Texas Treasury reports cash deficit and tax changes
The Texas Treasury opened the new year with a 1 277 545 dollar deficit in general revenue and a call to pay warrants up to 70117. Tax changes raising the rate to 20 cents and higher assessed values are expected to boost receipts, with a full recovery hoped by late February. Superintendent Clay notes forty new banks and trust companies chartered on January 1 amid a shift from state to national bank incorporation.
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Austin
Texas
Treasury
Clay
Rush of office seekers for Indian Territory post
Washington reports a flood of candidates for the Southern District U S attorneyship in the Indian Territory. Albert Rennie emerges as the most likely nominee if charges against others escalate or disappear. Johnson’s term ends January 18 with a nomination possible early next week.
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Washington
United States
Johnson
Albert Rennie
Rennie
Lake Charles Firm Wins Sulphur Barge Contract
Clooney Bros of Lake Charles Iowa yesterday secured the contract to build sixteen barges 110 feet long 24 feet wide and 6 feet deep for the Brimstone Rained and Canal Company. Delivery is set by June 15 for use transporting sulphur from the mines at Sulphur to the Sabine river via the canal now under construction and thence to ships at Port Arthur and Sabine Pass Texas. The barges will cost about $50,000.
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Lake Charles
Clooney Bros
Brimstone Rained & Canal Company
Sulphur
Sabine River
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Texas
Corpus Christi Post Office to Offer Free City Delivery
On March 10 the Corpus Christi Texas postoffice will be placed in the second class list enabling free delivery in the city. The change marks a significant rise in postal receipts during the past year. Postoffice Inspector W. R. Clark was in town yesterday.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Postoffice
W. R. Clark
Moscow Toll and Russian Rail Resumption Hopes
Advices from Moscow report 1000 killed and 3000 wounded in Russia. Other dispatches say railways are gradually resuming operations. Mails remain badly mixed up and full normal conditions may take two to three months to restore.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
Palestine Knights Templar elects officers for 1906
Palestine Com mandery No 3 Knights Templar elected and installed officers for 1906. Gen H B Stoddard past grand master Knights Templar of the United States officiated as installing officer. A three hour banquet followed with toasts and speeches.
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Palestine
Texas
Palestine Commandery No
Knights Templar
H. B. Stoddard
Knights Templar of
The
United States
Bryan
Italian farmer sells forty acres near Steele's store
In Bryan Texas Manual Depuma an Italian farmer sold 40 acres of Brazos bottom land for 100 dollars per acre to Mrs Lucy Nigliazzo a tenant on the land The forty acres produced sixty bales of cotton in the past year enough to nearly pay for the purchase price
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Bryan
Texas
Manual Depuma
Brazos Bottom
Steele
Lucy Nigliazzo
Shade Trees talk by noted horticulturist in Temple
Temple Texas heard T W Munson of Denison describe shade trees last night at the Board of Trade rooms. He will lecture this afternoon and tonight on fruit trees and shrubbery continuing the series.
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Temple
Texas
T. W. Munson
Denison
Board of Trade
Week of Prayer Observed by Alvin Churches
Alvin Texas hosts a week of prayer with union services at various churches each night. Each meeting will be led by a different pastor from the participating congregations.
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Alvin
Texas
Amulets and Luck Charms Worn by Bathhouse Patrons
A New York Sun report describes Turkish bath patrons who never remove talismans. Items include diamond studded lockets, a bronze Japanese charm, a jade token, a bullet kept for luck, and fraternity pins hung on cords for undressing. One mining man wears a tin disk containing a map to treasure, passed from a dying Mexican in search of a vault hidden treasure. The map’s clues led him to roam Arizona for years, always kept in a water tight tin box worn at the neck.
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Arizona
New York
Sun
Left Large Family Traces 803 Descendants of Utah Matriarch
Mrs. Sarah Ann Woolf of Utah has died at 91 leaving a vast lineage of 803 living descendants including ten children 81 grandchildren 189 great grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren. Fifty four descendants are deceased.
