Witness summons stretch hearing in charter suit
Additional subpoenas for 200 witnesses delayed progress in the Fifty seventh District court as contestants seek to prove voters’ city residence. Quintero testified about quarry district voters while Delgado and Goodlow raised questions on voting rights and prior convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gillette
Fifty-seventh
Quintero
Calixto Quintero
Rock Quarry
San Antonio
Gillette
P. Avalos
Avalos
Antonio Cardino
Sam Cobb
Eugenio Garcia
Alfonso Garza
Antonio Gonzalez
Mercio Gonzales
Manuel Hernandez
Roman Hernandez
G. W. Goodlow
Goodlow
Seeligson
Felix Trevino
Mexico
Thad Smith
Orange Pest Cause Is Located in Anahuac
State entomologist E. F. Scholl announced the orange pest at Anahuac is the larvae of the great swallowtail butterfly and recommended a spray of arsenic of lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
E. FE. Scholl
Anahuac
New Pack to Be Tried by 17th Infantry
The report notes a new pack to support two regiments of cavalry or artillery, but not the entire division, a hurdle to division maneuvers. An aero school session at 4 30 p m will train officers in aviation with Ely and Coffyn, then flights. Weather prevented flights today. Aviator Eugene B Ely departs for Wichita Kan and Kansas City then returns to San Antonio to head east for meets. A court martial convened this morning investigates Lieutenant Weyland of the Ninth Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Ely and
Coffyn
Wright
Eugene B. Ely
Curtiss Machine
Wichita
Kan
Kansas City
San Antonio
Weyland
Ninth Cavalry
Smith and
Buena Vista Streets
Playgrounds Association
F. W. Cook
Chamber of Commerce
R. H. Wester
Real Estate Exchange
Liles
T. FE. Neal
E. A. Hilton
Mothers’ Congress
City Federation
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Eleanor Christian
E. A. Christian
Columbia
Louise Berry
Recruits Arrive in City for Fort Sam Houston
Garland Tobin traveling passenger agent of the International and Great Northern reported two troop trains reaching the city with 1385 and 109 recruits. Recruits were sourced from Jefferson Barracks Missouri and St Louis with daily enlistments predicted to fill all regiments to full war strength by month’s end.
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Garland Tobin
International & Great Northern
Fort Sam Houston
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Tobin
Soldier Loses Foot In Rail 사고 near Santa Rosa Depot
D. J. Miller of Company A Hospital Corps stationed at a new military camp was dragged from beneath a passenger train near the Southern Pacific depot at 10:15 last night. His right foot was severed and later amputated at Santa Rosa hospital. The exact cause remains unknown. Miller was injured otherwise and has not yet spoken.
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D. J. Miller
Company A
Hospital Corps
New Military Camp
Southern Pacific
Santa Rosa
Miller
Railroad Valuations Fixed in Texas by Tax Board
The Texas state tax board fixed preliminary valuations of intangible assets for all railroads. Final hearing set for May 23 with no figures released until then. Most valuations have been agreed to.
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Austin
Tex
State Tax Board
Texas
Police Shift Takes Place
Regular monthly police shift occurred at 1 45 this afternoon. Captain Cook on night duty in April will oversee the day shift this month. Captain Coy will be on the night relief. Minor changes were made in patrol beats.
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Captain Cook
Captain Coy
Diplomacy Fails to Confirm Full Authority for Diaz Envoy
El Paso dispatch reports doubts about Judge Carabajal having full powers to negotiate for President Diaz as insurrectos demand cabinet positions and provisional governors. The article notes confiscation of 44 rifles, discusses peace commissioners Vasquez Gomez Madero Sr and Suarez, and predicts de la Barra’s likely presidency with Reyes as war secretary amid calls for civil governance.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carabajal
Diaz
Rio Grande
Wm. Smith
Billy Smith
Billy Lewis
Smith
Mexico
Fourth Cavalry
Insurrectos
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Francisco Madero Sr
Senor
Jose Pino Suarez
Revolutionary Party
Rebels Fire Into Train Near Cuernavaca
In Mexico City May 1 rebels attacked a weekend Cuernavaca bound train at El Parque seventy five miles south. Three passengers and a porter were killed, several injured and engineer missing. Botanist Dr. Pehr Olssen-Seffer among the dead. traffic on the Cuernavaca line suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
el Parque
Pehr Olssen-Seffer
Olssen-Seffer
Madison, Wis
State
Mexican factions to confer during capital conference
A conference of diverse Mexican factions voices for government reform will convene in Mexico City next Sunday night. Reporter Didapp, en route to attend, notes participants will include groups outside the Madero faction seeking changes and the retirement of all state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Apes Didapp
Gunter
Didapp
Madero
Mexican official denies American funding behind revolution
Dr Vasquez Gomez told an Associated Press correspondent that no American money has been used to support the Mexican revolution. He said charges of US financial backing are false and emphasized Mexico’s revolutionist cause is strong and supported without American funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Vasquez Gomez
Associated Press
Standard Oil Company
Rebels Routed Near Douglas After Desperate Names
Reports from Pitiquito and Caborca in Sonora say Mexican federal troops and insurrectos clashed with about 300 on each side. Federals used a machine gun and captured both towns, rebels left twenty dead and many wounded.
