Local Notables and Incidents From Across Texas
A compilation of brief notices reports deaths in Denison and Wiermar, an anti cocaine ordinance in Sherman, court terms at Austin, a hung jury in Quanah, rail and fruit transport stats, bank authorization in Italy, and steel rail imports at Cleburne. Also noted are railroad accidents near Denison and Anna, various society and medical meetings in Dallas and Galveston, and notable obituaries including Mrs. Julia Six Killer Ivey and Col. A B E Ivey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partin & Grendorff
Quanab
Katy
Denison
Texas
Citizens’ National Bank of Italy
Capital
Coal Operators Propose Arbitration Commission in Strike
Washington reports that Coal Operators agree to appoint a five member commission chosen by the president to settle differences with miners. The panel would include an army or navy engineer, a mining expert, a federal judge, an ecologist, and a mining and coal trade insider. Findings become effective after a set date and govern mine employment for at least three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United States Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert Bacon
Root
Roosevelt
White House
Cortelyou
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Troops Arrive at Fort Sam Houston for Central Texas Fair Parade
The Fourth Infantry band and Seventeenth battery of flying artillery from Fort Sam Houston arrived with 100 men and 160 horses. Seventeen cars carried the unit which set up near the fair grounds and prepared for a big parade tomorrow morning under Captains Gatley and Dratton with Lieutenants EB. A. Stuart and De Armond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kryan
Texas
Regualia
Fort Sam Houston
Fair Grounds
Gatley
T. F. Dratton
EB. A. Stuart
de Armond
Lightning Strikes Beaumont Church During Burial Scene
In Beaumont Texas on October 14 a bolt struck the African Methodist church during a burial service for Young Bullock killing Goes Brown from Algiers Ind instantly and fatally wounding Mack McCleary. Several others suffered injuries but some survived. Brown stood by the switchboard when the lightning struck sending a dagger of electricity. A packed congregation watched as emergency workers treated the injured and the church reported no fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Elisha Adams
Isaac White
Anderson Perkins
Bullock
Cars Again Run In New Orleans Strike Impasse
Cars were started on some lines but track and wire conditions made full service impracticable. Workers signing new applications faced pushback and a union investigation found the company breaking faith. Cars halted again as the company would vet applicants through its physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Union
Mob Chases Negro Prisoner Toward East Texas Penitentiary
In Nacogdoches County and San Augustine the pursuit of Jim Buchanan by Sheriff Spracley and Sheriff Borders intensifies as a mob gathers to seize him and burn him if possible. The deputies left Teneha and are said to have been surrounded by the mob en route with reinforcements joining from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Texas
Spracley
Nacogdoches County
San Augustine
East Texas
Jim Buchanan
Teneha
Two Suspects In Jail After Texas Murder
A murder near Hempstead Texas shocks Waller County. Mrs Susan P Lewis 64 was killed at 4 30 am near a public school after cries for help and gunshots. Two suspects are held as officers search for clues and bloodhounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Texas
Waller County
Susan P. Lewis
T. H. Pointer
Assaulted and Robbed in Tyler Morning Attack
Tyler Texas October 14 Mr Bridges residing near Mount Pleasant was enticed from the Cotton Belt depot at 3 o clock and struck with an iron bar. Fifteen gashes opened his head and his skull fractured. He was robbed of 50 dollars and lies in precarious condition not expected to live. His son is with him. Bridges says his attackers were two white men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Texas
Bridges
Mount Pleasant
Cotton Belt
Huntsville
Williamses Hurt When Horse Runs Away
Mr and Mrs W J Williams were thrown from their buggy by a runaway horse and sustained bad bruises but no serious injuries in Quanah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanah
W. J. Williams
Rice Irrigation Investigation Update with U S Agent
Crowley La October 13 Frank Bond special agent of the United States agricultural bureau on irrigation arrived from Washington to examine irrigation conditions in the rice belt. He aimed to complete season-long studies but weather delayed progress as he moved to Raywood and Bay City Texas. His report and a new book The Irrigation of Rice in the United States were announced and a copy urged to be requested from the department. In Hearne the peach crop is short and some nuts bring $1 50 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowley
