Senate devotes morning to automatic school tax bill
The Senate spent the forenoon Friday debating an automatic bill to empower the state board to fix school tax amounts. Amendments proposed by Skinner Green Hudspeth and Terrell aimed to set per-child levies or strike the tax provision, with one option killing the bill. The House spent the morning on Looney’s local option election contest bill as Wolf proposed a new rule on post verdict challenges. the bill moved to third reading.
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Hudspeth
Terrell
House
Looney
Representative Wolf
Special Officer John L. Taylor Shot Dead in El Paso
El Paso May 3 John L Taylor a special officer for the El Paso and Southwestern railway was shot in the back of the head and killed in the Lobby saloon by Sam Dwyer brother of Judge Dwyer of San Antonio Taylor was talking with Pat Dwyer at the time The accused says Taylor drew a gun and he shot to defend his brother Also reported Travelers' Protective association convention continues with committee reports and a constitutional amendment increasing the secretary treasurer salary from 750 to 900 approved unanimously
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John L. Taylor
el Paso
el Paso and Southwestern Railway
Sam Dwyer
Judge Dwyer
San Antonio
Taylor
Pat Dwyer
Travelers’ Protective Association
Americans Arrested in Cabrera Assassination Probe
In Guatemala City on May 3 two Americans Cooke and Wilkinson, railroad contractors, were among those arrested over the April 29 attempt on President Cabrera. Police found an electric blasting device and dynamite at Wilkinson's adjacent residence. authorities expect their liberty soon.
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Cabrera
Guatemala City
President Cabrera
Cooke
Wilkinson
Boarding house fire injures railroad men
Fire at a twenty room boarding house in Fort Worth on Friday morning forced occupants to jump from second story windows. Conductor Green fractured ankles after leaping to a fence and Motor man Boss suffered side injuries. Loss estimated at 7500 dollars with no insurance.
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Green
Boss
Tenor Tries Self Mutilation After Earthquake Fear
Milan reports Arcangelo Rossi, a tenor with Connie Opera in San Francisco during the earthquake, lost his voice and, driven by fear, attempted suicide by cutting out his tongue with scissors. He was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Milan
Italy
Arcangelo Rossi
Connied Opera Company
San Francisco
Dallas Knights of the Maccabee claim largest southern tent
Dallas tent No. 23 bills itself as the largest local Maccabee group in the south and the fourth in the world with 900 members and an ornate temple. The item notes the order’s prominence in Dallas civic life.
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Dallas
Knights of the Maccabee
Strike Averted in Texas Oil Fields
Houston May 3 A strike in Texas oil fields was averted by the American Federation of Labor which recalled the sympathetic strike order. Operators and employers are reinstating old employees excepting agitators.
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Houston
Texas
American Federation of Labor
Steedman Ends Career With Self Inflicted Death in Paris
Charles J. Steedman of New York and Philadelphia son of the late General Steedman shot himself in a Paris hotel room after arriving with his wife and child from Italy. He was found with a revolver, death was instantaneous, and the body to be embalmed and sent to the United States.
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Charles J. Steedman
New York
Philadelphia
Charles Steedman
Hotel del Oriente
Steedman
Rhode Island
Italy
Afar
Aldrich
United States
Jamestown Exposition Naval Races See Americans Chronicle Strong Starts
Foreign sailors raced in Hampton Roads at the Jamestown exposition with seventeen crews across classes. The United States crews led early, but England won the firsts in the second and third races, with Germany close behind in the final rounds. The Indiana earned an ovation after its win, while Kearsarge crews contended for top spots.
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Hampton Roads
England
Austria
Argentina
Germany
Jackies
United States
Kearsarge
Indiana
Striking pressmen end all-night session and return
Laborers on the St. Louis press lines resume duty after a night of talks. The Republic and the Globe-Democrat publish city editions on time under an arbitration settlement. Two additional late papers were affected by the strike.
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St. Louisia
St. Louis
the Republic
the Globe-Democrat
Afterton
Labor lockout halts Philadelphia bricklayer work
In Philadelphia a master bricklayers’ order to halt all work over a dispute with bricklayers granites and related unions affects about 4400 workers and risks idling up to 30000 tradesmen if the stoppage lasts beyond a week. Elsewhere strikes hit ice men and telephone workers in Detroit and San Francisco.
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Rathbone dies after brief illness in San Francisco
Major General Rathbone, once consul to Paris under the Cleveland administration, died in San Francisco after a short illness. He served as an aide to General Scho field during the Civil War. The report notes his prominent career and service.
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San Francisco
Rathbone
Paris
Cleveland
Schofield
Paymaster James B. Cann Dies in Portsmouth NH
Navy department reports death of Naval Pay Director James B. Cann at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Also noted are Society of the Army of the Potomac convention ending with a banquet in Washington and a fatal shooting in Bremond Texas where Bill Holliday was killed at St Davis residence and Davis was arrested.
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Navy Department
Naval
James BE. Cann
Portsmouth
N. H
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Bremond
Bremond, Tex
Bill Holliday
St Davis
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