Reunion ends as Green's Brigade selects officers in Lampasas
Green's brigade elected officers at Lampasas on June 30. B. Wilson of Taylor becomes president with J. C. King of Waco as second vice president, David Bland of Orange as third vice president, George H. King of Marlin as fourth vice president. George Norman of Bartlett, P. John G Rankin, and Fred B. Wade become secretary and treasurer for life. A resolution passed calls for publishing an authentic history of the brigade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Lampasas
Tex
Green's Brigade
B. Wilson
Taylor
J. C. King
Waco
David Bland
Orange
George H. King
Marlin
George Norman
Bartlett
John G Rankin
Fred
Wade
Hare to Retire From War Department Duty
General Luther R. Hare U S Army retired after serving on detail duty in the adjutant general's department in Austin for several years. He has written to the War Department requesting release from duty citing rheumatism and plans to move to Germany soon. It is not believed his position will be filled immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Austin
Luther R. Hare
United States Army
Adjutant General's Department
Washington
Hare
Germany
Boiler Blows Up at McKalip Well in Cherry Tract
A boiler explosion at the McKalip well in the Cherry tract near Humble Texas caused debris to strike and break the walking beam and samson post of the Texas Kentucky company about 100 feet away. The boiler flue was projected 250 feet. The force is to be estimated from the size of the samson post and walking beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble
Tex
McKalip
Cherry Tract
Samson Post
Texas-Kentucky Company
Brave deputy captures quartet of horse thieves in Oklahoma
Deputy Sheriff Bill Owens of Cordell single handedly captured Oscar Stuedle Charley Stuedle John Stuedle and George Hisan near Parkersburg in Washita county after a dark desperate battle. Thirty shots were fired with Oscar Stuedle critically wounded. The four are charged as leaders of a horse thief band active in southwestern Oklahoma for months. All prisoners jailed in Cordell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Bill Owens
Cordell
Oscar
Charley
John Stuedle
George Hisan
Parkersburg
Washita County
Oscar Stuedle
Oklahoma
Cloudburst Destroys Homes Cattle Crops in Parral Area
News from Eagle Pass Texas reports a cloudburst at Parral Mexico fourteen miles above town. Houses cattle and crops were carried away as the Rio Grande rose thirty feet and advances three feet per hour. The lower valley floods destroyed top crops. hay stacks bridges and debris drift downstream.
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Jersey
Eagle Pass
Tex
Parral
Mex
Rio Grande
Ardmore Man Pleads Guilty to False Pretense Charge
J W Campbell pleaded guilty in a United States court to false pretense and received five years in Fort Leavenworth. He was previously arrested at Galveston on a defrauding charge involving a Lindsay Oklahoma bank loan drawn from a Fort Worth national bank.
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Ardmore
United States
J. W. Campbell
Fort Leavenworth
Campbell
Galveston
Lindsay
I. T
Fort Worth
Died for Duty in South Brooklyn Fire
A South Brooklyn blaze caused one fire loss and sent two firemen to hospital with serious injuries. A hose cart crashed into an elevated railroad pillar to avoid striking three women in the path. William Gordon suffocated while attempting to reach the street to aid his wife and a servant girl. The property loss totaled 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
William Gordan
Man leaps from Chicago bridge into river. death presumed
A man identified as Thomas J. Meehan from Clayton Ta plunged fifty feet from Jacknife bridge on Harrison street into the river. Officers found several iron workers membership cards from Cleveland Cincinnati and Chicago on the scene. In Selangor Malay Peninsula the Chinese chamber of commerce plans a July 2 meeting to decide on joining a boycott of American goods until the exclusion act is repealed as local sentiment runs high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas J. Meehan
Clayton
Harrison Street
International Association of Structural Iron Workers
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Selangor
Melay Peninsula
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Floating Wireless Poolroom Makes Debut in Chicago
The steamer City of Traveis, billed as America's first wireless floating poolroom, completed its initial trip on Thursday. Local authorities conceded, under city counsel, the chief of police is powerless to interfere with the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Traveis
America
O'Neiill
Shortage at Vigo National Bank Soars to Five Figures
Terre Haute Indiana June 80. The Vigo National bank first cited cashier Conzmans shortage at 16000 dollars but later reports indicate the shortage ranges from 50000 to 100000 dollars. Further reports note increasing amounts of worthless paper held by the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo National Bank
Conzman
Central station destroyed in Odessa with riot danger
Odessa reports say the central railway station was burned and many injured as mobs, troops, and police struggled to restore order. gunfire, arson, and reports of hundreds killed wove through a day of chaos with limited access to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Church of St. Nichols
Railroad Men Strike in Reval Russia
Four hundred railroad employees in Reval Russia stage a strike on June 30 causing disruption to service and highlighting labor unrest among railway workers amid ongoing industrial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reval
Russia
Stevens Named Chief Engineer for Panama Canal Commission
