Oklahoma Territory News In Brief From Across the Territory
Items report Okmulgee seeks road access improvements via section lines. Duncan fire loss pinned on Dr. John W. Rollins of S T with $965000 damage. Cumberland I O O F Lodge 128 formed. Pawnee and Canadian counties plan jail and bridge projects. County drafts totaling $5900 found on Santa Fe near Oklahoma City from Rossville Kansas.
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John W. Rollins
Duncan, S. T
Duncan
Santa Fe
Oklahoma City
Rossville
Kansas
Post Office Investigation To Continue And Sanctions Likely
Payne released a cate statement saying the investigation into post office affairs will go on and any guilty parties will be dealt with summarily. He notes January and February reports raise questions about truth and falsity of charges and that Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow will draft a comprehensive report with parts likely to be withheld.
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Payne
Cate
Post Office
Tyner
Bristow
Post Office Department
Frisco Negotiations Abandoned Over Price Dispute
Officials cite price as the reason for abandoning plans on the Louis and San Francisco road. The postmaster general orders a thorough, unbiased investigation into the department's practices, with no fear or favor, and continued probe unless wrongdoing is found. Oklahoma City real estate transfers for the week end April 4 totalled 101432 dollars.
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Petra
Louis & San Francisco
Northern Securities
Wall Street
Frisco
Oklahoma City
Cherokee man released on bail after jail for allotment refusal
Goback Christi a full blood Cherokee released on bail from Muskogee jail where he had been three months for refusing to enroll and take his allotment. Bond signed by Pleasant Porter Creek nation chief and Coming Deer a full blood Cherokee. L. H. Holland was stabbed and
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Goback Christi
Muskogee
Pleasant Porter
Coming Deer
Discontent Over Dawes Land Valuation In Oklahoma
Auditor Richard McLish of the Chickasaw nation cites dissatisfaction among full-bloods with the Dawes commission ratio. He points out stark price gaps in land allotments, noting Washita valley lands valued at 6.50 per acre versus average prairie lands at 5.00, while real value vastly exceeds the official assessment.
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Richard McLish
Dawes Commission
Washita Valley
Ardmore
Washita
Premiums for Indian Products Gourau
Indian agriculture program offers premiums to foster farming. Arapahoe Cheyenne agent John Seger at Colony announces awards at an old-time county fair this fall to encourage Indians to learn proper farming methods.
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Colony
John Seger
Odd Fellows Dedicate Widows and Orphans’ Home in Checotah
About 150 representatives and 20 past grands attended Indian Territory IOOF and Rebekah events along with visitors. Mayor W. R. Allen gave a welcome, followed by remarks from grand lodge officers and Grand Sir J. B. Goodwin of Atlanta. The home, built by a $15,000 subscription, was dedicated debt free after appeals to liquidate $184 in indebtedness.
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Odd Fellows’ Widows and Orphans
Checotah Checotah
Indian Territory
F. Grand Lodge
Rebekah
W. R. Allen
Grand Lodge
Rebekahs
J. B. Goodwin
Atlanta
Sir Goodwin
Geo. W. Mabray
Tulea
Change of Name Boudinot Sought for Cherokee Town Vinita
Bartlesville residents push to rename the town Boudinot in honor of Elias C. Boudinot senior the Cherokee statesman once exiled from the nation. Supporters view him as a prophetic figure who foresaw tribal disruption and allotment and seek a monument to his memory. He named Vinita after Vinnie Ream.
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Boudinot
Holdenville
Vinita
Bartlesville
Elias C. Boudinot Sr
Vinnie Ream
El Reno Gan Club Offers Trophy Caps for Shoots
The El Reno Gan club offers two gold lined trophy caps for the live bird and clay bird events in the fourth annual Oklahoma sportsmen's association tournament set for May 7 8 and 9.
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el Reno Gan Club
Oklahoma Sportsmen’s Association
Confederate Reunion Dates Claimed for July 2 3 and 6
At a Durant meeting of ex Confederate federates and descendants it was decided to fix July 2 3 and 4 as the reunion dates. The gathering included citizens and local leaders to plan events and activities for the observance.
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Durant
Cit
Citizenship Suit Meeting Called for Pending Ardmore Cases
Prominent Ardmore residents with citizenship decrees pending before the U S Supreme Court call a meeting in Ardmore on April 23 to raise funds to compensate counsel in the ongoing Chickasaw and Choctaw citizenship case. The action aims to set aside the citizenship court decision of December 17, 1902. At the same time Watonga plans a vote on a waterworks proposition.
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Ardmore
Supreme Court of the United States
U. S
Chickasaw and Choctaw Citizenship Court
Citizenship Court
Cherokee Summer Normal Opens In Tahlequah
Cherokee Nation education secretary Wyly predicts unusually large turnout for the summer normal in Tahlequah starting June 15 for four weeks. He notes growing interest in education and reports 150 public school teachers earning 35 to 45 dollars monthly and 19 in the digas schools earning 45 to 100 dollars. appointments require normal certificates and exam success. The colored teachers' normal will run simultaneously under the same rules.
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Vinita
Wyly
Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah
I. T
Diga
New Trial Denied in Grain Broker Murder Case
Mrs Lens Little, convicted of murdering her husband a grain broker, has been denied a new trial. Defense argued juror perjury evidence but Judge Gooi ruled against granting another trial.
