Morrison's Last Act in Faust Actor Dies After Surgery
New York reports the death of Lewis Morrison at St John’s Hospital Yonkers after a stomach operation. Born 1845 in Kingston Jamaica to English parents he served in the Civil War and began stage work in New Orleans 1865 before appearing with famed stars such as Lawrence Barrett Edwin Booth and Adelaide Neilson.
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New York
Qlewis MorriSon
Mephisto
Faust
St. John's Hospital
Yonkers
Lewis Morrson
Kingston
Jamaica
Old Varieties Theater
New Orleans
Lawrence Barrett
Edwin Booth
Edwin Forrest
Tomaso Salvina
Adelaide Neilson
Charlotte Cushman
Januschek
Rose Coghlan
Agnes Booth
Four Cases In a Year Reported From Clarksville
Four trials occurred in Clarksville Texas city court over the past year. A governor general of Warsaw was struck by three bombs, suffering a brain concussion. A river overflow foul smell drove residents around Randolph Oklahoma Territory from their homes. Mrs Mollie Lyle of Coolidge Texas escaped a burn and saved her life by jumping into a cistern. A collision near Asbury Park New Jersey killed three and fatally injured another. Lawton land office has received nearly one million dollars for final proofs on land first included in Lawton district since August 6 1901.
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Washita River
Randolph
I. T
Mollie Lyle
Coolidge
Tex
Asbury Park
N. J
Lawton Land Office
Cleburne Rallies To Win In 12th Inning Contest
In a Dallas Sunday game between local and Cleburne, the visitors scored in the twelfth for a 1-0 win. Other results include Fort Worth 5 Lake Charles 2 and New York 7 Chicago 0 in the National League.
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Cleburne
Dallas
Naco
Fort Worth
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Negro Hurts Child In South Carolina Attack
A Batesburg county negro youth attempted to assault a seven year old white girl, daughter of farmer West. The injured child may die. He fled to nearby swamps as 100 armed men surrounded the area on Sunday night. Also reported, R Hazlett was cut to pieces by a Santa Fe train in Texarkana, his body fragments scattered along the track. He worked on the Evening Messenger about thirty years ago.
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Charleston
S. C
News and Courier
la Juda
Batesburg County
West
Marshall, Tex
For Sale Five Room House and Two Lots Brazos County
JW Batts offers a five room house with two lots on the east side of town two blocks from Main Street in a good neighborhood. Improvements in good repair. Only set of abstract books of Brazos County Land Titles in the office of JW Batts in the Taliaferro building opposite the Court House. Price for a few days only $1100. Terms reasonable.
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Yave
Brazos County
Main Street
Bryan
Brazos Bottom
Burleson County
Texas
Quarantine Not Needed If Precautions Followed
State Health Officer Tabor says quarantine against Louisiana unnecessary if precautions are observed after a yellow fever case is reported in New Iberia. He instructed conductors not to bring people from New Iberia into Texas and asked for steps being taken by Louisiana. Assistant General Pollard notes many inquiries about independent candidates and conventions ahead of next Saturday.
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Austin
Tabor
Louisiana
Irion
Louisiana Board of Health
New Iberia
Thornwell Fay
Southern Pacific
Texas
Naw Iberia
Pollard
Dallas
Suggestion Adopts Bride and Name Change
Fort Worth reports J. T. Anderson urged his bride to change her name to Mrs J T Anderson and accompany him to Colorado Springs where he had work. A license was issued by Justice Howland and the couple wed Saturday night leaving by the Fort Worth and Denver without telling the bride's mother. Daisy Ryan informed the family Monday.
Two Girls Attacked Near Atlanta Investigations Under Way
Miss Ethel Lawrence was struck on the head and an assault attempted near her home four miles south of Atlanta while gathering flowers. Miss Mabel Lawrence escaped and raised an alarm as county police pursued an unknown black assailant. This marks a fourth attack on white women near Atlanta in two months. The second item reports Li Yang a laundry operator found dead in Denison, noted as the first Chinese death there, with burial plans and bones to be shipped to Dallas and China.
