Diverse News from Across Regions and Events
Reports from Nacogdoches on tobacco yields and field quality. Paul Morton sworn Secretary of the Navy. Moody took oath as Attorney General. Elevator strike at Otla abandoned by union. Judge Robert Bynington Gold of UT dies at 78. Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe complete union depot at Morgan.
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Paul Morton
Otla Elevator Company
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Texan Central
Union
Morgan
Kuropatkin Routed in Far East Engagement
Reports from New Chwang say General Kuro patkin or a division of his army won a major battle near Ya Hui Sia northeast of Hai Cheng. Japanese forces moving toward the railway were repelled as Russians, with heavier artillery, cut off the retreat and routed the attackers in a battle of about 10 000 on each side.
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New Chwang
Kuropatkin
Hai Cheng
Ya Hui Sia
Feng Wang Cheng
Kurok
Liao Yang
Mud in Manchuria hampers Russian advance in rain
London reports say heavy rains in Manchuria turn roads into quagmires hindering heavy artillery transport. Russians expect advantage as Kup ratkin strengthens with little Japanese pressure. St Petersburg notes possible Japanese reverse near Hat Cheng and Pa Hui Sai. Vladivostok squadron returns amid rumors of fleet cooperation against Togo. Port Arthur expected to hold. Tokio surrender talk denied.
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London
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Hat Cheng
Pa Hui Sai
Kuroki
Keropatkin
Hai Cheng
Vladivostok
Kamimura
Togo
Port Arthur
Bullet Breaks Hall Arm In Floreeville Shooting
A late Saturday incident four miles from Floreeville Texas left L B Hall wounded by a pistol ball in the left breast and breaking his left arm. He is expected to recover. Authorities seek the shooter and expect to capture him.
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Floreeville
Texas
Ll. B. Hall
Youth Fatally Entangled in Boat Propellers at Grand Lake
Frank Coley aged 19, son of John Coley of Lake Charles, was killed instantly last night at Grand Lake when he became entangled in the propellers of the boat Romeo as it neared shore. He suffered a crushing skull injury.
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Lake Charles
Frank Coley
John Coley
Grand Lake
Romeo
Young Coley
Tragic Atlantic Wreck Near Grimsby Ends in Massive Loss
A granite reef rises from the Atlantic about 290 miles from Scotland as a Norwegian liner carrying 800 Scandinavian passengers sinks with nearly 700 lives lost. The Norge strikes rocks, engines reverse, and survivors cling to boats as chaos and fear grip the deck.
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Grimsby
Eng
Norge
America
Gundell
Picnic Called Off In Mexia For Rainy Day
Mexia Texas firemen had planned a picnic with business houses closing for a fourth of July celebration but rain fell all morning and the event was cancelled.
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Mexia
Texas
Navasota Examiner Sold to Ed Blacksher
Ed T Blacksher buys M L O Andrews share in the Daily Examiner and Weekly Review and will operate both papers and the job shop jointly.
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Navasota
Texas
Ed. T. Blacksher
M. L. O. Andrews
Daily Examiner
Weekly Review
Oil Man Had Barbecue In Batson Texas
Guffey and Texas Company employees held a large barbecue in the woods east of the field on Sunday to mark a company event. Several workers attended and the gathering highlighted camaraderie among staff.
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Batson
Texas
Guffey and Texas Company
Gilmer Worker Fatally Struck By Iron Bar
J. Kelly, employee of the Gilmer Light and Ice plant, was killed when struck on the head by a large iron bar in Gilmer Texas. The accident occurred instantly.
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Gilmer
Texas
J. Kelly
Gilmer Light and Ice Plant
Dare Jump Ends in Tragic Drowning at Eads Bridge
George Lawrence a 21 year old man from St. Louis jumped from the Eads bridge on a dare. The wind shifted near the water he hit stomach first and drowned before help could reach him.
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St. Louis
George Lawrence
Eads Bridge
Russia Denies Port Arthur Surrender Offer
A report claims Russia, via France, offered to surrender Port Arthur with ships and arms if the garrison is freed. Confirmation is impossible and the claim is generally regarded as untrue.
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Tokio
Russia
France
Port Arthur
Cannon Accident Injures Four in Colfax Illinois
Premature cannon explosion at Colfax injures Leo Chapman Roy Harris Fred Grendon and Ralph Hester of Colfax with dangerous or fatal injuries. Bloomington Indiana reporting.
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Bloomington
Colfax
Leo Chapman
Roy Harris
Fred Grendon
Ralph Hester
Port Arthur Surrender Proposed by Toklo Scout
In St Petersburg officials review a Toklo report proposing surrender of Port Arthur to Japanese forces. The advisory suggests capitulation terms and strategic implications for the war.
