Akin Pardoned After Return to Finish Term
Governor Campbell granted a full pardon to John K. Akin, who escaped Huntsville penitentiary twenty four years ago and surrendered to Texas authorities. Akin will complete his fifteen year term at Huntsville with support from R T Cook, former internal revenue collector of Arkansas.
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Campbell
John K. Akin
Huntsville
Hot Springs
Texas
Board of Pardon Advisors
Aikin
R. T. Cook
Internal Revenue Collector of
Arkansas
Fox Hot Springs
Judgment Reversed in Slave As signer Land Case
The Texas Supreme Court reversed a Civil Appeals ruling and upheld a district court judgment in the Nona Mills company v Wright case from Hardin county. It held that Maria Hamilton and her assignees could recover land title despite her status as a slave, noting the land was deeded to her as a free woman by Isaac D. Hamilton before the Civil War.
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Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
District Court
Nona Mills Company
J. P. Wright
Hardin County
Maria Hamilton
Isaac D. Hamilton
Roosevelt Heads to Oyster Bay for Summer Quiet
President Roosevelt left Washington at 8 50 P M for his summer home at Oyster Bay aboard the private car Magnet. The party includes Mrs Roosevelt Mrs Cowles Secretary and Mrs Loeb and M S Latta. He plans to stay in Oyster Bay with few exceptions until late September for the McKinley memorial ceremony in Canton Ohio.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. L
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cowles
Loeb
M. 8. Latta
Canton
McKinley Memorial
Prominent Dallas Resident John A Webster Found Dead
Dallas Texas June 12 John A Webster a leading Dallas citizen and longtime Texas representative for a St Louis jail building company was found dead in bed at the Commercial hotel He was a noted Mason and Civil War Union veteran having served in an Ohio regiment and been held at Libby Prison in Richmond.
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Robert Lee
Tex
John A. Webster
Dallas
Commercial Hotel
Texas
Libby
Richmond
Webster
St. Louis
Locomotive Blows Up At Katy Roundhouse
Engine No. 39 exploded Wednesday morning at the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway roundhouse in Denison. Engineer L. Cox sustained serious injuries. The locomotive was a historic engine, built about thirty four years ago for the Katy railroad's first switching operations.
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Katy
Denison
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Roundhouse
L. Cox
Thirty Years For Waters In Dallas Murder Trial
W J Waters was found guilty of murder in Dallas for the January 27 killing of Will Brandon at Lancaster and sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. The case drew notable local legal talent as both defendant and deceased were prominent young men. Old Benedict and others reported on the proceedings. Paris Tex June 12 R Peterson, a 75 year old capitalist and editor of the Examiner, wed Stella Pittsford, 19, a stenographer, in Old Benedict.
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Waters
Dallas
W. J. Waters
Will Brandon
Lancaster
Old Benedict
Paris
Tex
R. Peterson
The
Examiner
Stella Pittsford
Lady Fatally Mangled in West switch engine incident
West Texas on June 12 reports Mrs. S. C Butts mother of Times editor J. C. Butts was fatally mangled after being run over by a switch engine. In Wortham on June 12 a fire sent ten carloads of cattle to Kansas City.
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West, Tex
S. C Butts
J. C. Butts
The
Times
Wortham
Tex
Kansas City
Secretary Root declines interview on Japanese matter
Root declines to be interviewed about the Japanese issue saying he has nothing to add to existing statements. The White House and State Department had not provided further comment.
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Root
Washington
Alabama in Mourning Over Lat Senator Morgan
Alabama mourns the death of Senator John T. Morgan with the capitol flag at half mast. Governor issues a proclamation praising his public service and long career as Senator Pettus reports the death and plans tribute. The dead era opens a vacancy discussion tied to Bankhead's nomination.
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Montgomery
John T. Morgan
Pettus
John H. Bankhead
Sixth
Platform of Democracy
Death of Senator John T. Morgan Shocks Selma
Selma Alabama mourns the death of Senator John T. Morgan. A telegram from his daughters asks for a burial lot in Live Oak cemetery beside Alabama notables. Remains expected to arrive Saturday evening and lie in state at Church Street Methodist Church before Sunday morning funeral services.
