Relief Efforts Expand After City Fire in Jacksonville
No more bodies found in ruins or river as reconstruction begins. relief meals reach thousands, tents rise with government aid, and the city readies new housing while crews clear streets and restore telephones. A negro labor order sparks grumbling amid continued relief distribution and medical care follows a fatal saw accident in Beaumont Texas.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. John’s River
Windsor Hotel
Gardner
Baldwin
Opera House
George Bebauer
Leeman & Skimmer
Relief Association
Bowden
Atlanta
J. E. Bowden
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Northern Pacific Stock Closely Cornered Despite $80 Million Capital
May 8 New York brokers awed as Northern Pacific Railroad common stock was shown to be tightly cornered with heavy short interest. The day ended with an 10 percent overnight bid in the market and reports from the Waldorf that 500 shares sold at 16 to 16 12 points above the closing price.
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New York
Wall Street
Northern Pacific Railroad
the Waldorf
Two Boys Drowned Near Victoria Texas in Spring Creek
Two Sibley boys Lawrence 12 and Roland 10 drowned in Spring Creek three miles above Victoria. They left grandparents home at 9 AM to play near the creek and did not return by noon. Their clothes and guns were found on the bank and searchers, aided by Mexicans, recovered the bodies about an hour later in ten feet of water.
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Bove
Victoria
Texas
Lawrence
Eugene Sibley
Roland
Frank Sibley
Spring Creek
Thos. Steynes
Large Mexican Land Deal Near Sierra Madre
Alderman G Look returns from Casas Grandes with Don Geneveve Portillo and plans to sail to San Francisco to close a major Mexico land sale. The property covers about 1.5 million acres of timbered mineral rich terrain in the Sierra Madre. sale price rumored around $500,000. San Francisco buyers form a company to use the land for foraging purposes.
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el Paso
Tex
G. Look
Casas Grandes
Mex
Don Geneveve Portillo
San Francisco
Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Singing teacher convicted of horse theft in Paris
James Denton a singing school teacher from Delta County was found guilty in the District Court of horse theft. He received four years in the penitentiary. The horse, stolen from Lamar County farmer Tom Russell last October, was traced to Denton through a trade with the man who had the animal. Denton’s parents live in Red River County.
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Paris
Tex
James Denton
Delta County
Red River County
Tom Russell
Lamar County
Body of a infant found near Shiloh and Fannin streets
The body of a fully developed white male infant was found this morning behind the cabin of Bob Clement, a colored man, near the corner of Shiloh and Fannin in Paris Texas. It appeared to have been born recently and showed no marks of violence. Justice of the Peace Tove viewed the scene and no identity was determined.
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Paris
Tex
Bob Clement
Shiloh
Fannin
Justice of the Peace Tove
Tents Arrive as Jacksonville Fires Death Toll Grows
Five carloads of state tents arrive to aid the homeless in Jacksonville amid martial law. Relief funds surge as 3000 flee the city and new shipments are expected from the government. Governor Jennings and President McKinley exchange telegrams while searches and aid efforts continue. The reported fire damage reaches millions with no confirmed deaths.
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Jacksonville
Mla
the Times, Union and Citizen
Market Street
Atlanta
Express
Jennings
McKinley
el Paso
Texas
Wm. McKinley
William McKinley
United States
Tallahassee
Fla
Relief Association
Florida
Mexican Central Prospects Elects H Clay Pierce Chairman
At a meeting of the Mexican Central Railway's newly elected board in this city, H. Clay Pierce of St. Louis was chosen as chairman. Directors stated that once the Pacific Coast line to Manzanillo is finished, the system will serve as a transcontinental route via Tampico to the Far East, operated independently and exchanging connections at El Paso on equal terms.
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Mexican Central Prospects
New York
Mexican Central Railway
H. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Mexican Central
Manzanillo
Tampico
el Paso
Comet Report From Arequina Noted by Harvard Observatory
A telegram from Arequina reports a very bright comet seen at 11 36 GMT in coordinates RA 3 30. The Harvard College Observatory received the message through its Arequina station confirming the sighting on May 6 in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Cambridge
Mase
Harvard College Observatory
Arequina
Greenwich
R. A
Fire Rages Through Redwater Boarding House
In Redwater Texas on May 6 a fire destroyed the Redwater Lumber Company boarding house with total loss of building and contents. One man, Boyd, died in the blaze. a boy sleeping in the same room woke him but fled. The landlord lost about 60 dollars, and the sawmill workers suffered personal losses as their belongings were consumed.
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Beaumont
Texas
May
Zack Booth
Texas Tram and Lumber Company
Booth
Redwater
Tex
Redwater Lumber Company
Boyd
Saloon Protests and City Law in Reed Kansas City
Saloons in Kansas City closed for the first time in six years while one arrest was made for defying Mayor Reed. Saloonkeepers circulated a petition and a mass meeting with 500 attendees urged Sunday closing and backed the mayor and police commissioners.
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Reed
Kansas City
Law Enforcement League
Double Killing in Denver in a Memorial Day Controversy
Denver May 6 Hugh Masterson a trumpeter with Company M 23rd Infantry stationed at Fort Logan shot William True a Denver bartender in a saloon and moments later was fatally shot by a policeman as he attempted to escape The incident occurred in Denver Colorado with authorities investigating the sequence of events
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Denver
Col
Hugh Masterson
Company M
23Rd Infantry
Fort Logan
William True
Morgan plans control of European canals
A London dispatch reports the London Daily Express says J P Morgan plans to gain control of European canals to assure steel delivery into the heart of Europe at the lowest possible expense.
Filipino Boy Accompanies Captain Home From Philippines
Captain J A Hulen who led a company in the Thirty third Regiment under Colonel Luther Hare returned from the Philippines with a Filipino boy about two who has learned English. The boy has traveled with him about a year and appears to be bright and good looking. Hulen served about eighteen months in the Philippines.
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Jamesville
Tex
J. A. Hulen
Luther Hare
Philippines
Hulen
Three Die In Fire At Montreal Inn
A fire destroyed Brunnels hotel in Maissoneuve Montreal killing three inmates Mrs Bruns eels wife of the proprietor Octave Leussier a farmer and Mrs Leussier. The blaze left the small hostelery a ruin and authorities probe the cause Though the building burned quickly there were no survivors among the occupants.
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Montreal
Moody incorporated and prison break at Woodville
A Midland era chronicle notes Moody’s incorporation and a breakout of three prisoners from Woodville jail. It lists a fatal shooting of Charles Carpenter at Eddy and the sudden death of JL C. Smith of Dallas at Mineral Wells.
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Moody
Woodville
Charles Carpenter
Eddy
JL. C. Smith
Dallas
Mineral Weile
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Gainesville
L. BE. Roberts
Roberts
Valley View
Cooke County
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Eagle Lake
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Silstee
Kountze
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Mineola
Collin County National Bank
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Sam Marshall
Dan Scales
Clarksville
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San Angelo
Kid Hall
Mendoza
Lockhart
KR. L. Russell
W. F. Lineberber of
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Tom Hardin
Dallas County
City of
Northwest Texas Fair Association
Quanah
W. W. Chance
Krum
Denton County
William A. Hutchings
Oriental Hotel
C. W. Steffens
Abilene
Cow Bayou
Southern Retail Saddle and Harhess Manufacturers’ Association
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
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Sherman
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