Bloodshed and Panic in Shenandoah Riots
A mob on Center street in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, last night shot two borough policemen, killed merchant Joseph Beddal, and wounded many strikers. Sheriff Beddal arrived with deputies as militia was asked from Governor Stone. clashes centered around Ferguson hotel and a depot surrounded by about 5000 rioters. police later fired to disperse the crowd.
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Shenandoah
Center Street
Joseph Beddal
Beddal
Pottsville
Ferguson Hotel
Stone
Thomas Beddal
Bedda
Philadelphia
Reading
Floods Worsen Across Brazos Region. Cotton Crops Threatened
Reports from Bryan and surrounding Texas towns July 31 describe rising rivers and widespread inundation. The Brazos river rose three feet at Mumford and one and a half feet opposite Bryan with Sundown rising an hour, covering 18 000 to 22 000 acres. Planters fear loss of cotton after 36 hours of submersion, boll weevil risk looms. Bee County reports yearlong drought worsening as rains fail and crops decline. Altair notes Colorado river 21 feet above average, rising four inches hourly with little damage yet. Palestine trains delay as skies remain unsettled.
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Bryan
Texas
Mumford
Brazos County
Beeville
Bee County
Palestine
International
Altair
Colorado River
Killing on San Angelo Main Street Post Office
T L Davenport was shot three times and killed at noon on the main street in front of the post office in San Angelo Texas. The killing arose from domestic troubles. Corry Stewart, a son-in-law of the deceased, was immediately arrested and jailed by the sheriff.
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San Angelo
Texas
T. L. Davenport
Corry Stewart
Willis man praises Tyler county tobacco region
Colmesweil Texas July 31 Mr Shelfer of Willis spent several days in Woodville rehandling the tobacco crop of Robert O Reid. He believes Tyler county has the best tobacco producing territory in Texas and is eager to cooperate with local farmers in cultivation.
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Colmesweil
Texas
Shelfer
Willis
Woodville
Robert O. Reid
Tyler County
Mixing Plant Completed at Pier 37 Galveston
The Greater New York Home Oil Company finishes a mixing plant at Pier 37 Galveston where its storage tanks are located. It will use Beaumont oil to produce lubricating oils. A Galveston refinery is under consideration but delayed for now.
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Galveston
Texas
Greater New York Home Oil Company
Pier 37
Beaumont
Navy Tests Texas Oil Fueled Engines For Warships
The Navy Department will test Texas oil fueled engines on the torpedo boat Rodgers, moved from Norfolk to Washington for five days of endurance experiments. The tests aim to gauge heat effects on fire and boiler crews and to inform broader service trials of oil burner plants aboard warships.
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Navy Department
Washington
Rodgers
Norfolk
Texas Oil Ag
Jackies
Passenger Tax Paid by Fort Worth and Denver Railway
The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway paid its quarterly tax to the comptroller for the quarter ending June 30, 1902. Tax totaled 826.74 dollars on gross passenger earnings of 82,674.63 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Fort Worth
Brick Masons Strike At Fort Worth Packing Houses
In Fort Worth Texas on July 31 a strike by about sixty five brick masons left only nine at work for Swift and Armour packers. Workers rejected $6 daily to move to Shreveport and Beaumont and stayed on union rate of $5.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Swift and Armour Packing House
Shreveport
Beaumont
Ers
United Irish League
Abilene
Fort Wayne
Ind
Boy Dies In Fall At Castilian Springs
Louis Hoffman ten year old from Waco Texas died at Castilian Springs near Durant when he stirred in bed and fell to the floor breaking his neck. The Hoffman family is prominent in Waco and the body was transported there for burial.
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Durant
Miss
Louis Hoffman
Waco
Texas
Castilian Springs
Hoffman
Kaiser to visit England and other world notes
Kaiser will visit England while Berlin bankers face fines for falsified books. Gens Botha and Delarey sail from Cape Town for Europe. A Belgian invents a flying machine. Several fatal accidents strike U.S. towns and a Utah court rules on sealing for eternity. The world at large and local incidents fill this roundup of GLOBE GLEANINGS.
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Shiner Oil Mill
Chas, Welhausen, Sr
Aggo
Waite Saloon
A. J. Voelkel
Lone Star
Bismarck
Wolters Bros
J. H. Heubner
Lone Star Beer
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Moulton
Apes
P. Luck
Shiner
Win
August Schramm
Joe Macha
E. J. Wangmann
J. O. Mikulenka
Reign OF Terror
East Texas Tobacco
Texas Oil
Oklahoma
GLOBE
Kaiser
England
Cincinnati
Lord Rosebery
Whitelaw Reid
Walden Jaeater
Linneus, Mo
Paraguay
St. Louis
Berlin
Botha
Delarey
Cape Town
Europe
Adam Schaab
Chicago
Rhinelander
Wis
New York
Henry L. Moss
United States
Minnesota
St. Paul
Fred Weichirod
J. P. Muskopf
St. Clair County
Illinois
Ellie Wilton
Thomas Doremus
Cryder’s Point
Long Island
Supreme Court of of Utah
Fort Stevens
Oregon
Columbia River
Elbe River
Germany
Cardinal Ledochowski
Congregation of the Roman Catholic Church
Rome
Italy
Agnes King
Pittsburg
June Hayes Gaige
McKinley
Binghampton
N. Y
American Association of Roiler Makers
Atlanta City
N. J
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pawtucket
B. I
Mary Robertson
James Larsen
Parsons
Kan
William Files
Harerisburg
Harry Bennett
Files
Bennett
Lexander Nuber
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Venice
Department of State Buildings
John Murphy
John Brandt
Lorain Steel Company
Lorain
Fred L. Powers
Chicago and Northern Railroad
Arion
Powers
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