State banking plan aims to cap small town banks
Discussion on limiting bank formation by town population. Oklahoma City requires minimum capital of 100000 for national banks and 250000 for larger cities, while smaller banks with 25000 have been organized elsewhere. Critics warn excess banks risk weak business and endangering the bank guaranty fund. Taft cabinet update: Knox to become secretary of state, with a noted biosketch of Philander C. Knox.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City
State Banking Board
Bank Commissioner
Menefee
Guthrie Signs FiveYear Convention Hall Lease
Guthrie Oklahoma December 24 the contract leasing the new convention hall for five years with a surrender option at any time was signed today by representatives of Guthrie and the state leasing board.
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Guthrie
State ,Leasing Board
New Brakeman Killed in Yard Accident
Muskogee Oklahoma December 18 S H Edwards was struck by a freight car during a flying switch in the M K T railroad yards and died beneath the wheels. Edwards had just applied today for a switchman position in the local yards.
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Muskogee, Okla
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
S. H. Edwards
Edwards
Slayer of Neighbor Surrenders in Oklahoma
Joseph Blair surrendered to deputies in Apache Oklahoma, charged with killing neighbor Tom Kern. The two men lived on adjoining farms near the dividing line. Kern was shot in the abdomen and died almost instantly. Blair is married with five children. Kern was single and lived with his sister.
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Okla
Joseph Blair
Tom Kern
Kern
Blair
Taft Names Knox Premier Candidate
Augusta Ga December 18 President elect William H Taft tonight announced the up
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Augusta
William H.taft
United
Oklahoma AG West urges ousting Standard Oil in Oklahoma
In Guthrie Oklahoma Attorney General West declares the Standard Oil Company has a thirty year record of law violations. He argues for a total removal of the firm and its rights from Oklahoma and recommends amending the state anti trust law to curb its purchasing power.
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Guthrie
Okla
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Standard
West
Henry Starr seeks peace by surrender in Oklahoma
Outlaw Henry Starr, famed for bank and train robberies, negotiates with state officials via Bartlesville intermediaries for peaceful surrender. He asks Gov. Haskell to refuse out-of-state requisitions and guarantees he will not be taken to Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska or Colorado. Starr vows to return to his Dewey home and live lawfully if promises are kept. The offer was discussed with a Bartlesville businessman and relayed to a state official. reaction was reportedly favorable.
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Bartlesville
Henry Starr
United States
Middle West
Starr
Gov. Haskell
Dewey, Ok
Tulsa
Fatal shooting in St. Louis Iron Mountain train coach
In Fort Smith Arkansas on December 26 a revolver attack inside a Negro coach of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway between Fort Smith and Cherokee Junction left one man dead and two others mortally wounded. Four other Negroes escaped by jumping from car windows but are unaccounted for.
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Fort Smith
Ark
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Cherokee Junction
Oklo
Shee Ta. Sonm Salese
Prisoners report brutal treatment in Oklahoma Kansas prisons
Guthrie Oklahoma December 22 J P Connors president of the State Board of Agriculture and member of the Board of Prison Control returned from McAlester where he spoke with prisoners recently moved from Kansas. He said reports from prisoners confirm Kate Barnards charges of water cure the crib and other punishments though none saw the cure. He noted punishments for rule infractions and low coal production. Oklahoma plans to transfer prisoners from Kansas and seek contracts with other jails as a new state prison is built. A Kansas governor appointed committee will investigate the charges with Oklahoma officials.
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J. P. Gonners
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Prison Control
McAlester
Oklahoma
Kansas Penitentiary
Kate Barnard
Mr. Connors
Connors
Board of Control
Kansas Institution
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Vinita
Muskogee
Topeka
Kan
Hoch
Lansing
Charities” and Corrections of
J.S. Crumbie
Frank Galiday
Charles W. Sheldon
P. W. Blackmer
F. D. Coburn
Chickasaw Delegation Heads to Washington After Heritage
Chickasaw Governor D. H. Johnston and delegation members R. H. McLish and Dr. T. P. Howell plan to travel to Washington immediately after the heritage event to appear before the authorities.
