Reign of Anarchy Prevails in Kentucky Town
Night riders burned a warehouse in Crittenden County Kentucky at 3 o clock Sunday morning containing 35000 pounds of tobacco for Buckner Dunkerson and Company of Louisville and a barn with 10000 pounds for Cardin Company. Cardin, an independent buyer, was away. Shots fired but no injuries. Riders tore through Fredonia Caldwell County seizing a telephone operator and severing lines before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
A. H. Cardin
Crittenden County
Buckner, Dunkerson & Company
Louisville
Cardin
Fredonia
Caldwell County
Cardin’s
Banker Lin ton Hutchins Commits Suicide in Bank Building
Lin ton C Hutchins aged forty nine, second vice president of Fort Worth National Bank and vice president of Manning Lumber Co, was found dead in the bank at Fifth and Main Streets in Fort Worth. He had a pistol wound to the right temple and a pistol in his hand folded over his chest. The inquest by the Justice of the Peace ruled the death self-inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Linton C. Hutchins
Theort Worth National Bank
Manning Lumber Company
Bank
Fifth
Main Streets
Justice of the Peace
Move for Southern Soldiers' Home in Mississippi
Northern winter visitors in Biloxi organized to push Brick bill for a soldiers' home on the Mississippi coast. The measure would authorize half a million dollars. The meeting was attended by both Union and Confederate veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi
South
Congressman Brick
Indiana
Con
Bank Vault Cracked by Four Bandits at Sulphur Springs
Four men blasted the Bank of Sulphur Springs vault Sunday morning and escaped with about $1000 in cash and valuables. The alarm roused citizens but the robbers rode westward before officers reached downtown, vanishing into the surrounding mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulphur Springs
Ark
Bank of Sulphur Springs
State Health Officer Brumby cites McLennan deaths shortfall
State Health Officer W M Brumby notes physicians and midwives in McLennan County failed to report deaths and vital statistics. Records show two deaths in December, far below the expected eighty five based on a county population of sixty five thousand.
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Waco
W. M. Brumby
McLennan County
Dallas man dies in Hotel Worth room 76 suicide
Sunday night at the Hotel Worth the night watchman discovered E C Gambrell of Dallas fatally shot, the pistol found on the opposite side of the room. Gambrell lay on the floor near the bed as two letters to his wife and to a newspaper man were found.
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E. C. Gambrell
Fort Worth
Hotel Worth
Dallas
Empress Discovers Terrorist Plot Against Czar
Paris dispatch reports the Empress of Russia uncovering a terrorist warning in the Czar evitch's bed. Secret police find an intricate network of electric wires and seven bombs placed at various palace points, threatening the czar and czarevitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
The
Central News
Czarevitch
Ndt
Application filed to organize Home National Bank of Canton
An application has been filed to organize Home National Bank of Canton with 25000 capital stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home National Bank of Canton
Ex-Congressman Jo Abbott Dies In Hillsboro Texas
Honorable Jo Abbott former Congressman from Texas Sixth District died at his Hillsboro home on Tuesday morning He was born January 15 1840 near Decatur Alabama and moved to Texas at thirteen He served in the Confederate Army with the First Texas Cavalry and later elected to Congress serving in the Fiftieth to Fifty Fourth Congresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Tex
Jo Abbott
Decatur
Ala
Texas
First
Texas Cavalry
Judge Lynch Sits in Mississippi
Brookhaven Mississippi report on Fli Picot, a Black man accused of assaulting Miss Williams, being removed from custody by Jackson Military Company and deputies and killed near the courthouse by gunfire, days before his trial for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Lynch
Mississippi
Brookhaven
Miss
Fli Picot
Miss Williams
Jackson Military Company
Court House
Geo L Leibrecht Dies Former U S Marshal of Texas
George L Leibrecht, eight years United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas based in San Antonio, former LaGrange postmaster, and longtime Republican leader, died Monday morning at his Elmendorf home after kidney and liver troubles. He was sixty eight, born in Hanover Germany and came to America before adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
George L. Leibrecht
Texas
LaGrange
Elmendorf
Capt. Leibrecht
Hanover
Germany
Sinzo Aoki
Washington
New York
Isthmian Canal Commission
Board of Aldermen
New York City
McClellan
Thomas L. Lewis
Bridgeport
Ohio
United Mine Workers’ of America
Pittsburg
Paul Mahoney
Sherman
Mary I. Sherrer
Brocton
N. Y
Andrew Jackson
Lorena
J. T. Munson
Denison
Houston Avenue
J. W. Young
Leander Adams
Santa Fe
Shawnee
Main Street
George R. Tabor
Dallas
