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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
6
An Associated Press report notes Abilene issuer John Plack, a cashier at a state bank, was seen in Toronto. A telegram from Yorents, Canada requests Toronto police detain him for identification related to the case.
Kansas City stock market notes a late-week rise in steer prices by about 25 cents, cows up 10 to 20 cents, and quarantined cattle advancing. Overall weekly gains falter with large lots of quarantines, while hogs gain 18 cents per hundredweight. Prices shown include top steers at 4.65, cows around 8.20, and fat hogs near 8.40 to 8.46, with feeders rising as range conditions tighten.
Vinita expects abundant gas for all needs as Vinita Gas Co starts laying pipe to connect with the line from the south. A line already runs north to a point two miles away and two more pipeline outlets near Bull Creek will enable service to begin within two weeks. An injunction earlier halted work but was dissolved by the corporation commission, mandating supply to Vinita and nearby customers.
Arizona's Democratic convention in Phoenix next Monday will confront a sharp internal split over direct legislation and prohibition. Delegates from 12 counties clash with liquor interests and corporate influence as leaders debate the initiative referendum and recall, statewide prohibition, and constitutional drafting amid Republican hopes for discord.
In St Louis on October 11, Colonel Roosevelt spoke at a Business Men's League breakfast. He forecast the full lakes to the Gulf deep waterways scheme would be completed, noting his grandfather's brother built the first steamboat on the Mississippi and that the maiden trip faced an earthquake.
District court sessions focus on civil docket motions and demurrers as a quiet day progresses. It is expected the criminal docket will not be taken up until next Monday, with the grand jury still in session awaiting readiness to report.
In Kansas City on Oct. Ti Battling Nelson defeated Monte Dale of Denver in three rounds. Dale broke his left arm in round two, ending the match when his seconds stopped the fight to prevent a knockout. Nelson dominated from the start and appeared poised for a KO if not for the injury.
Winter Wisconsin reports Dietz surrenders to Sheriff Madden after a prolonged battle in which more than 1,000 shots were fired. Oscar Harp, deputy, is dead. Chet Colt and James Rankin are wounded. five others missing. Helen Dietz appears with a white flag to halt the gunfire as Dietz agrees to surrender for safe conduct into Winter.
Chicago news reports a second accident delaying Eugene Ely on his Chicago to New York flight attempt. He rose seventy five feet, sailed a short distance before engine trouble halted progress. The biplane struck mud and water, unsafely damaged. Ely plans another start this afternoon. A team hitched to an ice wagon caused a brief street scare but no injuries.
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