Texas News Roundup Highlights Crops Crimes and Commerce
Western Texas Brock in good condition. Tyler merchants order thirty cars of early cotton seed. George Moody arrested at Beaumont for bigamy. Clarence Ritenour crippled in a Sherman runaway. Murphies crop around Denison praised. Moromer arrested at Seguin for swindling. El Paco donates 2900 to Worlds Fair within three days. Cameron trial, Coling acquitted for murder of W. K. Allen. Shepard couple celebrates golden wedding in Plano. Cotton receipts cause compresses to buckle. Terrell mass meeting to enforce prohibition. Vera Plummer killed by accidental pistol discharge at Vernon. Cleburne banks and trust hold 1,000,000 in deposits. Rockdale fire at Bap Mines under control. E R Wheat shot at Big Springs during arrest. Forest smoke from Southeast Texan fires irritates eye sufferers. Miners from Wilkesbarre head to Thurber for new coal field. S D Switeer dies at Denton, 71. Lamar county corn land largely prepared for next season. Jones land near Victoria sold at 3.50 an acre to Dallas owners Paul and L B Jones. Test wells planned for irrigation. Arlington district refunding bonds registered at 215000. Kerrville man’s accident breaks every bone. Mrs Toby Novich dies after burns. buried with five sons in Waco. Wella Nevill’s gin burned at Alvarado. Frank Ashcraft barn in Temple burned with stock.
Proclamation by Governor lifts Laredo yellow fever quarantine
Governor Lanham signed a proclamation declaring the yellow fever epidemic ended in Laredo Texas and lifting the quarantine. Public buildings flew flags bells rang as news spread downriver and counties prepared to resume trade and rail service with the Texas Mexican. City officials pledged winter sanitation and a celebratory ball was planned for the end of the quarantine.
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Laredo
Texas
Covernor Fanham
Zapata
Clark
National
Duval
Nueves
Tabor
Guiteras
Marine Service
Austin
State of
Larendo
United States Public Health
W. T. Lanham
Ernor
State of Texas
J. R. Curl
Servia Recognition Moves Forward
Washington December first reports that the U S government directs steps toward recognizing King Peter Karageorgovitch of Servia. Mr Jackson has his credentials as minister to Belgrade and is expected to present them to the Servian court soon. His simultaneous roles to Greece and Roumania delay relations with Servia.
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Servia
Washington
United States
Peter Karageorgovitch
Jackson
Belgrade
State Department
Greece
Roumania
Fire destroys saloon and buildings in Nederland
A fire at an early morning hour yesterday in Nederland, Beaumont Texas, started in J. B. Peek's saloon and swept a two story frame building, the adjacent F. C. Ashley saloon, and J. Wynne's restaurant. Total losses reached 19000 dollars, partly insured.
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Nederlands
Beaumont
Texas
J. B. Peek
Nederland
F.C. Ashley
J. Wynne
Bryan sees Belfast shipyards then Glasgow tour
William J. Bryan lunched with Belfast's lord mayor and toured the Queen's Island shipyards and other large manufacturing works. He then proceeded to Glasgow and Edinburgh last night.
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Bryan
Belfast
William J. Bryan
Queen's Island
Glasgow
Kiinburgh
New Harlem Town Corporation Reorganized for New Jerusalem
Descendants of New Harlem Town Corporation reassembled in New York to reorganize colonial era governance as a step toward redeeming Harlem land. Henry C. Toles leads as promoter and sole corporate head, claiming the movement is divine and citing biblical prophecies as justification.
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New York
New Harlem
Harlem
Henry C. Toles
New Jerusalem
Truth
City of
City of Truth
America
Mr. Toles
Shaw's Daughter a Writer Presented to Washington Society
Miss Enid Shaw daughter of the secretary of the treasury will be presented at a large Arlington hotel reception in Washington on December 16. A thousand invitations will be issued and cabinet women will help receive guests. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt will attend along with diplomats and officials. Miss Shaw has literary tastes and has written several short poems of merit.
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Washington Society
Enid Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Oil strike reported near China Texas
Beaumont Texas December 1. Dr J Price received a telephone message from a China brothel reporting a flowing oil well near the town where drilling has been ongoing. Details are scarce but Price believes a strike has been made based on the information obtained.
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Beaumont
Texas
Enveloped In Smoke Over Cumana City
Caracas dispatch reports Cumana in the state of Beraudese on the Gulf of Cariaco blanketed by sulphurous smoke for nearly three days. About 10 000 residents fear leaving their homes as a committee investigates. The note adds Cubana has suffered six earthquakes.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Cumana
Beraudese
Gulf of
Cariaco
Drake Will Probate of Former Iowa Governor Drake
The late General F. M. Drake’s will, probated yesterday in Des Moines, leaves his entire estate to his six children except fifty thousand dollars bequeathed to Drake University.
Residence Fire in Pittsburg Texas Man's Home Burns
Yesterday morning at 4 o'clock Prof. E. D. Pierson's residence at Pittsburg Texas burned. Loss about 2000 dollars with 1300 dollars insured in the Aetna. Fire officials reported no injuries. Local authorities investigated the blaze for cause and extent of damage.
