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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
3
A fragment from the Indian Chieftain issue of February 23, 1899 notes local railroad time tables. Mentions Missouri Kansas & Texas and San Francisco Railway with a reference to timekeeping and schedules as presented in the periodical.
Local notes report shop goods at Gray's and Wand gardening, seeds, and new arrivals. Several residents are sick with grip or pneumonia, others travel or attend court and church events. A marriage license, a jail case, and various local business movements are noted along with weather and crop impacts.
Lew Mason launches a hide and fur business beside the Katy track with plans to ship directly to tanneries. He estimates $50,000 yearly in hide trade and will canvass rail lines from Vinita to supply consignees in Ohio New Jersey Connecticut Wisconsin and Indiana.
A Relief Union of Vinita is formed at a Monday meeting in the Presbyterian church on Feb 20. Officers elected include W. M. Melletie as president and D. M. Marrs as treasurer. Members set four city districts for relief work and approve dues of 25 cents monthly. A constitution and bylaws committee is named to report next Tuesday.
The city council met yesterday and decided no action on quarantining towns against smallpox. Authorities will stay vigilant and watch for proper precautions. Local notes mention illnesses, moves, and shipments including Grother Coppedge and Kincait services, Colaombia to Kansas City, and hogs shipped.
A morning blaze in Muskogee destroyed the depot and Adduie House and burned the Turner Hardware Co block across a nearby track. Telegraph wires went down and the Adama hotel, the main M K T railroad stopping point outside Vinita, suffered no direct mention. The Turner Hardware Co block housed a grand opera house and the Maxonic hall. If the block is consumed, much of the city’s business district may be wiped out.
The Cherokee treaty was killed in a joint senate and house committee session on Tuesday. The committee adjourned without action as objections, especially to Delaware provisions, land valuation, courts, separate schools, mineral lands, and statehood, stalled the Curtis bill. The sale of home rule ideas and a $3,500 annual superintendent salary for Indian Territory schools were criticized. repercussions extend to the Curtis law and future congress sessions. The Interior Department appointed John Benedict of Danville to supervise the Lydian Territory at $3,500 per year.
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