Washington shoots man on Terrell plantation in Brazos bottom
Hearne Texas June 22 Gus Washington shot and fatally wounded Gregg Albert on the Terrell plantation in Brazos bottom. Washington says he and his wife were scuffling with the pistol and it was accidentally discharged striking Albert. Washington arrested. Both parties are negroes.
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Hearne
Tex
Gus Washington
Gregg Albert
Terrell
Brazos Bottom
Washington
Albert
Campbell Takes Oath as City Marshal in San Antonio
John P. Campbell sworn in as city marshal before Notary Tom Shields and approved by the board of police commissioners. His bond and commission issued. Dave Lewis also took the oath as assistant city marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
John P. Campbell
Tom Shields
Board of Police Commissioners
Dave Lewis
Hassell Calls Texas Local Option Convention in Dallas
H H Hassell of Decatur and president of the Local Option Association of Texas issues a call for the state convention to be held at Dallas city hall on July 4. He urges members to attend and discuss party platform and strategy at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
H. H. Hassell
Decatur
Local Option Association of Texas
Fratricide Suspect Jailed After Tyler County Shooting
Ned Mitchell was shot and killed near Pleasant Hill in Tyler County. His brother Jim Mitchell was jailed in Tyler after the fatal incident. The report notes both men are African American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
Ned Mitchell
Pleasant Hill
This County
Jim Mitchell
Real estate bargains in Brazos County lands and lots
J. W. Batts offers Brazos County land titles with the only abstract books in the N. B. Cole block opposite the courthouse. Properties include a block in Hall's addition, a quarter block, 242 acres Caldwell pasture, eight neighborhood lots with shade trees, near Allen Academy, a 52 acre tract with residence and well, priced from 300 to 1300 dollars with easy terms. This is a bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Cole
Hall
Caldwell
Allen Academy
Sweden Will Not Seek to Keep Norway in Union
Stockholm June 22 King Oscar ruled during extraordinary sessions convened to address the Norway separation crisis. Norway declared the union dissolved and Sweden prepared a conditional settlement bill. The king urged non coercive means and supported dissolution of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Rixe
Oscar
Dea
Norway
Tually
Report on Equitable Society Criticizes Management and Trust
Albany report by State Insurance Superintendent Hendricks calls the Equitable Life Assurance Society mismanaged and opposes the Ryan led stock voting trust. He urges complete mutualization and elimination of paid stock as the only relief, with the investigation evidence to be sent to the attorney general for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hendricks
State Insurance Department
Higgins
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Thomas F. Ryan
District Attorney Probes Equitable Life Affairs
New York district attorney Jerome has begun an inquiry into the Equitable Life Assurance Society troubles and has telegraphed the state insurance superintendent for official copies of the report. No statement on intentions was given. In Atlanta, Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association orders farmers in cotton counties to hold community celebrations on July 4 to mark reduced 1905 cotton acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Company
New York
Jerome
New York County
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Insurance
Hendricks
Hts
Atlanta
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Minor matters
A deep oil well is to be sunk at Wetumpka I T. Cattle dipping is under way in Wood ward county Oklahoma. George H Law Sr a prominent citizen of Galveston is dead. One hundred boxes are to be added to the San Angelo Tex post office. Corn crop of Coleman county Texas promises to be the finest for years. Judge W E Kendall eighty one years old passed away at Houston. Ship canal at Brownsville Tex has been completed inside the bar at Point Isabel. Mrs R E Smith of Sherman died at Cincinnati as result of surgical operation. Denison board of health wants city council to elect a meat and vegetable inspector. At Tyler Tex Mrs B R Wiggins accidentally took an overdose of laudanum and died. Nine negro prisoners at San Antonio paroled to celebrate Emancipation day returned to work. The little son of Jacob Veidt had both legs badly cut near New Braunfels Tex by a mower. Bernardo Martinez was drowned in the Rio Grande river at El Paso He was swimming on a wager. Governor Sparks of Nevada was at Austin on business. He formerly resided in Williamson county. While temporarily deranged the wife of Constable Day of Stamford Tex shot herself to death. Dee Gallaway son of a wealthy San Sabanegro was hit on the head by a telephone instrument alleged to have been thrown by Oland Lay a white man and skull fractured.
