San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 168, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1889 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume IX--Number 168.
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CAPITAL $300000
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The Purest and Best. Deliv-
ered to any part of the city.
MIKE & JOES
CARDEN
Cor. of Monterey and San Saba Sts.
The most pleasant and popular resort
in the city. Polite attention.
A tine Italian band will play every
night under the directions of
PROF. PABLO PERRIO.
Dance Every Sahrflaj Nijht.
MIKE VOLINO & BRO. - • Proprietors
Trunks Repaired
At trunk factory 223 Alamo plaza.
8-5-tf.
Fresh Carload of Buggies
Carriages spring wagons and phae-
t>uf at reasonable prices. Hick’s
h »r-c and carriage depository West
Nueva street. 6-29-15 t.
Recorder’s Court.
Joseph Fuller drunk S 3.
Eliza Button burglary transferred.
Jas. Mclvy disorderly $5.
Albie Leroy wearing disguise $7.
Juana Morales insulting language
dismissed.
Alex Campbell drunk and disor-
derly $5.
R. E. Lee vagrant dismissed.
Walter Lubbock vagrant dis-
missed.
The controversy between the Post-
master General and the president of
the Western Union telegraph contin-
ues. Wanamaker says so far as he
can figure it out that the Western
Union has had a very good thing out
ot the government so far and Green
says that they have not. If the Wes-
tern Union has not made Uncle Sam
pay the piper it will be the first in-
stance In the history of that anacon-
da when it failed. With about 81000-
000 original capital it has maintained
its managers in luxury rolled up
wealth for its preferred stockholders
and counts its property to-day worth
§100000000. Pretty good returns
from the investment. In all this it
has paid the government nothing for
the use of the national highways.
A Call.
The colored citizens of the city of
San Antonio ami the county of Bexar
are he.eby cabled to meet at the Ala-
mo Pavilion August 13th to elect
delegates to the Waco convention
which convenes August 20th.
8:9:2t Jake Lyons.
♦ • •
The 14th convention of the Kappa
Alpha Fraternity will be held in Au-
gusta Ga. next month. Delegates
from 25 colleges will tie present.
San Antonio Daily Light.
Published at San Antonio. Bexar County. Texas and Registered at the Post Office as Second-Class Mall Matter.
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH-
ES AND STATE SPECIALS
Up to the Time of Going to Pre-s
Weather Bulletin.
Washington D. C. Aug. 9. —Fore-
casts for eastern Texas: Local rains
stationary temperatureexcept in the
eastern portions slightly warmer
variable winds dangerous on the
coast.
Chicago Policeman Shot.
Chicago August 9. —Police Officer
Fryer of Desplaiues street station
was shot and killed at an early hour
this morning in a street fight at the
corner of Harrison and Clinton streets.
The officers on the adjacent beat
heard two shots and when they
reached the scene found Officer
Freyer lying dead with two bullet
holes in his body. Two men were
seen running away; an alarm was sent
out and from their hiding place under
the sidewalk two men sprang
out as wagons approached and
ran along Twelfth street pur-
sued by the police but they man-
aged to edge in among a lot of cars
where they disappeared as if the
earth had swallowed them.
What a Newspaper Discovered.
San Francisco Cal. August 9.—
The Chronicle claims to have discov-
ered that Thos. F. Plunkett who
mysteriously disappeared from Hart-
ford Conn. August 28 1888 and
whose supposed death in Mexico was
telegraphed over the country from
Hartford the 17th of last April is
to-day alive and a resident of the
City of Mexico. At the time of his
disappearance Plunkett was president
of the Hartford Silk Manufacturing
Co. and a defaulter to the sum of
about $300000. The Chronicle states
several letters have been received
here from Plunkett lately the last
one being yesterday. The recipient
thereof is named Arthur Robert
Empey. who was a follower and lieu-
tenant in the Riel rebellion in Man-
itoba a few years since.
A Gigantic Glass Trust.
Chicago 111. August 9.—A special
from Pittsburg says one of the most
gigantic combinations the industrial
world has ever seen is being perfec-
ted. It is the incorporation of
all the table glassware man-
ufactories of Pennsylvania Ohio
and West Virginia into an immense
trust. Headquarters will be in Pitts-
burg and the table glass works of
three states will be under one man-
agement and control. The matter
has been under consideration for
some time crystallizing not rapidly
but surely. Details are now in per-
fect shape and the combination is as-
sured. The economy secured by hav-
ing one company controlling such an
enormous product under a single
management will alone secure a
handsome profit.
