San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 234, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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San Antonio Daily Tight.
Volume XIII Number 234.
GRAND™
TO-NIGHT
CHIS. T. ELLIS
The recognized singing German
Comedian in his new play
Count Casper
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Rigsby & Walker Lessees.
3— PE K E( )RMANCES—3
Commencing
SATURDAY MATINEE OHOBER 31
MacDonouzh & Kennedy’s Elaborate
Production of the Romantic Rus-
sian Melo Urania
'W
—By the late —
BARTLEY CAMPBELL.
Now in the Twelfth Consecutive Year of
Unprecedented Success.
BANKS AND BANKERS.
LUCKWOCIII NATIONAL
BANK.
SAN ANTONIO : : : : : TEXAS
J.S.Lockwood Pres. J. Mum J k.Cashier
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
F. GROOS & CO.
BANKERS
And Dealers in Exchange.
Siuht Drafts on the principal cities of the
United States and in all European countries.
Foreign coin and currency bought and sold.
SMITH DEVINE & CO’
BANKERS.
Successors to John Twohig
A General Banking Business.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
JEWELRY AT COST.
On account of change of business. I offer
my Entire Stock consisting of fine
Silverware Gold and Silver Watches
Rings Clocks Etc.
No Fake but positive closing out sale. Call
early for bargains. G. MUSIN
6u9 West Commerce Street.
Boilers Engines
Shafting Pulleys
Pumps Packing
Belting Hose.
Wind Mills Horse-powers
Troughs Tanks
Jacks Etc. Etc.
REPAIRING of ALL KINDS
OF MACHINERY A SPECIALTY.
WRITE FOR PRICES.
F.F. Collis’TO. Co.
San Antonio Texas.
DO YOU NEED MONEY F
Loans on Furniture Vehlcles.Horses
and other chattels without removal. On
Watches Diamonds Etc. The only firm in
the city making a specialty of small real
estate loans Loans made on day of ap-
plication. Short time vendors lien notes
bought. Large real estate loans negotiated.
ABE ASH 215 Alamo Plaza
Billy Sheehan’s Saloon
Cor. West Commerce and East Streets. Best
■Old Monarch ’Bl Whiskey Finest Wines and
Cigars. 10-12-211
Alfred Giles & Guindon
ARCHITECTS.
24 floor University Block Houston Street
near Soledad. Have erected $4000000 worth
of work in Texas. »
Robbed of Forty Dollars.
A strange young man came to
this city last night and stopped at a
boarding house on Dolorosa street.
Before retiring he placed his pock-
et bookcontaining $4O under his
pillow and this morning awakened
and found it missing. The police
authorities were notified of the
theft.
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A Fine Assortment
of second hand buggies phaetons
surries harness for sale at 228
South Flores street. 9 21 Im
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO. BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS AND REQISTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AS SEODNP GLASS MAIL MATTER.
DEATH REAPERS.
TWO HORRIBLE RAILROAD
WRECKS.
Number of People Killed and
Wounded and Others Roast-
ed Alive.
A COMPROMISE NOW PROMISED
ON THE SILVER FIGHT.
POPE LEO CONDOLES THE
WIDOW.
Politicians Schemes for ‘96—Other
Live News Special by Wire to
the Daily Light.
Many Killed and Others Seriously
Wounded.
Chicago Oct. 20.—The New Or-
leans limited over the Illinois
Central road due here at twelve
thirty this morning with every
coach full of World’s fair passan-
gers was wrecked by colliding witli
a coal train three miles beyond
Kankakee at eleven o’clock last
night. Eight persons were seri-
ously injured and many more suf-
fered from brnises that did not re-
quire the attention of a surgeon.
The following is a list of the in-
jured :
.1. D. Davis Tlippen Georgia
head cut legs bruised and back in-
jured.
L. A. Suffer back hurt and inter-
nal injuries.
Mrs. R. B. Stayton Wichita Falls
Tex. head bruised and left Jhip
badly bruised.
Mrs. T. F. Brown Newton ill.
left hip bruised and ankle cut.
C. E. Little 661 South Ashland
avenue Chicago scalp wounds
right hip bruised and right leg-
crushed.
J.W. Brown baggage-man hip
bruised and left ankle badly spain-
ed.
.1. M. Marley Plano 111. right
hip and leg bruised and foot cut.
G. E. Laisean Nashville Tenn.
cut on hand.
