Alpine Avalanche and Global Events Chronicle
The item covers varied 1900s era notes including Southern League baseball opening, Bishop Stubbs of Oxford, missionary calls in Europe, a Shreveport Elks fair, railway gauge changes, Diaz meeting McKinley, a Memphis boxing draw, Ohio River flood suffering, New Orleans road committees, U S naval plans for Olongapo, Lincoln tomb in Springfield, German protest over arms to England and Germany, Exposition committee in St Louis, political appointments, large British loan to U S banks, death of detective Tom Sampson, army expansion plans, judge advocate generals promoted, Panama Isthmus drought, Parkersburg shooting, anthropologist Starr’s relief trip, Rothschild war loan rumor, coal tax protests in England, and a fatal quarrel in a gambling dispute.
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Bishop Stubbs
Oxford
England
Europe
Shreveport
Mexican National Railway
Diaz
McKinley
Navy Department
Congress
Olongapo
Subig
Lozon
Lincoln
Springfield
Illinois
Bruseelia Petit Bieu
Leyde
Foreign Office
Germany
St. Louie
Carter
Montana
Joseph Glory
Missouri
William Vaughan
United States
Alabama
Henry M. Cooper
Arkansas
Great Britainl
National City Bank
J. Y Morgan & Co. Baring, Magoun & Co
New York
Root
Henry Young Humbert
Thomas F. Barr
John W. Clause
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Panama
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sidney Cole
William Terry
Carpenter
Keystone State
Terry
Cole
Fred. W. Starr
Anthropological Department
University of Chicago
Black Jack Ketchum hanged after long pursuit at Clayton
Thomas Ketchum alias Black Jack, famed train robber, was hanged at 1 21 p m in Clayton New Mexico after deputies guarded the jail overnight for a possible rescue. He spoke with visitors ate breakfast and preferred death to imprisonment claiming innocence on several robberies and denying the Black Jack moniker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
N. M
Thomas KE. Ketchum
Black Jack
Goard
Ketchum
Garcia
Bud Upshaw
A. P. Powers
Texas
Thomas Ketchum
Southwest
Folsom
Colorado and Southern
United States
Territorial Supreme Court
New Mexico
Arzona
First Car of Strawberries Ships From Tyler Market
Jamonds of Berrios Texas reports the first solid strawberry car of the season shipped by express. About 500 crates sold to C. R. Pope at 1.20 per crate. One month ahead of last year's first car. Another car expected tonight or tomorrow amid rapid ripening and demand for pickers.
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Jamonds
Berrios
Tyler
Texas
Express
C. R. Pope
Cattle Sales Steady in Wharton Texas Week
Deals to Cattle Wharton Texas April 27 report brisk sales and steady prices as mild winter keeps stock in good shape. G A Harrison sold 23 Durham heifers at 80 dollars each with buyers RL Rugely of Bay City and Sid Winston of Richmond. Shipments travel frequent over the Caney Valley headed for Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton
Texas
G. A. Harrison
RL Rugely
Bay City
Sid Winston
Richmond
Caney Valley
Indian Territory
Plow Makers Plan Broad Farm Machinery Consolidation
The Journal of Commerce reports Chicago sources say a $50,000,000 consolidation by plow manufacturers is only partial. The plan aims to include all farm machinery sectors except mowers and reapers, making this the first broad consolidation attempt beyond individual branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weetmere Bea
New York
The
Journal of Commerce
Chicago
El Paso Orphan Becomes Near Millionaire
A telegram from Seattle reports Barbara Keller of El Paso adopted by Mr and Mrs J W Keller thirteen years ago is now near a million dollars due to a distant relative’s death in Seattle. The relative had no knowledge of the adoption and kept the family uninformed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
Seattle
Washington
Barbara Keller
J. W. Keller
Rice Kitchen Manager Named for Buffalo Exposition
J. W. Megleston of Lake Charles selected by the Rice Association of America as manager for the rice kitchen at the Buffalo Exposition. He succeeds Captain J. Henry Putnam of Crowley who resigns due to finances and other offers. Colonel Eggleston is described as capable of handling rice belt interests at the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Lake Charles
Rice Association of America
J. W. Megleston
Lake Charlies
Buffalo Exposition
J. Henry Putnam
Crowley
Mexican officials seek American capital for Mexico expo
General J Varand minister of justice and public instruction and Don J Domingues banker and Mexican senator arrived in El Paso en route to Buffalo. They plan to promote American capital to Mexico for the exposition. Varand is described as a leading figure in attracting foreign investment to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
