San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 199, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 6, 1901 Page: 1 of 6
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S DAII/ LIGHT.
VOL. 2th NO. 199.
Weather Forecast: Generally fair ex
cept possiMe showar* in Ilie eu>4 |*>rti»ll
tonight. Light to fresh variable winds
on the coast.
COTTON AGENCIES
When preparing for this year's bust-
nes* let us talk to you about the
LONG DISTANCE SERVICE.
Southwestern Tot. and Tol. Comp’j
BRADEN PLUMBING
—AND—
ELECTRIC COMPANY
| 102 East Commerce Street.
Phone 171. 7 25-ly.
W. W. WALLING
! Lawyer.
Practices In all the* State and Fed-
eral Courts. Office St. James Build-
ing Rooms 7 and 9.
Soo tho Dubinski Electrical Works
For Electric Supplies House
Wiring Fans and Motors Dynamos
and Elevators bights and Bells
Burglar Alarms Telephones and
Clocks Machinery etc. Repair
Work of any kind Telephone 318
233 East Houston streeL
We employ the very beat skilled
machinists.
lELECRAPH BREVITIIS
in Philadelphia a terrific explosion in
a block of six building! on Locust street
■ liovc Tenth street last night complete-
ly destroyed five of the structures and
caused the death of from ten to twenty
or more persons.
American Federation of Labor will
assist steel strikers and the strike will
be a big thing.
Carnegie gives $150000 to San Juan
Puerto Rico for library.
Miguel Malvor proclaims himself sue
censor Io Aguinaldo in Philippines and
issues rebellion proclamation.
General Gomez denies that he favors
Cuban annexation.
Climbers fail again to reach summit
of Mount Assiniboine.
Nothing new from Beaumont field.
A negro soldier of the 25th United
States infantry in Dalia* as a witnewi
in the murder cases from El Paso last
night stallbed Mollie Kcals a negro wo-
man in the right hip and side as the
result of a business quarrel. The knife
blade jicnetrated the liver and the wo-
man is in a critical condition. Officers
are searching for (Tie assailant.
At Dallas Warren Harvey was shot
in the abdomen yesterday evening by :'
negro woman and died last night at his
home on Williams street. Officers are
searching for the woman on a charge of
murder.
Eversole a mining prospector was
engulfed in quieEsand near Temple Ar
izona yesterday. He and his horse
sank in bight of manv people who were
powerless to aid him.
A Mexican residing in the Quiche dis-
trict of the Republic of Guatemala Ims
had the good fortune to discover there
n portion of the treasure of the ancient
Kings of Quiche. One of the articles
found is a crown valued at half a mil-
lion dollars. .Jewels iuols and manv
other objects in gold and silver were al-
so found.
President McKinley has commuted the
courtmartial sentence of dismissal from
the army of Mhjor F. Elfonhead Four-
teenth infantry to placing that officer at
the foot of the list of majors of infant -
rv there to remain for a ja-riod of five
’•cars. Major EHnnliead was tried on
a charge of being drunk on duty and ol
misbehavior at the Army
< hib in Manila and of using profane and
abusive language to Lieut. M ilham
Hull Twenty first infantry.
FREE FOR ALL fight.
Negroes and Whites Mixed up Near the
Sunset.
A free-for-all fight took place yester-
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the
corner of Duval ami Hackberry streets
in which men. boys women and two po-
licemen. wire implicated.
When the smoke cleared awny tne
police officers had the panti«-i|>airts cor-
ralled and under arrest. They gave
their names as- Sam Jeffries colored
Lizzie Jeffries colored. Jessie Harris
/colored and Harry Andrews and Ed Me-
Devitt white.
The trouble seems to have been start-
ed when Jessie Harris a colored boy
was pa*4ng down the railroad track and
was attacked by two boys with rooks.
Harris turned and ran lawk towards the
deiH/t and notified Police Officer Keil-
mann who instructed the boy to
go back and that he would follow
and if the boys ‘ jumped” him again he
would be there and nab them. The boy
did so and on reaching the place he
was again confronted by them.
