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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
1
The readable portions reference a race theme and medical topics with scattered names and places. The text hints at Gertrude and Myles in a Marten series and a Pierce’s town or medicine context, but details are unclear.
Cambridge banker W H Dorsey predicts the Indian Territory will host major cotton fabrication near waterways and cheap power. He favors hydroelectric resources and Grand River sites, aiming to move mills south of Beaumont and establish several plants within a decade as conditions develop. The report also notes market quaratine cattle prices and livestock moves in Texas.
Cattle lots from Ming & Harri and Middleton & Ch. of Oaktaba show mixed lots with 26 head at 844 pounds selling to 83, 5 cows at 830 pounds to 6250, 10 head including 1047 pounds at 4.85 and 22 head at 1014 pounds. 45 steers averaging 1086 pounds at 63.75 and 168 cows and heifers at 739 pounds to 62.75. W T Gracey lists 26 steers at 806 pounds and 28 head at 865 pounds with various price points around 3.20 per hundred, plus 8100 pounds in other weights and 784 pounds at 63.16.
The eight defendants including Eden Hendeson, Giny Thule, Bigh Williams and Claud Anderein were acquitted Thursday in the Commissioner’s court after prosecutors failed to prove their involvement in Sunday night disturbances. The decision was seen as a victory for city authorities and a warning against further disorder.
Thieves entered the residence of Captain G. W. White while the family was away Saturday afternoon and stole valuables including a prized revolver issued to Captain White by Troop L of the Rough Riders. Mrs White’s gold necklace and other personal items were also taken. Neighbors saw men leaving but no clues to identify them.
Enrollment data shows counts for Cherokee cards, Delaware cards, and Freedmen cards with broad totals and notes on rejected items. The report references May 14, 1909 and mentions a summed overall total amid unclear agency terms and an odd valuation of pervenerated items.
The Frisco announces a through train from Kansas City to Oklahoma City via a new connecting line to begin after the joining of the Katy and Frisco routes. Time cards to be prepared. initial through service to Oklahoma City planned by December or early next year. Other rail facts include varying outbound times for Santa Fe and Rock Island routes, plus remarks on Enmitt Dalton parole hearing date set for November 15.
A Kansas political-dialect summary details Barton and Leland influence over Indian Territory posts. It highlights attorneys hired by tribes at salaries around 5,000 to 5,000 dollars a year, George Findlay's prisoner feeding contract at 5,000 to 4,000 dollars, and Pliny L Soper as northern district prosecuting attorney at 4,000 dollars.
Judge Townsend ruled on the Ardmore right of way dispute with the Arkansas and Choctaw road, indicating federal authority allows roads to pass through towns. The case notes potential compensation issues for property, while a December term may hear any final decisions. Local towns anticipate contributions to reach a settlement and platting on the official map.
Secret Service, Pinkerton, and U S marshals mobilize to cover Indian Territory seeking the killer of S O Montgomery, a Ban ta Fe agent shot at his Winfield Kansas home. Gang leader Sol Temple jailed at Pond Creek. pursuit extends across Chickasha country with a cordon to trap the fugitive and his band.
George Findlay of Kansas agrees to cater for the Fads oral prisoners at Muskogee and informs Senator Burton he will accept the chow contract. His assistant will be Geo Wallen of Kansas, doubling the cleanup. Sulphur Flames destroys eight buildings in Salphur, origin unknown, estimated loss 1000. Mrs Miller, who killed a woman in a quarrel over goaling, is sentenced to ten years in a Columbov Ohio penitentiary on the charge of slaughter.
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