Oklahoma Prohibition Fades as Governor Foresees Statewide Ban
Gov. C N Haskell announces disclosures on the dispensary vote and predicts state wide prohibition under the constitution but notes lack of funds to supply mechanical and medicinal necessities. He emphasizes enforcing laws while awaiting official election board returns and cites opposition from prohibition and anti prohibition factions. He also addresses night riders and calls for cooperation of law abiding citizens amid ongoing enforcement efforts.
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Guthrie
Gov. C. N
Oklahoma
State Election Board
Chafin
United States
Election Board
Wreck at Little Woods Kills Nine in Rail Collision
A rear end crash near Little Woods twelve miles from New Orleans injures and kills multiple aboard the Northeastern and Northwestern trains. Nine dead initially with seven bodies recovered and some victims revived after removal from wreckage.
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New Orleans & Northwestern
Little Woods
New Orleans
Great Northern
Northwestern
Northeastern
How Voters Were Bought in Indiana From the Dallas News
In Lebanon Indiana Republicans and Democrats pledged no vote buying but then faced accusations of breaching the agreement. Democrats cite an Indianapolis News description of a wheelhorse using a marked eagle emblem system to track voters. A clash over evidence and searches followed, with both sides pursuing supporters near the courthouse.
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Lican
Solemly
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
Court House
Southern Cotton Association opens meeting in Memphis
Seven Southern states represented at the opening session in Memphis Tennessee as the Southern Cotton Association begins its meeting. Memphis delegates gathered for the conference on November 10 with officials seeking to coordinate policies and industry outlooks.
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Memphis
Tenn
Quick Conviction in Oklahoma Trial
McAlester Oklahoma November 10 men and a 17 year old girl case moved fast. Robert Willis a Negro was charged with criminal assault after a grand jury indictment. Willis was arraigned this afternoon and convicted and sentenced to ninety nine years in the state penitentiary.
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McAlester
Robert Willis
Willis
State
Biloxi
Miss
Henry Leidy
Eliza Mayhauser
Back Bay
Leidy
Carrie Nation to sail for Scotland to lecture on prohibition
Mrs. Carrie A Nation announced from Guthrie Oklahoma that she will sail November 21 for Scotland at the invitation of the Scottish prohibition party. She plans to lecture on prohibition and may instruct workers in saloon destruction as she spends several weeks on the stump there.
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Guthrie
Okla
Carrie A. Nation
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Scotland
Prohibition Party
Crowd Clash Ends After Police Break Up
A violent confrontation left many injured as heads cracked noses smashed and eyes blocked. Officers faced resistance for over an hour before finally dispersing the crowd.
Charges Plague Semiole County Officials in Oklahoma
About 200 Semiole County residents accuse Judge T. B. Cobb and County Attorney A. M. Fowler of collusion to profit from Indian lands of minors. They allege Cobb sold court land and bid it in himself. A grand jury indictment on fraud was torn up. Petitioners urge investigations by the state attorney general and governor. federal officials may review but plan no action until state action.
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Wewoka
Okla
Semiole County
Cobb
A. M. Fowler
Grand Jury
M. E. Conference appoints Ada district ministers
The Oklahoma City session of the M. E. Conference announces Ada district appointments. Presiding elder S. F. Goddard, and ministers W. M. Wilson, C. C. Banhardt, G. S. Saunders, F. E. Shanks, H. B. Thomason, C. B. Walker, J. D. Canaday, J. R. Brooks, I. R. Haun are assigned to Ada area churches and circuits with several supplies and supernumerary designations across Pontotoc, Seminole, and neighboring circuits.
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M. E
Ada
Oklahoma City
Ada District
S. F. Goddard
First Church
W. M. Wilson
Asbury
C. C. Banhardt
Byars
Stratford
G. S. Saunders
Earnsboro
Seminole
F. E. Shanks
Calvin
H. B. Thomason
Holdenville Station
Walker
First
W. A. Witt
Vinita Avenue
Moss Weaver
Saint Louis
S. H. Berry
Wewoka
J. R. Brooks
Wetumka
J. E. Vick
Wanette
I. R. Haun
Vaness
James Lambert
Western Methodist
P. R. Eaglebarger
There With the Big Peacock
In Blackwell Oklahoma on November 10 William J Critchfield, a Civil War veteran, wed Matha J Gustave of Camden Iowa by a plan via correspondence They were to meet in Wellington and he wore a big peacock feather in his coat lapel and carried a license in his pocket It was a notable arranged ceremony through letters and timing.
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Blackwell, Okla
William J. Critchfield
Matha J. Gustave
Camden
Iowa
Wellington
Critchfield
Haskell Explains Oklahoma Vote and Oil Lease Disputes
Gov. Haskell analyzes the Oklahoma general election results noting a Democratic vote drop of about 14,000 and GOP losses. He asserts state ticket gains near 20,000 and discusses graft attacks, corporate influence, and tax fairness while detailing Illuminating Oil Company lease renewals and Osage removal of middle operators impacting land leases and redress.
Osage oil lease under scrutiny in Oklahoma
In Guthrie Oklahoma two lawyers for Governor Haskell and the state gather Osage County testimony on the ten year Osage oil lands lease made by the Territory. The case targets possible favoritism by federal officers and seeks to present evidence to President Roosevelt and Congress with aim to annul the lease expiring in 1906.
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Haskell
Washington
Barnsdale
Guffey
Hackell
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Osages
Illuminating Oil Company
Illuminating Company
Maskell
Secretary of the Interior
Heskell
Guthrie
Haske
Oklahoma
Osage County
Als
Osage Indian Reservation
Congress
Supreme Court denies rehearing in Haskell West case
Guthrie Oklahoma November 10 the supreme court denied the attorney general west rehearing of the Haskell West case ruling the district courts may be sued without governor consent. county attorneys can sue in the states name on relation of the attorney general for actions like canceling the Prairie Oil and Gas charter. west absent but expected to seek US supreme court review on federal questions involved.
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Guthrie
Okla
Supreme Court
West
Haskell-West
Logan County District Court
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Telegraph Rate Order Signed by Oklahoma Corporation
Guthrie Ok November 11 The corporation commission has signed a telegraph order mandating time stamps on all messages from sender to destination with blanks. It sets a uniform day rate of 26 cents for ten words and 2 cents for each additional word within the state, plus a 2 cent night rate. Current Western Union rates vary. minimums are 2 and 2 cents, maximums 46 and 3 cents per ten words day rate, and 30 and 8 cents at night. The order becomes effective after publication.
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Guthrie
Corporation Commission
Western Union
Rte
Commission
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Kan
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E. M. Sweet
City
Lawton
Board of Trustees
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Lebanon, Indiana
Represen
Repub
Southern Cotton Association
Carrie
MOB
South
Col. Watson
R. L. Williams
S. W. Hayes
Osage Lease
PAT
Methodist Conference
Oklahoma Apaual Confere
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