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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1902
Page
3
South McAlester hosts a hustling business league while street railway work begins. Cotton crops suffer after heavy rains. statehood talks resume in Guthrie. Lawton votes 21000 for school bonds. Oklahoma City to send 21 delegates to Claremore statehood convention. Several towns report fires, divorces, and police crackdowns on gambling.
The South McAlester Capital notes the local cotton crop is the largest ever raised and estimates nearly twelve thousand bales will be marketed.
A Iola Kansas man reports disgust after a visit to Oklahoma saying people there mind their own business. In a separate incident P L Whitesides a machinist for Alderson Coal at Bache Mine was killed in an air compressor wheel accident.
John Carson of Oklahoma City reported a theft of a diamond shirt stud valued at 6250 during the Dixon versus Williams fight in the city.
The Chandler Tribune cites a statement claiming that blacks, though about one eighth of Lincoln County's population, commit one third of the crimes. The report notes community reaction and questions the statistic's basis.
The territorial board of education will examine applicants for certificates as conductors and instructors in the normal institutes of Oklahoma in the high school building at Oklahoma City on December 22 at 10 o clock a m.
A young son of P. M. Vich a colored ealoon keeper of Guthrie died after accidentally shooting himself. He was playing with a gun unknown to his parents when the full contents discharged into his stomach.
Report notes three thousand people attended a town sale in Wewoka though details blur with unrelated remarks. The piece briefly mentions a Ponca City man burning a dog to kill fleas, the dog escaping under an urn, and insurance adjuster issues. The text also references Cleveland poultry fanciers and a winter era start around January 1 2 1908.
A new bill from the Cherokee legislature’s foreign relations committee seeks to fix flaws in the prior treaty. It passes the House and goes to the Senate, proposing sale of public buildings, allotment of lands with five year no alienation, per capita distribution to Cherokee citizens, restricted inheritance, and no cattle in the nation with estray stock sold.
Grand River country in Oklahoma's Indian Territory sees a rush as zinc and lead deposits attract hundreds of prospectors. Land belongs to the Cherokee nation and allotments will be issued to tribe members, prompting fears of extensive litigation as multiple companies bid for the same parcels. Condemnation papers have been filed in Ardmore to create water works sites and a federal jail property seizure follows federal funding.
John Grindstone and Charles Williams of Violeta J T are jailed on suspicion of murdering a boy named Jackson between Violeta and Seneca Missouri. Grindstone allegedly took the boy from Seneca and claimed the boy died in his wagon. Witnesses report a quarrel before the body was found. A preliminary hearing is set before Commissioner Stanfield.
In Ardmore Claremore convenes Dec 8 as delegates expected to push for union with Oklahoma. US Judge Hosea Townsend argues Indian agreements will not interfere with statehood and that reservations are under federal control, seen as separate from state governance.
Charley Pettit, described as a negro, became noisy and flourished a revolver. He was discharged and the ball penetrated a restaurant door striking a boy in the knee. Pettit is under arrest.
Choctaw Oklahoma and Galt announce plans to lay rails into Guthrie, expanding rail access. The project targets improved transport routes and regional connectivity, signaling future freight and passenger service considerations for the area.
The progressive faction among the Cherokees seeks to dissolve the tribal council at the end of the current session to cut costs and prevent further alleged fund misappropriation. A bill in the lower house would abolish the executive council and clerks, leaving one interpreter per branch, with the principal chief to convene extraordinary sessions to wind up affairs.
In Anadarko a quarrel over cards between Tom Pullen and Arthur Thomas led to Pullen being cut with a knife and Thomas firing a revolver, inflicting very serious wounds on Pullen. Thomas was arrested. The incident may uncover gambling law violations.
Inspector J. W. Leverly will probe the seating of Palmer Mosely as governor of the Chickasaw nation at Tishomingo. The Byrd faction claims William L. Byrd was duly elected while Mosely supporters seized the capitol with Winchester rifles. Witnesses in Ardmore have been summoned to testify before Inspector Severly before a report to the Interior Department.
The commission meets with attorneys as it insists on last say and full responsibility for any award. A conference clarifies that no settlement can bypass the commission and that any agreement must gain their approval before operation. Independent operators submit their position after the discussion.
Deputy Collins raided a local gaming house and arrested three men during a poker game. Two alleged co conspirators tried to skin the other as one held a concealed machine with four fives. All were taken to jail. two were committed, one posted bond.
News from Thomasville I T reports Peter Schwab a merchant who testified in the Bark murder case at Poteau has vanished. Searching parties hunt for him after he left his watch and money with the Kansas City Southern station agent and went toward the mountains in search of walnuts.
The territorial election board issued the certificate of election to Bird S. McGuire after canvassing results in Guthrie. Cross’ attorneys attended but did not seek an injunction. Any contest would be filed in the house of representatives as McGuire won 45,803 votes to Cross 45,400 with 1,963 Socialist and 1,035 Prohibition ballots among a total 94,210 ballots.
