Oklahoma Governor Endorses Jamestown Exposition Effort
Frank Frantz proclaims Oklahoma joins the Virginia Jamestown commemorative exposition by popular subscription. The Oklahoma Jamestown Exposition Company, formed in both territories, seeks funds for a state display at Hampton Roads and urges citizens to support the effort.
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Frantz
Oklahoma
Oklahoma-Jamestown Company
Board O Managers
Commonwealth of Virginia
Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Mother of States
Commonwealth
Oklahoma Jamestown Exposition Company
Frank Frantz
Territory of
Nen
Chas. H. Filson
Territory
Race War Ends WAURIKA
Waurika averted a threatened race war last week through police work and calm civilian action. The town, claiming white town ideals, faced tension as fears of an outbreak subsided with hopes that the Negro residents will soon depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waurika
Methodist Club Banquet Unites North and South Branches
Oklahoma City hosts the first Methodist Men's club banquet with about two hundred attendees from both territories. St. Louis and St. Joseph delegates, including ministers, attend as the group seeks affiliation to unify Methodist churches across regions. Toastmaster C B Ames presides. Chancellor Bradford gives welcome. Speakers from St. Louis discuss westward church work and federation prospects.
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Oklahoma City
Methodist Men's Club
St. Louis
Methodist Church
St. Joseph
C. B. Ames
Bradford
Epworth University
Frank J. Hays
West
James A. Freeman
T. E Sharp
E. H. Bullock
Crusade Against Bad Milk in Tulsa Urges City Milk Commission
Tulsa County Medical Society calls for an immediate city milk commission with an inspector as hot weather worsens milk conditions. A physician committee will draft an ordinance for city council review at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Tulsa County Medical Society
Tisdel Replies to Graft Allegations in Oil Deals
Muskogee Oklahoma Judge Lawrence hears charges against Clark J. Tisdel master in chancery for the western district who is accused by W A Chase and others of oil company interests tied to lease sales. Tisdel admits some holdings but says no financial profit beyond typical attorney fees. Chase protests late night examination hindering records. decision rests with Judge Lawrence.
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Muskogee
Lawrence
Clark J. Tisdel
Western District
W. A. Chase
Tisdel
Chase
Lawton Salesman Attempts Suicide on Public Street
Dan Mynett, traveling salesman for the Lawton Mercantile Co., entered a barber shop on Fourth Street, asked for a pair of scissors, walked outside with friends, then stabbed himself twice before collapsing. He is reported to have a fighting chance at recovery. the incident occurred in view of a crowd.
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Lawton
Dan Mynett
Lawton Mercantile Company
Fort Worth
Fourth Street
Donny
Mynett
Malfeasance in Office Indictments in Tulsa Area
Sapulpa grand jury returns ten indictments against former Deputy United States Marshal W. E. Strickland of Tulsa and eight against Posseman John Querry of Tulsa. Charges include false entries in accounts and other malfeasance in office. Bonds set at 2000 dollars each. Strickland, dismissed recently by U. S. Marshal L. E. Bennett, is recovering from a neck wound suffered while arresting bootleggers near Tulsa last Christmas.
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Grand Jury
Tulsa
Sapulpa
United States
W. E. Strickland
John Querry
Strickland
Leo E. Bennett
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Fourth class postmasters appointed in Indian Territory and Oklahoma
Postmasters appointed to fourth class offices include Indian Territory candidates Allane Lambert Kinkead Gibson Station Charles Davis Reichert I Morris Sans Bois Manson Duncan Woolsey Ezra Denson and Oklahoma appointees Cooley Edwin Coy Port Dan Wright.
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Clas
Indian Territory
Allane
Lambert Kinkead
Gibson Station
Charles Davis
Reichert
Sg. I. Morris
Sans Bois
Manson Duncan
Woolsey
Ezra Denson
Oklahoma
Cooley
Edwin Coy
Port
Dan Wright
Prohibition Convention Planned for Oklahoma City
A special consolidation committee of the Anti-Saloon League arranged a state convention for April 24 and 25 in Oklahoma City to consolidate Oklahoma and Indian Territory departments and launch the prohibition campaign. Rev. E. C. Dinwiddie will lead the consolidated headquarters with Captain A. S. McKennon and E. M. Sweet assisting. John T. Wooley of Chicago is among anticipated speakers for the event expected to draw over a thousand delegates from the new state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Anti-Saloon League of
Two Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Rev
E. C. Dinwiddie
A. S. McKennon
McAlester
Nev. E. M. Sweet
Muskogee
John T. Wooley
Chicago
Oklahoma State Optical Association adjourns after session
The Oklahoma State Optical Association adjourned after a two day session electing officers President A Y Boswell Tulsa first vice president W K Grady Stillwater second vice president H S Ellison Hobart secretary C O Lynch Chandler and treasurer J C Eisenfelder Chick A new state board of examiners was appointed C A Wiles Oklahoma City J C Diss Lawton and L O Wolf Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Optical Association
A. Y. Boswell
Tulsa
W. K. Grady
Stillwater
Sec.ond
H. S. Ellison
Hobart
C. O. Lynch
Chandler
J. C. Eisenfelder
Chick
State Board of Examiners
C. A. Wiles
J. C. Diss
Lawton
L. O. Wolf
Injunction Sought Over Greer County Split by Convention
Greer county seeks an injunction in Logan county district court to stop the constitutional convention from dividing Greer into three parts arguing the action violates the enabling act and depresses county property values. Attorneys from Mangum Guthrie and a Guthrie official represent Greer county commissioners. An additional suit aims to block creation of election machinery for the new counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Greer County
District Court
Logan County
Charles H. Eagin
A. M. Stewart
A. R. Garrett
Mangum
Horace Speed
Charles H. Thacker
J. J. Adams
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Congress
Fifth Congressional District
Old Greer
Greer
Supreme Election Board
Suit challenges supreme election board over Oklahoma convention
Horace Speed files suit for Joseph J. Adams in district court contending the new supreme election board lacks legal authority. The action seeks to halt August 6 election plans and the board’s duties including appointing officers and providing election materials. Additional suits are anticipated in Woods Woodward Beaver and Payne counties.
