Oklahoma Senator Cries Foul Over Indian Contracts Scandal
A Senate confrontation over contracts with Indians erupts as Senator Gore accuses a House ally of links to McMurray and others. Murphy alleges 10 percent fees and potential $16 million gains from coal lands and pine lands, prompting calls for probes and an investigation into the alleged scheme.
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Oklahoma
Senate
Gore
Hale
Murphy
McMurray
Madden
Illinois
Carter
Roosevelt
Taft
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Mr. Murphy
Mr. McMurray
Cecil Lyon
Great Republican Committee of
Texas
National Republican
Indian Territory
Geological Survey
M Murrays Oklahoma Life and Coal Lands Sale Offer
McAlester Oklahoma June 2 The firm MecMurray Mansfield and Cornish dissolved a year ago J McMurray now practices Indian law The Oklahoma constitutional convention appointed a commission led by William H Murray to study buying segregated coal lands Hearings lasted several days Informal offers reached 16 000 000 for the lands About a year ago the Choctaw Council led by Green McCurtin offered to sell tribal property including coal lands to the government for 60 000 000
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Green McCurtin
Birmingham Deaths: cases ruled as deaths by own action
Coroner Brasher ruled both deaths a case of death by own action in a shooting case involving Mrs. J. P. Harding wife of the First National Bank president and Guy R. Johnson former vice president of Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron. Johnson's body was sent to Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania for burial. The pair were lifelong friends with prior hints of a mutual pact and both were prominent socially.
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Birmingham
Ala
Brasher
J. P. Harding
First National Bank
Guy R. Johnson
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
Johnson
Bryn Mawr
Penn
Election Fraud Indictments in Rochester Election
A partial pre sentiment of indictments this afternoon returned six teen sealed bills for alleged election fraud tied to the April race in which James Havens was elected to Congress. No arrests have yet been made. The Grand Jury also urged action over neglect in filling twenty registration book columns. Presented by E B Charles of Warsaw.
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Rochester
James 5. Havens
Congress
E. B. Charles
Warsaw
Mayors Conference Closes with Appointed Committee
Mayors health conference ends with Mayor Duryee of Schenectady named chairman of a committee to plan a similar gathering at Poughkeepsie in 1911. The principal address by Charles Zue Din of Boston predicted universal administration of city affairs by commissions.
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Tribune
Schenectady
N. Y
Mayors Health Conference
Duryee
Loughkeepsie
Charles Zue- Din
Boston
Critical Massachusetts Manoeuvres Criticisms Surface
Lieutenant Colonel Willard C Fisk and Colonel John H Foote publish harsh official reports on last season's Massachusetts manoeuvres. They fault food supply meat quality and timing, transport failures, lack of ambulances, and insufficient practice in patrolling and security.
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Willard C. Fisk
7Th Regiment
Massachusetts
Daniel Appleton
John H. Foote
Mth Regiment
Army
National Guard
Fisk
United States Quartermaster Department
Carmen's Union Plans For City Streetcar Workers
The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railroad Employes announced a union for Manhattan and Brooklyn streetcar workers, to be completed at a special committee meeting next week. Organizer M Fruchter said enrolments have been ongoing for about a year and some members have been discharged, with secrecy due to transit-company espionage.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railroad
M. Fruchter
Amalgamated Association
Father Gets Scott Hartje in Divorce Settlement
Mrs Mary Scott Hartije returns her son Scott to millionaire father in Pittsburg as he begins as an office boy. Settlement includes Mrs Hartije receiving 1000 dollars yearly income and daughter staying with Mrs Hartije. Mrs Hartije plans to seek divorce on grounds of desertion, with Hartije not opposing.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Mary Scott Hartije
Scott Hartje
Hartie
Opposition to July Fourth National Guard Parade
Sentiment rose against a national guard parade planned for Independence Day. Mayor Gaynor, the governor, and a reformist press stance sparked debate among officials, guardsmen, bankers, and citizens about whether a military display fits a sane Fourth.
Unjust to the Guard Protest Letter in The Tribune
A New York reader endorses The Tribune’s call to avoid turning out the national guard for the July 4 celebration. The writer argues a parade would deprive guard members of healthful holiday time, urges the mayor to rescind the order, and supports a safe and sane Fourth.
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National Guard
New York City
Tribune
New-York Tribune
New York
R. Ross Appleton
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Lienry Clews
the Tribure
the Tribune
F. J. Cogswell
Man Falls Into Niagara River at Horseshoe Falls
An unknown man jumped from Second State Island into the Niagara River this morning and was carried over Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Walls North Carolina.
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Niagara Walls
N. C
Niagara River
Horseshoes Falls
Brooklyn Protests Over National Guard Parade on Holiday
Borough President Alfred H. Steers and Brigadier General John G. Eddy voice opposition to a Fourth of July parade by the National Guard. Regiment 13th would return from Fort Wright duty and may tour Pine Plains August 16 to 20. Colonel Davis notes guardsmen seek occasional holidays while honoring duties. General King supports avoiding heat and vacation loss.
