Texas Legislature Debates Direct Senate Election and World’s Fair Funding
Austin reports the state affairs committee backs Judge Schluter’s plan to amend the constitution for direct election of U S senators by the people. A $200,000 World’s Fair exhibit appropriation advances with Louis Wortham arguing for it. A salary bill for legislators and other measures are debated as sessions pause.
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Austin
Tex
Committee On State Affairs
Schluter
Congress
United States
Louis J. Wortham
Terrell
Travis
Rowlin
House
International
Great Northern
Katy
Railroad Commission
Franchise Tax Notices Go Out For Texas Corporations
The Texas secretary of state will mail franchise tax notices to about 5000 corporations doing business in Texas. Domestic firms number roughly 4500, with foreign ones making up the rest. Tax due by May 1, 1998, must be paid. failure to do so will result in the corporation being declared delinquent.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Secretary of State
Southern Sentiment Favors Pension for Old Slaves
A Washington visitor reports southern states show support for Senator Hanna's proposal to pension old enslaved people. He notes southern prosperity rising with new industries and shifts in political views across Georgia Mississippi South Carolina Alabama and Texas. Local Texas figures include House action on estate relief for William H. Edrington and a lightship bill for Healds Bank Galveston. Rural carriers and postmasters are listed for Sherman Donelton Flanagan Tool West Mountain Upshur.
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Washington
D. C
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
South
Hanna
South Carolina
Alabama
East
William C. Bellah
Donelton
Hunt County
Erin L. Robinson
Flanagan
Rusk County
W. F. Johnson
Tool
Henderson County
J. M. Connell
West Mountain
Upshur County
Frisco Railroad Buys Kirby Lumber Stock in Trust Deal
The St. Louis and San Francisco railroad acquired unissued Kirby Lumber treasury stock worth 2 million dollars. The purchase, likely for the St. Louis and San Francisco, followed a meeting at the Waldorf hotel where key San Francisco interests finalized the deal. The Kirby Lumber Co is described as a lumber trust and the move gives the St. Louis and San Francisco a large competitive tonnage advantage.
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Frisco Railroad
Kirby Lumber Co
New York
Treasury
Kirby Lumber Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
Waldorf Hotel
Heavy Travis County poll tax takes huge April vote tally
County Tax Collector Thresher reports 5145 poll tax receipts issued at $1.75 each totaling $83,742.64, the highest in Travis county history. Last year 2540 receipts. rise largely due to poll tax amendment. An estimated 4000 residents in city areas also held receipts to vote in April city election.
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Austin
Tex
Thresher
Travis County
Mysterious pair arrested for passing Mexican dollars in Rochester
A pretty girl calling herself Miss Anonymous and an older man who claimed to be Frank C. Robertson of Texas were arrested in Rochester on February 14 for passing Mexican dollars at stores. They admitted to earning nearly $6000 this way and seemed to believe they could not be stopped, with police unable to stop them other than forcing them to leave town.
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Rochester
N.Y
Frank C. Robertson
Texas
Admiral Schley to Tour United States and Northwest
Admiral Schley will leave New York on Tuesday with a party for a continental tour reaching to Vancouver. The trip starts for Mardi Gras in New Orleans then proceeds through San Antonio Seattle and returning via Portland Vancouver Helena St Paul Milwaukee back to New York. The Senate approved the Elkins anti trust rebate bill sending it to the President.
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New York
United States
Admiral Schley
American
Northwest
van Couver
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
San Antonio
Texas
California
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Helena
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Sunday Light
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Poker Raid in Austin Nets Legislature Members
A general raid by Constable Morris and deputies broke up private poker and craps games at a leading Austin hotel. Eight arrests, including several lawmakers, were made but bonds were posted and all released at the scene. The raid sparked considerable excitement as the first action since the moral wave began a month earlier.
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Austin
Tex
Morris
Virginia Senate Approves Lee Statue for Capitol
Richmond reports the Virginia Senate passed a bill to place General R. E. Lee in the National Capitol's Statuary Hall in bronze or marble. The vote was nearly unanimous despite protests from Confederate veterans Senators J. M. Opie and Thomas D. Gold who warned of ongoing irreconcilable tensions with the North over equality.
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Virginia Senate
National Capitol
Richmond
R. E. Lee
Federal Capitol
J. M. Opie
Thomas D. Gold
Beaumont News Budget Suspended in the Air
Beaum ontexas line man W H Cole climbed a tall pole on West Crockett street and grabbed a live electric wire. The current burned his flesh and smoke filled the air as bystanders watched. A fellow worker and a rescuer helped bring him down. Physicians later revived him and expect recovery.
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Beaumont
Texas
West Crockett Street
W. H. Cole
Cole
Man Held on Kidnapping Charge in Beaumont
A man identifying himself as Harris was arrested at noon in Beaumont with an eighteen year old girl and a two year old boy claimed as his son and niece. He is jailed on kidnapping charges after a telephone tip from Waso.
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Beaumont
Texas
Harris
Waso
Beaumont Driving Park and Fair Association Declines Incorporation
Baseball park and race track construction contract to be let next week after the Beaumont Driving Park and Fair Association decides not to incorporate.
