Indian Chieftain News Notes from Vinita In 1900
The Vinita based Indian Chieftain reports on Cherokee tax collection tensions and possible government action, the education of non-citizens in incorporated towns, and Vinita's graded school as a model. It discusses Dawes policy, local officials, Bartlesville water works, Nowata shooting case, and Cherokee leadership shy of Washington delegation, with updates on courts and regional affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Vinita
Bartlesville
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Santa Fe
Main Street
Claremore
St.Louis Republic
Robert Crone
Nowata
I. T
Court at Muskogee Docket for Adjourned December 1899 Term
Docket begins January 15 listing numerous cases across multiple days with defendants charged for int lig disp lig perjury forgery larceny murder assault arson kidnapping and related offenses. February entries include conspiracy forgery etc. Names include Jack Brewer Lee Herring William Holt Reece Price James Richardson Ben Porter Jim Richardson Tom Wilson Thomas Cox and many others. Official docket spans January 16 to February 5 with varied charges and defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brewer
Lee Herring
Wm L Holt
Reece Price
James Richardson
Ben Porter
Dick Sharp
Jack Green
Rolley Davie
Lewis Luckey
Rolley Davis
Edn Scott
Larceny
James M Johnson
Albert Bradshaw
G W Scott
T B Reed
Crutchfield
Obst
James Weet
Tom Wilson
Jack Harlow
Chas Yohn
John Thomas
D Bird
Myrtle Kidd
Mandy Jackson
Jim Richardson
O Dobson
L M Tipton
F M Miller
Harrie Johnson
Edn Tyner
Warren Taylor
Agg
W B Atterberry
Ben Ayres
Berron
Tunnell
Lucy Evans
Benj F Gray
Obst Pub
Tom Sugar
Ben Jones
Edward Ivey
Lewis Flowers
Wm Jackson
Emory E Bruce
Arcon
J A Sample
Robert Cherry
Cal West
Jas McFarland
John Wheeler
Lee Peters
John Cox
Hark Reeves
Jesse Landrum
Henry Sears
Chas Davis
Tobe Jefferson
Manuel Jefferson
Jas Jefferson
Dan Manuel
Nancy Brown
Alex Clark
Tom Winton
Gam
Indian Territory work and Dawes commission notes
Washington reports Dawes commission seeks early Congress action on a near 700000 dollar bill for Indian Territory work. The piece details salaries for the commission, potential opposition, calls for faster Indian policy progress, and mentions territorial government talks. It also lists Court of Appeals decisions and local notices from Wagoner and Eufaula about new papers and editor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressions! Indian Committee
Dawes Commission
Indian Territory
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Interior
Danger of smallpox stalls Vinita court bid
Amid a Northern district smallpox scare, Vinita officials urge postponing the next term of court and keep schools open with vaccination and other precautions. Doctors dispute the illness identity, while quarantine measures and public health steps aim to prevent an outbreak as Pryor Creek and Delaware district cases loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Delaware
Pryor Creek
Geo. Mayes
Board of Health
Fite
Smallpox Fears Grip Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma reports a delaying public health scare as smallpox spreads unevenly. Oklahoma City records fourteen recoveries, El Reno and Enid push school reopenings, and a mass exodus among the territory’s Negro population shifts residents to Indian districts amid fear. Kay County lists about 60 cases, with Newkirk accounting for nearly half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
el Reno
Enid
Kay County
Newkirk
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D. M. Marrs
A Sion
Masaes
Jas
Cherkee
Dawson
J George Wright
Tablegush
Jeff Parke
General Pleasant Porter
Aguizaldo
Magaszine
Peter MacQueen
Manila
Aguinzaldo
America
Luzon
Dreyfus
Isao
Frank McMaster
Henry Scott
Guthrie
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
McMaster
Scott
Spaulding & Co
Cheocotah Enquirer
Bill Cook
Albany
N.Y
Court of Appeals
South McAlester
Shelton-Hargrove
W. L. McWilliams
Miami
Muskogee
Ing
Geo Craig, Jr
al Stevenson
Joe Mitchell
Wm Smith
John Hunt
Son Hunt
Reed Hammond
Elisha Shappard
Puller Stanley
EA Jones
John L Adams
James W Appleton
Jonas Thomas
James Luckey
Dick Barnett
Mary Grayson
Leman Proctor
Robert Soldier
Samuel Richards
Silas Childers
Kid Glaes
Charles Hays
Walter McDaniel
Robert Gray
Rod Mayfield
Nelson M Jones
Texas Ranger
Julius Laird
James Castleberry
Texse Ranger
Geof Stidham
Geo W Stidham
F M Davis
Chae H Warth
Callahan
C H Warth
Callahen
Indian Territory Work
Territory Court of Appeals
Jacob L Wassom
Mahala Burk
Richard A Sneed
J W Sparks
Dhemies
James M Smith
A F Merrifield
Appellee
W A Ledbetter
A M Burch
J K Hardeman
Katie Turner
Dennis Nolen
The
United States
John Craggs
J A Bohart
Chas Merrell
Katy Martin
Inspector Wright
Dr. Brazee
Wagoner
Uncle Sam
Eufauls
Gazette
V. B. 1 Wine
Badgett’s
W. R. Badgett Mercantile Co
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A. D. Barnett
Dawson, I. T
Toronto
Canada
Barater
Orlof
People’s Drug Store
Eri Eee Etree
P. G. Browning
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iron Mountain
Fort Smith
Litze& Rock & Hot Springs
H. C. Townsend
Gen Pas
Tkt
St. Louie
Edias
Chattal Morter
Ieteten
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