Local City Lots and Rentals Offered Near Allen Academy
J. W. Batts lists properties including a south block near Allen Academy at $550 with a cottage, tenant farm and well. about 1.25 acres near the schoolhouse in the southeast town. a four-block distance from Main Street with a brick cistern at $1250. a quarter block east front near Allen Academy at $250. 76 feet front on Railroad Street. Otto Boehme property. part or all may be sold. Additional lots near the schoolhouse at $100 each and other city property available.
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Otto Boehme
Uribe Uribe and Castille Surrender to Majarres at Rio Frio
In Panama on October 29, General Uribe Uribe and General Castillo surrendered with 10 cannons 2500 rifles and 300000 rounds to General Majarres near Santa Marta. Majarres reports surrounding the rebels after a defeat at La Cienga and heavy casualties. News from Colon says the government gunboat General Pinzon carried word of the victory and capture of two generals, provoking rejoicing in Colon and Panama.
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Panama
Uribe-Uribe
Majarres
Rio Frio
Santa Marta
la Cienga
Castillo
Colon
Pinzon
Saganilla
Department of Bolivar
Rio Frio Frio
Wreck on the Choctaw injures four near Fort Jonson
A railroad wreck four miles west of Fort Jonson, I T, on the Arkansas and Choctaw line injured four people. A man named Maddox from Checotah broke a shoulder. two unknown men in the caboose suffered unspecified injuries. Mrs J H Doster, formerly of the county, was seriously injured in the spine.
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Choctaw Paris
Tex
Fort Jonson
I. T
Maddox
Checotah
This County
Caboose
J. H. Doster
Mob Beats Prisoner in Jail Yard at Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi on October 29 Robert Woodard a Black man was beaten almost to death by a mob in the county jail yard at 1 30 this morning after he seized food from the Crook household and was later arrested. The mob overpowered the jailer and stripped and beat Woodard with raw hides.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Robert Woodard
Woodard
R. L. Crook, Jr
Mr. Crook
Accidental Shooting Claims Abilene Architect
Abilene Texas October 29 Supervising Architect OConnor of the state epileptic colony buildings who lived in Austin was accidentally killed here Tuesday by a shotgun discharge in his own hands. He is identified with contractor Shurr of the colony D B Wolfe and J B Ritchie who were with him on a lake outing for hunting and fishing when the gun exploded in a small boat.
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Abilene
Tex
O'Connor
Austin
Shurr
D. B. Wolfe
J. BR. Ritchie
O’connor
Prominent Tennessee Farmer Ends Life in Domestic Row
John W. Poston age 72 a well known Harriman area farmer near Knoxville committed suicide by shotgun after a quarrel with his wife. He left a will bequeathing all property to his children. He walked to the stable and ended his life.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John W. Poston
Harriman
Dewey Prize Money Case Reaches Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court heard arguments on Admiral Dewey and crew prize money related to freight vessels captured during the Manila Bay battle. The total claim amounts to about half a million dollars.
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Dewey
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Admiral Dewey
United States
Manila Bay
Ranchman Murdered in Willow Creek Home Shooting
James Conn a wealthy ranchman was found shot to death in his Willow Creek home. His mother lay nearby with a crushed skull and cannot live. Authorities suspect a lone bandit who earlier held up a Great Northern train Friday morning.
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Bear Mouth
James Conn
Willow Creek
Great Northern
Santa Maria Volcano Erupts with Great Detonations in Guatemala
Earthquakes shake Guatemala as Santa Maria volcano remains in major eruption. Ash clouds envelop Quezaltenango and Mezantanago while residents flee. towns near the volcano abandoned. Seismic waves disturb the republic and Guatemala City hears the continual thunder as telegraph lines are seized.
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Santa Maria
Guatemala
Quezaltenango
Mezantenango
Republic
Guatemala City
Gunboat Launched One of Five for Philippines
The Romblon, first US gunboat built in Japan, was launched at Urga Ishikama works in Tokyo harbor to mark the dock companies opening on Oct 15. Miss Evans christened the vessel, white doves and paper blossoms filled the air as bands played the Star-Spangled Banner before 250 guests.
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Japan
San Francisco
Japan Gazette
Rombion
United States
Urga and
Ishkama Dock Companies
Philippines
Mitchell Day Observed by Miners in Anthracite Region
Mitchell day was celebrated by all union miners with a general work suspension in the anthracite region. A large parade led by the Tenth regiment band and troops marched through Wilkesbarre and Shamokin, followed by speeches from labor leaders.
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Wilkesbarre
Shamokin
United Mine Workers
Tenth Regiment
Four Hundred Boukhobors On The Way To Yorkton
Immigration officials report that after 1300 Boukhobors arrived in Yorkton on Tuesday, 400 more are en route and 300 are preparing to desert their villages. Leaders offer vague aims to convert others and pursue “new life.” A child died amid rugged travel and abstinence from meat. Officials have not decided on their fate.
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Yorkton
Assiniboia
Railway Officials Reaffirm Pass Policy at St Louis Meet
At the Western and Southwestern railways executive officers meeting in St Louis on October 29, the old pass issuance agreement for officials and employees was reaffirmed. A three member committee including Darius Miller J T Harahan and A C Bird was appointed to confer with trunk line officials on the pass issue. James V Mahoney was re elected chairman and the group set December 2 in St Louis for the next gathering.