International Tuberculosis Congress
Congress
R. B. Cousins
Palestine Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association
Palestine
Shawncentral
Checotah
Missouri, Kansas
Swift & Comany, Packers
Ortland
Ore
Discurburge
Bennett
C. H. Hargraves
Montgomery
Ala
Jeff McLemore
St. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico
City of
Newark
Shattuck
Self-inflicted shot ends life of John M. Lusk in Fort Worth
John M. Lusk, about 38, once a nurse at Abilene Epileptic Hospital, shot himself in the head at 4 PM Monday in a pool hall in Fort Worth. Justice Maben, as Coroner, ruled the death a case of self-destruction. The event occurred in the toilet room as a crowded pool hall bustled with players and loungers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
John M. Lusk
Abilene
Maben
Texas a Game Mecca for Duck Hunters
Chief Deputy Game Warden Lorance says Texas is a mecca for Northern and Eastern duck hunters. Despite quail, deer and dove seasons closed, hundreds hunt ducks in Texas, keeping him issuing licenses as the Thirtieth Legislature required for non-residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Lorance
Porance
Banker Shoots Himself in San Antonio Inquest
An inquest into the death of Mecil A. Beasley, formerly connected with a Houston bank, established that he shot himself in the Moore Building on Sunday afternoon. The body was sent to Richmond for interment, accompanied by Mrs. Beasley and her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Mecil A. Beasley
Houston
Jvenah
Moore
Deaniel
Richmond
Memph is court bars Elks name and insignia rights
Memphis Tennessee briefs report Chancellor Heiskell permanently enjoined a group calling itself the Improved Benevolent Order of Elks from using the name Elks wearing elk pins and buttons or adopting the Elks ritual. The court preserved the rights of the white Elks with grand lodge headquarters in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Heiskell
Improved
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grand Lodge
Chicago
Elks
Organization of Elks
Elephant Butte Dam Assured In Rio Grande Project
El Paso reports official assurance of rapid construction of the Elephant Butte dam to irrigate 200000 acres and supply electricity for large plants. The project involves about 8000000 dollars with work expected to begin this spring near Engle New Mexico and completed in four years.
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el Paso
Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
Engle
N. M
Indictments Out For Bankers In New York
New York County Special Grand Jury returned two indictments linked to the recent panic. One target is described as a man arriving from the ocean. Justice Dowling set bail at 10000 dollars in each case. Indictments name Charles W Morse with grand larceny.
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New York
Special Grand Jury
New York County
Deadly Kingston blaze overwhelms several firms in Texas block
A early morning fire in Temple Texas damaged McCelvey Dry Goods and the McCelvey Company stock valued at about 125000. Additional losses included the Mississippi Store Burwitz Riley Charles Roeder Misses Spencer and others. In Kingston a separate blaze destroyed numerous buildings and harmed I C O F Hall Shields Brothers J E Rose J W Barr estate and several merchants with varying insurance. Total losses exceed 175000 with many uninsured items.
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Temple
Tex
North Main
Avenue A
Central Street
McCelvey Dry Goods
McCelvey Company
Mississippi
Burwitz & Riley
Charles Roeder
Misses Spencer
Thompson
Dr. White
A. J. Harrell
Loas
Kingston
Dallas
Kingston Star
T. A. Lewis
I. C. O. F. Hall
Shields Brothers
J. E. Rose & Company of
Judge James Hargis Shot in Breathitt County Feud
Louisville report states former Breathitt County judge James Hargis, longtime State Socratic Executive Committee member, was shot dead in his Jackson, Kentucky general store by his son Beach Hargis. Five shots fired in rapid succession ended the conflict said to stem from long running father son quarrels and disputes within the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Jackson
James Hargis
Breathitt County
Beach Hargis
Beaumont and Great Northern Railway Survey Advances
William Anderson, connected with Carlisle Lumber of Trinity, reports the Beau mont and Great Northern Railway being built with fifteen miles finished from Trinity to Livingston. Surveys extend toward Beaumont. The line will span exactly one hundred miles of East Texas pine lands once complete.
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Houston
William Anderson
Carlisle Lumber Company
Trinity
Carlisle Company
Beaumont and Great Northern
Livingston
Beaumont
East
Texas
House Bank May Pay Out in Full, Houston
Creditors hope for complete settlement as House Bank estate shows improving prospects. Appraisers had deemed some paper worthless, but experts warn partial realizations may boost totals, with accountant W V Lauraine noting recovered amounts from previously doubtful notes.
