The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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the chelsea Commercial
(^UINN ♦t BAILY, Pi'Hi.fHiiKiiM.
CHKLSKA, INDIAN TERRITORY, I'll! DAY, .IlTLY *, |«io|.
VOUW1E 10. NUMBER I.
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A Sad Fourth of July.
Tin' Kiiiirtli of .1 iily luw conm
Mllll go||C. ttiid with it renin inn tlll<
usual story <<1 happy moment* iiimI j Ktnt« M luiliiin Inspector. linn hiiI -
accident*, circnmribiiiccti that con- j "lilted the name* of over -(*) mi-
tribute to liotli the pleasure and nors who linve allotment* on pine
misery of mini. land* in I lit* Choctaw nation, to
Tin* day dnwued in thomiii, and mlur«' Clayton, iwking tlmt the
till near tin. middle of tins morn-, npiioint guardian* for tln-n.
it looked iw though thcn« «t at once. Tlio order in inniidii
Pine Undl of Minors. taking live idiot* at the marshal.
South McAlester, I. T„ July I. Considerable excitement was cans.
Hon. J. George Wright. United "(l l,v doulliig 'tl f"r <l' "
thought serious dmnau'i'
tug
would l>n a downpour all day.
Then there was an interval of sun-
shine that pierced the clouds, and
tory and notice will lie nerved up-
on the minors that if they do not
choose guardians, lieiich warrants
for a few moments cnum-d hope of will lie issued and guardians np-
a sunshiny teriuinat ion ton gloomy l>">nled by thet court. I lie law in
looking day. For b short time Indian Pen!tory is that the
only was this hope justified, for ; aturnl gunrdian of the child can
the clouds returned and poured not act as irunrdian. till legally ap-
out a volume i>f water that threat- pointed by the court. In many
enid to engulf the town. In tin-:<•' «*•« the parents of full Mood In.
midst of this there was an oc<
i<>ui(l explosion proclaiming that guardians, in which event the
there was not water enough in the four! w'" '"ivt
it was thought serious
was done. .Miller was shot oil the
Imck of his right hand, hut aside
from this no injury was received
hy any party although several had
quite narrow cscapes. Dennison
Herald.
' Married Ip Kansas City.
Monday morning Mrs. N. B.
Dauneiilierg mid daughter, Miss
Trixie, departed for Kansas City
to visit Mrs. Daniienlierg's son,
Oliie, who has a )M.sition in that
city. On the same train went
Alfred Todd and Percy Wilkins,
ostensibly to find a nice place to
heavens to even dampen the en- one wno is competent.
thusiasm of the young American. ''''8 's taken to
About noon a message came to j O'o interest of the minor Indian
town that effectually saddened the children who are not capable of
hearts of everybody tlmt heard it. protecting their own interests.
Mr. Geo. Robinson who lives on People have been cutting tim-
the Jim Kell place, about six miles ber on minors allotments without
. , . . , | spend the-Ith of July. Nothing
bans are not competent to act as1, . , ,, , ,
. ,.r , . ! further was heard from any of the
party until Wednesday, when the
111 llfltu « II | /Ml III OUII1C I
wli
. . nal.
protect|„, .. . .
I mill anil .Miss Meat net
from town, whs crossing Pryor
creek at what is known as the
(■{williams i'ord, southeast of Chel-
sea about live miles, when his
wagon box washed from the wagon
and was capsized. Two of liif;
children, Zadie and Bertie, a^edlextent.- Dennison Herald.
authority. Under the Federal
statute, the unauthorized cutting
of timber on a minor's allotment
is a violation of law, which the de-
partments nnd the Federal court
intend to prosecute lo the fullest
five and three years respectively
and I nn Walden, a neighbor's
little girl, aged ten years, were
drowned. Robertson was well ac-
quainted with the ford on the
creek and thought, it was not full
enough to swim hi^ team, but alas
for human calculations. they are
often wrong
A great number of people went
from Chelsea, and neighbors for
miles around, came in and liegan
searching the creek ior the bodies.
Late that evening I na Walden's
body was found about one hundred
yards below tin: ford. and the next
day the body of little Zadie was
found not very f:>r from where the
one was taken out the evening
before.
Wednesday morning there came
a hard rain which raised the creek
and so far 11i■ ■ body of little Bertha
has not be "i recovered from the
water.
The people deeply sympathize
with the stricken parents in their
loss and invoke the blessings of
heaven in this their hour of pass-
ing under the rod of God's chas-
tisement. All that call be done
by human power is being done to
find the lost, darling.
Later- Late Wednesday even-
ing. the other baby was found
about a half mile below the ford
where it was drowned.
Lon Wyatt returned Wednesday
morning from a few days visit at
Cleveland. Oklahoma. He had a
good time and came back well
Daniel Red Bird Dead.
Vinita. I. T„ July 5.—Daniel
Redbird, one of the pioneer lead-
ers of the full blood Cherokee In-
dians, is dead at his home near
Tahlequah, I. T., at the age of 71
years. His death was caused by
heart failure. He stooped to pick
Up someniing on the floor of his
cabin and fell dead instantly. De-
ceased has been a member of the
Cherokee legislature, delegate to
Washington and at the time of
his death held the highest office
in the gift of the Keotoowah or-
ganization, to which office he suc-
ceeded on the death of Rabbit
Bunch, who died some years ago.
A successor to the Keetoowah
chief will be uamod next month
Dennison Herald.
! readers of the Kansas City Jour-
saw the names of Alfred G.
Dannen-
berg among those who had pro-
cured marriage licenses on the 5th
of July.
