Various Texas News Items From Lamar County Chronicle
A cross section of deaths, accidents, crime, business and rail plans from Texas towns. Martha Quisenbury dies at Sherman. Jim Walker Sr. killed near Clawson. a group of migrants leaves Waco for Mississippi. county attorney McLean targets Sunday saloons. Frank Dickens County man in St Louis. Gid Nelson jailed for counterfeiting. Strawn school burned. wagon accident near Lamar County. A. A. Richards dies from injuries in Denton. John Wagner granted 12 months paid vacation with $25 000 pay. Lamar State convict farm cane crop projected at up to 125 000 dollars. rural route surveys completed. Calvert Texas cotton grower league predicts under 11 million bales. Travis County negroes relocate to Louisiana for work. 65 000 Alberta peach trees allocated to Johnson County farmers. Dr George D Streeter dies in Waco. Randolph farmers form bank with 1500 dollars reserved. Col W C P Breckinridge suffers stroke in Louisville. Col J N Simpson and B D Steger travel to Paris to discuss funds for Duluth to Texas railroad.
NottoC Reigns In No TsuoH Tekram Carnival Parade
Houston reports the coronation of King Nottoc VI of Tekram as Apollo and Kolus aid in ousting Pluvius. Festivities include a daytime carnival, electric illuminations, street noise, flags in Tekram colors, and a grand parade ending at the Rice Hotel with loyal subjects cheering His Majesty.
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Houston
Texas
Nottoc VI
Tekram
Apollo
Tekrai
Pluvius
Nattoe
Kolus
Nottoe
Main Street
Rice Hotel
John F. Dickson
Midland shops burned in Terrell Texas fire
The Texas Midland shops in Terrell were destroyed by a Monday morning blaze at 3 30. Fire spread from the machine shops to the car shed and paint shops, destroying three buildings and several cars. Estimated loss is 50000 with two engines damaged about 3000. The origin is believed linked to an air compressor in the shops.
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Terrell
Texas
Texas Midland
Commerce
H. K. Green
Taft Sails for Panama on Naval Cruise
Secretary Taft and party sailed from New Orleans on the cruiser Dolphin heading to Pensacola. He will transfer to the cruiser Columbia and both vessels proceed to Panama. Gates of the vessel saluted as he mounted the ladder.
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New Orleans
Taft
Dolphin
Pensacola
Columbia
Panama
Major Fire Destroys Buildings in Lindale Texas
At 12 30 Monday morning a series of fires wiped out multiple structures in Lindale Texas with losses listed for Mils Harpole J C Cooper Mrs Tip MecSpaden Nero Pruitt T W Jarvis John Dunnaway Jesse Odom T J Odom Holds Morris J C Edwards Tom Cooper and Mrs Pruitt the postmistress Insured amount $1500 noted amid total damages.
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Lindale
Texas
Mils Harpole
J. C. Cooper
Tip MecSpaden
Nero Pruitt
T. W. Jarvis
John Dunnaway
Jesse Odom
T. J. Odom
Holds & Morris
J. C. Edwards
Tom Cooper
Mrs. Pruitt
Ed Walker of Eagle Lake Dies at 71
Ed Walker, 71, prominent Eagle Lake resident, died Sunday night at Quinn about eighteen miles below town after a brief illness with black jaundice. He had been recovering but suddenly declined. Remains were sent to Columbus for interment.
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Eagle Lake
Texas
Ed Walker
Quinn
Columbus
Oil Price Slump Hits Beaumont Market
In Beaumont Texas the oil market fell Monday as the Texas Company cut crude prices by five cents. Beaumont and Sour Lake crude dropped from 9 to 34 cents, and Jennings field from 37 to 32 cents, with expectations of further declines linked to Humble field prospects and Jennings wells.
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Beaumont
Texas
Texas Company
Sour Lake
Jennings
Humble Oil Field
Gun Burst Injures Brenham Youth During Rabbit Hunt
In Brenham Texas Ernest Weld age 15 son of Mr Aug Weld suffered a severe arm wound and facial burns when a muzzle loading gun burst near the breach during a rabbit shoot on Sunday. He had a narrow escape from death and endured painful injuries.
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Brenham
Texas
Ernest Weld
Aug. Weld
Zeigler Furrier Hangs Self Over Dinner Frustration
In the Bronx, John P. Zeigler a furrier, killed himself after a quarrel about his wife’s housekeeping and a dinner not ready when he arrived home. Police reported the tragedy at his residence.
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New York
John P. Zeigler
The
Bronx
Greek Letter Men Hold Banquet at Rice Hotel
Fifty members of the Greek Letter fraternity in Houston gathered for their annual banquet Monday night at the Rice hotel. Nearly fifty attended and the event was declared a clarifying success with speakers including Judge Ford Judge Wilson Hon Tom Stone Judge Hamblen Judge Harris W D Cleveland Jr and others.
