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San Antonio Daily Light.
Volume XIV Number 32.
BANKS AND BANKERS.
LOCKWOOD NATIONAL
BANK.
SAN ANTONIO : : : : : TEXAS
J.S.Lockwood Pres. J. Muir Jr.Cashier
SAFE DEPOSIT VAUI_TS.
F? GROOS & CQ
BANKERS
And Dealers in Exchange.
Slight Drafts on the principal cities of the
United States and in all European countries.
Foreign coin and currency bought and sold.
House Proceedings.
Washington Feb. 26.—When
the House entered upon the third
week 0! the struggle over the
Bland Seignorage Silver bill at
noon today there was a good at-
tendance both on the floor and in
the galleries. Immediately after
the reading of the Journal Hatch
chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture arose and stated that
his committee claimed jurisdic-
tion over the bill the anti-op-
tion bill which had been re-
ferred to the Ways and Means
committee and he moved that it
be referred to the Agricultural
committee. Messrs. Leed Hop-
kins Breckinridge and Bynum at-
tempted to crowd in some remarks
but the chair decided the question
was not debatable and on a rising
vote Thatch’s motion was carried.
The vote stood 88 to 77. Warner
Democrat of New York made the
point of no quorum whereupon
Hatch demanded the yeas and
neys.
Judge McGill Critically 111.
Preston La. Feb. 26.—Judge
J. W. McGill of the Interstate
Railway Commission who has
been ill here for several weeks is
said to be In a critical condition.
Yesterday he was not expected to
survive the day but he is now
somewhat improved though his
physicians have but slight hopes
of his recovery He is suffering
from typhoid fever developing
from malarial fever contracted at
Washington.
It Was Accidental.
Chicago 111. Feb. 26.—Judge
Brentano who has been criticized
for fixing the execution of murder-
ers Prendergast and Higgins on
Good Friday said in an interview
today that he intended no disre-
gard for the church traditions. It
was an accident that the day was
selected ho saidand the day of the
execution may yet be changed.
Tug Boat Disaster.
Memphis Tenn. Feb. 26.—The
tow boat Coal City which was
thought to have passed here Fri-
day at midnight all right proved
to have struck a bridge pier and
sunk ten boats of coal. She made
a landing fifty miles belo w here
and sent information by a passen-
ger boat.
A $300000 Fire.
London Feb. 26.—Bellere A Co’s
grainaries on King and Queen
Steamship company’s wharf on
Rotherhithe street were destroyed
by fire yesterday. The conflagra-
tion lasted throughout the day.
Five large blocks chiefly filled
with flour were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $300000.
Twenty-five Men Killed.
St. Petersburg Feb. 26.—A ter-
rible boiler explosion occurred at
the big iron works at Alexandrow-
ski. Twenty-five men were killed
and ten were seriously injured.
McKane Will Serve Time.
Brooklyn N. Y. Feb. 26.—Jus-
tice Cullen’s decision vacates the
stay of execution and McKane
sending an appeal to the general
term must go to Sing Sing.
Willie’s Misfortune.
Willie Schneider a well-known
young man of this city has gone
to the Deaf and'Dumb asylum of
Austin for treatment and to learn
a trade. He was well educated
accomplished and had apparently
a bright future before him when
an attack of fever came upon him
and left him in a state of deafness
that has gradually got worse. Wil-
lie has many friends who sympa-
thize with him in his misfortunes
and wish him good luck.
—Ed. Rowe the leading barber
has moved back to No. 229 St.
Mary’s St.* and would like to see
all his old friends. 2 26 2t
Wanted—A partner with $lOO
capitol. ’ A guarantee of s7b a
month clear profit. Address B
this office. 2-26-lt*
PUBLIBHBO AT BAN ANTONIO. BBXAR COUNTY. TEXAS AND REBISTEReD AT THE POST OFFICE AS SEOONP CLASS MAIL MATTER.
TO PREVENT BRUTALITY.
FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS INTEND
REVISING THE RULES.
McNamara an Ex _ Priest Now on
Trial for Slander.
EX-CONGRESSMAN CHARLES SHELLY
DESIROUS OF SUCCEEDING
SENATOR MORGAN.
New York Suffragists — A Wine
Spirit and Tobacco Show—Ohio’s
Pure Food Show—The Cleveland
Horse Sale—For a Presidential
Election—A Negro Murderer to
be Electrocuted.
Football’s Solons.
