Senate OKs joint statehood bill for Oklahoma and Indian Territory
After a nine hour session the senate passed the joint statehood bill making Oklahoma and Indian Territory one state and New Mexico another while Arizona was removed. Amendments debated covered liquor prohibitions, separate Arizona vote and land grants for Oklahoma institutions. Public demonstrations erupted in both territories. Henry Powers, former New Orleans Baseball club owner, died suddenly in New Orleans. Tulsa to host Elks lodge organization.
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Indian Territory
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Arizona
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Spoorer
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Foraker
Long
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas
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United States
Kearns
Colorado River
Utah
Berry
Beveridge
Oklahoma City
Amendment to Anti Pool Room Bill Adopted in House
No Sunday racing is banned as Hancocks anti pool room bill passes second reading after amendments. Prohibits betting on horse racing on Sundays and syndicate bookmaking at tracks and requires open books. Pools at races struck out. opponents argue total prohibition while supporters cite strict controls. Senate approves osteopathy board and tax changes on railroad gross receipts and intangible assets, plus insurance premium taxation discussions.
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Austin
Hancocks
O’quinn
Shannon
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Mays
Corsi
Gana
Williams
Fort Worth
Brown
Wharton
Burnett
Kerr County
Senate
House
Love
Dallas
Williams Intangible Assets Bils
Bowser
Spirited Away: Oil Operator O Neil Escapes Jail by Sheriff
The arrest of John J. O'Neil, a wealthy oil operator, sparked a sensational escape after Sheriff Holder forcibly removed him from Ohio custody. Writ service halted, revolver drawn, and O'Neil allegedly beaten as he was driven into the woods. Governor Lanham later freed him in Little Rock amid habeas corpus questions.
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Saratoga
Pine Island
Hardin
Jefferson
Russell Holder
Holder
Reed Tevis
Broussard
O’neil
O'Neil
H. A. O'Neil
Carter Hanged for Murder in Arkansas
John Carter, a negro, was hanged in Marianna Arkansas for the December 2 1903 murder of James Woods a sewing machine agent. On the scaffold were Sheriff Ford three deputies four physicians and two negro ministers. Carter confessed and warned negroes from gambling. Vinita reports Senator Charles L Sanders of Tahlequah Oklahoma dead at Hot Springs Arkansas. Sanders served in the Cherokee Senate from Tahlequah and held other offices.
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Ark
John Carter
James Woods
Whitehall Landing
Carter
Ford
Woodlands selling at seven dollars per cord in San Antonio
News in brief reports wood selling for seven dollars per cord in San Antonio. Arkansas River is frozen over at Little Rock. Dr. J. W. Gilder, a veteran Beaumont physician, is dead. Livestock suffering is reported across Arkansas. A train wreck near Brewton, Alabama, killed three men. Otto H. Card, a barber, committed suicide in El Paso with carbolic acid.
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San Antonio
Arkansas
Little Rock
J. W. Gilder
Beaumont
Brewton
Ala
Otto H. Card
el Paso
Three Fatalities and a Train Wreck Reported in Southwest Events
Mrs. Sarah Swearengen aged ninety nine died near Commerce Texas. Matt Clark of Temple Texas was badly beaten by three men in New Orleans. R A Burney seventy, a clerk of the criminal appeals count, died at Galveston. The Rock Island Golden Gate limited train wrecked near Carrizo New Mexico injuring nine persons.
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Commerce
Tex
Matt Clark
Temple
New Orleans
R. A. Burney
Count of Criminal Appeals
Galveston
Rock Island Golden Gate Limited
Carrizo
N. M
Fire destroys cotton oil mill in Oklahoma City
A blaze at the Southwestern Cotton Oil Mill in Oklahoma City caused $50,000 in damage. The fire began from friction in a hulling machine in the gin room, and the plant will be rebuilt at once.
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Oklahoma City
Southwestern Cotton Oil Mill Company
Aged Lady Dies After Ice Fall in Denison
Mrs. Neney L. Chappell, an elderly resident of Denison, fell on the ice Tuesday night and died from the injuries she sustained.
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Denison
Neney L. Chappell
Porter Found the Jewels in Hotel Store Room
A casket of Mrs. E. M.Holbrook's jewels from Minneapolis was located in a hotel storeroom, reportedly placed there by a porter. In Chicago, William K. Ackerman, former Illinois Central railway president, died at home from heart disease.
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San Francisco
E. M. Holbrook
Minneapolis
Chicago
William K. Ackerman
Illinois Central Railway
Batte & Co Real Estate and Insurance Ad
T R Batte and Co offer general law practice, real estate sales, rentals, and an insurance department. Properties for sale include two brick buildings on Main Street, ten acres near the railroad, 600 acres north of Bryan, 370 acres in Madison County, 95 and 130 acre parcels near Bryan and Mumford road, plus Brazos bottom lands. They list title work, property exchanges, and life, fire, and accident insurance with leading companies.
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Thomas
Brazos County
Mangan‘e
Mumford Road
Brazos Bottom
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