Local property listings with varied town plots and farms
South half of block near Allen Academy priced at 550 dollars for about 1.25 acres near the schoolhouse in the southeast. A small new cottage tenant house and well on site priced at 1000 dollars. Six room house with two lots on the west side near Main Street priced at 1250. N B Cole home place two and a half lots with a six room house well improved priced at 1600. A 300 acre Brazos Bottom farm priced 20 dollars per acre with options to sell in small tracts. 75 feet front on Railroad steel from Otto Boehme property. Ed Pochila place two lots with a large two story residence plus other city property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Academy
N. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom Farm
Otto Boehme
Ed Pochila
Desperate Battle in Alabama as Sheriff Is Wounded
Sheriff Charles Gassaway and Deputy Will Gassaway are wounded in a gunfight at a negro settlement in Tuscumbia on April 7. Will Reynolds, the suspect, is killed after a siege and house burnings as a crowd aids in the capture. multiple residents die or are injured.
Sheriff Charles Gassoway Dies From Wounds After Wild West Shootout
Tuscumbia Alabama reports Sheriff Charles Gassoway and eight officers, shot by Will Reynolds during an attempted arrest, died of their wounds. Pat Prout and Jesse Davis also died, Will Gassoway is barely alive, Payne cannot survive, Finney's wound is slight. News of a Florence killing linked to the desperado's supporters reaches the area as excitement remains high.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Charles Gassoway
Will Reynolds
Pat Prout
Jesse Davis
Will Gassoway
Payne
Finney
Florence
Destructive North Prattville Storm Rips Valley
A Prattville Delta county storm Saturday night caused extensive property damage with no fatalities. The rain and hail lasted about 20 minutes along an eight mile path from Prattville to Paolo, touching Lake Creek. Two foot deep hail covered the ground.
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Paris
Tex
Paris Daily Advocate
Prattville
Delta County
Paolo
Lake Creek
Parises Miss Sue Clay to wed Dr Goodman of London England
Paris Ky April 7 Announcement is made of the approaching marriage of Miss Sue Clay daughter of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr and niece of Henry Clay to Dr Goodman of London England The wedding will be at the mansion Au vergne near Paris on April 22 Dr Goodman will arrive April 14 from Cairo Egypt where he is corps surgeon in the English army The couple met in England two years ago when Miss Clay was visiting and fell in love at first sight.
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Paris
Sue Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr
Henry Clay
Goorman
London
England
Auvergne
Goodman
Cairo
Egypt
Miss Clay
Dr. Goodman
Episcopal Bishops to Meet in Cincinnati April 16
In Cincinnati on April 7 news that sixty of the eighty or more Episcopal bishops are expected for the house of bishops meeting opening April 16 and continuing through the week.
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Galveston
Episcopal
Cincinnati
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Relief for Boers Funds Sent to Roosevelt
Illinois citizens report a $5000 certified check to Roosevelt, sent March 28 by Governor Yates appointed relief committee for Boer women and children in South Africa. The money was forwarded to Cape Town via the U S consul general. The committee plans a broader drive to collect checks of $1 payable to Theodore Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
Roosevelt
Yates
South Africa
Hay
Peter van Vlissingin
Illinois Committee
United States
Cape Town
Theodore Roosevelt
Numerous Texas incidents and regional notices noted in brief
Byron Sperry of Winnebago Minn died from injuries after a Houston collision. A stranger named Williams was shot and killed in Holly. Corpus Christi’s mayor O C G Loven is critically ill after reelection. Denmark ships 30 million dollars of butter to England annually. The Bonner daughter of Gilmer was fatally burned. Cleburne seeks a canning factory. Mollie Barckley of Sulphur Springs died in a morphine crisis. An unidentified man was run over near Alexander. Governor Sayers won’t intervene in John Roan’s hanging case. A 28 foot wide gold vein opened in Taos County. Mayor Harrison of Chicago plans retirement for a poultry farm. Ohio and Michigan hold municipal elections. San Antonio’s William Mueller died of hydrophobia after a dog bite. Forty vessels missing at Yokohama. Marquette faces blizzard. Andrew Operask at Fontanet dies by suicide. Houston council injunction blocks $8400 for plans for a $300,000 city hall. Cudahy Packing buys Port Arthur property for cold storage export. New settlers arrive in Dewitt County. Texas Beekeepers elect Graham president and Hunter secretary. Dallas hosts Horticultural meeting for St. Louis World’s Fair. C L Potter withdraws from Congress race. Jane G Alexander dies in Houston at 78. Pekin’s Louis Trinkaus dies at 69. wartime cavalry veteran.
