Kansas City mashers plan arrests and other early 1900s items
A compilation of disparate 1901 era notes reports arrests planned in Kansas City. Other entries note Elk's carnival success in Minneapolis, Lord Kitchener's viscount title, Chicago crisis reports, Lasker tour, Monaco divorce, Vienna riot fatalities, a tornado death in Louisville Iowa, Morgan attending Edward VII coronation, a Kansas brewery driver’s death by suicide, reestablishment of Detroit Buffalo lake route, Wisconsin W C T U session in Milwaukee, wildfires in Huachuca mountains, wreck fats on Southern Pacific near Reading California, and more.
Secretary Root Takes Responsibility for Gomez Payments
Washington reports that Secretary Root has assumed full responsibility for payments made to General Gomez by General Wood during the Cuban occupation. The War Department notes Cuba’s precarious postwar mood and Gomez’s prior service without pay, justifying a modest home and income as settlements. The Cuban congress later enacted a liberal pension for Gomez.
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Washington
Root
Gomez
Woon
Cuba
Congress
War Department
Wood
Texans Chronicle Mixed Local News Across Counties
The report covers various Texas items including a shooting death in Wallisville, saloon closures in Sherman, Baptist revival conversions in Mec Kinney, salt mineral finds in Dallas and Liberty counties, robberies in LaGrange, and rail and railway notes. It notes school census gains in Sherman, May state receipts, and multiple county matters from Hunt to Bandera. The piece mentions a Dallas party invited to Washington, a tax collector settlement, and civic events at Prairie View and Sam Houston normal school.
Bricklayer Finx fatally shot by contractor Whitney in Orange
At about 3 30 this afternoon on Fifth street Orange Texas Finx a bricklayer was mortally wounded when W C Whitney a contractor from Lake Charles drawn gun and fired twice once in the body and once in the leg Whitney was placed under arrest Whitney belongs to a contracting firm building the Lausen brick building and the paper mill in the city Small hopes are entertained for Finxs recovery.
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Orange
Texas
Goosepn Finx
W. C. Whitney
Lake Charles
Fifth Street
Whitney
Finx
Lausen
Pape
Ministers to Begin Prayer Movement for Rain in Austin
Austin ministers issue a call for a joint prayer movement to seek rain amid prolonged drought. A meeting is set for tomorrow morning to decide timing and mobilize congregations to participate in widespread prayers.
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Austin
Texas
Dr C Wee Grand Released on Bond in Texan Killing Case
In Hempstead Texas on June 17 Dr C Wee Grand waived examination and posted a $5000 bond to await grand jury action for the killing of Constable L C Thompkins. He was released after giving the bond.
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Hmpstead
Texas
C. Wee Grand
L. C. Thompkins
Governor in Avtin Texas Improves After Illness
June 17 report from Avtin Texas says the governor is not present in his office this afternoon but feels better than since he was taken ill. He improves and is on the rapid road to recovery.
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Avtin
Texas
Navy tests show oil as superior warship fuel to coal
Washington report states that recent experiments with Tes oil as fuel demonstrate oil is a better Warship fuel than coal. Admiral Melville, chief of the bureau of steam engineering, says tests prove oil can substitute coal in the fleet in the near future.
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Washington
Admiral Melville
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Robbery at Pacific Express Office Blows Safe Open
Reports from League City say a professional robber blew open the Pacific Express office safe with dynamite placed at the right hand corner. The safe split in two and the amount stolen is rumored to be sizable. Alarm was raised after the blast. Palma indignantly declares no bargain or compromise.
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Galveston
Texas
League City
Pacific Express Company
Eee Noord
Cuba Faces Precarious Trade Talks Amid Bribe Allegations
Havana reports President Palma and General Gomez deny a US $25,000 bribe to withdraw from Cuba's presidential race. The New York Tribune notes Cuba may seek reciprocity with Britain if US senate delays action, as England shows interest in a liberal treaty and US Minister Squiers monitors Britain’s bid to divert Cuban trade.
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Havana
Palma
Gomez
United States
Cuba
Senor Palma
Senor Gomez
New York
the Tribune
United States Senate
Great Britain
Tribune
England
Squiers
Filipino Amnesty Expected in Manila July first
Manila reports say a proclamation of amnesty is expected July 1. Five Fifth Cavalry soldiers captured May 30 by insurgents are rumored boloed near Morong, not yet confirmed by American authorities. Twenty five insurgents who swore allegiance to the United States were released after capture at Samar.
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Manila
Fifth Cavalry
Morong Province
Luzon
Lukban
Samar
United States
Thejr Om Nies
Chaffee
Guam
Hillsboro Man Faces Tennessee Murder Case Hearing
John Terrell, charged with murder in Ever, Tennessee sixteen years ago, secured a habeas corpus hearing before Sheriff Scarborough and plans to appear before Judge Scott in Waco tomorrow. He offered to go without requisition but initiated proceedings. papers were served as Scarborough prepared to board the train. He wired Tennessee's governor for the papers.
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Hillsboro
Texas
John Terrell
Ever, Tenn
Scarborough
Scott
Waco
Tenessee
Terrell
Tennessee
First hurricane of season moves up Atlantic coast
Weather Observer Bowie reports a hurricane forming south of Florida last Thursday and now moving up the Atlantic coast. It originated south of Florida and is over North Carolina today with heavy winds offshore and torrential rains across North and South Carolina and Florida, totaling two to six inches.
