Alpine Avalanche General Gleanings Update
Japan watches Rusela and China’s trade rises while Gen Funston joins the Elk. Missouri doctor Dr William A Madison dies at Farmington. Public improvements at St Petersburg projected costing at least 20 million dollars. Charles Tiffany estate valued over 2 million. Fire destroys Findlay Table plant in Findlay Ohio. Robbery victims near DeWitt Iowa badly beaten. deaths follow. Postmaster General saves pay raise for rural carriers. Confederate reunion slated in Dallas with 1 cent per mile rail rate.
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Jose V. Concha
Colombia
Washington
Charles Tiffany
New York
Findlay Table Manufacturing Company
Findlay
James
Gertrude Farrell
DeWitt
British convoy ambushed near Klerksdorp in2 hour battle
Lord Kitchener reports a two hour fight near Vondkop southwest of Klerksdorp with 632 British casualties and prisoners. Boers commanded by Delarey Lemmer Wolmarans and Potgieter captured two guns and forced mule stamping on the convoy during heavy fire.
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London
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Vondkop
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Hoers
Anderson
Kraapan
Cape Colony
Gerud
Ita
Klerkadorp
Delarey
Lemmer
Wolmarans
Potgester
Rangers Move to Taylor’s Bayou Amid Labor Tensions
Captain McDonald and five Texas rangers passed through Beaumont en route to Taylor’s Bayou after contractor C F Kroeger requested aid to guard 100 Mexican laborers feared for trouble at the Guffey refinery site. Sheriff Landry of Jefferson county says he did not authorize the request and notified the governor. No trouble reported on arrival.
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Beaumont
Texas
Captain McDonald
Texas Rangers
Taylor's Bayou
C. F. Kroeger
Guffey
Landry
Jefferson County
Taylor's Sayou
Cotton market spikes as May futures near nine cents
The cotton trade reports a surge in demand with May futures in New York approaching 9 cents, triggering investor excitement and profit taking. Prices rose in New York New Orleans and Galveston Houston with spot quotes up 1 8 to 1 16 cents, while liquidation paused the rally.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Subcommittee Rejects Panama Canal Offer Recommendation
Washington March 4 The subcommittee of the committee on Interoceanic canals recommends to the full committee that the United States should not accept the Panama canal offer. Members Morgan Mitchell Kittridge Pritchard Foster Turner present with Pritchard absent and Kittridge reserving a minority report.
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Washington
Committee On
Texas Question Decided By Supreme Court
Justice Shi ras delivers opinion affirming Texas higher court ruling in Wilson van Standfer case. Court holds 1879 land forfeiture act contracts were not impaired by later law removing the need for judicial inquiry in such proceedings.
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Texas
Washington
Shiras
United States Supreme Court
Wilson van Standfer
Court of Civil Appeals
Third Supreme Judicial District of
Tragic double tragedy near Juliff as Storkes shoots wife
At Juliff Texas on a Sunday evening Charley Storkes a Black man on Mr Julifs plantation fatally wounds his wife with a buckshot loaded musket. He then attempts escape and is wounded by guards. He is held for transport to Richmond. Sheriff Briscoe oversees the case with the prisoner in Houston.
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Julis
Storkes
Juliff
Briscoe
Fort Bend County
Houston
Eagle Fire Devastates Texas Town, $20,000 Loss
Eagle, Texas, suffered a nearly complete blaze Sunday night, destroying much of the town. The early fire started in the Bucek & Co. store and spread rapidly, with about half the loss covered by insurance. Origin undetermined.
