Rail law dispute over consolidations roils Texas politics
Marshall Herald reports the Texas attorney general delays actions against railroad consolidations citing lack of competing lines, while the governor argues each trunk road is a competing line. The piece cites Senate Pepe and calls arbitration urged by Texarkana States leader to prevent clashes.
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The
Marshall Herald
Herald
Pepe
Austin
Texarkana States
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Galveston
C. Leonard
Fort Worth
Opera House
Wise County
Henry Wayne
Waco
Navarro
Henry Dun
Corsicana
McLennan
Texas
Ireland
Pittsburg
Marshall
Outlaws Killed in Delaware Bend Shootout Near Gainesville
At an 1885 inquest in Gainesville the shooting of Jim and Pink Lee near Strother Brown and John Washington pastures is described. Heck Thomas, Jim Taylor, and Jim Shattel testified they shot the brothers after a confrontation over fence cutting.
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Jim
Pink Lee
Delaware Bend
Heck Thomas
Fort Worth
Jim Taylor
Jim Shattel
Cook County
Gainesville
Texas
John Strother
Lee
Strother Brown
Jim Shatter
John Washington
Pink
Lee Boys
Jim Shatters
Jack Brown
Jim Lee
German Gunboat Lands Troops at Yap Island Ignite Madrid Unrest
Official dispatches report a German gunboat landed troops at Yap on August 24 and hoisted the German flag. Spanish gunboats prepared to act, a signal to desist came, Velastora arrives at Yap bay, and Spain erupts in Madrid with crowds shouting death to Bismarck and vandalizing the German embassy as fears rise of war or revolution.
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Madrid
Phillipines
Yap Island
Velastora
Yap Bay
Spain
William
Bismark
Viva Espano
Escaped convict robs and roams before vanishing near Lufkin
An escaped convict visited a woman's home in Lufkin and demanded pants, hatchet freed his bonds, then obtained a hat and coat from nearby houses. Dressed in citizen clothes, he drank at a bar, walked toward the railroad, dined at a section house, and has not been seen since.
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Lufkin
Eloquent Savannah Speech At Georgia Capitol Cornerstone
A. R. Lawton of Savannah, recently named as Russia’s minister by President Cleveland, delivers a fervent city speech at Atlanta’s cornerstone ceremony for the new State capitol. He lauds the Civil War’s lessons, unity, and enduring loyalty to the Union despite sectional strains.
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Atlanta
Georgia
A. R. Lawton
Savannah
Cleveland
United States
England
Mexico
Union
Riverside Park
Lexington
Indian Raiders in Mexico Driven by Horses Taken from Ex Governor
A roving band of Indians near La Laguna on the Mexican Central line seized a large herd from the Santa Clara hacienda once owned by ex Governor Luis Terrasus. The raiders moved northward as the 13th Cavalry, stationed at Durango, prepared to pursue with 400 mounted and 320 more marching. The northern Chihuahua frontier faces renewed concern amid crippled and disabled crews reported recently.
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Nacogdoches
Don Domingo Ramon
Ramon
Texas
San Antonio
Republic of Texas
Dallas
Kaufman
Henderson
van Zandt
Wood, Smith, Rusk
Cherokee
Angelina
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Rusk
Davy Crockett
Alamo
W. B. Ochiltree
Tom
la Laguna
Santa Clara
Luis Terrasus
Durango
San Lo Durango
Chihuahua
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Witchita Herald
Levi Schaeffe
Bell County
Tex
Otis T. Bacon
Schaefle
Knights of Labor
Longview
Dallas Herald
W. 8S. Robinson
J.C. Sheen
Jack McLaughlin
el Paso
Sheen
Dave Oppenhim
Oppenheim
McLaughlin
Abilene
Grossip & Keith
Galveston Island
Hall
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Cleburne
Goldthwaite
S. M. Penland & Co
Young Thompson
Ten-mile Creek
Dallas County
Holland
Davis
New York City
Georgetown
Brownsville
Tio Cano
Nortow
San Angelo
A. H. Belo & Co
Floresville
Arkansas Bay
Kerr
Gillespie Counties
Helena
Karnes County
DeWitt, Lavacea
Fayette, Lee, Milam and
Falls
McLennan County
San Patricio County
Texas & Mexican Railway
Nueces County
Palestine
G. Axling
Martin Hinzie
Crockett
Hinzie
Axling
John Sheen
Paso del Norte
Lawton
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