Sampson's Son Fails At Annapolis
Special to Sunday Light from Washington May 3 reports sixty of ninety old applicants rejected for Naval Academy admission at Annapolis. Among those denied are sons of Rear Admiral Sampson and Rear Admiral John W. Phillip. Roosevelt may fill the vacancy. about 600 applicants remain on file. future Roosevelt selections aim to favor naval officer kin.
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Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sampson
John W. Phillip
Texas
Young Sampson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Academy
Navy Department
President Roosevelt
Song of Naval Officers
Evans named general at Lemion in nomination report
Washington May 3 The Prewid an reports Ho Char Evans, late pension commissioner, as nominee for general at Lemion to the Senate. Cummings funeral arrangements set after House adjourns in respect. services to be held Sunday afternoon at the House of Representatives in Washington.
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Evan’s
Washington, D. C
Char Evans
Lemion
Senate
Evans
Beef Trust to Face Law, Day Heads to Washington
William A. Day, DOJ special representative, carries the bill against the beef packers to Attorney General Knox and President Roosevelt. The measure names Armour & Company, Nelson Morris & Company, Swift & Company, G H Hammond Packing, Cudahy Packing and Schwarzschild and the Sulzberger Company. It cites a Sherman Act restraint of trade and details over 100 specific violations across several states.
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Chicago
William A. Day
Department of Justice
Washington
Day
Knox
Roosevelt
Beef Trust
Notable UT Faculty and Alumni Advances Highlight May
Special to the Daily Light from Austin Texas May 3 reports UT instructors and graduates receiving roles at top institutions. Schoch joins University of Chicago chemistry staff and may pursue a doctorate this summer. Alumni earn promotions at Harvard Yale Bryn Mawr and more. A $150 fellowship created by Tra H Evans funds physics study with a first holder Conrad L B Shuddemagen. Hamberlin death noted with high tribute to his poetry music and elocution. UT athletes may compete in Nashville Southern meet. women’s building foundation progressed. Glee Club tours enhanced campus culture.
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Daily Light
Austin
Tex
E. P. Sehoch
University of Chicago
School of Chemistry
Schoch
Donald Cameron
Harvard
Rogers
M. B. Porter
Yale University
George W. Pierce
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
W. (Ry) Spxith
Harvard College
New York City
Columbia University
Bryn Mawr College
University of Texas
Texas Senate
W. C. McKamy
Marshall Hicks
Dallas
San Antonio
East Texas
Jasper Collins
Congress
Jack Beall
Waco
Cullen F.thomas
R. Lt. Henry
Tra H. Evans
Board of Regents
Schoor of Physics
Evans
Lewis Hancock
Conrad L. B. Shuddemagen
Shuddemagen
L. R.ahamberlin
Richmond
The
Texan
Hamberlin
Richmond College
National Association of
Riocutionists
Richelieu
Houston
Southern Educational Association
South
Nashville
Tenn
Curtiss
Glee Club
Jaredo
Glee Cub
New York
Ashbel Literary Society
Tall Fighting on Mindanao
Manila reports General Da vi a command of American forces on Mindanao says his ultimatum was answered and that his messenger did not return. Outposts were fired on as troops shelled Moro fort and Panda Pollo fort, with 300 defenders. Lieutenant Henry S. Wagner of the Fourteenth Infantry is seriously wounded. two officers and twenty enlisted men wounded.
