California Low Fare Blitz From Southeast Texas and Louisiana
Southern Pacific Sunset Route offers one way second class tickets from New Orleans Beaumont Galveston Houston Austin Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and Denigan to California for 30 00 27 50 26 45 and 25 00 respectively. Tickets are March and April only, continuous passage, through Pullman sleepers optional, and tours are personally conducted. For details contact local SP agent or M L Roreins A G P A Houston Texas.
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California
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Texas
New Orleans
San Francisco
Beaumont
Galveston
Houston
Austin
Dallas
Ft. Worth
San Antonio
Denigan
M.L. Roreins
T.j.anderson
Brain food nonsense and the August Flower cure
An agitator denounces the idea of specialized foods for body parts and urges a balanced diet. The ad promotes Green's August Flower as a general digestive aid and liver stimulant, claiming it purifies blood and boosts vigor, available at Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co. and with Dr. G. G. Green's almanac.
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G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Refund in Bryan Ad
Sour stomach or heartburn relief with Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. All druggists may refund money if not cured. Price fifty cents. M H James, leading druggist, Bryan Texas.
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M. H James
Bryan
Texas
Senate Backs Subsidy Bill and Passes Various Measures
Washington March 5 The Senate debated the ship subsidy bill with Mr Frye asserting it aligns with Republican principles. Several measures passed including appointments and payments to individuals, a lighthouse appropriation, a Crow Indians agreement, and a commission maintenance fund. The House discussed rural free delivery classification with no vote reached amid a crowded speaker list and uncertain fate of the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Elizabeth Muehlmann
Samuel A. Muehlmann
Ford
Lincoln W. Tibbets
G. B. Brackett
Department of Agriculture
France
Oyster Bayou
Louisiana
Montana
Permanent International Commission
The
Congress of Navigation
House
Strike at Norfolk Sparks Martial Law Move
A mass of 5990 strike sympathizers crowded Norfolk streets disrupting the Norfolk Railway and Light Co. cars guarded by militia detoured, derailed tracks, and battles erupted. Martial law announced with four more infantry companies ordered from Emporia Suffolk Smithfield and Franklin to reinforce the Seventy first regiment.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
H. H. Harmonson
Emporia
Suffolk
Smithfield
Franklin
Seventy-first
Cattle Growers Meet at Denver in Second Annual Convention
American Cattle Growers association representatives from west of the Missouri river convene in Denver for their second annual meeting. President F C Lusk urges Congress to regulate leasing of public domain as delegates discuss grazing on public lands and the harm from unchecked use.
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Cattle Growers Association
Denver
American Cattle Growers’ Association
Missouri River
F. C. Lusk
California
Congress
Chilean minister presents credentials to Roosevelt in Washington
Senor Don Joaquin Walker Martinez, successor to the late Senor Vicuna as Chilean minister, presented his credentials to President Roosevelt in the Blue Room. His warm address mirrored the Chilean government’s cordial reception of the battleship Iowa upon its recent docking at Talcahuano.
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Washington
Don Joaquin Walker Martinez
Senor Vicuna
Roosevelt
Talcamuano
Texas picks site for state building at World’s Fair
Texas has selected a site for its state building at the World’s Fair after a visiting Texas commission. The structure will be on a hill directly south of the Illinois building, which sits on the next hill. The United States government building lies beyond, overlooking the eastern cluster of exhibits.
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St. Louis
Texas
Illinois
Missouri
United States Government
Philadelphia Departs Panama for Guayaquil Show Flag
The navy department reports the cruiser Philadelphia left Panama bound for Guayaquil Ecuador to display the United States flag for the first time in years. Resident Americans expect the move will improve their status in Ecuador.
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Washington
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Panama
Guayaquil
Ecuador
United States
Kiowa Comanche Apache Lands Sale Injunction Dismissed
The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed injunctions filed by Delos K. Lone Wolf and tribal leaders against Secretary Hitchcock to stop the sale and allotment of tribal lands in Indian Territory.
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Washington
Court of Appeals
Delos K. Lone Wolf
Hitchcock
Indian Territory
Reception arranged with Secretary Hay in unofficial meeting
Washington March 4 Messrs Wessels and Wolmarans with Montague White consul general for the South Africa republics at New York have planned an unofficial reception by Secretary Hay. The event will be strictly informal.
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Washington
Messrs. Wessels
Wolmarans
Montague White
South Africa
New York
Hay
Missionaries Murdered in China Massacres Reported
Reports received by the Empress of India describe two massacres of missionaries in China. In Kan Su Fathers Van Mirhaeghe and Bougaerts were killed by a Chinese force including soldiers guarding a mission. The attack is linked to retaliation for imperial actions involving Prince Tuan’s son.
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Victoria
China
Empress of India
Kan Su
van Mirhaeghe
Bougaerts
Prince Tuan
Mishaps at the Races in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 5 a hurdle race saw Carlo Virginian bolt over the outside fence at the third jump and break his leg before being shot. Torrean tripped over a dog at the turn and fell. J Weber, the jockey, broke a collar bone and Robert Morrison fell at the fourth jump but was not seriously hurt.
