J W Batts Real Estate Offerings In Sttown Area
Listing by J W Batts presents 40 acres pasture land with stock water at 15 dollars per acre and a one and a quarter acre near a schoolhouse with a small cottage tenant house and a well. A six room house and two lots four blocks from Mx Street priced at 1260 dollars with a brick cistern. A quarter block near Allen Academy east front for 250 dollars with easy terms. Frontage of five feet on Railroad and Otto Boehme property available. Lots near the school house at 100 dollars each and additional city property offered.
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Sttown
Land Listings Around A M College and City Properties
A collection of real estate ads notes 92 acres near A M College suitable for dairy and hog farming 1000 dollars. Courthouse lots 14 dollars with house barn and water well. Several city lots northwestern corner lots 25 to 35 dollars. 69 acres Wixon creek Pearson place 49 cultivated creek bottom land. One mile west of city I and G N R passes. Prices 150000 dollars or trade for city property. Additional lands listed as too numerous.
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A. & M. College
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Monroe Doctrine Discussed in Senate Over Venezuela
In executive session senators debated Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine with Senator Cullom noting no additional public-printed facts. Teller sought information while Bacon Hoar Lodge and Stewart spoke. Germany and Great Britain were cited as enforcing debts without infringing the doctrine.
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Washington
Senate
House
Teller
Cultom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senator Cullom
Messrs
Bacon
Hoar
Lodge
Stewart
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Cullom
William
Venezuela
Ecuadorians rally for regional unity after Puerto Cabello bombardment
In Guayaquil on December 17, crowds exceeding 3000 marched with Ecuadorian Mexican and South American flags. Speakers urged Latin American alliance while government avoided action. Local papers condemn German and British policy.
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Guayaquil
Eucador
Puerto Cabello
Germany
Great Britain
Chile, Bolivia and Brazil react to Venezuela crisis
From Santiago La Paz and Rio de Janeiro reports show Chile will abstain in the Venezuela dispute while Bolivian papers favor regional action to support Venezuela and Brazilian officials express indifference to the crisis. The notes reflect divergent South American positions as of December 17.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Venezuela
South America
Newspapers urge aid to Venezuela from South American republics
Urge support. San Salvador reports newspapers call for South American republics to back Venezuela while the Salvadoran government shows no sign of action.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Venezuela
Argentine Denies Intervention in Venezuela Crisis
Buenos Ayres reports the Argentine government denies any plans to intervene in the Venezuela allied powers dispute. In Panama and Colombia, President Castro of Venezuela faces no Colombian government support for his actions. The Italian minister to Venezuela, Signor de Riva, will depart Caracas aboard the cruiser Giovanna Bausan at La Guayra.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentine
Venezuela
Panama
Colombia
Castro
Caracas
Signor de Riva
Rome
Giovanna Bausan
la Guayra
Peaceful blockade not recognized against US shipping
Washington officials say peaceful blockade of Venezuelan ports cannot be recognized against United States shipping. Allies may bar Venezuelan ships from entry, but ordinary US commerce cannot be blocked without formal war recognition, to protect American trade.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Balfour Explains Venezuela Actions in Commons
London reports Premier Balfour stating there is no pacific blockade, a state of war existed with Venezuela, and an imminent blockade notice would be given to powers. He said operations aim to recover compensation for assaults on British subjects and seizing ships, not to recover debts, with minimal disruption to neutrals.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
Pacific
Venezuela
Costa Rican stance on Venezuelan crisis shifts public mood
The Costa Rican government will not discuss the Venezuelan situation but ministers favor President Castro's approach. Public feeling in San Jose is bitter toward British and German actions, while the United States is criticized and the Monroe doctrine ridiculed as Castro is seen as a model for Spanish America. A separate dispatch notes Italy sending its interests in Caracas to Bowen, and Berlin denying plans to seize Margarita Island.
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San Jose
C. R
Castro
United States
Andijan Town Destroyed By Earthquake In Ferghana
Ashkaban Russia Turkestan Dec 17 The town of Andijan in Ferghana government was totally destroyed by an earthquake Tuesday. Fatalities are not yet known and the population faces starvation. Shocks reached New Marghelan and nearby villages. the railway at Andijan was wrecked for miles. Food and clothing are sent to Andijan, which has about 30 000 inhabitants fifty miles from Khokand.
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Ashkaban
Russian Turkestan
Andijan
Ferghana J
New Marghelan
Russian Central Asia
Khokand
Collector to refuse transfer of Chinese crew to other ships
San Francisco officials announce a policy that under instructions from the Commissioner of Immigration no Chinese crew aboard the steamer Arab will be transferred to the Danish steamer Stanley Bollar. The denial extends to all transfer applications including a forthcoming crew for the new steamer Siberia, creating a precedent for similar actions and informing all interested parties.
