Patton and Weaver 7 5 in Indian Territory contest
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
2
Oklahoma items from Shawnee court to oil car shipments
The Shawnee police court reports average daily drunks. Eagle City will open Dec 3 in Graine county. Yale Lance seeks a printer paid with whiskey. Eight tank cars of crude oil were shipped from Bartlesville in a week. The Firt State Hank of Okemah reorganized as Fire. Henry Overholeer named next Oklahoma City postmaster. Gov. Green McCurtain calls Choctaw council extraordinary on Dec 8. Wylie townsite to be surveyed and platted. A gray eagle, seven feet six inches, killed near Marietta. South McAlester imposes two mills for waterworks bond fund. Beaver county cattlemen remove fences from government land. O Brien Byrd cotton gin at Bone Grove burned, loss near 510,000. origin unknown. Hennessey to vote on 10000 bond for quaterworks. Rev. Fish leaves Oklahoma City church for Booneville MO. Indian Territory anti horse thief group to meet at Pryor Creek in January. Tahlequah hardware store building torn down for Masonic temple. Albert Smith, 15, killed near Sennett by a falling ore. Game Warden Goul d confiscates two barrels of Thanksgiving quails at El Reno depot.
Oklahoma cattlemen's convention prep and local developments
Preparations advance for the cattlemen's convention in Oklahoma City in February with expected attendance over 15,000. Muskogee club signs for a $20,000 opera house, 1,200 seats, due for completion by April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee Commercial Club
Reubin Evans
Man secures divorce and marriage license in minutes
At Bartlesville last week a man obtained a divorce, a marriage license and a new wife within fifteen minutes amid a shooting outside the courthouse. The Ivy steam laundry building was burned, with losses estimated at 4,000 dollars, partly covered by Emma Tal s leeene mee Saeed Mes. Ivy of Oklahoma Giew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Byemma Tals Leeene
Saeed
Ivy
Oklahome
Giew
Body of a Man Found Three Miles From Davis Oklahoma
The body of Mr. Ferguson was found in a corn crib at the Ferguson farm near Davis. A pistol lay in his right hand and his head showed a crushing wound. Authorities suspect foul play and are investigating, with the dead man last seen in Wynnewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Davis
J. L. Ferguson
Nick Batterly
Davis
Ward
Norman
Oklahoma City
Wynpewood
Mr. Ferguson
Waddle
Wynnewood
Territory Coal Lands Segregated From Indian Allotment
A treaty agreement between the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and the United States directs the segregation of coal and asphalt lands in Indian Territory not exceeding 500 000 acres. The lands will be set apart by the secretary of the interior and offered at public sale after two years. Geologist Joseph A. Taff will advise the Dawes Commission on locating the deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indian Territory
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Joseph A. Taff
United States Geological Survey
Dawes
Taff
S. Indian Territory
One Wife Learns She Was Second Choice and Has Husband Arrested
J. O. Kimball, a Chickasha resident, was arrested by Hartman and Shrivers at the Kiowa Lodging House. The Evening Telegram reports he married in 1901 in Texas, later wed a local girl, and kept both wives. He admitted the facts but claimed he did not know it was a crime to have two wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Kimball
Hartman and Shrivers
Kiowa
Evening Telegram
Texas
Fort Worth
Kimball No. 1
Samuel
Indian Territory
Telephone lines in Indian Territory face new licensing rules
Acting Indian inspector J. W. Beverly issues a notice requiring all phone operators in the Indian Territory to obtain proper authority and file applications under the March 3 1901 act provisions. About thirty lines are said to be operating without authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Beverly
Indian Territory
Act of Congress
Department
Missing Miner Found Near Milansi Trestle
Patrick Lyburger of Joplin, a miner who disappeared days earlier, was found near a railroad trestle at Miami, Missouri. Relatives feared foul play as Lyburger lay injured and unable to explain what happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Lyburger
Joplin
Milansi
Indian Territory Murder Mystery in Ardmore Farm Find
Federal officers investigate the murder of J. L. Ferguson found on his farm near Davis with a crushed head. The case remains under inquiry as authorities pursue leads and possible suspects in the rural area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Ardmore
J. L. Ferguson
Davis
Rock Island survey advances through Indian Territory toward Pryor Creek
