Bexar County Votes to Cut Taxes and Budget for 1908
County commissioners fixed the 1908 9.391 cent tax rate on 109 valuation, a saving over 1907. The state abatement and school tax reductions are noted, and the total budget for 1907 was 174,750, with 1908 estimates at 172,489. Poll tax set at 1.69, precinct road funds trimmed, and highway and bridge costs reduced. Savings target the convict farm and court house repairs, with election costs raised for the general election. The budget and tax rate were approved today.
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Bexar
Bexar County
Estry Rale
Court House
Augusta Flooded Amid Savannah River High Water
Reports from Aliguala near Savannah River indicate widespread flooding. Broad Street, the main business thoroughfare, is submerged with water. merchants and residents struggle to move goods to upper floors as telephone and telegraph lines are disrupted.
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Atlanta
Aliguala
Savannah
Broad Street
T P A Urged to Attend Tuberculosis Conference
State Health Officer Brumby issued an appeal prompted by J W Graves president of the Texas division of the T P A urging the traveling Train of Trees to attend the upcoming international conference on tuberculosis.
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Austin
Tex
Brumby
J. W. Graves
Texas Division
Markets report from Japanese City on August wheats
Markets note from Japanese City Missouri dated August 26 reports prices for various wheat grades including red, white, and cracked corn alongside corn and barley figures. Market chatter indicates mixed movements as traders watch demand and weather.
Taft to Quit Hot Springs Visit and Taft Trip Details
News from Hot Springs and Salem recounts Taft and party planning departure by special train from Hot Springs, with schedules showing stops at Gatley Athens Gallipolis and Toledo. Taft to deliver a veterans speech in Athens and a fishing week planned at" Midd Bass Island while avoiding Sunday travel. Bryan receives ovation in Salem with large crowds and a court house rally planned.
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Gallipolis
Athens
Taft
Sixty Murderers to Face Justice in China
Hong Kong reports Admiral Al of the Chinese navy sailing from Wu Chow to Canton with gunboats and 60 mutinous prisoners from Kunghuw. They killed the commander and routed loyal soldiers, winning and betraying rebels for rewards as gates close in Wu Chow amid rising unrest after the Koughew incident.
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Admiral al
Wu Chow
Canton
Willy bin Ay
Kunghuw
Kilting
Kanawha
Taiking
Admiral Li
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Konghaw
Koughew
Brakeman Slashed in Longview Restaurant Attack
In Longview Texas August 26 190? a Texas and Pacific brake man Shipp was seriously slashed by men named Wil and Horace Schmidt in a restaurant today. He required twenty nine stitches to close his wounds but may recover. The altercation arose from an earlier dispute.
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Tex
Shipp
Texas & Pacific
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Horace Schmidt
Alfray
Fort Worth Heir Sought For $800000 Fortune
Fort Worth, Tex, Arte. 26 reports a heir finder seeks Wiley Regen believed to be a Fort Worth resident who has fallen heir to an $800,000 fortune left by a relative in Ti lensburg Washington. Authorities search for Regen in Ogden? so far unsuccessful.
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Tilensburg
Wash
Brown & Co Suspension Shocks New York Stock Market
Clearing up the tangled affairs of the suspended firm A C Brown & Co began as a five member special investigation committee of the New York Stock Exchange governors is to inquire into the remarkable transactions. The losses will be large and the accounts complex as trading continues with unsettled deliveries and a cautious market mood.
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Passenger train wreck near Springfield kills one
A passenger train on the St Louis and San Francisco line derailed two miles from Brandsville near the Arkansas state line. Fireman James S. O Neil of Springfield died. engineer H J Colvin of Springfield was fatally scalded. a mail clerk was mortally wounded. several passengers were seriously injured. The crash followed a broken track, and survivors were moved to another train for transport to Springfield.
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St. Wang
San Francisco
Imawanay
Birminghaur
Brandsville
James $. O'Neil
Sprigfield
H. J. Colvin
Springfield
Kansas
Mayfield Hurt In Fall At Driskill Apartment
Astin Texas August 6 Special The Light reports Mayfield of the railroad commission was badly cut when he tripped over a butter chair and fell onto a heavy china depid or breaking it. He sustained a deep gash across his back just below the shoulders and will be confined to his room for several days.
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Astin
Tex
Charmast AlNeon Mayfield
Tailroad Commission
Driskill
Unidentified Man Found Dead in Fort Worth Rooming House
Special to The Light Wort Worth Texas August 26 The tied body of an unidentified man about 60 years old was found in a Houston street rooming house today. He had complained of ill health earlier and was refused aid due to lack of funds. No identification or clues to name or home were found on him.
