Senate tackles state board of health bill in long session
Austin March 19 The senate spent most of Friday on amendments to the state board of health bill including a rejected provision that at least one member be a graduate of a minor medical school. Other amendments were defeated and a resolution praised Fort Worth for hospitality. The house held a brief session with bank guaranty bill printing discussions and plans to appoint two more pages. The day ended with pending amendments to the board of health bill and adjournment until Monday.
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Austin
Senate
State Board of Health
Alexander
Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner and Livestock Sanitary Commission
Law
Commissioner and Sanitary Commission
Cofer
Veal
Twenty
Kellie and Stokes
Ward
Bryan
Twenty-eighth
Meachum
Senatorial District
Senter
Bradfield
Terrell
Bowie
Gaines
Reedy
Kennedy
Permanent Journal
Texas
Board of Health
Bandits Try Bald Knob Bank Robbery
Bandits dynamited the Bald Knob Bank vault outer doors but could not open inner doors. Armed robbers fired on townsfolk, wounded a citizen, cut telephone lines, and fled on horseback after about an hour of blasts beginning at 12:30 AM. Police and residents investigated the scene in Bald Knob Arkansas.
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Bald Knob
Ark
Augusta
Water tanks dynamited devastate Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia on a Friday dawn two water tanks supplying the city were blown apart causing a deadly disaster. Three people were killed and several others seriously injured while dozens of homes were wrecked or damaged. The two tanks held the citys entire water supply and a famine now looms. Estimated losses range from two hundred thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. A church was nearly demolished and a family slept through a collapse that sent them seventy five yards down the street. Authorities suspect deliberate demolition after two detonations were heard.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Walter Wagele
John Maloney
Kate Karnes
Clara Jones
Prospect Bill
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Fire destroys seven story Fifth Avenue building
A seven story apartment house on Fifth Avenue burned early Friday, injuring more than a dozen and forcing residents from twenty four families to flee. The Hotel Plaza area housed a makeshift hospital for the injured as floors collapsed after about ninety minutes, with firemen barely reaching exposed windows. Interior flames consumed the building, causing about 250000 dollars in damage.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hotel Plaza
Lawler Offered Assistant Attorney Post in Washington
Oscar Lawler United States district attorney for the Southern District of California has been offered the position of assistant attorney in Washington. The information came via a special dispatch from Washington.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Oscar Lawler
United States
Southern District of California
Washington
Sharp Acquitted In Tennessee Cooper Case
Nashville March 19 jury in the Cooper Sharp case reports acquitting John Sharp of all charges. Foreman Burke says Coopers tied, but Sharp found not guilty. other defendants to be reconsidered. Sharp discharged. Mrs Sharp sobs as supporters greet the verdict amid court adjournment.
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Nashville
Cooper-Sharp
Hart
Foreman Burks
Coopers
John Sharp
Sharp
General McCain
Mr. Sharp
Colonel Cooper
Senate tariff debate promises wide range of views
Washington observers expect a broad spectrum of opinions when the tariff bill reaches the Senate. Maine and Pacific coast senators resist lumber reductions, Minnesota and Dakota lawmakers push for free lumber, inheritance tax faces opposition as an income tax amendment looms, and coal hides and iron steel duties face fights. overall sentiment leans toward higher duties.
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Senate
Frye and Hale
Maine
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Brutal Killing of Wife in Culpepper Farm Incident
Henry Wheatley, a farmer near Elkwood in Culpepper county, killed his wife with an ax and severed her head, placing it on a block. He confessed in a note found with the bloodied ax after the crime, discovered by his thirteen year old stepson. Wheatley is jailed in Culpeper.
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Culpepper
Henry Wheatley
Wheatley
Elkwood
Chicago Man Dies From Nervous Shock After Wife's Death
Neal Caulfield of Chicago dies from nervous shock twenty hours after his wife’s death. Caulfield had earlier endured three hangings by Union soldiers during the Civil War who suspected him of southern sympathy.
