Revision of Tariff Near End Stages in Congress
Washington policy report describes the conference committee's late stage agreement on the Underwood-Simmons tariff, showing sweeping reductions. It notes income tax changes, free list additions, new classifications for woolen goods, auto duties, and retained 5 percent ship rebate with treaty safeguards. The article outlines numerous shifts between House and Senate positions and specifies key article-rate adjustments.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Underwood
Wilson
Underwood House
Conference Committee
King
United States
Cuba
Local Forecast for San Antonio Area Tonight and Tuesday
San Antonio and vicinity expect clear skies tonight and Tuesday. Light winds and mild temperatures accompany the pleasant weather. Highs near the mid 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Temperature reports from multiple cities across the region
Observations at 8 am show temperatures ranging from 48 in Milwaukee to 64 in Chicago with conditions including clear skies, clouds, rain, and varying winds. Several cities note Tuesday as fair or cloudy with the lowest readings in the 46 to 62 range.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Roosevelt Plans 10 Explore Wilderness
New York, Sept 29. Theodore Roosevelt will spend more than three months in South America from December to March. He sails from New York Oct 4 visiting Brazil Argentina Chile and Paraguay as the government guest delivering addresses. Accompanying him are Anthony Fiala George K Cherrie and Leo Miller with native crews to navigate Paraguay river by light draft boats and canoes.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
South America
Roosevelt
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Paraguay
Cuyaba
Paraguay River
Anthony Fiala
George K. Cherrie
Indiana
Leo. E. Miller
Newfane
Vermont
American Museum of Natural History
Dance Halls Must Go in San Francisco Tough Stand
San Francisco police chief rejects a plan to run Barbary Coast resorts on a soft drink basis and bars women from the venues after tomorrow night. Resort owners press on with preparations for Tuesday night’s grape juice opening despite the ultimatum.
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San Francisco
Cal
White
Shrinkage Tests Planned for Dried Fruit Shipment
Ten carloads of dried fruit are en route from Los Angeles to New York Washington and other Eastern cities as part of Bureau of Chemistry tests. The project aims to collect data for net weight law regulations by measuring shrinkage during transit from Pacific to Atlantic coasts.
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Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
New York
Washington
East
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Pacific
Atlantic
Advertising In the Home
It is a feat to review a year of family purchases and claim wisdom and economy. The Light notes savings come from consulting family members on what to buy when and where, urging regular newspaper advertising discussions to aid in smart spending.
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Department of Home
Flood Devastates Lake Charles Area With Record Rise
Lake Charles Louisiana endures the greatest flood in its history with three railway lines halted. Rice and saw mill operations are crippled as water overruns streets and reaches mills and power plants. Officials warn a five foot rise or more may come. boats used for transport.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Kansas City Southern
Northern
Lake Arthur
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Southern
West Lake
Mill Street
Krause & Mangan
Calcasieu River
Ryan Street
J. A. Landry
Lowlands Flooded as Texas Rivers Rise Across Brownsville Area
Houston reports heavy water in Brownsville and Refugio Bishop and Mission regions with trains disrupted and crops damaged. Drowning reported near Angleton as Bay City Matagorda rice fields suffer. Orange submerged with 20 blocks under water and courthouse square flooded. Sabine River rises as residents use skiffs to reach dry post office area.
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Houston
Tex
Brownsville Road
Brownsville
Refugio
Bishop
Mission
Angleton
Park
Bay City
Matagorda
Beaumont
Louisiana
Orange
Texas Venice
Courthouse
Henderson School
Postoffice
Main Street
Sabine River
Bridge Damaged by Flood Near Denison
Continued rains raised the Red River several feet and washed away part of the new wagon interurban bridge near Denison Texas early today.
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Denison
Tex
Red River
Mohawk Steamer Runs Aground on Hudson River
The Mohawk of the Manhattan Navigation Company ran hard aground on a river embankment near Holge Park seven miles north of Poughkeepsie. Three hundred passengers were transferred ashore after the bow was torn open and the vessel wedged near the New York Central tracks. The accident, blamed on steering gear failure, prompted lifeboat deployment as Trojan and Troquois rescued additional travelers.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mohawk
Manhattan Navigation Company
Holge Park
Here
Albany
New York Central
New York
Trojan
Troquois
Recruits Inferior in Strength Says Army Medical Officer
Washington reports Captain Harold W. Johns of the Army Medical Corps finds after examining 500 recruits that only 33 percent are rated strong, down from 56 percent in 1875. He notes fewer foreign-born volunteers today and questions whether modern recruits, despite more brains, are weaker overall and worthy of further study.
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Washington, D. C
Harold W. Johns
Army Medical Corps
Elistment
Supreme Court to rule on incubator baby parentage
The court will decide who is mother of the incubator baby seen at the 1904 World’s Fair. Lottie Bleakley of Topeka Kansas claims the girl now nine is hers, while James and Clara Barclay of Douglas County Illinois assert the child was adopted and that Bleakley’s baby died shortly after birth.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Thousan
St. Louis
Lottie Breakley
Topeka
Kan
Illinois
Kansas
James G. Barclay
Douglas County
Barclay
Barclays
Hospital in Box Car Anew for Rail Line Track Work
A hospital in a standard box car, the first operated by a railroad, was put in service in Chicago near track elevation work by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. Surgeons will provide first aid, lecture to workers, and teach safety to prevent injuries. The car includes an operating room, a ward, white enamel interior, a screen partition, gas light, running water, an electric fan, and canvas beds suspended from chains.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Wealthy Stranger Found Unexplained at Local Lodging
Edward McDonald, a plainly dressed middle aged man, was found ill in a cheap lodging house with five cents in his purse and $1,270,000 in negotiable bonds and securities sewn in his inside pocket. The papers are said to be securities of 47 bona fide companies, all drawing interest. He lies in a coma with no explanation for the wealth.
