Court confirms F. W. Church wins San Antonio treasurer post
In a recount Judge Camp declares F. W. Church elected city treasurer over J. Frank Gallagher by 19 votes. Gallagherson counsel R H Ward considers possible appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals and questions marked ballots not stamped voted. Final tally shows 12 633 ballots counted with Church 6272 Gallagher 6261. Church majority 19.
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F. W. Church
Gallagher
J. Frank Gallagher
Church
Camp
Gallagaher
Rain Needed for Asherton & Gulf Route Says Richardson
Asher Richardson president of the Asherton and Gulf railroad arrived in San Antonio with his wife this morning. He stated no extensions are planned for now and that the land from San Antonio to Laredo needs rain. He hopes the San Antonio storm will reach the southern country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher Richardson
Asherton & Gulf Railroad
San Antonio
Richardson
Laredo
Oil on San Antonio streets moves near Fort Sam Houston
Transfer of an oil car from International & Great Northern tracks to the Southern Pacific spur near Fort Sam Houston was settled and work to dust-diminish the camp area began. A heavy asphaltum base will treat streets. another car arrives tomorrow with seven or eight cars needed total. A Government Hill committee raised funds, adding to the prior $2,000 with $140 from business men.
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Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Fort Sam Houston
Government Hill
Alfred Duerler
J. F. Fentiman
O. O. Woodman
Special Examiner to Arrive Tonight for Damages Case
Special Examiner Burchmore arrives tonight to hear tomorrow’s case in a suit by Rennett-Millett Company against G H S A Railway for omitting Texas cotton compress cities from tariff reports. Hearing at 10:00 AM will take testimony. no decision then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Nolte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Federal Court Room
Burchmore
Rennett-Millett Company
G. H. & 8. A. Railway Company
Texas
Commission
Board of Commissioners
Obituary notices for SMith Bart S Smith and Mary Victoria Lytle
Smith Bart S. Smith 57 died Wednesday night at his daughter's home 1120 Grayson San Antonio eight years in the city survived by wife one daughter mother four sisters and one brother burial at Mission burial park funeral Friday 9:80 a.m. Lytle Miss Mary Victoria Lytle died at home on West Macon Street funeral held at 9:30 a.m. from residence body to St Mary's church mass at 10 o'clock interment in St Mary's cemetery
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Mission Burial Park
Mrs C G Parker Dies After Long Illness At Home
Mrs C G Parker aged 57 died at 3 this morning at 1121 El Paso Street after a long illness. She is survived by her husband J H Parker. Funeral services will be held at the residence Friday morning then at San Fernando Cathedral with burial in San Fernando Cemetery.
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Parker
C. G. Parker
el Paso Street
J. H. Parker
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
Mrs Lydia Jennie Chappell Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Lydia Jennie Chappell aged 37 died Wednesday night at 7 15 at a local hospital after a long illness. She leaves a husband and two sisters in North Carolina. A native of North Carolina she had lived in San Antonio for three years. Funeral is set for 5 pm at Riebe chapel East Commerce Street with interment in City Cemetery No 3.
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Chappell
Lydia Jennie Chappell
North Carolina
San Antonio
Riebe Chapel
East Commerce Stret
City Cemetery No. 3
Mob Lynches 14 Year Old Boy in Texas
Accounts describe a mob lynching of a 14 year old boy after he wounded a German man. The mob dragged the boy from jail, tied him to a mule, beat him, and killed him. They warned the family to flee and left the body buried by the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Gomez
Judge refuses to fix price for dead rooster in city case
In police court Dan Parks faced charges for discharging firearms within city limits. Judge Buckley refused to set a value on the dead rooster owned by Paula Chacon and ruled the shooting of an air gun not unlawful, dismissing the case with Parks offering to compensate the owner.
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Buckley
Dan Parks
Parks
Paula Chacon
Fredericksburg
Mexico turmoil predicted by arriving businessman
A businessman from Torreon warns of trouble across the border as Mexico's government is seen as weak and no longer effectively in control. He notes confidence among the upper classes erodes, Madero’s disbanding of rebels, and Reyes poised to build a strong central regime while Cientificos plot revenge amid growing unrest.
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Torreon
Mexico
Republic
Reyes
Diaz
Thorndale
Rodricaea
Mexican Engineer Sees Suffering in Mexico Ahead
Frank McQuaid an engineer with National lines of Mexico traveled through San Antonio en route to Louisville for the summer. He warned that the revolution disrupted crops and will cause severe food shortages, especially among the poor in northern Mexico, and noted anti American sentiment due to US troops near the border.
