Insurgent Six Meet to Fix Up Difficulties
A caucus of the newly elected aldermen including Steves Fincham Boynton Lipscomb Lucas and Uhr met in Judge Webb's office to discuss city affairs and likely arrange for June city employee salaries. The gathering aimed to unify the insurgent six and prevent a lawsuit over salary payments. Monday council session expected to address department head reimbursements.
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Judge Webb
Steves
Fincham
Boynton
Lipscomb
Lucas
Uhr
Callaghan
Ready for Election Prohibition Vote in County
County clerk Newton reports all ballot boxes filled and labeled for the upcoming prohibition election one week away. The sheriff will begin distributing the first boxes to county boxes tomorrow as Newton completes roughly thirty trips per box for 84 boxes. Boxes are ready for precincts 56 58 59 and 80 in commissioners precinct No 3 where a stock law election will be held the same day.
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Newton
Yoakum Bank Named Depository for Postal Savings
Yoakum State Bank has been appointed depository of the postal savings bank which will open in Yoakum on July 29.
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Yoakum
Tex
Yoakum State Bank
Postal Savings Bank
Deneen Details Corruption Fund Testimony Before Senate
Governor Charles S. Deneen testified before the Lorimer committee in Washington about the White confession and a Chicago Tribune editor's suggestion of a special session. He recounted reading the White manuscript, concerns about searches, and questions over vetoes connected to a corporate bill and an alleged corruption jackpot. He said he did not recall Bancroft, International Harvester’s general counsel, pressuring his veto choices.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Charlies
Deneen
Ilinois
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Keeley
Chicago Tribune
Lorimer
the Tribune
White
Bancroft
International Harvester Company
Hancey
Sunday Light The brightest features to be had
The description promotes a Sunday paper showcasing complete news service in the world with comic section, clever stories, beautiful pictures and entertaining sketches. It claims to be the best Sunday paper in Texas and the strongest in the Southwest and promises growth each week.
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Texas
Southwest
Colville Man Arrested Over Vagrancy After Bank Deposit
J. H. Hall of Colville Washington was arrested for vagrancy and held under a bridge incident. Deputies traced his claim of a large bank deposit to a Washington city, and a bank check for 2838 dollars arrived, confirming the ruse.
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Hasa Tin Bank
Washington
J. H. Hall
Colville
Wash
Hall
Washington City
Tobin
Collville
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday with showers likely. The period may bring periods of rain and increasing cloudiness through the weekend.
Weather roundup across major cities
Observations at 8 a m report temperatures from 64 to 76 degrees with clear or partly cloudy skies. Winds range from four to sixteen miles per hour from the south, southwest, or south west. Forecast: fair today and Sunday with increasing temperatures. Chicago and New York expect showers possible in some reports.
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Boston
Washington
Temure
Heavy statewide rain brings timely relief to crops
The weather bureau reports widespread rainfall across the state with 22 stations averaging 0.70 inch. San Antonio received 0.33 inch, and cities including Weatherford Dallas Fort Worth Spur Longview Luling and Brenham saw an inch or more. Tonight and Sunday showers are forecast with unsettled conditions.
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San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Weatherford
Dallas
Fort Worth
Spur
Longview
Luling
Brenham
Houston
Good Ore Outlook Brightens as Rains Improve Crop Prospects
Farmers across Scurry County report a favorable crop outlook after two days of rainfall. The Santa Fe bridge at Canyon was washed out yesterday amid the weather disruptions.
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Associated Press
Snyder
Tex
Scurry County
Santa Fe
Ge Canyon
Rain Deluge Boosts Cotton Prospects in Waco Area
Showers totaling about an inch fell in Waco and much of the county yesterday afternoon and overnight. Cotton is running generally splendidly. The Brazos River rose eight feet and continues to rise this morning.
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Waco
Associated Press
Tex
Brazos
Rain Spreads Over Harrison County After Sixty Days
Fallt Near Marshall Texas July 16 report shows rain dampening parts of Harrison county for first moisture in sixty or seventy days as showers continue to fall over the region.
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Marshall
Associated Press
Tex
Harrison County
Rain Deluge Touches Blanco After Long Dry Spell
A light rain began at 4 30 PM in Blanco Texas and fell about two hours totaling .56 inches. Forecasters expect more rain today and note this is the first meaningful precipitation since May 11.
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Blanco
Tex
Fish Commissioner Enjoined by Court in Corpus Christi
W. Gibson, a leading fish and oyster merchant, secured a temporary injunction from Judge W. B. Hopkins restraining State Fish and Oyster Commissioner Sterrett from interfering with Gibson’s boats. A hearing is set for early next week to resolve open water usage for local fishermen. Sterrett and deputies have arrested several dealers this year, sparking claims the state laws are harming the industry along the Texas coast.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
W. Gibson
W. B. Hopkins
W. G. Sterret
Hopkins
Sterrett
Thompson resigns Alabama GOP chair endorses Long
Joseph C. Thompson quits as Alabama state Republican chairman at a Birmingham meeting and backs Pope M. Long. Officials say the move aims to ease party tensions, amid Washington dispatches about Taft era rivalries and patronage divisions between Hitchcock and Hilles.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Joseph C. Thompson
Alabama
Pope M. Long
Washington
Taft
Barker
Mobile
Hitchcock
San Antonio Express Sparks AP Wire Controversy
The San Antonio Express admits it does not carry the AP day wire and that The Light handles it. It clarifies that the full double AP wire is not received by the Express and outlines delivery times and bylaw restrictions that keep the Express from using certain AP reports.
