Plan of a rich man contemplates Texas colonization
Washington reports a wealthy Japanese agriculturist plans a Texas colony after visiting the United States. Fred D. Fisher cites Japanese papers noting 1000 farmers to be gathered in Japan and 9800 acres to be cultivated in Texas as a first step. The investor expects to spend over 350000 dollars the first year on land breaking and related costs.
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Washington
Texas
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fred D. Fisher
Tamsul
Formosa
Japan
Fisher
America
Building Trades Withdraw Support From Teamsters in Chicago Strike
In Chicago on May 27 the building trades unions voted to pull all financial and moral support from the Teamsters in the ongoing strike, removing about 1000 dollars weekly in aid. A committee was formed to inform President Shea of the action. Rioting flared across the lumber district as wagons were attacked, officers were wounded, and police fought mobs guarding unguarded deliveries.
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Building Trades Unionr
Chicago
Building Trades Unions
Teamsters
Building Trades Union
Shea
Building Trades
Thirty-fifth Street
Center Avenue
Thirty‘fifth Street
Loomis Street
Archer Avenue
James Fitzpatrick
Mooney
Springs Surprise: Man Feigns Death Then Requests Beer
In Evansville Indiana on May 27 Michael Hertzel an aged German man grew faint and seemed dead for an hour. The coroner and undertaker were summoned and Hertzel's sons prepared for a funeral. Just as the undertaker leaned over the corpse he revived and asked for a glass of beer and a bowl of soup. He is now fully convalescent.
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Evansville
Ind
Michael Hertzel
Hertzel
Ral
Death by own action traces to Spanish consul son
Manuel Fernandez del Valle Jr son of the Spanish consul at Guadalajara reportedly died by suicide in New York. He was described as a respected citizen and capitalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Manuel Fernandez del Valle, Jr
New York
Guadalajara
Bank Closed as Insolvent in Barberton Ohio
The First National Bank of Barberton Ohio was ordered closed by the comptroller of the currency due to insolvency. The bank’s capital stock is $50,090.
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Washington
First National Bank of
Barberton, O
Southern Presbyterians Adjourn Ninth Fort Worth Assembly
The forty fifth general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church adjourned at 5:30 pm with a plan to reconvene May 1906 in Greenville. Debate over federation dominated the session, ending in a 93 to 81 vote to refer the issue back to a new committee plus three additional members.
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Fort Worth
Southern Presbyterian Church
Plunkett
Greenville
Prison Term For Life In Wellington Criminal Assault Case
Robert Carroll, a Negro, was found guilty of criminal assault against a young white married woman at Wellington, Collingsworth County, with venue moved to Hall County. The jury sentenced him to life in the penitentiary amid tense courtroom security and restricted access. The defendant claimed he was under seventeen but the state rejected his plea.
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Memphis
Tex
Robert Carroll
Wellington
Collingsworth County
Collingsworth
Hall County
W. M. Pardin
H. EB .Deever
Black Worm Injures Cotton Near Taylor Texas
A black worm about an inch long is damaging young cotton in the Taylor area. It has destroyed several acres on Charles Lundell’s farm north of Taylor and is reported on several nearby farms.
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Taylor, Tex
Charles Lundell
Taylor
Rio Grande Flood Damages Mesilla Valley and El Paso Homes
The Rio Grande has spread over the Mesilla valley north of El Paso causing extensive crop damage. Many adobe houses collapsed as workers fortify dykes in El Paso to shield the lower city. a lake breach could threaten the Mexican side of the city.
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Rio Grande River
el Paso
T¢ Mesilla
Shipping Cantaloupes from Sarita Texas Grows Area
Sarita Texas reports start of cantaloupe shipping on May 15. The district includes 120 acres of cantaloupes and 625 acres of watermelons, indicating a sizable regional produce operation.
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Sarita
Tex
Tex as Oil Ships Livestock to Dayton Oil Field
Shipping to New Field Sour Lake Tex May 27 The Texas Oil company sent a carload of livestock wagons and implements to Dayton the new prospective oil field Mr Colligan of the company is at Dayton.
