Navy Deficiency Request To Fund Asiatic Station Needs
Washington January 14 The secretary will ask Congress to appropriate 4 000 000 to cover Asiatic station maintenance and Chinese Philippines unrest costs. Funds may also back repairs to ships including Baltimore San Francisco Texas Olympia Cincinnati Boston and for a new naval station at Olango Apo Luzon. The Reina Mercedes repair grant is sought for training ship conversion. Also note a Texas centenarian story of Mrs M M Strachan born 1801 in Philadelphia with notable descendants and memories of Lafayette.
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Washington, D. C
Asiatic
Long
Congress
Philippines
Navy Department
Hong Kong
Shanghai
J. C C. Fremont
Cavite Navy Yard
Olangapo
Subig Bay
Luzon
Hichborn
China
Baltimore
San Francisco
Texas
Olympia
Cincinnati
Boston
Board of Inspection and Survey
Santiago
Cuba
Navy
Department
Crowell
M. M. Strachan
New York City
David R. Strachan
Missouri
Hester
Dwinnele
Europe
Florence
Italy
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
General Lafayette
America
Mr. J. Hl. Meason
Death on Main Street: Uncle Dee Wright Killed in Bastrop
In Bastrop Texas on January 13 a street fight left Dee Wright dead. Four white men and two colored men were jailed awaiting an inquest set for the next morning. Wright, about 70, was killed by a knife and grazed by a pistol amid a frenzied melee on Main Street near the post office.
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Dee Wright
Bastrop
Texas
Doc
Main Street
Absconding Wells Fargo Messenger Dies by Own Action
J B Woods once fled justice in Shreveport Louisiana and killed himself in Orange Louisiana as officers closed in He reportedly carried about $500 of Wells Fargo funds and fled after disapproval of his drinking habit The 28 year old left a brother employed as baggage master on the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific line.
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J. E. Woods
Shreveport
J. B. Woods
Wells Fargo Express
Orange
Woods
Vicksburg
Pacific
Ocean Steamship Line Formed By Philadelphia Capitalists
A New Jersey chartered company named Ocean steamship line with $1,000,000 capital aims to operate direct steamers from southern ports to foreign ports. Incorporators include Eugene F Caldwell, Eugene F Caldwell Jr, William P Jenks, Charles T Schlenk, and George K Pepple. Plan to build ships and run general traffic, linking gulf and south Atlantic ports to Europe to transport cotton.
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New Steamship Company
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Ocean Steamship Line
Eugene F Caldwell
William P. Jenks
Eugene F Caldwell, Jr
Charles T. Schlenk
George K. Pepple
General Trafic
Gulf
South Atlantic
Europe
Explosion Destroys Stove In Texas Farm House
A Texas family of widow Smith with three sons and son in law Harris moved from Titus county to Mayo farm on Red River above Chicota to pick cotton. A cook stove exploded as the first meal was prepared, blowing the stove to atoms and injuring two sons. A missing powder can is believed to have caused the blast by slipping into the stove during wagon loading.
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Paris
Texas
Smith
Harris
Titus County
Mayo Farm
Red River
Chicota
Central Coal and Coke builds mammoth saw mill in Texas
The Central Coal and Coke company of Texarkana has let the contract for a mammoth saw mill between Lufkin and Crockett, thirty and twenty miles away respectively. Machinery valued at over $100,000 is ordered for a 400,000 feet daily capacity, with 165,000 acres of pine timber nearby. A log railroad to Crockett is let and due for completion by July 1.
