Heat Widespread As Temperatures Soar Across US
Weather reports show hot weather persisting in 19 states and territories across the corn belt Ohio valley and South with little relief expected except in the South and Southwest Local thundershowers may ease heat in those areas while rainfall remains scarce Galveston and Eastern Texas see light showers temperatures reach 102 in Marquette and 100 in Des Moines with other cities reporting 96 to 102 degrees
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Corn Belt
Ohio Valley
South
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Michigan
Upper Lake
New England
Marquette
Mich
Galveston
Texas
Des Moines
Kansas City
Omaha
Davenport
Denver
Little Rock
Ark
New Orleans
St. Paul
Vicksburg
Miss
British forces capture Steyn ally and arrest Orange River officials
Lord Kitchener's Pretoria dispatch reports Broadwood's brigade surprising Reitz and seizing Steyn's brother and others while Steyn escaped. The Orange River government papers were captured. Scheeper's commando burned public buildings at Murraysburg and nearby farms. Columns reaching Zerust faced opposition with one officer killed and 27 others wounded.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Broadwood
Reitz
Steyn
Orange River
Scheeper
Associated Press
Murraysburg
Cape Colony
Dixon
Zerust
Western Transvaal
Invasion of Junebugs Darkens Zanesville Ohio
Zanesville faces widespread darkness from a junebug swarm with electric lights blocked by bug ash. Hotel offices close due to infestation and heat. Church services disrupted. River bridges nearly impassable to pedestrians. Live insects fill the air around lamps and floors are littered with dead bugs.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Spur of violence ends excursion with killings in Charlotte
A Spartanburg excursion to Charlotte ends in tragedy as conductor Dexter Kirby is shot dead and motorman W. W. Steadman is wounded by Wallace Haynes. Haynes fled, and his mangled body was later found on the railroad track.
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Charlotte
N. C
Spartanburg
S. C
Dexter Kirby
Spartanburg Electric Railway
W. W. Steadman
Wallace Haynes
Kirby
Steadman
Haynes
Ira Heimanetaler
Quinlan
Hunt County
Wilbarger County
New Country
Vernon
Fort Sill
Denver Wil Rebuild Clarendon Shops After Fire
Information from Denver states that President Trumbull Vice President Keeler and General Superintendent Scott ordered rebuilding of the destroyed shops and roundhouse. The new facilities will imitate the Colorado and Southern plan and construction will begin soon as workers clear debris.
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Denver
Clarendon
Texas
Trumbull
Keeler
Scott
Charbon Spreads on Galveston Island
Dr. T. J. Mae reports Charbon reaching a serious stage on Galveston Island with rapid spread and many deaths among horses and cattle. Five horses and three cows died yesterday as vaccine supply is exhausted due to high demand. The disease kills almost instantly in acute form and a delivery wagon horse collapsed and died. Mae seeks vaccine to halt spread. vaccination allegedly yields immunity.
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Galveston
Texas
Tricks of the Chinese: Emperor to reenter Pekin amid facades
July 15 report from Pekin describes officials shaping a cautious reentry for the emperor. Destruction along his route will be hidden with pagodas and plastered replicas. Li Hung Chang seeks troop withdrawal from temples by August 1 as foreign powers decide on barracks near legations.
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Pekin
Chen Men
Li Hung Chang
Legations
Gazalee
United States Legation
Rosario mines case favors local defendants in Texas jury review
In Fort Worth on July 15 a Texas jury ruled for the defendants in the Rosario mining case. Plaintiffs W. D. H. Washington and Fred Porter of New York claimed breach of contract in a deal for the Chihuahua mines valued at about 850000 dollars. Washington and Porter had planned to sell to a syndicate including Senator Clark of Montana. The mines, active since 1835, produce low grade ore about twelve dollars per ton and will be appealed.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Rosario
W. D. H. Washington
Fred Porter
New York
Washington
Porter
Clark
Montana
Chihuahua
Epworth Leaguers Arrive by Train for California Convention
Epworth Leaguers pour into Salt Lake City en route to their San Francisco convention. By noon about 20 000 visitors had arrived, many staying to tomorrow. They attended divine services, toured attractions, and heard two organ recitals at the Mormon tabernacle before the mass meeting at Salt Lab theater drew a near crowded turnout.
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Salt Lake
Utah
San Francisco
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lab Theater
Burr makes general assignment in Orange Texas
H A Burr a grocery and hardware dealer at Orange Texas made a general assignment Saturday night for the benefit of creditors with N Burton Jr named as assignee. Liabilities run about 6000 dollars, half of which is purchase money due P H ODay on stock and business. Assets consist of stock and fixtures and about 1000 dollars in book accounts, roughly equal to the liabilities.
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Orange
Texas
H. A. Burr
N. Burton, Jr
P. H. O'Day
Sheriff Probes Prisoner Escape and Local Robbery
Sheriff Denman returned from the pursuit of escaped prisoners with no trace of their location. A robbery occurred at Bryds in the county's northwest, with three pistols jewelry and groceries stolen. the sheriff proceeded to investigate the incident.
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Taylor
Brownwood
Texas
Denman
Bryds
Shriff
Prices Leap as Bulls Drive Wheat and Corn Markets
In New York, corn and wheat surged with large daily totals and fast orders, farmers favoring bull positions and driving prices up. Wheat rallied despite earlier pressure, while forecasts emphasize weather in corn states. a sharp weekly gain followed by talk of a possible 60 cent corn in Chicago. Ex Governor Hubbard dies in Tyler Texas after long illness. his death shocks the community and prompts a bar association meeting with resolutions.
