Fire Los At Housida Seeks Rebuild On Larger Scale
Huge blaze wiped out Texas industrial plants and parts of Houston. Insurance risks exceed 4 million with total losses around 6.5 million and insured near 4.5 million. Firms expect 3 million in liability. Plants plan to rebuild larger, with stricter building rules. Fire crews kept watch overnight as aid pours in from across the country.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
New England
Boston
West Texas Weather Outlook For Friday
Tonight cloudiness increases and warmer temperatures are expected. Friday unsettled conditions are forecast but data is unavailable due to the Washington's birthday holiday closing the San Antonio weather bureau.
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West Texas
Washington
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
San Antonio Light Authenticated By Entered Wires
Statement denies any claim that AP leased wire to any paper except the San Antonio Light. No newspaper is cited as carrying the AP wire in whole or in part besides the Light. The assertion appears unsubstantiated.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Harmon Delegates Tie Up Oklahoma City Convention
Oklahoma City delegates remain in flux as Harmon forces hold balance of power. No morning session was held and six contesting delegations await pacification, with decisions possibly delayed until midnight.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Democrats of Oklahoma
Harmon
Washington Statue Unveiled in Mexico City
A bronze George Washington statue by Pompeo Coppini of San Antonio was unveiled in Mexico City to mark the Mexican republic’s centennial. President Madero and cabinet attended. Henry Lane Wilson spoke, and Washington’s figure stands ten feet tall on a polished marble pedestal in Plaza de Denimarca, amid a large attendance of American residents and Mexicans.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
George Washington
Pompeo Coppini
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Madero
Plaza de Denimarca
Iself
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Washingtons Farewell Read In Congress
Washington Farewell Address read in both Senate and House. Kern of Indiana read the address in the Senate while the House, led by Speaker Clark, experimented with the reading from the desk. A Taft postal commission message arrived as the session opened.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Washington
Congress
House
Kern
Indiana
Senate
Clark
Florida
Taft
Postal Commission
Taft Opposes Plan To Take WEa Telegraph
President Taft told Congress he could not endorse Hitchcock’s plan to merge telegraph lines into the postal system. He said private operation with proper regulation better serves the public, unless evidence shows lower rates and equal service by a government takeover.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Taft
Congress
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
United States
Commission
The
Postal Commission
Praise for Col Cecil Lyon as Texas Republican leader
State Senator John G. Willacy lauded Col Cecil Lyon for building a White Republican base in Texas and guiding voters toward Chicago. He praised Lyon’s leadership and predicted Roosevelt nomination momentum, noting Willacy’s own political plans and improved health.
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Cecil Lyon
Texas
John G. Willacy
Chicago
Colonel Lyon
Senator Willacy
San Antonio
Houston
H. F. MacGregor
Taft
Roosevelt
Willacy
State
Senate
Shuster Arrives in New York to Defend Persia
W. Morgan Shuster, former Persian treasurer-general, lands in New York where consul-general H. H. Topakyan welcomes him. Shuster states Persia has been unjustly treated by Russia and England and criticizes the pressure on Persia as a lasting shame.
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Associated Press
New York
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
H. H. Topakyan
Mr. Shuster
Bankers Elect Leader at Fort Worth Convention
Fort Worth February 22. B Norwood of Cleburne elected president of the Seventh District Bankers' convention in session here today. Cleburne chosen as next meeting place. The convention adjourned at 2 p m.
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Bankers
Fort Worth
Associated Press
B. Norwood
Cleburne
Bankers’ Convention
League declines to run international fair in 1912
Traction company rejects ratification of local directors bond issue. Young Men's Business League says it cannot take over fair management and may forego holding the event in 1912. Directors plan a meeting to decide whether to attempt raising more bonds and cover expenses.
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New York
The
Traction Company
Young Men's Business League
League
Fair Association
Dormitory Fire Destroys Baptist College Building
A telegram from Dr. A B Connley states the boys dormitory at the Baptist college in Decatur burned last night, causing about 10000 in losses. The state was asked to ship tents for temporary housing and Adjutant General Hutchings approved the request.
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Austin
Tex
A. B. Connley
The
Baptist College
Decatur
Hutchings
Katy and Sap to build joint terminals at Yoakum's Bend
Squatters and Yoakum Bend residents have been ordered to leave as the Kansas City Missouri Texas and San Antonio Aransas Pass railroads plan joint depots on twenty acres at Yoakum’s Bend. The Katy end buys the land after contract friction with the Sunset, and surveying shows tracks leading into the bend with depot plans being prepared in St Louis. The freight depot will serve both roads for years.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Katy) Railroad
Sunset
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Sap
Yoakum’s Bend
Katy
St. Louis
RB. F. Yoakum
Yoakum
Exile of squatters advances as rail depots planned
The note details the Sap and Katy rail firms likely to share tracks and build freight and passenger depots at new quarters with depot plans to begin by April 1. Exodus from Yoakum's Bend has started with about forty families and small businesses relocating, land held by Cutts as trustee for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad, to be transferred before construction begins.
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Katy
Sap
Yoakum’s Bend
March of Progress
Yoakum's Bend
Alamo Street
San Antonio River
Cutts
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Vasquistas March Toward Chihuahua City Under Arms
Special bulletin from El Paso reports 1700 Vasquista rebels with four artillery pieces under Gen. Emilio P. Campa advancing on Chihuahua City to establish a provisional government. Emilio Vasquez Gomez says he will not go to Chihuahua or Juarez even if cities fall, awaiting a proclaimed triumph of the revolution. The exchange includes a telegram from Col. Demetrio Ponce confirming rebel forces.
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Juarez
Chihuahua
EL Paso
Tex
Chihahua
Madero
Vasquista
Emilio P. Campa
Chihuahua City
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
South Presa Street
Demetrio Ponce
Ponce
Lomas
Columbus
N. M
Vasquezmez
Vasquez Gomez
Vasquez Gomes
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WEA
Shuster
Europe
Baptist College At
Sap Depot
Vasquestad
Gomez
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