San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 12, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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San Antonio Daily Light.
Volume XV. Number 21
BANKS AND BANKERS.
Wood national
BANK.
antonio. ■ : : : : tbxas
.U.B.Lockwood Pres. J. Mura Jb. Cashier
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
r GROOS & co.
BANKERS
Ind Dealers in fixchange.
Sight Drafts on the principal cities of the
'United States and in all Ruropean countries.
Foreign coin and currency bought and sold.
— » g l -"- 1
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Friday Saturday and Sunday and
Saturday Matinee.
‘The Success of a dramatic generation.”—N.
Y. Herald.
MR. JAMES A HERNE'S
Beautiful play
SHORE ACRES.
Presented with entire new scenery original
mechanical effects and propertied under
■ the direction of Henry C. Miner.
Its RecoM-25* nights in New York City.
IM nights in Boston
ARMY NEWS.
Reported Specially for the Light.
A military convict serving in
the Kansas state penitentiary a
term of ten years for an assault
upon Captain Pope the comman-
dant of the military prison has
applied through counsel for a
writ of habeas corpus. The papers
have been issued by J udge Foster
and served upon Warden Chase.
The grounds upon which the writ
is based is that the court which
tried him for the offence has no
jurisdiction he having already
been dishonorably discharged from
the service. The points raised in
the case have already been decided
by Judge Foster a similar case
coming before him in 1876 but
the judge then stated that he
hoped the case would be taken
to the higher court for final
-decision as the points involved
were of great importance and
while the court expressed a slight
doubt as to the constitutionality
of the section 1361 under which
the trial took place he was com-
pelled in order to uphold a proper
administration in the army to de-
cide as he did and the prisoner
was remanded.
The result of the target practice
of last year is published. Company
G Seventh infantry secured the
highest general figure of merit
135.38 winning the Nevada trophy
now in possession of troop K Fifth
cavalry. The department of Texas
has the highest general figure of
merit 75.36 and California the
lowest 55.30. The percentage for
the entire army to 64.15. In the
cavalry arm the Eighth cav-
alry stands first and in the
army it stands second. The
Tenth cavalry stands lowest in
the cavalry and the army stands
No. 31. In the infantry the Sev-
enth is No. 1 and the Third the
lowest.
Corporal Frederick B. Shaw of
Company A Twenty-first infan-
try has been ordered to Fort Col-
umbus for examination for promo-
tion.
The ordinary leave granted Cap-
tain E. B. Savage Eighth infantry
has been changed to sick leave.
George Lewie band Fifth infan-
try is transferred to band Seventh
infantry.
Poet quartermaster Sergeant J.
L. Douglas has been assigned to
station at Fort Bliss.
LIGHT FLASHES.
—Our dreee goods counters will
glisten with bargains this week.
'2 12 3t L. Wolfson.
- -$1.50 for boy’s suits at the
Mammoth Store.”
2 12 3t L. Wolfson.
Miss Annie Larson is here from
Fredricksburg visiting the Misses
Eiserloh on Lafitte street.
Why He ia in Austin.
It is not because Culberson sent
for Bryan to lay the 37th district
ermine upon his shoulders that he
went. That is only a ruse to throw
dust in the eyes of his home peo-
ple.
He has gone to stop that meas-
ure against the alien vote. Bart
wag too much for him.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS ANO RECISTEREO AT THE POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
LA GASCOGNE 0. K.
SHE ARRIVES OUTSIDE THE BAR;
ALL SAFE.
TELEGRAMS SENT TO ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY ANNOUNC-
ING THE SAFE AERRIVAL
OF THE STEAMER.
What the Captain Saya of Her
Accident Her Paaaengera and
Her Crew—Her Pevioua
Disabilities and Per-
ils—All Passen-
gers Safe and
Sound.
New York Feb. 12.—The news
that Lagascogne has been sighted
was flashed over the telegraph
wires to all parts of the country.
An hour after the second bulletin
was received Agent Forget began
to get congratulatory telegrams
from Philadelphia Chicago and
other points. Here is a sample of
them:
Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 11.—
Philadelphia delighted with glad
tidings. All rejoice.
(Signed) J. P. Morris.
Syracuse N. Y. Feb. 11 —
Vive la Gascogne. Accept con-
gratulations.
(Signed) Dr. Gibbons.
Plattsburg N. Y. Feb. 11.—
Thanks to your kindness we re-
joice for our friends.
(Signed) M. P. Meyers.”
The last two of the above were
in answer to telegrams from Agent
Forget.
The latter sent out about five
hundred telegrams to points all
over the country to friends and re-
latives of those on board Lagas-
cogne announcing the sighting of
the ship.
The addresses bad been left with
him by anxious inquirers with re-
quests to let them know the
minute definite news was received.
These requests had been made
personally and by mall and tele-
graph. Among those who person-
ally called at the office of the com-
pany on Bowling Green after the
bulletins came from Five Island
w is E. C. Prossard of Fayetteville
whose sister was on the Lagas
cogne. Another was Mr. Dumas
of Durham N. C. whose wife is on
board.
