San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 334, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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Tfte Datfg luqfit
TUESDAY DECEMBER 14. 1897.
Hood’s
Are gaining favor rapidly ■ ■
Business men anil travel- I I
lers carry them in vest 111
pocket* ladies carry them ®
tn purse* housekeeper* keep them in medicine
closet* frieno* recommend them to friend*. 2Sc.
SHORT STOPS.
What the People Are Saying.
Tilt* more the people discuss the pule
lie market proposition the more favor-
ably the enterprise is regarded.
It was naturally to be supposed that
the rivalry of different sections of the
city would produce opposition because
the people living in one section think
they are entitled to as much favor as
the people living in other sections.
Had Hie proi>erty owners on the east
side of tile river entered into compe-
tition for a market ami put up a bonus
equal to tliat subscribed by the proper-
ty owners west of tlie San Pedro there
woulil lie more reason in the opposi-
tion.
• • •
Tito butchers themselves will see the
great advantage of a central public
market equipped witli ample cold
storage facilities water light ami po-
lice regulations.
The butchers and fish and game
stores now occupying buildings in bus-
iness blocks must realize that their
tenure is uncertain as new buildings
are erected and rents advance.
To maintain a butcher shop today on
Commerce or Houston streets requires
a large rental and heavy expenditures;
rents will increase so that the butcher
will lie driven to the suburbs unless
the city comes to his rescue.
The very comodities of meat fish
game vegetables require a separate
quarter from dry goods banks and
other busines establishments.
The building of a public market does
not necessarily do away with the pow-
er of the city to grant permits outside
the public market.
• • •
The old market on Market street
now abandoned was especially set
aside for a market house; the property
is quite ample for a small market to-
day having been dedicated for market
purposes there lias lieen some question
whether the property could be sold or
used by the city for any other purpose
unless' the city furnished a public
market on some other site.
Paschal square is one of the most
ample and suitable sites for a market
in the city—such a site could not be
purchased’ in other business quarters
for $lOOOOO. It is now’ utilized as a
country market place.
Let every interest Ite ihorm ghly
consulted and we feel confident the
new market will be a popular institu-
tion.
NOW IS THE TIME
To buy furniture. Am overstocked
and need room. Note the following
prices:
Bed room suits $12.00 up
Bed lounges 8.00 up
Side boards U P
Bedsteads L 2;» U P
Hall racks U P
Wardrobes 6.50 up
Rocking chairs tables desks etc.
suitable for holiday presents.
R. BECKER.
12-4-20 t 509 East Houston St.
LOST.
Gold wreath pin with row of pearls
ami amethyst setting along route
Alamp plaza Houston street and
Elite hotel reward for return to the
Ludlow house. 12-14-lt.
KEEP A LOOKOUT.
Detectives Report the City Overrun
With Thieves Safe Crackers Etc.
Detectivies Shdaf and McClosky re-
port that the city Is at present over-
run with thugs footpads and thieves
and are warning persons to be on the
lookout for them.
Burglaries thefts and holdups are
of nightly occurrence and although
the police are doing all in their power
to arrest and rid the city of these dan-
gerous nuisances they appear to be un-
able to cope with them and crimes
committed by them continue to be re-
ported at police station.
Three different parties reported the
theft of diamond studs from shirt
fronts to the detectives yesterday
and the repont of small thefts and
pocket-pickings are of common octur-
rence.
The detectives declare also that they
have positive information that there
is a dangerous professional gang of
safe crackers in the city.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair.
Gold Medal Midwinter Fair.
DIV
CREAM
BAKING
POWIB
A Pare Grape Crcaa of Tartar Powder.
& YEARS 'HS STANDARD
PDHI Hit
1). W. NV. Duke is quite ill.
Mr. Jesse Presuall lias ndurniMl from
I a redo.
John Hdaly of Fort Worth is at the
Menger.
.1. F. Lanier of Houston is at the
Menger.
