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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
3
Vinita daily roundup notes residents and visitors from Muskogee Salina and Chelsea. Names include Mrs Watie Stephens, Mrs Campbell, Judge Raymond, Walter Beaumont, Commissioner Stanald, Chief Huntington, and Mre Rogers. Mentions bank incorporation, property sales, court sessions, and local commerce with Balentine’s store offering fruit and groceries.
The Frisco system shows general opposition to the proposed special regulation. It is believed the company may endorse the measure only if it gains no right of way issue affecting its general law governing railway connections in the territory.
Batches of text describe a Senate and House bill by Messrs Cockrell Curtie authorizing the St Louis and San Francisco railroad company to build and operate a railway and telephone line through Oklahoma and Indian Territory to Fort Smith Arkansas and Wister. The Frisco line would connect with a Texas line, with land rights, annual per mile payments to Indian lands, and a requirement to build at least fifty miles within three years along a route between Claremore and Chandler Oklahoma toward Denson Texas, with a general attorney from Louisiana named L F Parker noted in Washington.
Dennis Flynn faces a hostile Republican bid to block renomination as Oklahoma prepares for statehood. Guthrie hosts opposing delegates from Logan and others as wire pulling and demonstrations intensify. If Flynn' s home county delegation prevails, a strong, unified candidacy could be blocked by anti Flynn forces seeking to deny his return to Congress.
A Creek Nation interview outlines a funding debate over land deeds tied to the interior department. Chief Porter is urged to deliver deeds and expose alleged crooked schemes linked to Mortons Severs and others near Okmulgee. Community notes report local schooling, visits, and social events in Okmulgee and surrounding settlements.
The United States commission to the Five Civilized Tribes began deciding applicants for Cherokee Nation enrollment. Cases argued and submitted today include Fleetwood, Saliean, Lucinda Plesher, Chelecs, Holmes, Nora Webster, and Sulphur A. Awaiting opinion in the coming days.
Legislative notes report Congress moving to adjust territorial governance and funding. The Senate advances a bill to raise fees and approve careers, while the House completes steps favoring passage of the justice bill proposed by Delegate Finn. Salaries for U.S. court judges in Oklahoma would rise from three thousand to four thousand five hundred dollars. Senate committees discuss related governance changes as deadlines loom.
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