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San Antonio Daily Light.
Volume XIV. Number 217
BANKS AND BANKERS.
LOCKWOOD NATIONAL
BANK.
JAN ANTONIO. • : : : : TEXAS
J.S.Lockwood Pres. J. Muib Jr. Cashier
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
F. CHOOS & 00
BANKERS
And Dealers in Exchange.
Sight Drafts on the principal cities of the
United States and in all European countries.
Foreign coin and currency ’.ought and sold.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
PRO F ESS lONA L FOOT BA LL.
New York Oct. I.—The Profes-
sional Football League season
opens today in the leading East-
ern cities of the country. The Lea-
gue takes in Brooklyn New|York
Philadelphia Boston Baltimore
and Washington. It is backed by
National Baseball League men.
MINING ENGINEERS OF AMERICA.
Bridgeport Ct. October I.—The
American Institute of Mining
Engineers will hold their sixty-
seventh annual meeting here this
week.
SENATOR VEST WILL SPEAK.
Kansas City Oct. I.—Senator
Geo. G. Vest opens the campaign
here today. He will continue on
the stump until election day
covering all sections of the State.
OPENING A NEW THEATRE.
Pittsburg Oct. I.—Pittsburg’s
new gteat theatre the East End
Opera House will be opened today
by Frederic Warde and Louis
James with a revival of “Henry
IV.”
THE HEBREW NEW YEAR.
New York Get. I.—The Hebrew
New Year Day 5655 will be ob-
served today.
SOROSIS MEETS TOAY.
New York October L—Sorosis
holds its first meeting today.
Harlan Disagrees With Jenkins.
Chicago Oct. I.—ln the United
States Court of Appeals today
Judge Harlan of the United States
Supreme court read his opinion on
the strike injunction. Judge Jen-
kins was severely handled. Judge
Harlan held that a body of men
had a right to quit work irrespec-
tive of the discomfort which might
result. They had however no
right to conspire to do damage or
embarrass. He did not agree with
Jenkins’ famous definition of a
strike: That it was necessarily il-
legal. Judge Harlan held there
was such a thing as a legal strike.
Judge Jenkins’ injunction was
modified.
HE HAD TO LEAVE.
China Finds a Traitor in Her Midst.
Shanghai Oct. 111 is reported
that Taotai Shang chief magis-
trate of the district has left
Tien Tsin as it had been re-
ported that Shung was implicated
with others in furnishing informa-
tion to the Japenese of the move-
ments of the Chinese forces on
land and sea. It is now believed
the fugitive Taoti will be
unable to render additional
assistance to the enemy. Toati
Chung is believed to have been
the nerson who kept the Japanese
so well informed of the movement
of Chinese ships in the past and it
is said it was he who noti-
fied the agents of the
Japanese army of the Kow
Shing expedition which re-
spited in sinking that transport
and drowning over 1000 Chinese
soldiers.
Official Chinese advices from
Tokio say the Japanese govern-
ment has declared lead contra-
brand of war.
The dock at Nagasaki Japan is
full of cruisers and war ships
undergoing repairs. The Japanese
troops it is stated in Japanese ad-
vices received are rapidly ap-
proaching Moukden the capital of
the Chinese province of Manchuria.
The Japanese army which has
been marching upon Moukden ever
since the battle of Ping Yang re-
cently occupied Heichon on the
frontier of Manchuria without op-
position.
It is said that Toati is not the
only Chinese official implicated.
Later advices from Tsen Tsin
say nothing is known of Toati’s de-
stination but it is believed his
Japanese friends succeeded in
smuggling him to some place of
safety from which he’ll shortly
escape to Japanese territory.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS AND REGISTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
DISCOVERED BIS MOTHER
After Her Conversion to Mormonism
BY ADVERTISING IN A NEWS-
PAPER.
She is 94 Years Old Now and Has
Raised a Large Family
in Utah.
Bi tte Mon. Oct. I.—A few
months ago John Courcey a hotel
keeper at Barker Mon. and well
known throughout the state ap-
plied to an attorney to assist him
in procuring a pension to which he
was entitled by reason of his hav-
ing been a soldier in the Mexican
war as well as a veteran of the
late civil war. In the course of the
business he gave his attorney a
sketch of his life which contained
some interesting particulars. His
father and mother lived in New
York in 1812 and his lather fell a
victim of the cholera plague which
swept the country about that time.
