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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
6
The Vinita edition notes Oklahoma politics with Roosevelt’s legacy and a forthcoming April election. It highlights votes on school directors and female suffrage sparking debate, while criticizing Cannon era tactics and urging western independence against Cannonist influence.
A Missouri town reports Marshal George Car was shot and fatally wounded during a pursuit of robbers who had looted a store and jewelry, then fled by hand car toward a freight train. A posse tracked them to a train arrival and exchanged fire, with the marshal killed and the robbers possibly captured. The incident occurred as residents organized a manhunt.
Mary Farmer and her husband James D Farmer were executed for the murder of Mrs Sarah Brennan in Brownsville Jefferson County New York The case involved forged deeds and a trunk discovery The trial emphasized the defendants intention and mental state and the appeal process affirmed the conviction while urging scrutiny of the woman's mental condition Mary Farmer emigrated from Ireland in 1900 and worked as a domestic before the crime in 1908
Guthrie Mar 26 reports claim no law passed regulating lease of school lands to be sold. Gov Haskell signs bills, awaits remaining actions. Appointments include W B Anthony as private secretary. Incorporation notices list The BScientific Met Co Guthrie and others.
Senator Curtis of Kansas pressed Provident Taft for details on Kansas bank guaranty law. The Kansas situation grows acute as state banks compete for deposits, touting insurance provisions and citing recent national bank failures in the state.
An insane man, John Col Hine, shot and fatally wounded his sister in law Sarah Nichols at the McDonald home in Denver and then died by suicide. He is believed to have been insane.
A blaze in Havana harbor today damaged several schooners and the German steamship Heliga stand. The fire swept the docks for a time threatening the waterfront as authorities fought to contain the blaze.
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