Not Guilty Plea Sets Stage for Thaw Murder Trial
Judge Olcott met with John Thaw and attorney Mr. Keene after a flood of letters Thaw received daily. The defense will proceed to trial on a simple not guilty plea for the murder of Stanford White. A trio of possible motions had been left open but time expired Tuesday.
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Will Thaw
New York
Judge Olcott
Thaw
Keene
Olcott
Anan
Garvin
McDonald
Harry Raleigh
Stanford White
White
Tammany Celebrates Fourth With Speakers From Several States
New York July 4 Tammany Hall held its Fourth of July celebration with fireworks and oratory. Speakers included Congressmen Henry and Beall of Texas and others such as John Kelcher Massachusetts J Thomas Heflin Alabama Frank Clark Florida James Kentucky Hunt Missouri Maynard Virginia Padgett Tennessee and Sullivan Massachusetts. Bourke Cochran presided as grand sachem while the Tammany Glee Club and sixty ninth regiment band provided music. The report notes the speaking was a collision of voices from across the country.
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Henry and
Beall
Texas
New York
Tammany Hall
Jelks
Alabama
Congress
John Kelcher
Massachusetts
Henry and Beall
J. Thomas Heflin
Frank Clark
Florida
James
Kentucky
Hunt
Missouri
Maynard
Virgina
Padgett
Tennessee
Sullivan
Mrs Buck Dead at Fort McPherson
Mrs Kate Buck wife of Captain B B Buck Sixteenth United States infantry died at Fort McPherson Georgia on June 14 after a brief illness. She is buried at Arlington National Cemetery beside her father General B F Bernard. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Alice Churchill and Mrs Pauline Hyatt and a son Beaumont. Born in Arizona she lived at Army posts and in the Philippines. Captain Buck educated at West Point from Dallas and led a Texas regiment in the Spanish American War.
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Atlanta
Kate Buck
B. B. Buck
United States Infantry
Fort McPherson
Arlington Heights
National Cemetery
B. F. Bernard
United States Army
Alice Churchill
J. M. Churchill
Pauline Hyatt
Leiutenant
John W. Hyatt
Beaumont
First Step in Cold Storage Tests on Broilers
Washington July 4 Dr Wiley head of agriculture bureau of chemistry stored 150 broilers to study cold storage effects on meat. Half were drawn for periodic testing over five to six months as fruit storage results show initial improvement then deterioration at peak. Officials plan regulations for the pure food law due January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Departments of Agriculture, Treasury and Commerce and Labor
Santa Fe Cuts Grain Rate to Meet Competitor Move
The Santa Fe Railway reduces grain shipping rates by one-fourth cent per 100 pounds from any point on its system with immediate effect. The cut also covers exports to Galveston in response to a price reduction by the Chicago Great Western.
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Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
Galveston
Chicago Great Western
Sixty-Eight Released From Outlawry Sentences at Luneta
At Manila on July 8 the first national salute to include Oklahoma was fired at Luneta. Sixty eight men imprisoned for outlawry were freed after serving sentences in Bilbao prison with four granted full pardons and the rest released on five years of good behavior. Filipino children enjoyed a monster feast arranged by patriotic Americans and Filipino citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Oklahoma
Luneta
Bildid
Texan Beats Record In Fifty Mile Derby
Chicago July 4 Ollie Savin of Texas broke all fifty mile stock touring car records in the endurance Derby at ftarthorne with a 1 06 19 clocking. The former mark 1 08 51 was set at St Louis last month. Five of the nine starters finished the race with W J McDonald second and G Reagers third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urance Weroy
Chicago
Ollie Savin
Texas
Ftarthorne
St. Louis
W. J. McDonald
G. Reagers
Boy Fatally Shot During Fourth of July Toy Revolver Incident
Oswego N Y July 4 Murray Kitts thirteen son of Nathaniel Kitts was accidentally shot and killed at Fulton by Frederick Parker a companion about the same age. Parker discharged a blank cartridge from a revolver and Kitts fell with a bullet in his head dying instantly Parker disappeared a member of a prominent family as was Kitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
N. Y
Murray Kitts
Nathaniel Kitts
Fulton
Frederick Parker
Parker
Kitts
Oklahoma welcomes Guthrie with statehood celebration
A large audience gathered in Guthrie on July 4 for the home-coming reception to Delegate McGuire and the statehood event. The gathering marked the first joint meeting of residents from Indian and Oklahoma Territories since their union as one state. Delegations wore Oklahoma badges and expressed enthusiasm for the historic occasion.
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Guthrie
McGuire
Territories
Congress
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
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