Ex-Governor Campbell Receives Labor Token in Laxive Ceremony
In Austin, Monday night the retiring Texas governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell, honored by organized labor, received a rosewood colonial hall clock eight feet high. The gift, inscribed to Campbell upon retirement January 17, 1911, praised his fidelity to the workers. Pat Neff of Waco delivered the presentation, lauding Campbell’s administration.
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Austin
Tex
Dt Tate
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Texas
Organized Labor of
Pat Neff
Waco
Campbell
Suits to Forfeit Charters Over Texas Railroad Ties
Governor Campbell orders the suit against the Missouri Kansas and Texas of Texas for charter forfeiture for insolvency under a Thirtieth Legislature act. The state accuses lack of bona fide Texas offices, consolidation through stock ownership with Missouri Kansas and Texas, and violation of the constitution. A separate suit is ordered against the International and Great Northern for insolvency per railroad commission valuations.
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Austin
Campbell
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Texas
Lightfoot
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Kansas
International
Great Northern
Railroad Commission
Pecos Rail Extensions Near Completion and Expansion Talk
The Pecos Valley Southern Railway extension from Balmorhea to Phantom Lake is near finish, with grade completed last week and plans for 45 miles of road by President W L Caroll of Dallas. Negotiations with Alpine for a western entry and a $75,000 Pecos cash bonus to lure the Rock Island line are reported amid depot builds and a Midland branch proposal.
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Pecos
Rock Island, Texico, Farwell and Southern Railway
Tence
Midland
Anders
Seminols
Strong Anti Usury Law Proposed
In Austin Cathey and Min propose a House bill to curb usury by setting 10 percent annual interest with fines up to double the loaned amount. Each loan, removal, or extension would be a separate offense. The measure also targets county attorneys who refuse to prosecute violations.
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Austin
Messrs
Cathey and Minwill
County Judge Hall names J. M. Gee City Auditor
County Judge George B. Hall appoints J. M. Gee as City Auditor for Greenville confirming the city government staffing action.
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George B. Hall Lias
J. M. Gee
Greenville
Wichita Falls Explores Cotton Mill Feasibility
Spencer Turner and W. B. Evans from New York visited Wichita Falls to study the possibility of establishing a cotton mill. J. A Kemp arranged the trip and returned to New York for the inquiry. The reception was satisfactory and local officials indicate a propitious reception to the proposition.
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Wichita Fall
Wichita Falls
Spencer Turner
W. B. Evans
New York
J. A Kemp
Built Them a Church in a Day in Waco
In Waco on Thursday night a new Methodist church on Her ring Avenue was completed in a single day from 7 am to 7 pm by 1 workman under contractor and architect Oscar Mayer. By 5 pm the city was buzzing as whistles blew to celebrate, and by service time the 500-seat church was full and illuminated with electric lights.
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Waco
Herring Avenue Methodist Church
Oscar Mayer
Virgin Prairie
Bailey Against Commissions In Senate Session
In Washington January 14 the Senate featured a Bailey Heyburn dialogue over two bills. Bailey announced the bills to create another commission and to enlarge the army engineer corps would not be enacted this season. He opposed expanding executive influence and warned any attempt to pass the corps enlargement would be a waste of time.
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Corps of Army Engineers
Washington
Senate
Bailey
Army Engineers
Heyburn
Tariff Commission
Postal Savings Bank
Senator Bailey
Warren
Committee On Military Affairs
Corps of the Army Engineers
Denton Dormitories Destroyed In Early Morning Fire
A fire in Denton destroyed annex No 3 of the College of Industrial Arts dormitories and damaged annex No 2. Annex No 3 housed J J McCook and about thirteen female students. loss around 7000 dollars with furniture and belongings ruined. Annex No 2 housed Prof Williams and about fourteen girls. total losses likely near 10000 dollars.
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Denton
Annex No
College of Industrial Arts
J. J. McCook
Williams
Old Texas May Come to Galveston
A movement seeks to station the United States battleship Texas permanently in Galveston harbor with strong local support. The Navy Department reportedly considers dismantling the vessel for use as a target.
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Harbor
International fair planned in San Antonio for November third
Officials announce a positive decision to hold another international fair in San Antonio with opening day set for Tuesday November 3. In 1910 Texas markets moved eighteen hundred carloads of fresh tomatoes mostly shipped to the North and East, circulating $1 400 000.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tracklaying advances toward Snyder on Santa Fe line
Pile driving crew reaches Snyder from the south as track lays progress to Pyron twenty miles south. At current pace, tracklayers should reach Snyder within about thirty days.
