District Court Opens with Major Murder Case in Texas
October term convened as grand jury impaneled with Albin Seidel as foreman. Robert H. Frederick faces murder trial for the death of Fred Rust near the county’s north end on November 15, 1915, with verdict likely by week’s end.
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Albin Seidel
Thirtyseventh District Court
Robert H. Frederick
Fred Rust
W.S. Anderson
Terrell
Baskin-McGregor
Seidel
Anderson
Electric campaign truck to tour New York state
The New York Hughes Alliance announces a modern campaign effort kicking off Tuesday with a 37 foot electric automobile truck. The vehicle will carry a band speakers and literature for distribution. Illuminated at night the truck will display signs appealing for support for Mr Hughes.
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New York
Ripley Opposes Eight Hour Statute Appeal to Stockholders
Edward P. Ripley president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rail road appeals to stockholders to back remedial legislation against the eight hour law passed by Congress at the urging of four railway brotherhoods. He calls the act unconstitutional and urges resisting it by lawful means.
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New York
Edward P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Death of Santibanez Officially Confirmed
Mexico City reports the official confirmation of Alfonso Santibanez's death. Once a federal leader, Santibanez led a faction with General Jesus Carranza on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and held Carranza’s staff for ransom before the first chief refused to yield. Santibanez was killed at Zihuatlan, Oaxaca, by Aurelio Hernandez, a Diaz loyalist. Hernandez later died in a skirmish with Constitutionalist troops.
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Mexico City
Alfonso Santibanez
Jesus Carranza
Santibanez
Aurelio Hernandez
Felix Diaz
Zihuatlan
Oaxaca
Hernandez
Tehuantepec
Venvetiano Carranza
Chinese Expatriate Census Counts Nine Million Abroad
The census from the Chinese ministry of commerce and agriculture lists nine million Chinese living outside China. India hosts 1.9 million, Cochin China 1.74 million, and Siam about one million. Siberia and the Malacca peninsula each hold about 0.5 million, Hong Kong 300,000, Canada and Mexico 200,000, while about 0.5 million reside in the United States and Europe.
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Peking
Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture
India
Cochin- China
Siam
Siberia
Malacca
Hongkong
Canada
Mexico
United States
Europe
Rebellion Quelled Near The Hague Across Dutch East Indies
Official dispatches report the rebellion in the Dutch East Indies largely quelled. Rebels near Macaratebi surrendered while earlier August dispatches noted riots in Jambi district Sumatra and a September update warned the rebellion was spreading.
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the Hague
London
Dutch East Indies
Macaratebi
Jambi
Sumatrar
Spanish Budget Seeks Large Credits for Reconstruction
The Spanish budget presented before Parliament shows expenditures around 1.325 billion pesetas and revenues about 1.421 billion pesetas. Extraordinary credits totaling 2.133 billion pesetas over ten years aim to fund army and navy reconstruction, roads, railways, and public instruction.
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Paris
Madrid
Mariners honor Captain Anderson for rescue at sea
A New Orleans committee presented Captain Nels Anderson of the Swedish bark Tana with a gold watch for his heroic rescue on August 23 of six crew members from the steamer Admiral Clark. Gifts were also given to a first mate and a steward of the Admiral Clark.
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New Orleans
Nels Anderson
Tana
Admiral Clark
Fayetteville State Bank Granted Texas Authority
At the State Banking board meeting in Austin on October 2 a certificate of authority to do business in Texas was issued to the Fayetteville State Bank of Fayetteville. The bank has a capital stock of 20000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
State Banking Board
Texas
Fayetteville State Bank of
Fayetteville
Look and Feel Clean Look and Feel Fresh Daily
The article urges a morning internal bath by drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits for digestion appetite energy and overall health, urging readers to obtain limestone phosphate from a drug store.
Port Bolivar harbor plans face setback from engineers
Washington Oct 2 The board of engineers for rivers and harbors questioned further improvements at Port Bolivar opposite Galveston citing high dredging costs, limited deep draft commerce, and risk to Galveston harbor. If maintained, $50,000 appropriations would revert to the treasury. Galveston and Port Bolivar interests vow resistance.
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Washington, D. C
Board of Engineers
Galveston
United States
Congress
Port
Druesedow Case Set for October 16 in Austin Court
In Austin Karl L. Druesedow former Harris county tax collector faces trial October 16 in Criminal District Court. Also scheduled on that date are tax cases against Morgan of Johnson county and Farquhar of Waller county with Judge A S Fisher swapping benches with Judge C W Robinson for the proceedings. Esperanza Exploration Company charter filed in State Department with $100000 capital to sell and convey real estate in other states and Mexico. Incorporators are Henry Barnes A E Norton W H ree and Ernest E Underwood.
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Austin
Tex
Karl L. Druesedow
Harris County
Criminal District Court
Morgan
Johnson County
Farquhar
Waller County
A. 8. Fisher
C. W. Robinson
Esperanza Exploration Company of
San Antonio
State Department
Mexico
Henry ©. Barnes
A. E. Norton
W. H. Ree
Ernest E. Underwood
Bank Examiners Hold Quarterly Texas Conference
The State Bank Examiners met in Austin for a three day conference led by Charles O. Austin, state commissioner of insurance and banking. Afterward, districts for the examiners will be reassigned.
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Austin
Tex
State Bank
Charles O. Austin
State Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Judge Williams Body Sent to West Coast for Interment
The body of Judge William D. Williams, a member of the railroad commission, was shipped from Austin Texas by the Katy Texas Special to San Antonio and then by the Southern Pacific to Los Angeles California. From Los Angeles it was to be taken to Fulkerson California to lie beside Mrs Heppenstall, his mother in law. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 30.
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Williams
Texas Bar Association
Fort Worth
Railroad Commission
State House
Kentucky
Texas
Austin
Tex
William D. Williams
Katy
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Cal
Fulkerson
Heppenstall
Wil
Parliamentarian Bertrand Russell barred from travel and UK entry
The War Office served a notice preventing Bertrand Russell from travelling to the United States for a lecture tour and from entering any prohibited area in Britain. The order was signed by his cousin, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. A F V Russell, as the competent military authority.
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London
Bertrand Russell
Cambridge
United States
United Kingdom
War Office
A. F. V. Russell
Supreme Court Member Dies in Denver
Thomas Henry Anderson age 68 associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia died in Denver after an operation. He had come to Colorado to regain his health.
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Supreme Court
Denver
Colo
Thomas Henry Anderson
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Colorado
South Carolina leaders study Louisiana boll weevil fight
Governor Manning and a South Carolina delegation of businessmen educators and agricultural experts inspect Louisiana cotton growing marketing and storage efforts against the boll weevil. They report the pest is within 45 miles of the SC border and note Louisiana emphasizes crop diversification and livestock. Leaders plan to tour Baton Rouge and other sites throughout the week.
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New Orleans
Manning
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
South
Baton Rouge
Necessary Affection Breach Case Ends With Mute Verdict
The court hears a dramatic breach of promise exchange as the defendant admits kissing the plaintiff daily to prevent her singing. The jury, comprised of men, returns a verdict for the defendants without rising from their seats. London Answers.
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London
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Cleanse
An advertisement warns against calomel and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims calomel harms bones and causes salivation while Dodson's product cleanses the liver and bowels, with a money back guarantee if not effective by morning.
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Dodson
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