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Atlanta
Ethel
Mabel Lawrence
Mabel
Denison
Li Yang
Dallas
China
Robbery on College Street Ends with Arrest
In Waxahachie on Sunday night a young man named Jackson was attacked in a dark spot on College street and robbed of $5. An arrest was made but Jackson did not identify the assailant.
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Waxahachie
Jackson
College Street
Largest Pay Day on Katy Road at Denison
Denison August 20 reports the Katy road paid out an estimated 165000 dollars Monday, described as the largest pay day in its history.:
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Denison
Katy Road
Train Derailment Near Plano Delays Frisco Service
A Frisco train derailed two miles north of Plano on August 20 leaving ten derailed cars including mail baggage and smoking cars off the track. No passengers or crew were hurt. Local officials reported the incident and investigators began work to recover the cars.
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Plano
Ardmore fair to run Sept 25 26 27 in 1906 era
A condensed late 19th or early 20th century roundup notes the annual Ardmore fair scheduled for September 25 26 and 27. The report lists numerous local deaths drownings fires and accidents across multiple states including Texas Oklahoma Illinois Indiana and New York with several notable figures named and several looming prosecutions. It also mentions tax values in Lampasas County Texas rising to 3 639 505 and a racing stallion Axtell selling for 105000 dying in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Lake Cliff
Dallas
T. A. Manning, Jr
William Wright Jones
Ocilla
B. Meyer
Michael F. Dwyer
New York
John C. Knoblock
Indiana
South Bend
Oklahoma City
Thomas Duce
Taylor
Tex
Duluth
Minn
Lake Minnetonka
C. F. Karlsen
Grand River
Grand Haven
Mich
Emil Hoenscheldt
Hobart
Okla
Lampasas County
Texas
Palma
Abernathy
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia
James Dooley
Elijah Burton
Rhode Island
Texarkana
Dare Devil Dick
Guthrie
Axtell
Terre Haute
Ind
Rebels seize mails as Havana plots unfold
New York reports a Havana dispatch says several conspirators were arrested in the alleged plot to assassinate President Palma and topple the government. Speaker Andrade held an extraordinary session to discuss the uprising while coast roads near Havana are guarded and rebels seized holds on the steamship Consolazion.
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New York
Blegrant
Havana
Bryan seeks no instructed Illinois delegates at convention
Judge Owen P. Thompson of Jacksonville arrives in Peoria to announce that W. J. Bryan desires no instructed Illinois delegates for the next Democratic national convention. Roger Sullivan smiles at Bryan endorsements while Sullivan says delegates backing Bryan must vote as instructed. Opponents push for a resolution condemning Sullivan and calling for his resignation. the issue will appear in competing reports at the convention.
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Bryan
Thompson
Peoria
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
W. J. Bryan
Illinois
Roger G. Sullivan
Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Mr. Bryan
National Committee
Damaged Valparaiso Aftershocks Report Martial Law
A cable from Valparaiso reports widespread damage in the city with many main buildings burned or wrecked. Casualties occur, trains halted, rails destroyed, martial law declared, and work stalled as aftershocks continue. thousands live in tents and parks while bank managers are unavailable.
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London
Tarapaca and
Argentine Bank
Valparaiso
Veritable Furnace Rises Over Messaba Vermillion Forest Fires
Lack of wind holds the key to halting a potential reign of terror as fires rage across the Messaba and Vermillion ranges. The parched surface and swamps threaten millions in property, towns, and mines while back-firing efforts attempt to shield settlements.
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Duluth
Minn
Messaba
Vermillion Ranges
Suicide Follows Bank Collapse In Chicago Three Weeks Later
Edward Kollereth, forty, who deposited 250 dollars in the Milwaukee Avenue State bank two months before its wreck, hanged himself from a lumber pile visible to boatmen on the lake. Friends say the loss shattered his mind for days. Receiver Charles G. Daves closed the Milwaukee Avenue Co operative Store and the Stensland enterprise, with notices posted for the receiver sale.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Edward Kollereth
Kollereb
Charles G. Daves
Milwaukee Avenue Co-operative
Stensland Enterprise
Denver Pioneer Captain William Bethel Dies
Denver reports the death of Captain William Bethel a former Confederate army officer and noted Colorado pioneer and capitalist He passed away at his daughter's home after a period of ill health Bethel hailed from Memphis and was known as a southern gentleman of the old school
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Denver
William Bethel
Colorado
Capt. Bethel
Memphis
State Bank for Paris to Open in Paris Texas
Paris Texas August 20 a new state bank with capital stock of 100000 dollars is to be established in Paris. The move signals a financial development for the local economy and adds a formal banking institution to the community.