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Sarah Ann Woolf
Utah
Blizzard Hits Texas With Widespread Snowfall
A fierce winter storm sweeps across Texas bringing heavy snowfall and icy conditions. Schools and road crews mobilize as residents brace for continued blizzardy weather. Local officials urge caution and prepare emergency services for ongoing disruption.
Cold wave battering Texas with blizzards and frost
Reports from Alvin to Guthrie describe freezing temperatures and strong northerly winds. Weather bureaus predict subfreezing lows around 28 degrees by Tuesday morning, with widespread frost, sleet, and cattle vulnerability across multiple Texas towns and nearby Oklahoma areas.
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Alvin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Setiann
Big Place
Fire Threatens Kyle as Barn Burns in Kyle Texas
In Kyle Texas Mr. R. J. Sledge's barn burned and the Methodist parsonage barn was torn down. The most populous part of the town stood in fear for a period as the origin of the fire remained unknown.
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Kyle
Texas
R. J. Sledge
Methodist, Parsonage
Tax Law Allows Seizure For Poll Tax in Austin
County tax collector reports few poll tax receipts and notifies that new law permits seizing personal property to enforce poll tax payments Real property taxes require poll tax payment with the levy.
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Austin
Texas
Roosevelt Grants Favor Postpones Ginners Report
Senator McEnary wired Secretary Hester from Washington announcing the New Orleans Cotton Exchange will not issue the ginners report on Monday. The exchange will be closed to honor the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans on January 8.
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New Orleans
McEnary
Hester
Washington
New Orlans Cotton Exchange
Easons Boy Burned In Texas Home Incident
The year old son of Jake Eason of the state treasury department was severely burned this morning while playing before a fireplace in his mother's room. Doctors say the burns may not be fatal.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cees
Cisco
Austin
Jake Eason
State Treasury Department
Illness Keeps Associate Justice Away From Court
Mrs. T J Brown wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brown is seriously ill in Austin Texas causing the judge to miss court duties. The report notes the absence affects the sitting of the court during the mining term.
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Austin
Texas
T. J. Brown
Brown
Supreme Court
Fire destroys Sullivan livery stable in Austin
A blaze last night at 10 15 damaged James M. Sullivans livery stable at Fifth and Trinity in Austin. The building was totally destroyed with about fifty horses lost, many boarded there, and total losses exceeding 12000 dollars, partly insured.
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Austin
Texas
James M. Sullivan
Fifth and
Trinity Streets
Four youths injured and one dead in Oklahoma hunting accidents
Guthrie Oklahoma reports Horace Chambers fourteen died when a horse fell on him near Kildare. Other hunters Samuel Weice Wellston lost a hand John Heiliga Ames lost an eye Charles Maniove Alva lost a hand and Aubrey Miles Calumet lost a hand due to accidental gun discharges during hunting trips.
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Guthrie
Horace Chambers
Kildare
Samuel Weice
Wellston
John Heiliga
Ames
Charles Maniove
Alva
Aubrey Miles
Calumet
Hogs shipped from Cueco near season end
A carload of fat hogs was shipped from Cueco to the Houston Packing Company. It brings the season total to sixteen hogs cars and fourteen turkey cars. In one week the poultry firm paid out $600 to Jaber alone as it winds down for the season.
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Cueco
Texas
Houston Packing Company
Jaber
Bonham Man in Critical Condition After Incident
In Bonham Texas yesterday Wil Phy suffered injuries in a sequence of events at the foat and breast and lies in a cruel condition with recovery doubtful Sheriff Wise jailed Jack Ramsey following the disturbance.
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Bonham
Texas
Wil Phy
Adams and Miss McCormic Married in Leggett Texas
W C Adams of Corrigan and Miss Fannie McCormic of Leggett wed at the bride’s home with Justice Prichard officiating. The groom, a prosperous farmer, and bride plan to live near Corrigan Texas.
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Leggett
Texas
W. C. Adams
Corrigan
Fannie McCormic
Justice Prichard
Victoria County December births and deaths report
Victoria Texas records for December show fifteen births with eleven boys and four girls and three deaths.
