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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1911

Page

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Insurgent Aldermen Move to Test Mayor Budget Plans

Insurgent aldermen will introduce two ordinances at today’s city council meeting to test Mayor Callaghan’s sincerity on the budget. One estimates city expenditures for 1911 12 at 1 029 743 dollars and calls for bank depository proposals. the other requires the city auditor to report June salaries with two named officials excluded from funding. The move aims to show whether the mayor’s substitute budget truly limits appropriations.

Callaghan Steves Newnam Frank Newnam Fritz Rossi Stumbling Black

San Antonio Area Weather Outlook

For San Antonio and vicinity to night and Tuesday unsettled with periods of rain. Temperatures remain mild as a weak front moves through the region bringing showers and possible thunderstorms. Winds from the southwest shift to the northwest later, with conditions improving midweek.

San Antonio Vicinity

Weather Summary Across Cities

Observations note temperatures from St. Louis to Washington with clear to cloudy conditions. Winds vary from southwest to north and temperatures range from the mid 70s to mid 80s, with a trend toward cooler conditions by Tuesday in several locations.

ST. Louis Chicago Milwaukee ST. Paul Kansas City New York Boston Ington Oval North

Eleven Airmen Cross Channel Flight With Passenger

Dover reports describe eleven pilots racing across the English Channel from Calais to Dover in perfect conditions. Vedrine leads arrivals at Dover and continues to Shoreham and Hendon, with one pilot carrying a passenger in his biplane. Crowds greet the event as the cross channel flight proceeds in orderly fashion.

Renoux Europe Calais

Federal Court Opens and Adjourns in Austin

The federal district court opened and adjourned at 10 o clock this morning by United States Marshal Eugene Nolte on an order from Judge T S Maxey of Austin. The May term was in effect with July 3 set for hearings of special cases after the last adjournment. No cases were placed on the docket and the session adjourned until July 1.

Federal. District. Court United States Eugene Nolte Austin

Steamer Ticket Missing From Wife's Stocking

John J. O'Reilly of Dallas sailed for Europe on the Baltic leaving his wife and two children on the pier. He forgot his steamer ticket, found later in his wife’s stocking. They sailed to New York again to catch another White Star liner while authorities search for them.

Associated Press Dallas Tex Times-Herald New York John J. O'Reilly Europe Baltic Eine White Sr Line O'Reilly

Light will not publish July 4 issue

The Light will grant its employees a holiday on July 4th and will issue no paper for either the mail or city editions on that day.

The Light

City 10 Suspend Business Tomorrow

San Antonio will observe a full day of rest with most businesses closed including large stores and city, county, and federal offices. The post office, banks, and government buildings will close, with limited morning services and police on duty only in part. This marks the first major holiday closure since New Year.

San Antonio Grasso Retail Merchants’ Association Federal Building

Good Rain Saves Crops at Rockdale

Rain began this morning in Rockdale Texas ending a five week drought and soaking entire farms. The rainfall comes at great benefit to farmers as the steady rain continued through the day with more expected.

Rockdale Tex

Two Killed In Railroad Collision Near Camden

Two people died and seventeen were injured in a head on collision between an express $40 train from Broad Street to Atlantic City and a local northbound train at Lucaston New Jersey. Victims were Thomas Ogden of Lindwood New Jersey and Forest B Henry of Berlin New Jersey. Eyewitnesses said the wreck happened at 9 15 this morning with trains narrowly avoiding a worse disaster.

Associated Press Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Broad Street Atlantic City Lucaston Camden N. J Thomas Ogden Lindwold Forest B. Henry Berlin

Troops Sail From Galveston for Fort Monroe

The US transport Sumner left Galveston shortly after noon carrying nine companies of the second provisional regiment. They are the last troops sent to Galveston during the Mexican War and will be distributed to their respective posts from which they were hurriedly gathered.

Galveston Tex United States Sumner Fort Monroe Second Provisional Mexico

Eight Deaths Reported As Heat Wave Spreads

Washington dispatch notes extreme heat across the nation with 84 in Chicago and 88 in New York. The weather bureau warns no relief for 36 hours as the heat wave extends from the Mississippi valley to New England with ten deaths and many prostrations.

Washington Weather Bureau New York Chicago Atlanta St. Louis Middle Mississippi Valley Ohio Valley Great Lakes Region Middle Atlantic New England States Plains Sage Mountain Paific Slope Gulf and South Atlantic Rocky Mountain Region North Michigan North Plain States New England Lake Region Gulf States Mississippi River

New York Sees Record July Heat With Fatal Prostrations

New York reports a blistering start to July with the 8 am temperature 15 degrees above yesterday and a 94.5 degree high yesterday. The heat has caused ten deaths and over sixty prostrations as residents endure the hottest day in twelve years.

New York

Eight Die in Chicago Heat Wave and a Jump from Masonic Temple

Chicago sweltered as temperatures topped 103 degrees at street level with hundreds prostrated. At the Masonic Temple a clerk, G A Wright, leaped from the fifteenth floor and died. two occupants in the lobby narrowly escaped the falling body witnessed by a dozen bystanders.

Associated Press Chicago Observatory G. A. Wright Masonic Temple

Brooklyn Heat Ends in Slayings and Stabbings

At 1 am a rooftop fire crew in the White Hall building registered 95 degrees as a man named Eugene Cornwell, driven mad by heat, ran amuck with an open knife on Brooklyn streets. He attempted to stab two policemen and several citizens before an officer shot him dead. One person died early today and prostrations rose throughout the borough.

Associated Press Brooklyn N. Y Whitehall Building Eugene Cornwell Tanamuck Byan

Hottest Night on Record Forecast No Abatement

Following the hottest night in Kansas City since the weather bureau began here twenty three years ago the local forecaster predicted no abatement. The government thermometer registered 9 at midnight and 85 before sunrise. St Joseph Missouri also reported high readings.

THE Associated Press Kansas City Weather Bureau St. Joseph

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