Real Estate Listings Include Homes and Acreage Near Allen Academy
Property notes describe South half block near Allen Academy at $550, about 1.25 acres near a schoolhouse in the southeast town area with a small cottage and tenant house. Other listings mention six room houses with lots on the west side, a brick cistern, N B Cole home place with two and a half lots, and a Brazos Bottom farm of 800 acres at $20 per acre with tract sales. Also listed are the Ed Pochila place with two lots and a large two story residence and other city properties for sale.
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Allen Academy
N. B. Cole
Brazos Bottom
Otto Boehme
Ed Pochila
Congress Adopts War Revenue Bill and Chinese Exclusion Measure
In Washington on Monday the House passed the Chinese exclusion bill after amendments, re enacting existing exclusion laws and extending them to the Philippines and U S possessions. A conference report on the war revenue tax repeal was adopted and sent to the White House. Bills for bank charters extension, court clerks in Wilmington, and preservation of graves in D C also gained approval.
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Washington
House
Philippines
United States
Philippines Commission
White House
Fowler
New Jersey
Senate
Berry
Arkansas
Bacon
Georgia
Pettus
Alabama
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Allison
Iowa
Spooner
Wisconsin
Simmons
North Carolina
Seame
Wilmington
N. C
District of Columbia
Roan Granted Ten Day Reprieve for Rape Case
The governor reprieved John Roan for ten days beyond today’s execution at Marin to allow further investigation, following a request from the court of criminal appeals judges seeking commutation of his death sentence for rape.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
John Roan
Marlin
Roan
Health officer returns on smallpox cases in Texas
State Health Officer Tabor reports from Clarksville finding 23 smallpox cases in the post camp with one likely fatality. He estimates Texas costs to eradicate the disease will exceed $500,000.
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Austin
Tabor
Clarksville
Texas
Light Ohio Municipal Elections Show Divided Results
Ohio municipalities and townships posted light voter turnout with mixed wins. Cincinnati defeated Probate Judge W. H. Jackson. Toledo elected its Republican ticket. Cleveland favored Democrat Caldwell with large school board margins. Columbus re elected Republican clerks and council. Dayton and Findlay swung Democratic. Youngstown and Hamilton saw mixed outcomes with Republicans retaining control in several councils. Steubenville reported a Republican landslide.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
W. H. Jackson
Howard Ferris
Toledo
Cleveland
Caldwallader
Sargent
Columbus
Edward C. Frans
T. D. Andrews
Justice of the Peace
Dayton
C. A. Snyder
John Floteron
Findlay
Metcalf
George
Youngstown
Frank L. Brown
B. M. Campbell
Council
Board of Education
Hamilton
Sandusky
Mansfield
Xenia
Wooster
Steubenville
Fargo Mayor Jones Defeated by Business Candidate W D Sweet
In North Dakota municipal elections, Fargo saw a key upset as Mayor Jones a Republican serving a fourth term lost to W D Sweet the business men's candidate. Johnson's defeat reflected party rifts and a strong showing by the Social Democratic candidate.
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St. Paul
North Dakota
Fargo
Jones
W. D. Sweet
Johnson
Social Democratic
Helena Election Sees Republicans Sweep City Ticket
Helena Montana April 8 Republicans elect entire city ticket by 150 to 300 majority except two aldermen. F J Edwards re-elected mayor. Butte Democrats win six of eight wards with Republicans and labor each taking one. Anaconda Democrats win five of six wards.
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Helena
Mont
F. J. Edwards
Butte
Anaconda
Hartford Labor Wins Mayor Victory in Connecticut City
In Hartford on April 7 organized labor secured the mayoral nomination and won the election with Ignatius A. Sullivan, a clothing store clerk, gaining the unions solid vote. Republican Major William B. Dwight led the opposition and Republicans captured a council majority.