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Santa Fe
Snyder
Pyron
Greenville to Advertise Bids for Ten Miles of Streets
Sam Hawkins, a Black man formerly connected with an Atlanta undertaking business, is jailed in Greenville on charges of stealing a corpse’s clothes. the stolen items were recovered and Hawkins confessed. The City Council plans to bid for ten miles of street paving around January 20.
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Sam Hawkins
Atlanta, Ga
Hawkin
Greenville
Election OKs 45000 Bond Issue in Brownwood
An election approved a bonds issuance totaling 45000 dollars to fund projects in Brownwood, passing by a two to one margin.
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Brownwood
Inauguration Briefs Mark Campbell Colquitt City Visit
Austin Jan 19 A crowd fills the city as Campbell and Colquitt wrap brief inauguration remarks. Legislature has done little beyond organization since Jan 11. Speakership fights gave way to a skirmish among supporters and opponents over state utility and corporate policy. Many bills filed. House and Senate ready to dispatch business once Colquitt assumes duties. Colquitt expected to present a short direct message Tuesday.
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Austin
House
Senate
Colquitt
Texas Governors Take Oath in Austin Ceremony
In Austin on Tuesday, Governor Campbell and Governor-Elect Colquitt were sworn in before a large audience. Chief Justice Brown administered the oath, followed by remarks from both governors. Lieutenant Governor Davidson also took his oath as the crowd filled the hall. The Legislature met in joint session at 11 30 as workers completed the House of Representatives for the ballot last night.
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Austin
Texas
Astin
Weinert
Perkins
Hill
Harmon
Rowell
Campbell
Colquitt
Brown
Supreme Court
Davidson
House of Representatives
Food Prices Rise As Production Shifts In Nation
Washington reports little chance food prices return to old lows says Acting Secretary of Agriculture Willett F. Haynes. He notes only one third of the population now produces foods for the remaining two thirds, a shift he links to the high cost of living.
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Washington
Willett F. Haynes
Musician Frank Bruschie dies in New York hospital
Frank Bruschie, a pianist who served five years as pianist to Enrico Caruso, died in Bellevue Hospital New York from spinal meningitis.
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Frank Bruschie
Enrico Caruso
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Unloaded revolver accident ends life of Galveston boy
In Galveston George Roy Kuers aged 12, a Rosenberg School pupil, was accidentally shot and killed at 3 30 pm Sunday. The weapon, a hammerless 8 caliber revolver, was in a trunk. Lucas aged 13, who retrieved and examined it, believed it was loaded when he handed it to Kuers.
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Galveston
George Roy Kuers
Rosenberg
Kuers
Leroy Lucas
Lucas
Food price turmoil looms as cold storage dumps supplies
Chicago traders expect a price drop as millions of pounds of butter eggs cheese and poultry stored in 32 warehouses are to be released before May 1. Commission men warn artificial pricing failed due to open winter 1911 and bumper 1910 crops, with several firms failing after holding large stocks.
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Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Commission
Texas New Mexico boundary matter advances in House
The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Representative Stephens joint resolution recognizing the existing Texas New Mexico boundary. Speaker Cannon says he will recognize Stephens before January 21 to bring the measure to the floor for passage.
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New Mexico
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Stephens
House
Texas
Cannon
Five Die in Connellsville Gas Explosion Wrecking Store
Five dead and twelve injured after a natural gas blast levelled a five and ten cent store in Connellsville Pennsylvania. The explosion damaged nine other structures, tore out the storefront wall and brought down wires hindering rescue work. Clerks and customers were buried in the collapse with survivors recalling narrow escapes.
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Connellsville
Fire destroys pension records in Washington bureau
A fire in the United States Pension Agency office within the Pension Bureau building in Washington destroyed thousands of pension case records and documents. The origin is unknown and damage estimates await investigation. historic records dating to the Revolutionary War were lost, while newer files from 1906 onward survived in steel filing cases.
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Washington
United States Pension Agency
Pension Bureau
Railway Earnings Increase in December
Chicago reports that gross earnings of all reporting railroads for December totaled 39,588,047 dollars, rising 7.5 percent from a year earlier. The November gain was 2.6 percent and October 1.5 percent, with many roads in the South, West and Southwest showing especially strong results.
