Plan to handle primary returns by telephone statewide
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company organized a plan to collect county results and send them from Dallas to distribute across Texas. District managers will be responsible for swift returns. station managers for their stations. Key figures from Dallas to San Antonio attended the meeting. No further outbreaks after Sunday. state troops withdrawn per Sheriff Reid's advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company
Dallas
C. H. Abbott
W. W. Vaughn
D. M. Parkinson
A. B. Dooley
J. W. Hucker
San Antonio
T. E. Moore
Eureka
J. E. Leary
Luling
J. Zorn
Seguin
J. B. Hurt
Hondo
T. A. Stevenson
Eagle Pass
W. P. Bishop
Devine
C. E. Robinson
Pearsall
A. J. Hodges
Cotulla
G. R. Weber
Laredo
J. H. Platz
New Braunfels
J. L. Nentwig
Fredericksburg
Grand jury called to probe Grabow riot in Lake Charles
A special grand jury is convening next Monday in Lake Charles to investigate last Sunday's Grabow riot between union and non union sawmill workers. Ten men are jailed. eight face murder charges and two are accused of inciting a riot. Arthur L. Emerson, president of the...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Grabow
Arthur L. Emerson
New Embossed Printing Press For Texas Blind Institute
Dr. E. E. Bramlette, superintendent of the State Blind Institute in Austin, says Texas institutions for the blind are behind northern and eastern ones, but the state has high attendance. He attended the A I B convention in Pittsburg and visited other centers. He bought a new embossed printing press to arrive before next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
E. E. Bramlette
State
Bramlette
Pittsburg
American Association of Instructors For the Blind
United States
Canada
Institutions For
Wvill
Intangible Assets Data Urgently Sought for Railroads
Tax assessors press for certified figures on railroad intangible assets from the state tax board. Comptroller’s department needs the data to estimate county property valuations. Assessors must submit estimates by July 15 to allow the automatic tax board to set ad valorem tax rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Comptroller’'S Department
State Tax Board
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller's Department
Automatic Tax Board
Progressives Press Taft Withdrawal as Conservatives Withhold
Progressive Republicans push petitions asking President Taft to withdraw, but conservatives refuse to openly support the move. Key figures in Minneapolis Kansas and Washington discuss terms while Roosevelt’s faction plans a Chicago convention. No signed pledges yet as organizers seek wider party harmony before August 5.
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Washington
D. C
House
Taft
Davis
Lindbergh
Minneapolis
Jackson
Rees
Murdock and Young
Kansas
Kent
California
Warburton
Chicago
Congress
Hartford Coal Mine Abandoned Amid Run of the Mine Law
The Central Coke and Coal company mine at Hartford Arkansas will close after the legislature failed to repeal the run of the mine law. Miners allegedly used powerful blasting causing slack and unsellable coal while the company pays full price for all loaded coal. The mine employs several hundred workers and is owned by Kansas City capitalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Central Coke & Coal Company
Hartford
Kansas City
Walthall Returns, Pleased With Attorney General Bid
James D. Walthall, first assistant attorney general and candidate for Texas attorney general, returns after a ten day northern and western tour. He says he is pleased with his chances and reports endorsements from bar associations and leading lawyers in over two thirds of Texas counties. He also cites letters from supporters ahead of the primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
James D. Walthall
J. P. Lightfoot
Walthall
Texas
Famous Case On Trial In Federal Court In Texas
In Austin on July 9 the famous case Mildred Donaldson et al. versus J. L. Hume et al. proceeds before Federal Judge Gordon Russell. The suit concerns settling Thomas C. Bean's estate who died in Grayson county in 1889. Over 400000 dollars in property and numerous heirs claim the estate. The action stems from J. L. Hume’s administration, a Bean heir, with property spread across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Mildred Donaldson
J. L. Hume
Gordon Russell
Sherman
Thomas C. Bean
Grayson County
Bean
Governor invited to seventh International Dry Farming congress
The governor has received an invitation to attend the seventh annual meeting of the International Dry Farming congress to be held in Alberta, Canada from October 21 to 26, in connection with an exposition of dry farming products. The invitation comes from the board of control urging state representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canada
Austin
Tex
Board of Control
Horses Cremated in Austin Stable Fire
Eighteen horses burned to death in a Fourth and Colorado streets livery stable fire in Austin Texas. Chief Leo Mueller and several firemen injured by falling glass as flames and wind swept through the warehouse next door destroying piano stock and other property. The exact cause is unknown though a crossed wire or hay loft may have started the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Leo Mueller
W. L. Piper
Fourth
Colorado Streets
C. M. Cabiniss
Mueller
Fifth North American Esperanto Congress Opens in Boston
The fifth North American Congress of Esperanto opened in Boston with wide U S. representation. Edward S Payson presided at the opening session as students of the language planned a tour following Paul Revere ride and including a visit to Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Edward 8. Payson
New England Esperanto Association
Paul Revere
Harvard University
New Rate For Canneries
The railroad commission grants International and Great Northern a 10 cent per 100 pounds rate for peaches and tomatoes to canneries from Longview junction south to Austin, minimum 20 000 pounds per car with sworn canning use statement, effective July 10 to August 15, 1912. A separate 1 per 100 pounds rate applies to fruit shipments Lindale to Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
International & Great Northern Railway
Longview Junction
Minola
Henderson
Ausin
Lindale
Galveston
Marion Texas plans water supply despite nonvote
Marion will secure water through several options after residents rejected incorporation. Investigations consider artesian water at 2000 to 2500 feet, damming Cibolo Creek fifteen miles northwest, diverting from the Comal or Guadalupe rivers near New Braunfels, or pumping from the Guadalupe River five miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Tex
Cibolo
Comal
Guadalupe River
New Braunfels
Robbers Strike Saloon in Taylor Oklahoma Addition
Robbers entered the saloon of W. H. Bammel in Taylor Oklahoma addition last night and stole the cash register. They also took cigars whisky smoking and chewing tobacco. The register, containing a small amount of change, has not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Tex
W. H. Bammel
Oklahoma
Cotton Blooming in Marion Tex Expected High Shipments
Marion Texas July 9 Cotton is in full bloom and first date is expected the last of July Double the amount of cotton will be shipped from Marion this year Last year's shipments totaled 6600 bales No army worm or other worm seen so far in the district
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Tex
Judge Pleasants and Davidson Visit Taylor Texas
Judge R A Pleasants of Houston and A Bascom Davidson of Cuero arrived in Taylor to visit Captain William Davidson and Luke Mankin. Pleasants is a candidate for Texas supreme court and formerly partnered with Davidson in Cuero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Tex
R. A. Pleasants
Houston
Court of Civil Appeals
Galveston
A. Bascom Davidson
Cuero
Texas
William
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R. G. Green
N. E. Turner
F. E. Ezell
L. Perry
John Perry
R. Perry
Emerson
Perrys
Reid
Dr. Bramellette
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Progressives
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San Antonio , Texas
Congress OF Esperanto
Darge
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Chattanooga
Coca-Cola
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Atlanta
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