Mayor Brown Presses Paving Plan for San Antonio
Mayor Clinton G. Brown outlined a plan to use 100000 of the sinking fund to buy paying bonds, enabling paving work across eight wards. The move aims to start streets improvements immediately without conflicting with a bond sale contract, naming C D Pollock of New York as the city paving expert.
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San Antonio
Clinton G. Brown
Brown
C. D. Pollock
New York
San Antonio Traction Company
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Nk
Commerce Street
South Flores Street
West Commerce Street
San Pedro Avenue
River Avenue
Goliad Street
South Presa Street
East Commerce Street
City Cemetery
Brown Beleves
Samuel D. Gray
Pollock
Brooklyn
New York City
York
Havana
Suba
Antonio
Mayor Fights Bond Deal Delay as City Plans Purchase
Mayor Brown argues San Antonio can invest sinking funds in city or improvement district bonds, defying potential legal delays. He asserts the legality of the bonds without waiting for Dillon Thompson Clay opinion, claiming bonds are a solid investment and will fund needed work per voters’ mandate.
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Aten Rie
Brown
San Antonio
Dillon, Thompson & Clay
Governor Colquitt Heads North Texas Mission
Governor Colquitt has left Austin for North Texas with plans to reach Dallas and Fort Worth. He will attend a Madisonville injunction hearing Monday, where L. W. Tittle seeks to block current commissioners from taking office.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
North Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Madisonville
L. W. Tittle
Suffragettes Start Railway Stations Fire Campaign
In Birmingham England on October 25 suffragettes inaugurated a campaign to burn all railroad stations in England. The stations at Northfield and Hagley Road were destroyed causing twenty five thousand dollars in damage. Suffragette literature was found among the ashes of both stations.
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Birmingham
Eng
England
Northfield
Hagley Road
Weather Report for East and West Texas
Washington dispatch reports East Texas cloudy with a much colder Sunday. Monday along the coast fair and colder. West Texas also cloudy with much colder Sunday and Monday fair.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
West Texas
Weather Observations From Major U S Cities
At 8 pm reported readings show clear conditions in St Louis with 60 degrees and SE wind. Chicago 60 degrees clear with NE wind and colder trend expected Sunday. Milwaukee 44 degrees clear with SE wind and much colder Sunday forecast. St Paul 50 degrees rain with SE wind and possible snow. Kansas City 64 degrees partly cloudy and much colder Sunday. New York 62 degrees cloudy with easterly wind and rain likely Sunday. Boston 60 degrees cloudy with easterly wind and rain likely Sunday. Washington 60 degrees cloudy with westerly wind and possible rain Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Wilson Speaks In Old Congress Hall In Philadelphia
President Wilson delivers a dedicatory address in Old Congress Hall Philadelphia matching Washingtons farewell address from 1796 and recalling the buildings historic role as US capital from 1790 to 1800. The ceremony gathers cabinet members Congress delegates and foreign ambassadors. Restorations began ten years ago with full work resuming last year.
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The
United States
Wilson
Army
Navy
Congress Hall
Philadelphia
Washington
Independence Hall
Congress
Sixth
Chestnut Streets
Senate
House of Representatives
John Adams
John Marshall
Vermont
Kentucky
Banks of the Potomac
Indications Of Rain From Weather Forecast
Forecaster warns of unsettled weather and possible rain within 24 hours followed by cooler temperatures. The rain scenario stems from air pressure patterns on the weather map with a storm area extending from the upper Rio Grande Valley to Iowa. A high pressure area in the northwest brings a cooling trend early this week.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Middle West
Prohibitionists Plan Unified Campaign Strategy in Dallas
A Texas conference of prohibitionists agreed to back one progressive candidate in the Democratic primary, with a Dallas April 21 state convention to choose the nominee. Delegates will be selected by precinct meetings March 28 and county meetings April 4 based on the 1911 constitutional amendment vote, not Wilson or Ramsey tallies. The plan includes forming an executive committee led by A. W. Walker to finalize details and push for a 1915 resubmission.
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Dallas
Tex
A. W. Walker
Cullen Thomas
W. F. Ramsey
Woodrow Wilson
George W. Riddle
Walker
C. S. Lattimore
Fort Worth
Sterling P. Strong
Riddle
Strong
Davis
Resolutions Committee
Sturgeon
Leutenant
Wilson
W. Jones
Anti-Saloon League
Lattimore
Captors of Monterey Led by Carranza and Gonzales
Carranza and Gonzales, chiefs of the Constitutional cause in the north, commanded forces that captured Monterey after hard fighting. They were aided by several officers of the Constitutional army, with total forces between 4000 and 5000 men.
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Carranza and
Gonzales
Constitutional Cause
Constitutional Army
Conference adjourns after tense acceptance and corrected party claim
The committee dates prevailed with a Walker acceptance speech pledging effort for the project. Arthur Jones corrected his morning statement alleging Professor Carney was not a Democrat, causing commotion before Carney's time was called. Jones later said Carney was a Democrat who voted for Woodrow Wilson. Thomas' morning speech was featured.