Mr. A. P. Blue is in the city from
the west.
A. J. Elzuer of Bastrop is at the
Mahncke.
F. Hof lie! nz of Schiller is at the
Mahncke.
Dr. Si Youngkin. of Yoakum is at
the Mahncke.
Judge NV. B. Garrett of Brenham
is at the Southern.
D. W. McKea a stockman of Cotul-
la. is at the Southern.
J. D. Ammons a Karnes county
stockman is at the Southern.
Mrs. D. N. Reid has left for Califor-
nia to spend the winter with relative.
NVash Shely sheriff of Starr county
is in the city from Rio Grande City
and is at the Mahncke.
Miss May Baugh sister of the well
known youiijr attorney Mr. Beauvis F.
Baugh. Ims gone to El Paso on a visit.
Mr. L. L. Moody a Stockdale mer-
chant is in the city on business having
come up on the Gulf Shore yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. A. Foskett of 218 Sycamore
street who recently went to Llano for
the Is-netit of her health finding it not
improving returned to this city.
Mr. Kott of the firm of Tewis. Smith
Ac Kott of Lavernia came up to the
city yesterday afternoon on business
and Mr. Tewis went down to Lavernia
yesterday morning from the city.
—A BLAZE OF GLORY!
TOMORRONV we’ll inaugurate
the HOLIDAY SELLING NVITH
greater vim and push than ever
tiefore. Preparations have been
made—on an elaliorate scale —ev-
ery department is in gala attire-
stocks are larger finer and bet
ter selected than at any previous
holiday season and a small army
of courteous salespeople will be
in attendance to wait on you
promptly and carefully. Our
purchases this season have been
brilliantly successful and we can
proiiiise our patrons grander val-
ues for their money than ever
before and that means much in
the light of our past success.
A beautiful souvenir fris- to
every customer. Come early and
bring your friends to the Mam-
moth Tov and Art Bazaar.
SENG BROS.
323-325 E. Houston.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Louis Conrad Wagner and Mary A.
NVagner to Andrew C. Gembier lot 13.
block 17. Hays street; $115°.
T. NV. Larkin to Henry Hoeke lots
10 and 11. block 17. Grand View addi-
tion; sl<».
Henry C. Rips to Sabino Olivo strip
fifteen feet wide Espada road: $3O.
A CARD.
Tin* Firemen’s Relief Fund associa-
tion wish to thank their many friends
for the generous contributions and
hearty assistance in behalf of their
benefit ball last Friday evening: also
Johnson Bros for the neat and attract-
ive programs which they donated out
of friendship for the firemen. It
A DAMAGE SUIT.
William NViegers is suing the San
Antonio and Aransas Pass railway
company in the Forty-fifth district
court for damages in the sum of $20-
000. He alleges that he was a section
hand on the road and that on June 7
last he was engaged in repairing a
bridge near Yoakum when a piece of
timber struck him resulting in vari-
ous injuries to his person.
—AT OUR OPENING SALE
Tomorrow we will offer
100 FAMOUS ALCOTT BOOKS
embracing:
Little Men and Women.
Old Fashioned Girl.
Rose in Bloom.
Under the Lilacs.
Eight Cousins and Jos Boys.
Sold regularly at $1.50. for
-98 -
50 FAMOUS BOYS’ BOOKS
in handy volume size very atrac-
tively bound stamped in silver
from new and unique designs
water color tints embracing 100
best titles in English literature at
—3sc—
Pursuit of the House Boat by
Bangs.
The Christian by Hall Caine.
Ben Hur. by Lew Wallace.
Sentinel Tommy by Barrie.
The Martian by DuMaurier.
His Grace of Osmonde. by Bur-
nett.
Publishers’ price $1.50.
Here TOMORRONV ONLY at
—9Bc—
A BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR FREE
to EVERY CUSTOMER. Come early
and bring your friends to the Mam-
moth Tov and Art Bazaar
SENG BROS.
