Austin House Debates State Employee Pay and Bills
In Austin on April 3 the house briefly discussed the pay of state employees and adjourned to Monday. Governor Lanham sent messages designating four subjects and introduced bills on general appropriations, per diem and contingencies, bond refunding at lower interest, and a boundary marking proposal with the U.S. president. The governor urges funds stay within revenue and opposes large sums. Senate discussion included pay debates and a joint resolution for a constitutional convention.
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Mouse
Senate
Lanham
Texas
United States
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Austin
Davidson of DeWitt
Plots and Pivots in a Turbulent World of 1900s News
The column surveys rising cotton futures and limited price impact on spots, labor strikes surge, Wabash injunction collapse hints at broad work stoppages, John W Gates expands into Texas oil and barb wire history, Monterey gubernatorial unrest unfolds as violence claims lives, President Roosevelt heads west, predicting abundant bear meat in western markets.
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John W. Gates
Texas
John, W
Gates
San Antonio
Hotel Arrivals
Hotel arrivals listed with names and cities including McRea Myers Malloy Malloy Galveston McCormick Mazier St Louis Swanson Tracy Cooke Barker Williams New Orleans Burwell Hanson Richardson Boston MecNutt Hearne James Macy Hatcher Palestine Smith Fort Worth Thompson and others from Sn TT Co Beatty Beatty Mercery Houston Hendrickson Madisonville Mitchell Atchison.
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C C McRea
Myers
C Malloy
Palestine
R McCormick
Galveston
L B Mazier
St Louis
J Swanson
DJ Tracy
5S Cooke
M J Barker
Searcy Williams
Chicago
T Burwell
New Orleans
H Hanson
San Antonio
J A Richardson
Boston
JL MecNutt
Hearne
C James Macy
L Hatcher
W Smith
Ft Worth
J W Thompson
Aker
L Bryant
Sn TT Co
L Beatty
C Beatty
Wwaco
R Mercery
Houston
Adam Hendrickson
Madisonville
W A Mitchell
Atchison
Telegraphic Cotton Markets Rally as Bulls Support Prices
The bull clique renewed support for cotton markets, lifting prices at one point by 18 points. Trading featured a total of 60,000 bales with 40,000 bales certificated, and New York was able to sustain the market at will, making predictions unwise.
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New York
Cotton Spot Markets Show Mixed Activity Across Cities
Liverpool offers a firmer market with steady tone and moderate business as middling holds at 5.36 with 8 000 sales and 6 000 receipts, all American. New York spots stay dull with a 10 cent rise to 10.15 for middling, while New Orleans remains steady at mid dling 9 1 4.
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Memphis
Liverpool
New York
New Orleans
Fouryearold Burned While Burning Grass Near Paris Texas
A farmer's four year old daughter, in the Mount Olive area east of Paris, caught fire while helping burn grass in a field. Her dress ignited and she suffered severe burns believed fatal. the father, nearby, was also badly burned trying to help. Also noted is the death of Dr L H Gebhard, a Johnson County physician born in 1829 in Philadelphia.
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Paris
Tex
Bradley
Mount Olive
Gene
Grandview
L. H. Gebhard
Johnson County
Dr. Gebhard
Philadelphia
Texas
Wind Rages Through El Paso Toppling Buildings
A high wind at seventy miles per hour swept El Paso on April 3. Unfinished buildings collapsed and the electric light plant suffered severe damage with three brick smokestacks razed and the roof partially demolished.
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el Paso
Tex
Cribbing Joined Ends Levee Crevasse Fight Advances
New Orleans reports the crib work joining from both sides of the Hymelia levee crevasse marks a turning point as the 700 foot-wide gap nears closing. It notes improved river conditions in Louisiana and warns a major setback could still widen embankments at Union Settlement near Pointe a la Hache.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Union Settlement
Pointe-a-la-Hache
Turmoil in Santo Domingo as 100 Die in Battle
April 3 report from Cape Haytien notes heavy fighting along the Ozama River in Santo Domingo between government troops and revolutionists. A U S cruiser detachment guards the U S consul general while a shell hits the German Consulate but does not explode. President Vasquez seeks city surrender as clashes continue. In Roosevelt, I T, a final interior decision upholds A N Byers's Harrison townsite homestead entry despite a local reversal.
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Cape Haytien
Hayti
Santo Domingo
United States
Atlanta
Fifth Blue Jackets
Presidente
Vasquez
Roosevelt
I. T
Harrison
A. N. Byers
Secretary of the Interior
Byers
el Reno
General Land Office
Banker Charged With Larceny In Brooks Estate Case
Edward Dunning a State street banker faced trial in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of larceny of twenty five thousand dollars from the estate of Francis A Brooks who died the previous September in Boston Massachusetts.
