Plans to Massacre at Brownsville Stirs Senate Probe
Washington reports sensational testimony on Brownsville Texas events. Ex Soldiers describe plans to massacre negro soldiers, firing over barracks and challenging troops to come out. Witnesses recount shouted commands, broken gun racks, and evacuation chaos amid investigation by the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington
Brownsville
Tex
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
William Mapp
Company C
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Mapp
Wilbur Woschelle
Voschelle
Solomon P. O'Neill
Company
B Barracks
O'Neill
Allison
Darby W. Brawner
O’neill
Brawner
Harley
Lodge
Constitutional League
Snapp
Company B
Proceedings Initiated Against Honduras Lottery Officials
United States Commissioner Chiapella in New Orleans heard affidavits filed by Irving C. Sauter of the secret service accusing EB J Demarest W J Demarest C W Bredow and James Rea of conspiring to traffic lottery documents from Puerto Cortez Honduras to Mobile and then to Hartford and Chicago Warrants were issued and James Rea surrendered on a $1000 bond with others at large in the Honduras National Lottery case.
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New Orleana
Honduras National Lottery Company
United States
Chiapella
Irving C. Sauter
Secret Service
EB. J. Demarest
W. J. Demarest
C. W. Bredow
James Rea
Mobile
W. L. Cabel
W. Bredow
W. H Boullemet
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Hiram
W. L. Cabell
E. J. Demarest
B. L. Pinac
L. 8
L. 8. Graham Conspired To Send Such Lottery Matter To Hartford, Conn
Chicago
Mr. Rea
Missouri Senate OKs 2 Cent Fare Bill Unanimously
Jefferson City reports the Missouri Senate votes unanimously to approve a 2-cent railroad fare bill, mirroring a similar measure already passed by the House. In Charleston West Virginia the House also passes the Senate 2-cent fare bill amid cheers. Des Moines details Iowa House passage of the same measure with celebratory reactions.
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Missouri Senate
Jefferson City
Senate
House
Charleston
W. Va
Des Moines
Iowa
Eers
Train Wrecks Kill One and Injure Eight in Texas
In Timpson waterman lumber train wreck a worker named C Luminus was killed and eight others injured in an accident with a widow and five children noted. In Grand Saline T B Rainey of New Boston was struck by an engine and died at age fifty nine while crossing Texas and Pacific yards near Lone Star Salt plant.
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Timpson
Tex
Waterman Lumber Company
C. Luminus
Grand Saline
T. B. Rainey
New Boston
Texas and Pacific
Lone Star Salt Company
Smith Appoints W Scott Smith Hot Springs Superintendent
Washington Feb 12 By presidential direction secretary Hitchcock names W Scott Smith current private secretary as superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation succeeding resigning Martin A Eiseile in the role.
Shawnee Woman Dies on Train En Route for Treatment
Mrs. W. E. Smith of Shawnee Oklahoma died on a train near San Antonio while traveling for medical care. Other briefs note Elgin butter output at 440 500 pounds for the week, a store safe robbery in Overton Texas, an infernal machine found in St Petersburg, an earthquake felt in Charlottesville, a brakeman losing a leg at Wicoita Falls, a Dallas woman dying after a January runaway, oil price moves in Marietta Ohio, a 12 cent passenger fare bill defeated in South Carolina, a fatal card game on a Natchez steamboat, and a Frisco Meteo wreck near Rankin injuring two crew.
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San Antonio
W. E. Smith
Shawnee
Okla
Here
General Merchand
W. H. Florey
Overton
Tes
Count Witte
St. Peetersburg
Charlottesville
H. G. Hambrick
Wicoaita Falls
Tex
Miss
George Killebrew
Ralph N. Farrar
Japan denies agreeing to San Francisco school solution
London dispatch cites Times correspondent in Tokio denying any agreement to a solution of the San Francisco school problem. It says the issue hinges on restricting Japanese laborer admissions to the United States and that authorities deny any deal.
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London
Tokio
the Times
Japan
San Francisco
United States
Leg Cut Off in Railroad Accident at Paris Texas
Albert Johnson, a beg reporter, was run over between Santa Fe cars in Paris Texas. His leg was severed in the incident. A separate item notes Salem Oregon lawmakers passing a compulsory free transportation bill for state and district officers and county judges and sheriffs, now awaiting the governor's signature.
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Paris
Tex
Albert oJhnson
Beg
Santa Fe
Salem
Ore
Princess Clemence of Saxe Coburg-Gotha Dies
Princess Clementine of Saxe Coburg Gotha mother of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria dies in Vienna on February 16. The report notes her royal lineage and role in Bulgarian affairs. Her death marks another pause in royal European lineages amid shifting 19th century alliances.
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Vienna
Clementine of
Saxe Coburg-Gotham
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
For Sale: 140 Acre and 400 Acre Properties Near City
Real estate listing describes 140 acres eight miles south of a large residence on Price Street with a $1400 tenant options and a sizeable Capt Polk brick residence one mile south of town. Also notes about 400 acres near market including 200 prairie, 200 timber, with a fine water well and improvements. Additionally two south Main Street lots with stables and a five room residence priced at $1000, both with good wells.
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Bryan
Capt. Polk
City
Main Street
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Snother
Thomas Jefferson
War Department
Davis
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
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Frisco
Meteo
Rankin
C. A. Douglass
R. L. Atterbury
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Brazos County
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W. H. Lawrence
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