Bryan City Election Ordinance March 1905 Notice
Be it ordained by the City Council of Bryan that an election for city officers Marshal Secretary and three council members shall be held at the city hall on the first Tuesday in April next the fourth day of that month. The presiding officer and assistants shall conduct the election per city charter and state election laws. Adopted January 17 1905 by C. M. Spell and R. H. Harrison. April 4. Ss. 8.0 Mayor.
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City of
Bryan
C. M. Spell
R. H. Harrison
Train Ticket Sales For Various Events And Colonist Offer
Waco travel agent H. and T. Bates announces rail fare sales for Roosevelt visit and multiple events. Includes Fort Worth Lumbermen convention April 9 10 and S. S. superintendent meeting April 8 morning, Dallas and Ennis religious gatherings, Mineral Wells lodges April 24 25, Waco State Sportsmen April 16 17, and a colonist ticket sale to California Arizona and New Mexico at 25 dollars from March 1 to May 15.
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Waco
Roosevelt
Grand Lodge K. of P
Fort Worth
Lumbermen Convention
Ennis
Account Baptist Convention
Dallas
Account State Sportsmen Association
California
Arizona
New Mexico
W.S. Wilson
Connors Indicted in Be uf Trust Case at Armour & Co
Federal grand jury indicts Thomas J. Connors general superintendent of Armour & Co for interfering with a witness in the beef trust probe. Connors arrested on a bench warrant and released on a 5000 dollar bond. Indictment alleges Shields of Brooklyn was approached after testifying before the grand jury.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Connors
Armour & Co
Mr. Connor
J. Ogden Armour
United States
Conners
John Edward Shields
Brooklyn
Beef Trust
Mr. Connors
Service Honors Late Don Manuel de Aspiroz in Washington
A memorial service for Don Manuel de Aspiroz was held at St Matthew's church in Washington attended by President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt cabinet officials the diplomatic corps the supreme court and members of Congress. The envoy's body was borne on a caisson from the embassy with a military escort commanded by Major Edward Burke US engineers. Remains will be transported to Mexico aboard the warship Columbia at a date to be announced.
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Washington
Don Manuel de Aspiroz
St. Matthew's
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
I Street
Edward Burke
United States Engineers
Mexico
Columbia
Cotton ginned in 1904 season totals 13 597.72 bales
The census bureau bulletin lists 1904 cotton ginned at 13,597.72 bales including linters and counting round bales as half. Equivalent to 13,54,457 bales of 500 pounds. Square bales 13,103,447. round bales 296,151. Sea Island 103,317. linters 241,942. Total running bales including linters 13,745,857 with 192,275 bales yet to be ginned.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Roosevelt Accepts Dominican Finance Control Plan
President Roosevelt agreed to accept the Dominican government proposal for control of the republic finances. A portion of Dominican revenue will be set aside to pay debts. Dominican officers will collect and hold funds, with names submitted for approval by the Dominican government.
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Roosevelt
Dawson
Republic
Lightning Strike Kills Hempstead County Cashier in Hope
A Hope report says 8. A Knighton, cashier of the Hempstead County Bank, was instantly killed by lightning at his barn. His wife called him, found him dead when she checked the barn. the bolt entered the forehead, shattered his eye glasses, and exited through the body.
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Little Rock
the Gazette
Hope
Knighton
Hempstead County Bank
Williams Intangible Tax Bill Passed by Senate in Engrossed Form
Austin March 2 The Texas Senate adjourned after 25 hours of debate with the Williams intangible tax bill engrossed and sent to the final form. Amendments exempted telephone, street car, gas, and electric companies. Pullman cars excluded. effective 1906. House actions included a bid to collect back state taxes from private cars and a Confederate veterans wives home bill.
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Austin
Senate
P Wu
Neal
P Fayer
Pullman Company
Williams
House
Martin Littleton
Council of City of Brooklyn
Comptroller
Cottrell Sinc
Cotton rate hearing resumes before railroad commission
Austin March 22 argument on cotton rate before the railroad commission continued. Judge N A Stedman general attorney for the International and Great Northern railway argued against any reduction. Colonel A W Trouston general attorney for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway warned that higher taxes in the current legislature would raise railroad taxes over threefold, supporting no rate cut and revenue loss.
