Lanham Announces Appointments for Next Administration
Governor elect Lanham issued a list of appointments including N A Cravens as private secretary J R Cury as secretary of state Howard Marlin as assistant attorney general Thomas Scurry as adjutant general W B Anderson as state purchasing agent C E Gilbert as superintendent of public buildings and grounds John Wortham as financial agent penitentiaries Searcy Baker as superintendent state penitentiaries John B Reagan as assistant superintendent in charge Gatesville reformatory L J Tankersley as superintendent north Texas insane asylum J L Turner M D as superintendent Austin insane asylum B M Worsham M D as superintendent southwestern insane asylum Marvin L Graves M D as superintendent blind asylum H L Piner as state health officer George R Tabor as superintendent orphans home J J Swann as fish and oyster commissioner I P Kibbe as superintendent deaf dumb and blind asylum for colored youths S J Jenkins as. Colonel Lanham left Austin for Weatherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Lanham
N. A. Cravens
Willis
J. R. Cur
Parker County
Howard Marlin
Weatherford
Thomas Scurry
Dallas
W. B. Anderson
San Antonio
C. BE
Gilbert
Belton
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Marvin L. Graves
M. D
Waco
H. L. Piner
Whitewright
George R. Tabor
Bryan
Orphans’ Home
Corsicana
J. J. Swann
Marlin
I. P. Kibbe
Port Lavaca
J. Jenkins
Brenham
See SCHLEY AY BANQUET
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley attended the Kansas City Commercial Club banquet on November 20 at the Midland hotel. The gala event honored the signing of the John Hay treaty with about 600 guests including Gen. John C. Bates, Gov. Wm. Stanley, Judge C. J. Gavin, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Winfield Scott Schley
Commercial Club
Admiral Schley
Midland Hotel
Andy Rowan
Atchison
Chicago
Baltimore
Midland
Acreage Near Schoolhouse Seeks Buyer With Cottage
About one and one quarter acres in southeast town near Schoolhouse. Property includes a small cottage a tenant house and a well on the premises. Price offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Lund
Allen Academy
I and G N Rail Coach Quality Praised by Chicago 400
In a letter to D J Price from a European trip the author extols the I and G N Texas lines for smooth track and superior coaches made at Palestine shops. He recalls the Chicago 400 praising the equipment as not surpassed by older railroads in North and East, noting Texas's age and population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Price
International & Great Northern
Texas
Europe
Britain
Germany
Russia
Switzerland
Italy
France
Palestine
Mr. Price
Chicago
I. and G. N. to Houston Carnival Tickets Sale
The I. and G. N. plan Houston Carnival ticket sales from November 16 to 21 offering round trip fares of 3.30 dollars. On the evening of November 17 tickets at 1 dollar with a return limit November 19. On the evening of November 20 additional round trip tickets to Houston at 1 dollar with a return limit November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
G.p.&t.a
Houston
Austin Electric Railway Car Derails After Jumping Track
A car on the Austin electric railway derailed after jumping the track in northern Austin while carrying theatregoers. Several passengers suffered only minor bruises as the car ran about a block before ditching and stopping. The incident prompted excitement among many women aboard. Santa Fe road reports passenger tax of 2561 dollars for the last quarter. A Confederate pension ruling states a wife’s property excludes a husband from pension eligibility. Southwestern Livestock Commission Company of Fort Worth files charter with capital stock of 1,100,000 dollars.
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Austin
Austin Electric Railway
Santa Fe
Southwestern Livestock Commission Company of
Fort Worth
Capital Stock
Aged Suit Aims to Recover Hancock’s Lost Insurance
An attorney in New York has filed to be administrator of John Hancock’s estate to recover money paid by Hancock as an underwriter on ships. The action relates to vessels insured during strained relations with France and captured by French privateers, requiring underwriters to cover losses.
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New York
Boston
The
Times
John Hancock
France
Hancock
United States
Emperor William Narrowly Escapes Duel with Frightened Horses
Emperor William at Dalmeny near Edinburgh on the way to embark on the Hohenzollern was met by Lord Rosebery. His carriage horses bolted when the Black Watch guard colors waved, but Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Hunter steadied the team and prevented an accident.
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Edinburgh
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Firth of Forth
Dalmeny
Lord Rosebery
Black Watch
Guard of Honor
Postillions
Archibald Hunter
Indicted in New York for Misappropriation
William Malcolm, secretary of the Passaic Mutual Loan and Building Association, who fled about three months ago, was indicted on three counts for misappropriating more than $150,000. He claimed prior bookkeeping errors by a predecessor. he later left the city after turning over his home to the association amid sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Malcol
Passaic Mutual Loan and Building Association
Europe
Malcom
Exposition site chosen for 1907 Jamestown centennial
President Fitzhugh Lee and Jamestown Exposition directors select a 320 acre Hampton Roads site opposite Fort Monroe for the 1907 tri centenary celebration of the 1607 Jamestown settlement. The tract offers a long water front.
