Campbell Wins Texas Governor Race By Large Margin
Dallas reports from 307 boxes show Campbell Democrat leading Gray Regular Republican by 27 608 with a total vote of 63 728 and a Campbell majority of about 150 000. Prohibition Pearson and Socialist Edwards have small totals. other amendments and congressional district results favor or oppose various measures. John M Garner appears to be elected in the Fifteenth District over Moore.
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Tex
News This
Campbell
Gray
Pearson
Edwards
Dowler
Acheson
Rep
John M. Garner
Garner
Moore
Morin
Detroit
Mich
Warner
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Marion County
Guild
John B. Moran
Boston
Prohibition
Independence League
StWice
Nashville
Tenn
M. FR. Patterson
H. Clay Evans
Hokel
Woodruff
Tharer
Democrats Sweep Two Territories in Oklahoma Race
Reports to the Democratic committees project a total popular majority between twenty five and thirty five thousand. Indian Territory ballots show strong Democratic support with Prohibition issues shaping outcomes in the Indian Territory. Weather was fair but registration lagged due to business apathy.
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Oklahoma City
United Democratic Committees
Indian Territory
Returns From Across the Nation Election Result Summary
Across the United States Republicans lead in Congress with 131 seats to Democrats 110, 96 of them from the South. New York Governor Hughes leads in state results, while Kentucky Indiana Delaware and several other states show Republican gains. Florida Mississippi and South Carolina vote solidly Democratic. California San Francisco reports a strong Republican statewide win.
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Texas Railroad Commission to regulate sleeping car fares
The Texas Railroad Commission proposes to regulate and cut sleeping car fares by 20 percent, setting a new rate of 1.60 under a hearing scheduled for November 27. The commission also seeks jurisdiction over sleeping car service and places responsibility on railroads rather than car owners like Pullman.
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Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Pullman
Water measurements in Texas streams for irrigation and power use
The hydrographic branch of the United States Geological Survey conducts stream measurements in Texas to determine water availability for irrigation, power development, and manufacturing use. Long term gaging stations provide data, but knowledge remains rudimentary for many rivers.
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Washington
Hydrographic Branch
United States Geological Survey
Texas
State reports normal growth in charter filings
Secretary of State notes a higher number of charters filed in the past year than the previous twelve months but attributes the rise to normal substantial growth rather than an oil boom. Earlier oil-field activity caused a rush to file hundreds of charters, while the current increase indicates healthy state advancement without unusual conditions.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Department of State
Texas
Tragedy Near Seguin Shocks Local Community
A brutal killing and arson occurred twelve miles east of Seguin on Nash's Creek. Ken Wash Anderson, a young Black man, was burned to death as attackers destroyed his home and evidence suggests the crime was staged to conceal the murder.
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Seguin
Nash's Creek
Ken Wash Anderson
Texas Tackles Trusts in Waters-Pierce Depositions
In St Louis on November 5 deputy Attorney General R V Davidson will take depositions in the suit to oust the Waters-Pierce Oil Co from Texas as an unlawful trust. Doyle and Watson served subpoenas on several prominent locals as H Clay Pierce and Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey are named in the testimony expected. The Texas Waters-Pierce unit is alleged absorbed by Standard Oil and Texas attorneys will appear in defense.
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Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Texas
Standard Oil Company
Notary Funkhouser
Hadley
Missouri
United States
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Bailey
Writers-Pierce Oil Company
Davidson
Texas Company
St. Louis
Brutal Murder in Beaumont Convict Camp Stirs Outrage
Arthur Fig Carr, about 25, night guard at the county convict camp, was found shot to death in his sleeping tent after a robbery. His valuables and $35 were stolen from a rip ped grip. The killing shocked Beaumont as investigators search for suspects.
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John Baldwin
Carr
Missionary Baptist Association Adjourns In Texas
Dallas reports mark of Pentecostal fervor at adjournment of the Texas Missionary Association session. Old and young shed tears as pastors and missionaries parted for fields of labor. Next year’s meeting set for Jacksonville with plans in place for ongoing work.