Officer Keilmann started for file Imya
but they broke and ran. and a chase for
about two hundred yards followed before
he captured them. When the officer
reached the comer of Duval ami Hack-
berry streets it is said Sam Jeffries be-
came involved in a fracas with one of
the boys and it is alleged drew a knife
in a threatening manner towards the
boys. Jeffries was at once put under
arrest but became so unruly that si—"
citizens had to he called upon by the
officer to assist him. Lizzie Jeffries
then thought it her time to start in and
made for Officer Kcilnmnn and every-
body arouml to ri«ir them up.
Police Officer Jack McDevitt came to
Keffmahn's assistance just as blocks
fists and everything imaginable began
to fly thick ami fast.
A crowd of about two hundred people
had gathered around by this Une r - 4
for awhile virtually stopped the
trains from running.
All were arraigned before Judge Kroe-
ger this morning in the police court and
each fined ten dollar* excepting Jessie
Harris who wwa dismissed and Harry
Andrews whose case was continued.
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BIX PAGES.
ANOTHER CONSOLIDATION.
ML COMPANIES NOW ABOUT TO
COMBINE.
Stock of One Company Called in and
Indications Point to Another Gigan-
tic Trust.
New York Aug. 8. The Journal ot
Commerce says:
Whie rirnsiderablc surprise was ex-
pressed over the fact that several large
interests identified with the American
Cotton Oil company nad aakd for de-
posits of stock ot that company with
the privilege of selling the same it does
not appear that the current report of
a consolidtion of that company with
other cotton oil interests is well found-
ed. By some the movement is regard-
ed as indicating that the object of se-
curing stock is to bring about an im-
mediate consolidation with the \ irgima-
Carolina Chemical company. The 'al-
ter company has already secured the
Southern Cotton Oil company the chief
competitor of the American and has al-
so purchased in the neighborhood of a
score of other cotton oil properties. One
report is that a $l(M).00l».IMW consolida-
tion is contemplated. Apparently how-
ever such a deal is not under way at
this time. A person closely affiliated
with the American Cotton Oil company
is authority for the statement that the
proposed deposit of the stoeKS vi the
company in the First National bank
of New York was merely to prevent
control from passing to other interests.
This statement however was given with
tho reservation that it was impossible
to tell what the future might bring
forth and that if the new combination
offered a tempting price the control ot
the American Cotton Oil company might
pass.
Some additional light may lie thrown
<>n the situation today when the direct-
ors will hold their usual meeting. It
is understood that the proposition to de-
|M>sit the stock at the First National
bank will come under discussion and it
is possible that a statement will lie
made fully explaining the reasons for
its issuance. The statement will prob-
ably show that the pooling of the stock
is for communitv of action. Outside
of New York interests the largest hold-
ing of stock in the company is that of
N. K. Fairbank A Co. of Chicago.
FOR ITALIAN CHILDREN.
Plan To Teach Them Religion In Their
Native Tongue.
New' York Aug. 6.—Mgr. Scala brine
bishop of Placenia Italy who is in this
country in the interests of the St. Joa-
chim Italian Mission in an interview
explained his program. He said:
“The main object of my mission here
is to ascertain the conditions prevailing
in the various Italian mission and par-
ishest hroughout the country. It is my
desire to see established a system of
parochial schools in which Italian boys
and girls may be taught their native
tongue together witji ..e English they
are now taught so well. It has been
our experience that the immigrants who
come here especially tne children are
more likely to obtain a stronger grasp of
the rudiments of their religion if it lie
taught them in their native tonguo.
“T shall stay in this city uni. alter
the retreat which is to be held for the
Italian priests at St. Josepn* Seminary
Dunwoodie for eight days beginning on
August 19. After that I shall attend
the dedication of the orphan asylum now
building in Newark and afterwards I
will go to Cleveland St. Louis Kansas
City Detroit and New Orleans. In all
of these cities I am to take part in ec-
clesiastical duties and shall try to start
movements toward the building of paro.
ehial schools of the kind 1 have out-
lined.”
IN THE FOWLERS SNARE.
Wichita Kan. Aug o.—lt is stated
that lawton the new town laid out
in the Oklahoma reservation is in the
control of ex-members of the Cook eoun.
•ty (Chicago) Democracy. It is to be
born with a fully developed machine.
Henry McGurn is to be Mayor Tom
Byrne is to be commissioner of public
works and Captain Duffy chief of police.
These three men are well known in Chi-
cago politics. The scheme is to open
it as a fully equipped town up-to-date
in methods and devices.
GOLD W ATERITES MEET.
