Negro Majors in Houston Jail After Mont gomery Killing
Frank Majors alias Peter Denson, a Negro, captured near Shephard and accused of killing Mrs. E. M. Franklin near Montgomery, was brought to Houston and jailed for safekeeping. He resisted arrest, was shot, and remains silent. authorities report he is a first cousin of Pete Burton, hanged years ago for the Myer family slaying near Cypress. Local officers pursued him through Montgomery and San Jacinto counties, then rode in on a Houston rail line to avoid mob sentiment. The weapon used is described as an iron bolt found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Frank Majors
Peter Denson
Shepherd
E. M. Franklin
Montgomery
Harris County
W. H. Barefield
R. A. Powell
J. W. Modisty
San Jacinto County
Franklin
Majors
Powell
Montgomery County
Wilburton
Sylvester Pitts
Charles Ray
Alabama
Albert Turner
Degan
Justice Frank
Turner
Ed Crawford
Campbell
W. H. Royce
Jal
Will Push Engle Dam Representatives
Burleson and Smith will confer with the Interior Department to discuss the Engle Dam matter and seek federal guidance and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engle
Burleson and Smith
Interior Department
Attorney General to push condemnation for Eagle NM dam site
After a Monday conference with Secretary Ballinger Representatives Smith and Burleson urged the Attorney General to begin condemnation to secure land for a dam and reservoir site and a rail right of way at Eagle New Mexico. Ballinger pledged vigorous action to advance immediate dam construction to fulfill the treaty obligation with Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smith
Burleson
Ballinger
Department of the Interior
Eagle
N. M
Republic of Mexico
Senate Approves Duty Hikes 46 to 30
The Senate voted 46 to 30 to adopt a fifteen percent increase on hides, tightening duty measures amid debate on trade and revenue impacts. The move follows broader tariff adjustments proposed by fiscal policymakers.
Stone Amendment Lost in Senate Vote on Hides Duty
The senate approved a 15 percent ad valorem duty on hides by 46 to 30, erasing party lines. Bailey and Culberson voted for the duty, while New England was disappointed at failing to win hides for the free list and coal inclusion. insurgent Republicans under Aldrich shifted, and McLaurin’s 25 pound limit faced Bailey's support amid tariff revision debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bailey
Culberson
Aldrich
New England
Hides
Bristow
Kansas
Brown
Nebraska
Cummins and Deliver
Iowa
Borah
Idaho
McLaurin
Mississippi
Batley
Crime Stirs Hooks Neighborhood After Farmhouse Fire
Texarkana reports intense anger over a fatal assault on William Temple a reclusive white farmer near Hooks. His dwelling burned after his death, and authorities pursue robbery as the suspected motive in this forthright but racially charged case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Hooks
Here
William Temple
Galveston Breaks Ground for Mammoth Cotton Palace
Ground was broken Monday to start erecting the cotton palace for the display of machinery and products at the big cotton carnival to be held in August. The mammoth building will be a permanent feature of future carnivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Fire In Steamer Three Days Near Toxes City
Ocmulgee steamer carrying 2,200 tons of freight reached Toxes City after a three day fire incident. The vessel names eGelyverton and teamer appear in fragmented OCR. Local authorities investigate cause and assess damage while salvors assist.
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eGelyverton
Ocmulgee
Toxes City
Fire damages hold on vessel with cargo yet to be cleared
A fire damaged hold No. 2 of a ship last Thursday evening leaving the extent of damage unknown until the cargo is removed.
Fig Crop Prospects Improve in Alvin Area
Alvin Texas reports a strong fig crop with a heavy yield. Dr. Stout of Friendswood notes rust fungus largely absent this season. Preserving plants in the locality are expected to start operations by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin, Tex
Alvin
Stout
Friendswood
Wrights Prepare For Tests
Washington reports the Wright brothers will implement strict safety measures as they resume aeroplane trials this week to prevent a repeat of Orville Wright's Fort Myer accident last September.
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Washington
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Amendment by Mr Stone Fails to Free List Products
An amendment proposed by Mr Stone to place many of their products on the free list was defeated. The move aimed to expand free listing beyond hides but did not pass.
Falls County Corn Crop Outlook Dims After Partial Rains
In Marlin Texas reports a crop forecast shifted from bumper to short as rainfall was irregular. Local fields show stressed stalks and smaller ears with overall poor appearance after prolonged dry spells.