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Baptist Missionary Association of Texas
Jacksonville
Baptist Missionary Association
Gainesville Pioneer George Y Bird Dies After Brief Illness
Gainesville native George Y Bird dies Sunday after short illness. One of Cooke County’s oldest settlers, he opened the first dry goods in Gainesville and built the first brick house. First mayor of Gainesville elected 1873. Served as County Clerk after county organization, elected 1853. Confederate veteran buried with honors.
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Gainesville
George Y. Bird
Cooke County
Countr Son
Abingdon Deaths Link to Garrett Case In Virginia
In Abingdon Virginia on Sunday John Hawkins a near neighbor of Mrs. William Garrett who was killed in Abingdon on Saturday night died by his own hand after learning he was under suspicion for the murder Hawkins about thirty years old leaves a widow and three children his reputation previously unquestioned
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Will Harris
Caldwell County
Rockdale
Deeased
WI Poole
Knoxville
Tenn
William Garrett
Abingdon
John Hawkins
Garrett
Hawkins
Man Imprisoned Himself While Failing Escape From Calaboose
A white man visiting the city for several days forced a weak spot in the brick wall of the calaboose. He made a food sized opening and attempted to crawl through toward Ibertr. He wedged halfway and became stuck, lying flat on his stomach for hours until rescuers freed him.
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Bastue
Calaboose
Ibertr
County Officials Buy Bell Branch Lake for Resort
Waxahachie County Judge F. L. Hawkins and C. T. Spalding return from Palestine where they closed a deal with International and Great Northern railroad officials for the Bell Branch lake in western Ellis County. The price is 100 dollars cash. A stock company is formed to purchase and develop the property into a pleasure resort.
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Waxahachie
F. L. Hawkins
C. T. Spalding
Palestine
International and Great Northern Fishroad Company
Bell Branch
Eliz Gounty
Multiple Armed Robberies and Fatalities Reported in West
Gallup New Mexico reports a westbound Santa Fe train robbery with three men forcing passengers to surrender money and items. Other incidents include a dynamite detonation killing Jim Stezie near Clay Station and reports of a possible second fatality. bank robbery in Stroud and a post office theft. Rio Grande Judge Stanley Welch assassinated. a girl shot accidentally by a 10 year old with a 22 caliber firearm. gubernatorial action sought to appoint A H Hefner as commandant of the Soldiers Home.
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Corile Lowrey
W. W. Lowrey
Trion
Ellis County
Tom Campbel
A. H. Hefner
Greenville
Government sues Standard Oil in St. Louis papers
The government files ten lawsuits in St. Louis against Standard Oil alleging illegal practices. Court actions seek penalties and regulatory relief. Officials cite antitrust concerns and demand transparency in pricing and operations. The cases unfold in multiple district courts with broad implications for the oil industry.
Hadley Foresees Prosecution Succeeding in Trust Case
Missouri Attorney General Hadley says he is satisfied that a federal suit to dissolve the Standard Oil trust will succeed. He cites evidence disclosed in his Waters-Pierce inquiry and notes Charles Connors spent weeks in Jefferson City reviewing it. Hadley says Ohio and Texas actions rest on Missouri testimony and that other states may have additional evidence.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Hadley
Th Waters-Pierce of
Charles Connors
Department of Justice
Hailey
Connors
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
Tam
Pullman Afraid of Law Over Stockholder Surplus
Chicago Pullman Co fears distributing a $30,000,000 surplus to stockholders may invite restrictive legislation. Over eight years the company has taken this amount from the public with 8 percent regular dividends. In 1898 the firm had $30,000,000 and issued a 50 percent stock dividend with 20 percent distribution. A state action in Winds began, pushing the company to exit real estate, selling lands and leases in Pullman while keeping one office building. Stockholders seek the surplus, but legal risk tempers plans.