323-325 E. Houston Street.
THE CONFEDERATES.
A large number of Confederate Vet-
erans are arriting and the local com-
mittees were busy at the trains and at
headquarters on tiie corner of Soledad
and Houston streets meeting the dele-
gates and supplying them with badges
and information about rooms and
board.
Everybody Says So.
Cascnrets Candy Cathartic the most won-
derful medical discovery of the age. p eas-
ant and refreshing to the taste. ac» gently
and |>ositlvcly on kidneys liver and Itowcls
cleansing the entire system dispel colds
cure headache fev« r. liahilmil constipation
and biliousness. Pieuse buy and try a box
ofc. C. C. to-day; 10 25. 50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by nil druggists.
THE HOUSE.
NVashington. Dec. 14.—1 n the House
on motion of Lawrence of Massachu-
setts Saturday annuary 8 was set for
paying a tribute to the memory of the
late Representative NVright.
UNRULY PUPIL TAMED.
Muscular School Mn’nm Tbraaltea
Him imtl Ris Slater.
There is one young school-teacher in
Long Island who treed never be out of a
ob. So completely did she succeed in
quelling a rebellion recently that offers
from other places have already been
received but the school directors of
Babylon where she is now engaged
will not hear of her departure. Her
name is Ella Hart and here is how she
came to establish herself so firmly in
her present position:
John Coleman who is a boy of ten-
der years but tough tendencieshas for
several days been living under the
shadow of the rod. Miss Hart has an
official whip the other day her
experienced observation told her that
John Coleman was ripe for castigation
ATTACKED THE TEACHER.
and she called him up to receive his
due. The operation proceeded with
complete success for a few moments.
Johnnie Coleman gave al! the evidences
of mortal anguish customary to such
occasions. lie squirmed nr.d twisted
and rendled the air with lamentations
protestations and ejaculations of peni-
tence.
Stella Coleman a stout girl of 16
y ears sister of Johnnie heard the wails
of her brother and appeared as a rescue
and punitive force. Siu dhshed into
the room like n young whirlwind nd
attacked the teacher with a rush. The
boy look advantage of the diversion to
rub himself a few times where be felt
that rubbing was necessary and salu-
tary and then joined in the attack.
Miss Coleman scratched vindictively
and reached for her teacher's hair. Miss
Hart proceeded methodically and' ac-
cording to the most approved principles
of pedagogics. She first captured the
girl’s handk and then tripped her up
threw her and sat on her. Then she
reached for her whip and thrashed
Miss Coleman until all the fight and
most of tb.e family affection were
thrashed out of her. After that she
caught Johnnie Coleman and began on
him all over again.
Having completed her work conscien-
tiously and thoroughly she expelled
both the offenders and appeared before
the trustees scratched and somewhat
battered and disheveled but triumph-
ant and reported her action. She was
sustained and the school will probably
continue its exercises peacefully.
SAGACIOUS POODLE
How He Prevented Trouble Between
n Man unit a Woman.
JoeTeahou t raveling passenger agent
of the Wabash has returned from a trip
through the state saysi the Omaha
WorldLHerald and tells this story: “As
we were approaching Talmage the
other day a lady with a poodle dog came
into the smoker. A travelingman called
her attention to the character of the
car and told her she had' better go into
one of the others. She declared that
she was going to remain right there
and she told him he must not light and
smoke the pipe he was filling with
tobacco. He opened the window and
calmly lit his pipe and was puffing
away when she again demanded'tliat he
desist. He again told her that she
could go into one of the rear ears. It
went on for a few minutes when she
THE CONTROVERSY SETTLED.
leaned over and snatched the pipe from
his mouth and threw it out of the win-
dow. The traveling man was at a
white heat with rage and. turning
aroundgrabbed the poodle and chucked
it out of the window. Then she went
on the warpath. She declared that she
would have him arrested at Talmrge
where she said she knew everybody
and he said if she did he would have
her arrested for stealing his pipe. The
argument was hot and heavy and when
they got off the train they rustled
around for the town marshal and final-
ly found Irim and were telling their
troubles when the poodle came running
up the track with the pipe in its mouth.’’
