Strikes, fires, and crimes plague Texas towns in brief
A wide range of incidents across Texas is reported including street carnivals in San Antonio, burglaries in Oklahoma City, and cattle on feed at Sulphur Springs. Fires destroy L. L. Barnes furnishings in Ladonia, and a trustee sale nets $12,000 for the Palestine Packing Co. Deaths follow runaway injuries at Granger, a fatal shooting at Pollock, and an express messenger killed near Bassett. Auk. A hamlet sees a phone line plan between Pryan and Munford, while Denton workers briefly strike. A mad dog is shot in Sherman. smallpox quarantines in Rosebud. anti trust cases bar transfer in Travis County. Local efforts to form a bank in Anne are noted.
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Laredo
Texas
R. D. Murray
Saltillo
Monterey
Eighth Congress Opens with Cannon as Speaker in Floral Ceremony
Washington nov ten the house of representatives of the fifty eighth congress completed its organization with joseph g cannon of illinois elected speaker amid wide applause. a lavish floral display graced the speaker’s lobby as seating was assigned by lottery and republican and democratic leaders drew first. several veteran members were absent or retiring, and a senate move to adjust committee balance was noted. the day closed with a house adjournment and a Panama revolt communication resolution. nearby reports note a denton street fair preparations and a deadly fall from a pecan tree near geinsville, with rail projects under way between silsboro and cleburne and interlocking device orders for several lines near fort worth.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Eldes
Senate
Galusha Grow
Pennsylvania
Sherman
Payne
N. Y
Richardson
Tenn
Williams
McClellan
New York
Joaah Kilalaulauoale
Hawaii
Isaac N. Hill
James N. English
Fenton Knight
Joseph Sinnot
John T. Clancy
Mr. Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Presid
Panama
New Machinery Arrives for Palestine Oil Drilling
Another car of drilling machinery reached Palestine on November 10 to accelerate the oil well work. Preparations are underway to move the gear to the field, but a rough road from town to the site will delay the start slightly.
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Palestine
Texas
German warships sail from St Thomas to San Domingo
Report from San Domingo Washington dated November 10 says two German warships have left St Thomas to San Domingo to protect German interests. Berlin confirms that German cruisers were ordered to proceed to San Domingo at the request of the German consul chori.
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San Domingo
Washington
St. Thomas
Berlin
Chore
Belton man dies by overdose in quiet act
Belton Texas Burrell Hambrick about 30 years old subsided yesterday after taking a large quantity of rydinine. He offered no reason for the act.
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Belton
Texas
Burrell Hambrick
Wilson's Opinion On Early Cotton Against Weevil
Secretary Wilson says the only way to beat the boll weevil is to plant early cotton and get the crop in before infestation. He notes the late crop in Texas was largely ruined and eradication efforts have failed. He cites the house fly as similarly hard to control.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Agricultural Department
Alice Roosevelt to Be Bridesmaid at Miss McCauley's Wedding
Alice Roosevelt will be among the bridesmaids at the Washington wedding of Miss Lelia McCauley to Walcott Tuckerman on November 25. The pair have been chums since school. Miss McCauley, daughter of Col. Edward McCauley, has Virginia and Maryland connections.
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Alice Roosevelt
Lelia McCauley
Wash
Tiss Lella Proomlyington
Walcott Tuckerman
Roosevelt
Miss McCauley
Col
Edward McCauley
Census Office
Virginia
Maryland
White Man Lynched in Brinkley and Cadle's Death
A white man named C. Cadle was lynched by a mob of ten to fifteen in Brinkley Arkansas after an altercation with Policeman J C Cox who died. Cadle was shot four times and hanged to a telegraph pole as the coroner's jury said he died from lynching by unknown parties. In Taylor Texas Williamson county officials refuse to lift the quarantine and the mayor asks that Taylor remain quarantined against yellow fever.
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Memphis
Tenn
Brinkley
Ark
C. Cadle
Cadle
J. C. Cox
Calahouse
Taylor
Texas
Williamson County
John F. Black
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed in Nacogdoches Texas
Frank M Bates operating a general merchandise business in Natco county filed a bankruptcy petition. Assets listed at 3000 dollars Liabilities 2800 dollars.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Frank M. Bates
Nat
This County
San Domingo Tension High After Macoris Bombardment
San Domingo relations with the United States deteriorate as reports reach London via Paris that the Dominican gunboat Independencia bombarded and damaged the town of Macoris.