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Wetumpka
I. T
Woodward County
Oklahoma
George H. Law
Galveston
San Angelo
Tex
Coleman County
Texas
W. E. Kendall
Houston
Brownsville
Point Isabel
R. E. Smith
Sherman
Cincinnati
Denison Board of Health
Tyler
B. R. Wiggins
San Antonio
Jacob Veidt
New Braunfels
Bernardo Martinez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Sparks
Nevada
Austin
Williamson County
Constable Day
Stamford
Dee Gallaway
Oland Lay
Baseball scores from multiple leagues and pest report from Louisiana
Texas League games saw Waco defeat Dallas 7 to 5 and Temple beat Fort Worth 5 to 0. North Texas League results had Greenville 8 Clarksville 3 and Paris 6 Texarkana 0. South Texas League games were rained out in San Antonio and Beaumont. American League saw Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 3. Professor Hines of Ohio reports to Louisiana Crop Pest Commission in Shreveport, detailing horse fly damage to livestock along the coast with expertise from the University of Ohio and Gulf Biological Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hines
Ohio
Louisiana Crop Pest Commission
Shreveport
Ars S. Hines
University of Ohio
Columbus
Newell
Gulf Biologic Station
Foreclosure Sale Ordered of International Packing Co
Foreclosure proceedings schedule the sale of International Packing company property to satisfy claims totaling 3 977 000. The firm formed to consolidate packing interests at the stockyards faces mortgage foreclosure after no interest on a 2 500 000 bond issue since 1896. Minority stockholders accuse fraud as injunction fights the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Packing Company
Chicago
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank Company
Roosevelt Visits Two Colleges in Worcester Rain Aids but Deters Festivities
President Theodore Roosevelt toured Clark University and Holy Cross in Worcester on June 22. He spoke at both campuses, received an LL D from Holy Cross, praised Carroll D. Wright and Senator George Frisbie Hoar at Clark, and rode in an open carriage with his hat off in the rain. He later sent telegrams to Harvard and Yale crews, expressing goodwill but steering clear of partisan signals.
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Worcester
Mass
Roosevelt
Clark University
Holy Cross College
Holy Cross
Clark
Carroll D. Wright
United States
George Frisble Hoar
Rockwood Hoar
Williamstown
Gale's Ferry
Yale
Harvard
Redtop
Conn
New London Mude
Titeodore Roosevelt
New London
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Clash at Lodz leaves eighteen dead and a hundred wounded
Eighteen killed and about one hundred injured when dragoons and Cossacks fired on a 50 000 strong workmen procession in Lodz on June 22. Demonstrators shouted Down with despotism before the massacre and resulting chaos.
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Lodz
Glowna Street
Petition Denied in Death Penalty Case in Brattleboro
The habeas corpus petition of Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, sentenced to death for murdering her husband, was denied by Judge Wheeler sitting as justice of the United States circuit court in Brattleboro Vermont on June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro, Vt
Mary M. Rogers
Wheeler
United States Circuit Court
Lawyer Crump Fights Indian Police Office Closure
Muskogee June 22 W G Crump the lawyer who paid his tribal tax for the present quarter and refused back taxes from March 1902 had his office closed by Indian police by order of the Indian inspector He will sue for damages arguing that paying current taxes did not violate the law and that the back tax levy cannot close his office without legal process Several leading lawyers doubt the claim but the case will be tested in court.
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Muskogee
W. G. Crump
Crump
Fifth Annual Good Roads Convention Opens in Portland
The National Good Roads association held its fifth annual convention at Festival hall on the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds in Portland Oregon. President Moore opened the session at 2 o clock with D E Huss arriving from New York bearing a letter from Melville E Stone to the exposition president. A S Mann of Florida spoke followed by Col R W Richardson who presented the secretarys annual report.
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National Good Roads Association
Portland
Ore
Festival Hall
Moore
Association
D. E. Huss
New York
Lewis and Clark Grounds
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Mr. Moore
A. S. Mann
Florida
Mann
Col. R. W. Richardson
Cagney & Christian and D Herbert Indicted for Sunday Law
Lake Charles Louisiana June 22 Cagney and Christian and D Herbert liquor dealers pleaded guilty to violate the Sunday law. Each was fined 250 dollars and costs. The judge warned that a repeat offense would mean jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Cagney & Christian
D. Herbert
Lquor
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J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
J. Rapmonds, Prop
Alice Lirette
Ma'l. National Toilet Company
Paris, Tennessee
Bryan
M. H. James
E. O. Dewiitt & CO
King Oscar II
Management Equitable Life Assurance
Baseball
Waco
Temple
Fort Worth
North Texas League
Greenville
Clarksville
Paris
Texarkana
Beaumont
Montgomery
Nashville
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Birmingham
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Bay State
Carroll Dpd
Wright
Cassini
St. Petersburg
Russ
Ao Cassini
Uniare
Arrval Baron Rosen
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Port Arthur
Singapore
Springfield
Ill
Johann Hoch
Supreme Court
Sam Leading Brands
Silas B. Johnson
Montreal
Iron Mountain
Union Station
St.Louis
Mexico
National Lines of
Laredo
Mexico City
Vial
G. N
Monterey
Saltillo
San Luis Potosi
Torreon
Durango
L. Trice
Alabystin
John Wittman
Gts
Walu
FT. Worth
Denver
F. W
D. C
Denver Road
Colo. & So
Denison
M. L. Robbins
G. P A
Houston, Texas
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