After his mother went to live in
Connecticut when he was about 13
years old Courcey ran away from
home and went to work driving
horses on a canal in New York
state. After following this busi-
ness for about six months he re-
turned to his home only to find
that in the meantime his mother
had become converted to Mormon-
ism and followed the prophet Jo-
seph Smith to Nauvoo 111. The
lad followed his mother to that
place working his way by slow
stages only to find on his arrival
there that the Morning Glory had
been dispersed and as near as
he could learn they had gone
to Council Bluffs lowa. He
followed them to that place
and then learned that the Mormons
had taken their departure into un-
known wilds as it was then called
and afterwards he heard of the
founding of Salt Lake. He how-
ever gave up all hope of seeing his
mother ever again and went to
work on a river steamboat finally
enlisting in the Mexican war and
again with the union troops in the
civil war. At the close of the war
he came west and located in Mon-
tana and here he has been ever
since. When his attorney heard
the story he suggested that Mr.
Courcey might obtain some news
of his mother by writing to one of
the Mormon elders in Salt Lake
City and he did so. The communi-
cation was inserted in a Salt Lake
paper and during the last week no
less than a score of letters were
received from children grandchild-
ren and other relatives of the lost
woman. From the tone of these
letters it appears that on arriving
in Salt Lake Mary Courcey the
mother married a Mormon and
had a large family many of whom
are now well to do and prominent
people in the territory. The moth-
er is still alive although 94 years
old and Mr. Courcy finds that in-
stead of being alone in the world
as he supposed he has scores of
relatives in Utah. He will leave
in a few days for Salt Lake to meet
his mother after having lost her
for nearly fifty years and make
the acquaintance of a host of rela-
tives through her second marriage.
Small Arms for Navy.
Washington Oct. I.—Captain
Sam pson Naval Chief of Ordnance
recently postponed the test of
small arms for the navy until to-
day. It was to have commenced
September 1 having once before
been postponed to accomm date 11-
ventors who desired more time in
the preparations of their sample
gnus. On September 1 only one
weapon had been presented. It is
made by the Hotchkiss Company.
The Winchester Company report-
ed that it had two weapons to be
presented but it would require
more time for development. Other
firms promised to have their guns
ready today.
Dead Bodies Recovered.
Manistree Mich. Oct. I.—The
bodies of the crew of the sunken
schooner Home washed ashore last
night. Those identified are Alex
Burkeuske and P. Henderson sea-
men but the others cannot be re-
cognized. The bodies were found
where the body of Annie the cook
Mashed Joseph Foun-
tain the lightNbuse keeper. An
inquest will be held here today.
The captain’s body will be sent by
the Masons to his home in Mexico
New York and Burkeuski to De-
troit. The others will be buried
here. The residence of Annie the
cook is said to be Buffalo.
San Antonio. Texas. Monday. October 1. 1894.
Broke His Back Wrestling.
Erie Pa. October I.—Alvin Car-
nahan of Westville was brought
from the Edi bo State Normal
school to the hospital last night in
a most pitiable condition. Carna-
han and Winslow Breedy a fellow
student both athletes engaged in
a friendly catch-as-catch-can
wrestling match. Young Carnahan
broke his back trying to throw his
opponent over his head. Technic-
ally it was a fracture or displace-
ment near the juncture of the cer-
vical and dorsal vertebrae. Carna-
han fell to the ground paralyzed
and without sensation from the
breast bone down. The hospital
surgeonsareconsidering trepanning
to remove the pressure to the spinal
cord as the only possible remedy.
Carnahan is conscious and has no
physical suffering.
Druggists of The Nation.
New-York Oct. I.—Extensive
preparations have been made for
the annual session of the National
Wholesale Druggists Association
to be held in this city from today
to October 5. The opening session
will be held at 9 o’clock this even-
ing. There will be morning and
afternoon sessions on Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday making
seven sessions in all. <>n
Tuesday evening October 2 there
will be a reception given to Frank
A. Faxon of Kansas City Mo.
the president of the association.
This reception as well as the
banquet on Tuesday evening
and the business meetings of
the association will be held at
Delmonico’s. The entire second
floor of Delmonico’s including the
large banquet hall has been engag-
ed for the convention. The con-
vention will close on FridayOct. 5
with a steamboat excursion.
Housekeepers Will Meet.
Chicago Oct. I.—The Pure Food
Exposition opens here today. Its
notable feature will be the session
of the National Housekeepers As-
sociation. The convention will
discuss the economical use and
preparation of food for the table.