Baltimore Md„ Aug. 6.— Maryland
Prohibitionists met hero today in con-
vention to nominate state officers and
adopt a platform. The several legis-
lative districts are represented by duly
constituted delegates and a full ticket
will lie put in the field.
MARYLAND CAMP MEETING.
Elkton Md. Aug. 6.—The Woodlawn
Camp Meeting association has begun a
camp meeting today under the direction
of Rev. IL A. G. Westerfield. The at-
tendance is large and much interest is
manifested.
ALABAMA SHOOTERS.
Birmingham Ala' Aug. tl.—The Ala-
bama Shooting Tournament began here
today. Ten events will take place to-
day and the same number tomorrow.
All of the erack shots of the state arc
Ui attendance.
NfIBRASKA RACING. ’
Hastings. Neb. Aug. Ik —Racing began
here today under the auspices of the
Nebraska S|iced association and will con-
tinue five davs. There will be alter-
nate trotting and running race*.
DOUBLE HANGING.
M mphis Tenn.. Aug. B.—The two ne-
groes. Shaw and Caruthers were hanged
la re teday.
PUBLISHED IN SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS ANO ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
DIDN T HAVE THE 35.
Machinists Could Gil Jidp if They De-
posited That Hum.
Now York. Aug. <i Repreacutotives
oi the Union Iron Works of Roa Fram
cisco are in the city to engage machin-
ists. boiler linkers ami moulder* for the
company. Thrae representatives how-
ever. ap|Mrcntly wish the nature <4 their
business to he kept a* quiet as possible
and they wiH ray nothing about their
movements.
It wa* learned from one of the few
men who answered an advertisement .rays
the Tribune that the companya repre-
sentatives had a lot of contracts etc.
to which the applii-ant for a place was
obliged to sign. The purport of this
contract was that the company agreed
to pay to second class machinists
thirty cents an hour for all work done
from the date <>f their arrival in Han
Francisco. It furthermore set (ort.li
Hist none but aoinT induatrious men
would be engHgisl. What seimied the
stumbling block to tliose who applied
WM bhat the appiiinnt was asked to
deposit a guarantee of $35 to help de-
fray eKpenaes of transportation from
here to San Francisco this ainn to be
refunuU to the employe after six aioirtJu
of faithful service.
WANT IT A -STATE AFFAIR.
Now Y’orkers Do Not Favor the Federal
Ganal Idea.
New York Aug. 6. —The executive
committee of the Canal association of
Greater New 5 oik has just reached an
unportanl conclusion in to its fu-
ture work says the Journal of Com-
merce. Die cimunittee ha* been waver-
ing on the question whether the pnmr
ise of a deep waterway from the lakes
to the seaboard entirely under na/tioml
control did not offer better prospects of
prompt attainment than a thousand ton
barge canal. The cauM of the waver
ing was the publication of the detailed
re|Mirt of the dwp waterways commis-
sion. This report ims now been thor-
oughly digested by the couunitteee and
it has been fbltlKiHy decided that the in
terests of New York will be lictter serv
ed by u thouaand-ton barge caaial than
by the larger project.
SHIPMENTS OF BAUXITE.
Chattanooga Tenn. Aug. (I.—the
Southern Bauxite company located near
Harper's Station. Ga. is doing a land
offios business having just doubled the
product of its mines. It is now ship-
ping twenty-five carloads weekly to its
dressing null at Cava Spring. ihence
it is trans|H>rted to New York where
aluminum is made from its ore.
CON N ECTIT UT CONBUMFTIV EB.
Hartford Conn.. Aug. G.—Work has
junt begun upon the Consumptives' hos
pitsl on Neuington Mountain a suburb
of this city. The state has contributed
one-half the needed sum while private
ulueriptions have made up the latter.
This -is the first movement in Connecti-
cut Co segregate tuberculosis victims.
NEW OHIO REGIMENT.
Columbus. 0. Aug. 6.-—The aeventh
Separate battalion of this state lias
/ Ir.inged into the Seventh Regiment of
the guard and is coiiqmsed of eight com-
panies. The new regiment went into
camp today at Bay View park near
Toledo.
LOCOMOTIVE PLANT EXTENSION.
