Fort Sam Houston to Get Extensive Improvements and Beautification
Fort Sam Houston will undergo wide upgrades funded by an $80,000 annual appropriation. Work starts Monday with repairs on officers quarters, roofs, and painting followed by new sidewalks and upper galleries. Grounds will be beautified with trees and shrubs as civilian labor is hired.
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Congress
Fort Sam Houston
Martin Novak
United States
Nov&k
Quartermaster Department
San Antonio
Camp Mabry
Austin
Preparing Delinquent List Delays in School Lands Forfeiture
Land Commissioner Robison announced in Austin that a delinquent list of school lands subject to forfeiture for non payment of interest is being prepared. He urged those who have fallen behind to pay promptly.
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Austin
Tex
Robison
San Antonio Light Sole Carrier of AP Wire Claim
A statement claiming that the AP leased wire into San Antonio is carried by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light is deemed nonsense and without basis in fact. The note rejects shared or partial AP transmission to rival papers.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
San Antonio and Vicinity: Tonight and Sunday Fair
A brief notice announces a local fair in San Antonio and surrounding area for tonight and Sunday. Community vendors, food stalls, and entertainment are expected as part of the regional event lineup.
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San Antonio
Weather Observations From Major Cities Dated Report
Observations at 8 a m for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington note temperatures from 62 to 74 with conditions mainly clear or partly cloudy and winds from the southwest west northwest northeast. Forecasts call for possible showers and warmer or cooler conditions varying by city through Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Start Aeroplane Race Across Country
An air plane race from New York to Philadelphia for a $5000 prize began at 2 48 p m The competitors were Lincoln Beachy Hugh Robinson and Eugene Ely Ely replaced Charles K Hamilton who declined to start due to unfavorable air conditions The course started at Governor's Island then over Manhattan to Thirty third street and toward Philadelphia
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Associated Press
New York
Philadelphia
Lincoln Beachy
Hugh Robinson
Eugene Ely
Ely
Charles K. Hamilton
Governor's Island
Manhattan
Thirtythird Street
Admiral Togo Welcomed as Guest of Honor in Washington
The United States led by President Taft and Secretary Knox officially honors Admiral Togo. He planned a day of calls with Knox and Winthrop, meetings with army and navy officers, an audience with the president, a sightseeing tour, and a White House dinner. Officials hoped cooler weather would ease the formal attire.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Taft
Knox
Navy
Winthrop
Admiral Togo
New York
Beekman Winthrop
Army
Togo
White House
Auto Delegation Makes Good Time
Beeville Texas Aug 5 splendid time is being made by the delegation of the Bexar County Highway league on their automobile trip to Corpus Christi. The first car arrived in Beeville at 12 o clock sharp covering 100 miles at an average speed of more than twenty miles per hour. Citizens gathered around the autos in every town and promised support to the San Antonio to gulf highway project. The press in each town agreed to back the effort and the group believes county roads can form an excellent highway at nominal cost with Pettus to Beeville requiring the most work. Lunch was taken in Beeville and the arrival to Corpus Christi is expected by 3:30 this afternoon.
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Beeville
Tex
Bexar County Highway League
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Gulf
Pettus
Corpus
Texas House Votes for Probe of Prohibition Election
The Texas House adopted a 66 to 48 vote for a probe into the July 22 prohibition election. A 69 to 49 vote approved the Nickels amendment to investigate representatives, while the governor named a 5-member committee to oversee the inquiry and intimidation of voters was noted.
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Austin
Tex
House
Rayburn
Pros—Nickéls
Hill
Nichols
Hunt
Cureton
Bosque
Powell
Marion
Brown
Tarrant
Antis—Savage
Bell
Williams
McLennan
Bagby
Lavaca
Standifer
Harris
Prohibition Executive Committee
Nickels
Colqutt
Texas
C. B. Colquitt
A. D
O. B. Colquitt
CC. McDonald
Senate
Cofer
Morris Sheppard
Hudspeth
Batley
Bailey
Vaughan
Pros
Col W C Greene Dies After Runaway Accident
Col W C Greene died at Cananea after injuries from a runaway carriage in the city. He fractured a collar bone and two ribs, then developed pneumonia and died at 5 a m. Greene wealth linked to Cananea copper interests, Greene Consolidated Copper, and mining ventures across the southwest.
