San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 134, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 28, 1890 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume X—Number 134
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Extended the Quarantine.
Gibralter June 28.—The period
of quarantine al this port has been
extended.
Earthquake shocks.
Madrid June 28.—Slight earth-
quake shocks were felt at Pueblo de
Rugat today.
Reichstag to Adjourn.
Berlin June 28.—Chancellor Von
Caprivi has requested the reichstag to
adjourn July 8 until Nov. 18.
No Conference Will be Held.
Paris June 28.—The Cabinet has
decided against submitting the Zan-
zibar question to an international
conference.
Want to See the Slugging.
London June 2'.—The Pelican and
Ormonde clubs hive each offered
£lOOO to prevent the Slavin-McAulifte
match from collapsing.
No Cholera in Italy.
Rome June 28.—The government
has issued an official demal of the
rumors that cholera has appeared in
Italy. It is announced that the
whole country is in excellent health.
Called Him Jake.
Purvis Miss. June 28.—Jake Ki 1-
rain is a popular man in Marion
county. The census shows that a
large number of male inYants born
within the past year have been named
after the Baltimore slugger.
Drank Concentrated Lye.
Duffau Tex. June2B.—A 2-year-
old boy son of H. 8. Armstrong near
here picked up a can containing a
small amount of liquid concentrated
lye recently and drank it and soon
died m great agony.
Another Turkish Revolt.
Constantinople June 28. — Eze-
roum is reported to be in full.revolt.
In the conflicts that have taken place
80 Armenians and 90 Turkish solders
were killed and many on both sides
wounded.
Good Work on the Hoads.
Terrell Texas Juno 28. — The
road committee is raising the money
to put the Crandall road In splendid
repair. The committee after fixing
up this road will turn their attention
to other roads leading to Terrell.
Defended a Negro.
Columbia 8. C. June 28.—At Lex-
ington yesterday Secretary of State
Marshall was nearly mobbed because
he defended the action of Gov. Rich-
ardson for trying to protect the negro
Leaphart who waslynched in Lexing-
ton. It is believed by many that
there will be serious trouble at some
of the meetings before the canvass" is
closed.
It Costs Nothing
to see our goods and very little to buy
them. We have an elegant line o
gents’ summer clothing and offer low-
er prices than any house is the city.
We are determined to close out our
entire stock of summer weights and
have cut prices way down to. force
sales. Step in a minute and see our
stuff. John K. Beretta & Co. tt
San zYntonio Daily Ddkht.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO. BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS. AND REGISTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL IWTER.
THE K OF P.
BIGGEST AND JOLLIEST CROWD
IA ER LEAVING SANTONE.
A Glorious Time in Prospect"sOO
on Board.
Spacial to the Light
Kennedy Junction June 28.—The
largest and finest excursion ever leav-
ing Sail Antonio under the auspices
of the K. P. Uniform Rank arrived at
this place at 1 p. m„ with 400 people
on board about one-third being
members of the order. A large
delegation will join them at
Beeville. The train of nine
coaches all handsomely decorated
will pull into Corpus Christi with
about 500 people; everything is pass-
ing off pleasantly and the reception
committee from Corpus promise a
grand time. Conductors Elliott and
Shoff have charge of the train.
Cholera Abating in Spain.
Madrid June 28.—There have been
no further deaths from cholera in Va‘
lencia and only three new cases are
reported in the province. There have
been no new 7 cases at any point or
place near the coast in 48 hours.
The Weather.
Washington June 28.—The tem-
perature has risen in the upper lake
region gulf states and New England
has fallen in the Atlantic and Mis-
souri valley. Forecast rise 8 a. m
Sunday for eastern Texas and Ar-
kansas fair. No change in tempera-
ture variable winds.
Says It Is Cholera.
Madrid June 28.—The cabinet was
opposed to declaring officially that
the disease prevailing In Bpain is
cholera but it had no alternative in
view of the report of the sanitary
commission.
Weatherford’s Masonic Temple.
Weatherford Tex. June 28.—
The Masonic fraternity of this city
have contracted for toe erection of a
handsome stone temple on South
Main street. Messrs Smith Bros.
local contractors being awarded the
contract.
Victims of the Heat
Chicago Juue 28.—There are no
signs yet of the cold wave which bus
been anxiously looked for and to-day
promises to be more sultry tnan Fri-
day. The list of people stricken
down yesterday numbers nearly
twenty; two meu died and three more
in the hospital will not live.
The Scotchman Wins.
Edinburgh June 28.—After six
days trial the action taken by Sir
Archibald Stewart of Grantully
against John Stewart Kennedy
banker of New York has been con-
cluded. The action was for the pur-
pose of rescinding the sale of the
Murthy estate for Perthshire to Ken-
nedy for 81800000 verdict for Stew-
art.
A Big Human.