Frank Bond
United States Agricultural Bureau On
Washington
Texas
Bond
United States
Agricultural Department
Hearne
Molineux Trial Resumes in New York Court
The second trial of Roland R. Molineux for the December 21 1898 murder of Mrs. Catherine Adams opened in the criminal branch of the New York Supreme Court with Justice Neil Lambert presiding. Molineux was absent as counsel argued against a motion for a special jury panel amid a crowded courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roland R. Molineux
Catherine J. Adams
Supreme Court
Neil Lambert
Fredonia
Molipeux
Schley Leaves for Texas with End at St. Louis Flight
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and Mrs Schley depart at 10 50 AM aboard the Pennsylvania bound for St. Louis en route to Texas. At Fort Smith the private car of President E H R Green of the Texas Midland will meet them and provide transport in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winfield Scott Schley
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Texas
Fort Smith
E. H. R. Green
Texas Midland
New Orleans Streetcar Strike Settled After Two Weeks
The New Orleans street car strike ended at 6 pm with union members approving the governor's ultimatum by secret ballot. Workers return to service at 20 canto and ten hours with seven and a half hours minimum, and discharges reviewed by courts. Two militia companies arrived, cavalry from Mansfield organized, and citywide rejoicing followed after two weeks of stoppages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Monroe
Mansfield
Murder of Hicks Family Near Attoyac
In Nacogdoches Texas on October 13 a brutal homicide left Duncan Hicks his wife and daughter dead near Attoyac. A known local negro allegedly confessed after the crime as a posse hunts him with about two hundred men in pursuit. Sheriff leads the chase as excitement runs high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Texas
Duncan Hicks
Attoyac
Mr. Hicks
San Augustine
District Court Opens First Session of Year
Emma District Court opened for its first session of the year with no criminal cases or grand jury business to conduct. The single day session concluded without further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
District Court
Rice Market Shows Active Demand with Limited Supplies
New Orleans reports active demand for rough rice last week though trading slowed as producers expect higher prices and plan to warehouse. Clean rice remained firm with high grades selling at top prices while low grades sag due to weaker export demand. Porto Rico is well supplied so far, but shipments will be limited until existing stocks are consumed, as locals are heavy rice eaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Porto Rico
San Juan
Ponce
Importation of Coal to the United States Reported
The Braver Line Steamship company, operating between Philadelphia and New York and Hamburg, reportedly purchased 20 000 tons of anthracite coal from Germany and 15 000 tons from Southern Russia for importation. The German coal will largely be reimported Pennsylvania stove and chestnut coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Braver Line Steamship Company
New York
Hamburg
Germany
Russia
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. M. Carnes
Fublisher
Colemander
Charles Parley
Den‘eon
Sherman
Austin
Dallas
Cleburne
Tom Anothen
Wiemar
J. D. Lasater
Greenville
Wichita County
Mareball
Winsel Lorence
Palo Pinto
Palo Pinto County
Galveston
Ballinger Milla
Galveston City
Cottonville
Civil Court of Appeals
Texas Builders’ Exchange
Herman Morris
Denanon
Bl Perkins
Anna
Collin County
Retail Dealers’ Hardware and Implement Association of Texas
The
Texas Homeopathic Medical As
H. van Meter
Rita
Burleson County
Luther
Tenham
Fan Min
Presbyterian Synod of Texas
Red of
Corsicana Refining Company
Sherraman
Elity
Dennia Coughlin
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Coréleana
J. C. Loggins
Ennis
Southern Tri-State Medical Association
Gen. Corbin and Young
Julia Six Killer Ivey
Col. A. BE. Ivey
Standard of
Stillwell
Etn
G. B. Crawford
Love's Lake
John H. Vickers
Shreveport
C. ©. Crawford
Vickers
Morgan’s
Wall Street
Mr. Morgan
Secretay Root
Morgan
Trice
Texas- Palestine
Leroy Trice
International
Great Northern
Fhe
Internation
Central Texas
Hempstead Crime
Lewis
Molineux
Schley
New Orleans Street Railway
Hicks
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