Anti-Pass Act Opinion Outlines July 12 1907 Start Date
Austin June 14 The official view on the anti pass law lists five points. Free transportation for penitentiary convicts and supplies ends on July 12 1907. County officers cannot travel on free passes after July 12 though passes may be valid for 1907. US marshals and attorneys are not exempt from free passes after the law takes effect. Customs collectors and deputies are exempt and may use free passes. Notaries public are illegal to use free passes except employees operating trains in discharge of duties.
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Austin
Clrs
United States
Collectors of Customs
Pierce Not In Texas Says Judge Johnson
Judge J D Johnson general attorney for Writers Pierce Oil company says Henry Clay Pierce has never been in Texas and is in New York City not Paris or Texas A Travis County jury verdict centered on stock ownership found the company guilty under 1899 and 1903 acts with daily violations from May 21 1990 to April 29 1907 per state petition developments in St Louis and Austin June 14
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Austin
Henry Clay Pierce
Texas
J. D. Johnson
Writers-Pierce Oil Company
Johnson
Pierce
Paris
New York City
Brooks
St. Louis
Travis County
Eckhardt Arrives in Austin as Oil Receiver Gets Bond
Robert P. Eckhardt arrives in Austin from Taylor to file his bond and prepare to assume duties as receiver of Waters-Pierce Oil. He meets with the attorney general while Judge Brooks had already issued the receiver order to avert potential injunctions.
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Austin
Robert P. Eckhardt
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Taylor
Mr. Eckhardt
Judge Brooks
J. D. Johnson
Colonel Wreford Slain in Brownsville Texas
Colonel S. H. Wreford was shot twice with a shotgun Friday morning in front of Captain William Kellys office in Brownsville. Jesse Thornham, Captain Kellys stepson, was arrested. The killing follows a bitter circular Wreford distributed attacking Kelly after Senate testimony in Washington. The dead man was a well known figure in local business circles.
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Brownsville
Tex
S. H. Wreford
William Kelly
Jesse Thornham
Captain Kelly
Kelley
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Washington
Wreford
Ashe Reinstated Sparks Yard Crew Return
In El Paso on June 14 the night yardmaster Ashe was discharged by Superintendent Marks prompting all switch men and yard crew to quit. A telegram from General Manager Van Vleck ordered Ashe reinstated and the men returned to work.
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Fl Paso
Ashe
Marks
van Vleck
Ache
Russian crisis report unsettles Anguilla town
A fragmentary text notes a Russian man stopping in Anguilla and expressing remorse, claiming he acted to aid peace. The report mentions a self confront in a barn and a gentle man from the county authorities seeking justice.
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Tex
Anguilla
Locomotive Turns Over in Talihina Shuffle
June 14 report from Talihina notes a local engine failed during turnout, with John Truett and another crew member injured after a jump and fall onto a rock. Probable fatal outcome feared.
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Talihina, Ll. T
Tive
John Truett
Prominent Clergymen Dies
Mount Pleasant Texas reports the death of Rev Stuart Nelson a leading Methodist clergyman. He was a prominent figure in the church community and his passing leaves a gap in local religious leadership.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Btuart Nelson
Death in San Antonio from carbolic acid poisoning
San Antonio on June 14 reports the death of Willise Toepperwein due to carbolic acid poisoning. The incident is noted as a fatal case with no further details provided.
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San Antonio
Willise Toepperwein
Noyes Highlights Journalism Since Jamestown in Jamestown Talk
Crosby 8. Noyes editor of the Washington Star reviews Captain John Smith and the Jamestown era stressing journalism’s role. He contrasts Roosevelt’s deeds with the press’s help, notes friction but no rupture with officials, and urges slower concentration of power at the White House.