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St. Petersburg
Toklo
Port Arthur
The Brother in Black Census Bulletin on Negro Population
The Census Bureau reports the final bulle tin on the United States Negro population totaling 9 204 631 including Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It notes 11 16 percent with white ancestry and that 90 percent live in the South with Georgia Mississippi and Alabama housing about one third of all. The nation saw an 18 percent rise since the nineteenth century, there is a female excess among Negroes, illiteracy is about seven times that of whites, and about 3 997 337 Negroes work in gainful occupations with a death rate near 30 percent compared with 17 percent for whites.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Africa
DeKalb County
Ala
Georgia
Dinwiddie County
South States
Mississippi
Alabama
Continental
Would Be Rapist Lynched in Scooba Mississippi
Albert Nea, an African American man, was hanged by a daylight posse in Scooba after attempting to assault Miss Lavina Poole, 18, daughter of farmer Henry Poole. The crime prompted a second Mississippi lynching in a week, following Starling Dunham’s hanging in Eupora last Sunday.
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Scooba
Albert Nea
Lavina Poole
Henry Poole
Miseiasippi
Starling Dunham
Ebupora
McLeod Hotel Leased by Dallas Operators
Dallas figures T H Clancey of the Metropole Waco and M D Watson of the Delaware Fort Worth have secured a ten year lease on the McLeod Hotel Building with an option to purchase within a year. They plan a full remodel and new furnishings for the property.
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Dallas
T. H. Clancey
Waco
M. D. Watson
Delaware At Fort Worth
Windom Ships First Car of Potatoes to Denver
Windom sent its first car of potatoes to Denver last week. The crop was planted in black waxy soil and prepared for shipment.
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Windom
Denver
Got His Windjammer Back
Julian Renfro of Shreveport Louisiana who had been mute after a sensational incident in Chicago announced he would speak again Thursday at 3 PM. At that hour he shouted The Lord he praised. Relatives and friends celebrated his voice restoration through prayer and thanksgiving.
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Shreveport
Julian Renfro
Chicago
Renfro
Drowned Child in Corpus Christi Bay Incident
Seven year old Arthur Langridge son of Mr and Mrs Joe Langridge drowned in Corpus Christi Bay Friday afternoon while fishing with his mother on Sadbury’s lumber wharf. He cast a net and was pulled into about nine feet deep water before his mother, on the far side, heard him fall.
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Corpus Christii
Arthur Langridge
Joe Langridge
Corpus Christi Bay
Sadbury
Costly Santa Fe shop blaze at Cleburne Texas
Fire at the Santa Fe shops in Cleburne destroys three stone buildings a coach shop paint shop and a planing mill with dozens of passenger coaches. Property losses range from 300000 to 400000 with machinery and materials also lost. Fire started in the coach shop likely by spontaneous combustion and was under control by 140 a m with the rip track saved.
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Cleburne
Tex
Santa Fe
Cleburne Fire Department
Capitalization of Stock Companies in June New York Eastern States
New charters issued in June show total capitalization for Eastern States companies with 1,000,000 dollars or more at about 103 million dollars. May totals were higher, but June remains among the largest in a year. The June 1902 total stood at about 136 million dollars, while February's total fell below 54 million, with a gradual recovery since then.
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New York
Fire at Jefferson injures local stores with $100000 loss
A Friday night blaze at Jefferson started in the hardware store of Gorrans & Co. and caused about 100000 in damage. J. H. Rowell & Son, a grocery wholesaler and retailer, sustained around 25000 in loss. Gorrane Manufacturing Company, dealers in hardware and implements, faced losses between 75000 and 90000. Both stocks were insured for roughly half their value.
Suicide of Renault Lead Co. Secretary Allen Simpkins
Allen T. Simpkins secretary of the Renault Lead Company in St. Louis killed himself after an examination for life insurance revealed an organic disease expected to shorten his life. The act followed the discouraging medical findings.
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Allen T. Simpkins
Renault Lead Company
St. Louis
Brady Bonds Vote Approves School Building
Brady held an election to decide whether bonds should be issued to finance a new school building. The bond issue carried almost unanimously with only one vote against it.
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Brady
Mexican Horse Thief Fatally Injured in Athens Jail Escape Attempt
A Mexican horse thief and a Black inmate confined in Athens jail tried to overpower the jailer and break free. The Mexican was fatally hurt after a prolonged struggle during the attempt.
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Athens
Silver coins halted under Sherman act no new minting planned
The Treasury has coinage of silver dollars halted under the Sherman act and no further coinage will occur until new legislation provides for it. The statement notes compliance with the act and pending legal change.
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Treasury
Pension rolls list 7160 names in Confederate program
State records show 7160 names on the Confederate pension rolls and payments totaling $900 for the quarter ending July 1.
Coal work expands at Coweta mines near Muskogee
Work in the coal fields at Coweta near Muskogee is moving quickly and within a few days about two hundred men will start work in the mines.
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Coweta
Muskogee
Man Arrested For Slips On Coins At Harvard Store
D T Phalen of Harvard Illinois was arrested after passing advertising slips on United States half dollars. He admitted affixing the slips promising to exchange the money for clothing if brought to his store.
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United States
D. T. Phalen
Harvard,Ill
New York Life Manager In Chihuahua Shoots Self
Justave R. Schwartz, manager at Chihuahua Mexico for the New York Life Insurance Company, killed himself by shooting through the head. Despondency over bad health is given as the supposed cause.
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Justave R. Schwartz
Chihuahua, Mex
New York Life Insurance Company
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