Real estate listings by J. W. Batts agent
Brazos county land titles available from Haven office. 40 acres pasture land partly inside city limits with stock water at 816 per acre. Southeast town area has near schoolhouse 1.25 acres and Swallow cottage with tenant house and well. Six room house and two lots four blocks from Bean Street priced at 1250. One quarter block near Allen Academy east front priced 250. Terms easy. Railroad front Otto Boehme property with部分 lots near schoolhouse at 100 each. Also other city property and various options.
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Swallow
Price
Bean Street
Allen Academy
East Front
Otto Boehme
Orange Tree Gavel Marks Health Association Session
In New Orleans on December 11 the American Public Health association opened its third day with President Holton using a gavel carved from a Louisiana orange tree and inscribed. The group backed a resolution urging national sanatorium use and rejected a quarantine abolition proposal for now after debate. Delegates were instructed to appoint representatives to the 1904 Tuberculosis congress in St. Louis.
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American Public Health
New Orleans
Holton
American Public Health Association
Louisiana
Guiteras
Schrader
St. Louis
Horsemeat Dinner Draws Humane Society Backlash
Berlin reports a row over a horsemeat banquet planned by the Fleischer Zeitung. Distinguished members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals refuse invitation, arguing horse flesh has no fair place at such a dinner. The paper says the Butchers' league aims to host 400 guests with horse bouillon and other horse dishes.
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Humane Society
Berlin
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Fleischer-Zeitung
German Butchers
Butchers’ League
Pieischer Zeitung
The
Fieischer-Zeitung
Seven new poisons discovered by Michigan professor
Chicago dispatch reports Professor Schlotterback of the University of Michigan has identified seven new poisons. Three derive from the allegheny vine, with named compounds adlamine and adlumidine and an unnamed fourth. Caladine poppy yields stylophine and disphyl line, while Japanese calandine provides bacconidine and another unnamed toxin.
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Michigan
Chicago
Schlotterback
University of Michigan
the Tribune
Ann Arbor
Mich
Protests by Indians Oppose Joint Statehood Plan
In Washington on December 11 resolutions from the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory protested joint statehood with Oklahoma. The session also passed a bill for consuls general and other officials with office costs not exceeding 1800 dollars annually. Arbitration talks and new counterfeit reports were noted.
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Washington
Senate
Civilized Tribes of
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Santiago de Cuba
Cienfuegos
Tragedy in Parlor as Overseer Shot by Stranger
Thomas Wilson an overseer was shot and killed in his Charlotte parlor on Wednesday night by Arthur Bishop a traveling salesman from Petersburg Virginia. Bishop died in the incident after Wilson objected to his presence and ordered him to leave.
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Charlotte
N. C
Thomas Wilson
Arthur Bishop
Petersburg
Bishop
Wilson
Bribery Charges Bind Three In Butte District Court
George Cassy former Democratic county chairman C E Alsop candidate for legislature and Charles W Clark son of a senator are bound over to district court in Butte Montana under bonds of 1000 each on bribery charges.
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Butte
Mont
George Cassy
Democratic County Central Committee
C. E. Alsop
Charles W. Clarkson
Spooner Says He Will Accept Senate Re election If Legislature Tenders
Milwaukee dispatch reports Senator John C. Spooner indicating he would accept a re election to the United States Senate if the legislature offers it. He frames it as a command from the party he cannot disobey, replying to inquiry from Senator Whitehead and Rock County assemblymen.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Milwaukee
Wis
John C. Spooner
Whitehead
Rock County
United States Senate
Portrait of Luther by Cranach Found in Wittenberg Church
A hitherto unknown portrait of Martin Luther painted by Lucas Cranach the elder, a noted artist and burgomaster of Wittenberg, has been uncovered in the town church of Wittenberg. It is regarded as the finest Luther likeness in existence.
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Berlin
Martin Luther
Lucas Cranach
Wittenberg
Engagement announced of Grand Duke to Princess Caroline
Berlin December 11 announces the betrothal of the Grand Duke of Saxe Heimer to Princess Caroline of Reus.