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Manila
da Ofvis
Mindantao
Davia
Henry ”S. Wagner
Wounileil
Saddest Insanity Case Ends in State Asylum Transfer
In Austin on May 3 Sheriff Long brought a young woman from Johnson County to the State Insane Asylum. Home is in Cleburne. Her sisters hid their mother's death causing the woman to fall into insanity. She became violent at times and was committed to the asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
WW. Long
Johnson County
Cleburne
Amsterdam Union Bans Meat From Trust For 30 Days
Amsterdam Central Labor Union with 25 subordinate unions and 5000 members adopts a resolution to abstain from meat handled by the so called meat trust for the next thirty days in Amsterdam New York on May 3.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Meat ‘Trust
Fencing Up Public Lands In West Rumors
The Interior department reports a powerful fencing syndicate hindering small farmers across the west. In New Mexico operators have enclosed over one million acres of prime pasture. Relations with the Beef trust are said to be close, with aims to fence the entire public domain. Rec Hitchcock insists law enforcement will be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Tribune
Washington
Interior Department
New Mexico
Beef Trust
Rec
Hitchcock
General Smith Trial Ends in Manila Court Martial
Gen. Jacob H. Smith's court martial concluded in Manila on May 3. The findings will be sent to Washington, with prevailing opinion favoring acquittal as no evidence appears to contradict General Order No. 100.
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Gen. Smith
Manila
Jacob HH. Smith
Washington
Intercollegiate Meet at Austin sees Texas lead nine events
The Texas Inter-C Collegiate Athletic association meet in Austin features five institutions Baylor Southwestern University A and M College Austin College and the State University. Texas wins nine of thirteen events sets multiple state records while A M second Baylor third. Texas pole vaults 9 feet 8 inches and 110 yard dash 14 5 seconds amid wind. high marks also for one mile and broad jump.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Inter-Colegiate Athletic Association
Baylor
Waco
Southwestern University
Georgetown
A. & M. College
Bryan
Austin College
Sherman
State University
A.& M. College
Bowen
Schuddemmagen
Kobb
Jonlg
Carpenter
University of Texas
Once Prominent Editor May Be Buried in Potter's Field
A Jacksonville Union editor from 1870 with a million dollar Louisiana inheritance is dead in Chicago and to be buried in Potter's Field. Adrian Britt, born 1844, rose with Florida politics, backed Hayes in 1876, later fell from grace, worked in Washington Secret Service, moved to Chicago in 1888.
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Potter’s Field
Sunday Light
Chicago
Aarian ‘Britt
Jacksonville
Fla
Union
Britt
Louisiana
Adrian
New Orleans
Florida
Hayes-Tilden
Clarkson M. Potter
Hayes
Washington
Secret Service
Double shooting in Beaumont suburbs ends in likely deaths
Beaumont Texas May 3 A tripple shooting in the southern suburbs left a Negro woman mortally wounding her sister. George Fraser a negro policeman went to arrest the shooter and was shot through the mouth. He returned fire hitting the woman twice. The officer and the Williams woman are believed to die.
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Beaumont
Tex
Tripple
Willems
George Fraser
Williams
Attleboro Jewelers Ship 4000 Medals for King Edward Coronation
An Attleboro firm in Massachusetts will ship 4000 gold, silver and bronze medals to England next week to mark King Edward VII's coronation. Eight varieties will go to royal visitors, diplomats, consular staff and soldiers. Medals feature the king and queen on one side and the royal arms on the reverse, in leather cases. The plan is seen as a blow to British manufacturers.
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Boston
Attleboro
Mass
England
Edward
Ald
Insurance official to tour eastern firms from Austin
Austin Texas B C clerk A 8 Thweatt of the state Insurance department leaves in a few days for New York Boston and other eastern points on his annual tour. He will inspect several insurance companies and study operations of money doing business in Texas. Mr Tapes will be away about six weeks.
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Austin
Tex
Chick
Thweatt
Atate Insurance Department
New York
Boston
Texas
Tapes
Brown County bonds registered for thirty thousand dollars
The Comptroller's department in Austin Texas on May 3 registered a general obligation issue of 30 000 for Brown County. The bonds were approved by the Attorney General's department.
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Moetbeey Tig
Austin
Tex
Comptroller's Department
Brown County
Attorney General's Department
Trouble erupts again at Lytton Springs postmaster shot
Austin Texas May 3 renewed violence breaks out at Lytton Springs when H W Harris postmaster is fatally wounded by Joy Holden a Tyytton Springs man. Harris dies soon after with buckshot wounds as officers pursue Holden and residents arm for possible further clashes stemming from prior conflict.
