Spanish War Veterans Plan Encampment at San Pedro Springs
At Luther R. Hare Command No. 57 meeting on August 16 1901 officers were present and a resolution condemned the army canteen law of March 2 1899 and urged repeal. The encampment dates April 19–21 1902 were discussed with tents barbecues and a grand reception. attendance projected at over twelve thousand. An arrangement committee led by Lieut A B Millan was formed and a move to hold meetings at the Alamo Insurance building was adopted with new quarterly dates set for the first and third Tuesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther R. Hare
Zcuave
Hernandez
Ilitlan
Illan
America
Congress
Tauther R. Hare
J. L. Slayden
Jas. F. Clark
H. Gillett
J. G. le Sturgeon
William. Williams
W. WI. Kiehnan
Bie Appleby
A.B. Millan
Appleby
C. Wurzbach
Henry Quasso
San Pedro Springs
Beethoven Hall
Siva
Alamo Insurance
Emamand
Hett
Coast Storm Ravages Louisiana Gulf Coast Shipping
Measured by wreckage and disruption the Aug. storm heavily damaged Mobile area small craft, lumber mills, and marsh gardens. Port Eads reports wind speeds up to 73 mph and anemometer loss while lines and telegraph cables lie buried under wreckage making relief and resumption of railway service uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Coden
Meahan
Pat Johns
Harold
Fruit Islands
Poster Price
Ft. Morgan
Stowell
Round Island Flats
Daphne
Ships Tied Up as Strike Halts Grain Exports
San Francisco August 17. Twenty nine deep water ships chartered to carry grain to European markets are tied up in the harbor because of the strike. Four other grain carrying vessels and fifteen sugar cargo ships bound for Hawaiian ports are also affected by crew shortages and loading delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
California
Hawaiian Island
Cotton market opens steady amid mixed New York notes
In New York on August 17 the cotton market opened steady to firmer by one point, yet warnings were uneven and hesitant. News in hand was conflicting and trade reports were among the worst for the autumn, with crowd accounts from Central Texas described as bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas
Colombian Trouble Spreads Across Rail Line
August reports no word from rebels as forces bolster confidence along the railroad route. The French cruiser Suchet lies at the railroad wharf to coal, signaling naval presence amid tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Suchet
Evylin steamer to be released after salvage near Pensacola
Agents of the Evylin report the stranded steamer near Pensacola is little damaged and will be released. The August news from New York notes the vessel’s status as salvage progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evylin
Pensacola
Virginia Anti-Machine Victory Shakes Virginia Politics
The August 17 convention in Richmond ousted the old bosses and backed an anti-machine ticket. Governor nominee Montague receives national congratulations, while Senator Martin and Congressman Swanson, defeated for governor, plan a European tour to escape the new Virginia political methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Montague
Norfolk
David B. Hill
New York
Ari
Martin
Swanson
Hays resignation and potential SP Union consolidation
The Call reports a New York dispatch confirms C M Hays has resigned the Southern Pacific presidency. It states the resignation is in the hands of superiors and hints the successor may lead both Union and Southern Pacific lines under one management. A consolidation could aim for a two and a half day run from San Francisco to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
New York
C. M. Hays
Southern Pacific
Hayes
Union
Chicago
Armenian district ransacked by Kurdish raiders
From Constantinople the Pall Mall Gazette reports that a force of about 400 Kurdish horsemen raided the Damizgra district in Armenia destroying twelve villages. Most residents were killed or driven off, with only young girls spared and carried to harems. Mules were slaughtered.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Constantinople
Damizgra
Armenia
Black man Abe Wilder surrounded by mob near Sadler
A sheriff's bulletin reports Abe Wilder, described as a Black man who fatally harmed Mrs. J. M. Caldwell, is surrounded by a farmer posse four miles north of Sadler. They vow to burn him. Sheriff Shrewsbury seeks federal and state help to avert a mob killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Wilder
Dallas
Texas
Sherman
Shrewsbury
Sadler
J. M. Caldwell
Wilder
Central Mississippi Braces as Rain and Gale Ruin Crops
Damaging rains sweep Central Mississippi for sixty hours with a severe wind gale. Cotton and corn are blown flat and remain underwater, destroying crop prospects farmers hoped would yield a fine cotton harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mise
Mississippi
Train wreck in Mexico injures several near Chihuahua
A north bound passenger train derailed on the Mexican Central line near Chihuahua. Several persons were injured though no fatalities were reported. Details from El Paso were not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Yase
Chihuahua
Mexican Central Railway
Paso
Jeffried and Ruhlin to Fight in San Francisco Next October
Jeffried and Ruhlin agreed to meet in San Francisco probably in October to decide the terms. George Siler will referee, and final arrangements will be made Monday with each side putting up 2,500 and signing the articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Jeffried
Ruhlin
George Siler
Enen Mas
National W C T U meeting to gather in Fort Worth
Details of the National W C T U meeting at Fort Worth on November 15 were issued today. Three thousand delegates and as many visitors from all parts of the United States are expected. All national officers and state presidents will attend, making it the largest women’s gathering ever held in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
United States
South
Rations for flood sufferers directed from New Orleans
The War department at Jackson Barracks New Orleans has ordered five hundred rations issued to destitute residents displaced by the recent flood near Wort Phillip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Jackson — Barracks
New Orleans
Wort
Phillip