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New Orleans
Carlo Virginian
Torrean
J. Weber
Robert Morrison
Palmer box and stove factory destroyed in Poplar Bluff fire
The Palmer box and stove factory in Poplar Bluff Missouri burned causing a loss of 300000 dollars. Owned by Dowell M. Palmer of New York the plant touted as the world’s largest of its kind employed about six hundred workers who were left without jobs.
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Poplar Bluff
Palmer Box
Dowell M. Palmer
New York
Mrs Davis Improves. Public Reception Planned
Mrs Jefferson Davis, previously indisposed at the St Charles hotel in New Orleans, shows improvement and has set Saturday evening for a public reception in her honor.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
St. Charles Hotel
Boer envoy seeks full probe of Port Chalmotte activities
Gen Samuel Pearson and Judge John C. Clegg called on Governor Heard in New Orleans to petition a thorough inquiry into alleged British army posts and recruiting operations near Port Chalmette. Pearson pledged proof of daily wartime activity on Louisiana soil and a camp at the St Charles Hotel.
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Heard
New Orleans
Samuel Pearson
John C. Clegg
Gov. Heard
Port Chalmette
St. Charles
Gov
Roosevelt
Gen. Pearson
Cattle Disease Reported in Slidell Area
Denton Texas March 5 Commissioner T S Atcheson of Slidell reports a peculiar cattle malady has appeared locally. Neighbor N Pruett has one cow dead and two down with the illness. Affected cattle show hydrophobia signs and a desire to run, often ending in a hard fall. Some simply topple and seem unable to move.
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Denton
Tex
T. S. Atcheson
Slidell
N. Pruett
Engineer Killed In Rail Accident At Spadra
Engineer Kennerkan was killed on his freight train in Spadra when timbers from a coal mine trestle struck him as he looked from the cab to check the injector. His body was found half way out of the cab minutes after the accident.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Kennerkan
Fort Smith and
Little Rock
Spadra
Mexican youth set fire to jackal and house to aid father
A Mexican youth in Laredo Texas set fire to a jackal containing his bedridden father to burn out chicken mites he claimed filled the house. He was arrested after his act and gave the explanation that the blaze was to drive mites away.
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Laredo
Tex
Schwab Re-Elected President of U S Steel
The United States Steel directors re-elected President Schwab and all officers whose terms expired. The meeting involved routine business with no major changes announced.
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Schwab
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Commission Revises Porto Rico Laws Reports to Attorney General
A three member panel Daly Rowe and Lopes has submitted a report outlining a local government plan for Porto Rico with county city and village units. It proposes local autonomy with insular oversight, new habeas corpus and divorce alignment, and wills rules harmonizing with New York and Massachusetts.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Joseph F. Daly
New York
Rowe
Pennsylvania
Juan Hernandez Lopes
Commission
Massachusetts
United States
Taft Says Filipinos Do Not Understand Freedom
Governor Taft told the house insular committee that slavery in the Philippines was limited to the southern Moro islands. He said civil authorities had not recognized slavery and the military released slaves, but slaves did not grasp liberty and forceful abolition could provoke resistance. He noted U S influence grows toward eradicating slavery.
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Dom
Washington
Philippines
Taft
House Insular Committee
Moro Islands
United States
Rebellion spreads in Kwang Si with troops deployed
March 4 reports show unrest in Kwang Si Province at Kwe Lin and Manking near revenue treaty ports. Canton viceroy dispatches over 1000 troops to Kwe Lin and Manking as rebels, believed former soldiers of Marshal Su, push to overthrow the Manchu dynasty with French covert backing.
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China
Hong Kong
Kwang Si
Kwe Lin
Manking
Canton
Marshal Su
Equitable Life Policy Fraud Foiled In Mexico City
In Mexico City on March 5 authorities say Jose Machedo took out a $20,000 life policy for his brother Manuel Machedo. When Manuel applied for the policy a dummy corpse was found after exhumation. Arrests followed as the scam unraveled against Equitable Life Insurance Co of New York.
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City of Mexico
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
New York
Jose Maciedo
Manuel Machedo
Stiles Chosen Superintendent for Texas Experiment Station
Stiles of Austin was elected superintendent of the experiment station at Troupe at $900 per year. The station, created by the last legislature, received $10,000 for its establishment. Stiles is an old horticulturist.
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Stiles
College Station
Tex
Experiment Council
E. P. Stiles
Austin
Troupe
Five Years for Murder in Marshall Texas
In Marshall Texas Henry Williams pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and received a five year sentence in district court. At the prior term he was found guilty and sentenced to death, a verdict later reversed by the court of criminal appeals.
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Marshall, Tex
Henry Williams
Williams
Court of Criminal Appeals
Confederate Home Opens Dining Hall in Austin
The Confederate home in Austin opened a new dining hall last Saturday expanding capacity by about seven percent. Since January 1, 31 veterans have been admitted this year, bringing the total inmate count to 278.
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Austin
Confederate Home
Record Month For State Treasury Disbursements
A Recordreaker, Austin, March 5. Last month set a record in the state treasury department for volume of business. The school land division worked overtime and receipts and disbursements for the month exceeded $400,000, the smallest monthly total of the year.
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Austin
State Treasury Department
Santa Fe Officials Re elected by Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
At a stockholders meeting in Galveston on Tuesday the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway elected the present directors and officers to serve for the ensuing year.
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Galveston
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
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