Witnesses to be paid only one dollar a day
Special to The Light from Austin says witnesses who testified before the Texas House legislative investigation committee expect two dollars per day promised for attendance. The comptroller will not pay more than one dollar per day plus three cents per mile, and no law requires higher pay. Senate had allowed one dollar per day, while the House had doubled that amount. Details of payment remain undisclosed.
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Austin
Tex
House Legisitive Investigation Committee
Legistaure
Comptro
Senate
Comptrolel
House
Mate
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller
Ausa
Marry at Gonzales Court House in Texas
E L Neal and Miss Oda R Reader of easeville were married at the Gonzales court house at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon. Judge W N Lawley officiated the ceremony.
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Gonzales
Tex
E. L
Neal
Oda R. Reader
Eesville
W. N. Lawley
Rail commission approves new freight rates for two lines
The Katy gains authority to charge 1.10 per ton for iron ore carloads from Rusk to Denton with a minimum 60 pound car capacity. The Gulf & Interstate Railway is authorized to move canned goods at 2.12 cents per carload from Port Bolivar to Galveston and 5 cents per hundred pounds to Houston, effective immediately.
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Austin, Tex
Katy
Railroad Commission
Rusk
Denton
Gulf & Interstate Railway Company
Port Bolivar
Galveston
Houston
Itinerary announced for agricultural expert Bonner
The Texas Department of Agriculture released D H L Bonner’s itinerary to organize and address Farmers institutes. He will speak on diversification crop rotation and improved farming methods in Marshall Longview Kilgore Henderson Timpson Huntington Forest Alto Rusk from September 20 to 29.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
D. H. L. Bonner
Marshall
Longview
Kilgore
Henderson
Premier Stolypin Survives Assassination Attempt in Kiev
In Kiev on September 15 Premier Stolypin was shot during a theatre intermission by a would be assassin described as a lawyer's son. He sustained two non fatal wounds as Emperor Nicholas and royal family watched. The palace urged calm as the orchestra played the national anthem.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Russia
Stolypin
M. Bogroff
Nicholas
Tsar Solean
Alexis
Olga
Tatiana
Marie
Anastasia
Premier Stolypin
Soukhomlinoff
Count Potocky
M. Stolypin
Emperor Nicholas
His Majesty
Trouble Feared In Coahuila After State Elections
Three hundred soldiers of the Madero army arrived at Piedras Negras across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass. Reports said trouble was expected in Coahuila on September 16 and the following day related to the state elections. Many Americans were leaving Mexico daily via Eagle Pass.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Tex
Madero
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Coahuila
Mexico
United States
Southern Exposition Tour Aims To Redirect Eastern Travel
Col. D. C. Collier director general and G. Grosvenor Dawe managing director of the southern commercial congress met in Houston to urge southern business men to divert eastern tourist traffic bound for the Panama California exposition of 1915. They spoke to the Chamber of Commerce and discussed mobilizing southern states to attract visitors.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
South
Col. D. C. Collier
G. Grosvenor Dawe
Washington, D. C
Southern Commercial Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Mouse Causes Brief Power Plant Outage in Austin
A mouse short circuited the water and light plant switchboard in Austin, halting operations for about 30 minutes. Workers replaced a fuse and the plant resumed service. A separate notice reports J H Kuykendall, 76, dying of paralysis in Yoakum, Texas.
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Austin
Tex
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