Four new affidavits admitted for Patrick case
In Behalf of Patrick, New York, April 12 four new affidavits were admitted. Witnesses Annie B. Wright and John R. Giesberg testified about meetings with Jones and Houston Mayor H Baldwin Rice in 1904 and on a Houston street car. Deputy Robert Adams identified an affidavit about a conversation with Lafayette Jones. The hearing adjourned until April 23.
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Patrick
New York
A. T. Patrick
Annie B. Wright
Cedar Bayou
Texas
Jones
H. Baldwin Rice
Houston
Ahe
Rice
John R. Giesberg
Mayor Rice
Robert Adams
Galveston County
Lafayette Jones
Charles F. Jones
Olcott
Goess to Paris Courtesy Extended to Mexican Financier
Hon. Jose Ives Limantour, Mexico’s finance minister, travels in private car Hidalgo with family en route to Paris aboard the northbound St. Louis Mexico special. He reports prosperity in Mexico and praise for the new monetary system during a six month vacation after years of arduous reform. In Coffeyville, Kansas, C. B. Jewell, once a rainmaker candidate, dies at age after fifteen years of chasing rainfall schemes.
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Laredo
Jose Ives Limantour
Mexico
Hidalgo
St. Louis Mexico
Paris
Briefs from Texas and Oklahoma reflecting local growth and incidents
Alvarado Texas will gain a new compress while Texarkana plans a Japanese fete on May 15. Nubia near Merkel reports a bank capital of 15000 dollars. Shawnee Oklahoma notes uninsured fruit in the area. Tulsa field adds another oil well. Delaware Indians receive 112000 dollars to be paid to 1100 recipients. Ed Lacy dies near Seiling from accidental gun discharge. Shawnee merchants form the Merchants' League and Credit Association. Grayson County growers report two thirds frost damage to Elberta peaches.
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Alvarado
Tex
Texarkana
Nubia
Merkel
Oklahoma
Tulsa
I. T
Ed Lacy
Seiling
Okla
Shawnee
Merchants’ League and Credit Association
Grayson County Truck and Fruit Growers’ Association
Bailey Dead Noted Showman Dies at Mount Vernon
New York April 12 James A Bailey died at his Mount Vernon home from erysipelas at age fifty nine He was a famed showman and in recent years the managing director of the Barnum Bailey show His life was spent in the circus business and he joined P T Barnum in 1889 becoming a key director as major circuses consolidated under him.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y New York
James A. Bailey
Bailey
America
Europe
Barnum & Bailey Show
P. T. Barnum
Basis for Union of Presbyterian Denominations Proposed
The committee on union of the United Presbyterian church in session here has drafted a basis for joining with the Associate Reformed church of the South. It will be submitted to the Southern church union committee, then to the United Presbyterian general assembly next month in Pittsburg.
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Committee of
Southern Church
Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Church of the South
General Assembly of the
Gorky Dinner Aids Russian Revolt Fund Raising
Russian novelist Maxim Gorky dinner guest list included Mark Twain at Narodny home in New York. Gorky, via an interpreter, urged revolution and stated his mission was to raise money to support the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maxim Gorky
Immense steel plant planned for Tacoma
Tacoma announces a five million dollar steel plant to be built by the company, with a railroad to coal lands it owns and a workforce of about five thousand. The Ledger cites the project as a major industrial investment for the city.
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Tacoma
Wash
Steel Company
Hoppe Wins Fifth Game In Billiards Championship
Willie Hoppe, holder of the world title, defeated Albert G. Cutler of Boston in the fifth game to take the measure in Madison Square Garden. The New York match report notes Hoppe’s continued dominance as the world championship heads toward the later rounds.
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New York
Willie Hoppe
Billiards
Albert G. Cutler
Boston
Madison Square Garden
One Vast Sahara Describes Vesuvius District After Ashfall
Naples dispatch reports the Vesuvius district including Naples Caserta and Castellamare as a vast Sahara of ashes. The ash is lighter but widespread with rail service disrupted and stations crowded. Homes and galleries are closed and candles mark sacred images while troops clear roofs and refugees are moved from Torre del Greco and Torre Annunziata.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Caserta
Castellamare
Torre del Gresco
Torre Annunziata
Settlement Hinted In Christian Catholic Church Rift
After a day of talks in Chicago and Zion City the opposing Christian Catholic church factions signaled a likely conciliation. Attorney Emil Wetten said both sides seek an amicable adjustment as Dowie and officials confer with General Overseer Barnes and Voliva's team.
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Chicago
Emil C. Wetten
John Alexander
Dowie
Mr. Wetten
Zion City
Barnes
Attorney Wetten
Voliva
Southern Baseball League Opens Championship With Crowd
Four thousand fans filled Piedmont Park Atlanta for the opener as Atlanta beat Montgomery 7 6 after a dramatic ninth inning rally. In Birmingham the locals defeated Nashville 3 0 to take the first game of the series.
