Volume 9 , Issue 21

OkieLegacy Centennial Moment

Items of Interest In Oklahoma -- This article also appeared in the December 29, 1905, Alva Pioneer under the headlines: Items of Interest In Oklahoma.

"The executive committee named by the business men of Guthrie to take charge of the arrangements for the Frantz inaugural is headed by John H. Cotteral, who was a delegate to the Republican national convention last year, and includes Judge Frank Dale, Frank H. Greer, editor of the State Capital; Leslie G. Niblack, editor of the Leader; John Golable, editor of the State Register; Charles H. Filson, territorial chairman; J. H. Norris, clerk of the district court here; Representive I. B. Levy, Mayor John W. Duke and Major H. W. Pentecost, of Governor Ferguson's staff. While the local committee will have charge of the arrangements, it will be made a territorial affair and invitations will be sent to the mayors an civic organizations of the other Oklahoma cities to participate. According to the plans now under way the inauguration will be by far the biggest thing o the kind that Oklahoma has ever seen.

Thomas Giggons was sentenced at Anadarko by the Caddo County district court to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary on the charge of killing T. C. Renfro.

A fire which started about midnight completely destroyed the barns and granaries on the Clarence Crider farm, just south of Cordell, with a loss of $2,500 and only $700 insurance.

In a rear end collision on the Rock Island just north of Waurika, Freight Conductor J. Carnes was instantly killed, and Brakeman Springfield fatally injured.

Musgrove served three years in the army and had a good record.

At an early hour in the morning Kremlin was visited by a disastrous fire, which by hard work was finally controlled, after the following places of business were destroyed: Gummer's Sons general store; Harris butcher shop, Ishmael's barber shop, Ading's saloon; a restaurant, billard hall and blacksmith shop. The loss is estimated at $13,000 with about two thirds insurance.

The preliminary trial of Elmer Vance charged with the killing of Walter Shehan and wounding of Henry Madoux, at Sayre, was held at Cheyenne, resulting in Vance being held to the grand jury without bail.

Eva Stapleton, aged 3 years, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Stapleton, was burned to death at Mountain Park. It is not known how the little one's clothing was ignited. There were several small children in the adjoining room at the time who ran to her, throwing water on the sufferer and finally tearing the clothing from the child, but she was so badly burned that she died a few hours later.

The number of Osage annultants on the rolls for the payment just concluded reaches 1,983, a decided increase for the present quarter. This includes the eight children of white men who were placed thereon by order of the secretary of the interior. The total increase for this payment was fifty-one.

The killing of Charles D. Jones, a negro soldier of Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, by Policeman Al Stoneman here last July has been investigated by the grand jury, but no indictment was returned as the, evidence seemed to show that Stoneman was justified.

Mrs. Harriet J. Darrow, who was in her 100th year, died at the home of her son, A. Darrow, at Mustang. She was born in 1806, and lacked but a few months of completing a century of life. The body was taken to her old home in Iowa for burial.

The Oklahoma county farmers' institute at Oklahoma City, by an unanimous vote advocated that agriculture be taught by text book in the common schools of the territory.

"Only one year. That's nothing. I put in two years in the Philippines, and that's certainly worse than leavenworth."

Announcement has been made of teh appointment of Amos Ewing, who has been one of the prominent members of the McGuire organization, as auctioneer of the town lot sale, which will commence at Pawhuska on January3.

J. B. Peters, who conducted a general merchandise estalishment at Lexington, disappeared leaving the establishment in charge of the clerks. The business was taken in charge by Sheriff Bryant of Cleveland county. The assets are said to be between $9,000 and $10,000, which it is claimed will about offset the liabilities.
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