Lightning Strikes Church During Funeral Killing Two men
Beaumont Texas October 14 a funeral service at the Colored African Methodist Episcopal church South for Young Bullock was interrupted when lightning struck the building. Gus Brown from Algiers Louisiana was killed instantly at the switchboard and Mack McCleary died later from injuries. Several others were shocked or injured and hospital physicians faced uncertain recoveries.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Gus Brown
Algiers
Mack McCleary
Brown
Elisha Adams
Isaac White
Alderson Perkins
Bullock
Morgan Plan Sparks Coal Strike Mediation Effort
Washington October 14 coal operators agree to appoint a commission to arbitrate differences between companies and miners. The body will include an army or navy engineer and a federal judge to oversee employment conditions for three years. Morgan and Secretary Root met President Roosevelt to present the plan, with potential miner invitation to Washington to confer.
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Washington
United States
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Army
Navy
Walted T ‘Es Court
Caylvania
Washington,ctober
Pierpont Morgan
Ther
Robert Bacon
Presi
Roosevelt
White House
Cortelyou
Peninsylvania
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Secretay Reot
New York
Morgan
Root
Size and fitness govern soldier effectiveness in modern warfare
Nathaniel B. Thurston argues in the Washington Evening Times that while firepower grows and tactical formations shift toward guerrilla methods, the core requirement remains strong, healthy, well conditioned soldiers of average size. He asserts size correlates with stamina and leadership capacity, urging recruiting regiments to maintain good average size to withstand fatigue and ensure readiness. The same standard should apply to the National Guard, since volunteers form the backbone of national regiments when needed.
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Nathaniel B. Thurston
Washington Evening Times
Ravages of insects past France and locusts ruin crops
The article notes phylloxera and locust devastation to crops worldwide. Locusts destroy about 7,000,000 acres annually and cause losses estimated at over 160 million dollars each year. Efforts against locusts and their eggs are widespread despite ongoing warfare.
In This World We See The Pastry From The Wrong Side
A reflective piece contrasts perspectives on bread and pastry, noting how taste and value shift when viewed from an unfamiliar side of the oven. It hints at deeper commentary on culture and craft through culinary imagery.
Luck and Wealth: A Rich Man's Narrow Path
A San Francisco Bulletin remark notes that wealth brings easy success but warns repeats of the same scheme would likely fail. it stresses luck as a major factor in worldly success.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Kansas Musings on Sleep and Domestic Life
Atchison Globe reflects on quiet thoughts of self and marriage. It jokes about sleepless nights, a cross child in summer, anxious husbands, chiggers at lawn parties, and sharing food with a preacher while others endure discomfort. The piece blends humor with rural satire and local manners.
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Atchison
Aphorisms and Quotations On Character And Action
A compact collection displays maxims on effort heart and ambition from George Eliot Lord Stanley Alcott and others. It notes that opportunity favors the worker and thinker and that inner restraint shapes outward manners while people judge others more clearly than themselves.
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George Eliot
Lord Stanley
Log Cabin Philosophy From Atlanta Constitution
The piece opines that people never leave the world behind and cites Solomon’s vanity after building the finest temple. It reflects on life as vanity yet acknowledges humans’ endless search for shade and rest, attributing the voice to a satirical or reflective style in the Georgia paper.
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Solomon
Atlanta Constitution
Wisdom in Scots Proverb Verse on Advice and Memory
A reflective Scots passage offers rueful maxims on kinship trust and self awareness. It cautions against idle memory aids, praises parental love, and notes that true wisdom lies in acknowledging one’s own faults rather than handing out advice.
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Peety
Wise
Trice Denies Resigning as I and GN General Manager
Palestine Texas October 14 Leroy Trice denies resigning as general manager of the International and Great Northern. He states there is no foundation to the rumors and he has no intention of leaving the railroad. Friends statewide and in the city receive the news with delight as he is universally liked by railroad men from section hands to assistant manager.
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Texas
Leroy Trice
International
Great Northern
Fhx
Internation
Fort Sam Houston troops arrive for Bryan parade
Bryan Texas October 14 regimental troops from Fort Sam Houston arrive with the Fourth Infantry band and the Seventeenth battery flying artillery. Two men and 169 horses are transported in seventeen cars. They pitched tents near the fair grounds and prepare for the big parade tomorrow morning. Commanding officers include Captain Gatley Captain T F Dratton surgeon and Lieutenants E A Stuart and R Armond.
Residence Destroyed by Fire at Texarkana Junction
A residence belonging to A. L. Brooks at Texarkana Junction five miles from Texarkana was destroyed by fire on October 14. Loss estimated at $1000 with no liabilities reported.
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Texarkana Junction
Texarkana
Texas
A. L. Brooks
Murder near Hempstead claims Georges Groce life
News from Hempstead Texas dated October 14 reports that George Groce a white man was shot and killed instantly by a black man about six miles from town.
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Hempstead
Texas
George Groce
Cars Halted As Union Disputes Resurface In New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 14 cars began to run briefly but poor track and wire conditions delayed full service. Workers faced new job applications at the bar and many objected, prompting union officers to intervene. They ruled the company broke faith and ordered no more cars until the company fully honored the agreement and reemployed workers unconditionally. Applications were to be reviewed by the company physician to assess eligibility, potentially enabling rejections.
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New Orleans
Union
Mob closes on sheriffs in Texas pursuit of prisoner
A mob pursues deputies Spracley and Borders toward the West Texas penitentiary to seize Jim Buchanan. Reinforcements flood in as the party leaves Teneha, with reports that the officers and prisoner were surrounded near town awaiting aid from Nacogdoches and San Augustine.
