Hitchcock Sees Leasing as Best Path for Indian Lands
Secretary Hitchcock argues that leasing coal lands held by the civilized tribes may yield fair value through royalties rather than sale. He favors surface land sales by sealed bids and urges Indians to lease coal lands, while noting oil and gas price issues and urging independent pipelines. The House later set cabinet salaries at 12000 and rescheduled salaries for other leaders, after rejecting a larger Senate salary hike. Representative John S Little of Arkansas resigns to become governor, effective Jan 14.
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Hitchcock Friday
Indian Territory
Senate
Oklahoma
Brandige
Hitchcock
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Standard Oil Company
St. Louis
Walcott
Geological Survey
Arkansas
John 8S. Little
Fifty-ninth Congress
Powder Blast Kills One, Injures Nine in West Virginia
In Bluefield West Virginia on Friday an explosion of 1000 pounds of powder on three mine cars killed John Steele and injured nine others including Alexander Finney and Mrs George Johnson, who were likely fatally hurt. The powder in tins ignited as sparks from a motor set it on fire. The blast shattered the cars and rocked the village.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Hickman
John Steele
Alexander Finney
George Johnson
Texas Railroad Commissioner Addresses Oklahoma Convention
Guthrie December 15. For two hours Friday the constitutional convention heard Hon. O B Colquitt discuss Texas railway commission work and rate making. He praised the law's aims but warned of too much compromise as railroads prospered. He noted income per mile rising from 783 to 1521.82 in 1906 and predicted broader national action if reforms falter.
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Texas Railroad Cor Ioner
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Constitutional Convention
O. B. Col
Texas Railway Commission
Indian Territory
Texas
Hogg
Colquitt
Roosevelt
Bryan
Court martial ordered for Penrose and Macklin over Brownsville riot
Washington orders Major Charles W. Penrose and Captain Edgar A. Macklin of the First Twenty-fifth Infantry court martial under the sixty second article of war for failing to prevent and suppress the Brownsville riot last August. Trials and court details are left to the department of Texas commander. A separate San Antonio memo notes a board of health action after two infant burials at an undertaker shop due to inquest fee disputes and lack of doctor presence.
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General Staff
Secretary of War
Charles W. Penrose
Edgar A. Macklin
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Department of Texas
Board «of Health
San Antonio
Andertaker
Board of Health
Rebel Leader Vaga Kills Himself as Caunca Encounter Ends
In Caunca near Guayaquil on Friday General Paez's troops entered with rebels captured at Ayancay. A mob attempted a rescue and troops fired to disperse it. Colonel Vaga, among the prisoners, shot himself when a revolver was drawn. Conservatives claim government troops assassinated him.
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Ecuador
Paez
Caunca
Ayancay
Vaga
Mississippi Methodist Conference denounces skeptical notions
In Laurel Mississippi on December 15 the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South adopted resolutions protesting an editorial in the Nashville Christian Advocate that questions the immortality of the soul. The resolutions reaffirm the doctrine that the wicked shall go away unto everlasting punishment.
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Methodist Conference
Laurel, Miss
Mississippi
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Our Great Connectional Organ
Nashville Christian Advocate
Shinn Not Short in Pelham Finance After Audit
Experts who audited Pelham Supervisor John E. Shinn’s books after the town board found an alleged shortage of nearly 18 000 dollars reported that there was no shortage and the town owes Shinn 12 890 dollars.
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New York
John E. Shinn
Pelham
Noted Educator Gene. Lexington Va.
Colonel John Mercey Brooke aged sixty emeritus professor of physics at the West Virginia Military Institute died suddenly Friday in Lexington Virginia.
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Gene
Lexington
John Mercey Brooke
West Virginia Military Institute
Oil Firm Announces Wages Increase for Workers
New York December 15 The Standard Oil company said it will raise wages by 10 percent for all employees earning under 100 dollars a month, effective January 1.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
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