Legislature Acts On Beer Inspection and Related Measures
Austin reports a beer inspection bill was recommitted in the House after debate over hearings for brewery interests. Other business included a resolution on legislator mileage and per diem, and passage of a minor theft case bill. The Senate considered anti divorce measures and a transportation bill for railroads. Confirmation sought for Harris and Galveston criminal district judge Gillespie. An interurban bill advanced with eminent domain and light power provisions.
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Austin
B. F. Yoakum
San Antonio
Onion
Jenkins
Clements
Hawkins
Committee On State Affairs
Senate
House
O'Bierne
O’bierne
Texas
J. E. P. Gillespie
Houston
Criminal District Court
Harris
Galveston
Committee On International Improvements
Senter
Denounced as False Sparks Excitement in Committee Room
In Austin on Monday Chairman O Neal denounced as false a letter to Wichita Falls man Frank Kell claiming the committee majority was unfriendly to him. The letter quoted Cocke calling Bailey a prince among grafters as telegrams from witnesses arrived. Subcommittee plans its eastern trip for Wednesday or Thursday as Pierce remains ill in New York.
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O'Neal
Austin
Wichita Falls
Cocke
Frank Kell
Pierce
New York
Thaw Trial Opens with Deliberate Murder Claim
Garvan declares Thaw's killing of Stanford White deliberate and premeditated. Jury retained as evidence begins with witnesses excluded, Mrs Thaw and Mrs Thaw others leaving as Thaw appears downcast. his wife expected to testify as key witness.
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Garvan
Thaw
White
New York
Stanford White
Jerome
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
May MacKenzie
Woffords Expire After Weekend Ranch Shooting Tragedy
Winnsboro Texas February 4 Amos and John Wofford died Monday after a weekend shooting in which R. O. Milam was killed and his son W. A. Milam fatally wounded. By noon Monday Milam's son was not expected to survive.
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Young Milam
Winnsboro
Tex
Amos
John Wofford
R. O. Milam
W. A. Milam
Corpse Believed to Be Wealthy Farmer Found in River
In Montgomery Alabama a man’s body was recovered from the Alabama river at Benton, fifty miles from the capital. TheMissing person is D C Roy a wealthy farmer who vanished from a ferryboat January 27. Two men David Armstrong and Joe Bradford are detained as the investigation continues. The body bears an ugly head wound and rewards had been offered for his recovery.
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Montgomery
Ala
D. C
Roy
Alabama
Benton
David Armstrong
Joe Bradford
Escaping gas causes deaths in Newark family
Newark, Feb 4 Jacob Kunz and his two daughters Caroline six Barbara twenty months are dead and daughter Jennie nine is in precarious condition from asphyxiation. Kunz and his child were asleep in the same bed while Mrs Kunz slept in an adjoining room and was not affected.
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Newark
N. J
Jacob Kunz
Caroline
Barbara
Jennie
Kunz
Black Powder Explosion Kills Two In El Paso
A wagonload of black powder en route to the Santoy mine explodes near El Paso killing two men and injuring another fatally. Two mules also die. The blast is thought caused by a cigarette spark. Local workers in butchery baking and ice delivery abstained from work for a Sunday rest gesture.
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el Paso
Herald
Santoy
C. M. Schwab
Chihuahua
Mex
Fireman Killed Four Injured In Mead Building Blaze
Caleb Underhill died after being crushed by falling cornices during a fire that destroyed the Mead building in White Plains New York. Four other firemen were injured and financial losses reached about 100000. In Bridgeport Connecticut David Peck Rhodes a founder of the New York Tribune died at his Stratford home aged eighty four. In Trenton New Jersey Imperial Porcelain Works burned with losses around 100090 fully insured.
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Caleb Underhill
New York
Mead
White Plains
Underhill
Bridgeport
Conn
David Peck Rhodes
The
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Stratford
First National Bank of Scotland Closes in South Dakota
Washington reports National Bank Examiner Silsby told the comptroller of the currency that the First National Bank of Scotland in South Dakota has been closed.
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Washington
National Bank
Silsby
First National Bank of Scotland
S. D
Notable Deaths and a Civic Gift in Brief News
A. G. Barker, assistant passenger agent for the Chicago and Northwestern, dies in Portland of pneumonia. Major T. H. Logan, U S A., dies in El Paso after a brief illness at sixty six. Civil War veteran and pioneer Indian fighter. In Tishomingo Oklahoma Territory school children present President Murray of the Constitutional Convention with eighteen dollars for permanent journals.
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Portland, Ore
A. G. Barker
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
el Paso
T. H. Logan
Tishomingo, I. T
Murray
Constitutional Convention
Banner Poll Tax Lead In San Antonio Receipts
San Antonio reports by Feb 4 that the city holds the highest tally of poll tax receipts in Texas, leading all other cities by about 1,090 claims.
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San Antonio
Texas
Engineer Drowns In Lake Pontchartrain After Drawbridge Open
In New Orleans on February 4, Engineer Co burn of McComb City Mississippi was drowned with his engine when a drawbridge on the Illinois Central main line opened for a passing schooner. Foggy conditions hid the cautions signals and the fireman narrowly escaped by jumping.
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Lake, New Orleans
Illinois Central Railroad
McComb City
Miss
Lake Pontchartrain
Ex-State Senator Johnson Sentenced for Fraud Conspiracy
Dallas Feb 4 Ex-State Senator DB H Johnson of Navarro county was sentenced by Federal Judge Meek to two years in the penitentiary at Atlanta for conspiring with a bankrupt to defraud the United States government.
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Dallas
DB. H. Johnson
Navarro County
United States
Meek
Atlanta
Burleson Livington New York Cot Top Exchange Probe Adopted
Washington February 4 House adopts Burleson Livington resolution on New York Cot Top Exchange investigation. The action sets a formal inquiry path with a vote that advances the scrutiny of the exchange activities and related officials.
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Viva Voce
Washington
House
Burleson-Livington
New York Cottop Exchange
Real estate ad lists Polk brick residence and nearby farms
The notice advertises the Capt. Polk brick residence one mile south of the city with 400 acres of land 200 acres prairie and farm 2 acres timber a fine water well first class improvements an ideal home and safe investment Two lots on the south side of the block three blocks from Main street a five room residence stables garden and a fine well of water Price 1000 terms easy Also a five room house near Allen Academy with stable garden and lot Price 900 The seller notes clients seeking both farm and city property and invites calls to sell.
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Quick Am
Allen Academy
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