Schnectady Aug. 6. —Hie Ameriotn
ia>comotive com)nny Inas just announced
thill it will enlarge its plant ait onee so
as to double its capacity. It will then
be able to turn out .from 900 to 1000 lo-
comotives annually. It is announced
that the company has sufficient orders
»o keep it busy for a year.
New York Aug. ('.—‘Louis T. Hoyt
one o( the oldest members of the New
York Stock Exchange is dead in Ger
many. He was interested in many
large stock deals and among his cus
turners when he was aetiie as a broker
was Commodore Vanderbilt.
Xenia 0. Aug. (I.—Under the auspices
of the Mad River aml Miami Fair asso-
latinn a fair opened here today ano
will continue throughout the week. The
association embraces a number ot coun-
ties and the fairs will be continued in
one county after another until the mid-
dle of October.
THE RACE QUESTION.
Clinton Mass. Aug. 6.—The State
Federation of Women’s clubs met here
today and will continue through tomor-
row.' Airs. Walter Al. Coshburn will
rend a pajH-r upon the race question in
the dubs. It will arraign the national
organization tor its treatment of a wo
man of color at its late convention.
M MXJUPIN SUNDAY HUHOOLS.
Midorca 111.. Aug. 6. —The thirty-
sixth annual convention of Macoupin
county Sunday achoobi is being held at
Palmii today. A number of wdl known
ecunty and state workers arc present.
NEW YORK PRINTERS.
Buffalo N. Y. Aug. 6.—The New York
State Typographcal union is in session
here today with a full attendance of del-
egates. Routine business is being tran-
sacted.
Chicago HI. Aug. fl—The Glen View
Wcxnen * Golf dub began a three days'
tournament here today. This club is
in practice for the Milwaukee dub con-
test August 31.
Lawton Ok. Aug. fl.—Today the day
of apportioning the land of this reser-
vation. trains i:ime in for the first time
over the extension of the Rock Islam!
road from Anadarko.
Molden; Alo.. Aug. 0. —The races be-
ran here today to last four days un-
der the auspices of the short shipment
i«e:''g circuit of Southeast Missouri.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TUESDAY AUGUST 6 1901.
OLD BROKER DEAD.
OHIO EVENTS.
GLEN VIEW GOLF.
TRAINS TO LAWTON.
AILSSOURI FLYERS.
TO KILL SKEETERS.
OIL FORCED UNDER WATER TO
DESTROY THE PEST.
Dr. Doty Believe* Thi* Will Kill the
Little Nuisance Before It Get*
About on the Public.
New York Aug. 6.- Dr. Doty health
clHcer of the port has at last ounmemed
the war of destruction of mosquitoes of
Greater New- York and vk-idity. He cud
his oasietcute have taken paraphernalia
which consists largely of kerosene ail to
the pond near Concora Staten Ida nd and
forced bairvls of the oil under the sur-
face of the water. It was expected that
wmle the fluid is making Ha way to the
surface it will destroy all the embryonic
mosquito Ue theiein. Dr. Doty said he
couhi not lie positive about the success
of the experiment for a month but he
though it wxmhl work well.
Dr. Eugene Mohagar. sanitary super-
inteihlent nt the Borough of the Bronx
rays he believes the malaria *1 Ford-
ham was caused by the mosquitoes. The
experiment* of Dr. IX>Q are twang watoh-
ed ami if they are awveaaful the matter-
ing of ad on the Kwamps ami low places
in Fordham will lie begun. Dr. Momigaii
sai<l that the malaria from mosquitoes
did u devil of damage but he did not be-
lieve that they caused so much aicknea*
in tins climate as they do in the tropics.
A GROCERY TRUST.
Plan to Organize All Big Houses Into
One Company.
New York. Aug. fl. A special to the
Tribune from Philadelphia rays:
A gigantic combination is to be formed
with a capitalization of $100000000 to
be known as the National Wholesale
Grocery company. It is said there are
ibout two thousand seven hundred lead-
ing gwery jobbeiw in the United Htatea
and the plan is to unite under one con-
trol JO |>er eent of tfhe entire number.
The proposed union the extensive
tea interests in this country ami Japan
to regulate the output of all tea* impog.
ted from Ja|xin ami also to establish
rule* for the betterment of tho trade
is interesting the leading tea importing
houses. H. i N said that all the tea firms
in the I nited Htaies that have houses tn
J«|»an are to toe taken in.
WIRELESS TEII GRAPHY.
