Texas Y M C A Metts Inn Annual Convention in Dallas
The twenty fourth annual convention of the Texas division of the Y M C A meets at a Dallas Presbyterian church with over 100 delegates from about forty-two associations. Rev. A C Peck of Denver leads devotions and Dr C M Rosser gives the welcome. F S Goodman of New York runs a Bible study campaign. Rev W S Jacobs of Houston addresses the problem of Men and the Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metts Inn
Dallas
Texas
Young Men's Christian Association
A. C. Peck
Denver
C. M. Rosser
Rev. W. 8. Jacobs
Houston
Civilians Believed Responsible in Brownsville Shooting
Lieutenant Grier testified in the Penrose trial that a prior statement by Mrs. Leahy had been changed. The witness, used by the defense, now says civilians likely did the shooting, reversing earlier belief that friends of Mr. and Mrs. Evans were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Grier
Penrose
Motorman Killed in Collision Near San Marcos
D W Mays a Katy motorman from Denison Tex was killed two miles north of San Marcos when a northbound free train struck the International and Great Northern track end as Inspector Humphries and the motorman were approaching from the south Mays died instantly Humphries was bruised and taken to his Dallas home.
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San Marcos
Tex
D. W. Mays
Mays
Katy
Denison
Inspector Humphries
International
Great Northern
Mr. Humphries
Ken
Mr. Humphhries
Dallas
Saloonist Shot in Navasota Texas
J. T. Jones a saloon proprietor was shot three times with two shots hitting the neck and one in the right thigh. Doctors Harris and Bowen deem the wounds serious but not fatal. In stopping the shooting City Marshal Loftin lost the third finger of his left hand and Deputy Sheriff Henry Heil surrendered to Sheriff Hooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navasota
Tex
J. T. Jones
Yantis Passes Away First Tax Collector of Collin
George Yantis died at his daughter s home in this city at eighty seven. Born in Kentucky in 1820 he moved to Texas in 1852. He served as the first tax collector of Collin County under the new constitution separating the office from the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collin McKinney
George Yantis
Yantis
Eigty
Kentucky
Texas
Collin County
Salary raises favored by senate committee on amendment
In Austin on March 15 the senate committee on constitutional amendment reported favorably on two joint resolutions by Senators Watson and Glasscock. One proposes raising the governor salary from 4000 to 8000 per year and the other fixes lieutenant governor pay at 2500 per year instead of five dollars daily during sessions. In Dallas on March 15 Woodmen Circle elected officers including Granda guardian Eula Durrland and others across Denison Fort Worth El Paso Houston and Cleburne.
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Austin
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendment
Watson
Glasscock
Dallas
Woodmen's Circle
Granda Guardian
Eula Durrland
Denison
Sarah Hoyt
Fort Worth
Minnie Croom
el Paso
Sallie Dixon Houston
Annie Whittman
Kate Ferguson
Cleburne
Steamer Gowanburn Strands Off Great South Beach
The steamer Gowanburn is fast ashore off Great South Beach near Lone Hill life saving station as a maritime incident unfolds with authorities assessing salvage and safety options.
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New York
Gowanburn
Great South Beach
Lone Hill
Brief News In Brief From Across Regions
The funeral of Dowie was quietly conducted. Bolivia Paraguay boundary treaty ratified. Clarksville Texas post office robbed and an arrest made. Speaker Cannon pleased with Panama canal progress. Chauncey Williams fatally cut his throat in Lawton Oklahoma. Senator Bailey appoints James Murphy naval cadet. Oklahoma City jail fire subsides with near panic. Chickasha Oklahoma to have a cotton seed oil mill worth 250000. Two Greenville Texas convicts overpowered guard and escaped. Louisville streetcar strikeends with suspensions. Frisco oil train wreck between Woodville and Kingston five cars burned. Smolee explosion half a mile from Pottsboro Texas. Engineer Mays dies from scald injuries at Grapevine Texas.