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Jamestown
Norfolk
National Editorial Association
Jamestown Exposition
Jamestown Island
Crosby
Noyes
Washington Star
John Smith
Smith
Mr. Noyes
Captain Smith
Roosevelt
White House
Minor Morris
Loeb
Theodore Roosevelt
Orchard Concludes Testimony In Denver Bomb Case
Harry Orchard finished a 32 and a half hour stint on the stand in Boise Idaho, identifying the bomb casing planted at Judge Godard's Denver home. Mrs Sadie Swan Oliver Crook and chemist P L McCreary corroborated the Bradley poisoning tale linking Orchard to the house and date. Gov Peabody met Orchard post testifying, offering reassurance and forgiveness amid a cordial exchange.
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Peabody
Boise
Ida
Harry Orchard
Judge Godard
Denver
Orchard
Bradley
Sadie Swan
Sadie Bell
Oliver Crook
P. L. McCreary
Pea
Schmitz Convicted of Extortion in San Francisco
A jury found Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz guilty of extortion after a one hour and thirty five minute deliberation. The crowded Bush Street courtroom erupted as the verdict was read and Rudolph Spreckles, central to the graft case, reacted in the audience. The scene reflected a tense public mood following the verdict.
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San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Bush Street
Foreman Capp
Pierce in Texas Hoax Denied by Waters-Pierce Officials
Austin dispatch reports Sheriff Matthews checked trains from the north for Henry Clay Pierce with no success. Waters-Pierce attorney Cochran calls Paris rumors of Pierce in Texas a hoax. Judge Bryant in Sherman says he never saw Pierce and did not claim Pierce was in St Louis. Clay Arthur Pierce says his father is in New York and not in Texas. Judge Perkins notes a Paris hotel joke sparked the Texas rumor.
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Austin
Matthews
Henry Clay Pierce
T. B. Cochran
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Paris
Pierce
Texas
Bryant
Sherman
St. Louis
Clay Arthur Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
H. Clay Pierce
New York
Mr. Pierce
Judge Perkins
Dallas
Johnsons Joke In Dallas Reports Pierce Absence
Judge J D Johnson son of St Louis general attorney for Waters-Pierce Oil and Judge E B Perkins from Paris visit Dallas deputies interview at Judge Perkins office. Johnson says Pierce was last seen at 9 pm riding a gray horse north from Paris toward Red River and has no plans to come to Texas.
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Dallas
J. D. John
St. Louis
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
E. B. Perkins
Paris
Ledbetter
Santa Fe
Pierce
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Pierce
Red River
Texas
Baby in Alabama Starving After Lye Injury
In Montgomery on June 14, a one year old child of Mr and Mrs Jabez Avery near Cottonwood is starving as the stomach membranes have been torn by lye from a can. The baby has shown hunger symptoms for a week and cannot retain food.
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Jabez Avery
Cottonwood
Confesses to Crimes Before Execution in Atlanta
Just before Will Johnson, an African American man, was executed for criminal assault on Mrs. Georgia Pembree, he confessed to a series of crimes in and near Atlanta, declaring I am guilty of everything I am charged with and more. The June 14 event records his final words before the death sentence was carried out.
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Atlanta
Will Johnson
Georgia Pembree
Hardy Hanged for Bearding Death of Roanoke Officer
John Hardy, a Black man from Roanoke, was hanged in the jail yard for fatally shooting Police Officer Robert M. Beard last October. The execution took place in Roanoke, Virginia, on June 14.
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Roanoke
John Hardy
Robert M. Beard
Taft Stricken by Sudden Illness at Fort Snelling
Secretary of War Taft collapsed during a troop review at Fort Snelling and was rushed to St. Paul. Doctors suspected stomach poisoning as the cause as he grew very ill.
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St. Paul
Taft
Fort Snelling
Immigration station site being chosen for Galveston
Washington June 14. Commissioner of Immigration Sargent Fred Barny chief engineer of government buildings New York and Mr Wyn dom of the supervising architect office will leave Sunday for Galveston Texas to determine the site for the new immigration station to be erected there.
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Washington
Sargent
Fred Barney
Government Buildings of
New York
Wyndom
Supervising Architect
Galveston
Tex
Cloudburst damages Kanawha valley timber and homes
A cloudburst in the Great Kanawha valley causes extensive damage with thousands of dollars of timber swept away and several houses inundated. The Kanawha and Ohio rivers rose rapidly, affecting Gallipolia Ohio. Localities report flooding and property loss.
