Dreadful deeds end in self destruction after ambush killing
In Waco on July 9 Charles Bateman a negro resident near Gloriana shot and killed Josie Cotton a negro woman and almost fatally wounded her brother Ed Cotton from ambush. After the killings Bateman shot himself blowing off the top of his head. Authorities say the act followed his discovery that a complaint would be filed by rivals from a beer fight.
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Waco
Charles Bateman
Gloriana
Josie Cotton
Ed Cotton
Bateman
Tragic Galveston auto crash injures Hebert child and mother
Mrs Hebert and her eight year old son Ray were struck by an oncoming railroad car while crossing Twenty ninth street in Galveston during a pleasure trip. The automobile carried five Beaumont visitors including Mr Hebert W W McFadden and Miss C Blanchette. Emil Schwering was chauffeur as a Cassel sea voyage to Bremen loomed.
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Galveston
Louis M. Hebert
Ray
Mr. Hebert
W. W. McFadden
Two Charters Approved for Texas Railways
Attorney general approved two railroad charters filed with the secretary of state. Waco Hamilton and Brownwood Railway plans a 120 mile line from Waco through McLennan Bosque Coryell Hamilton Coleman Mills to Brownwood with stock of 120000. Gainesville and Texas Southwestern Railway aims an 80 mile route from Gainesville through Cooke Denton Montague Wise Jack Parker Palo Pinto to Mineral Wells with 100000 stock. Incorporators include James B Baker J McLendon Sam Sanger and others in Waco Gainesville and Chicago respectively.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Waco, Hamilton and
Brownwood Railway Company
Waco
McLennon
Bosque
Coryell
Hamilton
Comanche
Mills and Brown
Brownwood
James B. Baker
J. & McLendon
Sam Sanger
John L. Spurlin
B. Smith
Gainesville
Texas Southwestern Railway Company
Capital Stock
Cooke
Denton
Montague, Wise
Jack, Parker and
Palo Pinto
E. C. Bell
Toledo
E. M. Wickey
East Chicago
Ind
W. W. Newberry
Chicago
J. M. Lindsay
John King
Seven Propositions At Texas Railroad Hearing
Many railroad men attended Tuesday’s commission hearing in Austin. Seven propositions were discussed, mainly local issues, with the key item the expansion of depot facilities and terminals at Corpus Christi. The matters were taken under advisement. An informal session covered anti free pass bill terms in the afternoon.
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Austin
Corpus Christi
City considers artesian water deal from local rail man
Fort Worth July 9 The city commissioners were surprised by a proposal from S H Walton a local railroad man to supply artesian water for five years or more at 10 cents per 1000 gallons This follows a heated debate over river versus artesian water with the city currently paying about 30 cents per 1000 gallons for artesian supply.
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Fort Worth
S. H. Walton
Roe Captured in Texas After Alleged Mat er Murder
Lee Roe, charged with murdering his mother, was found hiding in his uncle’s barn near Killeen, Texas, by his uncle Mr. McDaniel and surrendered without resistance. He was taken to Belton and jailed, with reports alleging possible insanity.
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Killeen
Tex
Lee_ Roe
McDaniel
Roe
Santa Fe
Belton
Purposefully Derailed Freight Cars in New Orleans Waterfront Clash
In New Orleans on July 9 municipal railroad work near the waterfront was disrupted when Southern Pacific derailment of several freight cars blocked city crossing plans. Mayor Behrman protested as SP superintendent E B Cushing offered regrets, saying workers acted to block city crews from using a substandard frog. After a conference the SP cars were moved.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Behrman
E. B. Cushing
Southern Pacific
Cotton Warehouses Plan Raised at Cotton Exchange
E S Peters of Calvert Texas outlined a plan by the National Farmers Union to build 250 to 300 cotton warehouses this year across Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Indian Territory to store the cotton crop. Peters heads to New York to raise funds.
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New Orleans
National Farmers’ Union
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Noted Confederate Veterans Die in New Orleans
New Orleans mourns two prominent Confederate veterans who died Monday. S. S. Prentiss, famed antebellum slavery orator who relocated from Massachusetts to Mississippi, and Eugene F. Gorman, once a nationally known actor and showman.
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New Orleans
S. S. Prentiss
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Eugene F. Gorman
United States
Retirement for Brownson Keeps Navy Navigation Head
Rear Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson, long chief of the Bureau of Navigation, is placed on the retired list for age but remains head of the bureau by presidential special direction, following the precedent set by Admiral Converse.
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Washington
Willard Herbert Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Converse
Rail derailment near Herrin kills three on Burlington line
Centralia July 9 spreading rails derailed a switch engine two miles north of Herrin on the Burlington road. Engineer S Ford and Trainmen Leads Warne and Thomas Hutton were crushed to death when the engine rolled down an embankment and trapped them beneath it.
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Centralia
Tfl
Herrin
Burlington Road
S. Ford
Trainmmen
Warne
Thomas Hutton
American Whist League Opens in Chicago with Record Attendance
Chicago on July 9 reports the American Whist League opened with a record turnout. Players from several regions filled the venue as the event kicked off, highlighting strong interest in bridge competitions and related activities this season.
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Chicago
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G. Parsons
J. Jd. Ray
Parsons Bottling Works
Main and
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Oren Nd
C. E. Bullock & CO
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
Dallas
Joe B. Reed
Friend-In-Need Society
Rowde
M. H. James
Negress
New York State
Postal Cable
Western Union
New York
W. 8. Jackson
M. W. Platzek
Supreme Court
R. Burnham Moffatt
Postal Cable Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
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Jackson
R. C. Clowry
Clarence M. Mackay
George J. Gould
E. H. Harriman
M. J. Jessup
Albany
Mackay
Postal Company
Clowry
The
E. S. Peters
Brownson
S.H. Dunlap
Haswell’s Book Store
Bryan Steam Laundry
CRAIN
W. H. Lawrence
Over Haswells Book Store
W. C. Fountain
Crown and Bridge
Burt Norwood
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