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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
3
The essay notes a yearly custom where the President appoints a day of festival and thanksgiving to God. It recalls a century of national growth, overcoming crises, and current prosperity under divine favor, with a call to express thanks through deeds and moral uplift.
The National Association of Manufacturers plans vigorous action against union demands and two Congress bills. President D M Parry urges unity to block eight hour and anti conspiracy legislation and to fund a Washington lobby to defeat hostile measures. Labor leaders warn of a bitter fight as major firms join the movement.
Miners across the district paused work on October 29 to celebrate Mitchell Day in commemoration of the strike settlement. Most colliers are back at work and output nears pre strike levels as the arbitration committee plans a on site visit to review conditions. Miners express optimism that President Mitchell will present their case to the board fairly.
The Court of Claims weighs a Delaware Indian suit against the Cherokee over 157000 acres claimed to have been bought in 1867. Delaware asserts absolute title while Cherokees argue the purchase created only a life estate passing to the tribe on death.
Chief Engineer F M Mollitor and Assistant Woods led a team from Shawnee to ride the Chickasaw route, finishing the final trip before graders. Outfit expected soon to work on dirt south of Anadarko as a keeper’s whisky sale led to revocation of a local license.
The anthracite stake commission ruled wage changes will take effect from November 1 for both increases and reductions. Recorder W Wright released the statement, noting the plan to allow deliberate deliberation and to prevent hasty decisions as hearings proceed.
A claim asserts brewers and distillers through national groups seek to operate in Indian Territory despite treaties that prohibit intoxicants. Federal enforcement has blocked sales and even personal possession, while substitutes like patent medicines and lemon extract rise in demand. Prohibition rests in Creek Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw and Seminole treaties, with repeal feared after tribal government dissolution in 1906.
The Pacific Mail steamship Korea arrived from Yokohama to San Francisco in ten days without stops, averaging nearly 500 miles daily. The direct Yokohama to San Francisco voyage covered about 4700 miles, establishing a new record for speed across the Pacific.
Wu Ting Fang, minister of the Chinese Empire to the United States since May 1, 1897, is recalled to China by an imperial edict. He is named minister to commerce in association with Chang Chi Tang, succeeding Ching whose father died. Under Chinese law he must vacate his post for three years after a parental death. Wu estimates departure in about three weeks, exact date undetermined.
May by the Strikers enhance president Morton of the International Association of Stationary Engineers and Firemen says members nationwide will be ordered to refuse handling any anthracite coal until all workers affected by the strike are reinstated on the miners’ return basis.
About five million farms exist in the United States, with roughly three million growing corn. The average cost to produce one acre of corn runs about 96.73.
District Attorney Johnson of the southern district issues a notice banning publication of jurors lists before court convenes. He argues publishing jurors' names enables intimidation or fixing by criminals.
Joe Cobb of Kirby and Cobb bought a common white handkerchief in Provence near Ardmore. After returning home his nose and upper lip swelled and he suffered severe pain. Local doctors could not help and part of his lip was removed. The surgeon suspects poison in the handkerchief or its starch.
Agent Erwin reports on Ponca Otoe and Missouri reservations in Oklahoma condemning educated Indians as mostly worthless. He says work falls to middle aged non English speakers and warns education leads to idleness vice and gambling. He urges boarding schools and leveraging trust funds to fund farming and stock raising, with state schools avoided.
An Oklahoma report notes abundant wheat acreage in Comanche County with 100 carloads of seed wheat sold. Estimated yields suggest up to 1,500,000 bushels for the coming harvest, aided by black soil, ample moisture, and a favorable season. Wheat, cotton, and cattle are seen as the county staples.
Major Tams Bixby leads Dawes plan negotiations in Atoka for the Choctaw land office to open February 1 1903. Two story brick building 50 by 100 feet will serve 26 090 citizens over four years with hotel additions and labor demand high as 3 000 people expected to arrive. Upon allotments deeds issued, land will begin to sell portions, opening fertile farming lands to white settlers.
Durants rights clash as Judge Clayton refuses to block collection of twenty five cent per head tax on cattle grazed in the territory. Cobb seeks to move more cattle from Chickasaw nation into Texas while W O Davis argues for an injunction for cattlemen holding about 100000 head. Penalties of one dollar daily per head apply if cattle are removed and later returned, with Cobb pursuing enforcement of fines.
In Houston criminal district court Judge Gillespie fines editor M. E Foster and reporter Tabett $100 and 3 days in jail for publishing allegedly confidential testimony in the Williams murder case. He warns reporters they may not publish testimony to avoid possible mistrial and juror prejudice.