The Great Coke Agitation.
Pittsburg August 9. —Private dis-
patches from the Connellsville coke
region report a gang of four hundred
drunken Hungarian coke workers on
a raid. They do not seem to under-
stand that the strike was settled in
their favor and this morning started
out to close the works in operation.
They first marched to Morewood and
drove the men out and then went to
the Alice works where they also
forced the men to quit. They are still
on the warpath and when last heard
from were on their way to the Besse-
mer works. Considerable damage is
done at Morewood and the Alice but
no one was seriously hurt. Among
English speaking coke workers there
is a general rejoicing over the termin-
ation of the strike in their favor. The
works in the entire region will be in
operation next week.
The Latest Tascott Anecdote.
Chicago August 9. —In an inter-
view regarding the latest Tascott
story A. J. Stone son-in-law of Mr.
Snell the murdered millionaire last
evening said: “If the picture sent on
from Texas is Tascott’s it can be iden-
tified in ten minutes. I know him
myself there are several people in
the neighborhood where he lived lor
years within a few doors of Mr. Snell’s
house wiio know him well.” “What
do you think of this Laredo arrest as
far as the information goes?” was
asked. “I think it looks very hope-
ful; it is the best newspaper discovery
we have yet iiad but I have been so
often deceived into hoping too far
that lam Inclined to go slow. The
description is good and tallies with
Tascott in every particular.”
A few more bodies continue to bt
discovered daily at Johnstown.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 9 1889.
Telegraphic Brevities.
The famous Maud 8. is to be put in
training again.
The Matamoras & Yucatan railroad
is inaugurated.
The Petrel will probably have an-
other trial.
Gen. Phllipovich the conquerer of
Bosnia has died at Prague.
Chattanooga Teun. is on a great
railroad boom.
The president has granted pardons
to two counterfeiters; omj in Georgia
one in Indiana.
A strange disease principally af-
fecting the stomach has caused fifty
deaths at Warsaw 111.
Petroleum deposits are discovered
at Tobasco Mexico and coal mines at
Guerrero.
Postmaster General Gochocios of
Mexico denies that he is going to re-
sign.
Gen. Boulanger’s trial before the
high court of the French senate began
yesterday August 8.
Gen. 8. Allen president of the 42d
and Grand Street Ferry R. R. Co.
New York is arrested on charge of
forgery.
The geodetic survey party sent out
by the government to determine and
establish the Alaskan boundary are
now at work.
A 13-year-old boy while creeping
under a circus tent at Cleveland ().
was struck on the neck by the guard;
his windpipe was fractured and he
died in great agony.
Steve Brodie’s latest jump was
from the bridge across the Pawtucket
Falls sixty feet. He was unhurt and
swam ashore.
There is a report that Mrs. George
Pendleton Bowler of Cincinnati a
widow with two children who travels
a great deal in Europe is captured by
Italian bandits.
President Harrison on his route to
Bar Harbor was greeted with great
enthusiasm. At Haverhill a big arch
was erected and he was presented
with a handsome basket of Howers by
the Brother Johnathan club.
Mrs. Maybrick sentenced to death
has broken down under the strain and
is ill. A memorial to the govern-
ment in her behalf has been signed
by most of the barristers and solicitors
of the Liverpool circuit. The feeling
against the verdict is very strong.
France will Consider.
Paris August 9 —M. Spuller min-
ister ot foreign affairs in reply to a
communication from M. Delyan-
nie Greek minister to Paris
says; the present insurrection in
Crete will undoubtedly give rise to
grave questions. The French gov-
ernment he says will give the mat-
ter as much attention as it deserves.
NOTES AND NOVELTIES.
A woman’s surpliced choir is the
latest novelty in England.
“A boy to freeze ice cream” is ad-
vertised for in a Lowell paper.
A youth of eighteen living near
Weston W. Va. is growing gray.
There is a man in Martin’s Ferry
who drinks coal oil and says he likes
it.
Everybody is Satisfied.
London August 9. —It is officially
announced that the Emperor William
when departing from Osborne ex-
pressed to the Queen his utmost
pleasure with his reception in Eng-
land. He also expressed the hope
that the Queen responding to his
strong desire would return his visit
by coming to Berlin.
A Forger's Accomplice.
New York. August B.—Ferdinand
Hoefle was arraigned at the Tombs
police court this morning and at the
request of Inspector Byrnes remanded
back to police headquarters until
tomorrow. Hoefle is charged with
complicity in the crime of President
Evans 8. Allen of the Forty-second
and Grand street surface R. R. ac-
cused of forgery.
