Winter Storm Sweeps Texas and Indian Territory
Reports from Dallas and across north and central Texas and the Indian Territory describe widespread snow and blizzard conditions. Waco sees rising Brazos. Eastland reports sleet and ice with downed lines. Hereford endures heavy snow and cold winds as rail traffic and trade slow statewide. El Paso records heavy snow while many areas report flooding from swollen streams.
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Dallas
Texas
Indian Territory
Western States
Waco
Brazos
el Paso
Eastland
Stock
Hereford
First of the kind temporary restraining order issued
Dallas Judge Nash grants the first temporary restraining order ever issued to a labor organization in the United States. The order, requested by the Building Trades Council of Dallas, bars gifts or boycotts against council members until February 17 when defendants must appear in Fourteenth district court. Tense relations exist between the Building Trades Council and the Builder's Exchange.
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Dallas
Nash
United States
Building Trades Council
Fourteenth District Court
I. and G. N. Schedule Line Update
Train timetable notes show No 101 traveler service to the south arriving at 7 15 p m and departing next morning at 8 a m with a note of a line connection loss and direction east and west along the main line.
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G. N
Paseee- Ponte
Rail timetable shows Houston to Bryan departures and arrivals
Trains running both directions between Houston and Bryan with multiple departures and arrival times. No. 7 leaves Houston at 7:00 am and arrives Bryan at 10:18 am. No. 8 departs 11:00 am, reaches Bryan 1:55 pm. Southbound No. 2 arrives Bryan 1:55 pm and Houston 5:40 pm. No. 4 reaches Houston 6:50 pm from Uryana. Close connection at Hempstead 12:30 pm links to Austin at 4:45 pm.
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Houston
Bryan
Uryana
Hempstead
Austin
Violin Recital Tonight and Local Notices
Local notes list several Sunday travels by residents including R J Ford, Judge Henderson, Mrs M A Percell, R J Swancourt, G K F Gillie, W B Hodson, Paul Bradley, Otto Simon, and Joe Groginski. The West End Social Club meets Friday at 3 pm with Mrs Tom Lawrence. Also selling 82 candle power electric light globes at 25 cents each. Bryan Water Light Power Co manager T J Preston. For sale or rent a seven room house with twenty acres near Allen Academy by J D Martin.
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Judge Henderson
Dallas
M.A. Percell
Benchley
Norwood
R. J. Swancourt
Kurton
Austin
G. K. F. Gillie
Navasota
W. B. Hodson
Franklin
Paul Bradley
Gonzales
Otto Simon
Beaumont
Joe Groginski
West End
Tom Lawrence
Bryan Water, Light & Power Co
T. J. Preston
Corporation
Allen Academy
J. D. Martin
Humane society urged in Bryan to aid cruelty prevention
Dr D H Clark and Mayor Harrison back a Bryan effort to form a Humane society to defend animals. County Health Officer Harrison reports five smallpox cases in Millican with one death. strict quarantine aims to stamp out the disease. Train schedule changes affect local and northbound service. Madisonville Business League considered incorporation but tabled the resolution by one vote. Violin recital postponed due to weather. Mrs O H Austin moves to a new home in eastern town limits.
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Eagl E
Harrison
Bryan
Humane Society For
Millican
Houston
Kry
Madisonville Business League
Madisonville
Jailbreak suspect caught. one remains at large in Brazos
Sheriff Nunn recaptured Will Wright after a jail break weeks ago, leaving Kid Williams as the sole fugitive. Rev. G A Jamieson preached at the Episcopal church to a modest audience due to bad weather. Various locals visitations and movements noted include Emma Kelly of Comanche visiting Brazos relatives, H H Van Werner returning from Beaumont, Peck's Bad Boy show recapped, and court business ongoing with Dr. R H Harrison named county health officer.
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Sheriff Nunn
Will Wright
Kid Williams
Mr Nunn
Durance
G. A. Jamieson
Rockport
Episcopal Church
H. H. van Werner
Beaumont
Ursuline Convent
Houston Post
Peck
Bryan
Commissioner’s Court
R. H. Harrison
Commissioners Court
Ela J. Heath
F. D. Heath
Spokane Falls
Washington
Plucky Young Lady Foils Robber On Dallas Street
Miss Jessie Callahan was attacked after alighting from an electric car in Dallas. A Negro man grabbed her purse and bit her hand while delivering a heavy blow to her nose. After a fifteen minute struggle she retained the $8 purse, while the assailant fled twice.