Illa Unxlcal Career.
A Lawrence (Kan.) man writing from
New York to the Lawrence Journal
says: “The greatest thing I saw here
was a former student of the music de-
partment of Kansas university playing
a hand organ in Central park."
The Reindeer’s Warm Coal.
The skin of the reindeer is so imper-
vious .to the cold that anyone clothed
in such a dress with the addition of a
blanket of the same material may bear
the intensest rigors of an Arctic win-
ter’s night.
WILL NOT STAY BURIED.
People to Whom the Grave Offers
No Attractions.
Society for Psychlenl Research Is
Making n Systematic Study of
Their Haunts. Habits and
Peculiarities.
The world is chock-full of ghosts.
The only wonder is that living persons
have room enough to move around.
The whole question having to do
with these phenomena is afloat scien-
tifically speaking at present. It is
being Investigated by an association
of gentlemen in England who call
themselves the Society for Psychical
Research. The society has a branch in
this country which is located at Bos-
ton.
Prof. NV. F. Barrett of Harvard has
personal knowledge of a ghost which
appeared in a certain antiquated New
England house in 1873. The dwelling
was occupied by two brothers. One of
them woke up about three o’clock one
morning and saw before him the fig-
ure of a woman. He says: “Her head
and shoulders were wrapped in a gray
shawl. I looked at her in horror but
dared not cry out lest I might move
tlie thing to speech or action. Behind
her head I saw the window and the
growing dawn the looking-glass on
the toilet table and the furniture. After
a few seconds she went backward to-
ward the w indow stood at the toilet
table and gradually vanished. I mean
that she grew by degrees transparent
and that through the shawl and the
gray dress she wore I saw the white
muslin of tlie table cover.
“I did not mention this circumstance
afterward either to my brother or to
our servants because I feared that the
litter would leave us while the for-
mer woulil certainly ridicule the story.
A fortnight afterward sitting at break-
fast I noticed tliat my brother seemed
out of sorts. He said: ‘I have had
a horrid nightmare. But indeed it
was no nightmare. I saw' it early this
morning just as distinctly as I see you.
A villainous-looking hag. with her head
and arms w rapped in her cloak stooped
over me looking like this.’ He got up
folded his arms mid put himself in the
posture I remembered so well.”
It was learned afterward that a wom-
an had been murdered in the house
HIS DEAD SISTER APPEARED.
some years before and that it w’as said
to be haunted. Other persons one of
them a lawyer visiting at the mansion
saw the same specter and described
it as glaring at them with eyes of in-
tense malevolence.
Mr. F. G of Boston tells of an
apparition of his only sister a young
lady of 18 who died of cholera in 1867
at St. Louis. “It was in 1876” he says
“that I was traveling in the west as a
commercial drummer. 1 had ‘drummed’
St. Joseph Mo. and had gone to my
room at the Pacific house to send an
unusually large batch of orders. I was
in a particularly happy frame of min’d.
The hour was high noon and the sun
was shining into my room.
“While smoking a cigar and writing
out my ordiers I suddenly became con-
Ecious that some one was sitting on my
left. Quick as a flash I turned and dis-
tinctly saw tlie form of my dead sister.
For a brief second 1 or so I looked her
•quarely in the face. So sure was I that
it was she that I sprang forward in de-
light calling her by #ame. As I did so
the apparition vanished. I almost
doubted my senses but the cigar in my
mouth pen in hand and ink still moist
on my letter satisfied me that 1 had
not been dreaming.
