Traveling Men Parade and Barbecue at San Antonio Fair
About 300 traveling men from across Texas joined a grand parade through San Antonio streets, led by mounted police and featuring Mutt and Jeff. The procession showcased a humorous evolution of women's dress costumes and concluded with a large barbecue at the fair grounds. Governor Colquitt, State officials, and local leaders attended and spoke.
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Travelers’ Protective Association
United Commercial Travelers
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
St. Mary Street
Houston Street
Mutt
Jeff
Jean Ward
Endez Marks
Utt
B. C
Directoire
Mothy Goose
Fair Grounds
Houston
Flores Street
Milky Plaza
Galan Street
Ain Plaza
Comerce Street
South Alamo Street
Ross Alamo Plaza
Tom Miller
Tom Dechman
Travis Club
C. V. Birkhead
Oscar C. Guessaz
B. Terrell
Waco
H. F. Debrand
Bryan Callaghan
Aldern Richter
Bexar County
Vernor Colquitt
Texas
Gover- Colquitt
King Texas
Fire destroys A and M dining hall in College Station
The two story brick dining hall at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was razed by a morning blaze. Origin unknown, no insurance. Students prevented spread. L B McMillan sustained severe burns. Annie Throckmorton Sherley rescued. records and board offices lost.
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Associated Press
College Station
Tex
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Annie Throckmorton Sherley
Throckmorton
McKinney
Texas Experiment Station
Peyton Irving
Brenham
Board of Directors
L. B. McMillan
Investigation into deaths of former husbands linked to Mrs Quinn
A conference will decide how far to extend the probe into the deaths of John McDonald in Kalamazoo and Warren Thorpe in Jackson, both former husbands of Mrs. Jane Quinn now held on a murder charge in the death of her third husband John Quinn. Detectives were dispatched to Michigan to gather details. Mrs. Quinn's first night in jail followed the transfer of Louise Vermilya, accused in the murder of Arthur Bissonnette.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wayman
James Mooney
Kensington
John McDonald
Kalamazoo
Mich
Warren Thorpe
Jackson
Jane Quinn
John Quinn
Michigan
Quinn
Louise Vermilya
Arthur Bissonnette
Americans Excluded From Art Exhibit in Rome
Differences between managers and patrons of the international art exposition led to the closing of the American pavilion the withdrawal of American jurors of awards and the exclusion of American exhibitors from prize eligibility.
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Associated Press
Rome
Navy
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Observations at 8 am show varied conditions. St Louis 70 cloudy with southerly wind and rain or snow tonight. Chicago 64 rain and snow tonight and Sunday with strong winds. Milwaukee 54 rain turning to snow, colder. St Paul 26 colder tonight and Sunday. Kansas City 68 rain late today then snow, strong winds. New York 54 clear increasing clouds, winds eastward. Boston 46 clear with fair Sunday. Washington 42 cloudy with clouds increasing Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Fact-free claim on AP wire carried by other papers
The statement alleging the Associated Press leased wire into San Antonio is carried by papers other than the San Antonio Licht is unfounded and baseless. No credible source confirms shared or partial transmission beyond the Licht.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Reyes Attourney Seeks Father in Mexico City Political Tensions
Attorney Rodolfo Reyes, son of Gen. Bernardo Reyes, arrives in San Antonio to brief his father on the Regista party status and to pursue his own gubernatorial candidacy in Jalisco. He denies plans for a counterrevolution, notes persecutions and jailings of party adherents, and says he will return to Mexico in two weeks.
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Regista
Republican Party of Mexico
Rodolfo Reyes
Bernardo Reyes
San Pedro Avenue
Mexico
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Registas
Manuel Gutierrez Guerrero
Carlos Manuel Rocha
Republican Party
Mexico City
Madero
Reyes
Attorney Reyes
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Republic
Telegraph Daily
Santiago G. Paz
Joaquin Villada
U D C Elects New President At Meeting
Mrs Alexander B White of Paris Tennessee was elected president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on the second ballot. Mrs Livingston R Schuyler of New York who had GA support of 212 votes was defeated by 335. totals were 1077 for Mrs White and 742 for Mrs Schuyler with other officers unanimously re-elected.
