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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
1
Record breaking prices in our men's department clear tables and spring stock. Deepest cuts on our best clothing boots shoes hats and furnishings. 90 suits priced 7.50 to 20 with 60c on the dollar. Forty suits 6 to 10 at 75c on the dollar. Hats 2 dollars. Bostonian shoes 3.50 IXL plow shoe 1.50. W R Badgett Mercantile Company.
A statewide Indian Territory convention met in South McAlester last Friday at 2 pm and adopted a broad set of resolutions. They urged Congress to fund land surveys and town appraisals, repeal tribal taxes on citizen property, fund schools and private town bonds, preserve treaty rights, and allow Indian Territory representation in Congress. A committee of twenty five from all nations was named to sustain the movement, with four delegates chosen to travel to Washington. The gathering adjourned sine die after approving a memorial and printing 5 008 copies of proceedings.
A veteran letter from Gro W Merken of Co H 32d Infantry describes Manila to Subic patrols, a bloody clash on December 24 with insurgents in tall grass and bamboo, one killed, eighteen wounded, and fears for reinforcements amid a hard retreat.
J H Arter of the Cobb hotel returned from Claremore after testifying in the preliminary trial of Wm Greathouse charged with shooting Robert Crone near Nowata in January. Greathouse was discharged due to insufficient evidence for an indictment for assault with intent to kill. Crone sustained severe head injuries with skull and brain matter loss. Vinita will host the Indian Territory Press association annual meeting next May, a major event likely to showcase the town to editors and their guests. The Democratic convention meets in Kansas City on July 4 1900, with many Vinita residents expected to attend.
Attorney Edgar Smith urges Congress to recognize 90,000 Indians and 450,000 U.S. citizens in the Indian Territory and to prioritize swift treaty settlements, simpler laws, and freedom from excessive Interior Department rules. He criticizes Curtis bills town lot provisions, calls for Dawes Commission support, and supports free schools and health measures while noting railroad boom and a Muskogee prison transfer.
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