Texans Seek Annual Appropriations for Waterways Improvements
Washington report on the National Waterways Convention session in which Texas delegation selects committee roles and urges Congress to renew yearly funding for canal and river improvements. Speakers argue against politics driven spending and warn such projects curb railway extortion. Also notes financial liabilities of Denison Pryor firm and a Norfolk malpractice arrest.
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Washington
National Waterways Convention
Riggs
Texas Congress
Mayor Baker
Waco
Burgess
Col. Cowart
Dallas
Eugene Williams
Walter Greshman
Galveston
C. S. ®. Holland
Col. Gresham
Burleson
Field
Beall
Henry
Sheppard
Gregg
Williams
M.S. Munson
Angleton
John J. Moody
Brazoria
T. He Misterson
E. P. Hoetle
Adriance
Louis. P. Featherstone
France Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Venezuela
Caracas reports France severed diplomatic relations with Venezuela after the French government refused renewal. American Minister Russell delivered Franco Venezuelan note and will safeguard French interests until relations resume. Dispatches indicate France recalled M. Tugny and archives stay with Russell. no new instructions issued.
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Caracas
France
M. Tugny
Mr. Russell
Venezuela
Russell
M. Taigny
Washington
Jan
State Department
Trrante
Associated Press
Trinidad
Boy Sportsman Killed Near Dallas in Hunting Accident
Ten year old Eddie Morris, son of J W Morris, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting with his father and older brother near Dallas. A pump gun with an unfamiliar loaded shell was handed to the younger boy after the older shot, and the fatal discharge struck the left lung. Authorities report no loads were thought to be in the gun and care was not taken in handling it.
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Dallas
Texas
Eddie Morris
J. W. Morris
Land dispute confirms Shoshone county tract as mineral ore
In a decision mainly against the Northern Pacific Railway Company the register and receiver of the U S Land Office at Coeur d Alene Idaho ruled the final Shoshone county tract claimed as non mineral ore is mineral and part of the public domain. The land is valued at 500000 dollars.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Register
United States Land Office
Coeur d‘Alene
Idaho
Shoshone County
Wreck of the Buenos Ayres Bark Octavia
The Buenos Ayres bark Octavia was wrecked on the coast of Buenos Aires province between Puerto Medanos and Punta Mogotos. The American Vice Consul at Bahia Blanca, Meyer, was aboard. Details are unknown, but probably all are lost.
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Buenos Ayres
Puerto Medanos
Punta Mogotos
Bahia Blanca
Meyer
Dueling in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Shaped by Local Elite
Prominent fishery merchant M Legasse dominates Saint Pierre and Miquelon society, engaging in pistol duels with officials and rivals amid a narrow aristocracy. His clashes include a recent forty five yard pistol duel with Chief Justice Caperon and a prior confrontation with M Dumont, amid island politics and annexation talk.
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Nirth
America
St. Pierre Miquelom
France
Fromi
Pierrois
la Vigie
the Lookout
M. Paul Lewis Legasse
Versailles
M. Legasse
Paris
M. Caperon
M. Dumont
St. Pierre
Martinque
Mount Pelee
United States
Legasse-Dumont
Bonaparte Clears Dismissal Case At Naval Academy
Secretary Bonaparte approves the dismissal of Midshipman Trentiore Cordu from the United States Naval Academy after a court martial for hazing. The department rules the fifth amendment issue moot as evidence was properly admitted. Papers go to the Judge Advocate General for final order. Also notes on Wheat imports and Brazil Japan trade outlook with references to Argentina and related economic moves.
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Washington, Jar
Bonaparte
Annapiisi
Trentiore Cordu
Academy
Naval Academy
United States
Hardy
Unitedy State of
Less
Department
United States Naval Academy
Judge Advocate General
Argentina
Japan
South America
Brazil
Burford Named Chief Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court
President appoints John H. Burford of Oklahoma as chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court with Bayard Hayner and Benjamin Burwell as associate justices. Elder B. McJimsey of Missouri named consul general at Callao Peru. Captain Wm. B. Cowles named chief of bureau of equipment in Washington. The New York printing strike shows progress as 36 of 80 Typothetae firms back 54 hour week open shop. Marshall Field's condition improves after bedside note from physicians.
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John H. Burford
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Bayard T. T. Hayner
Benjamin F. Burwell
Elder B. McJimsey
Missouri
Callao
Peru
S. Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
New York
Typothetae
Sig Six Typographical Union
Senate approves Utah homesteaders residence extension
The senate passed Smoots bill extending the deadline for homesteaders in a recently opened Utah reservation to May 15, 1906 to establish residences.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Farmer Loses Stock After Paris Green Poisoning Incident
In Moscow Texas Mr J L Parrish near Hortense reports losing work stock Saturday after his supply of Paris Green poison was accessed. One pair of mules valued at 250 and one pair of horses valued at 150 were killed. The text implies accidental poisoning as the stock consumed poison left in a house.
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Moscow
Texas
J. L Parrish
Hortense
Paris Green
Delays Warn Kidney Trouble in Hanna Wyoming
A Hanna Wyoming feature notes early warning signs of kidney disease and promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as life saving when taken promptly. Dr W H Jeffries testifies to relief after two boxes easing pain and fatigue, while a neighbor comments on domestic harmony.
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W. H. Jeffries
Dodd
Dodl
Night Watcher and Mystery in the Bushes
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt describes a sentry pacing under a dark sky with a rifle on his shoulder. A rustle in the bushes prompts a terse exchange when someone demands identification. The encounter ends with the guard resuming his patrol and the intruder replying None of your business.
