John Campbell Texas pioneer dies sudden life of atascosa county
Colonel John Campbell, 77 years old and founder of Campbellton, died at the Bexar hotel from acute indigestion after four days illness. He led a Campbellton delegation to seek railroad location and left eight children and many relatives. Interment will be in Campbell cemetery. funeral Monday at 10.
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John Campbell
Campbellton
Atascosa County
Bexar
Campbell
Texas
Jourdan
William
Edward
Annie
Sallie Campbell
E. L. Burke
Beeville
E. M. Tom
C. T. Tom
H. Houston
J. 8. Houston
J. E. DeWees
Floresville
Malone McCowan
Burke
Jourdan Campbell
Ed Campbell
San Saba
Peter Campbell
Seguin
Francis M. Campbell
Brady City
Anna Hurt
R. Kerr
Sanderson
H. Tom
Maggie Proctor
Mary Tom
Stanton
Ellen Tom
Colonel Campbell
Donegal
Ireland
Guadalupe County
Mary Irvin
Sarah Irvin
Louisiana
Mississippi
John Campbell & Sons
F. D. Hudon
St. Mary’s Church
Campbell Cemetery
King Alfonso accused of planning to embezzle funds
Deputy Ursaiz, former finance minister, charged King Alfonso with planning to embezzle public funds as the cabinet proposed paying par for a large bond issue sold at a discount. The sale would yield about 5.5 million dollars in profit, with the king holding most of the bonds.
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Madrid
Ursaiz
King Alfonso
Camorrists Face Likely Acquittal Amid Trial Delays
In Viterbo Italy April 8 special to the light the Camorrists trial continued with an uneventful interroga tion of Ascrittore charged with slander. He alleged De Angelis threatened murder in 1906 and sought shelter after Cuoccolo killings. Priest Vitozzi broke fast for Easter and hoped for acquittal. Many expect acquittal except two or three. prosecution weak and accused wield influence over officials. Court adjourned until next Tuesday.
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Viterbo
Italy
de Angelis
Vitozzi
Cuoccolo
Ascrittoire
Ascritoire
Bianchi
Taft Declines Barbers Union Invitation
President Taft received an invitation from J C Shanessy of St Louis to join the Journeymen Barbers International Union. He replied that he would be delighted to join but he shaves himself, having not used a barber for years due to his travels and shipboard routines.
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Washington
Taft
J. C. Shanessy
St. Louis
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
Woman Sinks In Chasm Opened by Earth Tremor
In Wheeling West Virginia on Wood street a small tremor opened a fissure in a yard. Mrs Freda Kleggs wandered into quicksand at the edge and sank to her throat before boarder H H Rhinehart could pull her out. A geologist from West Virginia state university will study the sand streak.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Freda Kleggs
Wood Street
West Virginia State University
Nebraska passes state telephone control law
Lincoln Neb April 8. After President Vail urged public control the Nebraska legislature passed a telephone controlling law. It requires Bell to interconnect with independents and lets the railway commission set rates and services with no appeal. The bill also restricts mergers and requires two thirds stock purchases for consolidations. The measure ends a lengthy legislative fight.
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Lincoln
Neb
Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Nebraska
Bell Company
State Railway Commission
Alabama Mine Disaster Claims 11 Lives in Ban ner Coal Collapse
A blast at the Banner Coal mines near Littleton Alabama kills 115 workers, mostly convicts, with five bodies recovered and about 110 still inside. Rescue efforts hampered by black damp. guards keep crowds back as state mine inspector James Hillhouse leads efforts.
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Littleton
Ala
Banner
Jas. Hillhouse
J. S. Waldrop
EB. B. Rosemand
Jefferson County
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Birmingham
Sparks
14 Dead Near Scranton at Pancoast Colliery Disaster
Forty five widows and 137 orphans follow 74 charred and mutilated miners in the worst Anthracite disaster since Avondale. Officials say bodies identified and removed. cause remains in doubt as efforts to warn workers came too late.
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Scranton
Pancoast
Throop
China Vein
Avondale
Curtiss Biplane to be Tried by Eugene Ely This Week
New Curtiss biplane purchased by the United States army for field service will be tested this week at the maneuver camp by Eugene Ely. Commander Saito and Lincoln Beachy fly a duplicate at Pinehurst, N C as Japan plans to purchase several for army use.