Most of the passengers were
asleep and these were caught un-
prepared by the slight warning.
The shock threw many to the floor
and the slintering of the cars and
the flying glass did the worst dam-
age. Those in the forward car and
the smoker suffered most. A spe-
cial train witli physicians was im-
mediately sent out from Kan-
kakee. The injured’s woundsand
bruises were dressed and they
were put aboard a special train
and brought to the city. Ambu-
lances from the city police station
were called and the injured upon
arrival were conveyed to St. Luke’s
hospital. J. D. Davis and L. B.
SatTer most seriously injured were
conscious when brought to the
city but the physicians for-
bade any approach to them.
The doctors say they have just
an even chance of recovery. At
Atto Junction a branch of the
Illinois Central that crosses the
main line at Acute Angle and it
was at this crossing that the wreck
occurred.
Lynchburg Va. Oct. 20.—News
lias been received here of an out-
rage perpetrated by whitecaps in
Campbell county. Mrs. Sarah
Brooks and her two daughters re-
ceived several warnings lately that
they were not wanted in the neigh-
borhood. They paid no attention
to these warnings. Monday night
a band of men surrounded their
house and burned it to the ground.
Alt hough the women were objec-
tionable characters the best people
are greatly incensed and the white-
caps will be prosecuted if captured.
Pope Leo Condoles the Widow.
Rome Oct. 20.—Pope Leo has or-
dered his nuncio at Paris to tender
the condolence of the Vatican to
the widow of Marshal McMahon.
Cardinal Rompollo sent a second
message containing the condolence
of the Vatican addressed to the
French government.
“Zeke” Abrahams does not seem
to have lost faith in Solly Smith’s
pugilistic ability and now offers to
match him against young Griffo
of Australia.
Joe Walcott the New England
colored light-weight offers to fight
Austin Gibbons Harry Tracy
Mike Harris or any other man in
the world at 133 pounds.
RAILROAD WRECK.
Outrage of Whitecaps.
San Antonio Texas Friday October 20 1893
WASHINGTON DOINGS.
A Compromise Possible Tomorrow
or Early Next Week.
Washington D. Oct. 20.—
“There is little doubt” says the
morning paper “that by the end of
this week a compromise will for-
mally be introduced in the Senate
probably by either Gray or Gor-
man. The question of bond issue
still hampers negotiations but it
Is understood it will be left for the
regular session of Congress to deal
with probable maintaining or in-
creasing the gold reserve. The date
at which the silver clause of the
Sherman act will expire providing
the people do not pronounce other-
wise will be left for the Senate to
fix.
Quay prefers ’SHi. and the silver
men that failing will hold out for
June 30’96; or if that fails will
insist upon January Ist. ’95. The
proposition that has been submit-
ted looking to strengthening the
reserve contemplated an amend-
ment to the act of ’75. which
authorized $3000001 m m i of
10-40 bonds and 4A per cent. The
present prosposition is to restrict
bonds not already issued under
that law to 5-30’s at 3 per cent.
This was an ingenious device by
which the Secretary of the Treas-
ury was to be authorized to issue
two hundred million dollars in
bonds at 2 percent without enact-
ing into formal acts the express
commandment to issue bonds.'’
Collision on the Grand Trunk.
Battle Creek Mich. Oct. 20 —
A terrible head end collision oc-
cured a mile and a half from this
city opposite the threshing ma-
chine factory of Nicholas A Shep-
herd on the Grand Trunk road
about four o'clock this morning.
The accident was between Hay-
mond A Whitcomb’s spe-
cial train of passengers from New
York and Boston returning from
Chicago and regular west bound
passenger No. 9. The accident oc-
curred because the engineer of the
special disobeyed orders by not
stopping at Nichols to let No. 9
pass and they collided while run-
ning over 30 miles an hour.
The engineers and fire-
men when they saw that the
collision was inevitable shut
off steam reversed the engines put
on air brakes ami jumped off and
escaped without serious injury. As
soon as the trains collided the
coaches took fire and before the
people near by recovered their
senses three passenger coaches
were completely burned up. Twen-
four dead bodies have already been
taken from the wreck and it is
supposed that there are fully as
many more under the debris. Most
of the dead were burned to death.
In addition to the dead there are
fully 45 severely if not fatally in-
jured.