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Guthrie
Supreme Election Board
Constitutional Convention
District Court
Horace Speed
United States District Attorney
Oklahoma
Joseph J. Adams
Greer County
Election Board
Indian Territory
Territorial
Woods, Woodward
Beaver
Payne
Woman charged with murder tracked by bloodhounds
Mrs. Sarah Brooks of this city has been arrested for killer Dr. J W Davenport. Bloodhounds traced the trail from the physician's body to the Davis woman's home and then to a neighbor's house where she was visiting. A revolver with one empty chamber was found on arrest. Jealousy is alleged as the motive.
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Francis
Sarah Brooks
J. W. Davenport
Davis
Young Hero Rescues One From Drowning Tragedy
Eddie Kendall a nine year old drowns after swimming in a creek near Guthrie. Sammy Ingraham and Frank Sousley with him succumb to cramps. Sousley saves one companion but cannot pull Kendall from the water. Kendall's body recovered an hour later.
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Guthrie
Eddie Kendall
Rawnee
Kendall Boy
Sammy Ingraham
Frank Sousley
Kendall
Ingraham
Young Sousley
Young Kendall
President Murray Threatens Supreme Court Prohibition
Guthrie Oklahoma. William H Murray president of the constitutional convention says if Oklahoma courts issue an injunction against county division, the convention will seek a writ prohibiting interference from the United States Supreme Court or the federal appeals court. He doubts Greer County injunctions will be heeded but would act if courts move. A July 1 address task and a rider to the constitution are planned. The supreme election board met with John M Young elected permanent chairman J E Wyands secretary and J C McClelland treasurer all Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Guthrie
William H. Murray
Constitutional Convention
Oklahoma
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Federal Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Greer County
Burford
Oklahoma Court
Mike Kane
Kingfisher
Supreme Election Board of
New State
John M. Young
Lawton
J. E. Wyands
Muskogee
J. C. McClelland
Pond Creek
Hitchcock Boosting Ex Secretary Optimistic On Southwest Future
Former Interior Secretary E A Hitchcock returns to St Louis and private life. He says resignation was not due to attacks on land fraud prosecutions and supports current policy to curb public land outrages. He notes Garfield will continue investigations and cites fines for illegal fencing. He predicts rapid growth for the southwest and Oklahoma Territory within a year. He plans summer at Dublin New Hampshire and insists he will not seek public life again.
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ST. Louis
E. A. Hitchcock
Interior
Garfield
Bartlett Richards
Nebraska
Great Southwest Territory
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Union
Hitchcock
Dublin
N. H
Lydia Taft Named Kingsley Postmistress
Mrs. Lydia Taft has been appointed postmistress at Kingsley, taking charge of the town’s mail operations and local postal duties.
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Lydia Taft
Kingsley
Freed on Second Trial Al Harpster Is Acquitted
In Newkirk a jury found Al Harpster not guilty of the 1905 murder of Martin Fullan near Ponca City. After a prior conviction and 99 year sentence, a new trial followed Byron Cole’s confession, which could not be admitted. defense argument that the confession created reasonable doubt led to acquittal.
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al Harpster
Newkirk
Harpster
Martin Fullan
Ponca City
Byron Cole
Julian
Grand Lodge Session Of I O of Indian Territory
The grand lodge I O of Indian Territory met in Broker Arrow Tuesday for a three day session. Five hundred delegates attended.
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Tulsa
The
Grand Lodge
I. O
EF. of
Indian Territory
Broker Arrow
Void deed ruling on Creek freedman land in Muskogee
Federal Judge Lawrence held that a surplus land deed by a Creek freedman is null and void against the second grantee after patent issuance. The deed was executed after removal of restrictions but before patent, and prior to the Curtis act of April 26, 1906.