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Eugene Ely
United States Army
Saito
Lincoln Beachy
Pinehurst
N. C
Hydro Aeroplane Is Successful on Salt Lake
Glenn H. Curtiss piloted a newly invented hydro aeroplane on Salt Lake, rising five minutes above the 22 percent saline waters at 4218 feet. Lieut. Theodore Ellison of the U S Navy witnessed and will start a navy aviator school July 1 with two Curtiss biplanes. Curtiss praised the lake as the world’s heaviest water and highest body of water, promising further improvements tomorrow.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Glenn H. Curtiss
Theodore G Ellison
Navy
Mr. Curtiss
Lieut
Ellison
United States Navy
Curtiss
Naval
San Diego
Cal
Great Salt Lake
Disaster prompts multi level probe into mine accident
The disaster will be investigated by national, state and county officials. State Bureau of Mines Chief James Roderick blamed inflammable engine-house construction and called for blame to be fixed. Labor groups in Taconowama County demand criminal prosecution. Stephen J. McDonald of Scranton Central Labor Union cites “modernized greed” and vows action against officials.
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State Bureau of Mines
James Roderick
Taconowama County
Stephen J. McDonald
Scranton Central Labor Union
Organized Labor
State protects miners says Nagel federal action impossible
Secretary Nagel states that mine worker protection rests with the states not the federal government. He explains federal action is impossible as laws place responsibility with states and federal authorities are limited, though he can investigate and advise.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Acor
Vault of Rockefellers Treasures Revealed at New York Exchange
Report details a bomb proof vault beneath the New York Produce Exchange near Beaver Street where John D Rockefeller stored an estimated 200 million in stocks and bonds. Entry requires ten locks and three people to operate. the vault features massive walls, steel rails, and multiple small safes with index cards tracking bonds and coupon dates.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
New York Produce Exchange
Beaver Street
Broadway
Rockefeller Securities
Attorney General Wickersham Faces Contempt Inquiry
Washington April 8 reports say Attorney General Wickersham told Judge Dennison he accepts responsibility for contempt tied to Detroit bathtub trust coverage. Dennison postponed trial and demanded the responsible DOJ official’s identity. DOJ confirms correspondence but won’t confirm full responsibility. Wickersham declined comment.
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Washington, D. C
Wickersham
Dennison
Detroit
Bathtub Trust
Department of Justice
Detroit club women condemn pastor reading vulgar Whitman poem
Detroit suffrage tea audience of fifty women and girls heard Dr. John Carr read Walt Whitman's The Woman Who Waits for Me. Club members say the poem was vulgar and obscene and felt shocked and distressed by the reading in front of young girls.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit Club
John Carr
New, Thought Church
Walt Whitman
Minnie Booth
Women's Equal Suffrage Club
Students to Get Easter Vacation at Missouri
University of Missouri students will receive a four day Easter vacation this spring. President Hill announced that no classes would be held on the Friday before Easter or the following Monday. Most students will spend the break at their homes.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Hill
Elder Madero Father Hopes for Peace Talks Fail
Don Francisco Madero, Sr., elder of the insurgent leader, expected in San Antonio with Alfonso Madero and Roque Estrada to push for peace with the Diaz government. For days he sought a solution to broker Díaz’s retirement but ultimate talks collapsed and he returned to San Antonio.
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Don Francisco Madero
San Antonio
Alfonso Madero
Roque Estrada
Insurecetos
Madero
Don Francisco
el Pago
Chihuahua
Rafael Hernandez
Limantour
Diaz
el Paso
Mexico
Francisco J. Madero
Don Francisco Sr
Passports Blocked for Maderos in El Paso Return
The Maderos depart El Paso for San Antonio after failing to obtain passport visas from General Navarro of Northern Chihuahua. They say repeated assurances from Mexico promised passports, while Navarro reports no orders to act.
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el Paso
Maderos
San Antonio
Tex
Navarro
Chihuahua
Mexico
Americans Attack Federales Near Mexicali in Battle
General Stanley Williams led seventy Americans against four hundred Mexican federal troops four miles south of Mexicali. The clash left Williams severely wounded with eighteen American and federal deaths reported as the battle ended at dusk. Williams’ small force raided local ranches before retreating into Mexicali.
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Calexico
Cal
Stanley Williams
Mexicali
Williams
Crass
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Barbers
International Union
Boarder
Nebraska Commission
Alabama
Tech Pancoast
Salt Lake
Glenn Curtiss
U. S
Elder Madeag
Ven
Sen
Federal
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