Interior land frauds implicate senators and reps
The interior department reveals a broad land fraud ring with five senators and numerous House members involved. Secretary Hitchcock leads the push to prosecute, with A B Pugh and W J Burns coordinating the investigation. Prosecution could target ringleaders and aim to recover millions of acres of timber land seized by fraud across California Oregon Washington and other states.
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United States
House of Representatives
Land Ofice
Agents of the Interior
Hitchcock
A. B. Pugh
Interior Department
Secret Service
W. J. Burns
Pugh
Burns
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
California
Oregon
Reg
Indian Territory Building Under Construction at World’s Fair Site
The Indian Territory Building at the Great St. Louis World's Fair is under construction on a prime site in the Plateau of States. Architects Sudhoeler & Rue of Muskogee, Ind Terr, oversee the palatial club house destined for Indian Territory citizens visiting the Exposition next year.
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Indian Territory
Sudhoeler & Rue
Muskogee
Ind
Prohibition Call Urges Constitutional Prohibition in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City October 28 The Territorial Baptist convention committee issued a call for a convention to be held November 24. Delegates from Oklahoma churches the W C T U and the Anti Saloon league will attend to press a prohibitory constitutional clause as Oklahoma nears statehood.
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Oklahoma City
Territorial Baptist Convention
Oklahom
Anw
Oklahoma
Education aid urged for Indian Territory by Synod resolution
The Synod of Indian Territory passed resolutions urging Congress to fund or enable a schooling system, citing educational destitution. Rev. A Grant Evans, Kendall College president, was chosen as delegate to push relief in Washington. Evans has endorsements from leading Indians and will present conditions to Congress, with education spending by the Presbyterian church exceeding 30,000 annually. A banquet for New York and Pennsylvania lawmakers was arranged, inviting Evans to speak on the territory’s needs.
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Synod of
Indian Territory
Congress
A. Grant Evans
Henry Kendall College
Synod
Washington
Congressman Curtis
Committee of Indian Affairs
Presbyterian Church
Darwin R. Jones
New York
Pennsylvania
Mr. Evans
Public statement on the Dick Couch altercation
A respondent denies being the aggressor in a Wednesday incident at the oil mill. He says Couch insulted him, struck first with a metal weapon, and he had just left bed for recovery. The public is urged to judge the incident’s justness.
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Dick Couch
Fale
Unclear fragment hints at a graft question
Fragment describes an unloaded pistol and a Choctaw Indian debating timber graft. The text is garbled with unrelated phrases and no clear event, date, or identifiable entities to anchor a full summary.
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Kansas City
Lan
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