Tur county canvass and political troubles in the county
Tur county opens canvass on Sunday at Palm's platform Pleasant Tul. Reports describe heated weather with temperatures up to 104. A precinct owl meeting at Sanhedrim hall selects delegates for a county convention. A jail escape attempt by Peter Brown and Wash Young ends with alarm and claims of dangerous jail conditions. A man named Wyllys Bigby wounds Haxe McAdoo in a politically charged incident. A German, 20, named Hiranwan Sonamaenen, is ruled a lunatic and remanded. The Ninth district congressional convention in Wacoon nominates BRQ Mills by acclamation amid party tensions and a lack of a county surveyor candidate. A violent series of altercations at saloons and convention rooms leads to multiple arrests as campaign fights intensify.
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Ifes
R. Q. Mills
Ninth District
Wacoon
BR. Q. Mills
McLennan
Navarro
Limestone
Fionts
Hiuxe McAdoo
Abot
Wyllys Bigby
Tighy
Thuso
Brenham Gauge Rail Line Plans and Santa Fe Derailment
The Brenham interests advance a mainline to connect with the International railroad, surveying Brenham to Gause then up Brazos Valley with an alternate east bank route toward Mearne. The project aims to boost Brenham’s trade, raise cotton receipts, and create jobs, with 25 000 to 50 000 extra bales possible. A Santa Fe derailment near Lyons killed Mrs Lockett and injured several others. cause unspecified. Also notes W W Searcy’s declined floater nomination for the Seventy second Representative district plus a Flat Prairie owl meeting for Black voters. Cotton prices hold near 58 to 60 cents for good middling.
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Brazos Valley
Croaker
Baxson
Tipod
Brenham Ito Gause
International Railway
Gould
Brenham
Independence
Moseley’s Ferry
Tully
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway
Lyons
Lockett
Robert Thompson
Soritoman
Alan
Baniga
Democratic convention in Campwent selects district officers
The Seventy second Flotorint District Democratic convention met at the courthouse with J. W. Ragsdale named permanent chairman and W. M. Stone as secretary. Beauregard Bryan led a credentials committee, W. W. Searcy won the floater nomination, and Searcy was later declared the unanimous choice for chairman of the Democratic executive committee. Adjourned.
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W. W. Searcy
Texas Legisature
Searcy
Caldwa
EL Griffith
Lee County
T. J. Lipscombe
Washington County
Burleson County
W. A. Duckworth
K. White
Floater
T. IL. Iapscomb
W. Searcy
Republican convention in Brenham county causes street brawls
The August meeting of the Republican county convention at S A Wackworth’s office ends without a formal ticket. Colored voters feel sidelined as delegates are named in pre arranged fashion amid tensions and street fighting outside the hall. The piece questions legality and fairness of the process and signals ongoing political strife among local Black voters.
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Esquire
William HU. Blognt
Connie Tsket
Carl Selaige
Allen Wilter
Clored
T. J. Lorkett
Wm. Ehlert
Joe Holillan
Dryine
Meta
Delcarates
Local merchant poised to bring large Brenham stock to market
A Brenham trade article notes a prominent buyer plans to secure one of the largest stock of goods ever seen there. He will select with care to suit his trade and resupply the market upon his return, promising quality and favorable prices.
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Brenham Vnv
Newbover Brothers
Mayor Becker on business, life, and trust in workers
The Buffalo mayor reflects that no one is indispensable in business, noting a career spent at the desk and the shift toward relying on loyal employees. He cites increased workload, time for social life, and occasional fishing as insights from experience. Mrs. President Cleveland opens the Minneapolis Exposition by activating an electric bell.
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