Multitude of 1903 News Bits Across Nations and Tragedies
Alfred Austin dies in London marking a literary loss. In sports, Kelo University beats Leland Stanford 6 to 1. Reports describe widespread Sols earthquake effects in southeastern Europe. Queen Victoria of Spain bears her sixth son as the royal couple’s seven year marriage continues. At Edinburgh YM C A conference Turkey and Bulgaria join the thirty alliance with four other nations. Aerial feats mix with racing victories as Lieut Kroger wins a horse race then soars to Berlin and wins again. Cincinnati endures an ice famine amid driver strikes. Harvard, Wisconsin class sizes total 653 and 823 graduates respectively. Chicago suburbs see heavy auto ownership. Vigilance committees form to curb western Kentucky night riding. A physician, Dr Brinkley, is murdered by a widow in Georgia. Aviation accidents claim lives near Annapolis and in Wichita Falls. Cattle prices peak in Chicago as beef reports prompt market talk. Texas drug laws stir repeal talk for medical alcohol use. Fortae area near Fort Wayne experiences a mill explosion. Fires threaten forests in northern Michigan without rain. Vallejo sees deadly railroad wrecks. Political and legal cases unfold from Ohio to Maine. A kidnapping verdict lands 25 year sentences in Salem. Dyes and labor law violations surface in Lodi. Prom Club names officers in Colorado Springs. St Louis operators strike over union talks. A Pa. man dies after a feud ends in a shanty. A mob hangs a man in Hot Springs after an Anadarko lynching.
Senate Finances and Foreign Policy News Brief
The article notes Thomas Nelson Page being acceptable as American ambassador to Italy, plans for a canal zone government deferred until January 1913, and the Senate finance committee rejecting a tobacco tax amendment. It covers weather bureau dismissals for political activity, the death of Sydenham W. Ancona, and Japan willing to extend arbitration with the United States for five years. It mentions investigations into price fixing of oil in Delaware, accusations against U S attorney Boardman, and Bishop Bret's visit to Secretary Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Thomas Nelson Page
Japan
Bryan
Oklahoma Cotton Trust Secrecy Revealed in Trial
Brown a former W H Coyle book keeper testifies on trial for forming a cotton pool in restraint of trade. He outlines how Mulhall Orlando Perry Coyle Perkins Cushing Ripley Stillwater Crescent Marshall Meridian Fallis Seward and Waterloo gins were divided among four interests. He describes an independent gin and notes Guthrie seed shares split between Coyle and Houghton. Other details cover Farmers gins and seed control across the Territory and a 1906 1909 shift in gin ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Cotton Trust
Brown
W. H. Coyle
Mulhall
Orlando
Perry
Coyle
Perkins
Cushing
Ripley
Stillwater
Crescent
Marshall
Meridian
Fallis
Seward
Waterloo
Houghton
Oklahoma City
Southwestern
Vose
Porter
Logan County
Houghtons
Vuce
Corle
Plato
J. M. Aydelotte
Shawnee
Aydelotte
New Slate
East St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock
Otalp
Three Martin Children Die In Cotton Field Fire Near Hobart
The Martin family from Texas lost three children aged 6 3 and 4 months when a house fire destroyed their dwelling nine miles northwest of Hobart as parents worked in a cotton field. The oldest boy was found near the door with the infant sister in his arms, likely while escaping the flames. The family had moved to the county this spring and lived in school land quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Bob Martin
Martin
Texas
Nuarter
Enid Oil Well Reaches 500 Feet in Bald Test
An Enid oil test well is drilling toward 660 feet with about 600 feet of casing installed so far. The operation remains in red shale as crews pause before further drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Enidle
Parker Still Ganduate Choctaw Chief Candidate Denies Withdrawal
