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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
2
The Indian Chieftain notes subscription prices, weekly publication details, and editorial commentary from Muskogee Oklahoma 1900. It covers legal actions in Atoka, town-site disputes, Cherokee nation land division plans, Dawes commission funding, and political positions in Vinita and Claremore.
Ratcliff Bros grocery in Centralia was swindled when Brant of Centralia cashed a bogus fifty dollar check drawn on a Coffeyville bank. He claimed to aid the business and bought goods before banks closed, while the signer H. M. Adama and endorser E. O. Brant used contrasting handwriting. Brant fled after a devious attempt to redeem the funds, and his prior escapades led to arrest and jail before he refunded money. The description notes Brant’s appearance and recent movements as he eluded pursuit.
The Republicans held their flat delegate convention at Miami Saturday. W H Darrough was elected chairman and delivered an address. Judge Harry E DonCarter spoke, and W M Mellette was unanimously endorsed for national committeeman. Dr W L McWilliams endorsed for delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.
Robt. L. Owen argues the Emigrant or Eastern Cherokees are rightful recipients of treaty funds and that the delegation misled Congress. He defends the April 8 1900 convention as properly noticed and urges Eastern Cherokees to unite, petition Congress, and support their organization to obtain the $50,000 sums claimed.
Mary Ellen Thompson, wife of Rev. J. F. Thompson, dies after brief illness at age noted in the Aberaten Sepumn Asylum resolutions. The faculty praise her service as church worker and supporter of the Woman's Mission, extending condolences to her husband and family, with copies to the Indian-Oklahoma Methodist and Indian Chieftain for publication. Also reports a Chickasaw Nation boundary dispute involving the Rock Island railroad and Kiowa Comanche reservations, plus local notices and a Vinita Adair ball game result.
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