Impeachment Looms As Texas Treasury Audit Reveals Discrepancy
Special to the Sunday Light from Austin reports the comptroller and treasurer book tallies are accurate but actual cash in the treasury shows a 252 278 02 shortfall. The committee deems impeachment inevitable and notes a separate probe of the secretary of state's 30000 bank account with Judge Tod prepared to cover funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House
E Committee On
Comptroller’s
Treasury
Yerkes
Robbins
First National Bank
Secretary of State
Tod
Legislature Advances in Called Session Amid Apportionment Prep
Special from Austin reports the second week of the called session ending with progress on representative districts and debates over congressional district apportionment. Senate and House committees have prepared bills, with a red hot fight anticipated next week as Congressmen and U S Senators arrive to advocate for constituents. District judges and district attorneys are training to ensure proper canalization of the work amid no politics in judicial district readjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
House Committee
United States
Bates forecasts grand Missouri river bridge for Kansas City
Theo dore Bates of Worcester Massachusetts chief figure at Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Company in Kansas City is quoted predicting a bridge finer than the Eads bridge at St Louis and a magnificent Union passenger station to be erected alongside the Missouri river crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Theodore C. Bates
Worcester
Maas
Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Company
Kansas
Eads
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Union
Pittsburg Steel Strike Shifts to Milwaukee and Chicago
Attention in the steel strike centers on the west as strikers attempt to overturn Milwaukee and Chicago from their adverse stance. Reported in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
Chicago
Pan-American Exposition Registers Over Three Million Admits
Buffalo New York August 17 The Pan American exposition reports over three million admissions with visitor numbers continuing to rise each day awaiting more crowds and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
New Assistant Postmaster Named for San Antonio
Sam M. Johnson, former postmaster of San Antonio, will be appointed assistant postmaster of the city. Judge C. H. Clifford, civil service appointee, will be transferred by the department to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Clifford
Washington
Sam M. Johnson
San An
Tonio
C. H. Clifford
Wash
Ington
Mill Shutdown Expected as Steel Yard Goes Dark
Joliet Wisconsin August 17 American Steel and Wire mills prepare to shut down Tuesday due to rod shortages. The move will leave about 6000 workers idle, roughly half involuntarily, as production halts across facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, WI
Manufacturers seek trade reciprocity at September meeting
Philadelphia August 17 President Search of the National Association of Manufacturers has called a meeting of the executive committee for September 4 to take up the question of reciprocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Search
National Association of Manufacturers
Ruttram Oil Well No 3 Gushes at Farm in Tennessee
A telephone message from Sunnybrook Kentucky reports Ruttram Oil Well No 3 at Tamestown Tennessee has come in as a gusher. This is the third oil well on the same farm, all described as first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamestown
Tenn
Sunnybrook
Chapelle's Mission in Philippines Ends in Failure
Washington reports Archbishop Chappelle failed to secure favorable official arrangements for the Catholic church in the Philippines and Cuba. Manila dispatches say Filipino attitude toward the papal delegate hindered negotiations with the civil government, with friars challenging his offers and prompting his return to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Chapelle
Philippines
Cuba
United States
Chappelle
Manila
Direct Line Set Between New Orleans and Rotterdam
London announces completion of a direct steamship service linking New Orleans and Rotterdam under joint control of the Illinois Central railway and the Radcliffe line. Simultaneously the Leyland West Trilia line from New Orleans to London will resume sailings after a long suspension due to Pettish government wartime use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New Orleans
Rotterdam
Illinois Central Railway
Radcliffe Steamship Line
Cardiff
Leyland West Trilia
Pettish
Coffee re shipped from Puerto Rico to New York
Two hundred thirty three bags of Brazilian coffee that arrived in San Juan free of duty have been re shipped to New York. The coffee was brought from Brazil to New York and imported here by local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York
Brazil
Wholesale Marriages On a Transport to Manila
Sixty of four hundred teachers sailing from San Francisco on the Thomas to staff Philippine schools were married at Honolulu after brief acquaintances. Aboard the ship the captain barred on board marriages, so thirty couples went ashore in Honolulu for ceremony conducted by one clergyman after a Honolulu stopover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Thomas
Philippines
Honolulu
Pacific
Honglulu
Tax valuations from Texas counties show varied changes
Special to the Daily Light from Austin Texas August 17 1901 reports county tax rolls totaling valuations in Navarro Nolan Waller Collingsworth Iris McCulloch Haskell Rockwall Kinney and others. Increases range from 105 619 to 457 605 with some decreases noted like Waller county down 225 607.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Light
Austin
Texas
Comptrollers’ Department
Navarro County
Nolan County
Waller County
Collingsworth County
Ifile
McCullioch County
Haskell County
Rockwall
Kinney County
Saloon Shooting on West Commerce Leaves Suspect At Large
A 10:30 PM shootout between two Black men in a saloon on West Commerce Street between East and Concho Streets ended with one firing at the other. The bullet hit a podium instead of the target and lodged in the floor. Officers Kuhlman and Cook arrived but the combatants had fled. The shooter is known to police and is expected to be arrested soon.
