Storm damages and fatalities across Texas counties
A May 7 report details a damaging storm belt from Marlin to Dangerfield and Ennis. One death, many injured, and extensive crop and home destruction including ten farm houses blown down. Damage spans Center, Martin, and Cypress Switch with hail and high winds.
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Marlin
Texas
Martin
Fort Worth
International and Great Northern Railroad
J. C. Owens
McGregor
Pittsburg
Cypress Switch
Tom Kimball
Storm Devastates Bremond Crops and Property
A severe wind rain and hail storm hit Bremond Texas last night. The storm, about a mile wide, stripped fruit and ruined cotton and corn. Damage includes lost window glass worth about $200 and reports from Nesbit say entire crops are ruined with calves and pigs killed by hail.
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Ennis
Texas
Bristol
Union Hill
Palmer
Bremond
Nesbit
Money for a Lynched Mexican
The state department paid the Mexican government twenty thousand dollars as full indemnity to the heirs of Florentino Suaste, a Mexican citizen lynched in La Salle county Texas in 1895. The payment came from Congress on humane grounds and without reference to Federal liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Florentino Suaste
la Salle County
Texas
Congress
Manila health stats show lower death rate than several cities
The division of insular affairs released Manila vital statistics for last year. The death rate was 34.47 per thousand, lower than Mexico City and Bombay. Bubonic plague caused 149 deaths from 271 cases in Manila.
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Washington, D. C
Division of Insular Affairs
Manila
Mexico City
Bombay
President in Texas crowds greet Sayers visit stops in Houston
President arrives in Houston and travels toward Austin with Governor Sayers, receiving warm ovations across the state. He speaks briefly at Hempstead Brenham and Elgin, addressing colored students at Prairie View and urging them to learn a single skill well. The Texas swing draws large cheering crowds at every stop.
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Houston
Texas
Out of
Dixie
Great Southwest
New Orleans
Bayou Teche
Plains of
Austin
Cotton
Brazos River
Black Prairie
Lone Star
South
Sayers
Prairie View
State Normal School
Hempstead
Brenham
Colonel Giddings
House of Representatives
Elgin
Jacksonville Fire Relief Rapidly Expands Efforts
Relief pours in after a major Jacksonville fire as 6000 fed at breakfast and tents rise across the city. Officials report no new bodies, with thousands displaced and reconstruction under way as rail and street services begin to stabilize.
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Washington
Bourse
Housing Committee
Julia Street
Jacksonville Fire Relief Efforts Expand Citywide Aid
Jacksonville residents receive five carloads of state tents and early commissary aid as martial law compels merchants to open. Relief funds grow hourly with thousands homeless, while river, fires, and missing persons records dominate headlines. Governor Jennings and President McKinley exchange sympathies and pledge support as Atlanta and others send provisions and hose to the stricken city.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tomor
the Times, Union and
Citizen
Market Street
Atlanta
Jennings
McKinley
el Paso
Texas
Wm. McKinley
William McKinley
The
United
Three Persons Drowned Off Gore Bay
The steamer Germanic reports that off Gore bay the tug Tecumseh sank while being towed. Two men and a woman were rescued, but the captain his sister and a Toronto man named Forbes perished as the tug lurched and disappeared.
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Little Current
Great Manitoulin Island
Gore Bay
Toronto
Forbes
Beeville Plans Oil Mill Move and Setup
An oil mill to serve Beeville Texas is to be moved from Luling to Beeville. The venture combines Dr C F Simmons and Beeville citizens who own a twenty ton mill bought to establish an artesian water and oil operation. Work to move and install the plant starts immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeville
Texas
C. F. Simmons
St. Louis
Live Oak County
Luling
Delta County Singing Teacher Convicted of Horse Theft
James Denton a singing school teacher from Delta County was convicted in District Court of stealing a horse from Lamar County farmer Tom Russell last October. Denton received four years in the penitentiary after authorities learned the horse had changed hands in a trade involving the defendant. Denton’s parents live in Red River County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
James Denton
Delta County
Red River County
Tom Russell
Lamar County
Body of an infant found near Paris streets wrapped in bag
The infant corpse of a fully developed white male infant was found behind Bob Clement's cabin near Shiloh and Fannin streets. Justice of the Peace Love viewed the body. No violence marks or identification were found.
