Lynching of Negro Near Golinda Shocks Texas Community
Telegrams report a mob lynched a Black man suspected of wounding Mrs. Benjamin Robert on July 11 near Golinda Texas. Authorities pursued suspects as crowds halted business in Golinda Robingon Roventhal and Gurley. Fearful reports say the lynchers may have targeted others and a hanging occurred at Golinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Benjamin Robert
Golinda
Gurley
Robert
Falls County
McLennan County
Robingon
Roventhal
Wilson Opens Inquiry Into Tobacco Statistics Manipulation
Secretary Wilson has ordered an inquiry after reports from the South and press coverage alleging manipulation of Department of Agriculture tobacco statistics by the tobacco trust. Special agents are dispatched to Tennessee and Kentucky to verify or correct figures, halting publication of district totals while monthly state figures will be released next Monday.
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Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Trust
Wilson
Department
Tennessee
Kentucky
Hyde
Yellow fever surges in Panama as Texas clerk dies
Yellow fever feared to worsen in Isthmus Panama after George H. Sharper of Magnolia Texas, a disbursing office clerk, dies following a diagnosis on Thursday. Resignations swell amid calls for drastic sanitary measures to revive prosperity, echoing Havana’s tactics.
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Panama
Lee
Colon
George H. Sharper
Magnolia
Texas
Havana
Legislature Enacts Pure Stock Food and Land Laws
Austin reports several bills from the regular session became law yesterday. The pure stock food law is hailed as highly valuable for livestock interests. The new general land law also took effect, with inquiries directed to the State Agricultural and Mechanical College for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Attorney General's Department
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
Marriages Issued in Bee County This Year
Bee County clerk reports fifty six marriage licenses issued so far this year in Beeville Texas. Of these twenty nine went to Whites twenty five to Mexicans and two to Negroes. Last year by this date fifty eight licenses were issued with Mexicans leading.
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Beeville
Texas
Bee County
Somnambulistic theft ends ring saga in well
A man recounts how his sleepwalking wife stole his $250 diamond ring from a desk and dumped it into a well. After waking to calamity he had the well filled in, choosing his wife’s happiness over reclaiming the ring. The tale ends with the wife's sleepwalking ending Superman like.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Heat wave warnings persist as temperatures stay extreme
The Weather Bureau reports no relief from the heat with continued high temperatures and oppressive conditions across the region. Authorities urge residents to stay indoors during peak sun and stay hydrated amid persistent heat.
Heat Wave Grips Large Section as Nations Endure Records
The Weather Bureau reports extreme heat across the country from the Mississippi Valley to New England and Florida. Cities record highs with New York 94 and Philadelphia 96 as deaths and prostrations rise amid protracted heat. A strike by Ice Company workers spurs disruption while a Louisiana rescue saves a mother and child from a well.
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Mississippi Valley
New England
Florida
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississi Valley
Neland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
New Y
Detroit
Pittsburg
Boston
Granite Mountain quarry to supply Galveston harbors
Marble Falls reports granite for Galveston and Brazos harbors will come from Granite Mountain two miles west. Work starts August 1 and will employ many men. In addition, prospects for good crops boost local spirits.
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Marble Falls
Texas
Galveston, Brazos
Granite Mountain
Teamsters Strike Likely to Extend After August Convention
In Chicago both railway express and department store drivers voted to prolong the work stoppage. The coalition predicts the ongoing strike will endure until the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention opens in Philadelphia on August 7.
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Chicago
Railway Express
Teamsters
International Brotherhood of Teamster's
Philadelphia
Railway and Express
Record of Killings by U S Railroads for First Quarter 1905
Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin reports 232 deaths and 3 713 injuries in January February March 1905 rail accidents. Among casualties 28 passengers and 204 employes killed. 1 651 passengers and 2 062 employes injured. Also notes 62 employes killed in coupling. Cotton market firm in New York with gains near two dollars a bale. In Eagle Pass Texas three youths from Nava Station died and two were seriously injured in a Mexican International Railroad wreck near Nava.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Eagle Pass
Texas
Alos Nava
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Mexican International Railroad
Nava
Negro Henry Hicks shot dead in Greenville
In Greenville Texas a Black man Henry Hicks was shot and killed at 1 o clock Sunday afternoon. Green Gozier surrendered to officers. The killing occurred near the area where Hix's wife lives. Cameron Texas voters defeated abolishing the public weigher office in Precinct No 7 by more than three to one.
