Huntington Will Appoints Large Bequests Across Trusts
The Huntington will filed in the surrogate's office outlines vast bequests and trusts. It divides Southern Pacific stock between Mrs. Huntington and H. K. Huntington and sets life interests in the Fifth Avenue residence and various trusts in favor of family members and named institutions. Executrixes include Mrs. Huntington, Charles H. Tweed and Isaac Gates.
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New York
P. Hunt Weeton
Huntington
Southern Pacific
Wirth Avenue
H. K. Huntington
Mr. Huntington
Yale College
Mrs. Huntington
A. M. Huntington
Metropolitan Museum
Shére
Union Trust Company
Howard H. Pardee
Isaac E. Gates
Charles H. Tweed
W. W. Huntington
Hampton Institute
Chapin
H. E. Huntington
Howard Huntington
Archer M. Huntington
Isaac Sk. Gates
Princess Hatzfeldt
Formation Planned for Exchange Telegraph Company
Agreements for a new Exchange Telegraph company to distribute market quotations via a Chicago board of trade backed system have been prepared. The plan envisions extending lines from Chicago to twenty seven cities and seeks exchange approval as shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Telegraph Company
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Western Union
Postal
Board of Trade
Situation at Amoy Sparks Need for Marines
August 25 reports show Amoy tension as Remey is ordered to dispatch a ship and land marines if needed to protect American interests. The move indicates rising concern over potential threats in the harbor.
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Washington
Amoy
Remey
Cabinet session clouds on China and potential war risks
Washington reports the cabinet stayed late as officials avoid details. There is no official confirmation that Russia has declared war on China or plans to do so, though such a move would complicate peace efforts. Germany’s possible entry is feared after the German minister’s murder and imperial statements, with a conference of powers under discussion to seek settlement without war.
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China
Washington
Germany
Barba Count
Waldersee
Fitzsimmons Knocks Out Sharkey in Quick Victory
At the Coney Island Sporting Club last night Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Tom Sharkey in under two rounds. Fitzsimmons had warned he would settle scores from their California clash four years ago and quickly proved his superiority. Sharkey failed to rise to the challenge, confirming Fitzsimmons as the stronger heavyweight.
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New York
Tom Sharkey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Coney Island Sporting Club
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
California
Rock Island Extension Progress Near Fort Worth
The Rock Island extension from Mountain View to tranite twelve miles shows practical grading completion. Trains will run to Mangum forty six miles. Mr Parker of the company plans September 1 inspection at Chickasaw to decide on Chickasaw and Pauls Valley extension likely ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Texas
Creech and Lee
Mountain View
Attorney General sues to recover bond funds in Texas
Attorney General Smith filed suit to recover 47000 principal and 700 interest on Hardeman county bonds held by the permanent school fund. Hardeman county resists payment to force pro rating with Foard county, which formed part of Hardeman when incurred.
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Austin
Texas
Smith
Hardeman County
Permanent School Fund
Foard County
Rioting Breaks Out After Brennan Shooting in New York
Incipient race riots erupt in New York after white messenger John Brennan is shot by a Black man. Whites attack several Black individuals, police intervene as mobs clash near Sixty- and Seventieth streets, with multiple arrests and ongoing dispersal efforts. Gulf and Brazos extension route planned from Red River to Eagle Pass with expected construction.
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New York
John Brennan
John Davis
Brennan
Davis
James Arnold
Amsterdam Avenue
Westresc! Hospital
Alex Balentine
Frank McPike
Sixtieth Street
McPike
Joseph Doyle
Fifty-ninth
Eleventh Avenue
Offcer Cleary
William Hopson
Ashly
West Tieth Street
West End
Hopson
George Meyer
Cleary
Meyer
Megro
William
Henry Rapp
Adam Johnson
Chinese Still in Evidence in Pekin and Surrounds
Reported armed Chinese to the south and west. Bengal Lancers locate a regular entrenched force four miles southwest. Allied detachments reconnoiter and loot. Imperial and forbidden cities under tight guard by international authorities. A Thanksgiving service held by British and American legations, missionaries, and marines.
