State Teachers Association Meets in Waco During Holidays
State Superintendent Arthur LeFevre calls Texas teachers to attend the State Teachers' association meeting in Waco over Christmas. He urges mutual enlightenment and a strong turnout, noting planned programs and reduced railroad rates. The gathering runs Thursday afternoon to Saturday morning with events across the days.
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Waco
Austin
Texas
Educational Department Today
State Teachers’ Association
Department of Education
Teachers’ —_ association
Eac
Arthur Lefevre
Charters Amended for Dallas Oil and Fuel Company
Special to the Sunday Light reports the Dallas Oil and Fuel Company filed an amendment to its charter increasing capital stock from 10 000 to 20 000 dollars. The action reflects expansion plans and corporate restructuring statutes enacted in Texas.
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Sunday Light
Austin
Tex
Dallas Oil and Fuel Company Today
District Attorney and Judge File Kirby Lumber Trust Suit
In Austin on December 7 District Attorney Warren W. Moore and Judge D McFall filed anti trust petitions against the Kirby Lumber Company of Houston claiming restraint of trade and consolidation with several mills in Jefferson and Beaumont counties. They seek penalties totaling 770000 while the company argues no violation occurred.
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Austin
Moore
McFall
Texas
Travis County
Warren W. Moore
D. -\. McFall
Kirby Lumber Company
Houston
John H. Kirby
John Tt. Kirby
John S. Kirby
Cooper, Jr
Bb. F. Bonner
Marcellus IE. Poster
F. A. Reichardt
Tl. B. Rice
Feliance Lumber Company
Jefferson
Texas Rine Land Association
Harn County
Texas Tram and Lumber Company
Jefferson County
Beaumont Lumber Company
Beaumont
Supreme Court
Mnills
Roosevelt and Gage in public clash over Treasury
The World’s Washington dispatch reports a sharp conflict between President Roosevelt and Secretary Gage. Roosevelt is believed to aim at weakening Gage’s position to force resignation, beginning with a controversial New York port collector appointment made without Gage’s knowledge. Cabinet members note clear discord between the two leaders.
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New York
Washington
Gage
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Ministers Protest Thanksgiving Ball Leading Teacher Hears Petition
In Okolona Mississippi after Thanksgiving a town ball faced church opposition from Methodist and Presbyterian ministers. The event drew many residents and one public school teacher attended. Ministers circulated a petition with eight signatures urging trustees to dismiss her as a teacher for attending the ball. Trustees are unlikely to grant the request.
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Okolon
Oklona
Lieutenant Colonel Adams to Assume Texas Department Command
El Paso Texas December 7 Lieutenant Colonel Adams who has led Fort Bliss received orders from Washington to report at once to San Antonio and take temporary command of the Department of Texas He succeeds Colonel Wheelan who retired yesterday.
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el Paso
Texas
Adams
Fort Bliss
Washington
San Antonio
Department of Texas
Wheelan
Death From Fall After Donkey Incident
Garvie Campbell a nine year old colored girl died at her Lubbock street home after internal injuries from a donkey stumble three weeks earlier. A physician attended her when injured and she later died from stomach injuries believed caused by a kick. Coroner Umscheid issued a death certificate citing internal injuries.
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Garvie Campbell
Lubbock Street
Umscheid
Chinese Loan to Be Issued December 21
Paria reports a Chinese loan totaling 265000000 francs at 3 percent will be issued on December 21. The listing notes the large sum and the fixed interest rate as key terms.
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Paria
Suit over twenty two thousand dollar life policies
In Austin Texas a suit filed in the Fifty third District seeks to settle $22 000 in life policies on the life of James H Mitchell. L A Hall guardian of Howard D and James Gordon Mitchell stands against Mrs Fannie V Register formerly Mrs James H Mitchell who remarried after his death and before beneficiary changes were settled.
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Austin
Tex
L. A. Hall
Howard D
James Gordon Mitchell
Fannie V. Register
James H. Mitchell
Register
Mitchell
Grand Jury Returns 42 Indictments in Travis County
Austin Texas December 7 The Travis county grand jury adjourned after a session that began October 7 with three weeks recess. In its final sitting from December 2 it returned 42 indictments including two felonies and forty misdemeanors. Most true bills covered misdemeanor gaming and Sunday law violations making the largest batch in five years.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
Notable Judges and Attorney General Officials In Austin
Special to the Daily Light from Austin Texas on December 7. Judge Geo Clark of Waco is in the city on business with the Attorney General's Department. Judge T S Maxey, recently presiding in Laredo, has returned to Austin for a brief stay. Judge R J Lovett of Houston is in Austin on Attorney General affairs. Dr Pendleton, a respected Belton attorney, is in town for a few days on business.
