El Reno Draws 500 Names For Homes Amid Nervous Crowd
El Reno Oklahoma July 29 thousands will witness the public drawing for homes in the new country. Envelopes with applicants’ names were prepared, 70 000 added yesterday, 400 boxes used, two revolving boxes mix envelopes, 25 names drawn per box, 6500 names per box total, governor to read proclamation before the drawing. The crowd waits in tense calm as the process unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corps of Clerks
Richards
el Reno
O. T
James R. Wood
Weatherford
Lawton
Mattie H. Beals
Wichia
Kas
Wood
Miss Beals
Stephen A. Holcomb
Pauls Valley
I. T
Leonard Lamb
Augusta
Oklahoma
Farmers Congress Advances Local Clubs and Home Comforts
At College Station Texas the Farmers Congress closed with adoption of reports on organization and home comforts as well as a push to form local farmers clubs for agricultural discussion and institute programs. A resolution against slaughtering song birds and doves passed and committees were named for pure food law and transportation.
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College Station
Texas
Farmers’ Congress
Committee On Organization and Farmers’ Institute and Home Corforts
Ra Ttwater
Tech
Greieheames
Hunt
Tom Frazier
H "G
L. H. Porter
Stewart B. Sbisa
Agricultural and Mechanical College Ees
Banks
Foster
Cavite
Messrs
Kerr, Guerley
Smith
Citizens
People of
E. A Kirkpatrick
McKinney
B. C. Pittuck
Plague Case Aboard Hohenfels Detained at Quarantine
The steamship Hohenfels tied at quarantine will unload today while fumigation occurs to prevent spread. Twenty seven crew members are at Swinburne Island for a twelve day observation. others remain on board with port health officer. Dr Doty calls the plague case mild and not a public threat.
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New York
Hohenfels
Swinburne Island
Dr. Doty
Kaiser Not Interfering With Boer War Mediation Rumor
A London dispatch in the Tribune notes there is little basis for reports the German emperor offered to mediate between Britain and Boer leaders to end the war. The Kaiser has maintained neutrality and would not risk disrupting his friendly stance with Britain.
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Kaiser
New York
South Africa
London
Tribune
Allen to Install Three 15 500 Gallon Tanks in Alexandria
A. W. Allen, representing a Chicago firm, has contracted to install three 15 500 gallon capacity tanks for Beaumont oil burning. The tanks will serve Alexandria power house and the Bonia and Red River oil mills at a total cost of 1500. Work on these plants will begin at once and a contract with the Alexandria Compress Company may follow.
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Alexandria
A. W. Allen
Chicago
Beaumont
City of Alexandria
Bonia
Red River
Alexandria Compress Company
McKee Center of Steel Strike Tension in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports intense excitement as guards are stationed at the Demmler tin plate works amid signals that non union workers may return to work Monday. National Tube Company employees reportedly plan a strike within a day or two.
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Pittsburg
Steel Kings
Morgan
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Leechburg
Duncansville
Monoss
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Apollo
Vandergrift
Saltsburg
Hawaii Will Have Exhibit At St Louis World’s Fair
Edwin S. Gill reports from San Francisco that Hawaii’s legislature has appropriated 15000 dollars for an exhibit at the St Louis world’s fair. The board of directors accepted the resignation of Stuyvesant Fish of New York and elected Isaac W. Morton of St. Louis to fill the vacancy.
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Hawaii
St. Louis
Commodore Kelley Dies at Premium Point
Edward J. Kelley commodore of the new Rochelle Yacht club died suddenly at his Premium Point cottage today aged about forty five from hemorrhage of the lungs. He was the son of the late Eugene Kelley a well known New York banker and was to entertain Admiral Schley on his yacht this afternoon.
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Commodore Kelley
New York
Edward J. Kelley
New Rochelle Yacht Club
Admiral Schley
Premium Point
Eugene Kelley
Tragic Newark Man Endures Striker Jeers
George Mc Cabe a 46 year old man from New York committed suicide by cutting his throat. Family says jeers from Worthington Hydraulic Works workers during a Brooklyn strike drove him to desperation. He joined strikers in May, returned July 18, and faced relentless revulsion from neighbors and even children, leading to a possible mental breakdown.
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New York
George McCabe
McCabe
Worthington Hydraulic Works
Brooklyn
Veteran Finally Receives 25 Dollar War Retained Pay
After thirty nine years Edward Knott of White Plains receives a 25 dollar check from the quartermaster's department for retained pay due when he left the Fourth New Jersey volunteers in 1862. No interest was paid and the sum matches the due amount. In Manila thirty four insurgents were captured by the First Cavalry in Batangas province.