Rock Island surveyors near Pryor Creek outline a direct Joplin to Fairland route crossing Frisco and Katy lines. The project threads Echo and Needmore toward Pryor Creek and Haileyville, with ballast rock from Wapnucka quarries for Baileyville Ardmore track. Ozark and Cherokee Central bridge at Fort Gibson nears completion and track-laying progress stalls near Melvin depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Rock Island
Pryor Creek
Rock Island Railroad
Joplin
Fairland
Frisco
Grand River
Echo
Needmore
Olive
Katy
Muskogee
Wapnucka
Baileyville
Ardmore
Ozark’s
Ozark and Cherokee Central Railroad
Oskogee
Fort Gibson
Melvin
Moon bill gains backing from Indian territory committees
A Holdenville meeting of executive committees from the Chickasaw Choctaw and Creek nations rejected the omnibus bill pending in the U S Senate. They urged immediate enactment of self government for Indian Territory and endorsed the Moon bill as meeting current needs for both non citizens and treaty protected Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holpenville
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Senate of the
United States
Five Civilized Tribes
Congress
New Proposition for Statehood Unites Indian Territory with Oklahoma
Judge Robnett submits plan to adjoin Chickasaw and Choctaw nations to Oklahoma as a single state. Congress would purchase half a million acres of mineral lands to compensate schools, funded by coal and mineral sale revenue. Estimated government cost ranges from 3 to 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robnett
Oklahoma City
Senate Committee On Territories
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Congress
Townsend Sees Feasible Statehood for Indian Territory
Rays Single Statehood is feasible says United States Judge Townsend in Ardmore remarks. He argues Indian agreements won’t block statehood and interior department can carry out policies without affecting residents. He cites New York and Nebraska reservations showing no conflict with state status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nebraska
Young riders Near Butte. revolver incident shocks youths
A group of young men led by Warren McMurray and Fred Porter rode horseback near Butte when Fred revealed a revolver. A boy seized it and spun the chambers until empty, then handed it to another boy who feared it was loaded. The sequence prompted concern among the riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren McMurray
Fred Porter
Butte
Fred
Five Tribes in Indian Territory Oppose Territorial Annexation
The five civilized tribes in Indian Territory declare support for maintaining tribal government until March 4 1906 and oppose any congressional move to annex the territory to Oklahoma or form a U S territory. They call for a state formed from the Indian Territory without prior territorial governance and protest petitions they deem unrepresentative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
United States
Congress of the
Oklahoma Territory
Eufaula
I. T
Congress
Oklahoma
Department of the Interior
Indian Affairs
Dawes Commission
la Arge Territory
Snake Indian Revival Sparks Creek Nation Intrigue
Okmulgee reports in Ardmore that Crasy Snake returns with Wakabe a prophet claiming constant contact with the Great Spirit. He burns a sacred fire fuels followers among 44 towns distributing lit sticks while reviving Creek customs including dancing ball games medicine drinking and healing powers drawing a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okmulgee
Snake Council
Crasy Snake
Wakabe
Cherokee rolls progress for 1908 land office opening
Dawes commission reports rapid progress on compiling the Cherokee citizenship rolls for the January 1 1908 Cher okee land office opening. About 15 909 names are passed for citizenship with 4 022 already in final roll status. O J Herbert of Ardinarne is named local corner for the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes Commission
Cherokee Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Statehood Fizzle or Frontier Unity in Omnibus Plan
Washington dispatches claim the Senate territories committee will favor admitting Oklahoma while Arizona and New Mexico are rejected. Senator Quay supports three territory statehood and Roosevelt backing, with electoral gains cited. Bets on division within the committee and possible minority reports before any omnibus bill passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Gein
West
Committee On Territories
Okahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Quay Wan
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Friends of Statehood
Roosevilt
Rodey
Statehood
McGuire
Republican Friends of Statehood
Quay
Beveridge
Indiana
Woodward’s First Postmaster Peter J. Carroll Dies
