Southern interest grows in Texas mineral survey progress
Baltimore reports broad southern interest in a congressional measure to aid mineral discovery. Texas’s Trans-Pecos survey, locating oil quicksilver sulfur and other resources on state lands, suggests economic growth for Texas and could spur southern migration and industrial development from West Virginia to Texas.
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Pecos Valley
State of
Texas
Baltimore
Congress
Alabama
Maryland
North Carolina
Georgia
Mineral Survey
Trans-Pecos
Pecos
Rio Grande
Louisiana
Beaumont
South
West Virginia
Jennings
Florida
Iron and Steel
Birmingham
Pennsylvania
Piedmont Cotton Mill
First Evening Court Under King Edward Held at Buckingham Palace
London reports King Edward and Queen Alexandra held the first evening court of the reign Friday night in the pall room of Buckingham Palace. The function replaced the former drawing rooms and was described as brilliantly staged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Powderly to Go
President offers position as commissioner of general immigration to Frank P. Sargent to succeed T. V. Powderly. Friction with treasury officials cited as reason for Powellys departure and reshaping of the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Immigration
Frank P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
T. V. Powderly
Powderly
Treasury Department
Bodies Retrieved From Providence Disaster Wreck
In Vicksburg Mississippi six of twenty victims from the steamer Providence are recovered. Most were found in the engine room as wreckers right the hull and tow it to shore. The cabin and upper works are missing while the lake is dragged and dynamited to recover the remainder.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Providence
Lake Palmyra
Burne
Six Deaths on a Transport After Manila Voyage
Six soldiers died on the transport Sherman which arrived with troops from Manila. The dead are Corporal James Brock Company A Seventeenth Infantry Private John Bland Company G Twenty first Infantry Private John Hanson Company M Second Infantry Private H J Robbins Company L Sixteenth Infantry Private James Allen Company D Nineteenth Infantry Private J R Welch Company H Sixteenth Infantry.
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San Francisco
Sherman
Manila
James Brock
Seventeenth Infantry
John Bland
Twenty-first Infantry
John Hanson
Second Infantry
H. J. Robbins
Sixteenth Infantry
James Allen
Nineteenth Infantry
J. R. Welch
Italy declines to initiate European intervention in South Africa
Rome March 15 Signor Prinetti minister of foreign affairs answered a question by saying Italy would not propose European intervention in South Africa. He added relations between Italy and Great Britain are unusually cordial and intimate at present.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Prinetti
Italy
South Africa
Great Britain
Italian merchant sentenced to ten years in San Antonio
Mario Bargna an Italian merchant in San Antonio for years was tried on the charge of receiving stolen property from a burglary gang active in southwest Texas. After ten minutes' deliberation the jury awarded him ten years in the penitentiary.
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San Antonio
Mario Bargna
Texas
Mexican Found Dead Near Gurley Track
The body of a Mexican showing knife wounds was found near Gurley in McLennan county close to the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway track. An inquest was held and the testimony was sent to the grand jury.
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Waco
Tex
Gurley
McLennan County
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Lost Brother Found in Ancestral Hunt Across North America
Lewis J. Grant of Kalamazoo learns his brother Alexander, long missing since the Mountain Meadow era, is alive after fifty years apart. Alexander left Glengary Ontario for California in search of gold. another brother, age 70, still missing, has prompted postwar searches. An advertisement led to the revelation, but the final identification remains unresolved as officials pursue the remaining kin.
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Iecessiee
Bell Grade
Nebraska
Lewis
Alexander
Silverware Stolen in Long Island Sound Yacht Raid
River pirates raided John A. Morris’s Throggs Neck residence near Huntington, binding two caretakers after entering with a ladder. They fled by yacht with over $1,000 in silverware, tossing a heavy bag into a dory, then recovering more than $500 later.
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New York
John A. Morris
Throggs Neck
Long Island Sound
Morris Mansion
Collis P. Huntington
Stormy Weather Closes Wyoming Roads in Laramie
In Laramie Wyoming dated March 15 a storm that began Friday night disrupted travel and prompted closures across local routes as officials reported hazardous conditions and crews prepared for cleanup operations.
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Scard
Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
Notorious bigamist Nelson Foster arrested in San Antonio
Christian C. Nelson alias Nelson Foster alias Capt. A N Freeland alias John Anderson alias Nelson Porter, sought for alleged bigamy in Los Angeles Portland St. Paul Piattsburg Fort Scott Salt Lake City and other places, was seized Friday on adultery charges by his Plattsburg wife to obtain papers from Missouri. Reported nine marriages.
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San Antonio
Christian C. Nelson
Nelson Foster
Capt
A. N. Freeland
John Anderson
Nelson Porter
Los Angeles
Cal
Portland
Ore
St. Paul
San Antonio Lawyer Augustus Lewy Dies in City
Augustus Lewy a leading member of the southwest Texas bar died at Santa Rosa infirmary after a lingering illness from Brights disease. Born in Montgomery Alabama December 25 1867 he moved to San Antonio about ten years ago from Temple Texas where he had been mayor. He held many offices of trust in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Augustus Lewy
Bar of
Texas
Santa Rosa Infirmary
Bright
Montgomery
Ala
Temple
Tex
Tragedy in Troupe Inquest Finds More Evidence
In Troupe Texas on March 15 inquest into the death of Young Allred, killed by Sim Daniels, produced further evidence as excitement ran high at Omen where Allred was well known and threats loomed.
Prisoner spirited from Troupe to Tyler via Longview
Robinson, notified by wire, hurried to Troupe, captured the prisoner, and moved him first to Longview then to Tyler.
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Snerim Robinson
Longview
Tyler
Punishment for Train Robbery Bill Reported
Representative Kahn of California filed judiciary committee findings on a bill to suppress train robbery. It imposes the death penalty if a death occurs on a train and otherwise five to ten years imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kahn
California
Judiciary Committee
Choctaw Gulf Rail to Spend Over 13 Million on Extensions
St. Louis March 15 reports that the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad plans expenditures exceeding 13 million dollars for extensions and branch improvements and equipment. A complete survey into New Mexico will be made soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choctaw and Gulf Extension
St. Louis
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
New Mexico
Cecil Rhodes Sinking In Capetown
Cecil Rhodes is reported in a very critical condition in Capetown as of March 15, with state of health described as gravely serious by officials and medical staff.
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Capetown
Cecil Rhodes
To Cure Malaria in Four Days, Take Quinoria
An old drug advertisement promises malaria cure in four days with Quinoria. It offers refunds for any case of fever or malaria if the medicine fails, priced at 50 cents per package. James, the leading druggist, Bryan Texas.
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W. A. Reed
Parsons
Same
Bryan
Seltzer
James
Texas
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Dozier Bakery
National Biscuit Co
Ramona
Athena
Nabisco
Bremner
American Beauty
Blanke & Bro
Penick & Ford
Swift
Batavia
Howell Bus
G. Parsons
W.A. Reed
James & Castles
Condos Bros
Bryan Kandy
Navaseta
Hearne
Chief Sargent
Immigration
Lewis Grant
Tewyer Lewy
Grand Opera House
John B. Mike
City Market
John W. Hicks
Paul Jones
W. T. Ford
J. E. Ponder
D. Mike Jr
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