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Walker
Arthur Jones
Professor Carney
Cullen Thomas
Davis
Carney
Jones
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas
Mrs. Jennie Eaton Teaches Her Defense in Murder Trial
Mrs. Jennie May Eaton testified seven hours in Plymouth Massachusetts as the chief defense witness in the murder trial of her husband Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton. The cross examination to be faced Monday may be the trial’s greatest ordeal as alienists observed her testimony to gauge sanity and possible guilt.
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Plymouth
Mass
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Man Killed by Mexican Near Fowlerton Texas
Ike Hill, a Fowlerton resident and brother of McMullen county judge, was shot dead by an unknown Mexican at a Mexican camp near Fowlerton while seeking a horse. A posse hunts the shooter as officials investigate the motive. Hill recently moved from Tien and had lived in the area only months.
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Fowlerton
Tex
Ike Hill
Here
Wilson Sets Course for Mobile After Philadelphia Visit
President Wilson put aside Mexican worries and spoke in Philadelphia. He planted a tree at Swarthmore College and plans to address the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile, Alabama Tuesday morning.
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Wilson
Mobile
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Ala
Southern Commercial Congress
Mrs Pankhurst Addresses Crowd in Cleveland Hall
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, the British militant, spoke to an overflow audience at Gray's Armory Cleveland tonight on The Humanitarian Aspect of Suffrage. Local suffragists did not organize the event but many crowded in to hear her remarks.
Deputy Sheriff Killed in Long Range Battle at Ludlow
John Nemo of Denver aged 30 a deputy sheriff of Las Enas was shot and killed during a long range rifle battle between strikers and deputy sheriffs at Ludlow near Trinidad Colo The fighting lasted nearly three hours with several others reported wounded.
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Trinidad
Colo
John Nemo
Denver
Las Enas
Ludlow
Monterey Falls to Constitutionalists After Street Fighting
Monterey Mexico surrendered at noon Friday after two days of heavy house to house fighting. The 2000 strong Federal garrison capitulated following continuous attacks from Constitutionalist forces commanded by Pablo Gongales and Jesus Carranza with aid from Torreon veterans. Casualties were reported near 1000 dead and 1000 wounded as battle raged since October 15. Felix Summerfield, Madero’s bodyguard, confirmed the surrender from a line north of Monterey.
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EL Paso
Tex
Monterey
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Pablo Gongales
Jesus Carranza
Contras
Torreon
Cos
Maag
Tellez
Morelos
Constitutionalista
International
San Susto
Felix Summerfield
Madero
Constitutionalist
Mugia
New Record Set In City to City Walk
John H. Scott, veteran pedestrian, arrived at city hall at 6 59 this morning after ten hours of drizzle and over eleven hours in rain to establish a New York to Philadelphia record. His time was 21 hours 29 minutes beating the former mark of 21 hours 35 minutes 10 seconds. Scott left New York city hall yesterday at 9 30, greeted by Mayor Kline. This marks the fifth time Scott has walked between these two cities.
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Philadelphia
John H. Scott
City Hall
New York
Scott
Kline
New Haven Train Wreck Injures Forty in Westerly
Forty persons were injured when the Gilt Edge Express from New York to New Haven jumped the track at Westerly Rhode Island. The baggage car and five coaches derailed, four overturning. no fatalities known at this time.
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New Haven
Westerly
R. I
Giltedge Express
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Huerta Likely to Retain Office Amid Election Prep
Mexican President Huerta appears set to keep the presidency as cavalry patrols in Mexico City mark the eve of elections. A multi-party pledge promises peaceful results and support for the winner or Huerta if no clear victor emerges.
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Mexico City
Calero Gamboa
de la Fuente
Requena
Rascon
Flores Magon
Felix Diaz
Huerta
Diaz Under Guard By Secret Service Men
In Vera Cruz on October 25 German Hotel where General Diaz stays is watched by secret service agents employed by the government. Diaz's friends say he may seek asylum at the American consulate, reachable only across the roof or by street. Police on adjacent roofs and railway yard guards are present as Diaz and his escort await developments expected late tonight or early tomorrow.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Diaz
Secret
Canada
Diax
Mexico City
Cuero Seeks 400 Cats for Turkey Trot Festival
Cuero Texas sent a telegram to the War Department requesting 300 to 400 cats to help manage crowds expected at its turkey trot festival. Cuero is known as a major turkey shipping point and plans the Thanksgiving shipment as the event.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Cuero
Tex
Conference draws various candidates amid election tensions
Frederico Gamboa David de la Fuente Manuel Calero Jose Maria Requeno and others attended a conference pledged to an agreement. Carranza refused to participate and police were instructed to stay neutral with 4000 troops ready. Arrests connected to anti administration plots included General Jose Maria Servin Manuel Madero and other Maderos. Continued coverage on page 2.
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Frederico Gamboa
David de la Fuente
Manuel Calero
Liberal Party
Jose Maria Requeno
Felix Diaz
Eugenie
Gregorio Mandizabal
Esus Flores Magon
Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Hermosillo
Bernardo Cal
Felicistas
Gamboa
Huerta
Manuel Madero
Saltillo
Madero
Daniel
Evaristo Madero
Connectio
Tamp
T Vera Cruz
Sen Se Pian
Prssia Balt
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Prospect
C. E. Farmer
Pablo Gonzales
Mrs. Eaton
Secret Service
Turkey
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