Senators Meet to Wind Up Five Civilized Tribes Affairs
United States senators Clark of Montana Long of Kansas Brandegee of Connecticut Clark of Wyoming and Teller of Colorado held a conference at the Brown Palace hotel to form a committee to dispose of the Five Civilized Tribes affairs in Indian Territory. Graft in land sales and the disposal of coal and asphalt lands will be examined. A trip to Indian Territory is planned, with the meeting expected to last one month to six weeks.
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Dober
United States
Clark
Montana
Long
Kansas
Brandegee
Connecticut
Wyoming
Teller
Colorado
Brown Palace Hotel
Indian Territory
Washout Cuts One Mile Of Katy Track North Of Crowder City
Aug 9 Denison reports high water easing as crews fortify the Canadian River with sand dikes to protect the Katy bridge. A mile of track north of Crowder City washed out, disrupting passenger and mail service with detours through Missouri and Arkansas.
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Katy
Crowder City
Denison
Frisco
Missouri
Arkansas
Shooting death shocks Frederick Maryland farm quarrel
In Frederick Maryland on August 9 a 17 year old boy shot and killed George Smith after a dispute over blackberries on Debold land. The commanding father allegedly urged the shot. The Debold youths are jailed.
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Frederick, Md
Aus
Fred Debold
John Debold
George Smith
Edward O. Smith
Debold
Young Smith
Smith
Debolds
Cloudburst Flood Drowns Three in Mexico City Area
El Paso reports a cloudburst and flood at D Mex causing three deaths. Water reached six feet in streets and damaged many houses. Alameda suffered heavy water damage to parks and the nearby military barracks were flooded.
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el Paso
Dmex
Alameda
Bryan party tours Rome sites during stay
William J. Bryan and entourage toured St. Peters, the Roman Forum, the Coliseum, the Appian Way and the catacombs in Rome on Wednesday. They did not meet the pope, as an audience had occurred on a prior visit. The party then left for Lugar. Tulsa note reports completion of a pine line linking tanks west of Tulsa to Glenpool, connecting Mid- Continent field directly with Standard Oil's Tide Water, New Jersey terminus.
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Rome
William J. Bryan
St. Peters
Roman Forum
Coliseum
Appian Way
Catacombs
Bryan
Pope
Lugar
Tulsa
I. T
Tanks
Glenpool
Mid- Continent
Standard Oil Company
Tidewater
N. J
Nearly All In Primary Election Returns Reported
Houston reports nine thinly populated counties have nearly complete governor primary tallies. County results show Campbell 213.10 Colquitt 165.68 Bell 161.86 Brooks 155.45. For railroad commissioner Storey Davidson 354.82 Hill 329.18 has 316.17 Williams 290.83. About 290000 votes cast. 700 to 705 votes expected in convention. Frank Andrews, state executive committee chairman, has hired expert accountants to tabulate county returns, a slow, difficult process likely finishing Saturday morning.
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Campbell
Colquitt
Bell
Brooks
Storey Davidson
Hill
Storey
Williams
Frank Andrews
Assault Charged In Oklahoma Town
Muskogee August 9 special detective for the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway along with Blaine Warner arrested near Broken Arrow on charges of criminal assault against a neighborhood girl whose name was not learned. Warner was captured by farmers near Broken Arrow and delivered to the city marshal before being handed to the detective.
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Muskogee
Harper
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Blaine Warner
Broken Arrow
Warner
Cotton Warehouse System Planned At Texas Farmers’ Union
Dallas August 9 The Texas Farmers Union session focused on industrial education in public schools and cotton storage. The group decided to erect 150 warehouses to store cotton and heard talks by Professor F W Kyle of A M College and D H Shapiro of Houston on warehousing.
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Texas Farmers’ Union
F. W. Kyle
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
D. H. Shapiro
Houston
Soldier fatally shot during maneuvers
Private Jesse Cantis of the Twenty sixth Infantry was shot in the left arm during maneuvers at Austin. The ball passed through his body, exiting under the shoulder blade and he died shortly after. An investigation found no cartridge in camp. Cantis, 22, was born at Fort Worth. his father resided in Moisonville, Kentucky. He enlisted January 1 at Lexington, Kentucky.
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Austin
Jesse Cantis
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Cantis
Fort Worth
Moisonville
Lexington
Five Children Die in Omaha House Fire
Five children of Thomas O'Daniels of Seymour Park, a Omaha suburb, perished when a fire destroyed the family home. Mrs. O'Daniels is seriously burned and may not recover, and her husband was badly burned while trying to save his family.
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Omaha
Thomas O’daniels
Seymour Park
O’daniels
Lightning strikes Missouri home killing two children
Fifteen miles west of Springfield, Missouri, the residence of J. L. Maxey was struck by lightning and destroyed, killing two of his children.
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Springfield
Here
J. L. Maxey
Gulf and Interstate Railroad Sold to Santa Fe
The Common and wealth Trust company of St Louis and B P Featherstone of Beaumont Texas dispose of the Gulf and Interstate Railroad of Texas to the Santa Fe. The line runs seventy miles from Beaumont to Bolivar Point on Galveston bay and includes a ferry service to Galveston.
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St. Louis
Aug. Louis
Cooper Champion in Lawton Rifle Competition
Aug 9 report shows Sergeant Cooper of Company B Twenty sixth Infantry with an aggregate 886 points from 500 possible over two days. He scored 244 of 409 in slow and rapid firing and 143 of 200 in skirmish. Lawton Chamber of Commerce to host a Saturday banquet for participating officers.
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Lawton
Cooper
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Kansas grain grades questioned after Mexico trip
Topeka state grain inspector J. C. Radford reports conclusive evidence that several Kansas City grain dealers substitute inferior wheat grades after state grand inspection. He plans to urge the legislature to criminalize the evasion as a felony.
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Topeka
J. C. Radford
Mexico
Kansas City
State Grand Inspection Department
Farmers' union re-elects Texas officers in Dallas meeting
E. A. Calvin is re-elected president B. C. Wallace vice president T. C. Neel treasurer and organizer J. F. Garner purchasing agent. In Ranger a 225 ton boulder blocked the eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train through a deep cut delaying service fourteen hours with detours via Dublin and the Frisco route.
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Dallas
Texas Farmers’ Union
E. A. Calvin
B. C. Wallace
C. Neel
J. F. Garner
Ranger
Tex
Texas and Pacific
Texas Central
Dublin
Fort Worth
Frisco
Dallas Man Escapes Jail With Bar Cut in Two
Robert Clapper wanted in Riverside California for burglary was arrested in Dallas and awaiting extradition papers after sawing a jail bar in half to escape at 3 a.m. Thursday.
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Dallas
Robert Clapper
Riverside
Cal
Strikes Wane as Moscow Factories Resume Work
Moscow reports the strike nearly over with most factories back in operation as of August 9. The move clears disruptions, signaling a return to normal production.
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Moscow
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