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Marlin
Tex
Falls County
Texas governor orders state railway bonds refund plan
Governor requests AG to draft bond form under recent act. Existing 125000 dollars in State Railway bonds to be refunded with 50000 dollars new bonds to complete the Rusk to Palestine railway. One 7500 dollar bond has matured. next due December 1, 1909. School fund to secure the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Rusk
Palestine
First Texas town to adopt commission form under new law
Austin Pflugerville, a 500 population town in northeast Travis county, will be the first to use the recently enacted law allowing incorporated or unincorporated cities with under 1,000 residents to adopt a commission form of government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Pfluegerville
Travis County
Hempstead Melons Loaded in Car Lots in Hempstead
Watermelons are being loaded in car lots in Hempstead Texas for the season. The first load belonged to Eugene Johnson and others and the melons are noted for their fine size and delicious flavor.
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Hempstead
Tex
Eugene Johnson
Woman Beats Riding Record in 18 Hour Ride
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth of Avon rode continuously for over 150 miles in about eighteen hours in Rochester New York surpassing President Roosevelt’s 120 mile one day record. Accompanied by army officers the feat set a new endurance milestone for 19th century equestrian achievement.
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Rochester
N. Y
Herbert Wadsworth
Avon
Roosevelt
Sweetwater Opens Santa Fe Texico Coleman Cut-off Work
About 800 residents of Sweetwater gathered at 3 PM to mark the start of actual construction on the Santa Fe Texico Coleman cut-off with a brass band leading to the contractor’s camp here.
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Santa Fe
Farmers Improve Belmont Road in Gonzales Texas
Farmers along Belmont road in Gonzales Texas render time and labor using wagons and teams to improve the public highway. A committee from the Business Men's Club was sent to encourage them and express gratitude for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
Belmont Road
shroYt Mittee
Business Men’s Club
Denison Union Depot Work Resumes After Agreement
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway notified the Railroad Commission that an agreement with the H. and T. C. and Frisco has been reached to resume construction of the union depot at Denison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
The
Railroad Commission
Frisco
Union
Denison
Lone bandit robs Waggoner Bank in Fort Worth
Waggoner Bank and Trust Co branch in a busy Fort Worth district is robbed by a lone gunman. Cash totaling 8 195 dollars, mostly in greenbacks, is taken while cashier W G King is alone at the teller window. About 1 000 dollars in coins and gold are left. robber exits calmly and heads south. King raises the alarm but the suspect vanishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Waggoner Bank and Trust Company
W. G. King
King
New Well Brought In On Anderson Lane Lease
A good well was brought in on the Anderson Lane lease in Humble Texas on Monday evening. Contracts are out for five more to be drilled as soon as possible, marking the fifth well brought in within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble
Tex
Anderson & Lane
Crops and Fruit Prospects Along Texas Prairie Lands
In Liverpool Texas promising corn on well drained black lands. Sugar beets show potential as a high yield feed crop with 20 to 25 tons per acre. Beets are favored by hogs, with other crops like peanuts field peas and sorghum boosting hog raising prospects in the coast country. Pears figs and orange trees indicate a good fruit year with many older trees yielding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Tex
Onion Crop Marketed in Southwest Texas Report
Reports from Southwest Texas say the onion crop has been marketed. Prices averaged 7 cents to 1.25 per crate with as high as one case per acre. The season is described as very prosperous overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Retail Merchants Convene in Temple for Three Day Session
The Texas Retail Merchants Association held its annual convention in Temple starting Tuesday morning for a three day session with retailers from across the state attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
The
Texas Retail Merchants’ Association
Weevils Bend in Goliad Cot ton fields
Farmers in Berclair Texas report heavy damage from weevils on cotton. Early planted fields are waist high with blooms absent and ground covered by punctured squares while late planted cotton is healthy and growing.
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Goliad
Berclair
Tex
Cuero within artesian belt after deep well success
Cuero in De Witt county lies in the artesian belt as a 300 foot well at Yorktown yields a strong water flow. The water is estimated to be enough to water 2,000 cattle or support a sizable truck farm, boosting the oil mill's water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Tex—De Witt
Yorktown
Rosenberg Man Dies by Carbolic Acid Self-Destruction
B F Barnes of Rosenberg Texas committed death by his own action using carbolic acid at his home five miles south of Rosenberg late Wednesday evening. Family troubles are reported to be the cause of his tragic death.