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Hartford
Conn
Bridgeport
Ansonia
Ignatius A. Sullivan
Wm. B. Dwight
Common Council
Michigan Elections Show Local Focus Across Cities
Detroit reports low turnout with few statewide issues. In Grand Rapids Republicans win all city tickets amid water supply concerns. Battle Creek makes history as the first socialists elected aldermen in wards one and two.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Rapids
Battle Creek
Augusta Mill Strike Holds Steady As Leaders Vow Fight
Augusta GA April 8 The strike of mill operatives remains unchanged. The Manufactures association met last night and resolved to fight to the end. No movement in Augusta or House Creek Valley within a day.
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Augusta
Manufactures Association
House Creek Valley
Washington merger case to be argued next Monday
The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear Washington state’s bid to take jurisdiction over the Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger. The argument is set for next Monday in the case challenging antitrust and railroad consolidation.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
State of Washington
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Cotton Belt to Move Headquarters to Texarkana
Cotton Belt announces relocation of headquarters from Tyler to Texarkana, Texas. Fort Worth operations note only the general freight and general passenger offices will likely stay in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cotton Belt
Texarkana
Tyler
San Francisco Horseman Stricken With Smallpox
Green B. Morris, a well known horseman, is ill with smallpox and confined in the city pest house. The case is described as mild.
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San Francisco
Green B. Morris
Tree Fatally Falls on Farmer Near Gainesville
Bud Williams, 45, a wealthy farmer living 15 miles southwest of Gainesville Texas, was killed when a timber tree fell on him while he was working in the woods. The accident occurred in the timber land near his residence. Authorities investigated the scene to determine the cause of the mishap and whether safety precautions were observed.
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Gainesville
Tex
Bud Williams
Judge Robnett appointed to succeed Bradford in Ardmore
Judge Townsend nominates T N Robnett of Pauls Valley as United States commissioner to replace the late Judge S B Bradford in Ardmore Tex April 7.
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Ardmore
Tex
T. N. Robnett
Pauls Valley
Townsend
United States
S. B. Bradford
New Guns Sent to Far East for 19 Batteries
St Petersburg reports that in the past several days new guns for 19 batteries have been dispatched to the far east.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Backbones Removed and Potent News From Across States
A New York woman had eight inches of her backbone removed to extract a tumor and will recover. Clergy and lay leaders voyage to Rome to congratulate the pope on his silver jubilee. John Morley, a New York painter, fell seventy feet into a pond and is expected to recover. Oscar DeCamp Taylor, a Union veteran, killed himself in New York. poverty cited as cause. Missouri boasts the nation’s youngest teacher at age twelve. A Cote Sandessein, Missouri man, Joe A. Deering, refused 300 for a Cremona violin from 1665. Oklahoma plans to lead with new potatoes. one county plants 5400 acres. A Wellington Kansas, railroad dispute ends with Ed Robbins killing John H. Ott. Dr. Alexander McCoy, 79, the oldest physician in Tazewell county, died in Pekin. Arthur Hutchinson, crushed by a freight train at Metropolis Illinois, died from injuries.
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New York
Rome
John Morley
Oscar DeCamp Taylor
Missouri
United States
Joe A. Deering
Cote Sandessein
Oklahoma
John H. Ott
Ed Robbins
Wellington
Kan
Ott
Alexander McCoy
Tazewell County
Pekin
Arthur Hutchinson
Metropolis,i
British Atrocities Report On Boer War Camps
The Boer bureau releases a January report from Gen Delarey to Mr. Kruger with Ferriera countersignature noting alleged British atrocities. It claims women were used as screens around camps and cites killings of wounded prisoners and women. Delarey cites personal losses and lists corroborating affidavits by Vandermerwen.
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Amsterdam
Delarey
Kruger
Entius Ferriera
Boycott Ruling Declares It Illegal In Pa Court
Wilkesbarre April 8 Judge Ferris delivers a landmark decision in a boycott case. J E Patterson & Co refused wage demands last June, triggering a building trades council boycott. Court grants permanent injunction, holding the boycott destroys personal liberty and undermines social order and government.
