Pierce to Stand Trial in January as Oil Official
Henry Clay Pierce of St Louis filed into Travis County custody and posted 20000 bond after false swearing charges linked to Waters-Pierce Oil affidavits from 1900. In Fifty-Third District Court Judge Calhoun ordered the case continued to the next term beginning in January.
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Austin
Texas
Henry Clay Pierce
St. Louis
George Matthews
Travis County
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Fifty-Third District Court
Calhoun
Attorney General Davidson weighs statement on juror claim
Davidson considered replying to Waters-Pierce Oil lawyers who charged the jury at the oil company trial were illiterate. He decided not to issue a statement to avoid prejudice before the H. Pierce case progresses.
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Austin
Davidson
Waters-Pierce Y Oil Company
H. ©. Pierce
German Offers Again Refused Over Casablanca Incident
Paris reports no progress in Franco German talks on the Casablanca incident. Germany reiterates a clause of regret in the French formula, unacceptable to France. Ambassador Mambion reiterates France cannot consider it. The matter goes to Prince Von Buelow, German chancellor.
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Paris
Casa Blanca
Germany
France
Mambion
Prince von Buelow
Five Railroads to Combine Reported in New York
A report claims five railroads the Toledo St Louis and Western the Alton the Minneapolis and St Louis the Iowa Central and Missouri Kansas and Texas will consolidate. The story cites George H Rose vice president of TSL&W and the Alton traveling over the MK&T as supporting evidence.
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New York
Toledo
St. Louis
Western
Alton
Minneapolis
Iowa Central
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
George H. Rose
Toledo, St. Louis and
Ex Senator Carmack Dead in Nashville duel
In Nashville a street duel left former U S Senator Edward Carmack dead after a bitter Democratic primary for the governorship. The antagonist Robin Cooper, a young attorney, wounded in the shoulder by Carmack's revolver, is under police surveillance in a local hospital with nonserious injuries.
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Nashville
Edward Carmack
United States
Tennessee
Robin Cooper
Cooper
Carmack
Rubick Confesses to Murder to Wed Chicago Jeweler’s Wife
Albert Rubick broke down on the witness stand Saturday and confessed to killing Emil Kensnicka, a Bohemian jeweler of Chicago, saying he did so to marry the man’s wife.
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Albert Rubick
Emil Kensnicka
Chicago
Big Fire Hits Abbott Townsecion Merchandise Losses
A major blaze struck Abbott on Monday morning, destroying eight business buildings and the post office after starting in a vacant wooden structure along the Katy Railroad. Officials suspect incendiary origin as the town endures its second such fire in three years.
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Hillsboro
Abbott
Katy
Roommate kills clerk in Pueblo in accidental shooting
Bowned Smith a 27 year old Pueblo clerk was shot through the heart and killed Monday night by his roommate Albert Kennard who claims the shooting was accidental. Kennard says he woke Smith by poking him with the revolver muzzle when the cartridge exploded. He is under arrest.
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Pueblo
Heart
Albert Kennard
Kennard
Smith
Fourteen Inch Guns Planned For U S Navy Ships
Washington reports that fourteen inch guns are to be used on big ships and armored cruisers if the next four battleships meet expectations. This was a result of the naval conference recently held. Secondary batteries will be five inch guns on the war vessels.
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Washington
United States Navy
United States
Rehearing Denied in Standard Oil Rebating Case
The government’s petition for a rehearing was denied by the United States Court of Appeals after it reversed the trial court in fining Standard Oil Company of Indiana $29 240 000 for alleged rebating The government plans to seek a writ of certiorari to bring the matter before the Supreme Court.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company of
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Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Dallas
International Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society
America
France
Germany
Casa Blanca
French Foreign Legion
Court of Arbitration
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward H. Harriman
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Harriman
Union Pacific Railway Company
Gunnuth
Temple
Memphis
Tenn
Charles W. Morse
New York
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Apgs
Ceest
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Trinity River
State of Texas
Robert Wright
District Court of
Hemphill
Texas Cotton Ginned In October Reaches 708,007 Bales
The Texas Department of Agriculture released a statement showing 708,007 bales ginned in October per ginners' report. Total ginned so far reaches 1,594,051 bales in the state, about sixty five to seventy percent of the crop, with around seventy percent of ginners reporting.
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Austin
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Boy Fatally Wounded in Corsicana Shooting Incident
In Corsicana Tuesday night at Hal M. Pecks home a 38 caliber pistol discharged by Hal Peck Jr. fatally wounding 14 year old Frank McCormick son of L E McCormick. Frank died after twelve intestinal incisions were found during surgery.
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Corsicana
Hal M. Peck
Frank McCormick
L. E. McCormick
Frank
Hal Peck, Jr
Hal, Jr
Methodist Conference Opens in Waco Session
The Northwest Texas annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opened its forty third session in Waco. Bishop Joseph S Key of Sherman will preside. Rev John M Barcus of Georgetown, elected secretary for eighteen consecutive annual sessions, arrived Tuesday. Several standing boards and committees held meetings.
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Waco
Northwest Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Joseph S. Key
D! Sherman
John M. Barcus
Georgetown
North Dakota Launch Draws 10000 in Quincy
More than ten thousand people witnessed the launch of the North Dakota in Quincy Massachusetts on Tuesday. The battleship is described as America s most powerful sea fighter and a new epoch in U S Navy history due to its heavy armor and all big gun armament marking a milestone in naval strength.