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Chicago
Neal Caulfield
Immense Gas Deal Prompts Pipeline Plan Across Texas
In Nacogdoches on March 19, the Higgins Oil Gas and Coal company promotes a major gas deal that could fund a pipeline from Sabine county to Fort Worth Dallas and other cities, providing an outlet for a proven supply. The firm owns 1,400 acres.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Sabine County
Fort Worth
Dallas
Higgins Oil, Gas and Coal Company
Mrs Brown Fends Off Intruder in Ennis Bedroom
Mrs A D Brown awakened by a prowler rummaging a bureau in her Ennis home early Friday. She screamed for help, her husband entered the room, and the intruder fled through a window before any assault occurred.
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Ennis
Tex
A. D Brown
Burglars target mayoral candidate home in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on March 19 burglars chloroformed George Eacock Republican mayoral candidate and stole a gold watch and jewelry valued at 100 dollars. They also robbed W A Hamilton at his residence with revolvers, taking jewelry and money totaling 150 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
George Eacock
W. A. Hamilton
Waco Grants Franchise for Brazos River Bridge Street Car
The city council approves Citizens' Company franchise to operate a street car over the suspension bridge across the Brazos River. Tracks will be laid immediately to East Waco after years of agitation.
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Waco
Citizens' Company
Brazos River
Seven Chinamen Arrested In Border Smuggling Ring
Seven Chinese men were arrested in a Del Rio box car bound for Globe Arizona after border crossings at Juarez opposite El Paso. The arrests follow recent smuggling convictions and suggest the men were smuggled over the border.
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el Paso
del Rio
Globe
Arizona
Juarez
Minter Springs School Holds Profitable Closing Exercises
The public school at Minter Springs near Wellborn closed Friday after a high quality session. County Superintendent T W Parker attended and gave a timely address. A community dinner followed and a fundraiser collected money to repair and repaint the building.
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Minter Springs
Wellborn
Minnie Foster
T. W. Parker
W. H. McVey
New York Fire Chief McCarthy Dies at Desk
William McCarthy a New York fire department battalion chief aged sixty two with thirty six years service collapsed and died while awaiting a superior officer to accept his resignation. He held many bravery medals and left a widow and six children. His resignation came due to ill health and his wife’s urging.
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New York
William McCarthy
New York Fire Department
McCarthy
Train Service Suspended on Silver City Branch
High water in the delta region of Mississippi has submerged much of the lowlands. The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad has indefinitely suspended train service on the Silver City branch between Vicksburg and Holly Bluff.
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Jackson
Miss
Delta
Mississippi
President's Aide Injured in Park Riding Accident
Washington March 19 Lieutenant Semes Reed naval aide to President Taft was fatally injured when his horse stumbled in Rock Creek park. The horse fell crushing his left thigh and causing internal injuries.
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Washington
Semes Reed
Taft
Rock Creek Park
Fatal Runaway Kills Teen Near Justin, Texas
A four teen-year-old son of T. D. Tackett died after being thrown from a buggy during a runaway near Justin Texas on March 19. The accident occurred in Denton area with local authorities investigating and the boy transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Further details were not available at press time.
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Denton
Tex
T. D. Tackett
Justin
Busy Day for Taft with Yale Visit and Alumni Banquet
Special to Bryan Morning Eagle. President Taft faces a packed day including a morning trip to New Haven for a Yale corporation meeting and a return for the Yale alumni banquet at the Waldorf in his honor. Yale men will accompany him. dinners are limited to Yale alumni due to expected crowd. Taft, class of 1878, will be among former classmates at the dinner.
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Taft
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Yale
Waldorf
Alma
United States
Farmers Gather For State Agricultural Summer School
The Fort Worth Record notes a surge in interest among farmers for practical agricultural education. It reports that many state universities offer short courses and that the Agricultural and Mechanical college will run a summer school, with demand expected to stretch capacity.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Fort Worth
Southern Editors to Meet in Montgomery Next Week
Montgomery March 19 The local committee for the Southern Press Association meeting reports a large and representative attendance for next week. Elaborate preparations are under way for the reception and entertainment of visitors.
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Bryan Morning Eagle
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Press Association
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