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Norfolk
Fitzhugh Lee
Jamestown Exposition Company
Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Fort Monroe
Fire Devours Block in Monongahela Night Blaze
A major fire on Main Street Monongahela beginning shortly before midnight destroyed a block and a half of property in the business district. The blaze, which burned until 4 AM, left several families homeless and caused about 125000 dollars in damage as residents narrowly escaped with their lives.
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Monongahela
Three Dynamite Explosions Hit Chicago Sides
Three dynamite blasts rocked the south side of Chicago on Wednesday night. The explosions occurred behind saloons and gambling houses, shattering doors and windows but causing no serious injuries amid panicked escapes. Police launched an investigation into the sources and motives.
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Chicago
Warrant Issued for Rubino Anarchist in Brussels Plot
Warrant for the commital of Rubino the anarchist has been issued in Brussels. He faces two charges an attempted assassination of King Leopold and a homicidal attempt on the lives of the court officers in the royal carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rubino
The
Times
Brussels
London
Assasin
Leopold
Fatality from Football in Newark Injury Death
Rudolph Klett of the Xavier Athletic club team Elizabeth New Jersey died from internal injuries suffered in a November 9 football game in Newark. The Xavier club player had been hospitalized since the injury.
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New York
Newark
Rudolph Klett
Xavier Athletic Club
Elizabeth
N. J
Cigar Makers Strike Widens to Havana Factories
Cigarmakers across Havana factories walked out on Wednesday, with an estimated 30,000 workers now on strike. The action affects all plants and signals a major labor disruption in the city.
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Havana
Land Office Appointments in Texas
Austin Tex Nov 20 Hon John Terrell commissioner elect of the general land office has tendered appointments to department heads Chief clerk J T Robinson Morris county assistant chief clerk A A Peoples McLennan Lennan county legal examiner J W McDugald Johnson county receiver W B Anthony Haskell county chief draftsman Evan Rosenberg Travis county chief clerk school land department D O Coupland Cherokee county head sales clerk George W Beaver Travis county
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Land Office
Austin
Tex
John Terrell
General Land Office
J. T. Robinson
Morris County
A. A. Peoples
McLennan Lennan County
J. W. McDugald
Johnson County
W. B. Anthony
Haskell County
Evan Rosenberg
Travis County
Joint Meeting Settles Label Dispute In Union Talks
The International Typographical Union and allied trades amicably settle ownership of the allied printing trades label. A joint three-member delegation from each side will meet in January to draft an agreement. The plan includes representation by local strength and a supreme council with two International reps and one each from the Printing Pressmen and Bookbinders unions. Boston is favored for the next convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Schmitz
San Francisco
International Union
Allied Trades
Allied Printing Trades
Allied Printing Trades Councils
International Typographical Union
Printing Pressmen’s National Union
Bookbinders’ National Union
Boston
Collins
Purse snatched from Galveston mother in Beaumont assault
Mrs E M Vogel of Galveston mother of Lola Vogel who was found dead here Aug 25 was struck by a negro along a Beaumont street. He seized her purse containing 100 dollars and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
E. M. Vogel
Galveston
Lola Vogel
Pearsons Discharged in Separate Car Case Fight
Were discharged by the judge of the second city criminal court in New Orleans. President H H Pearson and officials faced charges of violating the separate car law. Company counsel urged a demurrer on constitutional grounds. judge sustained it. Case likely to go to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
H. H. Pearson
New Orleans Railway
Second City Criminal Court
State Supreme Court
Railroad Raises Pay for Section Men in Illinois
The Chicago and Alton railroad announced a 10 percent wage increase for all section men in Bloomington Illinois dated November 20. This raise applies across the maintenance of way crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Martial Law Repealed in Pretoria
Martial law has been repealed in Pretoria as of November 21, ending a period of military authority. Officials reported a return to civilian governance and normal administration following the repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Multiple terse notes from Oklahoma and Texas events
Germany endures cold weather. Union Sulphur in Beaumont sinks eight wells. Tulsa shipped six tons of pecans. Isaac Miller fatally shot at a Ardmore dance. Oklahoma United Brethren met in Guthrie. Oliver Johnson committed suicide at Mount Sylvan. George Smith was struck by a train near Gauze with legs severed. First National Bank Blue Ridge authorized to transact business. Tommy Dixon and Jack Williams drew after fifteen rounds in Oklahoma City. Rev H A Bourland selected professor at Fort Worth Polytechnic College.
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Germany
Union Sulphur Company
Beaumont
Tulsa
I. T
Ardmore
Blue Ridge
Collin County
Texas
Capital Stock
Costly Blaze Destroys Southern Pacific Depot and Slips
Fire at Alameda mole end in San Francisco destroyed the Southern Pacific railway depot and ferry slips. The Oakland ferryboat crew abandoned ship as the wooden and glass depot burned, with 28 broad gauge and 25 narrow gauge passenger coaches lost. Estimated loss exceeds $400,000.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway
Alameda
Bay
Oakland
Editor Nelson Hersh Killed In Albany Street Collision
Nelson Hersh editor of the Sunday edition of the New York World was killed near his West Brighton Staten Island home when his buggy struck a ditch before daylight. He fell on his head breaking his neck and fracturing his skull.
