Train Robbery Endgame In Texarkana Express
Express Messenger Grissette was fatally shot and thrown from Cotton Belt No. 4 during a night robbery between Redwater and Texarkana. Bloodhounds failed to track the robbers. authorities mention two assailants and a mystery crew, with Grissette regaining consciousness briefly before failing.
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Texarkane
Tex
Cotton Belt
Grissette
Redwater
Texas
Texarkana
Camden
Ark
Congress Opens Formal Session With Planned Nominations
Washington December 3 Congress convened in both chambers at noon with no business today and limited activity this week. The House adopted memorial adjournment for four late members Hitt Hoar Keatham Adams. The President's message is due tomorrow and Moody’s nomination to succeed Justice Brown is expected to be sent and acted upon promptly.
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Messrs
Hitt
Hoar
Keatham
Adams
Moody
Justice Brown
Tulsa oil boom drives storage and pipelines plans
Oil rush in Glenn pools sparks fever among drivers, crews, and Eastern investors. Wells of 500 barrels daily are common, with many reports of 1 000 to 2 000 barrels and some up to 25 000. Massive storage is built and more is under construction as a potential pipeline network to Texas terminals emerges. Prices for wells reach 50 000 and land sections fetch 500 000, with Creek Indian lands now valuable due to oil allotments.
Hil Adds Denial of Missouri Kansas Texas Interest
New York reports James J. Hil rejects claims he seeks control of the Missouri Kansas and Texas. He says if aiming for a Gulf route he would build a canal or leave road building to the government. He prefers a fifteen foot canal to a railroad.
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New York
James J. Hil
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Hill
Gulf
Comptroller Stephens Forecasts Two Year Budget Gap
The forthcoming annual report by Comptroller Stephens estimates receipts from all sources at 7,157,900 dollars for the next two years and expenses at 8,000,000 dollars, indicating the legislature must provide additional revenue.
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Austin
Stephens
Wreck Causes Blame On Rangoon Telegraph Operator
In Lynchburg Virginia detectives and railroad officials blame C B Mattoux the Rangoon block telegraph station operator for the crash near Lawyers Depot that killed President Samuel Spencer and his party. Disappeared Malloax not yet found.
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Lawyers Depot
Samuel Spencer
C. B. Mattoux
Rangoon
Malloax
Prominent Dallas Lawyer Dies at Home
Col. W. W. Leake, a leading Dallas resident for over thirty years, died at his Canton and Browder streets home at 6 o clock Friday morning after suffering a paralytic stroke several days earlier. The end came peacefully as a dream.
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Dallas
Col. W. W. Leake
Canton and Browder Streets
Aro Co. Leake
Congress weigh increases for officials and staff in stalled budget
Washington reports a renewed push to raise wages for statesmen and their aides with a subcommittee proposing $125 monthly for secretaries and a possible $2,500 raise for Congress members to $7,500 yearly. Other items include births and deaths in Dallas County, North Texas Medical Association meetings, Texas City Attorneys session, Houston wood yard plan with prisoner labor, and the opening of the DeForest wireless station in Paris with George W. Reynolds aiding setup.
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Washington
House
Capitol
Congress
Texas
Dallas
Houston
Paris
George W. Reynolds
Disgraceful Truth of Labor Betrayors Leaks in Chicago
In Chicago on December 3, testimony in a criminal court tied the Garment Workers Union to a $1509 payment amid a lengthy 1905 strike against Montgomery Ward & Co. The witness, Labor Leader Young, recounted bribes to Teamsters leaders and a plan to call a sympathetic strike, with meetings at the Stock Exchange Building. Also reported is the death of Clarence MecCullum from lockjaw after an accident involving mules.
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Chicago
Lves
Garment Workers’ Union
Young
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Montgomery, Ward& Co
Garment Workers
Garment
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Shea
James Barry
Hugo McGee
Jeremiah McCarthy
Teameters
Robert Noreen
Stock Exchange
Noreen
Montgomery Ward & Co
Cotton mill adds annex to boost spinning capacity
Waxahachie reports a post summer annex costing several thousand dollars, measuring about 200 feet by 100 feet. When finished the building will house a spinning department, expanding capacity from 6,000 spindles with 6,000 more to be installed this winter.
