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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1911
Page
1
Legislative members return to the chamber after reports that some colleagues were forcibly removed from the floor. The incident raises questions about decorum and procedure as votes resume.
In Texas, the house held a rare viva voce vote to stop business with the Senate until more courteous treatment. Hill of Denton and Cureton of Bosque reported being forcibly ejected from the Senate floor after a quorum was secured. The resolution sparked excitement in the chamber.
In Austin Texas on August 29 the state senate failed to reach a quorum as prohibition senators remained missing overnight. Senator Ratliff arrived, but Harris county's Hume eluded sergeants again until shortly before 1 pm. The body adjourned with no quorum and a progress report on the congressional redistricting bill lacking a preliminary committee report.
Seventeen stations report an average rainfall of .60 inches signaling a temperature drop and cooler weather to come. San Antonio sees .30 inches with potential increase, Houston already has about one inch and more rain expected tonight or tomorrow. The precipitation benefits trees and grass in city parks.
Rain fell from 2 a m until 1 8 this morning ending a three month drought in Christine Texas. The downpour broke the town's worst recorded dry spell and left insufficient water for livestock.
Pearsall Texas reports 2.65 inches of rain last night improving cotton prospects. The wet weather will help the crop and allow timely planting of corn and maize.
The Trinity River near Fort Worth, after overflowing forty-one miles upstream, began to fall by 11 am and by 1 pm the danger of a flood had passed unless a new rise occurs overnight. Officials had warned residents to evacuate and patrol the lowlands. people began returning home as the threat diminished.
San Antonio and vicinity expect cloudy skies with showers tonight or Wednesday and cooler temperatures tonight.
Observations show St Louis at 54 with light east wind and fair weather, Chicago 64 clear with a northeast wind, Milwaukee missing, St Paul 50 increasing cloudiness with showers, Kansas City 56 east wind and fair, New York 76 cloudy with showers and thunder, Boston 70 with rain tonight, Washington 78 partly cloudy with showers tonight.
A statement explains that no other newspaper may carry all or part of the Associated Press wire from San Antonio Light with any official designation. The notice asserts the policy applies regardless of source and seeks to prevent improper reprinting.
Champ Clark denounces President Taft in a signed interview after Taft's Hamilton speech. Clark rebukes misstatements, defends reciprocity and tariff actions, and predicts insurgents will act, asserting Democrats kept faith with the people and reduced wool tariffs despite Taft veto.
Acting Mayor Richter Keday says the asphalt plant should be operating by Monday and first work will start on West Houston Street between Santa Rosa Avenue and Medina Street. An ordinance allocating $12 000 will restart paving, with Medina Street from Commerce to Zavala and Pecos Street from Commerce to Houston next, followed by other streets to be designated.
Savannah dispatch describes a fierce coastal storm between Charleston and Savannah. Vessels like the Apache and City of Savannah faced peril. Tybee hotel unroofed. Tybee island houses toppled. Savannah city damage heavy. untold lives lost. The Cretan reached Savannah amid mountains waves. storm considered over in Savannah.
In Augusta on August 29 the storm trapped 75 guests in a hotel lobby where rain flooded a nearby pavilion. Jules Heymann of Augusta and Abe Guggenheimer of Savannah led rescue and return efforts after a chartered sloop voyage from Charleston.
Leo Fussell of Carter Mullaly Transfer testified before Judge Buckley that G W Jones forced him to speed through the city with a revolver drawn to threaten police. Fussell said the car carried beer and was driven down Navarro Street and Houston Street before a policeman halted the pursuit. Jones denied knowing the pistol was loaded.
Ed Cavanaugh aged 15 living with Mr and Mrs Pat Cavanaugh at 315 River Avenue was shot in the breast by a companion during a pretend rebel raid. An air rifle, believed unloaded, fired when the captor ordered surrender. The bullet lodged in the breastbone and was surgically removed by Dr. W. att ends.
The Tenth Infantry under Col Henry A Greene is ordered from the maneuver camp to depart within a week for Galveston then Colon to guard the Panama canal. No orders reached General Duncan or Col Greene by 3 PM. Barracks for canal defense are incomplete and 4000 infantry plans were funded but not started.
Tourists on the Loetschen glacier near Berne, Switzerland, discovered two frozen male faces in clear ice. Guides retrieved the remains with ice axes. identification is not yet made but two likely London tourists named Bennebecke and Cain disappeared fourteen years ago.
In San Antonio readers miss bar gains offered in the want columns. The Light reaches nearly every home and bargains advertised are quickly snapped up. Ads accepted over the telephone.
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