Oklahoma veterans question Gettysburg reunion rail rates
Brigadier General John Threadgill says Southwestern railroad rates to Gettysburg may keep Oklahoma veterans from attending the reunion unless proportional mileage discounts match Southeastern railways. A commission will meet in Gettysburg to review qualifying veterans and rail offers, with Oklahoma City quoted at 42.50 for a round trip and east of the Mississippi rates at 2 cents per mile.
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Southwestern Passenger Association
Mississippi River
Southeastern Association
Gettysburg
Oklahoma
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Gettsburg
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East
Memphis
St. Louis
Threadgift
Mississippi
Senate Increases Indian Appropriation in Committee
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs voted out the Indian appropriation bill raising funds by 1.423 million dollars. Increases include 30 000 for day and industrial schools and 50 000 for the joint commission on the Indian service. per capita payments for Choctaw and Chickasaw totaling 2.7 million. Cherokee payment of 15. Gore contract limits on tribal funds.
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Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
House
Joint Commission
Indian Service
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Mexican Rebels Capture Matamoros
Brownsville Texas June 4 The last desperate stand by the decimated garrison around Matamoros plaza ended at 2 am after nineteen hours of fighting. Blanco's forces advanced on the Market Plaza at 5 am and by 6 am controlled the city though federal resistance had been largely exhausted. The city’s mayor Dr Barragan was reported dead in earlier dispatches.
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Tex
Matamoros
Blanco
Market Plaza
Barragan
Mata
Fire damages house on East 9th street
A blaze partially destroyed Prof. J Frank Lilly’s house on East 9th Street around midnight. The rear was a total loss and the roof of the front burned. Lilly and his children escaped safely, neighbors saved much of the contents, and several bystanders were injured while aiding.
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J. Frank Lilly
Frank McCain
Prof. Lilly
Promp
A. M. Croxton
Percy Simpson
Somer Jones
Minnesota Wins Railroad Rate Case
The Supreme Court, led by Justice Hughes, ruled that Minnesota may regulate interstate railroad rates. The Minneapolis and St Louis line was found confiscatory while Northern Pacific and Great Northern rates were upheld. The decision supports Minnesota’s authority to set passenger rates at 2c per mile and cap freight rates if not confiscatory.
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Minnesota
Supreme Court
Justice Hughes
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Minneapolis
Minnesota Commission
Vermont Governor Served Over 18 Years
To the Editor the writer recalls Thomas Chittenden first Vermont governor who served 18 years five months and twenty four days dying in office August twenty fifth 1797. He urges leaders serve the people rather than seek office and warns against modern scrambling for positions.
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Thomas Chittenden
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Wanted for Calvin Bank Robbery
A telegram from the Burns detective agency reports Herschel Shaw arrested in Dallas in connection with the Calvin National Bank robbery on April 21. Carl Chilton, held in Missouri, faces trial next Monday in Holdenville. $300 found on Chilton and $600 on Shaw. Shaw allegedly took $1700 of the $2200 stolen. Extradition papers to be pursued if needed. Robbery occurred while the cashier was at lunch. entry gained via a basement rear door.
Five 10 The Pen From Wewoka Five
Five prisoners in the county jail pleaded guilty before Judge McKeown and were sent to the McAlester State Penitentiary. All were African American. crimes included murder, two cases of larceny, and adultery. Priest Wilcox earned ninety nine years free board at the state commissary for beheading his wife last February. Colbert and Lizzie Larkins faced desecration charges. Colbert received one year and Larkins six months. Henry Jackson and Willie Lee got two and a half years each for domestic animal larceny.
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McAlester
Priest Wilcox
Schoolton
Jim Colbert
Lizzie Larkins
Colbert
Henry Jackson
Willie Lee
Wewoka Democrat
Rate on Cement Held Unreasonable in Rail Case
The Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. won its suit against the M K and T railroad before the interstate commerce commission. It alleged the southward rate was 25 percent above the northward rate from Texas mills, a ruling the commission deemed unreasonable. Ada cement works faced fierce railroad price cuts but repeatedly prevailed against rivals, with OK brand growing in popularity.
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Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
M., K. & T. Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cement Company
Texas Mills
Ada Company
Ada
Corn Club Draws Sixty Boys And Six Girls In Contest
Agent Kennedy reports about sixty boys and five or six girls in Pontotoc county joined farming contests. The youths show strong results with demonstration acres of cotton, corn and kafir. They are enthusiastic and may win prizes offered by banks and individuals.
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Kennedy
Pontotoc County
Amendment to Indian Appropriation Bills Clears Senate Panel
Washington June 10 The senate Indian Affairs Committee agreed on an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill demanding a complete investigation of all Indian Bureau expenditures and detailed accounting of every cent of the 10 million dollar plus funds for the coming year. It would overhaul how Indian trust funds are managed and future appropriations are handled. A second amendment to bar contracts with Indians on tribal funds without US authorization could affect contracts with Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians by James F. McMurray of Oklahoma. Senator Ashhurst testified that McMurray’s 10 percent fee contracts could have netted 3.5 million dollars, though the committee was unsure how broadly the changes would apply. The detailed accounting stems from calls for information on the lump sum expenditures, with Senator Lane threatening to oppose the bill without full figures. A President’s Economy and Efficiency Commission member helped draft the accounting amendment with Senators Lane Owen and Townsend.
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Indian Bureau
United States
James F. McMurray
Oklahoma
Ashhurst
Senate
McMurrays
Lane
Oregon
President's Economy and Efficiency Commission
Owen
Townsend
Memorial to Union officer unveiled by Confederate veterans
In Indianapolis the rotunda of the state capitol hosted a rare joint ceremony honoring Colonel Richard Owen, Union commander at Camp Morton. Confederate veterans funded a bronze bust costing about 3000 dollars, with speeches by Governor Ralston and General Bennett H. Young, and acceptance by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.
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Ind
Indiana Capitol
Richard Owen
Camp Morton
Fort Donelson
Owen
S. A. Cunningham
Nashville
Ralston
Bennett H. Young
Louisville
The
United Confederate Veterans
Thomas R. Marshall
Cunningham
Bryan
Indiana University
Stone
Purdue University
Belle Kinney
New York
Nevada Senator Attacks Woolgrower Lobby Tactics
Senator Pittman accuses Nevada woolgrowers of leading a deceptive lobby to push tariffs on wool and sugar. He cites mail and telegraph outreach and asserts public sentiment in Nevada opposes duties. Committee notes 200–300 lobbyists contacted and a long, ongoing probe into tariff lobbying.
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Nevada
Pittman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Congress
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Kenyon
Overman
Pommerene
Ransdell
Louisiana
Frank C. Lowry
New York
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Owen
Department of Hockaday
Buffalo Bill Ill in Knoxville as Show Falls Short
Physicians report Buffalo Bill Cody seriously ill in Knoxville Tennessee after taking part in a matinee show he could not perform in the evening and was moved to a cousin’s home. The condition described as rare by attending doctors.
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Buffalo Bill
Knoxville
Tenn
William F. Cody
Cody
Eros
Supreme Court Upholds Newspaper Publicity Law
Washington June 10 The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the newspaper publicity law in a postal appropriation act of 1512. Chief Justice White says it does not restrict press freedom but adds conditions for admitting newspapers to second class trails.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White
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