For Sale Brazos County Land and houses in town
J. W. Batts offers abstracts of Brazos County land titles and a list of properties for sale. Properties include 105 acres near the courthouse, 25 acres cultivated, pasture, fenced with barb wire at 1500 dollars. a 1.25 acre near the schoolhouse with a small cottage and well at 1250. a four block from Main Street brick cistern house at 1250. quarter block near Allen Academy at 250. half block near Allen Academy at 500. schoolhouse adjacent lots at 100 each. 13 acres on south town with 4 room house at 1000. 4 room house with various outbuildings rentable at 650.
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Court House
Main Street
Allen Academy
Frightful Fall at Donnelly Building Elevator Tragedy
Pittsburg on May 2 reports four dead after an elevator collapse at the Donnelly building during the Electro-Mechanical Institute ball. Names and ages of the deceased and multiple injured are listed, with identification hampered by severe injuries and clothing marks. An unknown man from a suburban town is among the casualties.
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Pittsburg
Donnelly
Electro-Mechanical Institute
Mattie Curtin
Hazelwood
Susie Flannigan
Allegheny
Rayden P. Floober
McKee's Rock
Albert Meyers
Harry Lipson
Katie Flannigan
Lulu Postelwaite
Margaret Postelwaite
Charles Blonde
Fannie Simond
John Morrison
Frank S. Amrock
L. N. Gillis
L. W. Gillis
Paul Gillis
Mercy Hospital
Tornado Strikes Riley County Leaving Fatalities and Injuries
A tornado swept western Riley county Friday night near Bala on the Rock Island road. Two people died and twelve were injured, several fatally, as trees and debris blocked railroad tracks. Heavy rain and hail stones as large as hen eggs accompanied the storm, wrecking many dwellings and outbuildings.
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Manhattan
Kan
Riley County
Bala
Rock Island
Moose on Rampage Hits Maine Village
A big bull moose roams Sangerville Maine causing property damage fences fall lawns torn up and hencoops flooded with moose hair clinging to the scene. It first appeared Thursday afternoon in G W Morgans field along the Gilford Foxcroft road.
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Sangerville
Nimrods
G. W. Morgan
Gilford
Foxcroft
Boilermakers Strike Settled After Wage Increase
John McNeil, grand president of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders, announces the Union Pacific boilermaker strike ended with a substantial wage rise and other arrangements. A sympathetic strike on the Southern Pacific followed after a conference arranged in New York through J. H. Harriman.
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New York
John McNeil
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders of America
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
J. H. Harriman
Montreal Street Railway Tie Up After Strike Vote
Montreal workers again strike halting service as ballot shows about 1500 opposed to striking and only around six unionists walked out.
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Montreal
Montreal Street Railway
Legal validity question raised over Hawaii’s acts since 1900
Honolulu May 23. Henry E. Cooper superintendent of public works challenges the validity of all laws enacted in the Hawaiian islands since 1900. He refuses to act under the new country government act, arguing the act is unconstitutional. Cooper asserts the legislature allowed Hawaiian during deliberations, which he says is prohibited by Congress in the territorial government act.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Henry E. Cooper
Cooper
Fatal crash ties street car and railroad train in Chicago
Charles Babbitt of Hammond Indiana was instantly killed when a Pennsylvania railroad train collided with a street car he was conductor of in Chicago. Motorman William Knosby suffered severe cuts. Babbitt signaling the car to move believed the track clear, was riding on the fender at the moment of impact.
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Chicago
Charles Babbitt
Hammond
mId
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Knosby
Babbitt
Judge Rules Postmaster Liable for Burglary Losses
Bowling Green Kentucky May 23 Judge Walter Evans in the U S court ruled that a post office head must repay to the government any funds or supplies stolen by burglars. The decision sets a precedent on postmasters liability for losses due to burglary or other causes.
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Bowling Green
Walter Evans
United States
Zimmour Tribes Suffer Heavy Losses Near Fez
Tangier May 23 Reports say the Zimmour tribes who deserted the sultan’s army were attacked by loyal Kabuls near Fez. About 250 Zimmous were killed in the engagement and surrounding fighting.
