City Property Listings Include Several Small Homes
Real estate notes describe a cottage and tenant house with a well for $750, a six room house with one lot for 100, another six room house two lots four blocks from Maintreet with a brick cistern for 127, a quarter block near Allen Academy at 250, and 75 feet front on Railroad near Otto Boehme property with partial sale options. The Fa Pochila place offers two lots and a large two story residence for 2500, plus other city property available.
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Ouse
Maintreet
Fa Pochila Place
Occupation Taxes for 1902 Set Record High in Texas
Austin reports the comptroller’s figures show occupation taxes collected by tax collectors for the year ending April 30 1902 total 1 051 621 18 dollars, up 42 570 70 from 1901 and the largest yearly rise in the office’s history. The adjutant general orders officers to inspect the colored infantry battalion at Camp Houston. Commissioner Johnson returns from Bryan announcing six faculty vacancies filled at A and M College with over 100 000 dollars appropriated for next year including federal funds.
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Austin
Comptroller’s Department
Adjutant General
Colored Infantry
Camp Houston
Spencer Hutchins
C. C. Drew
J. S. Hoover
First Cavalry
Insurance and Agriculture
Johnson
Bryan
A. and M. College
Ed An
Murder at Des Moines Cries Against Gambling Campaigner
Des Moines Aug 6 Isaac Finkelstein crusader against public gambling was found murdered near East Walnut street. He had closed eight houses in the city two weeks earlier and was returning home when a shadowy strike crushed his skull. Authorities speculated revenge for his prosecutions and raids that cost gamblers money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Isaac Finkelstein
East Walnut Street
Finkelstein
Fight Over Garden Ends With Multiple Wounded in New York
In a clash over a small kitchen garden at 183rd Street and Walton Avenue, gunfire and blunt weapons wounded two men and a woman, with over a dozen others injured. Christine Agrilla, John Monga, and Genna Fonsa are seriously hurt as quarrels over ownership escalated into a ten minute battle before police dispersed the group.
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New York
Eighty-third Street
Walton Avenue
Christine Agrilla
John Monga
Genna Fonsa
Fonsa
Monga
Watchman Sweeney Killed Near Wilkesbarre
Daniel Sweeney watchman for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal Company at the Biss colliery Hanover township was found dead after being followed by a crowd. He sought refuge in a saloon but was later attacked with a pick and beaten to death. Police investigate foul play as the assailants vanish. In Monmouth Illinois Thomas A Marshall, key trap shooter, seeks Democratic congressional nomination for the Fourteenth district. He is Keithsburg mayor and former all American team captain.
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Monmouth
Ill
Thomas A. Marshall
Illinois
Marshall
Keithsburg
Europe
Palmer
United States
Texas Bank Reserves Dip in July Report
The abstract of Texas banks excluding Houston and Dallas shows the average reserve at 20.98 percent on July 16, down from 31.24 percent on April 30. Loans and discounts rose to 68,032,900, gold coin slightly increased, total specie grew, lawful money reserve fell, and individual deposits declined from 64,722,598 to 61,936,859.
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Washington
National Banks of
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Steeple Jack Daniel Barry Falls to Death at City Hall
Philadelphia report says Daniel Barry known as Steeple Jack fell 98 feet in city hall tower and died instantly while painting the interior of the dome. He had placed electric lights around William Penn statue and would dangle from the hat brim 540 feet above pavement.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Barry
City Hall Tower
Barry
William Penn
Sleep death after two weeks in coma at Trenton
Aloysius Reiss died in Trenton New Jersey after two weeks of continuous coma. Physicians attributed the long sleep to uraemic poisoning from Bright's disease and noted he woke only once when his wife moved him causing pain.
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Ulysses
Ithica
Ionian Isles
Penelope
Phrygian
Troy
New York
Aloysius Reiss
Trenton
N. J
Reiss
Bright
First complete coronation dress rehearsal at Westminster Abbey
London August 6 The first complete dress rehearsal for the coronation ceremony took place in Westminster Abbey with all principal participants involved except the monarchs.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Leaders Executed in Colombian Revolution
Revolutionary Generals Antonio Suarez La Croix and Juan Vidal and Colon Julian Le cama were executed by firing squad at Barrigona camp between Honda and Ambalema on the Magdelena river after a death sentence by a government court-martial. Others received prison terms up to 26 years. La Croix hailed from a prominent Colombian family and fought for Cuba with General Maximo Gomez.
