Funds Shortage Halts Maine Recovery Work
WASHINGTON Aug. 29 With funds scarce only available wreckage from the Maine will be moved or prepared for removal from Havana harbor and the surrounding cofferdam will be filled with water awaiting further congressional appropriation. Congress failed to approve the $250000 request and the War Department plans to spend the funds on hand, likely exhausted by December. Funeral services over the recovered remains are affected by the lack of funds.
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Havana Harbor
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War Department
Remains and Mast to Be Placed at Arlington Cemetery
Remains of the dead and the mast of the ill fated vessel will be stored at Arlington National Cemetery until Congress acts. The erection is postponed and the items will await further decision by lawmakers.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Congress
Fall terms set for Bexar county district courts
The four district courts of Bexar county announce their fall terms with schedules for the Forty-fifth, Fifty-seventh and Seventy-third districts and others. A. Collman, plumber, 416 Main Ave, is named in the notice.
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Bexar County
A. Collman
Main Ave
Woods Bank Affairs in Good Shape After Receiver Sale
National bank examiner H N Morris said Woods National Bank depositors will recover at least 97 percent of their funds, with 98 percent possible. About 750000 on deposit, 735000 to be returned, leaving likely total loss near 15000. Remaining assets, 175000, to be offered at public auction September 20 in Central Trust building. T G Leighton oversees liquidation and private sale efforts remain possible before auction.
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National Bank Examiner
the Woods National Bank
Oakland
Cal
Morris
T. G. Leighton
Central Trust
Navarro and
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Leighton
Get Together on Co operative Spirit for City Growth
Nat M Washer returns from the Pacific coast praising California cities for dustless, extensive highways that attract and retain tourists. He says San Antonio has equal growth opportunities but factions must end. proposes a committee to visit cities with good streets to report findings and implement a plan.
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Nat M. Washer
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Washer
California
Texas
Vatican Guards Protect Art Amid Mona Lisa Vigilance
Vatican authorities tighten guards around the Vatican Museums after the Louvre theft of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. In France two cholera cases prompt isolation and control measures. In Ireland Redmond Berry becomes lord chancellor succeeding Sir Samuel Walker who died in Dublin on August 13.
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Paris
Louvre
Leonardo da Vinci
Vatican
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France
London
Redmond Berry
Ireland
Samuel Walker
Dublins
Exiled Mirza Advances on Tehran Amid Government Defeat
Special dispatches from Teheran report government troops defeated and exiled Shah Mohammed Ali Mirza advancing toward Tehran as the capital faces pressure.
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London
Teheran
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Thekla Ashore in LeMaigre Strait. Fifteen Missing
Dispatch from Antofagasta Chile reports the German bark Thekla ashore in the LeMaire Strait. Nine crewmen were saved while fifteen remain missing. Ship origin or destination not stated. No further details available in the readable text.
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London
Lloyds
Ante Fagasta
Chile
Strait of LeMaire
Ready to Plead Guilty to Murder in Puritan Tragedy
Walter Hopper of Chicago, who last Saturday night threw his sweetheart Daisy Watts overboard from the steamer Puritan in mid lake, waived preliminary examination and is prepared to plead guilty to murder. Also reported are six killed in a Grand Trunk collision near Regina and a pistol duel in Pineville where Cal Miracle allegedly killed Matthew Jones and Mrs. William Gibson sighted as the only witness. a posse searches for Miracle.
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Holland, Mich
Walter Hopper
Chicago
Daisy Watts
Grace Lyons
Pineville
Cal Miracle
Mathew Jones
William* Gibson
Miracle
Man Falls From Rialto Building in Kansas City
E. tu. Geoin of Leavenworth Kansas leaped from the 12 story Rialto Building today and was crushed on the pavement 200 feet below authorities said.
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Rialto
E. Tu. Geoin
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Long Baldwin Strike Ended At Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia August 29. The long strike at Baldwin locomotive works that began June 3 has ended. Of 12,000 plus workers who walked out, about 2000 remain on strike.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Traveling Men Organize in Chicago Modern Association
The National Association of Traveling Men has been organized in Chicago. Its declared purpose is to unite members to command respect from baggagemen and draymen. Lew Rotschila of Chicago was chosen president. Glaze Wood and Coal Co. succeeds Government Hill Wood Co. New phone 1811, old phone 6053.
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Chicago
National Association of Traveling Men
Lew Rotschila
Glaze Wood and Coal Co
Government Hill Wood Co
First State Primaries Held in Maryland
In Baltimore Maryland Democrats vote in the first statewide primary under a revised law. Republicans skip the primaries with a full ticket ready. The vote selects Democratic nominees for governor attorney general comptroller and the Maryland Senate and House seats plus state central committee. Key rivals include State Senator Arthur Pue Gorman and State Senator Blair Lee for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Senate
House of Delegates
State Central Committee
Arthur Pue Gorman
Blair Lee
Rally Gathers Sunday School Leaders In San Antonio
The Texas Sunday School association plans a September 25 rally in San Antonio en route to a September 26 convention in Beeville. Leaders from Dallas Fort Worth and Illinois are expected, including Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner and Alvin W. Roper, with state workers William North William Nehemiah Wiggins John M. Mand and W. Ekins noted among attendees. The Fort Worth convention last March drew about 3500 delegates and visitors.
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Beeville
San Antonio
Texas Sunday School Association
Fort Worthy
Texas Association
Mary Foster Bryner
Illinois
Globe
Alvin W. Roper
William @. North
Dallas
William Nehemiah Wiggins
Man
John M. M
W. Ekins
New Naval Aeroplane Gun Moves Against Aircraft
Washington reports encouraging initial performance of the new naval aeroplane gun. Officers foresee a workable method to attack or destroy scouting air ships, with firing angles from fifty to eighty five degrees and a safe deck position to prevent return-fire.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navas
Foley Kidney Pills Marketed for Kidney and Urinary Support
Foley Kidney Pills are described as remedy with ingredients chosen to correct and heal kidneys bladder and urinary passages. The product is claimed to be antiseptic litholytic and uric acid solvent marketed by King Pattison Drug Co.
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Foley
King & Pattison Drug Co
County Receives Another Car Of Road Oil
Additional road oil from Beaumont will be spread over six and a half miles of recently oiled roads. Officials say a light coat will keep roads dust free and water resistant for six months. The Blanco road remains dust free after two months and now requires another light application. Oil laid earlier permeated the road bed deeply, creating a dustless springy surface. County men seek more oil and equipment to continue the program as funds allow.
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Beaumont
Blanco
Semano ES
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