Battle for Texas Second San Jacinto Crisis
Waco Advance reprints a rousing editorial urging Texans to unite against liquor and political corruption. It compares current threats to Santa Anna era crises, calls for firm leadership like Houston and Deaf Smith, denounces high license and “personal liberty” walls, and exhorts citizens to gird for a second San Jacinto with faith and resolve.
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Santa Anna
Texas
San Jacinto
Houston
Waco
Comptroller Circular Aims Statewide Account Close
State Comptroller McCall directs county tax collectors to finish settlements by August 1 1887 and prepare delinquents and errors reports for the August 31 fiscal year end. The notice stresses separate accounts, June settlement, and timely reporting to show office closure. Weatherford reports a priest’s suicide by hanging, Rev S C Ellis aged 79. He left home with keys to a vacant store, found dead within minutes. No clear motive given. he was widely respected. Other brief items note Corsican factory, Wills Point canning firm, Corsicana bank, and Bowie coal prospect sale.
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Austin
Tex
McCall
Weatherford
Vaughan
Whitt
S. C. Ellis
Sevety
Old Divine
C. H. Kilis
Socialist Meetings Warn Against Extremist Tactics
Reports from Chicago and Cincinnati describe large crowds and bankers urging restraint. They condemn the endorsement of violence and warn that suppressing socialist elements should not mirror actions used against epidemics, stressing danger to American institutions.
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Chicago
Cincinnatti
Tax Lien Rules for Mortgaged Property and Personal Property
Comptroller McCall states that taxes attach to the land and can be collected by levy or sale despite prior mortgages or deeds of trust. Personal property cannot be pursued beyond the original owner, unless land remains under lien for its own taxes. If land exceeds homestead exemption, it may cover taxes on personal property that left the owner, but land and personal property sold means land bears only its own taxes.
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McCall
Jim
Hogg
Senator Jarvis Hints at New Tarrant County District Court
Senator Jarvis introduced a bill to establish a separate judicial district in Tarrant County. The measure prescribes three court terms annually to docket civil and criminal matters.
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Jarvis
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Graves
San Viacinto
Exas
Alamo
Goliad
Croecker
Bowie
Crockett
Sam Houston
Providence
Deaf Smith
Monteguma
Alexicans
Santa Afina
Carroll
Comptrgller
Corsican
John T. Kendrick
W. D. Pearce
J. W. Spillman
Piana
Wills Point
Paris
Cleburne
Navasota
Timhe
San Antonio
National Bank
Corsicana
John H. Stephens
Heber Stone Company
Brenham
Comptroller's Office
J. R. Harris
Cal
Davis & Crain
Graesam
GEM Drug Store
J.porter & Son
North Side Public Square
Yafelam
Zas
J. B. Norris
Graham
TETAS
Elliotte
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