Grand Jury Indicts Childs and Leal for Perjury in Civil Case
The grand jury reported two indictments charging J. D. Childs and Santos Leal Jr with perjury in a civil suit by Angelita and Andres Perez against the I. G. N. railroad over Catarino Perez s death. Bonds set at 1000 each. case heard before Judge Clark with trial slated for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Childs
Santos Leal, Jr
Hnwih
Suoor Aviation
Tral
Chikis
Rand
Dalko
Mr. Leal
Prospecting for oil in Jack county district
Special to the Sunday Light reports a test well near Fort Worth district in Jack county where oil seepage and gas have long been known. The oil stands 70 feet deep, as prospectors led by J. A. Kemp and associates from Wichita Falls continue drilling efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Worth
Jack County
J. A. Kemp
Wichita Falls
State Authority Lifts San Francisco Quarantine and Inspections
Governor SAYERS authorizes Health Officer Blunt to raise the bubonic plague quarantine on San Francisco and discontinue inspections at Texline El Paso and Red River crossing of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line. Education Dept. mails forms for treasurers to report funds for the year ending August 31 1901 to speed department business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Rirhen
Blunt
San Francisco
Texline
el Paso
Red River
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Joseph D. Sayers
Department of Education
Governor appoints officers to Texas infantry units
The Governor named L. D. Lewis of Austin as first lieutenant and battalion adjutant of the First Texas infantry. D. F. Pipy of Denton as captain of Company Bb of the Third Texas infantry. Chas. Dangi erty of Denton as second lieutenant of Company B of the Third infantry. All three are Denton natives.
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Austin
L. D. Lewis
First
Texas Infantry
D. F. Pipy
Denton Light Guards
Third
Chas. Dangierty
Venton Light Guards
Denton
Date for Texas state encampment to be set by Austin citizens
Adjutant General Thomas Scurry said the encampment date would be decided by Austin residents. A July 18 date floated earlier. officials said no final decision has been made. Once chosen, Scurry will issue the orders.
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Austin
Dune
Thomas Scurry
Scurry
Notable Texas Officials and Attorneys Visit Austin
Austin on June 8 hosts Judge M. M. Hawkins from Quanah on departmental business, Representative D. D. Decker visiting from Quanah for personal matters, Attorney General Chas K. Bell departing for Little Rock Arkansas for legal business, Miss Mare Ballard daughter of Judge Ballard Hallettsville, visiting aunt Mrs S B Carruth, J L Storey of Lockhart eminent attorney visiting his father Railroad Commissioner Storey, George Kidd auditor Houston and Texas Central railway company in Austin on business.
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Austin
Texas
M. M. Hawkins
Quanah
D. D. Decker
Chas, K. Bell
Little Roex
Ark
Mare Ballard
Texas secretary records new charter filings across state
The secretary of state's office in Austin lists several new charters filed. Planters Cotton Oil of Waxahachie with 80000 dollars capital, Blooming Grove Gin and Mill of Blooming Grove with 10000, Creekmore Mammett agricultural company of Collin County with 110000, Shippers Compress and Warehouse of Dallas with 200000, and Meddin Milling of Wolfe City amended to raise capital from 20600 to 25000 dollars.
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Austin
Texas
Sec
State’s Department
Planters Cotton Oil Company
Waxahaenie
Elis County
Blooming Grove Gin and Mill Company
Blooming Grove
Creekmore-Mammett Company
Agricultural Impany
Collin County
Wempital
Shippers Compress and Warehouse Company
Dallas
Medtin Milling Company
Wolfe City
Oil Company Charters and Texas Permits Filed
In Austin on June 8 the charter of the Lufkin Oil company of Lufkin Angelina county with capital stock 100000 was filed in the secretary of state's department. A permit to do business in Texas was granted to the Texas Central Oil company of New Orleans with capital stock 100000. The Texas outfit is to be located at Brownwood Brown county.