Au inquiry was made by the
Commercial and the fact was
dieted that the couple were mar-
ried in Kansas City. Tuesday
afternoon or evening, and had
wired to that effect to Mr. Dan-
ueuberg, father of the bride.
Mr. Todd is a son ,of \\*. D.
Todd, general manager of the
Cherokee Oil & (bis Co.. who lias
his residence at Warren. Pennsyl-
vania. He is a splendid young
man, and has made many friends
during his residence in Chelsea.
He and Mr. Douglas have a drill
outfit here, and are engaged in
developing the. "il field
place.
The bride was born and reared
here* and is well known by all the
town. She has been highly edu-
cated and will indeed be an orna-
ment to the life of.him with whom
she ha# cast her lot.
The Commercial extends con-
gratulations and Pest wishes.
Latkk Wednesday night the
bridal party returned. The mar-
riage ceremony was performed in
J. T M< Siuiiiikx.
|'r«-<i'|i-!ii.
W. II. Iln.tii
Vir."I'rmlilKnl.
(>n«. Wcniu*. (Vlilvr.
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Cn'iilvr
Bank of Chelsea
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Does a General Banking Business and Solicits your Account.
DIRBttTORSi
J. T MrSI'WWKN L. USE W. P. Mi SIMI>r>KN W. 0. SIIUJI
Jf. MSIIAHfK W. J. STKlMiK JOHN D. SCOTT.
V > roll, <-linn. )iin d".ln' lim'lr •!< >>m in l «v with u •. Wi- rf-mlt on il j of cnllortlon
Chelsea Livery Stable,
HILL, COLTON, Pr p*.
Keeps Good Rigs and Careful Drivers.
Oldest Stable in Town and are Well Equip-
ped to Care for all Patronage That Comes.
HAVE JUST BOUGHT SOME NEW OUTFITS. TRY THEM.
H. C. Miller,
Administrator of the
Partnership Estate of
P. G. Browning & Co.,
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Doors, Sash
Blinds, Cement, Brick, Windows,
* .. hhipw, ajkl jll imityhj^
thing tlmt it takes to make a house.
Get Our Prices And Save Money
pleased with that country.
Resisted Arrest.
Tishomingo, I. T„ July 1 Mrs.
Maude Spears was arrested Satur-
day morning, charged with an as-
sault. with intent, to kill W. M..
Miller, deputy city marshal.
Miller had gone to the Jobe
Hotel on South Kemp Avenue,
run by Mrs. Spears and husband
with warrants for the arrest, of
Spears and his wife and another
party, charged with conducting a
disorderly house.
The testimony before the Com-
missioner was to the effect that
Miller told the woman that lie had
a warrant for her, and she then
began to resist arrest, and finally
succeed in getting a pistol and
the el ub is to secure statehood for " Xels. Foreman has seventy-five
the Indian Territory separate from j acres of wheat that is nearly all
Oklahoma. Similar clubs will be j flat on the ground and rotting,
organized throughout the entire! The rains this summer have done
territory. There is a move-on the | much damage, but there will be a
part of all the double staters to or-1 a good corn crop, if some unfore-
the"parlors of "the Hotel Baltimore | ganize clubs at every post office in j 'jcjmmiee does not prevent
by Rev. J. C. Reed, of the Cum-1 the Indian Territory. Theestab-j ■; f
berland Presbyterian church. . j lishmeut of a weekly Democratic ; assiTtant^ashier
They will move to the Dannen- paper at Ardmore in tlK11Ilterest! f)f t]ie gank 0f Chelsea, came on
lierg farm west of Chelsea, where ] of double statehood is also content-. train, Monday noon, on her
they will spend their honeymoon.! plated—K. C. Journal. J way home from the World's Fair
* . ! ;it St. Louis. She was not expect-
Judge D. W. Henry, \N oraljnjr to visit her brother till lie met
Hawkins and Milton Hatton. all her at the train in Vinita, and told
of Terre Haute, Indiana, have
b.>en in the city a few days thi
and later
trip east.
in the season make a
Mr. Todd will build
handsome residence in Chelsea,
and make his home here ultimately.
in
week lookin
vestment
a trip to the
parts of tlu
i.i • i * t « \i,. | very much
was elected president, J. S. Mc-1 ou1'look
Charles, first vice president; J. K.
To Boom Double Statehood.
Ardmore, I. T., July 5 —Of the
.loe Bailey Democratic Club, or-
ganized here. Judge R. II. est
her to come home with him.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
over the field for in- had a nice time Saturday night in
The gentlemen made - Odd Fellows hall at the installa-
oil wells
country,
impressed
i it her
and
ami
with the
tion of officers of the two lodges.
Refreshments were served. Fol>
w('re lowing are the new officers: For
C. \V. Barrett. Frisco agent at
vice presicieni; ^ * j tiiis point during the absence of
T. Fexroat, secretary; S. W . eb- ■ tjie reurU|ar agent. J. F. Tibbs. is
ster. assistant secretary and Tom. confined to his room at the F isher
Pollock, treasurer.
the Odd Fellows, N. (t.. W . W.
Davis. V. G. J. L. Davis. Secretary
F F. Baily. For the Rebekahs:
N. C.. Miss Sarah Clark: V. G..
Mrs. W. F. Paris; Secretary. Mrs.
Florence McSpadden; Treasurer.
The object of Hotel with a slight attack of illness. Mrs. \\ . . Davis.
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Rakes, Tedders, Etc. We will make prices and terms to interest you.
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Quinn, J. W. The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1904, newspaper, July 8, 1904; Chelsea, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc175061/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.