Tax Assessments Highlight Tax Law Debates In Texas
Governor Campbell and Representative Mobley addressed the Tax Assessors' convention. They discussed how full property rendition could cut ad valorem rates, the duties of assessors, and penalties for failure to perform. They argued the tax reforms aim to reduce burdens on residents and shift some burdens to uncovered interests.
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Austin
Campbell
Mobley
Tax Assessors
White
Association
Texas
Stockyards Bank Reopens With 80000 In Deposits After Takeover
Kansas City December 10 The second small local bank affiliated with the National Bank of Commerce has resumed business as Stockyards Bank of Commerce with 80000 in deposits. The state took it over, Commerce Trust helped meet demands, and Union Avenue Bank of Commerce is under reorganization as plans for National Bank of Commerce continue.
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Kansas City
National Bank of Commerce
Stockyards Bank of Commerce
State Bank Examiner
Commerce Trust Company
Stockyards Bank
Swanger
Union Avenue Bank of Commerce
Healy vows to close Chicago saloons Sundays
State Attorney John J. Healy announced he will enforce Sunday closing laws to shut saloons in Chicago. He spoke at St. Peter's Episcopal church after twenty nine warrants were issued against hotel proprietors for violations. He warned saloonkeepers have provoked a revolt among thoughtful citizens toward shorter hours and removal of disorderly places.
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Chicago
John J. Healy
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Insurgents Take Three Strongholds in Kwang Si
Rebels from Wunchow penetrate into Kwang Si province and seize three forts between Lung Chow and Langsow. Martial law declared in the troubled area.
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Canton
Wunchow
Kwang Si
Lung Chow
Langsow
Fine flowing well at Cotilla Texas
A fine flowing oil well was brought in here at a depth of sixty feet in Cotilla Texas on December 10.
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Cotilla
Tex
Delegates to Central American peace talks dined by Root
Washington report notes Secretary Root hosted delegates to a Central American peace conference. A humorous aside recalls Mrs Close celebrating her husband attaining church incumbency and a farmer's wife whose pig won a cattle show gold medal, as recounted by Pearson's Weekly.
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Washington
Root
Close
Pearson's Weekly
First Circus Visit Ends With Hippo Wonder Joke
Two country women attend the circus for the first time and are captivated by the menagerie. They stop at the hippopotamus exhibit and the mother whispers to her daughter in a comical mispronunciation, My! Ain't he plain?
Fulton pushes initiative recall and referendum on US constitution
Washington reports Representative Fulton of Oklahoma introduces bills to graft initiative referendum and recall into the US Constitution. Proposals include federal ballot printing of voters choice, a recall for public officials, and petitions enabling amendments. Other measures seek to curb stock wagering, use of telegraph for that purpose, and increased Civil War survivor pensions to at least 40 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Fulton
United States
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Neighbor Fatally Shoots Man In Home Burglary Fear
Hedrick Redding was shot and killed by Frank Manning at Cedar Springs Texas near the Watkins residence. Manning fired through a door believing Redding a burglar after an exchange on the gallery, the load hitting Redding in the throat and neck at close range.
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Marlin
Tex
Hedrick Redding
Cedar Springs
Frank Manning
J. B. Watkins
Manning
Redding
Gas strike in Texarkana well on College Hill promises rich flow
Texarkana Texas reports a Cood gas flow and possible oil at the J. D. Cook well on College Hill after depth of about 2300 feet. Work paused for days then resumed Monday morning with early upbeat talk that the Texarkana natural gas problem may be solved. Owners decline to comment but belief runs high of a rich strike from years of intermittent drilling.
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Texarkana
Tex
J. D. Cook
College Hill
Brewers Ready to Support Temperance Reform
New York reports America's leading brewers prepared to cooperate with temperance reformers to abolish saloons that attract women and children and do not comply with laws. They say prohibition waves threaten only dives and expect the move to remove customers from drinkers while preserving their product.
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New York
America
Anti-Saloon League Conference Planned in Dallas
A district Anti-Saloon league gathering for Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas will run January 6 to 8 in Dallas with National superintendent Dr P A Baker and all district supervisors attending. District meetings will replace the costly national convention with Dallas and Fort Worth serving as two centers under Drs Riley and Held.
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Anti-Saloon League
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Dallas
P. A. Baker
Fort Worth
Drs. Riley
Busch Sees Local Option and Sunday Closing Plan
Adolphus Busch of St. Louis backs local option and partial Sunday closing. He proposes shutting saloons from midnight Saturday to 2 PM Sunday to allow morning church. Busch notes prohibition spreading, cites Oklahoma’s move costing him a million dollars.
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Kansas City
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Busch
South
Oklahoma
Macklin on Trial for Four Murders in Texas
Willis Macklin faces murder charges in district court for four killings, three of them of Black men and one white man, alleged to have occurred last spring. The case sparked strong local unrest as officers from multiple counties and a large posse hunted him, during which Macklin was seriously wounded.
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Livingston, Tex
Willis Macklin
Macklin
Five Year Old Girl Fatally Burned While Lighting Fire
In Nacogdoches Texas on December 10 a five year old girl, daughter of John Gossip, a black man, died from fatal burns suffered while attempting to ignite a fire with kerosene. She was alone at home when the accident occurred and all her clothing burned from her body before help could reach her.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
John Gossip
Winter Wheat Acreage Falls From 1907 Levels
Washington December report shows winter wheat sown 1.9 percent lower than fall 1907, down 596000 acres to 31069000 total. Condition on December 1 stands at 91.1 percent versus 94.1 a year earlier and a ten year average of 93.0.
