Abstract Books for Byazos County Land Sales For Sale
Auction-style notices list multiple properties near the courthouse and Allen Academy including 105 acres with 25 cultivated, pasture, fenced. a cottage and tenant house with a six-room house on Main Street. lots near schoolhouse. a brick cistern property. 18 acres with a 4-room house. 4-room houses with wells and outbuildings. rents and prices ranging from 250 to 50000 dollars with easy terms.
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Court House
School House
Partstown
Main Street
Allen
Allen Academy
News From New Orleans On Saturday Gales Damage Levees
The city reported a strong gale along the river Friday night causing probable levee damage. No new breaks on the Louisiana line were recorded. Weather cooled after the wind subsided and the sky cleared. Government gauge read 20.1, down 0.1. Hymelia work halted briefly Friday night but later resumed.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Line
Hymelia
Presbytery condemns football baseball and basketball
In Lexington Missouri on April 4 the Lexington presbytery adopted resolutions condemning football as brutal and objecting to inter collegiate baseball and basketball as inviting gambling. The actions are to be sent to the Presbyterian synod with expectations of adoption. In New Mexico a rear end Santa Fe line collision at Guadalupe Station killed brake man Munger and seriously injured three others. Ten freight cars burned with contents after a sandstorm caused the wreck.
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Lexington
Nevada
Presbyterian Synod
Missouri
Santa Rosa, N. M
Guadalupe Station
Santa Fe Road
Munger
Haitian Cabinet Resigns Over Senate Censure
The Haytien cabinet resigns after the senate passes a vote of censure against ministers for not acting against those responsible for March 30 rifle fire that interrupted the chamber of deputies. Reports say some ministers were implicated in the disturbance.
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Haytien
Port Au Prince
Hayi
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Bank Robbery at Leger Targets $8,000 Cash
Lawton Oklahoma dispatch reports Leger Bank officials say three men robbed the bank and fatally shot a citizen before escaping. About $8,000 in currency was taken, with a large Sedian Payment due and the funds believed to be in the bank.
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Chicago
Tribune
Lawton
Okla
Leger
Storm Drives Cleveland Temperatures Down Forty-Seven Degrees
A fierce April storm in northern Ohio caused widespread damage to wires and rail services. Lake Erie rose in ferocity while rain turned to snow and the temperature plummeted forty-seven degrees in thirty six hours. Railroad traffic was disrupted.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Notable Local News Fragments From Various Cities
Reports include King Edward’s planned Rome visit, three balloonists injured in Buda Pesth, Mrs. McKinley’s Canton escape from a runaway, and John McQuade long-time Tammany treasurer passing in New York. Clara Goodwin from Grand Tower Illinois shot herself in East St. Louis. Judge Don A. Chamberlin and Belton Texas politics referenced amid uncertain details.
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Edward
Rome
Buda Pesth
McKinley
Canton
John McQuade
Tammany
New York
Clara Goodwin
Grand Tower
Til
East St. Louis
Don A. Chamberlin
Belton
Tex
Texas
Foraker Finishes Argument in Railway Company Case
Senator J B Foraker closed his argument in the Talbot J Taylor & Co v Southern Pacific and Union Pacific case before the U S circuit court in Nashville Tennessee The judge will file a decision in Louisville Kentucky Monday The matter centers on restraining voting of Southern Pacific stock at the annual meeting and the two lines alleged competition toward centralization and monopoly The closing included an affidavit from Kenneth G White detailing SP operations mid 1902 to early 1903.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. B. Foraker
Talbot J. Taylor & Co
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Railway Companies
United States Circuit Court
Lorton
Louisville
Juseph B. Foraker
Western Kentucky
Foraker
Union Pacific
Kenneth G. White
Milwaukee's Guest Roosevelt Delivers Trust Views at Banquet
President Roosevelt attended a Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers association banquet at the Plankinton hotel during a ten hour visit. Quarles sat to his right and E A Wadhams acted as toastmaster as twelve tables formed a long banquet setup. Roosevelt spoke on trusts after the toast and later addressed the public at the exposition.
