Filipino impostor pass forged by insurrectos exposed in claim
Washington report details a forged pass claimed to be issued by General Stanley in 1901 enabling purchase of buffaloes horses and cattle to a group led by Balthazar Ramon. The document features line by line pen work and a linguistic error revealing the scam amid church cattle seizure claims and a broader cotton movement analysis by Secretary Hester showing nationwide decreases in seven months of the season.
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Washington
War Department
Stanley
Balthazar Ramon
New Orleans
Hester
Texas
Indian Territory
Gulf States
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Atlantic States
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Virginia
Red tape stalls aid as border duties spark blaze
Berlin dispatch recalls a Muhlhahusen report showing customs officials blocking a Swiss fire engine from crossing the border to help fight a fire near Huënnhen on the German Swiss frontier. While duty was debated, a row of buildings within 100 yards of the customs house burned down.
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Berlin
Burger Gasette
Muhlhahusen
Germany
Huénnhen
Basle
Switzerland
Custom House
Woman of Navarro County Commits Suicide in Sleep Deprivation
Corsicana on April 13 reports Mrs G W Morris wife of a Navarro County farmer and mother of twelve. unable to sleep for years she fashioned a rope to a rafter, tied it about her neck and kicked away the chair to strangle herself. Victoria division.
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Corsicana
G. W. Morris
Navarro County
House Agrees to Senate Amendment for New Court
Washington April 13 The House, on motion by Mr Burgess, agreed to a Senate amendment creating Victoria division of the southern district of the Federal court. Mr Slayden secured unanimous consent to move memorial address for late Congressman Pinckney from April 15 to April 29.
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House
Senate
New Court
Washington
Burgess
Victoria Division
Southern District of Federal Court
Slayden
Pinckney
Injuries Reported After Briggs Disaster Official Update
Austin reports no fatalities from Thursday's yelone incident in Briggs Burnet County with ten people injured and several businesses damaged. Professor L L Price was badly injured but in good condition. Also noted, the North German Lloyd liner Barbarossa arrived Gibraltar with American Olympic athletes aboard in good condition after the Atlantic voyage.
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Austin
Briggs
Burnet County
L. L. Price
Gibraltar
New York
Naples
Athens
Greece
Houston-Broocks Contest To Be Called Up Soon
Washington April 13 The house elections committee chairman Driscoll says the Houston-Brooks contest will be called up in a few days. Houston intends to address the house in support of his claim. Madrid April 13 The marriage of King Alfonso and Princess Ena is definitely fixed for June 1 with foreign ambassadors due May 28.
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Washington
Driscoll
House Elections Committee
Houston
House
Madrid
Alfonso
Ena of Battenberg
Senate actions push laws on government data and rail reform
Washington April 13. Senator Culber son presents a concurrent resolution on safeguarding private government information and it is adopted. A conference report on the five civilized tribes settlement is approved 41 to 11. A statue for General Nathaniel Greene at Guilford Court House is authorized. The rail bill prompts discussion as Foraker pushes amendments on rebates and passes. Tillman notes upcoming votes and section by section consideration. Morgan objects to deviating from that rule. Foraker lauds Elkins law as aiding shippers, cites rail shipments from Pittsburgh to Galveston via New York, prompting Tillman to ask if divine aid affected other cases.
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Washington
Culberson
Senate
House
Nathaniel Greene
Guilford Court House
N. C
Lattimer
Morgan
Foraker
Elkins
Pittsburg
Galveston
New York
Tillman
Good Lord
Mangled Body Found in Memphis Street
Report from Memphis dated April 13 states the mangled body of Gilbert Johnson, a white man, was found at Market Street footpath. Police suspect robbery by footpads and disposal in front of a passing engine. In Austin on April 13 Will Puryear was sentenced to death for the murder of Minos.
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Memphis
Gilbert Johnson
Market Street
Johnson
Puryear
Austin
Will Puryear
Minos
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Guy M. Bryan, JR
W. C. Davis
Brazos County
MM. ES. Tames
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Grand Opera House
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GEO. A. Adams
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