Negroes Shot in Longview Courthouse Row
Two Black men Ike Furry and Job Furry were shot during a courthouse arrest following a cattlemen dispute. Deputy Sam Page wounded Ike Furry in the jaw as he resisted arrest, while Job Furry was shot while attempting to disarm the sheriff. Police wrestled the fugitives into custody after a Saturday clash.
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Longview
Ike Furry
Job Furry
Sam Page
Charlee Ford
Cunningham
Sheriff Little
J. H. Culvey
Wert Hope
Ike Killingsworth
Furry
Littl
Bold robbery at Taylor Bros jewelry store shocks city
Five thousand dollars in diamond rings were stolen from Taylor Bros jewelry. The ring tray was removed from a show case window in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon between 4 and 6 oclock as pedestrians passed by.
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Nouston
Taylor Bros
Contest to Save Monk Gibson From Death Penalty
The Texas board of pardons has received over 100 petitions from various counties opposing commutation for Monk Gibson, slated for execution June 26 in Cuero for killing the Condit family. A reported commutation application was not yet received. University of Texas Alumni Association officers were elected for the ensuing year, including Judge David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Monk Gibson
Cuero
Condit
Board of Pardon
Board of Pardons
Local Civic Officers Named in Austin List
E Simmons serves as president and Miss Mabel Brooks as vice president of a Austin based executive board. Miss Mary Decherd is secretary and WH Stacy treasurer. Other members include DA Penick and W W Woodson with ties to Mart Galveston and Beaumont Miss Nora Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Simmons
Austin
Mabel Brooks
Vlem
Mary Decherd
WH. Stacy
Penick
W. W Woodson
Mart
F. W. Smith
Galveston
Nora Hill
Mra. Greer
Beaumont
Insurance Chief to Speak on Robertson Law at Detroit Meeting
Insurance Commissioner Love will speak on the Robertson insurance law at the American National Association of Insurance Commissioners annual meeting in Detroit in September. In June in Austin the general court dismissed cases against the McDaniel brothers of the First National Bank of Granger for alleged false entries and bank fund speculation.
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Austin
Ine
Love
Robertson
American National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Detroit
Reneral Court
McDaniel Brothers
First National Bank of Granger
Thief Secures Jewelry and Check in Galveston Bath House
Houston man and wife report loss of 1500 dollars in diamonds and jewelry after a Sunday night theft at a bath house. The thief took a check from Mr. Young’s pants, visited the office, grabbed the card box, and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
R. EB. Young
Houston
Mr. Young
Street Car Causes Death in Sherman
Sherman Texas June incident details a Black man named Hounton Sneed run over by a street car at Denison. He was brought to a local sanitarium where he died Monday morning. He resided in Sherman.
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Sherman
Tex
Hounton
Denilson
San Antonio Picked for State Convention Dates
The Democratic state executive committee met in session and selected San Antonio as the convention site and August 11 as the date, announcing the plans on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Dallas
Democratic State Executive Committee
Bishop Gillespie Retires After 34 Years as Western Michigan Head
Grand Rapids reports Bishop Gillespie longtime head of the Episcopal diocese of Western Michigan retires due to old age after thirty four years in command.
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Gillespie
Grand Rapids, Mich
Episcopal Diocese of
Western Michigan
Colony Housing Planned Near San Angelo by Investors
Capitalists from Moberly Missouri have purchased a tract near San Angelo Texas with plans to establish a colony there as of June 9.
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San Angelo
Tex
Moberly
Bride Burns to Death in Baltimore Fire
Emma Miller an eighteen year old bride of one month died after being burned in a fire in Baltimore. The tragedy occurred on June 9 and details point to a fatal blaze within the household.
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Baltimore
Emma Miller
Randell Returns
Sherman Texas June 9 Congress man Randell has returned from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randell
Sherman
Tex
Washington
Troops Ordered as Brown County Tobacco District Tense
Brown county sheriff asked the governor for more troops to quell disturbances in the tobacco district. After a conference with the adjutant general, the governor ordered a company from the First Cincinnati regiment to be sent.
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Columbus
Brown County
Govrnor
Tobacco District
Cincinnati
Roosevelt appoints captain to fill Les vacancy at park
Washington June 9 President Roosevelt names Captain Lewis Guion of the Twenty sixth Louisiana Infantry to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of General Stephen D Les at the Vicksburg national park commission. Chicago June 9 packers announce higher meat prices due to cattle and canned meat shortages with increases of 1 to 2 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis Guion
Twenty-sixth Louisiana Infantry
Vicksburg National Park Commission
Stephen D. Les
Beef shortage alarms U S packers and markets
Beef packers nationwide face a rising price surge with increases of 1 to 2 cents per 100 pounds since last week. The shortage of cattle is blamed, and talk grows of returning beef sent to England last winter from cold storage to the United States.
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New York
United States
England
No Change In Methods Confirmed By Taft Telegram
Washington June 9 doubt existed over whether the administration and Secretary Taft approved Hitchcock methods. A telegram from Taft to Hitchcock directed no change in the procedures Hitchcock was pursuing with contesting delegations before the national committee.
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Washington
Taft
Frank Hitchcock
Chicago
National Committee
Taft Mr. Witchcock
Admits He Is the Man in Murder Case
Robert Threel of Ritzville Washington was arrested at Lind Washington on a murder charge tied to Bentonville Arkansas from February 1907. He confessed he is the man sought. An officer pursues Threel but Montana washouts delay the transport. He had lived in Ritzville the past year.