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Engle
Flatonia
Texas
Eagle
Bucek & Co
Senate panel backs Texas Southern federal district bill
Washington reports the senate judiciary committee favorably reported the house bill to create the Southern federal judicial district of Texas. Senator Culberson will bring it up for passage. Leading judgeship candidates include Judge Kleberg of Galveston and Walter Burns of Houston with Lock McDaniel of Houston and R. B. Hanney of Hempstead as district attorney contenders. C. G. Brewster is seen as the likely marshal.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Culberson
House
Federal Judicial District of
Texas
Kleberg
Galveston
Walter Burns
Houston
Lock McDaniel
R. B. Hanney
Hempstead
C. G. Brewster
Mexican Killed at Luling Dance In Midst of Investigation
At a Mexican dance four miles west of Luling on J W Ussery’s place Jesus Granado was stabbed and killed Sunday night. Three Mexicans are under arrest and were taken to Seguin. The killer remains at large and the motive is unknown.
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Luling
Texas
J. W. Ussery
Jesus Granado
Seguin
Floods and Fire Devastate Wilkesbarre Region With Victims
Reports from Paterson and surrounding areas describe a massive flood after a city fire. Dozens of homes flooded, bridges submerged, and nine lives lost so far amid widespread damage. Damages run into the millions across Wilkesbarre, Plymouth, Harrisburg, Wheeling, and Pittsburgh regions.
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Paterson
N. J
Passaic
Spruce Street
Henry Richards
Hamilton Avenue
Plymouth
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Island
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Lochiel
Governors act to protect Batson amid murder case
Ed Batson, accused of murdering the Earl family at Welsh, is to be brought to Louisiana with extraordinary precautions. Governor Heard urges a special term for a speedy trial and Calcasieu Parish sheriff to summon militia if mobs form. Missouri Governor Dockery required assurances against lynching before surrender. Public sentiment in Lake Charles denounces mob violence and supports lawful proceedings.
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Baton Rouge
Heard
Ed Batson
Earl
Welsh
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
Dockery
Missouri
Lake Charles
Albania Rebels Seize Avlona and Rebel Tax Revolt
Reports from Vienna describe Albania and European Turkey in turmoil as rebels besiege Avlona cutting it off, while twenty six Albanian towns declare independence from the sultan by refusing taxes. Anarchy spreads in Hibassan and Tirana with jail releases.
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Vienna
Politsche Corresponder
Albania
Turkey
Avlona
Mrs Jefferson Davis plans Confederate reunion visit and Beauvoir sale
Mrs Jefferson Davis arrived in New Orleans and will stay through April possibly to attend the Dallas Confederate reunion. She has urged selling Beauvoir on the Mississippi coast to the state for 10000 dollars for a Confederate soldiers home, with both chambers approving and awaiting the governor's action.
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May Bay
Beauvoir
New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Dallas
Mississippi Senate
House
Wahabi Leader Seizes Eraid Amid Arabia Revolt
Abdur Aziz Ben Feysal, descendant of the Wa habi amees, with 2000 men captures Eraid in Central Arabia. The Wahabi dynasty aims to regain supremacy and topple Abbu Rashid, the ameer of Nejd, as tribes rally to Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul’s cause.
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Bombay
Abdur Aziz Ben Feysal
E’raid
Arabia
Abbu Rashid
Nejd
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
Two Drummers Drowned in Big Sandy River Mishap
In Pikeville Kentucky on March 3 two prominent traveling men drowned when their boat overturned on the Big Sandy River. Edward Catlettsburg, also a traveling man, grabbed a saw log and rode the current for miles before rescue.
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Pikeville
Big Sandy
Edward Catlettsburg
Fatal stabbing over a dollar ends in murder
In La Grange Texas on March 3 Clay Shelton was stabbed to death by his brother Arthur Shelton during a dispute over $1.50. The downward stab behind the collarbone severed the jugular and pierced the heart. The killer tried to flee on a freight train but was captured and jailed.
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la Grange
Texas
Clay
Arthur Shelton
Texans Honor Sam Houston Grave In Huntsville
Huntsville Texas March 3 Texas Independence day celebrations themed around decorating the grave of Sam Houston by the normal students. The event follows a holiday given to the students Saturday with appropriate exercises planned.
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Houston
Huntsville
Texas
Sam Houston Normal
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