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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
2
Vinita hosts upcoming Indian Territory political events and railroad improvements as Congress debates Hitchcock allotment and Jefferson territory provisions. Local presses push enrollment, land offices, and municipal finances while Claremore and Claremore Messenger report on rail access, courts, and economic growth in Vinita.
The autumn session opened with jurors empaneled after limited excuses. Grand and petit jurors from multiple towns were selected and court officers appointed, while the criminal docket saw several cases dismissed or continued pending further civil docket actions anticipated within two weeks.
The defense is facing key allegations as Dooley of Cofayuilla and Moore are linked to a fatal thrashing after a dispute. Jacob Staata, the city marshal of Lue, was attacked. Moore fled to Colorado after the incident. The grand jury later indicted others for related charges including liquor violations and counterfeiting. several defendants pled guilty or await sentencing.
Washington reports Tams Bixby acting chairman of the Dawes Commission has resigned though not yet accepted. A camera crew travels to Muskogee to wind up commission affairs as the duration of winding up remains unspecified.
A disputed plan to attach the Scott Soper bill to the Indian appropriation failed when a conference committee report rebuked the scheme. Advocates had worked on the amendment for days, but the legislature rejected the tactic and halted the measure before Congress.
Checotah prepares to host the grand lodge convention with opening exercises at nine o'clock tomorrow. Hon. W. L. Chapman will give an address in memory of the Grand Chancellor, followed by a welcome from Mayor W. A. Reid. A business session will follow, then an amplified third rank work performance by the Webbery Fally team, and a reception and banquet. Muskogee lecturer Dr. Taylor of Boston spoke on good citizenship at the M. KB church the same night, claiming local law enforcement gaps and denouncing permissive officials. The Dawes commission was informed by the Interior Department that the commission supports disbarment actions against J. Arnold of Booth McAlester.
The Summer Normal convenes at Tablequah June 4 to July 2 1902 at the Female Seminary, 9 am to 4 pm daily. It invites all seeking teaching jobs in Cherokee nation schools, promises better preparation, and offers two year certificates to first grade normals. Tuition is five dollars. Dr Ward president Thor Carlile secretary A B Wyly of the Choctaw company oversee the program.
Attorney Campbell files in the secretary’s office a copy of a lease between Edwin HB Smith and Girard Trust Company of Philadelphia and the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad for new rolling stock. The fleet includes 1200 box cars and 100 flat cars with specified capacities, plus fifty locomotives, under a plan that would extend and control the railway’s ownership structure.
Henderson worried as Omnibus Statehood push stalls in legislature. Debate shows some GOP support for statehood while Oklahoma bill faces separate reporting. Also, a public cattle sale advertised for May first with 100 head and hay machinery auction details, plus bankruptcy and commercial notices among fragmented text.
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