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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
2
The Ada Democrat reports plans to dig out Herculaneum with Italian control and limited foreign participation. If successful, researchers expect to uncover bronze and marble statues, grand houses, and libraries, shedding light on Roman life in the first century.
China imposes strict opium curbs including phasing out cultivation within ten years and banning new use. Ground under opium cultivation must shrink by ten percent annually. existing users must reduce intake while new users are forbidden. Morphine imports are banned as officials push abstinence amid rising anti opium sentiment.
A suit in Leavenworth, Kansas, targets dealers who buy uniforms and equipment from soldiers. Authorities note officers contend unprincipled dealers incite soldiers to loot government property. Fines of 1000 dollars were imposed in Leavenworth, and implicated soldiers may face punishment. The New York Post urges respect for the uniform and warns against theft from the government.
Franz Josef of Austria pursues a famed collection of menu cards with royal peers contributing. His prized piece is a black marble card from a czar dinner for President Faure, painted by a French artist and inscribed with dish names in white ivory.
Take one half pound rice and half pound currants. Wash rice and tie in cloth with room to swell. Boil in cold water an hour, remove cloth, stir in currants, retie and boil another hour or longer. Serve with sweet sauce. For custards add currants.
At Terra Cotta station on the Metropolitan branch two trains collided when an empty coach train struck No. 66 from Frederick, killing about forty passengers and wounding nearly a hundred. The crowded cars, many standing in aisles, tore apart in the crash and mangled victims were scattered along the track for roughly a quarter mile.
In McAlester on Saturday a joint executive committee of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Republicans formed a single organization to direct party affairs until the state convention. Jake L. Hannon of Lawton was elected chairman with Grant Victor as vice chairman and O. A. Wells as secretary. Leading Republicans attended and pledged vigorous campaign planning.
Congress will take up the Brownsville trouble again to consider a proposal to discharge all negro troops from the army. Outbreaks at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sheridan, and Fort Reno following the Reno discharge have persuaded the War Department that drastic action is necessary. Four regiments would be affected: the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry. Representative Slayden of Texas will introduce the discharge resolution.
Deputy United States Marshal Strickland was shot in the neck during an attempt to arrest Andy Harland and Clyde Gilbert for selling whisky at a Dawson area dance on Wednesday morning. The officer is probably fatally wounded.
W J Black of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe says the rail car shortage is a result of terminal conditions in Galveston and San Francisco. In Galveston 4500 freight cars hold wheat as elevators fill and ships are scarce to move it. In San Francisco rebuilding proceeds and cars haul stock to new buildings, keeping them full.
Delegate Henry S. Johnston of Perry explains that county seats will be located temporarily after Oklahoma becomes a state. The ordinance will set how and when voters decide permanent seats and other key issues. A 60 day window after the president proclaims statehood is noted for the county seat vote.
In Washington the Interior Department will decide within days whether to renew leases on the Osage and Otoe reservations big pastures. Indian bureau Commissioner McGuire faces protests from small farmers merchants and progressive Indians who oppose further leasing citing Texas cattle and ticks. Full blood Indians favor renewal for gross revenue.
A legislative committee of the Territorial and Interstate Road association was formed to secure a constitutional provision for good roads in the new state. The group met in Oklahoma City and then moved to Guthrie to press the plan before delegates.
The Dallas and Beaumont divisions of the Southern Pacific railroad were halted Wednesday night as switchmen firemen and brakemen walked out in a sudden strike.
Ex Governor Seay donates five thousand dollars to the local college for a new home to support the industrial department. He has long aided the poor and worthy to help their self development.
Washington reports Gifford Pinchot approved a draft report defending the 4,000,000 acres in Indian Territory set aside as forest reserve. The plan argues Indians requested the reserve, promises local timber supply, flood control along 1000 miles of the Red River, and that not all lands are taken. It suggests trimming the area by half by excluding Cherokee lands and lands near the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway, with potential for future allotment. The Interior's action to suspend allotments is defended, and Indians may challenge in court.
