National and Foreign Short Stems From Global News
Texas papermasters listed Electra Ru fus W Riddell Lockney Cora Dell Fowler Camby W B Junnell Martie Falla Carrie Smith Palestine R O Mathews Loraine Allie M Erwin. Senator Penrose seeks state department report on Romanian treatment of Jews, citing Berlin treaty of 1878. Wilson nominations include William T. Rosselle for chief of engineers and Henry T. Maye as rear admiral. Marvin named chief of weather bureau succeeding Moore. McAdoo notes Russia tariff policy change. Republican tariff rift grows as La Follette Cummins allies push substitute schedules. Paterson silk strike costs $5.3 million in wages. 21 plants fail. Dixon Jr released after Juarez shooting. Panhandle rainfall relieves drought. crops aided. Panama Canal official Williams resigns. McLean to succeed. Elgin Texas saloon closure due to June prohibition. Judge Cochran dies. Huntsville Mrs Barnett shot. Ben Benedict KOed by Carl Morris. Fatal crash near Port Arthur. Howard Elliott elected NP railroad head of NYNH&H. St Louis bars tipping in hotels. North Texas rain boosts crops. July Texas oat shipments. O Keffe resigns as East Texas Frisco receiver. Andrews named Texas receiver.
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Paterson
Charles B. Dixon, Jr
Juarez
el Paso
Panhandle
Edward J. Williams
Panama Canal Commission
John H. McLean
Texas
Elgin
T. B. Cochran
Austin
A. B. Barnett
Huntsville
Carl Morris
al Benedict
Brooklyn
Joplin
Virgil Cox
Port Arthur
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York City
City Council
St. Louis
Bell County
John D. O'Keffe
East Texas
Frisco
Frank Andrews
Texas News Roundup Hits and Highlights
Cotton Carnival sweepstakes winner Louis Disbrow drives to first place at Galveston with Simplex Zip as the undefeated distance champion. Immigration records show 1,274 July arrivals at Galveston. W L Veasey named auditor of the Texas State Railroad. Rice Growers and mills approve a new export plan for 1.5 million bales. Col Mason and Lt Zane raid Redodo, Texas, seizing 30 30 caliber cartridges. The direct election bill passes the Texas Senate with minor changes. Texas apportionment places tax on railroad intangible values at 4 477 888 across Harris County. Three young women drown near Kirbyville in a late Sunday tragedy.
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Louis
Galveston Beach
United States Immigration Office
Galveston
Texas
W. L. Veasey
Palestine
Texas State Railroad
J. A. Shattuck
Southern Rice Growers’ Association
Louisiana
Arkansas
Beaumont
Rice Growers’ Association
Rice Millers
Paul Mason
Zane
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
Texas Senate
Attorney General of
Texas State, Tax Board
Harris County
Kirbyville
Ffire Rt
Multiple Fronts Roil World Conflicts and Disasters
Reports detail gunboat engagements off China and Mexico, Balkan casualties near 80,000, a five day armistice among Servia Greece Montenegro and Bulgaria, a Hungarian premier news, Russian naval survey near Constantinople, suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst arrested after a London rally, Huerta calling rebel rout imminent, Mexican finance minister Obregon resigning, Shanghai police disarming rebels at Chapei, Italian lake district hurricane damage, Rainbow sailors guarding Shanghai, Greek victory over Bulgaria, famine relief trains wrecked at Laguna, and climbers plunging from Ballieres tower in Switzerland.
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United States
Yo Chow
China
Standard Oil Company
Mexican
Washington Sandhills
Matamoros
Gulf
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Titu Maiorescu
Black Sea
Bosporus
Zonguldhak
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Sylvia Pankhurst
London
England
Miss Pankhurst
Holloway
Huerta
Mexico
Esquival Obregon
Mexico City
Shanghai
Chapei
Italian Lake
Italy
Rainbow
Djuma
Chihuahua
Laguna
Switzerland
Ballieres Tower
Texas House Debates Mexican Situation and Standard Oil Funds
The Texas House on Thursday debated the Mexican situation the penitentiary and the Standard Oil issue while passing the departmental appropriation bill and taking up Kennedy direct election of U S senators. The Burgos Mexican resolution failed 54 to 62 with a tied vote on the minority report. Debate covered the Hudspeth Standard Oil fund and an amendment directing retirement of 170000 in bonds from the A and A College fund. The Cope amendment to strike the enacting clause was defeated 26 to 84.
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Austin
Tex
House
United States
Burgos
Terrell
Hudspeth Senate
Standard Oil
Spann
A. and A. College Permanent Fund
Standard Oil Fund
Cope
Senate
Willacy
Texas
Oil Trust
A. and
M. College
Mayes
Senate fights over penitentiary report and pardons push
Texas Senate Thursday failed to act after a morning clash over the penitentiary report printing and an afternoon dispute on a resolution urging action on pardons for 400 inmates. The chamber adjourned without ruling on the matter.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Collins
Senate Proceedings and appointments in Texas
The Austin session opened with memorial speeches for late senators Greer and Kauffman. The house debated Standard Oil penalties, delaying Burges war resolution items, as the governor sent numerous recess appointment confirmations for state offices across multiple districts and boards.
