City Property Listings Near Allen Academy
South half of block near Allen Academy priced at 550 dollars for a quarter acre with a southeast cottage and a tenant in place. Six room house with a brick cistern on premises four blocks from Main Street, asking 1260 dollars. One quarter block near Allen Academy east front 250 dollars with easy terms and several railroad front feet. Otto Boehme's property sells a part of all with lots near the school at 100 dollars and other city properties available.
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Allen Academy
East Front
Otto Boehme
Gell
Corbin Proposes Restoring Army Exchange and Ranks
Washington reports General Henry C. Corbin urges restoring the army exchange to its pre 1901 form and argues that temperance minded officers favor it. He also recommends promotions on the retired list and notes army reductions to 60 020 men with detailed officer and enlisted casualty and discharge figures.
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Washington
Henry C. Corbin
Corbin
Merritt
Brooke
Otis
Gilmore
Williston
No Minister to Be Sent to Caracas as Venezuela Crisis Looms
An official says France will not dispatch a minister to Caracas while diplomatic ties with Venezuela remain strained. Paris has been temporarily represented by the charge daffaires, with no replacement planned despite recent talks about appointing a minister to Caracas.
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Paris
Castro
Venezuela
g—Foreign Office
Caracas
France
Sfairs
American Motorist Acquitted in French Traffic Fatality
In June last an Omaha man Trafford Huteson owned car ran down a shepherd between Lieusaint and Melun, Paris Herald reports. He was jailed eight days and fined $60 by Melun police court, appealed, and the Ninth correctional chamber acquitted him and cleared him of blame.
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New York
Trafford Huteson
Omaha
Neb
Lieusaint
Melun
Paris
The
Herald
Huteson
Melum
Ex-President Barillas Dead in volcanic gas tragedy
New York Herald dispatch from Mexico City reports former Guatemalan president General Manuel Lizardo Barillas died near the Santa Maria volcano. The ex-president, a colonel in the Guatemalan army, owned a large coffee plantation near the eruption site and perished from asphyxiation by volcanic gas.
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Barillas
New York
Mexico
Manuel Lizando Barillas
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Loubet Signs Pension Law for Martinique Disaster Victims
Paris November 8 President Loubet signed a law granting pensions to widows and orphans of civil and military officers who perished in the recent volcanic disasters on the island of Martinique.
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Paris
Loubet
Martinique
Music Teacher Drops Dead In Galveston Street
On Friday in Galveston H Leuhr a 60 year old music teacher collapsed and died from heart failure while standing on the street. He had resided in Galveston many years.
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Galveston
H. Leuhr
Postmaster General Abolishes Office Physician in Cities
The order from Washington states the position of postoffice physician will be abolished in all postoffices located in cities under one population.
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Washington
Election of Count Boni de Castellane Declared Invalid
In Paris a chamber of deputies vote 278 to 235 invalidated Count Boni de Castellane’s seat. Debates featured Emile Chauvin accusing Castellane of irregularities and charges of German descent and Dreyfusard ties. Castellane denied buying votes and claimed his opponents were spreading falsehoods. He pleaded that the district’s will was represented, and pledged to return.
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Count de Castellane
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Count Boni de Castellane
Emile Chauvin
Dreyfusard
Boni
New Railroad Line Planes Rise Across Texas and South
Baltimore reports substantial railroad expansion in the South and Texas with 3797 miles planned this year 2423 miles by established companies and 1274 miles from new undertakings plus 1000 miles under consideration The push accelerates growth by coal iron ore limestone copper and phosphate mining while spurring cotton mills and other industries and a broad immigration wave toward the region.
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South
Texas
Baltimore
Louisiana
Arkansas
Southwest
Southern League Plans Rapid Organization In South
Memphis officials say the new Southern league will be organized quickly with franchise distribution this month. Sportsman park in New Orleans will host the Crescent city club with Theodore Breitenstein in charge of Memphis as manager and captain. Two clubs are planned in Memphis New Orleans Nashville Birmingham Atlanta and possibly Montgomery.
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Southern League
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Frank
Caruthers Ewing
Sportsman Park
New Orleans
Crescent City
Theodore Breitenstein
Nashville
Birmingham
Atlanta
Montgomery
Cording
Pope Receives Archbishop Chappelle and Cubans in Rome
In Rome on November 8 the pope met Archbishop Chappelle in private audience and discussed the Diocese of New Orleans along with Cuba and Porto Rico. He then welcomed 15 young Cuban seminarians presented by the archbishop.
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Rome
Archbishop Chappelle
New Orleans
Cuba
Porto Rico
Chappelle
Cramer Attempts Murder of Miss Burk Then Kills Himself
Homer Cramer attempted to murder his former landlady Miss Almeda Burk at her Columbus residence by firing two shots, grazing her cheek and piercing the left breast, then took his own life. Burk is expected to recover from the injuries.
