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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1899
Page
3
Marmaduke Daniels is sick, several locals ill, and a Creek principal chief installed. Wreck near Muskogee injures one passenger. farmers report crop depredations. Joe Masterson rents a house. a couple married in Vinita. Miss Nettie Duncan leaves for South McAlester hospital. Thanksgiving prep and rail timetable notes mix with local notices and ads.
Weather rain keeps plowing slow as Wm. Austin and family move to Miami. Sam Hunt rents Gov. Below farm. Jim Lenant feeds a market car of steers. Miss Cora Barr of Big Cabin visits. Mrs. Tom Howle visits daughter Mrs. SW. Dale. Ogden family returns after leaving two years ago. they prefer territory. Propp couple visit Adair. broom brig ate to be at eight. Money from last summer ice cream supper questioned for Grove Point school repairs.
The Nov 25 Cherokee council report notes Nationals favor allotment and a likely bill intro to include townsites and citizenship but exclude contracts or Oklahoma provisions. Council bill 3 extends the ratification window, alters sections of the Dawes treaty, and sets a vote for ratification by Cherokee people.
Smallpox appears in several Indian Territory areas as winter starts. Dr. Fire of Muskogee leads Cherokee and Creek nations for the government and may adopt necessary measures. The government will cover expenses for all classes and urban Indians, while municipalities must care for the remainder. Large scale vaccination starts in the Creek nation. Two new cases reported at Eufaula with more expected as exposure was ample.
James C. Keely, inspector at Parsons, examined 3 cars of Jarboe Jones cattle once owned by Henry Sears. They were free of ticks and eligible to enter Missouri and Kansas as feeders in November and December. Earlier inspection found ticks. some cattle were deferred.
A discussion on an agreement with the council to present to Congress for amendments and possible public ratification is noted. A resolution seeks interior relief against timber depredations on eastern and western borders. No changes were made to the Woodall compromise approved today by Chief Buffington in Tiblequah.
Coffeyville is poised to gain a northern rail connection as the Arkansas and Oklahoma railway moves to secure a permanent survey across the territory toward Coffeyville. The project, authorized last week, would bring the line from Gravett and Rogers Arkansas to Southwest City Missouri, crossing near Afton and Katya Bluejacket on the way to Coffeyville, positioning the route as the quickest eastward link into the Arkansas mineral fields.
National Council notes in the senate Mr Harris introduces bill No 7 on revenues and related purposes. Bills from the lower house extend treaty ratification time. Claims presented range from C J James to Josie Carson and Percy Wyly, referred to claims and education committees. Senate bills 5 and 6 introduced. No action in the lower house.
Barrel Cox had his manslaughter sentence changed from Fort Leavenworth to Missouri state prison in Jefferson City per interior department instructions. Adjournment plans for Thanksgiving. Judge Thomas may reconvene Friday morning. Springer's successor expected soon to finish pending business. Frank Blair fined 100 dollars and jailed sixty days, sentence suspended on payment of costs. Mention of various indictments, adjournment dates, and local notices including a medicinal advertisement and Cherokee warrants payment set for January 1, 1900.
Washington reports outline key moves on Indian Territory policy including committee appointments for Indian affairs in the House and Senate. Curtis named potential House chair. Platt expected to chair Senate panel. Mansfield's Digest proposed to extend Arkansas laws over Indian Territory.
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