New York Feb. 26.—The week
promises to be momentous for the
football enthusiasts of the country
for great changes are to be decided
upon by the inter-university com-
mission which expects to hold sev-
eral sessions and come to a definite
conclusion by next Saturday. The
rules will bo be taken up and care-
fully considered and after mature
deliberation and several meetings
a report will be made proposing
certain changes which will un-
doubtedly be accepted In the first
place by Princeton Yale Harvard
Pennsylvania and then by the
country at large.
The legislators are Walter Camp
Yale; Dr. W. A. Brocks Harvard;
Alexander Moffatt Princeton; J.
C. Bell Pennsylvania and Dr. I’.
J. Dashiell. The University Ath-
letic club could not have selected
a better fitted committee. All have
been able players. Brooks and
Dashiell are the star officials of the
country while Moffatt and Camp
can fili the shoes of the referee and
umpire in no mean manner; the
men also have age and experience
of the world in their favor. Camp
and Moffatt have experience in the
commercial walks of life
Brooks and Bell in the profession-
als and Dr. Dashiell is a professor.
It is an evenly balanced committee
and has all the necessary points in
its favor. The great game could
not be in safer hands. Further-
more the delegates go to the con-
vention with open minds bound
with no set views and ready for
free discussion. None have settled
their views as to what changes
should be made; Brooks Bell and
Moffat have said “all we want is
something to improve the game
no matter what;” and Camp and
Dashiell while having expressed
opinions as to some advisable
changes are as free for discussion
as the others.
Mr. Camp is in favor of putting
an end to flying interference and
momentum plays as they are work-
ed at present. He wants to see a
more open game and frequent
punting but it is not certain as to
the best way to go about it. Mr.
Camp thinks that kicking should
be developed as it has been in
England. In this feature of the
play we are way behind and in
punting drop and place
kicking the Englishmen can
cover double the distance. Mr.
Camp would like to see the
time of playing reduced from
three-quarters to half-hour halves.
Teams would then play a faster
and more strategic game. He also
thinks that there must be some
rule to protect the man who makes
a fair catch from being interfered
with as he is at present.
Dr. Dashiell says: “It seems to
me that the flying play at the line
executed by dropping several of
the line back should be abolished.
The player attempting to make a
free catch should be better
protected than heretofore. The
cry has been for the old open game
which is easier for spectators to
understand. I think it will be
very difficult to open up the game
under the present system of
‘downs’ and distance to gain. Un-
doubtedly in my present opinion
a given side should retain the ball
for more than one attempt at ad-
vancement otherwise opportunity
for strategy in sequence and series
of plays would bo interfered with.
It will be very difficult to make
the game an open one without very
serious changes in the rules that
will almost wear out a new game
of football and which will cut out
plays dear to the heart of the old |
San AntonioTexas Monday February 26 1894
players and of spectators who un-
derstand the game.
“The very popularity of the game
as played* at present cries out
against too great a change in its
methods. Reversion to tho old
rille of not allowing tackling be-
low the hips would tend to lessen
the roughness of play very materi-
ally. Greater gains would result
especially in push plays. The
distance to be gained might be
lengthened. Tho game would
be opened up by allowing
every player an equal chance with
certain restrictions to get the ball
when kicked whether off side or
not. This would give great oppor-
tunity for team play but there are
many objections the chief one be-
ing that the present game would
be too materially altered. A
thousand suggestions might be
made but they are to be very care-
fully thought out and this I have
not done sufficiently to make any
definite statement of my opinion
as to the changes I should finally
advocate.”
The Ex-Priest on Trial.
Kansas City Feb. 26.—J. V.
McNamara the ex-priest who was
arrested some weeks ago for slander
and incarcerated in the county
jail was recently released on bail
in the criminal caurt. In the ease
in which he was convicted before
of slandering Father William J.
Dalton and was sentenced to serve
one year in the county jail and
pay a fine of $5OO he was required
to give bail in the sum of $1 500
the amount fixed by justice
Nichols when he allowed McNa-
mara’s appeal. In each of the
other two cases in which he is
charged with slandering Father
Thomas F. Lillis and Mother
Rose iVincent Judge Wafford
fixed the hall at $5OO making the
total bail in the three cases $2500.
The cases are set for trial today.
Baseball Magnates Meet.
New York Feb. 26.—N. E.
Young tho president of the Na-
tional Baseball League has ar-
ranged for a convention in this
city this date when the major as
well as the minor leagues are to
be represented by delegates so
that the entire baseball affairs of
the country can be settled before
the opening of tho championship
season. The Southern Eastern
Western and some of the inter-
state league all have delegates.
