Oklahoma Man Tries Life Deal. Purchaser Seeks Return
Henry James, a Coweta youth, proposed to George Johnson a life insurance scheme: $12,000 cash now, $50,000 in life Insurance, with James pledging to die within a year. He fled east, then fell in love, married heiress at Sag Harbor, and plans to sue to recover the $12,000 as the year ends.
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Oklahoma
East
Coweta
Henry James
George Johnson
Johnson
James
Sag Harbor
New York
Fruit Growers Plan Permanent State Association in Guthrie
Oklahoma fruit growers from across the state meet in Guthrie to discuss forming a state fruit growers association. Local county groups already exist with strong results and aim for uniform packing and shipping, plus coordination with railroads to move fruit efficiently, including through-car shipments and local consignments. A second meeting will formalize the organization and seek incorporation.
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Guthrie
Express Companies
Central Shipping Peints
Oklahoma
Coal Car Delayed From McAlester Mines Reaches Chickasha
A coal car ordered by a Chickasha dealer in October 1903 from McAlester mines arrived in Chickasha in January 1907. The dealer sold his business and left town. the successor refused to accept the shipment when it finally arrived. Attorney General Cromwell’s office has the case for review.
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Guthrie
Chickasha
Cromwell
McAlester
Kille Young Man at Guthrie Cotton Compress
Charles Hall, a young employee at the Hobart cotton compress, was instantly killed when crushed beneath the press. He customarily crawled under the press before the machinery started at 1 o clock to retrieve fallen hooks and warn the engineer, but he failed to do so this time.
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Guthrie
Charles Hall
Hobart
Hall
Oklahoma tops world cotton output in 1996 surpassing Egypt and India
Oklahoma produced more cotton in 1996 than any nation on earth, exceeding Egypt and India in total harvest. This regional statistic highlights Oklahoma’s agricultural scale amid global production benchmarks.
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Oklahoma
Egypt
India
fraub 18 charged in suit over Kendall college land in Muskogee
M L Mott filed in federal court against the national board of home missions of the Presbyterian church alleging fraud and seeking an injunction to stop selling Kendall college land. Pleasant Porter and C W Turner are named as defendants in a dispute over land granted by the Creek nation for school purposes.
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Sait
College
Muskogee
M. L. Mott
National Board of Home Missions
Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Porter
C. W. Turner
Board of Home Missions
Henry Kendall College
Oklahoma
Kendall College
Oklahoma Synod
Tulsa
Congress
Board of Missions
Tansfer
Chief Porter
Presbyterian Assembly Adopts Measures in Columbus
The 119th general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Columbus ends after two lengthy sessions. It rejects a temperance renewal, approves the temperance report, and votes to meet next year in Kansas City. A colored synod of Canadian in Oklahoma is established to serve separatist minority members.
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Presbyterian Assembly
Kansas City
Columbus
119Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Permanent Committee On Temperance
Colored Synod of Canadian
Oklahoma
Committee On
Murder at a Dance Sparks Cherokee County Outcry
Fred Hart, chained by a Muskogee posse, was jailed on a murder charge for shooting L. W. Johnson during a dance at Choska after Johnson refused to stop the music. The bullet wounded a baby and an African American fiddler as Hart fled. Joe Colbert was detained for stabbing Joe Grayson, an Indian boy, who is expected to die.
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Muskogee
Fred Hart
L. Sw. Johnson
Choska
Hart
Johnson
Joe Colbert
Joe Grayson
Conspiracy Case Dismissed in Osage Bribery Probe
Judge Hainer in Pawnee sustained the demurrer for John S. Glenn a Tulsa millionaire on an indictment accusing him of conspiring to bribe Osage council members to secure 300000 acres of oil leases. The court ruled Osage council members are not government employees or agents, so the government cannot prosecute them in an official capacity.
