Electric lights for Shiner Gazette office
The Shiner Gazette Duncan I T is to have electric lights. Sanitary employees at Santiago Cuba struck. Ardmore I T will have free mail delivery Dec 1. A seat on the New York stock exchange brought 8101000. China to display elaborately at St Louis World’s Fair. Forest fires rage in Jacks Fork mountains Indian Territory. Oct 18 South McAlester I T votes on 150000 waterworks bond. Governor elect McCurtain of the Choctaw nation to be inaugurated Oct 4.
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China
St. Louis
McCurtain
Demands of Employes Strike in New Orleans Street Rail
In New Orleans on September 29 the street railway strike sidelined about 1500 workers as union leaders prepared for action. The union demands include eight hours a day and 25 cents an hour with straight run, union recognition, raised pitmen and car washers pay, plus three paid days off monthly. The dispute stems from company retrenchment after Pearson syndicate control and a disputed April contract, with both sides firm and no disorders reported.
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New Orleans
Street Railway Company
New Orleans Street Railway Union
New Orleans Street Railway Company
The
Union
Pearson Syndicate
Carnegie Library Gift Accepted by Clarksville Council
The Clarksville city council approved a formal ordinance accepting a $10,000 gift from Mr. Carnegie for a public library building. The city will appropriate $1,000 annually for maintenance and provide a site. A citizens committee was formed to raise a library site and subscription funds.
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Carnegie Library
Clarksville
Texas
Carnegie
Cattle Shipments from Alice Reported in Texas
A report from Alice, Texas, notes seven train loads of cattle shipped to interstate points this week, most heading to better ranges. Heavy rains in the county have spurred expectations that cattle shipments will slow as grass becomes abundant.
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Alice
Corpus Christi
Texas
Clarksville cotton sale yields long staple bales
J B Dohaho of a Clarksville area farm sold seven bales of long staple cotton in the market at 13 1 4 cents per pound.
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Clarksville
J. B. Dohaho
Louisiana Penitentiary Depopulated as Work Farms Open
Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana penitentiary population at 1248 with work crews operating field and levee sites. The consumptive hospital will be finished soon, seven hundred bales of cotton have been harvested and 1500 remain, cotton seed sells at 17 dollars per ton, and the Hope plantation sugar mill is ready to grind by mid October.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Penitentiary
Angola
Board of Control
Hope
Lipton Plans Channel Crossing as Aeronaut
A London report says Sir Thomas Lipton, newly elected to the Aero club, may voyage across the channel with Hon. C Rolls. If by balloon, Lipton will sail with his steam yacht Erin. A Lipton friend notes Rolls is the young Baronet’s ally and an eager aeronaut, but details remain unavailable.
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Associated Press
Rolls
Baron Liangattock
Sir Thomas
Aero Club
Cotton Pickers Scarce at Tyler Texas
Farm county reports difficulty securing cotton labor as workers travel to West Texas fields. Local raids on alleged vagrants target idle workers to fill the cotton harvest and curb shortages.
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Tyler
Texa
Septemer
West Texas
Riot attack on patrolman in Richmond after streetcar riot
Patrolman J K Murray was assaulted by a crowd of negroes in Richmond as he investigated yesterday's riot that left H Baker wounded by a negro. Murray fired when attacked, wounding one assailant. The mob beat him and took his pistol before citizens intervened and drove off the attackers. Several arrests were made.
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Richmond Hobson
Santiago
Rebotha
Del
Queenstown
Richmond
J. K. Murray
H. ¥. Baker
Murray
Rosebud artesian well nearing water within month
The Rosebud project reports the artesian well progressing well with water expected in about thirty days after boring through rock to roughly 1900 feet. Promoters remain confident, citing steady progress and continued drilling.
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Rosebud
Mexican Cotton Pickers in Ouachita Valley
Monroe La September 29 Mexi can cotton pickers rapidly displacing negro labor in the Ouachita river valley. Several colonies imported from Southwest Texas near the Mexico border with more to follow. Two hundred Mexicans employed by Captain L D McLain arrived this week. They are rapid pickers and charge 40 cents per 100 pounds versus 50 cents by Negro labor.
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Monroe
Ouachita River Valley
Texas
Mexico
L. D. McLain
Pension rolls show nationwide totals and Texas figures
The annual report of the commissioner of pensions for the year ended June 20 lists 994,761 pensioners nationwide receiving 136,742,567 dollars. Texas had 84 pensioners with aggregate payments of 1,094,841 dollars.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Texas
Haste and hustle in unlikely places
A proverb notes haste makes waste while observing that a brisk person is rare in an almshouse. The remark highlights contrasts between speed and social care in a charitable setting.
