Real estate listings by J. W. Batts in town
J W Batts real estate agent offers 4 acres of first class pasture land partly inside city limits with stock water at 15 dollars per acre. One and a quarter acres near the schoolhouse in southeast town with a small cottage tenant house and well. Six room house and two lots four blocks from Main Street with brick cistern and price 1250 dollars. One quarter block near Allen Academy east front price 250 dollars terms easy. Five feet front on railroad street out Otto Boehme property. Part or whole may be sold. Lots near schoolhouse at 100 dollars each and other city property available.
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Mai
Allen Academy
East Front
Otto Boehme
Minister Buck Dead Ex US Envoy in Japan Dies on Duty
United States Minister Alfred E Buck dies of apoplexy while hunting in Tokyo. Born in Maine he rose in Georgia politics and was appointed by McKinley in 1897 to Japan. Remains to be interred in Arlington if family desires. Huntington Wilson named chargé d affaires. Buck previously lived in Mobile and Atlanta and was about sixty.
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United States
Washington
State Department
Hay
Arlington
Buck
Tokio
Atlanta
Alfred E. Buck
Maine
Mobile
Georgia
McKinley
Japan
Tragic Sudden Death Of U S Minister Buck In Japan
A. Yokohama dispatch reports United States Minister Buck died suddenly while resetting a duck net during a hunting party with the emperor. He collapsed from heart weakness and expired instantly. The incident occurred at Shinhoma preserves as officials ordered half mast flags and plan a Monday funeral. Secretary Ferguson oversees the legation duties.
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A. Yokohama
United Heart
Buck
Shinhoma
Japan
Ferguson
United States
Legation
Boy Dies After Practical Joke Air Tube Push
Harry Ruit, a Paterson New Jersey locomotive works employee, died from injuries after five coworkers allegedly blew him up with a pneumatic air tube at 110 pounds to the inch. Ruit's stomach swelled and he endured hours of agony before death. The five men were arrested on manslaughter charges. the father of the deceased clashed with one suspect in court before officers restrained him.
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New York
Harry Ruit
Paterson
N. J
Ruit
Dorn
Prominent Tenn. Senator’s Daughter Found Drained in Memphis
Miss Bessie Dismukes of Gallatin Tennessee, daughter of State Senator W. C. Dismukes, was found unconscious in a mud puddle at Calhoun and Shelby streets. She was identified by a purse card and taken to the city hospital where doctors said she had been drugged after drinking wine on a train from McKenzie. Police held discussions with physicians about the case.
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Memphis
Bessie Dismukes
Gallatin
Tenn
W. C. Dismukes
Tennessee
Calhoun and
Shelby Streets
Miss Dismukes
McKenzie
Sixteen Riders Set for Fourth Annual Madison Square Bicycle Race
Sixteen two-man teams from Europe and the United States prepare for the tenth annual six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. The event, starting after midnight Monday, features riders from Boston, Irish, New Jersey, Western, California, Chicago and more, including Gougoltz and Kaiser and Heller and Doerflinger among others.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Europe
Stinson
Moran
Boston
Keegan
Fenn
Bedell Brothers
Long Island
Frank Krebs
Barclay
New Jersey
Butler and
Turnville
Leander
Floyd Krebs
McFarland and
Mays
California
Peterson and Hedspeth
Chicago
Newkirk and
Jacobson
New England
Bald and
Elkes
Gougoltz
Kaiser
Buisson
Boluni
Heller
Doerflinger
Breton
Darrapon
Lootens
Bravasquin
Galvin
Rogi
Massachusetts
Firemen Injured as Wall Collapses at Cleveland Plant
Firefighters at the Likly & Rocket factory on Case and Hamilton streets were crushed when a wall fell during the blaze. Captain Daniel and several firemen were rescued. Patrick Joyce buried under debris with serious injuries to McKenna and Niedinger, others slighted.
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Cleveland
Likly & Rocket Factory
Case
Hamilton Streets
Engine Company No. 14
Daniel
James L. Osberger
Arthur Garner
Grant at Laredo tours Texas border posts
General Frederick Grant commander of the Department of Texas arrives in Laredo on a border inspection tour from San Antonio. A welcoming party of Mexican officers led by Consul Zamorano and citizens greets him at the station. Grant expresses gratitude to President Dias and notes ties between his father and Mexico's leadership. He stays a day or two to inspect the post before continuing the tour to lower country posts.
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Department of Texas
Laredo
Tex
Frederick Grant
San Antonio
Mexico Army
New Laredo
Mex
Zamorano
Crack Ninth Regiment
Monterey
Mexico
Fort McIntosh
Grant
Dias
U. S. Grant
Senate session short with few actions in Washington
The Senate met for an hour and five minutes behind closed doors. Key actions included adopting a concurrent resolution asking the president for papers in the Pius fund case and presenting nominations such as McWade, Knapp, and George M. Bilis. The day also covered militia reorganization hearings and a note on Cuba reciprocity. Oliver Wendell Holmes was confirmed as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court.
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House of Congress
Washington
Senate
Beveridge
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
House
Robert M. McWade
Pennsylvania
Canton
China
Martin A. Knapp
New York
George
Bilis
Kansas
Monrovia
Liberia
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Root
Carter
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Banner Day at International Livestock Exposition
Chicago reports a banner day with 70 000 attending the International Livestock Exposition. Dexter Park amphitheatre crowd required police aid to prevent crushes while prize winners paraded. Sheep carcass judging at a packing house drew large crowds and attention.
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Chicago
Ill
Dexter Park
Wall Falls at Gilmer Fire Kills One, Injures Three
A blaze at Gilmer Texas destroyed business houses valued around 30000. One man, A M R Lyle, was killed and three others John Hill Charlie Hill and B Reinhart were seriously injured. Several others were slightly hurt as a wall collapsed during ruin viewing in the afternoon.
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Gilmer
Tex
A. M. R. Lyle
John Hill
Charlie Hill
B. Reinhart
Streetcar Strike Settled in Houston After Wage Increase
The Houston streetcar strike ended Thursday afternoon with the company granting a wage increase to over 20 cents per hour. The union relationship and overall structure remained unchanged. In Pallas Texas the Methodist Episcopal conference held steady discussions with Dr. Edmund Thompson addressing attendees from the American Sunday-school league. The Epworth league also reported substantial business accomplished.
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Pallas
Tex
Austin Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edmund Thompson
American Sunday-school League
Epworth League
Houston
Dee. F
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New York Central Railroad
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One Hundred and Sixtieth Michin Regiment
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Ariz
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Citiens
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Pocatello, Ida
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Association of Automobile Manufacturers
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Cartersville
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Cuba
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S. H. Allphin
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James & Hart
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Goossso
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