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Hainer
Pawnee
de Murrer
John S
Osage Council
Indians Pay New Fees for Oil Leases and Land Sales
The Interior Department orders five tribes to fund the lease and sales division with 30 000 annually and imposes a three to five percent commission on land transactions. An advance royalty of 15 cents per acre is now due at lease filing, affecting oil lease holders and on-file leases. The change, effective July 1, shifts financing from the government to Native owners and agents, drawing protests from oil lease men and Indians alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Agency
Congress
Beav er City Suit Withdrawn For Normal Institute Move
Injunction by Beaver City parties to block Mise Ella Baker from holding the Beaver county normal institute at Guy Men has been withdrawn. The institute will be held at Guymen as originally planned, starting June 3 and lasting thirty days.
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Beaver City
Mise Ella Baker
Beaver County
Guymen
Farm Talk: Green Bugs Help With Wheat Prices This Year
A farmer notes that green bugs left nothing harmful and that wheat at a dollar per bushel will enable a comfortable living on the farm this year, implying favorable conditions and stable prices.
Mrs McKinley Dies in Canton Widow of McKinley
Mrs. William McKinley widow of the late president died at 1 50 PM Sunday in Canton after a period of declining health. Present were Cortelyou Baker Duncan Day doctors and nurses as Roosevelt learned of the death and sent condolences. Funeral services were held at 2 PM Wednesday at the McKinley mansion with burial beside her husband in West Lawn cemetery.
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Canton Canton
William McKinley
President McKinley
Cortelyou
M. ¢. Baker
Roosevelt
Washington
McKinley Mansion
West Lawn
Railroad sues government for 61 million in land claim
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Rail Road company filed suit in the court of claims at Washington seeking 61 million dollars for land it claims in Indian Territory.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Washington
Indian Territory
District Convention Delayed By Third District Tulsa Meeting
Tulsa district Republican committee postpones Tahlequah convention set for May 29 to twenty days after the state convention. The Third district, previously favorable to the proposed constitution, agrees to follow party leaders on the constitution as it stands.
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Tulsa
Republican Committee
Third
Bonaparte Silent on Oklahoma Statehood Efforts
In a Washington conference with Oklahoma’s delegation Attorney General Bonaparte refused to reveal guidance on the proposed constitution. President Roosevelt declined to aid solving issues from recent Oklahoma court decisions, leaving the delegation frustrated and returning home. Ledbetter says the move aims to block statehood until after the election.
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Gambral
Washington
Bonaparte
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
W. A. Ledbetter
Public Lands Policy Expected in Next Congress
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration aims to win support for public lands grazing and forests policy in the coming session. Bureau bulletins, field representatives, and speeches will shape eastern sentiment to back Western home steaders and curb opposition. Officials Wilson Pinchot Bal linger Leupp will be engaged in touring the West to explain the stance.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Doe
Secretary
Agriculture
Wilson
Interior
Forreste Pinchot
Lawé
Ballinger
Leupp
Indian Affairs
Ponca City Merchant Recovers After Elevator Shaft Fall
A Ponca City merchant fell from a second story into an elevator shaft and lay unconscious in the basement for three hours before waking and finishing his day’s work.
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Ponca City
National Directorate Holds Cotton Discussion in Shawnee
The Farmers' Unions national board met in Shawnee with 60 delegates for their quarterly session. President C. S. Barrett of Headwater Georgia joined as a guest. The Cotton question dominated talks. improper handling costs nearly 1 million dollars annually. An address by Colonel Watson of Atlanta, once Populist presidential nominee in 1900, was expected.
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Shawnee Shawnee
National Board of Directors
Farmers’ Unions
C. S. Barrett
Headwater
Colonel Watson
Atlanta
Assembly
United States
Bankers Demand Statehood Seek Self Government
The Oklahoma and Indian Territory bankers adjourned their eleventh annual session in Chickasha. Officers elected include President E. P. Blake Blackwell, first vice president A. D. Kennedy Okmulgee. Resolutions declare that regardless of party affiliations, they urge authorities to grant statehood at the earliest moment.
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Chickasha
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
E. P. Blake
Blackwell
A. D. Kennedy
Okmulgee
Oklahoma to Issue Grazing Leases on Million Acres of Lands
The Oklahoma territorial school land leasing board invites applications on June 16 for grazing leases covering selections for Oklahoma's state endowment lands. Leases run from April 1, 1907 to April 1, 1908, with back rentals due for prior use dating from July 1, 1906. Leases are for one year and not renewable, with bids to the highest bidder where lands are unused.