M. N. Mix of this city whose
brother is on the ship was another
who called.
John N. Cristic of 343 Broadway
wos an inquirer as was M. A. Con-
nell of Quebec.
The Captain of Lagascogne told
of the accidents briefly.
There was no time to go into
minute details. He said:
Just at the time the repairs were
being made the weather was aw-
ful.
“It was necessary for the passen-
ger to all go below. We did not
attempt to get under headway
for some time after making repairs
and when we started she could
only make very slow headway.
During the storm the passengers
were made as comfortable as pos-
sible. They could not have been
better behaved. We passed the
first ship yesterday morning at
10 o’clock. She was an Inman
liner bound for Philadelphia and
we signalled her asking her to re-
port us with machinery inactive
and to notify the agents to send
tugs to our assistance. The piston
that was broken was not exactly
repaired. It was isolated and the
others were then used This was
difficult but the engines are quad-
ruple expansion and the cylinders
were tandem. With the old triple
expansion engines it would not
have been so difficult to repair nor
would the accident have been so
serious.”
“How about the second delay of
twenty-four hours?”
“That was on account of the aft
cylinder heading. The worst part
was the center being disabled. The
steam went directly from high
pressure to quadruple expansion.”
The captain spoke proudly of his
ship bis crew and bis passengers.
Considering the extent of the acci-
dent and the fearful weather he
thought the ship had done nobly.
The Lagascogne anchored near
the Whistling buoy on the bar be-
tween the two light ships. A
moment later the tug Hustler of
the Chapman Wrecking company
appeared in sight. Tugs to the
numberof a dozen crowded around
but were ordered off and the Hust-
ler running alongside began the
San Antonio. Texas. Tuesday February 121895.
task of taking off the mails. TJiere
were several hundred bags of mat-
ter and the work was slow.
The wrecking tug returned to
Quarantine at 2 a. in. ami reported
to the manager of the French line
who was waiting at Quarantine on
the tug Millard that the Ui Gas-
cogne could not get over the bar
and then the superintendent of the
pier Mr. West concluded to go out
to her. The Millard left (Quaran-
tine for that purpose
Three times previously the La
Gascogne has figured in newspaper
articles on account of exciting cir-
cumstances. Sunday morning
May 25th 1890 while bound for
Havre with 444 souls aboard she
was proceeding at reduced speed
because of a fog which had for four
days prevented any reckoning.
Captain Santelli who was in com-
mand knew only that he was
somewhere in the vicinity of the
Sicily islands. He was upon the
bridge anxiously peering into the
fog. Suddenly the captain sprang
to the electric dial which commu-
cates instructions to the engineers.
So quickly did he move that
he almost knocked a subor-
dinate officer oil his feet.
The captain had seen signals
ahead Hashed by the forward out-
looks and bad given the order id
the engineer to reverse the engine
and at the same time he threw the
ship’s helm hard port. Right in
front of the steamer was a small
black rock the polished surface of
which was but a few feet above
the sea. Small as it was helped
to send the steamer Schiller to the
bottom several years before drown-
ing hundreds of passengers. Lagas-
cogne did not escape without in-
jury Her port side scraped the
rock and a rent was made below
the water line through which the
sea poured in. The cargo was
shifted to star-board sufficiently to
admit of a leak. The hole fortu-
nately was not large enough to
prevent the ship from proceeding
slowly to Havre.
On October 26th 1891 Lagas-
cogne came into New York harbor
salt-encrusted to the too of her
funnels. She had been in the
teeth of a hurricane for four days.
On May 4th 1893 Lagascogne
grounded on a shoal below the
Southwest spit but got off without
assistance after six hours labor.
A General Suicides.
London Feb. 12.—A dispatch
to Pall Mall Gazette from Wei
Hai Wei says Gen. Tai of the
Japanesarmy committed suicide
in a moment of anger at the deser-
tion of a number of his subordin-
ates.
Colder.
Washington Feb. 12. — For
Texas fair and colder.
A Big Failure.
Pittsburg Feb. 12. —The Linden
Steel Co. has gone into the hands
of a receiver on account of hard
times. Liabilities $485000 assets
$685000.
De-p Family Hatred.
Minneapolis Minn. Feb. 12.—
In the Ging murder trial cross
examination of Adry Haywardthe
accused developed a most murder-
ous family hatred.
Coldest ot the Season.
Denver Feb. 12.—Last night
was the coldest of the season. Fif-
teen degrees below zero.
The Bond Issue.
Washington Feb. 12.— Ways
and Means committee considered
President’s message on the bond
issue today.
University Man Dead.
Nashville Tenn. Feb. 12.—Ex-
Chancellor Gooland of Vanderbilt
University died today.
A Little Sinecure.
Lexington Ky. Feb. 12.—
Desha son of Congressman W. C.
P. Brackenridge has been appoint-
ed income tax collector of this dis-
trict.
Concedes It.
London Feb. 12.—1 n an editor-
ial the Pall Mall Gazette says
America has the best right to the
protectorate of the Hawaiian Is-
lands.
On Change of Venue.