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Pittsburg
Texas
E. D. Pierson
Aetna
General Wesy Gil arrives in San Juan on Falke cruiser
Gen Wes y Gil traveled on the German cruiser Falke arriving in San Juan amid questions on a protectorate and the Dominican crisis. He said the revolt stemmed from public impatience and urged constitutional paths, noting Roosevelt would only accept his arbitration choice. He plans to stay two months and hinted at seeking US protectorate discussions.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Wos Y Gil
Falke
San Domingo
Associaten
Wes Y Gil
United States
Powell
Newport
New Orleans
Kingston
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Wesy Gil
Senor Galvan
Roosevet
Thousands Drown in Chinese Typhoon off Swatow
News from Victoria reports a typhoon off Swatow crowded with fishing junks. The Hong Kong tender Stanley rescued 122 men from eight ships and warned of 400 vessels in the area, with 300 disabled or sunk and thousands feared dead. Rescue ships including torpedo boat destroyers and a Chinese cruiser aided survivors.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Swatow
Hong Kong
Stanley
Cherub
Four Ellis children burned to death near Jackson
A report from Jackson Mississippi states four Ellis children, all negro, died in a cabin fire eight miles west while their parents attended a negro festival. The 13 year old girl was the oldest victim. Fire swept the locked cabin two hours after the parents left. onlookers could not aid them.
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Jackson, Miss
William Ellis
Lynching Expected in Mississippi Farm Killing
A Robinsville Mississippi dispatch reports George Jenkins, a Black man, shot and killed Herbert Clifton, a young farmer at Banks in Tunica County. The motive is described as unprovoked and authorities say a lynching will follow Jenkins’s capture as large posses hunt for him.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robinsville
Miss
George Jenkins
Herbert Clifton
Banks
Tunica County
Jenkins
McClellan Dock to Link Pen sacola Deck Sections
New Orleans business notes that the McClellan Dock Company, buyer of the Pen sacola sectional deck from the government, plans to connect the sections and lift vessels up to 4000 tons, expanding capacity and capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
McClellan Dock Company
Pensacola
Greenville Beekeeper Founder Dies at 76
William R. Graham, a Confederate veteran born in Jonesville Virginia and founder and first president of the State Beekeepers Association, died at his North Greenville home aged 76. He came to Greenville in 1874 and was interred Sunday in the city cemetery.
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Greenville
Texas
William R. Graham
North Greenville
Jonesville
Graham
State Beekeepers’ Association
City
Fort Worth Completes Artesian Water System
Fort Worth Texas date Nov twenty Fort Worth artesian water system completion pending acceptance by the city Daniel Mead of Chicago will finish work tomorrow The system provides four million gallons daily from seven wells with six reserves for emergencies The Mead tunnel and reservoir connects thirteen wells to a common center seventeen feet below the surface two large pumps lift water to the surface and into the reservoir
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Fort Worth
Texas
Daniel Mead
Chicago
Mafia Murder Strikes New Orleans Italian Leader
In New Orleans on November 30 a mafia murder killed Guisseppi Impazzatti a wealthy Italian colony figure and macaroni maker. He was lured from his home on Piety street near Charles and shot by presumed friends. A list bearing his name was found on the body suggesting others in the Italian group may be marked. Impazzatti had ties to the Hennessey case twelve years earlier ending in the lynching of eleven Italians.
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New Orleans
Guisseppi Impazzatt
Hennessey
Japanese Minister Seeks Open Ports at Yangampho or Wiju
Open Port London reports Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister to Great Britain, stating his government favors opening Yangampho or Wiju to foreign commerce for Japan and other nations. He adds Japan would negotiate the matter with Corea rather than Russia.
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London
Haya County Fair Ends With Strong Attendance
Kyle Texas November 30 The Haya county fair closed the two day exhibit on November 27. Grounds lie about two and a half miles from Kyle on the Rio Grande. Large crowds attended both days and the fair was a success, with the association encouraged to consider permanence.
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Kyle
Texas
Haya County
Rio Grande
Accidentally Shot in Brookshire Boy Wounds Leg
Brookshire Texas November 30 14 year old Elza Martin son of J Martin accidentally shot himself in the thigh with a 22 caliber pistol while handling it. The ball grazed an artery and lodged in the fleshy part of the leg. Wound is very painful but not necessarily dangerous.
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Brookshire
Texas
Elza Martin
J. Martin
Charles Cade Suicide in Beaumont Hotel Rear
Charles Cade son of Captain Taylor Cade proprietor of High Island Hotel committed death by his own action yesterday afternoon in the rear of the hotel by shooting himself in the head with a Colt revolver. He had suffered a sunstroke in July and had not been of sound mind since. Remains were brought to Beaumont and forwarded to New Iberia Louisiana for interment.
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Charles Cade
Beaumont
Texas
Taylor Cade
High Island
New Iberia
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Tyler
George Moody
Clarence Ritenour
Sherman
Denison
W. K. Moromer
Seguin
el Paco
Jamen Collinge
Cameron
W. K. Allen
J. W. Shepard
Plano
Terrell
Vera Plummer
Vernon
Trust Company
Cleburne
Bap
Rockdale
E.R. Wheat
Big Springs
J. A. Maggett
Texan
Wilkesbarre
Thurber, Tex
J. Switeer
Focal G. A. R. Camp
Denton
Lamar County
Jones
Paul and
L. B. Jones
Dallas
Test Welle
Arlington Independent School District
Connor
John Brown
Kerrville
George Wilson
Charles Schreiner
Toby Novich
Waco
Harry, Sam, Hen
Abe
Mose Novich
Scotttan Reed
Wella & Nevill
Alvarado
Frank Ashcraft
Temple
Bell County
the New Jerusalem
Shaw
Galvan
Volvees
Vasquez
Dominican Congress
Roosevelt
Sener Gavar
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