Ill-Fated Wesley M Oler Stranded off Hatteras Inlet
Weather observer reports the four masted schooner Wesley M Oler went ashore at Hatteras Inlet early Friday during the storm. The crew is believed lost after the foremast failure at 8 02 am and the vessel breaking up. Other vessels including William D Hilton Melville Phillips and Ida Lawrence are mentioned with rescues and abandonments amid gale conditions.
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Norfolk
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
N. C
Wesley M. Oler
Hatteras Inlet
Koln
Bremen
Baltimore
Capes
William D. Hilton
Melville Phillips
Lower Bay
Underwrnter
Oler
Nassau
Ida Lawrence
Carrie Nation jailed in Topeka for disturbing the peace
Mrs Carrie Nation is jailed in Topeka Kan on a charge of disturbing the peace after being ejected from drug stores and a prominent hotel. A hooting mob gathered as doors were shut against her and local saloon patrons. In Shreveport a flood raises concerns with hundreds of negroes displaced and property losses mounting while no lives are reported. State engineers arrived to assess the disaster area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Shreveport
Gibraltar
Weather Bureau
Red River
Fulton
Ark
H. B. Richardson
Frank M. Kerr
New Oraed
Methodist Conference Addresses Church Growth in Austin
At the Austin conference Rev I C Diff of Kansas City spoke for church extension noting 4500 churches built at a cost of 1 3 million dollars in the south. Dr Fisher of Fort Worth reported on Fort Worth university progress. Mrs Della L Williams of Delaware Ohio spoke on Alaska church work. Miss Bessie Dismukes of Gallatin Tenn is reported improved after being found unconscious in Memphis with Dr W W Taylor stating she was not drugged or assaulted.
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Dallas
Austin
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
I. C. Diff
Kamsas City
South
Fisher
Fort Worth
Fort Worth University
Della L. Williams
Delaware
Alaska
Memphis
Tenn
Bessie Dismukes
Gallatin
W. W. Taylor
Large Panther Slain Near Van Horn Texas
J H Beach from a ranch north of Van Horn Texas killed a very large male panther that measured eight feet long and weighed 175 pounds. The animal had killed three cows on Beachs ranch and was turning its attention to the hogs.
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van Horn
Tex
J. H. Beach
Mr. Beach
Tragedy Strikes Laredo Family With Typhoid Toll
Three members of the McDonald family in Laredo Texas died within five days after two grown daughters and a two year old baby contracted typhoid fever following a move from Carrizo Springs.
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Laredo, Tex
McDonald
Laredo
Carrizo Springs
Traffic War Likely Over Union Depot Plan at New Orleans
A railroad traffic war looms as Southern Pacific joins in the New Orleans union depot plan with Illinois Central, cutting out Louisville and Nashville and prompting possible cross‑alliances with Texas and Pacific. Southern Pacific also routes New York traffic to north Texas via New Orleans and Shreveport while moving 1500 homeseekers into southwest Louisiana and Texas.
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Union Depot
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Texas and Pacific
Southern Pacific
Queen and Crescent
Gould and Harriman
New York
North Texas
Shreveport
Red River Valley Railroad
Louisiana
Texas
Barrel of Beer Sparks Riot at Iron Workers Meeting
In New York a violent clash erupted after a union meeting of Iron Workers and Bridge Men's unions. About 200 to 250 members fought, with Albert Connolly shot in the side and taken to a hospital. Police were ambushed as reinforcements arrived and the hall was cleared.
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New York
Iron Workers and
Bridgemen's Union
Albert Connolly
Bullman
Farnan
Connolly
Steamer Saxon Burns. Fireman Drowned
A fire on the Saxon, a Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Co. steamer, left one fireman dead, another missing, and two more hospitalized from smoke. The vessel sunk to twenty feet of water near Pine Street after burning to the water’s edge. loss estimated at $50,000. Firemen and cargo details follow the steamer's late Friday arrival.
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Philadelphia
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company
Pine Street
William Seville
Seville
Patrick Hearing Advances Toward New Trial In Rice Murder
In New York on December 6 Recorder Goff continued argument on Albert Patrick’s motion for a new trial for the William Marsh Rice murder. Both sides agreed affidavits will be ready next month. House and morgue attendants Aurich Payne excluded at the last trial may be examined by prosecutors. A writ of habeas corpus was obtained for Lawrence Murphy, Stonecutters’ Association treasurer, facing grand larceny charges and seeking release after contending the unincorporated body’s assets are jointly held by its members.
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Patrick
New York
Albert Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Goff
Frederick T. House
Aurich and Payne
Association
Association of Society
Route Aims to Cut Distance Between Cities
The plan envisions reducing the distance between the two cities by forty seven miles and establishing livestock feeding farms along the route through cooperation by the joint companies.
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Nevaons
Five Story Mead Building Fire Destroys Rockford Store and School
A five story Mead building in Rockford Illinois burned last night destroying the Mead building occupied by Wortham Bros and Rockford Business College. Estimated loss is 275000 with 250000 covered by insurance.
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Rockford
Ill
Mead
Wortham Bros. & Co
Rockford Business College
Prohibitionists Seek Eminent Counsel in Johnson County Case
In Cleburne Texas on December 6 the prohibitionists of Johnson county move to hire eminent counsel to appeal the local option case to the higher court, aiming to sustain their regulatory effort.
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Cleburne, Tex
Johnson County
Buck’s Body to Be Brought Back
Yokohama December 6 Mrs Buck expects to depart for the United States on the 8th with the body of the late minister Interment will probably be in Arlington Cemetery Washington.
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Buck
Yokohama
United States
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Texas and Pacific Holiday Rates Expanded
The Texas and Pacific Railway extends holiday excursion sales beyond the Southeast to major US states and several Mexican and midwestern cities. Round trip fare is one first class fare plus 2.00, with tickets sold on December 13 17 21 22 23 and 26, valid return within thirty days. Inquiries to H P Hughes or E P Turner in Fort Worth Dallas.
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T. & P. Railway Company
Mexico
Colorado
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
H. P. Hughes
Fort Worth
Texas
E. P. Turner
T. & P. Railway
Dallas
D&w
Three Railroads to Enter St. Joseph on New Double Track
The Gazette reports three railroads Frisco, Chicago and Alton, and the Wabash will gain terminal facilities in St. Joseph, Missouri, via a new double track from Kansas City. Terminal companies will secure the lines in the near future.
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St. Joseph
the Gazette
Kansas City
Frisco
Chicago and Alton
Wabash
Con
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Grand Opera House
Harry West
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Ad Bryan
Crown Cork
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the Jewel Laundry
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