Old Royal Hotel Closed in New Orleans After Auction Set
Spectal Wire reports the Totel Royal at Royal and St Louis streets is closing tonight. Guests with long stays will depart. lobby regulars, Calonels, Majors, Ludges and Captaing linger as the granite hotel ends. Silverware and furniture moved to auction room for sale. Building and furnishings sale begins Wednesday, April 5.
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New Orleans
Royal and
St. Louis
the Royal
Ludges
Captain
Old Royal
Furolahings Ag
Sullivan Kirwan Title Bout Scheduled in Brooklyn
Special to the Sunday Light reports Chicago pugilist George Kirwan will fight Spike Sullivan at the Greenwood Athletic Club in Brooklyn on Monday night. The bout marks Kirwan’s first New York ring appearance with trainers confident he can win a decision over Sullivan.
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New York
George Kirwan
Chicago
Spike” Sullivan
Greenwood
Isrookly
Uirvan
Couilion Pool
Subllydin
Reed's Lathstry Ay Opposed for Speakership
Special to Sunday Tight Washington reports Mr Reed may face opposition for the speakership as Mr Sherman of New York declines an appointment as head of appraisers, a life position paying $7000 a year. Lewis, representing the largest state, is a strong speaker candidate with broad support, signaling a formidable challenge to Reed. Talk also centers on curtailing the speaker's omnipotent power.
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Reed
Washington
Sherman
New York
Frisco Railway Purchases BE Towle Ghifthoma Line
The Frisco railway has acquired the BE Towle Ghifthoma railway spanning about 100 miles for 1 962 000 dollars. AG Louis notes completion date April 1, with the sale funded to integrate the line into its system.
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AG Louis
Frisco Emiray
Missing Confederate silver dollar found in Georgia
The Sunday Light reports a rare Confederate dollar, one of four minted in New Orleans in 1861, in the possession of T. T. Bennett, deputy chancery clerk. Bennett says a relative in Georgia acquired it about 25 years ago from a Georgia mountaineer who paid $50. The discovery rekindles collectors’ interest amid long-held Bennels by collectors.
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Colfectore
T. T. Bennett
New Orleans
Bennett
Georgi
Georgia Mountaineer
Boll Weevils On Exhibition In Wharton Texas
Live boll weevils are displayed in Wharton on April 1 as farmers fear the pest will return next season. Officials hoped freezing weather killed the insect, but the state funds skilled entomologists to study it and develop controls.
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Wharton
Texas
Mater
Filipino Insurgents Discovered Near Manila
A New York telegram dated Aprilcade from Manila reports General MacArthur's division resting at Malolos with no major action. The insurgent main force and residents of Malolos are positioned at Calampit, a small village six miles beyond Malolos on the railway.
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New York
Manila
Journal
MacArthue
Alvision
Malotos
Malarou
Calampit
Malar Ios
W J Bryan criticized over remarks on supper myth
A Washington dispatch quotes a New York paper mocking William J. Bryan for linking the Lord's Supper to an infidel at the banquet. The piece argues Judas attended the supper and contends Bryan misreads scripture while hinting at party maneuvering.
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Washington
Bryci Pudagie
Judas
Republican Leaders Rally Behind General Miles Storm
A Republican newspaper column argues that party leaders acknowledge the court of inquiry's findings on abuses tied to staff in the Miles era. It claims the president must punish the offenders and warns against shielding those responsible, citing public sentiment that Miles is defending soldiers.
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Waebiigton
D. CO
Anril
Repubii
Fon
Lts Court of Diquiey
Miles
Washington
Brad
Bennett Estate Administered After Court Session
In a probate court yesterday Lilly Bennett was appointed administratrix in the estate of John T. Bennett, deceased, with the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland as surety, bond set at 10,000 dollars. The sale of the regis estate was confirmed in the Bennett matter. the E A Sappington estate adjourned for the Mack terre. Panama Canal Commission: McKinley meets with Shulval Walker and Wilson as new engineers may join the commission. Noble of Chicago tipped as a civilian member. official appointments to be announced in a day or five.
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John T. Bennett
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Maryland
Regi
E. A. Sappington
Couch
Marek
Panama Canal Commission
Washington
McKinley
Reavy Shulval Walker
Gerterul Wilson
Kathmlan Canal Commission
Nieftruguag Canal
Noble
Chicago
Lundlow
Thie
Ilsevagcil
Vie
Murder Confession and Execution at Bastrop Scene
The article recounts the paroled patricide of Elisha Swan who killed his father in Bastrop in 1898, his trial, conviction for first degree murder, appeals, and multiple rescripts before execution. It notes his calm demeanor at the scaffold and remarks by ministers and officials, with details of the crime and the long legal process.