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San Francisco
Port
Stratton
Sargent
Stanley Bollar
Wisconsin Batleship Orders Canceled
Washington canceled orders sending the battleship Wisconsin to sea bound for Bremerton. Lieutenant Commander Mayo remains in temporary command and awaits new instructions. Vessel officers still expect to reach Bremerton within a few days.
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Sanrancisco
Washington
Wisconsin
Bremerton
Puget Sound
Mayo
Navy Department
Funeral for General Moorman Set Thursday in Metairie
In New Orleans on December 17 the funeral for the late General Moorman is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Temporary interment will occur in the Army of the Tennessee tomb at Metairie Cemetery, after remains are moved to Memorial Hall. Episcopal minister Rev. A Gordon Bakewell will perform the burial service.
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New Orleans
General Moorman
Army of the Tennessee
Metaire Cemetery
Memorial Hall
A. Gordon Bakewell
Queen Alexandra Christens Lord Mandeville Child
Queen Alexandra served as godmother at the christening of Lord Mandeville, infant son of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, in St James Palace chapel. The queen presented a silver bow and spoon as the ceremonial gift.
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London
Alexandra
Lord Mandeville
Puke
Duchess of Manchester
Chapel Royal
St. James’ Palace
Corn market collapses under Louis blind pool scheme
In Chicago on December 17 the December corn market dropped five cents as the Louis blind pool leadership faced a sharp setback. Also on December 17 near Cape Vincent New Jersey the barge Isaac Stevenson broke from her tow in a gale on Lake Ontario ten miles west, with six crew feared lost.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Cape Vincent
N. J
Isaac Stevenson
Ogdenburg
Lake Ontario
Here
Senate halves discussion on statehood bill and approves bust fund
Washington December 17 Senate adjourned with no further debate on the omnibus statehood measure until January 6. Dillingham spoke against it, while Teller sought a reply but was denied. A $3000 bronze bust of McKinley passed, and Morgan sought to reference his isthmian canal salary bill to inter oceanic canals. Morgan cited costs and time abroad of the canal commissioners. Hale pressed for expense oversight. Conferees Allison, Hale and Cochran named on the $50,000 anthracite strike commissioners’ salaries bill. An appeals provision for the Fourth circuit directs at least one Fort Worth term annually.
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Washington
Senate
Dillingham
Teller
McKinley
Morgan
Ala
Isthmian Canal Commission
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Hale
Nicaragua
Panama
Mr. Hale
Mr. Morgan
Allison
Cochran
Fourth Judicial Circuit of
United States
Fort Worth
Tex
Circuit
House takes steps on livestock disease control and budget bill
The House approved transferring power to regulate contagious livestock diseases from the treasury to the Agriculture Department. It advanced the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, and considered contracts for Bayou Vermilion lock and dam and Mermenton dam, then adjourned at 5 15.
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Washington
House
Treasury Department
Department of Agriculture
Southwest Louisiana Rice Growers’ Association
Bayou Vermillion
Rice Irrigation Company of Louisiana
Mermenton
Wadsworth
N. Y
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Department of Justice
Senate confirms Griscom to Japan post and Jenkins to South Carolina
Washington confirmation by the senate names Lloyd G. Griscom as minister to Japan and Micah J. Jenkins as collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina.
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Washington
Senate
Lloyd G. Griscom
Japan
Micah J. Jenkins
Internal Revenue
District of South Carolina
Foreign Matters Discussed by President and Cabinet
Washington reports say the President and cabinet discussed foreign matters at great length on Tuesday. The meeting covered international policy and actions at the highest levels.
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Washington
Flood Worsens in Tennessee and Mississippi Rail Lines Submerged
Western Tennessee and northern Mississippi remain flooded with tracks on the Louisville and Nashville and Nashville to St Louis routes between Memphis and Nashville underwater. Trains detoured via Paducah Junction on Illinois Central lines with handcars guiding progress. Arkansas reports improvement as rivers recede, but farmers suffer heavy livestock losses and lowland inundation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisville
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Paducah Junction
Illinois Central
Paducah
Arkansas
British public opinion favors solo action in Venezuela issue
Berlin dispatches say British papers show opposition to a Germany Britain Venezuela coercion alliance and suggest Germany would be wiser to act alone in future deals. They note some pique and urge caution before any future cooperation with Britain.
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Berlin
Germany
Venezuela
Great Britain
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Allen Academy
East Front
Otto Boehme
Will Gell
Lamar Bethea
Monroe Edge
Carrizo Springs
Carrizo Springs Mineral Water Company
San Antonio
Texas
DeWitt
Witt
E.C. DeWitt & Co
H. B. Dorsey
Bryan Ice, Storage & Coal Co
Santiago de Chile
Chile
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Costa Rica
Bowen
Italy
Foreign Office
Margarita Island
Ashkabad
Russian Turkistan
Queen Alexandra Godmother
Court OF Appeals
S. H. Allphin
FORD
Bry
W. T. Ford
Bryan
Pqoob
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
John Wittman
Sos
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