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Chicago
Pullman Co
Pullman
Taw
Arkansas Anti Trust Suits End In Settlement
Lite Rock officials and Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton with five cotton oil firms in the county entered orders ending antitrust suits. Dixie Cotton Oil Co. was dismissed by agreement, while Southern Cotton Oil Co Consumers' Cotton Oil Co Arkansas Cotton Oil Co and Buckeye Cotton Oil Co paid 1250 dollars plus costs. The firms deny participating in any pool and pledge to stay out of trusts in the future.
Identification tags to be worn by all U S officers and soldiers
Washington reports Acting Secretary Oliver will require aluminum identification tags the size of a silver half dollar to be worn under clothing by every officer and soldier. Tags show home, company, regiment or corps and are issued free to enlisted personnel and at cost to officers. Gen Berry emphasizes the tag’s value amid Civil War grave identifications.
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Washington, D. C
O'Reilly
Oliver
Berry
Coroner Announces Rail Accident Cause In Atlantic City
Coroner Gas declares a loose rail caused the Sunday Pennsylvania Railroad disaster in Atlantic City where over fifty people died. Experts spent the day inspecting the bridge and cars. details of their findings are not public. The inquest will продолж?
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Atlantic City
N. J
Gaskill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sudden Death of Representative J H Ketchum at 74
New York congressman J H Ketchum of Dover died of apoplexy in a city hospital on Sunday at age 74. He served in the House for the Eighteenth New York District and later the Twenty-first District where he sought re election as a Republican. He was a Civil War colonel of the Fifteenth New York Volunteers.
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New York
J. H. Ketchum
Dover
Twenty-first
Fifteenth New York Volunteers
Farmer found dead on wagon load of cotton near Cache
Lawton Oklahoma reports farmer D G Dempsey living near Cache was found dead on a wagon loaded with cotton en route to town. His team had moved on after death. Neighbor Robert Rayburn, traveling in the opposite direction, halted the team after discovering no response and investigated.
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Lawton
D. G. Dempsey
Cache
Robert Rayburn
Rayburn
Santa Fe railroad extension progress in Swisher County
Amarillo reports the Santa Fe extension from Canyon City to Plainview is progressing well. Labor shortages hinder completion as track reaches within three miles of Tulin, Swisher County. Expect completion to Plainview by the latter part of January.
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Amarillo
Texas
Santa Fe
Canyon City
Plainview
Tulin
Swisher County
Sunlar
Mass Meeting Drives Negroes From Waurika Streets
In Guthrie Oklahoma a mass meeting was called to protest the presence of 100 negro cotton pickers on Waurika streets and after adjournment no negroes remained in town. Five thousand Texas negro harvesters were brought into Comanche Kiowa and Greer counties to pick cotton this fall. A boiler explosion in a Louisiana sugar house near Vacherie killed five by steam. Horace W Vaughen of Texarkana named district attorney for the Fifth district replacing H F O Neal of Atlanta. Frisco hires an expert forester in Indian Territory to select timber tracts for future forest reservations.
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Guthrie
Waurika
Texas
Comanche
Kiowa
Greer
Vacherle
Louisiana
Horace W. Vaughen
Texarkana
H. F. O'Neal
Atlanta
Frisco
Indian Territory
Mexican Kills Two in Oklahoma Cotton Dispute
Jasper Webb and Lewis Johnson were shot two miles from Bristow Oklahoma by a Mexican man after a quarrel over cotton weights. The shooter beat both victims with a gun, then fled the scene.
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Bristow
I. T
Jasper Webb
Lewis Johnson
Prominent saloon keeper killed in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas John Pichlel proprietor of the Auditorium Bar was shot Friday night. A single revolver round pierced his heart and caused instant death in the rear of his business. The gun was fired by his wife whom he was separated from. A second woman is also connected to the tragedy.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John Pichlel
Auditorium
Prank Fallout: 5 Students Arrested After Rock Attack
In Lexington Kentucky a clash between about 600 college students and police ended with four patrolmen head injuries from rocks. Police retook the scene as students aimed to pry a streetcar from its track and then pelted the officers. Five students were arrested.