Lawton reports Interior Department officials have moved to stop cutting and removal of timber from a military wood reserve in eastern Comanche County. Notices warn violators of criminal and civil penalties under federal law. Judge Wittene notes the activity violates federal protections and may place the tract under government forest reserve rules.
Former Missouri outlaw Frank James bid on Lawton district Indian pasture lands. His bid likely rejected due to a technical error on the bid form. He listed Cement Oklahoma as his post office address after living near Lawton with his son, seeking a farm to raise horses hogs and trial new cereals.
Walnut Groves Kansas reports Captain Macklin's alleged attacker in custody. Alfred Livingston, a white man described as resembling the Fort Reno shooter, was arrested for breaking into a nearby post office and held for Oklahoma authorities. He wore an army uniform sans hat and is described as a noted hold up artist.
United States Attorney John Embry and other prominent lawyers say congressional lines will stay as drawn by Congress despite county boundary changes from the constitutional convention. They expect any future changes to come only if the state legislature acts.
A federal official says actions will return town lots in Indian Territory valued around 6 million dollars to the Creek Nation. Secretary Hitchcock’s department orders legal proceedings and possible prosecutions of those who schemed to seize the lands. William Dudley Foulke’s report labels grafting Indians titles as grafting.
Oklahoma City invites leaders of the two territories to a January 3 meeting to plan a statewide display for the Jamestown Exposition. A bill seeks $50,000 from the first legislature, but funds may be raised by subscription if lawmakers are not in session. The aim is a comprehensive Oklahoma exhibit to showcase development to eastern audiences.
Charles Carter, secretary of the state Democratic Committee, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to Congress in the Fourth district. He enters a crowded field amid party debates and local political support.
Muskogee Oklahoma O H Brewer chairman of the educational committee says no doubt the convention will insert a separate school clause in the constitution. He notes existing Oklahoma laws support it and that the committee will report in four or five days after reconvening. Brewer invited educators from both territories to offer views including President David R Boyd of the University of Oklahoma and Rev A Grant Evans of Muskogee.
The Arkansas River and Improvement Association has been organized at Fort Smith to fix the river channel for navigation to Muskogee. It aims to provide regular transportation facilities and relieve commerce movement from the territory, noting prior car shortages and distress similar to western Oklahoma.
Governor Frantz announces a federal decision granting about 30 000 acres to the state under section 6 and 8 of the Statehood act. Not all sections 13 were previously filed or disposed of before June 16 1906, and grants extend to Cherokee strip and various reservations. The land adds to the 10 000 acres already set aside for colleges, enriching the state college fund without affecting prior allocations.
Missouri Congressman Frank M. Klepper says a senate committee report will prompt beneficial legislation for Indian Territory after year’s start. He advocates removing most restrictions on Indian lands to attract settlers while preserving homestead rights for full bloods.
Lawton permits grazing for 3500 head of cattle and horses on the Wichita Forest Reserve in 1907 with weekly and yearly rates. No more than 300 head per owner. summer season May to November 15 at 25 cents per cattle head and 50 cents per horse. year long January 1 to December 21 at 50 cents per cattle and 70 cents per horse. Buffalo and ranger pastures excluded. E F Morrisey oversees regulations.
A fire at a Cache cotton gin last week caused total property damage estimated at 1500 dollars. No injuries reported. Fire department investigated the blaze and contained the flames quickly. The loss includes machinery and stored cotton but no other structures were harmed.
Commissioner Garfield has finished a supplemental probe of Standard Oil in Kansas and Indian Territory and sent the findings to the President. The President referred the report to the Department of Justice for use in the St Louis trust case. Garfield withheld specifics but hinted at significant midcontinent operations.
Acting on directives from the U S attorney general John Embry the district attorney for Oklahoma will cooperate with civil and military authorities to apprehend the assailant who attacked Captain Macklin at Fort Reno recently.
Lee Sung a Chinese laundryman in El Reno was shot and dangerously wounded Friday night during an alleged hold up. The attacker, described as a colored soldier, fled the scene as local residents express alarm over the string of recent tragedies in Ki Reng.
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