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Washington
Bank President Passes Away in Waveland
Waveland Mississippi December 10 Peter Hallwege president of the Bank of New Orleans and a leading southern financier died here He was born in Germany seventy seven years ago
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Waveland
Miss
Peter Hallwege
Bank of New Orleans
New Orleans
South
Germany
Cotton market figure W J Rogers dies after forty years
Lexington Kentucky reports the death of W J Rogers a longtime Cotton Market figure for forty years He was a brother of United States District Judge Rogers of Arkansas His death marks the end of a prominent era in regional commerce with ties to the judiciary.
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Lexington
W. J. Rogers
United States
Rogers
Arkansas
Fire Quenched in Mine No 8 at Monongah
Fire in mine No 8 at Monogah West Virginia was quenched at 10 oclock Monday and rescue work resumed.
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Monogah
W. Va
King Oscar’s Body Embalmed In Stockholm
Embalming completed for the late king with the body prepared in Stockholm. Queen Victoria, wife of King Gustave, has arrived.
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Stockholm
Oscar
Victoria
Gustave
BREVITIES BUNCHED
Senator Foraker urges Ohio Republicans to hold primaries. Amarillo home construction costs 25325 dollars. Supreme Court to hear packinghouse cases January 20. Dallas dentist Dr Price Cheaney robbed of fifty dollars in gold. Over 400 birds on display at Collin County Poultry Show in McKinney. Felix Mann of San Angelo sold forty yearling males at fifty dollars each to Dr J A Marsh. Amelia Rolack, twelve, dies of lockjaw after stepping on rusty nail near Taylor. City of Mexico firm to ship 20 to 39 million hardwood ties to US. Rochester Tumbler and Keystone Tumbler firms in receivership. Brig Gen John A Hulen retires effective January 22. Elbert Hicks jailed in Shreveport. body of wife found near Belcher. Louis Norsworthy, son of clergyman, shot at Jackson Mississippi by Pat Nelson. Gun cartridge explosion injures Hettie McClusky in McKinney. Jessie Ray wounded by a brother’s accidental shot in McKinney.
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Senator Foraker
Ohio
Taylor
Tex
Amelia Rolack
City of Mexico
United States
John A. Hulen
Texas
Elbert Hicks
Shreveport
Belcher
Louis Norsworthy
Jackson
Miss
Pat Nelson
Postmasters Confirmed in Senate Action
Washington December 10 Senate confirmed nearly sixty postmasters on Monday marking a broad federal personnel approval. The move accompanies routine appointments and clerical reassignments across the postal service.
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Washington
Senate
Rescuers Find 112 Bodies From Monongah Mine Disaster
At noon Tuesday 112 victims have been recovered from Fairmont company mines Nos. 6 and 8 after last Friday’s explosion. Rescue work, though lengthy, is nearing completion as teams continue surface retrievals. Bishop Donahue aids families, helps with funerals, and arranges homes for orphaned children.
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Monongah
W. V
Dee
Fairmont Company
Ben
Donahue
Wheeling
Carnations for Beloved at Monongah Mine Disaster
In Monongah West Virginia crowds gathered as rescue workers recovered bodies after the coal mine blast. By Monday night sixty six bodies had been brought out with funds rising over twenty five thousand dollars for relief. A foreign widow stood with carnations as her husband was found and buried later near the temporary morgue.
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Monongah
W. Va
Cotton futures drop after government crop estimate posted
New Orleans on December 10 following the government crop estimate of 11,678,000 bales on the Cotton Exchange, cotton futures fell 20 to 27 points. January option slipped to 11.05 after briefly at 11.12, with May 11.23, March 11.18, and July 11.22. March briefly dipped to 11.08 as selling pressure appeared and buying orders limited the decline.
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New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Cotton Production Estimate for 1907 08
The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics estimates U S cotton production for 1907 08 at 5 581 968 000 pounds not including linters equivalent to 11 678 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight The report is based on correspondence and agents data from the department of agriculture Washington December 10.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
United States
Monument Honors Colonel T. S. Lubbock in Texas
A new monument at Colonel T. S. Lubbock's resting place replaces a plain slab. Lubbock once commanded Terry's Texas Rangers and is celebrated as a distinguished Confederate figure. The monument honors the Texan leader under provisions of a bequest from the late ex-Governor Frank R. Lubbock.
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Houston
T. S. Lubbock
Terry
Texas Rangers
Lubbock
Frank R. Lubbock
Two Robbers Shot Dead After Post Office Attempt
In Winlock Washington two men killed after a post office robbery attempt. They were chased by a posse, surrounded in the woods and shot to death. One wounded constable T F McFadden who confronted them. Names of the dead not known.
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Winlock
Wash
T. F. McFadden
Tragedy at Cham berlain Station Crushes Brakeman
Louis Wood a brakeman on the Port Allen branch of the Texas and Pacific railroad was crushed to death when he was caught between two drawheads at Cham berlain Station on December 10 in Marshall Texas.
Lazzard Freres Moves Large Gold Import
New York December 10 report shows Lazzard Freres contracted gold imports worth 2 150 000 for Monday import activity raising total movement to 120 750 000 in the period.
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New York
Lazzard Freres
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Rochester Tumbler Company
Keystone Tumbler Company
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J. A. McClusky
Hettie
Jessie Ray
China
M. H. James
F Cory
Riaht
James & Nunn
Ee. Poll de
E. Rohde
Higgs Market
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Over Haswell
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Smith Drug Company
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Mississippi River
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