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Eugagement
Berlin
Grand Duke of
Saxeheimer
Caroline of
Reus
Plague Cases Noted by State Health Chief in US
Austin report says State Health Officer Tabor notes 122 bubonic plague cases in the United States this year and supports a thorough investigation. They mention the sudden death of Travis county resident J. B. Rogers while camping, and John Ratican of Hood's brigade found dead at the Confederate home. Governor Sayers names A. R B. Kennedy of Bonham lieutenant colonel and medical director of the Volunteer Guard.
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Austin
Tabor
United States
J. B. Rogers
Travis County
John Ratican
Hood
Fort Worth
Sayers
A. R B. Kennedy
Bonham
Volunteer Guard
Mad Mullah Reported Assassinated in Prayer
Rumor reaches Aden that the Mad Mullah of Somaliland was killed by a spear thrust during prayer. Other dispatches note Wheat Belt conditions with winter wheat planted at 34 million acres up 5.1 percent and December 1 condition near 99.7. In Selma Alabama Negroes form a Colored Republican Party and seek broad Republican appeal while Booker T. Washington misses the gathering.
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Aden
Arabia
Somaliland
Carrereo
Barbera
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Selma
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Canadian football team reaches Dublin for Ireland tour
A Canadian football squad arrived in Dublin aboard the Allan Line steamer Bavarian from St John and Halifax. The group will play several matches in Ireland before heading to England. They practiced daily during the voyage and are confident of success.
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Europe
Liverpool
Allan Line
St. John, N. B
Halifax
Dublin
Ireland
England
Atlantic
Memphis arson suspect confesses to multiple fires
Marshall Clemens, a Black man arrested in Memphis, confesses to Chief John Mason that he set five suburban residences and outhouses ablaze and admits a Sept 24 arson at the home of E. W. Rector in Hot Springs.
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Memphis
Tenn
Marshall Clemens
John Mason
E. W. Rector
Hot Springs
Cherokee Nation freedmen enrollment rejected by Dawes Commission
The secretary of the interior affirmed the Dawes commission decision denying enrollment to Henry C. Hayden Mariah Hayden Geo Buckner Ella Addleston and Andy Rider as freedmen citizens of the Cherokee nation in Vinita Indian Territory dated December 11.
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Ecision
Vinita
I. T
Secretary of the Interior
Dawes Commission
Henry C. Hayden
Mariah Hayden
Geo. B. Buckner
Ella Addleston
Andy Rider
Lasker Goes 13-1 in Simultaneous Chess Display
Emanuel Lasker world chess champion played fourteen simultaneous games at the University Club in Chicago on Wednesday night. He won thirteen games, drew none, and lost one after giving each opponent a knight and taking the first move.
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Chicago
Emanuel Lasker
University Club
Five Men Jailed in Mississippi Murder Case
Five men charged with the murder of William Lawrence, a prominent Jonesboro Georgia man, at a lumber camp near Laurel Mississippi, have been placed in jail in Ellisville for safe keeping as the community grows more excited.
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Ellisville
Miss
William Lawrence
Jonesboro
Laurel
Bribery Allegations in Scranton Strike Hearings
Testimony before the strike commission in Scranton on Wednesday alleged that two mine foremen attempted to bribe two union presidents. The hearings center on labor unrest and possible interference in union activities.
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Scranton
Abbott Dies After Blow in Kirbyville Dispute
W A Abbott was killed in Kirbyville Texas after a dispute. He was struck with a stick and died from brain hemorrhages.
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Kirbyville
Tex
W. A. Abbott
Lost Money in Dallas Pocketbook Holder Lost
Dallas December 11 Frank Fitzhugh a visitor here lost a pocketbook containing 2400 dollars after a day in the city.
