Taft Expected to Break Silence With Tulsa Speech
Washington May 4 Secretary Taft is expected to break his political silence with a Tulsa Oklahoma speech on June 6 at the first Republican state convention. He plans a western trip to discuss economic issues at St Louis and will later tour military posts to push for brigade posts and concentration camps with broader knowledge for Congress.
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Tulsa
Washington
Taft
I. T
Republic
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Panama Canal
Orient
South America
Congress
Rock Island Frisco to Spend 1 Million on Galveston Terminals
The Rock Island Frisco system plans a million dollar terminal expansion in Galveston across over 150 acres from the key to Twenty-seventh street. A freight yard for 1600 cars, a large cotton platform, and multiple terminal buildings will support combined traffic with independent Frisco access by August 1.
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Galveston
Chicago
Rock Island-Frisco
Key
Twenty-seventh Street
Frisco
Negro bishops debate roils Episcopal convention in Texas
In San Antonio on May 4 the Episcopal diocesan convention debated the panel report proposing negro suffragan bishops to oversee negro congregations. The plan, described as extra bishops within the diocese holding office by sufferance, drew strong opposition from many delegates and sparked a heated discussion.
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Episcopal Convention
San Antonio
Episcopal Diocesan
South
Large Liabilities Loom Over W S Alley Assets Fifty Hundred
William S Alley a New York Stock Exchange member filed for bankruptcy in federal court. Liabilities are 191331 dollars and assets 500 dollars. His seat on the exchange is listed as 80000 dollars secured debt. Alley announced insolvency July 11 1906 and has since traded on the curb market. He has been a member since 1878. Senate passes Looney automatic tax bill.
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W. S. Alley
New York
William S. Alley
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Alley
Stock Exchange
Exchange
The
Senate
Looney
Drownings Reported in Various Localities
May 4 reports describe a drowning in Waco where Jack Jones a Black man died after a wagon overturned on the Brazos river. Fort Worth identifies a trestle fall victim as George Tewey a blacksmith. Bonham notes the death of Uncle Anderson Rowlett an elderly Black man. Lima Peru reports volcano Alarcon in Neuquen Argentina active.
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Waco
Jack Jones
Brazos River
Fort Worth
eGorge Tewey
Bonham, Tex
Anderson Rowlett
Lima
Peru
Alarcon
Province
Neuquen
Argentine
Multiple Texas and regional incidents headline broad finance and crime
A roundup notes a plan for a large gin at Sherman and fears of Boxer activity, a $20 000 hospital addition in Paris Texas, a major flour mill idea at San Angelo, and a Rule Texas school building project costing 10959 dollars. It mentions J D O Daniel shipping 1500 fat sheep to Kansas City, J W Gates retirement from Wall Street, and the death of Mrs Adolph Meier after ingesting rat poison. Also reports a body found near Card ranch in DeWitt county, smashed windows in Dallas, gambling raids in Comanche Indian Territory, frost impact on Oklahoma peach growers, May Kelly death from accidental rifle discharge, reconstruction plans for cement works at White Cliffs, J M Caudle acquitted near Comanche Texas, and a shooting death in Woodstock Alabama involving J E Sullivan.
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Sherman
Paris
Tex
San Angelo
Rule
J. D. O’daniel
Kansas City
A. Patch
Fredericksburg
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Adolph Meier
Calvert, Tex
Mark Holman
Card Ranch
DeWitt County
Texas
Dallas
Comanche
I. T
Oklahoma
May Kelly
White Cliffs
Texarkana
Northern
Duncan
J. M. Caudle
Esco Daniels
Eastland
Woodstock
Birmingham
Ala
Frank Richardson
J. E. Sullivan
Alabama Great Southern Railway
Sullivan
Sullivan Stops Young Corbett In Eleventh At Baltimore
Kid Sullivan of Washington knocked out Young Corbett of Denver in the eleventh round before Eureka Athletic club. Corbett was hurt early, driven through the ropes in rounds two seven and ten, and finally finished in the eleventh when Sullivan hit him flush on the jaw. Referee counted him out as he lay stunned.
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Young Corbett
Kid Sullivan
Baltimore
Washington
Denver
Eureka Athletic Club
Sullivan
Corbett
Jack McGuigan
August Busch Indicted Over Mistletoe Beverage
Ardmore May 4 August Busch son of Adolphus Busch St Louis brewer was indicted by a grand jury along with officers of the New State Brewing Company of Oklahoma City for manufacturing a beverage called mistletoe said to exceed legal alcohol limits. Much liquor sold in the Chickasaw nation.
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Ardmore
August Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
New State Brewing Company
Oklahoma City
Aged Actress Mrs Jones Ill in New York
Mrs. W. G. Jones, long recognized as the oldest active actress after Mrs. Gilbert's death, is very ill in New York and not expected to recover. A native of New York, she began at the Bowery theatre fifty years ago and has supported nearly every star of the last generation. She recently marked her seventy ninth birthday.
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New York
W. G. Jones
Gilbert
Arkansas House Passes Anti Cigarette Bill
In Little Rock on May 4 the House approved a bill barring sale manufacture or gifting of cigarettes or cigarette paper. The measure already passed the Senate and now heads to the governor for signature.
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Little Rock
House
Senate
Snowstorm shatters May record in Chicago
May snowfall in Chicago breaks all records with eight-tenths inches by 7 PM and a low of 34 degrees. The event marks only the second time since 1876 the temperature fell so low in May.
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Chicago
Willcox Leaves Estate to Four Cousins on Mother’s Side
David Willcox, former president of the Delaware and Hudson railway, who killed himself at sea, left his estate to four cousins on his mothers side. The value of the estate is estimated at $1,100,000 by cousin William C. Wilcox.
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New York
David Willcox
Delaware and Hudson Railway
William C. Wilcox
Maytubby No More
Peter Maytubby longtime governor of the Chickasaw tribe dies at his Caddo home at age sixty after two terms in office. Ardmore Oklahoma May 4.
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Maytubby
Ardmore
I. T
Peter Maytubby
Caddo
Bryan Endorsed by Senate for Democratic Nomination
Tallahassee May 4 The senate passed a resolution endorsing Hon. W J Bryan for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
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Bryan
Tallahassee
Fla
Senate
Hon
W. J. Bryan
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