Congress at an End Ship Subsidy Halted by Gallinger
Washington dispatch reports the fifty ninth Congress expired by limit with the senate adjourning sine die at noon and the house at 12 20 p m The ship subsidy bill was dropped after Senator Gallinger in charge argued against further consideration The day opened amid fatigue crowds and women predominated in galleries while routine business closed.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Capitol
Charleston
8. C
Congress
Gallinger
Houses
Fairbanks
Cannon
Senator Carmack
Lafollette
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Votes That Legislators Pay For Photographs
Austin March 4 a house resolution by Representative Hamilton adopted to require photographs of legislators be paid at their own expense previously funded by the state. The house sent to engrossment the juvenile court bill and debated the incorrigible child bill fixing penalties for juvenile offenders beyond misdemeanors. The senate backed removal of the Santa Fe railroad track from Washburn to Panhandle and reconstruction Panhandle to Amarillo with majority favorable reports and minority adverse reports. The senate did not concur in house amendments to Terrells bill barring removal of causes to federal courts and a conference committee was appointed. The senate concurred in house amendments to Looney's bill giving the attorney general broader evidence authority in anti trust suits and power to examine papers of public service corporations.
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House
Austin
Hamilton
Senate
Veal
Santa Fe
Washburn
Panhandle
Amarillo
Terrell
Terrell, Smith, Veal
Chambers
Looney
Result of decisionIntangible asset law adds to tax rolls
Austin March 4 State Tax Commissioner Dave says the intangible asset law sustained by the supreme court will place about 100 million dollars of intangible assets of corporations on the 1907 tax rolls. After equalization the tax increase will be around 20 million dollars.
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Austin
Davie
Supreme Court
Death of Sam Sykes Under Investigation in Houston
Police search for details of Sam Sykes death after a body found in a ditch at German and Paige streets. A 38 caliber revolver with two empty chambers lay beside him and a Chicago issued stationary engineer certificate was in his pocket. No powder burns observed. case includes an unsolved assault on Miss May Pullen with a suspect released after she could not identify him.
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Houston
Sam Sykes
German and
Paige Streets
Chicago
Miss May Pullen
Houston Heights
Miss Pullen
Oldest Indian in Lawton Region Said to be 125
Aged Canutsky, reputedly over 125, died four and a half miles east of Binger. Indian ceremonies, dances, and feasts accompanied burial as fires burned at head and feet. Indians from distant areas attended the funeral of their oldest member.
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Lawton
Okla
Canutsky
Binger
Railroader Killed at Aholose. Arrest Made
Ada Oklahoma Territory March 4. W H Warren foreman on the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway was killed at Aholose seven miles from Ada. An arrest has been made.
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Ada
I. T
Aholose
W. H. Warren
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Tragic Fire Injures Child in Amarillo
Gladys Roberts four years old died after her clothing caught fire from burning grass in Amarillo Texas on March 4. She expired several hours later in terrible agony.
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Amarillo
Tex
Gladys Roberts
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Bons
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VINOL
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E. Rohde
Howard R. Cavitt
Frank Houston
Florence
Ala
Annie Powers
London Weekly Dispatch
Duchess of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Felix Powell
Conditt
Edna
Victoria
Arthur Hamilton
Buffalo Bayou
Grand Lodge of Texas Knights of Pythias
Dallas
Widows and Orphans
Weatherford
Furlong
Ossining
N. Y
Frank Furlong
Margaret Keeler
New York City
Sing Sing
George Granger
Guthrie
Pauls Valley Railroad Company
Charles H. Filson
Territorial
Seabord Northren Railroad
Fayetteville
N. C
Tow Walker
Lockamy
Chasen
Walker
Raleigh
Buster Brown
R. F. Outcault
Buster
Mr. Outcault
Burt Norwood
Oie
Guster
J. W. Allen
Howell
J. F. Mitchell
Mexico- ST. Louis
St. Louis
Mexico
Pullman
Bath
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A. Geo
D. Hunter, A. G. P
T. A
N.R. R
Palestine
Texas
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