Sugar mill planned at Eagle Lake with St Louis investors
Captain William Donovant of Eagle Lake announces immediate formation of a New York/St. Louis backed corporation to build a steel fireproof sugar mill near Eagle Lake Colorado county. Working capital 350000 dollars, to handle the 1901 cane crop. machinery contracts let and lake district noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Texas
William Donovant
St. Louis
A. A. B. Woer
Lake
Colorado County
Colorado
Caney Rivers
German Immigrate Bork Arrives with Immigrants at Galveston
The North German Lloyd steamship Bork reached Galveston from Bremen with twenty passengers. fifteen were immigrants bound for Texas, two to other states. Immigrants included Hungarians Austrians Germans and Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Borkrum
Bremen
Germany
United States
Denver
Colorado
San Francisco
Cal
There Was a Fine Rain in Rockdale Texas
Rockdale Texas reports a welcome rain after a dry spell that threatened corn and cotton crops. Residents note last season’s flood and storm losses and say the rainfall will help the nearing planting efforts and ease financial strain on farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Texas
Botha Rejects Peace Terms After Cabinet Decision
London March 20 General Botha rejects peace terms offered by General Kitchener informing Mr Chamberlain that he would not seek terms. He says his government and officers fully back his view. Chamberlain to lay papers on the table tonight. New York March 20 An English exploration company led by the Rothschilds gains control of the Georgian Bay Canal company seeking $20 000 000 in bonds to push private construction if government backing is not obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Wogack
von Waldersee
Europe
Chicago
The
Chronicle
Milwaukee
W. W. Gillespie
Milwaukee Medical College
Gillespie
Botha
Terma
London
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Commons
New York
England
Paris
Rothschilds
Times
Toronto
Georgian Bay Canal
Georgian Bay and
Ottawa River Canal
America
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway
United Mine Workers
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Oliphart
Delaware and Hudson
Carrié Cobus
Rockefeller
Work on Ship Channel Near Galveston
Captain Charles Clarke reported the Beaumont dredgeboat nearly finished and slated to begin dredging the Buffalo bayou ship channel next Friday or Saturday. Dredging starts at Morgan's cut toward Red Fish bar, with pile driving continuing. Two miles of piles driven to ten feet deep in eight feet of water. Work to proceed rapidly with no expected difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Charles Clarke
Beaumont
Buffalo Bayou
Morgan's Cut
Red Fish Bar
Entire Village Memphis Destroyed by Fire in Indiana
Seymour Ind March 19 The village of Memphis with 500 residents thirty five miles southeast of Seymour was destroyed by fire yesterday. Property loss exceeds 159000 with seventy five dwellings burned leaving ten standing. Hundreds sheltered in farms and barns. many lacking shelter food. Fire traced to a spark from Haus stave factory. Women and children suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
Memphis
Here
Cost of Stolen Kiss Fixed at 1500 in Indianapolis Case
A jury in Indianapolis superior court awarded Lillian Bonnifield 1500 damages in her suit against J. C. Wheat former head of post office station A in North Illinois Street. Bonnifield sought 2000 with Wheat liable for the cost of a stolen kiss and embrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Lillian Bonnifield
J. C. Wheat
North
Illinois Street
Strike Bangs In Miners Walkout Threat In 9 District
Secre tary George Harlin of district No 9 United Mine Workers warned of a planned strike over union recognition. Miles Dougherty said operators must meet miners or face one of the greatest strikes yet, potentially closing all regional collieries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
George Harlin
Texas items reflect crime, industry and civic life
Texas updates report killings in Hico and Tyler, suicides in Arrow Rock Missouri, and a fatal scalding near Chicota. They note new factories planned in Sealy and a Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe depot project in Gainesville, plus railway and insurance actions, court bankruptcies, and local civic milestones.