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Austin
Lufkin Oil Company
Lufkin
Angelina County
Secretary of State’s Department
Texas
Texas Central Oil Company
New Orleans
Brownwood
Brown County
State Wins Penalty Suit Against Texas and New Orleans Railway
Special to the Sunday Light Austin June 8 The State prevailed in penalty suits tried yesterday in the Twenty sixth Judicial district court. This morning judgment was rendered for 2500 dollars in favor of the State against the Texas and New Orleans Railway company. Fifteen cases against the railroad were consolidated into this single judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundiay Light
Austin
Twenty-sixth Judicial District Court
Texas and New Orleans Railway Company
Lawsuits Against Galveston Houston and San Antonio Fence Company
Cases on the same subject against the Galveston Houston and San Antonio fence company were continued until the next term of court. The Texas and New Orleans railroad refused to permit one expert from the railroad commission to examine the company books, claiming the examiner sought to indict railroad officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Prominent Austin Man in Murder Case Remains Jailed
Homer Coley once a notable figure in Austin is jailed in San Antonio on a murder charge from an incident Friday night at the Fashion Theatre in Austin. He left Austin months ago for San Antonio and has been living there since. His brother also resides in Austin and Coley is well known in sporting circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Homer Coley
San Antonio
Fashion
Sam Antonio
Druggist Carleton to Represent Ben Tutt Temple at Imperial Council
Austin June 8 H Carleton druggist leaves for Kansas City as delegate to Imperial Council of the Mystic Sisters of North America. He will represent Ben Tutt Temple as Imperial council meets June 11. Also T Bate commercial agent for M K & T Ry visits Austin distributing Katy Five memorandum book promoting the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
T. Carleton
Kansas City
Imperial Council of the
Mystic Sistiners
North America
Ben Tutt Temple
Imperial Council
Mars Litter
T. Bate
San ‘Antonio
Bate
Laws from Twenty-seventh Legislature Ready for Sale
Austin reports the Twenty-seventh Legislature laws have been received from the printer and will be sold by mail at 30 cents per copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Defeat of Peak for National Protective Association Presidency
Austin reports the surprise defeat of Howard W. Peak of Fort Worth by Sam P. Jones of Louisville at Old Point Comfort. News came as many friends lament the loss of Peak, once seen as the likely national leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Howard W. Peak
Fort Worth
National Protective Association
Old Point
Comfort
Joe Lee Jameson
Peak
Sam P. Jones
Louisville
Entomologist Addresses Farmers on Boll Weevil Control
Prof. Frederick W. Mally of the A and M college spoke in the county courthouse to Travis County farmers this morning outlining methods to destroy the boll weevil. The address followed recent coverage on the same topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jane
Frederick W. Mally
A. & M. College
Court House
Travis County
Dallas Blaze at Hamilton Paint Company Explodes in Fire
A morning fire at the Hamilton Paint Company on Elm Street in Dallas caused extensive damage with losses totaling about 40 000 for the business and 25 000 insurance. Adjacent firms Bilis and Thomas Furniture Co Rich Furniture A P Black paints and Devoe Art Gallery reported additional losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
The
Rich Furniture Company
A. P. Black, Paints
Dévoe Art Gallery
Elm Street
Texas Delegates Poised To Lead Southern Industrial Meet
Texas will send numerous delegates to the Southern Industrial convention in Philadelphia starting next week on June 8. The state will arrive by special trains with advertising materials to display across the route and in Philadelphia. Mayor Riggins of Waco, president of the Texas Real Estate Association, says the delegation will “make things hum” and bring a showcase of raw and manufactured Texas products.
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Philadelphia
Texas
Lone Star State
Riggins
Waco
Texas Real Estate Association
Thompson
Union Station to Be Joint Southern Pacific Texas and Pacific Stop
Arrangements are being made for Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific to use the Winds Central passenger station in New Orleans as Union Station, with plans for shared operations and central access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Helen Gould shines tips and mayor Croker gossip in New York
Miss Helen Gould distributes 200 in tips at a Gotham riding academy as her generosity is praised. The piece mocks Mayor Croker and Nagle while noting new mid building fireproof staircases on Fifth Avenue and a Sunday saloon issue impacting reform candidates.