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Musbard
Davin Orry
New
Lens Little
Gooi
Thornton townsite laid out after proving land
The article notes io ne Archelion L. Thorn connected to a Lond on townsite Thornton proved up months earlier. He began laying out lots and a town with the farm valued around $2000 and the town about $16000.
Debates on Territory Statehood Reach Cornell Turitz Event
The MITA Cornell University Debate Club mails letters to prominent Oklahoma and territorial figures asking for statements on statehood for New Mexico Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Debates will involve Jamestown New York and Cornell teams as they seek public opinion and issue questions with prompt replies.
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Cornell GuTuriz
Oklahoma
H. Morse Stevens
Cornell University
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Senate
Eams
Jamestown
N. Y
Cornell
Territores
No Application Yet for Convicts to Work Highways
Gov Ferguson states a month after adjournment no county commissioners have applied for convict labor on roads. Law allows prisoners serving five years or less to work under contract between governor and counties with preference to local selection. Governor supports the measure as a solution to the good roads problem.
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Guthrie
Ferguson
Modest Clelland Pinned Union Flag at Vicksburg Hero
Charles Clelland a Missouri Kansas & Texas extension stone contractor is hailed as the Vicksburg hero after planting the union flag on breastworks following four deaths. Influenced by John A. Logan he received a $20,000 pension from Congress, paid semi annually for life. He calls his act the wild impulse of a reckless boy.
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Thatiles Clelland
Vicksburg
Oklahoma
Charles Clelland
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
John A. Logan
Congress
Freight train wreck near Chickasha injures brakeman
A freight train on the St. Louis and San Francisco line west of Chickasha split on a steep grade. The rear collided with the front, cars telescoped, and a brakeman was hurled into the air and dangled on telegraph wires for two hours before being rescued. he is seriously injured.
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Chickasha
St. Louis
San Francisco
Holdenville Fire Ravages Opera House Block
A disastrous Holdenville blaze destroyed the opera house block, a two story brick and stone building valued over 10000 dollars. Incendiary origin. wind would have worsened damage to the business district. Three stores moved to the street, second floor contents burned. row of nearby frame buildings saved. Stock company owner R M McFarlin. insurance 7500 dollars.
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Holdenville
J. A
Orient Railroad accepts bonus and plans town edge stop
The Orient Railroad company telegrams Thomas commercial club that the bonus is accepted and the road will touch the town's western edge. In exchange Orient takes 360 lots in Thomas, boosting local sentiment as others push cash-only demands elsewhere.
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Thomas
Orient Railroad Company
Thomas Commercial Club
Orient
Murder verdict in Tecumseh case shocks Oklahoma county
King Davis, a Negro, is found guilty of the June 25 1901 murder of Joe Smith on the Tecumseh public road. The trial moved from Pottawatomie to Oklahoma county amid claims of local prejudice. Davis faces life in the penitentiary after a closely contested, circumstantial case.
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King Davis
Smith
Joe Smith
Davis
Tecumseh
Oklahoma County
Pottawatomie
Convicted of Rape in Oklahoma City
George Garrison a Gambler and fare dealer in Crescent Club was found guilty of rape in the first degree by an Oklahoma City jury for assaulting John Patt at the Big Ann bawdy house on January 25. The verdict carries ten years at hard labor. Julius Brauner received one year and a day. Big Ann faces an accessory indictment.
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George Garrison
Oklahoma City
Crescent Club
John Patt
Big Ann
Julia
Lucy Patt
Julius Brauner
Julia Patt
Bruner
George
New Normal Building Plans Approved in Edmond
The board of regents of normal schools approved plans for a new Edmond building costing up to 35000 dollars. It will be classical in style with an 800-seat two story assembly room, president offices, a library, multiple classrooms, cloak rooms and storage. Construction uses Oklahoma City or Coffeyville pressed brick and Ponca City or Newkirk white stone.
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Edmond
GutTube
Board of Regents of Normal Schools
Oklahoma City
Coffeyville
Ponca City
Newkirk
Cherokee Town Lots in Vinita Move Forward at Cherokee Nation
T M Buffington, principal chief, has begun signing 175 deeds for Vinita town lots. Deeds issued to buyers paying in full or on installment plans. many deeds will wait up to three years due to installment options. Activity rises as buyers can purchase with flexible payment terms.
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Vinita
T. M. Buffington
Cherokee Nation
Cain
Carmen Editor Sues U Osages Guthrm
Carmen Headlight editor L A Salter filed suit in Wichita Kansas against the United States and the Osage tribe to recover 96000 allegedly due his deceased father as receiver of the government land office license. The claim centers on a land sale and related government dealings.
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Carmen
Osages
L.A. Salter
Carmen Headlight
Wichita
Kans
United States
Osage Tribe of Indians
Kansas
Tun the Gover
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Patton
Okmulgee
Blackburn
Territory Press Association
South McAlceter
Cumberland, I. T
Cumberland Lodge No
Pawnee County
Black Bear River
Skedee
R. E. Murray
Lather
Canadian County
Canadian River
E Reno
Durepread
the Territory
William Smiley
E. M. Dixon
Ed Winn
Lawton
W. H. Tidball
Cooter & Tidball
Board of Education of the
Thomas Carlisle
Cherokee National Female Seminary
E. W. Buffington
Carlisle
South McAlester
J. T
Bismark, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company
Bismark
N. D
Gulf of Mexico
L. H. Holland
Watonga
Third’ Cavalry
Woodson
Fifth Cavalry
Cheyenne and Arapaly
Darlington
el Reno
Buffington
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