Testimony of Kirby Denied by Editors Press Coverage
John H. Kirby testified before the legislative investigation committee detailing financial pressures on Kirby Lumber and indicating Bailey's past aid. Editors R. M. Johnston of the Houston Post and Clarence Ousley of the Fort Worth Record denied Bailey influenced editorial policy and disputed the charge of financial interest.
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Austin
Legislative Investigation Committee
John H. Kirby
Kirby Lumber Company
Senator Bailey
New York
B. F. Yoakum
H. Clay Pierce
James Campbell
Bailey
R. M. Johnston
Houston
The
Houston Post
Clarence Ousley
Fort Worth
Cocke
Dallas Interurban Electric Railway Company Charter Filed
Articles of incorporation filed in Austin Feb 2 for the Dallas Interurban Electric Railway Company with capital stock of 2,400,000 to operate an electric railroad between Dallas and other Texas cities and towns. Charter of the Texas Manufacturing Company of Fort Worth also filed with 100,000 capital stock.
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Dallas Interurban Electric, Railway Company
Austin
Dallas Interurban Electric Railway Company
Dallas
Texas
Texas Manufacturing Company of
Fort Worth
Campos Executed After Gruesome Karnes City Tragedy
Ramon Campos died on the gallows in Karnes City Texas after a spree of violence sparked by romantic rejection. He reportedly starved himself, and his actions followed his pursuit of Juana McHaney whom he failed to woo. Campos fatally slashed Juana and killed her sister before aiming at their young brother.
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Karnes City
Tex
Ramon Campos
Campos
Juana McHaney
Juana
Edmonds Shot to Death in Bastrop Texas
Colonel J. C. Edmonds superintendent of Bastrop city schools was killed on Bastrop streets Friday. R. A. Brooks, attorney and assistant postmaster, is charged with the killing. Edmonds, about forty five, had long served as superintendent. He had a Greenville connection through his wife and daughters. The motive remains unknown with two bullets reported.
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Bastrop
Tex
J. C. Edmonds
R. A. Brooks
Edmonds
Greenville
Peculiar Deformity Baby Born With Five Fingers Five Toes
Dallas February 2 reports a newborn with five fingers on one hand and five toes on the other foot, described as a rare birth. The infant is said to be in good condition as doctors monitor for further development. In Galveston February 2 Frank Weikart, noted Southern League player, will manage the Texas Baseball League club and has ordered players to report March 4.
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Dallas
Agreement Reached With Southern Pacific Firemen
Houston reports the Southern Pacific and its firemen settled their differences with the company conceding the firemen's contentions. Also noted are other notices: Rev. John Edwin McNutt dies after five months illness in San Antonio, Madison Square Presbyterian pastor. General Luis Mata y Ellas, Caracas governor, assassinated by a crowd of intoxicated officers. Tom Moore dies in Houston after shooting himself in the head.
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Houston
Southern Pacific Railroad
J. E. MccNutt
San Antonio
John Edwin McNutt
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Ellas
Caracas
Luis Mata Y Ellas
Shrewd Inspector Uncovers Assyrian Entry Fraud at Border
Immigrant inspector Saraphic, undercover as an Assyrian, traced how entrants paid for month long Juarez treatments to obtain cured certificates. A surgeon at the El Paso port was dismissed after confirmation. Since then Assyrian admissions plummeted, with only two applicants, one on Thursday and one on Friday.
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el Paso
Sargent
Seraphic
United States
Mexico
United
Proceedings Fair Report On Newspaper Errors And Policies
Charles Abbott testified about a typographical error in a Houston Chronicle item misstating a loan. Committee members debated publication scope with Abbott Odell and others noting fair conduct while discussing policy and what papers may publish.
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Austin
Charles Abbott
The
Houston Chronicle
Barrett
Begley
McGregor
Abbott
Odell
Snater Senter
Jenkins
San Antonio Gazette
O'Neal
School Lands Reports Split Over Sale Versus Ten Year Hold
Guthrie February two reports from the committee on school lands show a sale favored by the minority under legislative regulation and a ten year hold favored by the majority for college and common school sections, requiring a statewide elector majority for sale later. Only one section, labeling trusts and monopolies as criminal and prohibiting them, was adopted.
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Guthrie
R. L. Wiliams
Mexican Camp Arrests Include Forty Americans
In Cananea Sonora Eduardo Arnold mayor and his brother plus thirty five Mexicans were arrested on Governor Rafael Yzabel orders for gambling after all gambling halls were closed. Forty Americans among those detained.
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United States
el Paso
The
Herald
Eduardo Arnold
Cananea
Mexico
Rafael Yzabel
Sonora
Arnold
Mineworkers Fatalities Reported for 1906 in Pa
Harrisburg Pa February 2 The annual consolidated returns to the state department of mines show that 557 mineworkers were killed in the anthracite region and 464 in the bituminous regions of Pennsylvania during that year.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Mines
Pennsylvania
Temperature Drop Shakes Paris Tex Area
A sudden cold snap hit Paris Texas with a thermometer dropping sharply on Saturday morning. Residents reported a four hour period of unusual low temperatures and the instrument showed a twenty degree fall.
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Paris
Tex
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