Indian land deals and bribe charge at congressional hearing
Sulphur Oklahoma August 17 at a House commission hearing on Indian affairs attorney fees and contingent contracts dominate testimony. Senator Gore says no further evidence on his bribery charge while Governor Johnson and officials discuss McMurray fees and the net proceeds case involving Choctaw lands and the government’s 1836 treaty sale.
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house of representatives
J F MicMurray
Douglas H Johnson
McMurray
Johnson
T P Gora
Beverly ass
Tatt Im
supreme court of the United States
Altus hosts large lay of the Jackson county courthouse stone
August 17 Altus Oklahoma a grand laying ceremony for the Jackson county courthouse stone attracted 3500 to 4000 Masons led by Eldorado Commandery No 28 with Rev Robert Hodgson delivering the oration. Local and Texas Masons attended as the crowd hears a formal procession and lunch follows. Nearby Guthrie sees state official changes as Sam Stone named secretary of the state banking board after Ed Cassidy resigns from the school land board. Seth Gordon of Muskogee is reported to become secretary of the banking board.
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Altus
Okla
Jackson county
Eldorado
Knights Templar
Maaster W S Bradshaw
Mangum
Alleen
Hulten
J Shaw
Robert Hodgson
Oklahoma
Texas
Alina
Guthrie
Cassidy
state school land board
N Hapkell
Sam Stone
Durant
Stone
State banking board
Seth Gordon
Muskogee
banking
Destructive Warehouse District Fire Claims One Life
A massive blaze swept Jersey City’s warehouse district damaging multiple plants including Tru nlow & Falls cork works and Reigel Sack Co. Two thousand residents fled as flames spread across Waslington and Megan streets. One fireman died and another was seriously injured. New York engines aided Jersey City crews as the Inferno consumed the baking powder works. The fire razed perilous wooden tenement blocks housing Polish dock workers and families.
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New York
Jersey City
Hudson
Jersey
dames
Trunlow & Falls
Waslington
Megan streets
Reigel Sack Company
Bronchie Beats a Bucking Airship at Oklahoma Fair
Frederick Oklahoma August 17 A man named H L Ginter rode an airship but admitted a broncho is tougher He attempted a ride then jumped to a horse to perform a stunt The horse bucked him off causing a bruised foot and skinned nose He now shifts focus to selling a Sheila piano at auction on Main Street at 2 30 pm Judy Davis Auctioneer Ltd featuring a never used piano and a final sale bid opportunity
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Frederick
Okla
H L Ginter
Ginter
Tiltman county
Democrat Victory in Nebraska As Returns Grow
Omaha Aug 17 Returns tonight show Dahlman leading in Omaha and Lincoln while Shallenberger lags in upstate counties. Indications suggest Dahlman may win with a small majority, Aldrich leads Cady for the Republican nomination outside Douglas County, and Fifth and Sixth District returns are slow.
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Omaha
Neb
James H Dahlman
Lincoln
Shallenbarger
Dahlman
Shallembarger
Dablinan
Aldrich
Cady
Douglng county
Gasoline explosion kills six on ferry run
An explosion on a gasoline ferry between St Georges and Sandy Point during NF Aug 17 killed six and left four injured. Several passengers were thrown into the water but escaped serious harm. Among the dead were two women tourists.
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St Georges
Sandy Point
Grandfather Chiuse Vote Adoption in Guthrie County
In Guthrie Oklahoma on August 17 the official vote on the grandfather clause shows about 26 000 majority with total vote over 249 000 The largest margins came from the southern counties and reflect strong support for the measure.
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Guthrie
Typhoid Outbreak Reported in Oklahoma City
City Health Board reports eighty typhoid cases in Oklahoma City as of August 1 with fatalities since that date.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
City Board of Health
Insurgents Hit California Victory In Primary Returns
Early returns from California primaries show insurgent candidates leading across several races. Hiram Johnson leads Republican governorship, with Charles F Curry carrying San Francisco but southern counties eroding the margin. Democratic figure Theodore Bell and reform candidate William Kent gain strength as Congress races tilt in favor of insurgents in multiple districts.
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San Francisco
Hiram W .Yohnson
Alden “Anderson
Charles F Curry
Johnson
Johngom
Theodore Bell
William Kent
Duncan
McKinlay
Kent
Southwestern Rate Case Hearing Moves to Washington
Attorney General West left Guthrie for St Louis to confer with Southwestern Shippers Association on rate complaints before the Interstate Commerce Commission. West and Attorney General I S Dawson of Kansas will join the arguments before the conciliation in Washington in October.
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Guthrie
West
St. Louis
Southwestern Shippers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
iAttorney
I S Dawson
Kansas
Washington
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Ada Drug Co
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