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Victoria
Texas
Victoria County
Raleigh merchant and wife suicide in rented room
Charlotte reports W. H. Hood a 33 year old Raleigh merchant and son of ex-Register of Deeds, and a 22 year old woman killed themselves in a rented Raleigh room. Hood left a wife and two children, with an insurance policy and keepsakes. Nine laudanum bottles found. alleged drinking since Christmas.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. H. Hood
Raleigh
Hood
Grand jury detains two newspaper men over source secrecy
In Houston Texas last night a grand jury held Pat Dougherty and Chas Maes for three hours after they refused to reveal sources behind a pool room article. They stated that certain steps were taken but would not disclose details. Several lawyers defended them and they were released without bond.
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Houston
Texas
Pat Dougherty
Chas. Maes
American Ambassador Receives Riots Damage Report
Mr Meyer American Ambassador yesterday received detailed reports from the Consuls at Moscow and Odessa on injuries to American property amid the recent riots. He will forward the damages statement to the State Department for instructions.
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St. Petersburg
Meyer
Moscow
Odessa
State Department
Revolution fears in China and Philippines troop moves
Washington notes suggest rising anxiety over a China crisis and Philippine troop deployments. US forces may land in China soon to safeguard American lives and property. Also in Nashville the Southern Rabbinical Association set a Feb. 6 meeting at Vine Street Temple for a four day session. Montreal figure James H. Strohlein, jailed for embezzlement from the Atlantic Coast Line, waives extradition and will be sent to Georgia.
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Washington
China
War Department
Philippines
Nashville
Tenn
Vine Street
Lewinthal
Southern Rabbinical Association
Montreal
James H. Strohve
Atlantic Coast Line
Paibway
Gorgia
Santo Domingo Situation Improves Says Cable Advisory
Washington reports state department advisories from naval couriers saying the Santo Domingo situation improves. Morales, the fugitive president, is believed hidden near the capital. No major revolutionary movement expected beyond Puerto Plata and San Diego as telegraph links restore except Monte Cristi.
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Washington
Cable
State Department
Santo Domingo
Morales
Republic
Puerto Plata
San Diego
Monte Cristi
Cotton crop expansion in Rio Grande City area
A Rio Grande City Texas report notes a large cotton crop planned for the year with ongoing land fencing and improvements. Land prices have doubled recently as farmers prepare fields for planting this month amid steady summer weather.
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Rio Grande City
Texas
Death at home of Shorty Powell in Winsboro Texas
A Black man named Sol Davidson was fatally harmed at the home of Shorty Powell in Winsboro Texas last night. Justice G M Houston conducted the examination and Powell was admitted to bail of 2500 dollars, which he posted immediately.
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Winsboro
Texas
Sol Davidson
Shorty
Powell
Justice of the Peace
Judgment won against Briggs Weaver Machine Co for 82713 24
In Fort Worth Texas the Stock Yards National Bank as intervenor prevailed in the receiv ership case Briggs Weaver Machine Company versus Stockmen s Oil Company of North Fort Worth. The court awarded $82713.24 against the defendant.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Briggs Weaver Machine Company
Stockmen’s Oil Company of
North Fort Worth
Intervenor Stock Yards National Bank
New Orleans Health Board to be Organized This Morning
New Orleans reports the State Board of Health will be organized this morning with Dr C H Irion of Benton La as president. Irion pledges a policy of no concealment and a sweeping system overhaul amid the new board’s formation. Morales resigns offer discussed in Santo Domingo as ex president seeks safe departure.
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New Orleans
New State Board of Health
C. H. Irion
Benton, la
Irion
Washington
State Department
Santo Domingo
Morales
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Texas Blizzar
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Autstin
Sen
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Morni
Cameron
Louise
Sanarcos
Teaus
Jou
Prin
van Alstyne
Jim Helms
Weston
Sam Bugg
Nowston & Texas Central
Yee
Old Madere
Yeur
Roosevelt
Eason
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Oklahoma
Turkey
Will Phy
Russell
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