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New York
Nelson Hersh
The
New York World
West Brighton
Stater Island
Hersh
Samoa arbitration praised by Berlin press
The Lokal Anzeiger lauds King Oscar's Samoa decision as a strong justification of Germany's 1899 conduct amid American and English intervention. It endorses the stance that armed intervention without the German consul’s consent cannot be justified, and rejects England and the United States critique that arbitration was unjustly withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Oscar
Germany
Samoa
England
United States
Toleno Passes Down the St Lawrence to Galveston Trade Route
The Toleno, a 263 foot steel tank steamer built in Cleveland for Sun Company of Pittsburgh, sailed down the St Lawrence to the coast for oil trade between Galveston and ports including Philadelphia New York and Boston. The ship, 46 feet beam and 26 feet hold, carries eight 1,000,000 gallon tanks separated by water-filled cofferdams. Costing $250,000, it is the first of several lake ships built for ocean trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Toleno
Cleveland
Ohio
Sun Company
Pittsburg
St Lawrence
Galveston
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Mine Manager Shot in Pandora Colorado
A. L. Collins general manager of the Smuggler Union mine at Pandora near Telluride was shot in the back through a window of the office by an unknown assailant using a shotgun. The wound is likely fatal and he had led the mine during the 1901 strike when a riot killed several men. No suspect is identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
A. L. Collins
Pandora
Telluride
Colo
Collins
Lumber dealers plan big convention in Asheville
The Hardwood Lumber Dealers Association of the United States, in session here, decided to hold a lumber dealers convention in Asheville early next summer. The meeting is proposed to be one of the largest ever held in the lumber industry in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Hardwood Lumber Dealers’ Association of the United
Local official Convicted in Arkansas Bribery Case
Convicted Lafayette township constable William Baker of Crawford County on a bribe charge. He received a one year term in the penitentiary for allegedly taking 10 dollars to release a person charged with carrying a pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren, Ark
William Baker
Lafayette Township
Crawford County
Sultan Pays Indemnity to Missionary Widow in Morocco
New York reports the sultan of Morocco awarded Mrs. Looper five thousand dollars as indemnity for the murder of her husband, an English missionary killed last month. The assassin was executed by order of the sultan in front of a mosque.
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New York
Morocco
Looper
Vast Salt Field Near Salton Delights with Blazing White Surface
A New York Tribune article describes a colossal salt field in Colorado near Salton Cole, 264 feet below sea level, covering over a thousand acres. Workers, mainly Japanese and Coahuila Indians, plow and wash salt crusts into piles for refining as heat creates mirages and furnace-like glare. Daily output reaches about 700 tons as salt springs continually replenish the deposit.
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Colorado
Salton
Cole
Coahuila
Great Marsh
New York Tribeune
Little Mabel Cries For Comfort In Lonely Night
A Child’sLoneliness story from the Woman’s Journal describes little Mabel leaving bed to declare she is lonesome. She asks for her rubber doll Happy, then for God, and finally laments she wants “some body with a skin face” after her mother’s reminder of divine presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Happy
Bridget’s sudden wedding move shocks Philadelphia household
A cook named Bridget declares she plans to marry next week and must leave that morning. Her mistress tries to delay and asks for a courtesy, but Bridget insists she is unwell and cannot ask the groom to wait. The exchange highlights surprise and social constraint in a Philadelphia setting.
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Bridget
Philadelphia Press
A New Piece of Music by Li Hung Chang Portrait
General Horace Porter once asked Li Hung Chang for his portrait for his daughter. The Chinese statesman drew odd figures on the portrait with a paint pot and pencil, explaining the left column lists titles and the right column posts. Porter gave the photo to his daughter saying she could play it if she cannot read it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Porter
Li Hung Chang
Porter
Clerk Requests Raise as Boss Says All Increases Granted
A clerk at the neckwear counter told the floor walker he asked for a salary raise. The boss responded that everybody would receive raises. Chronicle-Telegraph reports a humorous exchange reflecting wage expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mike's Poodle Hogan An He Is He a Blooded Dog
A quirky exchange cites Chicago News remarking that Hogan An is blooded, claiming a pup once bled to prevent bloodhound traits. The dialogue hints at dog breeding lore and humorous skepticism about blood status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Mike
Dee
Faith
Chicago News
Earned It in Chicago Title and Nomination Note
The Chicago Tribune notes remarks about how he earned the title of Hon and recalls a declined alderman nomination. The item highlights political humor and a snapshot of local electoral history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Damascus Population and Piano Wood Preservation Claim
The article asserts wood for pianos will be kept forty years in perfect condition. It estimates Damascus as the world’s oldest city with about 225000 inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
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Schley
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Nabors
Ga Aza
Nabors Bros
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Otto Boehme
Memphis
Shreveport
ST. Louis
Lanice Andvv.p
G.M
Palestini
A, Texas
P.scittino
Fish
Oyster
Houston Carnival
Affairs AT
Tonsa
Rollo
Sam
Emperor
Tommy Dixon
Joplin
Jack Williams
Oklah City
Okla
H. A. Bourland
Polytechnic College At
Herst
Colorado Desert
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