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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
6
A lightning caused blast at a powder house near McAlester Oklahoma injured seventeen and killed one man, Arthur Richard. A carload of dynamite and 1300 kegs of black powder exploded blowing apart a miners row and shattering storefronts within a mile. debris and rocks killed Richards and injured multiple others. a long list of seriously hurt is noted.
In Muskogee a government representative seeks details on R. R. Foot also known as J. M. Hackney and J. T. Eldredge. Born where and his past criminal and other records are requested. Foot, age 57 and 200 pounds, is at the Atlanta Penitentiary for impersonating a government officer. He operated in southern states including Oklahoma, with earlier actions near Sulphur and Ada, and a letter alleged he posed as an official to help Choctaw Indians gain rolls, collecting 10 to 25 dollars. He fled after inquiries, later captured and imprisoned. The note implies possible other involvement. records are sought.
Guthrie Oklahoma September 17 The assignment of cases for the new court of criminal appeals outlines sessions beginning September 28 and lists defendants including J R Roper Dan Price Thomas Slater Monroe Johnson Campbell George M V McDaniel W T Cave Horace Hoskins and Arthur Hensley along with their originating districts Atoka Vinita Nowata Durant Muskogee Wagoner and others.
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma denounces W R Hearst over claims he tried to influence Ohio cases against Standard Oil. He proposes a five member panel of editors from Springfield Republic York World Indianapolis News and St Louis Republic to hear both sides under oath to settle the slander dispute.
Washington reports the removal of Frank H Hitchcock as Republican National Committee chair and the assignment of Senator Murray Crane to lead the campaign. The move draws criticism from Republicans uneasy about Crane and other party managers under DOJ scrutiny for the electrical trust. The attorney general confirms ongoing investigations, with indictments unlikely before election day. In Poughkeepsie, Admiral Evans urges strong ships and higher pensions while praising Civil War veterans as “boys in blue” across conflicts.
The city council met with Mayor Harrison presiding. Bills were paid and a report on condemning and appraising 18th street for widening was accepted, with a new committee to study costs of improvements. An emergency was declared, an engineering fund ordinance passed, and petitions for sidewalks on Broadway Avenue granted. A vacancy filled in the second ward by electing Tom Hope.
The O. B. Weaver agencies promote Pioneer Insurance and Real Estate, claiming long service and strong reputations. They boast owning property bought early to offer Ada real estate bargains and superior inducements for insured clients.
The Mem phis Appeal comically compares Taft to clay suited for Roosevelt to mold into a brick or pottery plant, signaling editorial satire on Roosevelt shaping Taft’s political role and destiny.
In Salt Lake City Edison forecasts passenger airships across oceans in eighteen hours at two hundred miles per hour within five years. He says aerial flight will be commercialized then and the north pole reachable in forty eight hours. The helicopter will encircle the globe in a week, but only automatic machines will prove commercially practical.
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