San Antonio Seeks Half Million for Whirlwind Railroad Bid
The Committee of One Hundred reads like a rally for a San Antonio railroad project with $500,000 in private subscriptions and March 1 deadlines. Leaders and local merchants press to organize wards and push to secure stock, while government contracts for Fort Sam Houston fuel a parallel half–million subsistence order set for delivery by March 15.
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San Antonio
Brownsville
St. Anthony
Jake Wolff
Chamber of Commerce
Wolff
Mr. Wolff
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Uncle Sam
Cusack
Fort Sam Houston
Brown
Smith
Jones
Thoops Moving Fast As Army Shifts In Texas
Army units move rapidly in Texas with regular urgency as if in wartime. Ships have not yet been deployed, signaling a cautious buildup while mobility and concentration of forces continue nationwide.
Manuevers and Mexicans Stir Washington Front
Tensions rise as the United States discusses foreign interests in Mexico with officials in Washington. President Taft reassures Mexico over southern maneuvers while Diaz’s government seeks stability amid troop movements and frontier concerns.
Roosevelt Delays Address Time Amid City Military Hype
Associated Press reports Col. Roosevelt will not shift his Civic Righteousness speech in Houston from 10:30 p m to 2 p m next Sunday. He aims to join the ongoing military excitement at Santonio despite ministers’ request.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Col. Roosevelt
Santonio
San Antonio Temperature Comparisons For Today
Comparative temperatures for San Antonio are listed for today and the same day last year. The readable figures show highs around the mid sixties and lows near the upper fifties to low sixties with fragmented OCR text obscuring some values. The fragmentary numbers hint at daily highs around 64 to 70 and lows near 63 to 63 with inconsistent annotations.
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San Antonio
Colquitt Signs Wolf Scalp Law and More Bills
Governor Colquitt signed the wolf scalp bounty bill with a $100,000 appropriation. The measure takes effect September 1, 1912, after recall. He also signed relief for railways with long-charter amendments and tax exemptions for western irrigation corporations. Legislative actions include district court plans for Bexar and Jefferson counties and a tuberculosis colony funding package. Kennedy's charter amendment resolution for larger cities passed the house.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Senate Committee On Judicial Districts
Bexar County
Fortieth
Sixty-second
Seventy-first
Thirty-first
House
Limantour says no cause for alarm over Mexican situation
In New York on March 9 American financiers met with Jose Ives Limantour Diaz's finance minister to discuss Taft's message to Diaz. Limantour called the communication reassuring to Mexico and its people and questioned sensational press reports. He spoke with J. P. Morgan Jr. and D. P. Bennett among others about the neighborly ties between Mexico and the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico
United States
State Department
Fred M. Dearing
Mexico City
Taft
General Diaz
Washington
White House
de la Barra
Diaz
New York
Jose Ives Limantour
Limantour
Mr. Limantour
J. P. Morgan Jr
D. P. Bennett
National Railway of Mexico
Strike of Firemen Believed Is Near
Accrelated Press reports that Cincinnati firemen threaten a systemwide strike over preference rules. Officials say the issue centers on contract interpretation, not wages, and a conference with railroad representatives was planned to decide if the action would take effect.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Diaz Near Death Rumor Sparks Mexico War Maneuver Talk
A Galveston report claims President Diaz is in critical condition and may die soon. It suggests U S intervention to protect American property and interests if Diaz dies, noting vast American investments near the Mexican border and troops said to be stocked with ball cartridges.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Diaz
Mexico
United States
Republic
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson Denies Diaz Death Rumor
New York March 9 United States ambassador to Mexico Henry Lane Wilson says he has no comment on the Mexico situation and rejects the rumor that President Diaz died suddenly.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Mexico
Diaz of
Lena Dupree Dies Prominent Houston Teacher
Miss Lena Dupree a popular and well connected Houston schools teacher died last night after a long career shaping students in the city. She was known for her involvement with many community and education groups.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Lena Dupree
Rise of Mexican Leader Spurs Surging International Coverage
A prolific correspondent notes an explosion of stories centered on the Mexican ruler. Reports trace impacts across diplomacy, economy, and regional politics as coverage multiplies in press outlets. The focus sharpens on leadership style, domestic reforms, and foreign policy signals shaping the era.
Diaz reports show Mexican president in good health
New York March 9 reports say the Associated Press correspondent in Mexico City saw President Diaz the night before and found him in apparently good health. A later dispatch noted Diaz met Admiral La Jarez at 5 p.m. and then conferred with the governor of Guanajuato at his town mansion. No further advices have been received.
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New York
Diaz
Mexico
Associated Press
Mexico City
Admiral la Jarez
Guanajuato
U S Army and Navy Move Prompted by Mexican Situation
Washington reports reveal that a large mobilization near the Mexican frontier was designed to deter possible chaos if unrest in Mexico worsens. Officials stress maneuvers on American soil only while awaiting fuller details on Mexico's health and the Diaz regime.
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Imaz
White House
Mexico
Diaz
Washington
Epidemic Plague Reported in Siokhe Village
Amoy China March 9 A severe bubonic plague outbreak is reported at Siokhe a village inland on the Lung Kiang's west side sixty miles from Amoy Siokhe hosts a mission station of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America.
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Associated Press
Amoy
China
Siokhe
Lung Kiang
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church of America
Ambassador Hill Ordered to Washington Over Potash Dispute
David Jayne Hill, the American ambassador to Germany, is ordered to Washington to discuss pending matters between the two governments with emphasis on the potash controversy. The State Department seeks direct consultation with Mr Hill on this principal subject.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Washington
State Department
Hill
Regiments Mobilize Into San Antonio From Fort Sam Houston
Troops from Fort Oglethorpe Georgia move toward San Antonio with three sections of the Seventeenth Infantry led by Col John T Van Orsdale. Railroads prepare for a Friday Saturday influx as electric lights and unloading platforms are set along the Southern Pacific tracks.
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San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Oglethorpe
Alamo City
Houston
John L. Clem
Department
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Road
International & Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Katy
Eighteenth Infantry
Whipple Barracks
Arizona
Prescott
Tenth Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Hitchcock Ends Long Fight Over Envelopes
Postmaster General Hitchcock signs the contract for manufacture and printing of stamped envelopes and stamped newspaper wrappers securing a four year term from July 1. The dispute had lasted over twenty five years with intermittent clashes, now settled for the period.
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Hitchcock
Associated Press
Washington
Orders for arms sent to Texas raise border shipment rumor
At Rock Island arsenal reports say the War Department ordered large shipments of small arms to the Mexican border. Officials deny the rumor while Colonel Hobbs is in San Antonio. Arsenal work is pressed as ten trainloads of arms could be dispatched quickly.
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Associated Press
Moline
Til
Bush
Rock Island Arsenal
Secretary of War
Commissioary Department
Arsenal
F. E. Hobbs
San Antonio
Texas
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