Controversy Over Goliad Street Paving Plan
City council faces a clash over a petition from Goliad street property owners on paying 25 miles of paving for Traction Company tracks. Mayor Brown supports citywide benefit while opponents seek three way cost share, potentially reducing bond paving mileage. The issue awaits formal committee action.
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Traction Company
Goliad Street
Street Committee
Public Improvements Committee
Brown
New Comet Located at Lick Observatory
A new comet has been located in the northeastern sky by Lick Observatory astronomers on Mount Hamilton. Discovered by Rev. Joel Metcalf in Vermont, the object remains invisible to the naked eye as it rises around midnight and shows no sign of increasing brightness. Jessie Wilson Sayre to Wed White House wedding set for November 25 in Washington.
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San Jose
Cal
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Joel Metcalf
South Hero
Vermont
Lick
White House
Windsor
Woodrow Wilson
Jessie
Francis B. Sayre
Sweeping Reforms Promised After New Haven Line Wreck
The Interstate Commerce Commission probes a New Haven wreck as President Howard Elliott pledges sweeping management reforms. The hearing reveals wealthy commuters using exclusive steel cars for card games and drinks at $3000 yearly, while the public is barred. Engineer A B Miller testifies he was made to perform another man’s duties before the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Howard Elliott
Road
New York
J. E. Smith
A. B. Miller
White Mountain Express
Bar Harbor Limited
Elliott
Jury Discharges Ed Spear in Montana Stockman Case
A nine to three acquittal vote failed to reach agreement and the jury discharged Ed Spear of Hot Springs in the Mount Ida case involving John Rumping a Montana stockman who lost $6000 in a fake horse race. Other similar cases against Spear including Frank P. Fox of Terre Haute with $20000 losses were continued to a later term.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Ed Spear
Hot Springs
John Rumping
Montana
Mount Ida
Spear
Frank P. Fox
Terre Haute
Ind
Weather Outlook for East and West Texas
Washington dispatch reports East Texas: thunder showers Sunday, generally fair near the coast Monday. West Texas: local showers Sunday, Monday fair except showers in the extreme west portion.
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Washington, D. C
East Texas
West Texas
Regional Weather Roundup From Major Cities
Observations from St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington report Sunday weather expectations with temperatures ranging from 58 to 93 degrees and winds from the south east east or northeast. Highest Saturday temperatures listed between 62 and 92 degrees.
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Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
D. C
New Route to Dallas Opens with Dalla Service
San Antonio will inaugurate the Dalla route on October 1 connecting with the Frisco and Southern Pacific lines. The plan includes a ten hour line from San Antonio to Dallas via Flatonia Giddings Stone City and the Houston & Texas Central, with through service to St. Louis under consideration.
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Stone City
Houston & Texas Central
San Antonio
Dallas
North Texas
St. Louis
Southern Pacific
Frisco
Sunset-Central
Giddings
Frisey
International & Great Northern
Katy
Flatonia
Sap
Houston
Texas Central
W. B. Scott
Sunset-Central Lines
Victoria
Sutherland Springs
Canadians cheer Thaw victory in Canadian town
In Coaticook Quebec a large crowd gathered at Harry K Thaws immigration station praising the millionaire murderer Stanford White slayer. Thaw thanked the crowd from his window saying British fair play won his fight and Jerome is now exposed. Jerome’s hearing on a common gambler charge was adjourned to a Thursday.
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Coaticook
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
William Travers Jerome
Thew
Pley
Jerome
Canada
Matteawan
Norton Mills
Vermont
Weary Firefighters Aid by Heavy Rain in Hot Springs Blaze
In Hot Springs Arkansas rain aided exhausted firefighters battling a 6 million dollar blaze that leveled fifty five blocks. A 2500-person homeless relief effort began with a mass meeting forming a committee to supply food and clothing while 250 residents became special officers to maintain order. Debris clearance started as rebuilding plans emerged with emergency power and newspaper facilities provided as the city faced about a month of darkness.
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Hot Springs
Ark
the Light & Power Company
Port development tour in Freeport Tex prompts upgrades
Chairman Allison Mayfield and Railroad Commissioner Earle B. Mayfield with Engineer R. D. Parker return from port inspection at Freeport. They note plans to spend 200000 dollars for 25 feet of water and report ongoing sulfur mine work. They observed the inter coastal canal shipping cotton to Aransas Pass and criticized the Houston and Brazos Valley Railway for poor condition with steps planned to boost efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Allison Mayfield
Earle B. Mayfield
R. D. Parker
Freeport
Mayfield
Aransas Pass
Texas
Houston & Brazos Valley Railway
Notable Acquittal Ends Murder Trial for F R Wefing
In Thirty seventh district court room a jury found F R Wefing not guilty of murder in the January 10 1912 Steinhardt killing. The elderly defendant collapsed after the verdict and was helped out by relatives and medical staff. Tears and emotion rose among spectators and family as the not guilty verdict was read.
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F. R. Wefing
Thirty-seventh District
S. N. Steinhardt
Anderson
Wesing
Remose
Navy in good shape says Dewey on readiness
Admiral George Dewey states the navy is better prepared for war than ever while answering whether the United States is ready for any unexpected international trouble. In Texas, the University of Texas prepares for the 1913-14 session opening September 24 with renovations, painters and an enlarged post office due to increased enrollment.
