Interior Department final disallows Cunningham Alaskan coal land claims
The Cunningham Alaskan coal land claims are finally disallowed by the interior department after Walter Fisher approved the decision. The ruling ends government proceedings tied to the Morgan Guggenheim syndicate's alleged Alaska coal ambitions and prompts possible legal appeals based on law rather than facts. The secretary notes need for new coal land laws in Alaska to ensure proper development and public welfare protections.
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Washington, D. C
Cunningham
United States Supreme Court
Department
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congress
Public Service
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Louis R. Glavis
Land Office
Messrs. Pinchot
Glavis
Ballinger
Fisher
Alaska
Interior Department
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Area Tonight
For San Antonio and vicinity to night and Tuesday increasing cloudiness. Forecast calls for overcast skies and no significant precipitation with mild temperatures.
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San Antonio
Weather snapshot for tourists across major cities
At 8 am readings show St. Louis 78 with showers and a west wind, Chicago 76 with tonight storms, Milwaukee 68 with showers, St. Paul 64 with tonight showers, Kansas City 82 clear and cooler, New York 64 with Tuesday showers, Boston 62 with Tuesday showers, Washington 74 with warmer air.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Petition for Prayer for Rain in State
Cisco Texas June 26 In this section the fifty seventh day without rain affects crops corn nearly failing cotton growing slowly and oats fair. A petition has been sent to governor Colquitt to issue a proclamation for fasting and prayer for rain.
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Cisco
Tex
Colquitt
Jobbers anxious to secure new train for San Antonio Victoria route
San Antonio Jobbers and Manufacturers' League will meet Wednesday afternoon at the International club to discuss a proposed new train between San Antonio and Victoria. Rail officials plan to add the service July 1 as an experiment and the league aims to prove sufficient tonnage to make it permanent. The plan includes passenger coaches freight cars and a through sleeping car to Houston with delivery arrangements to Placado for Brownsville line freight. The St Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railroad collaborates with Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway to ensure good freight service on both lines.
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Gulf, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad
San Antonio
Victoria
San Antonio Jobbers and Manufacturers’ League
International Club
League
Houston
Brownsville Road
Placado
St. Louis, Brownsville
City Council Sets Summer Committee Meetings
Committees will meet starting next Thursday under the council procedure rules adopted before June 1. No council meeting this afternoon, but two regular meetings will occur each month in June July and August. Budget developments remain unchanged with no new moves anticipated.
Carrington Heads to Temple for Texas Secretaries Meeting
John B. Carrington secretary of the Chamber of Commerce leaves tonight for Temple to attend the Texas Commercial Secretaries association annual meeting. He will address Practical Publicity and discuss Texas exhibit plans for the New York Land Show in Madison Square Garden. He plans to return for the Publicity league banquet before aiding the Galveston delegation for the 1912 Cotton Seed Crushers convention in San Antonio.
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John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Temple
Texas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Texas
New York
Madison Ones Garden
Carrington
San Antonio
Publicity League
Galveston
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association For
Extra Large Coffin for Victoria McNellie At Van Ness Home
Victoria McNellie a 40 year old negro woman died yesterday at 216 Van Ness avenue at 6 30 pm. She weighed 425 pounds and stood five feet nine inches. She was mother to thirteen children all living and will be buried at 5 pm in Catholic cemetery. The thirteenth child was born days before her death during delivery.
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Victoria McNellie
van Ness Avenue
Three Firemen Die In Portland Oil Plant Blaze
Three firemen are believed killed in a fire at the Union Oil Company plant in Portland. The blaze caused about 260000 dollars in damage and was continuing to spread as of this report.
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Portland
Oregon
Union Oil Company
Judge Rules Injunction Covers Any Gambling Site in County
Judge Camp finds Antonio and Eugene Ogden in contempt for gambling at 209-211 Santa Rosa. A perpetual injunction issued June 6 covered the named defendants anywhere in the county. Ogdens face $100 fine and three days in jail. The case, already challenged, will be appealed to the appellate court and, if needed, a habeas corpus writ.
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Antonio and
Eugene Ogden
Judge Camp
Forty-fifth District Court
Antonio Ogden
Santa Rosa Avenue
Ogden Brothers
Gran Circulo de Obrera
J. F. Carl
Chas. Stevens
F. N. Mores
Stevens
Ogdens
Mes
Obrera Club
Camp
Co. M. Chambers
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bonds Bid Opening on County Court House Refunding Issue
Bids for 208000 county court house refunding bonds were opened by the commissioners court at noon. Three bids were received and referred to Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio Loan and Trust for tabulation. The 40 year bonds at four and one half percent will be issued July 20 to retire the outstanding 5 percent bonds. Chamberlain will report at tomorrow’s meeting when awards are made.
