Chronology of the Week A Record of Current Events
Strike-breakers arrive in the city and take the place of striking shopmen in the Southern Pacific system. Taft’s westward trip reports a train collision in Freeport. Francisco I. Madero elected president of Mexico with Suarez as possible vice president. Emperor William pledges aid to Turkey amid European mediation. Five Mexicans die at Sanderson. a Houston clash leaves one dead. Rear Admiral Schley dies in New York. An inquiry into Senator Stephenson’s election bribery opens in Milwaukee. Aviator Cromwell Dixon dies in Spokane. European powers edge toward intervention in the Turko-Italian war.
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Pacific Coast
Maerinetre
Francisco I. Madero
Mexican Republic
Jose Pino Suarez
William
Turkey
Ang
Sanderson
Southern Pacific
Houston
Winfield Scott Schley
New York City
Stephenson
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Milwaukee
Wis
Cromwell Dixon
Spokane
Wash
City Council Sets Salaries After Debate
City council approves payment of city employee salaries after a wrangle. Yom Kippur observed by Jewish residents of San Antonio. Fifty Southern Pacific carmen strike in sympathy with shop workers. State reports mention strychnine poison involvement.
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San Antonio
Carmen
Southern Pacific
Western rail town tightens security as strike clashes erupt
Local officials of the Southern Pacific bolster shop and yard protections after a violent hotel attack by fifty five strike-breakers in Denison. Governor Colquitt appoints Thomas D. Dobbs to the Fourth court of civil appeals at San Antonio. Taft visits Denver to speak at a public lands convention. The pure food board sees retirement of George P. McCabe, and flooding in Austin reports a 338th dead. Foreign warships bombard Tripoli as storms claim over 200 lives in the North Sea. Italian cruiser Marco Polo escorts Turkish transport Sabah into Taranto.
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State
Southern Pacific
Denison
Colquitt
Thomas D. Dobbs
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Taft
Denver
Colo
Public Lands
George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Wiley
Pure Food
Pure Food and Drug Board
Austin
Tripoli
Antwerp
Amsterdam
North Sea
Marco Polo
Sabah
Taranto
Italy
Southern Pacific strike quiet amid systemwide trouble
Local striking employees hold silence as reports of disruption spread from multiple SP points. Hays county fair opens in San Marcos while a guard at Houston yards for Southern Pacific is shot and wounded.
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Southern Pacific
Hays County
San Marcos
Houston Yards
Taft Responds to Labor Upheaval Across Lines
U S government vows no mercy for Mexican revolutionary juntas amid turmoil from Harriman lines strikes. President Taft travels to Rawlins Wyoming as militia from Mississippi is deployed to quell Illinois Central strikers. A man is fatally wounded by an unknown assailant in the unrest.
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Mississippi
Illinois Central
Harriman Lines
United States
Taft
Rawlins
Wyo
Italian ships renew bombardment at Tripoli
The Italian warships press bombardment at Tripoli as the government of Panama recalls Dr Belisario Porras the Panamanian minister to the United States citing unsatisfactory services. An ecumenical conference of the World Methodist society opens in Toronto Canada.
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Tripoli
Government of
Panama
Belisario Porras
United States
Ecumenical Conference of World’s Methodists
Toronto
Canada
Local Citizens Party Reorganizes for County Elections
Judge Waller T. Burns of the United States court at Houston issues injunction restraining striking rail workers and enabling local Citizens party participation in county elections.
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Citizens Party
Waller T. Burns
United States Court At
Houston
Balloon Race Sparks Violent Clash and Flood Toll Report
Balloon chase from Kansas City for the James Gordon Bennett trophy faces danger as eight balloons depart. Flood victims are recovered near Austin Pa with many injured in a confrontation in Algiers La between strikers and strikebreakers for Southern Pacific. General Reyes says no plan to oppose Madero. A San Francisco wireless operator intercepts a message from Japan.
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Kansas City
James Gordon Bennett
Lahmae
Austin
Algiers
Southern Pacific
General Reyes
New Orleans
Madero
San Francisco
Japan
City of Tripoli Abandoned by Troops and Occupied by Italians
Troops pull back from Tripoli and the city is taken by Italian forces. The shift signals a new phase in the campaign as Allied lines retreat and Italian control expands in the region.
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Tripoli
Recall of Consul Diebold Dim City Pressured by Mexico
The Mexican government recalls Consul Diebold stationed in this city. A grand jury returns forty nine true bills after its first week. The state treasury shows a deficit of 1862 with no cash on hand. Pala cios wins next waterways convention. Hays County fair closes and Flatonia hosts corn show.
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Diebold
Treasury of State
Palacios
Hays County
Flatonia
Hatfield Dam Break Creates Wide Damage In Wisconsin
In Hatfield Wisconsin a dam failure caused extensive property damage with unknown loss of life. A separate report notes President Taft in Pocatello Idaho blasting Supreme Court critics. Also, two Alabama iron and coal firms merge to form a 30 million dollar corporation.
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Hatfield
Wis
Pocatello
Idaho
Taft
Supreme Court
Iron and Coal Companies
Alabama
Revolt Toll Put At 10 000 As Provisional Leader Declines VP Role
De la Barra, provisional president of Mexico, says he will not serve as vice president. In other news, only two balloons remain in the race for the Bennett and Lahm trophies. Royalists lose to Republican troops near Braganza, Portugal. Turks appeal to peace societies for three in war forced upon them by July.
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de la Barra
Mexican Republic
Bennett
Lahm
Braganza
Portugal
General Bernardo Reyes Arrives in San Antonio
General Bernardo Reyes reaches San Antonio amid late spring heat as crowds gather to greet the visiting leader. The event underscores ongoing regional tensions and Reyes's influence in northern affairs.
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Bernardo Reyes
San Antonio
Norther
Governor names newspaper committee for Texas exhibit site
Governor Colquitt appoints a committee of newspapermen to locate a site for Texas at the Panama Pacific International Exposition while the treasury has no funds to pay a warranty issued.
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Colquitt
Texas
Right wallpaper makers tried in Cleveland federal court
Federal court in Cleveland Ohio tries wallpaper manufacturers and jobbers on charges of conspiracy to restrain trade. Dispatches report Black River Falls Wisconsin nearly erased after dam break. Richmond Evening Journal and News Leader indicted for circulating material.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Black River Falls
Wis
Richmond Evening Journal and News Leader
Italy to Consent to Intervention After Tripoli Occupation
The document notes that Italy will agree to intervention once Tripoli is effectively occupied, signaling a shift in regional policy following military gains.
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Italy
Tripoli
Lecture on Christian Science in San Antonio Hall
First Church of Christ Scientist San Antonio announces a free lecture on Christian Science at Beethoven Hall on Sunday afternoon October 8 1911 at 4 o clock by Francis J Fluno MD of the Board of Lectureship First Church Boston Mass. Public invited to attend.
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First Church of Christ, Scientis
San Antonio
Tex
Beethoven Hall
Francis J. Fluno
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
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