Texanetees Port Arthur Burglary and Local Notes
Port Arthur post office burgled with $50 in stamps stolen. Terrell asylum reports 1307 patients and a 83 year old patient Mrs. Susan Haygood died. Galveston bay quarantine station planned at $15000. Tyler plant of Texas Coffin Company burned loss $40000. Palo Pinto grand jury returned 72 indictments. Killeen First National Bank elected John W. Pace president. West Dallas artesian well yields 1,000,000 gallons daily. Midland Railway confirms no extension plans. Corsicana District Log Rollers to picnic in Navarro county next month. Libel suit filed in Austin for $30949. Alvarado private bank established with $50000 capital. Col L. B. Truelove president. Llano Confederate reunion attendance and address announced for July 1 and Aug 1-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Coffin Company
Tyler
Palo Pinto County
Baltimore Tornado Hits City in Fifteen Minute Whirlwind
A swift tornado struck Baltimore on July 21 at 1 30 p m from the southwest, killing eleven people and injuring many while unroofing hundreds of houses along the harbor. Nine drowned in the harbor, one killed by a falling tree, another by a live wire, and several others perished in capsized boats. Property damage included a church wall and a warehouse, with shipping damage modest overall. The storm lasted about fifteen minutes, with winds of 64 miles per hour and .56 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Edna V. George
Schuller
Cooper
Edward H. Hunt
Carroll
Chatham
Mary
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic
Concord Street
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Weather Bureau
Troops Ordered Out Over Rusk Assault Case
Henderson Texas July 21 a special train carried Captain Bonner and forty men to Rusk to protect Brisco Frederickson aged 70 held on charges of criminally assaulting a 17 year old girl daughter of a prominent citizen. Another company was ordered out from Marshall following governor's advices. The victim's high connections heighten tension and talk of lynching has surrounded the arrest.
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Henderson
Texas
Rusk
Bonner
Hs Company
Brisco Frederickson
Marshall
Frederickson
Fair Buildings Burned at State Fair
Dallas, Texas July 21 fire destroyed the northeastern corner of the exposition building at the State Fair grounds. The music hall annex and poultry buildings were consumed, with thousands of dollars of property lost. The back show building sustained minor damage as flames swept through wooden structures.
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Dallas
Texas
Fair Associatio
Dal
Millionaire MacKay Dies in London at 6:30 P.M.
John W. Mackay of San Francisco died at Carlton House Terrace after a night of declining health following heat prostration. Doctors cited heart failure with congested right lung and pneumonia symptoms. Mrs. Mackay, her mother, and Countess Teleferner were present. Princess Galatio Colonna arrived shortly after death.
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Millionaire MacKay
London
John W. Mackay
San Francisco
Carlton House Terrace
Mr. Mackay
Gatlin & Geeslin Mercantile Firm Dissolved
Goldthwaite Texas July 21 The mercantile firm Gatlin Geeslin no longer exists as B F Geeslin sold his interest to partner A J Gatlin who continues the business.
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Fartnership
Goldthwaite
Texas
Gatlin & Geeslin
B. F. Geeslin
A. J. Gatlin
Iowa Flood Threat Promises Losses Up to 2.5 Million
Weary plains endure heavy rains as Central Iowa floods push toward Missouri farms. Des Moines river rises rapidly, threatening Keokuk area and Alexandria Missouri. Estimated total losses reach about 2.5 million with corn and wheat already harvested or shocked.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi River
Missouri Bluffs
Hannibal
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Alexandria
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Illinois
Ee ’ Y Rermu
Ie Weather Bureau
la Grange
Pope Dissatisfied with Cardinal Commission Handling Philippines
London dispatch reports the pope is intensely displeased with how the cardinal commission handled negotiations with Judge Taft over the friars in the Philippines. The pope is said to have annulled the commission, dissolved it, and signaled willingness to deal with Taft personally while deeming American demands reasonable.