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Tex
Mibough
Tim
Crawey
Wii
HB. Coombs
Bet
Tate
Scout Davis
Jahker Nash
Dru
Coombs
Deau
Rovs
Fohoson
Steadly
H. B. Combs
Swan
Isos
Cut Swan
Bisha
Teen
Na Borcan Grawer
Tus
Elisha
Flo
Court of Criminal Appeals
Mare UW
Xong
Mercy
Tabe Cook
Aleck Brown
Weather Devastates Panhandle Cattle Ranches
Wire dispatch from Warth, Texas reports a severe storm in the Panhandle causing heavy losses to cattle. About 2,500 head reportedly died, with losses estimated at over eleven hundred dollars. The storm brought frost and rain, threatening remaining crops if no rain arrives in ten days.
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Panhandie
Wwarth
Tex
Panhandia
Pitchferk
Thorn Belt
Texas
Prairie
Aa Temple
Wage scale boost spreads across New England mills
Reports from New England mill centers show a new wage scale restoring prewar pay in cotton mills. The advance benefits about 100000 workers across the Pike belt, New Bedford, Rhode Island towns, and other Southern New England centers, with increases up to about 15 percent in some cases.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Objectionable Tax Weighs on Out of Town Merchants
New York merchants doing mail orders or handling out of town business face a new clearing house rule charging 10 cents on checks drawn on banks outside the city. Receivers of the checks must bear the fee, a burden heavy for firms handling large mail order volumes who receive hundreds of checks daily. Merchants protest, planning agitation to force a rescission of the rule.
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New York
New York Clearing House
American Sharpshooters Engage in Manila Action
In Manila April 1 American forces repel Filipino defenders with five sharpshooters from each regular unit under General Hall inflicting casualties. Filipinos fight from distance, Americans keep pressure. two North Dakota volunteer companies brush in. Two privates and a lieutenant wounded. seven Filipinos killed. funeral held for Lieutenant Gregg of the Fourth Infantry.
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Manila
King
North Dakota
Gregg
Fourth Infantry
Tfe
Alabama coal output shows rise in last year
The report states Alabama coal production reached 6,326,706 tons, up 43,095 tons from the previous year. Work begins on the Stag Cement plant at Eneley City by Baltimore and New York parties, capacity 1,000 barrels daily, 500 workers planned. Patent process used, secret, linked to Sparrows Point and Enley City facilities.
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Birmingham
Ala
of- Heal
Alabama
Baltimore
New York
Eneley City
Sparrow's Point
Tennessee Con
Troy
Trailvoill Company
Ensley City
Moldenrous Volunteers Take the Town in Tennessee
A report from Wartrube Tennessee notes the Thirty-fifth Michigan volunteers entered the town and raided saloons. A black youth was shot as he walked the street. citizens are indignant. Separate dispatch from Anglia Texas says Governor Sayers approved Senate bill No 130 exempting counties from the fish and game law and House bill No 555 permitting a grand jury to sit at January term if ordered by the district judge.
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Wartrube
Tenn
Michigan
Anglia
Tex
Sayers
Grayson County
Actio
Hale's Birthday note on Dr Edward Waters in Boston
Hale grows another year as Dr Edward Everett Waters reaches seventy seven next Monday. Despite advancing age he maintains good health and takes an active interest in public affairs including literature economics philanthropy and education in Boston.
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Hale
Boston
Mass
Edward Everett Waters
El Paso Municipal Convention Nominates Magoffin for Mayor
The Democratic municipal convention met tonight in El Paso and nominated sitting Mayor Jos Magoffin for another term. Delegates also nominated candidates for the alderman positions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jos. Magoffin
Bexar County Bonds and Tax Payment Report
Special to the Sunday Light notes the comptroller registered 45000 in Heexar county bridge bonds. It records MR. & T. Railway paying 1354.10 tax on gross passenger earnings totaling 145810.15 for the quarter ending March 31, 1809. On again.
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Bexar County
Austin
Tex
Teday
Heexar County
MR. & T. Railway
TIBAVY COINAGE in New Orleans March output tops records
The March mint output reached 1,250,000 dollars, exceeding the previous record by about 100,080 dollars. The April 1 report notes the total surpasses any month since operation began, marking a strong month for coinage in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
State Legislature Dull Day Narrows to Tiny Bills
A sleepy session saw the Senate adjourn grey until Monday with little activity beyond casual talk on a city square project in Anustin for a High School site. The House debated a boarding house fraud bill and approved several measures including new city charters, land systems, stock laws, and road improvements across multiple counties.