An important meeting of tho
National League will also bo held
and the schedule will be announce-
ed.
Desires to Succeed Senator Morgan.
Birmingham Ala. Feb. 26. —
Gen. Chas. M. Shelley ex congress-
man from the Fourth Alabama
district will contest with Senator
Morgan for his seat in the Senate.
Gen. Shelley will come with Con-
gressman Oates from Washington
about this date and begin with
Oates to stump the state in tho in-
terest of Oates’ candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for govern-
or. It is reported that Senator
Morgan will begin a tour of the
Senate about this time in behalf of
Joseph F. Johnston who also as-
pires to be governor.
For a Presidential Election.
Rio Janeiro Feb. 26.—The gov-
ernment recently decided to decree
that martial law should cease to-
day and that the presidential elec-
tion shall take place March 1 in
accordance with the constitution.
Dr. Prudence de Morales presi-
dent of the Senate is the only
candidate yet named for the presi-
dency. He is a civilian from the
state of San Pailo. It is possible
that he will be acceptable to both
sides.
It Is doubtful if the proclama-
tion will be made effective.
New York Suffragists.
New York Feb. 26.—A mass
convention of the New York State
Woman’s Suffrage association is
being held in Chickering Hall to-
day and tomorrow. The sessions
will begin at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m.
Addresses will be delivered by
Miss Susan B. Anthony the Rev.
Anna Shaw Mrs. Jean Brooks
Greenleaf Mrs. Mary Seymour
Howell and others.
A Wine Spirit and Tobacco Show.
New York Feb. 26.—The first
international wine spirit beerand
tobacco exhibition will be held at
Madison Square Garden during the
week commencing today. Aside
from the exhibits there will be
shown practical illustrations of
brewing distilling bottling cigar
cigarette and cork making.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
MORGAN'S BILL FOR REORGANIZA-
TION TO BE TAKEN UP.
Judge McGill Lying in a Critical Con-
dition at His Home.
a TAMMANY LEADER VISITING GOV-
ERNOR HOGG AND WILL BE IN
SAN ANTONIO.
Small-pox Report—Proceedings in
the House —An Explosion in
Which Twenty-five Lives Were
Lost—About Prendergast’s Dying
Day — Mills to Resume Work
and Other News.
Senatorial Proceedings.
Washington D. C. Feb. 26.—1 t
is the purpose of the Senate’s com-
mittee on Foreign Relations to take
up Senator Morgan’s bill for the
reorganization of the Nicaragua
canal during the present session.
Senator Morgan and Mr. Frye are
both known to be anxious to pro-
mote this enterprise and it is un-
derstood that tho President is con-
vinced of the importance of the
canal and that Secretary Gresham
is also in acoord with Senator Mor-
gan on this subject.
A publication of the testimony
taken by this commission in the
Hawaiian investigation contains
many allusions to the canal
brought out by questions asked by
the senators to demonstrate the
importance of controlling the is-
lands in case the canal should be
built and to show the dependence
of one interest on tho other.
Washington I). C. Feb. 26.—
Democratic members of the Senate
Finance committee failed to pre-
sent the tariff bill to the committee
at ten o’clock this morning as they
had expected to do. The commit-
tee met promptly at ten o’clock
all members being present except
Senators Harris Vance and Jones
of Nevada who are ab-
sent from the city and Sena-
tor Mills who is indisposed.
Senator McPherson was there to
take his place however and the
committee remained in the Finance
committee room only a few min-
utes when the Democratic mem-
bers came out and went into a
Democratic caucus. It was given
out as a reason for the failure to
present the bill that there were
some errors in the bill as it had
come from tho printer making it
necessary to postpone it presenta-
tion and it is understood that some
matters have not yet been decided
upon by the sub-committee.
Washington D. C. Feb. 26.—
The Democratic Senatorial caucus
adjourned at noon tho hour for the
Senate to convene without accom-
plishing anything save an agree-
ment to reconvene at 1 o’clock to-
day if an adjournment of the Sen-
ate could be procured. It is under-
stood that the caucus of this
forenoon was devoted largely
to the consideration of the
policy of the party with refer-
ence to the tariff bill. There was
also some discussion as to whether
the bill sho ild be submitted to the
full committee before it had been
inspected and passed upon by the
caucus and it may be in-
ferred from the fact that an
adjournment was taken to
a given hour that the arguments
of those favoring submission to
the caucus prevailed.
