Regional farm notes praise rains and crops across Texas
Crop prospects in Williamson, Brown, Pemphill, Frandview, Farmersville and other counties are strong with showers reviving yields. Cattle shipments to Indian Territory and Texas panhandle grow. alfalfa near Bonham yields two tons per acre. Celery from California firms firms moving, and Texas garden crops sell briskly. Five hurt as Armour refinery fire devastates plant and runway collapse injures bystanders.
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South Texas
Edwards
Baylor County
Panhandle
Fraterville Coal Mine Disaster In Tennessee
A gas explosion at Fraterville mine near Coal Creek Tennessee at 7 30 am killed between 175 and 225 workers including many boys. Rescue teams battled through debris all day with eight bodies found early and many more expected as the tomb like mine yielded its dead.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Tennessee
Fraterville
William Morgan
Fratersville
Coal Creek District
Thistle Mine
Thistle
Bhetersville Party
Dead Toll Rises After Destructive Goliad Cyclone
In Goliad Texas May 20 a cyclone left 34 whites and 58 negroes dead with 142 injured. Forty seriously injured, about 75 percent expected to recover, while 225 of roughly 250 residents in the cyclone track were killed or injured. The courthouse area served as a makeshift hospital as crews treated victims. The storm devastated the western city district from the river to the cemetery, leveling homes, bridges, and tombstones. The San Antonio valley loomed nearby as a stark contrast to the wreckage.
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Goliad
Texas
Court House
Iron County
San Antonio
Fort Sam Hosiston
St. L Luis U
Hot Sulphur Wells
West Nd Methodist Church
One House in a Mile Seventy-Four Dead and Injured
A tragic incident leaves seventy four dead and a mix of thirty two white and forty two Black victims. Authorities report many injured and ongoing investigations into the calamity. Crowds gather as officials inspect the scene and casualties are counted.
Three Poole Brothers Charged In Marshal Jett Killing
In Orange Texas Justice of the Peace Nemits concludes the inquest into City Marshal Jag Jett’s death finding George H Poole aided by Grover Poole and Clagide Poole. The three face examination trials postponed and held in Harris County jail until fixed. Goliad cyclone devastates town. many houses destroyed. churches heavily damaged. relief train arrives with doctors nurses and volunteers.
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Poole Brothers
Marshal Jett
Orange
Texas
Justice of the Peace
C. H. Nemits
Marshall Jag Iett
Ioepsg
George H. Poole
Grover Poole
Clagide Poole
J A. Jett
Co. H. Nemus
Orange County
Poole
Harris County
Goliad
Pen
Victoria
O’connor
Church
Patrice
Lenght
R. T. Davis
Goliad Guard
Tragic Train Fatality Near Beaumont
An unknown well dressed man on horseback rode toward a passenger train from Port Arthur near Beaumont Texas. The man was killed when the train struck him causing the horse to die as well. Coroner and jury cannot identify him until his body is recovered.
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Beaumont
Texas
Port Arthur
Kansas City Southern
Advance Guard of Carnival Crowd in Galveston
May 17 Galveston reports the Neptune carnival advance crowd forming. Business League HQ fills with stand privileges seekers while committees meet nightly. Spectacula America rehearsals pave way for a large weeklong audience and the Washington hotel is being prepared to host visitors.
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Galveston
Texas
Business League
Spectacula America
Washington Hotel
Weather, deaths, and aid requests from the Caribbean
A cable from Consul McAllister at Barbadoes reports 1600 deaths and 4000 destitute in St. Vincent with urgent aid requested for six months. Commander McLean notes ash and volcanic dust at Fort de France like thick fog and that a water barge is not needed. The Potomac has reached St. Lucia.
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Washington
Hay
United States
McAllister
Barbadoes
West Indies
St. Vincent
Navy Department
McLean
Cincinnati
Fort de France
St. Lucia
River Rise Up Six Feet In Austin Texas May Day
In Austin Texas on May 20 the Colorado River surged with a five foot rise at the city and a reported ten foot rise upstream will reach the area early today prompting flood warnings and possible impacts on local drainage and transportation.
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Austin
Texas
Colorado
Dallas man shot near post office by unknown assailant
Joseph Knowlton was shot in the back near the post office in Dallas at 11 last night by an unidentified assailant who fled. City health department physicians fear the wound will prove fatal.