Peter J. Carroll, Woodward’s first postmaster and a leading citizen, died suddenly on the street from heart failure. Appointed by Cleveland at the Strip opening, he served in Oklahoma Democratic councils and was a prominent Knight of Pythias with deputy grand chancellor duties at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Peter J. Carroll
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Pythias
Prisoner William Edwards Seeks Death in Cell Hang Attempt
Lawton inmate William Edwards, recently convicted of murder and sentenced to life, attempted suicide by self hang in his cell. He tied a rope from torn blanket to the ceiling, and again tried with a towel after other inmates stopped him. His lawyers claimed insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
William Edwards
Edwards
Speed Demurrer Filed in Pawnee Tax Collection Case
Horace Speed through his attorneys has filed a demurrer to the petition in Logan county district court. The suit seeks to compel repayment of more than $8 000 in fees paid by Pawnee county commissioners for delinquent tax collection. Judge Burford has not ruled on the demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Speed
Guthril
Logan County
Pawnee County
Burford
Fred Orket Arrest Report at Pan ther of the onc
Fred Orket is under arrest at Pan ther of the onc, with authorities stating he is in custody. The brief note indicates a formal detention by embassy officials and local police involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Orket
Panther of the
Onc
Norman Commercial Club Opposes Sale of School Lands
The Norman Commercial Club resolves against selling school endowment lands and supports a five year moratorium after statehood, with a constitutional provision to place endowment management on a conservative, nonpartisan basis. It calls for public notices and press dissemination to inform territorial organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
United States
Norman
Oklahoma Leased Lands Revenue Hits Record High
Report by J. J. Houston shows total rentals from leased lands of 300538.22 for five months ending November 30, largest for such period. In seventeen months in office, the department collected over 700000 for territorial treasury, about 70 percent of ten year total before Houston. 1901 regular collections were 225000 with about 200000 from new country leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
J. J. Houston
School Land Board
Houston
Territorial Treasury
Editors Chase Legislative Posts in Local Races
Bert C. Howard of the Lawton Republican seeks the council chief enrolling clerk post and Omar Benedict of the Hobart Republican News will seek the chief clerk position in the same race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert C. Howard
Lawton Republican
Council
Omar Benedict
Hobart
Republican News
Reorganization of Five Civilized Tribes Police by U S Agent
United States Indian agent Shoenfelt announces a broad police reorganization for Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole nations with named captains and privates stationed across Muskogee Vinita Tulsa Ardmore and other towns. Also notes Mannsville post office burglary. safe blown open and about $30 stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mr. Shoenfelt Vinita
J. Blair Shoenfelt
United States Indian
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Creek Nation
John C. West
Muskogee
William M. Sunjay
Tulsa
I. R. Boon
Eufaula
Lewis Harlage
Weleetka
Samuel Haynes
Okmulgee
Thomas Williams
Fra. West
McAlester
James Ward
Coalgate
C. W. Plummer
Lehigh
Peter Matubby, Jr
Caddo
John Simpson
Carbon
B. J. Spring
Kinta
E.S. Bowman
Oak Lodge
William H. Culley
Sasakwa
Mannsville
First Known Spotted Deer Killed in Choctaw Territory
D J H Miller, while hunting seven miles east of his Jacke Fork ranch in the Choctaw nation near Paris Texas, killed a spotted deer with white feet and a black tail. It is reported as the first spotted deer in the territory. Dr Miller opened the carcass in search of the mad stone but found none. The deer's hide is exhibited in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
D. J. H. Miller
Jacke Fork
Dr. Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
ADA News
Ty Patton
Weaver
IND
TER
Shawnee
Eagle City
Graine County
Yale Lance
Okemah
Oklahoman
Henry Overholeer
Green McCurtain
Interior Department
Wylie
Marietta
South McAlester
Beaver County
O’brien & Byrd
Bone Grove
Hennessey
Quaterworks
Fish
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Booneville, MO
Anti-Horse Thief Association of the
Tahlequah
Albert Smith
Ear Sennett
J. A. Gould
el Reno
B.S. Coppeck
Cherokee Nation
Ralph Wells
Perry
Sallisaw
J. F. Harwood
Dooley
C. L. Bickerdike
Wakita
Mr. Bickerdike
Wetumka
Mose Anderson
Oklahoma Territorial Democratic Committee
Guthrie
W. M. Cross
B. 8
Territory Coal Lands
Rock Island Survey
Holdenville
Townsend
Rays
Prophet
Whedom
Didves
O. J. Herbert
Ardinare
Ori
Comer Tor Ge
NEW Indian Police
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