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Yonkers
Fungus Rings Explained by Soil Food Supply
Historically blamed on fairies or thunderbolts, rings of fungus were misinterpreted. The article explains that a fungus grows from a spore which draws most of its food from the surrounding soil, causing new rings only where spores land outside exhausted patches.
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St. Nicholas
Unconscious poisoning blamed on coffee
A Duluth man recounts headaches dyspepsia and nervousness from coffee and credits switching to Postum with rapid improvement. He says headaches lessen and digestion improves, nerves settle, sleep returns, and energy doubles, urging readers to consider Postum as the remedy.
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Duluth
Osta Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Confed veteran Alfred Reaves commits suicide in San Antonio
Alfred Reaves a 75 year old former livery stable proprietor and Civil War veteran wrapped a blanket around his head and used a book as a pillow to shoot himself Sunday night. He was found Monday morning in room 531 South Flores street with a bullet wound and had feared another stroke would leave him blind and helpless. He left a note asking for forgiveness to Mrs. Jean Ducos, who had rented him a room for fifteen years.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alfred Reaves
Main Plaza
South Flores Street
Jean Ducos
Gasoline Tank Found After City Hall Blast
In Shreveport Louisiana a gasoline tank that exploded at city hall last September and caused massive fire damage has been located. The tank, blown half a block, lodged on the roof of a two story building and is now found after roof leaks were detected.
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Shreveport
Double Marriage in McKinney Tangles Families
In McKinney Texas a Sunday double marriage joins James M Shell with Bessie Angel and Luther Ange with Fanny Shell. The groom’s father J H Sheil wed the bride’s mother Mrs Toby two weeks earlier, creating a complex family link across both couples.
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McKinney
Texas
James M. Shell
Bessie Angel
Luther Ange
Fanny Shell
J. H. Sheil
Toby
One Building Left Standing After Leo Fire
Gainesville Texas January Nineteen sixteen reports Leo a small town twenty five miles southwest burned Sunday night leaving only a cotton gin. Vest office H C Easons general store R D Murphys general store telegraph office blacksmith shop and several residences destroyed. Loss estimated six thousand dollars with no insurance.
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Gainesville
Texas
Leo
Here
H. C. Eason
R. D. Murphy
Roosevelt declines to interfere with Burbanks court martial
Advices from Washington state say President Roosevelt will not intervene in the court martial of Lieut. Sydney S. Burbanks Sixth Infantry sentenced in the Philippines to fifteen months in prison and discharge from the army. Burbanks was convicted of deserting his Filipino wife who had previously been granted divorce and alimony.
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Fort Leavenworth
Washington State
Roosevelt
Sydney S. Burbanks
Sixth Infantry
Philippines
Burbanks
Two Mexicans Arrested in Shiner Theft Sweep
In Shiner Texas Marshal Burkert arrested Pas qual Salazar and Juan Mower on suspicion of theft. A search yielded stolen items from several farmers whose stored purchases in vehicles were often missing. The pair's statements referenced multiple local petty thefts surfacing in recent days.
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Shiner
Texas
Pasqual Salazar
Juan Mower
Marshal Burkert
Cotton Growers Association Adopts Reproof of Peters Notice
The Southern Cotton Growers Association executive committee adjourned after adopting a resolution that Col. E. S. Peters's communication from Calvert Texas dated January 11 is false and unworthy of further notice. Texans present included R. T. Milner J. A. Taylor F. M. Green and J. C. Hickey.
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New Orleans
Las
Southern Cotton ‘Growers’ Association
Col. E. S. Peters
Calvert, Texas
R. T. Milner
J. A. Taylor
F. M. Green
J. C., Hickey
Costly Fire Hits Dunlop Milling Plant in Tennessee
Nashville Jan 16 The Dunlop Milling Company plant at Clarksville Tenn suffered a fire causing about 250000 in damage with 175000 insured The warehouse burnt destroyed 700 bushels wheat and 5500 barrels flour while 60000 bushels of wheat in another warehouse were saved
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Nashville
Dunlop Milling’ Company
Clarksville
Tenn
Too Many Women Struggle With Kidney Sickness
Mrs. E W Wright of 172 Iatn street Haverhill Massachusetts recounts four years of back pain dizziness irregular urine and distressing monthly periods. She credits Deans Kidney Pills with near immediate help and three boxes curing her permanently. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Tester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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E. W. Wricht
Iatn Street
Haverhill
Maas
Dean
Tester-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Bostonians Cling to Beans as Diet Remains Popular
Bostonians spent more than the cost of two battleships on beans last year totaling 6,598,272 dollars. Wholesale dealers report 68,722 barrels consumed as demand continues to rise.
Do Not Let Colds Or Coughs Take You Down This Spring
Do not become a victim to a cold or cough. They can lead to pneumonia or consumption. Use Simmon's Cough Syrup to cure coughs and heal lungs so you can enjoy the beauties of spring.
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Simmon
Wonderful Doll Houses Highlight Japanese Craft
Japanese children own the most wonderful doll houses in the world. They are fully furnished with tiny features including insect cages instead of birds and miniature book cases filled with poetry books about postage stamp size.
Defiance Cold Water Starch Claims Superior 16 oz for 10 Cents
An old time ad style excerpt touts Defiance Cold Water Starch at 16 oz for 10 cents noting rival brands offer 12 oz. The piece also references Allcock's porous plasters and a quip on political reformers and fishing terminology.
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Defiance
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