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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1909
Page
1
Tonight rain and much colder with a cold wave inland where temperatures near thirty degrees in sugar and trucking regions. Sunday expected fair but colder.
A concise weather digest presents regional observations including temperature ranges, precipitation, wind direction, and notable atmospheric conditions from the latest reading. Details specify stations, times, and any extreme values recorded, highlighting daypart variations and notable climate notes.
Taken at Fort McIntosh for the 24 hours ending at 5 p m yesterday. Maximum 87 minimum 64. General wind southeast. Cloudy. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been tested during influenza epidemics and when taken in time no pneumonia cases reported. Sold by all dealers. 05
London dispatch reports Chancellor Lloyd George at the National Liberal Club luncheon attacking the House of Lords. He warned the Lords block radical budget measures and vowed to push bills, noting the budget’s burial and a hoped resurrection. The king prorogued parliament to January 15 amid small attendance.
London dispatch reports suffragettes again forced their way forward as Chancellor Lloyd George left Downing Street for a luncheon at the National Liberal Club. Two women accompanied him. police prepared to intervene but he assured the inspector the ladies had not molested him and he enjoyed their talk. He saluted them as they urged, Dont forget votes for women.
The Texas Bermuda Onion Association becomes permanent with J J Haynes as president and G C Woodman as vice president. The group hires National Produce Co. of Cincinnati to market 1910 crops, with plans for a local office and onion shipments next season.
Governor Harmon ordered 1500 troops to Bridgeport at Belmont county sheriff request to quell a strike at Aetna Standard Steel Company. The crisis escalated after a striker's wife was struck by a brick, with desultory gunfire and several wounded. The mill sits idle as strikebreakers are brought in from Cleveland and Pittsburg.
Minneapolis reports that after the decision to reject arbitration the switchmen's strike is seen as a fight to a finish. Roads refuse concessions while strikers threaten a general walkout if the strike appears doomed.
About one hundred thousand people packed Trafalgar Square and nearby streets for mass meetings denouncing the House of Lords for rejecting the budget. Socialists and liberals united, demanding abolition of Lords veto power as a menace to liberties.
Panama reports the gunboat Vicksburg has its guns trained on Corinto after severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua. The commander warned the provincial governor Zelaya’s representative that the United States will hold him personally responsible for harm to Americans and would blow the governor’s palace if Americans are attacked.
The Emiser Prairie remains stuck in the mud at the bar with no attempt to refloat during the night. It is predicted she will not be freed until late today as 700 marines aboard are slated for transfer to Fort Delaware.
King Edward through the foreign office today formally accepts an invitation to arbitrate the Alsop claim dispute between America and Chili. The decision was announced in London by United Press.
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