GLOBE GLEANINGS From The Shiner Gazette Highlights
The Yukon river is frozen over and Taft improves in Manila. An oil gusher hits Baker, Russia. Kruger claims the struggle in South Africa has only begun. Former Gov. Waite dies in Aspen. Heimerod named consul at Apia. Astor denies buying Battle Abbey. An insane man damages glass in Ohio. Chicago plans a large charcoal plant in Louisiana Missouri. Capt. Largent dies in Alton. Kansas towns to get 200 lumber yards. Mus. composer Fischer dies in Springfield. Williams, secretary of state chief messenger, dies in Washington. Frank James debuts as actor in Fort Wayne. Baltimore Bank opens Mexico City branch with 300000 gold capital. Robnet and Hickok marriage in Columbia. Hickok’s son presides. A tobacconist in Atchison pockets prize tobacco tags. Sioux City man gets life for wife murder. New York man pays duties on necklace previously untaxed. Gray wolf attacks near Bolckow. kills after fight. Detroit boiler explosion totals 25 deaths. Bolivian and Peruvian ministers resign awaiting arbitration. Roquebrun alderman fatally shoots deputy mayor in France. Insurgents seize arms near Magdalena and Gajograzá. Monmouth reports no saloon yet many pay liquor tax. Pittsburg felting plant fire cost 60000. Firemen injured by collapsing walls. Grand Pacific hotel staff charged in silver theft.
Progress in Wireless Telegraphy Aids Coast Forecast Service
The annual report of Willis L. Moore shows wireless telegraphy improvements enabling 150 mile coast connections with Virginia North Carolina lines and soon Farrallon islands to mainland on the Pacific coast. Forecasts reach nearly 42 thousand rural free delivery households as crop data expands across regions.
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Washington
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
Farrallon Islands
Tatoosh Islands
Indian Territory
California
Fruit and Wheat Service
Moore
Train wreck in Macon injures twenty and kills one
A Central of Georgia passenger train from Savannah to Atlanta derailed after jumping a switch near Macon. One person was killed and twenty injured as engines, cars, and sleepers were destroyed by fire. Circus troupe Walter Main was aboard. Julia Boynton of Columbus, a colored woman, was the sole fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Atlanta
Walter Main Circus
Julia Boynton
Columbus
Largest Bell in the South for St Patrick’s Church
In Galveston Texas on December 9 a two and a half ton bell will be hung at 3 PM at the new St Patrick’s church the largest bell in the South cast in Cincinnati and arriving earlier this week Bishop Gallagher will bless the bell with Rev Father Kirwin delivering the oration during the ceremony.
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Galveston
Texas
St. Patrick’s
South
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Patrick’s Church
Gallagher
Father Kirwin
Prosecutions Aimed at American Steel and Wire in Austin
In Dallas Texas on December 9 authorities say Attorney General Bell and County Attorney Foulk plan within a week to file district court suits in Austin against the American Steel and Wire company, the steel trust. Investigations were conducted on the still hunt order and a major sensational filing is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tohue Steel Prue
Dallas
Texas
Bell
Foulk
Austin
American Steel and Wire Company
Steel Trust
Prince Henry Hid From Public View Amid Dutch Court Turmoil
New York reports Prince Henry has not appeared publicly since revelations about the Netherlands court troubles. World correspondent says he would be mobbed if seen. His image has been pulled from kinetoscope shows in Holland amid fiery protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
New York
Prince Henry
Netherlands
Hague
Holland
Wilhelmina
Lake Charles Lynching Ends Darkly Near Welsh
Sol Poydras, a black man who attacked Sheriff C. M. Richard, was captured near Welsh and hanged at a street light by a mob after deputies failed to reach the jail. He confessed before dying, saying he did not know the officer he struck. The scene marked Lake Charles's first lynching in thirty years and caused little public unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Sol Poydras
C. M. Richard
Welsh
Poydras
Daugherty Buys 300000 Acre Hall Ranch in El Paso County
J M Daugherty of Abilene Texas completes purchase of Hall Ranch 300000 acres in El Paso County for 125000 dollars The property lies 150 miles from El Paso and now pastures 6000 cattle It includes many modern improvements Daugherty a major Southwest rancher also has interests in Abilene banking Bob Hall former owner was killed on his ranch near Van Horn about a year ago Fayette Seely was tried twice for the murder first trial 15 years second trial ended without verdict
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Hall Ranch