Death of Tobias Sims Found Hanged at Prairie Grove
News from Groesbeck reports the death of Tobias Sims aged seventy at his son’s home near Prairie Grove nine miles northeast. He rose at daylight and was found later hanging by the neck in an abandoned crib after a family search.
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Groesbeck
Tobias Sims
Prairie Grove
Railroad Commission scenes affect Wabash through train
The Texas Railroad Commission may issue an order stopping the Wabash through train at every station on the International and Great Northern and the Texas and Pacific in Texas. The action would reduce the service to a local line hindering through travel Chicago to Mexico.
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Chicago
Railroad Commission of Texas
Wabash
Mexico
International
Great Northern
Texas
To Settle College Trouble in Court
A suit filed in the sixty second district court by J Whitney Beale Jr against several citizens for foreclosure and sale of Henry College property at Campbell and Lan caster. The amount sued for is 5000 dollars.
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Greenville
sixty-Second District Court
J. Whitney Beale Jr
Henry College
Campbell
Henry Coleze
Lancaster
Bridges
Priest Plans German Colony on Amarillo Land Deal
In Amarillo a Catholic priest from Illinois, Father O'Reilly, buys eighteen sections about ten miles northwest to establish a large German colony. The total price is $75,000. The land is largely unimproved but suitable for farming.
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Amarillo
Father O'Reilly
Ilinois
Poultry Show Set For State Fair Grounds in January
Dallas reports the Southwestern Poultry Association will stage its annual show at the State Fair Grounds on January 8 10 and 11. Officials note exhibits this season will surpass last year as the association has grown in the past year. Officers listed include president Walter Ellsworth treasurer I C Harris and secretary Elbert Beeman.
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Dallas
Southwestern Poultry Association
State Fair Grounds
Walter Ellsworth
I. C. Harris
Elbert Beeman
Dallas Court Donates Funds for Indigent Relief in Dallas
The Dallas County Court gives 500 dollars for six months to aid the poor through United Charities. In Dallas plans call for two new pipelines one gas and one oil. The Guffey company and the Texas company are expected to build them. Strong prospects said to exist for both projects.
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Dallas
United Charities
Guffey Company
Texas Company
Congress Read President's Message Amid Applause in House
Washington December 5 The reading of the President's Message lasted two hours and twenty five minutes with Democrats and Republicans applauding. Lacey of Iowa acted as Speaker pro tem as Cannon reshuffled Foreign Affairs membership, appointing Cousins to succeed Hitt and Lowden to fill the vacancy. The House adjourned at 2 52 pm.
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Lacey
Iowa
Cannon
House
Robert B. Cousins
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Robert R. Hitt
Minnels
Frank O. Lowden
Mr. Hitt
Russo Japanese cordiality masks looming crisis
In St Petersburg officials warn hostilities could begin over Japan's fishery and commercial claims in the Amur and Trans-Baikal regions. Troops and transport are being prepared as Foreign Minister Iswolsky rushes to seal friendly pacts with England and America. The press suppresses the crisis to protect markets and a proposed loan.
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Japan
Amur
Trans-Baikal
Iswolsky
England
America
Nomination of Dallas Postmaster Robinson Blocked Again
Washington reports the regular nomination of David A. Robinson as Dallas postmaster was not confirmed due to Senator Culberson's opposition. The president will keep Robinson in office until the end of his term, marking his third nonconfirmed reappointment.
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David A. Robinson
Dallas
Culberson
Mr. Robinson
Destructive Arizona Flood Swallows Clifton Hotel
Information received reports CliftonArizona nearly washed away. The Copper Queen Hotel may be swept from its foundations and at least fifty people are missing. The Concent rator Dam of earth construction failed after heavy floods, with prior breach two years earlier washing away the dam and causing a deadly flood.
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Clifton
Ariz
Copper Queen
Slayden bill proposes mass discharge of Black soldiers
Washington reports Mr Slayden introduces a bill to discharge all enlisted army members who are Negro or of Negro descent by June 30 1907 and bar any future enlistment or appointment of Black people in the U S Army. E H R Green plans to double greenhouse capacity east of Dallas on the Kaufman road.
