Hawks Reply to Baker Statement on Texas Central Cutoff
Superintendent G F Hawks of the Houston and Texas Central defends the road’s right to build in Texas. He notes plans to reduce grades on a Navasota to Mexia line, enabling heavier trains and lower costs, and argues no conflict with other railways as Texas develops.
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Baker
Houston
Texas Central
G. F. Hawks
Houston and
R. H. Baker
Trinity and Brazos Valley
Hawks
Texas
Equitable Insurance Society
Navasota
Mexia
Hempstead
North
South Texas
Clear Creek
Dallas
Houston Post
Prof Harrington Declines Mississippi Chemistry Chair
Prof H H Harrington, a native of Mississippi, received and declined a chair offer from the University of Mississippi. He previously declined Illinois University’s chemistry chair, choosing to stay in the South where he has strong ties and friends.
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H. H. Harrington
University of Mississippi
Harrington
Illinois University
South
Stangent Measures to Keep Scourge Out of Texas
State Health Officer Tabor and Governor Lanham discussed quarantine steps to prevent the fever from entering Texas. He said conditions in Louisiana were not clearly improved but prospects of keeping the epidemic out of Texas were better than at any time, and stringent measures are being taken.
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Austin
Tabor
Lanham
Louisiana
Texas
Attendents Arrested in Texas Mental Hospital Murder
W L Smith B E Johnson and J H Huff attendants at a north Texas asylum were arrested on murder charges in the death of Dr J W Jackson a patient who died suddenly after a reported inquest led by Justice Frank on superintendent Turner’s suggestion. Jackson from Sherman had lived at several asylums and showed signs of maltreatment including broken ribs.
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J. H. Huff
Wills Point
Dr. Jackson
Sherman
Turner
Lottery Law Violation Arrests in Dallas
A B Conley D B Candler and Will Woods were arrested by Federal officers on charges of using the mails to promote a lottery linked to the Beneficiencia Publica. Conley and Candler posted 1500 bail each, Woods 1000 but failed to bond. Trials set for Aug 29 and Aug 30. Authorities say Dallas was to be a distributing point for several states during yellow fever era.
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Dallas
A. B. Conley
D. B. Candler
Will Woods
United States
Finks
Texas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Orleans
Deserter Bob Rusher Shot Dead in Capitan NM Store
El Paso reports Bob Rusher an alleged Fort Bliss deserter shot to death in a Capitan New Mexico store. He had escaped Lincoln jail last Tuesday where he awaited arson trial and authorities had pursued him. Fifteen shots were heard overnight. the killer remains unknown. A horse and saddle near the store are believed to belong to Rusher.
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el Paso
Bob Rusher
Fort Bliss
Capitan
N. M
Rusher
Lincoln
Coalora
Monument to Uncle Jake Chamberlain Funded by Confederate Vets
McKinney Texas August 26 A granite tombstone contract was let at the J W Throckmorton camp United Confederate Veterans meeting to mark the grave of Uncle Jake Chamberlain a long lived negro who died near the city at 107 years old The action shows the esteem held by southern people and soldiers for the old time negro.
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McKinney
Tex
J. W. Throckmorton Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Jake Chamberlain
Throckmorton
Beaumont Tragedy A Foreman Commits Suicide
Thomas Cadell a 35 year old section foreman for the Missouri Kansas and Texas, from Maxwell Iowa, killed himself in Beaumont in front of the Rutledge home on Concord road. Cadell had just learned that his wife and four children were visiting in the city. He died by a revolver shot Friday night about eight o’clock.
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Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Maxwell
I. T
Cadell
John Rutledge
Concord Road
Beaumont
Horsewhipping of Judge Bloodies Denison Courthouse Scene
In Denison on August 26 Judge Don A. Bliss was horsewhipped by Dr. T D Booth over a lawsuit. A violent fist fight followed with knockdown blows before Booth was arrested on aggravated assault charges.
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Denison
Don A. Bliss
T. D. Booth
Pecans Plentiful Across Texas and Louisiana
Reports from the Laden pecan belt in Texas indicate the largest crop ever known with trees heavily laden. If no blight intervenes, the yield may break all records as Texas and Louisiana continue to produce the bulk of the U S pecan supply.
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Texas
Louisiana
United States
Classmate of Witte Tells of 1865 Po land Arrival
Hallettsville Texas August 26 A Stankiewiz a prominent local businessman was in the early sixties a schoolmate of M Witte. He recently wrote a long letter to his former classmate. Stankiewiz, from a noble family, came to America in 1865 due to political troubles in Poland.
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Stankiewiz
M. Witte
America
Poland
Terrific electricity death toll shocks Cananea
A violent electrical storm and heavy rain struck Cananea Mexico on Friday afternoon. Two Mexicans were killed and another fatally hurt as lightning struck around 100 locations in about one hour, leaving the city terrorized and damaged.
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el Paso
Cananea
Mexico
Railroad commission rules on refrigerating car shipments
In Texas the railroad commission holds that the shipper may be at initial points while railroads must furnish cars. There is a single rate of 40 dollars per car, regardless of distance or how many times a car is ree iced.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Railhoad
Texas
Asylum Attendants Charged in Doctor Jackson Death
B. E. Johnson and J. H. Huff, asylum attendants, were charged with being responsible for the death of Dr J. W. Jackson. Each was placed under $800 bond. Post mortem exams showed several broken ribs and the doctor’s body was shipped to London, Kentucky.
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Terrell
Tex
W. L. Smith
B. E. Johnson
J. H. Huff
J. W. Jackson
Jackson
London
Robbery Leaves Family Mestill Ill After Chloroform Attack
In El Paso on August 26 the entire Biggers family was chloroformed during a burglary. Thieves stole $150 in cash and $70 worth of silverware. Every family member fell ill from the anesthetic.
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el Paso
Henry Biggers
Foresters Propose Exclusion Policy Paralleling Chinese Rule
In Buffalo on August 26 the Foresters of America at their biennial convention passed a resolution urging exclusion of Japanese from the United States mirroring the existing Chinese exclusion laws.
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Buffalo
the Foresters of America
United States
Strange pardon bid tied to a NY scandal and theft
New York lawyer Carl Fisher Hansen plans to petition Governor Higgins for a pardon for a man imprisoned at Sing Sing for a theft he says the man did not commit. The prisoner protected a married woman’s reputation after a burglary as her husband’s indiscretion led to scandal. The tale involves blackmail, a college student with an assumed name, and a wealthy New York family in New Jersey.
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Sing Sing
Fisher-Hansen
Youres College
New York
New Jersey
Four New Yellow Fever Cases Reported at Gulfport
Four new cases of yellow fever were reported in Gulfport Mississippi on Saturday, bringing the total to seven. The infected area is in the northern part of town about a mile from the beach, and officials believe the outbreak may have originated from nearby Mississippi City.
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Jackson
Miss
Gulfport
Missssippi City
Bryan
School House
N. B. Cole
Hall
Caldwell
Allen Academy
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Kershaws
Mons
Mal Matter
Connelly & Carnes
Supt. Hawks
Prof. Harrington
Emmel & Maloney
Hunter
Chatham
Stangent
Dr. Tabor
Terrell Asylum
Katy
Foreman
Thomas Cadell
Dr. Booth
Waco
Witte
Hallettsville, Tex
The
City National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Bulletin
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Shanghai
Heath & Milligan
Garth, Howell & Webb
Heath & Milligan Paints
Gorzycki
Higgins
New York City
Carl
W. C. Fountain
Crown
Burt Norwood
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
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