Federal jails in Oklahoma to be transferred to counties
Washington May 5 Bills by Senator Owen and Representative Carter propose transferring eastern Oklahoma federal jails to the counties where located Muskogee Pittsburg Carter and Love counties would gain facilities The plan backed by the department of justice and House Committee Chairman Bartholdt faces opposition from the Oklahoma congressional delegation and state officials If enacted the Platt National Park at Sulphur may lose maintenance funds leaving the park temporarily closed at least
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Washington, D.C
Owen
Carter
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Bartholdt
House Committee On Public Buildings
Muskogee
McAlester
Ardmore
Ada
Pittsburg
Love Countie
House
Platt National Park
Senate
Tawney
Sulphur
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Court of Claims
Uncle Sam
Will Gall Last Witness in Hyde Murder Trial
Kansas City reports focus on Dr. Vaughn examination by defense attorney Walsh. The defense probes the liver and strychnine in Col. Swope’s organs, claiming recent liver destruction and partial purification of the poison. The state plans brief questions in the afternoon and then calls Mrs. Logan C. Swope.
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Will Gall
Hyde
Remy
Kansas City
Vaughn
Walsh
Non
Tate
Logan C. Swope
Col. Swope
Actuntiers
Maine Wreck Removals Scheduled After Twelve Years
After twelve years the battleship Maine will be removed from Havana harbor and the bodies of those buried with it will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery. A bill for removal and burial passed the House today and was sent to the Senate for approval.
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Maine
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Havana Harbor
National Cemetery
Arlington
House
Senate
Twain will leaves estate to Clara Clemens in probate
Redding Conn May 6 The will of Samuel L Clemens Mark Twain leaves the entire estate to the surviving daughter Clara Langhorn Clemens with probate proceedings begun yesterday in the local court.
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Redding
Conn
Samuel 1. Clemens
Mark ‘Twain
Clara Langhorn Clemens
Death in Swope trial linked to poison theories
Kansas City reports Dr. Vaughn testified in the Hyde case finding strychnine in Col. Thomas H. Swope and traces of cyanide in Margaret Swope. Hyder defense cited convulsions and various poisons while prosecutors warned of misinterpretation of toxicology. In Topeka, Dr. Goddard criticized modern medical schools for teaching theories over fundamentals.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas Medical Society
C. Goddard
Leavenworth
Ruth Bryan Leavitt Wed To Regnald Owen In Warview
Associated Press reports Ruth Bryan Leavitt and Lieutenant Regnald Owen were married at Warview just after nine this morning with strict secrecy and all wedding details withheld.
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Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Regnald Owen
Warview
Continuance of Haskell cases shocks local court
Tulea Okla May 4 Judge Marshall continued the Haskell cases to the next term of court a surprise to spectators and defense lawyers who expected trial. The government declined access to records in Washington and Muskogee officials, hindering defense. Prosecutors argued papers were not evidence. Court adjourned after a day of heated legal battles and crowded galleries.
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Marshall
Tulea
Oklo
Haskell
Gregg
Bush
Interior Department
Washington
Union
Mus Ogee
Chicknebo
Stuart
Morton Rutherford
Triad
Taft Program Faces Setback as Rail Bill Folds
Washington May 4 The dismantling of the administration railroad bill advances in both houses showing the Taft program likely to suffer a complex defeat. Senate conservatives join Democrats in dropping section 7 and 12, undermining rail mergers and agreements, while House Republicans and insurgents push to sever further provisions, signaling wild fiscal and policy uncertainty ahead.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Republican National
Balinat
Taft
HHS
Quinntilus
Cummins
Genntors
Fullblood Celebration Marks Cherokee Honor at Jay Oklahoma
Two day gathering of Delaware county full blood Cherokees at Jay celebrated raising of the Creager flag given by President Taft. Event featured flag ceremony, prayers, and speeches by Rev John Grass and Judge Joseph A Gill with interpreters, stomp dances, and continued honors for the tribe’s elders and youth.
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Jay
Delaware County
Oklahoma
Taft
Dave Muskrat
John Graay
Bucha
John Grane
Flagle
Anoad
John Grass
Joseph A. Gill
Joseph Fox
Mucha
Paschal
Wedding Trip Starts From Lincoln to Jamaica
Lieutenant Reginald A. Owen and his bride Ruth Bryan Lewvitt, on their wedding trip from Lincoln Nebraska to Jamaica, spent a night in Kansas City Missouri May 4. They planned to continue to their destination today.
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Kansta City
Reginald A. Owen
Mere
Ruth Bryan Lewvitt
Lincoln
Neb
Jamaica
Kannay City
Osage Nation Wins Court of Claims Suit Over Drum Creek Treaty
The Court of Claims held the claimants failed to prove the Osage owed $180,000 for services in defeating the 1868 Drum Creek treaty negotiated under Johnson. Plaintiffs Vann and Adair, Cherokee descendants, alleged credit for preventing land cession and sought $230,000. court ruled defenses proven and dismissed the petition.
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Washington, D. C
Court of Claims
Sue Rogers
William P. Adair
Cullue Mayen
Clement N. Vann
Drum Creek
Johnson
Vann
Congress
United States
Grant
Adair
Indiana
Bar
Kansan
Adni
Okahoma
Oklahoma
Urom 1
Hemultiog Inan
Hinds
Freedmen Win Cherokee Nation Fund Decision
A court of appeals decision sustains that Dawes Commission acted without authority in excluding certain freedmen from shareable Cherokee Nation funds. It holds that all freedmen on the Kernstown 1896 roll are entitled to participate indefinitely, barring US Cherokee protections. If confirmed, the ruling could affect about 1,500 to 9,000 freedmen.
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Wyal- Ington
Court of Appeals
Dawes
Court of Appesin
United States
Wrehington
Taft in St Louis Welcomed by Farmers Covenant
President Taft arrived in St Louis Missouri at eight twenty near morning. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson met him at the station and Taft addressed the Farmers Convention this morning.
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Taft
St. Louie
Associated Press
St. Lowlx
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wik Wou
Hit
Farmera Covention
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Jean Clemens
Stormfield
Paine
Wark Twain
Col
Thoman H. Chrisman
Margaret Swope
Sylvester Spangler
Spangler
B.C. Hyde
B. Victor C. Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Mich
Mra. Logan
Swope
Poiven
Walter Haines
Chicago
Thomas H. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Pr. Hyde
Texicologiat
Maskell Che
Aldrich
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Creager
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