House Passes 150000 Iron Industry Bill at Rusk
Austin March 6 The Texas House approved a senate bill to appropriate 150000 to acquire timber lands near Rusk and to erect a fifty ton iron furnace at the penitentiary there. Other measures passed include a bookkeeper for Confederate home prairie dog extermination child labor limits and a state board to examine lawyers. The governor signed several deficiency and corporate extension bills.
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Austin
House
Senate
Rusk
Penitentiary
Rusk Penitentiary
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
Texas and Louisiana Railway
Land Filing Riot Fears Hit Western Texas Counties
A resolution passed in both houses condemns the defective land filing system in western Texas. Homeseekers are prevented from filing as rival speculators hire strong men to hold spots at filing offices. Some men earn ten dollars a day plus board for guarding entry doors, with some spots held since September.
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Austin
Texas
Miller
Howard County
Mr. Miller
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Meeting Ends in Sherman
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows grand lodge adjourned in Dallas on Thursday after Texas largest attendance. Sherman won the next meeting site amid spirited debate with Fort Worth Beaufort and Sherman reps. About $5000 paid to grand lodge delegates and $2000 to Rebekah assembly members.
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Dallas
Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fraternity of Texas
Sherman
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Grand Lodge
Rebekah
Trains Rescued After 100 Hours in Snow Drifts
In Santa Rosa area, New Mexico, three Rock Island passenger trains were freed after 100 hours trapped by sixteen foot drifts. Nearly 500 men women and children endured extreme suffering before rescuers brought them to El Paso.
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el Paso
Santa Rosa
N. M
Rock Island
East Texas Fruit and Truck Union Organized
The East Texas Fruit and Truck union held an organizational meeting in Nacogdoches with J. B. Huff of Palestine as president, J. W. Waltman of Jewett as vice president, and Sam H. Dixon of Houston as secretary-treasurer. The group set the next meeting for September in Palestine and urged funding for a St. Louis fair exhibit.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
East Texas Fruit and Truck Union
J. B. Huff
Palestine
J. W. Waltman
Jewett
Sam H. Dixon
Houston
St. Louis Fair
Family mystery swirls around Mrs. Georgia Stanley death
Denver reports speculation on Mrs. Georgia Stanley after she died of coal gas asphyxiation beside Major Marshall F. Hurd. A notebook mentions a rich “Brother George” and Lord Allen a former Indian province governor. Sir James Grant denied kinship. Major Hurd to be buried under Grand Army of the Republic.
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Denver
Georgia Stanley
Marshall F. Hurd
Stanley
Lord Allen
India
Allen Line
George
Spain
Barbadoes
H. Martin Hart
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral
Sir James Grant
Toronto
Sir James
Mrs. Stanley
Major Hurd
Army of the Cumberland
Grand Army of the Republic
Amendments Adopted in Terrell Election Bill
The Texas House considered the Terrell general election bill and adopted amendments. Changes include poll tax payment rules for cities over and under 10,000, and authorizing that poll tax may be paid by another in smaller places and rural precincts. The House also allowed service of citations to railroad agents and broadened railroad commission hearing spaces. The Senate passed a bill to validate land titles in Garcon, Dallam, and Hutchison counties since July 14, 1879.
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House
Terrell
Senate
Railroad Commission
Commission
Garcon, Dallam
Hutchison
Massing Troops Reported in Guatemala Frontier Crisis
Coffee planters arriving in San Francisco say Guatemala has massed its army on the Salvador frontier and is pressg into service all able bodied men. Alexander Cousin, relation of Nicaragua’s Zelaya, notes Zelaya’s sympathy with Sierra of Honduras and troop movements along the frontier.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Colon
Salvador
Alexander Cousin
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Sierra
Honduras
Decisive Move Deferred in Burdick Murder Case
Buffalo investigators assert strong belief the killer is a woman and know the identity, yet lack material evidence to act. Officials say clues point toward motive but no decisive link is found, with follow-up searches continuing amid mounting public interest.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edwin L. Burdick
HOTEL BURNS IN WATERTOWN BIG LOSS WITH NEAR MISSES
Fire destroyed the Otey House, a leading Watertown hotel, gutting stores in the block. Guests fled by fire escapes while Peter N. Vanbrant, bedridden on the fourth floor, was lowered to safety by rope. Total loss around 290000 dollars with two thirds insured.
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Watertown
N. Y
Otey
Peter N. Vanbrant
Fairbanks
Physician Clears Woman's Death as Natural Causes
In New York on March 6 a physician said the woman found in a furnished West Thirty seventh Street room likely died of natural causes. A Chicago visitor who rented the room paid and left with bottles of a dark liquid, saying he was a physician, as police search for the man continues.
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New York
West Thirtyseventh Street
Chicago
Michigan Central
Wabash dispute stalls as lawyers weigh injunction papers
In St Louis on March 6 the Wabash case remains at a standstill as firemen and trainmen lawyers study the bill of particulars filed with an injunction. No change reported at Wabash headquarters and a court filing timetable is unclear.