An American Has Invented a Kile Relay
System.
Boston. Ma**. August G.—Wireless
telegraphy by a relay system is to lie
tried in the vicinity of Boston. The
ystem is the invention of Edgar S.
Gray and il was tried in Vermont a
short while ago. The apparatus con-
sists. generally speaking of two kites.
One transmits the iu< -age and the other
charges it with more force ami sends it
of. The inventor says he is ahle to
send messages a distance of fifty miles
over land and then puss it through the
relay appartus which be can manipulate
from the wtarting point. He believes
that such stations could lie established
at intervals of fifty miles repeating ami
forwardin" the message almost indefi-
nitely. . axjti
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Neiv York. August G. —Tomorrow be-
fore Judge Fttzsimmons will he heard
the case of Dr. Richard 8. Law who is
now held upon a charge of contempt of
eonrt. According to the Herald he
fail-d to answer to supplementary pro-
ceedings growing out of litigation out of
the Golden Sceptre gold mine of Colo-
rado. The charges were preferred by
Mrs. Elizalieth Walling wife of tho Rei.
W. A. Walling until recently pastor of
the Delaware Avenue Baptist chureh of
Wilmington. Del. Dr. laiw who is 73
years of age was a friend of the late
Henry George. He claims that he act-
ed in good faith in his mining transac-
tions.
MARYLAND REPUBLICANS.
Baltimore Md. Aug. fl.—The Republi-
•an State convention was called to order
here today. The Republfaran* express
confidence of success in view of disaf-
fection in the Democratic ranks. Phillips
Ue GoMsburg is named>as probably sen-
itorial candidate in the event that the
Republicans win the legislature.
A PPRAISBRK' < INVENTION.
New York N. Y„ Aug. 6.—The United
states appraisers of the several ports
of the United States met here today in
the appraisers' office. An important
matter before the meeting is the classi-
fication and the fixing of values on im-
ported goods.
HARRY' LEHR MILL KNOW.
Newport R. 1. Aug. II. —-Harry Lehr
the late lord higli clzunAerlain of New
York's Four Hundred arrived here to-
!ay with his bride ami have taken pos-
session of his wife’s villa in BeHevue ave-
nue. Society is waiting to see whether
its queen. Mrs. Astor will extend her
hand to him ami liius show her forgive-
ness for his offense of marrying.
CORNELL AND ITHACA TODAY.
Buffalo N. Y. Aug. fl.—This is Cor-
nell and Ithaca day at the Pan-American
iml t)!ic attendance of Ithicans is large
with promise of many accessions as the
day grow* older.
COUNTY FAIR.
Madisonville. Ky.. Aug. (I.—The Hop-
kins county fair opened here today tin-
ier very favorable auspices. The pres-
dent is C. C. Givens. The fair will
continue throughout the week.
JINGLE OF MEMORY’ BELLS.
Monysville. O„ Aug 6.—Miss Norn
May McCloud daughter of Dr. S. Ji. Mc-
Oloud. of this city will be married this
afternoon to Jobn Kay Brown a proen-
incut business man of Toledo.
A WAR MUSEUM.
Plan to Use The Hull of The Old Ver-
mont.
— New York August G. - Aei<rding to
the Tribkne the latest proposition con-
timing the old reciving snip \ ermvnt
which conn s as a result of a numbar
of protests to the Navy department
against the conversion on sanitary
grotna's of the old boat into junk is to
establish a naxal museum or trophy
room the claim being made that -oine ot
the most valuable war relies are expoaed
to the cqieti air alisolutely unprotected
from the wrather. The room now used
as a museum is small and it is needed
for offices.
BARGE RUN DOWN.
A Miracle That Many Persons Mere mu
Drowned.
Seattle. Wash.. August G.—At-Everetl
the steamer City of Aberdeen collided
with a barge moored to the side of the
Isittleshi i lowa whi-li had more than
21*1 |>coi>ie on hoard and for a moment
it looked as if there would be a whole
sale drowning. The people had just left
the warship when the steamer struck
the barge. Men. women and children
were knocked down l-y the force of the
isdlision and one man was precipitated
into the water but was rescued uninjur
ed. The wildest confusion reigned.
AFI’AID OF THE PLAGUE.