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Pekin
Yia Taku
Bengal Lancers
Imperial City
Forbidden City
America
Storm Lashes Nacogdoches with Heavy Rain and Thunder
A storm hit Nacogdoches Texas on August 27 as distant thunder and dark clouds gathered. Around 7 pm a strong rainstorm with wind lashed the town. lightning lit the sky and thunder rattled. Crops likely sustain major damage and shade trees were broken while telephone service was cut.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Southwest Texas Cotton Ginners Meet To Form Association
Cotton ginners in Southwest Texas, meeting in San Antonio on August 27, discuss forming a ginners association to secure lower fire insurance rates. Currently paying 4 1 2 to 9 percent, they claim local gin machinery is among the newest in the state and deserve better rates. Another meeting is scheduled for the next Sunday to finalize the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Texas
San Antonio
Texas
Riots Leave Akron Child Fatal Wound
In Akron Ohio on August 27 a riot wound six year old Rhoda Davidson who died Friday. Funeral services were held this afternoon as the Davidson parents were believed to witness a police officer fire the fatal shot. The city planned to dispose with the services of the military this morning unless events intervene.
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Akron
Ohio
Rhoda Davidson
Russia Not Declaring War on China Yet
London reports that Vienna's Politische Correspondenz says Russia has not declared war on China nor plans to act alone. The Cologne Gazette suggests Germany may seek indemnity via higher maritime customs and full powers over China's finances and provincial administration.
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London
Politische Correspondenz
Vienna
Russia
China
Cologne
Germany
Missionaries Destitute In Northern China Cable
August 27 Cleveland report says native Christians in Northern China survived attacks but are homeless and destitute. Dr A B Leonard notes that all Methodist missionaries are safe, though mission property is destroyed except at Tier Tein. The message comes from Min ister Conger and three Pekin missionaries.
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Cleveland
Ohio
A. B. Leonard
Foreign Missionary Board
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Conger
Pekin
China
Tier Tein
Uncle shoots nephew clash over hogs near Texarkana
In a Arkansas farm near Texarkana two nephews confronted farmer William Green while he drove hogs from his corn. Green opened fire wounding one nephew and killing 18 year old Emmet Green. Green surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed.
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Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
William Green
Green
Emmet Green
Uncle Green
Woman Killed by Train Near Beeville Texas
In Pettus fifteen miles north of Beeville Texas an aged Mexican woman named Madam Teresa was killed by a southbound freight train while walking on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass track. She was partly deaf and did not hear the approaching train in time to move.
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Beeville
Texas
Teresa
Pettus
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
FIELD REPORTS OF CROP PRODUCTION AND LIVESTOCK TRADES
Numerous agricultural notes describe harvests and shipments across Texas and neighboring states. Onions shipped from McKinney to San Antonio. broom corn from Terrell to St. Louis. cattle and calves traded in multiple counties. farms near Odessa and Clarendon report strong livestock and feed crops. grain yields rise while prairie stock and pest issues like boll weevil appear in Gonzales. Ontario.
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Terrell
St. Louis
J. J. Harrison
Clarendon
Motley County
Gonzales
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Marcus Medino
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Alvereze
el Paso
Alvarez
Marcus
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Bosse
Escantrillo
New Mexico
Gulf and Brazos
Ort Worth
W. A. Squires
Gulf and Brazos Valley
Hagle Pass
Gulf
Red River
Rio Grande
Squires
Baltimore Trust Company
Peck City
Stephensville
Hamilton
Lampasas
Llano
Fredericksburg
Comfort
Eagle Pass
Georgetown
Sealy
Houston
McKinney
Grafton, N. M
Noe ‘Ona
Dudley Bennett
Cuero
Hart Philips
Big Springs
A. P. Robertson
Colorado
Odessa
Luther Carrington
Henrietta
Geo. Gayroe
Hinde
Crockett County
J. H. Knowles
W. K. Lewis
Jim Taylor
Tom Green County
E. S.franks
Val Verde County
C. W. Fullslove
Nolan County
L. H. Sansom
Alvarado
Denton County
Tippett and Hynds
Hunt County
W. E. Chaney
Birt Weir
Manitoba
Angleton
W. M. Farmer
Pecos Valley
Michigan
R. D. Kidd
Bells
Guy H. Herbert
Hondo
Pawaukee
Brazoria
A .A. Cox
T. J. Grubb
van Horn
Galveston
Henderson
Texas and
Pacific
Vaan Horn
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