Cummins chosen by legislature for U S senator
UMMINS CHOSE Cummins governor of this state elected by the legislature which met for that purpose as United States senator. The governor received 106 votes Porter Democrat 3 Albert B Cummins. Three Republican members refused to vote. Victoria BC Nov 24 The steamer Teucer arrived from Liverpool and the Orient. Riot news from Hongkong as Chinese mobs loot shops and godowns. Twelve Chinese arrested. London Nov 24 Herbert Lee dies from head wound at a performance of Wil Mam Tell after Madame Clementine shot at him from fifty feet. Cotton Stalk Paper Washington Nov 24 Paper to be made from cotton stalks a $500000 Atlanta company claims cost about $15 per ton. Inauguration chairman Edward Stellwagen expected to be named by Hitchcock.
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Cummins
United States
Revornor
Porter
Victoria
B. C
Teucer
Liverpool
Orient
Hongkong
Japan
London
Herbert Lee
Lee
Madame Clementine
Washington
Bureau of Manufacturers
Atlanta
Edward Stellwagen
Union Trust Company
District of Columbia
Hitchcock
Jefferson City
Folk
William H. Taft
Brannock
Krgan
Congression
Kiel
Missouri
Taft
Rescue and safety concerns after gas blast in Brooklyn trench
Up to 9 o'clock Tuesday two bodies had been recovered from the trench at the Brooklyn gas main explosion site. Both were wedged between broken curbing and timbers as workers continued search efforts. Manila reports concern over the American ship Relief overdue after sailing November 15 for Guam.
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New York
Navy
Broklyn
Manila
Relief
Guam
Burglar Disguised as Bartender Detected in Memphis Saloon
A burglar impersonating a bartender was found in a saloon owned by W.4. Bryan in Memphis. He invited a watchman for a drink while the watchman stepped out, allowing the burglar to escape. In other items, Ray Lamphere case updates report a telegram from Kansas City on Mrs. Belle Gunness. Mrs. Margaret Roberts and her daughter Ida Palmer were acquitted in a Washington Pennsylvania murder case. Canadian quarantine extended to livestock and hides from New Jersey. former congressman Silas Hare is critically ill in Washington.
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Memphis
Navy
Bryan
Kansas
Laporte
Ind
Attorney Orden
Ray Lamphere
Kansas City
Kan
Belle Gunness
Washington, Pa
Margaret Roberts
Ida Palmer
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
New Jersey
Scalded to Death by Coffee in Natrona
Natrona Pennsylvania reports a child of M Weslesanky died after a coffee spill scalded her. In Claremore Oklahoma ten prisoners escaped from jail by sawing out.
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Natrona
M. Weslesanky
Claremore
Okla
Jally
Wreck on Chinanfu and Tsingtau Line Kills Sixteen
Sixteen Chinese passengers die and several are seriously injured when the evening express from Chinanfu derails on a bridge near Nankouyu on the German China frontier. The engine and several cars plunge into the river with many victims drowned or injured.
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Tsing Tau
Chinanfu
Nankouyu
Invasion Fear Raises Alarm Over England Landings
In the House of Lords Field Marshal Lord Roberts warned that England could be invaded if Britain does not field a strong army and ready transport. He cited Germany’s greater capacity to embark 200000 troops and noted state ownership of railways aids secrecy. Meanwhile Missouri settles on Taft for all electoral votes despite district choices.
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Lord Roberts
Germany
England
London
House of Lords
Great Britain
Gas lines eyed from Clay county in Texas to Dallas and Fort Worth
Reports from Henrietta indicate multiple natural gas pipelines may be built from Clay county fields toward Dallas and Fort Worth. A New York syndicate considers entering the field to distribute gas to north Texas towns, with oil occasionally found at 750 to 800 feet depth yielding 100 to 150 barrels daily.
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Henrietta
Tex
Clay County
Fort Worth
Dallas
KF. R. Brown
New York
Texas
Brady man buys large Tom Green lease and cattle deal
Willis Huey of Brady purchases from J. P. McConnell lease rights to 17 500 acres in Tom Green county and 1200 head of cattle. Price 18 14 cents per acre annually for three years and cattle at 16 50 per head. Possession Dec 1. Deal arranged through a San Angelo agency.
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San Angelo
Tex
Navy
Willis Huey
Brady
J. P. McConnell
Menard County
Tom Green County
Returns Show Democrats Lead In Arkansas and National Fund Details
Full Arkansas returns list 87,043 Democratic and 56,947 Republican votes with Republicans winning ten of 75 counties. Congressional totals: Democrats 97,819. Republicans 47,582. In 1904 Parker had 64,434 and Roosevelt 46,860. Roosevelt won ten counties, four of which Taft had carried. Herman Ridder, DNC treasurer, filed a campaign fund report totaling 620,644.77 with disbursements 619,110.06 and a balance of 1,534.71. over 77,000 contributors, public listing of those giving 100 and over.
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Little Rock
Parker
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Taft
Ridder
Albany
N. Y
Herman Ridder
Democratic National Committee
Captain Patrick Henry Dies in Clarksville Tenn
Captain Patrick Henry longtime official representative of the levee board of the Mississippi board died at his Clarksville home. He was a collateral relative of Patrick Henry and spent twenty years in Washington. Wind rain and hail in Gilmer Texas caused a blackout when two smoke stacks fell at the electric light plant. Mrs. G C Whittaker was shot on a street corner in Oklahoma City paralyzing her body from the waist. In Tsing Tau one German worker and thirty Chinese were killed in a German mining works accident.