John F. Stevens of Chicago, former vice president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, is selected chief engineer of the Panama Canal Commission to succeed John F. Wallace. Stevens resigned his railroad post to join the U S government team in Manila to report on feasibility of building about 1000 miles of railroad in the Philippines. He had previously been vice president of the Great Northern railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wallace
Washington
John F. Stevens
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Panama Canal Commission
John F. Wallace
Stevens
United States
Manila
Taft
Philippines
Rock Island
Great Northern Railway
Equal Suffragists Hear Susan B Anthony Address
In Portland Oregon on June 30 the National Equal Suffrage Association opened at First Congregational church. Miss Susan B Anthony delivered the welcome response and received international greetings from Danish women and other prominent groups across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan B. Anthony
Portland
Ore
National Equal Suffrage Association
First Congregational Church
Denmark
Found Gold near Artesian Well in Carson City
Nevada began boring an artesian well in the capitol square with over 200 feet reached. Gold was located in sands raised by the machinery. A Cohen, Carson City merchant, filed a mining location notice claiming all ground under Nevada's chief executive building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Nev
State of Nevada
Capitol Square
A. Cohen
Nevada
Norwegian Army Mobilized Across Borders
A telegram from Trondhjem to the Jamtlans Post reports that nearly all of Norway’s army has been mobilized and three classes of conscription are trained. It notes that 2000 infantry moved toward the Swedish boundary on a Tuesday night and that 65 cars plus two engines were sent south from Trondhjem to help move troops.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Trondhjem
Jamtlanads Post
Trondh‘em
City Council Budget Panel Recommends Liquor License Hike
The June report from New Orleans Budget Committee backs a minimum high liquor license of 500 dollars and a maximum of 1600 dollars for all saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Clarx Dies Sudden in Galveston City
Joseph Clark a renowned steamship agent and Galveston civic figure died of heart failure at his desk in the Marini building. He migrated from Liverpool years ago and greatly aided local projects. his passing marks a major loss to regional shipping interests. Two workers died in a derailment near Longview Texas on a freight train, C. R. Worthington of Fort Worth suffered a broken neck and Charles Mason of Shreveport died from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Joseph Clark
Marini
Clark
Liverpool
Eng
Longview
Tex
Pacific
C. RB. Worthington
Fort Worth
Charles Mason
Shreveport
Nellie Carnes Arrested in Weatherford Theft Case
Weatherford Texas June 20 Nellie Carnes a white woman was arrested and jailed on charges of theft from Comance county. She allegedly acted with 120 dollars belonging to her aged grandfather. Police found her with a wild west show company camped in the town's eastern part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Tex
Nellie Carnes
Comance County
Une
Van Vieck Dies Quietly at Home in San Antonio
Wm. G. Van Vieck, manager of the Atlantic division of the Southern Pacific, died at his mother in law Mrs. Johnson home in San Antonio on June 30 after a period surrounded by loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Ww. G. van Vieck
Atlantic Dajvision
Southern Pacific
Johnson
Only Two Smallpox Cases in Terrell County
The June 30 report from Terrell Texas notes the smallpox epidemic has subsided with only two active cases in the county under county authorities care.
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Terrell
Tex
Harper Appoints Warrant Clerk in Comptroller Office
Austin Texas June 30 Comptroller Stephens announces the appointment of W B Harper as warrant clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel Albert Devine in the comptroller department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Stephens
W. B. Harper
Albert Devine
Miles Acquitted In Manard County Murder Case
San Antonio June 30 The jury in the Jonathan Miles murder case for Harvey Ball in Menard county on August 18 1901 returned a verdict of acquittal Friday.
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Miles
San Antonio
Jonathan Miles
Harvey Ball
Menard County
Murder of Bessarabian gendarmerie chief in Kishineff
Dispatch from Kishineff reports General Czernotucki, chief of the Bessarabian gendarmerie, found murdered at his residence. A general strike erupts in Kishineff and Cossacks occupy the town.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Kishineff
Czernotucki
Gendearmerie
Diverse Texas and regional notices headline local events
A Sherman clerks union forms. An Ennis mad dog is killed. Swan ships first Elberta Beach crate. Humble derrick and two tanks burn. A 100 member Denton country club organized. Bonham electric plant sold to Dallas buyers. Seventeen year locusts appear in Holmes county. Terrell cotton receipts reach 30 341 bales by wagon. Hugh Hazzard dies in Dallas. Experts head to Brewster county for quicksilver. Day county Oklahoma farmers plan wolf extermination. Ecuador health officials declare Panama infected with bubonic plague. Fred Neill on trial at Cleburne gets two years. Falls Oklahoma votes to incorporate. San Antonio batteries move to Fort Sill. J A Harrison Mercantile organized in Pawnee. Van Duren refuses Creek tax at Eufaula moves away. First cotton bloom in western Oklahoma on L J Hardin’s Cleveland county farm. Mike Marrah killed in Mexican railway wreck. Enid bond issue for courthouse jail carried by 250 votes. George Sparks body found on Red river sand bar near Terral I T. foul play suspected. Joseph Saab arrested at Bristow I T for theft of 1009 from a Scranton, Pa man.