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Dallas
Jessie Callahan
Tree and shrub sale advertised by W A Taylor agent
Readable ad copy notes trees and shrubs for sale with agent W A Taylor listed as contact. The fragment mentions pricing emphasis and location unspecified.
Funeral for Rev Dr Curry in Richmond Interred at Hollywood
The funeral for Rev Dr J L M Curry ex minister to Spain and general agent of the Peabody and Slater funds was held in Richmond college chapel. Interment followed at Hollywood cemetery. Attendees included J Pierpont Morgan, Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Robert C Ogden, and several trustees.
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Richmond
J.L. M. Curry
Spain
Peabody and Slater Funds
Richmond College Chapel
C. A. Bitting
Mount Morris
N. J
Hollywood Cemetery
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert C. Ogden
Winery Destroyed by Fire at Fruitland Alabama
Fire completely destroyed F. M. Ericson & Sons winery and fruit packing house at Fruitland on the Southern railway. About 8000 gallons of wine and 5000 packages of grapes burned. Loss estimated at 7000 dollars with 6000 dollars covered by insurance. Suspected incendiary origin. The Erickson establishment was among Alabama’s largest.
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Birmingham
Ala
F. M. Ericson & Sons
Fruitland
Southern
Erickson
Alabama
Frisco Lines Extensions Converge in Oklahoma Project
John B. Linden, Frisco general manager, announces all securities sold and town sites contracted for the Enid to Denver extension of the Arkansas Valley and Western Frisco line. The project runs from Enid through Guthrie Oklahoma City and Tulsa toward convergence in northern Oklahoma. Final plan aims for a direct New Orleans to Denver route.
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Guthrie
Okla
John B. Linden
Frisco
Oklahoma
Enid
Denver
Col
Arkansas Valley and Western
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
I. T
New Orleans
Younger to Live in Dallas After Pardon
Cole Younger, the pardoned bandit, left St Paul for Missouri last Saturday night. He plans to settle in Dallas Texas and likely enter the stock raising business, after twenty seven years away since the Northfield bank raid and his imprisonment.
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St. Paul
Cole Younger
Missouri
Northfield Bank
Dallas
Tex
Shocking Crime in Hamilton Husband Fatally Wounds Wife
Samuel Keeler, a 40 year old teamster, killed his wife aged 30 in a brutal act and then cut his own throat. Neighbors say jealousy drove the crime. Daughter Edith aided by tending fires before being sent back to bed. The husband locked the bedroom door and used a hammer and saw before slashing his own throat.
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Hamilton
Samuel Keeler
Edith
Music Ban Hits Louisville Salons in Crime Drive
Louisville officials issued an order banning any music in saloons and disreputable districts as part of a crime control campaign led by the ministerial association. The prohibition marks the first such measure in the city’s history.
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Louisville
Louisville Ministerial Association
Five Deaths Sunday in Mazatlan Plague Case
Five plague deaths were reported on Sunday in Mazatlan, Mexico, with officials confirming the outbreak and urging caution as health authorities trace contacts and monitor the situation.
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Mazatlan, Mex
Maypearl Auction Sale Postponed
The auction of town lots in Maypearl is postponed from February 5. Buyers may contact D. J. Price of Smith Land & Improvement Co. at the I and G N depot in Maypearl for prior purchases. Announcement of the new date will be made in due time.
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Maypearl
Fort Worth
International & Great Northern Railroad
Smith Land & Improvement Company
D. J. Price
G.pa.t.a
N.R.R. Palestine
Texas
Mardi Gras Round Trip Tickets to New Orleans Sale
H. and T. C. offer round trip passage to New Orleans from Feb 17 to 28 with departures from New Orleans by Feb 28. Fare 13 dollars 80 cents. If bought through Jos Richardson 204 Camp St N O between Feb 18 and 28 and paid in full, extension to reach the original starting point is allowed until March 14, 1903.