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Greenville
Texas
Henry Hicks
Green Gozier
Dale Hix
Gozier
Hix
Cameron
Panama authority audits cas tio house books in Bocas del Toro
Panama government dispatches official to Bocas del Toro to audit the casto house books amid alleged defalcation of 20 000 to 60 000 pesos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Brin
Treasury Department
Bocas del Toro
Casto House
Norwegian steamer Trice'or signals boiler burst at sea
Telegram from Tatoosh Island reports the Norwegian steamer Trice'or passed July 14 towing a light ship 67. The light ship signaled that a boiler burst occurred with several men killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisc
Merchants’ Exchange
Tatoosh Island
Trice
Oil well between San Diego and Benavides proves profitable
Corpus Christi reports that partiers arriving on the Texas Mexican line say the oil well recently struck between San Diego and Benavides is freely flowing with strong indications of profitability.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
San Diego
Benavides
Grain shipping from Belton Texas gains momentum
Grain from Belton Texas is marketed and shipped to northern points. Eight cars were loaded yesterday and sent out, and weekly shipments are expected to greatly exceed last year’s totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Texas
Jackson Smith Named Assistant to Panama Canal Chief Engineer
Telegram from Jackson Smith formerly general passenger agent of the National Railroad of Mexico states he has been appointed assistant to Chief Engineer Stevens of the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Jackson Smith
National Railroad of Mexico
Stevens
Panama Canal
Duties of a Missionary in Korea by Margaret Edmunds
Miss Margaret Edmunds describes the role of a missionary in Seoul. She says it involves directing classes caring for the sick buying provisions managing a house repairing indoors and out being an organist in the native church keeping books writing letters and acting as supreme judge in many petty church questions.
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Margaret Edmunds
Korea
Seoul
Cameron High appoints Burnet Brown as Latin and Science teacher
At a Cameron school trustees meeting a vacancy in the teaching corps was filled by electing Burnet Brown of Nashville Tennessee to teach Latin and Science at Cameron High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Texas
Cameron High School
Burnet Brown
Nashville, Tenn
Fireman's Leg Broken by Horse Accident in Victoria
Victoria resident Gotlieb Gutmann living on Mission Valley road suffered a broken leg above the ankle when his horse toppled while driving cows last Saturday. The incident occurred in his county and involved no other persons.
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Victoria
Texas
Gotlieb Gutmann
Mission Valley Road
Equine Accident Injures Brackett Boy in Texas
Sheriff H H Levering reports a six year old boy was thrown from a horse Saturday in Brackett Texas and is dangerously hurt. A larger boy riding nearby escaped injury.
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Little
Brackett
Texas
H. H. Levering
Ranch Sale in Irion County at 35000 Dollars
Fayette Tankersley of Irion county and president of the Western National Bank of San Angelo buys a 19,000 acre Irion county ranch from John Giddens of Ellis county for 35000 dollars.
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San Angelo
Texas
Fayette Tankersley
Irion County
The
Western National Bank of
Child shot hand off in Wetherwood incident
An 8-year-old boy, son of George Ned, accidentally shot his hand while handling a shotgun in Wetherwood Louisiana. He is under Dr. Trezevant care and is stated to be doing as well as could be expected.
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Wetherwood
George Ned
Witte and Meyer Trade Denials on Peace Conference Reports
In St Petersburg on July 17 M Witte met with American Ambassador Meyer and will see the Emperor again. He will likely deliver a personal message to President Roosevelt. Officials deny Paris echoes claiming Russian instructions to plenipotentiaries, calling such reports guesswork and noting only four people have seen them.
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St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Mr. Meyer
Kleinmichel Palace
Roosevelt
Associated Press
M. Hartwig
First Department
The
Foreign Office
Lamsdorff
Novosti
Great Britain
Russia
Peary Sets Sail From New York for North Pole Quest
Lieut Robert E Peary departed New York aboard the Roosevelt for his long Arctic journey with guests and reporters aboard as a Navy tug escorted a near collision near Sandy Hook. Capt Peary will travel by rail to Sydney Cape Breton to rejoin the ship. Elsewhere Governor Hoch praises Gov Folk of Missouri as a principled leader and enforcer of laws.
