Emergency attached to nearly all of the new bills
Oklahoma special session mostly declared emergency legislation making laws effective immediately. While some major revenue and tax bills were not emergencies, most local bills for courts, bonds, or institutions included emergency clauses. The governor has fifteen days post adjournment to act on many measures, leaving their fate uncertain.
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Thrie
Okla
Mar
Criminal Court of Appeals
Justice of
Supreme Court
Cites
Creek County
Broken Arrow
Ross Township
Pontotoc County
Clinton
Tax collection ban sparks Indian lands case at district court
The district court hears Bryant & Whistler v. Fire Association of Philadelphia and Bryant & Whistler v. Queen Insurance Co. on insurance for pool wall fixtures in the old opera house. Judge Brown grants Mrs Florence Dilly divorce for abandonment. An injunction blocks state taxes on Indian lands prompting a major legal fight likely to rise to the US Supreme Court. Treaties with the Five Civilized Tribes shield tax on lands, Curtis bill may tax homesteads. vast eastern lands at stake. Mrs T Montgomery returns from Centralia after visiting relatives.
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Bryant & Whistler Vas
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Bryant & Whistler Va
Queen Insurance Company of America
District Court
Opera House
Brown
Indiana
United States Supreme Court
Homsteads
Bond Elections Here Tomorrow In Vinita
Tomorrow will be election day in Vinita to decide issuing 12 000 in bonds for funding city debt and 20 000 to extend the water works system. Officials explain the city’s deficit and warrants depreciation while voters must approve by three fifths for debt bonds and a majority for the water bond. Casualties and accidents from local news include a body search at Fish Furniture wreckage and a hunting accident in Afton where a 12 year old boy was killed.
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Vinita
Elity Council
Dreath
Fires in Missouri Ozarks under control after fierce spread
Springfield Mo March 28 Fires in southern Missouri counties eased with Taney and Stone counties reporting control efforts. Arkansas fires remain severe with extensive pine forest loss. Farmers cooperated by creating firebreaks and burning strips as many homes and barns faced exposure. Marshfield reports northward fires endangering many farm houses and orchards.
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Springfield
Missouri
Taney County
White River
Stone County
Arkansas Line
Ark
Arkansas
Marshfield
Webster County
J. Diets
Marshfeld
J. W. Holt
Badgett Addition to be Sold in Vinita Market
C. B. Avery of Tulsa announced yesterday that the Badgett addition in the southwest part of Vinita will be placed on the market. He praised the town’s growth and enterprise and plans to reopen an office, with thorough advertising of the sale. He believes Vinita will reach about 10,000 population within a year or two.
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Avery
Tulan
Vinita
Han
Averytina
Badgett
Avery Bert
Weston Completes All Miles Walk From Marceline
Weston arrives in Bucklin after an early morning trek from Marceline ending in good condition. Associated Press notes the long walk as a notable feat with Weston arriving at 8 45 this morning.
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Weston
Bucklin
Associated
Marceliine
Prices for farm goods rise as export table shows gains
Washington reports foreign buyers pay roughly 16 cents a pound for cotton and 70 cents a bushel for corn, with wheat near $1.00 per bushel and hay over $20 a ton. February 1910 export prices show mixed gains for breadstuffs and declines in some manufactures, notably pig iron and structural steel.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cent
Electric spark triggers deadly furniture factory fire
Chicago March 22 Associated Press reports twelve people dead in a fire at Tackin Wish Furniture Co building. About forty escaped, four jumped from the third story to their deaths in hospital. Fire blamed on an electric spark from a lighter used in the Notshing department. Estimated loss around 100000 dollars. Eleven bodies recovered by 1:30 pm with Emma Lichenstein added to the dead count. Leo Stoeckel held for questioning.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Tackin Wish Furniture Company
Hoapital
Fish
Notshing Department
Spokane Visit of Ida Belle Allison Highlights Cherokee Land Victory
Miss Ida Belle Allison of Muskogee Oklahoma, famed for saving 400000 acres of Cherokee land from government action, toured Spokane to assess irrigation projects and consider investment. She described the 1886 act that restored title to Indians and recalled her 1907 Supreme Court victory validating tribal holdings and education efforts.
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Spokane
Wash
Ida Belle Allison
Muskogee
Oklo
Supreme Court of the United States
Alison
Federal Supreme Court
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana
Misa Allison
Slo
Department of the Interior
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Mise Allison
United States
Leu
Missis'nippi River
Informal Dance for Benefit of Teachers
An informal dance was held last night at the Auditorium building formerly used by the Bike for the visiting school teachers. The event drew a large crowd and attendees danced until everyone enjoyed the evening.
Parks for County Judge Promotes Local Ties and Service
The Big Cabin Sun prints an appeal for F Parks as Craig county races unfold. Parks, a long time resident of Big Cabin, is praised for town boost efforts, education department work, and veto stands as Vinita mayor defending taxpayers. The notice highlights his local loyalty and public service.
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Elhoed
Big Cabia Sun
Geveral
Craig County
Department of Education
Whete
Parks
Vinita
Court House
Bridge Bent
Bond
Pald Adv
Wealthy farmer and two children found in river
Concordia, March 28. Bodies of Alexander Lindahl a wealthy farmer and his daughter ten and son eight were found Sunday evening in the Republican river near Concordia. Both children had multiple gunshot wounds. the boy was also struck with a club. John Nordmark was arrested on suspicion of murder after a quarrel with Lindahl the prior week. Bloodhounds taken to the scene.
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Associated Press
Concordia
Kana
Alexander Lindahl
Republican River
John Nordmark
Gua
Nordman
Lindab
Nonpartisan primaries held in Kansas City and Topeka
Associated Press reports the first nonpartisan primaries under the commission form government in Kansas City and Topeka. Weather is ideal and voters participate heavily in Kansas City while Topeka emphasizes merit in the process.
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Associated Prom
Kansas City
Topeka
Commission
Musl
Norris Derides Regulars Work in Pension Fight
Washington report notes former Nebraska Ta senator Norris supporting the pension bill provision abolishing pension agencies. Republicans Currier Alexander Boutell and Dalsell backed the regulars in resisting insurgent efforts to overturn the pension committee report. The House vote 74 to 44 upheld the committee's recommendation to keep the agencies abolished.
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Washington
Tasagent Norris
Nebrask
House
Committee On Pensions
Measre
Currier
New Hampshire
Alexander
New York
Boutell
Nichols
Dalsell
Pennsylvania
Dalgell
Rnlent
Reprieve Granted in Arkansas Prison Case
Fort Smith Ark March 25 William Bowman condemned to hang April 8 for criminal assault received a reprieve today The crime occurred in the Choctaw Strip and the land dispute connected with the area influenced the clemency J W Gertland of Danville arrived in the city for a business visit
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Associated Preas
Fort Smith
Ark
William Bowman
Choctaw Strip
J. W. Gertland
Danville
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Montgomery
Centralia
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Afton
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Ozarks
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Allison
Cheroskee
Tesle County
Machine Leaders Fight Committee
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