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State Bank For
Paris
Tex
Culberson appeals over Brownsville troops issue
Senator Culberson again wires General Ainsworth from Dallas urging removal of negro troops to quell riot risk at Brownsville. He asks for telegraphic condition reports from Fort Brown and warns that officials fear a riot and bloodshed if troops remain. He believes the war department and the president misjudge the gravity of the situation.
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Dallas
Senator Culberson
General Ainsworth
Washington
Brownsville
Fort Brown
Culberson
War Department
Favors Withdrawal of Negro Troops from Texas
Gen W E McCaskey commanding the department to Texas recommends to the War Department that negro troops at Brownsville and along the Rio Grande be immediately withdrawn. He also suggests leaving forts garrisoned by the Twenty-fifth Infantry without troops in the interim before relief can arrive.
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McCaskey
Texas
St. Louis
Republic
San Antonio
W. E. MccCaskey
War Department
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Inspector General Arrives to Probe Negro Soldiers Conduct
Major Blockson inspector general of the Southwestern division arrives in Brownsville to investigate conduct of negro soldiers. He meets with the citizens' committee, reviews typewritten evidence, and will report findings to the war department.
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Brownsville
Tex
Major Blockson
Southwestern Division
Citizens’ Committee
War Department
Yellow fever case cited in New Iberia outbreak
President Trion of the state board of health reports one suspected yellow fever case in New Iberia, twelve year old mulatto boy. Dr. Irion and inspectors Brady Mayer and Destrampes depart to investigate, with no quarantine yet but rail service restricted and trains halted for water.
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New Orleans
Trion
State Board of Health
New Iberia
Irion
Brady and Mayer
Destrampes
Charles Chassaignac
P. E. Archinald
Brady
Southern Pacific Railroad
Noto
Jerome Willing Accepts Nomination in Principle
New York August 20 district Attorney Jerome signals willingness to run for governor if nominated by the Democratic convention. He adds he will honor his oath of office as he understands it, in letter and spirit, if elected.
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New York
Istrict
Jerome
Democratic Convention
Ex Sheriff Hinckham Slain in Lane Store Shooting
I V Hinckham former Miller County Arkansas sheriff aged sixty was shot and killed by H Brock in Brock's Lane Louisiana store twenty miles north of Shreveport five shots fired all taking effect Brock says Hinckham insulted him and his wife authorities investigated the case as a fatal dispute in a rural store setting
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Shreveport
I. V. Hinckham
Miller County
Arkansas
H. Brock
Lane, la
Here
Brock
Hinckham
Mob attacks sheriff after transporting suspect in Georgia
In Gainesville on August 20 Sheriff Andrew Jackson arrived with David Moore, a Black man, charged with criminally assaulting the daughter of James Hood. A mob opened fire, firing about 100 shots at the sheriff and the prisoner as they were taken into town from White county.
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Gainesville
Andrew Jackson
White County
David Moore
James Hood
Japanese Midshipman Dies at Annapolis
Midshipman Kingiro Matsukata of Tokio died at the naval academy hospital after nearly two weeks of illness from typhoid fever with peritonitis. He was nineteen, entered the academy in June under a special arrangement with the Japanese government.
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Annapolis
Kingiro Matsukata
Tokio
Naval Academy Hospital
Train Collision on Pennsylvania Railroad Kills Seven
A freight train slammed into a slow work train at Long Hollow in heavy rain near Johnstown Pennsylvania. Seven work crew members died and seven were seriously injured with three expected to die. engineer on the freight train survived unharmed.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Hollow
Woods
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