Judge Hawkins Rules Six Months Absence Clause Still Valid
Austin September 15 Judge Hawkins first assistant attorney general rules the six months absence clause in the 1895 school and law act remains in force despite the 1905 act. This allows actual settlers to absent themselves from lands six months yearly to school children under the 1895 act. Adjutant Hulen and the Texas rifle team return from Seagirt New Jersey after national school practice. The Texas team placed twenty eighth of forty four teams, seven points ahead of last year.
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Austin
W. B. Hawkins
George C. Herman
Batesville
Tex
Hulen
Texas Rifle
Seagirt
N. J
Texas
Survivors of Pickett's Division Meet Philadelphia Brigade in Reunion
On the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania the survivors of General Pickett's Confederate division and the Philadelphia Brigade of Pennsylvania volunteers held a fraternal reunion at Bloody Angle. The event featured the presentation of General Armstead's sword to the southern soldiers, who kept it since his death during the charge, and concluded with a campfire at night.
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Pickett
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
General Pickett
Staurday
Pennsylvania
South
General Armstead
Wint Urges Restoring Army Post Canteens
Brigadier General Wint of the Missouri department reports to the War Department that post canteens should be restored. He claims nearby resorts cause demoralizing influence leading to many offenses and penitentiary confinement, attributing the issue largely to the prohibition on post exchanges.
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Washington
Wint
Department of the Missouri
War Department
Three Cars Collide Injuring Seattle Baseball Figure
Three street cars collided on First Avenue injuring over a dozen passengers. Russ Hall, manager of the Seattle Baseball club, was cut about the head and bruised. Hall earlier played for the Dallas Baseball club in the Texas league.
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Russ Hall
Texas
Seattle
First Avenue
Russ Halil
Seattle Baseball Club
Hall
Dallas Baseball Club
Wonderful Diver Annette Kellerman Dares Audiences
Annette Kellerman is acclaimed as one of the boldest women divers in New York on September 15. She attracted thousands of spectators with daring feats and performed with remarkable grace, appearing fearless throughout her hazardous act.
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Annette Kellerman
New York
Annette
Scow Strikes Sausage. Four Drown in Night Collision
Four unknown individuals drowned when a launch overturned after colliding with a scow on a stormy night. Four more passengers, three men and a woman, clung to the hull until rescue by the steamer El Paso and taken to Stapleton. The launch named Sausage belonged to W. W. David of Jamaica, L I. David was among the rescued.
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New York
Stapleton
el Paso
W. W. David
Jamaica
L. I. David
Storm and Cloudburst Hit Zacatecas Killing Several
A Terrific storm and cloudburst in Zacatecas Mexico on September 15 caused multiple deaths in the Martinez family of Patrocinio Street and destroyed thousands of dollars in property. Many houses suffered severe damage and adobe dwellings collapsed under floodwaters.
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Zacatecas
Mex
Martinez
Patrocinio Street
Fire Tragedy In Tenement Tops Claims Of Family
A Jersey City family is overwhelmed by smoke from an overturned lamp. Mother Ida Peterson twenty six and her two other children were severely burned. Five year old Franke Peterson died in an ambulance en route to hospital. mother and infant in critical condition.
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Jersey City
N. J
Ida Peterson
FrankePterson
Not Guilty of Murder Found for Henry Dean Case
New York police concluded Henry Dean is not guilty of murder after a Prohibition era incident at Mariner's Harbor on Staten Island. The unidentified supposed victim died of exposure, while Dean remains jailed on a separate charge of assaulting his mother in law.
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New York
Henry Dean
Mariner’s Harbor
State Island
Dean
Explosion Destroyed Dynamite Magazine Near Nashville
A powder magazine owned by Keystone Powder and Manufacturing four miles north of Nashville exploded releasing 10,000 pounds of dynamite. The blast was heard as far as forty miles away and caused significant damage to nearby houses. Suspected arson. The concern is an independent firm formerly from New Boston. Fort Worth reports cover a youth named Frank Cummings from New Boston as Burke White’s claimed accidental killer. Purse stolen from Judge C. K. Bell's office by a desk thief.