Houston Tex. Feb. 12.—[Spe-
cial] —J. R. Mltchelfj of Fort Bend
county charged with triple mur-
der committed at the Grand Cen-
tral Depot this city last February
was granted change of venue to
Milam Cameron county.
*t. Price* Cream muting »
Moan IWtact Mada
FROM THE LIGHT EXTRA.
HENRY ELMENDORF.
ELMENDORF AND HIS
TICKET ELECTED.
Good News For The Good
People.
Victory has again perched on
the banners of the Paschal-El-
mendorf adm inist rat ion.
It has been strictly a victory
of the people over the office-
holders’ trust that holds high
carnival at the county court-
house.
It has been a victory in favor
of honest city government.
The 1. A G. N. will now be put
on the assessment rolls.
Pull otT your green ribbons
boys and go to work.
It -has been a vindication of
the Elmendorf administration.
It proves that when the intelli-
gence and good citizenship be-
comes aroused that there is not
money enough not trickery enough
to down them.
Let it be a lesson for all future
time to political tricksters.
Let it be the last of Callaghan
Cassiano Thad Smith A Co.
Where was Kunzman and Nord-
hausand their little Trades’ Coun-
cil when the Light came out ?
The Light extends its sympathy
to the good citizens on the Cal-
laghan ticket who were deceived
into an alliance with the Court
House Ring.
Elmendorf is Elected
The green will lx* fashionable
again on St. Patrick’s day in the
morning when Erin’s sons will
proudly don it. St. Patrick never
knew the Court House Ring.
Red is the fashionable color
with the good people.
Let good nature reign—the
voice of the people is the voice
of God.
The Australian ballot is a suc-
cess when rightly administered.
Bryan will not write his name
in letters of gold again; his
name is “ mud.”
Our poor old neighbor the Ex-
press has our congratulations;
their opposition has won another
Price $5.00 a Year
victory for the people. Shake
Pard !
BRYAN CALLAGHAN.
The green ribbons are all in
the sou|>— vegetable soup.
The cold spell has killed the
greenies.
Where would Callaghan have
been if had not been for Bob
Green and Johnny Stevens? Echo
answers "Whar?”
Oh Kehoe ! Oh Kehoe I Why
did you do It? mistook mo
red a fire and tried to put it
out. You wasn’t chief enough to
do it.
THE VOTE
Ward I—Total vote 847; Elmen-
dorf 368; Callaghan 469.
Ward 2-Total vote 1308; Elmen-
dorf 267; Callaghan 560. » This
vote was taken at II :45; 76 votes
thrown out; 391 to count and El-
mendorf gaining.
Ward 3—Total vote 1193; Elmen-
dorf 599; Callaghan 579.
Ward 4—Total vote 1424; Elmen-
dorf 484; Callaghan .216 * Only
about half of vote counted;
clerks very slow; Elmendorf
will probably carry this ward by
at least 400.
Ward s—Total vote 1286; Elmen
dorf 422; Callaghan 283. * About
600 more votes to count which
will increase Elmendorf’s ma-
jority.
At 2:20 p. m. Ward 5 hail counted
455 for Elmendorf and 312 for
Callaghan.
Ward 6—Total vote 1193; Elmen-
dorf ; Callaghan . ♦At
noon the vote two-thirds counted.
Elmendorf reported at 300 ahead.
Ward 7 —Total vote 1238; Elmen-
dorf 818; Callaghan 321.
Ward B—Total vote 771; Elmen-
dorf 445; (’allaghan 245.
Later returus after two o’clock
place the majority at 800 or ovei.
At 2 p. m. Ward No. 4 had 870
votes counted. Elmendorf has a
majority of these of 126.
Market Study.
Chicago Feb. 12. —Cattlesteadj
sheep firm.
Debs Case Postponed.
Chicago Feb 12.—Judge GroflF-
cup has postponed the Debs trial
until the first Monday in May.
Legislature.
Austin Tex. Feb. 12.—(Spe< -
ial.)—The House passed the Senate
bill transferring ninety thousand
dollars of the special to the general
revenue fund.
The House bill providing for sep-
arate boards of trustees for white
and colored schools and appor-
tionment of the school fund pass-
ed.
Rhodes (Populist) introduced a
resolution to investigate the cha -
acterof Representative Armstead
and the resolution was voted down
with a vengeance.
The Senate passed Bowser’s libel
bill to engrossment. The Senat )
passed the bill giving regents the
management of University land i.
The House is discussing the
Haller-Duff contest at noon.
Smoot.
Maes Meeting.
Deep water discussion tonight at
Y. M. C. A. hall tonight. Hon.
Brewster Cameron and oth< r
cattlemen and public invited.
Wanted—lmmediately a first-
class wheelwright. Peter Sch’tiers
Austin street. 2 12 2t*
To the Public in General.
We wish’to notify you that v e
are still in business and are hand
ling all kinds of real estate im
proved and unimproved city pro •
erty farms and ranches and hax ■>
some rare bargains on our bool
Call and see us as we are certain
we caa satisfy you both as to 1»>-
cation and price terms etc.
John T.Hambleton A Co.
N<x 104 East Commerce St. 11 23 ff
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