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New Field
Sour Lake
Tex
Texas Oil Company
Dayton
Colligan
Drowned Youth in Cuero River Incident
Herbert Holzheuser aged seventeen drowned while bathing in the Cuero River with other boys near Cuero Texas. The tragedy occurred on May 27 as the youths swam in the river.
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Cuero
Tex
Herbert Holzheuser
Bankers For Statehood in Oklahoma Territory
The Oklahoma Indian Territory Bankers' association in Muskogee adopted resolutions condemning Secretary Hitchcock’s territorial administration. They urged single statehood and appealed to President Roosevelt to support a statehood bill. A. J. McCandless of Perry was elected president.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma- Indian Territory Bankers’ Association
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
A. J. McCandless
Perry
Boy Burned to Death in Lincoln County Haymow
A small son of James Booth near Tyrone in Lincoln County was burned to death while playing with matches in a neighbor's haymow. The other boys escaped as the hay ignited.
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Guthrie
James Booth
Tyron
Lincoln @unty
Booth
Geronimo Wins at Lawton Race for $150 Purse
Geronimo the aged Apache chief rode his sorrel horse Geronimo to victory in a Friday race at the Lawton fairgrounds securing a $150 purse.
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Lawton
Rumored Sea Fight Over Movements of Rojestvensky
Reports from St. Petersburg and Tokyo discuss whether Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet engaged Japan in the Straits of Korea or headed toward Vladivostok. Analysts question the fleet’s course and note Russian and Japanese forces may have used feints to mislead the opposition.
Forties Russian Vessels Sighted Near Saddle Islands
The British steamer St Kilda reports sighting forty five Russian ships including battleships cruisers torpedo destroyers colliers hospital ships and tugs 140 miles southeast of the Saddle Islands on May 25. In Warsaw Governor General Maximovitch orders troops to restore order and warns arrests will be tried by court martial with strong patrols and guarded public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kongkong
St. Kilda
Kuchinatzu
Japan
Saddle Islands
Warsaw
Maximovitch
Russian Vessels Reported Off Saddle Islands Near Shanghai
Washington reports received Saturday indicate more than twenty-one Russian ships, including three battleships and three cruisers, were off Saddle Islands southeast of Shanghai, with rumors of a naval engagement. Tokyo confirms May 26 cavalry actions near Changtu. otherwise no major changes, aside from minor clashes.
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Washington
Saddle Islands
Shanghai
Tokio
Imperial Army
Hsumienchenr
Changtu
Wind Damage Hits Indian Territory Towns
A May 27 report states Woodville I T suffered blown houses and one fatality. Emory and Colbert reports show collapsed structures with injuries limited. Tornado crossed into the Chickasaw nation with several buildings and the Frisco depot demolished and a man injured in Platter.
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Indian Territory
Woodville
I. T
Emory
Colbert
Chickasaw Nation
Platter
Platter Houses Demolished and Man Killed in Turbulent Area
Denison reports five houses demolished at Platter twelve miles north of Frisco with one man killed after downed wires blocked information. The town of Platter has a 300 population and telegrams were sent from Red River station. In Votaw Texas a storm felled a large pine across Wade Robinsons residence near Fuqua killing an infant and injuring his wife and husband.
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Denison
Frisco Railway
Platter
Frisco
Red River Station
Votaw
Tex
Fuqua
Here
Wade Robinson
Frisco Track Strewn By Cyclone North Of Frisco
At 4 o'clock Saturday morning a cyclone passed twenty five miles north of Paris Texas in Indian Territory. The little town of Grant was struck but there was no serious damage or loss of life. Frisco track was strewn with fallen timber and telegraph and telephone wires were blown down.
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Paris
Tex
Here
Indian Territory
Grant
Woman shoots man in street killing him in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on May 27 Janie Wiley fatally shot Jack Wilson at Fourth and Houston during a dispute. Wilson, armed with a razor and brick, died instantly from a bullet to the head. Wiley, a chambermaid at Lennox flats, was arrested nearby and refused to discuss motive. Both victims are described as colored.