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Reeevelt Wee
Milwaukee Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Asociation
Wadhams
Roosevelt
United States
Turner’s Star in Gemini Brightens at Oxford Discovery
W W Campbell of Lick Observatory reports sighting a new star discovered by Turner in Oxford England within Gemini. The visual magnitude is about 8.2 with photographic brightness higher, hydrogen lines mark the spectrum, and the star may evolve toward a nebula in weeks or months. Position given as 6h37m48s, declination 0.03.
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Gemini
San Jose
Cal
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Turner
Oxford
Eng
Italian prince wins big at Monte Carlo roulette
The Marchese Carlo di Rudini son of a former Italian premier broke the bank at Monte Carlo during a recent play, winning at least $40,000, according to The Herald's Paris correspondent.
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Bank
New York
Marchese Carlo di Rudini
Sensation at Rusk Former Agent Busby Charged
Former Rusk financial agent Busby faced formal charges of misapplication of funds as prosecutors in Rusk County accuse him of mishandling client assets. Local authorities confirmed the case file and set court dates pending further action.
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Busby
Shortage at Texas penitentiary sparks DA probe
Rusk Texas April 4 district attorney Imboden says a penitentiary funds shortage may be substantial though not yet fixed at one hundred thousand dollars. Investigators pursue A L Busby on charges of fraudulent misapplication and conversion of state funds as Wortham Baker and others seek missing books and merchandise.
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Rusk
Tex
Wortham
Baker
Imboden
al Busby
Summers
Houston
Busby
Galveston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin
el Paso
Laredo
Gatesville
Ransom Hanged in Georgetown Texas for Murder
Georgetown Texas April 4 sheriff Sam Connell hanged John Ransom for murder. Ransom died within fourteen minutes of the trapdoor. He was buried at the county farm. Also notes Uncle Jim Forrester, ex slave, dies in Denton. Land Commissioner Terrell says land forfeiture list will publish by May 1 with under 500 names.
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Georgetown
Tex
Sam Connell
John Ransom
Joan Ransom
District Court
Wesley Rucker
Tet Palmer
Circleville
Ransom
Denton
Jim Forrester
Austin
Terrell
Duel Between Reed and Gilly Over Dog in Muskogee
Arthur Reed and Jack Gilly exchanged gunfire after Reed killed Gilly’s dog. Reed was wounded in the leg while on horseback and a bullet hit the horse’s shoulder. Gilly was struck and vanished into the dark.
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Muskogee
I. T
Arthur Reed
Jack Gilly
Reed
Gilly
White Man Shot in Caddo. Suspect Arrested
In Caddo Indian Territory on April 4 Frank Ray a white man was shot in the wrist and bowels Rena Clinton a Negro woman was arrested in connection with the incident.
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Caddo
I. T
Frank Ray
Rena Clinton
Scouts Defeat Ladrones Near Idan in Cavite
A mixed force of 175 scouts and constabulary defeated 200 Ladrones in two clashes near Idan Cavite, April 4. Seven enemies were killed and twelve wounded while government troops reported no casualties.
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Manila
Idan
Cavite
French Steamers Burgundia and Notre Dame Du Salut Arrive
The ministry marine received a dispatch from St Pierre announcing the safe arrival of the overdue steamers Burgundia and Notre Dame Du Salut from St Mato with about 300 passengers aboard.
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Paris
Ministry Marine
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Burgundia
St. Mato
France
Egeh
Clara Morris in Deteriorating Health in Yonkers
Yonkers April 4 Clara Morris suffered another sinking spell and there is no hope of her immediate recovery as doctors report her condition remains grave and unstable.
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Clara Morris
Yonkers
N. Y
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Zach Tally
Will E
Geo. W. Smith
East City National Bank
Simmons & Geue
E. O. Dewitt & CO
Dorsey & Belmont
Props
Milwaukee
Markey
Rilkisty
The
City National Bank
En Hall
Albert W. Wilkerson
James & Hart
Landreth
Carden
Haswell
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Ad Bryan
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Mrs. Boehme
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