Railroad Commission Rejects Denison Separate Stations Plan
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered Denison depots for F Co and Houston and Texas joining Denison to form a union station. Missouri Kansas and Texas plans for a union station were acceptable if others joined. Roads have ten days to submit union station plans or face action by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Austin
Railroad Commission
Fco
Houston
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Death by Electrocuted Fall in Belton Texas
Belton Texas January 4 A young man named Atkinson died while attempting to loosen a rope from two electric light wires. It is unclear whether electrocution or a twenty foot fall caused his death. He had just arrived from San Antonio to begin work for Southwestern Telephone Company on Main Street. He climbed the pole to free the rope and either touched the wire or overreached and grabbed both wires. He held on briefly then fell His body was sent to San Antonio where his wife and baby reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Tex
Atkinson
San Anaonio
Southwestern Telephone Company
Main Street
San Antonio
TABER'S TRIAL BEGINS WITH PRELIMINARY HEARING
Texarkana January 4 in the preliminary hearing for P E Taber charged with complicity in the Redwater Express robbery Mrs L Cherry of San Antonio testified Taber claimed to be a real estate agent and wealthy he spoke of depositing a large sum in a San Antonio bank he had two valises but another person took them after Taber's arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Justice of the Peace
P. BE. Taver
L. Cherry
San Antonio
Taber
Murphy Murdered in Elmwood Oklahoma
Prominent farmer O P Murphy was found dead in his yard with a bullet wound in the head. Neighbor Henry East found him Thursday evening and authorities suspect robbery after a buggy and team were stolen the night before. The death is being treated as a homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
Okla
O. P. Murphy
Henry East
Preliminary hearing bound over in assault case
Hines, a white girl, was the alleged victim in Texarkana where H. A. Brinkerhoff faced a preliminary hearing on criminal assault charges. Rev. A. J. Barton filed the warrant and Justice Williams presided on the Texas side. the defendant was bound over in $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
H. A. Brinkerhoff
Effie Hines
A. J. Barton
First Baptist Church
Justice Williams
Texas
Epidemic Typhoid in Scranton Hits 970 Cases
Typhoid fever in Scranton now labeled an epidemic with 970 cases since the outbreak began six weeks ago and 72 deaths reported. Also noted are a stolen crane at Gaston park tied to the Dallas Baseball club and the death of Sam Bull, an old-time Texas railroader in Jalisco Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Dallas
Gardner
Gaston Park
Jalisco
Mex
Sam Bull
Texas
Result of Vote on State Officers and Amendments
The secretary of state announced official counts for all state officers except governor and lieutenant governor. Democratic ticket received 149,201 to 142,684 with Sparks highest and Henderson lowest. Republican 24,000. Prohibition 2,100. Socialist 2,900. Social Labor 240. Two amendments carried: tax exemption for school and church funds and juror tax levy. one failed: pay raise for legislators. By law, legislature tallies official counts for certain offices. The people need only a majority to carry constitutional changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Secretary of State
Democratic
Sparks
Judge Henderson
Republican Party
Prohibition
Hanrahan Takes Charge Of SP Firemen Strike
Grand Master Hanrahan assumes full control of the Southern Pacific firemen strike after Commissioner Neill departs Houston. Vice Grand Master Shea remains to execute orders as Chicago committees direct actions, with no new developments and trains running with little interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
HannAhan
Southern Pacific
Neill
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Chicago
Shea
Hanrahan
Harriman Unable to Testify Before Commission
Counsel for the Union Pacific said President E H Harriman, after an operation and ill health, cannot appear before the interstate commerce commission probing the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific systems. He may testify from home if needed, and he will be excused for now with an estimated ten days or more before appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
New York
Union Pacific Railway Company
E. H. Harrman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Harrison
Doctor Dies After Wounding by Patient in Carthage
Dr. S. D. Meredith died Friday from gunshot wounds inflicted by Arthur Sanderson at Sanderson’s home. Sanderson, released earlier, was rearrested on murder charges. Meredith had served as Sanderson’s family physician and was shot as he was about to enter the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
S. D. Merideth
Arthur Sanderson
Sanderson
Meredith
Telegram damaged as fire hits Fort Worth paper
Fire at the Telegram building in Fort Worth started in the newsboys room at 5 am and spread to the mechanical department. The perfecting press rollers melted and two linotype machines were damaged by fire water and smoke. The paper was issued Friday from the Record office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Telegram
Newsboys
Record Office
Three Missions Tackle Cottonseed, Garden in Texas
John Bannon, secretary of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, arrives as the cottonseed crushers' representative to promote cottonseed products abroad. He also seeks support for a botanical garden in southwest Texas and to discuss the Brownsville riot with Senator Culberson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Washington
John Bannon
Notable Texas Briefs and Deaths Across Cities
Railroad tie company formed at Mexia Texas. H V McGregor Dallas contractor dead at age unspecified. W R Hearst says he will not run again. New York Cotton Exchange hires counsel over fraud petition. Lawton Oklahoma posts stamps sales near 2100 in December. Dr W E Thomson Austin longtime resident dies at eighty five. Cass county cyclone destroys a house and cabin. A negro girl sustains a broken limb. Calvin Texas Farmers Union chief to pursue legislative demands at Austin. Two Indians fined at Idabel for firing weapons first enforcement of law there. Jarbine and Mercer Skiatook lose business house in fire. Davenport store damaged in fire at about 12000 loss. Professor A Woberg organist of Little Church Around the Corner New York dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Tex
H. V. McGregor
Dallas
W. R. Hearst
New York Cotton Exchange
Lawton
Okla
W. E. Thomson
Austin
Cass County
Texas
Calvin
Texas Farmers’ Union
Idabel
I. T
John Jarbine
Joseph Mercer
Skiatook
Fifty Women Arrested in Fort Worth Red Light District
Fort Worth officials rounded up about fifty women from the Red Light district on Friday morning charging them with vagrancy and detaining them in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Light
Fort Worth
Red Light District
Fire devastates Ellsworth mine No 8 in Cokesburg loss
A mine fire started by a miner’s blast at Ellsworth mine No 8 in Cokesburg near Pittsburgh caused an estimated $400,000 in damage. The Lackawanna Coal Company owns the mine and the blaze began Thursday night.