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Columbus, C
Nav
Homer Cramer
Miss Almeda Burk
Miss Burk
Cramer
American Smelting Directors En Route to Mexico
San Antonio leaders and ex-Secretary Whitney travel with President Walsh aboard, heading toward Mexico. The group, from the American Smelting and Refining company, is making the journey for business and shipboard plans.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Nav. G
Walsh
American Smelting and Refining Company
Whitney
Increase in Imports and Exports in October Trade Report
London reports October figures from the board of trade showing imports up by 12,514,500 dollars and exports up by 5,831,000 dollars. In Barcelona authorities say a Carlist plot led to several arrests. In Camden New Jersey a fire destroyed three blocks with losses around 500,000 dollars.
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London
the Board of Trade
Barcelona
Spain
Camden
N. J
Cabinet Meeting Discusses Canal and Cuba Treaties
The cabinet met in Washington for the first time in months as President prepares to depart for two weeks. Secretary Hay presented the Colombian canal negotiations and progress toward a reciprocal treaty with Cuba. No plan to alter the State Department policy was indicated. Members reviewed election results with general satisfaction.
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Members Center
Washington
Nav.s
Hay
Cuba
State Department
Paid the penalty Hall Mahone executed for assault
Hall Mahone colored was executed in Van Buren Arkansas on Friday for the crime of assaulting Mrs Rebecca McLoud near the city on September 5. The scaffold stood in the courthouse yard and about 5000 people witnessed the public execution under a new law requiring such sentences for criminal assault.
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Hall Mahone
van Buren
Ark
Rebecca McLoud
Flynn Discouraged Over Oklahoma Statehood Fight
Guthrie Okla Nov 8 In an authorized interview Congressman Dennis T Flynn says that regardless of who is elected delegate to congress the majority will be too narrow to allow any statehood bid. He fears the Senate will reject any statehood bill on even a small majority. He is disheartened after preparing to press statehood this session, which he expected to win.
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Flynn
Guthrie
Okla
Dennis T. Flynn
Congress
Oklahoma
United States Senate
Children to Be Sent Home From Ellis Island
Counsel for Mrs. Tingley of Point Loma California withdrew from the Cuban children case at Ellis Island after witnesses testified about the board of inquiry. The unanimous report favored excluding the children and an order sent them back to Cuba on the Ward Line steamer sailing November 13.
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New York
Tingley
Point Loma
Cal
Board of Inquiry
Tingly Ting
Ellis Island
Commissioner of Immigration
Cuba
Ward Line
Train wreck caused by dynamite blast near Union
Report says a passenger train on the Colorado road of the Rock Island system struck a car of dynamite near Union Missouri. The collision triggered an explosion that wrecked the train leaving two dead and several injured.
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St. Louis
Colorado Road
Rock Island
Union
Republicans Await Final Count for Attorney General Hope
Chairman Dunn of the New York Republican state committee said the party, after conceding Judge Gray’s election to the court of appeals, will await the final vote count before relinquishing the bid for attorney general.
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New York
Nov.s
Dunn l
Republican State Committee
Gray
Court of Appeals
Motion to Dismiss Denied in Miller Indictments
New York November 8 a Brooklyn judge denied a motion to dismiss 20 indictments against William F Miller who is serving a 10 year Sing Sing sentence for swindling in connection with his 520 per cent syndicate The ruling keeps the remaining charges active in the case.
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New York
Wm. F. Miller
Sing Sing
Aspinwall
Brooklyn
Treasury ends acceptance of state and municipal bonds
Washington in November announces the treasury department has discontinued the acceptance of state and municipal bonds for government deposits. Transactions already started will be completed.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Notable Deaths in Dallas Fort Worth and Fort Worth
Fatal hemorrhage of the lungs on a Dallas street corner claims James Bradley of the city’s long service. Colonel Robert D. Hunter of Fort Worth dies at 69. founder of Texas and Pacific Coal Company and former stockman to be buried in St. Louis. Joseph H. Choate elected as American ambassador to a new club in New York. International rail extension project to Fort Worth concludes with last spike ceremony amid gold speculation.
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Dallas
James Bradley
Colonel Hunter
Fort Worth
Robert D. Hunter
Texas and Pacific Coal Company
St. Louis
Mutual Life of
New York
A. D. M’connico
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Hack
Madisonville
Bryan
S. W. Buchanan
C. Lewis
Austin, Tex
H. CO. Townsend
Adjutant General
Tex
Jeffi. G. _Jones
Bus
Mg. Ar
I.e
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Benjamin & Co
Edward Joyce
McGuire
Wm. M Cross
Republican Committee
James & Hart
Ugs
Nabors
Abors Bros
Aia
Franklin Brothers
GSE Eupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros, & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
McConnico
General Insurance Agency
Bryan, Tex
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