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Chicago
Ely lands on Pennsylvania then flies twelve miles to Selfridge field
Eugene B. Ely piloted a Curtiss racing biplane onto the cruiser Pennsylvania without incident and, an hour later, departed from the deck to fly back to Selfridge field twelve miles away. He touched down smoothly, then launched again and climbed to 2,000 feet before returning to the aviation field.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eugene B. Ely
Pennsylvania
Selfridge Field
Ely
Thirteenth Infantry
Senators elected in many states with close ballots noted
Elections across states produced varied results with several races tight. Notable outcomes include Bankhead in Alabama, McLean in Connecticut, Kern in Indiana, Johnson in Maine, Lodge in Massachusetts, Townsend in Michigan, Clapp in Minnesota, Reed in Missouri, Hitchcock in Nebraska, McCumber in North Dakota, Oliver in Pennsylvania, Lippitt in Rhode Island, Sutherland in Utah, Poindexter in Washington.
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United States
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Connecticut
George Payne McLean
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Indiana
John W. Kern
A. J. Beveridge
Maine
Charles F. Johnson
Eugene Hale
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Michigan
Charles E. Townsend
Senator Burrows
Minnesota
Moses EB. Clapp
Missouri
James Reed
William Warner
Nebraska
G. M. Hitchcock
E. J. Burkett
North Dakota
Porter J. McCumber
Long-lived San Antonio woman dies at 105
Louise Garza, long resident of San Antonio and native of Mexico, died at her home Monday at an age reported as 106 though 105 appears in records. She was active until a few days before death, married three times, and left thirteen children, 117 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren.
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San Antonio
Louise Garza
Mexico
Chicago Fire Losses Hit 8.56 Million in 1910
Chicago reported fire losses totaling 8.56 million dollars for 1910, the highest annual total since the great fire of 1872, marking a record period for destruction and insurance claims in the city.
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Chicago
Fire damages Snyder businesses with $64,000 loss
A Wednesday dawn fire caused about 64 000 in losses across Snyder businesses. Heaviest hits were Snyder Mercantile Company about 49 000 and Stokes Bly Furniture Company about 25 000, with Payne Perkins attorneys 3700 and others including Snyder Development Company State Bank and Keith Building incurring smaller damages.
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Snyder
Snyder Mercantile Company
Stokes & Bly Furniture Company
Payne & Perkins
Snyder Development Company
State Bank
Keith
Rebel victory halts Rurales in border clash
On the Rio Grande a small insurgent band of eighteen held off seventy Rurales and seventy infantry for three hours. Two rebels were killed and seven wounded while Associated Press correspondent EK. Ss. O'Reilly was lightly wounded. Main federal force under Navarro in Guerrero awaits orders. Rail line disruption noted as Orient road suspends trains temporarily.
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Comstock
Rio Grande
Darkeass
Ss. O'Reilly
Associated Press
Little Band
Insurrectos
Pascual Orozo
Kansas City
Mexico and Orient
Navarro
Guerrero
Orient Road
Orozco
Creel
Progress of Galveston Houston Line Near Brays Bayou
At Stone Webster offices it was learned the Galveston Houston electric interurban roadbed is rapidly improving between Texas City Junction and Brays Bayou. Sand ballast reaches Genoa with shell planned atop ties. Builders expect the best fifty miles of track in the Southwest when finished.
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Galveston-Houston
Houston
Stone-Webster Engineering
Galveston- Houston Electric Interurban
Texas City Junction
Brays Bayou
Genoa
Santa Fe Awards Sterling City Projects in Texas
Santa Fe closes a contract in Galveston for a 95 by 24 freight house in Sterling City at 3500 dollars. Work begins within a few days. A passenger depot is planned with Santa Fe construction. An Oklahoma City contractor received the contract. The depot project costs ten thousand dollars.
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Santa Fe
Sterling City
Galveston
Santa Fes
Oklahoma City
Capitol Lands Sale Planned in Oklahoma City
The State Capitol Building Company organizes to sell lots to raise funds for Oklahoma Capital. Officers include President C. F. Colcord, Vice President G. W. Dawson, Secretary Orin Ashton, and Treasurer F. P. Johnson. Platting begins next week with lots to be marketed soon.
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Oklahoma
Foreign trade reaches new high in 1910 year finished
Washington reports total U S foreign trade at about 3.5 billion dollars for 1910, the largest on record, with a trade surplus over 300 million dollars. Exports totaled about 1.864 billion, second only to 1907, and the 1910 balance in favor of the United States rose markedly from 1909.
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Washington
United States
Agent Bags Robbers at Rock Island Frisco Station
Four men attempted a Durwood Oklahoma robbery of the Rock Island Frisco station but were surprised by company agent B F Pollard. They were held at gunpoint until a train arrived and then jailed.
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Ardmore
Okla
Durwood
B. F. Pollard
Livestock Association Concludes 14th Convention in Fort Worth
The American National Livestock Association completed its fourteenth annual convention in Fort Worth and adjourned to meet next winter at Denver.
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American National Livestock Association
Fort Worth
Denver
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