Benjamin Harrison laid to rest in Crownhill cemetery
The funeral of Benjamin Harrison drew about 15 000 mourners in Indianapolis as President McKinley and Governor Durbin attended. The service began with rites at the Harrison home and at First Presbyterian Church before the interment in the family lot at Crownhill cemetery amid a massive public vigil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin Harrison
Crownhill Cemetery
McKinley
Harrison
First Presbyterian Church
President McKinley
Durbin
Colck
Haines
Ward
Benjamin F. Tracy
New York
John Wandamaker
Philadelphia
W. H. Miller
John W. Noble
St. Louis
Charles Foster
Ohio
Lew Wallace
Judson Haron
Cincinnati
William A. Woods
A. L. Mason
James Whitcomb Riley
Evans Woolen
Harry J. Milligan
Clifford Arrick
William C. Bobbs
Harry S. New
Howard Cale
John L. Griffiths
Newton B. Tar
Callahan Ordered to Produce Ransom Letter at Trial
In Omaha on March 19 authorities served James Callahan and his lawyers with a court order to present the original ransom letter sent to Edward A. Cudahy. The note, hidden in Cudahy’s gold at the abductors’ chosen site, is reportedly in Callahan’s possession. Fourteen new witnesses were subpoenaed as preparations begin for the trial set for next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
James Callahan
Callahan
Edward A. Cudahy
Robberies Reported At Funerals And Courts
News items from Hillsboro and Galveston describe thefts during a funeral where Attorney General Smith's associate I T Stephens lost 2600 dollars, watches and diamonds lifted from others, and police efforts yield no progress. Separate reports note a Kiss and embrace theft valued at 1500 in Indianapolis and a preliminary murder hearing for Walter Wilson in Galveston with remand to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pistel
Galveston
Texas
Walter Wilson
Postoffice
Wilson
John Bowe
Howewers
Hillsboro
Smith
I. T Stephens
Ithout Hall
Texan
Allen
T. S. Henderson
Willoa
Baize Arrests Prompt U.S. Protest Over Venezuela
United consular agent Ignacio H. Baize of Barcelona Venezuela reports arrest and imprisonment by Venezuelan officers without cause. Baize says money was extorted under threat, and Washington protests have yielded no response after three months. Loomis previously demanded an apology from Caracas, ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baige
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Mare
Haytian
Barcelona
Vezuela
Ignacio H. Baize
Washington
Loomis
United States
Careacas
Funeral of T S Smith in Hillsboro Texas
The funeral for T S Smith was held yesterday morning in Hillsboro with Governor Sayers and state officials in attendance. Services were at the church and grave beside Mrs Smith. The procession departed on yesterday afternoon and tonight's trains. Capetown reports nine bubonic plague cases in the last forty eight hours, six among colored persons and three Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Texas
T. S. Smith
Sayers
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Capetown
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Fehrenkamp
Dandy Windmills
Donovant
Fort Worth
Texas Millers’ Association
Panhandle
Kansas City
Edwards & Sloan
George H. Edwards
Edwards
William Dearduff
Edward
Dearduff
Denison
Iouppatubby
Brownsville
Red River
Large Exploration Company
Pat
Rinck
Peters
Terrell
Sealy
Texas Ice Manufacturers
Asso
Ciation
Dallas
Greenville
Stradivarius
Will Crow
Tyler
Ry Dees
Alicia Jones
Cooke County
Gaines
Ville
Thomas Howard
Arrow Rock, Mo
McKinney
International Railway
Southwestern Refining Company
of Houston
Capital
Hico
Jake Herrington
Kiling
al Fisher
Mett Johnson
Oak Cliff
J. H. O. Smith
Central Christian Church
Mary Hooks
Chicota
Lamar County
H. Lowder
Engingen
Mount Vernon
Ill
State Commissioner of Insurance
Knights and Daughters of Tabor
Iexas
George Reuben
Clarendon
J. B. Williams
Katy
Smithville
Presbyterian
Foloway
H. V. Collier
W. W. Felts
J. P. Thompson
Dodd City
Fannin County
A. J. Clancey
Groesbeeck
Waxahachie Cotton Mills
Rhome
Z. B. Bobo
Sabine
Buenos Ayres
Sabine Banks
Leake
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Gainesville
Vienna
Austria- Hungary
W.L. Tooley & Co
Moulton
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