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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
1
Tribal attorneys presented to the Five Civilized Tribes Commission the progress on the Cherokee freedmen enrollment. The breakdown shows 3271 regular freedmen 2883 doubtful 375 rejected 98 not on the roll for a total of 6627 applications. The commission expects to complete the freedmen roll decisions by January 10 1903.
Early this spring Secretary Hitchcock ordered Quege reservation lands of 160 acres per homestead to be properly located and recorded with Pawhuska Indians. Surveyor M L Johnson from Skintook has worked near Bartlesville this week mapping locations for several Ouage citizens. Interior Department indicates the allotment of Desge lands is not far distant.
Quanah Parker, chief of the Comanches, has been appointed deputy sheriff at Lawton and begun his duties. He was seen in civilian dress when taking office, wearing his hair braided down his back, reflecting his political persona and alliance-building with white settlers.
Judge Clayton in federal court rejected an injunction against Inspector Cobb over driving cattle that had not paid a twenty five cent head tax out of the territory. The ruling allows Cobb to continue enforcement with penalties of one dollar per day for each animal returned after being driven out.
An official announcement states a new federal jail will be set on lots owned by Lucien Bullington and J Biapler of Tablequah nearScraper Street. The property spans about 500 feet on Heraper Street and 150 feet deep, to be condemned by the board of appraisers led by B. Surstch EN Ratcliff and Edgar Smith. The jail cost estimates put at $25,000 with standard modern facilities.
The Rev B W Wiseman announces $2500 in gifts from friends and relatives to establish a library at the Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary memorializing Major John G Pratt and Major Charles Journeyeake. The drive, raised in under ten days, draws donors from southern Kansas and the Indian Territory. Pratt, who came to Kansas in 1837, helped found the first Baptist church in Piper and was revered by Southern Kansas Baptists. Journeyeake served as a missionary among the Delaware Indians in Wyandotte and with them until their removal to the Indian Territory. The seminary opened two weeks ago and is noted as the denomination’s only institution of its kind in the area.
A South McAlester dispatch reports brewers and distillers plan to work around U S prohibitions by using patent medicines and tonics to sell intoxicants in the Indian Territory. Officials note federal enforcement remains strong but loopholes persist through substitutes and added alcohol in medicines, with physicians often flagging liver and kidney diseases linked to these products. The piece cites insurance and other business concerns amid attempts to extend Oklahoma commerce by altering territorial boundaries or laws.
Commissioner of Indian affairs W A Jones opposes spectacular displays for the Indian exhibit at the World's Fair. He argues exhibitions harm Indians by turning them into paraded curiosities and notes the 40 000 appropriation bounds. Officials debate past and present progress, education, and industrial strides as the exhibit theme.
The Vinita September term civil docket lists many bank and equity cases, receiverships, and lawsuits with numerous parties including Nelson Moore, George Martin, Mary J Bachtel, and the National Bank of Commerce. Proceedings set for December dates with judges North and A. S. at Vinita.
Mrs. George H. Thomas of St Joseph Missouri recovered her kidnapped sister after twenty five years. The woman, taken near Sapulpa as a child, married at thirteen in Nebraska. She later returned to Missouri in search of relatives and located her brother Berryhill of Sapulpa. Through him she learned her mother lived at Wick Missouri and the family awaited a reunion.
The article cites Oxford's income near £410,000 and Cambridge's at £350,000, mentions a motor car used in a pulpit, and references church roles, war impacts, and donations including 120,000 dollars for French studies and 4,000 for the College de France. It notes a new four story building in Shenghsi, China, opened during the period and various academic and religious fund actions.
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