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Railroad Commission
N. A. Stedman
International and Great Northern Railway
A. W. Trouston
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Son-in-Law Slain at Lufkin Bank Office
Fred Brunsterman, son-in-law of George Fuller, was shot twice in the Lufkin National Bank office. One bullet struck the left temple and penetrated the brain, exiting at the right elbow. Fuller was jailed as investigators probe the killing and motive amid a recent separation from Brunsterman's wife.
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Terman
Lufkin National Bank
Brunsterman
George Fuller
Fuller
Pneumonia Claims Pair In Cass County Near Here
In Cass County near here, W. E. Moore and his wife died of pneumonia within hours of each other and were buried in the same grave.
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Queen City
Tex
Cass County
Hiere
W. E. Moore
Found Dead Near Track in Dallas
The body of John Swans was found five miles from Dallas near the Rock Island railroad track. Death was due to heart disease.
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Dallas
John Swans
Here
Rock Island Railroad
Body of Miss Mildred C. Lee Taken for Burial
Delegations from Confederate associations and the Ladies Confederate Memorial Society escort Miss Mildred C. Lee from Mrs. William Preston Johnson’s home to the Louisville and Nashville depot. Veterans march with the casket as flowers fill the car. The body will be met in Atlanta by Colonel Robert E. Lee and interment is planned for Lexington, Virginia.
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Ladies’ Confederate Memorial Association
Mildred C. Lee
William Preston Johnson
Louisville and Nashville
Miss Lee
Atlanta
Robert FE. Lee
Lexington
Plant Purchased In Enid by Denver Enid and Gulf Road
Receiver Sin has sold the South western Bridge and Iron company property in Enid Oklahoma to El L Peckham general manager of the Denver Enid and Gulf railroad for 9075 The purchase covers the general shops along with buildings machinery twenty acres of land and about 450 lots in the steel plant addition.
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Enid
Okla
Sin
Southwestern Bridge and Iron Company
el L. Peckham
Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad
Senate Long Session Debates Tax Bills and Elections
The session opened with a dissolved call then renewed as Senator Hale reappeared. Senator Hill left prompting renewed debate while Senator Hanger urged the majority to pass the bill or stay until January 1. The chamber was crowded with overtime work at $2 daily and tensions rose. In the House, election law amendments sparked fierce debate as Blanton and Murray supported a substitute while Terrell pressed for amending from the inside.
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Hale
Hill
Hanger
Senate
Blanton
Murray
Wilson
Terrell
Ile
Rio Grande
Austin
Beresford Sees Japan-Russia War Likely Ends Beside Their Borders
Lord Charles Beresford, passing through Laredo en route to Mexico, argued that even a swift peace would keep Japan from pursuing Russia beyond its borders. He predicted a capture of Vladivostok but a likely surrender at the end of hostilities. He plans to sail from Vera Cruz to Florida, then New York for England in late April or early May.
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Laredo
Charles Beresford
Mexico
Vladivostok
Vera Cruz
Florida
New York
England
Lumber Contract In Texas For 1.5 Million Feet
W E Whitener of Detroit wins a contract to furnish 1,500,000 feet of cottonwood lumber to a manufacturing concern in Paris Texas. 600,000 feet are already sawn at a Red River mill north of Bagwell. A big sawmill will be built at Arthur City with headquarters there. A railroad switch to haul lumber to the river bank will connect Arthur City to the sawmill.
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Paris
Tex
W. E. Whitener
Detroit
Red River
Bagwell
Arthur City
Woman killed by lightning near Wills Point
A thunderstorm struck Tuesday near Wills Point Texas killing Mrs Jim Vickery who lived seven miles south. Her husband and one child were knocked senseless and other family members were badly stunned.
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Seore
Jim Vickery
Here
Isaac ReGu Dies After Nervous Collapse at 80
Isaac ReGu, longtime president of the Central Pacific railroad and director in Huntington lines, died in San Francisco aged, at his advanced age, a nervous collapse believed to be the cause of death.
