Senate Adjournment Motion Sparks Normal School Debate
The Texas Senate debated adjournment March 10 and discussed a normal school at Denton amid opposition to its location. Governor’s veto blocked a bill allowing private corporations to renew expiring charters. Other measures on mining safety and text book expansion progressed. Reports from Emporia, Gatesville, and Washington covered murders, shootings, and Senator Jones’s health setback.
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Austin
Senate
House
Port Arthur
Cass County
Terrell
Denton
Tex
Lund
Committee On Public Lands and Land Office
Goss
Atlee
Indiana
Terry
Texas Rangers
Harrison
Marion
Chief Ishparhecher Safe After False Death Report
In Muskogee Indian Territory on March 7 a rumor circulated that Chief Ishparhecher had died last Tuesday. The report proved unfounded as the chief was seen last Friday in good health, described as hale and hearty. The tragedy at the Griffin property where fre destroyed the home and two small children perished left Mr and Mrs Griffin and Mrs Burns severely burned.
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Emporia
Kas
John Gilbert
Enterprise
Gilbert
Thomas Griffin
Ishparhecher
Muskogee
I. T
Fire Devastates Mary Holmes College West Point
A March 6 blaze in West Point Mississippi destroyed the Mary Holmes college, an industrial school for colored girls, and a cotton press shed. Nearly 100000 in building losses and up to 300000 in cotton were consumed. Five thousand bales of cotton and several cars burned. Weigher R C McDaniel died attempting to save papers. Inmates escaped unharmed. Insurance about 49000. Fire fueled by high winds. flames overwhelmed the district.
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West Point
Miss
Mary Holmes College
Holmes Seminary
R. C. McDaniel
Coal Miners Strike Gains Ground in Arkansas
In Little Rock on March 7 the coal strike continues with no quick end. About 250 miners out in Russellville, Huntington idle, Bonanza fully out. mass meetings in Dening urge nonunion men to join. Wilburton nonunion forces shrink as imported workers depart. Hartshorn crowd misreported. Mines operate but claim costs exceed five dollars per ton. Fort Smith notes Wilburton nearly deserted as striking miners flee to other jobs. town quiet, orderly, exodus underway.
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Little Rock
Russellville
Huntington
Bonanza
Denning
Spadra
Wilburton
United Mine
Coal Hill
Hartshorn
Pana
Fort Smith
Ark
I. T
Arkansas wage law upheld by Supreme Court opinion
Chief Justice Fuller sustains Arkansas law requiring railroads to pay discharged employees and penalties for nonpayment. Charles Paul sought 21 dollars from St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railway. court upholds validity, affirming due process and equal protection. Beaumont death: Mrs. Henrietta Campbell, 69, found dead. heart failure listed as cause.
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Washington
Fuller
Arkansas
Charles Paul
St. Louis, Tron Mountain and Southern Railway
Supreme Court of
Beaumont
Tex
Henrietta Campbell
American Grocer Company Fails
Walter L. Mc Dermott named receiver for the American Grocer company of New York, formerly H. B. Thurber & Co. The par value of the stock is $1,000,000. Lord Herschell's body moved to New York for voyage to England aboard the Talbot cruiser. J W Sullivan of San Antonio broke his leg at Texarkana cattle pens. Prohibition election in Palestine precinct: 642 for, 1167 against.
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American Grocer Company
New York
Walter L. McDermott
H. B. Thurber & Co
Lord Herschell
Washington
England
Talbot
Texarkana
Tex
J. W. Sullivan
San Antonio
Palestine
Prohibition
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Chow Chow
India
Batavia Brand
Jams
Dozier Bakery
Blanke & Bro
Howell Bros
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
A. D. McConnico
Bryan, Tex
Owney
Ufandy
Berwick Bay
Franklin Bros
Odd Fellow
John B. Mike Store
TH Legislatere
Masterson
Houston and
Texas Central
Gatesville
Hal Walden
Coryell Creek
Charles McCandless
Walden
Senator Jones
J. K. Jones
Leseur
Puller
John B. Mike
Telephone
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Bryan
Texas
Jerry and
Dan
Barbers
Dunn & Daly
Jerry
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