Many World News Items and Local Crop Reports
A chaotic mix reports deaths and crimes from Europe and America, plus gusty weather and crop notes. Notable items include a Belgian election win, a murder suicide in progress, financial accusations against a former president, and several deaths of artists and public figures. Across U.S. counties, crop prospects and livestock movements feature heavily with wheat, corn, potatoes, and cattle traded or shipped from Texas, Oklahoma, and nearby states. A Washington bulletin notes invitations and legislative actions, including forest reserve transfers and a presidential message urging conservation.
Chicago Holocaust at St Luke's Sanitarium Kills Ten
Fire at the St Luke's Society sanitarium at Wa bash avenue and Twenty first street in Chicago kills nine men and one woman and injures about thirty. Patients on the fifth floor suffering from delirium tremens and drug effects could not be saved as the blaze spread rapidly. Firemen rescued many others but some leapt from windows to escape.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Society
Wabash Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Woman Sentenced to Life for Husband's Murder in Moore County
In Dumas Texas at the June district court term Mrs Sarah Inex Caraway was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her husband W V Caraway on April 27 1902 She confessed to using strychnine in a tonic they called king’s heart tonic Her vision remained unclear as the case concluded.
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Dumas
Texas
Moore County
Sarah Inex Caraway
W. V. Caraway
H. H. Wallace
Sheing
J. S. Campbell Lumber Company
Houston
Belton
Cope Land
Boers Coming In War News
Dispatch reports incoming Boer forces as disarmament progresses smoothly with acknowledgments from authorities regarding orderly compliance and notable public reassurance.
Boers Surrender Staff With Guard After Disarmament Plan
London reports Lord Kitchener says 4432 rifles surrendered as the disarmament of the Boers proceeds. Pretoria confirms that the entire Transvaal government staff and a 50 man body guard surrendered last Saturday.
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Transvaal
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Associated Press
Pretoria
Botha
Dewet
Commando
King. Heaward
Timber Tax Clash Spurs County Tax Roll Expansion
Newton Texas June 9 Judge Woods says the comptroller ruling makes timber on privately owned school lands taxable even if title remains with the state. The county will add unrendered timber property to the roll for 1901 and issue a supplemental levy, boosting state and county taxes. similar timber districts in Southeast Texas hold millions in untaxed value. Westfield Texas June 9 irrigation plans to flood vast prairie with Brazos river water near Brookshire via Buffalo Creek main canal would water thousands of acres. A separate note mentions a Thursday discovery of a plot to seize government buildings Kitchener residence and Boer prisoners on parole.
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Newton
Texas
Astir
Timper
Tme
Westfield
Brazos River
Brookshire
Buffalo
Cypress Creek
Kitchener
Eear
Man Arrested on Mutilated Currency Redemption Charge
Thomas Rogers was arrested in Houston on a charge of attempting to redeem mutilated currency believed stolen from a New Ulm Texas post office safe that was blown open four months ago. Rogers was arraigned before United States Commissioner Dunn, posted 1000 bond, and awaits trial with counsel.
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Houston
Texas
Thomas Rogers
United States
Dunn
New Ulm
Rogers
State bids for eleemosynary institutions under way
Austin Texas June 10 State Purchasing Agent Dodge prepares bid blanks for supplies for eleemosynary institutions. Blanks go to prospective bidders on June 20 and bids will be opened in the latter part of July.
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Austin
Texas
Dodge
Arrest in Montana Express Robbery Ties Suspect
After months of work on the Montana railroad hold up of July 3 1901 Sheriff Robert Goodfellow of Coleman County and T A Irwin of Callahan County arrest a man in Baird Texas. Officers recovered many bonds taken from the express car.
In Mexia John Flemming Fires In Will Teague's Saloon
At nine tonight in Will Teague's saloon in Mexia Texas John Flemming fired a .38 bulldog revolver wounding Larry Holm in the left side. Holm may die. Flemming is jailed.
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Mexia
Texas
Will Teague
John Flemming
Larry Holm
Holm
Flemming
Seguin Man Bonded in Cameron Riley Murder Case
Seguin Texas Miles Mc Gee was released on a 6000 bond today after being charged with the murder of Cameron Riley. The case centers on the late June incident in Seguin with authorities pursuing further proceedings.
