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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
3
A frail woman with a months old baby sits in a U.S. court hallway after her husband, the murderer Kelly, killed the father of her child. She walks twelve miles in the June sun to the cell, awaiting his fate while her widow mother looks on. The scene contrasts devotion with tragedy as bystanders react to the courtroom drama.
Farmers persist under tough sun to clear weeds and grass and expect a strong fall yield as they work fields with steady effort and optimism.
In Washington observers discuss Uncle Joe Cannon and the public mood on Russia Japan and Svenska monarchy. The message urges investment in a third railroad through Ada to boost property values and offers the prospect of financial returns.
The Ada oil spouting into Ada atmosphere reaches consumers via three railroads. A fourth and fifth lines plan to enter the market, while the Frisco laments losing favor and division dating back five years.
Secretary Hitchcock asserts Chief Clerk Wisdom is no good and removes him as Muskogee Indian agent after fifteen years of service. The action follows criticisms from the department and marks a leadership change.
The National Editorial Association meeting at Guthrie passed strong single statehood resolutions and all organizations holding meetings in the past year concur. The call is to send a full delegation to the mass convention at Oklahoma City on July 12.
The confession of killer Frank Kelley links him to Hoch Collins and the Hargis clique of Kentucky, likening Reece's murder to other brutal crimes. The report emphasizes a very high moral repulsion at the crime and the low value placed on human life.
Ada residents face tough walks to the post office from Main Street as crowds line sidewalks near soft drink stands. If these rows remain, guidelines should keep walkways clear for safe passage.
Louisville notes the United Confederate Veterans re electing leaders Lieut Gen Stephen D Lee of Mississippi as commander in chief and Lieut Gen W L Cabell Texas as Trans Miss department head plus Lieut Gen Clement A Evans Georgia for Army of Tennessee and C Irvine Walker South Carolina for Army of Northern Virginia. Large crowd attends reunion with parade extending about three miles as visitors arrive from nearby towns.
Delegates to the general synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gather in Pittsburgh as a committee on closer union presents its report. The General Synod General Council and General Synod South may unite, but leaders expect the process to extend beyond this year with a committee continuation.
Emoperia June 17 Botts a 21 year old was hanged in the county jail Friday for murdering his wife on January 5. He spent the night laughing and joking and inviting attendance at his funeral despite his mother wishing to go. Botts strangled his wife with a hair ribbon around her neck.
Maj. Gen. John Bates leaves St. Louis after 17 months to join the Washington general staff as senior member with headquarters there. Gen. Theodore Wint succeeds him in command of the northern division, moving from the Department of Missouri headquartered in Omaha.
Susan Atwater Gillette of Kenosha Wisconsin widow of Judge Gordon Gillette and an original daughter of the Revolution is dead at her home aged 95. She was a daughter of John Atwater an aide to General Washington and served as a courier between Washington and Lafayette. She recently received a medal of honor from state and national chanters.
Washington reports the president has approved the findings in two trials of Capt. George W. Kirkman of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He is sentenced to dismissal from the army and three years confinement in the Leavenworth penitentiary. The case is linked to the sensational death by self murder of the wife of another army officer at Omaha. Neb. and Fort.
John F, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, left Panama Friday to confer with Secretary Taft on canal matters and to buy materials. Expected orders include seven million vitrified bricks and rock crushers and rollers for paving Panama. Wallace and Rev. Joseph M. Feely, noted in religious and philosophical circles, are staying in Chicago.
Washington reports the plan to convene the Russia Japan plenipotentiaries for peace talks in the capital, with diplomats and neutral powers closely watching developments. Officials note Washington as the best site to avoid external interference, as German and other envoys press for a decisive outcome in Eastern Asia.
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