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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
10
Fragmented timetable lists departures and arrivals to Sunset Station and various Texas destinations. Notes include schedules to Houston Galveston San Antonio Austin San Marcos and others with connections, express and local services, and weekend markers.
The Southern Pacific will offer low round trip rates to Eagle Pass again Sunday for bull fights at 0 P. Diaz across the river in Mexico. A large crowd attended last Sunday and more are expected next Sunday. Texas railroad passenger agents meet in St Fort Worth to discuss the new antipass law and its implications, seeking legal guidance on how it affects transportation tickets.
A quake was felt yesterday in Valparaiso and Santiago with strong aftershocks. In Routt County elk once abundant are nearly extinct, drifted north to Wyoming, while in Colorado protection efforts stall. Nearby, a humorous exchange recalls Miss Roxley and her father and a quip about advertisements being the main distraction.
Pittsburg reports six killed and eighteen injured in a collision on the Buffalo and Allegheny Division near Fort City Pennsylvania. A passenger train plowed into a freight train as responders rushed to the scene at Kittanning Hospital. Among the dead is M B Irwin of Galmont and a woman believed to be Mrs Huff of Johnstown.
Montgomery, Aug 6 Two houses of the legislature elected for the United States senator to succeed the late Senator Pettus. Joseph E Johnson, the nominee of the primary, was chosen for the short term and will hold office until 1915.
Lieutenant Frederick B Terrell of the nineteenth Infantry has been detailed as assistant to the chief quartermaster of the department with station in San Antonio He is the son of former US Attorney Henry Terrell and known from Swarthmore College for setting records He arrived from civil life in 1904 and was returned from the Philippines Troops A and M First Cavalry arrived from Loon Springs en route to Fort Clark They will stay until Saturday Also a transport carrying the Twenty Fifth Infantry from Fort Fresno to Santa Francisca en route to the Theatre of Operations was wrecked in Oklahoma with no injuries reported
Reported fort Houston rumors claim Brownsville citizens incited a clash drawing soldiers from the reserve. Investigators Burke Morehall and Gilchrist Stewart cite witnesses suggesting rioters and a mistaken shooting of bartender Frank Matus, with police officer Domistes blamed on a political foe. Local Fort Sam Houston officers doubt the investigators will prove the charges.
Prosecuting Attorney Tucker of St. Francis County filed information in the circuit court charging the St. Louis Iron Mountain Southern Railroad with violating the eight hour law for telegraph operators and dispatchers passed by the previous legislature. J. W. Hopking chief dissepater and F. A. Cheney superintendent of telegraph are named defendants, alleged officers of the railroad company required and permitted telegraph operators to work more than eight hours daily. The case will probably be tried at the August term which begins next Monday.
An OCR fragment promotes very sun skin cream claiming to soothe boils after shaving with wet skin. The readable line mentions a product name and a brief benefit but lacks full context.
Damages exceed $1000 as armatures fittings and vacs es were stripped from dynamos at the fair association buildings. Robbers likely removed the items for junk. Officers informed. reward offered for information leading to arrest and conviction. No timeframe or clues available due to missing names.
Henry Francis Lynch, a 19 year old U S Marine aboard the battleship Georgia, is reported missing after an explosion in a gun turret. Officers say he toppled from the slip while banging weight on Saturday and his father suspects foul play and has asked police to investigate. The lantern he was to hang on the yardarm was found mast high in the water.
Philadelphia reports a bank employee, Ang. Marry Welner of Lonsdowne, found dead in the park from poisoning. Officials note a likely suicide, with a 60-year-old man leaving home after a bank related dispute. County officials are away inspecting a proposed steam elevating device for the county.
An American traveler recounted a lecture before a distinguished New Yorker audience about Hindu reverence for teeth. Royal commissioners offered 256000 to buy a tooth in Sri Lanka but were refused. The tale links tooth care with health and refinement, ending with praise for Dr. Lyon's Perfect Tooth Powder as a globally trusted dentifrice.
Educational prospectus advertises Seeley School with standards tested by forty universities and leading tech schools. Highlights ideal location, limited number, mixed expert teachers, and high applicant ratio. Encourages early application and catalog request to W. W. Bondurant in San Antonio, Texas.
The city hosts a stream of notable visitors and residents from across Texas and beyond. Thomas Davidson arrives from Eagle Pass on business and checks in at the Bexar, while WW Jones of Corpus Christi notes arrivals and bases at the Bexar. T. J. Lange, famed Dallas attorney, stays at the Menger with wife, as does Mr and Mrs Freda Hate returning to El Paso from San Antonio. Myrtle Boria and Miss after from Galveston check in at the Southern, J. P. Jennings and daughter Nell from Cottula stay at the Southern, L. Davis and wife from Mexico visit, W. J. John of Bridgeport registers at the Filt, and GT. Schwarts from Youkum at the New Maverick. HH. M. Frost family from Mineral Wells reside at the New Maverick, Len Beatty of Caldwell County's Thirteenth Legislature bases at the Bexar, and Ger Goss from Galveston is a guest of the Bexar.
In Clarksville Tennessee on August 4 a thresher on John Wilsall’s Montgomery County farm was blown up by night riders. The machine belonged to Luther Ramsey who was threshing wheat. Fifteen to twenty men on horseback attacked the crew firing several shots. Both men are members of the tobacco association.
The University of Thr as-Denia in Austin Galveston offers Arts, Education, Engineering, Law and Medical programs with free tuition and annual expenses from $18. Sessions open September 25 1907 and June 13 1908. catalog requests addressed to Wilson Willijama registrar and W S Carter dean.
Special to The Light Austin Lex Aug. Goode an attorney from Fort Worth represents Harvey B Courson held for extradition to Alabama on a murder charge 36 years old. Governor issues warrant. habeas corpus petitions in Fort Worth district court. If remanded, appeal to Court of Criminal Appeals in vacation planned. Courson from a prominent Alabama family.
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