Texas News Briefs Highlight Oil, Taxes, and Town Happenings
Texas towns report oil supplies dwindling at Spindletop while Texas Southern Railway registers bonds. Dallas plans a trolley link with Houston and Galveston. Local crops face diversifications, with corn and pecan yields noted. A new public school in Roby, a new bank in Deport, and a football fever in Victoria are among items. Long list of incidents includes a fatal train collision near Fort Worth and boll weevil impact on cotton.
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Beaumont Tron
State University
Hubbard City Methodists
Texas Southern Railway
Prospect
Raine
Trinity River Improvement
James Long
Lancaster of Mill
Roby
Katy
Greenville
Houston
Galveston
Texas Woman's Press Association
Sherman-Waco
White workers assault blacks in South Africa riot
A violent clash erupts as white workers attack Black residents during unrest in South Africa. Police cordon the area as investigations begin and community leaders condemn the violence.
White man wounded amid South Africa settlement clash near Spindle Top
At midnight a large group fired on the South Africa camp near Spindle Top, injuring Max Weyrick of San Antonio. The attack, aimed at forcing black laborers to leave, followed a prior warning from Spindle Top men. Sheriff Landry’s deputy vows investigation and punishment of instigators as tensions rise between white and black workers.
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Beaumont
Texas
Winchester
Uttle
South Africa
Here
Spindle Top
Max Weyrick
San Antonio
Sheriff Landry
Sam Holmes
Lower Rates on Corn for Texas Farmers Urged
Calvert Texas November 11. S. Peters president of the Texas Cotton Growers Protective Association urges farmers to organize in communities to push for lower corn freight rates. He says railroads are favorable but action must be prompt and coordinated with committees to ship corn to a local chairman for distribution at actual cost.
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Calvert
Texas
Texas Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
Farmers of
Confession Claimed in Goebel Assassination Case
Frankfort Kentucky November 11 Henry Youtsey the man jailed for life in the Goebel murder case has allegedly confessed to Judge James Cantrell the trial judge details of the Goebel conspiracy that may be corroborated by the parties involved Justus Goebel brother of the slain statesman returned from the West and met with State's Attorney Franklin Evards The Franklin county court promises renewed pursuit of the investigation at the January session
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Frankfort
Henry Youtsey
Goebel
State Penitentiary
James EB. Cantrell
Commonwealth
Franklin Evards
Cantrel
Justus Goebel
Kentucky
Franklin
Franklin County
Sensational affidavits filed in Keystucky feud case
Two highly sensational affidavits were filed in Breathitt County Kentucky court records from Jackson. The documents relate to the Hargis Cockrill feud and detail alleged plots to kill attorney J B Marcum and his client Moses Feltner, who faces charges in the Jesse Fields case. Feltner claims fear for his life and cites assassination attempts and militia protection demands.
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Lexington
Jackson
Breathitt County
J. B. Marcum
Moses Feltner
Jesse Fields
Feltner
Redwine
Tt County
John Patrick
James Cockrill
Moses Fellner
Mr. Marcum
Paris Reinforcements Move to Crush Miner Strikes
In Lens and mining centers military reinforcements arrive as government vows no tolerance for violence. Two infantry columns, cavalry squadrons, and 750 gendarmes are deployed after a disorderly miners congress. Only about 3000 of 50,000 miners reported to work at Lens. similar ratios elsewhere. Premier Combes urges quick arbitration acceptance.
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Paris
Lens
Congress of the
Premier Combes
Rabbi Brauskopf Criticizes Hay Note On Roumanian Jews
In Philadelphia Rabbi Joseph Brauskopf denounces Secretary Hay's note to European powers over Roumanian Jewry. He says three months pass without results and argues the United States should act to protect 250,000 Jews in Roumania, citing humanitarian and precedent reasons. He urges stronger action against Roumania’s persecution.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Brauskopf
D. D
Reform Congregational
Keneseth Israel
Hay
Krauskopf
Cee Mit
Norlia
United States
Roumania
Russia
Turkey
China
Freight train wreck injures two brakemen near Caddo Mills
In Greenville Texas on November 10 a Katy northbound freight train derailed three miles north of Caddo Mills. Brakemen W E J Howell and C A Meadows were severely injured as an empty car carrying them jumped the track and toppled six cars into a mass of wreckage.
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Greenville
Texas
Katy
Caddo Mills
W. E. J. Howell
C. A. Meadows
West acquitted in Texas murder case
McKinney Texas November 10 The jury in the State versus W L West charged with the murder of his brother in law John Bibles near Celina last January returned a verdict of acquittal.
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McKinney
Texas
W. L. West
John Bibles
Celina
Bananas Arrive As Bananas Keep Coming to Galveston
The Norwegian steamship Snyg arrived from Ceiba with bananas and cocoanuts, delivering cargo to Galveston as the banana importing business continues despite quarantine regulations not fully satisfied by importers.
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Galveston
Texas
Snyg
Ceiba
Scott Accepts Defeat Cheerfully After Texas Campaign
Corpus Christi Texas Nov 10 J C Scott the late Republican candidate for congress returned from the lower Rio Grande country Saturday and appeared in good spirits not taking his defeat hard as some supporters.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
J. C. Scott
Congress
Rio Grande
Unprecedented cattle movement to market in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas reports heavy cattle movement to market with railroads taxed to accommodate the shipment. November 11 notes an unprecedented surge impacting local markets and transportation capacity.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Pecan Harvest Report From Liano Ranch
James Mars, a southern Lin County ranchman near Liano Texas, reports a heavy pecan crop. He says his trees yielded five dollars per pound for the season and notes one tree produced a large quantity of pecans despite rough conditions.
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Liano
Texas
James Mars
Street Railway in Trouble Over Racial Seating Law
New Orleans authorities press the New Orleans Street Railway Company over a this 3 November race separation law. The firm delays in installing wire screens force stretched cards as a substitute but public resistance and conductors clash with passengers. The district attorney orders prosecutions against President Pearson and railway officials to test the law.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Street Railway Company
Pearson
Train Narrow Escape in Texas Robbery Attempt
A southbound International and Great Northern train near Austin, Texas, was sabotaged with a rock on the tracks as it neared Hopper. The engine halted to avoid a crash into ties, a suspicious man fled, and officers investigated. Passengers were frightened as robbers targeted the through train believed to carry cash.
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International Flyer
Austin
Texas
International
Great Northern
Hugh Rock
The
Mexico
Fire destroys Keystone Driller plant in Beaver Falls
An extensive Keystone Driller Company plant in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, was nearly wiped out by a blaze yesterday. The total loss is about $100,000, with only $55,000 insured.
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Beaver Falls
Keystone Driller Company
Akron Former Councilman L H He man Dies in Cleveland Hotel
L H He man, former Akron councilman and American Cereal Co. figure, was found dead in a Cleveland hotel room likely from carbolic acid Saturday night. Business troubles are blamed for the suicide.
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Cleveland
Ohio
L. H
Akron
American Cereal Company
Federal Court Opens in Laredo Under New District
Judge Burns and U S Marshal Hanson arrived for the opening of the first term of the federal court in Laredo Texas under the new district and officers. The docket is light.
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Federal Court
Laredo
Texas
Burns
United States
Hanson
Convicted Man Green Receives Multiyear Sentences
Richmond Texas November 10 An ex convict referred to as Green was sentenced to five years on Friday and twenty five years on Saturday for assault and burglary He faces a rape trial Monday The reporting notes this is the man involved in earlier Duke area disturbances.
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Green
Richmond
Texas
Duke
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