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San Francisco
Cal
Edward McDonald
Treaty of Peace Signed in Constantinople
In Constantinople on September 29 a peace treaty was signed between Turkey and Bulgaria by the plenipotentiaries, marking a formal agreement to end hostilities.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Bulgaria
Murder trial under way at Pearsall amid jury woes
Pearsall Tex Sept 29 juries hard to secure for the murder trial of 14 alleged smugglers charged in Deputy Sheriff Ortiz’s death Judge Mullaly warns severance requires 14 trials and possible venue change 60 jurors summoned 600 in Frio county aids sought from I W W organizers and Charles Cline led appeals for funds as officials prepare for lengthy proceedings.
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Pearsall
Tex
Ortiz
R. W. Hudson
Mullaly
Frio County
Magus Smith
John A. Walls
Mason Maney
Pearsall and Co
Charles Cline
M. A. Spurgeon
Waco
Cline
Red
Texas
Merryville
South
W. W
W. C. Owen
Ciiado E. Garza
del Rio
J. M. Rangel
Fay Smith
Alexandria
Senator Lodge III Undergoes Surgery for Growth
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts was operated on last Thursday for a growth on the right side. He was reportedly serious for 24 hours but comfortable afterward. Lodge, 64, had returned from Washington and appeared in his usual health though strained by the long session. details were withheld at his request.
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Nahant
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
Washington
Lodge
Ancient Huts Found Near Rome Dating Pre-753 B C
Commendatore Beni, head of excavations in the Forum and Palatine, reports discovery of huts believed to be used by shepherds before Rome's founding in 753 B C. Some huts show well preserved hearths intact.
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Rome
Commendatore Beni
Forum
Palatine
Leased Wire Day Report by Associated Press
The San Antonio Light relies on the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press as its primary source, supplemented by its own extensive special news service. The AP service provides broad general news content in large daily volumes.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
Light
Innocent Man Freed by Governor Pardon in Kentucky Case
J W Drysdale, jailed twelve months for robbery by assault, received a pardon from Governor Colquitt after DA I C Baker pressed for clemency. A co defendant posed as an officer. Drysdale had nearly $200 while the Mexican victim had less than a dollar. A confession to Drysdale’s mother and a Kentucky town petition supported exoneration.
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J. W. Drysdale
Colquitt
Drysdale
Kentucky
Thirty-seventh
I. C. Baker
Baker
Cardinal Agliardi Leads Escort at Marino Convention
In Marino the cardinal presided over the Catholic cabinet meeting as anti clericals threatened trouble. A military guard accompanied him with 50 mounted dragoons and cyclists. Later a street clash left about twenty injured and over a hundred arrested.
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Rome
Marino
Cardinal Agliardi
Cardinal Algiardi
Zulu Prince Weds American Bride Joins Missionary Move
Prince Nadikano Q Cele Jr of Durban plans to marry Julia I Smith of Hampton Institute on October 20 in Danville Virginia and sail November 1 to lead a Zulu missionary campaign in Zululand. His father governor of a Zululand province funds the mission.
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New York
America
Nadikano Q. Cele Jr
Durban
Natal
Southeast Africa
Danville
Julia I. Smith
Hampton Institute
Osborne Begins Prison Term In Auburn To Study System
Thomas Mott Osborne, head of the state prison reform commission, started a short stay in Auburn prison wearing a convict’s uniform. He is assigned to the idle gang to live the life of a convict to study its mental and physical impact.
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Auburn
N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
State Commission On Prison Reform
Auburn Prison
The Light Newspaper Circulation Standouts in Southwest Texas
The Light claims the largest circulation in Southwest Texas and 100 percent more local reach than any San Antonio paper. It advertises 15 word editions at multiple price points and promotes evening train depots, news stands, and hotels as distribution outlets.
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the Light
Texas
San Antonio
Constitutionalists Rally Near Sabinas on New Front
In Piedras Negras Mexico on Sept 29 General Maas retreats from Barroterran after heavy losses. Constitutionalists fortify Sabinas east bank while a railroad bridge at Sabinas is dynamited. Estimated 400 dead, mostly Federals, as Carranza dispatches reinforcements and refugees flood into the U.S. frontier.
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Piedras Negras
Mex
Maas
Barroteran
Aura
Sabinas
Murguia
Constitutionalista
Rosita
Agusita
Elmenor
Castro
Matamoros
Jesus Carranza
Carranza
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
U S Officials Stumped on Mexican Communications
The administration has concluded there is no constitutional means to officially communicate with Mexican agents. An inquiry examined whether Lind, the president's special commissioner in Mexico, might liaise with nationalists to secure agreement for a truce during Mexico's projected elections. The aim was to influence candidate presentation without clear legal avenues.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Mr. Lind
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Clarence Murphy
U.S
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