Robbery attempt on Ross avenue ends with shooting
Jacob Burkhart, attacked by three robbers on Ross avenue early Monday, was shot in the right leg. He struck one assailant, but another fired a pistol. The wound is not serious, and the robbers fled as bystanders joined the scene.
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Dallas
Ross Avenue
Jacob Burkhart
Roosevelt to appoint Waller to new federal district judgeship
G J Barlow of McKinney says President Roosevelt told him he would appoint Hon Waller to the judgeship of the new federal district. Barlow, who sought the McKinney post office, praises the president as unostentatious and direct in conversation.
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McKinney
Tex
G. J. Barlow
Washington
Barlow
Roosevelt
Waller
Federal District
McKinney Post Office
Man Found Fatally Injured Near Dallas on Rockwall Road
Kirby Orr discovered a man named Williams dying on the public road about four miles north of Dallas on the Rockwall road near the old Houston place. Williams died shortly after, and authorities believe he was murdered.
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Dallas
Kirby Orr
Williams
Rockwall Road
Old Houston Place
Orr
Smallpox Case Budgets Court Docket At South McAlester Jail
A well developed case of smallpox in the United States jail at South McAlester may force a major docket change for the term starting April 21. About 150 prisoners exposed to the disease are to be tried, but the jail lacks segregation, causing inmates to mingle indiscriminately.
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South McAlester
I. T
United States
Lone Wolf Case Advanced Opens Kiowa Apache Reservation Issue
The United States Supreme Court granted the motion to advance Lone Wolf vs. Secretary Hitchcock and set a hearing for October 20. The dispute centers on the legality of the procedure used to open Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations in Oklahoma last summer.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Lone Wolf
Hitchcock
Oklahoma
No Fight Planned for Jeffries Fitzsimmons Bout in South Carolina
Charleston promoters have not asked Governor McSweeney about scheduling the Jeffries Fitzsimmons bout. He remarked unofficially Monday that the fight is unlikely to occur in South Carolina.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Charleston
McSweeney
Georgia Lawmaker Fatally Shoots Man in Bar Fight
Special from Goffin Ga reports Hon James Flynt Spalding County representative in the legislature shot Butler Henderson in Columbus after Henderson fired two shots at Flynt striking chest and abdomen. Political motives cited.
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Columbus
Goffin
James Flynt
Spalding
Butler Henderson
Henderson
Flynt
Politica
Italian anarchist Enrico Malatesta jailed for five months
Rome reports Enrico Malatesta an Italian anarchist was sentenced to five months imprisonment by a court for contempt on account of articles praising the murder of President McKinley. They appeared in an anarchist newspaper.
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Rome
Enrico Malatesta
McKinley
Boy Drowns While Swimming Near Mexia Texas
Paris Tex April 8 The 17 year old son of T H McGregor who moved from Arkansas to this county was drowned in Saunders creek near his home two miles northwest of Mexia He tried to swim across fully clothed.
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Paris
Tex
T. H. McGregor
Arkansas
Saunders Creek
Mexia
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Brazos County
Galveston
A. H. Belo & CO
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Bryan
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Supr
H. B. Dorsey
Prop
Exchange Hotel
City Market
John W. Hicks
Montana
Michigan
Cotton Bell Headquarters
Turfman
Bradford
Guna
Orient
Heghwaymer
Pures
Jalil
Pacific
Essunset Routesas
Gaifornia
Southern Pacific
M. L. Robbins
Gen. Pass
TicketAg
Houston
Texas Central
S. F. B. Morse
Tras
Mgr
Dallas, Austin, Waco, FT. Worth
Denison
T. J. Anderson
Corsicana
Tkt. Agt
Carrizo Springs
Washington and
Burleson Streets
Baptist Church
Border
Tyler Haswell
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Bryan Eagle
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