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Douglas
Ariz
Pitiquito
Caborea
Sonora
Insurrectos
Mexican Insurrectos At Tecate Camp Fire Seen
A force of about 120 Mexican Insurrectos under Colonel Jack Mosby appeared at Tecate last night. Their camp fires were visible from the American side. It is unclear if they came from Mexicali or Ensenada vicinity.
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San Diego
Cal
Jack Mosby
Tecate
Mexicali
Ensenada
Legislator Arrested in Tennessee Bribery Charge
E C Goodpasture of Overton county a Republican was arrested in Nashville on a bribery or offering to bribe charge. The arrest follows a public accusation by J Q McDonald also a Republican and fusion filibuster who alleged a bribe offer prior to the Tennessee legislature convening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
E. C. Goodpasture
Overton County
J. Q. McDonald
Tennessee
Henry Beach Carre
Tennessee Anti-Saloon League
False Alarm and Barn Fire Cause Property Damage
A fire alarm box at the corner of South Laredo street and South Santa Rosa avenue was pulled before 1 am by an unknown person triggering a large response. A barn at 304 Birkshire Avenue burned at 1 pm Sunday. damage estimated under $10. The origin is unknown. owned by C. H. Dean.
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South Laredo Street
South Santa Rosa Avenue
Chief Wright
Birkshire Avenue
C. H. Dean
Mail Pieces Being Counted at Local Post Office
Three extra clerks were placed at work in the local post office this morning to count every piece of mail received and sent out. The counting will continue for at least sixty days to help Washington authorities assess the average business handled by the thousands of offices nationwide and in possessions.
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General Post Office
Washington
United States
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad and Fort Sam Houston Bids
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea while also noting a government bid notice from Fort Sam Houston Texas seeking sealed proposals to furnish and install wire screens in nine buildings with bids due May 3 1911 and the right to reject all bids reserved.
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Fort Sam Houston
Texas
U. S
P. W. Guiney
Quartermaster
Grand Jury Sworn and Excused in May Term Proceedings
Grand jury for the May term was empanelled sworn in the Thirty seventh district court then excused until May 29 as projected by the judge due to overlap in business. The May criminal docket opened with James Bennett charged with assault to murder tried this morning. Mary Regse the theft case was postponed. Roy Howard pleaded guilty to burglary and received a two year penitentiary term in exchange for the minimum sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Saur
R. M. Beitel
Louis Moglia Sr
Abe Cohen
H. O. Skinner
M. Gillett
Wiliam Will
George Stuemke
John Fest
Franz Groos
George Stumberg Jr
Pfeiffer
Thirty Seventh District Court
Criminal Court
James Bennett
Bennett
Live Oak Street
Sons of the
Mary Regse
George M. Mayer
Mayer
Roy Howard
Dan Breen
Capitalist Fred Doll Visits San Antonio with Family
Fred Doll of Bushnell Illinois and his wife and son spent the past week in San Antonio as guests of JL N Turner of Aransas Pass at his West End home. Doll is a retired Illinois capitalist, and the party has been enjoying their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Antonio
Mr. Turner
Alamo City
Fred Doll
Bushnell
JL. N. Turner
Baggaemaster
Aransas Pass
West End
Mr. Doll
Illnois
Cotton Spinners Plot Major Merger in Carolinas and Georgia
Charlotte on May 1 saw a gathering of leading yarn spinners from the Carolinas and Georgia to discuss forming a $10,000,000 merger led by New York financiers headed by Frank Underwood. The plan would encompass about a million spindles if realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Carolinas
Georgia
New York
Frank Underwood
Steiner to Visit Leper Colony Near New Orleans
State health officer Dr Ralph Steiner will travel from Austin to New Orleans to inspect the leper colony outside the city and review recent treatment methods. The visit is part of preparations to locate a leper colony within Texas.
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Steiner
Austin
Tex
Ralph Steiner
New Orleans
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Reyes
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Citizens’ Party Campaign Committee
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THE
Agua Prieta
Tennessee House
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Foulard Silk
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