House Rebuffs Galveston Charter Amendments In Session's Last Week
Gov’t and local bills advance as the Texas House refuses to concur with Senate amendments on the Galveston commission bill. Eight hour work law, narcotic sale restrictions, railroad purchasing acts, and a general land and school fund package move toward engrossment or passage amid the closing days of the session.
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Texas and Sabine Valley Railway Company
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Sabine Pass
Boren
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Gulf
Longview
Indian Territory
Perkins
Rusk Penitentiary
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Pierson
Neff
Prospero us Section Barnes Sees Strong Mex Yucatan Outlook
New York April 2 H H Barnes broker says Mexico and Yucatan show heavy industrial activity. He notes four American firms in Mexico City seeking a 2 million dollar asphalt contract and Merida water conduit plans with 5 million dollars in pipe work. The Merida Well project aims to 100 miles of pipe and 6 to 8 inch steel pipe.
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H. H. Barnes
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Yucatan
City of
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Merida
Progresso
Morgan scheme would shift Panama canal work to private men
A Washington rumor says J. P. Morgan proposed the government quit its canal plan and let a private syndicate finish the Panama project. The Morgan Hill group allegedly controls major rail lines and would seek a congressional charter to run the work. President McKinley reportedly listened but gave no commitment. Senators Hanna and Hill might join Morgan on a Panama visit.
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McKinley
Senator Hanna
Allen to resign Puerto Rico governorship soon
Washington dispatch reports Charles H. Allen will tender his voluntary resignation as Puerto Rico governor after returning to Washington from San Juan. He accepted the post reluctantly for a year and may return to his former assistant secretary of the navy role, with no successor named yet. In Marshall Texas a mob dragged a black man from jail to lynch him but returned him unharmed after his nervous system was impaired. his identity was not established.
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Charles H. Allen
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San Juan
Allen
Marshall
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Plumer and French Successful in South Africa
Dispatches from Pretoria dated April 1 report General Plumer has occupied Nylstroom and General French captured three guns on the lower Pongola with thirty-one prisoners taken at Orange River. No casualties reported.
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Nylstroom
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Lower Pongola
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