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Daily Light
Austin
Tex
Geo. Clark
Waco
Attorney General’s Department
T. 8
Maxey
United States District Court
Laredo
R. &. Lovett
Houston
Attorney General's Department
Pendleton
Belton
Austin School Board Faces Stephen F. Austin Memorial Proposal
A Wm. B. Travis chapter committee asked the Austin city school board to raise 5000 for a statue in memory of Stephen F. Austin and to declare a Texas Stephen F. Austin Day. The board will consider the request.
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Austin
Texas
Wm. B. Travis
Daughters of the Republic
Public Schools of
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F
New Trial Denied in Dean vs Campbell Pharmacy Case
In Austin on December 7 the Fifty-third District Court overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of J F Dean against John A Campbell et al. Dean, refused a pharmacist certificate after a board exam, sought court compelment to issue the certificate. He gave notice of appeal to the next higher court.
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Austin
Tex
J. F. Dean
John A. Campbell
Aternoon
Fifty-third District
Dean
Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners
Robbery at Comptroller Official Home in Austin
Burglars entered the residence of J. C. Kirby of the Comptroller's Department at 2101 San Gabriel Street last night. They stole $45 in currency from Kirby and $2.35 from his nephew F. D. Sanders after entering through a window reached by a tree near Kirby's bedroom.
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Austin
Tex
J. C. Kirby
Comptroller's Department
San Gabriel Street
Judge Moore Announces Candidacy for Twenty sixth District Judge
Austin Texas December 7 Judge N T Moore a Travis county representative unofficially announces his candidacy for the Twenty sixth district judgeship now held by Judge B L Penn of Williamson county Moore enters the race from the Travis side highlighting local judicial contest in the region with Penn as the incumbent.
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Austin
Tex
N. T. Moore
Travis County
B. L. Penn
Williamson County
Press Firms Sued In Texas Anti-Trust Actions
Attorney General files separate suits against three more compress companies in Austin challenging their purchase of competing firms. Transcontinental Compress of Paris Central Texas Compress of Temple and Greenville based New Compress and Warehouse face penalties up to 480 009 each and 330 900 respectively. The cases mirror the Fort Worth Shippers’ Compress and Warehouse action aimed at dissolving market consolidation. The attorney general seeks a test ruling to settle the law while noting good faith and advisory expertise of involved firms.
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Austin
Tex
Transcontinental Compress Company
Paris
Central Texas Compress Company
Temple
New Compress and Warehouse ‘Company
Greenville
Shippers’ Compress and “Warehouse Company
Fort Worth
Transcontinental Press and
New Compress and Warehouse Company
Justly Snubbed in Washington with San Francisco Visit
A World Service report from Washington says Mrs. and Mr. Henry Scott of San Francisco are visiting the capital. Official society shuns them after a $3,000 bill for a San Francisco hospitality settlement, linked to President McKinley’s spring visit.
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New York
Dee
Washington
Henry Scott
San Francisco
Scott
Union Iron Works
MckKinley
McKinley
Committee of Management
Roosevelt stays out of Southern suffrage fight
President Roosevelt declares he will not mediate in the Southern suffrage controversy and believes Congress must handle the issue. A White House talk with a Southern congressman touched on the Moody resolution, signaling the administration will not push the measure.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Representative Moody
Massachusetts
Moody
Rev. N. Gilbert Dies at 58 in Texas Home
The Rev. N. Gilbert a noted Methodist minister died last night at 10 at his Garden Street home. The funeral was held this afternoon. He was 58 years old.
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Texas
D. N. Gilbert
Ielly
Garden Street
Methodist Church
Bonds Registered For Randall County Courthouse Bonds
The Controller's Department registered a $2,000 issue of Randall County courthouse and jail bonds. The issue was approved by the Attorney General's Department.
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Daily Light
Austin
Tex
Controller’s Department
Randall County
Attorney General’s Department
Canfield Released by Judge Dunne For Contempt
In Chicago on the seventh and eighth, Judge Dunne discharged Andrew M. Lawrence and HH Canfield, editors of the American, finding them not guilty of contempt.
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Canfield
Chicago
Dee
Dunne
Andrew M. Lawrence
the American
New York Brief On Missing Virginia Shooting Lawyer
New York Dee 7 Wim B Marx of Merbert said he does not know the present whereabouts of the young lawyer who shot three men in Virginia while defending himself from attacks.
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New York
Dee
Tower of
Merbert
Marx
Virginia
Wall Street Capitalists Plan Bank Branches in Asia
The Guarantee Trust Company led by leading Wall Street interests will soon open branch banking houses in Manila Hong Kong and Shanghai after a special meeting confirming the plan to establish banks in China.