Vktoria. B. C. August o.—On account
of the prevalence oi bubonic plague in
Hong Kong. Dr. Watt sii|>erintendeiit
of Williamshcad quarantine station ha*
received instruction* to u*e every pro
caution in passing Orient steamers to
prevent the introduction of the diaeasc
liere. The Queen Adelaide which ar
rived last night was very thoroughly
fumigated and the same will be the case
with the Empress of Japan due tomor
row..
THE WAR WAS REAL
ENGLAND'S SQUADRON MANEU-
VERS VERY REALISTIC.
Two Torpedo Boat De*troyer* Lost
and Other Ships of the Fleet Were
Damaged.
Nep York August G. -Commenting
e;x»n the naval ma non vers in which the
aiia/king squadron supposed to repro-
• nt “the enemy" has just been declared
victorious the' Tribune's correspondeni
saysi
There has been more rea-
limn in these nianuvers than
the admiralty authorities had
ex|«*ted. Not only have two tor-
■•edo boat destroyers been lost but it
is reported that several others have
been crippled. The wreck of the V iper
was the most serious accident of the
manouevers. This vewsel was an experi-
ment and her nerfomiances were being
witnessed by the .Admiralty cxfierts.
T' e dostrever Violet is said to be in
a End wav’ Nearly nil her water tube
boilers have been disabled through split
tube* and it was only by great pres-
ence of mind and prompt action tbnt
the stokers were saved from being scald-
ed to death.
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. _ _
Plan to Reinforce Spans and Make
Bridge Stronger.
New York August B.—As a result
of the breaks the plans for increasing
the strength and practically doubling
the. can ving capacity of the
bridge have been priqmred by M illiam
Hiliebrand superintendent of the John
A Roebling Sons company. His idea
is (o erect another structure above the
one now in use and similar to it. Ihe
work of construction he says could lx
carried on without
traffic and would cost about $3.
°°Edwin Dnryen. the
appointed bv District Attorney 1 htlbiu
tTinvestigate the causes of. the recent
breaks has not yet made Ins report.
TENNESSEE CAMPERS.
'of n the
P™"byterian dhurch of the United
began here today and will last ten day-
Prominent laymen ? nd
from all parts of the United Mates.
DENTISTS MEET.
Milwaukee. WH. Aug. G.-The annual
meeting of the National
ciation Is in session here today. G-
Blank president of the assoomtion pre-
udes The attendance is unusually
large and the most prominent men ot
the proiesjiion afe present.
BISHOP’S CONSECRATION.
UI.. Aug.
eriek W Tavlor. rector of 6t. Jhiuls
Pro. Cathedral was today conseerateu
bMiop coadjutor of the Quincy diocese
under iiupotring ceremonies.
CASE GOES OVER.
Seattle Wash. Aug. 6.—The case of
tho Considine brothers of Chicago who
lire under chnrge of murder of Chief of
Police Meredith was p<wt>poned until the
September term of the court. Tlie pns-
oneiw will plead self-defence.
SWEETS GATHER.
Jersey City. N. J.. Aug. fl.—The regu
lar annual meeting of the Wlucoe Sugar
Refining company is lining held here to-
day. The financial statement it is said
shows decided improvement over last
year.
SUNDAY SCHOOL IAMITI TE
Round Lake N. t.. Aug. 6.—t ndci
the eo;ul«ctorehi» of Dr. Ito R. Doherty
a Sunday school institute begins here to
day to last four days. the doctor has
a number of able assistants and the at-
tendange w very large.
SUBSCRIPTION *6 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
EUROPE ACA'N MOURNS
DEATH OF DOWAGER EMPRESS
CAUSES GENERAL SORROW.
Much Sympathy for King Edward and
Emperor Wilhelm—Scenes at Cron-
berg After Death.
New York August G. —The Herald
correspondent at Cronl«rg gives the fol-
lowing details regarding Ilie death of
the Dowager Empress of Germany:
The mournful intelligence soon spread
from the tower of the town where (lags
were placed at half mast and the inhab-
itant* of Cronberg met in small group*
to tiiecUM the tidings of the death. The
iillu./e of Oborurzy i* the half-way house
between Hamburg and Cronberg and
therefore from the news point of view
is of strategical importance.
All day in fact since the Kai er hur
ried through it the place has been filled
with troon*.
Late nt night it is still teeming with
blue Hussars with long lances on which
black an<l white pennants flutter. It u
a great military demonstration.