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County Court House
Commissioners’ Court
Edwin Chamberlain
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
Chamberlain
Sunday baseball defended as mental shower bath
The Rev Frank Lin Baker of the First Unitarian Church told a large Sacramento congregation that spending 15 million dollars on baseball last season was better than foreign missions and called the sport America's mental shower bath.
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Sacramento
Cal
Casey
Franklin Baker
First Unitarian Church
America
Not This William Forbes Suit Details
William Forbes, on behalf of his wife Mrs. Melva Forbes, sues J R Gibson and wife for slander and defamation seeking $20 000 damages. The case names Alice Forbes as the wife and lists 1007 North Hackberry Street as the residence with her employment as an engineer for the Southern Pacific railroad.
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William Forbes
Melva Forbes
J. R. Gibson
Alice
North Hackberry Street
Southern Pacific Railroad
Three Marriage Licenses Issued This Morning
Marriage licenses were issued this morning to Frank Hauck and Katie Schirhart, T. M. Vinson and Mary Briscoe, and Robert Scherz and Clara Hoffman.
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Frank Hauck
Katie Schirhart
T. M. Vinson
Mary Briscoe
Robert Scherz
Clara Hoffman
Ten Years for Man on Forgery Charge
B. J. Moore received a ten year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to five forgery counts in the Thirty seventh district court. He faced thirty six counts total, with two year terms per offense for the five admitted, while the rest were dismissed. The charges allege forged signatures on checks drawn on local San Antonio banks, securing small sums from merchants.
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B. J. Moore
Moore
San Antonio
Hail Storm Causes Deep Drifts and Crop Damage in Oklahoma
A Devolo Oklahoma message reports unmelted hail two feet deep in sheltered ravines from Saturday night. An irrigation lake on the Noble ranch was filled so full that boating was impossible on Sunday afternoon. Trees lost foliage and crops were ruined along a 15 by 3 mile stretch.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
Devolo
Okla
Noble Ranch
Governor Honors Warrant For Fugitive Avant Return
Governor Colquitt honored an executive warrant from South Carolina for the return of W. B. Avant alias William Benjamin, a fugitive from justice held in Cameron Milam county. Avant was convicted of murdering a woman, sentenced to three and a half years, and fled the state while appealing, reportedly jumping a $3000 bond.
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South Carolina
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
W. B. Avant
Cameron
Milam County
Avant
William Benjamin
Fine melons exhibited in Victoria county contest
The watermelon contest opened by Ike Cohen closed Saturday with the best melons yet seen in the county. Judges R. T. Daniel E Thad Post and J H Fleming awarded first prize a gold watch to Albert Marshall second prize a silver chest to B F Irvin and third prize a mantel clock to James C Thompson.
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Victoria
Tex
Ike Cohen
R. T. Daniel
E. Thad Post
J. H. Fleming
Albert Marshall
B. F. Irvin
James C. Thompson
Labor Leaders face contempt rule in Buck Stove boycott case
Justice Daniel L. Wright issues a rule ordering Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell to show cause on July 17 why they should not be found in contempt. A special three lawyer committee investigated possible court contempt after the Buck stove and range boycott dispute.
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Washington
Daniel L. Wright
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Wright
Buck
Supreme Court
Cotton crops in Yoakum area show best yields in years
In Yoakum Texas on June 26 the local crop reports say cotton stands as a strong crop for the season. A recent shower aided cotton growth but came too late to save the corn.
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Yoakum, Tex
Thorndale Lynching Report Submitted to Governor
Austin Texas June 26 Assistant Attorney General Lane submitted his report to the governor detailing all testimony on the Thorn dale Mexican boy lynching. The governor has not released the report though it is understood to be detrimental to defendants. Milam county grand jury continues its investigation. The governor may assign Lane to help after the grand jury acts.
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Austin
Tex
Lane
Thorndale
Milam County
Port Arthur Fire Kills Two as Barges and Warehouses Burn
A Port Arthur harbor blaze killed two aboard the Humble and injured several others after an explosion aboard the Texas company barge. Flames spread to the Dallas and John Brady, then to two warehouses and over 500 feet of wharf, destroying about 10 000 barrels of oil and causing extensive losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Texas Company
Humble
Dallas
John Brady
Shenango
Frank Weber
Oscar Thiel
Brady
Morgan City
Fire toll tops 250000 as Texas company losses mount
Head officials were away from Houston as a large fire damaged nearly new boats and property. Officials could not issue an authoritative statement, but losses were admitted to exceed 250000. The blaze was contained around 2 PM after burning out of control earlier.
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Houston
Tex
The
Texas Company
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Moreen
Migesees
Association
Texas Commercial Secretaries
Negress
Brothers AR
Appeals Court
England
Ts & Pelony
Aissours
Lawey
Meebe
AK Doan
Keer
Tombs & Dorehu
National News Association
Arkansas
Prosler
Ring
George
Oklahoma
LABOR
Gompers
Morrison
Mitchell
of Texas Company
the Associated Press
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