for having been ejected from another train while drunk. They selected a long down grade on a- ten-foot embankment and, carrying crossties about 200 yards, placed them on the track. Fortunately the engineer discovered the obstruction in time and the train was not ditched.

A United States deputy marshal located the men at a hay camp about nine miles west of Nowata. Jackson was captured and made a full confession. Shelton made hiB escape and scouted the hills untiFTiis father went after him, con- vincirig'him that to hide meant death at the hands of the marslials. The Bense of honor among full bloods ia proverbial and when the old was informed of the son's act he promised to deliver iim to the officers. These Two Must Hang.

A dispatch from said: The fight of George-irBarclay and James Brummet to'escape the sentence of death-passed upon them by Judge Bayard T. Hairier, in Pawnee county, for the" murder of-J. I. Poole, a citizen of the Cherokee nation, in July, 1900, went against them when the supreme court affirmed the cle- of the lower, court and directed Judge Hainer to arraign the ers and fix the date for the execution of the Barclay met were horse thieves and fleeing with stolen'property from the Cherokee nation when "they were overtaken, in the Osage nation posse Poole. In the, fight ttiat followed Poole was'shot, arid killed' Barclay and Brummet tried and sentenced to be.

hanged; They appealed: to supre'me courts whichfstayed their execution, Dispnje.Delays on tfte Missouri, BUisptoded Valley ai Both coinpunies.ola}m| it Is expected that a :1 eloo government TbC out provocation and inidanv ger 6t is 'in nty who is best he can to.protect TO BUILD BIG RAILROAD. Charter Granted to the Cherry vale, Okla-" homa Texas, Capitalized at Eighteen Million Dollars. Guthrie, July charter granted Monday to the Cherry- iAndlordr ShamoMn, Jnly call issued- yesterday by landlords of enient houses to meet next to take on the. vale, Oklahoma Texas Railway large number of tenants to rent company to build 900 miles of road since the miners' strike from Cherryvale, through In- 1 The landlords say their lossfiB Binco dependence and Caney, the the tie-up run into thousands, of Cherokee Osage nation, Ponca and lars. Two-thirds, of storekeep-.

Missouri Indian reservations to Perry, where one line will be constructed to El Paso, and another via Pawhuska, to Paris, Tex. The capital stock is $18,000,000 and Independence and Perry are the principal places of business. The incorporators are capitalists of Independence, Cane, and Perry. HER GRIEVANCE IN COURT. Bliss Dismissed by Secretary: Boot; for Criticising President Boosevelt, Wonld Force Beinstatement.

Washington, July Hagner has issued a rule ordering Secretary of War Root to show cause by July 28 why a peremptory mandamus" should not issue requiring- him to restore Miss Rebecca J. Taylor a clerkship in the war department. Miss Taylor Was last June and she alleges the action was un- treatment. The trouble grew out of published statements of Misa Taylor criticising the Philippine policy of the "administration; Capt etrons; Cbaiged wlih Grand Xdiroeny, New York, July formal complaint of grand larceny was against fornjeT' 9 lea Strong' evening by ers. and saloonkeepers' have asked for a reduction in rent during the continuance of the strike; theft Terrific Hailstorm Around Hastings, July hailstorm prevailed over a able the farming country in thiB county yesterday afternoon.

Chunks of ice weighing nearly quarter of a pound fell -i-'rvM utes. Chickens killed' 'Vand young stock "injured; were driven into the ground and beyond redemption, A Newspaper to Pnbllsb the Bible," July tion Indejpendent, weekly continuing until the whpieVlp Jpnb-'W- lished. It will" require, 6jQi years vW.T?' 1 1 complete the publication, Most 1 of the been pres shows.