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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
1
A fragmented note extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a desirable laxative for women. The text promotes the product among references to health and strength, emphasizing gentle relief and suitability for female readers.
National leader Davie visits Tablequan and Vinita precinct amid speculation about Downing councillors and next winter’s legislative work. Davis warns against haste, hints at political maneuvering, while carped promises and rival pressures ripple through Delaware district and regional politics ahead of November.
The Grand Lodge A F and A M of Indian Territory adjourned its session at Durant and installed officers including H M Purman as grand master and J G Peatkner as grand chaplain among others serving Ardmore Moke Atoka Muskogee and several towns. The event also noted a hotel sale and related notices in the Western Hotel area.
US marshal arrests the eleven men near the Katy hold up scene. They were identified by the patrol, taken to Atoka, and, in default of 5000 bonds, remanded for trial set for next Tuesday the 20th. Officers expect four convictions as they push for speedy justice.
Three men entered the Marlow post office as the guard was out. A fight followed when the guard returned. A robber was shot and died soon after. One assailant was identified as Gray of Keans City. The other two escaped and fled.
In Checotah Indian Territory two men, Bud Quollee and Benjamin Stidham, confronted Ang and M All Texonna near Jeffereon Foster's barn. A quarrel escalated with three stabs and Stidham fatally wounded Quollee within hours. Stidham fled.
The United States government will auction about 3600 town lots in South McAlester on September 4. Bids require 10 percent at bidding, 15 percent within ten days, and the balance in three equal installments over two to three years. Conducted by Joe Sterret and B. S. Saviser with no limit on lots per buyer. Cheap railroad rates from Eastern points expected.
A New York dispatch reports Congress pledged 110,400 acres in Indian Territory to the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway though possession was pending. The land may be offered for public sale soon, with the Katy unlikely to sell in the Cherokee Nation yet.
Washington August 15 reports indicate broad support among lawmakers for Oklahoma territory joining the union with Indian territory as a county soon after statehood. Representative Curtis of Kansas favors admitting Oklahoma with Indian territory annexed as a county absorbed by the state. He cites political considerations and tribal reorganization as factors shaping the plan.
Shawnee wins 16 to 18 in a rough contest at North Park Thoteday with Bluejacket and Shawnee trading hits. Key plays include Turner delivering and Williams making solid fielding as Vinita looks to rebound with Little on the mound this afternoon.
President McKinley has approved a supplementary accord between the United States and the Creek Nation. Chief Porter, ex-officio chairman, appoints commissioners Thowen Perryaian, Marob Thompenn, Toler Molotovic, Alexander Dovea, and Lawyer Doers. The agreement revises several matters of the original treaty approved last May with no changes to fundamental provisions.
Kansas Oklahoma City and West Railway company organized in Coffeyville with officers President OM Ball Coffeyville vice president HH Overholzer Oklahoma City secretary Frank Bacher Bartlesville treasurer Ed Sidereboaed Oklahoma City general attorney S M Porter. Company plans a line Coffeyville to Oklahoma City to Quanah Texas with lower section already surveyed. Described as Missouri Kansas Texas Project.
The school lands office went to Duncan to complete the appraisal for a cow in the field and to finalize the legal description. After inserting the appraised value of the quarter section, bidding for leasing will be opened.
Report says a dynamite explosion near Stuart twenty miles west of here on the Choctaw Oklahoma Gull tails line killed three men named Williams from Forest City Arkansas a singer and John Marchall a trail man. The incident interrupts plans as Congress may act on Indian Territory issues next winter.
Attorney for the Cherokee Nation serves notice to the Dawes Commission in Muskogee stating a federal suit in the Northern District of the Indian Territory aims to block enrollment of freedmen and their descendants. The filing names Henry Dawes and others as defendants and seeks to restrain hearings on freedmen citizenship.
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