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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
3
St George Rathborne author of Miss Pauline of New York and The Spider's Web presents Romance of the Riviera. The work promises melodrama and vivid scenes set along the famed coast.
In a Paris Monte Carlo scene a princess confirms a deadly risk as four operatives move under one mastermind. Jones, an American traveler, is suspected of espionage while Count Leon fears revelation may unleash bloodshed in the gardens.
In a Monte Carlo intrigue, Count Leon learns a Paris government note proves the president is in Paris, not in his Paris home, revealing a dummy president. The conspirators scramble as a signal whistle triggers a swift mobilization while lovers and rivals plot revenge and fortune.
A train load of 200–300 migrants from Missouri Iowa and Kansas bound for Thomas City Oklahoma pass through en route to a new settlement on 480 acres along the Frisco extension. The town starts with about 1200 residents and four banks with 20 buildings moving from the old site.
A charter has been granted by the territorial secretary for the Oklahoma Trust and Banking Company of Oklahoma City. It is the first trust charter under the 1901 law, with a fifty year life and a capital of 200. Directors include John Threadgill Edward H. Cook C. G. Jones H. D. Price and others. The venture is led by local investors and Dr. Threadgill as a principal figure.
Ardmore, Thomas Deveraux, 78, who faced prior charges for shooting a neighbor's horse and attempting to poison a neighbor's family, attempted to cut his wife's throat with a razor at his Davis home. She restrained him. he then slashed his own neck, cutting windpipe and losing the ability to speak. Doctors say recovery unlikely.
Dr. Henry Hartzog president of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville announces this year the university will admit students from the Indian territory without tuition. He aims to double attendance by offering free tuition, with the university opening September 17. El Reno reports more sneak thieves and night prowlers.
Cattlemen filed in the supreme court of the district to bar Secretary Hitchcock and interior officials from enforcing a twenty five cent Chickasaw levy per head on non members grazing on Indian lands and restrain seizure of cattle. Justice Claybaugh issued a temporary writ and set September 19 for a hearing. Petitions claim Hitchcock as a ministerial officer cannot enforce Chickasaw law and name owners from Gainesville Texas Chickasaw I T Ardmore I T Kansas City many others claim to represent over 100000 head of livestock.
J M McMorris was shot by J F Shaffer at Shaffer’s new home after mistaking him for a burglar. McMorris was taken to hospital. Shaffer mourns the tragedy and the incident is described as blameless, with McMorris exonerating Shaffer. The daughter had left for Prague the same day to join her husband.
Charley and Ben Keith of El Reno allegedly opened fire on Sheriff Crosby while he approached a pasture dispute with George Conville. Conville had a warrant sworn for the Keiths after they evicted cattle from the pasture. The brothers were bonded $1,000 each to await grand jury action.
KINGFISHER The prizes for best drilled companies of the O N G were: Company I of Alva first prize, Company B of Chandler second, and Company M of Oklahoma City third. If Company M had full complement of men it would likely have won first, but Captain Ramer had only sixteen men out.
A secretary of the interior report states the Johnson and Kidder survey of the meridian of longitude is approved. It places the meridian more than four miles east of the east line of Caddo county, bringing Chickasha inside Caddo county. Chickasha is a large prosperous town in the Indian Territory.
Two Kennison railroad crew workers near Meridian on the Choctaw are under arrest for allegedly assaulting S. B. Kennison’s 14 year old daughter six weeks ago. A doctor’s statement prompted arrests, and officers quickly removed the suspects from camp to prevent mob action.
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