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Galveston
Texas
Bowie
Atlantic
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Bige low to begin oil boring near Pankey Texas
M M Bigelow, preparing to bore for oil at Pankey in Grimes County, Texas, visited Bryan yesterday after bringing in more machinery and said operations would start within a few days.
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Grimes County
Bryan
Texas
Heat Wave Sizzles Through Denison as Drought Bites Corn
Denison Texas reports record heat for this June with no rain in three weeks. The extreme temperatures have stressed crops, notably corn, amid a prolonged dry spell continuing yesterday and today.
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Denison
Texas
Melons ship from Berclair and murder conviction at Floresville
Berclair reports the first car of melons shipped to Shreveport on the 12th, averaging twenty pounds and selling for 117 dollars. In Floresville, Lee Reynolds, already serving ten years for killing a Mexican, is convicted again for a similar offense and sentenced to five more years.
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Floresville
Lee Reynolds
Cuban minister Gonzales de Quesada is seated at White House for credentials
At 10 o clock this morning Senor Gonzales de Que sada, the new Cuban minister, was escorted to the White House by Secretary Hay and presented his credentials to President Roosevelt. The speeches were formal and conventional, not as expected for the occasion.
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Washington
Senor Gonzales de Quesada
White House
Hay
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Phlite and Senate action on reciprocal question
Disjointed note hints Roosevelt advocating Phlite and signals definite Senate action on the reciprocal question. Contains unclear phrases and possible political context without concrete details or dates.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Man Leaps From Brooklyn Bridge in Suspected Suicide
A Brooklyn car passenger jumped from the bridge rail into the river tonight. He appeared about 27, well dressed, and his body was not recovered after search efforts by a police launch crew. Policeman Dorn was nearby and heard the man say, Dont you touch me, Good-by.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Brooklyn
Dorn
Mexican worker shot near Sublime in Texas town
Frank Williams, a 25 year old Mexican man employed by the city to extend water mains, was brought to Halletsville for treatment after being shot in the right side and breast with bird shot while resting by the roadside between Sublime and town. Officers are investigating the case.
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Halletsville
Texas
Frank Williams
Sublime
Bryan City Grants Franchise for Electric Plant
The Bryan city council approved a franchise for Sam M. Winters to build an electric light plant and added the site for the Carnegie public library in the city park, increasing local utility capacity and centralizing city landmarks.
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Bryan
Texas
Sam M. Winters
Carnegie Public Library
Safe Blown Open at League City Station
A safe at the Galveston Houston and Henderson station in League City Texas was blown open at 2 40 am and more than 200 dollars were secured according to a police report.
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League City
Texas
Galveston, Houston and Henderson
Tippecanoe Battlefield Holds Annual Exercises
In Lafayette Indiana June 16 the Tippecanoe Battlefield association held its yearly exercises at the tabernacle on the battleground. Graves of fallen soldiers were decorated and Hon. Henry Watterson delivered the address titled Heroes In Homespun.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe
The Average Citizen Willing to Die for Country in Office
A brief statement notes that the average American citizen is willing to die for his country while holding public office, reflecting wartime patriotism and civic duty.
Miss Irene Baker Dies of Hydrophobia in San Antonio
Miss Irene Baker aged 19 in San Antonio Texas died from hydrophobia after a rabid dog bite three weeks earlier. The wound was cauterized but she grew steadily worse, suffering for twenty four hours before death. She had just graduated high school and was widely regarded as one of the era’s popular young women.
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San Antonio
Texas
Irene Baker
Miss Baker
Es Tysic
Louisville Storm Strikes City With Heavy Wind and Hail
In Louisville this afternoon a fierce storm brought winds near sixty miles per hour and heavy rain with hail. A record 1.13 inches of rain fell in minutes, breaking the city’s record. The Tarascon steamship from the Louisville Packet line broke from its mooring and, with life savers’ aid, was towed back to the wharf.
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Louisville
Tarascon
Ville Packet Company
Court in session at Granbury with manslaughter acquittals
In Granbury Texas on June 16 the court hears two manslaughter cases. Dr Lancaster is acquitted for shooting Kran 4 and Gaston C is acquitted for shooting Clay Hudgins. The defense pleaded in both. John Smith is convicted of fence cutting and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
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Granbury
Texas
Dr Lancaster
Kran
Gaston C
Clay Hudgins
Fense
John Smith
Beaumont incident near Dividend section at dawn
In Beaumont Texas on June 1 early morning a man attempted to enter a store while occupants slept. A retreating assailant fired twice, the shooter identified as a Black man fled leaving a trail of blood toward the North End sho. Officials pursued but lost sight of the suspect in the Dividend area.
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Beaumont
Texas
Reine
North End
Robbery in Texarkana Ends in Shootout With Citizen
In Texarkana Texas a June night at 11 o clock a well known citizen named White was held up by three masked assailants returning home. White resisted and was shot three times, his wife was struck in the flesh by a fourth shot. The assailants fled after the struggle.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hazlehurst
Mies
Mississippi
Louis Westrope
Brandywire
Claimorne County
Texarkana
Texas
White
Fire destroys residence of Charles Cox and companion in Denison
A fire in Denison Texas damaged the residence of Charles Cox and a woman with all contents. The loss is estimated as fully covered by insurance.
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Denison
Texas
Charles Cox
Fire destroys Gaines residence. no insurance reported
A fire destroyed the Jaume residence of Price Penton fifteen miles west of Gainesville Texas. The loss was estimated at two thousand dollars with no insurance.
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Gainesville
Texas
Jaume
Price Penton
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