Texas Congressmen Clash Over Temper and Manners in Sixteen-Hour Session
Washington Feb 26 The house adjourned after a 16 hour session filled with bitter exchanges. Chairman Tawney pressed civil appropriations while Beall of Texas mocked his temper prompting Mann of Illinois to suggest better manners. The day set a record for length of remarks by official stenographers.
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Washington
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Beall
Texas
Mann
Illinois
Minister Declares Kissing A Morality Menace
Mount Gilead Ohio February 26 A local minister Rev Henry W Ireland of the Disciple church says kissing is a nectar and intoxicant that disturbs peace and morality and should be abolished He cites church services spoiled by lapsed hugging and kissing and warns that many young women kiss seeking husbands but notes kissing alone is not enough
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Mount Gilead
Henry W. Ireland
Treland
Missouri Penitentiary Report Harsh on Conditions
A Missouri legislative committee report on the state penitentiary at Jefferson City condemns conditions as appalling. It calls for tearing down a large housing structure, notes a women's cell with iron rings seven feet high, cites dirty cells and very poor sanitary conditions, and says female prisoners lack access to personal cleanliness despite tubs.
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Jeffersonville
Missouri State Penitentiary
Legislative Committee On Penitentiary and Reform Schools
Senate
Women's Department
Vote Reconsidered In Cooper Sharp Trial Backlash
In Nashville on February 26 counsel for both sides debated the Cooper Sharp case after court adjourned. The defense prepared to call Governor Patterson and Adjutant General Brown as witnesses while special agents searched for lights to shed on the charges. Testimony covered the revolver linked to Carmack and stamps by Port infirmary and police officials. In Austin the legislature reconsidered a smaller house proposal and heard bills on salaries and ethics. A separate Texas incident reported a Frisco switch engine collision near Comanche injuring Captain James Alderice.
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Nashville
Cooper-Sharp
Cooper
Patterson
Brown
Pilcher
United States Army
W. O. Vertress
Senator ‘Armack
Vertrees
Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Mr. Carmack
Hart
Austin
House
Reedy
Terrell
Senate
Halsey
Congress
United States
Senate of
Texas
Beaumont
Byrne
Weinert
Gonzales
Galveston
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
F. S. Rogers
Caldwell County
Gerge H. Barney
Ennis
Peeler
Kellie
Veale
Colorado
Senate Judiciary Committee No. 2
Internal Improvements Committee
Bowie
Railroad Commission
Judiciary Committee No. 2
Engine Turns Completely Over
Engineer Brown of Perry Jr. killed in a Van Horn Iowa train wreck involving the Overland Limited. The engine left the track and turned over at sixty mph. Baggage and mail cars piled, other coaches on their sides with several injured.
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Des Moines
Brown
Perry, Jr
Overland Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Vanhorn
Widow and four children believed murdered in California fire
Mrs. M. W. Beckman, a widow, and her four children living seven miles from Bakersfield, are believed murdered after a fire destroyed their home. The set fire and deaths are being investigated as homicide.
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Bakersfield
Cal
M. W. Beckman
Death of Veteran Farmer John McCommas at 81
John McCommas, a veteran of the Mexican war and a Confederate soldier, died Friday at his home northwest of the city after living there over forty years. He was a prominent Dallas county farmer and eighty one years old. Dallas, Feb.
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John McCommas
Dallas
Cooper Linked to Waco Dry Goods Trade in Carmack Case
Cooper a former Waco dry goods partner of Captain J. W. Stanberry is on trial in Nashville for the Carmack assassination. His brother Filavius Cooper died in Texas.
Taft Seeks Tariff Revision by June First
President elect Taft said in New York that tariff revision is the main remedy for current business distress and expressed hope it will be completed by June 1. He spoke in an interview stating the need for swift action to relieve economic strain.
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New York
Taft
Representative Slayden Seeks Rio Grande Irrigation Treaty
Washington February 26 Representative Slayden introduced a bill providing for negotiation of a treaty with Mexico to permit dams on the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes.
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Washington
Slayden
Mexico
Rio Grande
Captured Attacker of Women in Berlin Streets
Berlin February 26 a young man blamed for a spree of street assaults was captured Friday morning after trying to stab a woman on a crowded shopping street. The clothing of the victim was cut but she was unharmed. The suspect, not yet identified, had made thirty six attacks since the start of the outrages.
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Berlin
Arkansas kin seek 14 year old Lida Foutay missing from Fort Worth
Fort Worth authorities report Lida Foutay aged fourteen vanished a week ago after leaving for her father’s home in an eight town area of Arkansas. Relatives, prominent in the community, fear foul play and aid is requested.
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Fort Worth
Arkansas
Lida Foutay
Texas Company Buys Grigsby Island for Skimming Plant
Shreveport, Feb 26 The Texas Company purchased Grigsby Island a nearly 1000 acre tract two miles south of Shreveport. The firm plans a skimming plant or refinery to process oil for barge shipment on the Red River to New Orleans.
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Shreveport
Texas Company
Grigsby Island
Red River
New Orleans
New High Wheat Marks Hit Record Prices
In Chicago on February 26 May wheat sold at 1.1734 per bushel and July at 1.0534. May delivery price neared the 1905 Gates campaign peak of 1.21 1/2 dollars, marking a season high.
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Chicago
Huge Fire Destroys Brunswick Bowling and Tracy Wells Building
Fire began with a gas explosion on the fourth floor and spread to a five story brick building housing Tracy Wells & Co. The Brunswick Bowling company occupied the first structure. Total losses estimated between 200000 and 300000 dollars.
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Columbus
Brunswick Bowling Company
Tracy, Wells & Co
Turner Ranch Sold Near Houston for 250000
Houston February 26 Turner ranch ten miles north of the city and one of the last large ranches in the region sold by L M Scofield to Rider and Co of St Louis for 250000 dollars. The land includes 20000 acres.
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Houston
Turner
L. M. Scofield
Rider & Co
St. Louis
Gasoline Tank Explosion Sparks House Fire
Gasoline tank explosion sparked a blaze that consumed the residence of F. Ss. Hix in Texarksia on February 26. The family barely escaped the fire.
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Texarksia
F. Ss. Hix
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Valenciennes
Howell & Newton Incorporated
Jack Beall
Missouri Penitentiary
Legislative Committee
Comanche, Tex
James Alderice
City National
G. $. Parner
E. H. Astin
J. N. Cole
A. W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
J. K. Parker
J. W. English
Turner Ranch
C. E. Bullock & Co
The
Jackson Loan & Trust Co
West Capitol Street
Jackson, Mississippi
R.O. Bounds
Miller House
Will S. Higgs
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