City Council Grants Light and Railway Franchises
The city council granted new light and railway franchises last night to operate utilities and transit services within the municipal boundaries. The approvals pave the way for expanded infrastructure, with terms and oversight details to be finalized by the municipal attorney in upcoming meetings.
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Eagle
Dallas Street
Citizens’ Committee
Baker Street
Ernest F. Parks
Bryan
Bryan Texas Franchises For Electric Lights And Rail Lift
Hempstead April 26. Tom Pinckney dies after court house shooting as the town reels from a fatal courthouse melee. Congressman John M. Pinckney and Captain Browne died. J. Mills and T. D. Pinckney mortally wounded. Sheriff, Rangers and officials investigated amid tangled testimonies. Browne, Tompkins under arrest while capitalists eye a Dallas street route.
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Tex
Tom Pinckney
Court House
Congressman Pinckney
Captain Browne
Mills
Hulen
Matthews
Busher
Austin
Houston
Anderson
Timberlake
Smith
Ransom
Randall
H&ch
Young Browne
John M. Pinckney
Pinckney
T. D. Pinckney
R. E. Tompkins
J. E Mills
Pshaw
Mr. Mills
Hope
Pinckney Brothers
Sue Pinckney
Medicos Meet in Houston With 300 Doctors Attending
The Texas State Medical Association holds its annual session in Houston on April 26 with about 300 doctors present. The Wednesday morning meeting focused on core business and agenda items.
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Houston
Texas State Medical Association
Boy Mid gett Flewellyn Drowns in Flooded Trinity River
In Dallas on April 26 a boy named Mid gett Flewellyn drowned as the Trinity River overflowed its banks. The floodwaters widened the river and contributed to the tragedy.
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Dallas
Midgett Flewellyn
Trinity River
Turmoil and Ventures Mark Texas and Nearby Regions
A diverse cluster of notices reports turmoil in Turkish Arabia, a Muskogee inventor’s incubator, burglary losses in Lake Charles, a Texan hold up, Chinese laborers arriving in Yucatan, an oil boom in Humble, a new bank planned for Marshall and a Greer county melon growers association. Also reported are a church fire near Ellinger, a university presidency in Knoxville, a drowning in Dallas County Trinity River, and ex Attorney General Bell seeking the Texas governor nomination.
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Laredo
Tex
Merida
Yucatan
Marshall, Tex
Melon Growers’ Association
Greer County
Oklahoma
Humble, Tex
Conley & Sims
Knoxville
Brown Ayers
University of Tennessee
Lynch
Trinity River
Eagle Ford
Dallas County
Bell
Texas
Man Fires Four Shots At Woman In Dallas Alley
A man from Fort Worth fired four shots at a woman at 2:30 AM on the corner of Ross Avenue and Griffin Street with no injuries reported. He fled the scene after the incident.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Ross Avenue
Griffin Street
Rate Raised Bill Inches Toward Engrossment
Austin April 26 House passed to engrossment a bill increasing the ad valorem tax rate by 25 cents in 1905 and by 16 23 cents in succeeding years as at present.
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Austin
House
Mississippi Governor Vardaman to seek Senate seat
A Greenwood special to the Herald reports Governor Vardaman formally announced he would run for the United States Senate if Senator Money retires. The statement marks his potential entry into national politics.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Herald
Greenwood
Vardaman
United States Senate
Senator Money
Columbus Editor Thomas J Daniel Dies After Long Illness
Thomas J Daniel editor of the Evening Ledger in Columbus Georgia died following several weeks of illness. He served with local newspapers for nearly 25 years and was forty two years old. Mayor Wells of St. Louis was elected director of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway company.
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Thomas J Daniel
Evening Ledger
Daniel
Mayor Wells
St. Louis
The
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company
Guard Regiments Held in Readiness for May Day
In St. Petersburg on April 26 authorities order all guard regiments to be mobilized across the capital to prevent disorders on May Day. The annual imperial guard parade, usually attended by the emperor, has been canceled.
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St. Petersburg
Imperial Guard
Champ de Mars
Pawnbroker Fails to ID Suspect in Young Killing
In New York on April 26 Stern the pawnbroker did not identify J Morgan Smith as the man who bought a revolver used in the killing of Young during the Patterson trial.
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New York
Stern
Patterson
J. Morgan Smith
Young
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