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San Antonio Express
Associated Press
Express
Associatedess
The
Light
Investigation into Major Ray Paymaster Record Opens
Washington July 15 The Army and Navy Register reports the War Department will probe Major Beecher B. Ray of the pay department amid charges of favoritism and misconduct since January 1 1906. An inquiry aims to determine if the department supplied incomplete records and whether Ray received unusual leave compared with others.
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Washington
Beecher B. Ray
Pay Department of the Army
Army and Navy Register
Covington
Maryland
Ray
Major Beecher B. Ray Marketed by War Service and Paymaster Duties
Major Beecher B. Ray joined the army during the Spanish American War in July 1898 as a major and additional paymaster of volunteers. He served until May 1900 and, after the 1901 army reorganization, became a regular establishment paymaster with major rank retroactive to February 4, 1901. He is listed from Illinois and was on duty at headquarters, Department of the Gulf, Atlanta, Georgia, as of June 20.
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Beecher B. Ray
Ilinois
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Georgia
Typhoid reports in Central Texas unfounded says health officer
Texas health officer Steiner returns from the affected zone and says only Mart reports a few cases while other towns in the region are largely free of typhoid. The earlier epidemic rumors in Austin were without foundation.
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Austin
Tex
Central Central
Steiner
Mart
Postal Savings Bank Draws Few Deposits Near Chicago
In Lake Forest, Illinois, the postal savings bank opened yesterday and one deposit for a small account was recorded by postmistress Miss Mary McLaughlin before closing. The Winnetka branch between Chicago and Lake Forest drew about one hundred deposits during its first day.
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Chicago
Ill
Postal Savings Bank
Lake Forest
North Shore
Mary McLaughlin
Winetka
Negro Wrestler Held After Long Police Chase
Walter Baker, a negro, was to wrestle in San Antonio tonight but fled with Sheriff J J Allen of Terrell County after burglary and theft charges. Baker escaped Sanderson jail, stole clothes, a razor and pistol, and led officers through Spofford Eagle Pass Monterrey and back to San Antonio. He was arrested at a saloon on West Commerce Street near Santa Rosa Avenue.
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San Antonio
Sanderson
J. J. Allen
Terrell County
Baker
Allen
Houston
Spofford
Eagle Pass
Monterey
Mex
Armour Sues For 142000 Over Alleged Peculations
Mrs. Margaret Klock Armour, widow of Simon B Armour, sues Miss Harriet Byington in Kansas City circuit court for 142000 alleging thefts over three years while Byington served as companion and housekeeper. Investigators later found about 25000 of the stolen securities buried at the Armour home as she promised to return the rest and spent much on art and jewelry.
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Kansas City, Mo
Margaret Klock Armour
Simon B. Armour
Packer
Harriet Byington
Miss Byington
Mrs. Armour
Armour Home
Bribery Allegations In Alaska Case Stir Washington
Alaska delegate claims evidence shows a deputy U S district attorney was bribed by Katalla interests as tensions rise over alleged coal bidders collusion. Attorney General Wickersham cautions that action depends on inquiry, while missing maps prompt War Department scrutiny.
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Hazey
Wickersham
Dickinson
United States
Katalla Company
Alaska
Gifford Pinchot
House Committee On
Interior Department
Controller Bay Railroad
Richard 8. Ryan
Guggenheims
War Department
Pinchot
Stimson
Sugar Growers Depend on Trust Says Louisiana Planter
John Dymond of Louisiana told the House sugar investigating committee that cane growers are at the mercy of the American Sugar Refining company which buys raw sugar at its own price. He described an armed truce among buyers in New York and noted fear of boycott.
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Washington
John Dymond
Louisiana
House Sugar Investigating Committee
Sugan, Refining Company
Dymond
New York
Trust
Jaceway
Louisiana Cane Growers’ Association
American Sugar Refining Company
Growers’ Association
Mr. Jaceway
Bucks
Mr. Dymond
Mills Charter Filed by Texas Oil Mills
Mills Charter filed in Austin to construct and maintain mills and gins and to manufacture and sell gas light heat and power. Capital stock of 25000 dollars and headquarters at Belton announced.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Mid- Texas Oil Mills, Incorporated
Beltoa
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LABOR
American Federation of Labor
Daniel T. Wright
District Supreme Court
Justice Wright
Buck Stove & Range
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Dencen
Illinois
Ives
S. Ms
Raine
Corpus Christ
Louisville
Kansas City
B. B. Ray
War
Department
Congress
Central
Postal Bank
Negro
Walter Baker
Washington, D.C
Sugar Growers AT Mercy OF the Trust
Planter
House
Mills File Charter
Belton
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