Texas Antitrust Bill Postponed Amid Debate and Deliberation
In Austin on April 26 the Texas senate postponed action on the Davidson antitrust bill after petitions for and against it. Senators debated timing with Arkansas law developments cited. Other measures passed or moved to final reading as the house focused on the general appropriation bill. Washington reports cabinet plans to assign officers to the Philippines and form a new department to support active duty.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Davidson
Stafford
Lars
Burns
Arkansas
Atlee
Texas
Senator Burns
Johnson
Mary E. Batchelor
James W. Batchelor
Hanger
Cotton Belt Railroad
Odell
House
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway Company
St. Louis Southwestern
Tyler Southeastern Railway
Stewart
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company
Central Texas and Northwestern
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Lancaster Tap
Austin and Northwestern
Granite Mountain
Marble Falls
Yeas
Washington
Wheeler
Philippines
Gener
L Otis
Young Grant
Bates
Williams Shot in Galena Jail During Mob Violence
In Galena Kansas on April 26 Charles Williams a Black man was shot to death in the city jail by a mob of Black residents. Williams had previously killed Laura Canafox a Black woman in the same city.
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Galena, Kas
Charles Williams
Williams
Laura Canafox
Immigration laws of United States reach Cuba
Havana April 2. Washington directs Brooke to apply US immigration rules to Cuba. The measures aim to stop Chinese laborers and migrant Blacks from Jamaica and San Domingo, with a $40 cash requirement for arrivals. Registration of aliens may define Cuban citizenship, affecting residents and potential self-government. A Cuban court vacancy prompts naturalized Americans to face tough questions. Havana police test American ex-soldier patrols to ease tensions with locals. American telegraph operators gain demand, displacing natives. Sedalia Missouri April 26 James H Stewart, a Banceton stockman, shot and killed at Cole Camp by City Marshal Tucker after drunken armed confrontation.
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Havana
Brook
Washington
Cuba
Jamaica
Haiti
San Domingo
Santiago
Wood
Brooke
Council of Secretaries
Insular Cabinet
Cra
Gomez
Julio Sanguilly
United States
Spain
Supreme Court
Matanzas
Puerto Principe
Sedalia
James IL. Stewart
Banceton
Cole Camp
Tucker
Stewart
Election results and Philippine troop transport in brief
Sherman Texas on April 26 reports the county commissioners declare the result of a special election to fill a vacancy after a death. Tolbert leads with 1294 votes, Barnes 1001, with 143 scattering amid 2288 total. San Francisco noted the US transport Morgan City sailing to Manila with Captain Lombard for 600 recruits and supplies for American forces in the Philippines.
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Sherman
Tex
S. P. Evars
College Park
Jameson
Rock Creek
Cedar Mills
J. H. Tolbert
A. G. Barnes
San Francisco
United States
Morgan City
Lombard
Manila
Var Gs
Philippines
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Kandy Kitchen
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Arkansan Court
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General Wheeler
Department of Texas
Cua
United Whi
Heinz Sauer
John B. Mike
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Bryan
Texas Stewart
West
Southwest
Tolbert
Jerry and
Dan
Barbers
Dunn & Daly
Jerry
Ben
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