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Nashville
Keystone Powder and Manufacturing Company
New Boston
Fort Worth
Burke White
Frank Cummings
C. K. Bell
Carolyne E. Hale
Six Bodies Recovered After Handcar Plunge Into Maumee River
Toledo reports six bodies recovered by noon Saturday from the Maumee river after a handcar fell through an open drawbridge Friday night. In Warsaw, Sept 15, police report numerous arrests are still being made.
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Toledo
Theve
Maumee
Warsaw
Poles and Austrians clash in Steubenville boarding house
In Steubenville Ohio on September 15 six men and one woman were stabbed and hacked during a riot between Polish and Austrian miners at a Long Run boarding house. Three victims are expected to die and four are seriously wounded. The interior was wrecked and a posse of constables halted the riot. Four rioters were jailed.
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Steubenville
Long Run
Jones Farm Killing Sparks Oklahoma Feud
In Ashland Kansas on Sept 15 Frank Jones was killed and his father I C Jones seriously wounded at the Jones farm in Oklahoma by George Freeman. The shooting followed a dispute over the elder Jones being named Democratic central committeeman. Freeman fled the scene.
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Frank Jones
George Freeman
Ashland
Kan
I. C. Jones
Jones Farm
Oklahoma
Jones
Democratic Central
Freeman
Panic at McKinley monument unveiling shocks Columbus crowd
A 50,000 strong Columbus crowd at the McKinley monument unveiling surged and crowd chaos erupted as Mrs. Nicholas Longworth drew back the veil. Women fainted and two were injured. police carried victims to ambulances. The event paused then moved to Memorial Hall for evening addresses by Senator Daniel and Justice Day. Mrs. Ida McKinley Day represented Mrs. McKinley.
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Longworth
Columbus, Co
Capitol Grounds
Nicholas Longworth
McKinley Monument
Eliza Louisa Kuhn
South Sixth Street
Broad Street
Outlook Building
Hotel Hartman
Cincinnati
Capitol
Washington Gladden
Memorial Hall
University of Ohio
Senator Daniel
Virginia
Justice Day
Sheriff Trails Prisoner 150 Miles To Wallace Idaho
Sheriff Sutherland transports Steve Adams by land across Idaho from Meadows to Stites to answer a murder charge in the Steunenberg case. Adams is defended by attorneys who challenge jurisdiction and seek to avoid out-of-state service.
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Egal
Wallace
Ida
Steve Adams
Sutherland
Meadows
Stites
Idaho
Adams
Steunenberg
Interstate Commerce hearings on freight rates continued
Continued at Chicago hearings by the Interstate Commerce Commission on import and export freight rates. The Chicago sessions cover cot ton rates under consideration and may address grain and other freight rates as well.
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Chicago
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana Republicans to Attend Bryan Reception
New Orleans September 15. The Louisiana Republican club will participate in a reception to Hon. W. J. Bryan on the 4th. The organizers intend the affair to be non partisan.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Republican Club
W. J. Bryan
Box Cars In Demand
Houston and Texas Central railways report a shortage of box cars. A colony from Indiana will locate near Brownsville. Evangelist Sanders dies in Austin. Mrs. J. A. Barnes found dead in bed at Granger. Farmers' union warehouse at Dublin to cost 5000. Rock Island railway to bore an oil well near Shawnee Oklahoma. J. A. Jackson shot at Abilene. Mat Shelly arrested.
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Evangelist Sanders
The
Christian Church
Austin
Granger
Tex
J. A. Barnes
Farmers’ Union
Dublin
Rock Island Railway
Shawnee
Oklo
J. A. Jackson
Abilene
Mat Shelly
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