Fayetteville Ark. June 28.—Mr.
James Ritter who lives at Elm
Springs a small place about twelve
miles from here has been sick for
some time and thinking he might die
soon sent an order to town to have
his coffin and burial apparel prepared.
He is 73 years of age and weighs a
little over 475 pounds. The coffin
measures six feet in length is three
feet across at the shoulders 28 inches
deep and has handles on it for twelve
pall-bearers. Mr. Ritter measures
sixty inches around the waist.
The Judge's Successor—Census ar-
rest.
Waco Tex. Jnne 28.—Judge L. W.
Goodrich of Falls county has been
appointed to fill Judge Dickin-
son’s unexpired term and qualified
before District Clerk Stewart of Falls
county.
Ou complaint of Enumerator Bis-
hop George Davis was arrested
charged with refusing to answer
official census questions.
South American Politics.
Washington June 28.—Mr. Va-
lente Brazilian minister to the United
States said last night there was no
foundation whatever for the story
which had gained circulation that
there was likely to be trouble soon
between Chili and Brazil and that
the latter country had entered into an
alliance with Peru and the Argentine
Republic against Chili.
New Hampshire's Population.
Concord N. H. June 28.—From
incomplete census returns the popu-
lation of the cities of this state is es-
timated as follows : Manchester 43- i
000 gain 10000; Concord 17000gain
3000; Nashua 16000 gain 2000; Dover
13000 gain 1200.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. SATURDAY JUNE 28. 1890.
GREAT HANDLERS <>F OCR
Their Numbers and Their Stalls—lm-
mense Quantity of Animals
Killed — Inspection Slaughter
Pens Etc.
“When the census men leport”
said some one to the reporter “you
will find that San Antonio has as
many butchers as she has inhabit-
ants.”
While of course the census returns
won’t quite look that way there are
nevertheless more representatives of
the butchers’ trade than of any other
except possibly the saloon men’s.
Their exact number In this city ac-
cording to official documents is
eighty while various butchers place
them all the way from forty to 150
men.
The butchers’ stalls are scattered
broadcast over tne city much to the
convenience of the people. The nu-
merous slaughter pens in which are
yearly killed a total of 32294 animals
are also scattered all around some
within and some outside of the city
limits.
This great difference in the location
of the various slaughter pens has
long been considered nothing short
of a sanitary nuisance as the inspect-
ors cannot reach them well on ac-
count of their distance and different
locations. The city physician has
taken notice of this state of affairs as
the following extracts from his report
clearly show:
“The multiplication of these stalls
renders their control and the inspec-
tion of meats more difficult and tedi-
ous because each butcher having his
own slaughter house may kill any
diseased animal and offer it for sale
in his own stall to an unsuspecting
public and deceive even the most
competent inspector. How can any
one suspect that the meat sold to him
is from an animal suffering from ‘big
jaw’ pearl disease’ ‘trichina ‘tenia’
etc. from its appearance in the
butcher stall? No one can. To
remedy this would be to establish an
abattoir or public slaughter house
where animals can be inspected
before killing and all butchers’
offal removed to the crematories for
destruction.”
The sentiments expressed in the
quoted extract Is almost unanimously
approved by the butchers.
••We are in favor of the city build-
ing a general slaughter pen” said Mc-
Donald Bros. "and have the cattle
inspected befoie they are killed so
that no unscrupulous individuals
will be able to slaughter diseased or
valueless cattle. We think that
every butcher ought to do his own
killing but I do not see the necessity
of the pens ouside of the city limits.
Take Houston its slaughter pen is
within one mile of the heart of the
city. The closer in the city that the
pen is situated the cleaner will the
pen be kept. We feel very thankful
that the Light has taken hold of this
important subject and is bringing it
before the public.”
Mr. Speiser who keeps a stand at
Alamo market said that a public
slaughter pen would undoubtedly be
a benefit to those who did not own
any private pen but he didn’t see
where any speciai benefit came in to
those who would have to give up
their own slaughter house. “If ail
who own pens are willing to give
them up” he said “then those who
kill at other pens will have to join in
too; they cannot help themselves.
Mr. Schulz who also keeps a stand
in the same market said to the re-
porter “It makes no particular differ-
ence to me as I have no pen of my
own but do my killing at the house
of some other butcher.” He said
that the trade was too hard on an old
mau and he contemplated going out
of the business. “I own a private
slaughter pen” said Mr. Michel the
Elm street butcher “but I favor a
general slaughter pen provided it be
under the supervision of the citythat
no other slaughter pen be allowed to
exist that eacn butcher be allowed
sufficient space that each butcher be
taxed for the space he uses and that
the pen be built outside of the three
mile city limit.”
Mr. Chas. Wesenberg No. 28 Main
Market who also owns his own butch-
er pen is in favor of a Union slaugh-
ter house if the city authorities take
hold of it.