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Quincy
Mass
North Dakota
America
United States Navy
Large Phosphate Deal In Maury Counties
Columbia Tenn reports the Franco American Consolidated Phosphate Company has closed a major deal, purchasing 16 357 acres of premier phosphate lands in Maury Hickman and Perry counties with a capital of 7 500 000 dollars. Estimated tonnage is 26 000 000 long tons of high grade rock.
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Columbia, Tenn
United State
Franco-American Consolidated Phosphate Company
Maury
Hickman
Perry
Cotton price conference opens in Memphis
Seven Southern states attend the opening session in Memphis of a conference of cotton growers merchants and allied interests called by President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association. They discuss the current downward trend in spot prices and the spread of so called night rider operations in the cotton trade.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
1909 Outlook From Technical Press Editors
Editors of thirty three high class technical papers report improved business conditions in recent months and a bright prospect for a return to normal business in 1909 across their fields. The survey, conducted for the American Trade Press Association, reflects growing confidence and optimism among industry leaders in New York.
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New York
American Trade Press Association
Safe Blowers Loot Sherman Substation Store
Safe blowers, suspected to have used nitroglycerin, took $106.50 from W. H. Lucas’s retail grocery in Sherman, leaving a wrecked interior and about $500 in losses. No arrests. The National Cooperage Plant at Peoria to reopen with 600 workers after eight months idle. Harvie Jordan says 6000 to 8000 cotton conference attendees expected in Memphis.
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Sherman
W. H. Lucas
National Cooperage Company
Peoria
Ill
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Memphis
Cotton Price Meeting in Memphis to Address Downturn
Memphis Tenn Nov 9 Cotton growers ginners and others with stake in the market plan a mass meeting this week to discuss the present drop in spot prices and the night rider situation in the South. The three day event opens next Tuesday with governors from several states expected to attend and lend support, signaling a major southern convention.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Manila Free of Cholera Report
Manila health authorities state the city is perfectly free of cholera. Since Nov. 1 in a population near a quarter million, one case daily occurred, all in outlying districts not usually visited by whites. July saw twenty two white cases with ten deaths, while no cases were reported among 12,000 city school children.
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Manila
One Killeds Two Injured In Edwards Ville Fight
In Edwards Ville Saturday night James Vaughan a college student shot and killed Jackson Barker and wounded Elbert Jones and Bart McCormick. Barker was shot through the heart three times. Jones faces possible right arm amputation. McCormick had four minor flesh wounds. Vaughan was afterward taken by train to Anniston and jailed.
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Anniston
Edwards Ville
James Vaughan
Jackson Barker
Elbert Jones
Bart McCormick
Jones
McCormick
Barker
Vaughan
To Stop Big Waste of Gas in Henrietta
The big Henrietta gas well is running wild. Company president Mr Brown orders Monday surveys to plan a pipeline to Fort Worth and Dallas to use the gas, a measure urged by gas and oil men to halt the waste, with 22,300,000 feet escaping daily for weeks.
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Henrietta
Mr. Brown
Fort Worth
Dallas
Global cotton output rises 2.34 million bales in 1908
The Census Bureau report on supply and distribution shows world cotton production for mill consumption exceeded the prior year by 2,340,000 bales, with fluctuations in world supply closely tied to U S production.
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Census Bureau
United States
Germany Silent on Casa Blanca Incident Delays Persist
Paris remains confident Germany will yield on the point France insists upon. Berlin has not spoken on the government’s stance, while confusion among officials and a further delay are likely. France and Germany are expected to express regret for the incident.
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Germany
Paris
Berlin
France
Forest Fires Threaten Summer Cottages on Mountain
Dispatches from Huntsville report efforts to quench the Montesano fires have failed as they spread for a week, threatening numerous mountain cottages. Messages from Athens note fires in northern Limestone County and the destruction of fine timber.
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Birmingham
Ala
Huntsville
Montesano
Athens
Limestone County
Assamin Fails In Attempt In Calcutta
A Bengali attempted to assassinate Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Frazier the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal on Saturday evening. The attempt, the fourth since 1903 to target him, failed and no injuries occurred.
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Andrew Henderson Leith Frazier
Bengal
Andrew
Launch of Colingwood, Britain’s mightiest battleship
The Colingwood, the sixth Dreadnaught class vessel and strongest British battleship, was launched in Davenport England on Saturday. Mrs Asquith and the prime minister pressed the signal to set the launch in motion as the ship slid into the water.
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Davenport
England
Colingwood
Wolf chase ends with death in Fort Worth outskirts
A dramatic wolf chase began in the eastern Fort Worth suburbs and ended five miles away with the wolf dead. The event was among a string of overseas and domestic news items, including crimes, fires, and political notes, from across the period.
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Fort Worth
West Texas Fair winds down as fans fill San Angelo
A crowded closing day capped the great West Texas Fair at San Angelo. Elsewhere in Texas reports note hat thefts in Greenville, a Paris city hall United Sons of Confederates camp forming, and multiple local deaths and investigations from Fort Worth to Dallas.
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San Angelo
Paris
United Sons of Confederates
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