BEXAR IN THE LEAD The Totals Foot up 908200645
The Texas comptroller reports total taxable values for 1899 at 908 209 645, with Liberty county not yet audited. Statewide value up from 854 026 531 after adjusting for franchises and railroad property. Strong gains in Bexar Navarro Anderson Jefferson and El Paso. declines mostly in flood-ravaged south and west Texas led by Fort Bend and Travis.
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Liberty County
Austin
Texas
International and Great Northern Railway Company
Bexar
Navarro County
Anderson
Jefferson County
Beaumont
el Paso
Jefferson
Fort Bend
Travis
Kruger Departs Marseille for Rail Journey Across France
Kruger leaves Marseille amid hearty but calmer cheers than prior welcomes. He travels by train with Dr. Leyds and aides, stopping at Dijon Avignon and Valence as crowds greet him with flowers and bands. Police presence ensures smooth departures and continued support for his cause.
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Marseilles
Kruger
Gelderland
Marsailles
Krager
Transvaal
Leyds
Messrs
Pearson
Wessels
Efiloff
Fischer
van Hammel
Ramband
Heymens
Dijon
Avignon
Agenat
Valence
Prisoners report Boer claims and British retreat
General Bruce Hamilton's column reports prisoners recount Boer assurances from Thabanchu, claiming Dec 10 as the British withdrawal date and Russia backing a one year fight. They also allege Great Britain plans to flee to Cape Town. A Middleburg dispatch notes Boer outpost attacks near Balmoral with 16 killed or wounded and Fusiliers repelling a Wilge river assault with 120 losses.
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Kroonspruit
Bruce Hamilton
Lindley
Heilbron
Thabanchu
DeWet
Russia
Victoria
Cape Town
England
Botha
Transvaal
Pietermaritzburg
de Wet
Cape Colony
Roberts
Middleburg
Balmoral
Wilge
Flood Threat Near Anaheim After River Break
Alarming flood situation in Anaheim California as a Santa Ana river breach brings water within a mile of town. The town sits 15 feet below the river bed with over 100 families displaced and fears of drownings in isolated areas. Catholic cemetery submerged by a foot of water and rail lines suffered major damage with 3000 feet washed away beyond Fullerton. The wind storm along mountain bases delayed rail traffic for miles.
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Anaheim
Cal
Santa Ana
Fullerton
Rail wrecks after severe winds disrupts main line
Train traffic halts as freight cars derail on sidings and tracks are strewn. Winds, though not rain or snow, blow sand gravel and stones like desert sandstorms. In St Petersburg on November 23 the betrothal of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to Grand Duchess Helen is officially announced, strengthening Bonapartists in France and weakening the republican government.
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St. Petersburg
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Helen
Vladimir
France
Failure at New York New York assigns stock exchange member
On November 23 a Consolidated Stock Exchange member, George H. Wol bert, has made an assignment to George H. Holburton.
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New York
George H. Wolbert
Consolidated Stock Exchange
George H. Holburton
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Ndy
Blanke
Hame
Iuat
Swift
Huntley & Palmer
Howell Brothers
John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
Burt Norwood
Ben S. Read
H& 7.C. RR
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North Texas
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
St. Louis
Denison
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Hempstead
Chicago
Dallas
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Mie Fuirman
San Francisco
F. B
MORSE
Pasa
MLA
TRXAB
Enone
Wealth OF Texas
Cheyenne
Wpo
George Sanders
Patrick McCue
London
Berlin
Paris
Omaha, Tex
F. W. Farrier
Farrier
Fort Dodge
Sophia Olson
John Anderson
Logan
Cypress Timber
Southern Corpress
Navy
Prof. Zehnel
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Company
Kornetrothal
Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Dence
B. E. Hawes
Bryan Marble Works
Brogdon’s. Market
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R.L. Brocdonr
T. J. Pugh
McDougald’s Drug Store
Cedar Corner
Christian Church
Harder & Chatham
Dee Mike, JR
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