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O. CG. Loven
Corpus Christi
Tex
Denmark
North Carolina
England
John A. Bonner
Gilmer
Cleburne
Mollie Barckley
Sulphur Springs
Alexander
Sayers
John Roan
Marlin
Taos County
New Mexico
Harrison
Chicago
Ill
Ohio
Michigan
William Mueller
San Antonis
Texas
Yokohama
Japan
Marquette
Mich
Andrew Operask
Fontanet
Ind
Houston
Cudahy Packing Company
Port Arthur
Dewitt County
Missouri
Kansas
Texas Beekeepers’ Association
Greenville
W. R. Graham
J. N. Hunter
Texas Horticultural Society
Dallas
St. Louis
C. L. Potter
Gainesville
John H. Stephens
Jane G. Alexander
Louis Trinkaus
Pekin
Wead
Illinois Cavalry
Arthur
Senate Faces Bills on Exclusion Philippines and Cuba
Washington reports urgency on the Chinese exclusion bill as the senate prepares to take up the Philippines government bill with expected lengthy debate over self government land issues and franchise provisions. Minority leaders plan two to three weeks of speeches while Cuban reciprocity faces stiff resistance and oleomargarine conference likely this week.
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Washington
Friends of the
Senate
Philippines
Lodge
The
House Debates Cuban Reciprocity And China Exclusion
In Washington April 7 the battle over Cuban reciprocity and the Payne bill frames House action this week. Opposition within Republicans and divisions among Democrats shape prospects for passage. The Chinese exclusion bill faces a final vote with party lines solid, while amendments may align it with a more drastic minority substitute.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Cuba
Boer peace talks slow due to distance from leaders
From Kroonstad on April 7 the Transvaal mission reports slow progress in negotiations with General Delarey and Mr. Steyn. The distance between leaders hinders talks, and Schalkburger and his colleagues are expected to depart for a more convenient center to resume negotiations.
Cornerstone Ceremony at St Basilio College for Boys
The College of St Basilio in Waco Texas hosted a cornerstone celebration on Sunday with Rt. Rev. N A Gallagher bishop of Galveston presiding. Father Clancy and local clergy spoke joined by Mayor Riggins and prominent Catholic Knights of America members. A large crowd attended.
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Catholic School For Boys
Waco
Tex
College of St. Basilio
N. A. Gallagher
Galveston
Father Clancy
Riggins
Catholic Knights of America
Fire attempt damages Bridgeport restaurant built by Jones
An arson attempt occurred Sunday at 4 o'clock in Bridgeport to burn the rear of a frame building housing David Jones’s property and John Coleman’s restaurant. A nearby cook raised the alarm and firefighters contained the blaze before serious damage.
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Bridgeport
Tex
David Jones
John Coleman
President Heads to Charleston Exposition Visit
This afternoon the president and a party of friends departed Washington by the Southern railway for a visit to the Charleston exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charleston Exposition
Southern Railway
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E. C. DeWitt & Co
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
A. H. Belo & CO
AVING
Gassaway
Winchester
Will Gassaway
Simpson
Wheeler Rifles
Jones
Wallace
Davis
Prout
Reynolds
Ft. Reno
Sheffield
Charles Gassaway
P. A. Peanut
Hugh Jones
Jim Finney
Robert Patterson
Bob Wallace
W. A. Watkins
Bryan
H. B. Dorsey
Exchange Hotel
City Market
John W. Hicks
Miss Sue Clay
Lawton
Groesbeck
Lindsey Williams
Navasota
Byron Sperry
Winnebago
Minn
Holly
Williams
Congress
Steyn
Charleston
Pacific
Gssunset Routhe4
Gaifornia
New York
EAGT
Southern Pacific
Morse
M. L. Robbins
Gen. Passe
TicketAg
Texas Central
S. F. B. Morse
Pays. Traf
Mgr
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
T. J. Anderson
Denison
Houston, Corsicana
Gen. Pass
Mrs. Proctor
Washington and
Burleson Streets
Sax
Baptist Church
Bryan, Texas
Border
Tyler Haswell
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