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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
5
A telegram announces pay increases for senior Army officers including brigadiers and majors, with smaller raises for second lieutenants and captains. Advocates claim the changes boost service morale and retention, while the West Wing debates the move as news spreads.
A Black man who objected to sitting with a white man in a West End streetcar Sunday night was fined $20 in the corporation court. He disrupted the ride by terrorizing women passengers, escaped police briefly, and caused a scene before being removed by conductors.
A disorderly scene near Bellevue led to Griggs being removed from a car by officers including Colcemm Green and five others. Griggs fled yards and streets, was bitten by a dog, and finally captured. He was fined $10.
Mrs Maria Grazea Tripodi died in San Antonio Texas on May 12 1908 at age 52. Funeral from 114 Dawson Street Wednesday at 3 40 pm then San Fernando Cathedral at 4 pm May 13 1908. Interment at St Mary's Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances invited to attend.
Preparations are under way for the annual event to be held at Viva formerly known as Leon Springs next Sunday. The Aransas Page railway will run extra coach cars on its passenger train to accommodate the expected crowd.
Alderman Mauermann Leelwoot and Carey lead a special mayoral committee inquiring into private sewer systems in the city. City Attorney Joe Ryan assists as ex officio member to draft reforms on connection charges. The panel aims to report an ordinance setting maximum sewer connection fees to curb future disputes over charges and warrants.
The proposed ordinance contemplates compensation to owners of private sewer systems before the city acquires them at nominal cost. The plan emphasizes recompense and orderly transfer of ownership.
Mrs J O Nipper 36 wife of Deputy Sheriff J G Nipper died after an operation. Life long Bexar County resident. Also noted Wellis May Martin daughter of Judge and Mrs Thomas Martin with obituaries and family details. Daniel Callaghan 58 died at city hospital. Burial plans and cemetery noted.
The decedent, a railroad section foreman, had been in hospital for three weeks and died yesterday morning at the family home 416 Burleson Street. He leaves a widow at Afford. Funeral services were held at 10 AM from the residence with burial in City Cemetery.
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