Ada Seeks Great Trunk Line Hub with Canadian Midland
Ada discusses a proposed railroad expansion that would connect Winnipeg to Galveston and Panama, linking Ada with Kansas City El Paso and other cities. E A Hill of the Canadian Midland outlines plans and a $15 000 Ada bonus to secure the El Paso leg, with a July 1907 completion target. About eighty local business leaders attend a mass meeting to boost the project. Purcell democracy endorses immediate Oklahoma statehood and denounces Republican control, criticizing carpetbag rule. Andy Ryan and attorneys accept a manslaughter verdict and $750 fine plus 60 days jail, noting cost of appeal.
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Ada
Winnipeg
Canada
Galveston
Panama
Muskogee
Kansas City
Lawton
Vernon
el Paso
Ft. Smith
New Arkansas
E. A. Hill
Canadian Midland Railroad Company
Canadian Midland Railroad
Canadian Southern Railroad
Gulf of Mexico
American Construction Company
Pierre
Muskogee and Lawton
Canadian Midland
Hill
Hampton
Great Canadian Southern
Amsterdam
London
Canadian Syndicate of New
Pierre and Aberdeen
South Dakota
Winnepeg
Gulf
Wewoka
Purcell
I. T
Tey
Congress
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
National Republican Administration
Territories
Andy Ryan
Criminal cases dismissed and trial proceedings detailed
A number of criminal cases were dismissed while Lee Minix was found guilty of assault and battery. The page describes a court session with attorneys arguing law questions and lists many cases continued to next term or slated for trial, including Dan Askew’s lengthy horse theft case with about forty witnesses.
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Lee Minix
W. E. Watson
L. E. McCabe
N. B Matthews
el Moore
Will and
Feel Owens
Jim Goodson
RB. B. Wright
Clarence Brown
Jeff Gillstrap
Tip Graham
Fight outside W. J. Baugh's store ends in melee
Judge S R Tolbert and Clyde Lemaster clash on the sidewalk as Lemaster mistakingly confronts him with insults. The altercation escalates into a furious assault damaging show windows and a display of hostility lasts for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Baugh
S. R. Tolbert
Clyde Lemaster
Saddle Rock Hotel
Lemaster
Judge Curry
Insurgents Weigh Filibuster Tactics In Statehood Battle
Washington reports Republican insurgents hold a meeting to decide on filibuster timing against the omnibus statehood bill. Democrats allegedly consider filibuster to broaden votes on statehood and other bills, with Republicans likely to assist only against the statehood measure. In Oklahoma Pauls Valley a shooting near Maysville leaves Mullens and G. W. Dean dead and Matt Anderson and Meeke wounded. Deputies transport Jim Martin and sons to Purcell for trial on murder charges.
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Washington
House
Maullens
Dean
Matt Anderson
Meeke
Indian rolls to enroll 12000 babies after Curtis bill
In Muskogee Oklahoma and Austin Texas March 26 the Curtis Indian bill would enroll about 12 000 babies born before March 4 1906 living then into the tribal rolls and allotments. Dawes Commission will add nearly 100 staff with ten to twelve field parties across the Cherokee Creek Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for field enrollment and data gathering.
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Muskogee
I. T
Senate
House
Beall
Dawes Commission
Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Sec
Three Artesian Wells Prove Highly Productive at Good Water
In Good Water and Good Oil Sulphur I T on March 27 the three artesian wells this spring show great promise. The Belleview well yields abundant oil and may be an oil or sulphur water well. Santa Fe declares the oil of fine quality. $2000 is subscribed in one hour for a further artesian well on the west side ridge.
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I. T
Belleview
Santa Fe
West Side
Grand Jury Discharged After Final Report
The grand jury completed its term and delivered its final report to the court. The report will be published in full at a later date.
Threatened Strike Shakes Chicago Coal Markets
In Chicago on March 26 a threatened miners strike prompts railroads centering in Chicago to restrict coal shipments. Dealers allege a ten day confiscation of coal by several rail lines, while officials comply with the letter of the law but violate its spirit. A publicist nickname for ex Senator Chandler appears in a separate note.
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Perate
Chicago
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Senate
Chandler
Speaker Promises Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Washington March 27 conferees on the statehood bill met briefly discussing minor amendments and adjourning until Wednesday. Speaker Cannon allegedly pledged Missouri and Kansas delegates that Congress would not adjourn without granting statehood to Oklahoma and Indian Territory, shaping expectations for a late session breakthrough.
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Washington
Foraker
Burrows
Cannon
Missouri
Kansas
Congress
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Death of Mrs Chapman in Ada After Long Illness
Mrs Will Chapman wife of the jailer died in Ada after a lingering consumption. Funeral services were held Monday at the home by Rev J A Williams and the remains were buried at Old Stonewall in the family burial ground.
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Will Chapman
Ada
J.A. Williams
Old Stonewall
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Commercial Club
Opera House
United States
National House of Representatives
Ryan
Dan Askew
Charg
Retary
Texas
Standard Oil
Austin
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Indiana
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Republic Oil Company
Attorney General’s Department
Chicago, Ill
Tual
W. E. Chandler
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