"She appeared as if alive. Her eyes
looked kindly into mine and her skin
was so lifelike that I could see the
moisture on its surface. The visitation
so impressed me that I took the next
train home and'related to my parents
what had occurred. My father was at
first inclined to ridicule me but he was
amazed when I told him of a bright red
line of scratch on the right side of
my sister’s face which I had seen dis-
tinctly. When 1 mentioned 1 this my
mother rose trembling to her feet and
nearly fainted away. With tears stream-
ing down her face she exclaimed that I
had indeed seen my sister as no living
mortal but herself was aware of that
scratch which she had accidentally
made herself while doing some little
act of kindness after my sister’s d'eath.
She said she well remembered how-
pained she was to think she should'have
unintenionally marred the features of
her dead daughter and that unknown
to all. she had carefully obliterated all
traces of the scratch with the aid of
powder.”
Hainan Rones in a Log.
The bones and teeth of a human be-
ing. together with a lot of broken glass
and crockeryware were recently dis-
covered in a mammoth hollow log in
Wakulla county river swamp by John
Jones and Aquila Nails who were
there for the purpose of getting out
timber. A similar discovery was made
at the same spot some 18 years ago.
ELITE HOTEL.
5 For Gentlemen Only. European Planall Modern Conveniences.
Sj. LOUSTHUNRU CO' PROPS
/Wuin Plaza and Soledad St.
Sample Rooms for Traveling Men. Electric Cars from all De
In pots Pass in Front.
Attention Given to
(u and Wedding Suppers.
as asas asas esasasas>Fasas asasasasssasasasa
CUTTING SCRAPE. 1
E. R. Adams and L. B. NValker ( two
traveling salesmen were arrested ear-
ly this morning on the sidewalk in
front of Schleyer Bros.’saloon on Ala-
mo plaza by Officer Sobieski on the
charge of beating and striking al-
though from the wounds of both men
pocket knives seemed to have been
liberally used by both as Adams had
a cut on his ami and over his right
eye and Walker was slashed over the
heart (not dangerously) and one fin-
ger was hurt. When the ease came up
before the recorder today both men
asked for a continuance one because
he had to catch a train out of the
city the other for witnesses. The
continuance was granted.
The quarrel was but the result of a
drinking spree.
THEATRE FIGHT.
John Holsom a soldier of company
C Eighteenth infantry and Jake Coy
Jr. had a flgbt in the NVashington
theatre last night over the price of
beer. Holsom received a severe cut
in the forehead. On account of the
soldier having to drill In the morning
the recorder will try the case tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock. Special
Officer McClelland made the arrest.
TWO MORE OF ’EM.
I’olice Officer Daniels arrested NV.
F. Buchanan and Chas. Edwards on
the west side of town last night on
the charge of being vagrants and the
recorder gave them twenty-four hours
this morning to leave the city. The
former claimed to be a resident of
NVeimar and the latter of Laredo but
neither could give tlie names of the
city officers of their respective towns
or the names of any prominent mer-
chants there.
MRS. JOHNSON HEARD FROM.
Mrs. Thos. Little of 1503 North
Pine street has received a letter from
Mrs. J. H. Johnson formerly of this
city from Auburn New York. Mrs.
Johnson's many friends In tills city
had not heard from her in quite a
while and were becoming uneasy
about her but all will be glad to know
that she is well.
ROBBER CHIEF OF AUSTIN.
Robert Schieffer went into City
Marshal Shardein's office in the city
hall yesterday afternoon took a seat
by the captain's side and asked for
a paper sying: "I'm the robber chief
of Austin.”
The captain put him down as being
drunk and crazy and called Officer
Mitchell to arrest him -when lie de-
clared that he was the attorney gen-
eral and that lie was going up to the
mayor to report Captain Sliardeiu.
The recorder fined him $5 this morn-
ing.
He did not appear to be exactly
right in his actions and may possibly
be insane.
SECOND LUETGERT TRIAL.
Chicago Dec. 14.—Tlie second trial
of Adolph T. Luetgert the sausage
maker accused of murdering his wife
began today.
