Governor weighs unsigned sheriff bill as 68 acts remain
Austin dispatch notes 27th legislature rush of bills with 68 still pending approval. Governor signs measures on supreme court action, civil appeals conclusions, costs and mandates, and grants Fort Worth a new city charter. Also reports on court reversals and local legal actions across Texas towns.
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Austin
Fie
House
Senate
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Fort Worth
Pigeons Slaughter Spurs New York Humane Legislation
Albany reports a bill drafted by William Dutcher and Ralph Waldo Trine of the American Humane Society to criminalize pigeon shooting for amusement or marksmanship. The proposal repeals a loophole allowing clubs to practice on pigeons and would curb Interstate Association of Marksmen slaughter. Assemblyman Bennett and Senator Slater will introduce it. Dutcher and Trine secured the governor's backing amid rush toward adjournment.
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Albany
Interstate Park
William Dutcher
Ralph Waldo Trine
Americani Humane Society
Interstate Association of Marksmen
Bennett
Slater
New York
Dutcher
Trine
Glasgow to buy American rails and fishplates for city railways
Scottish municipal committee awards a large Glasgow rail contract to Lorain Steel of Ohio for 3450 tons of rails and 150 tons of fishplates at 32 dollars per ton for straight rails 34 dollars for fishplates. Value about 110700 dollars. Nine tenths of first equipment purchased in the United States. Also brief legal note on a Florida roulette bet case and a Denver Rio Grande consolidation plan.
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New York
Scotland
Glasgow
American Steel Company
Municipal Street Railway of
United States
Great Britain
Lorain Steel Company of
Ohio
Denver and Rio Grande board to run consolidated line
Severe snowstorm in Colorado and Wyoming blankets the plains with 1 to 2 feet of wet snow. Rail traffic is heavily delayed as storms intensify across the region. El Paso reports the suicide of Mrs James Milliken, 50, an longtime resident, after months of despondency. Ardmore suffers a fire that destroys the First Colored Methodist church with losses around 1000 dollars.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
el Paso
Tex
James Milliken
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