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New York
Edward Knott
White Plains
Quartermaster’s Department
New Jersey Volunteers
Manila
First
Batagas
British Hold Noquita After Daylong Fight With Boers
Details from Durban show a hard all day battle near Noquita on July 28 with four hundred Boers repeatedly charging the British position. Major Edwards and Gunner Carpenter were killed, five Britons died, and the Sixty-seventh field battery lost a gun which was limbered and pulled away under heavy fire despite three missed shots.
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Durban
Natal
Noquita
Edwards
Carpenter
Drilling Begins at Webster Texas in Guffey Well
The oil well at Webster Texas started July 31 with the derrick Saverees lifting the casing. The drill plunged fifty feet and work paused for rig changes before resuming under Mr L B Grow who has notable success in Pennsylvania Corsicana and Beaumont fields. The target is the Guffey No 1 of Webster.
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Webster
Texas
Guffey
Saverees
L. B. Grow
Pennsylvania
Corsicana
Beaumont Fields
El Paso Foreman Jack Finley Fatally Stabbed in Deming
El Paso Texas July 31 Jack Finley foreman for Contractors Orman and Cook on the El Paso and Southwestern road died at Deming New Mexico after a breast stab wound in a Sunday night affray. John Fuller, a co worker, is alleged to have stabbed him. They quarreled in a saloon. A $600 reward is offered for the capture of the assailant.
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el Paso
Texas
Jack Finley
Orman & Cook
Southwestern
Deming
N. M
John Fuller
Finley
Gushers Are Now Due in Beaumont Wells
Beaumont Texas July 31 none of the promising wells have spouted yet though three are drilling in the cap rock and preparing to set casing. Ground Floor Oil company set its casing on the cap rock yesterday at 942 feet and the drill now penetrates the covering over the oil. several wells lie near the covered grease making next gusher speculation.
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Beaumont
Texas
Ground Floor Oil Company
Mystery Couple Used Bogus Checks Across Texas
In Paris Texas on July 31 authorities link a mysterious man and a woman to a furniture dealer theft using fake checks. The pair also gained a watch from a local firm by the same ruse. The man acted alone at Bonham and other towns before the woman joined for the baby buggy sale. She is thought to be his wife. After his arrest she rode on to Fort Smith.
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Wilkesbarre
Geo. T. Edmunds
Plymouth
Sadie
Alpena
Mich
Thousand Islands
New Orleans
Lawrence Bryce
Paris
Tex
Houston
Bonham
Fort Smith
Admiral Kimberly seeks excusal from Schley inquiry health claim
A Navy Department letter reports Admiral Kimberly asking to be excused from the Schley court of inquiry due to heart trouble. Secretary Long will decide. Schley reportedly has replied to the precept, though the reply has not arrived at the department yet.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kimberly
Schley
Secretary Long
Admiral Schley
Department
Capital Syndicate Receivership in Texas Appeal
Judge George Miller and attorney William Boyce filed an appeal to the court of civil appeals for Capital Freehold Land investment. A supersedeas bond was approved, keeping the syndicate's property out of receivers' hands for the time being.
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Fort Worth
Texas
George Miller
William Boyce
Coffeen
Capital Freehold Land Investment Company
Channing
Court of Civil Appeals
Wallace
End to Western Dreath in Southwest Desert
El Paso Texas July 30 heavy rains end drought across Arizona and Southern New Mexico. Southern Pacific reports few washouts while Sonora suffers storms and washouts. Telegraph lines are down south. reports route via Mexican Central lines to Vera Cruz and beyond.
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el Paso
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Southern Pacific Railway
Sonora
Vera Cruz
Lyttleton to Succeed Kitchener in South Africa
London rumor places General Lyttleton as successor to Lord Kitchener as commander of British forces in South Africa. Kitchener says the end of the war is in sight and Lyttleton faces a mainly administrative role while Lord Milner handles the final policy challenges.
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Kitchner
London
General Lyttilton
Lord Kitchner
South Africa
Lyttilton
Compromise Reached in Spindle Top Heights Case
Georgetown Texas July 30 in the case C H Booth et al v Texas Trust Co title to Spindle Top Heights Beaumont a compromise has been agreed and an agreed judgment is being prepared Intervenor J N Price has until tomorrow to file papers and try the merits of his intervention.
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Georgetown
Texas
C. H. Booth Et al
Texas Trust Company
Spindle Top Heights
Beaumont
J. N. Price
San Antonio Machinists Strike Ends as Bosses Refuse Contracts
San Antonio machinists strike for union recognition ends after two months. Bosses agree to raise wages across departments but refuse to sign union contracts.
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San Antonio
Unfounded report on Volunteer Guard disbandment denial
Fort Worth dispatch claimed an understanding to disband the State Volunteer Guard at the end of the Legislature session but military authorities in Austin deny the report. They state the Guard remains in good condition with high interest and enthusiasm among its members and officers.
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Ausin
Texas
Fort Worth
Austin
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