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National Guard
Gether
United States
Alfred H. Steers
Brooklyn
Tribune
13Th Regiment
Fort Wright
Pine Plains
John G. Eddy
Charles C. Davis
Horatio C. King
Why Parades Were Stopped
A veteran writes to The Tribune explaining why Fourth of July parades were discontinued in later years. He cites heat and sunstroke risk for soldiers, recalling Philadelphia 1876 parade experiences and smaller spectator turnout in New York parades.
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the Tribune
National Guard
United States
Philadelphia
Protest Against Fourth of July Parade Burden on National Guard
A letter from J. Sparks of Flatbush, dated June 1910, protests a proposed old fashioned Fourth of July celebration featuring a national guard parade. The writer argues guardsmen deserve holiday time with families after recent Memorial Day duties and notes local businesses may close from July 2 to 5. He urges fairness and consideration of guardsmen's plans.
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Gaynor
Russell Raynor
Naval Militia
National Guard
the Tribune
J. Sparks
Flatbush
Magistrate Rebukes Lawyer In Tenement Case
Magistrate Harris rebuked attorney J M McCauley in West Side police court over a remark about Assistant District Attorney Sneith. The woman defendant, charged with tenement house law violation, was present later released on bail. a warrant was issued after the lawyer failed to name a date before July 7.
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Harris
J. M. McCauley
West Side
Sneith
McCauley
Smith
Convict Mason Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
William Mason, a Black man, was found guilty of second degree murder for the June murder of Abraham Reeder, a janitor at 77 Second Avenue. The jury deliberated six hours after Mason was extradited from Massachusetts where he served four years for highway robbery.
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William Mason
Abraham Reeder
Mason
Reeder
No. 77
Second Avenue
John J. Fogarty
Massachusetts
Jersey City
New Bedford
Mass
New York
M. J. Mulqueen
E. J. Murphy
Rokowsky Surrenders After Wife Found Dead Nearby
Alexis Rokowsky turned himself in at the Long Island City police station after his wife was found stabbed to death along a path from North Beach to Steinway. He was held on suspicion of homicide after being taken to the police court on a short affidavit.
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Alexis Rokowsky
North Beach
Long Island City
Alexis, Jr
Rokowsky
4Th Street
James S. Montague
Astoria
Jersey Street
New Brighton
Staten Island
Railroads Plan Joint Chicago Terminal at Union Station
A decision to build a $25,009,000 Chicago terminal jointly by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago & Alton, and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads was announced amid a federal hearing. The plan faces opposition to widening Chicago River bridges that could affect the terminal project.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Union Station
T. H. Rees
Department of the Lakes
Fishermen Find Body of Widow in Hudson River
The body of 60 year old Mrs. Margaret Dunnicker was found floating in the Hudson River off Riverside Dock by fishermen. Sister Maude Heller identified the body at West 100th Street police station. Police believe she fell from the dock after a period of ill health following her husband Henry Dunnicker’s death two years ago.
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Margaret Dunnicker
Hudson River
Mth Street
West 100Th Street
Maude Heller
No. 20
Riverside Drive
Dunnicker
Three Men Arrested In Pittsburg Express Robberies
Telegraph reports three men George Harris David B Cox and Charles Parsons were arrested in Pittsburg for larceny tied to the Adams Express ring. $15000 in goods believed stolen and at least twenty more implicated. Arrests followed lengthy railroad detective work with confessions reported.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Adams Expresa
Beries
George Harris
David B. Cox
Charles Parsons
Parsons
Harris
Cox
No Release for Kelshier in Cambridge Bank Case
Boston June report says friends of Big Bir Keliher, jailed for aiding W. Coleman in locating the Nationality Bank of Cambridge, learn bail offer $50,000 would prompt immediate federal arrest on new charges. Coleman is moved to Franklin County jail at Greenfield to serve a fifteen year sentence.
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Boston
Friends of “Big Bir
Keliher
Gestg. W. Coleman
Nationality Bank of
Cambridge
Chartes Street
Marshal Morse
Kelther
Morse
Coleman
Franklin County
Greenfield
United States
East Cambridge
Lively bidding at Morse sale for pear ring in Paris
A solitaire pearl ring sparked a heated bidding battle at the Morse house sale on Fifth Avenue. Mrs W Morse paid 5000 dollars at Cartier in Paris according to the account, with bids climbing rapidly before final sale to Benjamin Bloom for 2600. Other items included a grand piano and silverware totals reaching near 2800 dollars as the day concluded.
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Hughes
City
Representative Murphy
Missouri
J. F. McMurray
House
Indian Affairs Committee
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Tawney
Gailey
Gress
New York Tribune
THE
Sunday Tribune
Aesau
Brosadwa
Baby Stuart
Breakers
Holy Family
M’murray
Mrs. Harding
G. R. Johnson
Mayors’ Conference
Millionaire’s Paper House
Gen
Henry
Raynor
8Th Artillery
Albany
George Albert Win- Bate
Nelson H. Henry
Guard
Lst
Roe
Deplores
Niagara Falls
Hunt Express
Pittsbilfe
Kelsher
C. W. Morse House
California
Los Angeles
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
J. B. DeFriest
Broadway, New York
Yellowstone National Park
James S. Cushman
Oll
Pulitzer Building
John H. Finley
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