Beeman seeks pension increase amid tax remark
The item notes Dr Beeman the chewing gum man earning 27000 yearly from investments asks to raise his pension from 8 to 12 dollars monthly and mentions pundits on graduated income tax. It references Dr Wood and marketing by J F Crow Drug Co and a note on Norwegian Pine Syrup. It also mentions Yo ungs Guy Shaw 17 fatally shot while fishing near Fouke Arkansas. A cold cure ad ends with Bromo Quinine tablets at 25 cents.
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Randell Attacks Republican Machine In House Debate
Texas representative Randell denounces the so called Republican machine in the house, accusing leaders of inaction and pretended stances. He argues concentrated wealth threatens democracy and cites the party's treatment of territories as unworthy. He urges the sisterhood of states to unite against Republican policies.
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Garfield to Submit Oil Inquiry Reports to President
Washington May 23 Commissioner of Corporations Garfield said he would submit to the president further information on his inquiry into the oil industry. It is unclear if this will be one report or several. The preceding report to Congress covered transportation and freight rates and Garfield is preparing reports on production refining control of pipelines foreign trade and competitive methods. Data on the first four is nearly complete and work on competitive methods continues. He does not expect to submit any reports before Congress adjourns.
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Waddell Injured in Collision on Philadelphia Ride
Pitcher Waddell of the local American league team suffered a fracture of the thumb on his pitching hand when a carriage to the baseball park collided with him in Philadelphia Tuesday. Scores listed include Philadelphia 11 Cleveland 8 and Chicago 2 Washington 4 St. Louis 2 Detroit 6 Boston 3. This followed his eighteenth straight defeat.
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Fisher Again Wins as Shreveport Tops Nashville 7 1
Fisher of the Shreveport club clinched his eleventh straight win by beating Nashville 7 to 1. Other results include Little Rock 8 Birmingham 7 in ten innings and New Orleans 6 Montgomery 4 in ten innings.
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Port Arthur Port of Entry Hope in U S Hearing
The house ways and means committee concluded hearings on a port of entry for Sabine Pass or Port Arthur. Texas Representative Broocks presented a war department draft to transfer the Port Arthur ship canal to the Kansas City Southern Railway, as John W. Gates arranged. Some members expect Port Arthur to win and accept Gates offer amid the condition of entry status. Torrents of mud force observatory closure in Naples. Coal miners and operators reach no agreement in Kansas City.
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Brief Local News Tidbits From Across States
Short items report a $5,000 blaze in Plean Dealing Louisiana. Tulsa forms Red Cross. Dallas County redeems $25,000 courthouse bonds. Two Zuber boys drown near Willis Texas. Claude Hathaway drowns near Oswalt Louisiana Territory. Wynnewood crops damaged by a waterspout. Wife of Captain W J BrieDonald Texas Rangers dies in San Antonio. Western Oklahoma Christian church to build $10,000 college at Cordell. A shotgun fires at African Americans in Dallas. three hit but not seriously. C C Connor Jr of Paris Texas wins a gold 105 bales of cotton at 1187 cents. New Mexico troops mobilize at Camp Mabry Texas. Oklahoma Odd Fellows home to be at Carmen with $2,000 and 160 acres. G W Hood skull crushed near Paris Texas. Marsh Dunlap held on $2,000 bond.
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Injunction Refused in Cumberland Presbyterian Case
Judge Johnston of Decatur Illinois ruled against the anti fusion group, denying the injunction and dismissing the bill on demurrer in the Cumberland Presbyterian church union case. The decision likely goes to the Illinois supreme court for appeal. The assembly withdrew dissolution of the Indianola synod amid strong opposition. A temperance evangelist was urged, and no saloon loyalist should hold public office.
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Statehood measure eyed as conference report nears completion
Washington May 23 An agreement on the statehood bill outlined in a conference report is expected this week. Details are pending as the report has not been drafted. Provisions seen as acceptable include admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state, and letting Arizona and New Mexico vote separately on joining as a single state. The vote would occur at a regular territorial election.
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Bankers Meet Sets New Attendance Record in Oklahoma
The tenth annual Oklahoma and Indian Territory Bankers' association session in Oklahoma City drew the largest crowd in the group's history. B. C. Ames presented a paper on The School Lands In Oklahoma. Chickasha was chosen for next year’s meeting, with N. T. Gilbert as president and officers including BE. P. Blake first vice president, D. N. Fink second vice president, C. L. Engle secretary, and FP. A. Janeway treasurer.
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Oklahoma
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Bank Burglarized as Safe Wrecked at First National Bank
Burglars wrecked the safe of the First National bank early Tuesday and escaped with several hundred dollars. Confederates stationed in the street fired to deter citizens from approaching. Slight Relapse. New York reports Mrs. Jefferson Davis had a slight relapse Tuesday night but rallied.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
Embalming Fluid Evidence in Rice Case
New York May 28 District Attorney Jerome presented further evidence at Albert T. Patrick's motion for a new trial. Coroner's physicians Dr. Hamilton Williams and Dr. Otto Schultz testified that embalming fluid used on William Marsh Rice would not enter the lungs nor leave signs of presence there.
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Jerome
Albert T. Patrick
Hamilton Williams
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William Marsh Rice
Bryan Endorsed for President by Ohio Democratic Convention
William Jennings Bryan was endorsed for president by a Democratic judicial convention in Elma Ohio on May 23. The group of sixteen northwest Ohio counties adopted resolutions arguing Bryan would have won in 1904 if trusts had not stolen the nomination and that the national party will nominate him by acclamation in 1908.
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Elma
William Jennings
Bryan
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