Bright comet spotted in Peru and other world affairs
The Gleanings of the Globe notes a Peru discovered comet, parliamentary votes on saccharine, districting debates, and gold reports in Howard county Arkansas. Also reported are hail in Selma Alabama, divorces in New York, deaths in Florida and Hawaii politics, naval training orders, gypsy poisonings, and various war and legal items from around the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County
Arkansas
Euclid
Selma
Ala
New York Supreme Court
Murderer Slays Cattleman and Wife in Eve sville Shootings
Ewart Conway 27 shot and killed C. W. Garrison and wounded Patrolman Ben Wallis in Eve sville Indiana. After setting fire to the stable and barricading himself, Conway killed himself. Garrison leaves two children. Conway leaves a wife and two children. A note to local papers was found. Earlier Galveston report remarks on cruelty to animals and calls for Audubon Society action.
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Evasville
Ind
Ewart Conway
C. W. Garrison
Ben Wallis
Conway
Garrison
Kentucky
Wallis
Adam Crawford
Ed Davis
Walker
New York Machinists Likely to Avoid Nationwide Strike
May 20 reports say leading labor and employers expect no general strike and seek Morgan influence to keep peace. Meetings across the Metropolitan district note half the machinists may accept a nine hour day and 12 1 2 percent raise with at most 4000 workers marching out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
America
J. P. Morgan
Murder Mystery in Ayres Case Stirs Washington
Washington May 20 police follow several crews in the Ayres murder mystery but make no arrests. Dr Schafer tests show hand imprints on Ayres window sill and fire escape stairs belong to another person. Coroner inquest set for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ayres
Schafer
Wharton County's Big Canal at Lane City
Wharton County celebrates the Bay Prairie Rice and Irrigation company canal project at Lane City It spans 12 miles of main and supply canal with embankments eight feet high and twenty feet base width The system will irrigate seven thousand eight hundred acres and water is planned to be turned on June 20 by the company
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Biras
Galvestéh
Tex
Women's Health Protective Association
Galveston
Audubon Society
Society For the Prevention of
Wharton
Whartonere
Bay Prairie Rice and Irrigation Company
Lane City
Damage from storm floods Denison Texas May 20
The high water situation is serious as Red River runs full and overflows at many points. Washita River is out of its banks with damage to farms. Inch bridges swept away and numerous cattle drowned. Reports from Indian Territory show unprecedented rains and more damage expected.
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Denison
Texas
Red River
Washita
Indian Territory
Fatal shooting over faulty fence near Winkler Texas
J W Lawson, a black farmer, was shot and killed at his home near Winkler in Navarro County on May 19. Lawson's brother in law Washington Fowler was seriously wounded. The dispute arose from a damaged line fence and mules belonging to Lawson repeatedly entering Fowler's field.
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Necro
Corsicana
Tex
J. W. Lawson
Winkler
Lawson
Washington Fowler
Fowler
Fwler
Cook Found Guilty of Murder in Second Degree
In Weatherford Parker County Texas B W Cook was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the February killing of T G Hargrave after a five day trial jurors assessed punishment as confinement details indicate the trial concluded at 9 o clock this morning.
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Weatherford, Parker Co
British inquiry grows over Ewo incident at Tien Tsin
A British inquiry finds the German explanation for the Ewo bridge firing inadequate. Reports say two Chinese crewmen died after being wounded and flogged in German custody. Diplomatic action is sought from Pekin as General von Lesnell promises non repetition of armed acts.
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London
Ewo
Tien Tsin
Pei Ho
Pekin
London Times
Lorne Campbell
von Lesnell
Brazos Valley Medical Association elects new officers
During its Calvert session Brazos Valley Medical Association elected Dr Daniel Parker as president and Dr F K Collard as first vice president, with Dr S P Rice as second vice president, Dr J W Hudson as treasurer, and Dr W B Briggs as secretary. Judicial committee members were named and the next annual session set for Bryan in November. New members were welcomed and praise for Calvert’s hospitality expressed.
Oil prospects near Columbia in Brazoria County
John Underwood, a Columbia merchant visiting Houston, reports a Brazoria County company formed to bore for oil near Columbia. He shows sulphur samples indicating near surface deposits and believes oil should be found, but worries about a market for the product once extracted.
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Brazoria County
Houston
Texas
John Underwood
Columbia
Underwood
Rainy Northwest Corridor Boosts Texas Central Line
May 18 report from Waco Texas states Colonel Charles Hamilton vice president and general manager of the Texas Central railroad received dispatches noting refreshing showers along the entire line to Stamford its northwest terminus. The soaking rain preceeded by heavy rain soaked the ground deeply and promises ample cotton and corn yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Charles Hamilton
Texas Central Railroad
Stamford
Barge Ben's Barque Floated Off After Severe Flood
After five months of work in heavy difficulties, the barge owned by Houston Navigation Co. was floated and anchored in the bay near Alvin Texas awaiting a tug to Galveston. It had been landed inland by the September storm and moved two miles to Newbayou by Wirtz using rollers and capstan. The vessel shows no signs of leakage and recent storms leave few traces as drift piles burn away and timber losses occur while farmers await wagonloads of timber.
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Birge
Alvin
Texas
Ben
Willie
Galveston
Houston Navigation Company
Wirtz
Newbayou
Steamers Planned for East Line by Atchison Topeka Santa Fe
Steamship reports say the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe will add six new passenger steamers in two years. The ships will operate from San Francisco with stops at Honolulu Yokohama Hong Kong and Shanghai. Paul Morton the rail line's second vice president discusses the deals in the city.
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Santa Fe
New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
hamburg-American Steamship Company
Far East
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Atchison
Paul Morton
City
Earthquake Shakes Eastern Ohio and West Virginia
An early morning earthquake was felt across Eastern Ohio and West Virginia with strong shocks in Wellston displacing furniture and in Portsmouth the severest shock in city history causing houses to shake and residents to rush outdoors. Zanesville and Ironton also reported shocks but no serious damage or injuries.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Wellston
Zanesville
Ironton
Portsmouth
Consolidation of Ranches Near Midland
One of the year's largest ranch and cattle deals was completed here as the Cowden Brothers consolidate their interests in Midland Texas on May 18.
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Midland
Texas
Cowden Brothers
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