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Washington
E. H. R. Green
Dallas
Kaufman Road
New Railway Project Mooted In Texas Announcement
Dallas reports no official word yet but indications point to Trinity and Brazos Valley starting a railway from Teague. The route would run to Paris via Free stone Athens Quitman Sulphur Springs and Cooper linking with Frisco, passing through Freestone Anderson Henderson Van Zandt Smith Wood and Delta counties.
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Trinity
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Teague
Freestone County
Athens
Quitman
Sulphur Springs
Cooper
Paris
December railroad guide publication delayed for 50 changes
The official railroad guide announces that the December issue will not appear on time due to extensive nationwide changes. This marks the first delay in the memory of veteran railroad men.
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Fort Worth
Official
Railroad Guide
Pilot Point Farmer Dies Likely Of Heart Failure En Route to Indiana
B G Pierson a farmer living five miles east of McKinney died suddenly while driving his wagon toward Indiana Territory near Here Tuesday morning. He was in apparent good health when he broke camp a few miles east of the city. Heart failure is suspected. His body was embalmed here and shipped to McKinney.
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McKinney
Fatal pistol accident in Falls County claims 19 year old
Emil Ocker aged about 19 and a younger boy were playing with an apparently empty pistol in western Falls County when it discharged fatally wounding Ocker. W S Urquhart of Denison is described as a 54 year old great grandfather. The birth of a son to Kenneth and Mrs True honors him as likely the state’s youngest great grandfather.
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Emil Ocker
Falls County
Ocker
W. S&s. Urquhart
Denison
Kenneth True
Texas official appointments listed for Mr. Campbell’s upcoming term
Palestine Texas December 4 government names eight more posts to be filled once Mr. Campbell is inducted. Private Secretary A M Barton. Assistant Attorney General Felix J McCord. Adjutant General Col W R Hearne. Secretary of State L T Dashiell. State Purchasing Agent Ben B Cannon. Board of Pardon Advisers William Blakeslee and A H McKinnon. Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds W C Day. Commissioner of Agriculture R T Millner. State Health Officer Dr William Brumby. Penitentiary Commissioners William F Ramsey John W Wright Joseph S Menshaw. Superintendent J A Herring. Assistant Superintendents J H Boyd and R B Underwood. Financial Agent Benton McMillan. Penitentiary Inspectors J G Barbie and Sam Hawkins. Confederate Home John B Rescan. Blind Asylum S L Hornbealk. Orphan’s Home E W Tarrant. Eight additional appointments pending public announcements.
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Felix J. McCord
Smith County
Col
W. R. Hearne
Bexar County
L. T. Dashiell
Leon County
Ben B. Cannon
Parker County
Board of Pardon Advisers
William Blakeslee
Lavaca County
A. H. McKinon
Hill County
W. C. Day
Hays County
R. T. Millner
Rusk County
William Brumby
Harris County
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
William F. Ramsey
Johnson County
John W. Wright
Joseph S. Menshaw
Dallas County
J. A. Herring
Madison County
Rusk
John H. Boyd
McLennan
Huntsville
Texans Brace For New Legislation On Cotton Futures
A Dill will be introduced by the Farmers Union in the coming legislature to curb cotton futures exploitation in Texas. Pittsburgh mayor Fred bitten by a mad dog heads to Austin for Pasteur treatment. Dallas to see a new large hotel rise, while Congress seeks an act to maintain four regiments of necro troops.
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Texas
A Fred
Pittsburg
Austin
Pasteur
Garner
Times London
Little Dorritt
Islington
Waco
Missouri
Kansas
Indian Territory
Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter Meet in Waco
Waco hosts the seventy first grand lodge communication and fifty seventh grand Royal Arch Chapter convocation on Tuesday as Masonic representatives fill the city. The lodge meets in the forenoon and the chapter in the afternoon with many officers arriving early.