George Jaggi: “I an in favor of a
general slaughter pen provided the
city takes control of it and places
it outside the city limits. I believe
in treating one as fair as the other
and this putting of every one on au
equal footing is the benefit that is
derived from a general pen.”
Frank Krisch Jr. says that he Is
perfectly willing to give up his own
pen if the city wants a union butcher
house. “I’ll tell you what advan-
tage the butcher gets out of a gen-
eral pen. First it is less expensive
to him than keeping a private one;
second the city will have to build a
good road out to them and thirdly
the butcher will not have to haul the
the water as the city must supply
that.”
-Perhaps the only butcher to whom
THE BUTCHERS.
MEAT SUPPLY.
tne reporter has spoken upon thesub-
ject who was decidedly opposed to
the general slaughter peu idea was a
young butcher who keeps a shop out
on East Commerce street. Says he
to the writer: "Thingsare bad enough
uow as they are but if the city
builds a general slaughter pen they
will be worse. It will charge an ex-
orbitant price for the room
in them and the city won’t
keep it clean anyway. Why are
most of the butchers leaving our large
main market simply because they
must pay too much rent. If private
enterprise builds one say the Union
Stock Yards then the stockmen will
have the bulge on us. I think that
it would be a very good thing if the
sanitary inspectors were to come out
oftener than once every four or five
months. They ought to inspect all of
the pens regularly and often. Here
is an instance of how they work:
Some time ago a butcher had a toler-
ably dirty pen and he was arrested.
Although a great number of the pens
were by far dirtier than his he alone
was arrested and fined. I tell you
within three blocks of the arrested
man’s pen the railroad had dumped
two decomposing mules and three
hogs in about the same condition and
those sanitary inspectors that found
the dirty pen couldn’t smell that
stench. That is the way things are
done.”
A number of butchers whom the re-
porter hag seen upon this subject
spoke plainly and unhesitatingly to
the point “Y'es we are decidedly in
favor of the city building and con-
trolling a general slaughter pen”
were the expressions of most of them.
Dr. Amos Graves who has taken a
great interest in the proposed build-
ing of general slaughter pens said to
the Light man’s question as to wheth-
er we will have a general slaughter
house “Y’es the Union Stock
j Y’ards are going to build a gen-
eral slaughter pen. All of the
butchers whom I have seen are in
favor of it. It will be a private enter-
prise gotten up by the butchers
themselves and not one built by the
city. There are a great many butch-
ers who have taken stock in it and
the general slaughter pen is assured
It will be erected as soon as the
Union Stock Pens are put up and
will be within a short distance of the
yards.”
In gathering the data for this arti-
cle. the writer became acquainted
with some facts concerning the butch-
er trade that cannot be but interest-
ing to these whose daily toil lies in
other directions than butchering
beeves.
At present we have eighty butchers
who cater their carnal wares to sixty
thousand people. These persons ail
have a good appetite as the market
master’s figures show. From them
we learn that the good people of San
Antonio devour on an average twenty
sheep twelve hogs eleven calves and
forty-eight beeves a total of ninety-
one animals per day or 2691 animals
every month. During the year they
dispose of 3959 calves. 4329 hogs 6941
sheep and 17065 beeves or another
neat little total of 32294 animals.
The men that cut and serve this
meat are nearly all the owners of
butcher shops only a very few good
butchers are working for other men.
It does not pay. A new hand gets
wages from $8 to $lO a month; a fairly
good butcher earns $2O to s3oa month;
a very good butcher from $4O to $5O
and even the very best butcher in the
city does not get more than $6O and
his meat. The hours that they work
are from 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning
till 10 11 or even dinner time.
The pay of the butcher who runs a
shop of his own is according to some
members of the profession in a de-
cidedly better fix. According toothers
his earnings are not much more than
that of a good hired man’s. One
butcher who was highly elated of
the profession says that when he
started he didn’t know the hind from
the fore quarters aud besides that he
scarcely had a bit of capital to start
with. Now he has undoubtedly one
of the largest markets and in
the city. Sau Antonio has a few
butchers whose trade has brought
them a wealth of $lOOOOO quite a
number of over $50000 and Stillmore
who rank all the way from $20000 to
$50000.
Ou the other hand it is true the
tax on the butcher trade is redicu-
lously high. A gaming house if its
owner pays a frequent fine a bawdy
house mistress it she pays ten fines
of a hundred dollars each a saloon
with its tobacco beer and whiskey
tax does not nearly pays the amount
which the honest butcher shop of a
fairly large trade pay into the tax
collector’s pockets. Here are the
butchers’ taxes: A quarterly city
license $18.75. For the inspection of
every animal killed 10cents; extra fee
for every animal killed beeves 50
cents calves 25 cents hogs 15 cents
muttons 10 cents lambs 5 cents. Then
there are the regular state and coun-
ty taxes besides the regular quarterly
fee of $1.50 for recording brands and
the like.
