Prince seeks Congress as Texas braces for progress abroad
R E Prince of Navarro county runs under the Kansas City Democratic platform. Texas is said to be 10 million dollars richer in British funds for South Africa horse and mule use. Brenham reports consumption cured by Beaumont oil with Ellie Eldred as the patient. Houston company boring in Grimes county hits water at 500 feet. Temperature 104 degrees ahead of I and railroad extension toward Beaumont and Orange. W R McComb of Marlin applies for a cotton picking machine patent claiming it replaces fifty men at half bale per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
South Africa
Brenham
Beaumont Oil
Ellie Eldred
Houston Company
Grimes County
W.R. McComb
Marlin
Texas to be represented at St Louis exposition 1903
The governor’s commission confirms Texas representation at the St Louis exposition in 1903. O H Markham of Houston and Texas Central railroad assigns Jeff Miller to head the operating department. A census bulletin notes Texas manufacturing gains from 1890 to 1900 with thousands of new establishments and large increases in capital, wage earners, material costs, and finished product value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
O. H. Markham
The
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Tis
Jeff Miller
Brazos County Track Growers Plan Seed Purchases
The Brazos County Track Growers association met in Bryan with small attendance due to weather. Officials discussed buying a car of potatoes and seeds, and naming a business manager to handle purchases, marketing, and affairs, with a special meeting set for January 18 at 10 a.m. to finalize plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tennessee
Brywen
Moore & Dyer of
Bryan
Plant. Seed Company
St. Louis
Advertised Letters at Bryan Post Office January 6 1902
List of names with remaining letters in the Bryan post office for the week ending January 6 1902. A one cent charge is applied per advertised piece. Call for letters by stating advertised and giving the date. Tyler Haswell P. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohman Bariza
Juan
Bryan
Tyler Haswell
P. M
Edge social notes from San Angelo and nearby towns
Edge society page lists visits and departures among residents including Miss Mannie Francis of Tabor Miss Rosa Elliott in Marlin with Miss Mattie Jackson and Mr. Jeff Cole from Bryan. J R Landers moves to Orange with family. Edger Broadus and Mrs Holloway on sick list. New Year party hosted by Miss McMichael ends with refreshments. Quinoria malaria cure advertised by M H James Bryan Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edge
Jan. G
J. M. Slaughter
San Angelo
Mannie Francis
Tabor
Rosa Elliott
Marlin
Mattie Jackson
Walter Edge
Cottonwood
Jeff Cole
Bryan
R. Nash
Harvey and Bryan
H. L. Newman
Joe
Newman
Orange
J. R. Landers
Edger Broadus
Holloway
M. H James
Texas
Penitentiary Board Reports December Convicts and Finances
The Texas Penitentiary Board held a regular session in Austin. Superintendent J B Rice reports 3868 convicts on hand December 1 with 200 new arrivals 5 recaptured and 5 died or delivered. Total 4074 with 102 discharged 62 pardoned 5 escaped and 4 delivered. December balance 1 2896. Financial Agent Hill shows 34977.97 on December 31. A sugar-house bid from Robt Storm of New Orleans was discussed but not public. The attorney general opined sheriff fees in criminal cases require certified returns for comptroller auditing, adding workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penitentiary Board
Austin
State Penitentiary Board
Rice
Penientiaries
Hill
Storm
New Orleans
Love
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller
Big Swindling Scheme Preys on Iowa Farmers
A fraud ring in western and northern Iowa used a ruse by a stranger named John Smith to gather signatures from hundreds of farmers. Promissory notes for about 14 000 dollars appeared at Jesup Bank, with about seventy names, tied to a larger plan that could have netted around 35 000 dollars. Farmers have united, and top legal counsel has been retained to pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Iowa
Jesup
John Smith
Chicago
Gage's Successor Will Take Oath In January
Governor Shaw of Iowa who becomes secretary of the treasury will leave Iowa January 21 or 22 and take the oath January 25. Cummins will be inaugurated January 15. Shaw plans to address the National Business league in the Auditor ium February 27 on The Commerce and Industries of the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Chicago
Iowa
Treasury
Washington
Union League Club
Cummins
Secretary of the Treasury
National Business League
Commerce and Industries of
The
West
Brother and Sister Reunite After 50 Years in Arkansas
In Harrisburg Arkansas a long lost brother B Y Guyer of this town and his sister Jane Woodford of Belknap Indiana and Mrs Brick of St Louis reunited after 50 years. Guyer now 70 and Woodford 64. They had not met since leaving Old Salem North Carolina. The meeting was a happy one.