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Fort Worth
Janie Wiley
Jack Wilson
Fourth
Houston
Wilson
Main
Fourth Streets
Lennox Flats
Delaware Cafe
Gas suffocation ends well job at Cottonwood
W H Stephens of Lobonno suffocated by gas while entering a well at At well after blasting dynamite. He fell to the bottom and died before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood
Tex
W. H. Stephens
Lobonno
Atwell
Blount Falls From Bridge Build Breaks Leg in Two Places
Palestine Texas May 27 Representative J J Blount fell from a home bridge under construction near here and broke a leg in two places. He was treated at the scene and reported in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Tex
Here
J. J. Blount
Gasser Blasts From Barrett Lease Wells At Humble
Strong gas flow surged from the Little and Mitchell well on the Barrett lease in Humble Texas. Residents hearing the roar compared it to a cyclone and rushed to confirm the strange sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble
Tex
Little & Mitchell
Tany
Crump Captured After Fierce Shootout in North Carolina
Nat Crump the outlaw, who wounded Clay Grubbe at Salisbury last Monday, was captured after a desperate fight with a sheriff family posse at Mud Cat gorge. He was barely alive with a $750 price on his head. Deputies Lytle and Porter shot Crump, ending the chase.
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Asheville
N. C
Nat Crump
Clay Grubbe
Salisbury
Crump
Mud “Cat
Washburn
Lytle
Porter
United Gas Withdraws City Offer To Extend Lease
Philadelphia May 27. Organization leaders are blamed for United Gas Improvement company withdrawing its offer to advance the city 25 million dollars in exchange for extending the city gas works lease. The doubt follows a conference with Durham Seger McNichol and Dolan of the United Gas company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Messrs. Durham
Seger
McNichol
Dolan
United Gas Company
Fairbanks Arrives in Portland With Cavalry Escort
Vice President Fairbanks will be met at Union Depot and escorted by two troops of the Fourth Cavalry and a mounted band to the Hotel Portland. He will register and then visit President Goode’s residence as guest during the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition opening in Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Enly
Fairbanks
Union Depot
Fourth Cavalry
Sam
President Goode
Mr. Fairbanks
Goode
Fitzpatrick sue s son and wife for restitution
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick of Brooklyn files a suit in New York seeking restitution of over 1 million dollars in bonds and securities he says were wrongfully taken by his son James and James wife. He accuses conveyances to the wife and asserts property sales, barricaded service attempts, and an accounting demand met with no response.
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Jeremiah Fitzpatrick
New York
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
James
New Suffolk
L. I
Fitzpatrick
Hoboken
Noted Missouri Governor Injured In Chicago Street Crash
In Cincinnati on May 27 former Missouri Governor D R Francis J B Forgan of the First National Bank Chicago and P Proctor of the city were in a motor ride after a Commercial club smoker at the zoological gardens when their auto halted to avoid a street car. Francis suffered a sprained right ankle and was taken to his hotel for care.
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Sioux City
Fred Scott
A. I. Meyer
San Antonio
Tex
People’s Hotel
Madison, S
Cincinnati
D. R. Francis
Missouri
J. B. Forgan
First National Bank of
Chicago
P. Proctor
Commercial Club
Zoological Gardens
Francis
King Oscar Rejects Norway Consular Law Amid Resignations
Christiana May 27 King Oscar at Saturdays council meeting refused to sign the law creating a separate consular system for Norway. Ministers immediately offered their resignations, but the king declined to accept them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Oscar
Council of Ministers
Norway
Corn Price Break Bleeds 8 Cents May Delivery
Chicago traders report another 8 cent drop in May corn prices on Saturday, pushing the three day decline to nearly 20 cents a bushel.