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Lexington
Kentucky State College
Composer William Reynolds Dead At Lana Hospital
San Francisco composer and musical director William Reynolds died after a short illness at Lana hospital. He authored The Sweetest Story Ever Told and Nancy Brown among his most successful songs.
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San Francisco
William Reynolds
Lana Hospital
Nancy Brown
Aas
Indian Territory Federation Backs Separate Schools
Tulsa report says during the federation's annual session the group adopts by unanimous vote a resolution favoring separate schools for whites and blacks in the new state of Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Indian Territory Federation of Women’s Clubs
Oxiahoma
University of Texas defeats Oklahoma in fast gridiron win
Brief dispatches report Texas trounced Oklahoma in one of the speediest games on record. Other items note a Wyoming ranchman captured by an Indian chief who turns out to be an old college friend, a Fort Bliss altercation results in deaths, and various political and social developments across the nation.
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Pollard
St. Louis
Indersea
England
James A. Burditt
Monroe City
Perry
Panama Canal Commission
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Switchmen’s Union
Hammond
Ind
Standard Oll Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Berlin
Eddy
Christian Seiience Church
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Jim Wilkins
Courthouse
Lawton
Okla
Magocon
Cuba
Bessie Hamilton
Hamiton
Kansas
Tralhmen
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John Seward
Joplin
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Gulf
Atlantic
Pacific
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Tex
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Leon Beureau
Swansea
San Francisco
Port Stanley
Utes Likely to Accept Conference Terms, Sheridan Report
Messenger from Arvada reports ongoing conference between military and Utes with indications of agreement. Military offered to escort Utes home, supply winter rations, and revisit a new aboding place by next spring.
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Sheridan, Wy
Arvada
Cashier Fatally Shot in Bank Vault at Salem
Charles B. Williams, acting cashier and bookkeeper of Citizens Banks, was found dead in the bank vault in Salem Indiana. A shotgun blast through the heart killed him as he reportedly discharged the gun while adjusting its position. He was the son of former county Auditor J. L. Williams.
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Salem
Ind
Charles B. Will'ams
Citizens Banks
Willams
J. L. Williams
Japanese Officials Arrive to Buy Virginia Tobacco
Four Japanese officials visit Richmond to purchase tobacco directly for the Japanese government. Their mission aims to cut out middlemen in the tobacco procurement process for the government monopoly.
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Richmond
Paderewski Cancels Engagement in New York
Paderewski has cabled canceling his engagement to appear in January in this country. There is no confirmation of the report that the famous pianist suffers paralysis of the arms.
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Paderewsk
New York
Hurricanes Hit Toklo Island Fishing Fleet Losses
A hurricane off Goto Island sinks 66 coral fishing vessels. Of 210 men aboard 822 drown and 100 are injured. Only 38 ships survive the storm.
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Toklo
Goto Island
Former Paying Teller Indicted in Alabama Bank Defalcation
Birmingham Alabama federal grand jury indicts Alex H. Chisholm a former paying teller at First National Bank on seven counts alleging a defalcation of one million dollars. The charges accuse him of misappropriating funds from the bank.
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Birmingham
Ala
Federal Grand Jury
Alex. H. Chisholm
First National Bank
Cubans to Catch Cubans in Santa Clara Province
Brig. Gen. Bell orders the Fifteenth cavalry at Placetas to occupy Santa Clara Esperanza Clenfuges Cruces and Santo Domingo replacing the rural guard to pursue marauders. President Stephens appeals to Baptist association for a donation.
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Santa Clara
Bell
Placetas
Esperansa
Clenfuges
Cruces
Santo Domingo
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