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New York
Helen Gould
Gotham
Miss Gold
Miss Gould
Academy
Strioner Nagle
Poothlack
Fifth Avenue
City of
Co Oe Hall
Guy Norman
Hope
Newport Bay
Joseph M. Daggett
Larchmont Yacht Club
J. Montgomery Sears
Sears
Bar Harbor
Seabury & Co
Mira
Hebe
Croker
Burglary Report At Cedar Street Residence
Sheriff Tobina investigated a burglary at Hugo Griesenbeck 121 Cedar Street last evening. A gold watch and two diamond rings were reported missing. the watch was found in the bathroom flush tank and rings recovered from a woman on Ninth Street. Joe Adama, a black employee, was in county jail awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tobina
Hugo Griesenbeck
Cedar Street
Aerif Lobin
Ninth Street
Joe Adama
Griesenbeck
Bryan in a Mess The Confeds in the South After The Joy Orator
Columbia S C June 8 Friends of William Jennings Bryan fear the charge by Senator McLaurin that Bryan would not vote for Crisp for speaker when he faced Confederate General Crisp. Telegrams were sent to Bryan for explanation while critics question his Populist Socialist labels amid the Southwide uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Columbia
8. C
William Jennings Bryan
Senator McLaurin
Newbury
Bryan
Crisp
Georgia
House of Representatives
McLaurin
Henry Watterson
Cuban Platt Amendment Incorporated in Cuba’s Organic Laws
Havana reports General Wood received a curt refusal from the constitutional convention to rescind its action adopting interpretations narrowing the Platt amendment. Secretary Root was directed at a cabinet meeting to demand incorporation of the Platt law without change into Cuba’s organic laws. The convention appears to resorb or feign resentment to capitalize on opposition press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Havana
Wood
Root
Cuba
Texarkana Sees Asphalt Discovery Stir World Prospecting
Secret prospecting parties have uncovered a bed of genuine asphaltum near Texarkana. Experts declare the asphalt equal to any previously found and a company has formed to prospect for oils and minerals. A local businessman claims a hill of asphalt lies within three miles, with world supply potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Lucas
Beaumont
State Department
Fracas at Tianjin Leaves Casualties in International Tension
A Pekin cable reports a Wednesday night clash at Tianjin between British Indian and French troops. Indian soldiers fired on the French, killing two and wounding five. The incident signals ongoing risk for international legation guards with no precautions in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pekin
International Legation
Rebel Leader Cailles Likely to Surrender to MacArthur
Senor Daniel, rep of the federal party, arrived in Manila from Laguna Province with news that General Cailles has agreed to surrender if terms are accepted. Daniel carried a document to General MacArthur outlining the surrender terms, the specifics of which remain unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Senor Daniel
Federal Party
General Cailles
Laguna
Yvebel
Senor
Daniel
Cailles
MacArthur
British Still After Mules for South Africa
Houston Texas June 8 a large shipment of mules is gathered to await inspection by British army agents before shipment to New Orleans. Reports say British contracts for Texas mules had closed but buyers have been purchasing over the coast for days, paying high prices for animals meeting specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
South Africa
New Orleans
Sea lions die on desert crossing from Santa Barbara
Five large sea lions shipped from Santa Barbara to New Orleans died upon arrival in El Paso Texas as they crossed the Arizona desert without salt water. Sanitary Commissioner Lyons took charge for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
Santa Barbara
New Orleans
Lyons
Arizona Desert
Man Awarded 35000 in Train Collision Suit
In Dallas June 8 a Forty fourth District court jury awarded J. W. Shelton damages of 35000 against the Guilt Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. The suit claimed 40000 for injuries after being struck by a train at Purcell Texas, resulting in amputation of both lower limbs.
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Dallas
Texas
Forty Fourth District
J. W. Shelton
Colorado and Santa Fe Company
Tar
Purcell
Te T
Peace talks reportedly urged by Boer commander Standerton meeting
Sun cable from Durban says General Kitchener and Commandant General Botha are meeting at Standerton. The Boer commander's recent losses push him toward peace, according to the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotha
New York
Sun
Durban
Natal
Kitchener
Botha
Standerton
Duval Pleads Guilty and Multiple Court Actions Reported
Manuel Gonzales convicted of aggravated assault and fined in a separate case Manuel Duval pleaded guilty in the Thirty-seventh District court to theft over $300 and received two years in state penitentiary M val charged with jewelry theft from Miss Corinne Webb at Maverick hotel Epimenio Ramirez murder case ends with guilty verdict for aggravated assault and 30 days in county jail Writ of habeas corpus denied for Lucille Allins Divorce granted in Coretta Huth vs G Wm Huth and various civil cases decided or continued in Fifty-seventh District and County courts, including real estate suit and foreclosure actions, with several verdicts and continuances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Duval
Clark
Lucille Allins
Brooks
Coretta Huth
G. Wm. Huth
Robert A. Bellinger
O. Skinner
J.A. Arrendale
Geo. C. Johnson
Wanted on grand larceny Henry Gooch and Noble Shane
Two white soldiers from Fort Sam Houston, Henry Gooch and Noble Shane, are sought on a grand larceny charge after allegedly securing clothing worth about 200 dollars. Descriptions list Gooch as about 6 feet tall, 160 pounds with light brown hair and a Roman nose. Shane is clean shaven with pimples on a smooth face. Both were last seen in blue suits and have vanished since Friday night.