Washington Feb. 26.—The de-
lay in reporting the tariff bill in
full by the sub-finance committee
was caused by the further efforts of
the tariff framers to adjust the
differences with individual Demo-
cratic Senators who are asking pro-
tection for specific industries.
Duel Prospects Not Bright.
Paris Feb. 26.—Tho prospects of
a duel between Audi net Gibert of
New York and Senor Don Manuel
Del Pilar de Santa Maria are now
bad. One of the principals is suf-
fering from influenza and one of
the seconds today started for Lon-
don saying he was tired of the
whole affair which he added was
making no progress.
Olenny & Co.’s Cotton Report.
New Orleans La. Feb. 26.—
Glenny A- Co. says: Liverpool
closed 4-64 lower on futures 1-16
lower on spots with sales of 80(10
bales. Mid. 4 1-16.
Price: $5 a Ye.
Henry
Chattanooga Feb. 26.—Henry
McDonald a swell society man of
Atlanta was arrested here today
charged with abduction and ob-
taining money under false preten-
ses. He was married in this city
two years ago to Miss Degraffeney
a prominent society girl of Atlanta
under peculiar circumstances. He
disappeared from Atlanta several
days ago and arrived hero with
Miss Nellie Webb with whom he
had run away deserting his wife.
All parties stand high.
The man had been on a contin-
ued drunk for the past week. Ho
attempted to pay his board bill
with bogus checks. Miss Webb has
gone home and her incensed father
threatens to kill McDonald on
sight. In the jail last night the
latter admitted the escapade but
claims the girl willingly accompa-
nied him; that his wife was away
from the city at the time and he
thought it a good opportunity to
have some fun. His only regret
seems to be the publicity the affair
has given him.
About Small-pox.
Pittsburg Feb. 26.—N0 more
cases of small-pox have developed
at tho Western hospital but the
institution will remain under
guard for ten days or two weeks
and none of the 350 persons quar-
antined will be permitted to leave.
Swarms of relatives and friends of
tho patients and employees be-
seiged the hospital today eager to
learn the condition of affairs but
no one was admitted. Mrs. Rich-
ardson a victim has a malignant
attack. She is now in the Mund
pal hospital. Two additional case*
of small-pox were reported thl *
morning from the East End.
Two Crooks Run to Earth.
Birmingham Feb. 26.—George
Moore alias Charles Russell and
C. W. Gordon alias J. D. Williams
two noted crooks have been cap-
tured in this city. Moore has been
identified as tho man who fleeced
J. S. Cureton a Florida orange
grower out of $2OO in Chattanooga
and Gordon as the man who bun-
coed S. Popperman a Swede to
the tune of $250 in a Queen and
Crescent train near Birmingham.
Moore was caught here and gave
Gordon away. The two ran to-
gether and have been very suc-
cessful in their operations.
Denies That There is Diphtheria.
New Orleans Feb. 26.—Rela-
tive to the reported case of diph-
theria in Jefferson parish Coroner
C. W. Settoon who is an ex-officio
health officer issued a card in yes-
terday’s edition of the parish paper
stating tHat he had examined every
case that had been reported to him
as resembling that disease and
found them all false alarms. He
stated further that no contagious
diseases of any nature existed in
the parish as far as he had been
able to ascertain.
A Tammany Chief Coming.
Special to the Light:
Austin Tex. Feb. 26.—Governor
Hogg is engaged this morning in
entertaining Dick Croker the big
Tammany boss who arrived here
last night. He is taking him over
the city in a carriage and enter-
taining him with a dinner at tho
mansion. The land agents are
camping on Dick’s trail to sell him
the Austin dam property. He
leaves tonight for San Antonio.
Smoot.
“Matt” Johnson to Die.
Sing Sing Feb. 26. — “Matt”
Johnson the negro who murdered
Engineer Emil Kukelhorn a year
ago is to be electrocuted this week.
He has made a full confession.
The murder was committed purely
for robbery.
A Mill to Reopen.
Hammond Feb. 26.—Leggard
Bros’. steam brick mill will begin
operations April 2. Between four
and five hundred men and boys
will be employed.
Ohio’s Pure Food Show.
Cincinnati Feb. 26.—The OW»
Pure Food Show opened in Music
hall today and will be in progress
for three weeks.
Montreal Civic Inauguration.
Montreal Feb. 26. —Montreal’s
civic inauguration of her newly
elected city officials is taking place
today.
The Cleveland Horse Sale.
Cleveland Ohio Feb. 26.—The
big annual Tattersall sale of high-
bred trotters opened here today.
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