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Sherman
Ennis
Tex
Swan
Elberta
Humble
Denton
Bonham
Dallas
Holmes County
Mississippi
Terrell
Waglon
Hugh H. Hazzard
Texas
Brewster County
Day County
Oklahoma
Ecuador
Panama
Fred Neill
Cleburne
Lincoln County
San Antonio
Fort Sill
J. A. Harrison Mercantile Company
Pawnee
Okla
van Duren
Eufaula
L. J. Hardin
Cleveland County
Mike Marrah
Texas and Pacific
City of Mexico
Enid
George Sparks
Red River
Terral
I. T
Joseph Saab
Bristow
Scranton, Pa
Extra session votes to remove Justice Hooker
Albany June 30 the extraordinary session of the New York Legislature reconvened to decide if it can remove Justice Warren B Hooker if charges are sustained. Senate judiciary committee reports the legislature has the right and recommends formal charges approved by the assembly. Senate adopts report and sets July 11 for the hearing to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lean
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Warren B Hooker
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Hooker
Assembly
Senate
Russian Battleship Potemkin Blocks Odessa Port
A dispatch reports the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine established a sea blockade of Odessa since midnight. No steamers flying Russia may enter or leave. six ships lie anchored in the roads under the guns. The port is isolated by both naval guns and a landward military cordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Express
Odessa
Cape Fontaine
Port Arthur
Knina Potemkine
Evening Standard
Kniaz Potemkiné
Massive street attack disrupts Berlin area
A 12 000-strong mob assaulted troop patrols in Odessa and Berlin streets on Thursday. Fighting continued into the night with hundreds killed or wounded. Hospitals crowded, petroleum reservoirs set ablaze and exploded, traffic halted, and the volunteer cruiser Saratoff burned.
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Berlin
Tageb'tt
Odessa
Saratoff
Mutiny at Cronstadt Shocks St. Petersburg
Eight thousand imperial sailors and dockyard workers at Cronstadt refuse to work prompting a near mutiny. Reports describe the Vesenesensk strike turning the town into a military camp with troops quartered in houses and streets. The military council plans to abolish the Finland district and fold it into St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Vesenessensk
Vladimir
Prince
Military Council
Finland
St. Petersburg Military District
Rockefeller Gives Ten Million For Higher Education Endowment
In New York on Friday John D Rockefeller announced a gift of 10,000,000 dollars to establish a national endowment for higher education in the United States. The funding aims to strengthen colleges and universities across the nation through this major philanthropic contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
New York
General Educational Board
John D Rockefeller
United States
Another Arrest in Ponca City Homicide Case
Warrants issued for Albert Harpster and Nellie Edwards charging them with the killing of Martin V. Julian near Ponca City. Harpster arrested and placed in Newkirk jail with Nellie Edwards and her companion Delia Lewis.
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Ponca City
Okla
M. J. Julian
Peru
Kan
Albert Harpster
Nellie Edwards
Arkansas City
Julian
Martin V. Julian
Harpster
Newkirk
Edwards
Delia Lewis
Trooping colors postponed by weather in London birthday fete
Weather prevented the Trooping of colors at King Edward's birthday celebration in London on Friday. Representatives of the Seventh regiment and the New York State National Guard proceeded to Buckingham Palace and were received by the king.
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London
King Edward
New York State National Guard
Buckingham Palace
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Pan-Russian Company
Port Administration
Pan-Assian
Kishkin
Daily Telegraph
Knias Potemkins
Admiral Kruger
Clarx
van Vieck
Harper Warrant
Pash
Justice Warren RB. Hooker
Daly
SIZAS
B. Johnson Parker
Rohde
Joe B. Reed
ST. Louis
Iron Mountain System
Union Station
Texarkana
Mexico
National Lines
Durango
Monterey
L. Price
John Wittman
T.C. RR
South
Houston
Waco FT. Worth
Denver
Ft. Worth
F. W
D. C
Denver Road
Colo
M. L. Robbins
G. P A
Houston, Texas
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