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Wort Worth
Tex
Aus
Houston Street
Burning Mine Pyre for 30 Prisoners at Halleyville Mine
McAlester Oklahoma August 26 reports say 25 to 30 men are trapped in a burning passage at Halleyville mine. The fire began underground after a collapse or air intake incident with no explosion reported. Rescue attempts are futile as inmates are described as slowly roasted, with all victims believed to be trapped and presumed dead.
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McAlester
Okla
Haileyville
Kansas City
Halleyville
Wedding atop Pecos High Bridge captivates locals
B. J McDowell and Miss Low Ada Upshaw wed yesterday on the Pecos High Bridge near Langtry. The ceremony lasted five minutes as the Galveston to Langtry train paused on the span with relatives and train crew in attendance. The couple, destined for a honeymoon, will continue eastward after celebratory greetings at Mel Tin.
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Low Ada Upshaw
Langivy
Southern Pacific Railway
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MicDowell
Langtry
G. McDowel
Val Verde County
W. A. Shafer
Brdai
Mel Tin
Postal Railway Mail Contract Bids Rejected
Several bids for handling mail to Gui station A were rejected as excessive. Bids ranged from 780 to 1822 50 dollars. The Railway Mail Service will open new bids on September 3. Sub-station No 4 near the I A N passenger depot will be discontinued as fixtures progress for the opening in a few days.
Van Zandt to Head Veterans Group Amid Tension
Wits Point Tex Aug 86 More delegates arrive for Confederate Veterans gathering. Major Van Zandt of Fort Worth is expected to be rejected as commander. Resolutions denounce the state text and dispute turns to court. Tense clash between old soldiers and National Guard foreshadowed as events unfold.
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Tiwax
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Burglary Suspect Arrested After City Saloon Robbery
A young man under 20 was arrested after a daytime burglary in a building on Monte rey and San Saba streets. Jewelry worth 1400 and a $178 diamond watch were stolen from Mrs. Connelly and a witness claimed where the property was disposed of. Detective Womack placed the suspect in custody at his West Houston Street residence and he was later jailed.
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Clay Connelly
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San Saba
Mra
Guy
Stollen
Apon
Gaw
Cty
Brilliant fete ends fleets visit in Sydney
The American battleship finet ends its Sydney visit with a public school demonstration and a brilliant garden party hosted by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson. Admiral Sperry and senior officers attended as government officials hosted the event and a naval reception.
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Harry Rawson
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Approved Additional Sum for Terrell Asylum
Austin Texas August 26 The governor has approved a deficiency of 10600 dollars for the maintenance of the North Texas linking anay at Terrell for the balance of the present year ending the last day of this month.
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Lonstadt
Austin
Tex
Tha Gow
Hag
North
Texas
Tarrall
Baker William Dar Wtt Dies in Dallas Street Collapse
Special to The Light Dallas Aug 26 A baker named William Dar Wtt, aged 45, collapsed and died on a Dallas street from heart trouble while a crowd gathered around the scene. Police and paramedics found him unconscious and he was pronounced dead at the curb.
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Dallas
William Dar Wtt
Halbrook Held on Mail Fraud Charge in Grand Jury Case
Halbrook, about 50, arrested on a complaint by Post Office Inspector Clark for using the mails to defraud. He waived preliminary examination before United States Commissioner Bath and was held in bond of $2000. Witnesses described Halbrook as a farmer and stockman who claimed ties to West Texas investments and leases in Valde County. The Waughs, Houston residents, testified they sought land in Valde but held no leases, prompting the postal accusation. Halbrook had no counsel and offered no evidence, defering a hearing pending grand jury action.
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Clark
Sentt
United States
Grand Jury
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Texas
Waugh
W. G. Waugh
Houston
Halbrack
Waughs
Halbrook
Cotton yields in Fayette county drop to ten acres per bale
A Fayette county observer reports the cotton crop this year as the smallest in the area's history, claiming one bale per ten acres in Fayette. He cites a contrasting tale from Herbert, who notes a San Antonio area field near Bexar county with twenty bales on four acres, highlighting regional disparity.
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Joe P Kneitz
Mission Hotel
Ming
Herbert
Grange
Fayetta County
San Antonio
Paasi
Bexar County
Local Weather Report for Sam Ane Tonle
Weather forecast for Sam Ane tonle and Vielolly shows Thursday night and early morning temperatures with a 72 degree minimum and a 94 degree AM high. The Weather Office record compares today’s temperatures with figures from 1907 and 100 years ago.
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Sam Anetonle
Vielolly
Fale
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