Mexico seeks Austrian farmers in GLOBE GLENINGS
Fire at Havana Cuba caused 168000 in damages. Alfred S Cunningham jailed in Chicago as alleged king of counterfeiters. Col Jacob B Maynard dies. A Syracuse Albany train time records a mile in 47 seconds. Antiquity dealers Castellaine suits settle. British govt spent 14 million for males. Jamaica favors annexation to USA. Yip Hoy commits suicide in Port Townsend jail. Chinese rebels grow stronger. Storm in Pittsburgh kills three. Dr Eugene Grissom commits suicide in Washington. Two girls 6 and 7 drown near Cleveland. 3000 tapestry weavers settle after 13 weeks strike in Philadelphia. Chinaman smuggled from Mexico captured near Douglas. Walter Kilner dies from blood poisoning after lawn accident. John L Sullivan fights at McGovern’s quarters. wild cat encounter. Evangelical Lutheran Synodical convenes in Milwaukee. Preparatory schools for negroes planned in south. Russell Wilson’s sentence commuted. Prince Alexander sinks in Malacca Straits. 40 dead. Robert A Braton named recorder for Knights of Pythias. Panther escapes Bronx park. Mrs Gebauer shot in Springfield. husband Seckford implicated. U S battleship Illinois repairs in Chatham. Dublin Mich railroad station attacked by six masked men. Transvaal settlement being organized from Johannesburg reports. Seven cremated. six women and children perish in San Angelo fire.
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Walter Kilner
Mattoon
John L. Sullivan
McGovern
New Haven
Conn
John
Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Convention
Milwaukee
Malacca Straits Settlement
Prince Alexander
Robert A. Braton
Indiana Supreme Court
Supreme Tribunal of the Knights of Pythias
Order
W. W. Kennedy
Illinois
Mexico
Bronx Park
New York
William Gebauer
Springfield
Homer Seckford
Fleck
London hotel fire claims seventh victim in San Angelo
San Angelo Texas August 11 fire swept the London hotel killing seven women and children and injuring one man. The blaze spread rapidly destroying the hotel and a steam laundry with total losses estimated at 75000 dollars. The night clerk alerted guests and escaped by the rear stairs as the gallery fell into flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Texas
London
A. Rr, Copeland & Co
Strikers In Good Shape As Second Month Of Mine Strike Opens
Wilkesbarre Pa August 11 The fourteenth week of the anthracite miners strike begins with President Mitchell saying the strikers are in good shape Contributions to relief funds come from many quarters and the dissent over distribution has faded Leaders expect a longer siege than first expected and a Wanamie colliery restart may occur this week while officials with Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal refuse to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Wyoming
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wanamie
Murder on the Brazos: Colima Texas clash leaves two dead
Deputy sheriff Cochran Willis tried to arrest Charles Tunstall, a colored man, Saturday night. Willis was wounded in the arm and Ed C. Smith county attorney was killed, dying from a bullet through the spine into the lung. The town, flooded by the Brazos, saw many shots. the assailants fled in the water and have not been found. Sheriff Weems leads a forty-man posse seeking the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Texas
Cochran Willis
Charles Tunstall
Willis
Ed C. Smith
Smith
Brazos
Weems
Record crowds swell Galveston during Southern Pacific celebration
Crowds in Galveston on August 11 exceeded expectations as cheap rail rates drew visitors from across Texas. The city’s restaurants ran out of lunch items by eight in the evening, though supplies were replenished and prices remained reasonable throughout the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Train Wreck Delays Freight No. 106 Near Rockland Texas
A southbound freight train No. 106 ran off the track a half mile north of Rockland near Rockland Texas last night around 9 pm. The engine and two cars derailed and rolled down the embankment injuring both the engineer and fireman who were rushed to Beaumont by special train with Dr. M. F. Bledsoe in charge. Mail trains will be delayed several hours as wrecking crews clear debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Texas
Beaumont
M. F. Bledsoe
The Feeley oil well near Giddings advances fast
Giddings Texas August 11 rapid progress 18 feet drilled at the Feeley oil well at Leebau down about 1000 feet a gas pocket was struck Wednesday and water shot up about thirty feet water has been cased off and the driller continues downward rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings
Texas
Apid
Feeley
Leebau
Cow Gores Woman in Fort Worth Alley
Mrs. C H Gustafson of the south side was badly gored by an infuriated cow early yesterday in Fort Worth. She was passing through an alley when the animal charged and one horn entered her abdomen, lacerating flesh eight to ten inches. Her condition was described as critical.
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Yuort Worth
Texas
C. H. Gustafson
South Side
Senator McMillan Dies in Massachusetts
Senator James Mc Millan of Michigan died at his summer home in Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts after a brief illness from heart failure following congestion. The death occurred early yesterday morning as reported from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James McMillan
Michigan
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Mass
Child Scalded to Death in Waxahachie Creek Home
In Waxahachie Texas on August 11 the 7 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Miller fell into a boiling kettle and was seriously if not fatally burned at their Waxahachie creek residence.