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New Orleans
Jos. Richardson
Camp St. N. O
Hillis Delivers Sermon At Plymouth Church Brooklyn
In Brooklyn at Plymouth church last night Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis prayed against the view that the United States is a white man’s country. The service followed a sermon titled Lessons From the Birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
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New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Abraham Lincoln
Cattle Near Stampede At Terrell Feed Pens
Cattle numbering 2900 head near Terrell Texas on February 16 faced a near stampede as owners could not obtain feed. Roadmaster Campbell ordered two cars of hulls sent along the Texas and Pacific main line beside the pens to reach the cattle.
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Terrell
Tex
Campbell
Texas and Pacific
Cortelyou Nominated for Commerce and Labor Secretary
The president sent to the senate the nomination of George B. Cortelyou of New York to be secretary of commerce and labor on February 16.
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Cortely
Washington
Senate
George B. Cortelyou
New York
Commerce and Labor
Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria Dead in Vienna
Archduchess Elizabeth mother of Queen Regent Maria Christina of Spain died in Vienna on February 16. The report notes her long royal service and ties to European monarchies.
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Vienna
Archduchess
Elizabeth
Maria Christiana
Spain
Rail and Road Links Connect Lampasas Area
Tracks of Santa Fe and Houston and Texas Central roads at Lampasas have been connected. A well pumping 800 barrels daily was brought in on the Yellow Pine tract near Beaumont. Edwin Dukes, son of the ex-governor, died at Jones Academy. Sam Henry of Colbert, I T, had both legs severed by a train at South McAlester but survived briefly. Mine Workers union officials in Indian Territory give operators one week to answer pay demands.
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Santa Fe
Houston
Texas
Lampasas
M. Kline
San Antonio
Yellow Pine
eBaumont
Edwin Dukes
Jones Academy
Indian Territory
Sam Henry
Colbert
I. T
South McAlester
Mine Workers Union
Malicious Deed Suspected in Ravensworth Wreck
Washington investigators say the Southern railroad wreck at Ravensworth Virginia suggests deliberate sabotage. Engineer John Purvis and fireman Walter Wigginton died at their posts, with two postal clerks Victor Hammer and N W Borden seriously injured.
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Washington
Southern Railroad
Ravensworth
New York and Florida Express
A. G. Jones
Washington Division
The
Southern
Siding mishap leads to passenger train collision near Peyton
Atlanta, Feb 16. Southern railway passenger No. 98 from Birmingham collided head on with a westbound freight at Peyton after the freight failed to clear onto a siding. Engineer Isaac Nolan of the passenger train, a local resident, was severely bruised and several passengers on the inbound train were shaken up.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Peyton
Isaac Nolan
Blockade Ends as Venezuelan Ships Load for U S Trade
Willemstad Curacao Feb 16 rejoicing across classes as blockade ends. Steamers prepare to sail to the same destination and a large amount of coffee awaits transport from Venezuela to the United States. Blockading squadron members express clear relief.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
United States
Blockade Raised Triggers Jubilation in La Guayra
Locals erupt in joy as the blockade is lifted. Commander of the British ship Tribune sent a notice to the shore confirming the change and signaling relief for the population.
Cumberland Teacher Dies After Fall Down Stairs
Miss Ora Montgomery a young teacher at Westernport Md died after chasing a pupil and falling down a stairway. The tragedy occurred February 16 resulting in a fatal neck fracture.
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Cumberland, Md
Fev
Ora Montgomery
Western Port
Tntly
Statehood bill on Senate fast track says Quay
Washington February 16 Senator Quay says the statehood bill retains right of way in the senate and will be pushed forward.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Quay
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Manhattan
Terns
Parks
Waldrop
Dallas Building Trades Council
R. J. Ford
D. H. Clark
Emma Kelly
Comanche
J. A. Freeman
Eagle Office
Mr. Freeman
Miss Kelly
Brazos County
Lon Brockman
Orange
Howard Sherrin
Victoria
F. M. Fullinwider
Palestine
Gen. H. B. Stoddard
S. H. Dunlap
Kurten
City
Miss Callahan
MO. M. Lawrence
Landreth
Haswell’s Book Store
Daily Post
Deterepet
Hasli’s
Cox & Odom
Madisonville Nursery
W. A. Taylor
Hollywood
Canleu
Alfonso
General News
Quay
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