el Paso
Texas
J. M. Daugherty
Abilene
Daugherty
Southwest
New Mexico
Andrews County
Indian Territory
Bob Hall
van Horn
Fayette Seely
Hall
Birmingham Jail Delivery Remarkable Escape From Brick Wall
Thirty nine prisoners escaped from the South Side jail in Birmingham, Alabama, by digging through a sixteen inch brick wall with pocket knives between 3 and 4 am. Thirty four remain at large around the city as guards were off duty in that period. Some prisoners were shackled but exited through a crawl hole and then reached a nearby car barn where iron bands were broken with an axe. Police and trusted inmates search the city for the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
South Side
Big Oil Contract Moves Beaumont Market and Tank Car Plans
The Equitable Land and Oil company of St Louis sealed a deal to sell 5 million barrels of Beaumont oil to St Louis parties at 20 cents a barrel, with four gushers active and four more wells in progress. The firm ordered 1000 tank cars and 2,000,000 barrels of tankage for rail loading, with shipments starting around December 11. The article also notes a major 300,000 member labor convention in Scranton, addressing mine worker taxes and African American seating, plus a push to reestablish Chinese exclusion through AFL leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Kansas City Southern Railways
Fve
American Car and Foundry Company
St. Louis
American Steel Car Company
Waco Wins Grand Lodge Temple as City Jubilates
Waco Texas reports a decisive Grand Lodge vote securing the Grand Masonic Temple for the city. Delegation returned from Houston to a jubilant reception with hundreds gathering at the city hall. Speeches by Mayor Riggins and H. B. Mistrot praise the triumph and pledge prompt work toward welcoming the lodge.
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Waco
Texas
Houston
Grand Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Riggins
H. B. Mistrot
Business Men’s Club
Bud Wilson Hanged After Convict Camp Killing
Bud Wilson, a convict who killed Yell county guard R H Nay lor last September, was hanged at Danville. The trap appeared, the body trembled, revived in the coffin, and deputies reexhibited him on the scaffold before physicians finally declared him dead by strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Bud Wilson
R. H. Naylor
Yell County
Danville
Wilson
Captain Richard R. Turner Dies at 68 in Suffolk
Captain Richard R. Turner, who ran Libby Prison during the Civil War, died yesterday in Suffolk at age 68. He later worked as a lumber dealer and served as chairman of the Democratic county committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Suffolk
Richard R. Turner
Libby
Richmond
Democratic County Committee
Wreck on the Iron Mountain Claims Two Lives
A switch engine derailed at Ross Switch near Wagoner Oklahoma. Engineer J L Hutchinson and brake man Johnson were instantly killed. Several other trainmen were slightly injured.
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Iron Mountain
I. T
St. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad
Ross Switch
Here
J. L. Hutchinson
Johnson
Acquittal sought in manslaughter case of Herman Treetz
In Richmond County Court Herman Treetz, 19, faced manslaughter charges over Ida Depuy, 16, his sweetheart. The jury disagreed and was discharged. judges expect no retrial. The couple had fled Fresh Kills for Midland Beach, later found aboard the James K Polk with Ida mortally wounded. Treetz testified he was on deck when a shot occurred. he claimed Ida may have shot herself.
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New York
Herman Treetz
Richmond County
Richmond
Ida Depuy
Treetz
Fresh Kills
Richmond Borough
Midland Beach
James K. Polk
Austin Depuy
Great Kills Inlet
Bond Broker Threatens Suit Over Austin Bond Compromise
L. D. Coquard of St. Louis, representing bondholders totaling 285000 dollars, notifies F. M. Maddox of the Austin bond compromise committee that he is dissatisfied and will sue the city for interest and principal on the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
F. M. Maddox
L. D. Coquard
St. Louis
Maddox
Coquard
City of
Wagonload of Silver Reaches Texas Treasury
The State treasury department in Austin received $50,000 in silver coin yesterday afternoon from local banks following a brewery case settlement. Forty thousand dollars were paid with State warrants while the remaining sum arrived as silver, a load described as requiring two mules to transport up to the treasury.
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Austin
Texas
State Treasury Department
Nana Tall
Treasury Department
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Columbia, Mo
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Fredericka Weisse
Rosa Mallin
Phoebe Williams
C Johnson
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