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Austin
Rex
Lytton Springs
Here
H. W. Harris
Joy Hollen
Tyytton Springs
Harris
Holden
Lytton Sprr
Palmera
Austin Man Arrested in South Austin Shooting
Austin Texas May arrest reported in South Austin by sheriff's deputies. The suspect confessed to shooting Harris but gave no motive. Relatives describe Holden as insane. Harris remains unnamed with unclear condition.
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Austin
Texas
Hollen
South
Sheriff's Department
Harris
Holden
Vandals Loot City Cemeteries Hit Hydrants
Vandal gangs target Lutheran and Catholic cemeteries stealing faucet heads and hydrant parts. The culprits melt and beat the metal into ragged nap or other scrap, alarming locals and defiling resting places. Police seek arrests as thefts rise.
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Hnd
Ares
Wolff and Marx Ad Teems With Bargains on Pages Six Seven
British spelling. The notice notes Wolff and Marx runs bargains in a two page spread on pages six and seven. Readers urged to visit the store for discounted goods and limited time offers.
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Wolff & Marx
Cattlemen Fail to Block Leasing of Public Lands
Washington May 3 Realizing the failure of their push to pass a bill leasing public grazing lands at a nominal rent cattlemen have not given up seeking special privileges A Nebraska delegation pressed the measure before the House Public Lands Committee and consulted the land office commissioner who signaled opposition to any plan that would aid homestead buyers or aiding western settlement efforts.
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Washington
Weef Trust
Ecattlemen
Nebraska
House Committee On Public Lands
The
Land Office
Militia Law Revisions Board Convenes in Austin
A Texas governor appointed board of military officers met in the Adjutant General’s office to draft changes to militia laws for the Texas Volunteer Guard and to devise a new code. Members include Major General Stacy Brigadier General Scurry Colonel Hutchins and others. The group plans several days of hearings and inspections of regiments statewide.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant General's Department
Texas Volunteer Guard
Wm. H. Stacy
Texas Division
Thomas Scurry
Henry Hutchins
First
Texas Infantry
J. M. Byrnes
J. BE. Murchett
F. J. Badger
J. F. Nichols
B. F. Wright
Texas
Fourth Infantry
J. &. Murchett
Bellevue postmaster hid in oil scam after wildcat theft
New York dated May 3 reports Hamilton Schuyler, former Bellevue Ohio postmaster, as the target of a wildcat oil scheme. He diverted 1400 dollars of Postal funds and his own money into the venture, which collapsed. He traveled from New Orleans to Norfolk before turning himself in at Centre Street court.
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Wildcat Company
New York
Wildcat
Hamilton
Schuyler
United States
Centre Street Court
Bellevue
Ohio
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Norfolk
Hitchcock May Lose Out As Interior Secretary
Washington May 3 The President seeks more harmonious relations between the Interior Department and Western Senators and Representatives. A change in the head of the department may not be imminent but is a future probability.
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Washington
Hitchcock
McLennan County Primaries Spark Congressional Contest
Special to the Daily Light from Waco Texas notes McLennan County primaries focusing on the congressional race between incumbent H L Henry and Cullen F Thomas. Both sides predict victory, making the contest closely watched.
