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Newspaper
Oklahoma Ada News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
21
Conference committee endorses Senate split of Oklahoma public building appropriation. Senate reshapes House plan to allocate 50 000 dollars for Guthrie and 50 000 dollars for Oklahoma City, despite House disfavoring a two site split to prevent future requests.
The Territorial Populists gathered in Kingfisher with eight counties represented and J N Clark presiding. They pledged to field a congressional ticket and county and legislative tickets in every district, naming John S Allen as likely candidate and denouncing Enid’s 1902 alliance with Democrats. They proposed a platform favoring public utilities, land reform, national currency, taxation, elected federal officials, labor cabinet, postal savings banks, constitutional amendments, and reaffirmation of earlier platforms.
Observer Strong reports 3.15 inches of rain in the first three days of the week and 12.01 inches since May 1 at Oklahoma City surpassing any month since the Weather Bureau office opened. May 1892 saw 12.90 inches. Since March 1 this year rainfall reached 20.40 inches. Senator Platt introduces a bill making train robbery a felony with the death penalty.
Rain falls for hours swelling streams and closing Creek ferries. Arkansas Grand and Verdigris rivers rise steadily threatening cotton and wheat crops ready for harvest in the territory and northern areas.
Levi Chubbuck of St. Louis is named special inspector in the Indian service to supervise farming and stock raising on reservations. The policy aims to systematize instruction after allotments, with 85 000 acres cultivated at schools and 382 174 total acres under Indian cultivation. Widespread agency totals are listed, detailing acreages across Quapaw Pottawatomie Cheyenne Arapahoe Kiowa Osage Kaw Ponca Sac and Fox. Chubbuck, a Missouri native, graduated from Columbia Agricultural College in 1883 and held state positions before joining the Interior effort.
William Lillebridge admitted guilt in district court at Stillwater for setting fire to a Santa Fe bridge and attempting to extort $1,000 from the railroad company under threat of major damage to the line.
Superintendent Baxter received a letter from Oxford registrar dated May 18 stating little is known of the Rhodes bequest beyond newspaper reports. The bequest may not take effect within a year and depends on trustees' arrangements. The note clarifies the source but offers no firm action yet.
A Washington special reports that Oklahoma federal jurors and witnesses will continue to receive two dollars per day as the senate passes a bill to raise pay to three dollars. Chairman Ray denounces the bill, arguing existing compensation is ample and should be cut rather than increased? The measure would apply nationwide to all states and territories.
Judge Burwell will hear three murder cases at Tecumseh during the present term. William Bailey shot Ed Louman two weeks ago, Charles McKnight killed Leonard Sims, and Louis Perlette killed John Hasbrough. A Lawton baker sells forty loaves for one dollar.
Oklahoma City to host Epworth University as a joint project of the Indian Mission Conference and the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South A 300 acre university addition will be developed near the city with a $100000 cash gift and a fifty acre site. Lots to be sold to fund construction and families may buy nearby property to build homes.
Allen Campbell, a jeweler, was robbed in broad daylight as a parade passed. He stepped from his store to photograph the event while clerks stood on the sidewalk. A thief slipped in and took nineteen watches from two trays valued at 400 dollars.
Oscar and Will Terry, alleged horse thieves and desperadoes of the Creek country, were captured this week near Sapulpa by Deputy Marshal Taught. The brothers were arrested last January and escaped at Bristow while Taught headed to Muskogee. they had been scouting the area all winter.
A man named Bailey died at Baldridge's ranch in the Cherokee Nation after being found unconscious in the road earlier. He reportedly threatened self harm and had an ounce of opium, with death attributed to self injury before he could explain.
The House judiciary committee favorably reports a bill to hold at least one term annually of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Denver Cheyenne and St Paul in addition to St Louis. It notes the circuit covers many states and Indian territories making travel burdensome. It cites central locations near Denver and Cheyenne and St Paul as appropriate sites with suitable facilities.
The Post Office Department announced salary readjustments for postmasters in Oklahoma and Indian Territory after a review of gross receipts. The move aims to align compensation with office earnings and service levels.
Washington postmaster salaries in Oklahoma and Indian Territory adjusted. List includes Cordell Lexington Okardie Geary Mountain View Watonga Ada Eufaula Marietta Okmulgee Comanche Holdenville Harlow Sapulpa with new pay ranges from 1000 to 1800 dollars.
Governor Ferguson appoints James L. Wilkins of Oklahoma City to the University of Oklahoma board of regents in Norman. He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Charles A. McBrian.
J I Case Company prepares plans for a large three story Oklahoma City building matching the St. Louis house in length but extended to 150 feet. The new plant will include an elevator for two twenty horsepower engines and traveling cranes for heavy machines. It sits east of Brough and Robinsons wholesale grocery on property bought a year ago, with a lease delaying construction.
The Pottawatomie bar association has been organized here. Officers elected include President Judge W. S. Pendleton of Shawnee Secretary Ed. O. Cassidy of Shawnee and Treasurer A. W. Butta of Tecumseh.
Continuous rains across western Oklahoma cause floods across creeks and rivers including the North Canadian at El Reno reaching the highest level on record. Four to five inches of rain fall over three days with bridges washed out and crops damaged but overall limited structural damage due to scarce bridges. Rivers rise rapidly, notably the South Canadian threatening lower valleys and bridges, with reports of extraordinarily heavy rainfall across multiple counties.
Flooding rains over three days disrupt Lawton rail service due to a washout three miles south of Anadarko. The Washita river and creek continue to rise, hindering travel and signaling broader flood conditions in the area.
The North Canadian River rises at half an inch per hour and nears its highest point since settlement. Flooding hits the Smith place with three houses evacuated while Willie Tappee suffers a broken leg after a bridge collapse near Main Street. No trains operate for two days due to Cache Creek overflows and washed rail lines.
Lenton a 65 year old former cost man staying two weeks at City hotel drank heavily this early event. Found with signs of death and two bowties used as a means to end life. He was from Nebraska visiting the area when relatives were wired for notification.
A severe hail storm struck Re or Wills County last week, reportedly the heaviest since the area’s organization. The event caused damage across multiple farms and homes, with residents assessing losses and seeking assistance.
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