Prohibition Vote Sets Guthrie as Interim Capital Location
In a heated convention session, members approved statewide prohibition and fixed Guthrie as temporary capital until 1913. The vote 71 for, 13 against, 28 absent. Debates centered on enabling act terms, with Williams defending the act and Haskell leading opposition. Delegates also pushed for limits on explanations and shifted school suffrage positions.
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Guthrie
Asp
Copeland
Dalton
Graham
Hanraty
Hughes
King
Liedtke
McClure
Maxey
Mitch
Moore
Tracy
Akers
Allen
Baker
Banks
Berry
Brewer
Bryant
Cain
Carney
Carr
Caudill
Chambers
Cloud
Cobb
Cochran
Cryl
Deanny
Edmondson
Ellis
Frye
Gardner
Harrison
Calvin
Haskell
Hayes
Helton
Hendricks
Henshaw
Herring
Montana
Oregon
Congress
United States
Maxey and Haskell
Schedule Committee
Schdule
Oklahoma
Bob Williams
Children Save Train Near Henryetta Win $1000 Each
Two children, offspring of Jim Whetstone near Henryetta, signaling a fast freight from a burning trestle, halted the engine just in time. Railroad officials sent each child a $1000 check after their brave act, alongside ongoing coal land royalties.
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Henryetta
Muskogee
Jim Whetstone
No Improved Highways in Oklahoma Despite Road Spending
Washington Oklahoma reports 43 554 miles of public highway with no improved roads and one county shows 298 miles impassable. The state has one mile of road per square mile and per nine inhabitants. Road tax last year was 447 319 dollars with filling holes labor at 327 356 dollars totaling 774 775 dollars or 17 79 dollars per mile and 1 94 dollars per capita.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Agricultural Department
Ghoul Rob Grave Prompt Bennington Town Reward Offer
Bennington residents report grave robbery of Mrs. Johnson Wooly an elderly full blood Cherokee woman with jewels including a watch. Robbers broke coffin lid removed casket lid and left grave uncovered. A. F. and A. M. lodge has offered 100 dollars for identification and arrest. citizens will increase the reward.
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Masons
Bennington
A. F
A. M. Lodge
Oklahoma constitutional convention action and rail regulation
The Oklahoma constitutional convention debated rail carrier eminent domain limits, state to interstate commission referrals, and justices of the peace authority. It also tabling woman suffrage for school elections, set compensation parity for local officials, and allowed city debt with voter approval. Three Indians were convicted at Kingfisher for Mescal bean possession.
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Kingfisher
Prohibition of Importation of Armed Men Proposed
Peter Hanraty of McAlester offered a constitutional convention proposal to bar the importation of armed men into the state for peace preservation or domestic violence suppression unless the legislative assembly or governor applies. The measure mirrors Montana’s constitution and replaces a drastic section cut from the bill of rights.
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Legislative Assembly
Tulsa Student Ear ns Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford
Earl Kleine of Tulsa wins a Rhodes Scholarship awarded by the territorial board of Rhodes scholarship examiners. A 1906 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he will study at the University of Oxford in England.
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Earl Kleine
Tulsa
Rhodes
University of Oxford
England
Territorial Board of Rhodes
The
University of Oklahoma
Beauchamp Attacked in Watonga During Manslaughter Case
Former Oklahoma Supreme Court associate justice James K. Beauchamp was assaulted in Watonga by witnesses for the prosecution in the John Cannon manslaughter trial. Beauchamp served as principal counsel in the case.
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Guthrie
James K. Beauchamp
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Watonga
John Mulligen
Frank Coteral
John Cannon
Beauchamp
Patient Blake Dies by Hanging in Norman Asylum Room
B L Blake a patient at the state insane asylum from Logan County died by his own action in Norman. He hung himself to the bars of his room with a sheet after several prior suicide attempts.
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B. L. Blake
State Insane Asylum
Logan County
Norman
May vote on school matters by Guthrie Women
Oklahoma women legally qualified may participate in elections on all school matters. A supplemental suffrage report to the constitutional convention states that all female citizens meeting male voter qualifications are entitled to vote on schools in the state. The change follows instruction after the original suffrage proposal.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Republicans Submit Alternate Constitution For Oklahoma Statehood
Delegate Henry Asp outlines a two thousand word statement detailing why minority Republicans favor a complete constitution. He argues the majority plan risks republican form and state relief, urging a side by side comparison to let the people decide.
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Guthrie
Henry Asp
United States
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Fixes Taxes and Salaries
The committee of the whole fixed county millage at 31 percent and set municipal and township caps. County schools may add two mills, with one for county high schools. districts can levy five mills, rising to ten with three-fifths voter approval. State officer salaries were adjusted, including governor at 4500, attorney general at 4000, and other posts set from 1500 to 4000. A railroad measure on eminent domain was discussed as adjournment ended the day.
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Hayes
Executive Department
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ledbetter
Ardmore
United States
Ellis
Orlando
Williams
Wiliams, Baker and Ledbetter
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Committee of the Whole
Herring
Elk City
State Senate
Will Build a Power Plant in Cherokee Territory
The Cherokee Power Company with capital of 1 100 000 filed articles of incorporation with the recorder here. It plans a power plant on the Grand river southeast of Afton for dam site due to abundant water power. Officers are Joseph Snyder president Charles Moore vice president and Thomas M Reynolds secretary treasurer.
Cherokee land office to reopen at Muskogee March 11
Commissioner Bixby announces the Cherokee land office will reopen in Muskogee on March 11. Numbers from prior drawings will be recognized during the opening, signaling continuation of the land allotment process.
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Bixby
Cherokee Land Office
Muskogee
Chickasha Wins $150000 Cottonseed Oil Mill Project
Chickasha to build an eight press cottonseed oil mill with 160 tons daily capacity. The plant will cost 100000 for the mill and 350000 for an oil refining addition. Land purchase and preparations are completed, with construction to start immediately.
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Ang
Chickasha
Exile's Devotion Poem Reflects Irish Loyal Longing
Poem by Thomas Darcy McGee expresses devotion to native Ireland, rejecting grand artistic fame for faithful Gaelic verse. The speaker pleads to live in memory, singing of the homeland and mournful voices from the far west, longing to fly and return.
Irish night echoes of love and loss in Kerry memories
In a St Patrick's night hall the Irish heritage is vivid with songs and the wearin' o the green. An old man cherishes a shamrock from Tipperary as an organ grinder stirs wartime memories. Mollie McShane longs for Kerry while a tale of John and a Transvaal grave unfolds with quiet sorrow.
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Kelly
Burke
Shea
Germany
Gilligan
Tipperary
Mollie McShane
Mollie
Kerry
Dean Dhuy Dheelish
John
Transvaal
England
Going Home to Erin on St Patrick's Day Train
Annie stands on a east bound platform as kin watch the train depart. Katie and Hannah cry while Annie imagines home in Erin beyond seas and hills. The scene closes with a refrain about kissing friends in Ireland and leaving a piece of heart behind.
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Annie
Katie
Hannah
Erin
Ireland
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Liams
William
Ghouls
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Commission
Justices of the Peace
E. R. Williams
Harper County
Geological Survey
Immigration
Commissioner of Charities
Thomas Darcy McGee
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