United States Right to Land Marines on Isthmus to Enforce Neutrality
Washington notes the 1846 treaty obligation to guarantee neutral transit on the Isthmus and sovereignty rights of New Granada. Officials say Panama protest lacks official Navy or State Department confirmation and cite a recent insurgent attempt to interrupt traffic prevented by American presence.
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Washington
McLean
The
Cincinnati
Salazar
Panama
New Granada
Colombia
State Department
Navy Department
Salizar
Thompson named minister to Brazil surprises Lincoln crowd
Lincoln Nebraska September 27 David E Thompson announced by the president as minister to Brazil He said the appointment came as a surprise and he could not say if he would accept One of his recent ventures is the plan to start an evening Lincoln paper with first issue due next Wednesday
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Lincoln, Neb
David E. Thompson
Brazil
Goodwin Takes Charge of Statesman Publishing in Austin
Mark L. Goodwin, formerly city editor of the Fort Worth Telegram, arrived in Austin and assumed charge of the Statesman Publishing company. The new firm has not yet organized, but Goodwin will direct all affairs of the paper.
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Statesman
Austin
Texas
Mark L. Goodwin
Fort Worth Telegram
Statesman Publishing Company
Goodwin
Georgia tragedy shocks Columbus community
Information reaches Columbus of a double murder at Upatole Georgia. During a quarrel Arthur Comer killed his wife Louise with a pistol. Moments later J W Murphy, Louise's father, arrived at the residence and killed Comer with the same pistol.
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Georgia
Columbus
Upatole
Arthur Comer
Louise
J. W. Murphy
Engineer Hood Coming to Galveston Visit
Galveston Texas September 27 Chief Engineer Hood of the Southern Pacific is expected to arrive tomorrow on a routine inspection tour. Authorities note some effort to link the visit with the proposed enlargement of the Southern Pacific plier facility at Galveston.
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Hood
Galveston
Texas
Southern Pacific
Grand Jury Reconvenes in Veidermann Murder Case
Brenham Texas September 27 Sheriff Teague returned from Bryan after arresting Sam Yeldermann and wife as they left the country. J J McCain and Jim Veldermann aided the defense. Granville Smith, a colored man, made a statement to be presented to the grand jury. Judge E R Sinks reopened court and ordered the grand jury reconvened to investigate Julius Veidermann murder as Veidermann's sons were arrested since adjournment.
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Brenham
Texas
Sheriff Teague
Bryan
Sam Yeldermann
Sam Yelderman
J. J. McCain
Burton
Jim Veldermann
J. M. Mathis
Veldermann Brothers
Granville Smith
E. R. Sinks
Giddings
Julius Veidermann
Veidermann
Lumbermen's meeting to decide Beaumont protection status
Beaumont Texas September 27 the Texas Lumbermen's association called a directors meeting to determine whether Beaumont will be added to the list of protected cities. protection now covers local dealers and manufacturers while outside mills cannot ship in. decision affects all state manufacturers as mills north and east want access and some locals oppose it.
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Beaumont
Texas
Texas Lumbermen’s Association
Wells to Be Flugged At Spindletop Meeting
An oil producers meeting at the Moore Skinner syndicate offices discussed plugging four water wells on Spindletop Hill. About $2000 was pledged by the finance committee for the effort. Contracts for the work will be awarded next Tuesday evening. Manager Griffiths noted water recession at Spindle Top improving conditions.
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Beaumont
Texas
Moore-Skinner Syndicate
W. B. Griffiths
Griffiths
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company
Creditors' Meeting Called for Walter Alexander
Walter Aaron Alexander of Dale Caldwell county is declared bankrupt and a creditors meeting is set in Austin at Franz Fiset’s office for October 11 at 10 a.m. to prove claims and select a trustee.
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Lockhart
Texas
Walter Aaron Alexander
Dale
Caldwell County
Austin
Franz Fiset
Weatherford Knitting Mill to Join Local Yarn Mills
Weatherford cotton mill directors plan a knitting factory to run with the same power. Machinery has begun arriving and installation is underway to complement the existing yarn mills.
Fire destroys five Plainview stores in $50000 loss
Plainview Texas September 27 a recent fire destroyed five buildings with total damage near 50000. Insurance coverage is only about two percent. All stores on the west side of the square except one were demolished.
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Plainview
Texas
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