Quay Rejected for Senate Seat After Uncertain Vote
Washington April 25. The rejection of Matthew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania as a U S senator followed a tense day in the Senate. West of Missouri cast the decisive vote against his friend Quay ending the long contest amid disappointment and relief in the chamber. Arms for Colombia New York. General Urdaneta’s secret mission to Spain involves buying Mauser rifles and a troop transport steamer for Colombia’s growing trouble.
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Washington
Matthew Stanley Quay
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Capitol
Senate
Quay
Culberson
McCumber
Deboe
George G. West
Missouri
Hanna
Kean
New Jersey
Sewall
Penrose
Texas
West
Depew
Colombia
New York
Jose Urdanent
Bogota
Urdaneta
Spain
Urdanent
Extensive Exploring Expedition to Darien Begins
Panama April 25 H C Riley and party under the United States canal commission left for Darien to survey the area between Darien harbor and Caledonia bay on the Atlantic side. They will study the Sabana Tyura and Chucuanque rivers with letters from the local government to Chepigana and Pinogia. Accompanying Riley are Henry and Delamotter assistants and Dr Mander surgeon.
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Panama
Colombia
H. C. Riley
United States Canal Commission
Darien
Darien Harbor
Caledonia Bay
Insurance suits seek damages from railroad in Logansport fire
Several insurance companies have filed suits against the Houston East and West Texas railroad company for damages from the Logansport fire of August 23, 1898. Petitions seek amounts paid to policy holders on real estate and merchandise. C W Fage and L H Bell, deputy clerk of the district court, are taking deposits in the case.
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Logansport
Houston East and West Texas Railroad Company
C. W. Fage
L. H. Bell
District Court
Stamford Divorce Involving Col Grayson In Stamford Case
The Herald's Bridgeport special reports Col John T Grayson promoter of mining schemes did not defend the petition for the dissolution of his marriage to Ida K Grayson Connecticut wife who lives in Stamford with their two children The court annulled the marriage proving Grayson had a lawful wife in Harrison Ohio and considered alimony of 250 monthly under legal questions Ida K Punter married Grayson in El Paso Texas in March 1893 she was 22 and heiress to about 25000 which was to be presented at her majority The couple then moved to Stamford where they lived in princely style.
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Stamford
New York
The
Herald
Bridgeport
Conn
John T. Grayson
Boston
Ida K. Grayson
Connecticut
Colonel Grayson
Ida K. Punter
el Paso
Texas
Alligator Captured in Panhandle Plains
Clarendon Texas April 25 Tuesday morning about 9 oclock Curus of Houston and S Maxwell Foster reporter for Bradstreet company captured an alligator moving from lake to lake on the plains between Claude and Amarillo. The capture was exciting and risky as a lasso was used and the reptile landed. Panhandle residents watched with wonder.
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Clarendon
Texas
Curuis
Houston
S. Maxwell Foster
Bradstreet Company
Claude
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lawsuits Filed Over Oil Mill Accident Damages
Suits filed in Waxahachie district court seek damages for a man and his mother after a cake crusher incident at Waxahachie Cotton Oil. FE McClain claims 20000 for loss of a leg from injuries and M H McClain seeks 3000 in damages related to the same accident.
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Waxahachie
Texas
FE. B. McClain
Waxahachie Cotton Oil Company
McClain
M. H. McClain
Palestine U C D selects delegates and plans Hood brigade visit
At the Palestine commandery No. 44 United Confederate veterans meeting delegates were chosen for Louisville and Fort Worth conventions. Arrangements began for entertaining Hood's brigade survivors in June and plans for grave decorations were laid out with a neat program for the ceremony tomorrow.
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Palestine
Texas
Palestine Commandery
Louisville
Fort Worth
Hood
Corsicana Forms Independent Pipe Line Company
In Corsicana Texas on April 25 a new independent pipe line company with 100000 capital has been organized by local capitalists to develop heavy oil from outlying Corsicana oil fields and to establish a market for oil not yet quoted in the local market.
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Corsicana
Texas
Destructive Storm Hits Patrick Chapel Area West of Waxahachie
A severe storm struck the Patrick Chapel community four miles west of Waxahachie on April 24. Reports say a hard rain fell the previous day and further details on damage were not yet available.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Patrick Chapel
Child Bitten by Large Snake in Gainesville Tragedy
Mrs Ed Martin fished on Elm Tuesday as her four year old son Kira was bitten on the wrist by a huge snake. The fangs punctured a vein and the child died within an hour in Gainesville.
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Kira
Gainesville
T.kas
Ed Martin
Elm
Texas and Texans News Briefs Lightly Skimmed
Dallas seeks a street fair and plans for a $100000 auditorium. Multiple deaths occur across the state including farmers near Prattville and Lamar county, a miner in Rockdale, and a student in Austin. Financial moves include bank charters in Bartlett Gilmer and capital notes for Longview and Sherman sewer plans. The text also notes a wreck off Padre Island and the Mary Jeannette cargo ship.
Inventions across transportation, voting, water filtration, and photography
A parade of new devices includes bicyclist parcel rest and seat annex with vertical forks and top bar seat, a New Yorker secret envelope shaped ballot, a refrigerator style water filter sprayer, a baby photography sofa with rear holding hands opening, a southern chimney lighting device with a spring gate, and a sleeve heightAdjusting cord loop with eyelets and clamping hook for easy fit.
Wisdom From Faded Prose And Proverbs
A compact note gathers quotes on mood reading and literary insight. It contrasts beauty and emotion with ideas and habit, touches on anniversaries and personal duty, and closes with a string of maxims about pride, criticism, and success.
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Dallas
Joel Ridgeway
Delta County
Prattville
Daughters of the Confederacy
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Ben Rodgers
Brenham
Texas Knights of Pythias
S. A. Kelly Plow Company
Longview
Capital Stock
Austin
Seyman Landoben
Mount Springs
Mill County
G. W. McDaniel
First Baptist Church of
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Deport
Lamar County
Ed Mason
Edward Robbins
Cotton Belt Railway
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Terrell
C. B. Carswell & Co
Dallas Commercial Club
Gatesville
Walden Chatham
Charles C. Bailey
First National Bank of
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Will Moses
Witcher
Rockdale
Sigma-Alpha Epsilon
University of Texas At Austin
C. G. Johnson
C. Smith
Kennedale
Tarrant County
Paris
United States Supreme Court
Seth Carter
Galveston
Mary Jeannette
Padre Island
Juan H. Fernandez
Brownsville
Kelley
Morgan City
Grayson County
Sherman
Rio Grande River
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A. N. Ragsdale
Gilmer
W. Boyd, Sr
L. R. Hall
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Weeee Roun
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