Cherokee enrollment tally shapes final tribal land share
Attorneys for the Cherokee nation report the enrollment counts before the five civilized tribes commission. Regular and intermarried Cherokees, Delaware and Shawnee lines, and freedmen totals are given, with about 36 000 on straight cards expected after eliminations. Conservative forecasters estimate 7 525 stricken, and 20 000 names already sent to the Interior for approval.
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Vora
Five Civilized Tribes
Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Swindle Indians Exploited in Land Leasing Schemes
Government agent J. B. Schoenfeldt warns that unscrupulous white traders target Five Civilized Tribes by arranging long leases for Indian lands at nominal prices. He notes full bloods are especially vulnerable and predicts a real estate boom may soon collapse as settlers flood the territory.
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Five Civilized Tribes
J. BR. Schoenfeldt
Indian Territory
Union
Oklahoma Wonders and Developments Shape the Southwest
Oklahoma headlines report Salvation Army evacuations in Chickasha and rail surveys from Waurika to Ardmore. Stories note a coal syndicate push, a Forty million dollar scheme, school bond sales in Lehigh, and a new bank at Wewoka. Farmers predict bumper fruit, frost benefits for cotton, and a Potent mix of civic projects marching toward January land-office closures.
Investors flock to Wewoka for Seminole lease auction draw
Investors at Wewoka attract crowds for a six year land lease on Seminole townsite with a drawing set for November 20. Trains bring visitors and hotels, stores, and residences fill with people seeking business and living opportunities in the growing town.
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Wewoka
City council passes sidewalk ordinance for mail delivery
The city council approved an ordinance requiring residents to construct sidewalks to enable imminent free mail delivery.
Muskogee Votes for Sidewalks and City Improvements
Muskogee city council approved extending sidewalks to gain free mail delivery under postal requirements. The plan includes site purchase for a city hall and jail, water main extensions, more electric lights, and a total expenditure of 55000 dollars.
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Muskogee
Post Office Department
Shawnee Postmaster Resigns. McKinnis Named Successor
Frank P. Stearns steps down as Shawnee postmaster and George E. McKinnis is appointed to succeed him, taking over the duties of the office.
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Frank P. Stearns
Shawnee
George E. McKinnis
Cherokee Treasury Report Shows Over Fifteen Thousand On Hand
Cherokee treasurer Joseph M. La Hay submitted the annual fiscal 1902 report totaling 15 434 68 in funds including school orphan asylum and Shawnee money with disbursements of 5 068 75 for the year ending Sept 30 1902. The 1901 closing balance was 15 503 43.
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Joseph M. la Hay
Cherokee Nation
J. M. la Hay
Territory Towns Platted Denison Texas
The towns of Broken Arrow and Coweta on the Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma extension of the Katy have been platted.
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Denison
Tex
Broken Arrow
Coweta
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma
Katy
Unknown man dies in Panis saloon from heart disease
An unidentified man died at a Panis saloon on Clarksville street from heart disease while traveling from Antler. He was about 50, had $11.80, and two paper slips bearing Edna Brooks and Mary Kosoma. No identifying papers found.
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Ter
May Damage Corn Crop Delayed Harvest Across Indian Territory
Persistent rains have swollen creeks and streams in Indian Territory, threatening extensive corn crop losses as harvest stalls. Farmers report car shortages and fields too soft to pull full loads, while wheat benefits from the rain and cotton pickers face delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Cherokee Nation
Steam pipe explosion at Sapulpa cotton compress
A steam pipe burst at the Sapulpa steam cotton compress destroyed property valued at $2000 on Frisco system grounds. Several employees were injured but there were no fatalities. The compress, used to prepare cotton ginned along the Frisco in Oklahoma Texas and Indian Territory, is operated by the Frisco system.
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Sapulpa
Frisco
Oklahoma
Texas
Indian Territory
Deputies En Route to Marietta Over Tribal Tax Theft
Ardmore reports that several deputy revenue collectors travel toward Marietta. One member of the party says police will be near Marietta to eject hundreds of cattle whose owners refuse to pay the tribal tax.
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Ardmore
Marietta
Telephone line planned across the territory to Kansas City
J K Duffy an incorporator of the Ingre Territory Distance Telephone Co says the main line will run from Denison Texas across the territory to St Louis and Kansas City. Poles are set as far north as Vinita. A diverging line runs from South McAlester to Holdenville intersecting the Arkansas Valley line from Oklahoma.
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J. K. Duffy
Ingre -Territory
Denison
Texas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Vinita
McAlester
Holdenville
Arkansas Valley
Oklahoma
Tragic wheel accident claims Newton Deason daughter
At Buzzard Springs twenty miles east of Vinita Newton Deason was returning home with corn when his four year old daughter climbed the wagon wheel and the team lurched. The child fell under the wheel and its neck broke instantly, death resulting.
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Vinita
Buzzard Springs
Here
Newton Deason
Allotees Must File Claims On Cherokee Land Classifications
The commission to the five civilized tribes gives Cherokee citizens until December 1 1902 to file sworn complaints about land classifications. The affiant must describe the land in question show desire to take allotment and indicate how prior classification was wrong.
