Townsend Resolution Advances in Congress for Rail Monopoly Probe
Washington March 14 a favorable report on the Townsend joint resolution providing for a 50,000 appropriation to enable the interstate commerce commission to investigate railroads and monopolies under the Townsend Till joint resolution was decided on by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce. The Townsend resolution also corrects alleged defects pointed out by the president in the Tillman Gillespie resolution.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Till
Charles K. Townsend
Michigan
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Townsend
Tanner to Tawney Protest Pay Reduction Plan
Corporal Tanner, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, writes Representative James A. Tawney of Minnesota protesting the house committee on appropriations plan to enact a law cutting government pay. The letter argues against reduced compensation and urges reconsideration of the proposed measure.
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Washington
Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Committee On Appropriations
Tawney
Confederate Veteran Debt Stirring Legislative Debate
Corporal Tanner writes to Representative Tawney arguing against reducing Civil War veterans' pensions as 65-year retirement looms. He asserts no Confederate soldier supports the bill and honors a Confederate brigadier who protected Union veterans from harm when able.
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Tanner
Tawney
Man Charged With Murder Commits Suicide in Norfolk Jail
Louis Brown 29 awaiting murder trial for fatally burning Flossie Reese after throwing a lit lamp, killed himself in his Norfolk jail cell by cutting his throat with a smuggled pen knife. A fellow inmate heard a gurgling sound and found Brown dead with the knife in his hand. Brown, once a Portsmouth figure, had no supporters and despaired as trial approached. He had recently escaped during a jail fire but surrendered hours later.
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Norfolk
Brown
Portsmouth
Derrick Fall Fatal and Derrick Accidents Reported in Two States
Bonham Texas report says Henry Sander and Dave Brownless clashed over rent near Mulberry and Brownless was shot and killed. Washington notes a derrick accident at the Hotel Raleigh addition killed one, fatally injured another, and seriously hurt two more.
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Bonham, Tex
Mulberry
Henry Sander
Dave Brownless
Brownless
Washington
Hotel
Raleigh
MO. A. Moore
Coa
Bryan
Punishment Bill Passes In Senate
Washington reports the senate approved a bill punishing government officials for releasing premature information about crops.
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Washington
Senate
Terrible Experience on Hudson Steerage Passengers Threatened
A French liner Hudson storm at sea left 136 steerage passengers panic stricken aboard the New York bound ship. Captain Juham and First Officer Mehauses resorted to revolvers and knives to restore order as the gale peaked.
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New York
Hudson
Atlantic
Juham
Mehauses
Gas well near Caney erupts after cap fails again
Caney Kansas reports a gas well six miles from town burst forth Tuesday after a 12 hour confinement. The iron hood atop the well, capped Monday, was torn apart by sand and flame, becoming scrap metal as millions of feet of gas burned previously. In Kentucky, Special Judge Downey moved five Marcum murder cases to Lee County and set bail at ten thousand dollars for defendants including ex County Judge Hargis and ex Sheriff Callahan.
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Caney
Kan
Here
Jackson, Ky
D. L. Downey
Lee County
James Hargis
Ed Callahan
B. F. French
John Smith
John Abner
Commission to Probe Coal and Oil Trade Restraint
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission said it will cost 50000 dollars to investigate alleged restraints by certain railroads in the coal and oil trades.
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Washington
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma Supreme Court associate justice nominee confirmed
Senate in executive session Tuesday confirmed nominations including John L. Parcoast as associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Margaret J. Ryan as postmaster at Guymon Oklahoma. A Gainesville Texas farmer Charles Hancock dies suddenly at 8 pm Monday thought to be from brain hemorrhage.
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Senate
Washington
John L. Parcoast
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Margaret J. Ryan
Guymon
Okla
Farmer
Gainesville
Tex
Charles Hancock
Yellow fever quarantine declared at Puerto Cortez
The Mobile maritime quarantine board imposes a quarantine on Puerto Cortez Honduras after an authorized report of yellow fever. The action affects ships and arrivals from the port as of March 14.
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Puerto Cortez
Mobile
Honduras
Maritime Quarantine Board of Mobile
Water works for Wynnewood and Davis Django
Wynnewood Oklahoma Territory plans water works. Davis Oklahoma Territory project begun. Eggs shipped from Galveston to New York. Mrs. Alexander Dowie denies estrangement with Dowie. Eight burglaries at Shreveport yield about 200 dollars. An unknown Negro killed by a Texas and Pacific train near Dallas. Remains of Mrs. Margaret Houston Williams interred at Houston. Beggs hardware store burglarized, twelve dozen pocketknives and other items stolen.
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Houston
Drinker
Beggs
I. T
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Taliaferro
Brazos County
C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
Texas
W C. Fountain
Bur Norwid
T. R. Batte
Notary Publile
Rohde Building
Salak, Tucker
Joe B. Reed
Joe Groginsky
J.S. Ford
Genty
Nadinda
National Toilet CO
Paris
Tenn
E. O. Dewitt & GO
Chicago, IL
Emmet & Malony
House
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
Monroe Edge
Myers’ Hardware Store
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
W. H. Lawrence
L&gn. Bir
San Antonio
D. J. Paige
Texas Railroad
Palestine, Texas
Corporal James Tanner
Scrofuline
Smith Drug Co
Oosee
Sherman
Tuckers Livery Stable
J W. Dyer
W. T. Ford
John Wittman
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Job B. Reed
Just
Haswell’s Book Store
THE
Galveston
Denison
St. Louis
Houston and
Fort Worth
G. H&s A. Ry
Ft. Worth
Austin
Waco
M. L. Robbins
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