Real Estate Listings by J W Batts Agent
South half block near Allen Academy priced 550 with 1.25 acres near schoolhouse southeast town. Cottage tenant house and well on premises priced six room house two lots four blocks from Ma Street. Brick cistern on premises price 1260. Quarter block near Allen Academy east front price 250. Easy. Frontage on Railroad street near Otto Roehme property. Will sell part of all. Lots near schoolhouse at 100 and other city property.
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Allen Academy
Partstown
Ma . Street
Allen Acamy
East Front
Otto Roehme
Kruger Memoirs Accuse Rhodes and Milner in South Africa War
London Oct 30. Extracts from the Kruger memoirs portray Cecil Rhodes as a curse on South Africa and accuse Chamberlain and Milner of driving the Cape and Transvaal tensions toward war. Kruger calls Rhodes a base schemer and Milner autocratic, with Chamberlain aiding the raid and Rhodes’ influence shaping policy.
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Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Chamberlain
Lord Milner
London
Kruger
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
Mr. Kruger
Rhodes
Girl Rita Flora Schilliute Killed North of Little Rock
Miss Flora Schilliute, 14, was killed by an unknown assailant five miles northwest of Little Rock on Wednesday. She visited her uncle near her father’s home, started for home at 11, and her body was found at 1. The skull was crushed and the body dragged into brush. A suspect has been arrested as authorities scour the area. The victim came from a respected family and was highly esteemed.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Flora Schilliute
Remorse Frays York Man Surrenders to Police
A Philadelphia man named William Johnson walked into Green Point station and confessed to the July 22 murder of Albert C. Latimer in Brooklyn. He cited remorse and weariness of roaming as his reasons and anticipates arraignment tomorrow morning. Separately in Pittsburg, the Fifteenth regiment’s return from the anthracite region sparked a rock and debris attack as soldiers passed Fifth avenue from a high rise bank building.
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New York
William Johnson
Philadelphia
Green Point
Albert C. Latimer
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Fifteenth
Fifth Avenue
Farmers’ Deposit Bank
Plans for Mexican currency on a gold basis discussed
Reports in financial circles say Mexico may establish a gold backed currency. Large banking houses are alleged to be forming to obtain gold for rehabilitation, though those involved refuse to discuss the matter.
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New York
Mob forms to lynch Cross in Wynne Arkansas
Cross confessed to a triple murder and outrages and was jailed. A mob of black men gathered at 11 PM to seize and hang the prisoner, but the sheriff spirited Cross into the woods where he is hid.
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Cross
Wynne
Ark
Gould's Valet Lost in Damages Case Verdict
In New York on October 30 a jury returned a verdict for defendant Howard Gould in the second trial of Frank D. Mowbray’s damage suit. Mowbray, once Gould’s wallet, claimed loss of sight in one eye while employed, and Gould had promised him a lifetime position.
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New York
Howard Gould
Frank D. Mowbry
Doukhobors Said Led From Russia to Manitoba and Yorkton
Philadelphia report says Joseph Elkinton a Quaker helped remove Doukhobors from Russia to Canada. He claims agents in 58 villages and doubts about mass marching while noting limited crime. Winnipeg reports another contingent reaches Yorkton with women and children fed by officials as men press on.
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Russia
Manitoba
Philadelphia
Canada
Joseph
Elkinton
Society of Friends
Mr. Elkinton
Winnipeg
Yorkton
Forced to Surrender Uribe Uribe Surrounded Near Rio Frio
In Colombia on October 24 at Rio Frio near La Cienga revolutionary generals Uribe Uribe and Castillo surrendered after government forces led by Marjarres, with 2000 reinforcements, surrounded them. About 400 rebels were killed. Uribe Uribe will oversee surrender of remaining bands in Magdalena and Bolivar and travel to Bogota for talks.
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Uribe-Uribe
Colon
Colombia
Rio Frio
la Cienga
Castillo
Marjarres
Magdalena
Bolivar
Bogota
Judge Peden Released After Year in Jail
Kansas City October 30 Samuel C Peden former judge of the county court St Clair county Missouri who had been jailed at Maryville since May 1901 for contempt of court in refusing to order a tax levy to pay bonds pledged in 1897 for the Tebo and Neosho railway was ordered released by United States district court Judge John F Phillips. His resignation to Governor Dockery preceded the action and Judge Nevitt remains jailed with other predecessors who defied federal orders to levy taxes for the bonds.
