Southern Baptist Convention Opens in Dallas
The Texas gathering opened with prayers and songs as Buckner re elected president and three vice presidents named. Key figures include Rev. D. J. Smyth, Rev. C. F. Greenwood, and Judge Leggett, with J. B. Cranfill and Rev. B. D. Gray delivering speeches. Baylor students attended, and Buckner Orphan Home transport aid was announced.
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Bomar
Southern Baptist Missionary B
Buckner
D. J. Smyth
Grandview
C. F. Greenwood
Hillsboro
Leggett
Abilene
J. M. Frost
Nashville
Home Mission Board
T. J. Walne
Dulles
G. W. Truett
First Baptist Church
Baylor College
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Buckner Orphan Home
F. M. McConnell
Brownwood
A. E. Baton
Amarillo
George W. Truett
J. W. Gillon
Fort Worth
Gillon
Dallas
Bishop's Residence Planned for Dallas by Texas Methodists
At the Texas Methodist conference in Austin on Friday morning officials approved building a bishop's residence in Dallas costing 16500 dollars. The session reviewed charges against several pastors for leaving their flocks. they were exonerated. Bishop Duncan urged stricter discipline and condemned dancing among members. Commissioner Clay returned from Dallas after the boll weevil convention, saying the gathering would benefit Texas farming interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Methodists
Dallas
Texas Methodist Conference
E. BE. Hoss
Duncan
Insurance and Agriculture
Clay
Texas
Cotton Convention Ends In Texas With Pest Fight Plan
The boll weevil convention in Dallas adjourned after sessions led by Professor Atwater who urged teaching children to distinguish helpful birds and reptiles from pests. Officers were elected including President George N. Aldredge and Secretary J. H. Connell. Resolutions call on all cotton interests in Texas to persist in protecting the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Atwater
George N. Aldredge
J. H. Connell
G. N. Aldredge
Geo. T. Jester
Corsicana
E.S. Peters
Calvert
W. D. Hunter
Victoria
A. H. O'Neill
Paris
W. H. Rivers
Elgin
John Schumacher
la Grange
W. EF. Kilpatrick
McKinney
R. Morrill
Texas
Sheltered man jailed for assault with intent to rape
Beaumont Texas reports an unknown negro sheltered by Matthew Anderson was jailed on assault with intent to rape after attacking Mrs Anderson while she was alone. She defended herself with stovewood until help arrived. New York New York reports Samuel Parks was sentenced to two years three months in Sing Sing for extorting $500 from Tiffany studios.
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Beaumont
Tex
Matthew Anderson
New York
Samuel Parks
Sing Sing
Tiffany Studios
Pate of a Ravisher Assaults Woman Near Pass Christian
A man named Pate was accused of criminally assaulting a woman near Pass Christian Mississippi. The incident prompted police investigation and calls for swift legal action.
Mob executes accused attacker in Pass Christian incident
In Pass Christian Mississippi a mob hanged Sam Adams an accused attacker of Mrs Retor Lacusse after he lured her away from companions while she walked with a nurse and child. Adams was captured after the assault and then taken from jail by an armed mob to be hanged on a tree.
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New Orleans
Sam Adams
Retor Lacusse
Pass Christian
Miss
Mississippi City
Not Justified Killing Claim By Pine Ridge Agents
Agent Brennan states there was no justification for the killing of Indians after a Wyoming arrest near Edgemont. Officials move to prevent mob violence, order guards for Sioux prisoners, and send a special agent to Douglas to ensure due process. Governor Chatterton denies imminent danger but pledges protection.
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Brennan
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Pine Ridge
Hot Springs
Wyoming
Edgemont
Douglass
Wyo
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Cheyenne
United States Marshal
Douglas
Chatterton
Bankers from Amsterdam and London eye KC Southern outlet through New Orleans
New Orleans reports a visit by Adam Buelinch and W. Bleidenstein, major financiers in Amsterdam and London, focused on an accord between the Kansas City Southern and Red River Valley railroads. They consider establishing an outlet through New Orleans with Port Arthur as the gulf port. The Red River Valley plans a Shreveport to New Orleans through line and a European steamer service after arrival.
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New Orleans
Messrs
Adam Buelinch
W. Bleidenstein
Amsterdam
London
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Kansas City Southern
Red River Valley Railroad
Gulf
Port Arthur
Red River Valley
Shreveport
Europe
New York Man Commits Suicide in London Over Texas Oil Lands
William McCullough of New York killed himself by gas at a Bloomsbury boarding house in London. Papers in his room link him to the sale of Texas lands and note a brother living in San Diego, California.
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Texas
London
William McCullough
New York
Bloomsbury
McCullough
San Diego
Cal
Warfield Leads Maryland Governor Race By 12375 Vote Margin
Returns from Baltimore wards and Maryland counties show Edwin Warfield Democrat ahead for governor by 12 375 votes. The results indicate a two thirds Democratic majority in both legislative branches and a 49 on joint ballot.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Edwin Warfield
Special Inspector Appointed for Indian Service
Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia secretary of the National Municipal League was named by Secretary Hitchcock as a special inspector for the Indian Service to assist Charles J. Bonaparte in investigating charges related to Indian affairs in the Indian Territory. Oil Near the Surface in Texas Tract. Henrietta oil men found oil at sixteen feet in the Lockridge tract while cleaning a spring. a flow was struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
National Municipal League
Hitchcock
Interior Department
The
Indian Service
Charles J. Bonaparte
Indian Territory
Henrietta
Tex
Lockridge
Asset value rise for Mickle hardware firm failure
Ardmore Oklahoma November 6 assets of the Nick Mickle hardware firm which failed at Tishomingo are estimated at 10000 instead of 1000 as reported. Fire at Wynnewood November 6 destroyed several buildings with loss about 15000 and partial insurance.
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Ardmore
I. T
Nick Mickle
Tishiminga
Wynnewood
Mark Twain In Italy Arrives Naples En Route Genoa
Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain sailed from New York October 24 aboard the Prinzess Irene and has arrived in Naples before departing for Genoa. Majority Favor Strike by Chicago City Railway Employees
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Mark Twain
Italy
Naples
Samuel L. Clemens
New York
Genoa
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
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Ica
C. M
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Cenn
Bryan Steam Laundry
A. E. Worley
Islittle
Laved
Monterey
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Bishop’s Residence
Parks
Misa
Morses
Grand Opera House
Billy Kersand
Minstrels
Mike
Billy Kersands
Billy
Tham
W. B. Hudsg
Nity
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H. B. Dorse
Holmes & Wiley
Oyster Parlor
Ts of Fine
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Edupion
Eupion
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