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W. C. Greene
Colonel Greene
el Paso
Naco
Ariz
Southwest
West
New York
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Prescott
San Pedro
Sonora
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Mexico
One Millionth U S Patent Issued for Puncture Proof Tire
The United States patent office announced the millionth patent, awarded to an Akron Ohio inventor for a puncture proof tire using rubber springs for resilience. Despite the number 1 000 000, it is officially 1 009 997 and was released early by Commissioner Moore.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
United States
Commissioner of Patents
Moore
Akron
Ohio
Bureau
State Department
Rioting Marks Des Moines Railway Strike Beginning
Rioting in downtown streets accompanied the Des Moines city railway strike as about 500 employees walked out. Five workers were injured in clashes, traffic halted across all lines at 1 50 a m, with strike breakers at barns by 6 am and union sympathizers on guard.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Des
Three Brooklyn Trolley Strikes Trigger Vicious Attacks
Motormen and conductors on three Coney Island and Brooklyn Street Railway lines struck today in Brooklyn New York. Police guarded power houses as a Smith street line car was attacked after leaving the barn. The conductor was struck with a brick and dragged from the platform but rescued by three officers on the front. A stalled car was later stoned while crowds drove away a passengerless car and a second crash occurred as police restored order.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn
Coney Island and
Brooklyn Street Railway Company
Smith Street
Cabinet shuffle before general election outlined
Ottawa August 5 cabinet changes announced in Laurier government. Minister of the Navy and Fisheries Brodger, in ill health, to be appointed to the supreme court. Postmaster General Lemieux moves to navy and fisheries, and H S Deland of Beauce Quebec becomes postmaster general.
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Pess
Ottawa
Ont
Laurier
Navy
Fisheries
Brodger
Supreme Court
Lemieux
Navy and Fisheries
Deland
Beauce
Que
No New Carpet for Governor's Office in Texas Senate
The Texas senate split 14 to 14 on the general appropriation bill and refused a 500 dollar allocation to buy new carpet for the governor's office, signaling the old linoleum may stay for years.
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Senate
Austin
Tex
Executive Department
Woman Offers Finger to Fund Daughter's Music Education
In Chicago on August 5 Mrs Minnie O Herrin volunteers to sacrifice her right index finger to pay for her six year old daughter Isla's musical lessons. The buyer would be Mrs Reginald Waldorf of Philadelphia whose own index finger was amputated after blood poisoning. A surgeon says a matching finger could be grafted onto the hand if a donor is found.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minnie O’herrin
Isla
Reginald Waldorf
Philadelphia
Mrs. O'Herrin
Wilson backs plan to buy Grover Cleveland birth place
Governor Wilson endorses a movement in Caldwell New Jersey to purchase Grover Cleveland's birthplace as a permanent memorial and museum. The goal is 50000 dollars from national subscription with 25000 for purchase and restoration and the rest for maintenance. The adjacent land will host a Carnegie library site.
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Gov. Wilson
Statesman
Caldwell
N. J
Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Altitude Record Set in Etampes Flight
Captain Felix, head of the military aviation school, soared to 11 330 feet in 66 minutes at Etampes France marking a new height record for aeroplanes. He planned a 12 12 minute descent. Earlier records were held by Legagneux at Pau 10 499 feet and Arch Hoxsey at Los Angeles 11 474 feet.
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France
Associated Press
Etampes
Felix
Military Aviation
M. Legagneux
Pau
Arch Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Hoxsey
Roosevelt testifies on steel merger to ease financial panic
Former President Theodore Roosevelt testifies in a congressional inquiry on the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by United States Steel. He recounts actions taken in 1907 to prevent a broader panic, detailing meetings with Gary, Frick, and Bonaparte and the rationale for an immediate transfer before the stock market opened.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
The
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Aldermanic Chamber
Stanley
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Secretary of the Treasury
Judge Gary
H. C. Frick
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Root
White House
Senate
Frick
Gary
Tennessee Company
Matter of General
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Messrs
Gary and Frick
Stock Exchange
Mr. Roosevelt
Birnham
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