ALF GRAND M. D.
De l'Acadamie de Medicine Dosi-
metrie de Paris France.
Treatment sure plain and easy of
all diseases acute and chronic re-
puted as incurable. Guarantee to
cure chill and fever in twenty-four
hours. Office 224 Soledad street.
Hours from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Con-
sultation free.
A Special Bar&rain.
For sale: An eight room rock
house with eight lots; fronting 160
varas on one of the principal stfeets
in San Antonio convenient to street
car line. Price $8000; terms easy. This
is a rare bargain and must be sold
quick as the owner will not keep this
propertv on the market long.
tf Hambleton Hadley & Co.
CUNEY'S APPOINTMENT.
A Criticism of Those Disgruntled
at the Galveston Collectorshlp.
San Antonio August 5 1889.
Editor Light :
The appointment of N. W. Cuney to
the collectorship of Galveston has
created a decided stir in political cir-
cles. The hornet’s nest in the bustle
of the democratic party is fairly
stirred up and the insects are buz-
zing unpleasantly about the ears of
Mr. Cuney and his friends. The Gal-
veston News declares that in Cuney’s
appointment the republican party re-
ceives a black eye. Other democratic
papers sarcastically refer to him as
the “Cooney” etc. A universal howl
of dissatisfaction is heard on every
side. The grumbling is not confined
to democrats. A few republicans are
expressing themselves fully on the
subject. One gentleman is credited
with having said : “The appointment
of Cuney will cost his party several
thousand votes.” Just what grounds
he has for the assertion is a mystery.
Expressions more worthy of child-
ren than men are heard and
neither the President or Mr.
Cuney is spared. It is a
matter of surprise ami regret that in-
telligent men who will manifest the
most listless apathy on every other
phase of the negro question are taking
so much interest in this case and are
giving vent to such childish utteran-
ces. All this as is plainly evident is
the outcome of party and race preju-
dice. Regardless of the principles of
the republican party unmindful of
the fact that the constitution of the
United States recognizes a man not
by his color or previous condition but
upon his merits that in the spiritand
letter of that document all men are
alike a few republicans and all dem-
onrats will persist in abusing Cuney
and censuring the president for hav-
ing appointed him. It must be a
sourceof particular gratification to Mr.
Cuney that no one has seen fit or Is
able to deny his peculiar fitness for this
office to which he has been appointed
thongh unsparing in their criticisms.
His ability is therefore unquestion-
ed and as long as this remains to his
credit he has nothing to fear. Mr.
Cuney enjoys the confidence of his
race in a far greater degree than
many of the so called leaders. A de-
termination to remain loyal to them
at all hazards has characterized his
every action and it is this which has
won for him the reputation which he
enjoys to-day. In his appointment
not only is one of the most cherished
tenets of the republican party exem-
plified but a worthy man is reward-
ed. In fact a better selection could
not have been made. It is not the
purpose of this article to indulge in
any particular eulogy of the negro or
to prove his qualifications for office.
But it does seem that when an im-
portant position is given a negro
a few disgruntled politicians
should cease nursing their sore
thumbs and come out on the side of
justice. In nonsense is the negro an
arrogant strictly speaking. He like
all others presents his modest claims
and of course expects them to be no-
ticed. He is careful to qualify himself
before taking such a step. The intel-
ligent negro is nothing if not conser-
vative. Realizing the almost Insur-
mountable barrier—that of color—be-
tween himself and other races he
does not ask for social recognition
but is content with having his rights
as a citizen. Entering as he does
largely into the population and pros-
perity of the United States it is but
right that these should be accorded
him. The only objection to Cuney is
that he is a negro. Let us hope that
this will prove but temporary.
Tard Walton.
CHURCH BURNED.
Mount Zion Church and Parsonage
in Flames.
The fire alarm which sounded so
clearly on the mignight air last night
was caused by the burning of the
colored Baptist church and parsonage
on Lavaca street. The fire broke out
in the parsonage occupied by the min-
ister Rayford and a man named
Michael. Rev. Rayford was out of the
city and Mitchel was at the Alamo
Pavilion. A lamp which had been left
burning is supposed to have caused
the fire which broke out in the par-
sonage kitchen. The ilames spread
rapidly and before the fire depart-
ment could reach the ground the
house was past saving and the church
roof was in flames. The department
worked with a will and the walls and
frame of the church were saved. The
roof and steeple were a wreck and
must be replaced.