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Dowie
Bolivia
Paraguay
Clarksville
Tex
Speaker Cannon
Lawton
Okla
Chauncey Williams
Bailey
James Murphy
Itaska
Naval Academy
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
I. T
Greenville
Nol
Louisville
Woodville
Kingston
I. C
Pottsboro
Mays
Grapevine
Texarkana
Platform Demands Take Precedence in Legislature
In Austin on March 15 Representative Gaines and allies introduced a resolution urging platform demands to take precedence over other legislation for the rest of the session except on suspension days. Other actions include passage of a game warden engrossment, senate amendments to the Walters abortion bill and Jim Crow streetcar law, and the senate debating tax value rules and anti bucket shop measures.
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Austin
Gaines
House
House Committee On State Affairs
Bandera Pass Battleground
House Committee On Counties
James
Senate
Walters
Davidson
Mayfield
Appropriation Measure Seeks Extra Six Hundred Thousand
The house committee recommends aggregate appropriations of 7,442,327.62 for the two years ending Aug 31, 1900, up from 6,933,108.92 for the period ending Aug 31, 1907. The increase totals 619,218.70, equating to more than 800 additional dollars daily over 730 days.
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Austin
House
Opening Prices Jump in New York Stocks Then Falter
In New York trading on Friday March 15 the market opened with large advances over Thursday’s close. Union Pacific rose to 130, St Paul up, Northern Pacific higher, Reading opening at 102 to 104 with 15,000 shares traded. Early gains faded as forced liquidations appeared and prices reversed, with some stocks down 3 to 5 points and Rock Island and Mackay sharing sharp declines.
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New York
Union Pacific
St. Paw
Northern Pacific
Reading
Rock Island
Mackay
London Stock Exchange Opens Higher on Friday Trading
Early trading on the London Stock Exchange saw prices up by points with limited business and improving quotations. Buying by long-absent American houses and continental bankers drew in investors attracted by cheapness as higher priced American stocks opened 3 to 7 points above New York parity.
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London
Stock Exchange
New York
Tragic double suicide after fatal proposal in Pointe a la Hache
In Pointe a la Hache Louisiana Whitney Moliere a young planter shot his seventeen year old sweetheart Miss Butler Dobson on Main Street after a marriage proposal was refused. He then killed himself falling beside her. Miss Dobson was the daughter of Earnest Dobson a prominent Plaquemine parish planter.
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New Orleans
Miss Butler Dobson
Pointe A la Hache
Whitney Moliere
Miss Dobson
Earnest Dobson
Plaquemine Pash
Destructive Fire Destroys 25 Mount Washington Properties
Mount Washington Pa March 15 Twenty five business houses and dwellings were destroyed or badly damaged by fire with estimated losses around 260000. In Washington secretary Straus plans to appoint J L Benton of Morticello Ga as special agent to study the cotton seed products market abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Washington
Washington
Straus
J L. Benton
Morticello, Ga
Department of Commerce and Labor
Next biennial District C convention in Houston
Dallas reports that Woodman the World announces the next biennial District C convention to be held in Houston. The event outlines the association’s plans and gathers members from affected regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dallas
Woodmanthe World
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Will S. Higgs
Ed Hall
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D. Mike Jr
J. H. Mawhinney
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Jno
M. Sebesta
King Nutwood
Nutwood
Mary Glenn
Red Wilkes
Geo. Wilkes
Blonwood
Reagan
Blowwood
Henry & Brogdon Bros. Stable
Bryan
Sr. W. Higgs
Sryan, Texas
M. H. James
L. Hilger
Brezos Valley
N.jamebetta
James & Nunn
W.H. Lawrence
Haswell's
Willis House
W. F. Miller
Inspector Humphreys
Circle
W. Allen
Howell
John Navratil
Nmien
John Wittman
Jone
Wittmax
Higgs & Haygoods
S. H. Franklin
E. Rohde
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