The order has just come in for tjw
entire road to be patrolled the whole
night and the almost famislied oAeera
and men are rushing about trying to
find food. They looked pretty much ex-
hausted after haring becu on duty foi
eighteen hours.
Up to a late hour the entire roa t
from Oberurzl to Cronberg was full of
people watching for the Kaiser. The
officers of the Hussars were greedily
eating supper at the local Schutzenhot
hotel nnu what with troop* everywhere
appearing unexpectedly out of strange
corners ami from between trees and
the continual tramp of patrols one
might easily believe it was a time of
war and that the village was oecutiied
by the cnetny.
In the sics chamber during the la.t
hours of the Empress the nursing duties
were taken alternately by Princess
Christian the Empress' sister and the
Princess Victoria the Empress' second
daughter.
Ikose who saw her say the Empress
was much changed. She had become
an utter wreck and instead of looking
twenty years younger than her age as
was her wont she looked twenty years
older. The awful pains which racked
her at last reduced her splendid physique
to a complete wreck. Fully aware of
this she refused from time tot time to
see her friends not wishing to l/e seen
in her changed condition. Extreme
weakness followed the intense agony
of excruiating pain but mercifully this
gradually lessened until death relieved
her.
Tho Loudon correspondent of the
Tribune cabling concerning the death ot
the Dowager Empress of Germany says
that nothing has yet been definitely de-
cided with regard to the action which
Parliament will take in the matter nut
preeodant is likely to be closely fdlmv
«l |>. that <-a*e formal resolutions of
comiolence with the King and the Ger
man Emperor will be submitted by Ix>rd
Snlisbury in the House of lairds mid by
Mr. Balfour in the House of Commons
and lie supported in the one ease by
Earl .Spencer in the absence of the Ear 1
of Kimberley and in the other by Sir
Henry Campbell Bannerman.
The blow which has fallen on the Kinr
is a severe one. In the course o'
t'velte months he has not only lost hi-
mother hvt his broHicr. the Duke o
Coburg liis nephew Prince Christiai
Victor and now n sister to whom In
was devotedly attached. The sympathy
of subjects will go out t<
hhn in hts affliction. The Kai.cr i
also assured of the syn.pathy of the peo
nle of this country who have not forgot
ten how he hurried to tho bedside of hi
dying grandmother at Osborne last Jan
uar".
It was right nt ri’ht before the an
houncement of the Empress' death was
nested at Marlborough House and
Bu'kinghftm Palace. and the news
quickly sprend throughout the metropo-
lis nt once changing the joy of the holi
dny maker* into sorrow. The Empress
was not well known except bv repute.
Io the present generation of English
neoplc. Germany hud been her home
for 4.3 venrs and her puldie aiqiearances
in her native land especially during tin
last decade were rare. But she never
fotpot she wns Princess Royal of Great
Britain and this fact endeared her to
Englishmen. She was by far the most
■lever and tactful of all Queen Victoria’s
"hildren. and n great judge of charactei
ago described her as the cleverest
vonian in Europe. In many respects
it i« said she greatly resembled hei
mother.
It is generally admitted that she had
inly one enemy. Prince Bismarck nev-
er forgave her for being English by birth
md nationality and he pursued her with
intrigue mid resentment. It is an op-
•n secret that even state papers ema
natiug from the German foreign office
during Bismarck's chancellorship con-
tained the grossest mid most insulting
Illneiona to her. All social features in
London will for the present lie abandon-
M <<r nostnoneil and if is probable tli.it
thronghbut the United Kingdom
mourning for the King's sister w ill lie of
■■• x montVs duration for the court mid
three months for the general public
t'he coronation .festivities will not. how
■ver. be affo/ted by tile Empress’ death.
Ttic laindon Mail s Cronberg eorres
o’/lort states that last night the ser-
vants of the deveascl Empress were al-
owi-d to look on her in death. She lay
■noct peneefirfly amid a mass of white
blinds foldisl on her brea*:
md head inclining a little To one side.
Ml lir.es of pain had vanished from her
sec mid in their place was a smile of
r.at happiness. One by one the ser-
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DAILY LIGHT.
vants passed through the bedroom pay-
ing their little tribute.
