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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
3
Local notes report illnesses, trade, and social events in Vinita and nearby towns. Mentions typhoid fever cases, a fire near Harris building, new sidewalks, mailbox sales, and community notices including church, school, and harvest updates with several named residents and businesses.
Special to the Daily Chieftals Tahlequah Nov. 15 report that a two-houses committee found irregular signatures on a petition challenging T. M. Buffington’s seat as principal chief of the Cherokee nation. The committee urged dismissal of the contest. the motion passed 37 to 19 amid sharp criticisms of attorney Frank Boudinot. Buffington and Wash Swimmer were sworn in at 4:40 p.m. and the chief’s message will be delivered from the capital square at 2 p.m. with seminary students invited to attend.
Mrs. Hattie McNair, wife of a former Clarke county resident, was declared insane by local commissioners after her family moved from the Indian Territory to Osceola, Iowa. She has a seven year history of insanity and a child living with her parents S K Hall and his wife.
Tom Ketchum abandoned his plan to travel to Old Mexico after preparing to start last July. He rented his Delaware district farm and sold belongings, but the Yaqui uprising and ongoing Indian troubles likely end his trip. Meanwhile in Sapulpa A M Howard, a well known implement dealer, was shot and killed by Peyton Leeper after an insult at a restaurant. The article notes a lull in Washington news and questions about Balancing and Morgan.
A U S Interior notice to cattle owners in the Cherokee nation requires completing and returning tax blanks. Cattle held since June 28, 1898, must be listed and sworn, with dues paid, to the U S Indian agent in Muskogee Oklahoma Territory. Cavrenitt signs as Supervising Revenue Inspector. Roundup bales tested.
Georgia farmer James H. Camp, a Floyd county leader, reported testing roundlap versus square cotton bales in Rome. He found roundlap cotton yielded $1.25 more per bale after all expenses, comparing Arnold’s square bale gin to Hancock’s roundlap facility.
Hicks reports a volatile late November with Vulcan perturbations from the 11th to 14th, Mercury and Mars interplay, and Earth-Sun-Jupiter conjunction. Expect heavy autumn storms, gales over lakes and North Atlantic, rain sleet snow across the continent, and possible seismic activity. A November blizzard, cold wave, and meteoric showers near Andromeda are forecast, with shifting barometer and temperature through the month.
A large Vinita party led by J C Anderson and W M Mellette spent a day in the woods near White, returning for a stock-taking at the Coley home. Guests shared half a nute bell as a memento and P P Smith shot a bottle at 100 yards for sport. The piece notes free statehood debates in the northern territory.
Revenue Inspector Frank C. Churchill reported steady Cherokee revenues with most merchants already paid, naming towns like Tahlequah and Bartlesville. A literary note praises Olive Schreiner, while Cherokee land and Curtis bill issues loom, and the criminal docket at Wagoner will be rushed with eighty seven cases expected.
P G Browning promotes Horsehoe Brand paint made from lead zinc and bagged oil with no adulteration. He guarantees purity verified by chemical analysis and claims lower total job cost due to greater longevity, urging customers to ask for Horsehoe Brand.
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