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Tangier
Morocco
Fez
New Railroads Spark Big Southwest Buildout
Baltimore May 23 The Manufacturers Record reports a major reorganization of Shreveport and Red River Valley rail way into Louisiana Railways and Navigation company with 12 010 000 capital. Plans show a New Orleans to Gulf coast line and steamship links alongside tracks. The independent road will run from New Orleans toward the Gulf while extending north along Louisiana’s western boundary. Construction along Mansura to Baton Rouge is underway. Meanwhile Rock Island Missouri Kansas Texas Ozark and Cherokee Central lines push expansions from Kansas City Fort Worth Dallas and Muskogee toward Oklahoma City Fort Smith and Memphis. Kenefick Construction handles several extensions including Okmulgee to Oklahoma City and Fayetteville to Jasper Arkansas.
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Baltimore
Shreveport and Red River Valley Railway
Louisiana Railways and Navigation Company
New Orleans
Gulf
Crescent City
William Edenborn
Gulf of Mexico
Shreveport
Louisiana
St. Louis Southwestern
Texas and Pacific
Kansas City Southern
I. T
Oklahoma City
Fayetteville
Ark
Jasper
Memphis
Tenn
Kenefick Company
Sleepwalking Boy Survives 75-Foot Fall in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn boy named Harold Farrish, while sleepwalking, fell seventy five feet from a third floor window into an air shaft and survived. Doctors report he was lucid after rescue and could only recall his name, as the overheated room may have caused the incident.
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New York
Brooklyn
Harold Farrish
Harold
Raid on George T. Sullivan Office Ends With Arrests
Chicago police raided the office of George T. Sullivan at 249 Lasalle Street. Fifty men were arrested as a bucket shop swindle case sparked a rush for exits and a forced entry into the private office. Sullivan claimed a raid injunction but was taken to the station with other prisoners. The scene stirred open board and board of trade activity.
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Chicago
George T. Sullivan
Lasalle Street
Sullivan
Board of Trade and Open Board
Imperial Edict Announces Rebels Captured Lin-An-Fu
A May edict reports rebels seize Lin-An-Fu in Yun-Nan province and orders Viceroy Yun-Nan to quell the insurrection at once.
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Pekin
Lin-An-Fu
Yun-Nan
Yun- Nan
Doukhobors Arrested for Adam and Eve Religion Display
Twenty six male Doukhobors were arrested in Yorktown New York on May 23 for practicing their Adam and Eve religion. Other Doukhobors objected to the practice and drove them out. Near the village the men disrobed and marched into the town naked.
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Yorktown
N. W
Texas Press association hosts elaborate Fort Worth luncheon
About 100 members of the Texas Press association were entertained in Fort Worth with an elaborate luncheon, trolley ride, and other courtesies on May 23.
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Fort Worth
The
Texas Press Association
Gold shipments to Argentina rise in New York engagement
New York reports Baring, Mc Gown & Co. lifting an engagement of gold for shipment to Argentina from 250000 to 500000 dollars. The total amount engaged for another shipment reaches 2250000 dollars.
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New York
Baring, McGown & Co
Argentina
German Pig Iron Output Climbs in April
Berlin May 23. The pig iron production for April reached 824 452 tons, up from 672 912 tons in April 1902. This rise reflects steady industrial demand and output levels.
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Berlin
Death of Mrs Curry in Atlantic City
Telegram from Atlantic City announces the death of Mrs. Mary W. Curry widow of the late Dr. Jabez L. M. Curry former United States minister to Spain in Atlanta on May 23.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlantic City
Nou
Mary W. Curry
Jabez L. M. Curry
United States
Spain
Platt Amendment Signed Between United States and Cuba
A permanent treaty named the Platt Amendment was signed in Havana marking a lasting agreement between the United States and Cuba. The document establishes the framework of the bilateral relationship and its historic impact on Cuban sovereignty and U.S. influence.
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United States
Cuba
Havana
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