Brackenridge Park Name Fight Arises At City Meet
A large San Antonio crowd hears six leaders oppose changes to Brackenridge park name and denounce city government. Judge Webb insists Brackenridge Park will keep its name, praising George Brackenridge as a civic-minded benefactor and calling for continued reform toward new elections.
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Beethoven Hall
San Antonio
Citizens’ Party
Brackenridge Park
Judge Webb
Judge Ward
Uhr and Boynton
Frank Davis
J. E. Webb
Brackenridge
Frank Newnam
George Brackenridge
Boynton
George W. Brackenridge
Local Thunderstorms Forecast for Far East and West Texas
Washington May 27 local forecast calls for thunderstorms Sunday across the Far East and West Texas regions.
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Washington
Far East
West Texas
North Central and East Weather Forecast Fragments
Weather notes for cities include St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington. Temperatures range from 16 to 82 with winds varying from southwest to northeast. Some locations expect increasing cloudiness showers or cooler by Sunday night or day.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Sunfair
Carranza Seeks Peace as New Coahuila Governor
Venustiano Carranza outlined his plan to govern Coahuila from Saltillo aiming to restore order, rehabilitate resources, and attract capital. He predicted progress under the new regime, pledged to subdue bandits swiftly with sufficient forces, and to repair railroads and revive business as he takes office after presidential appointment. He has been based in San Antonio, awaiting elections.
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Coahuila
Senor
Venustiano Carranza
Diaz
Mexico
Coahuilan
Senor Carranza
Saltillo
San Antonio
Legalize trusts or regulate all prices
Senator Albert Cummins warned that without competition, Americans face either unregulated cooperation or federal price fixing, risking socialism and revolution. He told Washington College of Law graduates that nations resolve such crises by law and virtue, not bloodshed, and that genuine justice comes through law.
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Washington
United States
Albert Cummins
Iowa
Washington College of Law
Continental Memorial Hall
Police captain loses $125 diamond during struggle
Night Captain of Police Andreas Coy Sr. fought with a prisoner on Santa Rosa avenue just after 10 pm. The diamond pin valued at $125 fell and was missed for about 15 minutes before being found at headquarters. Detective Rubiola recovered the stone after a search led by Desk Sergeant Beck. The diamond broke at the screw mounting in Coys shirt bosom.
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Santa Rosa Avenue
Andreas Coy Sr
Beck
Coy
Rubiola
Armed Leviathans: New Battleship Design Revealed
Washington naval experts finalize designs for the next great battleships. They will mount ten 14 inch guns delivering a 15 000 pound broadside. Guns arranged in four turrets two with three guns each and two with two guns each. This builds a unique turret layout.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Rain Floods Oklahoma Crop Bounty After Dry Spell
A late May Oklahoma downpour began before 11 o clock, bringing rain across northwest Oklahoma and southwestern Kansas. The rain lifts crop prospects with wheat recovery and corn yields up about fifty percent, while the total beneficial value runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Railroad Bonuses Pledged to Open Southwest Texas
A San Antonio study party reports high feasibility for a line to Brownsville with promises of 1 million dollars in bonuses from towns along the route. Committees will report by June 5 on funds, as oil wells near Crowther and strong agri resources across the line promise rapid development once rail service begins.
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Brownsville
San Antonio
Alice
Central Committee
Chamber of Commerce
F. L. Hillyer
D. J. Woodward
W. B. Tuttle
H. B. Hildebrand
Pleasanton
Jourdanton
Crowther
Campbellton
Oakville
San Diego
Committee of Twenty
F. A. Hillyer
Texas
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Christine
Ranch property sold for 450000 in Texas
The 40000 acre Pleas Butler ranch in Starr and Hidalgo counties changed hands for 450000 dollars. Allen Land Company sold to J H Price of Fort Worth and G G Moore of Cambridge Springs Pa. The buyers plan railroad access via Brownsville and to extend lines if needed. The tract sits in prime orange growing and truck farming country with artesian water, set for colonization by a large company.
