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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
1
The scene shows a high security gambling joint with two doorkeepers at two inner doors and a reinforced iron folding door. Tables feature roulette with 38 numbers including 0 and 00, red or black bets, and dozens. A young college boy and others gamble, lose, and finally depart with the manager supplying drinks as the house closes.
A southern congressman announces a forthcoming bill focused on statistics. The move signals intent to reshape data collection and reporting practices.
A Southern congressman prepares a bill to tax each bale of cotton ginned to fund a weekly statistics publication. Ginners would pay one tenth of a cent per bale and send weekly progress cards to the agriculture secretary. Wheat statistics would use a similar levy on threshers. expected annual revenue around $25,000.
One of the largest genealogies is being compiled at Oxford focusing on the Smith surname. Researchers have limited scope to the fourteenth century though a Perthe papyrus notes a brewer named Smith dating two centuries before the Christian era.
The czar sent a check for 5400 to W.8. Joanston, an Englishman of the Taku Tug and Lighter company, as a mark of appreciation of the effort.
The proposed bill seeks to eliminate the influence of forecasters like Henry Neill and A. J. Buston, aligning statistics with producers’ interests. It is likely to be introduced this week with support from northern wheat-producing Republicans.
New York January 13 John D Rockefeller plans a series of artificial lakes along Sleepy Hollow brook through his Pocantico Hills East View and Hawthorne lands near Tarrytown. Waterfalls have already been built and over 200000 dollars is expected to be spent on the project.
Dallas city council voted to ban saloons outside the fire limits and instructed City Attorney Henry to draft an ordinance. The action confines all Dallas saloons to the business district and calls for a special session Friday night to push the measure through.
Colonel William R. Morrison former interstate commerce commissioner is critically ill at his Waterloo Wisconsin home. A medical consultation in St Louis led doctors to consider surgery but the patient is of extreme age, making the operation precarious.
Mazatlan reports six persons consorted yesterday and eight fatalities today from the plague. The lazareto caseload rises as sanitary precautions are set on main roads outside the city with physicians in charge.
Receivers A. W. Crandell and Gustave Lemle qualified with $10 000 bonds and assume control of Lone Star and Crescent Oil Company. Lemle says operations will continue, stockholders protected, and old contracts abrogated under court orders. Jurisdiction extends across the territory by joint orders of judges Parlange and Pardee.
In Macon Georgia on January 13 Mrs Carson wife of a printer shot and killed Robert A Rigsby a student in a business college in the law office of Marmaduke C Bayne attorney. The coroner's jury found voluntary manslaughter and Mrs Carson was jailed then released on a $1000 bond. She taught telegraphy and claimed Rigsby had circulated damaging stories about her.
Marshall Texas Jan 12 A Avery a white foreman on a Texas and Pacific extra gang shot and killed James Moseley a section foreman at Sulphur early this morning Avery reportedly killed Moseley for insulting his wife The case adds to rising tension in the region with authorities investigating the motive and circumstances.
In San Diego on January 13 the jury awarded Mrs. Tingley 7500 dollars in the libel case against the Times.
Frankfort Kentucky January 13 Henry Youtsey continued his grand jury testimony and is said to be making a full confession. He reveals not only his role but what others did in the three year old Goebel assassination conspiracy. New evidence reportedly implicates others previously not named.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers issued a circular to all local unions in the anthracite district urging every miner to boost coal production to ease the coal famine affecting Eastern and seaboard cities.
Three smallpox cases reported in Dimmitt Castro County. Health Officer Tinsley has quarantined the area and hopes to halt spread. The illness is not severe and no serious afflictions are recorded.
A proposal outlines plans to build a Union church in the community. Local leaders discuss the project and potential sites as residents weigh the religious and social benefits.
A severe coal shortage affects 2000 residents causing widespread hardship. Officials warn winter energy cuts and rising prices, while relief efforts ramp up to secure fuel and assist households and industries.
Chicago reports a coal famine amid a deep cold wave. Grand jury opens inquiry into a suspected coal ring with 20 firm heads summoned. Trainloads delayed, coal piled beside tracks, and 2000 residents suffer exposure as officials seek market relief.
In a report the health department calls the men responsible for the situation guilty of constructive homicide. Last week child deaths under five rose 19.5 percent from the prior year while deaths among those over sixty increased by 60.5 percent.
Galveston Texas January 12 The British steamship St Nicholas arrived with a cargo of cement destined for Texas. The city notes growing imports of cement due to domestic plant shortfalls and a large influx of pig iron for the national demand.
Governor Sayers issues a notice for Texas World's Fair commission members to meet in Dallas on Wednesday the 21st at 10 a.m. The gathering follows a request by the executive committee to discuss the commission status and future operations.
A Hermosillo Mexico special reports two deaths from bubonic plague causing widespread alarm. Authorities push aggressive sanitation measures to protect the city and prevent further spread.
In Alpine Texas on January 12 a Black man, Tom Irvin from Goliad, confronted an unknown Mexican during a dance. After a sheriff led patrols to Oliver Canada’s house, Irvin fired and was killed after resisting surrender.
Pittsburg Kansas January 12 coroner's jury returns verdict that A B Marston Texas mine owner died naturally at the Hotel Stilwell in Pittsburg a month ago.
Louisvill e obit notes the death Sunday morning from paralysis. Rev Henry Clay Settle, 67, was a prominent Methodist minister in the South with wide recognition. The report emphasizes his stature and illness leading to his passing.
W A Pledger Georgia Republican chairman leads a protest against a white La Grange postmaster nomination and plans to pressure President Roosevelt with an ultimatum. Georgia delegates may back Roosevelt only if Pledger recommendations are followed and a white appointee in Atlanta is withdrawn.
Knoxville Tenn Jan 12 passengers on incoming Knoxville and Ohio train ride reported a corpse in charge of the engine. The incident caused delays as detectives and railway officials investigated the scene aboard the moving train.
Fireman Mattlock found engineer Young dead with a fatal head wound after a rock fell from a mountain cut. The train continued about eight miles before stopping.
The Press Club of Chicago plans a Corn and Cotton dinner in early March with newspaper men from New Orleans as guests.
A fire at dawn yesterday in Nacogdoches Texas destroyed the Hardenman and Tucker two story brick building at Main and Church, with adjacent frame structures burned. Firefighters halted spread by using the wall of the Huntley brick building, ending fears of wider loss.
Unloaded gun accident near Montgomery Texas left 12 year old Les lie Welch dead after shooting a 5 year old Black boy on W. K. Dikeman's farm three miles west of the town. Details follow the usual tragic pattern in these incidents.
Four persons were injured in a street railway collision in Pittsburgh last night. John Kabtey, a politician, was killed when a Liberty avenue car stood near Superintendent Maxwell's Homewood office and a Frank streetcar ran away on a grade and crashed into it.
New York reports the death of General Samuel Thomas, a 63 year old financier and railroad man. Authorities note his extensive career in finance and rail operations. The obituary records his prominent civilian and business roles and states he died in New York.
Greenville Texas January 12 a local note announces the death of the three year old daughter of Mrs Finis Redden caused by diphtheria. Redden boarded a train to attend a funeral and the mother plans to go to Memphis Tennessee for a convention of the sons' union with about 300 delegates expected.
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