Bryan Accepts. Bryan to Speak to Nebraska Legislature
Governor Campbell announces a telegram from William Jennings Bryan accepting an invitation to address the Nebraska Legislature on March 29. The message elicited loud applause in both chambers. House debates include a one-board medical bill and a water and gas utility measure with a Looney amendment allowing 10 percent net on investment. Senate and House actions cover Confederate veterans widows home, school tax levy up to 59 cents, and land-title validations for settlers.
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Austin
Campbell
William Jennings Bryan
Cocke
Senate
Looney
Senter
House
Minority Report Proposes Mandatory Primary for State Officers
Guthrie March 8 M J Cane Kingfisher and R L Williams Durant submit a minority report proposing the constitutional convention require a mandatory primary to nominate state officers. The majority report of the legal advisory committee favors a different approach.
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Guthrie
M. J. Cane
Kingfisher
R. L. Williams
Durant
Legal Advisory Committee
Commerce
Baume Insurance Committee
Washington probe to begin into cotton exchanges
Harvie Jordan arrived to assist the labor department inquiry into the New York and other cotton exchanges as the investigation opens. Civil Service Commissioner Greene says only Postmaster Robinson at Dallas faces charges for pernicious political activity and no action is expected against him or other Texas federal officials.
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Robinson
Dallas
Times Herald
Washington
Harvie Jordan
Department of Labor
New York
Civil Service
Greene
Dr. Acheson
Cecil Lyon
Texas
Postmaster Robinson
Southern pig iron prices rise in Birmingham market
Southern pig iron advances again with No. 2 foundry iron at 24 dollars per ton, one dollar above previous quotations. Smaller mills push instant delivery while larger producers sold ahead months ago. In the past two weeks about 100000 tons have moved in the Birmingham market for after July 1 delivery.
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Southern Pig Iron
Birmingham
Acheson Optimistic on Reorganized Republicans
Denison March 8 Dr Acheson former Republican governor candidate says the reorganized Republican party is in the field to stay with no flag of truce. He returned from Washington after talks with the president calling interviews gracious and encouraging.
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Denison
Acheson
Washington
Robber Cave Found Near Fort Worth
Fort Worth police say they solved a spate of petty thefts after locating a robber cave near town. Proprietors are identified as young boys and arrests are expected soon.
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Fort Worth
El Paso Judge A. W. Moreland Dies After Election
El Paso on March 8 reports Judge A. W. Moreland was found dead in bed Friday morning with heart failure. The coroner cites election night excitement as the cause of death.
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el Paso
A. W. Moreland
Farmer's Severe Loss in Hillsboro Barn Fire
Hillsboro Texas March 8. The barn of W A Wilson near here burned. It held twenty tons of hay a threshing machine engine and binder and other machinery. Loss around three thousand dollars with partial insurance.
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Hillsboro
Tex
W. A. Wilson
Macabees Adjourn with Officer Elections in Dallas Session
In Dallas on March 8 the Ladies and Knights of the Maccabees held a profitable session. Knights elected officers for the next three years including R L Smith as past commander and J B Sawtell as commander. Resolutions increased member insurance and supported juvenile courts labor conditions and universal peace. Denison hive won first prize for membership increase.
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Dallas
Marah
Knights of Macabees
Knights
R. L. Smith
If City
Galveston
J. B. Sawtell
Lone Star
Waco
W. H. Harris
Worth
Fort Worth
L. O. Harvey
H. M. Smith
Gainesville
John R. Morris
Abilene
W. D. Black
Barstow
W. A. Williams
Bowie
John Kuhn
Interstate
Texarkana
R. M. Freeman
Terrell
J. F. Gray
Troupe
A. L. Lowry
H. Sprinz
el Paso
Ruby Young
Commerce
A. S. Fouts
Temple
Supreme Hives of
Supreme Hive
Turner Hall
Denison Hive
Ferocious Beast Reported Near Nacogdoches
Reports from Etoile in Nacogdoches county describe a huge wild animal sighted in the area. The creature is said to have attacked several men and caused a man to be thrown from his horse. Local residents, aided by dogs, have failed to corral it as the hounds retreat at the animal scent. Eyewitnesses compare it to a Mexican lion or large panther.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Etoile
Nacogdoches County
Major Taliaferro Testifies For Defense in Penrose Case
In San Antonio on March 8 Major Spottswood Taliaferro of the First battalion Twenty-fifth infantry defended by testifying that shots sounded like large caliber weapons were fired and that a soldier relayed a citizen threatening violence over the assault on Mrs Evans. His account differed from prior testimony in several points.
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Taliaferro
Penrose
San Antonio
Spottswood Taliaferro
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Odd Fellows Adjourn With Record Grand Lodge Cost
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Texas adjourned in San Antonio on March 8. The finance committee reports the session cost 10 750 dollars, 2 500 more than any previous session, due to larger membership and more delegates and expenses.
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Grand Lodge
San Antonio
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Texas
Finace Committee
Order of Texas
Big hotel planned in San Antonio for $1 million
San Antonio reports a new ten story central hotel project to cost about $1,000,000. The company's charter was filed in Austin and current stock is $250,000 with plans to raise to $1,000,000 before construction begins.
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San Antonio
Austin
Gus Brooks Dead In Linden Under Indictment For Murder
Gus Brooks of Bowie county died in Linden of pneumonia. He was under indictment by the Bowie county grand jury for killing a negro five miles south of Texarkana about a year ago. He was a brother of ex Representative F. M. Brooks of New Boston.
