Riots Break Out After Philadelphia Transit Resumes Service
Three boys were probably fatally shot as riots erupted in Philadelphia when the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company resumed service. A thousand rioters attacked cars on Market Street and in Germantown, injuring bystanders and assaulting police. State militia readiness grew as authorities faced widespread chaos and a dynamite blast damaged a transit barn near Ridge Avenue.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Market Stree
Wolgast Beats Nelson To Claim Lightweight Crown
In Richmond arena California on February 23 Al Wolgast of Cadillac Mich. defeated Battling Nelson in the fortieth round to become the new lightweight champion. Nelson endured a brutal battle with a battered face and fading strength but refused to quit as Referee Eddie Smith stopped the bout.
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Richmond Arena
Cal
Battling Nelson
Joe Gans
al Wolgast
Eddie Smith
Nelson
Cadillac
Mich
Wolgast
Robinson
Smith
Wolgasts
Associated Press
Rattler
District Court Opens With Arraignments In Ada
The district court session begins under Judge West with arraignments. Z Davis pleads guilty to forgery and receives one year and one day in the penitentiary. Oscar Poe verdict guilty for horse stealing. sentence pending. Neal Winfield charged with embezzlement for selling four yearling calves and keeping $32. Jury not yet returned at four.
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Z. Davis
Davis
Arkansas
Oscar Poe
Neal Winfield
Winfield
John Stuart
Ada
Stuart
Louisiana
J. B. Gay
New York State Scandal Grows With Probe Expands
Albany reports say the Republican leadership faces a widening bribery inquiry into the New York Legislature spanning 1901 to 1905 with a joint committee investigating acts amid a bridge company corruption fund. Officials fear more skeletons and victims as the probe continues.
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Albany
N. W
Black Horse Cavalry
Allds
Bridge Combine
Conger
Ada Gets Big Valiant Planing Mill In Ada
G. W. Young of Valiant Oklahoma will locate a modern planing mill on three and a half acres south of the Frisco railroad on 18th street Ada Industrial company and Mr Young bought the ground. The plant is to be in operation in four months and will employ fifteen men. The mill will ship rough lumber to Ada and wholesale lumber from the city Frisco railway is expanding track for the industry.
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Ada
G. W. Young
Valiant
Okla
Ada Industrial Company
Mr. Young
Frisco Railroad
18Th Street
Fast Train Derails Jolting Sleeping Passengers
Pennsylvania No. 30 traveling from St. Louis to New York derailed on a level Panhandle stretch near Scio Ohio at 8 o clock. Five of six cars left the track while passengers still sleeping were shaken but none injured seriously.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
New York
St. Louis
Scio
Ohio
Cairo Faces Aftermath of Halliday Killing Riot
Cairo Illinois police hunt a suspected purse snatcher amid tense crowds and threats of further violence. Funeral escort crowds, alleged insults to the procession, and militia patrols underscore a city on edge after Alexander Halliday was killed during an attack on the jail.
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Cairo
Ill
Alexander Halliday
Halliday
Mounds
Thirty-First Street
John Pratt
Petao
Butner
Nellis
Adjt
Dickson
Deneen
Redistricting Bill Reshapes Oklahoma Judicial Districts
Guthrie Oklahoma February 22 The joint democratic caucus advances a redistricting bill reducing judicial districts from more than two judges per district to one to three per district and transferring court business with county moves. Seventeen districts proposed with varied counties and judge counts. Kingfisher possible republican realignment.
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Guthrie
Okk
Democratic Caucus
Adair
Cherokee
Delaware
Sequoyah
Mayes
Craig
Nowata
Rogers
Ottawa
Washington
Osage
Muskogee
McIntosh
Pittsburg
Hughes
Pontotoc
Coal
Haskell
Lattimer
LaFlore
Choctaw
McCurtain
Pushmataha
Bryan
Marshall
Atoka
Johnston
Love
Carter
Wagoner
Okmulgee
Okfuskee
Lincoln
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Logan
Kingfisher
Creek
Payne
Grant, Kay and
Noble
Cleveland
Garvin
McClain Murray
Oklahoma
Comanche
Jackson
Tillman
Blaine
Custer
Kiowa
Washita
Beckham
Dewey
Ellis
Harmon
Kingfisher County
Cigarette Spark Injures Ten in Texas Elevator
A cigarette sparked a blast in an Texas elevator injuring ten men and a boy, with three believed fatally hurt as flames ignited two five pound dynamite canisters. Police and rescue teams responded to the Pittsburg incident on February 23.
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Pittsburg
Search for Unknown Negro After Assault on Mrs Benton
In McAlester Oklahoma on February 23 fifty men hunted the unidentified negro who assaulted and seriously injured Mrs Fred Benton wife of a local merchant. The suspect fled toward the negro settlement between McAlester and Krebs after taking forty dollars from Mrs Benton during a door entry struggle.
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McAlester
Okla
Fred Benton
Megro
Krebs
Benton
Tulsa residents seek through car service to College Hill
Three hundred residents of College Hill near Henry Kendall College petitioned the State Corporation Commission demanding Tulsa Street Railway run through car service from Tulsa to the college. They contend current transfer at a midway point causes great inconvenience to travelers.
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Tulsa
College Hill
Henry Kendall College
State Corporation Commission
Tulsa Street Railway Company
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Labor Leaders For Peace
Penrose
John Hughes
John Walters
W. E. Colitis
Germantown Avenue
Westmoreland Street
Murphy
Pratt
Kensington Mill
State Fencibles
Reyburn
Fencibles
Ridge Avenue
York Street
C. C. Pratt
Daughin Street
John Robinson
Abdul
District Court
Judge West
New York State
ADA Industrial CO
G. W. Young Buy
Frank Thompson
First Christian Church
Commonwealth
Company H
Shebyville
Tex
State Penitentiary
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