Brazos Lands Too Cheap Says Ellis County Investor
An Ellis county capitalist, Mr. Majors of Midlothian, told an Eagle representative on the H T C train that Brazos county lands are undervalued compared to farming lands in his area. He sees potential for a rise within a year and expects to invest more in the Brazos area, noting prices from 50 to 75 dollars per acre elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis County
Majors
Midlothian
Eagle
Texas
Brazos County
Navasota
FRA DIAVOLO Opportune Friday Evening Engagement
Manager Mike seeks advance sale of 200 tickets at one dollar each for a November 17 performance of Fra Diavolo. Subscribers gain first seat selection a day before general sale. The company features Gertrude Hutchinson Kittie Nice Addie Mumford Leila Thorne Bertha Stancliff and other noted operatic stars. The production is presented in complete detail by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Gertrude Hutchinson
Kittie Nice
Addie Mumford
Leila Thorne
Bertha Stancliff
F. A. Wade
Jay C. Taylor
Geo
Byron Brenti
Frank Burgess
Subscribers Day for Auber Comedy at Haswell’s Book Store
The comedy is well looked after by F. A. Wade and Lawrence Powers. Anyone wanting to secure the company and first choice of seats may call at Haswell’s book store and sign the list for the number of tickets desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auber’s
F. A. Wade
Lawrence Powers
Haswell’s
Clash Near Battoum Ends in Deaths and Wounds
In Battoum Transcaucassia on Saturday troops clashed with manifestants causing several deaths and many injuries on both sides. The report notes heavy fighting with casualties on both factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battoum
Transcaucassia
Governor disarms town police in Kaza militia restored order
In Kaza on November 4 the governor disarmed local police at the town council’s request and dispatched troops and Cos sacks to leave. A hastily formed militia restored order and a new Procurator was appointed. In St Petersburg on November 4 Prince Alex is Obelensky, council of the empire member, appointed pro curator of the holy synod succeeding Pomiednostoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaza
St. Petersburg
Alexis Obelensky
Council of the Empire
Holy Synod
M. Pomiednostoff
Battle Leaves Many Casualties in Tomsk Iberia Clash
Socialist and Loyalist forces clashed in Tomsk Iberia on November 4. The fighting produced many casualties and a theater was pillaged in the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomsk
Iberia
Prince John of Belgrade Buried in New York
John Merkowitsch known as Prince John of Belgrade was a furrier in New York for about six decades. A first cousin of Servia’s King Peter I, his coffin bore a plate naming him Prince John of Belgrade and noting he died November 2, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Merkowitsch
Prince John
Belgrade
Merkowitsch
Servia
Peter I
Helena
House of
Texas Tim Walsh dies in St Louis hospital
Te xas Tim Walsh a famed racing figure and horse owner died at Mullenphy hospital from dropsy. In Paris an unidentified man decapitated by a switch target on a Frisco flyer steps near Lenair, identified by his brother as Robinson who lived six miles from Hugo Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tom” Walsh
Neo
St. Louis
Tim" Walsh
Mullenphy Hospital
Paris
Lenair
Hugo
I. T
Robinson
Minop Matters and Texas Deaths Across Regions
Russian amnesty issue signed. G. C. Miller dies near DeKalb Texas. James S. Sharp a notable East Texan dies in New Boston. Bromide flow found in a well at Davis I T. Chickasaw legislature raises pay to ten dollars daily. American Tin Can Company to build a million dollar plant at mont ae loans. Hull editor of Ingersoll Review dies after falling from a second story. American drug syndicate with one thousand druggists organized in New York. P A Yarbrough found guilty of water packing a cotton bale at Shawnee Okla fined twenty five dollars plus costs. W W McKee dies of apoplexy in Ottawa Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Miller
DeKalb
Texas
James S. Sharp
New Boston
Davis
I. T
Chickasaw
American Tin Can Company
Mont Ae Loans
Hull
Ingersoll, Okla
Graham named Porto Rico interior commissioner
Announcement at the White House confirms Lawrence H. Graham of New York City as interior commissioner for Porto Rico replacing John S. Elliott who resigned. Graham previously worked as Albany correspondent for the New York Evening Post and the New York Commercial Advertiser and served as secretary of the government commission for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Lawrence H. Graham
New York City
Porto Rico
John S. Elliott
Graham
Albany
New York Evening Post
New York Commercial Advertiser
Students Parade and Payed Military Honors in Warsaw
A crowd of Russian students paraded the streets singing revolutionary songs in Warsaw as troops paid them military honors. In Paris Texas the funeral of Engineer Popp who died in a wreck near Talihina occurred with twenty-one locomotive engineers in attendance. John James Jr of Guthrie died after an accidental self infliction. Olin Nokes a twelve year old in Roswell New Mexico was sentenced to three years in the reformatory at Golden for robbing a mailbox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Paris
Tex
Popp
Talihina
John James, Jr
Guthrie
Roswell
N. M
Olin Nokes
Golden
Wright Departs on San Francisco Voyage
Manila reports Governor General Wright sailed at 1 o clock for San Francisco as all classes bid him farewell. He pledged to return and was moved by loyal demonstrations. A water parade preceded departure with over 100 decorated launches and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Wright
