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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
1
Mrs T T Carter of Campbellsville Tennessee extols Warner's Safe Cure for kidney trouble. She cites personal recovery and urges others with kidney disease to try it, noting many others have benefited and praising the medicine and its pills for relief without ill effects.
About 300 homeseekers arrived in the city this morning by the Katy. They came from Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Indiana. Some will stay a few days in San Antonio while others head south on the GN or Southern Pacific lines. Several in the party planned trips to inspect the local countryside.
Early May report from Fort Worth Texas indicates Senator J W Malley has arrived in Washington after a month away. Friends of the senator say he will not take an active role in national legislation presently as Congress is expected to adjourn soon.
At this afternoon city meeting, officials will adopt ordinances to improve Houston street and pave the way for underground wiring. Mayor Callaghan states the Western Union must follow the underground wire pact, with bids to be advertised and a San Antonio river bridge planned between St Mary and Soledad Streets. J P F Nelson backs the bridge plan to avoid new slenetere construction.
Charles Wernette of San Antonio re-elected president of the Texas Retail Liquor association. A. Gillin Ger and Mat Deslers were named secretary and second vice president. San Antonio delegates expected home from Galveston tonight. Delegates discussed Bun In McGregor law. convention favored strict observance of liquor rules. Next year’s meeting set for El Paso with stronger organization among retailers. New officers include W. W. Came of Marlin as first vice president and A. A. Wittinger of San Antonio as secretary treasurer. Directors named from Houston, Galveston, El Paso, Lampasas, Victoria, and other cities. Hood’s Sarsaparilla promoted.
Business Men's Club in San Antonio plans a mass meeting to gauge support for inviting Confederate veterans reunion next year. Estimated attendance up to 75,000 visitors. $40,000 needed for proper entertainment. club seeks sentiment from local business people tonight. Also notes bus line schedule changes and special trips.
Negotiations near completion for sale of a plot at the corner of San Pedro and Altin avenues owned by George B. Berger of Denver to the school board. The site will host the Haift Memorial School a manual training facility to be ready by next term.
The church reports a surge of loan applications amid a financial flurry as it seeks to bolster the loan fund to aid presiding elders and ensure quarterly church appropriations. Quadrennium sales rise to 4,175,414 with net profits at 739,999, and cash and surplus total 723,618. dividends reach a record for the period. Cast includes Rosserds aiding elderly and children, with performances by local vaudeville acts and the Lyric venue in the north and east.
Large crowds were turned away last night as the service by Rev. Percy Knickerbocker filled the building beyond capacity. Tonight Rev Knickerbocker will speak on the topic Gone Lost Opportunities.
An advertisement promotes a fat reducing home remedy claimed to shed fat quickly without exercise or dieting. It lists ingredients like aromatic oils and syrup complex, cites Mrs Luella Bigzer endorsing the method, and suggests mixing at home and consuming in small doses to slim the body without alleged side effects.
Mrs Conrad Schasse was elected president and Mrs H P Drought as vice president of the Woman's club at yesterday's open meeting. The club amended bylaws to allow visiting club women and invited clubs, while maintaining residency restrictions. Exhibits of sewing from public schools highlighted the event, with work from Bowie Crockett Harris and Navarre schools among others.
Tokyo reports state that about 30 rioters attacked a timber factory owned by Frenchmen in Jino village May 7. The assailants caused substantial damage to the works and the French owners' residence, who reportedly fled to safety. No injuries were reported. Authorities have made arrests, motives not yet explained. Damage estimated around 50 000 dollars.
Lows Daniels sues S. N. Bircha and V. C. Pelly, managers of Mission Wood and Car, claiming 10000 for the loss of Meytingars after he tripped on a platform July 22 1907 and fell onto a circular saw while at work, resulting in amputation of three fingers. The case filed in the Fifty seventh district court cites the defendants as owners and seeks restitution.
A severe wind and rainstorm swept Chicago starting early today, killing one person and injuring several as pedestrians were knocked down and debris damaged windows, wires, and trees. Wind speeds reached 46 miles per hour in the city with higher gusts in the suburbs and along the lake shore.
Prosperity returns in Kansas City after a railroad lock shop shutdown ended. St. Louis and Jan Franelsen shops reopened today with about three hundred fifty men back on the job.
President and Mrs Roosevelt with five other family members depart Washington at 11 30 this morning for Ping Knot Virginia for a brief outing. The party travels by train on a Southern Railway route and is expected to reach North Garden Virginia about 8 oclock this evening.
Circles in Dallas report Judge Brooks or Tage Poindexter may enter the race for Attorney General Davidson. Gol BR Wynne reportedly will retire. Wynne denies the tale though sources say he is near death. Local speculation centers on who will challenge Davidson and shape the race dynamics.
A major fire in New Orleans damaged the stores of Hansel and Brother and HH B Stevens Co on Gunat street and the Tirayfina Go company nearby. Dry goods stock was wrecked and losses climbed toward 600 000 dollars as flames spread from yesterday’s start and burned into the night.
In a paper report two men, Playd and Henry Lapking, were arrested on Hear ve au Hast Commerce street barber stop by Pulivemdn Patterson. Floyd was named as aggressor and paid a $6 fine while Larkin was discharged. The incident involved a dispute and a fight that night with accusations of misleadings and a black dye affair.
Mrs aid Mrs HH Frash of 901 dre ane welcomed a daughter. The brief notice records a birth and identifies the family with street address and new arrival.
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