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Houston
Texas
Greek Letter
Rice Hotel
Ford
Wilson
Tom Stone
Hamblen
Harris
W. D. Cleveland Jr
Local Option Election Set for Caldwell County
A Caldwell County commissioners court meeting accepted a petition with required signatures to order a county local option election. The election will be held December 17, 1904. The antis won by a large majority in the previous vote two years ago.
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Luling
Texas
Commissioners Court
Antis
Mexican Stabbed to Death at Laredo Mine Row
A Mexican miner was stabbed to death during a mescal row Sunday night at the Minera coal mines in Laredo Texas. Local authorities investigated the fatal incident and no further details were released.
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Laredo
Texas
Minera Coal
Tragedy in Brooklyn Tenement Fire Claims Twelve
A fire at 186 Troutman Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn smothered twelve people, including two entire families the Triolo and Polognio households. The blaze started in a grocery cellar stored with inflammables and spread rapidly, trapping residents on the upper floors. Firemen arrived after delays as crowds hindered access, and all victims were found in the rear third floor room.
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New York
Troutman Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Marance Triolo
Charles Polognio
Charles Pologno
Tony Triole
Antonio Gualmbalvos
Polognio
Breckinridge Leader Col William Campbell Preston Breckinridge Dies
Lexington obituary notes Col William Campbell Preston Breckinridge died Saturday night after a stroke on Wednesday. Born August 28, 1837 in Baltimore, he served as Confederate captain and later colonel of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry. He taught equity jurisprudence at the University of Kentucky and represented the Seventh Kentucky district in Congress from 1884 to 1895 as a gold standard Democrat.
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Lexington
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
William C. PP. Breckinridge
Baltimore
Robert Breckinridge
Center College
Danville
Turmoil in Fraser Iowa After Miner Shooting
In Fraser Iowa white miners and 35 to 50 local black laborers clash after a Saturday shooting mortally injures Thom as Albright a white miner wounded by James Price a black man. Miners vote to stop work with black workers and warn of violence if Price is captured. Albright survives but is not expected to recover.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fraser
Thomas Albright
James Price
Price
Albright
Insurance Manager In Knoxville Takes His Life
Cromwell B. Hoskins an insurance man and partner in Burbank & Hoskins state managers of Aetna Life Insurance, killed himself last night. His body was found in an alley in the business district this morning, with a throat cut from ear to ear. Financial troubles are said to have caused the deed, though his partner disputes that claim.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cromwell B. Hoskins
Burbank & Hoskins
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hoskins
Rock Blast Fatality At Oklahoma Waterworks Blast
A rock blasted into a box of dynamite during waterworks construction in Chandler Oklahoma causing a fatality and multiple injuries. Mrs Philip Hofeld was killed despite being hundreds of feet away. Hundreds of windows were shattered and several others injured.
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Chandler
Philip Hofeld
Suspense Mounts Over Japanese Actions Near Port Arthur
In St Petersburg reports describe ongoing Japanese operations on Poutiloff hill and possible feints elsewhere. Analysts note movements on Russia's right and a column possibly advancing eastward fifty to sixty miles but military circles doubt a major breakthrough before Port Arthur's fate is settled.
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St. Petersburg
Poutiloff Hill
Port Arthur
Gen. Kuropatkin
Girl Killed by Brother on Hempstead Farm
Beatrice McDade, a young Black girl, was accidentally shot and killed by a shotgun discharge in hands of her brother on the Cuny farm about eighteen miles from Hempstead, Texas. The gun had been loaded by the girl without her brother’s knowledge.
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Hempstead
Texas
Cuny Farm
Beatrice McDade
Lineman Violently Shocks After Live Wire Contact
George Legge, a lineman for the Electric Light Company, was shocked by a live wire at the intersection of Ewing and Liberty streets in Beaumont Texas on Sunday morning. He suffered a fracture to the right arm but escaped serious injury, a true miracle given the danger.
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Beaumont
Texas
George Legge
Electric Light Company
Ewing and
Liberty Streets
Stink Bombs Reported by Port Arthur Dispatch
A letter from Port Arthur describes a Japanese missile resembling a long sausage that is hurled into trenches and releases a foul odor causing soldiers to faint. The gas is not lethal, but it drives men from the trenches. The Russian consul has relayed the claim to authorities.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
Russian Pacific Squadron Sails North of Langeland
The second section of the Russian Pacific squadron anchored Saturday morning north of Langeland and resumed its voyage northward on Sunday morning.
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Langeland
Copenhagen
Georgians Visit Wisconsin University Methods Tour
Georgia officials led by Governor Terrell and Southern Railway President Samuel Spencer traveled from Atlanta by train with a party of forty two to Madison Wisconsin. The inspection aimed to show Georgia's governing body the Wisconsin university’s methods and progress.
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Terrell
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
University of Wisconsin At
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Graham
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Gid Nelson
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A. A. Richards
Denton
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B. D. Steger
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