Pure feed bill and rail switch light measures pass
Austin reports the senate approved a pure feed bill prohibiting adulteration of feed and forbidding ground corncobs rocks rice hulls oat hulls nails and screws in wheat bran. A switch light bill for railroad switches passed the senate, and a concurrent house resolution seeks sine die adjournment on April 23.
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Austin
Senate
Hicks
House
Texas Representatives
Congress
New Mexico
Harper
Davidson
Board of Pardons
Smith
Supreme court affirms irrigation act ruling in Matagorda case
In Austin on March 28 the supreme court affirmed the case of P. Borden and others versus Tres Palacios Rice and Irrigation Company from Matagorda county. The decision upholds the validity of the irrigation act.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Coroner Rules Chatman Death a Suicide in Sweetwater
The body of Ed Chatman formerly with Berry Hardware in Sweetwater and Merkel was found hanging in Jim Newman's barn. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict that Chatman died by his own hand, tying a rope to the barn joists and jumping to a running noose. He leaves a wife who was away visiting in the country.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Ed Chatman
Berry Hardware Company
Merkel
Jim Newman
Longtime San Marcos tax assessor hits near perfect record
San Marcos Texas March 23 D P Hopkins city tax assessor and collector has held the office for twenty years with only one delinquent case in nineteen years. That case will be paid in a few days. Hopkins has lived sixty five years in Texas and fifty in San Marcos.
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San Marcos
Tex
D. P. Hopkins
Hopkins
Texas
Schwartz Hanged for Yorktown Telegraph Murder in Cuero
Conrad Schwartz was hanged in Cuero Texas for the 1904 murder of telegraph operator W A Barre at Yorktown and robbery of 10 dollars. One hour after the hanging Schwartz's body was buried. Rev Earle read a Bible chapter and prayed as the trap fell.
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Schwarts
Yorktown
W. A. Barre
Schwartz
Mr. Earle
Earle
Westbound trains halted as bridges collapse near Yuma
El Paso reports two days without westbound arrivals on the Southern Pacific. Bridges down near Yuma and other western locations disrupt traffic. The Cole River rampage and damage to Tempe Phoenix area bridges worsen the standstill affecting cross‑state rail movement.
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Yuma
Ariz
Gral
Cole River
P. Yuma
Tem
Phoenix
Jury Completes Be ff Trust Inquiry Amid Impress ive Charge
Chicago March 23 The special grand jury investigating the Beef Trust finished its work as District Judge Otis Humphrey urged fairness and impartiality. The jurors were told not to act from envy malice fear or reward and to present any person accordingly. Two witnesses testified with long sessions today one from Philadelphia and the other concluding at five o clock.
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Chicago
Otis Humphrey
Philadelphia
Explosion in Princeton coal mine claims six lives
An explosion at the Princeton Coal and Mining Company mine in Princeton Indiana on Wednesday afternoon killed six miners and injured four, with two more feared dead. The deceased are Hudson Weatherly Ramona Geiser Albert Geiser Harry Taggart William Briggs and George Dill.
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Princeton
Ind
Princeton Coal and Mining Company
Hudson Weatherly
Ramona Geiser
Albert Geiser
Harry Taggart
William Briggs
George Dill
Fra zier Leads Senate Vote for U S Senator in Session
Nashville on March 23 reports James B. Frazier formerly won the United States Senate seat by a legislative joint session with 104 votes to Brownlow's 22. Secretary Morton was re-elected, Frank Dibblesell named comptroller, and R E Folk, Missouri governor’s brother, was re-elected treasurer.
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Nashville
James B. Frazier
United States
Brownlow
Morton
Frank Dibblesell
R. E. Folk
Missouri
Trial of Jennings Bank official ends abruptly in Lake Charles
Lake Charles La March 23 trial of J H Hoffman former bank cashier charged with false statement of affairs and perjury ended when a juror left the box without permission. The case is continued to the next term.
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Lake Charles
J. H. Hoffman
Citizens’ Bank of
Jennings
French rebels led by Marius Jacob given long terms
In Amiens a court after a fortnight trial sentenced fifteen notorious malefactors who operated in France and abroad under Marius Jacob to terms from life imprisonment at hard labor for the ring leader to five years. The others were acquitted.
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Amiens
Court of Assizes
France
Marius Jacob
BNai Birth elects officers with Krauss and Klein in lead
New Orleans reports B'Na B'Rith elected officers with Adolph Krauss of Chicago as president and J B Klein of Bridgeport Connecticut as vice president. Adolph Solomons and California Secretary Mark to be retained in leadership roles.
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B'Na! B’rith
Adolph Krauss
Chicago
J. B. Klein
Bridgeport Conn
Adolph Solomons
California
Mark
Seventeen candidates seek Mangum city marshal post
Brief items report disturbances in Kutno Poland. gas strike at Yale Oklahoma. Ranch publishing to build in Dallas. Osceola Ark resident Weinberg commits suicide in Memphis. Brockton disaster deaths estimated sixty to seventy five. Mississippi Cotton Growers group to locate in Jackson. Brono Tex man fatally hurt by train near Shreveport.
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Poland
Mangum
Okla
Yale
Payne County
Oklahoma
Farm and Ranch Publishing Company
Dallas
H. Weinberg
Osceola
Ark
Memphis
Brockton
Masa
J. B. Brono
Brono, Tex
Shreveport
Peary's Arctic exploration ship Roosevelt launched
Commander Robert Peary's steamship Roosevelt, designed by William H. Vincent, was launched at Fuckaport on March 23. The three masted fore and aft schooner rigged vessel is built of white oak with thick double planking, 182 feet long, 614 tons, and 1000 to 1500 horsepower engines. Funded by the Peary Arctic Club of New York, the ship aims to combat Arctic ice. Mrs. Peary christened the vessel, and the launching was a success.
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Fuckaport
Robert Peary
Arctic Exploration
William H. Vincent
New York
Peary Arctic Club of
Roosevelt
Public funeral for Brockton disaster victims held
Public funeral services were held for more than forty victims of last Monday's explosion and fire in Brockton Massachusetts. Twenty thousand workers from shoe factories joined in mourning as sixty factories closed and traffic paused. Fifty five bodies were recovered and placed in caskets for three services at the City theater Porter Congregational church and St Pauls Episcopal church.
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Brockton
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New England
City Theater
Porter Congregational Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Paris Cable Company Delays Court Concession Decision
Paris reports from March 23 say French Cable’s Caracas representative confirms the court decision on the concession is postponed sine die. Officials attribute the delay to French government representations, noting the company is seen as a government concern and seeking an amicable solution with President Castro.
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M. Brun
Caracas
Cr. Wiener
Castro
Pulajanes uprising in Samar now under control
Manila march 23 General Allen commanding federal troops reports the Pulajanes uprising in Samar is under control and most regular troops will be withdrawn Major General Corbin and General Allen are at Calbayog Samar holding a conference on future measures
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Allen
Constabulary
Samar
Corbin
Calbayog
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