Five Men Killed in Naco Border Clash Between Americans and Mexicans
A gun battle at Naco on the Arizona border leaves four Mexican guards dead and two Americans injured. An American named Ryan is killed, a Bisbee miner is shot in the leg, and a bystander Dan Burgess is also wounded as Mexican and American forces exchange fire for about fifteen minutes. A cowboy is jailed on the Mexican side and a posse forms to rescue him.
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Benson
Ryan
Dan Burgess
Montgomery
Confessed Murders Haunt Old Convict in Stillwater
J Mc Bryde a convict serving three years for assault claims a broad murder spree in a letter to Warden Wolfer detailing killings of officers Grant and McNutt at Geneva Illinois and other robberies across Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. He seeks punishment and says conscience drove confession.
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Ossawottomie, Kas
Guide Rock
Neb
McBryde
Wolfer
Geneva
Montana Snow S an d Twenty Lives Relieved
In Helena Oct 23 northern Montana endures heavy October snow with Choteau drifts 10 to 13 feet deep and 3 feet on the ground. Burton Land Co president T Burton reports eight sheep herders dead in Teton county and 15 missing. total deaths may exceed 20 and 20000 sheep perished in the blizzard.
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Helena
Mont
Choteau
Teton County
T. Burton
Burton Land Company
Freight Car Famine Stirs Atlanta Rail Freight
Railroads struggle to move demand as car shortages bite the Atlanta area. Coal prices rise while mines and mills fight for scarce coal cars, with Alabama furnaces and coke ovens consuming much output. Rail freight and fuel use reach record highs as supply lags demand.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Manila Fight Kills Captain How ard in Luzon Clash
Reports from Manila dated Oct 23 describe Captain Guy How ard assistant quartermaster killed near Arayat while on a Rio Grande launch. A civilian clerk and a native were wounded as insurgents fired from concealment. A scouting detachment of 368 volunteers scattered insurgents south west of Santa Rita killing six capturing eight and ten rifles. Casualties elsewhere include a Calamba engagement with one private killed and three wounded.
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Manila
Guy Howard
Arayat
Rio Grande River
Santa Rita
Lawton
San Isidro
Luzon
Calamba
Kline
Naval advancement promotions and naval gun developments
Washington reports propose promotions for Spanish-American War heroes affecting many officers including McNair Howell Sampson Schley Cook Coghlan Ludlow and others as the personnel law reshapes line and engineer corps. Admiral O Neil notes gun types and armor tests while plans for a coaling station in Manila Bay proceed.
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Washington
Spain
Senate
Congress
McNair and Howell
Sampson
Schley
Philip
New York Navy Yard
Watson
Evans
Taylor
Line
Engineer Corps
Cook
Brooklyn
Santiago
Sterling
Coghlan
Capts, Allen and Melville
Officrs
Captain Cook
Sigebee
Ludlow
Chester
Chadwick
New York
Clark
Oregon
Cervera
O'Neil
H.R. Stanford
Manila
Sangley Point
Manila Bay
Philippines
City Directory The City Officers and Church Listings
City officials include Mayor D R H Harrison and Marshall T P Boyett. Also listed are aldermen, school board officials, church ministers, and county officers. Numerous fraternal orders show meetings and officers for Masons and Knights Templar in Bryan.
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D. R. H. Harrison
Marshall
T. P. Boyett
R. JH. Smith
Henry G. Rhodes
H. H. Jones
O. L. Baker
RB. G. Tebor
W. 8. Howell
Jno
M. Lawrence
Walter Wipprecht
A. J. Buchanan
A. Adama
J. Allen Myers
J. W. Howell
M. H. James
M. Parker
J. J, Fountain
H. ©. Robinson
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W.S. Wilson
Bryan Texas
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Colorado Resorts
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D. B. Keeler, V. P
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Fort Worth
Stillwater
Globe, Ariz
Twenty-fifth Infantry
San Carlos Indian Agency
United States
Charles Martin
United States Grand Jury
Florence
George Young
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Columbia
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Victor Blue
Blue
Cuba
Santiago Harbor
Minneapolis
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SL Herald
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Columbus
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Joseph Herz
Pekin, Ill
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Henderson County
Pekin
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Dibble
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Colombia
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Bonham, Tex
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Lexington
Ephraim D. Sayre
Kentucky Bankers Association
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Manhattan, Kas
Higginbotham
R. D. Wilson
J. B. Cochran
Epworth League
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Herbert K. Bowers
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Navasota
J. D. West
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J. L. Andrews
Christian Endeavor
Free Communion Baptist
A. M. Stewart
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Pelnar
Father Guidice
Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill
J. O. Chance
M. J. Cole
A.D. McConnico
F. J. Fountain
Bryan Compress
W. E. Saunders
R. 8. Webb
A. G. Board
G. W. McMichael
Chas
Mleu
Brazos
W. R. Johnston
C. C
Joe B. Reed
Bryan Tent
J. H
Mawhinney
Bick Bryan Lodge
Home Forum
W. T. James
Bryan Lodge
National Aid
W. W. Griffin
R. W. Downard
Sec
Ivanhoe
Knight Templars
A. M. Rhodes
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H. G. Rhodes
W. T. Austin
A. J Platner
Paul M. Baylor
Bryan, Texas
James Drug Store
Jerry
Bryan
Dunn & Daly’s
City Bakery
K.griesser
Webb Bros
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Eee
St. Louis, Chicago
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Pacific Coast Limited
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