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Lackawanna Coal Company
Pittsburg
Ellsworth
Cokesburg
Federal Amendments Proposed at Guthrie Convention
Three amendments to the United States Constitution were proposed by the Federal relations committee and adopted. The measures call for an income tax, direct election of U S senators, and recall of senators not representing state wishes. Roll calls approved the first two. the third awaiting vote. A graft inquiry into county boundaries was debated but no charges made unless presented. The rules committee on graft investigation was approved to take testimony. Members include President Murray and Kink Johnson Hayes Pittman Sandlin Hopkins.
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United States
Guthrie Guthrie
Federal Relations Committee
Constitutional Convention
Congress
Ledbetter
Ardmore
Baker
Wewoka
Haskell
Muskogee
Committee On Rules
Murray
Kink
Newkirk
Johnson
Perry
Hayes
Chickasha
Pittman
Enid
Sandlin
Prague
Hopkins
Flood Shutdowns Hit Kentucky Rail Lines
Traffic on western Kentucky railroads and several lines elsewhere is demoralized by heavy rains. Creeks and rivers in the south and west are out of their banks. In Henderson, Illinois Central Louisville and Nashville and Henderson railroads are submerged. many trains canceled or delayed as rivers rise in the east along the Licking and Kentucky rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisville
Henderson
Illinois Central
Louisville and Nashville
Licking
Mohawk River Flood Reaches Stage Delays Hit Trains
Heavy rainfall in the Mohawk valley sent the Mohawk river to flood stage. Trains on the New York Central line are delayed up to twelve hours as water rises Friday noon. Two highway bridges over the river at Utica have been washed away and the water continues to rise.
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Utica
Mohawk Valley
Mohawk
New York Central Railway
Flood Threat Forces Indiana Farmers to Flee
High water and flood threats sweep southwestern Indiana along the Wabash and White rivers. Taylorsville bottoms inundated forcing 700 residents to evacuate while Knox county sees farmers fleeing with families near the confluence. Princeton reports fifteen Gibson county schools closed as water covers much of Wabash township and pumps shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Taylorsville
Knox County
Princeton
Gibson County
Wabash Township
Hendricks Missing After Twenty-Five Years With Waters
George A. Hendricks, longtime Waters-Pierce Oil employee and recent car accountant for the American Car and Foundry Co, has vanished. Police conduct a broad search. he was last seen on Christmas Day and had been promised a raise. Nearby, Shanghai sees a renewed American goods boycott tied to the Chinese exclusion act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters
Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
George A. Hendricks
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
American Car and Foundry Company
Hendricks
Shanghai
United States
Canton
China
Tragedy In Brown County Reports Shooting Death
In Mercury, twenty five miles south of Brownwood, C. M. Canager was shot four times and died. Robert McCarty surrendered to authorities. In Roscoe, Texas, the Roscoe Snyder and Pacific railway began grading work after dirt breaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Brownwood
Tex
Mercury
C. M. Canager
Robert McCarty
Roscow, Tex
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway
Thorough inquiry urged after negro meet at Cooper Union
New York mass meeting of 100 negroes in celebration of emancipation proclamation calls on Congress to conduct a more thorough inquiry into the Brownsville affair. Norfolk reports: four masted schooner R W Hopkins stranded near Cape Henry with cargo of yellow pine and cypress lumber from Gulfport bound for Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cooper Union
Congress
Brownsville
Norfolk
R. W. Hopkins
Courtain Clark
Thomaston
Gulfport
Miss
Baltimore
Cape Henry
Real Estate Offers Near Bryan and City Areas
For sale features 112 acres 3 miles east of Bryan with water and timber, 140 acres 8 miles south of Bryan with a large residence and tenant houses at 1400 price, 1770 acres in county north end with flexible terms, plus city lots near Main Street 5 room house stable garden water well at 1000, and a Good residence near Allen Academy 5 room house stable and garden at 900. Contact agent for buyers seeking farm or city property.
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Bryan
Allen Academy
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John Wittman
Tyler Haswell
King
S. H. Franklin
W. T. Ford
Carson, Sewall & Company
W. W Watkins
Bryan, Texas
Dr. R. #. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney's
Brya
J. W. Batts
Taliaferr Building
Court House
Brazos County
School House
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
Dr. W. #. Lawrence
Haswell'’S
Njametta
James & Nunn
N. Jametta
Murphy
Crane
Brotherhood of Fire
General Merchandise
Eeton
Davenport
A. Woberg
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Big Blaze
Capt. Polk
City
JL. Minker
H. D. Evans
Flack Line
Phonne
T.R. Batte
Fountain
Astin Farm
Clay Station
Allen Farm
Monroe Edge
W. C. Fountain
Crown and Bridge
Burt Norwood
FOLEY
Poley & Company
M. H. James
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