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Patrick Henry
Clarksville
Tenn
Washington
Levee Board
Mississippi Board
Gilmer
Tex
Electric Light Plant
Oklahoma City
G. C. Whittaker
Tsing Tau
Hun Shan
Louisiana's Official Presidential Vote Totals
Baton Rouge reports the secretary of state released Louisiana's official presidential results with Bryan at 63,568 votes, Taft 8,958, Debs 2,548, and Hisgen 73.
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Baton, Rouge
Secretary of State
Louisiana
Bryan
Taft
Debs
Hisgen
Injuries Prove Fatal in Cotton Bale Accident
Dennis Carney, who lived near Elgin, died from injuries after a bale of cotton fell on him at his Lawton, Oklahoma residence.
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Lawton
Oklo
Dennis Carney
Elgin
Robbed on Highway Near Addington Oklahoma
J W Sharp was held up by a highwayman half a mile from Addington Oklahoma on November 24 and robbed of an amount described as a five dollar value.
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Addington
Okla
J. W. Sharp
Oklahoma Supreme Court Reinstates Prohibitory Law
The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus directing County Judge Hooker to enforce the state prohibitory law. Judge Hooker had ruled the law void and unconstitutional, but the high court now holds it constitutional.
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Guthrie
State Supreme Court
Hooker
Oklahoma
Supreme Courts
Drugged and robbed near Paris Texas case reported
Paris Texas November 24 A sheriff woke a man found on a road a mile and a half from Paris. The man said two men drugged him and robbed him of 1020 dollars leaving him 114 in cash.
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Paris
Tex
Draper
Negro Shot In Abdomen In Fort Worth
Fort Worth on November 24 reports George Adams a Black man shot in the abdomen and Sallie Dickson a Black woman arrested in connection with the incident.
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Fort Worth
George Adams
Sallie Dickson
Texas and Texans A Chronicle of Local Tragedies and Events
A Titus county farmer W S Lee lost a finger to a horse. First State Bank of Koppers organized with 10000 capital. Floyd Harper shot dead near Hearne. Wash Mack surrendered. Mays ranch house near San Angelo destroyed by fire. William Abraham prominent in cotton and insurance in Houston dies. Over 75 percent of charter papers to Austin returned for correction. Houston Methodist conference meets in 1900 at Wichita Falls. Captain J B Donoho prominent northwest Texas figure dies in Clarksville. Ten wagonloads of peanuts sold to candy makers at Greenville for 75 cents per bushel. A piece of a quarter lodged in a boy’s throat near Mount Pleasant and pushed down. Ben Hubbard a centenarian dies in Dallas. Mexican patient at Terrell asylum killed by collapsing wall. Halbert Furney crushed between cars at Oakwood and dies at Palestine hospital. Ea Jones stabbed in Denton county. warrant for neighbor farmer issued. Walter Garden’s child near Temple drinks gasoline. mother rushes to doctor and saves the child.
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Lee Mays
San Angelo
William Abraham
Houston
Austin
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wichita Falls
J. B. Donoho
Texas
Clarksville
Greenville
W. T. la Prade
Mount Pleasant
Ben Hubbard
Dallas
Virginia
Terrell Asylum
Halbert Furney
Oakwoods
International and Great Northern Railway Company
Palestine
Two Tornadoes Rage Across Arkansas in November
Western Arkansas faced twin tornadoes moving in opposite directions causing extensive damage and numerous fatalities. reports from Berryville Piney Russellville and other towns indicate dozens dead and hundreds displaced with telegraph lines down and counties hit including Lafayette Columbia Miller Pike Howard Montgomery Yell Pope Johnson Franklin and Carroll.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Berryville
Lafayette
Columbia
Miller
Pike
Howard
Hemstead
Montgomery
Yell
Pope
Johnson
Franklin
Carroll
Piney
Iron Mountain
Knoxville
London
Russellville
Mulberry
Ozark
Lodi
Texarkana
Lewisville
Lafayette County
Patmos
Jethro
Wallerville
Walla Walla
Dyer
Fort Smith
Barrig
Tornado Wrecks Part of Berryville Arkansas
A severe tornado struck Berryville on Monday afternoon causing extensive damage to a two story frame building housing Mrs. Molloy’s business, destroying goods and prompting injuries to Mrs. J. O. Hoskins and Mrs. Henry Ball and children. No fatalities reported though country districts suffer damage.
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Berryville
Ark
Arkansas
Molloy
J. O. Hoskins
Henry Ball
Missing Standard Oil Papers Puzzle New York Hearing
Cleveland clerk Charles H. Salen was subpoenaed to produce papers for a Standard Oil hearing in New York but the documents vanished. Missing are affidavits by Standard Oil chiefs including John D. Rockefeller and Oliver H. Payne, with others tied to the East's oil leadership. Salen and deputies searched unsuccessfully and Kellogg was informed by long distance call.
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Cleveland
Charles H. Salen
Standard Oil Company
New York
Kellogg
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Oliver H. Payne
Salen
Elgin Butter Sales Hit 649700 Pounds
Elgin UL reports butter sales last week totaled 649700 pounds as of November 24. Officials note steady demand with bulk buyers driving the volume in the Elgin market.
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Elgin
Elgin, UL
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Titus County
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Hearne
Floyd Harper
Wash Mack
Sanger
Denton County
Ea Jones
Walter Garden
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Bed Rock
E. J. Jenkins
Theatre
Bryan Medical Institute
Smith Building
J. S. Paul
Manhattan
S. L. Boatwright
Holmes
Sam
Joe Kosh
Hamilton & Kosh
Colones Street
First National Bank
E. Boyett
S. H. Franklin
Eastman
Kodak
Haswell
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