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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
5
Principal L E Wolfe leads the meeting at Avenue T as 151 teachers are assigned to 16 regular, 16 special, and 22 colored public school posts. No. 19 students south of the SP track shift to No. 6 until Missionfield finishes. Committees formed for a training class and an institute program.
Mrs. Earle, wife of artist Arter Jean Earle, says her separation from her husband was fate and shows no ill will toward his rival. She plans to stay with her father, focus on her son, and raise him to be a good man, after relinquishing her husband to his "affinity."
The Mary Kingsley medal honoring Miss Mary Kingsley has been awarded to several scientists. Notably Dr Charles Finlay, chief sanitary officer in Cuba, for his theory on yellow fever transmission and work with the American commission. Col W C Geras, former chief sanitary inspector at Havana, recognized for applying practical measures in 1902. Dr Theobald Smith of Harvard noted for discovering a new blood parasite in cattle fever studies. Col Gorfas, now chief sanitary officer in the Panama Canal Zone, also among honorees.
Teheran Sept 14 Mushir El Dowleh former grand vizier and former foreign minister of Persia died suddenly today of heart disease. He was seen as chiefly responsible for the shah's rescript granting a national assembly.
Austin Texas September 14 Returns from the recent election on constitutional amendments are coming in rapidly and indications suggest all returns will be in by next Tuesday when they will be opened tabulated and the result announced.
County commissioners held a busy session and granted the petition to open Wolff road. Franz Vogel named road overseer for Green road with a report likely by mid next week. Sommers instructed to arrange with architects for a stairway in new basement rooms for the constables. Auditor Rameey's monthly report approved. auditor to purchase two 12 foot ladders.
Saloon men and the Liquor Dealers association met this morning. Most time was spent arranging plans for the state meeting to be held September 23 and 24 here. The license question was not the focus, dealers said, stressing that the organization exists for protection and fair dealing.
Mo Janeiro January 14 a skilled Chilean marksman while aiming at an apple atop a man’s head at a circus missed and killed the apple bearer. The crowd surged toward Hepinos and he barely escaped lynching by the furious spectators.
Special to The Light. Houston Texas September 14 bulletin reports the Monston Packing Company plant, the largest independent packing facility in the south, on site and likely a total loss. Located three miles from town, the blaze is consuming the entire structure. Fire crews fight the inferno as officials assess damage.
The railroad commission issued an emergency rate order on Lip Road for move of Wild Bill’s Wild West show from San Antonio to Alice Corpus Christi and Yeeville. This order affects transport costs and routes for the touring production amid security and regulatory oversight. The decision highlights state action to regulate mid 20th century show circuits and travel logistics.
San Antonio expects light to moderate showers to night and Sunday. The 12 hour low at dawn was 68 degrees, and the prior 24 hour high reached 64.
Fragmentary weather item records a morning wind at four miles per hour and mentions a Texas cotton region bulletin and a general national weather report. The text cites a comparison with the previous year and places referenced are unclear due to OCR damage.
In Seattle on September 14, JapAngne Consul Shimadawhie met with Chief Wuppenstein to deter Teague from leading a demonstration that could incite rioting. The police chief pledged to safeguard Axialte quarters and prevent mob investment regardless of the outcome.
A building on Central Avenue near Sixth, occupied by the J. N. Dohans shop, collapsed a few minutes after 11 o clock this morning during remodeling. One body has been recovered and many others are believed to be buried under debris as the structure fell through inner stories.
Washington dispatch from Havana cites Governor Magcon detailing fever spread in Cuba. Four new cases at Cienfuegos on Thursday and three more today, all but one Spanish. one American Private William Foster of the Fifteenth Cavalry is noted. Additional cases reported at Alturas and Nueva Tas, both Spaniards.
Representative George Lally, on the House naval affairs committee, defends not voting for Navy Yard appropriation and opposes harbor improvement measures in Charleston. He calls grafting the sole crime and asserts officials are guilty of grafting, sending a sharp attack amid accusations of obstruction and self interest.
St. Petersburg dispatch reports that the Sarap[i]atriot of Vintaka in Wiataka province is under extraordinary surveillance due to a series of murders and acts of arson. Authorities tightened security as investigators seek leads amid rising violence.
The cotton boll weevil reaches Law twenty six miles from the Mississippi River as the pest commission reports to Governor Blanchard. Scientists say the river will not stop its eastward advance into the cotton belt and a spring attempt at crossing is likely. Weevils were found at Leland and in Pontotoula parish.
Major Buell reports a likely temperature rise by Monday evening as a northwest cold front approaches. The weather observer notes the forecast should bring warmer air soon, though delay and lingering effects may spread into the following day.
New York dispatch says telegraphers strike likely to end by next Tuesday as talks persist. Business leaders press for a graceful settlement while unions weigh drastic last resort plan kept secret, with both sides wary of reopening the fight.
Special to The Light Houston Tex Sept In a head on collision early this morning between a White engine drawing a train of cars and an outbound freight train on the Houston East West Texas Fireman J C Ranner of the White hanging was killed and a brake man named Massory was seriously injured The wrecks occurred inside the ats
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