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Kansas City
Samuel C. Peden
St. Clair County
Missouri
Maryville
Tebo and
Neosho
John F. Phillips
United States District Court
Peden
Dockery
Phillips
Thomas Nevitt
United States Court
Roosevelt to visit Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama in south trip
President Roosevelt plans a mid month southern tour if duties allow. The visit aims to attend a Memphis reception for General Luke Wright, with a potential bear hunt in Mississippi and a possible stop at Tuskegee Institute led by Booker T. Washington.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Washington
Roosevelt
South
Memphis
Luke Wright
Philippines
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee, Ala
Booker T. Washington
Boy Accidentally Killed in Beaumont
Horace Lassiter a 16 year old was killed when a companion Edwin Kniaziewicz fired his revolver while twirling it. The bullet struck Lassiter just below the left nipple and pierced the heart. The incident occurred during a display of pistols in Beaumont Texas.
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Beaumont
Tex
Horace Lassiter
Edwin Kniaziewicz
Lassiter
Thief Steals a Watch Dog in Bryan
A Bryan man, missing wood from his yard, tied his dog to the woodpile to scare away a thief. The plan backfired as the thief not only took the dog but also the wood, leaving the owner wiser and without his property.
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Bryan
Tex
Wheat Dying From Drouth Across Sanger Area
A Sanger dispatch reports wheat in the vicinity dying from drought with some farmers noting green bugs as a possible cause. Other regions report wheat looking fine, highlighting uneven conditions across the country.
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Denton
Tex
Sanger
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Nov 27 as Day of Observance
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Thursday November 27 as general Thanksgiving. He urges the nation to cease work and give thanks to Almighty God for past year’s blessings, noting peace and prosperity and urging moral and spiritual uplifting nationwide. The proclamation is dated October 29, 1902, in Washington.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Appeal of China Seeks Silver Basis Indemnity
Washington October 30. Minister Wu hopes China will pursue a second Hague arbitration case. He presses the powers to concur on whether indemnities are paid in gold or silver, warning that a gold basis could ruin the Chinese empire facing about four hundred fifty million taels in gold.
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Washington
China
Bridegroom Killed Near Wylie Texas
Jake N. Combs was shot and killed while visiting the bride Hester Housewright near Wylie. His brother in law W. R. Wright surrendered to authorities and admitted a knife attack by Combs during the confrontation.
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McKinney
Tex
Jake N. Combs
Wylie
Combs
Hester Housewright
Mrs. Housewright
W. R. Wright
Admiral Schley Leaves Texas for New York
Admiral and Mrs Schley sailed from Galveston on the Condo for New York after a three day stay. About 200 people gathered at the dock for a farewell and an informal reception was held in the steamer’s main saloon. Galveston ladies filled the state rooms with flowers.
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Miral Schley
Texas
Galveston
Wreck Near Oxford Kills Two. One Hurt
Cincinnati Hamilton and Indianapolis passenger train No 36 derailed after colliding with a local freight two miles east of Oxford. Hagimeer Conn and two unknown men were killed instantly. Mail Clerk John Connor of Hamilton was badly hurt. Passengers were shaken but none believed seriously injured.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Oxford
Hagimeer Conn
John Connor
Miss Teller a Free Woman In Lunatic Asylum Case
Valparaiso Ind Oct 30 Miss Stella Josephine Teller cousin of Senator H M Teller of Colorado was freed by circuit court ruling that asylum authorities had no right to detain her her sanity deemed unquestioned in this city and she is released after three months as an inmate.
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Miss Teller
Valparaiso
Ind
Stella Josephine Teller
United States
H. M. Teller
Colorado
Gillett
Change of Venue Denied in Perjury Case
Judge Ryan refused the request for a venue change for former Delegate Edmund Bersch charged with perjury in suburban bribery cases. A jury was selected and testimony began in St. Louis on October 30.
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St. Louis
Ryan
Edmund Bersch
Registration of Texas Cities as of Oct 30
The registration lists San Antonio 881, Dallas 8390, Houston 7436, Galveston 7276, Austin 4250, Beaumont 3074, Denison 2494, Sherman 2116. The data reflects city tallies across Texas with counts for each listed location.
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Texas
Austin
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
Beaumont
Denison
Sherman
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J. W. Batts
Aave
Brazos County
J. N. Goodwin
James & Hart Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
H. B. Dorsey
E. Simmons
Flack
Madisonville
S. W. Buchanan
Aed
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Iuinn & Co
Mexico
Gould
Doukhobors
Appeal OF China
FORD
W. 7. Ford
Franklin Brothers
GSE
Eupion
Gose
Coakery
Otto Boehme
McConnico
General Insurance Agency
Bryan, Tex
Mutual Life of
A. D. M’connico
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