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Chickasaw
Washington
Tishomingo, Okla
D. H. Johnston
Chickasaw Nation
R. H. MecLish
Wapanucka
T. P. Howell
Davis
Oklahoma's 1909 Legislature Faces Building and School Needs
Guthrie reports the 1909 Oklahoma session will debate state owned buildings and new institutions. Plans consider two new normals and multiple facilities including a central capital, with a $649,438 public building fund and potential bond issues or land sales to raise $11 to $14 million for early construction.
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Learn Ee ‘Lowrey
Fort Gibson
Board of
Labhour
Industrial School For
East Oklahoma Hospital For the
Board of Centrol
Kansas
Department of Education
Department of Charities and Corrections
Miss Barnard
Public
Oklahoma
Suit seeks new method to settle Indian land titles in Oklahoma
McAlester Oklahoma December 26 a district court suit challenges federal action in settling Choctaw land titles. J A Cummins alleges citizenship denial by the Dawes commission dispossession by an Indian agent and current efforts to remove improvements on two sections in Pittsburg County He asks restraint on the Indian agent and police while seeking legislation to reopen his case. A tobacco and pile remedy ad follows.
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J. A. Cummins
Pittsburg County
Dawes Commission
Dana H. Kelsey
United States Indian
Alf, McKay
Indian Police
Nis
Wright to Remain in Indian Service Despite Move
Washington December reports commissioner J George Wright of the five civilized tribes will likely not head the tribes after July 1 yet will stay in the Indian service. Commissioner Leupp supported Wright and convinced the president to keep him on. Walter Falwell circulated an affidavit against Wright by seeking help from Congressmen.
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Washington, D. C
J. George Wright
Five Civilized Tribes
Muskogee
Indian Service
Leupp
Vinced
Wright
Walter Falwell
Venezuela's Castro ousted as Caracas faces new government
Dec 22 Caracas reports the end of Cipriano Castro's rule in Venezuela. Castro, blamed for dictatorship since 1899, allegedly planned an assassination before sailing to La Guaira for medical aid. The Bank of Venezuela canceled his credit, and his cabinet resigned as Juan Vicente Gomez forms a progressive new ministry.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ciprano Castro
Republic
Yellow House
la Guaira
Berlin
Bank of Venezuela
Paris
Castro
Europe
Juan Cicente Gomez
False Report From Doctors Craig and Runyan
Doctors Craig and Runyan deny a circulating rumor that they would not make professional visits to the country and assure friends they remain active. An advertisement notes Kings Little Liver Pills for biliousness and sick headache, claiming the pill will keep you well, sold by Gwin-Me.
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Craig
Runyan
Gwin-Me
Miner Strife in Whitley County Leaves Hotel Burned
Reports describe a clash between marshals and strikers in Whitley County with a hotel fire. Five or more men may have perished as workers inside the burning building failed to escape, while Berry Simpson, owner of the hotel, fled into the mountains and is believed protected by supporters. Officer Ryan split from his group during yesterday's fight and remains in the mountains. The posse planned to search the wreckage today for missing and wounded.
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Ryan
Berry Simpson
Missouri Supreme Court Bans Three Oil Firms In Monopoly Ruling
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil Indiana Republic Oil Ohio Waters-Pierce Missouri conspired to monopolize oil business in the state. Each was fined 50000 dollars. Waters-Pierce may continue if by March 1, 1909 it proves steps to operate independently and satisfy the judgment. The others must wind up by that date.
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Jefferson City
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of
Ohio
Waters- Pierce Oil Company of
Missouri
Supreme Court of Missouri
Commonwealth
Chance For Waters-Pierce
Waters- Pierce Company
Well Known Character Killed in Oklahoma City Arrest
Oklahoma City on December 25 reports the death of Billy Bunch a well known character from Coalgate killed at noon while resisting arrest by City Marshal Stouz and Constable Kennedy when they attempted to arrest him. Bunch opened fire on the officers and two other men during the confrontation.
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Okla
Billy” Bunch
Coalgate
Stouz
Bunch
Kennedy
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