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Boston
Mass
Edward Dunning
State Street
Suffolk Superior Court
Francis A. Brooks
Banquet Draws Bryan and Stevenson Speech Makers
Democrats held a Jeffersonian banquet at the Savoy hotel in Des Moines with Wm. J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson as principal speakers. Stevenson warned of tariff protection, trusts, and excessive congressional spending while Bryan urged party harmony and cautioned against Republican money policies and continued money scarcity.
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Des Moines
Savoy Hotel
Wm. J. Bryan
Adlai Venson
Geo. BE. Rhinehart
Newton
Stevenson
Republican Party
Congress
Bryan
Rioting in Monterey Over Diaz Victory Parade
In Monterey Mexico on April 3 a 15 000 strong mob loyal to Francisco attacked Governor Reyes residence after a Diaz victory celebration. Clashes with police followed a baton concert rally leaving two officers and three citizens dead and many wounded.
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Monterey
Gower Reyes
Mex
Diaz
Puebla
Scaragosa Plaza
Francisco
Bernardo Reyes
Reyes
Scargosa Plaza
Uprisings and Turkish Outpost Attacks Pressed by Bulgarian-Supported Revolt
In Olchrida region thirty villages with about 3000 men rise under bishop and bands, surround Turkish detachments in the mountains north of Okhri, and cut a road bridge between Adrianople and an eastern port. Mustapha Pacha accused of directing revolutionary acts. unrest affects Itrovian and Pristina areas and concerns palace and embassy thresholds.
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Ollielalade Monastir
Olchrida
Wiity
Seris
Okhri
Consid
Mustaphia Pacha
Mittee
Adrainople
Itrovian
Pristina
Mitrov Imer
Aged Woman Jumps From Second Story in Henry Street Fire
A six story tenement fire on Henry Street in New York injures several residents and kills at least one person. A 60 year old woman, Mrs Greenfield, leaped from the second floor and was badly hurt after being knocked by a fireman. A fireman was severely injured while evacuating a woman and child from a ladder.
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New York
Henry Street
All Fools' Day Prank Ends in Serious Injury
New York April 3 A prank on April Fools Day left fourteen year old George Wallace mortally wounded after a blow fractured his skull. Wallace watched boys tying tin cans to coats when a man accused him of mischief and struck him. Seventeen year old William Bagley was arrested charged with assault after claiming Wallace threw a brick at him.
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New York
George Wallace
Wallace
Wiliam Bagley
Wallace Bagley
British Victory In Somaliland Clash Leaves Twenty Seven Africans Dead
British forces in Somaliland clashed with an opposing column near Damot on March 29. The engagement resulted in twenty seven enemy fatalities and many wounded, with no British casualties reported. The report notes a prior British kill count of 1400 camels and captures in related actions, amid broader continued operations in the region.
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Aden
Arabia
Somaliland
East Afria
Damot
Bye
News in Brief from Various Locations
A roundup of regional items: H B Esher of Chicago, a Yale student, died by suicide in New York. Lowell mills shut for a anticipated strike. Floyd White of Oklahoma City died in Manila hospital. Remains will be sent home. Dr W W Campbell, Cherokee nation doctor, died at Wagoner. A rich iron ore deposit found near Davis. Indian Territory to see new military company organization. Canteloupes to be planted around Stephenville. W V McKean longtime editor of Philadelphia Public Ledger dies. Cattle shipped from San Angelo. Fifteen divorces granted at Paris Texas. British plan to ship cattle from Texas to South Africa. J P Crouch gored but survives near McKinney. Dik Wells shot dead near Snyder. Three Chambers brothers arrested.
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H. B. Esher
Chicago
Yale
Manhattan
New York
Lowell
Mass
Floyd White
Oklahoma City
Manila
W. W. Campbell
Wagoner
I. T
Davis
Texas Midland Railway
Terrell
Tex
War Department
Indian Territory
Stephenville
W. V. McKean
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Bells
Grayson County
Texas
C. C. Mitchell
New Boston
Johnson County
San Angelo
Paris
South Africa
J. P. Crouch
McKinney
Snyder
Dik Wells
Chambers Brothers
Local City Secretary and Marshal Races Held in April
The Eagle lists candidates including A. L. Dunnica for City Secretary and A. M. Spell for re election. W J Roberts and T. P Boyett are named for City Marshal with April elections. Possible alderman race indicated with Y Roger Boyle as candidate.
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A. M. Spell
Bryan
The
Eagle
W. J. Roberts
T. P. Boyettate
Shelburne
Bryan ii
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