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Harrisburg
Ark
Jane Woodford
Belknap
Brick
St. Louis
Guyer Hotel
B. Y. Guyer
Dual Fulton County clash ends in two deaths in Texas
In Gilmer Texas on January 4 near Simpsonville James Calvert and Carse Quinn fought. A shot killed William Hart a bystander. A second shot mortally wounded Carse Quinn. Calvert was released on four thousand five hundred dollar bond after an examining trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer
Tex
Simpsonville
James Calvert
Carse Quinn
Wm. Hart
Quinn
Calvert
Loss of Life Placed High In Collision News
Portland observers link the vessel Europe with the Walla Walla collision and report 30 to 40 deaths. Europe sailed December 11 from Portland to Queenstown with wheat. weather delays are noted as the cause of a longer voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Walla Walla
Euurope
Europe
Queenstown
Guthrie, O. T
Indian Territory Illuminating Co
Jersey City
Rhode Island
Indian Territory
Osage Nation
New Jersey Company
Prussian Diet Opens With Gloomy Revenue Forecast
The throne speech read by Chancellor Count Von Buelow warned of lower than expected railway revenues in 1901 and overall disappointing financial results. It urged measures to counter Polish district agitation in eastern Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Count von Buelow
Prussia
Want Canal Extended
Members of the drainage board will leave for Washington on Saturday to seek a $200,000 appropriation. Government engineers will survey and estimate costs for an eight to fourteen foot waterway connecting the drainage canal with St. Louis. The sanitary trustees will appear before the House rivers and harbors committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Drainage Board
Washington
Congress
St. Louis
Sanitary
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
House
Senate panel defers Isthmus canal action until House acts
Washington January 8 The senate committee on inter oceanic canals will defer all moves to secure senate action on a Panamanian canal until the House finishes deliberating the bill before it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Inter
Texas Industries Rise On Census Figures For 1900
Census preliminary data show Texas manufacturing capital at 90 million with 93 percent rise and product value of 119 million up 70 percent. Texas reports 12 289 establishments and 48 152 wage earners paying 20.55 million in wages. City figures include Dallas Galveston Fort Worth Houston San Antonio with varying gains and declines.
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Washington
Texas
Dallas
Galveston
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
Population of United States and possessions in 1900 census
The census bureau reports total U S population including possessions at 84 283 069 for 1900. Breakdown shows Continental United States 75 994 575. Philippines 6 961 839. Porto Rico 953 243. Hawaii 154 001. Alaska 62 592. Guam 9 00. American Samoa 6100. military outside U S proper 91 519.
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Census Bureau
Washington
United States
Continental
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Guam
American Samoa
Hermits Die Together in Secluded Warrick County Cabin
Henry Bessing 66 and his wife 92 died within minutes of each other in a secluded Warrick county cabin near Elderfield Indiana. The couple had lived on the same farm for more than 50 years and wished to die together. They will share a grave and Bessing leaves over $10,000 plus a fine farm to distant heirs.
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Evansville
Ind
Henry Bessing
Warrick County
Elderfield
Bessing
Two Trainmen Die in Roanoke Rail Collision
A head end collision on the Kenova division of the Norfolk and Western railroad Tuesday killed Hugh Smith of Roanoke an ex press messenger and baggage master and Flagman John Turner of Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Kenova
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Hugh Smith
John Turner
Bluefield
W. Va
Eastbound passenger train collides with freight in Virginia
A passenger train on No. 4 eastbound collided with an extra westbound freight train in Virginia. No passengers were injured in the incident.
Plumbers Admit Guilty Plea in Anti trust Case
In Austin district court seven officers of the Master Plumbers Association of Texas pleaded guilty to violating the anti trust law and confessed judgment for 1400 dollars. Other members' cases were dismissed for lack of evidence. The original penalty sought totalled 63 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumbers
Austin
Tex
Master Plumbers’ Association of Texas
Oklahoma World Fair Building Planned in St Louis
Oklahoma's World Fair Commission decides to imitate the Wisconsin building at Buffalo by enlarging it 50 percent for an Oklahoma headquarters and clubhouse at St Louis. Additional space will be assigned for Oklahoma exhibitors serving as a rest area and center for state residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. T
Wisconsin
Buffalo
St. Louis
Boer laager near Mokwani led by Commandant DeBeers wife
Kimberley column reports a Boer laager near Mokwani with many cattle guarded entirely by women led by the wife of Commandant DeBeers. One hundred fifty women act as cowboys and only six men are connected with the camp.
Woman candidate for State superintendent of public instruction
Mrs H M Smith of Mound City Ill long time Pulaski county schools superintendent has been urged to run for State superintendent of public instruction Her statewide recognition as an educator signals a likely active candidacy Also noted is Texas delegation to the 1903 Louisiana Purchase exhibition in St Louis with a governor appointed commission and 13 directors chosen to oversee the matter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound City
Ill
H. M. Smith
Pulaski County
Dallas
Texas
St. Louis
Sayers
Accident Kills Woman in Oklahoma Scaffold Collapse
Mrs. Aaron Gebbs, 50, was killed near Lawhom a when a butcher scaffold timber collapsed under the weight of a beef being slaughtered. In Wisconsin Madison reports Judge Henry G. Comstock says the state seeks 435760.68 in unreimbursed war claims from the government.
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Guthrie
Lahoma
Aaron Gebbs
Wisconsin
Madison
Henry G. Comstock
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Dandrufford
Ren J
Dandrutl
N. M. McDougald
Daily Eagle
JY Connelly & Carnes
R. E. Prince
Navarro County
Kansas City
Democratic
Demeatic Party
Navasota
I. «& Railroad
Spring
Jaumont
Brazos County Association
J. A. D. Ropingson
T. W. P. Connery
Bull
F.D Knight
TJ Brown
EC Norvell
Lonie Bats
Willie Parsons
J H Beard
G T Pickering
Tim Cox
Ary Smith Bros Dickson
Marvin Steam Dye Works
Cresnost
Joseph Stuart
Robert Elmore
Billie Trimble
G@ P Edwards
Simon Tremaine
L D Floom
C L Williams
Henry Jenkins
F H ES
Wright’s
Rieger
Emmet’s Prescription Pharmacy
Gage
Wwe
Tucker
GEO. D
Il & G N
Tucker House
Mistrat Building
Wagner & Brandon
Hartman House
Central Hotel
D. Tugkerr
Bryan, Texas
Texas Industries
R. H. Harrison
McDougald’s Drug Store
Weghone 98
Xaa
Louis Fair
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