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New York
Wall Street
China
Gharanty ‘Trust Company
Manila
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Fatal Runaway Victim Mrs. Trevino Dies of Injuries
Mrs. Alicia Figniere de Trevino aged 25 in a Houston street accident died from a skull fracture. Wife of local druggist Dr Trevino, she was injured in a runaway last Thursday. Native of New Orleans, remains to be shipped there for burial.
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Trevino
Alicia Figniere de Trevino
Houston Street
Westerney
New Orleans
Moonshiner Suspect Detained on Vagrancy Charge
A 34 year old man arrived in the city this morning and is held at police headquarters on vagrancy and suspected moonshiner status with Alabama authorities likely to be notified of the arrest.
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Alabama
Governor Reappoints Mills Commissioner of Deeds for Texas
Austin Texas Dee reports the Governor reappointed Charles Edgar Mills to the post of commissioner of deeds for Texas at New York. Mills continues to serve in the statutory role overseeing Texas consular and notarial functions in New York.
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Austin
Tex
Dee
Charles
Edgar Mills
Texas
New York
Sullivan Minstrel Show Stranded in Ogdensburg
John L. Sullivan’s minstrel troupe fails to stage a performance in Ogdensburg New York after a string of setbacks. Sullivan declined to walk back to Broadway while the company faced sheriff refusals and weak audience turnout.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Lake Champlain
Broadway
John
John L
Boston
William A. Brady
Brady
Providence
Phil
Governor Yates Proclaims Aid for South African Camp Detainees
Chicago reports Governor Yates issues a proclamation urging Illinois citizens to donate money medicine food and clothes for women and children confined in South Africa camps. President Roosevelt is said to have summoned Yates to Washington as Republican leaders deem the proclamation impolitic and overreaching.
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Chicago
Govenor Yates
Washington
Roosevelt
Springfield
Illinois
South Africa
Ldo
Humanity
Republican Party
Sugar Tariff Fight Grows as Cuba Sugar Gains Backing
Washington December 7 Special to the Sunday Light reports intensifying effort to reduce sugar tariff for Cuban sugar. Louisiana delegation held an informal meeting with beet sugar interests marshaling forces for a likely clash. Cuban sugar growers are said to be backed by Senator Lodge and the President’s stance is seen as favoring duty reduction for Cuban sugar.
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Washington
Louisiana
Cuba
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Democratic Wind Exposes Philippine Extravagance
Democratic members of Congress return from the Philippines with reports of lavish civil service pay. Governor Taft earns $20,000 annually while four commissioners receive $15,000 each. Civilians comprise under half the workforce but receive over two thirds of salary disbursements in Manila.
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Philippines
Washington
Congress
Taft
Manila
The Brewery Suits
Judge Henderson arrives in Austin on personal business and endorses the attorney general's pursuit of anti trust cases against Texas brewers who pleaded guilty. He states the law must be enforced and suggests repeal only if the legislature revisits it in 1903.
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Austin
Texas
Ss. Henderosa
Cameron
Henderson
General Bell
Staff Officers Named by Corps Commander in Texas
Eugene Hernandez, the Corps Commander for National Spanish War Veterans in Texas, issued General Order No 1 naming officers to rank and act from the state. A. B. Hillan becomes Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, B. Ti. Appleby Captain and Assistant Quartermaster General, and Dr. T. L. Jackson Major and Assistant Surgeon General. All will be obeyed by rank and file across Texas.
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Eugene Hernandez
National Spanish War Veterans
National Army Spanish War Veterans
State of Texas
A. B. Hillan
First
Texas Cavalry
San Antonio
Texas
B. Ti. Appleby
Fourth
Texas Infantry
T. LT. Jackson
Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
State of
Eugene J. Hernandez
National Army
Spanish War Veterans to Meet in San Antonio in 1902
The San Antonio Business Men's Club will fund the Spanish War Veterans first grand reunion and state encampment in San Antonio from April 21 to 23, 1902. A new executive committee was formed to arrange the event and co operate with the Business Men's Club, with officers to be elected at the December 17 meeting.
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Father R. Hare
National Army
Ahame City Business College
Prps
Eugene J. Hernandez
Business Men's Club
Business Men’s Club
Lewis Maverick
A. B. Hillan
Secretanty
B. J. Appleby
B'nal Birthday Meeting at Harmony Hall Tonight
Kadar lodge No. 211 1. C. B. E. hosts B'nai B'rithday gathering at 3 15 this evening in Harmony hall with free admission. Rabbi B Marks leads prayers, J M Oppenheimer reads proclamation, Rabbi Henry Cohen gives address from Galveston. Orchestra performs, lodge reports, and a reception follows.
