Multiple items shape Fort Worth and beyond in brief
Texas man A Daniel dies suddenly in Fort Worth while Dr. A K Whitmer El Paso dentist commits suicide at a hospital. United States cruiser Chattanooga launched at Elizabethport. Australians buy British flags made in America amid idol trade concerns. Rear Admiral Crowinshield seeks retirement approval. Belgian committee for St Louis exposition formed. Katy plans to build into Coalgate from Oklahoma City. Mrs Dan Shannon found dead in Moscow water tank after two days missing. Senate convenes to address Cuban treaty and Panama canal. Nineteen die as ferry capsizes near Speler Falls on the Hudson. Rear end collision at Marlow stockyards injures engineer. Athena rising in commerce. cotton compresses, ice factory, cannery planned. Chickasha women push longer free school term funding. Gen Gordon to receive well-trained saddle horse from Indian Territory, to be presented in New Orleans. Trans Siberian railway cost and rolling stock orders cited. St Louis exhibition prioritizes education. Germany to show strongly. National Wholesale Lumber Dealers meet in Washington. regional associations meet concurrently. Fifty-seventh Congress ends. Henderson retires as Speaker. New Majestic Hotel opens at Hot Springs. Natives in Japan suffer hunger amid rice failure. Missouri Supreme Court upholds murder verdicts with April 8 execution date set. Frisco surveying line into Coalgate. London pill recipe sells for $25,000. secret methods fetch high prices. Panama canal extension clarifies U.S. government option amid treaty ratification delays.
Levee Breach at Trice's Landing Sparks Major Flooding
Water from the St Francis levee breach at Trice's Landing Arkansas threatens Memphis area as three additional Arkansas levee points near crevasses. Hundreds work to shore up embankments while engineers note the draw into the St Francis river may limit spread but expect heavy damage in Crittenden County Arkansas and uncertain impacts downstream.
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Memphis
St. Francie
Trice’s Landing
Arkansas
Arkansas Levee
Trice’s
Hollybush
Slollybush
Trice
Pecan Point
Plageman’s Landing
St. Thomas
Levee Board
St. Francis
Crittenden County
St. Francis River
Heavy Steel for Texas and Pacific in Sherman
Actual work began this morning on laying seventy five pound steel for the Texas and Pacific between Whitesboro and Texarkana. A large force of men will be kept at work to complete the change quickly. Distribution of steel extended to Sherman today.
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Texas and Pacific
Sherman
Texas
Texas & Pacific
Whitesboro
Texarkana
Shermain
Break in Texas and Pacific embankment near Vidalia causes two mile gap
Natchez reports a fifteen foot railroad embankment at Bougere on the Texas and Pacific gave way amid high water. A two mile gap opened in a few hours and the lower Bougere levee broke, flooding Pougere swamp. The Betsy Ann carried the first news, and the new line to connect Gould system was halted by the flood.
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Natchez
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Bougere
Vidalia
Pougere Swamp
Betsy Ann
Bayou Sara
Texas and Pacific
New Orleans
Missouri Pacific
Gould
Oil Prospects Mentioned At Nacogdoches County Field
Mr George A Watkin manager for Liberty Oil company visited the Nacogdoches County field yesterday ten miles south of Chireno on Kuykendall survey. He reported oil indications as fine as ever seen and expected to bring the well into paying quantities soon despite weather delays.
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Nacogdoches County
Nacogdoches
Texas
George A. Watkin
Liberty Oil Company
Watkin
Chireno
Kuykendall
Judge Penn Urges Grand Jury to Probe Poll Tax Bribery
In Austin Judge Penn of the Twenty sixth district court issued a strong charge to the grand jury urging investigation of rumors about wholesale poll tax receipt dealings. He directed indictments for supplying receipts under promises to vote for candidates and for accepting receipts, citing Article 152 on bribery.
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Austin
Texas
Penn
Twenty-sixth District Court
Grand Jury
Unions Face Canning Under Connally-Meachum Bill
Austin March 15 representatives of Texas labor unions fear the Connally Meachum anti trust bill as drafted would make labor unions unlawful and subject members to prison. They plan amendments when the house takes up the measure for third reading next week.
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Austin
Texas
J. A. Lawson
Joint Labor Legislative Board
Runaway in Floresville Leaves Rider Hurt
In Floresville Texas this morning Hiram Rhode and Ed Franklin were buggy riding when their horse was frightened and bolted. Rhode escaped unharmed while Franklin jumped clear but injured his ankle when his foot became caught in a wheel spoke.
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Floresville
Texas
Hiram Rhode
Ed Franklin
Franklin
Contractor Sues the Goulds in Mineola Supreme Court
John Clark Udall, a contractor, files a complaint in Mineola against Howard Gould and Catherine Gould. The suit seeks $43,992.23 for services at Castle Gould and requires the defendants to appear in the New York Supreme Court to answer the charge.
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New York
Mineola
L. L
Howard Gould
Catherine Gould
Supreme Court
John Clark Udall
Castle Gould
Udall
Sully Quietly Bids for March Cotton Options
New York reports D. J. Sully quietly buys March options while openly selling others to hint at a market slump. He is believed to be preparing a squeeze in March options, controlling about 300,000 bales and seeking roughly the same amount more to exert influence.
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Sully
New York
Cotton Exchange Today
D. J. Sully
Evansville family drowns in Ohio River near Rockport
Mrs Arch Temper and her six year old son Fred drowned several miles below Rockport along the Ohio River. Rescue efforts were initiated but efforts to recover the bodies continued. Local authorities investigated circumstances of the incident.
