Mineral question Supreme Court to rule on land owners rights
In Austin a motion seeks a writ to compel Land Commissioner Rogan to issue a patent for a fractional section of land once settled by William Armstrong and later assigned to August Schendell. The case tests whether mineral reservations apply to agricultural lands and the state’s duty to survey minerals for school lands.
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Austin
Texas
Barnett & Jones
August Schendell
Supreme Court
Rogan
Hniestain and
Texas Central Railroad Company
General Land Office
William Armstrong
Armstrong
Land Commissioner
Fort Bend County
Schendell
Barge Willie Floated After Five Months of Recovery Work
Alvin Texas May 18 After more than five months of hard effort Ben Wirtz has floated the barge Willie and anchored it in the bay awaiting a tug to Galveston The barge owned by Touston Navigation was landed inland after the September storm and was moved two miles to New Bayou by rollers and capstan The hull appears sound and free of leaks despite dry land eight months ago Drift piles burned and much timber was lost while wagonloads were hauled away helping farmers later the storm debris cleanup begins to fade.
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Alvin
Texas
Ben Wirtz
Willie
Galveston
Touston Navigation Company
Wirtz
New Bayou
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Plans Six New Pacific Steamers
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe says it will deploy six new passenger steamers in two years. The ships will sail from San Francisco calling at Honolulu Yokohama Hong Kong and Shanghai. Negotiations ongoing led by Paul Morton in New York.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Far East
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Atchison
Paul Morton
City
Earthquake Shocks Hit Eastern Ohio and West Virginia
A pronounced earthquake was felt early today across Eastern Ohio and West Virginia. Wellston reported two strong shocks that displaced furniture, while Zanesville Ironton and Portsmouth also felt shocks. Portsmouth suffered the severest shock in its history with shaking houses and many windows broken. Hundreds rushed into the streets in night garments amid fears of an explosion.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Wellston
Zanesville
Ironton
Portsmouth
Consolidation of Ranches Creates Large Texas Deal
Midland Texas May 18 One of the biggest ranch and cattle deals of the year has been consummated here by the consolidation of Cowden Brothers J A L ranch interests and Pemberton Brothers Montana holdings. The deal involves 550000 dollars.
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Midland
Texas
Cowden Brothers
Pemberton Brothers
Montana
Murderer Kills Two Then Ends Own Life in Indiana
Ewart Conway, 27, shot and killed C. W. Garrison and wife in Evansville, injuring Patrolman Ben Wallis, before setting his house aflame and shooting himself after resisting arrest. Conway, from Kentucky, left a wife and two children. Garrison also leaves two children. The incident followed a dispute over a milk dairy trade and an earlier quarrel between families.
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Evasville
Ind
Ewart Conway
C. W. Garrison
Ben Wallis
Conway
Garrison
Kentucky
Wallis
Garros
Adam Crawford
Ed Daviss
Labor Strikes Loom as Machinists Debate Nine Hour Day
New York May 20 leading labor and employers doubt a general machinists strike. Reports say J P Morgan may be asked to aid peace. May 21 approximately 50 000 machinists nationwide struck for a nine hour day and higher pay while government work and most railroads remain mostly unaffected. Beaumont crude analysis raises hopes of new oil refining prospects and competition with Standard Oil. Peru declines Pan American congress participation unless arbitration covers more than future questions.
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State Department
Daley
Lima
Hill
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
New York
England
America
J. P. Morgan
Washington
O’connell
International Association of Machinists
Scranton
Central Vermont
St. Albans
Lehigh Valley Railway
Buffalo
Sayre
Wilkesbarre
Elmira
Delaware
Lackawana and Western
Gulf
Beaumont
Texas
Chicago
Trinidad
Beaumont Oil
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Standard
United States
Mexico
Tacna
Arica
Murder Mystery in Washington Ayres Case Unfolds
Washington May 20 The police pursue several crews in the Ayres murder mystery with no arrests. Dr Shafer a medical expert tests imprints on the window sill and fire escape stairs showing they were made by another person than Ayres. Jealousy is cited as motive as detectives interview hotel women and search rooms for blood stains while witnesses describe a woman descending the fire escape from Ayres room.
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Washington, D. C
Ayres
Schafer
Railway Repairing After Storm Damage Near High Island
High Island Texas May 20 Mr C Patterson bridge constructor for the Gulf and Interstate Railroad passed through yesterday. He will repair the road to White Station seven and a half miles from High Island where service has been restored. Coleman Santa Anna Texas May 20 a severe wind storm unroofed barns and demolished outbuildings but no serious damage followed by rain improves farming prospects.
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High Island, Galveston Co
Tex
C. Patterson
Gulf and Interstate Railroad
White Station
White
High Island
Santa Anna
Fireman Falls From Train Near Manchaca
Fort Worth May report says fireman T. N. Webb of a northbound International and Great Northern freight train fell from the engine near Manchaca last night and sustained painful but not fatal injuries.
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Austin Tex
T. N. Webb
International
Great Northern
Manchaca
Negro farmer shot dead near Winkler Texas
Corsicana Texas May 20 J W Law son a negro farmer was shot and instantly killed at his home yesterday afternoon near Winkler in this county His brother in law Washington Fowler was seriously wounded
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Corsicana
Tex
J. W. Lawson
Winkler
Lawson
Washington Fowler
Murder Verdict in Second Degree for Cook
Weatherford Tex May 20 jury finds B W Cook guilty of murder in the second degree for the February killing of T G Hargrave The jury assessed his punishment as confinement The trial lasted five days.
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Weatherford, Parker Co
Young Boy Killed by Train Near Beeville
Beeville Texas May 20 James Davis colored aged 14 years was killed yesterday evening near the shipping pens of the Southern Pacific Railroad. He and companions sat on a car on the siding when a switch engine moved cars and knocked him off. the wheels passed over his body.
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Beeville
Tex
James Davis
Southern Pacific Railroad
Rain Soaks San Antonio Area Ending Drought
A strong late evening shower reached Del Rio to the west and Dilley to the north, dropping about an inch. Rains returned later with heavy downpours, breaking a long drought and bringing jubilation to cattlemen.
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San Antonio
Texas
del Rio
Dilley
Laredo Major Penns Funeral Draws Confederate Veterans
The remains of Major Penn were laid to rest in City Cemetery in Laredo Texas on May 20. A large procession included over 40 old Confederate veterans marching as part of the tribute.
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Laredo
Tex
Major Penn
Insurgents Attack Near Pasaco As Paracole Falls
Unofficial reports say rebels under Angels attacked a detachment of American troops near Pasaco in South Camerines, killing two soldiers and a native scout, and taking one soldier prisoner. Rebels hold Paracole, with Indan troops thirty miles away.
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Manila
Angels
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Pasaco
Camerines
Paracole
Indan
Survey of Rio Grande from El Paso to Gulf of Mexico
Representatives from the American and Mexican boundary commissions travel by three boats to observe and complete the river survey. Lead American engineer P. D. Cunningham and four assistants depart San Marcial on the 7th to traverse about 1500 miles to the Gulf, a stay of nearly three months. Mexican engineer E Zayas accompanies observations for Mexico.
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Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
P. D. Cunningham
San Marcial
N. M
Gulf of Mexico
E. Zayas
Mexico
Cadets Brace for Court Martial Outcome at West Point
A West Point cadet quoted in a Herald dispatch says cadets will not demonstrate regardless of court martial findings or severity of sentences. He notes the cadets understand their efforts yield nothing and will stand aside awaiting results.
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West Point
New York
United States Military Academy
the Herald
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