The association has a membership
of over 600 in America. The presi-
dent is Mrs. Potter Palmer and
the vice-president Mrs. Charles
Ilenrotin. During the convention
the leading chefs will give demon-
strations of French Italian Eng-
lish and German cooking.
After the Squatters.
Duluth Minn. October I.—The
question of the r ights of
the Portage Lake (anal
company under the grant
made some forty years ago has
within the past few days been
raised again and this time the
most valuable mines of the Goge-
bec range are involved. A few
weeks ago Secretary Smith upset
the canal company’s title to 5000
acres and his ruling has encouraged
the new fight. It is claimed that
during the administration of
President Filmore he declared the
land now covered by the mines
mineral lands. As such it was
not subject to selection. Squatters
have already settled on the mines
controlled by the Gogebec and
Penobscot mines and the Metrop-
olitan Land and Iron company
which are managed by W. F. El-
liott of Duluth as well as other
property and have refused to va-
cate though ordered to do so.
Foreigners Unprotected.
Shanghai Oct. I.—Dispatches
received here from Tien Tsin say
that private advices have reached
the latter city from Pekin warning
foreigners from proceeding to the
capital as the roads and water
ways from Ung (’how to Pekin are
alive with soldiers who are hostile
to Europeans. Several British
residents of Pekin have been as-
saulted including Mr. Tours in-
terpreter of the British legation
and others who were journeying
south.
Kaiser William Promises France.
Paris October L—The Galois to-
day says the Emperor William re-
cently received a Frenchman who
was passing through Berlin and
said to the latter: “I shall meet
you again at the Paris exhibition
of 1900.”
The Frenchman expressed sur-
prise and the emperor thereupon
said: “I know the French charac-
ter. Once 1 say I shall go to their
exhibition I know what I have to do
in order to carry out my intention.”
Dr. Price’s Gream Baking Powder
WwM’s Fair Mia hot and Diplont
A LESSON TAUGHT.
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF YALU
Learns Uncle Sam That in the Mat-
ter of Modern Equipment for
Naval Repairs We are De-
fenseless as China.
WashingtonOct. I.—One valu-
able lesson which officials of the
navy department think has been
taught by the great naval engage-
ment between the Chinese and
Japanese fleets at the mouth of the
Yalu river is the absolute necessi-
ty of maintaining naval yards re-
pair shops and store rooms in
readiness for instant service. Ac-
cording to cable reports both of the
fleets engaged at Yalu sustained
great damage. At the conclusion
of the fight each side withdrew to
their nearest respective dock yards
for repairs. Each fleet is well nigh
disabled for further operations.
If Chinese yards which are no-
toriously ill equipped and mis-
managed are unable to complete
the repairs of their fleet in six
weeks which is about the time
allowed here by naval experts
while if the Japanese put their
vessels in shape for service in two
weeks as they count on doing
they will be masters of the Yel-
low sea and can inflict
enormous damage on China land-
ing troops from transports at the
very door of Pekin and ravaging
the coast all of which demon-
strates the great value of good
dock yards. Naturally this has
turned the attention of naval offi-
cers to the consideration of our own
resources in that line and they
seem to be in pressing need for rad-
ical reform in the system at some
points.
Some of our yards are well
equipped with modern plants for
ship building and for extensive
repairs; New York and Norfolk
for instance but in almost every
other place the yards are filled with
antiquated tools and lumber and
ship houses all very useful in the
old days of wooden ships but now
a positive incumbrance to work.
These and other facts have
strongly impressed thoughtful
naval officers with the belief that
something must be done to put all
our navy yards and stations in
good condition and to modernize
and equip them so that they shall
be available at short notice for in
these days war comes like light-
ning from the summer sky the act-
ual declaration following instead of
preceding hostilities and the na-
tion in superior readiness taking
quick advantage of that fact.
Probably the Boston navy yard
will be the first to feel the effect of
this policy of rehabilitation of yards
and others will follow as fast as
Congress can be induced by urgent
representatives to appropriate the
necessary funds.
Cattle Weak.
Chicago Oct. 1. —Cattle weak
10 to 11 lower.
Road Record Lowered.
Buffalo N. Y. Oct. I.—The
200-mile road record over the
course from Buffalo to Erie and re-
turn was lowered yesterday from
14 hours 2 minutes 45 seconds by
W. L.Steimal to 13 hours 21 min-
utes 30 seconds.
His Brain Softened.
St. Louis Oct. I.—Lewis W.