United States Marshal Bennett and deputies took two carloads of prisoners to Wewoka for the fall term of court. The western district faces its heaviest docket with seven murder defendants. A new jail built this summer will scarcely hold all prisoners for the first term.
The Comanche Town Site Commissioners for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations announce the sale of vacant lots in the town on December 5. The notice specifies the parcel sale by the commission.
A respected Fort Gibson woman smashed a gambling den with an ax. She climbed to a roof, forced a second story window, and inside demolished furniture as gamblers fled. She said officers refused to stop gambling and aimed to end her husband being robbed. No arrests were made amid anti gambling sentiment.
A. K. Brown treasurer of the Seminole nation was accidentally shot in the left leg by companion William Factor during a turkey hunt. The rifle ball glanced off a stone, splintering and injuring Brown with four or five splinters embedded in his leg.
The grading contract for the first ten miles of the Muskogee Southern Railroad has been awarded to J. J. Harmon. As grading on the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma progresses from Wybar k to Tulsa camps will move to Muskogee and start the new line. The Ozark and Cherokee Central Railroad’s first train ran into Mervin Monday. Grading near Fort Gibson is two miles complete and a December opening is expected for Tahlequah to Fort Gibson. Five Arkansas River bridge spans are finished, two remain.
In Ardmore a man named Thompson and his son were injured by a powder blast while digging a well west of Duncan. Thompson was preparing to blast in the well when the powder detonated. His recovery is doubtful. His son, at the top of the well, was injured about the face.
Interior Department policy under Assistant Secretary Thomas Ryan would approve Creek land sales for cash rather than barter. The change could enable investors to secure titles and may double Creek Nation population within a year, marking a major government stance on Creek lands.
The statehood executive committee calls a meeting in Oklahoma City on Monday November 10 at 10 o clock to discuss convening a third convention and the advisability of drafting a state constitution.
GutTurk and E. Grimes of Kansas report to territorial authorities that Oklahoma care funds for 1901 were largely paid except about 3400 dollars. Kansas is minus that amount until the legislature meets and funds the penitentiary. Territory law bans overdraw of the fund to cover deficiency.
A Taylorville, Indiana syndicate paid $6 per acre for a 1100 acre sublease from the Indiana Territory Illuminating Company, the highest price yet in Bartlesville Oklahoma oil fields. Standard Oil has shown strong interest with several representatives on site this week.
The Choctaw council in Paris Texas adjourned after a near empty session acting mostly on governor McCurtain appointments. They adjourned as a precaution to avoid a clash with the Hunter faction and expect a special session in two to three weeks when conditions quiet.
Oklahoma records show 1902 rental collections so far totaling 256 883 24 with September 150 470 46 and October 153 862 73. J J Houston estimates annual rentals near 300 000, with one half of expirations in October and the other half on January 1, plus about 12 500 from quarterly payments.
J W Dunaway of the Billings Times Billings Oklahoma was found guilty of criminal libel by a jury for an article dated September 6 that aimed to injure Postmaster C R Higdon. Dunaway faced twenty subpoenas while Higdon presented two witnesses.
A dilatrous blaze struck a city area, likely totaling the entire loss at about $22,000 with minimal insurance. Origin traced to Jones Bros store unknown. Affected properties include the Lathram building Johnson Bros, English Furniture Building, Bank of Walters, Bush Saloon, Horn Oak Barber Shop, Woodruff Miller office, Jenkins Grocery, Williams Blevins, and a new milling stock from Lawton.
Joseph Dukes, son of ex-Governor Gilbert W. Dukes, allegedly stole citizenship rolls from the Choctaw clerk’s office and hid them at a relative’s home. The books were later recovered by the Choctaw sheriff. Dukes fled and is at large. Under Choctaw law the act is larceny and punishable by thirty nine lashes on the bare back.
Jeff King of Keokuk Falls was arrested for horse stealing in Indian Territory. A deputy marshal taking him to the depot fell asleep. King boarded the late train at Wewoka, telegraphed for the deputy to remove handcuffs, and claimed it was a joke he intended not to repeat.
Non citizens of the Indian Territory will convene in Ardmore on November 10 to form an organization to press for legislation easing burdens from breaking tribal relations. The call cites deplorable conditions and shows broad support for statehood with Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City district court opens November 10 with Judge B F Burwell presiding The report notes a possible change of judges for the Delisspar case and that such a reassignment would place the trial among the first to be disposed of during the term
A mining accident report notes afterdamp as the cause of a death in a mine incident. The brief states a worker died due to toxic gases following a blast, with investigators citing afterdamp as the fatal factor.
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