Hitchcock Retirement Rumors Stir Cabinet Shuffle Talk
Washington January 27 Rumors of cabinet changes persist. Expected retirement of Postmaster General Smith and Payne's possible ascent, with Gage signaling transfer of Treasury keys to Shaw. Strong talk that Secretary Hitchcock will retire soon and be replaced by Henry Stewart New of Indiana a White House visitor and Roosevelts ally. If New enters the cabinet it would shift Presidential nomination dynamics, delaying Fairbanks candidacy and strengthening Roosevelts bid for a first term by election.
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Washington
Smith
Henry C. Payne
Keys of the Treasury
Gage
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Hitchcock
Henry Stewart New
Indiana
Boosier State
Indianapolis Journal
Roosevelt
New
Fairbanks
Muscle versus Skill in Farm Work and News Notes
The column argues skilled labor deserves higher pay than brute strength and applies this to farming, noting stock breeding and orchard work yield more profit. It also mentions Hicks denying death rumors, political jokes, and Sallisaw Gazette hiring a woman editor whose wife writes a weekly love story.
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Sallisaw Gazette
Cherokees' Last Chance on Enrollment Closings
Vinita Okla Jan 25 The Dawes commission set July 1 1902 as the closing date for Cherokee rolls no original applications after that date Cherokees who refused enrollment may be excluded from heritage about 3000 full bloods have not enrolled The Dawes commission has failed to secure a treaty acceptable to Cherokees and has not gained congressional ratification The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Association Texas Oklahoma territory plans a South McAlester meeting February 23 to adopt by laws and showcase territorial products
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Vinita
I. T
Thomas B. Needles
Dawes Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
United States
Indian Territory
South
McAlester
Injunction Granted For Non Citizens In Pickens County
R rt Davis and fifteen other non citizens seek injunction against H O Love as Indian permit collector to stop seizure of cattle and horses under Chickasaw statute. Judge Townsend grants injunction upon bond of 2000 with sureties, pending further court order. Ardmore Daily News reports also note an Indian killing at Iron Bridge by a son and Mrs Edwin Gould’s antique collection finds in New Orleans.
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Townsend
Ardmorelle
Iron Bridge
Spiro Gazette
Edwin Gould
America
Cain
Abel
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Jerome Bonaparte
Fitch and His New Play The Girl and the Judge
Clyde Fitch Amherst product known for writing plays with both hands has completed a comedy titled The Girl and the Judge in which Annie Russell will star. He modeled the work on his Amherst roommate Todd Balloway who serves as judge of probate in Columbus Ohio.
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Clyde Fitch
Amherst
Annie Russell
Mr. Fitch
Todd B. Ualloway
Columbus
Ohio
Admiral Schley's Appeal Looms Over White House Decision
Washington dispatch reports the president nearing a final ruling on Admiral Schley's appeal amid expected debate in Congress. Subcommittee leaders and key lawmakers weigh actions likely to follow, with Wheeler cautious about reopening disputes before a decision. A White House meeting among top officials sought to align on the Sedley affair, outcomes undisclosed.
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Jan
Schley
West
Navy Department
Congress
Administration
Rnder
Committee On Naval Affairs
Watson
Indiana
Wheeler
Kentucky
Sehley
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
Secretary of the Navy
United States
White House
Sedley
Long
Lemly
Hanna
For Sale: Adjacent Tremont Hotel Lot at Low Figure
A spare business lot adjoining the Tremont hotel on the south is offered for sale at about half its value. Cash buyers should contact A. E. Baker in Pauls Valley or call J. T. for details.
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Tremont Hotel
A. E. Baker
Pauls Valley
J. T
News subscription notice on payment and permission
The notice explains readers must pay in advance for permission to receive the newspaper. It states the News stops when time expires and that each subscriber is independently paying for their own copy.
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