One butcher who kills on an aver-
age of one beef a day pays about two
hundred dollars a year in taxes on
! his honest profession. “Add to this”
says he “the monthly expenses of $lO
fora herder $l5 rent $lO feed fir
horses $5 for wear and tear and other
incidental expenses and $l5 for help j
Price $5 a Year
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THE COM.KMNE amkiucasb
Allowed »n Appeal.
Special to the Light.
-El Paso June 28.-Walters. the
man sentenced tojbe shot by the Mex-
ican Judge at Paso del Norte has -
been allowed an appeal to the su-
preme courtof the state of Chihuahua
as has also O’lxiughlin the other
American sentenced to ten years. The
prisoners are held in the military
barracks of J’aso del Norte pending
the decision.
The Happy Census Mon.
X Denver Col. June 28.—There is
great over i the
way the census has been taken. Com- '
plaints are innumerable.
The Fierce Heat Wave.
Jacksonville June 28.—Reports
101 in the shade. Two men fatally
stricken and many horres dead.
At Joliet the thermometer register-
ed 102 the highest point In twenty-
four years. In Peoria 104 in the shade
was reached. Two deaths occurred
and several people were overcome.
At Burlington la. the Intense beat
has demoralized business.
Census Returns.
Lincoln Neb. June 28.—Census
Supervisor Cook announces the fol-
lowing approximate figures for cities
In his district: Omaha 134742; Lin-
coln 55000; Beatrice 13328 and Ne-
braska City 10444. The census of
Chattanooga Tenn. and suburbs ap-
proximates 45000 increase of 350 per
cent since 1880. Figures are several
thousand short of what is shown by
the recent directory census.
\LL SEASONS.
An Appropriately Named Social
Club.
The ‘All Seasons” club which has
been formed scarcely two months and
now has a membership of 35 or 40
ladies and gentlemen held a social
and business meeting last night at
Mrs. Jos. Hamilton’s residence. No.
229 Lafitte street. The society is
formed for social amusement and
their object was certainly fully ex-
posed last night for a genuine even-
ing of pleasure was spent by all.
Twelve new members as follows were
elected: Misses Lizzie Jackson Effie
Hamilton Mattie Votaw Bettie Chew
and Mesrs. P. W. Brown F. Cald-
well Ben. Varga A. A. Martin. J. M
Hamilton. Frank Morris Ben Votaw
and Mrs. Hamilton.
The literary program was then be-
gun with a charade “The Hoyden.”
participated in by Mr. Lennie Y’arga
and Misses Betlie Conoly Hettie
Burnett and Mattie Hays.
A recitation “The Last Hymn”
was given by Miss Pinkie Bowles.
After refreshments were served an
adjournment was madethe next meet-
ing to take place in one week at No.
636 North Flores street.
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Marring Licenses.
Jolin Johnson and Annie Stiles.
Francisco Calderon and Rita Pena.
Joseph Thomas aud Fannie Stell.
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Today's Weather Report.
I'. S. Signal Service headquarters .June
28th 2 p. ni.
Highest temperature 90
Lowest temperature 75
Mean temperature 82
City Drug Store June 27: 7 p. m.. 90;
io p. m. *2. June 28. 7a. in.. 80: 12 m.. 91.
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oft' for Corpus.
The Uniform Rank Knights of Py-
thias after a parade of the streets
with the Nineteenth Infantry band
at their head proceeded to the Aran-
sas Pass depot and took the train at
11 a. m. for Corpus Christi where
they expect and will enjoy a grand
time for the next 48 hours.
The train was made up of a special
reclining chair car and eight other
coaches carrying something over
four hundred people. The train is in
the efficient charge of Conductor
Shoff who runs on all specials of
the sort and as the Light goes to
press the Sir Knights are gliding
over the fertile prairies of the South-
west in blissful anticipation of the
pleasures that await them in the
lovely Bluff'City.
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Alamo Pilgrims.
A lamo June 28 —R. A. Shropshire
West Point Texas; G. A. Barnard.
Bonham; N. R. Tisdal Wolf City
Texas; E. C. Taylor. Akron O.; F.
Desellem Dayton O.; J. Catcbung
Fred Stuart Detroit; AnnaL. Hink-
ley Mrs. Nellie Hubbard Dallas;
J. H. Sturgis and wife Waco; Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Walker Boston; An-
tonio Zapata Los Ojuelas. Texas;
Nattie Schweikart Carrie Henninger
Ernest Japhet Eddie Samels Hous-
ton; Stella Flamm city.
CROPS AREiLOOKING FINE.
Call on John T. Hambleton & Co. and
buy a fine farm cheap. 5-14-tf.
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