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The Weekly Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1910

Page

3

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Indian lands to be opened for homesteads in Washington

Spokane reports more than 1 000 000 acres of Yakima and Klickitat county lands to open for homesteads next September or October. Openings will mix sealed bids for some areas and lottery draws for others. Water rights costs depend on canal expenditure and are payable over 10 years without interest.

Spokane Wash Yakima Kilikitat Washington Spokane Chamber of Commerce Yakima Commercial Club United States Wesley L. Jones H. P. James North Yakima Jones Wkely Taft Land and Indian Departments Ttma Flathead Coeur d'Alene

Relationship of Indian divisions described in Cherokee history

Tahlequah Oklahoma June 24 Few people understand the relationship of the Eastern and the Western or old settler Cherokees. The old settlers arrived before 1835 and clashed with the eastern Cherokees over land and government actions. Factions led by the Rid es and Ross contested the 1848 treaty uniting Cherokees as one nation. Civil war and settlement followed, ending in a solid Cherokee nation with strong educational political and economic growth.

Tahlequah, Okin Indian Territory Georgia Rosses John Ross Raws Texas Roswell County West

Attorneys Get Slice of Eastern Cherokee Money

Eastern Cherokees paid nearly a million dollars in attorneys fees from a five million dollar judgment. Senator Owen and John Vaile received most, with multiple other attorneys and firms also paid from the fund. Also noted is General Funston’s improved condition and near return to activity.

Tahlequah Oklo Robert L. Owen John Vaile Court of Claims Owen Wade Washington J. K. Jones Arkansas M. C. Butler Fort Carolina W. H. Robeson R. V. Belt Scarritt & Cox Kansas City Dudley Vess Leavenworth, Kans Pred Funston Funston Associated Press

Wickersham Defends Federal Power Over Railroads

Attorney General George W. Wickersham argues before the Timneis State Bar Association that federal authority to regulate railroad stock and bond issues under the interstate commerce act is essential. He compares it with the 1866 permissive act and cites centralization, noting Congress may set rules for state-created carriers engaged in interstate commerce.

Associated Press Chicago George W. Wickersham Timneis State Bar Association Congress Wickersham Washington Taft Stok Thaaw Wig Joan Tents Knoxville House of Congress McMurray Senate Long Kansas Thore Nebraska J. M. McMurray McAlester Gore Cannon Mesars Burke Dakota Campbell Tensas Miller Minnesota St . Noxas Saunders Sng Sterman Tt Wax Congresa Cartier

Browne Jury Still Out

The jury in the Leo O Neill Browne bribery case remains undecided this afternoon in Chicago.

Associated Press Chicago Leo O'Neill

Murderer of Three Men Killed in Final Rush

W T Bostwick, barricaded in a house near Tiwinville Ga, is killed during a final siege after fatally shooting the police chief and sheriff and wounding others during arrest attempts for an earlier murder. His children were unharmed.

Tag Associated Press Atlanta W. T. Bostwick Mie Tiwinville Bostwick

After Five Fight They Plead Guilty to 10 Charges

In Washington June 24 Mones Haas of New York and Frederick A Peckham of Cincinnati pleaded guilty after five years of indictments in the cotton leak case in the department of agriculture. Justice Gould imposed fines of six thousand dollars on Haas and five thousand on Peckham. other indictments were allowed to stand.

Associated Prose Washington, D.C Mones Haas New York Frederick A. Peckhau Cincinnati Department of Agriculture

Boott anti option bill before house aims to curb futures

The Boott anti option bill to prohibit cotton futures trading was taken up in the house. Scott of Kansas, chair of the agriculture committee, reported the measure favorably and explained its purpose. The bill is described as drastic.

Associated Prena Washington, D. C Cotton Exchange Scott Kana Committee On Agriculture

Lightning Strikes Bank Fire Ended Before Firefighters Arrived

A lightning strike hit the International Bank & Trust building damaging the electric clock and wall, sparking a fire that a janitor contained with water before it spread. The fire department was summoned but not needed.

International Bank & Trust Company Walla Ume

Dangerous to state illiterate ballot rhetoric debate

The piece argues that illiterate ballots threaten democracy, condemning illiterate voters and equating negro literacy with political danger. It frames suffrage literacy as essential, blasting racial stereotypes and calling for curtailment of Black voting rights to protect state governance. It cites Oklahoma tensions and calls for a constitutional amendment to curb black suffrage and immigration.

Ramasee Roosevelt Moe Oklahoma Booker T. Washington South North Carolina Banda

Press Agent Scores Another

New York report states an operation on Theodore Roosevelt’s throat was denied today.

Associated Press New York Theodore Roosevelt Twan

No Change In Betting on Jeffries Odds

Reno bettors kept Jeffries favored at ten to six on June 27 with no shift in the betting line. Bookmakers report substantial money backing the selection at these odds.

Reno Nev Jeffries

Fight Against Hi Extradition in Chariton Case

Porter Charlton, accused of murdering his wife Mary Scott Charlton at Lake Como, faces extradition to Italy. His arrest in Hoboken and confession preceded a legal fight over cross border jurisdiction and mental fitness. Charlton is jailed in Jersey City awaiting next hearing while Italy-US law questions unfold.

Associated Presa New York Porter Chariton Italy Killitts Mary Scott Cugtio Henry Harrison Scott Coast Artllery Charlton Lake Como McGovern Hoboken Audson County Jersey City

Taft Automobile Hits Italian Laborer in Beverly Miss

One of President Taft's cars, driven by his son Robert A, struck and seriously injured an Italian street laborer in Beverly Mississippi on June 27.

Associated Press Beverly Miss Taft Robert A

Indignation Grows Over Negro Appointment in County

The county’s first Negro appointment, Blunt Martin, as deputy constable under Trotter and Lyons, sparked a row after he took an oath before Justice Neville. Martin carried a commission but did not oath before the county clerk, was arrested on a concealed weapon charge, and released on bond to face the next county court term. Officials doubt lawful authority for carrying a weapon and a test case may follow, with opposition expected to last weeks.

Blunt Martin Trotter & Lyons Justice of the Peace Neville Blunt Martin Bunley

Manuel Dies in Leavenworth Prison Hospital

Manuel Manuel, a life term prisoner from Sapulpa Oklahoma, died at the federal prison hospital in Leavenworth Kansas today from consumption.

Manuel Associated Press Leavenworth, Kans Emanuel Manuel Sapulpa Ohin Federal Prison Hospital

Objection Stops Paras Warrant

Washington June A treasury draft for 100000 would have been paid to Richard Parr next week but an objection by a New England Republican senator blocked the appropriation. The senator claims revenge after Parr reported sugar frauds, while Parr denies such charges. Chairman Tawney supports immediate payment of the reward.

Washington Treasury R Wnr Richard Parr New England Parr Tawney Congress Dlone Monitor

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