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Paris
Tex
Bob Clement
Shiloh
Fannin
Justice of the Peace Love
Moonshining Charge Brought in Texarkana Trio
Deputy US Marshal H B Holman brought Gracie Winfield and George Stover from Pike County Arkansas for a moonshining charge. A preliminary hearing before US Commissioner Summerville bound each man over to the Federal Grand Jury in bonds of 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Tex
United States
H. B. Holman
Gracie Winfield
George Stover
Pike County
Arkansas
Summerville
Federal Grand Jury
An Old Copper Pitcher Found Near San Saba Mission
In Menardville Texas on May 6 last Sunday locals found a hand made copper pitcher in the San Saba River opposite the old San Saba Mission. The relic is well preserved with clear hammer marks and is believed to be hundreds of years old. The mission itself was destroyed more than 150 years ago.
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Gainesville
Tex
L. E. Roberts
Roberts
Valley View
Cooke County
Menardville
San Saba
Fire Destroys Redwater Lumber Boarding House
Redwater Texas May 6 a boarding house owned by the Redwater Lumber Company burned at midnight totally destroying the frame building and its contents. One man Boyd was killed and burned beyond recognition. The landlord lost 60 dollars in cash and the all sawmill men suffered property losses as the blaze raged out of control. A boy in the room awakened Boyd but fled to safety as Boyd failed to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Zack Booth
Texas Tram and Lumber Company
Booth
Ad Mills
Redwater
Tex
Redwater Lumber Company
Boyd
Boy Fatally Injured on Dallas Rapid Transit
Willie Payne aged 19 was run over by a car on the Electric Street railway in Dallas last night. He suffered severe leg injuries with flesh torn to the bone and doctors fear blood poisoning will prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Willie Payne
Double Killing in Denver Involving Army Trumpeter
Denver May 6 Hugh Masters on leave from Company M 23rd Infantry fired on William True a Denver bartender at a sa loon wounding him fatally before being shot and killed instantly by a policeman as he attempted to escape the scene authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Hugh Masterson
Company M
23Rd Infantry
Fort Logan
William True
Morgan's European Plans
A London dispatch reports the London Daily Express stating control of European canals is to be part of J. P. Morgan's plans to ensure steel deliveries into central Europe at the lowest cost.
Bright Comet Reported by Harvard Observatory Station
Harvard College Observatory at Arequipa reports a very bright comet seen at 11 36 GMT in RA 3 30. The telegram confirms a clear sighting from the Arequipa station on May 6.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Observatory
Arequina
Greenwich
R. A
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C. Williams
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Joseph D. Savers
Shamokin
United States Mine Workers Districts
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Snyder
State Senate
Senate
Spain
Spanish Claim Commission
Harry McCann
Maine
Havana
Catherine Burns
Butler & Harwood
New York
Vital Statistics of
Hous
Lone Star State
Ering Ruins
St. John’s River
Windsor
Gardner
Baldwin
Opera House
George Bebauer
Leeman & Skimmer
Relief Association
Bowden
J. E. Bowden
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Freino
Jacksonville Transportation Committee
Ete Ag
F. M
A. O. McDonald
J. H. Rafferty
J. M. Jolly
Brussels
Delagoa Bay
Boyer
Corner In Northern Pacific
May
Wall Street
Northern Pacific Railroad
the Waldorf
Victoria
Lawrence
Eugene Sibley
Roland
Frank Sibley
Spring Creek
Breteceeisd
G. Look
Casas Grandes
Mex
Don Geneveve Portillo
San Francisco
Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
McKinney
Ancient
Tallahassee
Florida
W. S. Jennings
Ee Board of
Mexican Central Railway
H. Clay Pierce
Mhen Paific
Yanzanitto
Tampico
Boy
Cape
Pense
W.L. Tooley & Co
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