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Lieut. Peary
New York
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
North River
Sandy Hook
Admiral Coghlan
Peary
Sydney
Cape Breton
Attempted murder of Admiral Mirabello near Portici
An early morning assault attempted to kill Admiral Mirabello, Italian Minister of Marine, at Portici on the Bay of Naples. His wife sustained serious injuries while defending him.
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Naples
Mirabello
Portici
Bay of Naples
Outlaw Chadburn Dies in Sedgwick County Jail
William Chadburn the outlaw who was shot by a posse after killing D Faulcon a railway detective at Cedarvale died in the county jail last night. He was shot six times in the ensuing fight. Ed Madigan Chadburns ally was killed instantly by the posse.
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Sedan
Kan
William Chadburn
Hewins
D. Faulcon
Cedarvale
Chadburn
Ed Madigan
Posse
Pioneer James Rogers Dies in Fort Supply Barn Accident
James Rogers aged 70 a pioneer bachelor homesteader from Woodward County fell from a barn loft at Fort Supply while stowing hay and was kicked to death by horses near the fall. The former Oskaloosa Iowa resident's remains were taken there for interment.
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Guthrie, O
James Rogers
Woodward County
Fort Supply
Oskaloosa
Balloon Fire Sends Pilot Jump To Safety In Fort Worth
In Rosen Heights yesterday afternoon a balloon caught fire at launch and the aeronaut Frank Wells leaped from several hundred feet with a parachute and landed safely. Eyewitnesses watched the ascent before the emergency jump.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Rosen Heights
Frank Wells
Bomb attack during public garden concert in Kutrais
During a musical program in a public garden yesterday two bombs were thrown. No one was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutrais
Trans-Caucasia
Freight wreck near La Fayette kills engineer
A Southern Pacific freight train wrecked near La Fayette Louisiana early yesterday. Engineer Wheelan was killed and Fireman Caine badly hurt after an open switch caused the wreck. Authorities suspect deliberate attempt to wreck a passenger train though no crew member is yet found.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific
la Fayette
Wheelan
Caine
Swich
Linovitch Mass Force Builds with Water Transport
A report cites General Linovitch amassing nearly 400 000 troops and moving men and supplies by water. An official returning from Manchuria says the plan aims to stage a grand demonstration to synchronize plenipotentiaries’ meeting, not pursue actual aggression.
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Tokio
Linovitch
Manchuria
Linevitch
Woman Shot in Street as Family Feuds Erupt in St Louis
In front of 2702 Lucas Avenue 15 year old Bessie Barnes was shot yesterday in the presence of her mother. Mary Carder 30 is under arrest charged with the shooting said to stem from family ill will. Three young children were with Bessie at the scene.
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Bessie Barnes
Lucas Avenue
Mary Carder
Warsaw and Vienna Railroad Allows Polish and Russian Use
The directors issue an order permitting equal use of Polish and Russian by employees. The compromise averts a threatened strike over language in railway business transactions.
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Warsaw
Vienna
Warsaw Edict Bans Illegal Assemblies and Gatherings
Gen Maximovich Governor General issues order prohibiting illegal assemblies processions and gatherings across Poland. Government declares it will enforce strict measures to curb manifestations and maintain order.
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Warsaw
Maximovich
Poland
Umpire Black Released by Southern Association
President Kavanaugh of the Southern Baseball Association announces the release of Umpire Black of the Southern League. He confirms the season will be finished with four umpires on duty.
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Little Rock
Ark
Kavanaugh
Southern Baseball Association
Black
Southern League
Floresville School Building Repaired and Repainted
Floresville Texas reports the city school building repaired and repainted presenting a neat appearance. The scholastic census shows 236 children within Floresville city limits. The Colored Baptist Association meeting at Muldoon draws immense crowds over two days.
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Floresville
Texas
Flatonia
The
Colored Baptist Association
Muldoon
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