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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
7
Complainants rest case with the commission and transportation lines enter the fray. The proceedings hinge on disputes tied to Finch and road initiatives, with officials and rival groups trading positions and legal arguments. Affected parties include local agencies and involved transportation firms as the case advances.
Testimony for the complainants opposed a proposed 10 percent advance in Texas freight rates before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Weller of Newton Weller & Wagner testified extensively for the complaintants while railroad defense leaned on recent rate reductions. Texas only was involved, with Haile of the Missouri Kansas Texas leading railroad witnesses.
Clark was arrested by Patrolman Vernon at 2 am while burglarizing Amil Blum, 517 East Howson. Investigations tied him to a year old Geo. E Plummer’s grocery heist. He faces three felony charges including burglary at Blum and theft over $40. Bail set at 3000 dollars. other bonds 1000 each.
The North German ship Chemnitz arrived from Bremen to Galveston with 300 immigrants aboard and a cargo of holiday goods for interior Texas merchants.
Kansas City markets show mixed grain quotes and a heavy cattle and hog run in Fort Worth. Cattle receipts reach 4300 with hogs around 4100 head. animal quality varies with steer, cow, and calf values noted and hog prices around 5.80 in spots. Special fort worth dispatch notes overall activity and market tone.
San Francisco moves to continue graft prosecutions after special prosecutor Francis J. Heney is shot by Morris Haas. The event renews public resolve against corruption, with Heney famed for breaking land frauds in Oregon Senator Mitchell, Mayor Schmitz, and graft king Abe Ruef named in the era’s fight.
Washington reports intensified efforts by the department of agriculture to curb foot and mouth disease in cattle. Five stock in Pennsylvania and New York have been found affected, prompting today’s quarantine orders affecting several states and the Union stock yards in Pittsburgh.
In Francisca Cal a special agent Burns accuses guards Blakeley and Abtidge of conduct unbecoming an officer related to the Mee Hans case after Frances Toney was shot and a responder died by self harm A hearing is set for November 27 Also charged is Bakny a broker held to have saluted when he learned Toney was shot and to have mobbed associates in the prosecution.
Verne Stockings a white lad aged 14 was arrested by Detective Green and jailed on a charge of burglarizing the H. A. Mays boat store on East Houston street during the night of September 7. The entry was by window catch rear of the store. The cash register yielded $6.30 and six fountain pens valued at $10 each were taken. Bail set at $500 after an examining trial before Justice Wilkins.
Mrs William Holt writes from New Orleans that Captain Wilton Holt was injured in a street accident but is improving. The note says he remains in hospital under care and hopes are for a full recovery. He plans to visit his former home once discharged from Wyanon hospital.
report confirms W J Bryan seeking to buy the Daily Capital with Victor H Metcalf to take charge as date editor. Contract signed. Eastern and Oklahoma politicians show interest. Plant expected to become a state printing establishment. the paper currently biblican in tone.
In Dallas on November 20 the Try country life commission sent to the southeast by President Roosevelt held an important session. Prominent speakers included former Senator Bowser and former Presidents Calvin and U, of the Fathers' noon, with strong attendance observed.
Fort Worth Texas November 20 A warrant was sworn for the arrest of King Schlatter the Divine Healer who recently arrived in the region with Prince August and is accused of attempting to practice medicine without a license. The case centers on claims he operates as a physician under dubious pretenses.
In a cloudy session at the Wilkshire Seventh District Court, Rabe’s case was handed to the jury after a chaotic afternoon that saw a witness claim a three day delay. Clatma Brinkles from Ark, Los Angeles, reported four injuries in a separate incident on the main track, as freight and forest fires obscured conditions.
In Cleburne Texas on November 20 a Reed & Reed slate safe was blown open at Roene seven miles east with thirty dollars stolen and a post office box robbed. At Joshua a neighboring raid cracked a store safe after a reported explosion. Sheriff-elect Lindsey of Bexar County announced he has completed his slate of deputy appointments, promising further details later despite the ongoing double break-in investigation.
A New York Brooklyn gas main explosion on Gold and Front streets killed and injured many. In Chicago a separate incident left two dead, two drowned, and six injured when an automobile crashed toward Calumet River bridges.
A special train of sleeping cars from Glasgow and other states known as the Landman’s Special will arrive tomorrow evening over the Katy railway from Victoria. G. Langston immigration agent will direct the party’s handling and show the visitors around the city by road travel as they arrive in Texas.
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