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Pittsfield
Mass
United States
George Dewey
University
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
University Post Office
Opposition to Currency Billed In Senate Hearing
Senators Bristow and Hitchcock pressed questions at the Senate Banking and Currency Committee hearing. Key witnesses Sol Wexler and Prof. E A Sprague discussed amendments to the Aldrich Vreeland bill, noting a move toward government owned banks and a central bank is unlikely and would reshape the banking system. Wexler warned capital requirements could force large bond sales, unsettling markets, while Sprague criticized the current system for hindering crop movement and fall currency needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Bristow and
Hitchcock
Aldrich-Vreeland
Sol Wexler
New Orleans
E. A. Sprague
Harvard University
Wexler
Mr. Wexler
Sprague
Driest Kansas Summer Since 1887 with Record Heat
The Kansas summer of 1916 was the driest since the government bureau began in 1887 and among the warmest on record. August averaged three degrees warmer than any prior August, with Clay Center recording 113. Statewide rainfall averaged .47 inch for the month, 2.77 inches below normal, and total year rainfall reached 12.58 inches, an 8.65 inch deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Government Bureau
Clay Center
Deputy Collector Appointed at Fort Worth
The appointment of Deputy Collector Mc Campbell at Fort Worth and Miss Rover, stenographer of San Antonio, has been announced by A. S. S. Walker, the new collector of internal revenue. The appointments run for 20 days and may be renewed or replaced after expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Mc Campbell
Fort Worth
Miss Rover
San Antonio
A. S.S. Walker
Internal Revenue
Explosion Kills Man at Liberty Mills in Nashville
One man was killed and three injured when the boilers at the Liberty Mills exploded this afternoon in Nashville, wrecking the building.
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Nashville, Tenn
Liberty Mills
Lost Wife Reappears In Chicago Divorce Case
The case center follows Mrs Lillian Shelton wife of John P Shelton of Marseilles reappearing in Chicago after thirteen years of disappearance She had been presumed dead after a Kansas City rooming house death report and had married a widow Mrs Glasses Holliday The reunion over supper prompted the plan to seek a desertion based divorce so she might remarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Enoch Arden
Lillian Shelton
John P. Shelton
Marseilles
Lil
Shelton
Kansas City
Glasses Holliday
Shelton No. 1
Mystery May Be Solved In Nebraska Murder Probe
Sheriff Jones, citing a deathbed confession from Fuller Shallenberger of Burlington Kansas, travels to Vallejo California to arrest Joseph Kopf on murder charges in the 14 year old killing of Julian Rahnaud, a Frenchman living near Julian Nebraska. Shallenberger admitted involvement but named Kopf as principal.
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Lincoln, Neb
William H. Jones
Nemaha County
Vallejo
Cal
Joseph Kopf
Julian Rahnaud
Julian
Neb
Fuller Shallenberger
Burlington
Kan
Jones
Forneau
Nemeha County
Kopf
Shallenberger
Hyde Cae for Poison Trial Delayed to January
In Kansas City Missouri on September 6 the fourth trial of Dr. B C Hyde charged with poisoning Colonel Thomas H Swope was scheduled for Monday. Prosecutor Floyd Jacobs said he would seek a continuance and push for a January 5 date with witnesses being summoned. The court will not pay prosecution bills.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Floyd Jacobs
Jcobs
Jacobs
State disbursements total 2.566 million in fiscal year
State treasurer Edwards released figures showing treasury disbursements for the year ending August 31 totaling 2,566,453 in cash and 55,050 in bonds. Major outlays came from the general revenue fund 1,428,391 school fund 636,093 University of Texas fund 109,214 and fish and oyster fund 10,119. Other disbursements were for minor items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Edwards
Treasury Department
General Revenue
University of Texas Fund
Fish and Oyster
Gembler Heading to Trial for 1910 Murder
Christian Gembler is scheduled for trial Monday in the Thirty-seventh district court for the murder of Pablo Lopez, an 80 year old Mexican laborer, shot while gathering wood near San Antonio on August 10, 1910. A venire of 110 men will be used to select the jury.
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Christian Gembler
Gembler
Pablo Lopez
Lopez
San Antonio
Ben White
Nolan
Frederick Ammann
Grover Essery
Ammann
Maude Allan Dances Stir Controversy in Calcutta
Anglo-Indians criticize Maude Allan for barefoot dances planned in Calcutta. No official ban. her close ties to the Asquith family gives influence in circles. Observers doubt she will proceed upon learning Indian conditions. The debate notes risk of non European audiences and misinterpretation by natives.
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London
Maude Allan
Calcutta
Asquith
Miss Allan
India
Stamps Declines Governor's Appointment to Board
The governor offered W. G. Stamps of Gilmer the third employer representative seat on the industrial accident board under the employees' compensation act, but Stamps declined due to personal business. The board has 550 applications from industrial corporations to participate, representing about 75,000 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Industrial Accident Board
W. G. Stamps
Gilmer
Tariff Bill Nears Final House Senate Action
Washington Sept 6 The tariff bill is finally concluded in the committee of the whole and reported to the Senate. Amendments approved by finance committees only were allowed. Key votes rejected a tariff commission and countervailing duties. Debate covered art works duties and transportation provisions as leaders pushed toward final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Poindexter
Tariff Commission
Cummins
Gailinger
House
Simmons
FaFollette
McCumber
Louisiana
Cummins, Kenyon
Senator Works
Lodge
Root
J. P. Morgan
United States
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Charles 5S. Mellen
New Haven Line
Stockman
NAVY
Dewey
Senator Miles Poindexter
Hoke Smith
Welex Ter
F. M. Simmons
Tella
Hyde
Pablo Lopes
Stamps
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