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Evansville
Ind
Arch Temper
Fred
Rockport
Ohio River
A Westerner's Hustle
New York financier F J Short from the Indian Territory came to New York five weeks ago seeking backing for the Arkansas Missouri and Kansas railroad from Memphis to Chanute Kansas via Joplin Missouri. A local trust company and a London syndicate each pledged about 6.5 million dollars, while Short returned westward after initiating the hustle.
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New York
F. J. Short
Indian Territory
Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas
Memphis
Chanute
Kas
Joplin
London
Roberts Cause Celebre Verdict Declares Manslaughter
Paris Texas jurors find B J Roberts guilty of manslaughter in a federal case over a killing nine years ago in Purcell I T The father and brothers expected acquittal and faced the verdict with emotion The penalty now rests with Judge Meek Gx Meek to set sentence
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Paris
Texas
B. J. Roberts
Roberta
Purcell
I. T
Meek
Negro Beaten Near Bremond Texas
Mc McLarron a colored man living near Bremond was waylaid about one mile south of town after riding the midnight train from Marlin. He was robbed of all his money and badly beaten by three unnamed Black men. no clue to the attackers is available.
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Hammond
Texas
Mc McLarron
Bremond
McLarron
Marlin
Murder Case Set in Greenville Texas
The murder case of Ed Mathis and J A Pate, moved from Kaufman county, is set for trial on April 20. A venue of two hundred men is ordered in each case. Witnesses come from Kaufman and Van Zandt counties and summoning them will take time.
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Greenville
Texas
Ed Mathis
J. A. Pate
Kaufman County
Kaufman
van Zandt
Explosion and Fire Cause $75,000 Damage at Arlington Works
An explosion followed by a blaze caused about $75,000 in damage at the Arlington company works in Arlington New Jersey. No injuries were reported. Fire crews battled the flames throughout the night and investigators searched for the cause.
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Newark
N. J
Arlington Company
Arlington
A Duel on the Water Near Dallas Ends in Death
In Hutchins twelve miles south of Dallas T. J. Coker and William Leopard dueled from boats in the Trinity River low lands. Leopard sank after the second volley with buckshot mangling his head. Coker surrendered to Constable Lowry and awaits trial in Dallas County jail.
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Dallas
Texas
T. J. Coker
William Leopard
Hutchins
Trinity River
Leopard
Lowry
Dead Infant Found Near Hillsboro Site
Hillsboro Texas officers found a dead infant believed murdered. The case is under grand jury investigation with rumors linking prominent locals. The infant was discovered alive in a sack in a water puddle beside the Cotton Belt track north of town last night.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Cotton Belt Track
Brakeman Brown Hurt in Midlothian Train Accident
I. B. Brown brakeman on the Houston and Texas Central was seriously injured Friday night at Midlothian. While working the airbrake between two freight cars the train started. He swung for the caboose, fell and broke his collarbone. He was sent to the company hospital in Houston.
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Brown
Waxahachie
Texas
I. BE. Brown
Houston
Texas Central
Midlothian
Garland Delegates Named for Good Roads Convention
Garland mayor appoints delegates John Jones B F Coates BK C Newton T C Brown and J M Naylor to the good roads convention. The two day session opens in Dallas next Thursday with expected large attendance as local interest grows.
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Good Boards
Garland
Texas
John Cullum
Good Roads
John Jones
B. F. Coates
BK. C. Newton
T. C. Brown
J. M. Naylor
Dallas
Residence at Waco Burned in West Addition Texas
A large two story residence owned by A. D. Putnam in the west addition to Waco, Texas burned at 3 o'clock this morning. The structure lay outside the city limits, and the fire department could not reach it. The home valued around $4000 with about half insured. Cause of the fire is not known.
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Waco
Texas
A. D. Putnam
Ottine Texas Oil Activity Grows with Wells and Land Sale
Ottine Field in Gondales County sees oil men arriving and parcels selling at good figures. Oil expected to be in paying quantities as deep-well work starts soon with a large shipment of well-boring machinery delivered this week.
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Gondales
Texas
Ottine
Denison Newsboys Strike Ties Up Sunday Circulation
About twenty five Denison newsboys went on strike over pay on Sunday, after circulators refused to raise compensation from 2 1 2 to 3 cents per paper. The stoppage caused a stir and amusement in town.
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Denison Newsboys
Denison
Texas
Primm Buys Red Polled Bull Chancellor II for 1200
J B Primm returned from the Fort Worth fat stock show and purchased the thoroughbred Red Polled bull Chancellor II for 1200. The bull won first premium at Dallas and San Antonio fairs last year and will join Primm's large Red Poll herd in Smithville Texas.
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Smithville
Texas
J. B. Primm
Fort Worth
Chancellor II
Dallas
San Antonio
Primm
You Can’t Tip a Waiter Enough to Make Him Lose Balance
A concise aphorism notes that tipping generosity cannot compel a server to stumble, using a playful image to suggest moral limits on actions and tipping culture.
Windrow Dies of Injuries After Fall at Pecog County Ranch
H Z Windrow of San Angelo died from injuries suffered when he fell from a window at Caruthers Brothers Pecog county ranch Thursday. The remains were sent home and the funeral was planned for tomorrow in San Angelo.
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H. Z. Windrow
San Angelo
Texas
H. Z. Windorw
Caruthers Brothers
Pecog County
Sheffield
Kansas City Council Backs Striking Teamakers
The Kansas City industrial council passed resolutions of sympathy for the striking teamakers and assured them of the council’s support.
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Kansas City
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