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New York
Chicago
Southwest
Pillar
Red River Valley
Hubbard
Tyler
Texas
Richard B. Hubbard
Ernest H. Griffith
Rhena Hubbard Griffith
Miss Searcy Hubbard
Richard Hubbard Mansfield
Louis Mansfield
Fire sweeps Cooper Texas destroying half the town
Fire at 3 am yesterday in the Delta National bank building burned about half of Cooper's business houses, causing an estimated loss of 50600. Water scarcity hindered control, and investigators suspect incendiary origins. The bank vault survived with cash and records intact. rebuilding to begin once materials and insurance funds are secured.
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Cooper
Texas
Delta National Bank
Insbor
Corn Crop in Danger in Southwest Heat
Chicago July 13 The Board of Trade and grain commission houses hear that extreme heat and drought in the Southwest threaten the corn crop unless relief arrives in ten days. September corn rises to 52 78 cents and September oats to 33 cents, up from a month ago.
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Chicago
Board of Trade and Grain Commission
Kansas
Missouri
Forest Fires Rage Across Colorado Timber Areas
Forest fires burn in Chalk Creek area of Chaffee County and in Larimer County timber on school lands. Authorities fear extensive property loss before control. News from Denver dated July 13.
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Denver
Chalk Creek
Chaffee Couny
Larimer County
Insurgents Active in Cebu and Samar Fronts
Manila July 13 reports Cebu city repeatedly attacked by insurgents while General Hughes pressing the Visayas campaign to penetrate Samar and scatter rebel forces across the islands.
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Manila
Cebu
Hughes
Visaya Islands
Samar
Prospects for Settlement in Fort Worth Strike
Fort Worth Texas July 13. The strike outcome improved as about a thousand workers may return. Painters, out a week, offered to compromise and resume work for three dollars. master painters to consider next Tuesday. Plumbers returned in line with the arbitration board ruling for unskilled wage scales. all building work halted.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Arbitration Board
Port Lavaca Club Promises Return of Sono Storm Repairs
Work began at Port Lavaca to repair the pavilion wharf and bath houses after Wednesday’s storm. Management expects full readiness by Sunday to entertain Houston excursionists. County crop damage is minor with cotton unharmed and corn blown down in spots. A fishing schooner Daybreak ran ashore at Big Bayou near the pass. total damage unknown.
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Port Lavaca
Texas
Pavilion Company
Houston
Daybreak
Big Bayou
Pass
Saloons fined and appeal over city charter in Waco dispute
In Waco on July 13 the court tried one saloon case from election day all day, fining the defendant $200 for keeping open. The defense argued the city charter is defective, claiming the West Waco area west of the Brazos is not incorporated and that field notes exclude it, while the east side is included. The case will be appealed on this point.
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New Point Raised
Waco
Tex
Brazos River
Negro Bankers to Convene National Meeting in Buffalo
A national convention of negro bankers will meet in Buffalo from September 26 to 28. John Clinton Jr of Philadelphia handles arrangements. Plans include forming a national association of colored bankers led by the True Reformers Bank of Richmond. Seven negro banks exist in the South.
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New York
United States
Buffalo
John Clinton, Jr
Philadelphia
National Association of Colored Bankers
Bank of Richmond V4
American Bankers Association
South
Texas Bar Association to Meet in Galveston
The Texas Bar association will hold a three day session in Galveston starting July 1. Papers will be read by R. W. Hall of Vernon Mack Stewart of Galveston C R Wharton of Galveston Seth Shepherd of Dallas John G Tod of Houston and W P Robertson of Taylor.
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State Bar Association
Austin
Texas
Texas Bar Association
Galveston
R. W. Hall
Vernon
Mack Stewart
C. R. Wharton
Seth Shepherd
Dallas
John G. Tod
Houston
W. P. Robertson
Taylor
Heatwave Bursts Break 30-Year Records Across Illinois fields
No relief from extreme heat as Masouri and Southern Illinois report temperatures reaching about 110 degrees. Crops are scorched and agricultural records dating back thirty years are broken amid two days of record heat.
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St. Loui S
Masouri
Illinois
Paris to get trolley cars and other Texan notes
A roundup of Texas items: Paris to gain trolley cars. Temple sees slot machines vanish. Travis and Hutchinson areas report thousands of scholastic-age children. bond actions in Sherman and Beaumont. farm and county news from Brownwood to Nueces. a deadly fall in San Antonio. a shooting injury in Red River County. and pending court dates for Gregorio Cortez in Gonzales.
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Stevens
Tyler
Ike Moore
Blossom
Byrdtown
Lamar County
Paris City
Gregorio Cortez
Glover
Morris
Gonzales
Abernathy
George Hargess
San Antonio
Cortez
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Eskota
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Beaumont
Heath
Rockwall County
Velasco, Brazos and Northern Railway Company
Capital
North Main Street Christian Church
Bonham
Corsicana
Denver-Beaumont Oi Company of
Wyoming
Capital Stock
Denton County Old Settlers’ Association
Pilot Point
W. A. Evans
McKinney
East Fork Bridge
Nueces County
Dunn
Southerland
Joe Lut
Chinaman
Penitentiary Board
Joseph W. Hill
Geologist Hill
Darvenport
Red River County
Dick Alberty
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