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Rosenberg, Tex
B. F. Barnes
Rosenberg
Santa Fe Plans Cut Off From Cush ing to Tulsa
Horace Speed chief counsel for Santa Fe in Oklahoma says the road will shorten its principal line from the Southwest to Kansas City by a Cush ing to Tulsa cut off reducing mileage by sixty three miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Horace Speed
The
Kansas City
Cushing
Saw Accident Leaves J. D. Rogers Handless
Celeste reports that J. D. Rogers lost both hands after contact with a power wood saw. One hand was caught, and in attempting to save it he lost the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Rogers
Tragic Drowning Near El Paso At Lake Picnic
Miss Maria Trigg aged 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs O T Trigg drowned Monday afternoon at the lake near El Paso where she was with a picnicking party. Also reported fires in Duluth Minnesota burned five men and sixty eight horses and damaged a Board of Trade livery barn by about thirty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Maria Trigg
O.T. Trigg
Board of Trade
Duluth
Minn
Record of bumper corn crop in Sealy Texas
Daily showers push local corn yields to extraordinary levels with ears swelling beyond usual size. Cotton crops in the area also show strong quality and high prospects for a large harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sealy
Tex
Thornless cactus grows forage in De Witt Cuero region
The thornless cactus, said to yield twenty five tons of forage per acre, has been successfully introduced in the De Witt Cuero area on the line between De Witt and Victoria counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Cuero
Tex
Victoria
Bryan's First Melons Go On Sale In Bryan Texas
Two wagon loads of watermelons, the first of the season, were sold on the streets Tuesday in Bryan Texas. The crop has benefited from recent rains and is expected to be very fine this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Tex
Crops Suffer in Martindale Texas Amid Dry Spell
Martindale Texas reports crops, especially corn, suffering due to drought conditions. Farmers warn that if rain does not arrive in a few days the corn crop will be very short.
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Martindale, Tex
Ten Die as Lake Shore Collision Rocks Porter County
Ten killed and about forty injured in a head on wreck of Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend cars in Porter County Indiana. Motorman George A Reed, who was killed, reportedly disobeyed orders and ran at high speed as train No 69. Rescue efforts amid darkness and wreckage were hampered by distance to a telephone and lack of immediate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
Porter County
Indiana
H. A. Wallace
George A. Reed
Reed
Gary
Wilson
Banleytown
Debria
E. R. Borg
Michigan City
San Augustine Tobacco Prospects Improve
Dr. Mitchell, San Augustine physician, reports San Augustine County tobacco crop in fine condition with prospects for larger, high quality wrapper tobacco. Improved facilities and warehouses are being built to handle this year's crop, boosting confidence among industry participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Mitchell
San Augustine
Land at 250 Per Acre Near Victoria Texas
The Kansas man Peter Man bought twelve acres of Charles Weber land near Victoria, just across the river, for 250 dollars per acre. Also notes local citrus fruit growers plan to meet at the courthouse to form the Victoria County Citrus Fruit Growers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Tex
Peter Man
Kansas
Charles Weber
Citrus Fruit Growers
Victoria County Citrus Fruit Growers’ Association
Corn and Crop Outlook in Bay View Texas
Bay View Texas reports corn doing fine with a likely bumper yield, more sweet potatoes planted this month, and cabbage shipments up. Rain is badly needed and irrigated plots look healthier while non irrigated areas show wilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay View
Tex
Conditions About Zurich
Zurich Texas reports good weekly showers reviving corn and cotton prospects. Local farmers note the best corn crop in years and cotton outlook strong despite some doll weevil activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Tex
Groveton Man Killed In Saloon Incident Near Onalaska
Sim Poston was killed Sunday in San Jacinto County at Cross Road saloon near Onalaska Mill when an ax handle was used to break his neck. Crops are reported doing nicely in Hearne with boll weevil causing some damage in the area.
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Groveton
Tex
Sim Poston
San Jacinto County
Cross Road
Onalaska Mill
Hearne
Powers and associates buy 500 head of steers for San Saba shipment
In Grimes County Bedias Texas W D Powers and associates of San Saba Texas have purchased 500 head of steers and plan to ship them to San Saba. Prices run higher than previous shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedias
Tex
W. D. Powers and Associates
San Saba
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Pete Burton
Supreme Court
City of Austin
Joseph Nalle
General Land Office
Knape & Meiners
Moulton, Texas
O. Arnim
Berney Lackmann
Ernst Pelzel
Rehmet
Lone Star
Friendship Saloon
Adelph Darileh
Jacob Nachlinger
mDeales
F. W. Lueke
Moulton Bottling Works
Wm. Schmidt
Echo Springs
Jersey
Joe E. Richter
Stone Amendment
Cotton Carnival Palace
Wrights
Commission For
Union Depot
Lake Shore
R T
San Augustine Tobacco
Grimes County
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