Congress Opens Short Session Amid Quiet First Day
Washington reports the fifty-ninth Congress begins with little business. House adjourns at 12 53 for four deaths. Senate at 12 44 after receiving several nominations from President Roosevelt. Roosevelt nominates Cortelyou Bona parte Meyer Metcalf Garfield Straus Moody for key posts.
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Interior
James BR. Garfield
Commerce and Labor
Murderer Captured Near Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Dec 3 The man who on Thanksgiving shot and killed W. P. Dilworth during a store robbery was captured a mile from the city today. Officials expect no mob violence despite public feeling against him.
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New Lawsian Inquiry Adds Constitutional Provisions
Guthrie reports forty five more constitutional provisions introduced at the convention. Oklahoma City backs a 1 million dollar capital contract to be built by 1914 with site decided by general election. Chambers seeks center state capital, Kane pushes uniform prohibition, Hogg proposes county size bounds, King favors coal-land purchase.
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King of Newkirk
Good Roads Convention to Visit Muskogee
The Good Roads association plans a Muskogee gathering December 5 to 7 to link the southwest states with a road-building program. They seek constitutional changes to allow state funded half the road costs, with property owners and counties covering the rest, plus demonstrations and speeches by prominent leaders and invitations to mayors, governors, and commercial clubs.
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National Good Stoads Association
Oklahoma
National Association
Discharge of Negro Troops Questioned in Senate
In Washington the senate considers a resolution by Senator Penrice of Pennsylvania demanding full information on the dismissal of three negro troop companies at Fort Reno Oklahoma tied to the Brownsville Texas incident. The War Department compiles a Civil War era record noting a 1885 fatal town shooting by a Twenty fifth infantry member at Fort Spurgis Dakota, followed by a lynching.
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Gillette Trial Focuses on Murder Plot Claim
Herkimer New York December day, district attorney sums up for the state. The man on trial is Chester Bi. Gillette accused of murdering his sweetheart Jace Brown. Prosecutor argues Gillette planned the killing. Defense contends suicide theory.
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Railroad surveyors near Vinita spark new railroad hopes
A party of 12 to 15 surveyors is seen north and west of Vinita, outlining a line south of town. Rumors tie them to a Pittsburg Kansas to Gulf route and to Hariman intersta with Union Pacific connections. Vinita dances with talks of a bonus and a Commercial club rail line committee.
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Winita
Arkansas & Oklahoma Northwestern
Fayetteville
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Railroad Committee
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John Orendorff
Coffeyville
Centralia
Supreme Court rules against state on railroad through stops
The United States Supreme Court today decided the Mississippi railroad commission cannot compel the Illinois Central Railroad to stop at small stations on its through routes, ruling against the commission in a case testing state authority and railroad operations.
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Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Hagerman Heads to Washington to Answer Charges
Governor Hagerman of New Mexico travels to Washington to dispute charges of mismanaging the Republican party. His supporters say a campaign against him targets his removal of the penitentiary superintendent amid alleged account shortages. They expect reforms to expose long running looting by former officials.
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