Gaddys Tragic End On Katy Train
Rev J M Gaddy a leading Texas Baptist field secretary aged about fifty four was killed after falling from a southbound Missouri Kansas and Texas train near San Marcos en route to San Antonio for treatment. He died from internal injuries as the local train brought him to Austin where his body awaited shipment to Dallas. He left behind daughters Mrs Norris of Dallas and Mrs Brittain of Dallas and is uncle to Mrs Teague of Austin.
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Katy
Austin
J. M. Gaddy
Texas Baptist State
Missouri
Frank Norris
Dallas
San Antonio
Gaddy
Moody Sanitarium
Norris
San Marcos
International
Great Northern
Waco
B. F. Teague
Comptroller’s Department
W. B. Brittain
Three Boys Hurt In Wreck Near Watauga
In Denison on December 13 a Katy line wreck injured conductor Barton and brakeman Cobb, who survived with serious and minor injuries. A Texas and Pacific freight collided with the Katy local, with three local youths Floyd and Leonard Price and Henry Freels among the badly hurt passengers. Barton and Cobb are longtime Denison residents. Freels may die from skull injury and leg fractures.
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Denison
Barton
Cobb
Katy
Watauga
Caboose
Floyd
Leonard Price
Henry Freels
Floyd Price
Rasberry
Texas and Pacific
Hearing Date Set for Cattle Raiser Rate Dispute
The Interstate Commerce Commission fixed January 7 in Chicago to hear the Texas Cattle Raisers Association suit against Missouri Kansas Texas and other railways over alleged unreasonable interstate cattle and livestock shipping rates. The same hearing will address terminal charges on carload Seattle shipments at Union Stockyards Chicago in the related case.
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Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Chicago
Seattle
Union Stockyards
Pulliam Re-Elected President of National League Clubs
Harry C. Pulliam was re-elected president at the annual meeting of the National League of Baseball Clubs in New York. John Heidler was named secretary and treasurer. Directors elected include Barney Dreyfus Ebbetts Garry Hermann P W Murphy and George R Dovey. A committee of Ebbetts Dreyfus and Murphy will handle the schedule and report at the spring meeting with a 154 game schedule to be pursued.
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National League of Baseball Clubs
New York
Harry C. Pulliam
John Heidler
Pulliam
Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
D. BE
Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Garry Hermann
Cin
Cinnati
P. W. Murphy
Chicago
George R. Dovey
Boston
Tetaoishrdlyon Anu
Ebbetts, Dreyfus
Murphy
American Baseball League
Ban Johnson Salary Raised at American League Meeting
At a Chicago meeting of the American Baseball League Ban Johnson's salary was raised from $10,000 to $15,000 per year. Charles Comiskey of the Chicago club moved the measure. Johnson’s term extends through next year and the league decided to play 154 games. The pennant went to Chicago.
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Ban Johnson
Chicago
American Baseball League
Charles Comiskey
Walter Lot Sale in Walter Oklahoma Declares Two Sessions
Lawton Oklahoma December 13. Two hundred eighty Walter town lots sold by Receiver Wright Tuesday at the courthouse square drew about two thousand dollars. Remaining 120 lots brought nearly two thousand dollars Wednesday. Two thousand eight hundred lots remain in Hitchcock Lookeba and Ringwood townsites.
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Lawton
Okla
Walter
Wright
Court House Square
Hitchcock
Lookeba
Ringwood
Patrick’s Appeal Dismissed by U S Supreme Court
The case of Albert T. Patrick, convicted of murdering William Marsh Rice and sentenced to death, was dismissed in the U S Supreme Court on motion by his counsel ex Senator Lindsay. The Patrick appeal for commutation to life in New York rests with Governor Higgins.
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Patrick
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Lindsay
Higgins
Lumbermen and a New Orleans man tried for timber land fraud
William A. and Fred P. Bower of Michigan and Joseph Dunlap of Louisiana faced trial in New Orleans on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States by listing 159 acres as a fourth party purchase while the land was intended for their use in Catahoula Parish Louisiana.
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New Orleans
William A
Fred P. Bower
Michigan
Joseph Dunlap
United States
Catahula Parish
Louisiana
Eggleston given ten years and 1500 dollar fine
In Denver on December 13 Judge Lewis sentenced Dr James D Eggleston son of the Pacific Express president to ten years im prisonment and a 1500 dollar fine after conviction for counterfeiting and making photographic negatives of ten dollar bills Alfonso an Uncle Madrid December 13 Infanta Maria Teresa sister of King Alfonso and wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria gave birth to a son this Wednesday
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Denver
Lewis
James D. Eggleston
President Eggleston
Pacific Express Company
Alfonso
Madrid
Infanta Maria Teresa
Ferdinand of
Bavaria
Christmas pardon seekers swarm Austin
In Austin on December 18 the number of applicants for clemency swells as Christmas pardons are awaited. The governor traditionally grants only a limited number, drawing hopeful individuals from across the state. Health Officer Tabor returns from Mexico City after attending the American Health Association meeting noting improved sanitary conditions across several countries.
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Austin
Tabor
Mexico
American Health Association
Republic
Cotton market reports and coffee futures sales
The cotton market was active and unsettled in New York on Wednesday. Coffee futures were driven by large sales totaling 57 750 bags the same day.
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New York
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J. H. Hatzog
SMITH
Bohanon Hack Line
Burt Norwood
W.C. Bohanon
Propriet
N. Jametta
James & Nunn
Bryan, Texas
Carson Sewall & CO
INSA
W. W Watkins
Foley
Foley & Company
M. H. James
Smith Building
City National Bank
Marry Pulliam
National League
Walter Lot Sale
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
STP “Son Ine and Repair Works
Bryan Street
Nat'l Bank
Eggleston
John Witt
John Wittman
S. H. Franklin
Haswein
Sttore
MNO
A. Moore
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
H. D. Evans
Hack
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