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London
Rome
The
Daily Chronicle
Commission of Cardinals
Taft
Philippines
Train Kills Texas Railroad Worker at Blue Cut
Mike Sullivan aged 30 was run over and killed by a freight train on the Texas and Pacific railroad at Blue Cut twenty miles west of Texarkana. He was employed by the railroad and had come to town to meet the pay car. Sullivan was a native of Birmingham Alabama.
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Texarkana
Texas
Mike Sullivan
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Blue Cut
Here
Sullivan
Birmingham
Ala
Tracey Still Secure
Seattle July 19 no word on Harry Tracey the escaped convict since he left a cab at Sawyer Lake early yesterday Sheriff Cudihee returned to Seattle with no information guards remain at Ravensdale Covington and Auburndale as authorities hunt for him.
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Seattle
Wash
Harry Tracey
Sawyer Lake
Cudihee
Ravensdale
Covington
Auburndale
Strike at Houston Spurts as New SP Hires Arrive
In Houston on July 19 the Southern Pacific strike moved near the shops as 22 new workers from the East arrived by train from New Orleans and were assembled for transfer. Strikers gathered outside the Superintendent's office and discussed the situation through upper windows. No entry to the shops occurred until late evening, and the participants aimed to win over the new hires.
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Houston
Texas
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Timber Certificate Sale in Boston Backed by Banks
Mason Lew and Co and Brown Brothers Company offer 4.2 million dollars of 6 percent timber certificates maturing 1905 and 1912. Part of a 6 million issue by Kirby Lumber Company in a deal with Houston Oil Company. Backed by 883000 acres and 6 million feet of timber with a plan to realize about 20 million over ten years to cover debt and interest. Unsold balance remaining.
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Boston
Mass
Mason Lewis & Co
Brown Brothers Company
Kirby Lumber Company
Houston Oil Company
Triple killing near Stringtown I T shocks Denison
In Denison Texas on July 19 a wagon train reports a quarrel over a child ending in a murder spree. Victims are 76 year old Mrs Daniel Grant and her daughter Mrs Jack Reeves and a cattleman named Knuckles from Mena Arkansas. A child is unharmed. Bloodhounds and 10 officers chase the killer into hill country.
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Denison
Texas
Stringtown
I. T
Daniel Grant
Agea
Jack Reeves
Knuckles
Mena
Ark
Rice Planter Killed at Deep Well Engine Site
John Overly a Rice planter and engineer at W. T. Freeland’s deep well pumping plant near Gueydan Louisiana was killed when his jacket caught in a belt throwing him into shafting. He died at 6 am Friday after suffering internal injuries. He held $2 090 in Ancient Order of United Workmen insurance and was interred in Jennings.
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Jennings
New Ships for the Navy Name Connecticut and Louisiana
The Navy Department announced two battleships to be named Louisiana and Connecticut and two cruisers named Tennessee and Washington under the latest naval appropriation. Connecticut to be built at New York yard. Each battleship priced at 4,213,000 dollars and each cruiser at 4,659,000 dollars.
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Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Louisiana
Connecticut
Tennessee
New York Navy Yard
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Shiner Gazette
J. C. Habermacher
Port Arthur
Terrell
Galveston Bay
John W. Pace
First National Bank of
Killeen
President Green
Midland Railway
Corsicana
Log Rollers’ Association
Navarro County
Susan Haygood
Terrell] Asylum
Anna Alexander
Austin
Jacob Kopper
Alvarado
Col. L. B. Truelove
S. W. T. Lanham
Llano
Leon Jackson
San Antonio
Frank Rogers
Garwood
Bay City
Mary Carmack
Etina
Texas State Tennis Association
Holland Court
Brenham
Waxahachie
Albert Darcus
McMullen County
Nacogdoches
James Knox
Denver
J. Armory Knox
Texas Siftings
Cleburne
Santa Fe
Boyd
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Sherman
Arlington School of Mathematics
Yarrant County
Bexar County
South
St. Louis
Associated Press
Tracey
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