Alpine Avalanche News Highlights
Texas items report Sutton picks and Greenville golf club news. Rain, boll worms, and cotton losses hit Dallas and Fannin counties. Tax rolls rise in McKinney and Corsicana. Dickinson pear crop sold to a Chicago firm. Local deaths include J A Templeton and Gabino Arango. Cremeries charter filed. Hibernians meet in Galveston. Various accidents and political notes fill the page.
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Cuero Creamery Company
Avastin
Dallas County
Gabino Arango
Byersville
Taylor
KR. Lovett
Houston
New York
J. J. Alexander
Sulphur Springs
Childress
Dan Lynn
Love
Old Settlers’ Association
Denton County
Sanger
Denton
Navarro County
A. W. Hooper
Covington
Hull County
European papers urge international commission on Venezuela crisis
The Daily Mail calls for intervention to curb Venezuela's defiance and protect Caribbean commerce. The Cologne Gazette favors an international commission to run customs for bondholders while avoiding local politics. Curacao reports Velutin with 600 troops reoccupying Carupano port from Margarita with little resistance.
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London
Daily Mall
Venezuela
Europe
West Indies
Caribbean Sea
America
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Foreign Office
United States
Germany
France
Willemstad
Curacoa
Carupano
Bermudez
Velutin
Island of
Margarita
Treasury Clerk Dismissed Over Race Scheme Circular
Secretary Shaw ordered the dismissal of Lorenzo G. Warfield a clerk in the division of bookkeeping and warrants at the Treasury Department. A circulated circular touted a proposed association promising large returns from a races scheme citing Warfield as Treasury respectability. The firing was for using the department name in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Lorenzo G. Warfield
Department
Warfield
May Settle Strike Instructs Proclamation To Miners
N W Anthony president of the North American Coal company in Scranton writes to President Mitchell of the miners union urging a proclamation to prevent interference with the washery when work begins on the 27th. A proclamation is not likely. Plymouth residents buy a carload of flour for striking Woodward and Avondale miners.
Negro Killed Near Nacogdoches During Church Revival
Newspaper report from Nacogdoches Texas dated August 26 describes Lige Price shot and killed by Henry Randall near Sandhill church fourteen miles southeast of town. Price died at 9 this morning after being shot during a gambling dispute between Price and Randall, both local African Americans, as Elder Reed led a revival nearby.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Sandhill Church
Lige Price
Henry Randall
Price
Elder Reed
Randall
Mill and Elevator Burned at Crawford Mill and Elevator Co
A fire yesterday morning destroyed the Crawford Mill and Elevator Company facilities in Muenster Texas. Estimated loss is 15000 dollars with 7000 dollars insured. Local fire crews fought the blaze and reported no further damage beyond the mill and elevator structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muenster
Texas
Crawford Mill and Elevator Company
Galveston Doctor Launches Drive Against Drug Fiends
Galveston county health officer Dr. F E Cox announced from the Rice hotel he will lead a campaign against cocaine and morphine sellers near drugstores in Galveston Islands. He reported 27 inmates in the Galveston jail last week and plans to push a state bill to confine narcotic sales to physicians prescriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Houston
Texas
Car
Galveston County
Rice Hotel
Dr. Cox
Underground Fire Study From Gordonville Findings
State Chemist H. H. Harrington reports the substance from Gordonville is lignite or brown coal with clay residue. He classifies the incident as spontaneous combustion likely from pyrite oxidation, notes oil unlikely, and remarks lignite is common but less valuable than bituminous coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Texas
Gordonville
H. H. Harrington
Miles to Visit Philippines With Presidential Permission
General Nelson A Miles plans to travel to the Philippine Islands within weeks. He declines to disclose the mission purpose and says he will decide on action after arrival. Secretary Cortelyou confirms Miles goes with the president's permission to inspect army conditions there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Nelson A. Miles
Philippines
War Department
Department
Miles
Philippine Islands
Cortelyou
Governor Sayers Honored with San Antonio Troop Review
Governor Joseph D. Sayers of Texas was hosted at Fort Sam Houston for a morning troop review by Colonel W. C. Forbush. An informal reception followed at department headquarters as 2000 San Antonio citizens attended to meet the ailing governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Joseph D. Sayers
Fort Sam Houston
Department of Texas
W. C. Forbush
Department
Rio Grande on a Rise Near Lincoln and Las Cruces
The Rio Grande is rising alarmingly in New Mexico with Lincoln flooded to the banks and still rising. There is fear the town may be washed away again. Dams and ditches at Las Cruces will not suffice to dissipate the stream.
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el! Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Lincoln
Las Cruces
Painter killed in fall near Flatonia
Flatonia Texas Aug 26 Joe Dale of the Southern Pacific paint gang lost his life in a train yard accident three miles east of Flatonia at six yesterday morning He fell between cars on a moving work train while passing and was instantly killed Squire Menefee conducted the inquest.
