06 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1913
Page
1
A July 5 report describes 1400 Bulgarian prisoners arriving in Telgrade, Servian capital, as they were paraded through streets before a large crowd. Servians cheered while wagons carried the wounded. the event is linked to escalating hostility between counties.
Reported by Associated Press from Texas and northern border towns recounts rumors of rebel movements near Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, with troop dispositions and closed bridges. No confirmation of attacks exists, while officials note guards and artillery lines and residents report large rebel forces arriving from Colombia.
A Welsh seacoast town Pwllhelli saw a Methodist chapel fire set for $40,000 and a Baptist tabernacle threatened by arson amid a series of sacrilegious outrages. The Associated Press report notes a Democratic caucus adjournment later that day over tariff bill rule binding objections with only 40 Democrats present and many absent.
Four civilians were killed and fifty hurt in a July clash between striking gold miners and troops in Johannesburg. Fighting raged overnight with continued violence and more casualties feared.
Judges from Union Hill North Carolina die at Gettysburg station while leaving for home. The total veteran deaths from the encampment reach nine as most veterans depart today for their return journey.
A girl from Illinois, Lola Minot, died instantly when a skyrocket exploded prematurely during a display. The rocket flew about 600 feet to an island, piercing her heart and endangering spectators amid the chaotic scene.
An auto accident at Cattle Bridge in San Angelo killed one person and injured another, local authorities reported. Details of the crash were not immediately available.
Trial docketed for James Devlin the actor accused in the shooting death of Policeman Patrick Considine at Cliffside May 2. The only eyewitness cited is Devlin’s wife Mrs Devlin known as Mac Elwood who testified she and a cousin spoke with Considine before the fatal confrontation.
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