The passengers killed were all
on the east bound train. As far as
known the victims were all eastern
people. The conductor of the west
bound train was badly hurt. The
second coach of the west-
bound cut like a knife
cut through the third and the
roof passed over the heads of the
sleeping and ill-fated passengers
in the third coach and entombed
them in a fiery furnace. It was a
horrible sacrifice of life. Twenty-
live dead bodies are unidentified
as all their clothing and hands
arms and legs have been burned
off. One body was that of an in-
fant with head consumed; on an-
other body the clothing of which
was but partly consumed. Busi-
ness cards bearing the name of A.
A. Allen A C0.0f N 0.51 Bay street
Toronto. All other bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
Arrested for Arson.
Michael Syeder was arrested by
Officer Dawson yesterday afternoon
on the charge of. arson. He was
turned over to the authorities of
Marion Texas where he is alleged
to have burned a stable and sev-
eral dwellings belonging to H.
Haenel.
“Ted” Pritchard the middle-
weight champion of England says
he will come to America and fight
“Dan” Creedon to a finish provid-
ed a purse of $6000 is offered for
the contest and he is allowed $5OO
for expenses.
Colonel Hopkins offers to match
“Tom” Tracy'the Australian wel-
ter-weight against “Dick” Burge
of England. Burge who is disap-
pointed over his failure to arrange
a match with Dempsey will prob-
ably give Tracy a chance.
PUSHING REPEAL.
UNION LEAGUE TAKES UP
THE MATTER.
Mountain Wheelmen in Line— New
Cruiser at Rio—War Veterans on
Deck — Tropical Africa—Another
High-Life Marriage.
Philadelphia's Big Repeal Meet.
Philadelphia Oct. 20—The
Board of Managers of the I nion
League at th6ir meeting recently
issued a call for a special meeting
of the League for tonight to allow
the members to place themselves
on record as favoring the prompt
repeal of the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act. The action of
the board was enanjmous and was
hi response to a request from more
that 600 members of the League.
This is regarded as proof that the
sentiment of the League is over-
whelmingly in favor of the uncon-
ditional repeal of the silver pur-
chase clause of the Sherman bill.
The Board of Managers have
completed arrangements for the
meeting of the League which will
be held in the Assembly room of
the League House. The members
having charge of the subject are
John Russell Youngchairman ;Ed-
win N. BensonClayton McMichael
Charles Emory Smith Chas. J.
Stille. 11. C. Townsend John Graff
Samuel Goodman. Boies Penrose
Jacob Naylor. Lincoln Godfrey
Richard Lewis. James Doak. Win.
C. Stevenson S. 11. Gray. John
Campion Alexander Crow. C. Stu-
art Patterson John G. Croxton
Henry Grove Wm. Grundy.
On to Staunton.
Martinsburg W. Va.Oet. 20.—
The Mountain Wheelmen of West
Virginia have concluded arrange-
ments for a relay race from Cham-
bersburg Pa. to Staunton Va. by
way of Martinsburg over the old
Valley Pike today. The distance
is 156 miles and has been sur-
veyed and divided into twenty-
five minute relays averaging six
miles each according to the qual-
ity of tile road at different points.
The race promises to be the biggest
event of the kind ever undertaken
in this section and riders from
Washington Baltimore Wheeling
and Pittsburg will take part in the
race.
Nobleman and Heiress.
New York Oct. 20.—1 t is an-
nounced that Baron B F. Grune-
baum an Austrian nobleman is to
marry an American heiress Miss
Lilly Sherman daughter of a well
known horse breeder of Lexington
Ky. She is about nineteen years
old very handsome and is said to
have an income of $25000 a year in
her own right. The Baron first
met her at Hot Springs Ark. He
is about 30 years old and is the son
of a wealthy nobleman. The mar-
riage is to take place at St. Patrick's
Cathedral this afternoon.
War Veterans in Chicago.
Chicago Oct. 20—A monster re-
union of war veterans both Con-
federate and I nion was scheduled
to take place at the Chicago fair
from today to Oct. 21 inclusive.
These days have been designated
by the Exposition authorities and
Grand Army posts throughout the
land were expected to enter hear-
tily upon the plan bringing all
old soldiers that can go to Chicago.
Not less than 50000 were expected
to be present but the responses
have been few and the reunion out-
look is not bright.
Prof. Drummond to Speak.
New York Oct. 20. —Prof. Hen-
ry Drummond the scientist and
traveler author of “Natural Law
in the Spiritual World” and “Tro-
pical Africa” who holds the chair
of Natural Science in the I niversi-
ty of Glasgow will give an address
to students on this evening previ-
ous to his departure for Europe.
