Defender Wins After Sixteen Years in Central Case
New York December nine. After sixteen years in court the case of MacArdell against Alcott was settled by the court of appeals. The dispute arose from the 1887 reorganization of the Houston and Texas Central railroad. Stockholders valued shares at 95 cents before a sharp drop, and in 1891 MacArdell, then deceased, had sought to recover Texas lands later held by Frederick P. Alcott in trust for stockholders of the reorganized railroad. The decision favors the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
MacArdell
Alcott
Court of Appeals
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Texas
Frederick P. Alcott
Central Trust Company
Reorganized Railroad Company
Nipped In Bud Revolution Fails In Mexico
United States Attorney Lock McDaniel and two deputy marshals searched Rancho Viejo, nine miles north of Brownsville, on December 6 and recovered eight army carbines five hundred rounds of ammunition sixty sticks of dynamite with caps and fuses from under the floor. The occupants Alamasio Santago and Ramon Martinez, Mexican citizens, had been in Texas three years. No arrests or seizures were made, report says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Mexico
United States
Lock McDaniel
Rancho Viejo
Brownsville
Alamasio Santago
Ramon Martinez
Victoria
Boy Hero Rescues Six Near Jamaica Station
Edward Barlow a fifteen year old of Jamaica L I saved six lives when a carriage with W H Spaulding his wife and two other passengers halted on railroad tracks as an express train approached. He calmed the horse and backed it off the track just before the engine passed, tearing his trousers in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Barlow
Jamaica
L. I
W. H. Spaulding
Spauldines
Spaulding
Barlow
Dancing Among Indians Provokes Morality Debate
The National Indian association at its annual meeting urged Congress and the Indian Office to prohibit dancing among Indians arguing it lowers morality. A separate item reports Marcellus Hopkins, president of the South Side Elevated Railroad, died in Chicago of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Indian Association
Congress
Association
Indian Office
Marcellus Hopkins
Chicago
South Side Elevated Railroad Company
Train Wreck Attempt Foiled Near Gainesville Texas
An unsuccessful attempt to wreck a Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train was thwarted near Gainesville by fishplates placed on the rails. The train, traveling at speed, struck the obstructions but remained on the track, likely saving the entire train from derailment.
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Gainesville
Tex
Valuable Dog Missing at Fort Worth Beach Show
Fort Worth reports the loss of Viking, a $1500 Boston terrier from Memphis, weighing about twenty pounds with brindle coat and a white neck streak, as disbanding of the beach show proceeds. In Jefferson City, Missouri, the Bank of Stotsbury in Vernon County, a private bank with $22,500 deposits, closes after funds were with the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City.
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Fort Worth
Platham
Memphis
Jefferson City
Bank of Stotsbury
Stostbury
Vernon County
D. A. Beck
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City
Oklahoma senate approves bill with 36 to 8 vote
Guthrie reports the jim crew bill passed the senate by 36 to 8 with four absentees and one excused. Once signed by the governor it takes effect in sixty days. In Emporia Kansas the State bank of Admire in Lyon county with deposits of 125000 closed its doors after linking to the failed National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City which held 28000.
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Guthrie
Jim Crew
Senate
Emporia
Kan
State Bank of Admire
Admire
Lyon County
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Ransdell Retained and Waterways Plan Revealed
Washington notes the Rivera and Harbors congress calls for at least 50 million dollars annually to improve inland waterways. John A. Fox describes national outreach while Ransdell is praised. officers elected include J E B Ransdell as president and J F Ellison as secretary treasurer with S W S Duncan of Dallas among directors.
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Washington
America
Rivera and Harbors
Congress
Ransdell
Fox
United States Congress
Association
J. EB. Ransdell
Louisiana
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati
S. W. 8. Duncan
Dallas
Cleveland Presides As Association Seeks Closer Ties
Grover Cleveland presided at the annual meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents held at Hotel Belmont New York. Twenty five nonmember company presidents attended the informal session and were said to be admitted to membership. Cleveland urged a closer and more intimate relationship between life insurers and policy holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
Asociation of Life Insurance
Hotel Belmont
Cleveland
Court of Appeals Hears Dawes Commission Suit
United States court of appeals opened arguments in lawsuits seeking to overturn the Dawes commission allotment of Choctaw and Chickasaw lands in Oklahoma valued at 20 million dollars. Plaintiffs assert fraud deprived tribal interests and contend Congress should settle the matter.
Boiler Explosion at Arkansas Gin Kills One Injures Two
A boiler blast at J. B. Washington’s gin plant near Earle Arkansas kills a black farmer named John Donaldson and injures two white men J B Washington and George Culwell Washington sustains head and shoulder scalds while Culwell suffers deep head cuts.
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Memphis
Earle
Ark
J. B. Washington
John Donaldson
George Culwell
Washington
Cullwell
Brief items from across the region
E L Ewart shot himself in Fort Worth. Miles Texas hotel burned. Natural gas found in Jackson Mississippi center. Denison leader J E Bonham dies of heart trouble. R I Crane of Chicago gifts wife a $150000 pearl necklace. Dallas fireman A L Coffy robbed for $19. Nine carloads of pecans shipped from San Angelo. Oil City Pa forms all women oil company. Petch Dallas saloon robbed of liquor. Eleven arrests reported. Ben Hurwitz of Dallas suffers jaw fracture from mule kick. Reager daughter dies from burns near Liberty Hill Texas. Riot in Seoul injures one, kills one. Child of M Vaughn Pendletonville Texas burned. W A T Sanford near Center Texas arrested for criminal assault. Texarkana bond issue $40000 for sewers and streets. Colonel Jones of Texarkana Ark convicted of murder, death penalty likely. Dallas city tax Oct 14 to Dec 3 about $790000. Dec 3 alone over $200000. Metropolitan Life trial of Hegeman in New York continues.
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E. L. Ewart
Fort Worth
Miles
Tex
Jackson
Miss
J. E. Bonham
Denison
R. I. Crane
Chicago
A. L. Coffy
Dallas
San Angelo
Oil City
J. J. Petch
Ben Hurwitz
J. F. Reager
Liberty Hill
Williamson County
Texas
Seoul
Korea
M. Vaughn
Pendletonville
W. A. T. Sanford
Near Center
Son
Texarkana
Ark
Jones
Jetty Mays
Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Porter
New York
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S.H. Dunlapsco
Texas Mutual
Smith Building
J. B. Hines
Wilson Grain
Grey
Curtis Comedy Company
Cavitt’s Drug Store
S. H. Franklin
Haswell’s Book Store
Dawes
China
Novelties Toys, &c
M. H. James
Corvie
James & Nunn
Ks Heed
Aks Chalice Obeal
Rohde
Higgs Market
Broshes
MES
W. H. Lawrence
Over Haswell
Stor
W.C. Fountain
Smith Drug Company
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Mississippi River
Kentucky
New Orleans
Shoop
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