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London
San Domingo
Paris
United States
Independencia
Macoris
Atlantic Gale Causes Vessel Wrecks Along Seaboard
A gale along the seaboard has driven multiple ships ashore over several days. The American schooner Edith Emery was lost at Port au Basque and the Canadian schooner Florence in ashore at Fort Eau, with several other vessels wrecked.
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St. Johns
N. F
Seaboard
Edith Emery
Port Au Bauste
Florence Ln
Fort Eau
Kalinee Dies After Injury in Texas Fracture
Granger Texas November 6 Frank Kali nee the Bohemian who suffered a fracture at the skull base from falling from an overturned buggy Monday night died yesterday afternoon He will be buried in the Catholic cemetery today.
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Kalinee
Granger
Texas
Frank Kalinee
Catholc
Fever Rages in Mexico As Cases Rise Across Regions
Laredo Texas reports yellow fever persists with new cases and fatalities. Dr R D Murray warns Monterey and other lines show widespread infection, citing thousands of potential cases and poor containment. He urges inspections licenses and detention for disease control.
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Docor
Mexico
Monterey
Columbia
Minerva
Week's Program for Senate Extraordinary Session
Washington November 9 The first week of the extraordinary session in the senate will be devoted to preliminaries. Four brief sessions and a Thursday adjournment until Monday are planned with roll call proclamation of the session and a quorum committee.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Panama
Morgan
Panama and Canal
Syracuse Treasure Found Near Pazzolo Accride
Peasants digging near Pazzolo Accride Sicily unearthed rich ancient objects from Syracuse. A diadem encrusted with gems, a belt of solid gold, several rings, and coins of various dates were recovered. Authorities seized the treasure as national property and will compensate the estate owner after expert appraisal.
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Syracuse
Rome
Pazzolo
Accride
Sicily
Noted Club Woman Dead in Cleveland
Mrs. Cornelius B. Van Wagoner, treasurer of the international board of the YWCA and closely tied to the local Cleveland chapter, died yesterday from peritonitis at age.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cornelius
van Wagoner
International Board of Women’s
Young Woman's Christian Associations
Supposed Storm Victim Found in Texas City
Workmen from Barnett and Record Company unearthed a metallic coffin near the beach containing the well preserved body of a little girl. Believed to be the child of a prominent Galveston doctor, said to have been washed ashore during the September 1900 storm. Belgrade reports the government seeks a $20 million loan to modernize army equipment.
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Texas City
Barnett & Record Company
Galveston
Belgrade
Panama rebellion seen as prologue to drama in region
El Imparcial argues the Panama upheaval signals more than a revolt it previews a major disruption of a Spanish American republic. It notes Colombia’s canal treaty rejection harms isthmus interests and US recognition of the provisional government may sever Colombia’s union with the isthmus.
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Mexico City
el Imparcial
Liberal Party
Panama
Colombia
Isthmus
United States
Isthmusay
Hailstorm damages fruit trees in Milam County
Calvert Texas November 9. Le Cannon a farmer from Jones Prairie Milam County reports a severe hailstorm that hit the area yesterday. He says hail lay four inches deep and shattered many fruit trees, marking the hardest storm he has seen in the region.
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Calvert
Texas
le Cannon
Jones’ Prairie
Milam County
Cannon
Denial From Belgrade on Serbian King Peter Abdication Rumors
An authoritative denial from Belgrade arrived last night denying circulating rumors of King Peter of Servia abdicating the throne and of attempts to threaten his life.
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Belgrade
London
Peter of Servia
Four Children Die From Nitroglycerin Explosion
Four children were instantly killed in Bucks Run, Hocking County, when they played with a can of nitroglycerin yesterday. The accident occurred near Lancaster Ohio as authorities investigated the scene. Berlin reports a Belgian tariff bill to raise duties on wines fruits and aluminum ware will be introduced in parliament.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Bucks Run
Hocking County
Berlin
Cotton shipments lag in Crockett this year
Crockett Texas reports only about 2000 bales shipped to date versus over 9000 by this date last year. Editorial note suggests choosing a wife who is brave and cheerful through adversity.
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Crockett
Texas
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