Key Charges Express Companies Storage Prices
County Attorney Key of Coke county urges the railroad commission to tackle alleged extortionate express storage fees. He asks whether prosecutions exist under current laws and if storage charges can be regulated. The commission is conducting an investigation as Christmas pardons flood governor’s offices. Fort Worth reports of a Katy railroad case appeal and possible legislative remedies after supreme court ruling.
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Austin
Key
Coke County
Railroad Commission
Express
Fort Worth
W. D. Williams
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Katy
Williams
Samuel Gompers
Negroes plan court challenge to street car Jim Crow rule
Following violence after a theater event in Muskogee, a mass meeting shaped a legal campaign to test the validity of street car Jim Crow law as applied to Negroes. The arrested participants vow to fight the case in court seeking equal accommodations with whites.
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Muskogee
Okla
Representative Stephens Seeks Texas Frontier Spending Report
Washington December 10 Representative Stephens introduced a bill directing the secretary of war to send to Congress a report on Texas expenditures from 1866 to 1876 for suppressing Indians and outlaws on the frontier. The action precedes potential pension extensions for old Texas Indian fighters.
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Washington
Stephens
House
Secretary of War
Congress
Texas
Mrs Eureka Culver Dies After Stroke at Sherman
Mrs Eureka Culver wife of Traveling Claim Agent Culver for the Houston and Texas Central railway died early Thursday morning from apoplexy suffered the day prior The body will be sent to Kilgore for burial beside her husband who died eight years earlier
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Sherman
Eureka Culver
Culver
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Kilgore
Officials plan Brownsville probe into Eagle Pass sums
Cecil Lyon and Marshal Nolte departed San Antonio after a conference with Burton Parker a treasury agent about charges against Eagle Pass customs collector B W Dowe. They will study affairs of Collector Vann at Brownsville and Dowe has returned to Eagle Pass.
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San Antonio
Cecil Lyon
Marshal Nolte
Brownsville
Burton Parker
Treasury
B. W Dowe
Eagle Pass
Vann
Dowe
Rockefeller advises waiter to save tip in bank
New Brunswick New Jersey December 10 article quotes John D Rockefeller telling a waiter to deposit tips in a savings bank. He says he did that with his spare cash when he was young and it earned money for him.
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New Brunswick
N. J
John D Rockefeller
Indian leader Gupta held for trial in Texas revolt case
Muskogee Oklahoma December 10 E Dias Gupta charged with violating neutrality laws as leader of revolutionists against the Mexican government in the Las Vegas riots was taken to San Antonio Texas by Martin Vietor for trial.
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Muskogee, Ohloa
E. Dias Gupta
Las Vegas
San Antonio, Tex
Martin Vietor
Brakeman Narrowly Cut In Half In Dallas Yard Incident
Waxahachie Texas December 10 M Q Perryman a Katy brakeman residing in Dallas was nearly cut in two in the yards here He was caught beneath a freight car and is described as forty years old.
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Waxahachie
Tex
M. Q. Perryman
Dallas
Katy
Mr. Perryman
Millsap Odd Fellows pick for a sick brother’s crop
Weatherford Texas December 10 every member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Millsap joined in picking the cotton crop of Joseph Candill a brother whose wife has long been ill The event shows fraternal solidarity and mutual aid within the lodge community.
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Weatherford, Tex
Odd Fellows Lodge
Millsap
Joseph Candill
Senate relief bills for Cumley Crump and Ogletree homes
Senator Bailey in Washington introduced measures to aid the homes of J. W. Cumley and the estate of W. K. Crump. A separate bill seeks relief for the home of James B. Ogletree.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
J. W. Cumley
W. EK. Crump
James’ B. Ogletree
Fatally Injured by Train Near Bonus
Wharton Texas December 10 Jeff Smith was fatally injured near Bonus after being run over by a Santa Fe train. An arm was severed his face crushed and he suffered additional injuries in the accident.
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Wharton, Tex
Jeff Smith
Bonus
Santa Fe
Robbery Near Moody During Barn Feeding
Dock Howard was assaulted by two masked men while feeding stock at his barn three miles from Moody in Waco. They bound him and robbed him of $240 before fleeing.
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Waco
Moody
Dock Howard
Weatherford Government Building Funding Bill Introduced
In the House Representative Gillespie introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 for a government building at Weatherford. The proposal aims to advance federal construction in the district and prompts expected committee review.
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Washington
House
Gillespie
Weatherford
Castro on French Soil
Bordeaux reports President Castro of Venezuela disembarked Thursday morning during a visit to France with plans for talks and possible diplomacy abroad.
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Bordeaux
Castro
Venezuela
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Stevenson Machine
Bryan
Yather
J. B. Himes
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A. McKenzie’s
Limoges
A. McKenzie
Noble Odd Fellows
Bill
Weatherford Building
Rance CO
B. Reed
Joe B. Reed
John Wittman
Tailo
S. L. Boatwright
Holmes Confectionery
Joe Kosh
S. H. Franklin
Eastman Kodak Goods
Haswell’s Book Store
Dodo
Bryan Roller Rink
Daughters OF Confederacy
Tlic Riese
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