Railroad stock drive aims for broad participation in San Antonio project
Committees of San Antonio and Mexican Construction company begin stock subscriptions for the San Antonio and Brownsville railroad. The $500,000 goal is pursued with small purchases allowed, shares at $100, only 5 percent due initially, and plans to assess bonuses along the proposed route before further calls.
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San Antonio & Mexican Construction Company
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Central Committee
Gunter Hotel
Jake Wolff
Moore
R. H. Wester
Pruitt Hicks
W. C. Robards
E. B. Chandler
Commerce Street
F. W. Terrell
F. W. Cook
Houston Street
W. H. Herff
Fred W. Reutzel
St. Mary's Street
W. W. Higettis
W. A. McDuffee
Alamo Plaza
H. L
Twen
Unlucky Thirteen Leave for Prison
E W Duke and twelve others departed for Huntsville to serve various prison terms. Duke receives fifteen years for the 1908 Walter Evers killing. Included are Ernesto Zerr eight years for killing Jose Martinez and A A Logan two terms to be served concurrently after two fraud cases.
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E. W. Duke
Huntsville
Duke
Walter Evers
Bee
Ernesto Zerr
Jose Martinez
Chile
Zerr
Martinez
A. A. Logan
C. H. Dean
Legan
New Orleans
Bishop
Pedro Rodriguez
Jose Serrano
Patrick Lynch
Julius Kill
Amado Salazar
Noah Collins
A A. Logan
Ira Butler
Columbus de la Valle
Henry Norris
Jesus Sanchez
Governor Colquitt signs bills ending legislative session
Associated Press reports Governor Colquitt signed multiple bills to end the legislative session. Actions include creation of the Seventy first judicial district, limiting Harrison county court jurisdiction, medicine practice regulation, prison commission amendment, wild squirrel protection in Liberty County, UT Regents expenditures tweaks, court timing in Thirty‑first district, pension clerk funding, wild game protection, juror fee regulation, county commissioners powers, Hamilton County road law, railroad brake inspections, and sheriff prisoner allowances.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Senate
Harrison County
House
Liberty County
Board of Regents
The
University of Texas
Thirty-first Judicial District
Pension Department
Texas
Hamilton County
Oklahoma Officers to Attend Officers School
The militia officers of Oklahoma and Arkansas will attend the officers school at Camp Mabry near Austin from May 15 to 20. Fifteen officers from each state are expected for training for actual service with possible additional attendees. The organizers expect no U S intervention in Mexico to affect the program.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Camp Mabry
Hutchings
United States
Mexico
Adjutant General
Ter
Mills
Carter
Steven Mills
Eugene F. Ladd
Henry P. Birmingham
Daniel E. McCarthy
Geo. Bell Jr
Blanton Winship
Harry E. Wilkins
Thos. H. Rees
Malin Craig
Henry G
Violence at Adams Express wagons halted by disorder in strike
Associated Press reports violence and disorder as Adams Express Company attempts to run wagons during a strike. The company says express movement continued with only minor trouble.
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Associated Press
New York
Adams Express Company
Russia weighs moves in Manchuria amid Sino friction
St Petersburg reports three lines of tension over China with distrust hindering talks. Military leaders urge possible Northern Manchuria occupation to safeguard far eastern garrisons while the cabinet seeks limited action. Dispatches from the Chinese frontier describe soldier food complaints and unrest.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Russia
China
Novoe Vremya
Commissariat Department
Ili
Nicholas
Manchuria
Kwan Cheng Tse
Kirin
Far East
Sazanoff
Troops Arrive as Fort Sam Houston Maneuver Camp Grows
The San Antonio camp nears 15 000 soldiers as Co M and Co A from Fort D A Russell reach the yards, the Ninth Cavalry and Fourth Field Artillery to follow, expanding a division total near 20 000 with militia not yet joined.
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Southern Pacific
Co. M
The
En Engineers
Co. A
Hospital Corps
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Ninth Cavalry
Fourth Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Galveston
Third Cavalry
Twenty-third Infantry
el Paso
Brownsville
Quartermaster’s Department
Philadelphia
New Braunfels Avenue Viaduct
Normoyle
Charles F. Thompson
Thirteenth Infantry
International & Great Northern
San Antonio
Houston Street
Third Field Artillery
Car
No More Greasy Doughnuts From Cottolene
A Greenville South Carolina woman writes of using Cottolene for frying doughnuts and finds them brown crisp and delicious. She prefers it for marine doughnuts pastry light bread and flaky biscuits and notes Cottolene is healthier and cheaper than lard sold by grocers.
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Greenville
S. C
N. K. Fairbank Comoe
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Brownsville Railroad
Swanson
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company
Lake
Bexar Drug CO
M. E. Bilyea
Liniment
Wolfson’s
Paris
Madras
Wolfson
Axminster
Saul Wolfson
Rio Gran
BAC
Beacon Shoes
Beacon
Acon
Goodyear
Beacon Sof
Meridian Life
D. BE. B. Waggener
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