Texas Legislature Ends Pay at Two Dollars a Day
Austin March 7 The 60 day Texas legislative session ends today with pay for representatives and senators fixed at two dollars per day. Governors message warns against exceeding 63100,000 for two years and a half. Bills on appropriations, constitutional convention, and various reforms advance as sessions tighten.
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Durant in London and Ostend duel hoax unraveling
In London and Paris reports reveal John Wilson Durant of Albany faked a duel death near Ostend with a Russian count. Durant admitted a quarrel with betrothed Mile Mangin prompted his plan to die officially and stay hidden for months. He financed a Paris friend to place the death notice and later expressed chagrin at the leak.
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Victorian memorial plans meet strong opposition in London
London discussions on a memorial near Westminster Abbey or Buckingham Palace provoke criticism as inadequate. The idea of a statue by Onslow Ford risks turning the tribute into a generic monument of royal reign. Westminster clergy hope for a Victorian chapel near the abbey to serve as monument and sepulchre amid crowded space. In Rio de Janeiro, U S minister Charles Page Bryan returns from Porto Alegre after a formal expo reception with honors and praise from Brazilian officials.
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Explosion Damages Ennis Family Home Also Injures Child
In Ennis Texas a stove fire with loaded wood exploded injuring a child. A skillet on the stove was hurled to a side table amid the blast. The event followed a supper fire in a west Ennis neighborhood. The wood source remains noted but unclear.
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