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West Commerce Street
East
Concho Streets
Kuhlman
Cook
Nueces Steamship Endures Gulf Storm Heroic Captain
The Mallory line steamer Nueces, delayed three days, faced sixty to seventy five mile per hour winds and a raging cyclone off the Gulf. Captain Jas Risk kept the ship steady and passengers praise his cool seamanship and leadership during the perilous ordeal. The vessel was to sail again at noon tomorrow for New York.
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Galvester
Texas
Nueces
Mallory Line
New York
Gulf
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisania
Jas. Risk
Risk
Captain Risk
The
Austin Items Chronicle State Proceedings and Bonds
The Texas House passed the morning bill to redraw state judicial districts with minor changes and adjourned until Monday morning. State actions include bond issues for Borden county courthouses and jail refunds, school bonds in Eastland and Et ton, and various land, contract, and insurance approvals. Labor Day parade plans and a travel note about Mey August Simai’s trip to Magdeburg conclude the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
House
Robbins
West Texas Drug Manufacturing Company
Paris
Capital Stock
Kellner Durrett Saddlery Company
Fort Worth
Chappell Hill Creamery Association
Chappel Hill
Attorney General's Department
Court House
Borden County
Eastland County
City of E
Rogan
Crosby, Leon
Limestone
Potter
Trinity
Tyler
Stonewall
Wheeler
Zapata
Dodge Today
Union Meat Company
San Antonio
Southwestern Insane Asylum
State Insurance Department
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Kentucky
Jefferson Johnson
Insurance, Agriculture, Statistics and
Chas. G. Greaves
Hot Springs
Arkansas
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad Company
Cotton Belt
Comptroller’s Department
General Committee of the Trades Council
Watter’s Park
County School Trustees Hear Reports at Meeting
County school trustees met yesterday with most program items as announced in the Saturday Light. County Judge R B Green was absent. County Treasurer R H Wester was ill. Prof Arthur Lefevre spoke, with E B Paue and Dr D Berrey also presenting. Visitors included Prof Hopkins and Judge Hess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Green
R. H. Wester
Arthur Lefevre
E. B. Paue
Edwards
D. Berrey
Hopkins
Galveston
Judge Hess
Medina
Housing shortage warned for next winter in San Antonio
There is a scarcity of tenement houses in San Antonio. W. S. Conness says daily inquiries for houses are made by parties seeking to rent and predicts there will not be enough housing to accommodate newcomers next winter. He urges immediate building to supply demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
W. S. Conness
Ship reaches San Francisco awaiting Panama orders
Washington Aug 17 She Town has reported its arrival at San Francisco to the Navy department and has been ordered to prepare to go to Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Navy Department
Panama
Slick Confidence Game Ends in Jail Swindle Case
A 24 year old man named Ed Sperier confessed to swindling and was jailed with no bond after authorities traced a scam involving two Catholic priests. Sperier posed as Father Clancy in Waco to obtain 20 from Father Fuhrwerk and 26 from Father Smith in San Antonio. Detective McCloskey shadowed Sperier from West Commerce Street to St. Marys and Frank Bros. store before arresting him. Sperier, claiming origin from Pass Christian Mississippi, admitted the crime.
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McCloskey
Younster
Ed. Sperier
Sperier
William A. Fuhrwerk
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Christopher J. Smith
St. Mary’s Church
Father Fuhrwerk
Father Clancy
Waco
Father
Father Smith
Thursay
McCloskes
Spercer
Frank Bros
Soledad and
Commerce Streets
McClokey
Krisch and Miller
Spérier
Pass Christian, Miss
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Tel. Comp
Braden Plumbing —and— Electric Company
East Commerce Street
W. W. Walling
St. James Building
Qubinski Electrical Works
West
Houston Street
RSCE
Louisiana
U. S
Orleans
Trae
Northeastern
Cuem
Lsane Cline
Weather Bureau
New Orléans
Sheil Seach
St. ‘Louis
Waveland
Bay St. Louis
Here
Louisvile
Nashville
Aso
Ocean Springs
Hays
Fris& Paper
Jefprips-Ruhlin
Panzam
Tennesser
Uncle Sam
Department
Mey August Simai
Magdeburg
Germany
County School Trustees
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