The address will be given under
the auspices of the student’s move-
ment inChickering hall.
Maher Against Costello.
St. Paul Oct. 20.—“ Shadow”
Maher of Australia and “Buffalo”
Costello of New York have been
matched for a twenty-round box-
ing contest before the '1 win ( ity
Atheletic club St. Paul today for
a purse of $1500.
Expects to Reach Rio Today.
Washington <)0t.20. —The new
cruiser Detroit is expected to reach
Rio today and will join the Char-
leston and Newark there.
Price: $5 a Year.
IN THE COURTS.
Cases Disposed of this Morning—
Other Court News.
In the Forty-fifth district court
this morning judgment by agree-
ment was rendered in the jury case
of Susan IL Corley et al. of San
Saba county against Catherine
Benz et al. to try title on land
known as survey 11 section 2 in
Bexar county and damages in the
sum of $5000. The suit was filed on
February 24 1892 and had been
transferred from the Thirty-sev-
enth district court.
I n the suit of M. 1 lerweck against
Adam Fischer and T. C. Frost ap-
pealed from justice court a demur-
rer of T. ('. Frost to plaintiff’s pe-
tition was overruled.
Till ria -senenth district court.
Alvena M urphy vs. Charles
Murphy divorce: judgment for
plaintiff.
W. E. Cox vs. Prudencio Gonza-
les and Francisco Benavides on
promissory note; judgment by de-
fault.
The case for damages in the sum
of $2600() of the Thompson Hous-
ton Electrice Company against
Louis Berg is still on trial.
NEW SUITS FILED.
Thomas Goggan A Bros tiled a
suit for debt of $390 with 10 per
cent interest for a piano and to
foreclose lien on personal property
against Joseph Carter of Gonzales
county in the Forty-fifth district
court yesterday afternoon.
A suit on account for damages in
the sum of $128.95 of Guy Borden
against the Galveston Harrisburg
and San Antonio Railway com-
pany which was appealed from
Justice Adam’s court was filed in
the Forty-fifth district court this
morning.
C. F. Gunther Entered a suit for
debt of $287.55 against M. Vidal in
the Forty-fifth district court this
morning. Plaintiff also prays for
a writ of attachment on the pro-
perty of defendant as he claims
defendant secrets himself so that
the ordinary process of law cannot
be served upon him. and unless
the attachment is issued plaintiff
claims he will lose the money.
A suit on commission in the sum
of $3OO was filed by the Anglo-Tex-
an Land and Loan company
against J. E. Tribe in the Thirty-
seventh district court this morn-
ing. Defendant has failed to pay
the sum which is now due and
plaintiffs claim they are damaged
in the additional sum of $3OO for
their failure to pay the commis-
sion when it became due.
COM M ISSIONERS’ COURT.
M. W. Sample superintendent of
the Somerset road was allowed a
scraper for use on that road in the
county commissioners’ court this
morning.
The report of the county attorney
witli the report of the road super-
intendent was read.
Mrs. Ada Zavalla was allowed
$25 for land taken for the Prue
road and the county road superin-
tendent was ordered to have the
fence removed.
COURT NOTES.
Tlie county issued a marriage
license to Ben Waltzberger and
Bertha Bippert yesterday after-
noon.
An invitation to attend the pre-
sentation of a portrait of Christo-
pher Columbus to the city of San
Antonio was extended to the coun-
ty commissioners by the Italian
colony of which Anthony Bruni is
the president tomorrow afternoon.
Patrick Walsh was appointed ar-
bitrator on behalf of the county.
A batch of minor accounts and
reports was approved.
No Decision as Yet.
The case against John D. May
charged with murder and attempt-
ed train robbery which is on trial
in Helena Karnes county went to
to the jury last night. Up to noon
today the jury reached no agree-
ment.
A special officer has been at a-
tioned in a bank in the city to
keep Bohn who attempted sui-
cide yesterday from raising any
disturbance.
Salliway vs. Callaghan.
Mandamus case of ll.B.Salliway
vs. Bryan Callaghan county judge
of Bexar county came up in the
court of civil appeals this morning.
The case was argued and submit-
ted. and will in all probability be
decided next Wednesday or the
Wednesday following. L. N. Wal-
thall spoke for Judge Callaghan
and Leo Tarleton for the plaintiff.
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