Real estate listings by J. W. Batts agent
Property ads detail about 105 acres near courthouse with cultivation and pasture, fenced. 400 acres of postoak land at 2.60 an acre. 2.25 acres near schoolhouse with dwelling and well. six room house on two lots four blocks from Mt Street with brick cistern at 1260. quarter block near Allen Academy. 75 feet fron t on railroad. lakefront lots at 100 each. 13 acres south of town with 4 room house, wells and outbuildings at 1000.
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Court House
Schoo
Mt._. Street
Allen Acamy
Otto Boehme
Land and Property Offers Near A M College and City
The notice invites buyers to purchase 92 acres near A M College suitable for dairy or hog farming at 1000 dollars. It lists 314 courthouse square lots with a seven room house and outbuildings at 2200 dollars, plus further parcels including Pearson Place 69 acres and 49 acres cultivated. Additional city lots, a two story Pochila house, and 29 acres with a six room house near I and G N R R are offered at various prices or trade options.
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A. & M. College
Courthouse Sqare
Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Magnificent annual Yaqui Washington Birthday fiesta in Laredo
The Laredo Texas and New Laredo Mexico event celebrates George Washington's Birthday with two days of festivities on February 22 and 28. Features include Spanish bull fights, cattle roping, torchlight parades, naval fireworks, mock battles, pageants, and a flower carnival. Excursion rates apply with stopovers allowed at Laredo for Monterey Mexico trips. further details from D J Price, G P & T A, J G N RK, Palestine Texas.
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Laredo
Texas
New Laredo
Mexico
George Washington
Monterey
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A
Palestine
Official Talks On American Press Over False Statements
Berlin dispatch reports Foreign Office officials lament American press comments on the Fort San Carlos bombardment. They defend the Panther’s actions as within international law and say Venezuelan forts fired first. They seek guarantees before raising the blockade and stress no immediate payment, only assurances of final claims.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Fort San Carlos
Commodore Schecter
Germany
San Carlos
Lagoon Maracaibo
Columbia
Washington
Tisons Heirs Hopes Vanish Over Australian Fortune
J Wesley Allison of Philadelphia proved that James Tison's $40 million Australian estate goes to heirs in Australia or England, not to American Tisons. Many claimants across New Jersey Long Island Ohio and elsewhere sought rights since 1898 but were denied after documentary evidence showed the fortune’s distribution.
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New York
James Tison
J. Wesley Allison
Philadelphia
Miss Tison
Tisons
England
Australia
Long Island
New Jersey
Ohio
John Tison
L. B. Tison
Kenton, O
Elsie Tison
California
Auditorium building contract for Confederate reunion in New Orleans
The Confederate reunion committee announces an $11,300 contract for the auditorium with work to start after the races. May 19 is set as the reunion start date. Plans push to raise $100,000, with committees appointed to manage funds and to seek two or three battle ships through Congressman Meyer for public display.
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New Orleans
Confederate Reunion Committee
Mickel
Frank A. Howard
Navy Department
Meyer
South
House Adopts Strict Lobbying Rule In Austin Session
The Texas House adopted a resolution excluding visitors from the lobby with only members admitted to the floor. Speaker pledged enforcement. A constitutional amendment for initiative and referendum was introduced, along with bills repealing the state purchasing agent law and defining the duties of the state revenue agent.
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House
Austin
Jan
Investigation resumes on bribery charges in Congress
In Washington on January 24 the house naval affairs committee reopened the probe into Representative Lessler's bribery allegations. Witness Phillip Doblin testified that ex-Congressman Quigg sought Lessler’s support for the submarine boat bill. In Fort Worth a Criminal District Court meeting aims to persuade lawmakers to form a criminal district court for Tarrant County.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representative Lessler
Phillip Doblin
Quigg
Lessler
Criminal District Court
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Senate Debates Statehood Bill in Washington
Spirited Senate discussion on a statehood bill with objections to admitting Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico. Speakers accuse opponents of obstruction as questions about voting and further reports spark exchanges among lawmakers including Burnham Gallinger Quay Spooner Beveridge Dubois Cockrell Foraker and others.
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Senate
Washington
Burnham
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Gallinger
Quay
Mr. Spooner
Cockrell
Beveridge
Dubois
Ida
Foraker
Pension Bills Pass House as 235 Measures Hit Senate
Washington January 24 The House approved 235 private pension bills including widow pensions for General Franz Sigel at 100 dollars a month General Francis Negley at 50 dollars a month and Fear Admiral Henry Picking at 40 dollars a month The Alaska delegate bill also passed establishing a territorial delegate in the House and setting election rules with the first delegate to be elected next autumn for the Fifty-eighth Congress.
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Senate
Washington
House
Franz Sigel
Francis Negley
Panama Canal Treaty Approved by President and Cabinet
Washington January 24 The cabinet meeting lasting two hours reviewed the Panama canal treaty draft signed Thursday night with all members present Secretary Hay attended for the first time in days The president and cabinet express satisfaction with the results of the negotiations The treaty mirrors the version presented months ago differing only in the annuity for the Colombian right of way The U S proposed 100000 dollars while Colombia sought 650000 dollars.
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Washington
Hay
Colombia
Radical Measures Build Barrier in Colorado Senate Crisis
The Colorado Senate, split along party lines, adopted radical steps to curb Democratic control. Republicans cite removal of temporary president W H Adams secretary Charles Sprague and sergeant at arms J Lool ey with pay denial after Jan 19 1903. Officers warned not to print noncertified senate material. Democratic House caucus vows to unseat absentees. brief Friday session follows.
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Denver
Senate
W. H. Adams
Chas. M. Sprague
J. Looley
Senate of Colorado
Haggett
C. F. Haggar
Senate Chamber
House
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Geo. W. Higgs
D. OC Zuber
J. H. Aliphin
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J. H. Mawhinney
John Wittman
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