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Ancient Order of Hibernians
Galveston
J. A McAleer
Dallas
Hig Sandy
Lamar County
J. J. Whitley
Brookston
High
Paris
George W. McDonald
First Baptist Church of
Temple
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
T. ©. Osborn
South
Cleburne
Fred Herrling
Kaufman Road
M.T. Slaughter
Flatonia
Texas
Joe Dale
Southern Pacific
Squire Menefee
Operators Stand Firm in Miners Strike Outlook
United States Senator M A Hanna in Buffalo says he has exhausted efforts to end the coal strike and urges arbitration only if both sides consent. He warns of a long, costly fight raising coal prices and hardships for miners families. Roosevelt may be urged to convene Congress to resolve the dispute. a mass meeting in New York will push for action.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
M. A. Hanna
Niagara Falls
Senator Hanna
Morgan
Europe
Roosevelt
Congress
Central Federation Union
Labor Unions
New York City
Quiet in the Coal Field at Shenandoah
Reports from brigade headquarters say the anthracite coal field is very quiet. Brigadier General Corbin sees settlement as distant as when he arrived. Troops will remain in Shenandoah until the strike ends.
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Shenandoah
Corbin
Meetings of Miners in West Virginia Coal Fields
Striking miners held meetings at points along the New and Kanawha river coal fields. Operators say most strikers favor resuming work by week’s end, while interviewed miners insist they will stay out all winter unless unions are recognized. Rend mine crowds sparked fears of property damage and further trouble is anticipated tomorrow.
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Thurmond
W. Va
New
Kanawha River
Chesapeake and Ohio Territory
Union
Rend
Old Indian Scout Dead
Old Bull, an Omaha Indian chief and survivor of the wars at the Arapahoe agency, fought at the Little Bighorn in 1876, then served in the regular army until retirement due to age.
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Guthrie
C. T
Old Bull
Arapahoe
Little Bighorn
Woman Burned Steaming Soup on Gas Stove
Mrs Harry Kimball of Marshall Texas was badly burned this morning when a pot of soup boiled over a gasoline stove. A physician was called at once and treated her injuries.
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Marshall
Texas
Harry Kimball
Emma Completes Telephone Line to Floydada
A new telephone line runs from Emma to Floydada linking Emma with all railroad points. The project expands communications for regional rail operations and enhances local connectivity.
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Emma
Floydada
Emma Connecion
Race Riot Erupts After Ball Game in Indianapolis Suburb
In Laughville a suburb of Indianapolis a race clash between 20 black workers from the National Malleable Casting company and white locals escalated after a morning game. The whites won driving out blacks. many injured. ten arrests, more expected. Reports from nearby parishes note similar tensions along the Louisiana border.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Llaughville
National Malleable Casting Company
St. Helena
Tangipahoa
Washington Parishes
Louisiana
Fair Remains Removed From Paris to New York
The AP reports Charles L. Fair and his wife lie at Cherbourg en route to New York. Lawyers agreed to hold the bodies there to decide if examinations should determine the exact injuries that caused their deaths.
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Paris
Associated Press
Charles L. Fair
Cherbourg
New York
Oil Excitement in New Orleans North Side
Oil excitement grows in the northern New Orleans district as surface indications spark interest. Options on surrounding vacant lots have been secured and drillers will search for oil while real estate agents report thriving business in the past three days.
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New Orleans
Trinity University Delays Opening To September 15
President L C Kirkes announces Trinity University will not open on September 8 as planned. Opening is delayed one week due to late furniture delivery for the separate rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Texas
L. C. Kirkes
Congressman Sheppard in Critical Condition at Mineral Wells
Friends of Congressman John L. Sheppard of Texarkana report from Mineral Wells that the ill congressman is critically ill and not expected to recover. If he improves enough to travel, the family plans to take him to Chicago tomorrow.
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Sheppard Very III
Dallas
Texas
John L. Sheppard
Texarkana
Chicago
Exportation of Mules From New Orleans Through August
The British mule trade at New Orleans will continue. The English government plans to ship American mules and jacks to India for breeding near Bombay. If trials succeed, additional cargoes will follow.
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New Orleans
South Africa
India
Bombay
Cotton crop in Central Mississippi shrinks to sixty percent
Distressing reports from Hazlehurst Mississippi warn that Central Mississippi will harvest no more than 60 percent of last year's cotton crop. Ten days of intense heat have caused widespread shedding and rapid opening of bolls, with upland fields nearing complete opening.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Mississippi
Calvert Robertson County Delegation to Brazos River Conference
Calvert and Robertson counties plan to send a delegation to the Brazos River Conference meeting in Navasota. The move draws favorable attention as local officials coordinate support and representation for regional concerns. Range interests attract notice in San Angelo with ranches herds and flocks offered for sale amid broader agricultural activity.
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San Angelo
Gale
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J. M. Carnes
Alpine
Sutton
Greenville
Childress County
Greenville Barbers
Savoy
Fannin County
McKinney
Corsicana
Dickinson
J. A. Templeton
Garrett's Bluff
Nuecea
Wesley Ware
Great Northern Railway
Tyler
BRAVE
The
Republic
Treaury
Gen. Miles
Gov. Sayers
Hanna
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