20 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light And Gazette
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1910
Page
1
An active meeting of local women planned a whirlwind drive to raise funds and donations for 3000 poor children. They seek money top toys fruit and candy with deliveries arranged at Hertzberg’s on Commerce Street and headquarters operating afternoons to collect and bag items for distribution.
Explosion at New York Central power house yesterday killed ten and injured over a hundred, with damages estimated at two million dollars. Authorities suspect a runaway electric car train and a ruptured feed pipe triggered gas ignition. investigation continues as bodies are searched and officials assess the first break and preventive failures.
Commissioner Thomas Estell in charge of Salvation Army work west of Chicago will attend the dedication of the new rescue home in San Antonio on January 6. He plans a southern tour to observe operations and boost efforts, remaining in the city for several days.
More than 100 members of the Bexar County Bar met in the Fifty-seventh district court room to plan creating a new district and a new county civil court. Committees were named to study and draft a bill, with reports due at an upcoming meeting. Judge Seeligson showed the docket backlog, and discussions cited eight to twelve month delays in the criminal docket.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Stevens captured Francisco Martinez on South Frio Street and Emilio Bienchi na on San Marcos Street for a Sunday morning robbery assault on Adolfo Ruiz. Ruiz said three men beat him and stole about 250 dollars in silver. charges filed in Justice Joe Umscheid's court.
A Texas dispatch reports Governor Tom Santa Claus will grant Christmas pardons to 48 prisoners in Huntsville and Rusk, including life-term murder cases and younger offenders. The piece frames the pardons as a yearly mercy, with the governor acting as a Santa figure delivering clemency to numerous inmates.
Mrs. Georgia Lou Miller 17 filed for divorce from Frank Max Miller claiming both her husband and the $290 engagement ring were false. They wed November 18 and he disappeared December 6. she pawned the ring to meet necessity.
A Honduran government agent monitors the former war vessel Hornet as it was expected to sail today, keeping a close eye on the ship and its movements amid ongoing maritime activity.
The Honduran minister protested to the state department against allowing the steamer Hornet to sail from New Orleans. He argued the vessel intended to back a revolutionary expedition against President Davilla.
The Hornet lies near New Orleans while customs and a Honduran agent monitor preparations for sailing amid rumors of a revolutionary expedition to Honduras. Officials deny U S government delays and dismiss reports of a planned voyage.
Dave Lindsey a 16 year old described as chocolate colored finally broke into the penitentiary after five prior attempts He pleaded guilty to a sixth burglary and was sentenced by Judge Dwyer to two years in the pen He offered defiant slang as he listened to the proceedings and watched another similar case.
Reports from New York indicate over 25 million Christmas seals sold this year with agents nationwide forecasting a total exceeding 50 million. The tuberculosis campaign should raise about 50 thousand dollars, about double last year and four times 1908 totals.
Senate confirms Martin A. Knapp as an additional circuit judge for the Second judicial circuit. He will join the new court of commerce once organized. Knapp previously served as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Baroness Hengelmuller wife of the Austrian envoy to the United States is named Imperial Royal Lady for the Palate the court’s highest rank. She has long been a popular social figure in Washington Philadelphia and New York her husband heads the diplomatic corps. She was the first Washington society woman to own an automobile and was widowed from an Austrian Polish magnate at marriage sixteen years ago. Her father was Count Alfred Dunin Borkowski and she trained as a musician in Dresden.
The self styled count and countess de Gatigny faced trial in Tours charged with swindling the Duchess de Choiseul of 200000 dollars through fake masterpieces. The case links to forged letters and an alleged blackmail scheme tied to Alexandre Tscherniedieff. Counts’ Boston ties and earlier marriage noted.
South Bend Indiana reports ten inches of snow since last night as the northern and central west endure a blizzard this afternoon. Interurban lines face major delays due to drifting snow.
Latrobe Pennsylvania December 20 Deputy Sheriff Charles Davidson sought safety on a moving freight train to protect a strike-breaker, but fell under the wheels and died. He was shielding a Black strike-breaker from striking miners at the Latrobe and Connellsville company's mine.
Sheriff John W. Tobin reports a personal inspection shows shopkeepers complied with orders to close up. No confirmed suits or gambling notices surfaced in San Antonio or the county with only a few quiet poker games possible to be traced, as the sheriff vows to pursue any remaining gambling activity.
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