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Senate
Austin
Tex
Greer and Kauffman
Warren
Darwin
Hudspeth
Gibson
Astin
Westbrook
Brelsford
H. M. Sears
No Recognition for Huerta Shapes Wilson Policy
President Wilson rejects recognizing the Huerta government in Mexico. Senate Democrats back Wilson’s stance. Senator Bacon warns recognition would reward revolution and invite assassinations. Wilson emphasizes a moral issue and favors governments founded on law and order, not force.
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Washington
Wilson
Henry Lane Wilson
Huerta
Mexico
Madero
Suarez
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bacon
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Latin America
U S Demands Immediate Release of American Citizens in Mexico
The United States state department instructed Consul Letcher in Chihuahua City to demand the immediate release of Americans Charles Biesel Roland MacDonald and Raymond Harrell. If declined, the U S would press Mexico and its de facto government to comply with international law and hold responsible those involved in the arrests.
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Juarez, Mex
Francisco Castro
Charles B. Dixon
United States State Department
Marion B. Letcher
Chihuahua City
United States
Chihuahua
Charles Biesel
Roland MacDonald
Raymond Harrell
Alberto Marcado
Huerta
Mexico
United States of America
White House Elm Down in Storm on Lawn
A White House elm planted by President Hayes fell during Thursday’s storm, uprooted and hurled across the presidential driveway near the portico. The McKinley oak Harrison sweet gum and Cleveland elm survived. White House gardener will offer wood to the poor, with an estimated yield of about 1,000 cords.
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White House
Washington
President Hayes
Presidential
Bat Damages Fruit in Orange Texas Peach Orchard Raid
A South American bat found in a peach orchard Thursday has led to many reports of similar pests in the city. The banana colored bat is attacking peaches apples pears and has raided figs causing extensive damage to ripening fruit.
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Orange
Tex
Annis Stockton Chapter Dedicates Burlington HQ
The Annis Stockton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened its Burlington New Jersey historic headquarters in Benjamin Franklin’s old print shop. The event featured a flag presentation by the New Jersey Society Sons of the American Revolution with local Boy Scouts, plus remarks by officials and historians.
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Burlington
N. J
Benjamin Franklin
New Jersey
Annis Stockton
Daughters of the American Revolution
New Jersey Society
Harriet N. M. Pancoast
Palmyra
I. B. Mount
John 8. Merrill
Trenton
Sons of the American Revolution
Pancoast
Henry 8. Haines
Charles Yardley
Fast
Richard Holeman
Mount Holly
Frank Blackburn
Bessie Warnick
Woodbury
Sara FE. Batchelor
Riverton
R. W. Rice
David G. Baird
Beverly
Joseph Roberts
Lawrence D. Fixary
Annis Boudinot
Elias Boudinot
Richard Stockton
Franklin Cabin
South Jersey
Curious Woman Loses Fingers In Rail Road Torpedo Blast
In Philadelphia Mrs Frederick Shire tried to pry open a tin box her husband brought home with a knife. The box exploded and severed three of her fingers. Doctors reported the device was a rail road torpedo.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Shire
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Ashington News
Electra
Rufus W. Riddell
Lockney
Cora Dell Fowler
Camby
W. B. Junnell
Martie Falla
Carrie Smith
R. O. Mathews
Loraine
Allie M. Erwin
Penrose Thursday
Secretary of State
William T. Rosselle
Corps of Engineers
Henry T. Maye
Charles F. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
Marvin
Add Signal Service
Ohio
McAdoo
Russia
la Follette
Cummins
P.C Houston
Dallas
Steerer
Waco
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Legislative News
Finance Committee
House Judiciary
Johnson
Taylor
Harley
Real
Morrow
Senate Judiciary Committee
San Antonio Insane Asylum
Terrell Asylum
Senate Finance Committee
Southwestern Insane Asylum
Terrell Institution
House Committee
Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology
William B. Phillips
Messrs. Tarver and
Lewelling
A. and M. College
Burns
Hill
Colored Normal
Prairie View
Controller's Office
McAskell
Secret Service
Burges
George W. Kyser
Caldwell County
R. A. Buford
Special District Court
Ninth Judicial District
Julian Llewellyn
Montgomery County
Grayson County
W. J. Mathis
Board of Prison Commissioners
Ben EK. Cabell
Dallas County
F. C. Weinert
Guadalupe County
John L. Wortham
Abilene
H. B. Cook
George Miller
Taylor County
The
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Ike D. White
R. W. Finley
Travis
Port Aransas
E. B. Mercer
Aransas County
Thirty-seventh Judicial District
W. C. Linden
Bexar County
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Joseph Faust
Comal County
A. W. Fly
Galveston County
A. A. Siles
Travis County
W. Inglish
Cooke County
A. H. Haynes
D. AL RS
Franklin
Annia Stockton
New York Post Road
New York
Richard
Franklin’s Old Print Shop
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