Sick Certificate Delays McFall Subpoena Hearing
Bailey committee in Austin extended time as McFall misses appearance due to illness backed by a doctor’s certificate dated January 14. A second summons was issued to compel deposition, while others pressed for McFall to testify after recovery and before the election of the U.S. senator.
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Austin
Texas
Bailey Investigation Committee
Jones
D. A. McFall
McFall
G. H. Wooten
Hendricks
Little
Mr. Lane
Mr. Little
Mr. Hendricks
Me- Fall
Lane
Bailey
United States
Seabury
Beaumont Booming
Beaumont Texas January 16 The situation here remains seemingly unchanged with increased outward excitement and a calmer under tone. Real estate plunging has subsided as owners grow cautious and land remains largely occupied. The Lucas geyser continues to flow with no sign of diminishing and Captain Lucas works all day to repair and prepare for a stoppage attempt.
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Beaumont
Texas
Lucas
Tragic Wagon Accident Claims Farm Child Near Fingonia
In Flatonia Texas on January 16 B F Cooper a farmer moving wagons from Comanche to Webb county lost his young son Alex when he fell from a wagon struck by a horse. The boy suffered multiple fractures and died after reaching a city cemetery for treatment.
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Arkanene
Leavenworth
Kan
Fred Alexander
Eva Roth
Pearl Forbes
Alexander
Lansing
State Penitentiary
Meyers
Brown
Flatonia
Texas
B. F. Cooper
Comanche
Webb County
Fingonia
Alex
Boers at it Again
London reports a severe engagement with six killed seventeen wounded and five missing at Murraysburg amid Boer activity. Colonel Colville's mobile column rests at Grelingstadt. General Paget head to Pretoria. Brabrant urges 1000 reinforcements to border Capetown and block further Boer advance.
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London
Murraysburg
Graaf Reinet
Colville
Grelingstadt
Paget
Pretoria
Bronkhurst
Pruit
Brabrant
Capetown
Imperial Seal Sealed in Forbidden City Amid Transfers
Prince Ching and staff, with the chief eunuch, viewed a woman guarding the imperial seal. The seal was produced and papers sealed in her presence, to be shown to foreign envoys tomorrow. A Chinese court of justice starts in the American district tomorrow with death penalties for major crimes and for Boxers harming life or property. Berlin orders cause a hitch in transferring the railroad Russia handed to Germany yesterday.
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Pekin
Prince Ching
Forbidden City
Berlin
Russia
Germany
State Federation of Labor Elects New Officers
The State Federation of Labor met secretly in San Antonio on January 16. Delegates were urged not to leak proceedings. Elected officers include President J. W. Bondurant San Antonio first vice president T. W. Dee Galveston second vice president R. C. Bacon Austin third vice president C. G. Davidson Waco fourth vice president T. W Bragg Corsicana fifth vice president Jack Stein Fort Worth secretary and treasurer J. C. Goldstein Houston Sergeant at arms A. S. Rutledge Waco.
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San Antonio
Texas
State Federation of Labor
J. W. Bondurant
T. W. Dee
Galveston
R. C. Bacon
Austin
C. G. Davidson
Waco
T. W Bragg
Corsicana
Jack Stein
Fort Worth
J. C. Goldstein
Houston
A. 8. Rutledge
Governor Sayers Outlines State Finances and Reforms
Governor Sayers presents a lengthy message to the Twenty seventh legislature detailing state finances, tax policy, and recommendations for departments. He notes treasury balances, proposed appropriations, and calls for economy, better school funding, and enhanced oversight. The plan includes land reform, civil administration improvements, and stronger public health and aid provisions for asylums and veterans.
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Sayers
Twenty
Permanent School Fund
Comptroller
Treasury Department
General Land Office
Abilene
Har
Confederate Home
Huntsville
Brazos River
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the General Revenue
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Commissioners Court
State Revenue Agent
University
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College
Sam Houston Normal Institute
Prairie View Normal and Industrial College
Denton
San Marcus
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