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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
5
Public buildings and many offices and residences fly flags to mark the forty sixth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination on Good Friday. The last Good Friday anniversary was in 1876 and the next will be in 1922.
Amid border fighting near the international line, American sightseers flee from Douglas while rebels seize Agua Prieta. Federal garrison surrenders after Lopez negotiates terms, with 23 rifles and 40 belts turned over and guards escorted to American lines. Injuries include several civilians and workers at the Copper Queen smelter, with nonfatal wounds reported.
H. H. Rosson of Longview Texas reported a nighttime robbery near the Crockett hotel alley. A diamond stud valued at 150 dollars and 20 dollars in cash were taken by two women described as professional pickpockets. Detectives Stowe and Miller were assigned to the case.
R G Buford traveling agent for the Katy reports the coast country crops are thriving with a unusually large potato harvest near ready for market. Prices are high and growers feel optimistic about the season as El Campo Victoria and Bay City towns show strong yields and favorable prospects.
A small blaze damaged hay stored in a stable at the rear of the Maurer grocery on East Commerce and Hackberry streets at 3 AM. A still alarm from Company No. 3 responded. No damage beyond the hay was reported and a locomotive spark is suspected as the cause.
Elizabeth Michael dies in a local sanitarium at 62 and her remains go to Versailles for burial. Ben Uphus dies at 93 in San Antonio after a short illness with services at St Marys church and interment in St Josephs cemetery. Col LeGage Pratt, ex congressman from New Jersey, dies in Newark after brief illness, survived by widow and 17 year old son. Amelia Lozano, 28, dies at 1531 Wyoming street, funeral at home then San Fernando cathedral with burial in San Fernando cemetery.
War department orders suspend all troop movements for six months. Officers believe the stop results from exhausted transportation funds after maneuvers along the Mexican border, delaying transfers until Congress provides new appropriations.
El Paso Texas April 14 Advices from Casas Grandes report 800 insurrectos at Guzman sixty miles from Juarez after wires were cut. The raiders hold five locomotives several passenger coaches and many freight and cattle cars. A general insurrecto advance toward Juarez is believed underway.
A rumor from El Paso wire operators claims Ojinaga has fallen after a weeks long siege by Gen. Sanchez. Maria in Ojinaga reports no verifiable information on the rumor.
Rebels cut six railroad bridges south of Ciudad Porfirio Diaz isolating Coahuila. The Mexican International line from Diaz no longer runs beyond Monclova after the destruction of the Cagutano bridge and five more farther south, leaving the Tuaredo gateway as the sole route to the interior.
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