Heavy rains washed Boggy bridge loose causing it to drift and require replacement, delaying train service for a week or ten days. Kimichia bridge is misaligned so passengers and express trains must be transferred until the river subsides.
Berlin reacts to the sudden death of Privy Councilor Krupp the cannon king of Essen. Reports dispute a paralytic stroke and allege prior sensational charges from Vorwaerts about Capri. Krupp’s secretary and lawyer plan to pursue the defamation case in court.
The Rev. John L. Bray, who resigned as pastor of the M. E. church in Vinita over policy disagreements, has accepted a call from the Presbyterian church of Okmulgee.
The body of Charles Garvin was found floating in the Verdi Gris river near here. Garvin had been missing from his home about a week after going duck hunting. His clothing was found nearby along the riverbank.
Heavy rains in Ardmore area raise water levels for four years. Bridges on the Arkansas and Choctaw near Durant washed away, causing damage and disruption.
George Adams of Vinita was arrested and brought before a commissioner on charges of introducing and selling whiskey in Indian country and carrying weapons. He was bound over to the grand jury with a $500 bond. He owed $100 and costs for carrying a pistol.
A United States Senate sub committee on territories investigated resources and conditions in the territories. Senators Beveridge Indiana Dillingham Vermont Burnham New Hampshire Heitfeld Idaho visited Oklahoma Saturday night after brief stops at Guthrie and Oklahoma City. They then moved to Indian Territory and later proceeded to Chicago before returning home for a brief visit prior to Congress.
Washington rumors say the Senate committee favors admitting Oklahoma alone rather than New Mexico and Arizona. The omnibus bill would admit all territories or none, with Democratic support muting a split over single or double statehood and likely political alignments shaping the outcome.
A quarrel among prominent farmers near Bement Woodward County ends in a triple killing. Dr. Miller and Joseph Bishop sold thirty horses to John Diller and clashed over the deal. Diller obtained a single barrel rifle and killed Miller fatally wounded Bishop before shooting himself. Mrs. Miller held her husband’s arm during the gunfire. A stray shot killed a horse.
A large hay barn owned by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway burned at Wagoner. The fire destroyed one of the railroad's largest structures with the cause still unknown. Local authorities investigated.
Probate judge elect W H Hussey has filed mandamus proceedings before Judge Gillette to remove incumbent Judge Brown in Comanche County. Hussey holds certificate of election and oath of office and demanded office books and records from Brown, who refused. Certificates for new county officers issued by County Clerk Gorman, while the old officers refuse to surrender.
Adjutant General Burlingame reports J. F. Palmer of Pawhuska resigns as battalion adjutant of the Oklahoma National Guard. A. J. Niles of Blackwell, captain of Company D, appointed to succeed him. W. B. Wheeler of Guthrie resigns as second lieutenant of Troop A.
John Carey reports his five year old son was bitten by a mad cat. The animal bit the boy’s arm and died after being choked. A doctor administered poison antidote and a mudstone dressing was applied to the wounds. The parents hope the poison is removed.
The government spent 746 million dollars on subduing Indians and 240 million on their education and care up to 1890. A shift toward self-reliance ends ration support. over 12 thousand were dropped from aid as work programs expand. Hair and paint restrictions are endorsed, and bonded superintendents take over training schools for better administration. Indian schools cost 3.64 million dollars that year, with 248 schools and 134,184 pupils.
Thief enters Kirk's Meat Market on West Main, blows open the safe and escapes with about 12 to 14 dollars. Safe damage knocks porch three feet and tears front wall. about 85 dollars reportedly in the vault. Nearby, the McCollum Dry Goods store was burgled recently with 126.80 dollars recovered by thieves.
Severe floods in the Washita and Blue valleys force evacuations as rain persists for days. Bridges washed out disrupt rail and road traffic on Choctaw and Frisco lines. top cotton losses feared though no deaths reported.
The Bank of Bluejacket is organized in Vinita with capital stock of 15000 dollars. The officers elected are W. S. Maloney as president C. Jenkins as vice president and G. I. Hopson as cashier.
During a severe rain storm in Rush Creek neighborhood Tom Shelton a carpenter was killed by lightning while inside the Kittridge building where several other men were shocked. The building suffered considerable damage and Shelton leaves a wife and three children.
A shooting affray on the main street left a participant with a slight thigh graze. Charley Tuggles was arrested and jailed in default of bail to await examination before Judge Dundee, U.S. commissioner.
Durant will vote December 15 on a $65 000 waterworks bond proposal and a $15 000 school bond proposal to fund local infrastructure and education projects.
Over 400 bushels of pecans shipped from this point and Asher in one week. Buyers on the ground report more than 1,000 bushels contracted for delivery at these two stations. MA Wood Contractors have bought 8,000 cords of wood for delivery here in the next sixty days.
A team of mules attached to a buggy was found drowned in Long Branch Creek near Morrison. Officials believe the driver may also be drowned. Officers search for the body while the ownership of the team remains unknown.
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