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Houston
House Bank
W. V. Lauraine
Business Going Right On In New York
Reports from large manufacturing firms indicate rising industrial activity. An official from a major concern says January business volume exceeded December by a substantial margin, and a steam and gas engine maker reports January orders three times December levels.
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New York
Dynamite Blast Fatal for Three Chicago Workmen
A Chicago workman tamped a dynamite charge too tightly in a hole causing a premature explosion. Three men were fatally hurt in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Rio Grande Treaty Might Alter 1848 Boundary
The Mellor Feo dispatch reports negotiations hinting that the 1848 Rio Grande boundary treaty between the United States and Mexico may be abrogated and a new agreement signed. The core issue is reducing navigability to favor agriculture and land development on both riverbanks, overriding prior limits that protected river navigation and water use.
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Mellor
Feo
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande
Dallas Contribution Appropriated for Lock and Dam No 2
Washington House Rivers and Harbors Committee reports favorably the bill to permit the remaining Dallas citizens contribution of about 35000 dollars to be used with the last appropriation for building two locks and dams on the river. The Dallas fund began as 66000 dollars for snagging and cleaning the upper river, but was diverted only with congressional authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Dallas
Congress
War Department
Death by mule accident shocks Bonham area
L B Chitwood, a young farmer six miles southwest of Bonham, died late Thursday afternoon when his mule bolted. His foot caught in the stirrup and he was dragged along a barbed wire fence, the wire slashing his throat. He was a Mason and was buried by the fraternity at Ector Saturday.
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Bonham
L. B. Chitwood
Here
Ector
Farmers Optimistic on Dallas County Planting Prospects
John Hearndon, a Dallas County farm owner, reports favorable winter conditions for agriculture. He says farmers are current with work and many are ready to plant corn now, with thousands of acres expected to be sown this month if weather remains open.
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Dallas
John Hearndon
Dallas County
Tragic Farm Fire Claims Four Year Old Girl
In Snyder Oklahoma a four year old girl, daughter of W H Brewer, was burned to death when wind drove flames toward her path as she walked toward the field where her father was burning off land. He found her with clothes burned away and she dying.
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Snyder
W. H. Brewer
Building Boom In Waco For 1908 Construction
Waco sees a surge in home building as lumber prices and labor costs drop. Brick sand lime and other materials have also fallen, prompting many prospective builders to act in 1908. Contracts are being let daily and a unusually large amount of construction work is anticipated.
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Waco
New Rules for Soldiers' Home Adopted in Austin
Captain Reagan, superintendent of the Confederate home, presented to Expert Printer Richardson a new set of rules for governing veterans. One thousand copies will be printed, following adoption at the board's last meeting. The regulations are much more stringent than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Reagan
Tme
Richardson
Veterans of the Home
Fort Worth Invited to Host Democratic Convention
Secretary Paddock of the Fort Worth Board of Trade extends a formal invitation to the State Democratic Executive Committee to hold the next convention in Fort Worth.
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Paddock
Fort Worth
Multiple Texas news items touch on fires and politics
A collage of terse notices reports fires causing about 12000 dollars of damage and a mill corn losses at Barlow Oklahoma. It notes Terrell considers a cannery, a Mineral Wells office break in, school book bids, a Texas political call for Democrats, and a string of local incidents including electrocution in New Jersey and a church contract in Corsicana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Terrell
Telephone Company
Mineral Wells
Texas Text Book Board
Yukon Mill and Elevator Company
Barlow
Johnson Oe
Hill
Waco
International
Great Northern
Mart
Democratic Executive Committee
Fort Worth
Carden
George Stuart
Trenton
N. J
John Snell
Camden County
Corsi Cana
City Commission
Spindletop
Guffey and
Gladys
Pat Stonecypher
Grand Saline
Clarke’s Lake
Joe Tuck
Harry Saunders
P. P. Wilkins
Grayson County
Collinsville
Agricultural Bureau
J. B. Allen
International and Great Northern Railroad
Railroad Commission
Averell
Beaumont
Oran
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Tulsa
Judge Smith
Department of Agriculture
Gaston Thetford
Walter Thetford
Groesbeck
Pritchard
Manuel Acosta
Thetford
M. E. Bean
Lamar County
Brookston
R. S. Barnes
Dre
Eeten
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Night Riders
Geo. L. Leibrecht
Negro Elke
Elephant Butte Dam
Campbell
Son
Father
Him
Hundred Mile Lumber Road
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