Texas Legislature Inches Ahead Amid Slow Session
Austin reports mixed progress as the Texas legislature nears the end of its session. Bills on redistricting and appropriation stall, while a Labor Day picnic reduces time remaining. The House and Senate advance debt funding and sheriff fees, with debates on nepotism rules and Indian depredation claims. Meanwhile plow price hikes, Arkansas and Choctaw railway plans, and a lightning strike in Texarkana round out a day of varied activity.
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One More Victim At Spindletop Gas Flow
Beaumont Texas August 28 The oil well of the Palestine Beaumont syndicate attributed to Smith McDaniels deaths and other prostrations still flowed Tuesday night with a new fatality Pete Gallagher Heywood Oil employee found dead near the weir believed overcome by gases as diver Fred Chase began sealing the well The Mississippi and Texas Oil company well on block 22 Gladys City came in during Spindletop excitement about 400 feet east of others an 8 inch hole 900 to 1000 feet deep A Guffey well on Gladys City tract was reported but unconfirmed amid the unrest
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Fred Chase
Galveston
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Gladys City
Race Problem Sparks Call for African Emigration
Atlanta August 28 Bishop Turner of the African Methodist church urged segregation to stop assaults between races. He argued emigration to Africa would benefit both races and proposed laws to banish criminals, likening America to Australia built by convicts.
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Rome
Australia
Government Wins Case Over Oklahoma Allotments
Judge Barnard of the District of Columbia Supreme Court dismissed Willis West is suit against the secretary of the interior. The decision upholds the government's stance on allotments in Oklahoma Territory ceded by Kiowa and other tribes. The court said judicial discretion rests with the secretary and refused to compel recognition.
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President appoints several diplomatic and legal officers
The president announced appointments including William L. Hunt as consul at Tamatave Madagascar John Jenkins as consul general at Salvador Frederick Fisher as interpreter at Nagasaki Allen N Cameron as marshal at Hankou China Percival Enrick as collector of internal revenue for Illinois fifth district L H Valentine as United States attorney for Southern District of California
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General Fabius J. Mead Dies in Chicago at 1838 Birth
General Fabius J. Mead a Civil War veteran died in Chicago from consumption. Born in Raleigh New York in 1838 he was named by President Grant in 1872 to investigate conditions on the Mexican border.
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