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San Francisco
Isaac Regu
Central Pacific Railroad
Huntington
C. V. Huntington
Tragic Farm Wife Found Dead Near Shawnee
Shawnee Oklahoma March 29 Mrs Frank A Sutherland a young farmer's wife living northeast of the city killed herself by carbolic acid according to Coroner M C Fleming. Mr Sutherland and family came from Iowa five months ago leaving a two year old child.
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Shawnee
Oklo
Frank A. Sutherland
M. C. Fleming
Sutherland
Iowa
Turtle in stomach prompts Hoodoo claim in Brackett
A man in Brackett, Texas, complained March 29 that a snapping turtle was in his stomach and would jump and bite him. He said he was hoodooed. Doctors could not relieve him and he left.
Eggs Shipped In Large Lot From Georgetown Firm
Georgetown Texas March 29 A local firm shipped nearly 200000 eggs in a single consignment amid rising demand in the region. The shipment underscores the firm’s role in sustaining supply for area grocers and households.
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Georgetown
Tex
Annie Israel Shot Wounded in Shreveport
In Shreveport on March 29 Annie Israel lies at the charity hospital with two bullet wounds from a revolver, two of five shots fired likely to prove fatal.
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Shreveport
Annie Israel
Charity Hospital
Prudential Commission Accepts Rockefeller Gift
The prudential commission of the American board of foreign missions said it had decided to accept the Rockefeller gift of 100000 dollars, despite protests from opponents.
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Boston
Prudential Commission
American Board of Foreign Missions
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Confederate Veterans head urges Ark monument in Vicksburg park
General Stephen D. Lee spoke at a joint legislative session urging a $25,000 appropriation to place a monument to Arkansas troopers in the Vicksburg National Military Park.
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Little Rock
Stephen D. Lee
The
United Confederate Veterans
Vicksburg National Park
Quarantine Rules Expand to Alabama Louisiana and Texas
Effective Saturday quarantine regulations for Alabama Louisiana and Texas against all tropical countries and ports under the suspected list will go into effect.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Notable Local Suicides and Regional News Briefs
Gustave Haeber, aged eighty, committed suicide in St. Louis. Ernest Fahlbush was found dead in San Antonio with a pistol beside him. A cyclone caused damage seven miles northeast of Paris Texas with no injuries. Arkansas crates from Con' 24 have arrived at Little Rock. A constitutional convention is slated for Cleo Oklahoma on April 19. Three men die in a powder explosion near Troy New York. another succumbs later. Geronimo plans to write a book about his experiences as a war chief.
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Gustave Haeber
St. Louis
Geronimo
Ernest Fahlbush
San Antonio
Arkansas
Little Rock
Wickes of Pullman Palace Car Co Dead at Chicago
Chicago on March 29 reports the death of Thomas H Wickes, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
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Chicago
Thomas H Wickes
Pullman Palace Car Company
Oklahoma Rain Fallout and Regional Fire Losses
The report notes scattered events including a general rain in Oklahoma on Tuesday, fires in Marion Kentucky causing $200000 in damage, and independent losses from Indianola Mississippi with $40000 destroyed. It mentions the cruiser Galveston needing twelve days repair and a $50000000 bond issue by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Also referenced are a postmaster appointment in Mansfield Texas, a street robbery near Mertens Texas, a body found near Cuero Texas, bankruptcy of T J Cleage Jr of St Louis, and suicides by H L Woodward and C A Brouse in Cleveland.
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First National Bank
Tioga
Tex
Marion
Galveston
J. A. Bowerman
Mansfield
Indianola
Miss
Joe Elmore
Mertens
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Charles Sigmund
Cuero
T. J. Cleage, Jr
St. Louis Grain Commission
H. L. Woodward
New York
C. A. Brouse
Cleveland
Brackett Seeks Removal of Hyde Schiff From Equitable
State Senator Fiigar T. Brackett and others from Saratoga file with the Attorney General to begin action in the people’s name to remove James H. Hyde and Jacob Schiff from the Equitable Life Assurance Society over alleged misconduct harming policy holders. The petition claims Hyde’s New York ball and a Europe trip were funded by the society, not Hyde, and accuses Schiff of selling bonds to the society while a director.
