Deaths of Madero and Suarez Spark Mexican Turmoil
Report on the killing of Francisco I. Madero and Jose Pino Suarez as authorities claim the deaths resulted from a guard clash and an attempted escape. Ernesto Madero arrives in Vera Cruz with family amid a tense political backdrop in 1913 Mexico.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Ernesto Madero
President Madero
Cuba
Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
Jose Pino Suarez
National Palace
Madero
Suarez
Huerta
Local forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Fair to night and Tuesday with a cold snap tonight as freezing temperatures move in. warmer conditions are expected on Tuesday for San Antonio and surrounding areas.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather observations across major cities
Morning reports list temperatures and wind directions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Conditions vary from clear and cold to snowing with winds ranging from four to twenty miles per hour and notable temperature lows.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
High Cost of Dying Opposed in Ohio
Cincinnati reports a church group proposes cutting funeral costs by barring flowers in St Xavier's Church services and instead issuing memoriam cards at the parish’s expense. A church manager says the move could spark a nationwide trend.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
St. Xaviers Church
Cold Spell Delays Spring as Temperatures Plunge
A northwest cool wave ends yesterday’s mild spring day. Night temps may dip to freezing and rise to 35 by morning. Zero weather expands from the northwest to Kansas. the freezing line reaches North Texas.
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Kansas
Texas
Seven Buried in One Coffin as Fire Killers
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania on February 24 the seven Smith children were buried in a single coffin after a house fire that occurred while their parents were away. The funeral drew about 890 mourners who came through mud to attend at the little church. A collection was taken to cover funeral costs as the parents are destitute.
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Harrisburg
George Smith
Smith
Legislature Debates Intervention Over Mexican Situation
The Thirty third Texas legislature weighs intervention as two Senate resolutions demand action and a third urges backing Governor Colquitt. Governor plans a special message and seeks border policing funds while considering neutrality law enforcement.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Senate
Llewelling
House
United States
Colins
Hudspeth
McGregor
Mexico
Committee On Federal Relations
Astin
Brelsford
Taylor
Vaughan
Morrow
Wiley
Collins
Nugent
Committee
Colquitt
Taft
Attorney General's Department
Texas
White House baby to be accorded unusual distinction
A 16 month old, Josephine Cothran, daughter of Mrs Perrin C Cothran of Raleigh North Carolina, is visiting Philadelphia with her grandmother Mrs Annie W Howe sister of President elect Willson The infant is favored by Willsons and may join a Wilson relatives reunion in Washington during the inauguration period
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Philadelphia
White House
Josephine
Cothran
Perrin C. Cothran
Raleigh
N. C
Annie W. Howe
Willson
Keep House As You Would A Business
Advice on applying business efficiency to home management and purchasing. Encourages systematic routines, prudent buying, and reading local advertisements to know where and when to buy. Promotes shopping at reliable stores and following daily ads in The Light.
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San Antonio
J. P. Fallon
Resignation of McDowell as U S Marshal in Texas
United States Marshal Bert J. McDowell resigns from the Western District of Texas eight days before Wilson takes office. He cites business reasons and expects the resignation to be effective at close of business today. Taft has not named a successor. Wilson likely to appoint.
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Wilson
United States
Pert J. McDowell
Taft
McDowell
Marshal McDowell
Marshall Eugene Nolte
Bert J. McDowell
United States Marshal
Western District of
Texas
Knox
Stimson
Leonard Wood
Burlington
N. J
Huerta
Mexico
Federal marshal posts attract large applicant field
About three months into the process C. K. McDowell, Taft’s Texas referee H. F. MacGrego, and others influenced the appointment. As Wilson's presidency neared, many men vied for the Western District marshalship, with two San Antonio police officers noted as applicants, along with Ranger Captain John Rogers of El Paso and Emmett White of Austin.
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C. K. McDowell
H. F. MacGregor
Taft
Texas
McDowell
Woodrow Wilson
Fred H. J
Death and Suffering Ends Search for Gold
Three prospectors from Atlin set out for a Yukon line placer camp chasing riches. One nearly starved, one lost both feet, and one died insane after cold exposure. Lindemann died after jumping into a camp fire as Redmond rescued him. Redmond later buried Lindemann and rode with dogs to an Indian camp where his feet were amputated.
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Prince Rutert
B. C
Atlin
Yukon
Silver Creek
Jeslin Lake
Lindemann
Redmond
Soldier kills man after stove attack in Louisville
Gilbert M. Lehue, ex sergeant, knocked his mother in law onto a hot stove and terrorized family with an army sword before being shot and killed by Ben Beach, the mother’s son. Beach is jailed for murder after stating Lehue moved to strike him with the sword.
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Louisville
Gilbert M. Lehue
United States Army
Ben Beach
Beach
Lehue
US Sends Second Division to Galveston amid Mexico concerns
Major General William H. Carter receives orders from Secretary Stimson to mobilize the entire Second Army Division at Galveston Texas. Fourth and Sixth brigades proceed toward Galveston while Sixth cavalry envisions Des Moines dispatches. Officials fear Mexican turmoil and await President Taft's prerogatives amid Wilson's possible involvement.
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W. H. Carter
Galveston
Washington, D. C
William H. Carter
Stimson
Texas
Carter
Sixth
Des Moines
Taft
New York
Chicago
Middle West
Arthur _liams
Fort
D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Thomas F. David
Fort McKenzie
Weit
Fort Missoula
Mont
Niel E. Fredericks
Fort Bliss
Fourth Field Artillery
Efgineers
Signal Corps
Mexico
Ioan
Mexcan
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