Taft presents details on Brownsville negro troop affair
Secretary Taft outlines the Brownsville incident timeline and prior objections to stationing black troops at Fort Brown. He cites General Garlington on depredations, notes ten men discharged for the good of the service, and states color did not influence the case with innocent men possibly cleared if found.
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Washington
Taft
Culberson
Fort Brown
Brownsville
Garlington
Daughters Meet at Bryan Texas June Texas division gathering
The Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met in Bryan with large attendance. Mrs. John H. Reagan was welcomed as president Mrs. J B Dibrell read rulings. Har rington and Clarke, daughters of the late Governor Ross, spoke. Memorial services were held and letters from Mrs Jefferson Davis and Mrs John H Reagan were read. Delegates attended The Clansman at the opera house Wednesday night.
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Texas
Bryan
United Daughters of the Confederacy
John H. Reagan
J. B. Dibrell
Mesdames Harrington and
Clarke
Ross
Jefferson Davis
The
Austin
Opera House
Harris County sues over convict gang superintendent post
Harris County commissioners move to force L H Parratt to surrender as R L Blackwell takes over the county convict gang post after Parratt claims a contracts runs for another year. Parratt threatens to sue for salary amid contempt threats.
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Houston
Harris County
Board of Commissioners
R. L. Blackwell
L. H. Parrott
Commissioners Court
Liquor haul on wagon sparks arrest in Ardmore
Ardmore December 6 J A Foshte seized en route from Gainesville to Ardmore with 600 pints of whisky in his wagon police allege he sought right of way and a cash bonus to aid Orient railway to Lawton Okla Also noted nine miles from Groesbeck Texas Tobias Sims found hanged in his corncrib Clergymen scandal Ex priest Rev W C Creighton expelled from South Carolina conference after a 63 hour trial he appeals to the general conference editor of the Christian Appeal at Greenwood accused of falsehood and slander regarding politics and ring rule in the conference
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Foshte
Ardmore
J. A. Foshte
Gainesville
Orient Railway
Lawton
Oklo
Groesbeck, Tex
Tobias Sims
Columbia
S. C
W. C. Creighton
South Carolina
Methodist
General Conference
Christian Appeal
Greenwood
Suicide in Memphis Hotel Sefton
Ludwig Wett aged thirty two committed suicide in a local hotel by shooting himself in the left temple. Wett recently arrived in Memphis from Hodston.
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Temple
Memphis
Ludwig Wett
Wett
Hodston
Finley Named President of Southern Railway
New York December 6 W W Finley elected president of the Southern Railway to succeed the late Samuel Spencer Finley was previously second vice president of the company.
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New York
W. W. Finley
The
Southern Railway Company
Samuel Spencer
Finley
Mi-Ona Stomach Tablets Promised With Guarantee
An advertising pitch portrays Mi-Ona as strengthening digestion and nerve power, promising restored health and vigor. Seller E. J. Jenkins offers a money back guarantee with every 50 cent box to prove faith in the remedy.
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E. J. Jenkins
Firemen on Western Roads Threaten Wage Strike
In St. Louis on December 6, about 2500 firemen operating west of the Mississippi threaten a 15 percent wage increase demand. If unmet they warn of a general strike, signaling mounting labor action in the region.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Death by poison at Maverick hotel in Fort Worth
Otto Beasley twenty two formerly of Mississippi was found dead Thursday morning in the Maverick hotel North Fort Worth A half empty bottle of strychnine was found in the room supporting the theory of self inflicted death.
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Fort Worth
Otto Beasley
Mississippi
Maverick Hotel
North Fort Worth
Treasury to Anticipate Interest on Dec 15
Secretary of the Treasury announces anticipation of interest totaling 12 million dollars on December 15 without rebate, as part of public debt management.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
National Drainage Congress Opens with Noted Experts
Oklahoma City hosts a three day session of the National Drainage congress with irrigation and drainage specialists from across the country. Arthur P. Davis of the US reclamation service spoke on Engineering Problems of Reclamation while George D. Narsyow discussed National Irrigation a Fixed Quantity Why Not National Drainage and James G. Melish spoke on Drainage Economics.
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Oklahoma City
National Drainage Congress
Arthur P. Davis
United States Reclamation Service
George D. Narsyow
Barstow
Tex
James G. Melish
Illinois Drainage Commission
Bill Passes House on Real Estate Loans
Washington December 6 The bill allowing national banking associations to make loans on real estate and securities and to limit loan amounts passed the House 111 to 51.
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House
Washington
Ada Thurman Dies After Strynine In Dilley Tex
Ada Thurman of Dilley Cotulla Texas took strychnine and died within minutes. The incident occurred December 6 as authorities investigated the apparent suicide case.
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Cotulla
Tex
Ada Thurman
Dilley
Patrick Asks Pardon From Sing Sing Death House
Albert T. Patrick asks Governor Higgins for a pardon after five years of legal fight. He drew the application in Sing Sing’s death house, seeking commutation from death to life imprisonment. The document argues the case from medical and legal angles.
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Sing Sing
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William M. Rice
Higgins
Patrick
Oklahoma Central railroad work to start soon near Paris
Paris Tex Dec 6 Work on the Oklahoma Central road section between Paris and the Red River is expected to begin within weeks. Contractors Dan Sween and John Sweeny have arrived and are surveying the right of way to the river.
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Paris
Tex
Red River
Dan Sween
John Sweeny
Rairoad
Senator Bailey Dictates Reply to Open Letter
At a late hour Wednesday night Senator Bailey began dictating to a stenographer his reply to the open letter addressed to him by Attorney General Davidson.
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Austin
Bailey
Davidson
Texarkana Express Messenger Grissette Improves After Robbery
Texarkana December 6 W J Grissette the express messenger attacked during the Red Water robbery last Saturday night is pronounced slightly improved.
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Texarkana
W. J. Grissette
Express
Man Arrested in Ax Murder Near Lillian
Cleburne December 6 Arthur Green a Black man is jailed on murder charge in the death of Turner Bennett after a dispute at the county road camp near Lillian Bennett struck with an ax and died instantly in the incident authorities report Bennett and Green were the two men involved in the quarrel
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Cleburne
Arthur Green
Turner Bennett
County Road
Lillian
Bennett
Over Haswell's Book Store Crown and Bridge Work
Crown and bridge work a specialty offered at the office upstairs over Burt Norwood's store, located above Haswell's Book Store.
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Haswell’s
Crown
Burt Norwood
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