San Francisco
Tripp shot on California Street in Gainesville Texas
J J Tripp residing west of Gainesville was shot Friday on California street around 7 2 ville Gainesville Tex. He died from a 44 caliber pistol wound just below the heart. Bill McCarney 18 was jailed and Lowe Clark father of Lem Clark was arrested in connection with the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Tripp
Ville
Gainesville
Tex
J. J. Tripp
California
Tripp
Bill McCarney
Lowe Clark
Lem Clark
Sulphur rich deposits eyed for school lands near El Paso
Land Commissioner J. J. Terrell returns from the west reporting large sulphur fields in El Paso county on school lands. He says deposits stretch thirty miles and are 40 to 60 percent pure sulphur. A company plans to exploit the fields and buy the land from the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
J. J. Terrell
el Paso
Negro killed in quarrel on Gulf Refining work train
Port Arthur report says Spencer Whitehead and another man aboard a Gulf Refining work train quarreled. Whitehead was stabbed in the back with a jackknife and cut on the scalp leg and side. the assailant jumped from the moving train and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Spencer Whitehead
Gulf Refining Company
Whitehead
Two Election Law Sections Declared Not Enforceable
San Antonio reports Attorney General Davidson ruled that Sections 21 and 22 of the new election law need not be enforced. The sections require voters moving between precincts or counties to obtain a corrected certificate days before the election, and to have the change noted on election lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Davidson
Meerschidt
Dr Everett Dies Linked To Lincoln Conspiracy Figure
Denton Texas November 4 Dr Charles Everett 79 a Scotchman died here He claimed Booth lived and would not reveal his secret Everett boarded with Mrs Surratt at the time Lincoln was shot After her arrest he went to Australia then Patagonia later settling in Galveston before coming to Denton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surratt
Lincon
Denton
Tex
Charles Everett
Lincoln
Everett
Booth
Australia
Patagonia
Galveston
Two Men Die, One Wounded in Baileyville Clash
In Cameron Texas near Baileyville Gore Wimberley was killed and Lige Roberts wounded. Roberts surrendered after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron, Tex
Baileyville
Gore Wimberley
Lige Roberts
Roberts
Italians Arrested After Deadly Attack On Roadmaster
In Red Rock Oklahoma on November 4 twenty nine Italian laborers employed as Santa Fe section men were jailed in Perry for rioting and attempting to kill roadmaster Hugh McNeal. McNeal was critically wounded by stilletoes and shovels as he had discharged one worker. Deputy Sheriff Eldridge and assistants prevented further bloodshed. The Italians resisted arrest and a general clash followed before the group was taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
Okla
Santa Fe
Perry
Hugh McNeal
McNeal
Eldredge Wito
Isenberg Bound Over For Trial In Oklahoma Libel Case
Enid Oklahoma November 4 J L Isenberg editor of the Wave was bound over for trial on December 27 by the Washita county probate judge charged with criminal libel of Hon J J Beauchamp judge of the fifth judicial district Isenberg returned home Friday evening and was met by a brass band and 500 citizens escorted to the public square where he spoke claiming he was kidnapped by the Washita county sheriff and denouncing the courts in strong terms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
J. L. Isenberg
Washita County
J. J. Beauchamp
Fifth Judicial District of
Oklahoma
Isenberg
Williams Hanged for 1901 double murder in federal jail
Grant Williams a colored man was hanged in the Federal jail at South McAlester by United States Marshal Pritchard for killing two men in 1901. Meanwhile in Mexico City Ambassador Cassius with his wife seven children and Dr Albert left for Washington with planned stops and a banquet in St Louis.
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South McAlester
Grant Williams
Marshal Pritchard
Williams
Washington
City of Mexico
Cassius
Albert
United States
Laredo
St. Louis
Ex Editor Arthur Bowers Dies in New York
Arthur Foster Bowers, former city editor of the Tribune, died in New York on November 4 from paralysis. He was a longtime journalist with a prominent role in the paper's editorial pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Foster Bowers
the Tribune
Not Train Struck Could Be Weight Or Pressure Fatality
Coroner Schler, after autopsy on Mrs. Margaret Todd found dead on Reading railroad tracks near Philadelphia a week ago, suggested she could not have been struck by a train. He said a heavy weight or knee pressure while she was inert could have killed her, noting multiple fractured ribs and a broken breastbone.
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Todd
New York
Navy
Schler
Margaret Todd
Reading
Philadelphia
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Tun
Connelly & Carnes
Bryan, Texas
Fra Diavolo
P. A. Wade
Beggar Prince Opera Co
Pra Diavolo
Bryan
Hunter
Chatham
Minop Matters
OUR
Emmel & Maloney
Lowney’s Chocolates
He City National Bank
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Gee Ae An
Chaney Bros
DR. Everett
Enid Wave
THE
First National Bank
Houston
Dallas
Corsicana
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, Jr
H. C. Boatwright
L. L. McCinnis
F. M. Law
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Joe B
Reed
Jor B. Reed
John Wittman
James’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
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