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Kdar Lodge
Harmony Hall
Esihahe Hirauls Ara Ee J. M. Oppenheimer
Pnet Meth Aay
Ala
Joe J. Lodovic
Henry Cohen
Galveston
Texas
Edar Lodge No. 211
Pr. S. Burg
Joe J. Ledevie
West Texas Wins Interscholastic Championship Game
The final game at San Pedro Park yesterday afternoon featured West Texas and Seeley for the local inter scholastic football title. West Texas won 22 to 0, completing an undefeated run with three games won. The High School team sits second with two wins and one loss, while the Seeleys hold two defeats and one tie.
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San Pedro Park
West Texas
Seeley
Seeleys
Unthankful Colored Youth Seeks Shelter Then Vanishes
A colored man about 20 reported to police that another colored youth, also about his age, sought help days earlier. He said the boy was without work or shelter, received aid and lodging, but disappeared today with a fine black coat and trousers missing, prompting a police inquiry.
Mexican Thief Caught After Hot Houston Street Chase
A Mexican suspect was pursued along Houston Street by Doc Rossman from the Tin Manufacturing Co after stealing a box of brass nozzles. The arrest involved a scuffle, with Quintana briefly taking the man into custody before handing him to Officer Green at the station. The 29 year old, from North San Marcos Street, faced a disorderly conduct charge.
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Houston Street
Houston St
Soledad
Doc” Rossman
Rosst
Green
Quintana
San Marcos Street
Brackenridge Park hosts December 12 driving matinee
Local horse owners plan a racing matinee at Brackenridge Park on December 12 starting 2:30. Half mile heats are listed for multiple races with horses owned by various members and a full club roster including president Jno W Kokernot and secretary treasurer G A Halft. No betting will be allowed.
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Brackenridge “Park
Tomroad
Club Ede
Ceb
Lottie K
Geo. L. Houston
Struble
My Briggs
Lillie
O. J. Woodhull
Alamo
G. B. Sullivan
Jim Hal
W.H. Henderson
Whitney
G. R. Sullivan
Babe Brooks
F. J. Hutcheson
Sunrise
D. Woodward
Jim Long
Racer
E. J. Hutson
Laura Medium
E. 2 Jackson
HH. A Staacke
Yellow Creek
J. W. Schofield
TF. Ullrich
Blackbird
E.d. Hutcheson
Jim Chittim
D. J. Woodward
Becker
Palace Boy
E. J. Hutcheson
Lady Strong
Dr. Robbie
Sweetchild
Peck
Thess Mugge
Gomez
Geo W. West
Chas. Hicks
FE. Beatty
Jno
W. Kokernot
G. A. ©. Halft
T. Mf
A. Tl. Boeh
D. J Woodward
A. Staacke
EB. A. Jackson
Dr. W. Kubba
A. E. Melloane
H. G. Staaecke
D. Isl
Sam C. Bell
W. Tobin
A. L. F. Ullrich
D. J. Sullivan
Ws Bee Bullivan
H. D. Barnity
J. Woodhull
Dd i Furnish
Geo. W. West
W. J. T Woodhull
T. C. Frost
Dr. Re Piss Rae
C. A. Keeran
T. A. Coleman
Geo. L
Houston
Gage
A. Baltaca
A. E. Define
Dan. G. Gillette
Sea Heimann
Those Smith
J. Arthur Foster
A. A. Ware
W. Fant
J. M. Millis
Jake Hildebrand
Roy Beitel
F. Ac Marek
Theo. Muegge
G. Davidson
Otto Wahrmund
T. 2. George
Vories Py Brown
W. W. Lipscomb
Herman F. Muhmitt
Geo. C. Bichlita
L.P. Peek
G B. Frank
November Police Report Summary by Sergeant Bryan
The November police report notes 7 arrests and 83 calls for service during the month. It lists 12 transferred cases including one his/her case, five theft under fifty, three alcohol and theft, and three murder-related cases.
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Bryan
Himney
Cash on Hand In Austin Ledger Notes Pay Increase
Fragmentary report from Austin mentions cash on hand and credit to the general revenue at close of business. A payroll entry shows an increase, and Mr Joe George is noted as leaving for the community with unclear duties or action.
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Austin
Tex
Dee
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W. W. Walling
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James O'Neill
Liebler & Co
Monte Cristo
Empire Opera House
Ethel Tucker Stock Co
Kirby
Gut
Rosevelt and
Col. Adams
Austin Personals
Austin Day
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Hne
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