Texanette notes and county developments across North Texas
Texanettes Alpine Dallan reports a federal labor issue as wine country farmers plan sowing of wheat. Wilbarger County schedules a large wheat acre, Bexar County backs a county ticket. District court opened in Abilene on the 15th with a heavy docket. Beaumont’s Henry Long dies at Hot Springs. Wichita Falls waterworks inspector Jalonick cited. Cattle feeding near Kunis to Collin Grayson Fannin counties amid rain on the 17th. Katy clerk Charles Gaertner dies at Denmon. Cotton Belt officials in state. Temple judge fines man $75 for obscene letter. Santa Fe railway work to begin at Cleburne. lamp explosion injures Mins Metavid near Troupe. Marshall accepts a new pastor Nov 1. Two coachloads of negro cotton pickers reach Hubbard City. Dallas assessed value 1902 $25,034,500. real estate rise $114,075. John Bowman shot near Clarksville. Grand jury at Marshall indictments—50 felonies, 42 misdemeanors. Texas Car Service assn meets Galveston. Concho Valley Baptist assembles Ozona. Hawkins saloonist Frank Hall shot. Capers and Ida May McFadden wed at Paris courthouse. Dallas Cathedral set for Oct 26 dedication. building 104 by 160 feet. Bell County Press assoc organized at Temple. Belton Journal and Temple Times leaders elected. Howard heirs prevail against Santa Fe for $8,000 in Belton district court. Austin report: Martha ranch area grass plentiful. Mexican Central Railway advances locating San Antonio to Rio Grande surveyors.
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Abilene
Henry Long
Beaumont
Hot Springs
Cotton Belt Railway Company
Temple
Costa
Santa Fe Railway
Cleburne
Mins Metavid
Omen
Troupe
Heavy rain causes floods and rail damage across Texas
A nationwide downpour drenched Denison Dallas Fort Worth Henrietta Penham Denton Sherman and surrounding towns. Bridges between Madill and Randolph were washed out delaying trains while Sherman faced flooded streets and school disruptions. San Antonio saw record rainfall flooding streets and rising the river as North Fort Worth reported wind damage though no lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Henrietta
Penham
Denton
Sherman
Frisco
Desison
Madill
Randolph
Sapulpa
Francis
Ada
Roff
Mill Creek
Adkins
Rock Island Road
North Fort Worth
Magnificent rain aids wheat in Lenton Texas
A heavy rain swept Lenton Texas with morning and afternoon showers. It damaged cotton crops but is expected to benefit the wheat crop significantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenton
Texas
Wheat Will Be Planted Early in Montague County
A general rain swept Montague Texas this morning lasting four hours prompting early wheat planting. The rainfall, falling nationwide, encourages farmers to proceed with spring grain sowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Texas
Death of Nicholas Fish Opens in New York Court
The inquest into banker Nicholas Fish son of Hamilton Fish and secretary of state under Grant opened in New York. Coroner Jackson heard witnesses and banker Thomas J. Sharkey was held in $10,000 for grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Fish
S.n
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Jackson
Thomas J. Sharkey
Killings Reported in Texas Seen and Bastrop Incidents
In Killings Market Texas last night Sam Patterson Jr. and Arthur Martin argued and Martin was shot with a Winchester. His physician says he cannot recover. Patterson is jailed on the shooting charge. Bastrop Texas a negro named Will Lofton surrendered to Constable Woody Townsend claiming he killed George Davis near Cedar Creek store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market
Texas
Sam Patterson, Jr
Arthur Martin
Martin
Patterson
Bastrop
Will Lofton
Woody Townsend
George Davis
Cedar Creek Store
Armenian appeal to Secretary Hay for Turkey relief
Ardashes H. Kelein, president of the Armenian National Union with 200000 Armenians in the county, writes Secretary of State John Hay asking intervention by European powers on behalf of Armenians in Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Ardaves H. Kelein
Armenian National Union
John Hay
Turkey
No Response Yet On Romanian Jewish Question From Russia or Austria
Washington reports no answer from Russia or Austria to Secretary Hay on Romanian Jews. The note's reception is expected only as standard summaries from US ambassadors abroad. Powers will decide next steps, if any, with the United States largely out of the follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Austria
State Department
Hay
United States
Department
Romania
Young Confession Ties Pair to Connecticut Murder
Hooper Young now in Derby Connecticut custody is said to confess that an accomplice killed Mere Pul liver. He alleges Charles Simpson Til ing of Bridgeport and an unnamed partner lured the victim to Youngs flat. Young says Eiling killed the woman with chloral hydrate and he attempted to dismember the body before moving it in a trunk. No such man as Eillins is known in Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hooper Young
Derby
Conn
Mere
Pulliver
Young
Maclevy
Charles Simpson Tiling
Bridgeport
Youngs
Eiling
Eillins
Chicago
Paris to Have a Trolley Road
Lead ing property owners of West Paris have approached promoters of the electric railway between Blossom and Deport to extend the line west to Paris Texas. A committee was appointed to locate a feasible route and secure right of way across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Texas
Blossom
Deport
Secretary Shaw Denies Misquotation On Treasury Plan
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw says he has been misquoted about a plan to abolish treasuries. He states he declines to discuss the issue, noting it should be treated in his annual report and that interviews claiming to quote him are without foundation in fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Chicago
the Treasury
Seed price soars as buyers rush in Paris area
Paris Texas September 23 price of cotton seed at Annona rose to 30 dollars per ton amid a buyer dispute. Farmers from miles around rushed seed to market and sold at the elevated price all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annona
Atlantic and Pacific Oil abandons deep Galveston well
In Galveston TexasSeptember 23 the Atlantic and Pacific Oil company abandoned its island well at 1500 feet after no significant oil was found. Efforts to withdraw the casing continue and the plan to sink another well is in abeyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company
Negro Baptists Adjourn Final National Convention in Birmingham
The National Negro Baptist Convention held its final session in Birmingham on September 23 and adjourned at noon to meet next year in Philadelphia. The gathering featured speeches on the churchs growth and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
