Local Lawyer Aims to Charter Texas Northern Railway
Hon T P Buffington, a prominent Anderson attorney, visited Houston en route to Austin to seek a charter for the Texas Northern Railway. The plan would connect Anderson to Stoneham twelve miles south on the Coaroe branch of the Santa Fe, with prospects to extend both directions and Houston likely as the southern terminal if completed.
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T. P. Buffington
Anderson
Grimes County
Houston
Austin
Texas Northern Railway Company
Stoneham
Coaroe
Santa Fe
Yarborough
Plantersville
Houston Post
Exchange Hotel Arrivals Card
Prominent travelers listed as arrivals at the Exchange Hotel including Wm Lasker Houston John F Black Waco Wm J Nilger Louis ville RE Allison New York Bernard Baer St Louis J B Beatty Houston W C Sadler Memphis N Spears Dallas C W Hawley Louisville G E Payne Louisiana W J Myers C F Ritter Chicago.
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Wm Lasker
Houston
John F Black
Waco
J Nilger
Louisville
RE Allison
New York
Bernard Baer
St Louis
J B Beatty
C Sadler
Memphis
N Spears
Dallas
W Hawley
E Payne
Louisiana
W J Myers
C F Ritter
Chicago
Greenville Herald Calls for Broad Industrial Diversification
The Greenville Herald argues Texas needs endless factories and small industries. It envisions a fruit growing district with canning plants, a timber region with furniture factories, a sugar belt with refineries, and livestock areas with packing houses. An industrial diversification would bring unprecedented prosperity.
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Greenville Herald
Texas
Johnson Sensational Speech Attacks Administration
Washington Feb 24 After a five hour limit set for general debate on the army appropriation bill Mr Johnston Rep Ind delivered a remarkable sensational speech reading from manuscript criticizing the administration for imperialistic aims He attacked Secretary Alger and Long and accused capitalists of backing the president for renomination He warned of a rising American voice against his policy and claimed the two thirds vote on the treaty was secured by coercion and political influence.
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Washington
Johnston
Johnson
Boston
Alger
Long
Philippines
Pecksniff
Senate
Bacon
McEnery
Mr. Johnson
Prizes to Farmers for Diversified Texas Farming
The Galveston News offers $250 in prizes for Texans reporting diversified farming results from Oct 1 1898 to Sep 30 1899. Four prizes per region 5 to 20 dollars, inviting entries with details on acres, crops, and net per acre. Send articles to The News and request a free sample from A H Belo & Co Galveston Texas.
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Galveston News
Texas
the News
A. H. Belo & Co
Galveston
Tex
Reorganization bill stalls over staff increase demand
Washington on February 24 reports a hitch in advancing the army reorganization bill as Democrats refuse to accept a compromise version that includes the staff increase tied to the Hull bill.
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Washington
House Debates Over Wheeler Unseating And War Cabinet Posts
Representatives Parker and Dearmond submit minority reports on unseating General Wheeler and other army officers. Parker argues for a liberal constitutional enforcement by the house, not a committee, on military service affecting membership. Dearmond urges no civil military distinction in membership. Also: the war department presents rising costs from Army officer grade advances and recommends ending them after the Spanish War. Alger says he has no resignation plan and will stay in the cabinet.
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Washington
Parker
New Jersey
Dearmond
Missouri
House
Judiciary Committee
Wheeler
Testimony of Eagan on beef contracts and command
Washington February 24 Former Commissary General Charles P Eagan resumed testimony before a court of inquiry into beef charges He said Swift Co bore responsibility for beef until delivery He discussed seven hour refrigeration and vouchers He noted misstatements about spoiled beef and touched on Porto Rico expedition command and funds for supplies General Brooke then Miles were named He cited shortages and the use of canned roast beef as a temporary solution to fresh beef issues
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Washington
Charles P. Eagan
Swift & Co
Osgood
Eagan
Brooke
Miles
Davis
Sharp
United States
Porto Rico
Tampa
Cuba
Dowdy Rewarded After Santiago Campaign Nomination
Washington February 24 The War Department records reveal Robert W Dowdy of the Seventeenth Infantry who was retired on exam failure but later nominated by the president to return as captain in active service. Dowdy fought throughout the Spanish American War in Cuba enduring hardship without illness missing a day. The president deemed the retirement a hardship and authorized his return to active duty after review.
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Washington
War Department
Robert W. Dowdy
Dowdy
Seventeenth Infantry
Tampa
Seventeenth
Cuba
United States
Gomez Reaches Havana On Four Year Cuban Revolution Day
Havana marks the four year anniversary of Cubas revolution with triumphal arches rockets bands and a mass welcome for General Gomez who selects the day for his entry into the capital The gala ends with a charity ball at the Tacon theater for orphans in CuA assembly to convene tomorrow led by General Gomez Meanwhile in Atlanta a cold wave damages Georgia crops by several million dollars peaches in lower counties nearly all killed while northern counties expect a medium crop In Manila the Cortez brothers case prompts the War Department to turn their property over to their relatives as instructed by General Otis
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Havana
Cuba
General Ludlow
Maximo Gomez
Ludlow
Gomez
Brooke
Tacon Theater
Atlanta
Georgia
Marbury
Washington
War Department
Cortez Brothers
Manila
General Otis
Cortez
Archipelgo
Southern Shoe Jobbers Association Formed in Atlanta
Atlanta Feb 24 The southern job formed an association to be known as the Southern Shoe Jobbers association with representatives from Baltimore to Dallas Tex The objects are the advancement and promotion of the welfare of the shoe trade in the south and cementing the bonds of good fellowship All members pledge themselves to further the trade and curb abuses seen within their notice.
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Atlanta
Southern Job
Southern Shoe Jobbers’ Association
Baltimore
Dallas
Tex
South
Bers
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the Daily Eagle
Bryan
Connelly, Palmer &Carnes
Malcolm Cannes
Exchange Hotel
Secretary Alger
Emmel’s
Minority Report
Secretary of War
Spain
Court of Inquiry
Santiago
Recommend
Southern Combination
Hawks’ Spectacles
Tyler Haswell
Hall’s Twin Sisters
Freckela
Hall's Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
A. McKenzie
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Store
Iver
Canta
A. McKenziy
W. J. Christian
Zennatt Block
Main Street
Rypinski
Bane
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