Dawes commission census and Cherokee nation notes
The Dawes commission will finish the census of Chickasaw people about October 20, with each receiving about 500 acres and nearly 500 dollars. The Vinita fair dies at sixteen from strangulation by its secretary. The national council plans to pursue a new Dawes agreement in place of the Curtis act, and census scrutiny will continue to determine citizenship and rightful inheritance in Cherokee and Chickasaw nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Dawes Commission
Tovar Thomas
Tablequah
Indian Territory
National Council
Forts i
Dawes Commission
Curtis
United States
Town Legislation Promised by Cherokee Citizens
The piece urges Cherokee citizens outside towns to unite for sensible local laws and notes interior department credibility issues. It references General Armstrong, Gen Boynton, and “Mr. Beverly of Missouri” in an alleged Creek warrant fraud topic, predicting a Vinita district court appearance and promising a square game and a public dispute to expose alleged con games at Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnday
Interior Department
Armstrong
J. W. Zeverly
Missouri
Hot Springs
Beverly
Vinita
Beverly of
Miszouri
Katy's Annual Statement Highlights Record Receipts and Land Matters
The Katy railway reports a best-ever year with gross 12 07 236 50 and net 89 04 848 90. It details Dawes act era land division plans and congressional actions affecting its 1866 land grant, rail rights, and coal leases. A yellow fever outbreak and a major flood caused disruptions, nine days of freight delays, and costly track repairs, with plans approved to divert channels and protect the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Rouse
Five Civilized Tribes Commission
Dawes Commission
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Company
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
Frisco Annual Report shows gains and new Oklahoma line
The Frisco railroad reports year end figures with gross earnings up 893 thousand dollars led by freight and passenger gains. Freight car tons rose over 427 thousand, with higher ton miles and a longer average distance. The Oklahoma extension to Oklahoma City, via Sapulpa, will be operated under a 69 percent gross receipt contract, and the line is expected to be ready by November 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Robinson
Texas
St. Louis
Eastern Seaboard
Southwestern Division
Southwestern
Oklahoma
St. Louis & Oklahoma City Railroad Company
St.Louis
Sapulpa
Oklahoma City
Chandler
The Sacking of Lawrence Recalled by Resident Shaw
Mr. M. Shaw of Kansas City, formerly of Lawrence, recalls the 1863 massacre by Quantrell raiders. He describes waking to early morning gunfire and his vivid recollections of the events, offering a survivor’s perspective on the notorious raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Vinita
Skaggs
Shaw
Quantrell
Missouri
Kansas
Free State
Kansas City
Globe- Democrat
M. Shaw
Wagoner Docket Includes Murders and Larcenies in 1898 Terms
The Wagoner Criminal Docket for the November 1898 term lists cases from the U S court at Wagoner Indian Territory. Names include Bert Webber Gibbs Foster Creach Avens Allen Gaskins Mutkey Taylor Blair Stanley Johnson Burns Holden Clark Foreman Quinton Vann Morris Dunlap McDonald Crane Crabs etc. Jurors for October term and alternates for grand and petit juries are named with towns such as Vinita Chelsea Pryor Creek Nowata Bartlesville and Mayesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagoner
U.S
I. T
Navy
al Bert
Ch Webber
Joe Gibbs
Jno.Clark
Dad Burns
John Holden
Lattie Clark
Jos. Callon
Hugh Walter Campbell
F. Crabtree
Thos Crane
B.f.crabtree
Thos. Crane
Thos.Crane
Charles and Sladen Foreman
Allen P. Clay
Thomas Johnson
Same Party
Same
Geo. Quinton
Coon Vann
Albert Morris
Francis Henry
Robi Dunlap
C. C. McDonald
Henry Minco
John Thomas
RB Britt
W M Brown
Geo. Goodel
United States Court
Vinita
Bineford Rider
Chelsea
J.C. Hagan
Pryor Creek
D. W. Vann
Pryor Cree
W. JH. Morrison
Chas
H. Palmer
W. V. Carey
Nowata
Lee IX. Smith
Southwest City
John M. Miller
Aston
Geo
W. Holt
Fairland
W. J. Bond
Ea S. Lane
Chetopa
Geo. Keeler
Bartlesville
Altrelate
Nat Perry
John McGraw
Coffeyville
Fred Parsley
Claremore
Jacob Harlow
Tulsa
John Willey
J. D. Crockett
Levi Parrish
Catale
James Yeargain
Mayesville
Ruben Tyner
Salina
Wim, Madden
Sr. Hayden
Newton W. Williams
Dhelley Keys
W. ©. Rogers
Skintook
Geo. Poss
Clarersore
J. J. Babbitt
Alteratic
Kin
Fayil
Grayson Wit
Cecil Stretch
I G
Scomimsher
H. Hawes
Percy L. Wanker
Dick Wolfe and Chickasaw roots aid citizenship quest
Dick Wolfe a nearly ninety year old Chickasaw freed man travels with the Dawes commission through the Chickasaw nation to identify citizens. The piece notes Chickasaws kept house names such as Climbing Panther and stresses tracing family roots to establish citizenship. It urges progress depends on what runs against obstacles rather than the obstacles themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennie
Dawes Commission
Dick Wolfe
Mississippi
Gov. Johnston
Darkey
Books Good Books and Reading Styles in Circulating Library
The Circulating library has offered readers a three month literary tour with works by Longfellow Oliphant Lytton Ruskin Scott Crockett and others. Readings include German Swiss and Italian glimpses, English writers George Eliot Mrs Ward and lively pieces by Will Allen Droomgoose and Hamlin Garland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Fanny
Hamlin Garland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curran
Marks
Milford
Maneger
Vitra
Christopher Columbus
Havana
Spain
Danee Commission
Palaise
Austin Bates
Edwardsville
Ringling Bros
M. B. Sherman
Louis Hartung
Henry Meyer
Alton
Hawaii
Manila
Santiago
Hawaiian Islands
Cuba
John Kendrick Bangs
Ladies’ Home Journal
Wm. T. Dotson
Larceny
Badgell's
WW. R. Badgett
Kollan
Klondike
Vanisher Vasey
Philadelphia Record
First National Bank
Mons Legni Teniter
Inn
Phillips
Bank Tatters Hunt
Matemenstle
Oliver Bacey Sieraa Wu
Dia
Blakeney'’S
Circus
Blakeney
Touy
Stephan
Blakeney Grocery Co
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