Hagey aged 31 years and a well
known commission merchant of
the firm of Hagey Bros of this
city became suddenly insane in
the (fraud opera house in this city
last Friday and since then he has
been incarcerated in a private asy-
lum. Softening of the brain was
the cause of it.
Choctaws in Council.
Tuskahoma 1. T. Oct. I.—The
Choctaw council convened this
morning and will be in session five
weeks. It is thought a bill will
be passed to treat with the Daves
commission.
Jailed for Dueling.
Berlin October I.—Herr von
Kiderlen-Wachter* Prussian min-
ister to Hamburg and Herr Pots-
dorff editor of the Kladder-
adatseb have been condemned to
four month’s imprisonment in a
fortress for fighting a duel. The
duel was fought near Berlin April
18th but the sentence was only
announced today. Since the fall
from power of General Count on
Waldersee t here has been no such
collapse as of that of von Kider-
lin’s from the Emperor’s favor.
Price $5.00 a Year.
SAD MARRIAGE.
A Young Fireman Sends for Hie
Sweetheart While Dying.
Cleveland 0. Oct. I.—A ro-
mance involving the happiness of
a young couple had a pathetic fin-
ales here last night. The hero was
a brave fireman and the heroine a
beautiful young girl. The steamer
State of New York lying at the
wharf here took fire last evening
and among the first to respond to
the alarm was hook and ladder
company No. 1 of which William
Heiser is a member. As the truck
rounded a corner Heiser was
thrown off and a wheel passed over
his body crushing his chest. He
was taken to the hospital and
when informed that he could not
live he summoned his sweetheart
Annie McGlttrick to whom he was
to have been married in a month.
The dying fireman could scarcely
speak above a whisper as he ex-
pressed a wish to make Annie bis
wife before he died. Friends
hunted up the Probate court clerk
and at a late hour he was found a
license was secured a clergyman
and the parents of the young girl
called to his bedside. There was
no time to be lost for Heiser was
growing weaker and weaker every
moment. As the ceremony was
about done the injured man lapsed
into unconsciousness. The doctor
waited for a return of reason but
in vain. He felt the patient’s
pulse and announced to the guests
that he was dead. The young girl
threw herself on the dead body of
her lover and clung to it until led
weeping away.
And Drinks Only Grape Juice.
Chicago Oct. L—ln answer to
many inquiries Miss 1 rances E.
Willard has sent the following dis-
patch to a White Ribbon leader in
Canada: “Concerning total absti-
nence prohibition and woman’s
ballot my opinions are as fixed as
the law of gravitation. Politicians
try to make it seem otherwise for
their own purposes.”
Slightly Cooler Weather.
Washington D. C. Oct. 1. —
For Eastern Texas: Generally
fair southerly winds cooler in the
northwest portion Tuesday morn-
ing.
Britain and France are Growling.
Paris Oct. I.—The Figaro says
M. De Crais French ambassador at
London returned from that city
much discouraged and that the be-
lief gains ground that he has been
entirely unsuccessful. The Figaro
adds: “<>ur relations with Great
Britain for some time past have
been of a difficult nature. Th<*
truth is a discussion of the Egyp-
tian question is no longer ventured
upon between Paris and London.”
The Paris Temps announced today
that De Crais has resigned and
that he will be succeeded by Baron
De Cuercel who was president of
the Behring sea tribunal of arbitra-
tion.
Burned to Death.
Milwaukee Wis. Oct. I.—The
residence of 8.8. Pierce of Walnut
Wis. was destroyed by fire Satur-
day night. Two sons ranging from
25 and 35 years and one daughter
18 years perished in the flames.
Chinese War News.
London Oct. 1. —A dispatch
from Chee Foo to the Pall Mall
Gazette says Japanese cruisers are
sighted daily off the port. It is
added that the nature of their op-
erations are unknown but coupled
with the report that the Japanese
have affected a landing to the
northward of Chee Foo these
movements are regarded as signifi-
cant and as tending to confirm the
story of a Japanese landing.
The British squadron in north-
ern Chinese waters is cruising in
the Gulf of Pechili.
An insurrection is said to have
broken out in the province of
Shanghai Tung. The result of the
uprising or its nature is not knowa.
Injuries by Hurricane.
New York Oct. I.—The Crom-
well line steamer Knickerbocker
concerning which some anxiety
has been felt has reached New Or-
leans in a crippled condition. She
encountered a hurricane and her
second mate and one seaman were
lost overboard. She had her main
mast carried away and her bul-
warks stove in.
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