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Frank McQuaid
Mexico
San Antonio
Louisville
Mr. McQuaid
Republic
United States
Mexican
Judge Rogan Toured to St Anthony Hotel Today
Judge Charles Rogan of Austin once land commissioner is offered at the St Anthony Hotel today, indicating a formal appearance or proceeding connected to his role and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rogan
Austin
St. Anthony Hotel
Two Motor Driven Fire Engines Arrive for San Antonio Fire Dept
Two motor driven fire engines arrived in San Antonio and will be unloaded at the east yards of the Southern Pacific railroad this afternoon. Fire Chief Bishop and EF L. Weiant of the American LaFrance company inspected the engines, calling them battleships and saying they are nearly ready for operation after minor fixture work and fueling. Testing is expected to begin soon, with city officials planned to ride the loop in the six men capacity vehicles.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bishop
EF. L. Weiant
American-La France Fire Engine Company
Elmira
N. Y
Prospect Hill
Wright
Wickeland
Council Fire and Fire Limits Committee
Officers to occupy boxes at San Antonio concerts
The Press club will reserve all boxes for commissioned army officers and their ladies during the July 3 and 4 concerts. No general sales. seats will be first come, first served. A $2.50 plate dinner for the band after the concerts is planned with a large staff and formal dining, limited to Press club members and band personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Ball Park
Bankers’ Convention
Press Club
Fighting at Tijuana as Mexican troops clash with rebels
In Tijuana Lower California on June 22 fighting broke out between Mexican forces led by Celso Vega and Colonel Miguel Mayor and rebels under General Jack Mosby. Gunfire from machine guns was heard as non combatants crossed into the U S and a large crowd gathered.
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Reno
Associated Press
Tijuana
Lower
California
Celso Vega
Miguel Mayor
Jack Mosby
Troops Leave Galveston Brigade Breaks Up
Galveston Texas June 22 troops from the brigade sent here earlier are departing with Gen A L Mills and staff leaving only Major Andrew Hero Jr to close affairs The second regiment portion remains awaiting army transports to remove them to their regular quarters and locations.
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Island City
AZED
Galveston
Tex
A. L. Mills
United States
Andrew Hero Jr
Odd Fellows Lodge Instituted in Lockhart
An Odd Fellows' lodge was instituted in Lockhart Texas last night, as reported by the Associated Press. The ceremony marked a new fraternal chapter in the community with local members participating in the installation.
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Lockhart
Tex
Odd Fellows
Texas AU men want national convention
William Moore White and W. B. Stires attended the Texas Association of Advertising Clubs meeting in Dallas as San Antonio Advertisers' delegation. About 150 delegates from major Texas cities met to plan sending 35 to 50 delegates from each club to the 1912 National Association of Advertising Clubs in Boston August 1 to 3. A special train will carry the Texas delegation to the east July 27. May or Holland welcomed delegates. Waco was chosen for the next annual meeting. officers elected include F. T. Crittenden president and William Moore White first president.
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William Moore White
Texas Association of Advertising Clubs
W. 8. Stires
Dallas
San Antonio
National Association of Advertising Clubs
Boston
Texas
Lone Star State
Holland
Waco
F. T. Crittenden
Fort Worth
W. W. Crawford
Sykes
Houston
University of Texas Announces Tuition Free Education and Programs
The University of Texas lists Go-Educational tuition free options with annual expenses from $180. The session opens September 27, 1911, offering Arts, Education, Engineering, Law, and Summer School programs. This includes degrees in arts and philosophy, teaching certificates, civil electrical and mining engineering, and legal studies. A Medical Department opens September 27 with medicine and nursing tracks and hospital facilities at John Sealy Hospital.
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College of Arts
Det
Engineering
R Law
Department of Extension
Wilson Williams
University Station
Austin
Texas
John Sealy Hospital
University Hall
Rtbr Medical College
Galveston
Bullet Grazes Woman in Assault Case at San Pedro Springs
George Holmes colored faced a charge of assault with intent to murder after a revolver fired at his lunch stand at San Pedro springs struck his wife Alice Holmes in the left rib, grazing the flesh. Justice Fisk held him on $500 bond pending grand jury action.
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George Holmes
Justice Fisk
Holmes
San Pedro Springs
Daniels
Dortcha
The
Springs
Alice Holmes
Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Buys Rail Cars
A bill of sale filed in Austin shows the Southern Pacific Company of Kentucky sold to the Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio Railway a fleet including two baggage cars nineteen passenger cars eight thousand box cars and two hundred stock cars for 1197300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
State Department
Southern Pacific Company of Kentucky
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway
New Equipment For Galveston Victoria Division
New equipment is to be used on the Galveston Victoria division of the G H and A railroad. The note specifies upgrade plans and integration timelines for the line serving coastal Texas operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston-Victoria
Compromise Offer in Antitrust Case Against Grocers
Attorneys for the Southern Wholesale Grocers association approached the Justice Department with a compromise proposal. The government reportedly refused to drop the case in exchange for any concessions from the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Southern Wholesale Grocers Association
Department Justice
Corn Crops Suffer Half-Reduced Yield in Lockhart Area
Corn crops in the Lockhart region have been halved, while cotton stands still amid ongoing heat and wind. The disruption traces to three days of severe weather affecting farming activity and yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lockhart
Tex
Pythians Initiate Class in Flatonia Lodge
Flatonia Lodge Knights of Pythias No 208 initiated six members as pages at their regular meeting. Membership nears 90 with 100 likely this year. New officers will be installed on July 4.
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Pythians
Flatonia
Tex
Flatonia Lodge
Knights of Pythias No. 208
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Canada
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Great Vores Street
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Rennett-Miller Co
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New York and GA
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New York
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Broadway
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Dig
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Prop
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