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Commission
The
Five Civilized Tribes
Mehusky killing survivor dies after arrest
Arnpware Lome Hardjoe a Seminole Native killed his father near Mehusky two weeks ago and was shot through the left lung by his brother Jimmie Harjoe who helped in the arrest He later died in al field hospital with authorities reporting the fatal injuries as the consequence of the earlier confrontation.
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Arnpware
Lome Hardjoe
Mehusky
Jimmie” Harjoe
New Jail At Vinita Appoints Appraisers Board
Judge Joseph A. G. Gill names Edgar Smith E N Ratcliff and E C Stretch as referees to appraise the Vinita site for the northern district jail in Indian Territory Their start date is November 15 with appeals to the U S court final and work expected to begin December 1.
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Vinita Visita
Joseph A. G. Gill
United States
Indian Territory
Vinita
Edgar Smith
E. N. Ratcliff
E. C. Stretch
Federal Court Session Opens in Wewoka I T Grand Jury Named
In Wewoka I T the Western District federal court is in session with the grand jury selected. The crusade against liquor and gambling in this district is expected to continue through the current session, as in prior ones. There are seven murder cases on the docket. A carload of zinc ore is said to be shipped from Cache in Comanche county this week. In Tulsa a $25,000 personal damage suit by Mrs. Cora A Richardson of Oklahoma City against the city was dismissed without formal trial. The decision cites Arkansas statutes and the city council of Tulsa votes to pay for a crippled horse due to a defective culvert.
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Federal Court
Wewoka
I. T. Wewoka
Western District
Cache
Comanche County
Tulsa
Cora A. Richardson
Oklahoma City
Joseph A. Gill
Vinita
Statutes of
Arkansas Incorporated
Tulea
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Brown
Chicago
Ill
Mus Pryenam
America
Literary Union
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Miprey McKinny
Pearl
San Francisco
Cal
Debates in House on Transvaal Grant Hearing Botha Delarey and Schalkburger
In London the House of Commons debated the civil service estimate to aid the Transvaal and Orange River colony with a 40 million dollar grant for the current financial year. Generals Botha and Delarey and ex-President Schalkburger testified as the discussion focused on funding the relief effort and repatriation of Boer prisoners. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain defended the plan amid opposition criticisms and stressed unity among kindred peoples.
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Transvaal
Botha
Delarey
London
Schalkburger
House of Commons
Civil Service
Orange River
Chamberlain
South Africa
Change in Conditions in Indian Allotments Progress
Thomas Ryan assistant secretary of the interior returned from Indian Territory to inspect the Dawes commission work. The Creek allotment is far advanced with thousands of deeds prepared. Looting Cherokees land will start early next January and Chickasaw Choctaw allotting begins February 1. Ryan expects major changes in conditions within years after allotment completes.
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Stoties Ryan
Topeka
Thomas Ryan
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
Ryan
Educational Facilities for Non-Citizens Washington
The annual report by J. George Wright, U S Indian inspector for the Indian territory, highlights urgent need for deeds and mortgages to be recorded and calls for legislation to protect and preserve game. It notes affairs will remain until land allotment and town lot disposition are finished and tribal governments and their laws are extinguished.
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Washington
J. George Wright
United States Indian
Indian Territory
Beaumont Texas Dispatch Reports Double Street Fight Fatalities
An Orange dispatch says Will Harris killed Feliz Chenault during a street fight and fatally shot City Marshal Joe Jordan while Harris was being taken to jail. Jordan had just succeeded City Marshal Jett after Jett was killed in a previous street fight with the Pool boys two or three months earlier.
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Beaumont
Tex
Orange
Will Harris
Feliz Chenault
Joe Jordan
Harris
Jordan
Jett
Strikers Caicaco leaders plan to oppose coal handling
President Morton of the International Association of Station Engineers and Firemen says two members nationwide will be ordered to refuse coal handling until all workers affected by the anthracite strike are reinstated on the miners' return basis. Census Bureau reports up to Oct 18 ginned cotton at 5,925,872 bales, about 60 percent of the crop, with 29,314 ginneries represented. State ginning totals include Alabama 585,783 Arkansas 360,800 Florida 29,779 Georgia 906,949 Indian Territory 210,019 Kentucky 264 Louisiana 369,408 Mississippi 559,126 Missouri 14,918 North Carolina 303,029 Oklahoma 84,699 South Carolina 601,431 Tennessee 121,180 Texas 1,781,797 Virginia 1,025,
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Caicaco
Morton
International Association of Station In Engineers and Firemen
Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Mine Arbitration Tour Ends in Manonoy City Pa
The anthracite arbitration committee finished its investigation tour in Manonoy City and adjourned for a week. They will resume taking testimony to judge the dispute between mine owners and employees after reviewing conditions and work at the mines.
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Manonoy City
Anthracite Arbitration Committee
Misfortune and Fortune Intertwined in a Coded Phrase
The excerpt presents witty maxims on suffering, cure via a saintment, and light brand ads. It references Putnam face less dyes, a promise of stain-free application, and a satirical take on bachelorhood and church finances. The tone mimics a late 19th century newspaper column.
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Tecumseh, Okla
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