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Grand Masonic Temple
Franklin and
Sixth Streets
Grand Lodge
Grand Chapter
Grand
Supreme Court limits state rail stop power in Mississippi v Illinois Central
The Supreme Court ruled that a state commission cannot force interstate trains to stop at designated stations. The Mississippi Commission versus Illinois Central arose from an effort to compel through trains to stop at Manella, a 1,200 resident town about 100 miles from New Orleans.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Mississippi Commission
Illinois Central
Maznella
New Orleans
Post office at Bristol is discontinued by department order
The Bristol post office ten miles north of Ennis was discontinued last Friday by department order. Senator Joseph W Bailey arrived in Texas on Tuesday to campaign for re election to the Senate. Parker County mourns with the death of T D Lewis age 70 a pioneer settler and former member of Carson Lewis firm once controlling mills hotel and the largest cattle business in the West.
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Ennis
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Senate
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Weatherford
T. D. Lewis
Carson & Lewis
Parker County
Austin Captain Cobb Talks Tax Reform During Visit
Captain T. D. Cobb of San Antonio, a Bexar County legislator hopeful, favors changes in tax and corporation laws. He denounces three revenue bills as products of political intrigue designed to elevate their authors.
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T. D. Cobb
San Antonio
Bexar County
Legislature Session Hints Prolonged Term Likely
Austin notes the Thirtieth Legislature will open on the second Tuesday of next month. Rumors point to a World of legislation with a lengthy session and few members offering concrete proposals. Possible reforms in taxation and tweaks to the general election law are mentioned as potential changes.
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Austin
Barber Monroe Knight Drowns in Red River Suicide
Monroe Knight, a barber in Marianna, E. T., drowned himself in the Red River Sunday morning. He left a note saying he had lost his friends and faced financial failure.
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Marietta
E. T
Red River
Midland man shoots wife then kills himself
Donald Millette twenty two of Midland killed his wife by firing two shots into her breast and then shot himself in the head. He cannot recover.
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Donald Millette
Midland
Congress Passes Appropriations Bills Amid Broad Window
Lawmakers approve key funding packages with limited other business on the floor. Negotiations and committee reports drive the spending measures as the session focuses on fiscal allocations and budget priorities.
Congress Plans Big Bill Push as Holidays Narrow Time
Washington previews show the Fifty ninth congress racing to wrap large supply measures in two months with one billion dollars in appropriations. The Ship Subsidy Bill advances. currency, tariff, and a national inheritance tax attract attention amid debate and a Smoot case showdown looms. Panama Canal recommendations and navy expansion face mixed reception as Dreadnaught plans encounter opposition.
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Fifty-ninth Congress
Congress
Senate
House
Root
Smoot
Reed Smoot
Committee On Privileges
Burrows
Michigan
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Cuban Congressmen Unseated Declared Vacant by President
Gov Magoon announced to 25 Cuban senators and representatives at the palace that a decree under U.S. authority will declare vacant the seats of all members elected in 1905 to the second series of the Cuban congress. The motion follows a presidential decree process.
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Havana
United States
Chicago Wagon Mail Service Replaced by Tunnel System
Post office officials retire the Chicago wagon mail run between the general post office and passenger railway stations. The new tunnel system handles carriage of mail except registered matter in the city.
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Chicago
General Post Office
Post Office
Stolen Roosevelt Portrait Believed Found in Providence
Providence authorities led by Chief Matthews state they have reason to believe a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt by New York artist W D Murphy, which disappeared earlier, is located in the city.
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Roosevelt
Providence
Polles Matthews
W. D. Murphy
New York
Will Spell the Old Way In Congress Spelling Row
Washington reports the coming congress will review an appropriation bill and money measures with Daniel Webster's spelling as the standard. Committees decide the spelling is good enough for official use.
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Washington
Congress
Daniel Webster
Destructive Fire Destroys Steger Orr Tobacco Firms
A mob set a blaze at the Princeton Kentucky tobacco firms of John Steger and John G. Orr controlled by the Tobacco Co of New York. Loss estimated around 275000 dollars. Fires damaged the premises and disrupted production, with investigations underway into the incendiary act.
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Princeton
John Steger
John G. Orr
Mperils] Tobacco Co
New York
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