Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1901 — LOSE TRIBAL RIGHTS. [ARTICLE]

LOSE TRIBAL RIGHTS.

DECISION IS AVERSE TO MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS. Claim* of Those Who Cannot Prove Bight to Choctaw Citizenship Are Denied Messenger Leaves Mobile with $6,000 of Bank’s Money. By the decision of Assistant Attorney General Vandeventer 20,000 claims of what are known as Mississippi Choctaws are annulled and the claimants lose tribal property rights in the Choctaw Nation estimated in value to approximate $3,000,000. It is the most important citizenship decision ever made in connection with the affairs of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. The decision is to the effect that the law passed May 31, 1900, does not repeal the provisions of section 21 of the Curtis act of June, 1898, limiting the claims of Mississippi Choctaws to those who could prove a right to Choctaw citizenship under the fourteenth article of the Choctaw treaty of 1830. ABSCONDS WITH BANK’S CASH. Young Messenger Robs Bank of $6,000, but Is Recaptured. Robert Shamblin, a runner employed by the People’s Bank of Mobile, Ala., left the bank to take a package containing $6,000 to the local express office to be shipped to a Mississippi bank. He has since been missing. It has been discovered that he left town on a train for New Orleans. The police have been notified. Shamblin is 22 years of age and had been in the bank’s employ several years. Later information is that Shamblin has been captured at Cairo, 111., and all of the money but SIOO recovered. City Hall la Burned. The City Hall was destroyed by fire at Nebraska City, Neb. The fire department headquarters were located in the ruined building. One steam fire engine and some other apparatus was burned, but the greater part was saved. A hose cart driver asleep in the headquarters was injured by flame and smoke. The City Hall records were saved. Loss $15,000, insurance $2,500. The origin of the fire is unknown. Shoots Friend for Robber. Night Operator Greer of the Lake Erie and Western office at Bluffton, Ohio, shot and probably fatally wounded Stephen Miller, his friend, believing him to be a safe robber. Greer, hearing a noise outaide, shot through the window with a revolver and the bullet lodged in Miller's chest. The Bluffton office was attacked by robbers several weeks ago and Greer was shot. Form New Copper Concern. A charter has been granted by the State of New York to a corporation which is looked upon in some quarters as a rival to the big copper syndicate. It is styled the Nipper Consolidated Copper Company and its headquarters are to be in New York City. The capital stock is $3,750,000, divided into 150,000 shares of $25 each.

Sues for Eye Lost in Fight. George B. Foreman, a prominent business man of Niobrara, Neb., wants $2,000 for an eye he lost in a fight. Joseph N. Marsh, equally prominent in local business circles, and Foreman fought. During the engagement Marsh gouged out Foreman’s right eye. Foreman has filed suit for $2,000 damages. 9 Doctors Ejected from Indian Territory Dr. E. A. Abbott, Mayor of McAlester, and Dr. Earl of Eufaula, have been ejected from Indian territory because they persistently refused to comply with the law by appearing before the Choctaw Nation medical board for examination to determine their fitness to practice. Chinese Bnrn 7wo Palaces. On the occasion of the birthday of the Dowager Empress of China some members of a secret society fired the imperial palaces at Kai Feng Fu. Two buildings •were practically destroyed before the fire was extinguished. Dies Suddenly on a Train. George Sealy, president of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad and a millionaire banker of Galveston, Texas, died suddenly of heart disease in his berth on a ’Frisco train from Texas, soon after the train passed Rolla, Mo. Cross Atlantic Without Wires. Signor Marconi has accomplished the feat of wireless electrical communication across the Atlantic, signals transmitted from Poldhu, England, being received at St. Johns, N. F., a distance of 1,700 miles. Killed in a Railwav Accident. Eight persons were killed and several others missing and possibly incinerated in an Illinois Central wreck near Rockford, 111. Over a score are injured, some of them probably fatally. Y'anila la Badly Shaken. The worst earthquake shock since 1868 was felt in Manila recently. One house was wrecked and many houses were damaged. John Fwlnton Passes Away. John Swinton, a well-known labor leader and writer on political economy, is dead in New York. Great Doss by Floods. Fifteen lives are reported to have been lost in floods in Pennsylvania and New York. Property loss will reach millions. Train Hits Crowded Wagon. In the Pan Handle yards at Kokomo, Ind., a freight train ran down a hay wagon party oP’eighteen young persons on their way to the country, killing Frank Keifer and injuring Nora Wefshaar, Laura McFittle and Lizzie Barnhart. It is thought the girls will recover. Seismic bhock in Oregon. A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Salem, Ore. The shock lasted three sec ends and the. vibrations were from north to south. Windows and dishes rattled, hut no damage is reported.