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Guthrie
State of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territorial School Land Leasing Board
Secretary of the Interior
Vinita Banks Lose Heavily Through Defaulting Cashiers
Two Vinita national banks faced losses totaling about $19,000 due to defaulting cashiers. One cashier is indicted. the other, ill and under guard at home, left town during an examiner’s visit and was found with carbolic acid. Gullian, Vinita National Bank cashier, is alleged to be short $10,000. bank capital is $110,000 with Dave Hill as president. The grand jury indictment also targets W. P. Phillips of the First National Bank, who fled to Mexico.
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Vinita
Muskogee
J. F. Gullian
Vinita National Bank
John M. Hale
Gullian
Big Cabin Creek
Dave Hill
Nowata
W. P. Phillips
First National Bank
Phillips
Mexico
Guillian
Bank Examiner
Murray Pushes Plan to Reconvene Constitutional Convention
Shawnee reports W H Murray president of the constitutional convention expects Attorney General Bonaparte to resolve the muddle within ten days. He says some talk exists of reconvening the body and removing minor features to appease opponents but would oppose rewriting the constitution or altering county boundaries without clear necessity.
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Murray
Shawnee
W. H. Murray
Bonaparte
Mr. Murray
Oklahoma
Prohibition Push in Big Pasture Sparks Arrest Warrant Plan
United States Marshal John Abernathy orders officers to arrest all persons selling intoxicating liquor in the Big Pasture. Prohibition will be enforced under the act opening the country and enabling towns to be established there. The move targets saloon operators who moved in since the recent opening.
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Guthrie
United States
John Abernathy
Marshal’s
Oil Producers to Meet in Tulsa May 30
The Mid Continent Oil Producers Association will hold a meeting in Tulsa on May 30 at noon. James R. Garfield Secretary of the Interior is expected to attend to gather information on field conditions.
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Garfield Bartlesville
Mid-Continent Oil Producers’ Association
Tulsa
James R. Garfield
Interior
Ex-cashier Reno charged with mismanagement of bank funds
Harry L. Reno former Bank of Burlington Oklahoma cashier is arrested on mismanagement charges and placed under a $2000 bond.
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Harry L. Reno
Bank of Burlington
Oklo
Knowles Gets Fifty Years in Army Court Martial
Corporal Knowles of the Twenty fifth Infantry is sentenced to fifty years at hard labor at Fort Leavenworth for assaulting Captain Edgar A Macklin at Fort Reno Oklahoma in December. General Meyers approved the near maximum punishment after findings of assault with intent to kill and assault with intent to rob.
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Macklin
San Antonio
Knowles
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Edgar A. Macklin
Fort Reno
Okla
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Albert L. Meyer
Department of Texas
Knowles Sunty
Farmers Union Pushes for Independent Gulf Pipeline Plan
The Farmers Union advocates an independent pipeline to the gulf and the creation of state warehouses to hold grain and produce for a nominal sum, aiming to aid farmers with storage and transport.
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Farmers’ Union
The
Gulf
Negro Given Life Term In Chickasha Crime Case
Clyde Perkins colored was found guilty of criminal assault after a 55 minute deliberation by a jury of negroes. Judge J T Dickerson praised the verdict and imposed life imprisonment at hard labor. A negro lawyer from El Reno defended, white lawyers refused.
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Clyde Perkins
Prizoner
J. T. Dickerson
Pauls Valley
el Reno
Special Confederate Train to Jamestown Expo May 27
The Sons of Confederates plan a special train from Oklahoma City on May 27 at 8 p m to the Jamestown expo returning June 6 all sponsors maids of honor brigadier commanders and staffs of both territories invited to join on this trip.
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Sons of Confederates
Oklahoma City
Spaulding College Graduation Highlights Strong Women
Spaulding College issued its annual class of graduates this week signaling progress for women in higher education. The ceremony showcased determined students entering a changing professional landscape.
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Spaulding College At
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