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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1909
Page
5
Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, incognito in Paris, fought with a reveler over attention to a dancer at the Abbaye Owl in Montmartre. The clash at 2 am ended with police escort and the prince fleeing the scene and leaving Paris, his destination undisclosed.
Police in Cleveland pursue two men suspected in a plot to kidnap or assassinate John D. Rockefeller. Chief Kohler and Marshal Strawberger issued nationwide alerts after a Minerva businessman overheard discussions in Alliance. Rockefeller canceled a farewell church appearance and his estate is now heavily guarded.
A steamer Atenas arriving in New Orleans reports a wireless message from Bluefields Navy 27 claiming CAP TAIN HOLMES says GROCE and CANNON are alive in a Managua prison. The report is unconfirmed and considered unlikely. Also notes other Americans in Zelaya custody and touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
In Paris a gala Faust honoring King Manuel of Portugal was halted after third act when electricians union secretary Palaud demanded higher pay. Crew refused to work until pay boost agreed. Lights behind stage went out while front house remained lit. Directors quickly agreed and show resumed unnoticed by the audience.
Representatives from all factions of onion and truck growers in the Laredo area gathered at Elks Hall to seek harmony for next season. Leaders from Laredo Truck Growers, independents, new associations, and Southern Texas Truck Growers attended. no formal dissolution occurred due to lack of quorum. The meeting aimed to halt price-cutting practices harming the onion market and to prevent internal infighting for the benefit of growers and the community. Mr. I Alexander chaired, T A Austin attended as secretary. a next directors’ meeting is planned for next Saturday.
Hezekiah Minnick a former locomotive engineer charged with the murder of George Gibson appeared in the 49th judicial district court. A preliminary hearing and a change of venue motion dominated the proceedings as witnesses from the city testified and the court considered impartial trial concerns. The case is prosecuted by District Attorney Jno A Walls with assist Carlos Bee and defense by Marshall Hicks and D A McAskill of San Antonio.
Onions rail rates from Texas common points to St Louis and Mississippi gateways rose from 40 to 50 cents per hundred pounds in 1908 and now face a proposed five cent per cwt increase. A public meeting at Elks Hall Laredo December 1 1909 at 7 30 pm drafts a protest for the Interstate Commerce Commission to roll back to 40 cents per cwt. Attending organizations include Texas Bermuda Union Association Laredo Board of Trade Laredo Truck Growers Association Southern Texas Truck Growers Ass'n and National Produce Distributing Co with officers J H Haynes Russ Jones Ava Ricateri and others.
The South Eastern Passenger Association announces excursion fares from all points in the South to Washington for the Southern Commercial Congress on December 6 and 7 and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress on December 8 to 10. Tickets on sale December 4, return by midnight December 14. Rate is three cents per mile one way plus twenty five cents.
Mexico and the United States have agreed on a plan to act together to pacify Central America. Foreign Minister Sefer Mariscal says Mexico will take steps to prevent clashes between Nicaragua and foreign powers and may offer intervention to keep peace without appointing a Nicaragua president.
Lisbon reports a devastating Azores storm that wrecked fishing boats and demolished hundreds of coastal houses. Estimated dead range from 100 to 200 with a boat from Santa Maria Rocks near Pico sinking twenty fishermen. Search operations continue for missing people.
Washington November 30 An indefinite stay of the mandate in the Gompers case was granted by the district court of appeals today while awaiting action on the writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Francisco Castro, Nicaraguan minister to Mexico, said Zelaya sent a cable denying his resignation and denying dispatches from Vice-Consul Managua that were refiled by Nicaragua. He also stated Mexico will seek a peaceful settlement of the Nicaraguan disturbances.
Passengers arriving from Mexico include H L Swain A C poems BE Keen and others heading to cities such as New York Omaha and St Louis. Local visitors Mrs T C Baker and Mrs H H Allison arrive from Cotulla and Austin. Various fraternal organizations meet weekly in K P hall Red Men Hall and other lodges in Laredo with officers named and membership scopes listed.
In Cherry Illinois crowds hear coroner inquest on mine fire victims. Thirty identifications confirmed as relatives describe keepsakes such as a lock of hair and other trinkets found in pockets. Investigation into cause and alleged underage workers to begin soon.
A Japanese steamer Kisagata Maru is reported wrecked and sunk near Shimonshei with all aboard. Twenty five bodies have washed ashore and many fishing vessels are listed lost as a heavy gale rages along the coast.
United Press from Washington says Zelaya's provisional government offers surrender through Calderon but Estrada rejects the terms. Cable indicates Zelaya’s forces are encircled by Estrada’s army.
A French warship has been ordered from Martinique to Nicaragua after Faustino Monteill, a French escapee, filed a complaint with the French consul general about ill treatment of several French men in Nicaragua. The report comes from San José Costa Rica dated November 30.
Mrs. James Duncan of Haynesville Maine credits Electric Bitters with curing her long battle against dyspepsia after years of failed remedies and medical cures. At 70 she reports improved appetite sleep and strength claiming the remedy treats indigestion kidney trouble and female complaints. Sold 50c at druggists.
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