Notable Deaths and Crimes Across the Nation
The report notes Hunt county pioneer W C Vanlandingham dying at 77 in Lone Oak from paralysis. Other items include a quarrel between Elliott Rameen and Lee Cook ending with a gunshot in Austin. A stage of public mourning, carnations for McKinley’s birthday, and tributes by a chaplain mark the week.
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W. C. Vanlandingham
Hunt County
Lone Oak
Elliott Rameen
Lee Cook
Pacific Express Company
Hamson
Cook
Austin
Gen Reyes stays as talks with State depart ment diverge
A Bogota sourced dispatch says Colombia plans to send 10000 troops to Panama within a month. Gen Reyes remains in New York waiting on possible state department action after his note of Jan 13. Reyes says negotiations ended unless reopened and plans to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bogota
che @un
Panama
Colombia
Rafael Reyes
Washington
Reyes
bMarranquilla
Velencia
Pedro Nelisphina
de Lucas Caballero
Colomita Commission
Gen. Reyes
State Department
Hoffman House
Thomas Herran
Neighbor Burned to Death as Home Explodes in Pittsburg
Henry Mages and his son Charlie died in a gas explosion that wrecked their Pittsburg house. Five relatives were injured but expected to recover. Neighbors witnessed the fatal blaze and collapse of the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Henry Mages
Charlies Mage
Henry
Great Place for Poultry in Cameron Texas
Cameron and the surrounding country are noted as a prime poultry area. In the past week shipments exceeded 1,500 dozen eggs with a market price around 20 cents per dozen, yielding over $300 despite the thermometer often staying below freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Texas
Worcester man commits suicide in St Augustine hotel
Amandus N. Hogbery of Worcester Massachusetts died by his own hand in a St Augustine Florida hotel. He shot himself through the right temple. no motive is given. Hogbery and his wife had just returned from a tour of East Coast resorts and planned to depart for the North that Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogbery
St. Augustine
Fla
Amandus N
Worcester
Mass
Thirty Bodies Found in Great Salt Desert
A surveying party reports thirty dead bodies in various parts of the Great Salt Desert near Salt Lake City Utah. The victims died from thirst and exhaustion while traveling through the desert.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Great Salt Desert
Maybrick case notes suggest removal from prison amid confusion
London reports indicate Florence Maybrick, serving a life sentence for murder, has not been pardoned and was removed from Aylesbury on January 25 for recuperation. She remains under guard and not admitted to Holloway or a public facility, with unclear destination and official silence. Her mother Baroness de Rogues said Mrs Maybrick was busy and in better spirits awaiting release.
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London
Florence Maybrick
Aylesbury
He ii
United States
Associated Press
Cornwall
Home Office
Maybrick
Holloway
Lloyd’s Weekly
No Recent Washington Communications on Mrs Maybrick Case
State department officials say there has been no recent contact with the English government over the Mrs Maybrick case. The latest information, months old, indicated a probable release late in the upcoming summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maybrick
England
State Department
Mrs Maybrick Reported in Liverpool Under Release Conditions
The Daily Mail states Mrs Maybrick is in Liverpool on release terms that ban her from public appearances or publishing a book about her experiences and from seeking public attention in any way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybrick
Liverpool
London
The
Daily Mail
Mrs Maybrick to Be Released from Aylesbury Prison
London reports Mrs Maybrick will be released from Aylesbury prison within two or three months. Newspapers note her removal and express belief the release is imminent.
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Mrs. Maybrick
London
Nacogdoches Receipts and Stock Report
Nacogdoches Texas reports total cotton receipts for the season at 17,500 bales with 14,085 by wagon and 3,415 by railroad at the compress. It is estimated that no more than 1,000 bales remain in farmers’ hands in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Texas
Shortage of Work Stock Strikes Marlin County
Complaint from Marlin Texas cites lack of plowing stock across sections due to high animal losses from blind staggers and other diseases. Farmers report insufficient teams for season plowing and crop preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Texas
Fire damages residence of Dr. W. B. Black at Pittsburg
Fire destroyed the kitchen ceiling of Dr. W. B. Black’s residence in Pittsburg Texas on Saturday afternoon. Loss listed at 1800 dollars with 1000 dollars insured by German. Most household goods were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Texas
W. B. Black
Waste Oil Fire Confined. No Property Damage
Dr. J. A. Southworth reports returning from Bats to Sour Lake Texas after Saturday night waste oil blaze was confined to the oil and no damage to property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sour Lake
Texas
J. A. Southworth
Whitney Undergoes Sunday Appendicitis Operation
New York William C Whitney was operated on Sunday for appendicitis in a local hospital. The announcement notes the surgery proceeded without complications and that he is resting. The event reflects a routine medical procedure for a prominent individual in the city.
