Trouble for Cattlemen for Ak P Sanatorium
Washington reports district attorney Pliny L. Soper was instructed by the attorney general to drive out cattle from the Cherokee and Creek nations except those allotted to tribal members. Violators face fines and federal suits. Dawes commission must provide evidence for warrants, while the attorney general and interior secretary back Soper’s position. No interior decision yet on mineral leases. Wright opposes leasing. A judge’s alleged unconstitutional view on the Curtis law may trigger removal.
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Washington, D. C
Pliny L. Soper
Washington
United States
Soper
Department of Justice
Dawes Commission
Dewes Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Curtis
Interior Department
Cherokee Nation
Wright
Department
Thomas
McAlester
Grand Lodge Action on Sanitarium Funding and Law Order
The report outlines Knights of Pythias plans to raise 500000 for a Hot Springs sanitarium with a 20 cent per member yearly tax for five years, awaiting affirmation from grand lodges and government land grants. It also details a Muskogee court charge urging indictments for liquor sales gambling bawdy houses and disruption of worship as part of restoring community morality.
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Knights of Pythias
Hot Springs
Supreme Lodge
Grand Inden
Indian Territory
Grand Lodge
Congress
John R. Thomas
United States Court
Muskogee
East St. Louis
Fire prompts townsite commission guidance in Muskogee
The Muskogee Times reports on Interior Department guidance issued April 26 1899 clarifying how burned lots should be classified for sale under the townsite act and permitting owners of destroyed improvements to buy lots at half appraised value if they intend to replace with permanent structures. It notes Hinkley of Topeka appointed townsite surveyor and comments on local progress amid the fire aftermath.
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Muskogee
Muskoge
Wright
W. A. Jones
Department of the Interior
Taos
Mayor Cantwell Pursues Wife and Stranger in Kansas City
In Kansas City a Bristow mayor David Cantwell confronted his wife and a man on Seventh Street near Walnut and Main. Cantwell pressed a revolver to the man claiming the name Charles Randall, but detectives Ennis and Boyle intervened, disarming him. The wife alleged mistreatment and refused to name her companion. Cantwell was detained briefly before resuming his pursuit. Also reports note Dawes Commission enrollment figures and Seminole land appraisals, with work continuing toward allotment planned for November, and limited land openings for Native tribes. A carload of strawberries was shipped from Van Buren Arkansas last week.
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David Cantwell
Bristow
J. T
Kansas City
Seventh Street
Walnut
Main Streets
Ennis and Boyle
Cantwell
E. C. Hammil
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Charles Randall
Randall
Main Street
Grand Opera House
Carpenter
Muskogee
Muskogee Times
van Buren
Arkansas
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Ak.p. Sanitarium
Grand Jury
Vinita Chieftain
Musko_gee Phoenix
T. Grand Lodge
Col. Weldy
Sofrano Jones
Mary Younggirl
Johnny Goodlaw
Grandpa Rumaitz
Billy Jumper
Kit’s
Cockey Mike
Duff McGill
Sharp
Coffeyville Journal
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythiae
Vinita
Denver
Post
District Court
Utah
Sherman
New York
Thos. B. Reed
Committee of Indian Affairs
Kansas
Atoka
Hinkley
Topeka
Santa Fe
Interior
Thomas Ryan
Phoenix
John C. Gray
Seminole Tribe of Indians
Henry C.F. Hinckbush
Kingman & Co
Vinita Plow Company
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