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Atlanta
Piedmont Park
Montgomery
Raymond
Birmingham
Nashville
Norcross Dies in Chihuahua Jail After Train Robbery
El Paso April 12. John Norcross leader of the band that attacked the Dolores treasure train died in Chihuahua jail from wounds received before capture. Embarkation Begins. Tein Tsin April 12. The embarkation of German troops from Pekin commenced this morning.
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Norcross
el Paso
John Norcross
Dolores
Chihuahua
Tein Tsin
Pekin
Greene and Gaynor Found Guilty in Savannah Trial
In Savannah Georgia on April 12 Greene and Gaynor were found guilty on all three indictments for conspiracy to defraud the government and embezzlement connected with government engineering work. Judge Speer granted a recess to Friday morning to pronounce sentence after a trial that spanned about thirteen and a half weeks. The defendants fled to Canada after extradition battles in New York. Captain Oberlin M. Carter of the engineer corps faced court martial and received a five year term of imprisonment and disciplinary discharge.
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Greene
Gaynor
Savannah
Con.tracy
Speer
Worng
New York
Canada
Captin Oberlin M. Carter
Engineer Corps
Greene and Gaynor
Methodist preacher overcomes mental turmoil ends life in jail
In Hillsboro Texas on April 12 Rev. B F Badgett a Methodist preacher with a long service record in Whitney Cleburne and Itasca died by hanging in his jail cell after becoming violently insane at his farm home Private troubles were cited as the cause of his mental breakdown Sheriff Satterfield organized his removal to town and the jail where authorities found him deceased hanging from a cell bar by a blanket.
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Hillsboro
Tex
Satterfield
Covington
B. F. Badgett
Mr. Badgett
Whitney
Cleburne
Itasca
Dowie Rejects Impending Compromise with Voliva
John Alexander Dowie denies reports of a settlement with Overseer Voliva and followers. He orders followers to deny any compromise and says he will pursue legal action to reclaim his Zion property. Dowie’s attorney notes potential noncourt adjustment but provides no formal change.
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Dowie
Voliva
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion Church
E. Wettin
Downe
Evangelsit's Wife Attempts Suicide in Crowder City
In Crowder City Mrs John Pruitt wife of a traveling evangelist drank carbolic acid over her husband’s continued absence. The preacher learned of her death and attended the funeral. Afterward he took a bottle labeled arsenic but was saved by medical aid. The woman and several children lived in a tent all winter.
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South McAlester
Crowder City
Here
John Pruitt
Tax Commission to Hear Complaints on Intangible Tax
Corporations in Texas including interurban lines packing houses and telephone firms were notified by Davie that the Tax Commission will meet Monday and sit all week to hear complaints and evidence about intangible assets held in Texas.
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Austin
Davie
Texas
State Tax Board
Mexican charged in assault on girl near San Antonio
A 50 year old Mexican, E. Samaneigo, was arrested fourteen miles south of San Antonio on a charge of assault against a nine year old girl. The child is in Hays county with her grandmother as her mother is ill. Officers say the suspect confessed to the crime twice.
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San Antonio
E. Samaneigo
Senior
Here
Hays County
Young Man Arrested for Forgery Across Texas Points
A well dressed youth with multiple aliases was arrested by Sheriff Watts in Palestine Texas on a forged check used to buy a bicycle. Prosecutors allege he passed checks at Waco Galveston Quanah Texarkana and Paris. Also note National Red Cross plans to send Naples volcano relief contributions from Washington.
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Texas
Palestine
Tex
Watts
H. V. Prather
Waco
Galveston
Quanah
Texarkana
Paris
Cotton Gains In Early Trading And Five-Year Murder Sentence
New York on April 12 reports cotton futures rising 4 to 7 points in early trading. In San Antonio on April 12 J B Mitchell received a five year sentence for complicity in the murder of P H Pond.
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New York
Mitchell
San Antonio
J. B. Mitchell
P. H. Pond
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Aliee Swann
Troupe
Denton Tex
Josie Harrington
Lamar County
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Lockhart
Bray Henry
Pasteur Institute
New Orleans
MO. A. Moore
Bryan
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Dallas
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Corsicana
Bremond
Hearne
Hempstead
M. L. Robbins, G. P. A
H. A. Jones
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R. Houston
Hoppe
Sahara
Southern Baseball League
Carson, Sewall & Co
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Oat Brands
Sam Leading Brands
Silas &. Johnson
RYE
Montreal Rye Oriental Rye
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Washington
National Red Cross Society
Stevenson Machine
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Haswell’s Book Store
John Wittman
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