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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1905
Page
1
John Love, a colored man, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Constable Bill Green on Advices from Seguin alleging he was wanted there on a theft under $50 charge.
Mayor Callaghan orders city departments to operate 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm, creating a nine hour workday. Some offices shift hours, notably the city assessor and city clerk, while police and fire alarm offices remain continuously open. The change alters several department schedules.
In the Miles murder trial, about ten additional witnesses testified before a 6 pm adjournment. Judge Dwyer stated the evidence should finish by noon tomorrow and the jury could hear final arguments by night. Defense predicts acquittal, prosecution expects conviction.
Roosevelt forms a special engineer commission to review Panama plans. Members include Germany’s Tineausen, Britain’s Hunter, France’s Guerard, and Americans Parsons Burr Davis Randolph Schuessler Abbott. Commission weighs executive committee plans and reports to Panama commission, then to War, then to Congress. Wallace reportedly will not return, maybe leaving for a northern post amid disagreements with officials.
Attica Indiana June 24 Doctor Tanner who twenty years ago fasted forty days to prove the Bible account feasible will be buried alive thirty days this summer in a grave eight feet deep in magnetic mud near Attica He plans to be resurrected alive after the thirty day confinement
Third ward property owners will hold a meeting to revive a bond issue for permanent street improvements. The proposed district lies between the San Pedro ditch and San Marcos street, bounded by Fredericksburg road and Houston street. A previous $43,000 street program was defeated. promoters expect success this time to fund west side and east side San Pedro creek improvements.
Early hours raid across the creek led to the capture of several men believed to be gambling. A portion were released while the rest were detained on gambling charges and set for corporation court tomorrow morning.
Richard Cheatham of Atlanta, secretary of the Southern Cotton association, arrived in Washington to meet Secretary Wilson after alleging leaks in the agriculture department cotton crop report and manipulation of figures to influence stock market speculation. John Hyde’s assistant BE. Holmes faces suspension. secret service agents continue investigations with expected developments soon.
In Waco Texas Lee Robinson was found guilty of attempting to assault Ella Robinson wife of a white farmer on June 13. The jury imposed a record sentence of 1001 years drawing strong public reaction as the judge noted the law provides an adequate remedy. Mrs Robinson described a harrowing struggle during the attack.
Matt Halday, a laborer, was found unconscious in the gutter at Twentieth and Mechanic streets in Galveston. He died at John Sealy hospital after an inquest by Coroner S. T. Fontaine, which ruled death from falling from the gallery of the lodging house at that corner.
Pascagoula Mississippi June 24 A sea turtle weighing nearly half a ton was captured yesterday on Horn Island by a fishing party. It weighed nearly half a ton and had laid a nest of 116 eggs. Upon dissection upwards of 300 more eggs were found. Pieces of meat were distributed along the beach for turtle soup and stew.
Jackson Mississippi June 24 a damage suit for fifty thousand dollars was filed today at Ackerman Choctaw county against the Illinois Central railroad George Hixon claims the amount for alleged libel and slander He says an Illinois Central agent in 1904 was sent to Ackerman to investigate his accounts and carried a letter from the chief of the department stating Hixon was short in his accounts The letter was shown around and defamatory statements were made Hixon was discharged after bond troubles and he seeks redress claiming the books would prove he was not short and that the road’s report caused his loss of position and bond issues.
Henry F. Downing former U S consul at Luanda Angola returns to New York from Liberia where he says leading American born blacks fear intervention by England Germany and France and worry over a possible division of the country He urges U S interest in Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society before the Civil War.
Washington June 24. A cabinet meeting revealed a sharp difference between Secretary Taft and Secretary Metcalfe on how to handle the Chinese boycott of American made spode. War Secretary favors action to ease ill feelings from exclusive laws. Commerce and Labor head says only a change in law by Congress can help. The President and cabinet gave the issue serious consideration.
Austin Texas June 24 Ludwig Sinclair aged 85 was arrested this afternoon charged with attempted criminal assault on Lela May Reese five year old daughter of A H Reese. The Reese family lives on the outskirts of the city and the girl was returning from music lessons when accosted by Sinclair. Tre was detected before any harm occurred and he fled but was soon arrested and jailed on a warrant charging him with attempted criminal assault. The incident created considerable excitement at the time.
Paris refused to forward a Sun telegram saying Premier Rouyles would take a firmer line toward Germany with English support. The report, already true, increased tensions as Britain again promised unequivocal support for France in defense of Morocco terms.
Austin June 24 District Attorney Warren Moore said the jury lacked jurisdiction to pass on contempt in a case tied to a disbarment issue. Moore admitted giving a list of names to a deputy sheriff in the interest of justice. The court found contempt for handing the list, fining $100 and three days in jail.
The construction of the Central fire station and other stations has halted for about ten days due to insufficient funds in the fire fund. Some buildings near completion, others just begun, with no action taken after a finance committee meeting. Moving the Central fire alarm office from City Hall to Travis Street was once favored but now unlikely given high costs, estimated near $600.
Baltimore reports the Maryland Steel built floating dry dock derrick for the federal government succeeded in docking the Colorado at Solomon's Island. The ship lay high and dry as pumps discharged 14 000 tons of water, with 24 hours to check strain. If tests hold, a battleship docked at Norfolk may be next. The dock is self-docking, built in three 90 foot end and 320 foot middle sections, and can cloak its battery like a ship. Officials weigh towing options to the Philippines, considering Cape Horn routes and contractor costs.
The Texas National Bank has entered voluntary liquidation and its accounts moved to the American Exchange National Bank. This marks a second consolidation in as many weeks. Dallas now hosts the largest national bank in the south with $8,000,000 in total deposits.
R. W. Burgay, 28, a self described newspaper man from Ohio, was arrested by Officers Harris last night around 10. He faces two charges including carrying a weapon and firing firearms within the city. Burgay is said to have fired a shot into the air on Alamo Plaza and has been in town about five months, staying on Saléda street.
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