Bean bill moves to third reading over labor payment checks
Austin officials report Bean bill barring checks for labor not redeemable in cash clears to a third reading amid heated debate. The measure targets the company store system favored by mill and mine operators.
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Austin
Texas
Bean
Palmer
Gray
Eastland
Company
Strother
Robertson
Heslop
County General Fund
State General Revenue Fund
Industrial School For Girls
Pittsburg
Camp County
Raglund
Senate
House Committee On Towns and City Corporations
City of Austin
Board of Aldermen
House
Co. O. D
Committee On Lands
Mutkeys
Schwarz-McCall
Two Women Arrested in Abduction Case in Victoria
Emiline Thompson and her daughter Isabella Anderson were arrested in Victoria Texas on March 2 and jailed to answer the charge of abducting Minnie Garza a missing Mexican child. Additional arrests related to the case are expected.
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Avamercon
Victoria
Texas
Emiline Thompson
Isabella Anderson
Minnie Garza
Capture Near Plattsburg Nets Smuggling Suspect
Special Inspector Gould of Champlain arrested Jule Contre of Rouses Point while he drove eight Chinese men across the border from Canada into the United States near Champ ain, marking a significant border smuggling seizure at Plattsburg on March 2.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Gould
Champlain
Jule Contre
Rouses Point
Canada
United States
Champ “Ain
Cuban constitutional convention faces dilemma over US senate vote
Senor Capote reports to General Wood that the Cuban constitutional convention is split on whether to continue or dissolve. Wood urges completing work on the electoral law. Delegates meet informally and decide to wait for Congress action on the Cuban amendment despite reactions.
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Havana
Senor Capote
General Wood
United States Senate
Congress
Hailstorm Strikes Brenham Area With Intense Thunder
A severe hail and rain storm swept a small area near Brenham Texas on Thursday afternoon. Residents reported very large hail damaging some roofs while heavy rain and intense wind accompanied the electrical storm. No crops or major properties were reported harmed.
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Brenham
Texas
Willingham
Kuykendal
Castano Returns With Loose Propeller Twice
The British steamer Castano under Captain Penwill sailed from Liverpool January 19 bound for New York. After a coal stop at St Georges February 12 and a repair, she resumed voyage but came back with a loose propeller on February 18. Repairs followed and she set out again on March 2 only to return the second time with the propeller loose.
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Bermuda
Castano
Penwill
New York
Liverpool
St. Georges
Mill closings sweep regional woolen mills
The Courier Journal reports Louisville woolen mills with 400 workers ordered to close March 11 for three weeks while Falls City mill with 350 workers shut for four weeks. Knoxville jeans mill and all mills in East and West Tennessee plus Georgia and Alabama planned temporary curtailments in the coming week.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal Today
Falls City
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
House Rivers and Harbors Panel to Visit Texas in June
Washington March 2 The house committee on rivers and harbors has accepted an invitation to tour the Pacific slope in June. Mr Ball a committee member urged a stop in Galveston and Houston to inspect public improvements. The panel agreed to visit Texas with their wives for a personal inspection of the major works at those points.
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Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Pacific Slope
Ball
Galveston
Houston
Congress approves river and harbor bill with Galveston channel boost
Washington and Fort Worth report the river and harbor bill conference agreement leaving $49,675,006 in discretionary funds after adjustments. Galveston ship channel gains $75,000 to reach $275,000 direct. Other changes restore or modify funds for Black Warrior Tombigbee Mississippi and Cumberland River projects. A separate Texas tax lien foreclosure ruling upholds the state’s lien on unpatented school lands after a series of transfers and contracts.
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Galveston
Washington
Senate
House
South Dakota
Wyoming
Brazos River
Texas
Mobile Harbor
Alabama
Southwest Pass
Mississippi River
Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers
Fifty-first Street
Upper White River
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ohio
Licking River
Kentucky
Biscayne Bay
Florida
Big Sandy River
Fort Worth
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
T. H. Conner
Palo Pinto County
Joseph Houx
J. T. Jowell
Jowell
Austin
Houx
District Court of
North River Pier Thieves Patrols Fray New York Streets
Merchants shipping from North River piers report daylight thefts from drays and night robberies of trains by gangs on the west side. Police appear powerless, while wholesale houses hire private detectives and consider a vigilance league unless Commissioner Murphy enacts stronger protection.
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New York
Metropolis
North River
Murphy
Crazy Snake and Band Plead Guilty in Creek Nation Case
Crazy Snake and his band appeared before Judge Thomas in Muskogee on conspiracy charges to resist federal law. All pleaded guilty with sentences postponed on condition they return home and commit no further violations. They were freed with a warning they would be rearrested if they oppose government policy again. The move aids the interior department in winding up Creek Nation affairs.
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Muskogee
I. T
Crazy Snake
Thomas
United States
Interior Department
Fire Engulfs Oil Pond Near Lucas Gusher at Beaumont
Sparks from a locomotive set fire to oil in a large pond near the Lucas gusher in Beaumont. The blaze spread to oil banks along the railroad, consuming a two story boarding house housing about eighty workers. Crews protect rigs as flames burn for hours with limited financial loss due to dead oil.
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Beaumont
Texas
Sabine
Higgins Bros
Five Children Cremated Near Comanche Texas
Five children aged 11 months to 6 years perished in a house fire seven miles north of Comanche on Saturday afternoon after parents left them alone in the home. The blaze reduced the dwelling to ashes and charred remains were found afterward. In a separate tragedy, three Nabors children and one Winningham child near Comanche were poisoned by pork root with one Nabors child dying and another in critical condition.
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Comanche
Texas
Tom Nabors
Mr. Winningham
TOLD TEXAS TALES OF CRIME AND PROGRESS
Garland to build an oil mill while Waxahachie gains a new national bank. Stabbings, burglaries, and murders occur in multiple counties. Notable items include Belton murder verdict, Grayson County affray, a fatal Polk County shooting, a Fargo-like bank deposits total, and railway progress south of Athens.
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Edgar Lamberth
Grayson County
John B. Messer
Belton
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