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Waco
Tex
McLennan
H. L. Henry
Cullen F. Thomas
Weather and obit brief from May reports
Weather forecast notes generally fair conditions for Western Texas tonight and Sunday. David A Huston Dees dies at age 79 in Austin after long illness, father of Mrs Jefferson Johnson and grandfather to Gerald Huston, county and district clerk of Concho County. funeral held this afternoon.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
North and
Eust
Austin
David A. Huston
Jeff.adhnson
Jefferson Johnson
Johnson
Gerand Huston
Concho County
Railroad Commission Issues Corrected Authority on Tariff 646
The Railroad Commission in Austin Texas on May 3 issued a corrected special authority amending I and G N tariff rate No 646. The action updates rates under the commission's oversight and affects tariff provisions for related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
G. N
Immigrants Flood Ellis Island Ahead of Sunday
Immigration officials at Ellis Island prepare to examine nearly 14 000 immigrants before Sunday noon as eleven ships bring 13 251 steerage passengers from Europe. Over 4 000 were landed this afternoon with Rhine Bremen 2000 Bulgaria Hamburg 107 and Perugia Naples 1200 among aboard Italians Greeks Sicilians and other South European people. A new arrival fleet is expected tomorrow with Germans Irish Scandinavians and other peasants from many European countries.
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New York
Ellis Island
Europe
Rhein
Bremen
Bulgaria
Hamburg
Perugia
Naples
South Europe
Water Cure Testimony On Philippine Torture
E H Hallick, a Boston native and former infantry sergeant, testified before a Senate Philippines committee about the water cure used on natives at Leon in Panay. He described torture to obtain a confession tied to the murder and torture of Private O Hearn, and noted Captain Glen and Captain Gregg's units involved in August 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Boston
Mass
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Philippines
Hallock
Leon
Panay
O'Hearn
Qlen
Gregg
Senate committee backs delay of St. Louis Exposition
The Senate appropriations committee voted to report favorably an amendment postponing the St. Louis Exposition, introduced by Senator Cockrell. The move signals a delay in the world fair plans as debated in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cockrell
Chinese Rebels Make Horrific Gains in Nan King Campaign
May 3. News from the Orient reports Kwang Si rebels besieging Nan King on the west river. Fugitives describe the fall of Ching Shang Pui with over 1,000 killed and bodies left in the streets as rebels burned looted shops and houses. Several thousand imperial troops reportedly deserted.
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Victoria
B. C
Olympia
Orient
Nan King
West River
Canton
Ching Shang Pui
Austin Adopts the Meter Plan Exclu sively for the Future
Special to the Sunday Light from Austin Texas May 3. A new generator and motor added to the water and light plant boosts pumping capacity from 6 009 000 to 10 000 000 gallons. The plant switches to meters for all water deliveries. users must supply their own meters and water is sold at 10 cents per 1000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Pex
Smith Promoted to Fort Worth Post
OHANEHE IN ROSETTONS Austin May 3 About two weeks ago Mr WOR Smith for their several years city ticket and events of the Houston Gentral appointed to a similar headquarters at Port 4 tay he was officially notified of a marked promotion by making his translivision ab Fort Worth. He will assume his duties of June bets.
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Ohanehe
Rosettons
Austin
Tex
Wor. Smith
Houston
Port 4 Tay
Ab Fort Worth
Gardner Resolution Aims to Recall Major Gard to Washington
In the Senate on May 3 a Patterson sponsored resolution requests the President to recall Major Gard from the Philippines for a briefing in Washington. Details are sparse as the chamber conducts routine business and considers related foreign policy questions.
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Gardner
Washington
DD. C
Senate
Patterson
Colorado
Cally
Philippines
Culberson
Bargain Read Wolff and Marx Ad Page Seven
An itemized ad page presents Wolff and Marx offerings with sale prices and product categories. The clipping highlights bargain items across departments, including clothing, household goods, and seasonal specials available for a limited time.
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Southwestern Tel
Braden Plumbing-Electric CO
East Commerce Street
W. W. Walling
St. James
Chas. A. R. Campbell
Alamo Plaza
Theiss & Riedner
West Commerce St
David J. Powell
Room
Empire Opera House
DE Leon
Grand Opera House
Payton Sisters’ Comedy CO
Matinee
Utah
Mre
Mune
National Savings CO
E., Houston ST
Antonio
G. H. Guenther & Son
Chris B. Cablan
Mindanao
TRUST
Public Lands
Max Uhlhas
BIG Shooting
AY Beaumont
Clennan
David A. Huston Dees
Por Bargaing
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