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Panama
Antonio Suarez la Croix
Juan Vidal
Colon
Julian Lecama
Barrigona
Honda
Ambalema
Magdelena
Antonio Suarez? la Croix
Colombia
Maximo Gomez
Creek Agents Sue Over Creek Allotment Agreement
The Creek delegates from Indian Territory sue Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner Jones to halt execution of the Creek allotment agreement. They seek to preserve their land and have property already taken restored, alleging noncompliance with the agreement and the ratifying act.
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Washington
Thiechami Fixico
Gosofixico Chee
Ufoula Horigo
James L. Gray
Indian Territory
Hitchcock
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Governor Sayers Proclaims Labor Day Observance in Texas
The governor of Texas issues a Labor Day proclamation designating Monday, September 1, 1902, as the official holiday. Citizens are urged to refrain from normal work and partake in suitable commemorative exercises. The document is signed and sealed in Austin on August 5, 1902.
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Austin
Executive Office
State of Texas
Joseph D. Sayers
Texas
Bryan
Westmoreland Jury Finds John Homer Guilty of Assault
In Montross Virginia on August 6 under Fredericksburg militia guard the Westmoreland county court returned a guilty verdict against John Homer alias Lomax a colored man indicted for a criminal assault on 15 year old Susie Costenbacher near Potomac Mills Judge Beale sentenced him to death with execution set for September. The prisoner is to be moved to Captain Rowe for safe keeping in Alexandria.
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Montross
Westmoreland County
Fredericksburg
John Homer
Lomax
Susie Costenbacher
Potomac Mills
Beale
Rowe
Alexandria
Peaceful Shenandoah Amid Troop Movements
Shenandoah Pennsylvania on August 6 remained calm under troop protection though unease lingered. Brigade headquarters buzzed as staff coordinated troop movements and status reports across the countryside. Only Girardville saw a workman shot and lightly wounded amid rumors of trouble.
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Shenandoah
Brigade
Girardville
Three Collieries in Operation in Scranton
Scranton, Aug 6 The Dickson colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad company in Greenridge resumed operations Tuesday with returned strikers. Superintendent Rose says coal has been cut and loaded for two weeks. Coal hoisted and sent through the breaker. Company declines to release worker numbers. This makes three collieries now in operation in the city.
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Scranton
Dickson
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company
Greenridge
Rose
City Accepts Compromise Offer in Contingent Fee Suit
Galveston officials accepted a compromise offer from Leon Levi in a $100,000 contingent fee suit tied to reclamation of flats in the western city. Levi, who once represented the city, sought a big fee. the case remains pending. He will take $2,500 cash in settlement to avoid further defense costs.
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Galveston
Tex
Leon Levi
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Allen Academy
The
State University
Bryan, Texas
J. H. Allen
R. O. Allen
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
East Front
Otto Boehme
W. F. Taliaferro, M.D
Hall
Oriental Prickly-Heat Powder Co
McDougald Drug Store
New City
Fae
San Antonio
E.C DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Hill County
Waco
Fort Worth
International & Great Northern
Black Land
Smith Land & Improvement Company
G. N
Pereioulers
L. Price
D. J. Price
V.P
G.M. Gen. Pass
Tkt. Agt
Palestine
D. C
Gen. Pass
Ticket Agt
Gambling
Wikerbarth
Congress
Texas Bankes
Hiteoh
Assautt
James & Hart
Comyrg At
Ogg Goog
Equitable Life Insurance
GOMPA
R. T. Boyle
P. O. Box
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thes
W. Higgs
Geo. W. Higgs
Zuber
Kernole Bros
Jno. M. Lawrence& Co
Saunders & Johnson
Dansby & Dansby
Howell Brothers
J. H. Mawhinney
Tyler Haswell
Franklin
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