Unpolished Diamond Murray Shapes Oklahoma State
A profile of Wm. H. Murray of Tishomingo depicts him as a diligent, self made leader in Oklahoma's founding era. He chairs the house and constitutional conventions, laboring long hours to advance Murray inspired laws and the state’s new constitution amid partisan contention. His integrity earns broad respect despite political disagreement.
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Oklahoma
Democratic Party
C. N. Haskell
Wm. H. Murray
Sand Creek
Tishomingo
Johnson County
Texas
Murray
San Creek
Bill Cross
Senate
House
Jerry Simpson
Simpson
Medicine Lodge
Wm. Murray
State House
Bill Murray
Indian Territory
Union
Bill
Bloomfield Academy
Oklahoma House
Senate Debates Cummins Provision on Railroad Rates
Washington May 24 The senate adjourned amid debate over whether the Cummins provision should bar rate increases without interstate commerce commission approval or extend the commission’s suspension window to six months Senator Martin proposed a six month final decision clause for filed schedules.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Cummins
Borah and
Dolliver
Martin
Aldrich
Raynor
Booker T. Made Life Member of Washington World Sunday School
Washington observers report Booker T. Washington was made a life member of the World Sunday School organization at its sixth convention. Delegates pledged $1,000 each for life memberships, with participants from Southern states leading the effort. The ceremony also honored various temperance and church figures, while British delegates criticized the Washington committee over parade exclusions for Negro delegates.
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Washington
Bonker We
Kentucky
Robert E. Lee
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Henry Somerset
London
John N. Vincent
Francis Flint-Belsey
Hugh Cork
New Orleans
F. B. Meyer
District of Columbia
Enumeration of Indians in Oklahoma Shows Better Results
May 21 Guthrie Oklahoma reports that enumeration of Indians in Oklahoma yields better results than expected. Indians initially avoided answering questions fearing state affairs. W W Thomason from Wewoka, the special Indian enumerator for the first district, was transferred to Utah amid data collection difficulties there.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
W. W. Thomason
Wewoka
Utah
Swope Estate Partition Suit Filed In Independence
Kansas City papers report a new partition suit over Col. Thomas H. Swope estate filed by five unmarried Swope heirs against Mrs. B. Clark Hyde and others. The petition asks judicially to divide property and appoint a commissioner to sell and distribute proceeds, with Hyde and one group to receive about 23 430 dollars each and the remaining heirs about 187 430 dollars each.
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Kansas City
Swope
B. Clark Hyde
Leslie Rogers
Kansas City Trust Company
Independence
Thomas H. Swope
Margaret Swope
Hyde
New Rail Companies Grow Across Missouri and Oklahoma
Baltimore reports that during the first four months of the year seventy six new corporations form plans to build 5,214 miles of track in the South, with Missouri and Oklahoma included. Total new companies reach ninety with 7,330 miles proposed, excluding street railways and noting electric interurban lines and gasoline power.
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Baltimore
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mtakama - O
Arkansas
Dist
Columbia
Mons
Louisana
Maryland
Mississippi
Ponce
South Corolina
Tennessee
Three Empires Grapple Over Persia Rail Concessions
Berlin reports a serious diplomatic clash as Germany opposes Britain and Russia over Persia open door policy. Britain and Russia warned Persia against granting railway concessions or negotiating loans with a third power, raising fears of colonial influence.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Russia
Persia
Germany
France
Morocco
St. Petersburg
Nct
Count von Pourtales
Lad Causes Father's Arrest In Oklahoma City
Ralph Humphrey a 14 year old boy tracked his father Charles B. Humphrey plasterer of St Louis across states and into Oklahoma City over eight months. He found him at 315 North Walker Street and asked Chief Joe Burnett to arrest him for wife desertion, after the elopement with another woman. The pursuit covered about 5000 miles totaling the boy’s search.
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Oklahoma City
Ralph Humphrey
Charles B. Humphrey
St. Louis
Mary Humphrey
Texas
Second Street
Broadway
North Walker Street
Joe Burnett
Osages Attend Big Dance in Hominy Oklahoma
About 100 Osages from Pawhuska and Gray Horse are visiting Hominy with local tribal members. Hosts provide every courtesy as the two step dance celebration continues for the next week.
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Hominy
Okla
Pawhuska
Gray Horse
Oklahoma City youths confess to 37 robberies
A gang headed by Clarence Puttey, all about 16, confessed to 37 robberies in six weeks and aided police in recovering stolen goods from 12 sites. E A Gomez, owner of Metropolitan Loan, was charged as the fence. Gomez’s home was to be searched as the case shocks the city and ties to white slave trade framing.
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Oktlatiota City
E .A. Gomez
Metropolitan Loan Company
South Broadway
Secret Service
Oklahoma City
Clarence Puttey
Gomez
Frank Staton
Prominent Tulsa Man Stabbed in Family Quarrel
James Orcutt, a prominent Tulsa youth, lies near death from a stab wound after he intervened in a quarrel where Bedford Godwin allegedly abused Orcutt’s sister. Godwin fled in a buggy as a posse searches for him. Both families, wealthy and of mixed ancestry, have troubled histories including a previous vehicle crash that killed a baby and injured the parents.
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Tulsa
James Orcutt
Orcutt
Bedford Godwin
Godwin
Orcutts
Godwins
Boy Killed Over a Hat Sparks Tragedy in Kansas
In Topeka Kansas on May 23 Peter Kopper twelve killed Arthur James nine during a quarrel over a hat near Rossville. Kopper used a 22 rifle from the woods to shoot the boy, who died from a abdominal wound. Kopper and accomplice Charles Mataya twelve were arrested and jailed.
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Topeka
Kans
Peter Kopper
Arthur C. James
Rossville
James
Kopper
Little James
Charles Mataya
Grand River Leaves Banks In Missouri Storm
A violent May storm hit Chillicothe and Livingston county with torrential rain and hail damaging crops. Grand River overflowed, Medicine Creek breached its banks, and the east fork flooded outskirts, raising fears of a repeat flood year after county damages reached six million dollars previously.
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Chillicothe
Livingston County
Grand River
Medicine Creek
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Wrangle
the Weaver Agency
R. R
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Father
Osages
China
Haviland China
Shaw’s Nickel
Nickel Store
S. M. Shaw
Prop
East Side
Weaver Agency
Kansas
Banks
Frey
Wes
Gwin & Mays Co
Ada Druggiste
Rexall
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