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Dallas
Texas
Joseph Knowlton
Cholera Situation in Manila and Provinces Stays Unchanged
Manila reports the cholera situation unchanged with a continued rise in cases and fatalities about 86 percent as of May 19.
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Manila
Crazy Lover's Crime Ends in Mass Murder in Hastings
In Hastings near St. Augustine Florida on May 20 six people died including William Wilkinson 52 his wife Abitha McCullough 13 Wilkinson's sister and a child while the killer William Austin 25 shot and killed the family then died by his own hand. He had been infatuated with Abitha McCullough and murdered the household after her refusal and opposition to marriage.
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St. Augustine
Fla
John Kellar
William Wilkinson
Hastings
Mrs. Wilkinson
Abitha McCullough
William Austin
Austin
Burglars Reported Active in Austin
A gang of burglars has operated in Austin for over a month, eluding police. They robbed a Congress Avenue store and private homes, and last night targeted the workshop of Francis Fischer, stealing several valuable tools.
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Austin
Texas
Congress Avenue
Francis Fischer
Somerville completes three new two story residences
Three new two story residences have been completed and are now occupied in Somerville. The homes mark recent construction activity in the town. identifiers such as builder or exact locations are not specified.
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Somerville
Judge Denies Writ to Halt Rice Will Contest
Justice Bisch denied the application for a writ of prohibition to stop Surrogate Fitzgerald from determining the contest over the two wills of William M. Rice. The writ was sought for by Albert T Patrick, convicted of Rice's murder. Some men have no fixed price, but proceed to sell out to the highest bid.
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New York
Albert T Patrick
Rice
Cyclone Devastation in Cuero Feeds Hospitals and Loss
Cuero residents organized relief with temporary morgues and hospitals at the courthouse hotels and public spaces. Seventy four dead eighty five injured with likely over one hundred dead as more names are lost to the chaos. Doctors nurses and locals worked tirelessly amid shattered trees and wrecked bridges while merchants supplied free goods. Trains brought more doctors and thirty are now tending the injured. In Galveston a separate incident sparked a small race riot on a streetcar and escalated confusion with captured individuals and chaotic scenes.
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Iron County
San Antonio
Here
Beeville
Victoria
Spain's King Threatened in Anarchist Plot
Madrid May 19 An anarchist plot against King Alfonso was uncovered with six arrests including Gabriel Lopez an insurance company employee. Dynamite cartridges were found on the premises where Lopez was arrested. he says he received a package from another anarchist with orders to throw them as the royal carriage passed in the penetaare procession.
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Spain
Madrid
Alfonso
Gabrie Lopez
Lopez
Accidentally Shot Himself Mortal Wound in Dallas
In Dallas on May 19 the noted old desperado shooter Duncan, famed for trapping John Wesley Hardin twenty five years ago, is dying at his Jackson Street home from a self inflicted gunshot. A pistol slipped from his shirt and fired, striking near the heart while he prepared a delicacy for his brother's sick wife. Surgeons fear a mortal wound.
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Dallas
Texas
John Wesley Hardin
Jackson Street
Duncan
Public alarm over child kidnapping cases in Mexico City papers
In Merida on May 19 public excitement grows over revelations from Mexico City about child kidnapping for tal service in the peninsula. The state investigates child apprenticeship schemes with four cases examined. Rescued children are held in a correction school, well fed and treated, with plans to restore them to families in the City of Mexico.
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Merida
Yucatan
City of
Mexico
Federal
Tal
New Orleans Merchants Arrive Late for Jennings Excursion
The New Orleans merchants excursion due at 4 PM arrived an hour late in Jennings Louisiana. Local businessmen met them at the train and gave a brief city tour. Visitors expressed satisfaction with the city’s prospects and the courtesy shown by local merchants before resuming their journey at 5:20 PM.
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Jennings
New Orleans
West Arizona men report shooting at Tixtos Basin
Rai nave William Voyce and Charles from Gila county arrived in Phoenix with Verduix Gonzales. They say a Thursday evening shooting near Tixtos Basin killed Packard and wounded Eugene Pickard. Gonzales was captured at Fort McDowell last night claiming self defense.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Rai
William Voyce
Charles, Welt
Gila County
Verduix Gonzales
Eugene Pickard
Tixtos Basin
Gales
Fort McDowell
Packard
Gonzales
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