Documents shown to Texas House on Waters-Pierce links
Members of the Texas House inspected copies and original papers at the attorney general's office regarding alleged connections among Senator Bailey H C Pierce the Waters-Pierce Oil Co and Standard Oil. Facsimile copies were provided. the code pages include terms like Reprisal and Reproduction with names Bailey Backus and J W Bailey written in ink of different colors.
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Austin
House
Davidson
Bailey
H. C. Pierce
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Attorney General
George Clark
J. D. Johnson
Waco
Standard Oil
Bairs
Campbell
Jewell P. Lightfoot
Waters- Pierce Company
Code Ley
I Pypea
Ney
Attor Davidson
Lightfoot
Gruett
J. P
Waters-Pierce
Tex
Oil Company
Driskill Hotel
Ckus
N. Y
J. W. Bailey
R. B. Backus
Ranger Revenue Agent Named by Governor
Austin January 17 Captain W J Mc Donald the veteran ranger captain famed in the Browns ville negro soldier outrage discussion will be the next Texas state revenue agent J O Newton of Milam county will be adjutant general These appointments were sent to the senate by the governor for confirmation.
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Austin
W. J. McDonald
Senator Foraker
Brownsville
State Revenue Agent
Texas
J. O. Newton
Milam County
Senate
Dallas Man Arrested in Wells Fargo Theft in Boston
Boston police arrested James A. Wilkes of Dallas Texas after a nationwide search. He is wanted for stealing 2900 dollars from Wells Fargo Express. At arrest he had 300 dollars, admitted taking 2900 total and spending 1700 traveling. He agreed to return to Texas without requisition papers.
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Boston
James A. Wilkes
Dallas
Tex
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Wilkes
Texas
Worker Killed by Train Near Terrell
Terrell Texas January 17 Charles Baren a Texas Midland railway employee was killed here when struck by a Texas and Pacific train.
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Terrell
Tex
Charles Baren
Texas Midland Railway
Texas and Pacific
Kingston Harbor Submerges as City Faces Disaster
The Kingston harbor bed is said to be sinking with many wharves ruined or sunk. Reports place the death toll from 100 to 1000, with 310 bodies recovered by that morning. Supplies are scarce for doctors but fruit and aid can reach other Jamaican towns.
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New York
Kingston
Port-au-Prince
Hayt
Jamaica
London
Colonial Office
Swettenham
Earthquake Relief Efforts Expand for West Indies
A Jan 17 dispatch from Kingston describes growing relief work for Jamaica and West Indies after a severe quake. Funds are being raised by the West India committee with Royal Mail shipments and bank support aiding survivors and safety efforts.
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London
Panama
St. Thomas
Kingston
Steam Packet Company
Fred Austin
West India
Royal Mail
Porand
Jamaica
al- Colonial Bank
Colonial Office
Kingston Only Area Hit By Recent Jamaica Earthquake
Reports from Kingston indicate it is the sole town on the island damaged by the recent quake. Other Jamaica towns remain in good condition with no further shocks felt. Holland Bay region noted in the dispatch.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Holland Bay
Sugar Syrup and Molasses Labeled Unmarketable
Last fall nearly all Louisiana sugar cane syrup and molasses are deemed unmarketable under the pure food law after correspondence between Secretary Wilson and Louisiana sugar dealers. Dealers argued fifty years of using sulphur in clarifying cane juice. some contracts have been refused as the department’s earlier permitting statement was outdated.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Scarlet fever outbreak alarms Chicago area towns
Scarlet fever dominates illness reports as Chicago logs 107 contagious diseases with sixty five cases on a single day. Health authorities monitor several thousand cases across the city and environs as the Evanston epidemic surfaces in early January.
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Chicago
Evanston
National Wool Growers Meet Opens in Salt Lake City
The forty third annual session of the National Wool Growers' Association began in Salt Lake City with delegates and members present. The meeting opened Thursday with broad attendance as growers gathered for the association's annual session.
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Growers’ Association
Association
National Wool
Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers
Frye Re-Elected Senator in Maine
Augusta Maine January 17 United States Senator W P Frye was re elected in a formal vote. Frye secured support across party lines and resumes his senatorial term amid initial cheers from supporters.
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RED Cloud
Brockport
Trowell Bros
Cec. A
Adams Plate Glass
Ace Insurang Bonds
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Rohde
Harrison Complied
M. H. James
Mexico- ST. Louis
St. Louis
Mexico
Atest Creations
Pullman's Library
G. N
R. R
D. S. Prick
G. P
GEO
D. Hunter
G.N.R
Palestine
Ranger Revenue Agent
Bank OF Bryan
U. S
J. W. Howell Guy M. Bryan, JR
H. C. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Presider
Grand Opera House
Mike
Olympia Opera
Bryan
Hearn & Dansby
E.J. Jenkins
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