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Henry Gooch
Noble Shane
Eveven
Fort Sam “Houstot
Gooch
Shane
Photographer jailed on bigamy charge after Seguin wedding
Deputy Sheriff Charles Stevens stopped a man on last night’s train from Aransas Pass and jailed him on a bigamy charge. The photographer from the city married a local woman in Seguin two weeks ago and was en route to Kerrville for a honeymoon when arrested. Authorities say he already has another wife visiting relatives in Cold Springs Colorado. Arrest followed a warrant issued by Justice Umscheid.
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Charles Stevens
Aransas Pass
Waring
New Braunfels
Seguin
Kerrville
Ian
Cold Springs
Colorado
Justice Umscheid
Watermelon Season Grows as Rains Aid Crops in Sinton
In Sinton Texas on June 8 the town sees rapid melon shipments as cucumbers and cantaloupes move from the area. Rain lifts cotton prospects while corn suffers. sharp shooters caused little damage. County officials plan a board of valuation as bonds are redeemed for jail cells and remaining bonds carry six percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinton
Texas
Express
Commissioners Court
McKeoun
San Patrice
Cheeney
Avis
Public notices and local changes near Floresville highlighted
Reports note C R Parks on layoff and visiting home, James Power traveling to Mission then to San Antonio, Sid Horton enlisting in the Twelfth cavalry bound for the Philippines, and two trainloads of steers shipped to St Louis. Linton school closing exercises led by Mrs Holland who will not teach next term due to health. Odem finishes wells and mills and plans ready water supply. J Welder leases land for oil drilling two miles east of town within thirty days, with machinery expected soon and local excitement anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Parks
Floresville
James Power
Mission
Pearsall News Briefs Sketch Local Farm and Social Notes
Two heavy rains this week promise a good corn crop while cotton looks fine. Local organizers plan a $20,000 oil and artesian water company. R W Hill sells ranch to Flowers of Karnes County. Nettie Hindes returns from Baylor. Harris couple visits San Antonio. Mae Hendrick takes a job in Luling schools. Ed and Mrs Roberts of Derby County report rain. Hindes pair return from Waco. A C Biggs and Mrs Biggs visit San Antonio and Edna.
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Pearsall
Texas
R. W. Hill
Bigfoot
Flowers
Karnes County
Nettie Hindes
Baylor University
Harris
San Antonio
Mae Hendrick
Luling
Ed Roberts
Derby
Roberts
F. Hindes
Waco
Distinguished U.S. Officials Visit San Antonio on Way to Pacific
A party of United States officials from the Rivers and Harbors committee will stop in San Antonio for three hours en route to the Pacific coast. Led by Theodore E. Burton, the group will tour local sights with a committee from the Business Men's club greeting them. The visit is coordinated by S. F. Morse of the Southern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congressional Rivers and Harbors Committee
San Antonio
Pacific Coast
Aransas Pass
T. B. Wheeler
Southern Pacific
Miss Halsey
Beeson
Lucile Morse
Theodore E. Burton
Walter Reeves
Reeves
Roswell Pi Bishop
Alexander
Thomas T. Tongue
Miss Tongue
Geo. P. Lawrence
Lawrence
James H. Davidson
Davidson
Rafua E. Lever
Lever
John H. Bankhead
Phillip D. McCulloch
Culloch
Albert S. Berry
Bersey
Thomas H. Ball
Ball
Laman I’. Ellis
Frank H. Hitchcock
J. W. Heneke
Arthur Crist
Benefit for Mr. Taylor from Ethel Tucker Stock Company
San Antonio reports a benefit for Hite Taylor a popular member of the Ethel Tucker Stock Company. His wife fell ill over two weeks ago and remains unable to join the troupe delaying their performances. Friends plan a farewell benefit at Papire featuring a farce comedy with many good things Sunday and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hite Taylor
Ethel Tucker Stock Company
San Antonio
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Arkansas
Dubinski Electric Works
East Houston Street
Braden Plumbing and Electric Company
D. Braden, JR
East Commerce St
W. W. Walling
Southern Hotel
Math’s
Carl Beck
Fritz Schapfus
Rogel
Southwestern Park
Hot Wells
Grand Jury Report
Mr. Childs
Austin News
Frisco
Slale
Mystic Shriners
E. Saunders
Rio Grande Street
Grapevine
Industrial Congress
Boss Croker
Toothpicks
Tammany
Duval
Manuel Gonzales
J. P. Henry
M. K. & T. Railway Company of Texas
Justice Court
John A. Fraser
G. A. Johnson
Justice Cours
Nicholson & Janin
S.A
A. P. Ry, Co. GC
MR. Taylor
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