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Chicago
Death of New York Justice Van Brunt in street
Charles H. Van Brunt presiding justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court died suddenly in the street in New York on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles H. van Brunt
Appellate Division
New York Supreme Court
Smith Moderator Elected at Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Newcastle Pa May 27 Rev J Mc Leod Smith of Ray Ind was elected moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian general synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
J. McLeod Smith
Ray
Ind
Reformed Presbyterian General Synod
Summit Reached as First Train Clears Pike's Peak Route
Colorado Springs May 27 The cog road reaches the summit of Pike's Peak with its first train of the year. A force of 110 men worked six weeks to clear the track removing 4,000,000 cubic feet of ice and snow from the right of way.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Wichita Falls to Host Street Fair and Trades Display
News in Brief notes Wichita Falls will hold a street fair and trades display. Other items report 87 prisoners in Guthrie Federal jail, Amarillo school superintendent elected, and a tree fall injures Tom Bryant in Cooper with critical condition.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Guthrie
San Angelo
Anadarko
Okla
Washita
A. P. Langston
Trinity River
Dallas
Oklahoma
L., A. Wells
Memphis
Amarillo
Tom Bryant
Cooper, Tex
Milton J. Palmer dies in Chicago at eighty one
Milton J. Palmer, brother of the late Potter Palmer, died at his Chicago residence at age eighty one. He spent years as a partner in the dry goods business and after the great fire focused on managing his real estate holdings.
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Chicago
Milton J. Palmer
Potter Palmer
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky Reaches Saddle Islands
Returning colliers report that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky arrived off Saddle Islands May 24 and proceeded toward the Straits of Korea through Saigon on May 27.
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Saigon
Rojestvensky
Saddle Islands
Straits of Korea
Presbyterian general assembly ends in Winona Lake
Presbyterian general assembly concluded its sessions at Winona Lake Indiana on Saturday ending its labors with formal adjournment and closing ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Presbyterian General Assembly
Engineer Struck by Train in Louisiana Crossing
Minton La May 27 J C Owen an engineer from Port Arthur Texas was struck by a passenger train on the Southern Pacific while attempting to cross the track. He was taken to the hospital at Beaumont.
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Minton
J. C. Owen
Port Arthur
Tex
Southern Pacific
Beaumont
Fabian Fined In Waco Court For Sunday Baseball Gate Fee
In Justice Moore's court at Waco a jury fined Man ager Fabian of the Waco Baseball club 25 dollars for conduct of a game on Sunday with a gate fee. The case goes to county court as defense contends penalties target amusements with entrance fees not baseball. South Texas, Southern, National and American League scores follow with multiple city match results.
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Moore
Waco
Fabian
Stat
Prairie Oil and Gas resumes Bartlesville to Caney line
Independence Kan May 27 The Prairie Oil and Gas company has resumed construction of the eight inch auxiliary line from Bartlesville to storage tanks in Kansas a gang is laying the line toward Caney and the work should finish in a few weeks The Standard Oil company is taking nearly 7000 barrels more oil daily from Kansas producers this month than since the last legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kan
Prairie Oi and Gas Company
Bartlesville
Kansas
Oerder
Caney
Standard Oil Company
Ansas
First National Bank of Barberton Closed on Doubtful Paper
The First National Bank of Barberton was closed on the recommendation of national bank examiner W. F. Albertson. He found between 40 000 and 50 000 of doubtful paper, mostly long term notes, allegedly carried against banking laws. Deposits and accounts total about 220 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barberton, O
First National Bank of
Barberton
W. F. Albertson
National Bank Examiner
Barberton Pottery Company
Behrman Files Charges Against New Orleans Inspector
At a special police board meeting Mayor Behrman charged Police Inspector John Journee with incompetency after suspending him. The board set June 2 for the hearing. Journee said he would not resign and would appeal to the courts if the board's decision went against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Police Board
Behrman
John Journee
Journee
Roosevelt Finds Government Has No Jurisdiction
Washington May 27 President Roosevelt after investigation decides the government has nothing to do with the Equitable Life Assurance Society matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Equitable Life Assurance Society
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