Oklahoma and Alaska to seek statehood in Congress
The issue of uniform divorce laws is pushed by the Roberts case as a constitutional amendment. Oklahoma and Alaska plan to apply for statehood this session. Oklahoma's population reaches 400000 with a $40.6 million assessed value. Lectures by Prof. J H Connell may be arranged to aid farmers. Postmaster General Smith reports a $2.42 million annual deficit and urges action to curb second class mail abuses. Brazos County Teachers Institute meets with Prof D J McDonald and Miss Alice Johnson. Five battleships to be added in 1900. Long urges eighteen new warships and a 45-ship fleet including Illinois Wisconsin Alabama Kentucky Kearsarge.
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Smith
United States Navy
Congress
Hubbard Lecture Promises Generous Public School Benefit
Ex Governor Hubbard of Texas and former minister to Japan delivered a stirring lecture on The South Present and to come in Memphis. The talk blended humor and pathos with a hopeful future, praised as fit for the nation. Hubbard will repeat the talk at the Bryan opera house next Tuesday night December 12 as a benefit for the public school library with 50 cent admission.
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Memphis
Hubbard
Texas
Japan
Boston
Galveston
Union
Boers Fortify Ladysmith With New Guns In Retreat Prep
Dispatches report Boers at Ladysmith mounting new artillery to block assault and suggest a large operation to deter relief forces. They indicate provisioning for retreat and mayors of wagons and oxen seized by natives. Resistance expected as relief column nears Colenso heights.
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New York
Herald
Ladysmith
Joubert
Colenso
Pietermaritzburg
Dundee
Guns for the British howitzers reach Cape Town and Durban
The first six of 48 British howitzers arrived at Cape Town after delays and may have gone to Lord Methuen in the field, with 12 more headed for Durban. The weapons, like the best Boer artillery, fire long range lyddite shells and were awaited by Generals Buller and Methuen to bolster siege and field operations.
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London
England
Cape Town
Durban
Lord Methuen
Gras Pan
Buller
Methuen
Colenso
Spytfontein
Eingland
Joubert
Ladysmith
White
Katy Excursions Offer Through Cars For Christmas Travel
The M. K. & T. R y offers a new route via South McAlester and Choctaw & Memphis to Memphis for Christmas holidays. One fare round trip with tickets on sale December 20 21 22 and return within 30 days. Also low holiday round trips on select Texas Kansas Missouri points with Katy Flyer through sleepers and free chair cars.
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McAlester
Choctaw
M. Kk
T. R.y
Indian Territory
South
Choctaw & Memphis Railway
Memphis
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
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Sarah A. Landsdown
Dr. Doane
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Palestine
Grice & Zimmerman’ Shop
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Bryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
Levy
Kodak
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