National Negro Baptist Convention
Philadelphia
Farmers Institute Draws Bigturnout in Cooper Texas
Farmers gathered at Cooper Texas on September 23 for an institute conducted by Messrs Connell and Green. The event drew a large attendance of local agriculturists and generated considerable enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Cooper
Texas
Messrs. Connell
Green
Mob Fires In Edwardsville As Mine Strikes Escalate
In Edwardsville near Wilkesbarre a mob of men, said to be strikers, attacked homes and fired at deputies at Woodward mine. Three men named John Sherbemah George Streiker and Michael Mone were arrested for leading the threat to James McGuire. Bail set at 1000 dollars each. In New York President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers met labor leaders and attended a miners relief benefit at a theater under the AFL. The Actors' Union donated 500 to support miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Edwardsville
Here
James McGuire
McGuire
Woodward
Iney
John Sherbemah
George Streiker
Michael Mone
New York
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Relief Committee
American Federation of Labor
Actors’ Union
United States
Trainmen Hold Secret Meeting Over Coal Hauling Issue
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen met at Kingston to decide on actions regarding coal transports from mines employing non union workers. A resolution urged local secretaries to invite Grand Master Morrissey to attend, with Morrissey previously weighing the timing of any action. A repair house at the Empire mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Co. was destroyed by fire, believed to be arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Brotherhood of Railway
Kingston
Morrissey
Empire Mine
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Americans Bring French Student Exchange Plan to Wellesley
Boston Sept 22 Inquiry of President Hazard of Wellesley College yielded the assertion that Wellesley authorities know nothing of Madame Louchet and President Toubet of France designating six French women to come to Wellesley and Vassar. The plan aims to introduce American manners by sending young women from prominent French families to observe American ways at their source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hazard
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Madame Louchet
Toubet
France
Vassar
Government attitude awaited on Atlantic shipping combine
London September 22 Premier Balfour prepares to announce the government's stance as Parliament reconvenes. The proposed fast continental service and the Atlantic shipping combine dominate the tough question of official direction and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Shipping Combine
London
Balfour
Atlantic Shipping Combine
Firemen Attend Church in Chattanooga Convention Nears
Firemen from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen attended services in Chattanooga Tennessee in the morning at the Second Presbyterian church and at night at the First Baptist church. The convention will adjourn Tuesday and officer elections will likely occur tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Second Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Gas Troubles Hit Spindle Top Rig Workers in Beaumont
In Beaumont Texas on September 22 contractor G F Richmond and ten men were knocked out by gas while on Spindle Top. Richmond shut down operations due to lack of replacement workers as gas troubles worsened in the Keith Ward tract. Leaders consider moving tanks and enforcing fire extinguishers and electric lamps for field crews, sparking plans for another mass meeting as owners resist tank removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
G. FE
Richmond
G-S
Keith-Ward
Big Deal Consummated In Rice Farm Venture
Victoria Texas Sept 22 Ross L Clark and wife filed deeds transferring Clark Rice and Irrigation Company headquarters Houston 2214 acres near Calhoun county line for 73000 dollars. The deal covers all machinery and improvements on the land intended as a large rice farm. St Louis capitalists recently visited and will lend about 100000 dollars to finance the company. Operations are under way with the nucleus of an irrigation plant improvements trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Texas
Ross L. Clark
Clark Rice & Irrigation Company
Houston
Calhoun County
St. Louis
Settlement Reached For Madisonville Extension Rail Line
A formal settlement at Palestine Texas between the International and Great Northern railroad company and the Madisonville and Anderson interests secures right of way for the Madison ville extension. Construction will start immediately between Navasota and Madisonville with grading toward completion on one of the state’s best sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Texas
International & Great Northern Railroad Company
Madisonville
Anderson
International and Great Northern
Navasota
Father Secures Damages in Liquor Sale Case
In Chico Texas on September 22 P O Cox was found guilty by a jury of selling liquor to the minor son of W B Thompson and the father was awarded 1500 dollars. The case drew attention as it shows active protection of boys in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico
Texas
P. O. Cox
W. B. Thompson
Synod delegates raise funds to cover Texas seminary debt
Weatherford Texas September 22 delegates to the Cumberland Presbyterian church synod raised two thousand dollars to pay off the debt on the seminary operated by the denomination in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Texas
Synod of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Holy Trinity Baptist Church to host 1903 National Baptist convention
Birmingham reports Philadelphia's Holy Trinity Baptist Church selected as the venue for the National Baptist Association convention to be held in September 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Holy Trinity Baptist Church
Philadelphia
National Baptist Association
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Alpine
Dallan
Wine County
Wilbarger County
Bexar County
John Bowman
Clarksville
Marshall
Texas Car Service Association
Concho Valley Baptist Association
Ozona
Rev. T. Lynes of
San Antonio
Frank Hall
Thebard Capers
Fort Sam Houston
Ida May McFadden
Glory
Lamar County
Bell County Press Association
J. F. Crouch
The
Belton Journal
J.D. Crow
Temple Times
Miss Maud © Allen
I Martlett News
W. RB. Hennett
Killeen Recorder
Belton
J. D. Howard
Temple Roundhouse
E. JD. Simmons
Austin
Martha
Waller
Mexican Central Railway Company
Rio Grande River
Territory
Banker Fish
President Mitchell
Thomas I Miller
Maple Avenue
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