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Waxahachie
Texas
J. C. Miller
Waxahachie Creek
Rock Island Surveyors Move Through McKinney Area
The Rock Island railroad surveying party is making a new survey through western Collin County near Lebanon. Sightings indicate the line runs about one fourth mile east of Lebanon as officials expect the road will be built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Surveyors
McKinney
Texas
Rock Island Railroad
Lebanon
Galveston Welcomes El Norte in Historic Port Opening
Thousands of Galveston residents celebrate the arrival of the El Norte, first ship on the New York Galveston service, with a torchlight procession. The event marks port development, regional commerce growth, and Texas support for port protection and tax incentives.
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Galveston
Tex
el Norte
New York-Galveston
Southern Pacific
Texas
Viewo
Huntington Dock
Africa
South America
India
France
Watchful AGs Track Beef Trust Moves Across Prevalent States
Washington agents and officials from New York to Chicago intensify surveillance of alleged beef trust consolidation. Authorities argue any packer merger would violate Judge Grosscup’s May 20 injunction barring restraint of trade, prompting cautious disclosures around Hammond Packing and Anglo-American sales to Armour and Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
New York
Boston
Beef Trust
Grosscup
Jesse B. Lyman
Hammond Packing Company
Hammond
Ice Plant Organized in Marlin Texas
A stock company has been organized and the charter received today for an ice plant in Marlin Texas. Erection of the building will be commenced at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lce
Martin
Marlin, Tex
Marlin
Corsicana Outing Club Charters in Corsicana
Corsicana charter filed for the Corsicana Outing Club with capital stock of 1000 dollars. Incorporators named are Frank Buckner BE Johnson and P W Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
Corsicana Outing Club
Frank Buckner
BE. R. Johnson
P. W. Walker
Liquor Joints Closed in Dalhart by U S Marshal
United States marshal Mr Logan closed all illegal liquor joints in Dalhart Texas. Several men were tried and fined ten dollars plus costs. The action reportedly ruins the August 16 picnic planned for the town as whisky was to be part of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
Texas
Logan
United States
Land Sales Disapproved by Rome Over Philippine Lands
Vatican disapproves friars selling church lands to lay syndicates in the Philippines. Investigations show the Dominicans acted alone. Friars must disclose proceeds and reimburse the church once sales are confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Rockefeller Oil Trust Eyes Texas Fields
Reports from strong sources claim John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil are quietly acquiring prime Texas oil lands. Experts, under Rockefeller orders, have worked for weeks selecting properties while avoiding comment, with a plan to secure the southwestern oil field when the time is right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Texas
Rockefellers
Standard Oil Trust
Southwestern
Killed the Slayer of His Father in Texas Store
Sandy Murphy of San Augustine shot and killed George Burk in Richardson and Eichel’s store on West Main Street Nacogdoches. Burk had killed Murphy’s father Tom Murphy fourteen years earlier and was acquitted by a white jury before moving to town. Murphy surrendered, bond set at $1000, and is a grandson of Colonel A Horton who served on General Houston’s staff at San Jacinto.
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Nacogncches
Tex
Richardson & Eichels
West Main Street
Sandy Murphy
San Augustine
George Burk
Young Murphy
Burk
Tom Murphy
Sandy
A. Horton
Houston
Battle of
San Jacinto
Murphy
Tuberculosis of the brain reported in El Paso physician and restaurant owner
El Paso doctors monitor a rare brain tuberculosis case involving Theodore Williams a local restaurant proprietor. After sudden severe head pains he slipped into a comatose state and may die tonight though he previously appeared healthy. Williams operates eating houses in several Texas towns.
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el Paso
Tex
Theodore Williams
Williams
Texas
Authority to Do Business Granted in Texas
Authority to do business in Texas was granted yesterday to the Southwestern Oil and Steamship Company of West Virginia with capital stock of 1,000,000 and a Texas office at Beaumont. Also approved was the Brady Construction Co. of Missouri with capital stock of 40,000.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Southwestern Oil and Steamship Company
West Virginia
Capital Stock
Beaumont
Brady Construction Co
Missouri
Petition Seeks Commute for Death Row Rape Convict
In San Antonio on August 9 a petition is circulating urging Governor Sayers to commute Vecente Saucedo’s death sentence for the assault of his 10 year old stepdaughter to life imprisonment.
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San Antonio
Tex
Gov. Sayers
Vecente Saucedo
Port Arthur Man Shot While Controlling Rifle
Manon Moreans was wounded in Port Arthur when a drunken man fired a rifle while Moreans tried to disarm him. The weapon was handled in a careless and dangerous manner, causing serious injuries.
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Port Arthur
Manon Moreans
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