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St. Louis
Wabash
Frisco Railroad Parceled by Rock Island Morgan Interests
The Frisco system will be split with the Birmingham to Memphis segment joining the Southern system and the portion west of the Mississippi joining the Rock Island.
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Birmingham
Ala
The
Age Herald
St. Louis
San Francisco
Frisco System
Rock Island
Morgan Southern Railway
Frisco
Memphis
Southern System
Mississippi
Longest Lords debate urges reconsideration of military plan
In London on March 6 the House of Lords debated Earl Carrington's motion to reconsider the government's military organization plan for five hours, the session's longest. The motion was defeated 53 to 15 as Carrington warned the Boer war conduct risked a ghastly tragedy and could provoke a democratic revolution.
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London
House of Lords
Earl Carrington
Overruled Demurrer in Salvage Case at San Francisco
Judge DeHaven overruled the government demurrer to the libel of the United States steamer in a suit by Howard Rees first mate of the naval collier and twenty crewmen to recover at least 20000 salvage from the cruiser Yosemite sunk off Guam.
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San Francisco
Howard Rees
Yosemite
Guam
Judge DeHaven
United States
Largest Amount Ever Sent
Two hundred thousand dollars in quartz half dollars and Hawaiian coin will be brought from Honolulu aboard the City of Pekin. It is claimed to be the largest single shipment of island money received for recoinage into United States currency. The funds are to be returned to Hawaii.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Pekin
United States
Hawaii
Navy to name battleships Vermont Kansas Minnesota Mississippi Idaho
Secretary Moody has decided the five new battleships under the naval act will bear the names Vermont Kansas Minnesota Mississippi and Idaho. The 16 000 ton ships will be named Vermont Kansas and Minnesota while the two 13 000 ton vessels will be Mississippi and Idaho.
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Washington
Moody
Vermont
Kansas
Minnesota
Mississippi
Idaho
Association Withdraws from Lumber Dealer Groups
The Great Western Retail Lumber Dealers association withdrew from affiliation with the National Association of Wholesale Lumber Dealers during a meeting attended by representatives of the other group.
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Washington
Great Western Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
National Association of Wholesale Lumber Dealers
Bryson Arrives in Memphis for Kidnapping Trial
H W Bryson, arrested in Los Angeles on Shelby County grand jury indictment for kidnapping Priscilla Howard's child, arrived in Memphis in custody. His trial will be called at an early day.
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Memphis
Young Men’s Christian Association Grows in Mexico
City of Mexico March 6 The YMCA here plans to extend its work nationwide after a successful start with membership exceeding expectations.
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City of
Mexico
Young Men’s Christian Association
Gilfeather Wins Decision Over Monroe in Seven Rounds
Tom Gilfeather of San Francisco defeated opponent George Monroe by decision after seven rounds in Hot Springs Arkansas as Monroe’s seconds threw in the towel.
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Hot Springs
Ark
aMred
Tommy Gilfeather
San Francisco
Geo. Monroe
Monroe
Bank Clearings Hit Record February Total in New York
Bradstreet's reports February bank clearings at $8.419 billion, the largest on record for that month, compared with $8.818 billion in 1901, the previous high February total.
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New York
Bradstreet
Last Vessel Leaves La Guayra Venezuelan Waters
British cruiser Pallas, the last representative of the naval forces in Venezuelan waters, departed La Guayra on Thursday afternoon as of March 6.
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Caracas
Pallas
Venezuelan
la Guayra
Sale of various lands and a house by Lamar Bethea
Will sell a two story Pochila house and multiple land parcels including 69 acres on Wixon Creek Pearson place 49 acres cultivation, 1100 acres food creek bottom land with six tenant houses, 400 acres cultivation, 150 acres Reliance settlement near rood church, 1 acre with 40 cultivation and a six room house, 50 acres north corner Bob Johnson place under fence. Prices range from 25 to 1800 dollars with easy terms. Trade options include 100 or 200 acres west of Brazos river. Some listings indicate selling to colored buyers. Other lands too numerous to mention.
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Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Food Creek
Brazos River
Reliance
Bob Johnson
Brazos County Abstract Books and Town Land Listings For Sale
Advertises J. W. Batts sale of the only Brazos County Abstract Books of Land Titles and multiple property parcels. Listings include 105 acres near courthouse with 25 cultivated, pasture rest, fenced. various houses, quarters, and blocks near Allen Academy and schoolhouses with prices from 260 to 1500 dollars. Some parcels include wells, cisterns, gardens, and rents noted.
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Brazos County
Bryan City Holds Election For Marshal Secretary And Three Council Seats
The Bryan city council adopts an ordinance ordering an election for city offices Marshal Secretary and three council members to be held at city hall on the first Tuesday in April, the 7th, under the city charter and state election laws. The ordinance is approved February 28, 1903 by Mayor and officials.
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City of
Bryan
R. H. Harrison
GC. M. Spell
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