Oklahomahood bill sent to conference committee today
The burden ten Oklahoma Statehood bill moved to a conference committee after a hard fought battle.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1906
Page
1
The burden ten Oklahoma Statehood bill moved to a conference committee after a hard fought battle.
The House approved the rule to send the Hamilton statehood bill to conference 175 to 156 after a party line clash over senate amendments. Dalzell defended the rule while Williams led Democratic opposition. Republicans split with a bloc of insurgents backing the measure. Conference will seek terms on Arizona and New Mexico references.
At the semi annual praise service of the Woman's Missionary Society in Central Presbyterian Church the treasurer read disbursements totaling 206.89 for the year ending April 1 1906 with a treasury balance of 5.63 making 212.52. The ten year report shows a yearly increase and total receipts of 1 058 06.
Pentucket Lodge F and A M plans a ninety ninth charter anniversary supper at the Mosaic Temple in Lowell Massachusetts. Benjamin W. Clement Lucius A Derby and other officers head the event as details recall the lodge’s early meetings and the Pawtucket church site tied to local history and preservation efforts by D A R Mollie Varnum chapter.
Dr Porter, evangelist at East Sedalia Baptist Church, delivers stirring sermons to growing crowds each night. Meetings will continue nightly for an indefinite period, drawing big audiences through the week.
Samuel Browne mail carrier No 3 was suddenly blinded while on his Hopkins Missouri route. He sought a nearby farm to reach shelter after sun glare on the snow worsened his condition. A substitute was sent and he began receiving medical care while slowly recovering his sight.
Miss Louise Kobrock a 15 year old girl living at 122 South Grand avenue suffered facial and head burns when she opened a furnace door and improper drafts caused flames to flare. Neighbors aided until medical help arrived and she rests easier today with a hopeful recovery.
March 22 report from Columbus notes Governor Pattison’s condition is uncertain after contracting a cold while campaigning. He has not been in office since his inauguration, and the next twenty four hours are awaited with concern.
Governor Frantz and Marshal Abernathy with other Oklahoma officials hunted coyotes at the Darlington intertribal treaty reserve in Lawton Oklahoma on March 22. Abernathy planned to show how to catch coyotes alive.
The basketball teams of Central Business College and Pleasant Hill will play a match game in the Sedalia Athletic Club rooms tomorrow night.
The Douma is described as powerless with no constitution or bill of rights, reflecting a parliament seen as a figurehead rather than a true legislative body. The piece labels the Russian popular assembly as lacking real authority.
A St Petersburg dispatch reviews the March 8 imperial ukases and manifesto. It argues the national assembly is limited, with half its seats chosen by the crown and a council acting as a buffer, while the emperor can dissolve parliament and limit ministerial responsibility.
A Pennsylvania state party led by Governor Pennypacker arrives in Vicksburg for a dedication of the Pennsylvania monument in the National park on March 24. The visit includes a reception at the Carroll hotel and a joint Union and Confederate camp fire at the opera house with speeches. The party travels by special train through Fredericksburg to Vicksburg.
New York March 22 The advisory board of engineers for the Michigan Central railway will meet to open bids for a Detroit River tunnel to Windsor Canada. The project envisions two single track tubes with a concrete center wall and requires extensive underwater concrete work deposited by divers.
Peoria Illinois March 22 The Rev Louis Kelly Baptist minister and partner of the late Rev George Simmons in the defunct Peoples Savings bank was indicted for embezzlement by the grand jury. The indictment states Kelly received deposits February 5 one day before Dr Simmons killed himself knowing the bank was insolvent. Developments show the bank held notes signed by Kelly and Simmons totaling 121000 dollars.
The beef packing defendants win immunity for individuals while corporations face trial. Judge Humphrey rules the individuals may not be prosecuted again, but the corporate defendants remain under indictment. The packed court room saw smiles and handshakes as jurors and lawyers exchanged congratulations. Trial dates spark debate among attorneys with requests for postponement and talks of up to 1000 witnesses.
The funeral of Raymond Herschberger, who died Tuesday afternoon at his parents East Broadway home, was held at 2 pm today at Broadway Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dudley M. Clagett officiating. Pallbearers included J E. Lydick, George M. Cole, K A. Easley, H H. Black, Lee Montgomery, and W H. Holcroft.
Closing session of the Missouri Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen at 3022 Olive Street re elected H L Just grand master workman. Laws were revised to align with Missouri conditions, new ritual framed, and closer ties with the Degree of Honor discussed.
Two locomotives pulling Illinois Central train No 1 struck projecting freight cars from a side track at Duncombe Iowa. The wreck overturned the engine and killed fireman Cutting while engineers Stark and Wood were injured. Passengers were severely jolted.
The remains of Mrs. J. H. Shaunty arrived in St Louis this afternoon on Missouri Pacific train No 1 and were taken to the home of her son in law W. J. Wyan at Twenty fourth and Ohio streets. The funeral is scheduled for Friday at 2 PM with Rev J B Fuller assisted by Rev Frank Y Campbell. Relatives J A Payne of Hamburg Ila Hert Wooldridge and A F Nickson of Wooldridge have arrived to attend.
Sedalia lodge No. 125 BPOE held a Wednesday night initiation for four new members: Harry W. Knight Norvell McFarland J H Meyers and Carl A Guenther.
The Board of Directors met Wednesday afternoon to dispose of routine work and discuss city betterment plans including a proposed interurban railway. The association now has permanent headquarters at 404 South Ohio Street on the second floor, formerly Thiebes Stierlin music store.
B F Yoakum chairman of the executive committee of the Rock Island and Frisco railways was operated on for appendicitis yesterday. A formal announcement at the Gilouam hotel stated recovery is expected, with optimism for a swift return to health.
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