Texas Gains Two in Reapportionment Plan
The House committee on census approved Hopkins reapportionment bill keeping 857 members. Texas gains two seats while Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Nebraska Ohio South Carolina Virginia lose one each. Illinois Louisiana Minnesota New Jersey New York West Virginia gain one each. The bill preserves contiguity and compactness to curb gerrymandering and will not be taken up until after holidays.
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Washington
House Committee On Census
Hopkin
House
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Nebraska
Ohio
South Carolina
Virginia
Illinois
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
West Virginia
Texas
Secretary of the Interior
Greer County
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Philippines
Legislative Department of Government
DC. A. Bonatelle
Littlefield
Boutelle
Choate Likely To Return After Beaman Death
A London dispatch says Ambassador Choate may sail for the United States soon after Beaman's death. Beaman's loss shocks Choate who planned no further tenure due to income limits and draining expenses. His return to America for good appears increasingly probable.
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New York
Journal
London
Ambassador Choate
United States
Charles C. Beaman
Beaman
Evarts, Choate and Beaman
America
One Point Neglected In Arsenals And Secret Ammunition
A Pekin dispatch says negotiations have limited reach and fail to close arsenals at Hankow and Shanghai. The failure allows Tung Fuh Siang to rally and control troops, prompting calls for wider military action by the allies. Also reports on a jailer rescue attempt near Enid, a Kansas shooting of Daniel Lamm, and a Paris Texas farm dispute over a mule.
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London
Pekin
Pall Mall Gazette
Hankow
Shanghai
Tung Fuh Siang
Wichita
Kan
Santa Fe
Empona
Sol Temple
Butts
Enid
O. T. Temple
Sheriff Butts
Kansas City
Temple
Simmons
Landlord to pay mule dispute settled by citizens
The landlord and tenant agreed to submit to seven citizens for arbitration. By a 4 to 3 vote the landlord paid the tenant 75 dollars. In separate notices, a Galveston man named Michael Kelly, reportedly a stranger, died after being hit by an electric car and found on Broadway near the esplanade. In Montgomery, H Clay Armstrong, long prominent Mason and former consul general at Rio de Janeiro, died of heart trouble in Auburn.
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Washington
Richard R. Stedman
Eleventh Infantry
Charles L. Davis
San Juan
Porto Rico
Galveston
Michael Kelly
Broadway
Sealey Hospital
Montgomery
Ala
H. Clay Armstrong
Auburn
Armstrong
Rio de Janeiro
Cleveland
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Batavia
California
Brazil
Dozier's
Dozier Bakery
Dodson & Braun
Svoogs Gooscsosw
Senate
John J. Clague
J. W. Alexander
George B. Davis
Ralph W. Jones
Company H
Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
G. H. Burgher
Samuel Sayre Rodman
John Mosley Brisger
Pennsylvania
Dawes
S. A. Lillard
City National Bank of
Decatur
Tex
B. Rover
First National Bank of Granite, O. T
Lampasas National Bank of
Ray
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Shoa.e
Territories
John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
Burt Norwood
Kernote Bros
Ferndale
Kernole Bros
RB. R
North
South
Sunset-Central
North Texas
New Orleans
Houston
St. Louis
Denison
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Morse
Pass
M. L. Robbins
Tarxas
Choate
San Antonio
Daniel Lamm
Emil Hofaner
Hofaner
Lamm
Paris
Petty
Him
M. Nagle
Attorney AT Law
Bryan
Court House
W. B. Hudson
3. Minkert
Hudson & Minkert
Ni Inofice
Otaly Public
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Wilcox
Bryan Eagle
M. F. Heenan
Harder & Chatham
Socoocolses Ga
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