General J. Varand
Republic of Mexico
Don J. Domingues
Mexican Senate
Buffalo
Mexico
General Barande
Lampasas Soldier Clyde Witcher Returns From Philippines
Clyde Witcher son of C N Witcher prominent Lampasas real estate man arrived home from eight months service in Company AB Thirty third Regiment U S W after sailing from Manila March 1 and mustered out at San Francisco April 17 He endured hardships well and is warmly welcomed by friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hack
Philippines
Lampasas
Texas
Clyde Witcher
C. N. Witcher
Philippine Islands
Thirty-third Regiment
Manila
San Francisco
Witcher
Stabbing Fatality in Glory Near Paris Texas
Dr B Van Burkles, a 65 year old prominent county citizen, was stabbed multiple times at 6 pm near Glory, 10 miles south of Paris. W M Smith, his son in law, was arrested for assault to murder. The wife had filed for divorce from him a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerlous
Paris
Texas
Glory
Dr. B. &. van Burkles
W. M. Smith
Death in Flames at Milam Street Stable Fire
A deadly blaze in Houston destroyed the Ruppersberg livery stable and four nearby structures. Among the dead are Job C. Coppin and his children Lizzie and Gua Coppin. Mrs Coppin. Injured include Mrs Jeff G Hopper and Jeff G Hopper. A Negro arreste d in connection with the fire. The disaster left ten injured and property losses estimated at $10,000. Firefighters arrived quickly but flames raged over half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Job C. Coppin
Ruppersberg
Milam Street
Capitol Avenue
John Coppin
Jeff G Hopper
Frank
Mr. Thompson
Stanford Bates
Canaday and Nichols
German Move Sparks Talk of New North Sea Harbor
Berlin April 29 officers from the General Staff and Admiralty staff are reported to be at Syst Island in the North Sea fueling rumors that Germany plans a second naval harbor at the north point near List. Tageblatt notes the island could provide safe anchorage from Heligoland to Skagerack and Esbjerg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
General Staff
Admiralty
Syst
North Sea
List
Tageblatt
Heligoland
Skagerack
Esberg
New York
Curmrd
Marconi
Champania
Montauk Point
Vernon H. Brown
Vernon H. Brown & &Co
Mining Deal Gives Bear Gulch Assets to Foreign Syndicate
Carl Weingren left Butte for Denver after finalizing one of the year's largest Montana mining deals. The Bear Gulch Mining Company properties town site millsite and water rights totaling about 300 acres pass to a foreign syndicate for nearly 2900000 dollars. An immediate investigation is planned with a view to equipping the property with a modern processing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig
Butte
Mont
Helena
Carl Weingren
Denver
Bear Gulch
Wernfrend
A Lite Boy Drowned in Bryan Texas
Master Douglas Reed 11 adopted son of Major and Mrs. Joe B. Reed drowned in a stock water tank east of Bryan while bathing with another boy. The companion ran for help but could not save him before assistance arrived. Major Reed serves as grand record keeper of the A. O. U. W. grand lodge of Texas.
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Bryan
Texas
Douglas Reed
Joe B. Reed
McP. Beard
S. H. Franklin
Major
Mrs. Reed
Major Reed
A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge of
Germans Cross Shan Si Passes in Pursuit of Chinese
Reuters dispatch from Pekin reports German forces crossed into Shan Si on April 23 through the Kuk Nau and Chang Seng Liu passes in pursuit of retreating Chinese forces. French troops held the passes. Germans reportedly withdrew April 25. casualties include four German dead and eighty German wounded with five officers. Chinese losses unknown.
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Shan Si
London
Kuk Nau
Chang Seng Liu
New Well Drills In Corsicana Texas West and Hanley Tract
W H Staley reported a fifteen barrel light oil well on the West and Hanley tract in Corsicana Texas. The Meyer tract will begin a new well Monday as Southern Oil Company completes a site. Active operations resume amid high rig demand in Beaumont with new rigs starting daily in the field.
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Corsicana
Texas
W. H. Staley
Hanley
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Alpine
Snarp Bros., Pub’s
Prop's
Bennie Sanger
Johnnie Richies
Memphis
Tenn
Ohio River
Ohio
Kentuck
New Orleans
Rothschild
Wehner & Co
Ernest Cassell
United Kingdom
Andrew McCarty
McCarty
Reecne
John P. Holland
Holland
Carnegie Lyceum
Death IN
Ross and Wright
Coppin
Salvation Army
St. Louie Warvoratttng Cance
St. Louis
George W. Parker
Wells
Parker
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