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Albany
Fiigar T. Brackett
Saratoga
James H. Hyde
Jacob Schiff
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Brackett
Ma. S. Young
Europe
Equitable Society
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Schiff
White
Rusela Outlines Practical Peace Negotiation Shape
St. Petersburg reports Rusela has set conditions for peace talks promising a practical shape to negotiations, with United States and France aiding, signaling progress toward an accord.
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St. Petersburg
Rusela
United States
France
Fatal Fight Kills Eleven in Windhoek Region
An official dispatch from Windhoek reports eleven Kirche detachment soldiers killed and twenty two wounded in battles with insurgent natives occurring March 10 and 11 near Kosis and Geibanes.
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Kirchener
Windhoek
Africa
Kosis
Geibanes
Poaching Alleged Impacts Donahue Crew Imprisonment
Advites report Captain Matthan and crew of the schooner Donahue are imprisoned at Montevideo by the Uruguayan government for alleged shore rookery poaching. The captain faces five years, crew two years each. He contests the seizure and seeks damages of 65 000. Ottawa seeks relief through Britain and Uruguay.
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Victoria
Matthan
Donahue
Montevideo
Uurucuayan
Ottawa
Great Britain
Uruguay
Russians Evacuate Station as Japanese Advance
Telegram from Gunshu Pass reports Russians evacuated Chaouminodzi station forty miles below Gunshu Pass. Japanese forces are advancing into the area.
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St. Petersburg
Gunshu Pass
Chaouminodzi
Great Gas Flow at Blackwell Oil Well
An oil company reports a gas flow of 2,000,000 cubic feet per day from 800 feet depth at Blackwell Oklahoma. The find is the strongest gas flow yet in this region and marks a notable discovery for the area.
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Blackwell, Oklo
Scottish Rite Reunion in Mobile April 3 to 6
The fifth Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons reunion will be held in Mobile from April 3 for four days. Principal visitors include Admiral Winfield Scott Sehley and James Daniel Richardson. George Fleming Moore will also attend. Over 2000 visitors are expected from the South and North.
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Mobile
Winfield Scott Sehley
James Daniel Richardson
Supreme Council of the
United States of America
Sehley
Alabama
Porto Rico
George Fleming Moore
Belgium as a Lace Center Through Centuries
Belgium has long been a lace hub with Flanders spreading lace art from France and Italy. Bruges Ghent and Ypres supplied the top valenciennes variants, each city developing unique designs over centuries due to local workmanship.
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Belgium
Flanders
France
Italy
Bruges
Ghent
Ypres
Valenciennes
Subbubs Dialogue Sparks Fashion Talk in Liverpool
In a lively exchange, Mr Subbubs mocks plans for new gowns while Mrs Subbubs argues for richer attire to attract attention, referencing Mrs Playne's abundant wardrobe. The dialogue, cited by the Liverpool Mercury, highlights social expectations and appearance in community life.
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Mr. Subbubs
Beggar Presses Boss Over Past 50 Cent Gift In Exchange
A terse street exchange unfolds as a beggar asks for repayment of last week’s fifty cent gift, while Goodart asserts the recipient has earned more since then. The dialogue captures a tense, everyday confrontation in concise form.
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Goodart
Not His Privilege Boss and Clerk Clash in Boston Bulletin
A brisk exchange unfolds as an employer questions a clerk about authority. The clerk denies being the boss, while the employer rebukes the clerk for talking like a fool in a brief Boston Commercial Bulletin snippet.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
Temptations in Life and Climate Compared by Macaulay
Quote notes that each climate bears its own disease just as every life path has its own temptations. It frames moral risk as environment shaped and warns against moral drift tied to surroundings.
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Macaulay
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Houston
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M. l. Robbing, G. P. A
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L. Price
G.M
Aspiroz
St. Matthew's Church
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Lufkin, Tex
Fred Bruns
Virginia
Lee
Crescent City
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Williams Intangible
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Beresford
Husband
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