The children who were left in the
house were found all right at a neigh-
bors.
Quo fas et Gloria.
Friends of Major cotton will be
pleased to hear that he has received
a cable to the effect that his son has
been able to be moved to Assouan a
military station on the Nile and that
as soon as possible he will be sent
down to Cairo. Particulars of the
casualty are not yet to hand but
there is every reason to hope that the
young officer is doing well.
Only $5 a Year.
State News Condensed.
Conroe is on a building boom.
Baseball: Austin 9 Galveston 0;
Fort Worth 4 Houston 0.
Four thousand goats go from Webb
county to Ban Luis Potosi Mexico.
Prospects for a crop at Kennedy
were never better.
Mrs. Favors of Llanodied from the
eftects of an overdose of morphine.
Col. Joel W. Robinson a Mexican
war veteran dies at La Grange.
There is increased inquiry tor good
Texas horses in the market.
The first monthly stock sale at
San place August 5.
New miners are arriving every day
at the Thurber mines.
Jacksboro has a bummer normal
with over 6(1 in attendance.
All kinds of crops are splendid in
the Concho country.
The Fort Worth and Denver has
hauled out of Denver this season
about 125000 head of cattle.
The S. A. P. has commenced survey
from Kennedy to Laredo and will be-
gin grading by September.
The old directors are endorsed by
the stockholders of the Galveston &
Western R. R.
Cotton around Ban Marcos is failing
rapidly. Unless rain comes the crop
will be very short.
Messrs. Moody & Ellis of Greenvalft-
are given the contract for the court-
house and jail at Conroe.
The city chemist pronounces the
bomb found on a house in Dallas to
be a dynamite shell.
Geo. Martin a horse trader of Dal-
las took fifteen grains of morphine”
and is lying at the point of death.
The two-year old son of Mr. W. U.
Henson was bitten by a rattlesnake
on the ranch near Pearsall and died
from the effects.
Fourteen colored delegates will go
from Austin to the educational and
industrial colored convention to meet
on the 2oth at Waco.
Charters are filed of the Milwaukee
Bridge and Iron Works Co. and the
American Pastoral Co. of London
England.
J. A. Morgan who married and then
joined the church at Menardville
turns out to be a noted horse thief
and has resumed his former calling.
Wm. Granby colored murdered
another negro in Burleson county and
escaped. He gave battle to the sher-
iff’and officers but was finally shot
fatally.
San Marcos citizens have presented
Dr. H. M. Dußose with a gold-headed
cane inscribed: “A tribute of regard
to Rev. Dr. Dußose projector of the
Chautauqua in Texas.”
Tom Williams colored wheeling
rock to the second story of a building
at Decator fell twenty feet with the
rock on top of him. Several ribs were
broken hut he will probably recover.
Lee Gatlin a 19-year old convict
who escaped from the Rusk peniten-
tiary and gave the officers a lively
chase has been captured near Big
Lake.
Experts pronounce the red ochre lo-
cated in tiie mountains just beyond.
De) Rio the finest ever discovered m
America. A big mining enterprise
is organized and operations already
commenced.
Army Notes.
Second Lieutenants Arthur Thayer
and Cecil Stewart Third cavalry are
selected to take part in the cavalry
competition and will proceed from
their respective stations and report
on the 20th instant to the command-
ing officer Fort Leavenworth Kas.
The following enlisted men are
selected to represent the department
of “distinguished marksmen” to be
held at the Bellevue rifle range near
Omaha Nebraska commencing on
the 27th inst.: For the competition
in which the rifle is used Private
Thomas Feeney company D Fifth
infantry. For the competition in
wnich the carbine is used Private
Garvin C. Taliaferro band Third cav-
alry.
Private Charles Kuhlman company
H Nineteenth infantry takes the
Wagner & Chabot prize given to the
competitor making the best aggregate
score during the three days prelimin-
ary practice firing. Corporal Charles
W. Titus company I Nineteenth in-
fantry takes the Morris Brothers’
award given for making the best ag-
gregate of scores during the prelimin-
ary practice at known distance firing.
No prizes are ottered for second
day’s preliminary firing at known dis-
tances.
Lieut. Frederick Perkins Fifth in-
fantry made the highest score yester-
day at the target range.
2V Frenchman is sentenced to 12
year’s imprisonment with hard labor
and after that 10 'years exile from
France for selling diplomatic docu-
ment to German agents while an em-
ploye of the Danish ministry at Paris.
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