Oklahoma constitutional convention debates court injunction
Guthrie Okla April 16 The constitutional convention adjourned a month ago and now returns to finish its work The Oklahoma supreme court judge Burford curtails election boards authority prompting talk of drafting a new election ordinance or ignoring the injunction President Murray and several delegates may urge disobedience Several new propositions are expected and the duration of the session is unclear After signing the constitution it would go to a special election on August 6 next
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Oklahoma
Burford
Oklahoma Supreme Court
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Boston Fire on Central Wharf Threatens Oil Warehouses
A large warehouse at the Central wharf and Atlantic avenue caught fire after an explosion at the Eastern Oil company premises. Three alarms were sounded as flames spread from the building and damaged cotton drays. Several people were treated for burns. the blaze was under control by 11:30 with losses estimated around $100,000.
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Central Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Eastern Oil Company
Emery Beamis
Leaf Tobacco
Bone & Scryser
Commonwealth Oil Company
Twenty Five Social Revolutionists Arrested in St. Petersburg
Twenty five members of the Social Revolutionists fighting organization were arrested in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. Seven of the detainees are women, with most being new arrivals. one is linked to a terrorist who targeted Premier Stolypin last August. Police call the arrests a major blow to imminent assassination plots. All prisoners are confined in the fortress.
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St. Petersburg
Organization of Social Revolutionists
Stolypin
Destruction Total as Chilpancingo and Chilapa Reach Flattening
Report says both cities Chilpancingo and Chilapa have been leveled in the attacks. Residents flee as authorities confirm near complete devastation with limited infrastructure remaining and no clear recovery timeline.
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Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Earthquake destroys Chilpancingo with many dead and injured
A powerful earthquake devastates Chilpancingo Mexico killing eleven and injuring twenty seven. The city population 15 000 reports panic and telegraph disruption as aftershocks continue every half hour and Chilapa also destroyed.
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Leopoldo Lopez Guerra
Jose Aleman
Jose Lopez Martinez
Federal Telegraph Office
Chilapa
Guerrero
Trouble at Liberty sparks bloodhounds and arrests
A Liberty Mississippi dispatch reports white residents armed across town after a mob attack on W H Bales son of Amite county sheriff with two whites and a negro badly wounded. Bloodhounds and posses hunt eight Negroes linked to the incident.
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Liberty
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W. H Bales
Amite County
Bales
Louis Radcliffe
Will Harris
Proceedings to Strike Off Names From Allotment Roll
In Washington on April 16 a DC court began proceedings to test the secretary of the interior's authority to strike names from the Cherokee allotment roll. Secretary Garfield was summoned to appear on April 26 to show cause why the names should not be restored. The disputed names were struck by Secretary Hitchcock under a justice department ruling, and Garfield has refused restoration.
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District of Columbia
Secretary of the Interior
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Hitchcock
Department of Justice
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