20 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light And Gazette
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
1
The country endures an extreme cold spell with Texas recording the coldest weather in a decade. A separate agricultural report estimates boll weevil damage in Texas from recent storms reaching into millions of dollars.
A fragmentary note appears to claim Estrada will peace be assured in his country. The source text is garbled and limited to a brief, uncertain quotation with no clear event or attribution.
A $10 bill with bloody fingerprints passed to an auditor on the International and Great Northern last Friday morning may link two Texarkana men to the murder of Mike Meagher in Texarkana. Police chase notes and Pendleton description align, with Texarkana suspects believed to follow Meagher from his home town.
The Texas agricultural department says yesterday's freezing rain and sleet, lasting over 24 hours, will kill boll weevils and boost the cotton crop. The moisture is likened to two inches of rain, signaling a potentially unprecedented season.
Governor Campbell announces he will issue 100 pardons to Texas convicts as Christmas presents. Pardons will be prepared this week and distributed the day before Christmas, making what is described as a unique and joyous Yuletide gift in the state.
The census reports 9,362,222 bales ginned from 1909 through December 13, down from 11,900,565 in 1908. The ginned proportion is 90.9 percent of the 1909 crop versus 1908. Round bales total 139,967 compared with 215,059 in 1908, including Sea Island counts.
An Austin report states a Houston firm will donate numerous sanitary receptacles for use in the business district in exchange for ad space. An ordinance authorizing a contract with the firm is prepared and will be considered at an upcoming city council meeting.
Washington reports General Estrada declares peace depends on excluding Zelaya and his followers. He asserts no change in Zelaya’s chosen leadership will be accepted, signaling continued revolution and urging recognition of his government. Telegrams say Zelaya instructs assembly to elect Madriz president and Trias army chief, seen as Zelaya’s bid to dominate Nicaragua.
Corinto Nicaragua Dee The Buffalo carrying 700 marines has arrived and joined other American war vessels anchored before the town. Her arrival gives the harbor a warlike appearance. Four ships and 1200 mph are ready to go into action immediately should it become necessary.
Washington dispatch notes no change in Nicaragua as Zelaya reportedly resigns. The Tel egram from Estrada requests U S recognition of his government, but the State Department has no comment and no imminent action is expected.
A demonstrator crowd at the Grana da railroad station released several political prisoners from custody. Shouts of Death to Zelaya accompanied the riot as police deployed a Maxim gun and several rioters were arrested while others fled.
Paris reports a French financier familiar with Congo and Leopold's affairs places the late king's private fortune at 60 million dollars above the 3 million left to the princesses. Legal experts anticipate substantial litigation over the estate.
President Taft sent to the senate a list of nominees including Robert Bacon to France Henry Lane Wilson to Mexico Charles Page Bryan to Belgium Wm. James Calhoun to China and others. No decision yet on the Great Britain post held by Whitelaw Reid.
St Louis Dec 20 Sheriff Cashel of St Clair county Illinois ordered eight riot guns to protect Belleville jail amid a demonstration against Will Clark the Black man identified as the robber who shot Motorman Goodey and seriously wounded Conductor O Brien in East St Louis Saturday night Clark was arrested Sunday night At the hospital Conductor O Brien pointed to Clark and said Thats the man
Adverse weather halts progress on the new San Fernando oil well where Driller Binkendorf and crew began installing a regular pump. Eighteen barrels were drawn with a water pump, and workers expect to prove the well and gauge if a large oil stream exists once pumping starts fully.
Judge George Calhoun adjourned the Fifty-third district court for the November term. Most criminal cases will be tried at the January term after being set over during the recent trial of H. C. Pierce in Austin Texas.
Governor Deneen ordered eight companies of the Illinois National Guard to be ready to move to East St. Louis or Belleville to protect African American arrestees suspected in a street car conductor murder on Saturday night.
East St. Louis police say Clark confessed last night to killing Goudey and wounding O'Brien as the investigation closes in on the suspect.
Luling Texas reports a 24 hour sleet storm starting Saturday noon, blanketing the area. Residents describe conditions as unprecedented in over a decade.
Reports from St. Petersburg describe alarming articles tied to conservative duma circles about Japan possibly annexing Korea. Official denials contrast with claims Russia cannot protest and that Japan is arming. Iswolsky notes optimism but admits limited knowledge. Kamchatka governor warns of rising tensions as Japanese officers receive rejoin orders.
About 75 000 trainmen on about twenty five railroads east of the Mississippi received formal notice from Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen officials in Cleveland of wage demands ranging from five to forty percent to take effect January 3. Railroads must answer by January 20, with the notice a prerequisite to any wage talks.
Chicago report states John Corrodio seven, Charles Corrodio two, and Mary Corrodio four died in a house blaze at South Chicago while parents were away. Fire destroyed the dwelling. cause not disclosed.
Chicago faces a 1910 budget near 55 million dollars for schools libraries water bureau and corporate needs. The total tops the previous record by about 3 million, signaling a major expansion in city spending.
Special Dispatch Clarksville Texas December 20 James Munro a 50 year old farmer was found eight miles east of town nearly frozen after a long walk. He survived but endured exposure as a near fatal cold incident in North Texas.
Special Dispatch Fort Worth Texas December 20 Following two days of heavy snow the coldest day in five years broke here this morning as the temperature dropped to seven above zero In exposed parts of the city thermometers showed six above at 7 o'clock Reports from across Texas indicate the day is the coldest of the year and often the coldest in years Flurries of sleet and snow were reported as far south as Floresville The coldest point in Texas today is Abilene where it is only two above zero.
Southern Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas faced the season’s coldest weather today. Ardmore and Abilene reported 4 degrees above zero while Fort Worth reached 8 above. Kansas cities ranged from 10 above at Wichita to zero at Wichita and Concordia.
Norfolk Nebraska reports a piercing cold day with the thermometer at minus sixteen degrees. Residents bundled up as frigid winds swept across the city pushing wind chill well below zero.
Galveston Texas saw the coldest day of the season with the thermometer at thirty one degrees yesterday and today as residents felt the chill.
Paris Texas reports a record chill with the temperature at ten above zero marking the coldest spell of the winter. Heavy snow accumulates in northeast Texas and southern Oklahoma, described as the heaviest in years.
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