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A&a
Negri
Teneha
San Augustine
Assault at Cotton Belt Depot Leaves Bridges Badly Hurt
Tyler report says Mr Bridges of near Mount Pleasant was abducted from the Cotton Belt depot at 3 am. He was struck with an iron bar, sustaining fifteen gashes and a fractured skull. $50 robbed. He was bound for Huntsville to visit relatives. In precarious condition. His son at his side. He recalled two white assailants.
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Tyler
Texas
Bridges
Mount Pleasant
Cotton Belt Depot
Huntsville
Second trial of Roland R. Molineux opens in New York
The second trial of Roland R. Molineux, charged with the December 21 1898 murder of Mrs. Catherine J. Adams, opened in the criminal branch of the supreme court with Justice Neil Lambert presiding. Molineux was absent as attorneys argued the motion for a special jury panel amid a crowded courtroom.
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New York
Roland R. Molineux
Catherine J. Adams
Supreme Court
Neil Lambert
Fredonia
Molipeux
Schley Journey to Texas Under Texas Midland Escort
Washington October 14 Rear Admiral and Mrs Winfield Scott Schley left at 10 50 this morning aboard the Pennsylvania for St Louis en route for Texas A private car of President E H R Green of the Texas Midland will meet them at Fort Smith and the car will be at their disposal while they are in the state.
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Washington
Winfield Scott Schley
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Texas
Fort Smith
E. H. R. Green
Texas Midland
State
Macedonia revolt rips twenty two villages in Krezna district
A London based dispatch reports from Volo Greece that twenty two villages in Macedonia have begun a full revolt and that insurgents annihilated half a battalion of Turkish troops in the Krez na district.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Volo
Greece
Macedonia
Krezna
County Judge Shot in Ambush at Dawn
Beattyville Kentucky October 18 Hon Alan Heyden county judge of Owsley county was shot from ambush about daylight this morning, leaving the town stunned as authorities investigate the attempted attack and assess injuries.
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Beattyville
Alan Heyden
Owsley County
Murder in Hempstead Texas Shocks Town
In Hempstead Texas on October 13 an elderly woman, Mrs Susan P Lewis aged 64, was found murdered near the public school. Neighbors heard a scream and three pistol shots then discovered the body with two wounds, prompting theories of a failed assault and pursuit by an unidentified assailant.
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Susan P. Lewis
T. H. Pointer
One Strike Settler New Orleans Street Car Tie Up Ended
New Orleans street car strike settled after secret ballot approval by the union. Executive meeting resolved to submit terms at a general session, with operations resuming after a seven and a half hour workday. Courthouse action over take-back provisions caused contention as two other companies arrived. Cavalry troops Mustered, Mansfield contingent joined the effort, ending a rare single-passenger car tie-up near the barn.
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New Orleans
Thons
Iter
Charsés
Mansfield
Unclear robbery theory after fatal incident near Quanah
A report describes a murder mystery with a rumor of a break in at Mrs. Lewis’s home and a party believed to be involved. Officers and citizens pursue leads, bloodhounds proving unavailable, while two suspects are detained by the sheriff. Quanah notes two accident injuries to Mr. and Mrs. Williams after a runaway horse threw them from a buggy.
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Rette
Quanah
W. J. Williams
Rice Irrigation Probe Headed South After Crowley Visit
Crowley Louisiana October 13 special agent Frank Bond of the United States agricultural bureau on irrigation arrived from Washington to complete irrigation investigations in the rice belt. He left for Raywood and Bay City Texas where heavier rains promised new data for rice planters. Bond’s book The Irrigation of Rice in the United States has been issued and he urged farmers to obtain a copy. In Hearne the peach crop is unusually short with some nuts selling at about 1.50 per bushel.
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Crowley
Frank Bond
United States Agricultural Bureau
Washington
Texas
Bond
Raywood
Bay City
United States
Agricultural Department
States
Hearne
Sultan Declines Peace, Calls for War in Mindanao
The sultan of Bacolod in Mindanao rejects General Summer’s friendly overtures and declares, in a defiant letter, that he desires war. He insists on preserving Mohammedan religion and orders an end to sending letters, stating that what is wanted is war.
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Manila
Bacolod
Mindanao
General Summer
Mohammed
Murder of Hicks Family at Nacogdoches
Report details a brutal Oct murder in Nacogdoches County where Duncan Hicks and his wife were killed on their gallery with a target rifle. Their daughter was shot, a local suspect fled, a posse pursued, and two hundred men tracked the suspect. Emma District Court convened with no criminal cases.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Duncan Hicks
San Augustine
Emma
New Orleans Rice Market See Strong Demand Amid Holdouts
In New Orleans the rice market remains active with buyers seeking higher prices. Receipts and offers to hold out delay settlement as buyers anticipate advance due to a short crop. High grades bring top prices while lower grades sag. Porto Rico shows good supply and imports from Sam Juan and Ponce continue until local meat demand absorbs island stock.
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New Orleans
Porto Rico
Sam Juan
Ponce
Philadelphia October Steamship Reported Freight
Philadelphia reports a Braver Line steamship operating between Philadelphia York and Hamburg with 20 000 tons of anthracite from pee and 15 000 tons Germany will be ee Ub Pennsy frenis stove grade.
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Braver Line
York
Hamburg
Germany
Mexican man killed near Gonzales in late-night shooting
An early morning report from Gonzales Texas states that on October 13 a man named Antonio Solesaria was shot and killed about two o clock near a farm owned by Thomas Daime. Authorities have gone to the scene and are investigating the fatal shooting by a man identified as F. P. dirasteaas.
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Antonio Solesaria
F. P. Dirasteaas
Thomas Daime
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