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Butler Ranch
Starr
Hidalgo
Allen Land Company
Cambridge Springs
J. H. Price
Fort Worth
G. G. Moore
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Brownsville
Falfurrias
Texas
United States
Harvey C. Stiles
Harriman Memorial University Plans Revealed
Official confirmation from Judge Robert S. Lovett details a Harriman Memorial University funded by a potential ten million dollar gift. Plans are in early stages with no specifics, and Mrs. Harriman’s offices would issue any formal announcement. Endowment and free or nominal tuition anticipated. transfer to Harriman foundation likely.
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New York
Edward H. Harriman Memorial University
Robert S. Lovett
Lovett
Herriman
Taft Sends Congratulations to Mexico's De la Barra
President Taft telegrahed his best wishes to Francisco de la Barra on his elevation to the presidency of Mexico. He expressed confidence that De la Barra will govern to the prosperity and welfare of Mexico and the happiness of its people.
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Taft
DE LA Barra
Wires
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Francisco de la Barra
Republic of Mexico
Last Word of Dying Child Jails Mother
Agnes Orner found guilty of first degree murder in the death of her 11 year old daughter Lillie from arsenic poisoning. Jury imposes life imprisonment. She spoke in court asserting innocence while the child uttered before death that mom poisoned her coffee.
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EL Paso
Tex
Agnes Orner
Lillie
Fourth
Orner
Lillie Orner
Ryan's Illness Not Serious Says Physicians
New York May 27 Thomas Fortune Ryan the leading tobacco trust figure was reportedly only temporarily laid up in bed by a leg boil that has been opened. Physicians and his secretary stated there is no external trouble and he will be around shortly.
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New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Tobacco Trust
Hackett Divorce Case Cited Over Friends Rift
Harold Hackett world tennis champion separates from wife who sues for divorce in Reno. In New York officials report the main cause was their inability to reconcile themselves to each other’s friends.
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New York
Harold Hackett
Reno
Grand jury to probe Volz killing case in May term
The May term grand jury will convene Monday to hear cases including Jacob Volz charged with killing his wife Annie Volz at their home on Rural avenue. Volz is held without bail as jurors for the session are sworn in May 1 and the term closes in late June. The list of jurors includes George Saur foreman and others.
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Criminal District Court
Jacob Volz
Annie Volz
Rural Avenue
Volz
Jake
George Saur
Foreman
R. M. Beitel
Louis Moglia Sr
Abe Cohen
H. 0. Skinner
M. Gillett
William Will
George Stuemke
John Fest
Franz Groos
George Stumberg
S&sr
8. Pfielifas
Morgan to be summoned as witness in steel trust probe
John D. Gates testified before the Stanley steel trust committee detailing the merger of the Public Coal and Iron with the steel trust and the Tennessee Coal and Iron acquisition. He described Carnegie’s influence, Morgan’s tactics, and urged open competition while disputing the steel trust’s market power.
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Washington
Pierpont Morgan
Steel Trust
Morgan
Carnegie
Gary
John D. Rockefeller
John W. Gates
Gates
Charles G. Gates
Richard Jones Jr
Republic Canal and Iron Company
Mr. Gates
Republic Coal and Iron Company
Stanfley Steel Trust
Steel
United States
J. P. Morgan
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
The
Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
George W. Perkins
Securttes
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Steel Trusts
Robbery on Commerce Street Baffles Police
Oliver King of 228 Lou Gervers Street reports he was held up on Commerce Street at 10 tonight and robbed of 11 dollars by two white men. police and mounted officers investigated, detectives Stowe Rubiola and Cassianos responded, but the suspects had not been found by morning.
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Oliver King
Lou Gervers Street
Commerce Street
King
Steves Lumber Yard
East Commerce Street
Southern Pacific
Stowe, Rubiola
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McMullen County
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Hidalgo Counties
Harriman Memorial University
Anto
Andrw Carnegie
Cc. Frick
W. H
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