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Dallas
Frank Fitzhugh
Multiple incidents report across states from thefts to discoveries
In Missouri two strangers stole about 2000 from four gambling houses in St Joseph. A miner William A Hunter was killed by a dynamite blast in Coal town Illinois near Moline. The Reina Merces refit at Portsmouth New Hampshire for a training ship. A gas vein and oil hits at Kaiser Mound near Columbia Texas at 235 feet. The Cobre Grande litigation reopened in Phoenix Arizona. The Tem ple Belton Texas interurban line projected costing 210000 dollars. A skeleton near Abilene Texas is thought to be a long-ago murder victim. A negro hypnotic trance patient operated on in El Paso Texas with knife scars. Joseph A Taft and three assistants set up HQ at Harts horne Indian Territory.
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St. Joseph
William A. Hunter
Coaltown
Ill
Moline
Portsmouth
N. H
Kaiser Mound
Columbia
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Temple
Belton
Abilene
el Paso
Joseph A. Taft
Government Geological Survey
Hartshorne
I. T
British and German Embassies Warn on Caracas Arrests
Dispatches report the seizure of the Venezuelan navy in Caracas and Britain and Germany prepare to block the port with warships. Officials say Castro ordering arrests of British and German subjects may constitute a declaration of war. Diplomatic corps view the action as potentially warlike and unprecedented among peaceful powers.
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Bowen
Department
Caracas
Washington
Dec
Castro
French Representative Named for Venezuela Arbitration
The French foreign office selects Count de Rocca as France's arbiter for the Venezuela dispute and orders his immediate departure to Caracas with M. Weiner to hear claims from French citizens whose property was damaged during the revolution. Arbitrators will meet in Caracas. Berlin also reports German and British naval plans to patrol the Venezuelan coast to curb smuggling and blockade ports not yet under allied control.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Count de Rocca
Venezuela
Caracas
M. Weiner
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Grow Spoke On Labor and Capital Relations In Congress
Washington December 11 The venerable Galusha A Grow of Pennsylvania delivered a farewell style speech in the House on labor and capital urging cooperation as the only solution to the era’s tensions. The session also advanced tea duty relief for importers and duties refunds for Porto Rico and the Philippines while the pure food bill was made a continuing order.
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Washington
House
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court
New York
Porto Rico
Philippines
Senate Devotes Day to Omnibus Statehood Bill and Nominations
The Senate spent most of its Wednesday session debating the omnibus statehood bill, hearing reports from Senator Beveridge and proposing joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory while opposing New Mexico and Arizona admission. The day also saw bills passed on tax refunds for private dies and tea duties for bonded importers, plus nominations to the senate and postmaster appointments in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Senate
Washington
Quay
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Beveridge backs statehood for Indian Territory
In a letter to a citizen Senator Beveridge says he favors making Indian Territory a state and believes it and Oklahoma will form one state.
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Beveridge
Ardmore, I. T
Dec
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Sawter Named Successor to Nast as Guayaquil Consul General
George Sawter, consul at Antigua, B W I, has been appointed to succeed the late Thomas Nast as consul general at Guayaquil. The designation follows Nast's death and confirms Sawter in the post.
Burglars Steal Goods From Two Mannsville Stores
In Mannsville I T on December 11 burglars looted the shops of W B Shrimshere and Co and G T Echols, taking goods valued at nearly six hundred dollars. The thefts occurred at two separate store locations, with authorities investigating the incidents.
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Stelen
Mannsville
I. T
W. B. Shrimshere & Co
G. T. Echols
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L&g.n
Mel
Shreveport
D. J. Price
Trave Marks
Ac. H
Euuil Ertail
Iowa
R. H. Randall
Dunlap
B.C. DeWitt & Co
H. B. Dorsey
Shafroth (Corp
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
C. Lyone
Register
Roberts
Garfield
Luther
Mad Mullah
Grow
Mexicc
Arizona
John F. Wild
Revenue Cutter Service
Postmasters
F. Herrman
Stillwater
William Drawe
Cuero
S. H. Allphin
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Opti Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Sgmotto
Ageme
Bryan
Soosovs Soslvsss
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
John Wittmann
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