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Senate
Anustin
Robinson
Hilt
Austry
Sherrill
Opposition to Texas consolidation of railroads discussed
A Texas railroad commissioner criticizes consolidation with the Sherman Shreveport and Southern line. He argues the Texas Railroad Commission lacks authority over interstate rates and warns that combining systems harms state interests by diverting earnings to other regions and weakening Texas roads’ financial standing.
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Austin
Tex
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railroad
Towse
Mayfield
Elios
Katy
Troy
Texas
Ita Earings
Wedding of Vanderbilt and Fair millions in Gothic chapel setting
New York April 1 The home of Mr and Mrs Tormann Qetricks on Fifth Avenue hosts elaborate wedding preparations for the Vanderbilt and Fair fortunes. The ceremony will be conducted by a Roman Catholic priest in a transformed conservatory Gothic chapel with candlelight and Easter blooms, to be held promptly at noon on April 6.
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Tor
New -York
Bfr
Tormann Qetricks
Fifth Avenue
Fury-seventh Street
Nooo
Bishop Chattard Recovered Plans Flight to Baltimore Bahamas
Spectal reports Bishop Chattard of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tadianapals has recovered from a severe stroke and will leave Indianapolis next Monday for Baltimore. He then plans a Bahamas cruise to restore his health. During his absence the diocese will be led by Very Reverend Denis O'Donaghue, recently named Vicar Benor of the Monastery.
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Chattard
Tndianapolis
Ind
Mocese
Tadianapals
Baltimore
Bahamas
Denis O'Donaghue
Vrear Benorit
Chicago politics and Altgeld support split emerges
A Chicago Democratic press bulletin reports Carter Harrison's party exit and asserts Chicago Democrats back John P Altgeld for the 1896 national platform. It notes cracks in the party, with Gold buybacks and funding tensions shaping Altgeld's bid and the convention lineup.
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Chlewso
Democrate Press
Bulletin
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
John & Altgetde
Vic Bulletin
United States
Iis Editer
P. Devile
Artile Ia
Jones
Hyreyan
Lavernia Newslits Roundup From Lavernia Texas
Local notes from Lavernia Texas mention Marcelona visitors and travel plans to San Antonio Stockdale games and prominent residents like Gen Folson. Baby milestone at Stockdale area. Easter services to be led by Preabyurton. Numerous names appear among visitors, illnesses, and social calls. Mrs Cotton recovering after a long illness.
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Lavernia
Texas
Apel
John Cys
Slater
Marcelona Pass
Suraday Ca
San Antonio
aAnnie Wiseman
Idacred
Stock Duto
Sutherland Springs
Alies
Reislues
Buitay
Gen. Folson
Stockdale
Carlson Murray
Toro
Molt
Preabyurton
Ralgiater
Sahitay
A. C. Blain
Baterdry
A. Hall
Miss Thorn
Pearsall Visits Hint of Notable Guests and Easter Services
Pearsall hosts local figures including Suprintendent Hume and Readmaster Scott on a steam hand car inspecting the grain. Wildman of Gan Athonlé visits brother. Mr Barrow and wife depart for San Marcos. Lectures by Adam Bolw of Honstoe on Ker t Men Past and Present. Easter services planned at Methodist and Baptist churches.
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Pearsall
Tex
Olvisios
Hume
Scott
International
Great Noritern
Rand
Als, Wildman
Gan Athonlé
Barrow
Diaro‘d' Dilley
Apent
Edmund
I. B. Alfond
Tirohlg
Aron Jones
Moore
Epint
Adom Ol Bolw
Honstoe
Panigal
Hibrary
Americans face no death penalty in Central America reports
Washington cable from April 1 states the Blaze department was told there are not six Americans in Quatemalan or Honduras charged with being found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. It notes there is no death penalty in Honduras and that inquiries are being made in Nicaragua.
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Washington
Quaternnin
Honduras
Aterera
Nicataguna
Nephew of Bowie Fatally Shot In Accident
Special Wire reports in Alexandria Da that April Naney Seoko was killed yesterday by an accidental pistol discharge held by a young friend. Seoko, Bowie family relative, died an hour after the incident and testified it was accidental.
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Ritlid
Alexandria
Naney Seoko
James Bowie
Bowge
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Mme Taupy
Algiers
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