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Portland
Oregon
Robert Threel
Ritzville
Wash
Lind
Bentonville
Ark
Threel
Montana
Riteville
Birmingham Preparations for Confederate Veterans Celebration
Birmingham hosts a large veterans event with bunting and flags as the general committee plans for about 90,000 visitors, and officials expect that many will attend.
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Birmingham
General Committee
Former postmaster kills wife then himself in Alabama
A. C. Walter, former postmaster at Union Springs, Alabama, shot and killed his wife and then fatally shot himself. Walter died on June 9 after the double tragedy.
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Union Springs
Ala
A. C. Walter
Moses C Harris Removed For Persistent Political Activity
Moses C Harris deputy collector of internal revenue at San Antonio has been removed from office for alleged persistent political activity. The Treasury Department offered few specifics but cited refusal to heed warnings and continued partisan work likely for a Republican candidate. Harris, originally from Arkansas, had lived in Dallas and published several papers there. a practical printer and former Courier-Journal compositor, he had long been active in Texas politics and journalism.
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Washington
Moses C. Harris
Internal Revenue
San Antonio
Ben
Treasury Department
Harris
Arkansas
Dallas
Texas
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Fracas at Eufaula Leaves Deputy Wounded
In Eufaula on Sunday afternoon a confrontation between Checotah men and Eufaula citizens left Deputy Constable F M Woods fatally wounded and Joseph Parmenter wounded though not seriously. About fifteen shots were fired as Woods tried to disarm Parmenter amid plans to seize county seat records for transport to Checotah.
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Eufaula
Checotah
F. M. Woods
Joseph Parmenter
Woods
Parmenter
All for Bryan No Fairbanks Support For Bryan
Judge John M. Green of Yoakum a director at the agricultural and mechanical college arrived by train at Fairbanks and found no supporters for Fairbanks among the passengers stating that all were Democrats and all for Bryan in the 1900 era style report.
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Fairbanks
Bryan
Tex
John M. Green
Yoakum
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Houston and
Texas Central
Houston
Judge Green
Insane Doctor Files on Police Siege Then Self-Destructs
Dr Joe Pospidal a pension office employee held police at bay for six hours in Washington and then shot himself in the head on Sunday. Believing a murder attempt was under way he fired at pedestrians and neighbors, reloading to fire on officers as they approached. About fifty shots were fired with no injuries. The Wisconsin native had lived in Washington for several years.
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Washington
Joe Pospidal
Pension Office
Pospical
Wisconsin
Negro politicians circulate petitions over GOP convention seats
Chicago leaders report mass petitions by Negro Republicans protesting decisions denying Southern state claimants seats at the national convention. Sunda meetings were held in every Negro church and about 6000 signatures gathered for presentation to the national Republican committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Party
National Republican Committee
Red River Rises Again Over Texarkana Area
Red River rose Sunday afternoon after a period of decline. Gauge at Fulton reached 28.3 feet and rising, with two miles of repaired track between Clear Lake and Fulton washed away. Arthur City reports a two foot rise and a further rise is expected.
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Texarkana
Tex
Red River
Fulton
Clear Lake
Arthur City
Motorman Arrested After Suburban Line Crash
One man killed and several passengers seriously hurt when a Creve Coeur lake bound Suburban streetcar derailed near St Louis. The car left the track at high speed at a sharp curve, pitching ten feet over an embankment. Motorman Francis Monhdre is in custody.
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St. Louis
Jobe
Creve Coeur Lake
Francis Monhdre
Bridge Outcuts Traffic Between Oklahoma City and Texas
June report from Guthrie states two spans of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe bridge over the Canadian river at Purcell failed. Traffic between Oklahoma City and Texas is suspended until repairs are completed.
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Guthrie
Canadian River
Purcell
Oklahoma City
Texas
Billek Must Hang for Veral Family Murder
Governor Deneen refused to intervene in Herman Billek’s death sentence for the Veral family murder. The execution is slated for Friday after a pardon board decision. A 650-prisoner prayer meeting at Cook County Jail sought clemency, while Billek remained confident of a pardon or his fate on the scaffold.
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Veral
Scaffold
Chicago
Deneen
Board of Pardon
Herman Billek
Billek
Cook County
Farmer Reef Hunter slain by masked men over talk
In Montgomery county Tennessee Reef Hunter a leading tobacco grower and association member was shot at his door by masked assailants who said he talked too much. The motive remains unclear as the case is wrapped in mystery.
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Nashville
Reef Hunter
Montgomery County
Tennessee
Tobacco Growers’ Association
Another Murder in Guthrie Stemming From Outlaw Gang
A.B. Hunter gang member Templa Gay B Keyton stabbed farmer Sidney Smith. Smith died. Posses pursue the group.
Four Buildings Burn in Clovis Fire
A blaze in Clovis New Mexico destroyed Binkley hotel and three other buildings on June 9. Firefighters battled the flames for hours but the structures were ruined. No injuries were reported.
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Clovis
N. M
Binkley Hotel
Condition of Wheat Report From Washington June 9
Condition of wheat listed at 86.0 with spring wheat at 17,710,000 bushels noted in Washington on June 9. The report provides a statewide snapshot of crop health and supply levels for the period.
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Washington
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GEO. J, Terry Company
Guion
Chicago Packers
Man
Kille
Mose Harris
Fracas
W. B
Waller
A.M. Ellsworth
Prescott
M. Ellsworth
the Palace
Jack and
Johnny Bull
West Main Street
Prescott, Ark
Langford & Clemmons
E. J. Taliaferro
Old Picayune Building
East Front Street
San Francisco
Aeon
Apia
Samoa
Savaii
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