Bryan Progressive League Formed In Bryan Texas Meeting
A mass meeting of about fifty business and professional leaders in Bryan adopts a motion to reorganize under the Bryan Progressive League. Committees will report on permanent organization and on the constitution and by laws at a meeting Thursday at 4 p.m.
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Bryan
J. Webb Howell
A. W. Buchanan
W. J. Coulter
K. of P. Hall
J. H. Allen
E. F. Parks
Business League
Ed Hall
T. R. Butte
Bryan Progressive League
L. L. McInnis
W. Wipprecht
G. S. Parker
F. M. Law
H. W. South
A. J. Buchanan
T. R. Batte
Tyler Haswell
L. McInnis
J. T. Maloney
Brazos County
the Eagle
Negro crowds fill Capitol galleries for Foraker speech
Washington April 14 crowds of African Americans filled the Capitol corridors and galleries to hear Senator Foraker defend the negro soldiers discharged after the Brownsville riot. The packed scene reflected widespread agitation over civil rights and federal action.
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Washington
Capitol
Senator Foraker
Brownsville
Senate
Crowded Galleries Mark Negro Race Debate
A packed public gallery, with admission cards not required, filled by both white and black attendees, as Ohio state senators prepared to hear a defense of the negro race. The crowd included many negroes, with the galleries nearly full before the senate opened.
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Senate
Ohio
Head Mashed Off
Thomasville Georgia report of a fatal injury in which Dan Luke suffered a severe head injury described as being mashed by an ear. The incident occurred on April 14. Authorities investigated the accident as a tragic local event with few additional details available.
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Thomasville
Dan Luke
Drowning of Boy in Creek Near Columbus Georgia
Columbus Georgia April 14 a boy named Charles Smith drowned while bathing in a creek near the city. The incident occurred during a local outing with no further details available.
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Columbus
Here
Charles
Smith
Six Labor Conventions Meet in Fort Worth Addressed by Campbell
Six conventions met in Fort Worth with Governor Campbell addressing them at city hall on labor topics. The groups included locomotive engineers conductors firemen and enginemen railroad trainmen electrical workers and the Texas State Federation of Labor. Fricke of the Federation urged defending the nation against paupers and anarchy. Texas papers praised and farmers praised for unity. Federation now comprises 172 organizations up 30 in a year with 1,160 new members.
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Fort Worth
Campbell
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Electrical Workers
Texas State Federation of Labor
Fricke
Federation of Labor
Europe
Texas
Open Hearing on April Docket by Railroad Commission
Austin April 14 The railroad commission held an open hearing to review the April docket with two Oklahoma commissioners present. A proposal to expand Dallas depot facilities was postponed to July due to financial conditions with no further postponements expected. Ice cream empties rate readjustment faced opposition from express firms and Fort Worth wholesale dealers seeking lower rates equal to beer rates. A cornmeal to grain shipments rate compromise was debated with mixed backing and taken under advisement.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Oklahoma Commission
Klein
San Antonio
Dorsey
Texas Grain Dealers’ Association
Shearn
Houston
White Boy Shot in Denison Attack
Otis Salon, a white boy, was attacked by two Black youths and shot in the left leg, suffering a painful wound.
Priest Shoots Himself in Albany Parish Crisis
In Albany on April 14 Father J. A. Graham killed himself with two gunshots to the heart. Hospital reports say his mind was affected as the tragedy unfolded.
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Albany, N. Y
J. A. Graham
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Holmes & Parker
J. E. Butler
Malcolm Carnes
Congress
Joseph Benson Foraker
The
Oklahoma Com
Mission
City National Bank
E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
J. N. Cole
J. K. Parker
J. W. English
J. Bulte
Chapman
Sanders Bros
Wilson GrainCo
E. Boyett
Bet Companies
Boyett & Myers
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
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Tex
Joe B. Reed
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