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Selma
Ala
John T. Morgan
Live Oak Cemetery
William R. King
Alabama
Church Street Methodist Church
Proposed extension route to New Orleans announced
Kansas City Southern president J A Edson reveals the Leesville Louisiana to Crowley route for the New Orleans branch. The line runs southeast through Oberlin and Eunice to Crowley then east between Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific tracks toward New Iberia, totaling about 918 miles from Kansas City to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Kansas City
J. A. Edson
Kansas City Southern Railway
Leesville
Oberlin
Eunice
Crowley
Southern Pacific
New Iberia
Texas and Pacific
Signal error blamed for Santa Cruz wreck tragedy
A head on collision on the Big Tree line of the Southern Pacific seven miles from Santa Cruz on June 12 killed engineer James Frester and fireman Charles Capelle. Brakeman George Nicholson and fireman Melvein were seriously injured, along with about fourteen Japanese workers with broken bones and facial injuries. The accident is alleged to be caused by flagman Jesse Mann who failed to give signals.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Southern Pacific
James Frester
Charles Capelle
George Nicholson
Melvein
Jesse Mann
Western railroad presidents challenge 2-cent passenger law spread
Chicago June 12 Western railroad presidents at a conference here decided to contest the 2-cent passenger laws in Illinois Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Arkansas. Passenger representatives of all western roads agreed not to grant any reduced rates until the 2-cent fight is concluded.
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Chicago
Western Railroad
Illinois
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Negro gauger appointed shocks Chattanooga society
In Chattanooga on June 12 Garfield Thompson a negro was appointed gauger for the Scott Price distillery the first black appointee in the internal revenue service local owners threaten to shut the distillery claiming Thompson is incompetent and prompt indignation spreads through the community.
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Chattanooga
Garfield Thompson
Scott Price
Internal Revenue Service
Thompson
Executions Reported After Central Prison Disorders
News from Riga states eight political prisoners were executed for taking part in recent disorders at the central prison. In Los Angeles Jap migrants abandon mandamus bid to compel first papers for citizenship and accept the immigration ruling. Victoria reports Chinese Boxers returning home after detainments in America with a cargo of arms.
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Russia
Whight
Los Angeles
United States
Department of Immigration
Victoria
B. C
Tien Tsin
Yuan Shih Kai
America
China
Orchard Admits Theft of Sheep in Hard Winter
Boise June 12 The Haywood defense questioned Harry Orchard’s testimony amid remarks on Fred Freerday dynamite plots and a mocked confession to stealing a sheep for food. Orchard claimed he stole the sheep not from need but while receiving funds from Pettibone through Adams and avoided capture for prior crimes.
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Federation
Bradley
Steve Adams
Pettibone
Adams
Globeville
Denver
Max Malick
Orchard Adams
Joe Mehalich
Haywood
Peabody
Gabbert
Goddard
Judge Goddard
Cripple Creek
Open Shop Notice Triggers Memphis Carpenter Walkout
Memphis on June 12 saw two thousand Union carpenters threaten to strike after fifteen planing mills announced they would operate open shops post June 15. The dispute follows a prior walkout by carpenters from Selden Breck Construction of St. Louis and Memphis over material sourcing. Meanwhile in Leavenworth proceedings resumed to remove Uncle Sam Oil from bankruptcy amid claims of a conspiracy to force the company out of business.
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Memphis
Selden Breck Construcction Company
St. Louis
Leavenworth, Kan
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
United States District Court
Uncle Sam Company
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Free trials of Dr. Shoop Catarrh Remedy mailed to sufferers with no cost or obligation. The kit blends oil of eucalyptus thymol menthol wintergreen and petrolatum for nose and throat relief. If catarrh reaches stomach or bowels, Dr Shoop Restorative should be taken internally for full cure.
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