Supreme Court Justices Press Reform Talks With Governor
Austin March 13 The supreme court justices called on Gov Campbell to discuss court procedure reforms in his message Chief Justice Gaines cites high stenography costs and overly long appeals He backs sworn pleadings to speed trials Williams pins reforms on trial courts Gaines praises Arkansas practice to read jury charges before closing arguments noting Texas adopted this before 1879 and objections must be raised then
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Woodmen of the World Reports 1906 Growth and Honors
Head Consul Henry details 1906 saw 89848 new certificates, district membership over 105000, emergency fund 3830926, and 2299 deaths in the term. Fort Worth sovereign R W Parker presented Sovereign Banker Morris Sheppard with a gold watch engraved to mark the occasion on March 12 1907.
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Henry
The
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R. W. Parker
Fort Worth
Morris Sheppard
Mr. Sheppard
Sovereign Banker
W. O. W. of Texas
Bank Sues Brokers Over Cotton Speculation Losses
First National Bank of Birmingham filed suit in New Orleans for 515,950 against Gilbert & Clay cotton brokers of Birmingham and other places. The bank says teller Alexander R. Chisholm paid the funds to the brokers and did not recover them. Chisholm returned about 545,000. 651,590 remains unpaid. The bank alleges brokers induced the teller’s speculation under the name F. M. Webster.
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Alexander R. Chisholm
First National Bank of
Birmingham
Ala
Gilbert & Clay
Chisholm
Fort Worth Chosen for Printers Association Meeting
Waco March 13. The Printers' Association plans to meet in September at Fort Worth. A house bill on county stationery and printing purchases was not favored. The estimating committee is empowered to prepare a basis for animating job and commercial printing. Each association member is entitled to a copy.
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Madison Assembly defeats Palmer memorializing Brownsville probe
Madison Wisconsin March 13 The state assembly voted down a resolution by Representative Palmer a Milwaukee Negro member memorializing Congress to investigate the Brownsville affair.
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Milwaukee
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Brownsville
Constitution Shapers Set Editing Committee
President Murray was authorized to name a seven member editing committee to shape the constitution under a Haskell resolution. After the third reading this week the convention will adjourn while the committee perfects the work. A return date of April 15 was tentatively set for reassembly.
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Murray
Haskell
City of Para Seized Rifles Bound for Honduras
In Managua on March 13 the American steamer City of Para carrying 1,000 rifles en route to Amapala Honduras was intercepted by a Nicaraguan gunboat and the rifles were seized. The vessel was allowed to continue to its destination.
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Fish A Director Elected At Missouri Pacific Meeting
Louis March 13 At the annual meeting of Missouri Pacific railroad stockholders Stuyvesant Fish was elected a member of the board of directors.
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Anner
Stockholders of
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Stuygesayi Fish
T Board of Directors
Roosevelt Rapid Recovery Report
Roosevelt shows rapid recovery progress with latest notes from Washington dated March 18 indicating improving health and steady stabilization across key indicators.
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Salt River Lore Ties Defeat to Old Kentucky Trade
Salt River in Kentucky is a small, winding stream feeding the Ohio above Louisville. It once carried flatboats and whiskey downriver, was used as an ice harbor in winter, and sizeable black slave labor accompanied its timber and salt trade. the phrase a trip up Salt river came to symbolize a defeated candidate.
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Knoxville man found dead from self-inflicted wound in Mobile
Ward Allen, son of a Knoxville family, was found in a desolate spot north of Mobile after a bullet passed through his head. Letters on the body suggest he died by his own hand in a personal crisis over a love affair.
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Grand jury returns 73 indictments against Southern railway
Roanoke Va March 13 The Franklin County grand jury at Rocky Mountain returned seventy three indictments against the Southern railway for violating the Jim Crow law and failing to provide proper accommodations for travelers on a branch between Rocky Mountain and Franklin Junction
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Fire destroys Iroquois Hotel in Sault Ste Marie
The Iroquois hotel in Sault Ste Marie burned down causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. No injuries were reported as crews fought the blaze through March 12.
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Brief News Bits From Across States
Short items report various events including Kentucky club at Alva Oklahoma Elk City Oklahoma building a $10000 pressed brick structure a fatal hit by cars in Wilburton Oklahoma over 25000 bales of cotton awaiting transport Mayor Gilliam resigning in Berwyn South Dakota a dying boy and another found near Hot Springs Arkansas Elberta peach trees not budding in Jacksonville Texas crate shipments to California Secretary Knox dies at sea Inspector Braun in El Paso追 investigating escape Villareal J W Metsker beaten in Austin asphalt paving Tulsa Oklahoma 127000 contract 200 days first meeting of longtime, two women meet in Hobart Oklahoma and b has been organized.
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Okla
Southern Ice Exchange
Atlanta
Elk City
Llewwellen Hughes
Wilburton
I. T
Memphis
Gilliam
Berwyn
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Hot Springs
Jacksonville
Tex
Paris
California
Knox
St. Louis Commercial Club
South Carolina
Inspector Braun
el Paso
Villareal
J. W. Metsker
Dallas
Collier’s Weekly
Austin
Tulsa
A. J. Alexander
Whitesboro
Adeline Cobb
West Plains
Sergeant Major in Bremen Fires On Himself After Protest
A sergeant major in an infantry regiment stationed in Bremen received a slight disciplinary punishment for fatally wounding a man with a revolver during a fight. His appeal was denied. He ordered his men to load with blank cartridges, but they were later rearmed with ball ammunition. He formed a firing line and calmly demonstrated aiming at his heart, then ordered, Fire, and died from four bullets.
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Bremen
Sen
Returned empties for the lego at local school station
A Monday morning train drew many men off at a suburban station near a large theological school. The brakeman explained they were “returned empties for the lego” as quoted from Youth's Companion, reflecting a curious crowd at the stop.
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Magnanimity Lesson Cracks Up Baltimore Class
A Baltimore American item quotes a classroom joke where the teacher asks for the virtue of magnanimity and pupils quiz the big boy who wants an apple. The line ends with the amused class declaring it a cinch.
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Baltimore American
Discarded Jack Proposes to Me Last Night
A fragment from Chicago News recalls a scene where a woman in chiffon reports a proposal from a man nicknamed Jack, while another woman in gauze remarks on his suitableness, hinting at social scrutiny and esteem.
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Chicago News
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