Funeral of Late Governor Hogg in Austin
The state mourns James Stephen Hogg as his remains lie in state and a large concourse attends the simple senate chamber services conducted by Revs. J A French and S H Werlein. Honorary and active pallbearers include Governor Lanham ex governor Sayres Justice Gaines and J H Robertson. The procession to the city of the dead is among the longest seen in Austin.
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Hogg
Austin
James Stephen Hogs
Supreme Court
Senate
J. A. French
First Baptist Church
H. Werlein
Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lone Star
Lanham
Sayres
Gaines
Williams
Denman
Henry Marsh
T. M. Campbell
T. Holt
R. M. Wynne
Walter Baker
R. N. Stafford
R. M. Johnston
G. W. Littlefield
J. H. Robertson
R. W. Finley
Johnny
W. R. Hamby
John W. Rojohn D. McCall
Railroads Postponed to April Hearing in Dry Goods Cases
Railroads asked for more time to answer the railroad commission bill of complaint in dry goods emergency injunction suits. A Federal court hearing set for Monday was postponed to the first Monday in April. The railroads contend the commission’s summons is insufficient and will test the commission’s power to set emergency rates.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Judge Scott Denounces Widespread Graft Claims
In Waco on March 5 Judge Scott of the Fifty-fourth district court addressed the grand jury for an hour. He rebutted rumors of universal graft in Texas and charged newspapers with failing to expose such cases, arguing libel laws shielded press silence.
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Waco
Grand
Scott
Fifty-fourth District Court
Texas
Great gas well near Caney roars after lightning strike
Caney Kansas reports a gas well five miles from town in Indian Territory has burned since February 23. Flames shot 150 feet into the air and were visible forty miles away. Firefighters attempted to cap the well with a 3000 pound iron cap, but it turned to white heat within twenty feet of the well.
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Caney
Kan
Indian Territory
Texas Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Meets in Dallas
The sixty-sixth annual Texas Grand Lodge session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows opened in Dallas at city hall with W. H. Wray presiding. Mayor Barry welcomed delegates. Grand Master Hubbard replied. P. Jarry Miller welcomed visitors. Afternoon sessions installed officers and conferred grand lodge degrees amid large attendance.
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Dallas
Texas Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
W. H. Wray
Myor Barry
Hubbard
P. Jarry Miller
Officers Chosen by Texas Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
In Pallas on March 6 the grand lodge of Texas Odd Fellows elected officers led by Grand Master H Swartz and Deputy Grand Master C B Lewis. Rebekahs chose officers including President Mrs Mary A Butler and Secretary Mrs J D Alexander, with representatives to the sovereign lodge and advisory board.
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Houston
W. A. Caldwell
Gainesville
J. D. Alexander
Cisco
Erend Lodge
C. A. Keller
San Antonio
The
Widows and Orphans Home
Mary EB. Kerr
Corsicana
Prairie Fire Destroys Major Littlefield Ranch
Major George W. Littlefield faces over one million dollars in losses as a prairie fire sweeps 268000 acres across Lamb and Hockley counties. The blaze scorched 200000 acres of grass and 250 cattle after starting about 100 miles northwest, with recovery expected in about forty to forty five days as new grass sprouts in springtime.
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Austin
George W. Littlefield
Lamb
Hockley
Littlefield
Bold Deed in Denison Robbery They Describe
Miss Winifred Doyle a school teacher was chloroformed and robbed Monday night near the business center. She was found unconscious with lips badly burned. A diamond ring was taken and money from her purse, which was left behind. She describes the assailant as a white man of low stature wearing a cap.
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Denison
Winifred Doyle
Jim Ward Gone Dies in Chicago Chief AP Operator
James H. Ward longtime Associated Press manager in Dallas and chief telegrapher for the company in the southwest died Thursday night in Chicago from heart failure. A Nova Scotia native, Ward was highly regarded as a leading telegraph operator with a history in several major cities.
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Dallas
James H. Ward
Associated Press
Southwest
Chicago
Ward
Nova Scotia
Del Rio Bill Passes to Create Federal Court
Washington March 5 Senator Culberson secured Senate passage for Garner's bill creating a Federal court at Del Rio. Congressman Garner sent the measure to President Roosevelt for signature at once.
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Washington
Senator Culberson
Senate
Garner
del Rio
Roosevelt
Longworth Presents Cannon With Eleven Inch Havana Cigar
Representative Longworth returned to duties and presented Speaker Cannon with a Havana cigar measuring eleven inches in length. The gift was purchased in Havana and delivered as a gesture amid congressional rounds in Washington.
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Longworth
Washington
Cannon
Havana
Death of Waco newspaper figure Jesse H. Cargill
Telegram from St Joseph announces the death of Jesse H. Cargill former prominent Waco newspaper man and owner of the Waco Day and the Evening Telegraph aged about fifty.
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Waco
St. Joseph
Jesse H. Cargill
Texas
President receives Mineral Wells water at Washington
A delegation in Washington presented the president with a case of Mineral Wells water from Mineral Wells Texas as a gesture of hospital interest.
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Washington
Mineral Wells
Tex
Davis dies after shooting in Dayton jail case
Springfield Ohio reports brakeman Mark M. Davis died Saturday morning after being shot by two men. Edward Dean and Preston Ladd are charged with the crime and are held in Dayton jail. The incident is linked to the March arrest and ongoing investigation.
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Springfield
Mark M. Davis
Edward Dean
Preston Ladd
Dayton
Tragedy in Sabinas: Teacher Abegal Jaco Shot Dead
In Sabinas near Monterey Mexico a teacher Miss Abegal Jaco was shot to death by a man named Flores after she refused his attentions. Flores fled then returned and fired three times at her father without effect before bystanders killed him.
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Laredo
Abegal Jaco
Sabinas
Monterey
Mex
Flores
Pen sent to president for signing statehood bill
Oklahoma City report notes Charles Hunter forwarded a locally made quill pen to the president for use in signing the statehood bill. Hunter expects the pen to be used within the next ten days.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Hunter
Hunter
Fire kills crippled boy in Garrison blaze
A small frame building on the outskirts of Garrison burned killing a negro boy crippled in body and mind. The blaze occurred on March 5 with authorities investigating the death as a suspected accident.
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Garrison
Tex
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Howell Brothers
Bryan
Yesten
Pure Drugs
Bryan Steam Laundry
Railroads
Texas Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and
Rebekas
Jim” Ward
Nsurange
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Davis
Springfield, O
Pen
Grand Uv
John B. Mike
Buster Brown
Lyceum
Fred Emerson Brooks
Stevenson Machine
Som
Sizas & Johnson Parker
Montreal
Rohde
E. J. Jenkins
M. Fl. Tadmes
Lrading
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