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Territorial
Muskogee
Lawrence
Lowry comments on county boundary dispute in constitutional debate
Col Bob Lowry of Stillwater says Payne county may file no action to remove Rock and Walnut townships from Payne until the constitution is approved. He notes Noble county would seek to extend jurisdiction after adoption, with cases arising in probate or other courts. The unsigned boundary proposition delays injunctions, and the convention may reconvene at the president's call after April 16.
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Guthrie
Bob” Lowry
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Payne County
Rock and Walnut
Payne
Noble County
Lowry
Murray
Joseph E. Johnston
Pretty Zera Parish Trapped In Elevator Shaft
In Muskogee Miss Zera Parish, stenographer for Southwestern Townsite Co., became a prisoner in an elevator cage between the first and second floors for two hours. Rescue required removing bolts, using a long ladder, and guiding her to the ground floor. The elevator had threatened to fail for a week and this incident fulfilled that menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretty Zera
Muskogee
Lawa
Miss Zera Parish
Miss Parish
Southwestern Townsite Co
Ponca City resident calculates corn surplus risk
A Ponca City resident, skilled in mathematics, estimates 25 trains of 25 cars each needed to move 225000 bushels of corn now piled in Ponca City. He warns that a sudden market flood could swamp large trade centers and that a continued car shortage may prevent moving the old crop before the new harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Ponca City
Preacher Arrested for Destruction of Property Near Mountain View
The Rev Phillip J Dickson a Baptist preacher was arrested by City Marshal R F Allen and jailed in Hobart on charges of wanton destruction of George Gordons farm residence two miles west of Mountain View. Longstanding feud cited. Dickson held pending trial.
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Mountain View
Lawton
Phillip J. Dickson
R. F. Allen
Hobart
Mr. Dickson
George Gordon
Will Fight Partition Guthrie Attorneys Move Suit
Four Greer county attorneys in Guthrie plan to file suit to block partition of Greer county into three parts. They previously filed in Oklahoma Supreme Court which declined jurisdiction. Now they prepare to sue in a U.S. district court to pursue the merits of the case.
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Guthrie
Greer County
Oklahoma Supreme Court
United States District Courts
Farmers Purchase Coal for Two Territories
The Farmers' union last week signed a major contract for threshing coal to supply members in both territories for the coming season. SecretaryTreasurer Hanson reports elation as the deal ensures coal on short notice, addressing a long standing fuel shortage. The agreement is described as one of the largest in the two territories, valued at 500 to 1000 cars.
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Farmers’ Union
Hanson
Interior Department to Merge Offices in Shakeup
Reports indicate a broad reorganization within the interior department combining the land and railroad divisions with the general land office and uniting the two Indian divisions under the Indian bureau under Commissioner Leupp. The move aims to reduce red tape in Indian Territory affairs.
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Interior Department
Washington
General Land Office
Indian Bureau
Leupp
Guthrie Delegates Plan Reunion for Constitutional Convention
A movement among convention delegates to form an association for a first reunion at Sulphur Springs Murray county. The group would include 112 delegates and convention officers and employees and would levy a small annual due, meeting yearly at different Oklahoma locations to rehearse convention proceedings.
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Guthrie
Sulphur Springs
Murray County
Oklahoma
Lawton Plans Auction Sale of Indian Pasture Townsites
W L Miller of Cincinnati Ohio chairman of the commission to survey plat and sell the Indian pasture townsites arrived in Lawton with J W Haddon superintendent of the Comanche Indian school to prepare for an auction sale. The interior department fixed May 6 as the sale start date and surveys are in their final stage with a report to be sent this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
W. L. Miller
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. W. Haddon
Comanche Indian School
Interior Department
Frisco Prepares to Move Cattle to Indian Territory Pastures
The Frisco railroad plans to transport about 3000 carloads of Texas cattle to Indian Territory pastures starting around April 1 and continuing through the month. The Katy will also handle hundreds of cars.
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Texas
Indian Territory
Katy
Postoffice Contract Let in Norman Boosts Block Plans
W F Flood has learned his bid for the government post office in Norman was accepted He plans to start work this week on a building that will trigger multiple new store rooms on Main street President Boyd aims to erect a store and office building beside the post office The Odd Fellows lot may also be developed creating at least 125 feet of new business property in Norman
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Postoffice
Norman
W. F. Flood
Government Post Office
Flood
Main Street
Boyd
Odd Fellows
Close to Century Mark A Creek Man Visits Muskogee
Capacha Harjo a Creek Indian nearly 100 years old visited Muskogee for the first time as a witness in a contest case. He is renowned as a wood carver and lives at Tulmachussee settlement near Durant in Indian Territory.
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Territory
Muskogee
Capacha Harjo
Harjo
Tulmachussee
Durant
I. T
Fence Post Exhibits in Cherokee allotment case
Cherokees contesting an allotment introduced a barbed wire bound fence post and a tree section with embedded wire as exhibits. The items illustrate the nature of improvements under which the allotment attempt was made and will accompany the case record sent to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Washington
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Methodist Club
Oklahoma Association
Woods
Woodward
Col
Bob Lowry
Preacher
Dickson
Gordon
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