Mobilization of Troops Planned at Leon Springs
San Antonio April 10 Congress appropriates one million dollars to cover mobilization costs for U S and state troops this summer and fall. A major maneuver is set for July at Leon Springs with 15,000 to 20,000 troops from the Department of Texas and nearby states. Leon Springs offers ample water, a fine target range, and favorable camp conditions.
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San Antonio
Texas
Congress
United States
Leon Springs
Department of
Texas Health Officials Accept Havana Quarantine Ruling
State Health Officer Brumby in Austin confirms acceptance of Surgeon General Wyman’s ruling on Havana passenger quarantine. All travelers must report to U S medical officers six days before boarding, with Texas quarantine officers to enforce. Governor Magoon protested Cuban procedures, but southern states upheld the rule.
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Austin
Brumby
Wyman
Texas Health Department
Havana
United States
Texas
Magoon
Cuba
Temporary injunction in Insurance case in Houston
District Judge Calhoun grants a temporary injunction in the case of Guarantee Life Insurance Company of Houston against Insurance Commissioner Love. The writ bars Love or agents from interfering with writing or selling special board contracts and from revoking the company permit pending a full hearing. Only sufficiency of the sworn petition was addressed.
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Austin
Calhoun
Guarantee Life Insurance Company of
Houston
Love
Plaintiff Insurance Company
Threat of assassination and arson in Muskogee shocks town
A Black Hand letter to the New State Tribune warns Governor Haskell and Police Chief Ledbetter of assassination and Muskogee’s burning. The memo cites anti Negro sentiment over state actions, notes Ledbetter’s recent arrests of Black residents, and recalls his prior killings as a U.S. marshal.
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Muskogee
Okla
Haskell
Ledbetter
New State Tribune
State
Muske-gee
Denison Brakeman Dies From Pottsboro Injuries
Denison April 10 S M Decora and Katy brakeman died from injuries received at Pottsboro in a railway incident.
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Denison
S. M. Decora
Katy Brakeman
Pottsboro
Mexican revolutionary movement centers in San Antonio
San Antonio again hosts an attempted Mexican revolutionary movement with hand bills denouncing Diaz and urging Mexican Americans to protest extradition of Saraba and companions jailed in Los Angeles. Secret service on both sides monitor the situation as San Antonio has become a base for several aspiring movements.
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San Antonio
Texas
Diaz
United States
Saraba
Los Angeles
California
el Revolucion
St. Louis
Austin
San Antono
United States Army
Bishops Challenge Southern Railroads Over Equal Accommodations
Five bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church sue four southern railroads and the Pullman company alleging inferior accommodations for African passengers. The case targets Seaboard Air Line Richmond Fredericksburg Potomac Southern and Central of Georgia along with Pullman after a Roosevelt-Justice letter on enforcing equal access. A petition from the AME general conference accompanies the complaint.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
African Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Pullman Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond
Arbitration Treaty With Britain Welcomed In London
London observers praise the text of the America Great Britain arbitration treaty emphasizing a colony aware clause that requires dominion concurrence before self governing matters are agreed. They also favor the note exchange provision delaying binding effect until ratification by both governments and senate approval.
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London
America
Great Britain
Senate
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Lipton
E. J. Jenkins
GEO. A. Adams Insurance
Will S. Higgs
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
Bryan
Texas Health
Walter Wyman
Houston Company
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
W. S. Delacey
Usy National Bank
National Bank
Albert W. Wilkerson
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
E. W. Crenshaw
J. Bulte
Chapman
Sanders Bros
CRAIN
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
Dallas
Tex
Joe B. Reed
Friend-In-Need Society
W. H. Lawrence
the Miller House
W. F. Miller
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