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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1911
Page
19
The document shows a patchwork of train numbers, origins and destinations including Houston Dallas Laredo Kerrville El Paso Palestine Waco and Victoria. It lists departure and arrival times for multiple local express and coast routes with several north and east bound services and mixed notes for Sundays and main line connections.
A large cotton seed house owned by F. B. Ripley and E. M. Aderholt in the Oklahoma addition was burned yesterday, causing an estimated loss of about 500 dollars with no insurance. Hermann Gee's fine automobile caught fire while a negro was cleaning it with gasoline and was completely destroyed.
Bucharest announces on March 17 that a Romanian legation will be established soon in Washington. The move signals closer diplomatic ties between Roumania and the United States.
Associated Press reports LaGrange Texas residents will decide May 6 on a council proposal to lease the waterworks plant to J. H. Killough. The measure outlines leasing terms and the anticipated impact on city utilities.
Insurrectos in Monterey plan to disrupt Mexico National lines by burning bridges between Monterey and Saltillo to block Finance Minister Limantour’s rail path to Mexico City. The move aims to force reforms or Diaz abdication, with Limantour routing via steamship if rails fail.
Reports from Laredo say a clash between Mexican troops and revolutionists near Arteaga, ten miles south of Saltillo, left thirty federals and seven Saltillo municipal police killed. The insurgents were led by Dr Pena, a noted Saltillo physician, with no casualty figures given for them.
Unconfirmed reports from El Rodeo ranch near Hermosillo state that 200 rebels ambushed fifty men of the Twenty seventh battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Luis Anguiano and twenty one soldiers were killed. the rest, including 17 wounded, were taken prisoner.
Associated Press reports in El Paso that insurrectos require Diaz to nullify his 1910 election and submit to a new free ballot under the 1857 constitution before peace talks. They demand political reforms and insist rebels surrender only after peace is assured. Senior Gonges Garza delivers the statement, on St Patrick’s Day.
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