Parker B Parker a leading Choctaw nation figure and educator denies reports he has withdrawn from the race for Choctaw chief. He has directed tribal schools and served at times in charge of several Choctaw schools and participated in the Oklahoma constitutional convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Bokohito
Gaio B. Parker
Promoter Joe Bartles Marry Edith Ross in Oklahoma City
Joe A. Bartles promoter of Dewey and son of Bertheville’s namesake wed Miss Edith Ross in Oklahoma City. The ceremony serves as a lead-in to Dewey’s July 4 celebration and big round-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Joe A. Bartles
Bertheville
Oklahoma City
Edith Ross
Muskogee Lawyer Commits Suicide During Transport
Masterson Peyton of Muskogee cut his throat with a razor while being taken in a patrol wagon from a hotel to the city jail. He died after being conveyed to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskoges
Dallas
Hhe Hotel
Masterson Peyton
Creek Nation Land Tax Exemption Ruling by Judge Degraffear
District Judge R. P. Degraffearsid rules Creek Lande Net Taxable and original allottees cannot be taxed for twenty one years from 1903. Deed laton exempts one fourth of Creek nation lands from taxation. Five Muskogee city additions exempt. Morris field valuation affected. Total land exemptions in Muskogee County reach 9,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardicas
R. P. Degraffearsid
Muskogee
Morris Field
Mikoges
Polar controversy driver aims to force congressional probe
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the self proclaimed discoverer of the North Pole, arrives in Oklahoma to promote a renewed polar dispute. He says he will lecture in ten cities, allege Peary crimes, and push Congress or the courts to re open the controversy. He claims to have new proof and will publish claims alleging Peary frauds and misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Congress
Inter
Howard Barrell
Cook
aMavite
Dr. Cook
Barrell
Peary
Parker
Oklahome
Congtons
Niagara Claimed Two More In Whirlpool Tragedy
In Niagara Falls a flat bottom boat carrying Donald Rosco nine years old and his brother capsized in the whirlpool rapids. A rope broke and both boys were swept away as hundreds watched from the shore. Bodies remained in the turbulent water with likely no recovery.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
Donald Rosco
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Alfred Austin
England
London
Kelo
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
Europe
Victoria
Spain
Young Men's Christian Association
Edinburgh
Turkey
Bulgaria
Egon Kroger
Magdeburg
Berlin
Grunewald
Cincinnati
Harvard
Wisconsin
Chicago
Board of Assessors
Kentucky
Henderson
Guy Brinkley
Waonah
Eugene Whienant
Brinkley
W. D. Billingsley
Mise Josipp
J. H. Towers
Georgia
Chesspeake Bay
Annapolis
Harry Bragg
Wichita Falls
Tex
Paragould
Ark
Denny
Foster Sims
Department of Agriculture
Texas Pharmaceutical Associaion
Equitable Powder Company
Fortae
Michigan
Vallejo
Calif
Rains
Headon
George B. Cox
Anandor
Mle
Cincinnati Trust Company
Frank Sullens
Ernest Harrison
Salem, MI
Dorothy Holt
United Piece Dye Works of
Lodi
Ndt
National Prom Club
Colorado Springs
J. Clyde Oswald
American Printer
New York
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph
Bell) Company
St. Louis
Edward Barthold
Franklin
Bartholom
Samuel Crower
Hot Springs
Garland Huff
Senate Mina Strike Investigat ‘Ing
Charleston
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Sydenham W. Ancona
National House of Representatives
Reading
Penn
Commeres
Delaboma
Owen
Ever N. Boardman
United States Intet
Inriol
Department of Justice
Jon B. Thompson
Charles H. Bret
The
Philippines
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Hays
Ben
Ota Altus
John G. Grey
Elizabeth J. Grey
Jamon A. Gray
Mangum
Grey
Ress
Gray
Solon. Paulé Valley
W. B. M. Mitchell
Inlature
T. ©. Andrews
Gabe Kemp
Garvin County
Louis Kemp
Fireman's Insurance Company
Garvin
Creek Lande
Gays Gtruck
MT. Weinley Pully
Ohahoma City
Frederick A
Faw
Mr. McKinley
Alaska
Hadson Struck
Fairbanke
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