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Seguin
Texas
Miles McGee
Cameron Riley
Six New Orleans Packers Witnesses Ordered to Answer Grand Jury
Judge Parlange ordered six New Orleans representatives of the alleged beef trust to answer questions or face contempt. The witnesses must also produce all books, papers and letter files or suffer further contempt. Packers’ attorneys said they would refuse the ruling, accept jail, then seek a writ of habeas corpus.
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New Orleans
Parlange
Bef Trust
Federal Grand Jury
Packers
Afterudge Parlange
Davis Killed in Texas Farm Clash Linked to Pennsylvania Coal Strike
Willis Texas June 19 Thornton Davis was killed while plowing in his field during a dispute connected to Pennsylvania coal miners strike. The other man involved worked beside him. Davis took a stand against the strikers.
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Willis
Texas
Pennsylvania
Thornton Davis
Davis
Rev Grafton in Critical Condition After Heat Attack
Sherman Texas June 10 Reverend Grafton though believed dead after a Sunday service collapse remains in precarious condition with no speech since the incident. Doctors now view paralysis caused by heat as the likely complication and little hope for recovery is entertained.
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Grafton
Sherman
Texas
The Mil Not Grist of Waterlogged Mill Tale
A brief note recalls a mill whose grind fails when water is past its peak, leaving the wheel stranded as the stream runs low and the machinery stalls in the old village lesson.
Young man dies suddenly at Sherman bag mill tanks
In Sherman Texas a young man named Johnson collapsed and died yesterday afternoon after bathing in the bag mill tanks. He and several peers had exited the tank when Johnson raised his arms to adjust his shirt before dying from heart trouble.
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Sherman
Texas
Johnson
Sims Given Eight Years In Texas Penitentiary
Gainesville Texas June 9 The jury in the Walter Sims rape case after several hours returned a verdict last night at 9 30 o clock giving him eight years in the penitentiary.
Wreck on Detroit and Mackinaw Train Kills One in Michigan
An excursion train of the Detroit and Mackinaw railroad left Alpena for Saginaw with an engine and twelve coaches carrying over 65000 passengers when it wrecked at Slack River at forty miles an hour. One man was instantly killed, three fatally injured, and nearly fifty others injured with bruises cuts and broken limbs.
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Michigan
Alpena
Mich
Detroit and Mackinaw
Saginaw
Slack River
Judge Stephen PrP of West dies. funeral planned
Woodville Texas June 9 Hon Stephen PrP judge of the First judicial district died this morning at 8 at his family residence. He was never married and leaves two sisters and many friends. The funeral will be held Monday after the train from Beaumont arrives.
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Washington
West Point
Rodt
Gillespie
War Department
Woodvile
Texas
Stephen Prp
West
Beaumontt
No Pride Like That of a Beggar Grown Rich
A historical reflection notes the irony and dignity in a beggar’s rise to wealth. It contrasts humility with pride and explores social perception of wealth attained from hardship.
Whitelaw Arrives for Coronation Journey to Brookhouse
London June 9 Whitelaw the special envoy to the coronation of King Edward arrived at Euston on the Doncord line steamer U1 and was conveyed to Brookhouse. Secretaries J Pont Morgan Jr and others greeted him on the platform despite the late hour.
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London
Whitelaw
Edi
Queenst
Brook House
Euston Station
Reid
Brook ‘House
J Pont Morgan, Jr
Pro Victory in Red River Wins Tight Clarksville Election
Clarksville Texas counted about 5500 votes in a June 9 election with the Pro side winning by 1206. The Saturday vote passed off without trouble and marked a decisive victory for supporters.
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Red River
Clarksville
Texas
Lynchings and prison terms in Elmore County case
Four White men in Elmore County were convicted in a lynching case involving a Black man. Revin White received a sentence of one year in the penitentiary, noted as a rare instance in Alabama history. Martin Fuller and John iaree were among the co defendants.
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Ard
Martin Fuller
John Iaree
Elmore
Bama
Faults of the man who commits it are great indeed
A terse remark highlights that the fault lies heavily with the person who commits the act, emphasizing moral accountability and the severity of wrongdoing.
Violence May Comé Today at North Fork West Virginia
Fragment reads about nonunion workers, a stick meeting planned for today, and a threat to resort to force if an entry attempt occurs tomorrow. The text includes scattered phrases on secrecy and parish beadle, with unclear context and many misspellings.
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North Fork
W. Va
Stick
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