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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1912
Page
20
William J. Bryan says the money trust inquiry should not be white washed as it could defeat the Democratic party in the next presidential campaign. Weather bulletin notes a cold spell breakdown. International items include Yaqui uprising near Guaymas, the Maine wreck in Havana, and other global reports.
City experiences an electric power outage for several hours due to damage to the central switchboard from a short circuit as heavy rain falls all afternoon and evening. Rain totals reach 2.4 inches across the region as southwestern areas report generous rainfall. Domestic and foreign items note Taft in New York urging Republican support, Manchus of China yielding to Republicans, and a German decree banning intermarriage between Bamoans and Germans.
O R Mounsey heads a syndicate backing San Antonio Congress candidate James L Slayden for re election. Reports from across the state say rains lifted crop prospects while the United States state department denies intervention rumors. Governor Wilson receives endorsement.
Joseph E Farnsworth of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company questions the city council order to require physical interconnection with other telephone firms. State Health Officer Steiner reports the meningitis outbreak in northern and central Texas subsiding. Senator Culberson endorses Woodrow Wilson for president. Bailey remains silent as 41 labor union leaders are rounded up over dynamite conspiracy. George W P Hunt is inaugurated as Arizona governor and backs recall. A Brooklyn highway robbery and assault convict is sentenced to forty years. Vasquez Gomez named president of Mexico by rebels in Coahuila and Chihuahua. King George III's speech to Parliament shows disappointment as key bills are sidelined. Asquith informs Commons that Haldane's Berlin visit improved German relations.
Governor Colquitt meets with a San Antonio committee to organize a memorial for Stephen F. Austin on the Alamo property. A detachment from the Eighteenth United States Infantry under Lieut. Ben W. Fields crosses the international bridge at El Paso and is placed under arms.
In October 1859 Duke Bowles leads a pursuit after Indians raid near Sabinal and Frio canyons. John Davenport is killed on the road. Bowles and Lt Hazen spearhead a long running fight across Blanco Creek to Frio, with multiple wounded, captures, and a famed Chief killed. Hazen later rises to general and weather bureau founder, linking to Hazen family legacy.
Cone Johnson announces his bid for Bailey's United States Senate seat as Mexican authorities restore order at Juarez amid rising political tension. News follows across the border and into U S politics with broad public interest and regional implications.
The Hardwick investigation committee reports a large sugar trust exists. Four killed and eleven injured in a Tarwill Indiana train wreck. General Ainsworth to testify before a House committee. Germany launches the new dreadnought Prinz Regent Luitpold displacing 24,500 tons with heavy guns. Mexican rebels aim to burn and sack Torreon.
The Texas state department of insurance and banking issued a certificate of authority for the current year to the San Antonio Life Insurance Company of San Antonio. The firm reported 521 additional policy holders in the past year, totaling 1,842 in force and $4,083,650 in insurance.
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