Feud Flares as Postmaster Harris Shot at Lytton Springs
In Austin May 3 reports say H W Harris postmaster of Lytton Springs was fatally wounded by Joe Eclita. Harris was shot twice with buckshot and a second shot pierced his back injuring the spinal cord. Holden escaped as officers pursue him amid mounting local tensions and fears of renewed pitched battles.
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Austin
Lytton Springs
There
H. W. Harris
Joe Eclita
Lyttor Springs
Holden
Waring
Harris
Les Wars
Cers
Rebels besiege Nan King as massacre reported in China
Victoria B C May 3 News from the steamer Olympia says Kwang Si rebels besieged Nan King on West River with armies growing, fugitives report awful slaughter at Ching Shang Ful as the city fell. More than 1000 persons were killed and left unburied while rebels burned stores and houses. Imperial troops desert in thousands.
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Victoria
B. C
Olympia
Orient
Kwang Si
Nan King
West River
Canton
Ching Shang Ful
State funds ready for school apportionment in May
The state treasurer reports 225000 on hand for May apportionment. Only 205000 needed, a per capita payment of 40 cents. This monthly installment covers schools not yet at 4.75 per capita. Remaining 209492 of this year's apportionment will be paid in June.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Government appeals Manila editor sentence for heavier punishment
In Manila on May 3 the government challenged the April 22 ruling fining The Volcano editor one day in prison and $100 for demanding the removal of a judge who fined Senor Valdez the Miau editor $400 for selling the Filipino members of the United States commission.
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Manila
Volcano
Supreme Court
Senor Valdez
Miau
United States Commission
Santo Domingo Revolutionaries Seize Most of Island
Port au Prince reports that Santo Domingo is in rebel hands except for Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo city. Vice President Vasquez commands sizable forces poised to attack San Domingo, while the government redeploys a strong force at the capital.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Republic of Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Vasquez
San Domingo
Earthquake toll in Guatemala prompts aid appeal
San Francisco reports a Guatemala câblegram stating over one thousand died in the April 18 earthquake and more than 90,000 are homeless, most from Quetzaltenango. The message urges aid to the affected region.
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San Francisco
Caste Bros
Guatemala
Central America
Quesaltenango
Trial by court martial of Gen Jacob H Smith ends in Manila
The May 3 court martial findings are to be sent to Washington. Early impressions in Manila favor acquittal, with no proof found against Smith contrary to General Order No 100.
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Manila
Jacob H. Smith
Washington
Senate committee backs delay of St Louis exposition
Washington May 8 The senate appropriations committee voted to report favorably the amendment postponing the St Louis exposition proposed by Senator Cockrell Fifty Persons Persh Cairo Egypt May 3 Fifty verses
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cockrell
Cairo
Egypt
Fire devastates town on the Jamietta branch of Nile river
Odessa Texas May 3. Wm D Copeland owner of the Bar Ranch was thrown from a horse yesterday and his neck broken. His body was taken to Sweetwater for interment. Flames from intense heat destroyed thousands of native residences and 200 stores along the Jamietta branch of the Nile.
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Shas
Jamietta Branch
Nile
Odessa
Tex
Wm. D. Copeland
Sweetwater
AMOS CUMMINGS DIES IN BALTIMORE AFTER OPERATION
Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New York died at the Church Home Hospital in Baltimore on Friday night after an operation for kidney trouble. Pneumonia followed pleurisy, with his wife and cousin Charles H. Cummings at his bedside. He had come to Baltimore on April 11 for treatment.
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Baltimore
Amos J.cummings
New York
Church Home Infirmary
Charles H. Cummings
Congressman Cummings
Fast Mail Wreck Kills Engineer and Fireman
New York Central fast mail bound west and a fast freight collided one quarter mile west of Clyde station. Engineer John Grant of Syracuse and fireman William Knoxson of Syracuse died. Thirteen mail clerks were seriously injured, including J W Shepard E R Force E R Mills E E Gibson R C C Baird John M Mert T W Cumner J H Putnam George S Mert George Browney G B Wright Arthur Underhill and John Pitts. The crash occurred Friday night and left several clerks with serious injuries.
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E. R. Force
E. R. Mills
E. E. Gibson
Cleveland
R. C C. Baird
John M. Mert
T. W. Cummer
Elyria
J. H. Putnam
Brockton
N. Y
George 8. Mert
George Browney
Buffalo
G. B. Wright
Rochester
Arthur Underhill
Norgy
Health officials dispute over Galveston quarantine site
State Health Officer Taber and Attorney General Bell met in Galveston with Colonel Riche, US engineer, to resolve who controls the site used by the state quarantine station. The government contends the land lies on a US military reservation and opposes building a new station there. Taber states a station will be rebuilt on the wrecked site. No comments were given for publication.
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Galveston
Taber
C. K. Bell
Riche
United States
United States Military Reservation
Admiral Schley Receives Ovation in Meridian Mississippi
Admiral Schley was given a great ovation in Meridian on Friday. He traveled with Mrs. Schley and Miss Abert of Washington and was enthusiastically greeted by locals. The party, arriving from Jackson on a special train, stayed as guests of the Meridian Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange before Schley departed for Chattanooga Friday night.
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Meridian
Miss
Admiral Schley
Population of Texas asylums shows rising cat counts
Austin May 3 report states the state lunatic asylum in Austin houses 1020 cats with new admissions daily. The north insane asylum at Terrell holds about 1300 patients and the south western insane asylum at San Antonio about 850, totaling around 3 thousand insane across the state.
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Austin
North
Terrell
Southwestern Insane Asylum
San Antonio
Roosevelt Attends Naval Academy Graduation
Annapolis May 3 The special train carrying President Roosevelt and party to the Naval Academy arrived Friday. He delivered the address to the graduates and presented each with a diploma before returning to Washington that night.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
Waebhington
Five Years for Murder in El Paso Case
George Cole, former policeman, was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Charles Burns last month in El Paso. Burns was a saloon owner. Cole received a five year penitentiary sentence.
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el Paso
Tex
George Cole
Charles Burns
Cole
Burns
Bank pays 50000 to state treasury in Austin
Austin on May 3 reports the First National Bank of Austin paid 50000 into the state treasury as the fourth repayment of funds held in that bank when it closed. Total returned now 297921 with 100000 still to be paid.
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Austin
First National Bank of
Maverick Hotel in San Antonio Closed Forever
The Maverick hotel on Houston street has closed permanently as a hotel and will be repurposed as a business block. It was one of the city’s best known hotels for years.
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San Antonio
Maverick Hotel
Houston Street
Death follows Tex affray as Ike Lybrand dies
Grand Saline Texas May 3 Ike Lybrand who was shot in an affray at this place on the 27th instant died Friday Jim Russell who has been released on a 1000 bond has been re arrested.
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Grand Saline
Tex
Ike Lybrand
Jim Russell
Brain Food Nonsense Fad Debunked By Experts
A health note mocks the idea of separate foods for brain or muscles and criticizes digestion problems. It promotes Green's August Flower as a liver stimulant and blood purifier, claims it boosts vitality, and directs readers to Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co. for Dr. G. G. Green's remedies and the special almanac.
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G. G. Greens
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Green
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