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Beaumont
Texas
Fair Association
Arkansas Impeachment Move After Heated House Session
In Little Rock on February 14, the conflict between Governor Jeff Davis and Attorney General Murphy escalates. Representative Pindall proposes a special committee to investigate charges stemming from Murphy’s Capital Theater speech, signaling a first impeachment step.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
Murphy
House
Pindall
Desha
Davis
Capital Theater
Texas House Debates Local Bills and Ranger Law Repeal Move
In Austin on February 14 the Texas House discussed local measures, passed the stock law with Travis county exemption, and debated a bill to repeal the state ranger force. Senator Faulk introduced the ranger repeal in the Senate amid strong opposition to scrapping the historic force.
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Austin
Tex
Tennell
Travis County
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Terrell
Glenn
Senate
Duff
Béaumont
Galveston
Beaumont
Faulk
Texas
House
Nef
Neff
Harris
Fowler
Wooten
Roosevelt
Dallas
T. S. Henderson
Milam County
Peeler
Hoskins
Houston
Miller
Milam
Hudspeth
Sutton County
Root to Retire and the Costs of a Cabinet Post
Washington February 14 Secretary Root plans private life soon and a New Yorker will replace him. The cabinet role costs a Washington establishment and a salary of eight thousand dollars a year proves inadequate. The piece notes that poor men are barred from such offices due to expenses and social expectations.
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Sunday Light
Washington, D. C
Root
Washington
Valentines for Roosevelt Draw Praise in Washington Mail
President Roosevelt's Valentine mail today includes many cards featuring pictures of Black infant babies. He reportedly enjoys the lighthearted jokes and shows no annoyance at the notes despite their racially charged content.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Flooding Hits Jackson Water Supply as Rivers Rise
Heavy rains sweep across Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana flooding streams and bridges. Jackson Miss suffers a water famine as Pear River floods water works. livestock drownings noted but no human deaths. Mobile reports Alabama River flood extends 120 miles with three to five feet of water and rising.
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New Orleans
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Jackson
Miss
Pear River
Mobile
Department of Public Works
El Paso Customs Chief Suspends Inspector Over Charges
Washington filings accuse Pat F. Garrett of El Paso of misconduct by guards cited by tourists cattlemen and others. Chief Inspector Joseph Dwyer is suspended thirty days amid protest from Max Webber representing the German pire at Juarez Mexico who says he suffered indignities during a search.
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el Paso
Tex
Washington
Pat F. Garrett
Garrett
Joseph Dwyer
Max Webber
Pire
Juarez
Mexico
Senator Cullom Discusses Cuban Treaty Perils
Senator Cullom of the foreign relations committee conferred with the President on the precarious Cuban debt and Panama canal treaties. Opposing influence is pressing against both agreements, using every wire to thwart them.
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Washington, D
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Lanham vetoes termarrriage bill over stepfather marriages
Governor Lanham sent a veto message to the Texas House against House bill 21 amending the penal code to legalize marriage of a woman to her stepfather after her mother's death and to allow a woman to marry her son's husband after the daughter's death. He cites morality and public policy, urging disapproval.
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Austin
Tex
Lanham
House
State of
Texas
Political fight ends Sunday baseball in Memphis
Memphis, Tenn. Feb 14 A political fight between local factions led by Caruthers Ewing president of the Memphis Baseball association prompts the city to refuse Sunday baseball permits for the upcoming season After three years of Sunday play the administration bans it, leaving New Orleans and Shreveport as the remaining Sunday towns.
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Memphis
Tenn
Caruthers Ewing
Baseball, Association
New Orleans
Shreveport
Injunction in Dallas Strike Records First of Kind
Dallas February 14 The Building Trades council seeks an injunction restraining contractors in a strike action. It is the first such injunction on record in Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
Building Trades Council
Present Strike Leads to Dallas Builders' Exchange Injunction
Judge Nash issued a temporary injunction halting a boycott by the Builders' Exchange against the Trades' Council in Dallas Texas. The ruling sets a new precedent and the hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at 9 a m.
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Builders’ Exchange
Dallas
Texas
Nash
Trades’ Council
Prominent Man in a Brawl in Charleston
John Widener general manager of Kanawaha Coal company Dan Hanna son of Senator Hanna and W A Clark son of Senator Clark of Montana face assault charges against W C Caldwell a legislature member Caldwell says Widener struck him and knocked him unconscious then Caldwell was tossed from the hack as the party drove to the depot and left town
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Charleston
W. Va
John Widener
Kanawaha Coal Company
Dan Hanna
Senator Hanna
W. A. Clark
Senator Clark
Montana
W. C. Caldwell
Caldwell
Widener
Boarding House Blaze Originated In a Shoe Store
Fire on West Commerce street starting about 1 20 oclock from unknown cause gutted the building formerly Washington theater and a boarding house run by Mrs S L Berry. Captain Ben Fassnidge of Engine Co No 1 slipped from a ladder and broke his leg. Losses to Klein store and Berry estate are heavy with partial insurance coverage.
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Ben Fassnidge
Engine Co. No. 1
West Commerce Street
Washington Theater
Laredo
Morris’ Ktem
Commerce Street
8. L. Berry
Dorothy E. Stumberg
Klein
Berry
License traced Henry Jemih and Bertha ha Pteulfér
A license trace reveals individuals Henry Jemih and Bertha ha Pteulfér connected to the matter. Details on location and authority are limited in the fragment.
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Henry Jemih
Bertha Ha Pteulfér
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