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Texarkana
Gus Brooks
Bowie County
Linden
Grand Jury
Here
F. M. Brooks
New Boston
Immigrant Station Opened in New Orleans Depot
New Orleans marked the opening of its first immigrant station. The old Southern Pacific depot has been fitted to handle immigrant processing and arrivals.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific
American painter Mrs Latham dies by own action in Paris
Paris reports Mrs Nathaniel Dole Latham born Miss Lockwood shot herself in a personal crisis. The American portrait painter was known in Paris and New York.
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Paris
Nathaniel Dole Latham
Lockwood
Latham
New York
Denial Issued Over Rome Interference Report
Paris March 8 official note denies Rome report that the French government sought to interfere in foreign politics notably in Spain and Italy.
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Paris
Rome
Spain
Italy
Archie Roosevelt put in critical condition in Washington
The president's son Archie Roosevelt was reported in extremely critical condition after a diphtheria infection. Doctors administered antitoxin and monitored his vitals through the night as President Roosevelt stayed at his bedside. Theodore Jr and Kermit were summoned to Washington for potential arrival.
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Washington
White House
Congressman Longworth
Archie
Lambert
Kennedy
Pryor
Theodore, Jr
Kermit
Harvard
Groton
Roosevelt
Friends’ Select School
Archie Roosevelt
United States and Mexico Seek Settlement in Central American Turmoil
Washington reports that the United States and Mexico are using cordial diplomacy to settle the Central American crisis. Mexican ambassador Creel and Nicaraguan and Costa Rican ministers discussed the situation with Secretary Root, but no comments or decisive progress were disclosed. Diplomatic circles fear Honduras backed by Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica may confront Nicaragua and Zelaya, with no US intervention seen, though arbitration efforts continue.
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United States
Mexico
Washington
Creel
Root
Corea
Calvo
State Department
Salvador
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Thaw Trial Adjourned To Monday Morning
The Harry K. Thaw trial in New York adjourned to Monday at 10:30 a.m. after defense attorney Delmas announced no further witnesses. District Attorney Jerome said he had no rebuttal witnesses and noted the defense had altered plans to call two more experts. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw visited Thaw in the Tombs as court recessed.
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Jerome
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Dalmas
Jeme
Delmas
Thaw
Edward
Josiah
Justice Fitzgerald
Penny
Mr. Delmas
Fitzgerald
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Tombs
Two Arrested in Murder Case In Bryan
Sheriff R M Nail also arrested Lucy Lanza and Angelina Lanza widow and daughter of the dead man in the case tied to the mysterious death of Frank Lanza. Jasper Courtes, a young Italian, faces murder charges.
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Bryan
Tex
Jasper Courtes
Frank Lanza
R. M. Nail
Lucy Lanza
Angelina Lanza
Sudden Verdict Ends Penalty Suits Against Mill Men
In Greensboro on March 8 the prosecution’s penalty suits against E A Smith and Sumner B Sargent ended abruptly when the jury was instructed to render a verdict for the defendants. A separate civil case was dismissed and a conspiracy charge not pressed. The defendants faced charges of importing seventy one English cotton mill hands.
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Greensboro
N. C
E. A. Smith
Sumner B. Sargent
Charlotte
Perkins Reimburses New York Life For 1904 Campaign Gift
George W. Perkins formerly of New York Life and now with J P Morgan & Co sent a personal check for 54019 19 to reimburse New York Life Insurance for a Republican campaign contribution from its fund in 1904. He was recently named as a defendant on a larceny charge connected to that matter.
Night Sessions Aim to Propel Constitutional Convention
Guthrie March 8 delegates push to adjourn by mid next week with night sessions likely. Nine committee reports adopted advancing the constitution including a 2 cent provision and a report barring women from school election voting. Fatally Hit by Automobile in Mexico City. C Miggs Noble killed near St Francis Hotel. driver arrested. Helena fire destroys Trumper building and Stag hotel. losses about 70000 with 50000 insured.
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Guthrie
City of Mexico
Tool Dresser Killed in Tulsa Drilling Accident
Charles Ingram a tool dresser was instantly killed at the Jackman base near Chelsea when a clutch yoke flew off a drilling machine striking him. A similar fatality occurred on the same machine two years ago.
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Tulsa
I. T
Charles Ingram
Jackman Base
Chel Sea
Rock Island sells Enid spur to Santa Fe
Enid Oklahoma March 8 it is reported that the Rock Island has sold its spur extension from Enid to Billings forty miles to the Santa Fe.
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Santa Fe
Enid
Okla
Rock Island
Billings
Strange Fuels and the Ghastly Mummy Fire
The narrator details bizarre fuels from around the world. He recalls eating mutton cooked on mummy fire in Egypt, where stolen tomb mummies are cut up and burned as fuel. He compares mummy to tinder and notes ghastly smells and smoky, clinking, solid chunks needing frequent breaking.
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Saiior
Egypt
Lyon
British Columbia
Pawnshop Art Sales Patterned From Desperate Artist
A Philadelphia pawn broker recalls an indefatigable painter who shifted from creating art to selling it through pawnshop trades. The artist, once unable to sell paintings, found customers through the broker and now earns a living by trading art in pawnshops. Also noted are a $330 store safe robbery in Overton Texas an infernal machine found in St Peters burg a 20 second Charlottesville earthquake a Wichita Falls brakeman losing a leg a Dallas woman dying after a Dallas runaway and a Marietta Ohio oil price change by Standard Oil.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
W. H. Florey
Overton
Count Witte
St. Peetersburg
Charlottesville
H. G. Hambrick
Wichita Falls
Tex
Grace Thurmond
Dallas
Uvalde, Tex
Marietta, O
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