Co operative plan urged to aid Texas boll weevil farms
S. A. Knapp of the U S Department of Agriculture outlines a cooperative demonstration strategy for Texas boll weevil districts. He argues general demonstration farms are impractical and insufficient funds exist, urging local towns and agricultural groups to organize near every market town to show ten to twenty acre trials and restore credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Con Tess
Agricultural Colleges
Railroads
Press of
Louisiana
Far Mors Oy
Calle
Department of Agriculture
S. A Knapp
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Cotton Market Surges in New Orleans Trading
New Orleans saw a day of unusual excitement in the cotton futures market with an opening surge and prices well above Saturday’s closes. Advances in Liverpool and New York sparked wide fluctuations, ending with net gains of 80 to 84 points and a firm close. Texas traders expect a crop near two and a half million bales as interior stocks shrink. Bremen reports German and Austrian spinners hold light stocks and have likely sold this crop or its equivalent.
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Liverpool
New York
Cotton Exchange
Texas
Bremen
Germany
Austria
Derailed by Wind Near Georgetown Colorado
A Colorado and Southern passenger train bound for Georgetown was wrecked by a gale in Idaho Springs. Three coaches overturned and demolished while the engine and tender stayed on track. Four crew members and one passenger injured as cars were lifted from rails and blown onto their sides, about 1500 feet from the station.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
Georgetown
Street Car Collides With Train In Waco
A morning wreck in Waco Texas at 10 o clock when a street car hit a Cotton Belt freight train. Motorman I B Lyons suffered bruises and a passenger Mrs Robert Hall sustained a gash on the head though not serious. The car was hauled to sheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Cotton Belt Railroad
Robert Hall
I. B. Lyons
Bankruptcy Filing in San Antonio Man From Kenedy
Eugene Eckols a former Kenedy merchant in Karnes county filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in San Antonio Texas on Monday His liabilities total 800 in unsecured claims while his assets amount to 1215 with property claimed exempt Creditors listed include Galveston based J G Brown Hardware Co with 400 judgment and Corpus Christi based C C Heath with a 400 promissory note.
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San Antonio
Texas
Eugene Eckols
Kenedy
Karnes County
J. G. Brown Hardware Company
Galveston
C. ¢. Heath
Corpus- Christi
Obituary Notice for A. B. Pickett Memphis Publisher
A. B. Pickett editor and publisher of the Evening Scimitar died Monday morning in Cincinnati at age 46. His remains will be brought to Memphis for interment. He was a prominent and influential Southern newspaper man, born in Memphis and long known for his work in journalism.
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A. B. Pickett
Memphis
Tenn
Evening Scimitar
Cincinnati
Mr. Pickett
The
Scimitar
South
Land Rush Averted in Odessa With Cowboys Filing Claims
In Odessa Texas on January 26 the expected land rush did not occur as powers with leases held more interest than eager settlers. Sixty cowboys were present to file claims while hopefuls withdrew.
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Odessa
Texas
Mission at Luling Texas by Rev. Garion
The Rev. M. L. Gar ion conducted mission services at the Episcopal church in Luling Texas on Sunday with sessions in both morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lul'ng Luling
Texas
M. L. Garion
Episcopal Church
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William Webb
Frank Dawson
Anna Hartman
Paria
Dawson
Misa Hariman
Gen Black
Grand Army of the Republic
United States ‘Treasury
Bryan
Burlington, N. J
Katherine Kendall Stell
New Hampshire
Franklin
Lyndeboro
Engineer Matthews
Government Geological Survey
Lawton
John P. Goggin
Nashua
N. ¥.) Trust Company
Ie Askne
Durden
Hhs
J. R. Burton
Kanas
Rialto Gran and Securities Company
Adams
Andrew Hudson
Dallas
Jeanne Hatfield
Meleod
Henry Pickard
Rutso-Chine Band Association
San Francisco
Lcense
Board of Bank Commissioners
W. B. Martin
Minnie Cox
Indianola
Miss
Cox
the Sun
S. A. Knapp
New Orleans
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