Explosion at Hot Springs pool hall injures thirty
A gas explosion at the Turf Exchange pool room in Hot Springs on a Wednesday afternoon injures about thirty people, with five feared dead. Building wrecked, owner R C Chambers crushed, suspect Ben Murray detained, and a bank roll of about 55,000 dollars blown away but mostly recovered.
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City of Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Turf Exchange Pool
Medical Fraternity of
Billy Harwig
R C. Chambers
Chambers & Walker
Ben Murray
Pen Murray
Murray
Chambers
Edward Vivell
Vivell
Mayer
Coward Free After Twenty Four Years In Prison
Richard Coward, convicted of murder in 1902 and sentenced to hang, was pardoned by Governor Sayers after years of campaigning. He appeared at his brother’s home in Alvin Texas on December 25 as part of the Christmas pardon, the governor stating the release in a letter to a supporter.
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Alvin
Tex
Richard Coward
Roberts
Sayers
Cattlemen Ask Lanham to Extend Line Crossing
Fort Worth December 25 cattlemen in the counties under the quarantine petition Governor-elect Lanham to urge the Livestock Sanitary board to allow cattle to cross the line under inspection until February 15. The current rule ends December 31.
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Fort Worth
Lanham
Livestock Sanitary Board
Wanted to Die Lincoln Boy Shoots Self
Adelbert Lemon a ten year old son of Rev H A Lemon state evangelist for the Christian church shot himself Wednesday night and died that night He told doctors the act was premeditated and that he had bought Christmas presents and had a good time and wanted to die
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Lincoln, Neb
Adelbert Lemon
H. A. Lemon
The
Christian Church
New Road to Be Built to Pease River Joint
W O Richards reports in Austin that New York capitalists form a company to build a railroad line from Quanah to a Pease river joint, the project announced during business visit.
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Austin
W. O. Richards
Quanah
New York City
Steam pipe blasts injure Katy Flyer crew near Leonard Celeste
In Greenville Texas on December 25 a steam pipe burst on engine No. 279 of the Katy flyer between Leonard and Celeste. Engineer Alberr and fireman Hollis sustained severe scalds.
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Greenville
Tex
Katy
Leonard
Celeste
Alberr
Hollis
Trains Collide Killing Six on Colorado South Line
A wreck north of Trinidad Colorado on the Colorado and Southern railroad leaves six dead and two injured after a northbound extra freight collides with a southbound regular freight on a sharp curve. Fourteen cars of the regular train and seven of the extra are wrecked.
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Trinidad
Col
Here
Colorado and Southern Railroad
J. Fox
M’dermott
J. W. Goldtrap
King
Bromson
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in Riggins Case
Austin December 25 The Texas Supreme Court refused both motions for rehearing in the Waco mayoralty dispute. It declined to rehear the writ of error in J W Riggins versus W H Thompson and the City Council and rejected Riggins bid to halt contempt proceedings and the injunction aimed at ending impeachment actions.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Waco
Third Court of Civil Appeals
J. W. Riggins
W. H. Thompson
Riggins
Huge Trust Forming With Nearly a Billion Dollars
The Daily News reports a gigantic gas trust forming across Europe with Chicago and New York capital. John D. Rockefeller is listed as a prospective stockholder with about 300 million dollars. Other alleged investors include Anthony Brady D O Mills and A R Flower. C K G Billings and Brady are said to lead the venture and will travel to Paris within ten days to finalize the deal.
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Chicago
The
Daily News
Europe
London
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Anthony Brady
D. O. Mills
A. R. Flower
C. K. G. Billings
Peoples’ Gas Light and Coke Company
Paris
Earthquake at Andijan Leaves City in Ruin
Reports from Andijan describe a horrible disaster with thousands homeless after a major quake. Temperatures dropped to freezing, a section of the city was destroyed, and only a cotton gin and a church remain standing. Locals linger near the ruins awaiting aid as reconstruction begins.
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St. Petersburg
Andijan
President Commutes Snyder Sentence in Eyewitness Case
Washington on Christmas Day reports the president commuted the sentence of Jesse Snyder, who was convicted in a notable case. Details of the crime and commutation decision are limited in the snippet.
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Washington
Jesse Snyder
Juvenile Inmate Sentenced Under DA and Judge Recommendation
In the western district of Arkansas Rob Bery was sentenced to twenty years in the Detroit House of Correction and ten years on another count. The decision followed a district attorney and judge recommendation, noting the prisoner was a mere boy at the time and led into crime by an older gang.
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Western District
Arkansas
Detroit
Badly Stabbed Man Reported in Plano
Dallas on December 25 reports Michael Lyons of Plano was badly stabbed Wednesday night with details limited to the incident and location in Texas news coverage.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Limited
Loetsdale
Quaker Valley Station
Limited
Quaker Valley
Edgeworth
Dallas
Tex
Michael Lyons
Plano
Immigrants Arrive in Galveston on Chemnitz
Galveston December 25 reports the North German Lloyd steamer Chemnitz docked after a voyage from Bremen with 100 immigrants and seventeen cabin passengers aboard, alongside a large cargo.
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Galveston
Chemnitz
Bremen
Fire Rips Burk & Wilson Dry Goods Store Complex
Fire at Burk and Wilson's dry goods store in San Augustine destroys the shop and two adjoining buildings. Total losses are estimated near twenty thousand dollars.
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San Augustine
Tex
Burk & Wilson
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Howell Bros
Newark
N. J
Frederick Frelinghuysen
S. Derden
Texas
Otto Boehme
Franklin Brothers
OUR
James & Hart
Louisville
Dee
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railway Company
Rater Street
First Street
Temarkabie
Tion
MR. W. B. Patton
Opera House
H. B. Dorsey
Bryan Ice, Storage & Coal Co
Guy Hunt
D. B. Knox
ALL White
Eastman
Kodak
Haswell’s
J.B. Green
Rose Man
Bryan
Arcade Hotel
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