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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
4
Rescue teams struggle after a mine explosion with 28 bodies recovered near the shaft and many workers still trapped. Families gather outside as unions and railroad owners push to reach the imprisoned men amid rising flames and uncertain cause suspected to be fire damp.
The Department of Agriculture plans to extend its weekly crop reports beyond cereals to cover vegetables fruits and berries. Secretary Wilson says expansion will aid truck farmers with production estimates and transportation planning with the first bulletin focusing on Florida trucking crops next year.
Discussion on cutting timber for sale off Indian lands has grown with reports of large quantities removed from Kaws lands and allotments in the southwest. Such sales violate lease contracts, though wood for fencing fuel and building is allowed. Spivey was arrested at Lawton on this charge and held to the grand jury, potentially affecting many other leases in the county.
Ernest Adams 22 from Ernest Oklahoma has been adjudged insane and sent to Norman asylum. He lived with wife and child and gained a reputation for early learning then overindulged in books, especially the Bible, with efforts to store knowledge. It is feared deep study contributed to his mental decline.
A new railroad company with capital of one million dollars is organized at Blackwell to build a line from Fort Smith Arkansas to Hutchinson connecting with the Katy at Cleveland.
A brief, unclear fragment cites Geudt as a factor in a fall. No further details are provided.
Preparations for a double execution are underway with a scaffold to be built in the jail yard. The apparatus, ropes, steel trap doors, and a two-trap design will drop both condemned prisoners simultaneously. Chief Deputy Marshal F S Genung will supervise. hangman not chosen yet. Barrett and Wright woman face death, each seeking mercy or religious justification.
Governor Ferguson issues requisition to Indiana Governor for the return to Comanche county of John Roberts who was arrested in Mount Vernon Indiana on charges connected to the December 1 1901 murder of T N Higenbotham near Sterling. The killings involved a farm dispute with multiple victims including a 17 year old. Roberts fled the region after the shootings and was located in Indiana recently.
Guthrie notes attorney general Rob erts ruling that lessees may operate saloons on school land but cannot sublease for that purpose. Prohibitory clause to end saloon use adopted. He says districts lack authority to contract with book firms but may set a uniform book system. Interest on bonds in New York City must be paid by county treasurers as due. Subleasing land bans extend to county office holders. Orders require prosecutions of osteopaths practicing without territorial licenses.
The Coal City Savings Bank was organized at South McAlester I T yesterday as a private corporation with 16000 dollars paid up capital. It will do business at old McAlester. W A Walker is president J M Latham vice president and A K David-
Mrs Rechel Reed, described as an Indian woman aged 161, died last week at her residence. The obituary notes her long life and passing in a domestic setting.
The article reports the sudden dismissal of Douglas from the Indian Office amid alleged political strife linked to Pliny Soper and national commitments. Douglas blames Creek attorney A. P. Murphy in Washington for the move. Chief Pleasant Porter denies internal complaints.
General Inspector J George Wright and attorney Murphy representing the Creeks are in Washington in conference with Hitchcock about frauds alleged among federal officials handling allotments. They met the secretary but would not discuss their business. Silence surrounds the removal of Clarence B Douglas from the Union agency at Muskogee amid Indian service clashes.
Oklahoma territory inspector F H Ashton announces readiness for the new coal oil and gasoline inspection law effective July 1. The act requires oil to be inspected at track and tank stations before unloading with specific gravity and flash tests. It imposes strict tagging and penalties to prevent mislabeling and accidents while listing area deputies across the territory. The narrative then shifts to a serialized tale about Dolores Johnson, her harsh father, and a life shaped by absence of affection and early trauma.
Guthrie faces a citywide disruption as workers at the Arkansas Valley Telephone Co strike over non union personnel. Union linemen quit switches causing nearly a thousand phones to go silent while printers threaten action over Frank H. Greer’s anti union terms.
The edict of W H Milette, United States district attorney for the western district of Indian Territory, details the tube sale of Cette Weert et on and lists names connected to arrests. The notice outlines actions against alleged illicit liquid trade.
Dolores reaches age twenty as her father realizes she is no longer a child. Johnson the blacksmith and Green the judge’s son visit the shop on a hot day seeking water, creating an uneasy moment in the valley tale.
Dolores sits on doorstep in moonlit mountain scene her father at the tavern. Her focus sharpens as she studies astronomy, eyes bright and distant, lost in study while footsteps approach and a deep cough interrupts the moment.
A barber with a rakish forehead declares to a nervous customer that he was King Louis XIV at a barbers’ masquerade ball. The man bolts in fear, shouting about an escape, while the barber mutters about the joke and Salvator’s mile record.
Clara frets that Fred’s interview with her father may affect his consent. Maude worries Fred may not handle the talk well, highlighting family tension over a potential engagement.
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