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Richmond
Alexander B. White
Paris
Tennessee
Livingston R. Schuyler
New York
Georgia
White
Schuyler
Constable Describes Thorndale Lynching and Youth Suspect
Cameron Texas November 11 constable Bob McCoy testified about the Thorndale lynching of Fernando Gomez a Mexican boy who fatally stabbed Charles Zietung. McCoy said Gomez weighed about fifty pounds was likely twelve or thirteen years old and four and a half feet tall. He recounted Gomez whittling on the street near W H Stevens saloon where Stevens taunted the boy who then stabbed Zietung. McCoy took the knife and Gomez to jail using a neck chain for restraint before transport to a docked auto further details follow.
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Associated Press
Cameron
Tex
Bob” McCoy
Thorndale
Fernando Gomez
Charles Zietung
Zietung
McCoy
Gomez
Whittling
W. H. Stevens
Stevens
Governor Colquitt to Confer With Daughters of the Republic on Alamo Restoration
Governor Colquitt, arriving in San Antonio, plans a conference with the Daughters of the Republic to decide the best procedure for restoring the Alamo. He aims to replicate the site as closely as possible to its appearance during the battle, after two prior visits to inspect the property and assess restoration work.
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Alamo
Colquitt
Daughters of the Republic
San Antonio
Austin
Harmony Restored In Texas Property Dispute
Governor Colquitt plans to restore property with input from the Daughters of the Republic and Rebecca Fisher, aiming to delay the meeting date to align with official approval. The move seeks harmony between the state and the organization and to have both voices in improving the historic property.
Presbyterians Split Over Unification Plan At Texas Synod
In Galveston on November 11 the Texas Synod debated the committee on bills and overtures plan to unify Presbyterian work between the Presbyterian Church and PCUSA. A substitute proposal would have the home mission board handle work in small communities and allow two small churches to merge where possible with the choosing assembly. The morning session featured sharp debate and adjournment was delayed from 1 to 2 30 pm.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Texas Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Home Mission Board
Scene of Lynching Leads Rescue by Comrade
He learned the boy had been lynched and went to the scene to remove Gomez. He said no bones were broken but the head was badly battered.
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Gomez
British Sovereigns Leave for India in Imperial Durbar Tour
King George and Queen Mary depart London with the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary for Delhi. Imperial horse guards escort the royal party as crowds bid an enthusiastic farewell at Victoria station, joined by Queen Mother Alexandra among the attendees.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Queen Mary
India
Delhi
Prince of Wales
Princess Mary
Imperial Horse Guards
Victoria Station
Alexandra
Despair and Hope Hold The Chinese Throne
Peking dispatches report Yuan Shi Kai alternating between gloom and optimism. A pessimistic first telegram said pacification was unlikely and health prevented him from becoming premier. A later message from Yuan with Gen Li Yuen Heng suggested possible peaceful compromise to avert bloodshed.
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Associated Press
Peking
Yuang Kai
Foreign Board
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan
Li Yuen Heng
Chaos in Amoy as rebels threaten city occupation
Amoy faces panic as bands attack quarters and water patrol seizes a junk with crew threatened by decapitation. Officials debate temporary independence while radicals push surrender to revolutionists. Rebels claim Amoy to be occupied by November 20. fighting reported elsewhere subsided with Manchus surrender.
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Associated Press
Amoy
Tao Tai Chang
Chang Chow
Foo Chow
Automobile collision injures three near fairgrounds
On Roosevelt avenue near the International Fair Grounds a car hit a buggy injuring three. J L Schendler and M T Smith were hurt. driver Gus Koehler was arrested on a reckless driving charge. A Montgomery was uninjured. Koehler’s case set for police court Tuesday.
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Roosevelt Avenue
J. L. Schendler
Taylor
M. T. Smith
San Antonio
Gus Koehler
Fair Grounds
Smith
Schendler
Koehler
A. Montgomery
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Matt
Tate
Sparks
Tate McDonald
Callaghan
Ward Peake
Dallas
Eling Men's Protective Associa
Traveling
Men’s Organon
H. Athews
South
Father
U. D.C
Vaniman
Akron
Atlantic
Melvin Vaniman
Atlantic City
Atlantic Ocean
Daughters OF Republic
Golquitt
George
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