Treasurer Sparks Calls Banks Again for 60000 Remittance
Austin June 26 Another call has been issued on the state depositories by Treasurer Sparks The call will collect from the various banks 60000 and will require each bank to turn over to the state treasury all state funds held in excess of 44000 The treasury has been low due to heavy war rant payments and seeks to replenish funds while equalizing depositories at 44000.
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Sparks
Austin
Court of Civil Appeals
Railroad Common Chamber of Commerce of
Galveston
Houston Galveston
Houston
Meadows Arrested After Finding Woman's Body in Bayou
Meeked details report C B Meadows a stationary engineer was arrested in Houston after the nude body of a white woman identified as Alice Conner Alice Eastup and Alice Meadows was found in Buffalo Bayou in a tank. Meadows said he knew the woman for years and dumped the body in the bayou from a boat after placing it in a trunk. The report notes her prior addresses and his stated motive and actions.
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Bayou
Houston
C. B. Meadows
Buffalo Bayou
Alice Conner
Alice Eastup
Alice Meadows
Meadows
Fort Worth
Rex Flats
Franklin Avenue
Chevenet Street
Harrisburg
Strike on Negro Foreman Delays Sherman Interurban Track
Fifty white trackmen in Sherman Texas refused to work under a black foreman on the Sherman Dallas interurban line halting baling and track work at the north end of the route.
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Sherman, Tex
Death Mask Taken Of Ex President Cleveland In Princeton
Widow requests the death mask by Edwin Wilson, Princeton sculptor. Funeral plans set for 5 PM with private, simple services. Attendance limited to family and close friends. flags at half staff as Princeton mourns.
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Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Edwin Wilson
Princeton University
Paul Morton
E. Benedict
Henry Vandyke
John Hibben
West
Finley
New York College
College Town
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Obscure Obituary Notice From Washington Memorandum
A heavy oaken casket bears inscription Grover Cleveland born March 18 1883 died June 24 1908 All Embassies Notified Washington June 26 Orders sent worldwide to observe his death Flags at half mast at all embassies and legations for thirty days Twenty one gun salute at army posts Warships to fire every half hour Friday
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Grover Cleveland
Washington
Cleveland
Man shoots two women then kills himself in Arkansas hometown
In Big Creek Arkansas Marie Reed wife of Dr F W Reed and her sister Nellie Ellsworth were seriously wounded when T F Whitsett a railroad worker, drank heavily, opened fire at their home. Whitsett then attempted suicide using a knife and firearm and died from a self inflicted gunshot. Both women were hospitalized with non fatal injuries according to doctors.
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Memphis, Sons
Marie Reed
F. W. Reed
Big Creek
Ark
Nellie Ellsworth
T. F. Whitsett
Whitsett
Bryan's Eulogy Highlights Cleveland Death Across Cities
Summaries of tributes to former President Grover Cleveland from W. J. Bryan and Gov. Hoke Smith. Dignified reactions note Cleveland as a strong leader with deep convictions and public service, while D. R. Francis and the Francis family plan funeral attendance in Princeton. Remains to be buried beside Ruth Cleveland in Princeton.
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Ruth
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Vice President Fairbanks Honors Grover Cleveland Remembered
In Indianapolis on June 26 Vice President Fairbanks called Grover Cleveland one of the most patriotic and ablest statesmen. Boston notes Secretary Charles Fairchild praising Cleveland as a great and good man. Guthrie reports the state house flag lowered to half mast upon the death news of ex President Cleveland.
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New Haven
Conn
Taft
Republican National Committee
Representative Sherman
Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Cleveland
W. J. Bryan
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Interior
St. Louis
D. R. Francis
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Groover Cleveland
Boston
Charles 8. Fairrchild
the Treasury
Grover Cleveland
Guthrie
State House
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Prescott, Ark
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Boughton
Missouri
Redland
Emmet
Albany
Caney
Taylor and
Leake
Alabama
Parker Townships
Georgia
Jackson
Union Townships
Nevada County
Langford & Clemmons
Jarber Shop
the Palace
Jack and
Johnny Bull’s Place
West Main Street
Meadows Arrested
Sour Lake
Tex
W. S. Keever
Texas and New Orleans
Texas Company
Patriot
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