Senators Sworn In for Six Year Terms in First Fifty-Eighth Congress Session
The United States Senate opened the Fifty-Eighth Congress with a special noon session. Twenty-six new senators took the six year oath, including Smoot of Utah, amid lavish floral desks and applause in the galleries. News recaps also mention Cannon's House remarks on a deficiacy bill and senators Hale Allison and Teller in the conference. The Senate adjourned at 3:15 to Monday.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Bennett
Frye
Messrs
Spooner
Allison
Smoot
Utah
Cannon
House of Representatives
Tillman
Hale
Allison and
Teller
Indian police move to evict cattle over tribal tax dispute
March 6 Ardmore report states Indian police pass through Ardmore en route to Hewitt to evict cattle whose owner refused to pay tribal tax. Officers will not accept tax from stockmen and will remove the cattle from the nation.
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Finch Cattle
Ardmore
Hewitt
Miles and Hay Discuss World Tour Findings
Washington reports Lieutenant General Miles briefed Secretary Hay on his worldwide trip. Miles visited U S embassies and China observations may influence policy. A military report of the tour is being prepared for the president via the War Department, with public release uncertain.
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Washington
Miles
Hay
United States
China
Farmer Fatally Wounds Stepdaughter Then Kills Himself
Allen Melton of Henderson Kentucky shot his sixteen year old stepdaughter Mary Melton and wounded Mrs. John Culver in a home visit. Fleeing bloodhounds tracked him to a barn where he swallowed Paris green and died by his own hand. Authorities note a previous attempted hanging of his divorced wife and suggest motive involved wife in Union.
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Henderson
Allen Melton
John Culver
Melton
Mary Melton
Culver
Union
Slain by His Stepson in Canadian County Family Quarrel
El Reno March 6 J B Floyd of Canadian county was shot and killed by his stepson E A Putnam during a family quarrel.
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el Reno
Okla
J. B. Floyd
Canadian County
E. A. Putnam
Bill to subsidize large families and honor mothers
In Harrisburg March 6 Mr. Blumie of Canton county proposes a bill to subsidize large families and award gold medals to mothers. Prizes range from ten to fifty dollars with medals, nine to fifteen children trigger a fifty dollar gold medal, and education for the seventh child within the state is capped at five hundred dollars. The act excludes women totally divorced or separated from their husbands.
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Harrisburg
Blumie
Canton County
Outbreak of Murder Carnival Rumors In Pekin
Dispatches from Pekin warn of an imminent outbreak and murder carnival, with Chinese papers accusing the empress dowager of duplicity. Shanghai reports edicts for reform on western lines while secretly prohibiting foreign methods by viceroys and governors.
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B. C
Pekin
Shanghai
President seeks Senate vote on Crum nomination for collector
The president sent several nominations to the senate including William D. Crum for collector of customs in Charleston and Page Morris for U S district judge in Minnesota. Crum’s nomination was reported adverse by the Fifty seventh congress committee. a new favorable report is anticipated but no special effort will be made to sway action. If rejected, the appointment will likely be abandoned.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
William D. Crum
District of Charleston
S. C
Page Morris
United States
District of Minnesota
William M. Byrne
District of Delaware
William A. Day
District of Columbia
Milton D. Purdy
Minnesota
Samuel A. Wilson
Macon
Crum
Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Repealing Oil Inspection Laws
Guthrie March 6 The Oklahoma senate passed over the governor's veto the bill repealing the oil inspection laws of the territory. The vote was 10 to 2 with Senators Alexander and Webster voting with the governor and Senator Mathews absent.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma Senate
Territory
Alexander and
Webster
Mathews
Waterworks Contract Let for South McAlester
The contract for the entire water works system of South McAlester I T including a mile and a quarter of sewer was let for 122100. The plant is to be completed by October 1.
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South McAlester
I. T
Corbett and Jeffries Sign for World Title Fight
James J. Corbett and Billy Delaney signed articles for a heavyweight title bout with James J. Jeffries. The fight is set in California in July or August 1903, under the club with the largest purse, with twenty rounds and a 75 to 25 percent purse split for winner and loser.
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Baltimore
James J. Corbettt
Billy Delaney
James J. Jeffries
California
Athletic Club
Child Burned to Death in Ashes Near Duffan
A small child of Mr and Mrs Boyd near Duffan Hico Texas died after catching fire while playing in ashes that had been discarded. The accident occurred today and details indicate a tragic household mishap.
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Hico, Tex
Boyd
Duffan
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show Opens at New Stock Yards
The seventh annual fat stock show opened at Fort Worth on March 6 with splendid exhibits and good attendance. The event is held under cover at the new stock yards grounds.
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Hortsworth
Fort Worth
New Stock Yards
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Thos
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Geo. W. Higgs
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Dansby & Dansby
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Texas Railroad
Mexico
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