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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
4
A bad boy frightens a Wisconsin groceryman with a stuffed rattlesnake stirring a commotion in a shop. The tale shifts to a father with a “morbid appetite” for oysters and travel, illustrated by a desert of comic misadventure and a humorous family scene.
Representative Campbell of Kansas urged President Roosevelt to extend the expected oil probe to the Beaumont fields in Texas. He reported Texas Speaker telegrams and widespread letters backing the investigation while Standard Oil prepares its defense. A conference with Commissioner Garfield will set a rigid prompt plan for the inquiry.
In Butler Missouri on February 21 Charles Kratz of St Louis a former city official faced trial in Bates County circuit court for allegedly taking a bribe from a Suburban Street Railway agent in exchange for a favorable franchise bill The case which had stalled for about three years included motions to quash and to require the state to provide grand jury testimony with Circuit Attorney Sager opposing the petition citing potential public harm and injustice to the state
Topeka reports the anti-discrimination bill for equal rates across towns and refineries was carried over to Friday as judiciary committee action was not ready. House seeks Senate stance on a railroad bill amid brewing inter-chamber tension with potential trouble ahead.
Missouri lawmakers report a defeat for Senator Fields as the senate blocks a 195,600 transfer back to the state treasury to fund a new supreme court building. A commission to manage the purchase and site off the capitol grounds was debated, with an amendment to keep within the old grounds defeated.
The Kansas House approved bills exempting certain mutual aid groups from general insurance laws, admitting civil war militiamen to the state soldiers home, and abolishing the state livestock commission in favor of a sanitary inspector. It postponed action on an anti discrimination bill and approved pipelines as common carriers. Other actions included settling the Marion county court house dispute and reporting on international incidents and notable figures including Morales and Gorky.
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