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Gallipolia
Kanawaha Valley
Kanawaha
Ohio
Orchards Stripped by Wind and Rain Near Fort Valley
A June 14 storm lashed farms east of Fort Valley Georgia with heavy wind and rain. Orchards were stripped or damaged 25 to 50 percent, leaving few leaves on cotton and ruining corn in the affected section.
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Fort Valley
Rivalry over business feud ends in duel near Covington
A Covington Tenn news report says Waddy Tatum fatally injured in a duel with John Glimp ten miles north of Covington. The dispute stemmed from a business rivalry.
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Memphis
News-Scimitar
Covington
Tenn
Waddy Tatum
John Glimp
Tatum
Corvallis and Eastern Railroad Sold to Southern Pacific
Documents signed in San Francisco confirm the sale of the Corvallis and Eastern railroad in Oregon to the Southern Pacific company for about 4 million dollars. The line runs 142 miles.
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San Francisco
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Company
Corvalls and Eastern Railroad
Oregon
Schmitz Denied Bail in San Francisco Case
San Francisco mayor Schmitz was denied bail and ordered jailed as of June 14. The ruling advances a criminal case with the mayor remaining in custody pending further proceedings.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
General Telegraphers Union Boards New Levy
The general executive committee of the Commercial Telegraphers' union in New York votes a general assessment on members. A telegram from the national president to 130 local unions warns to prepare for possible trouble with two companies and to coordinate with labor men and others for support.
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New York
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Declared War Likely as Zelaya Aids Salvadoran Unionists
Washington reports a cable from American Consul Olivares in Managua stating President Zelaya officially sent munitions of war and troops to support General Alfaro, the Unionist candidate for Salvadoran presidency, against President Figueroa who opposes the union.
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Nicaragua
Salvador
Zelaya
Washington
Acajutla
State Department
Olivares
Managua
Alfaro
Figueroa
Asphalt Found While boring well near Brownwood
Brownwood Texas June 14 while boring a well near town unearthed fine asphaltum. The discovery occurred during routine exploratory drilling and may indicate new local mineral resources. Officials are to survey the extent of the find.
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Brownwood
Tex
McCord Heads to St Paul for Pierce Extradition Appeal
Governor assigns Judge Felix J. McCord assistant attorney general to travel to St Paul to represent the state in H. Clay Pierce's appeal to the Federal Circuit court of appeals challenging extradition from the St Louis Federal district court.
Parker Acquitted in Alabama Preliminary Hearing
John Parker, accused of shooting and killing E B Theron near Carrollton Alabama, was given a preliminary hearing and acquitted. Both men were prominent figures in Pickens county.
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Carrollton
Ala
John Parker
E. B. Theron
Here
Philanthropist Mrs Hodgson Drops Dead After Dinner
Mrs. Telfair Hodgson, renowned philanthropist, collapsed and died on a Sewanee porch after a dinner party. The event occurred Thursday night as guests lingered discussing with the hostess.
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Chattanooga
Telfair Hodgson
the Times
Sewanee
Valdivia Earthquake Ferocity Kills Five
A severe quake struck Valdivia Chile on June 14 causing destruction to multiple buildings and railroad bridges and resulting in five fatalities. Local reports note extensive damage across the city and surrounding areas.
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Santiago
Chile
Valdivia
Ed Moore Charged With Assault in Marshall Area
Ed Moore was charged with criminal assault on Miss Lillian Watson near Karnauk. He was remanded to jail to await grand jury action.
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Marshall
Tex
Ed Moore
Lillian Watson
Karnauk
Try This For Catarrh Free Tests By Mail
Free tests are mailed to catarrh sufferers with no cost or obligation. Dr. Shoop blends eucalyptus thymol menthol and wintergreen in a pure petrolatum cream for nasal and throat relief. If catarrh extends to stomach or bowels, use Dr Shoop's Restorative internally for complete cure.
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Shoop
M. H. James
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