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Minors Central
A. C. Bird
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
James V. Mahoney
St. Louis
Riots Over Porto Rico Registration
Riots erupted in Porto Rico as registration ended on Tuesday. In San Lorenzo five policemen and several citizens were killed, with reports of deaths in Patillas. Further trouble is anticipated amid strict election precautions.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
San Lorenzo
Patillas
Sighting in gale sparks concern for Olga
The whaling schooner Altair, returning from the Arctic, reports sighting the schooner Olga under Captain McKenna in a gale off Hershall Island. Olga was not visible after the storm, and fears for her safety are raised due to her frail craft.
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San Francisco
Altair
Arctic
Olga
McKenna
Herschall Island
British steel tube firms amalgamate in major deal
Shipyards report Stewart and Menzie of Glasgow and Lloyd and Lloyd of Birmingham have merged with a capital of 7.5 million dollars. The combined entity stands as one of the largest steel tube manufacturers in Great Britain.
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London
Stewart& Menzie
Glasgow
Lloyd & Lloyd of
Birmingham
Great Britain
Snow Falls in Buffalo on October 29
Snow is falling in Buffalo as of October 29 with the thermometer at 34 degrees.
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Buffalo
Saloonkeeper Robbed of $8000 by Highwaymen in Appleton
Martin Cornelius, a wealthy Wisconsin saloon keeper, was robbed of $8000 on a late Tuesday night in Appleton after a trip to Oshkosh to buy real estate. Two men with a revolver took the money from his vest, ordered silence, and fled down a side street. no suspects have been found.
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Wisconsin
Appleton
Wis
Martin Cornelius
Cornelius
Oshkosh
Latte
Pacific
Bates Avenue
Robbers Dynamite Bank in Gardner Ill Escape With Cash
Five masked men bound and gagged Gardner Illinois town marshal on Tuesday night after dynamiting the Exchange National bank vault and escaping with four thousand dollars. They then tied him to a chair at the schoolhouse, placed a rope around his neck, and fled by train to Chicago.
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Chicago
Gardner
Ill
Exchange National Bank
Alton Road
Tragedy in Wynne as Three Daughters Die Violently
Thomas Gibson returns home from a circus to find daughters Mary 17 Sophie 2 and May 10 slain with heads crushed. A posse arrests David Cross who confesses that Johnson, another negro, committed the crime. Posses pursue Johnson in the Wynne Arkansas area.
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Wynne
Ark
Thomas Gibson
Mary
Sophie
May
David Cross
Johnson
Alton Employes to Receive Two Cent Wage Increase
Eight thousand shopmen on the Chicago and Alton railroad will get a two cent hourly raise starting November 1, totaling about ten thousand dollars. The raise covers machinists boilermakers repairers and general handymen across the system after a request for twenty percent was trimmed to ten percent in negotiations.
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Chicago
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Asylum Superintendent Reports 745 Patients This Year
Austin October 29 report by Superintendent M. L. Graves of the Southwestern insane asylum shows 745 patients admitted during the year and 67 deaths. Expenditures amounted to 130 756 dollars with maintenance costs 94 681 dollars and an actual cost per capita of 136 dollars per year.
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Austin
M. L. Graves
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Chief Old Tabby Dead in Utah at 104
Price Utah Oct 2 Old Tabby chief of the Uvitat Utes for ages is dead near White Rock agency aged 104. He was a friend of Brigham Young and worked to keep peace between his people and the whites.
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Old Tabby
Price
Utah
White Rock Agency
Briglam Young
Ballantrae Wins Cambridge Shire Stakes at Newmarket
Whitney's Ballantrae captured the Cambridge Shire stakes at the Houghton meeting in Newmarket with St Macleod second and Nabot third among twenty four runners. The Cambridgeshire handicap carried 25 sovereigns each with 500 added for three year olds and up, over one mile and a furlong.
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Whitney
London
William C. Whitney
Houghton
Newmarket
St. Macleod
Nabot
Woman lobbyist urged to hire male advocate in Iowa
Want a Man Lobbyist Des Moines Oct 29 Mrs Adelaide Ballard of Hull president of the Equal Suffrage society urged the group in her annual address to hire a male lobbyist to press equal suffrage legislation in the Iowa general assembly.
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Des Moines
Adelaide Ballard
Hull
Equal Suffrage Society
Iowa General Assembly
Supposed Bandit Released in Missoula Case
Missoula authorities release Van Hazendoor who was detained as the suspected lone bandit in the Bear Mouth Northern Pacific train robbery last Friday morning.
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Missoula
Mont
van Hazendoor
Northern Pacific
Bear Mouth
Restrained From Bond Saauing
Newark news: Vice Chancellor Emmery issues a preliminary injunction preventing United States Steel from retiring 200 million dollars in preferred stock and suing 2.5 million dollars in bonds.
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Saauing
Newark
N. J
Emmery
United States Steel Corporation
Fire Destroys Part of Forest Hardwood Plant in Little Rock
Fire partially destroys the Forest Hardwood Manufacturing Co plant in Little Rock Arkansas causing an estimated loss of 100000 with full insurance coverage.
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Little Rock
Ark
Forest Hardwood Manufacturing Co
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J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Allen Academy
Allen Acamy
East Front
J. N. Goodwin
James & Hart Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
H. B. Dorsey
Francis C. Simmons
Norwood’s Cash Store
Hack
Madisonville
Bryan
Daily Hack Service
S. W. Buchanan
Gen. Majarres
Castille
Mitchell Day
Tosane
FORD
W. T. Ford
Franklin Brothers
Fcupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Cole Bros
Thos
Texas
McConnico
General Insurance Agency
Bryan, Tex
Mutual Life of
New York
A. D. M’connico
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