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Texarkana
Texas
Central Coal and Coke Company of
Lufkin and Crockett
Crockett
Philippine Assignments Washington January 14
Colonel Samuel S Sumner of the Sixth cavalry takes command of the First district Southern Luzon replacing Colonel W S Schuyler of the Forty-sixth volunteer infantry who moves to join his regiment Also Lt W H Clifford Jr USMC becomes provost judge for Wasalan and Captain H C Bissett USMC becomes provost judge for Polloko Mindanao district
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Washington, D. C
Samuel S. Sumner
Sixth Cavalry
Department of Southern Luzon
W. 8. Schuyler
Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
W. H. Clifford, Jr
United States Marine Corps
Island of
Wassalan
H. C. Bissett
District of Polloko
Island of Mindanao
Policeman Fends Off Robbery at Cumberland Bank
Policeman Goss surprised a gang trying to rob the German savings bank in Cumberland Maryland on January 14. He battled three inside and another as sentinel outside. He fired from behind a telegraph pole, hitting two assailants, while all five fled, leaving five bullet marks on the pole.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Goss
Rumors over Secretary of State choice and probe end
Austin notes rumors on Governor Sayers potential appointment and detailed updates on the Waters-Pierce investigation. Subpoenas, witness plans, and legislative activity fill the day as McFall resists testimony and Bailey protests delays. The session tracks bills and a river harbor bill moves through with expected house passage and Senate amendments anticipated for Galveston.
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Austin
Texas
John G. Todd
Harris County
Sayers
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
McFall
House
Bailey
Hendricks
el Paso
Bridges
Senate
Invention Boosts Ocean Telephony Valued at $600000
The Herald reports Michael Idvorski Pupin of Columbia University states the American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company paid nearly $600,000 for his ocean telephony system instead of $200,000. This sum is in addition to a $15,000 annual royalty during the patent life.
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Ocean Telephony
New York
the Herald Today
Michael Idvorski Pupin
Columbia University
American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Danish West Indies Sale Nears Completion
Copenhagen reports that the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States is close to finalization. Finance Minister Herring is said to be arranging satisfactory terms with a aim to sign the convention before March 4.
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Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
United States
Herring
Tragedy on Fort Worth Trestle Ends With Narrow Recovery
Lazarus Jones, a young man, fell about fifty feet from the Texas and Pacific trestle over Sycamore creek after losing his grip while hanging to the timbers as a long freight train passed. He sustained serious injuries but had not broken bones and was taken to St Joseph's infirmary where he remained unconscious much of the day yet showed signs of improvement.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Lazarus Jones
Texas and Pacific
Sycamore Creek
St. Joseph’s Infirmary
Railroad Names Appointments Across Regions
Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad announces several promotions and transfers. W B Grossclose moves to general agent in St Louis and A Leland becomes assistant general freight agent in St Louis. J L West shifts to Kansas City from Houston and Thomas Noel to Houston as assistant general freight agents.
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Pritish Casualtties
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
W. B. Grossclose
A. Leland
Kansas City
J. L. West
Houston
Texas
Thomas Noel
Wharton Relief Funds Divided Among County Precincts
At a citizens meeting in Wharton Texas on January 15 the $3200 governor Sayers sent to aid storm sufferers was distributed to twelve county precincts including East Bernard A three member committee per precinct will apportion the funds and negotiations to purchase the seed seat will begin immediately.
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Wharton
Texas
Citizens’ Meeting
Sayers
East Bernard
Robbed by Masked Burglars in Versailles Home
Five masked burglars entered Henry Stroker’s house near Versailles Ohio bound the Strokers and took $850 valuables. Mrs Stroker freed herself and released her husband and son Grant before morning. Meanwhile London reports Belfast casualties at 29 killed 53 wounded 72 missing with broader regional losses noted.
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Versailles
Ohio
Henry Stroker
Stroker
Grant
London
Belfast
Wonderfontein
Nooitselacht
Wildfontein
Kitchner
Death and Dying Shaped by Public Feeling in McGuigan's Verse
Pandy McGuigan in Youngstown Ohio Vindicator muses on death's social power. He argues martyrs and soldiers ritualize national virtue while the living are judged by pay and status. The piece lists diseases, accidents, and fates as facets of death's pervasive influence.
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Congress
Pandy McGuigan
Youngstown
Ohio
An Observer's Remarks on Anecdotes and Memory
A concise reflection notes that an anecdote lacks a body and memory serves as a mental repository shaping understanding. The piece uses concise, observational language to explore how stories persist without full details.
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Secretary Long
Cavite Naval
Washington
Galveston
Frye
Cushman
W.H. Ragin
Alpine
Brewster County
G. W. Blackburn
Eider
W. van Sickle
L. N. Halbert
Brewster
M'Guigan
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