Yoakum Optimistic On Texas Growth And Rail Plans
Houston May 20 B F Yoakum president of the Rock Island lines in Texas declared Texas is the greatest state in the Union in size and prospects and urged a 10 000 000 population goal rather than 500 000 He described Texas railroad progress noting a new line between Matt Worth and Houston and expected through service from Fort Worth and Dallas to Galveston by September with track work advancing.
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Texas
Houston
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island Railway Lines
Union
Matt Worth
Baker
Green
Port Worth
Dallas
Galveston
Yoakum comments on Texas railroad legislation and growth
B F Yoakum discusses extending rail lines from the Rockies to the gulf and to Houston, noting that while some laws may raise costs, overall Texas legislation from the past session was less harmful than feared and deserves recognition for blocking unwise measures.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Gulf
Houston
Texas
Insurance Opposes New Law Over Investment Fear
A Fort Worth citizen seeks a $400,000 loan to finance an office building, arguing insurers cannot invest reserve funds under the new Texas law. Insurance Commissioner Milner notes the inquiry as he reports actions by the state tax board on intangible assets of railroads and other corporations under the law.
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Austin
Milner
Fort Worth
Texas
State
Presbyterians Charge Northern Church Interfering with Missions
The fourth session of the Presbyterian Church in the United States opened in Birmingham with prayer led by Rev. Dr. N. Keff. Dr. McF. Alexander reported on home missions alleging Northern church interference with Southern missionaries and proposed sending a telegram to Columbus to appoint a committee to review correspondence between Rev. S. L. Morris and frontier missionaries. Dr. Morris cited letters from missionaries describing Northern evangelists working where Southern missionaries were active.
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Birmingham
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
N. Keff
Georgia
Howerton
McF. Alexander
Committee On Home Missions
Northern Presbyterian Church
Columbus
S. L. Morris
Southern Assembly
Alexander
Dr. Morris
Roosevelt Called Bravest and Brainiest Ruler by MacArthur
The Baptist Young People's Union of America annual meeting in Washington praised President Roosevelt as the bravest and brainiest ruler in the world during the missionary sermon by Rev. Dr. R. S. MacArthur of New York. The convention session also heard Rev. H. A. Porter of Oklahoma and Rev. J. B Gambrell of Texas discuss Outlook and Opportunities.
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MacArthur
Washington
Baptist Young People's Union of America
General Baptist Convention
R. S. MacArthur
New York
President Roosevelt
Baptist Convention
H. A. Porter
Oklahoma
J. B Gambrell
Texas
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly Reports Large Membership
The Cumberland Presbyterian church assembly in Dickson Tennessee concludes Monday with a report from the stated clerk noting 77 presbyteries 118 synods 600 ministers and 80 000 members.
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Dickson
Tenn
General Assembly
The
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Trackmen Strike Over Wage Raise Refused
Nearly 5,000 Italian trackmen employed by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad quit work across divisions after the road refused a 10 percent wage increase from $1.50 a day. The strike is reported to extend from New York to Boston.
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New Haven
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
New York
Bostonton
Infernal machine kills Odessa officials and injures seven
The Odessa police chief and two senior detectives were killed when an infernal machine exploded at the central police bureau Monday morning. Seven others were seriously wounded in the blast. General Kuroki and his party departed for New Haven.
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Tives
Odessa
Central Police Bureau
New Haven
New York
Kuroki
Raids and Redistributions Across Texas and Nearby States
In Mexia a raid seized forty eight cases of beer while lawmen in Oklahoma report bank plans and new institutions. A Texan woman faces peonage sale allegations in Mexico City. Oklahoma to send a large delegation to the Richmond ex Confederate reunion. A Walter Oklahoma bank opens with twenty five thousand dollars capital. Rain lingers over Eagle Pass for five months. General Kuroki laid a wreath on Grant's grave in New York. Port Townsend fumigation nearly suffocated six girl stowaways on ship Canada. Texas Comptroller estimates current receipts near six hundred thousand dollars. Aline Oklahoma man’s horse ran away injuring its owner. Mrs Otto Loson of Galveston badly burned by ignited clothing. Mount Pleasant farmers cut cotton acreage by ten percent for peanuts. Sheriff raids a Denison joint. liquor sent to Sherman. proprietor jailed. Claude Watson of Sulphur Springs becomes traveling freight agent for the Cotton Belt via Waco.
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Tex
First National Bank of
Eagle Pass
Kuroki
President Grant
New York
Canada
Port Townsend
Wash
Texas
Stephens
Aline
Okla
J. H. Nesse
Otto Loson
Galveston
Mount Pleasant
Rich
Denison
Sherman
Claude
Watson
Sulphur Springs
Pecome
Cotton Belt Railway
Waco
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Hudson & Wilson Attorneys At Law
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