Beaumont Oil Well Crowds Throng Sector In Historic Visit
Beaumont Texas reports a record Sunday with 3000 to 4000 visitors flocking to the oil well. Guards faced a determined crowd as a barbed wire barrier failed. Captain Lucas buried the well to prevent accidents amid crowd unrest.
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Beaumont
Texas
Marly Morn
Houston
Galveston
Lucas Gayser
Lucas
Captain Lucas
Rockefeller
Sabine Lake
Culberson
Oil Tank Fire at Corsicana Refinery
A large oil tank at the Corsicana refinery caught fire after an explosion at 8 pm. A neighboring tank also burned while firemen fought to confine the blaze. No casualties reported at 11 pm though a German worker, Charles Church, was injured.
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Corsicana
Texas
Charles Church
Kidnapping Scare In Atlanta Ends With Missing Boy
Mr N H Frazer of Union Springs Ala reports his son Bass Frazer, a student at a technical school in Atlanta, was kidnapped after a decoy letter promised his father would deliver 500 in gold with a sack of potatoes to a negro near the U S Federal prison. The boy collected the money and potatoes but Bass has not appeared and the abductors are unlocated.
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Atlanta
N. H. Frazer
Union Springs
Ala
Bass
Technological School
Frazier
United States Federal
Massa
Packard
Valuable Almanac Prep 1901 Weather Forecast Feature
Royal Baking Powder Co publishes an artistic almanac for 1901 with daily weather predictions by Prof. DeVoe. The paper notes the forecasted weather for every day and mentions his past correct prophecies. A free copy is offered to women readers upon request to 100 William St, New York.
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Royal Baking Powder Co
DeVoe
Galveston
William St
New York
League grants protection to newcomer in baseball
The American Association completed its session in New York on January 21 and announced that the National League has granted protection to the newcomer. Drafting terms allow each club owner to reserve five players, with all conditions running for one year and subject to renewal to align with the National League agreement expiring in 1901.
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American Association
New York
Store Robbed and Burned in Tennessee
Burglars blew open the Burnie & Hall store safe at Wormwood twelve miles east of Gallatin and stole a large sum. They set the building on fire, destroying stock from a tobacco business, with no insurance and no loss estimate given.
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Gallatin
Tenn
Burnie & Hall
Wormwood
Here
Smuggling Case Involving Peaselees Ahead In El Paso Court
Walter Hudnall special treasury agent reports from the Mexican border on the Peaselee smuggling case. The Peaselees a man and wife are held under $1900 bonds each to appear before the grand jury as their Federal court appearance in El Paso approaches in April.
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San Antonio
Texas
Walter Hudnall
Treasury Department
Peaselees
Grand Jury
Federal
el Paso
End Near for Queen Victoria as Health Fades in Osborne
Royal updates from Osborne House describe Queen Victoria’s declining strength with signs of serious condition. Reports from Brussels note bubonic plague among British troops in Cape Colony while British officials monitor her life while awaiting the Prince of Wales arrival. In Texas Austin, discussion over Bailey Waters-Pierce Oil probe slows as lawmakers miss sessions and prepare for US Senate election.
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London
Osborne House
Brussels
Cape Colony
Cowes
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
William
Culberson Proposes Amendments on Galveston Channel
Senator Culberson offers two amendments to the rivers and harbors bill in the senate commerce committee. The first strikes a civil life engineer resurvey provision for Galveston ship channel and Buffalo bayou, and the second doubles appropriations to 700000, totaling 1000000 for the contract system from jetties to Houston. He plans to press the changes before the committee and in conference.
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Culberson
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Galveston
Buffalo Bayou
Army Engineers
Roberts
Houston
W. O. Peery Arrested in Chicago Fraud Case
Chicago police report the arrest of H. F. Allen alias W. O. Peery Texas after alleged crimes against Mayor Harrison and several hotels. He is accused of obtaining money under false pretenses by prompting Clerk Bering at the Tremont House to cash a draft for a private Texas banking firm. Bering verified an account in Mexia and a warrant was issued.
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W. O. Peery
Chicago
Harrison
H. F. Allen
Texas
Allen
Bering
Tremont House
Mexia
U Texas
St. Louis Southwestern , Oadl
Lone Star Lines Roundup of Texas News
Beaumont hosts oil field representation while Dallas sees five fires on the 16th. Fort Worth library set to open in May. Pottsboro dispute over town status. Tehuacana seeks girls school. Abilene death of Dr Connally at 83. Also notes bank openings, crimes, deaths, library cornerstone, and local industry milestones.
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United States
Beaumont
Abilene
Dr. Connally
Dallas, Ga
Phil Davis
Carrolton
Dallas County
J. M. Noell
Alto
Cherokee County
Eliza Runnion
Wolfe City
Hunt County
Steve Gratz
Celeste
Will King
Waco
D. M. Mitchell
Dallas Public Library
Capt
A. Harrington
Sherman
Cooper
Beaumont Oil Geyser
Waxahachie
Dallas
Epidemic of Mumps Strikes Auburn Indiana Adults
Doctors report a widespread mumps outbreak in Auburn Indiana with most victims being adults. They note this is the largest cluster of grown patients they have seen in their careers.
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Auburn
Auburn Ind
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Whippingham
Osborne
Austin
Bailey
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Judge Hendricks
House
Mr. Bailey
Decker
Little
House of Representatives
Lone Star Lines
Paris
Rosse
Fitzhugh Lee
Little Rock
Cumly
Howe
Fort Worth
Maxey
Pottsboro
Tehuacana
Girls’ Industrial School
B. F. Baldsden
Ennis
J. W. Bondurant of
Texas Federation of Labor
Kutzbach, Holman & Hoch
Taylor
John Stewart
Frisco
Red River
Arthur City
Sherman Cotton Mills
Lazarus Jones
Judge Hord
Crawford Treese
Annie Kimmel
State Commissioner of Insurance
Red Cross Benevolent Society of
Southern Mutual Benefit Association of Dallas
Dawes
Albany National Bank of
Albany
Tex
Webb
T. W. Gulledge
J. Johnson
Gober
Fannin County
Mississippi
Youree
Bonham
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