WON'T MONKEY WITH IT.
NVashington Dec. 14.—The Dingley
tariff law will not be changed in any
of its customs features at the present
session of Congress. A general un-
derstanding to this effect has been
reached among the Republican mem-
bers of the ways and means commit-
tee who feel it desirable and who
are anxious to avoid what .s gener-
ally known as tariff tinkering.
STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
Plymouth England Dec. 14.—The
French line steamer La Touraine
Capt. Santellenia from New York
December 4th for Havre and which
should have arrived there on Sunday
morning stopped off Lizard when
she reached there at 4:10 this a. m.
and signalled that she was not under
control. A west bound steamer is
assisting the La Touraine.
MAYBE SO.
Chicago. 111 Dec. 14.—A tug with
three men aboard is reported to have
been seen sinking off Lake shore near
Scott street last evening. A fierce
storm was in progress at the timft
The report is not credited among ma-
rine men however who believe per-
sons who think they saw the tug
sink are mistaken.
Educate Yom llowrli With Caacnretx.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever.
10c 25c. If C. C C. fail druggists refund money.
■ ■ ■
Woman’s Criticism if yon Wear
L PANCOAST’S SOUS
Clottiing'
Suits From
$5.00 up
Overcoats From
$6.00
Pants From
$1 OO up.
Hats From
$1 50 up.
Shirts SOc Uf>«
Underwear per Suit.TSc Uf3»
Suits to Order
$25.00 and up.
Don’t Forget
136-138 West Com-
merce Street
ARRRESTED FOR FORGERY-
George Jones Caught Up By Detect-
ives Shoaf and McClosky l.ast
Night.
Last night Detectives Shoaf and Me*
Closky arrested a man in the Stand-
anl thi'atre on a description furnished
them on suspicion of forgery.
He gave his name as George Jones
and declared that he was innocent of
the crime charged but was later
identified by Mr. V. P. Gardner a San
Pedro avenue grocer as the man who
recently passed a forged order on him
for $25 or $3O and supposedly signed
by F. L. Young. *
On this information he was locked
up in the city jail to await further de-
velopments. He is also suspected of
being the man who has recently forg-
ed several orders on County Clerk
Thad Smit It.
loiter this morning he was positive-
ly identified by Ed. Green a newsdeal-
er as the party who forged a paper on
Thad NV. Smith and •secured $2 from
him. Green.
ONE DOZEN STRINGS
For Mandolin Guitar or Banjo for
TEN CENTS. NVhy not lay in a sup-
ply at the J. F. Jones & Co. old stand
THOS. GOGGAN & BROS.
tf Cor. E. Houston and Navarro Sts.
SHOULD MAKE THEM GOOD.
Now that the city has done its duty
in widening the corner of Alamo and
Goliad streets and set an example by
putting down a first-efass sidewalk
and otherwise improved the street let
tlie taxpayers owning residences and
who promised so much If • the city
would “start tlie ball rolling” come to
the front and do likewise by setting
back their fences “an eyesore” t®
wluvt would otherwise be a nice street
■and put down first-class sidewalks ’
The Light will give full credit to
those heeding its advise. '
NO QUORUM. ’
No meeting of the city council was
held yesterday as no quorum was pres
ent. Mayor Callaghan was not in at-
tendance as lie was ill in bed on ac-
count of getting almost enough hot
steam while taking a Turkish bath
yesterday morning to pardoil him
him.
Aidermen Mahncke Hicks Duerier
Hamilton Johnson Surkov and Mau’
ermann were present and’ after wait-
ing half an hour Mr. Duerier
and said that he was going; there was
only routine business coming up an q
th'?' any nse ot $6O
of the city s money in waiting for a
quorum. K r a
Aidermen Johnson and Surkov <U-
murrred and Mr. Johnson said there
inin* something iumort'int <***».
Im.- m. .ml toXa ™!
—Aavertise In th Sunday Light.
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