A cabi* tllia morning from Berlin
A sjieeial edit ion of (he Rriehaauzeig-
er puMishad tlris morning contains mi
ini|**rial cabinet order gning notieo of
the death of Empress Frederick ami or-
dering six weeks national mourning be-
ginning today. The order also dfcwcte
that all puhiie aoMNemeate including
romvrts and theatrical |srformmic«s L
suapended until after the funeral.
Awording to di*|s«l<4ws from Uron-
berg the /tenth agony ot the Emprera
was brief lasting hardly a quarter of
an hour. When Pref. Krnvers inform-
ed Emperor William that his mothers
heart had ceased to beat the chaplain
made a brief prayer ami His Majesty-
placed white lillies in his mother* haml.
Telegrams arc pouring in from all
quarters. The head ol all foreign
states ami sovereigns of German states
hair sent messages of condolence couch-
ed in the warmest term*.
The papers comment on the political
side of the Dowager Empress' character
with reserve. The Post considers it
easily comprehensive that a woman of
her abilities should seek to influence thei
nolitica! views of her huahafld but the
papers refrain from criticism »inw she
avoided all political activity after Em-
peror Frederick's death. The Kreuz
Zeitung wholly ignore/ her polities. The
Neneste Nachrichten says: “Sho
brought from England pofltieal view*
which were suitable to highly develop
the solidity of the foundation of a
country like Prussia struggling for ex-
istence'” The Deutsche Tages Zietung
sacs: "It would be unseemly and re-
pugnant to our sentiments to recall the
struggles in which sho was drawn. Tim
Liberal paper/ describe the hopes Ger-
main indulged in through her iodoctii
nating Emperor Frederick with const itu
tional views. Many pipers rater to her
relations with the late Prince Bismarck
and his opposition to her "Englander
pi.”
The flag on the United States embas-
sy is half masted today.
NEGROES FIGHT.
One Hod a Gun and Got ■ Heavy
Fine.
Ttim morning at 7:30 o'clock a fight
took plm-e on Houston street near the
corner of Navarro street between Rob-
ert Elliot and W. M. Grice both entered.
Both iwere arrested by Pohce Officer
Riiffec and Elliot was fined ten dollars on
a charge of fighting and fifty dollars
chanted with carrying a pistol by Judge
Kroeger in the Corporation court.
Acrording to the testimony of witnes-
sea. it appears thnit Elliot and Grice had
■♦omo word® whiA ended in blow*. Bl-
Hot struck Grice first hitting him in
the mouth ami splitting his lip.
Grice started to retaliate but. it w
alleged Hliot thrnst bis right-hand into
his hip pocket and drew a revolver and
covered Grice. Offh/er Raffee rushed
up and grabbed the fighters but did not
n't the gun from Elliot for as the wit-
inesaes state he passed it to a man in
11he rear who disappeared from tne
crowd with it.
ALL ARE OOMING.
Everybody South of Here Enthusiast io
Over the Fair.
Advertising Agent A. S. ('. Most of
he Fair returned to this city yesterday
.rom a trip south on the 1. J G .N.. as
ar as Laredo where he has been putting
>ut lithographs ami cards. He said
hat the great interest shown in all the
daces visited for the welfare of the
air made him think and feel that San
tntorio was the Chicago of Texas. He
ilso stated that the people seemed to ap
/reciate the fact of the Fair being kept
ipen at night.
The military feature the prize drill.
S already being talked about and will
«■ a big drawing card.
Thera will be crowds of iwoplv from
'aredo. They like th" other places vw
ted. were charmed with the lithographs
ind cards and offered everything in their
lower in the way of giving good |«»i
ions in their places of busir.es* for the
lisplay of same. After securing a new
upply of printed matter Mr. West wR
eave on a two weeks' trip tomorrow.
AN IMPROVEMENT CLUB.
The Seventh Ward Improvement a«-
.ociation met Sunday night and elected
V B. Hillan temporary president am!
>ul Stefller temporary secretary. Reg-
liar officers will be elected at a me-Ung
o be held on the night of Aug. 17 in
Miller's hall on Camargo street.
MEETING PLACE < HANGED.
Postmaster G. G. Clifford who is a
lelegute from the Texas Postmarters
ks-ociation to the National meeting r-
•oived notice today tlmt the meeting
nlacc had been clranged front Richmond.
Va.. to Atlantic City. N. J. It will be
held September 24 25 28 and 27.
WILL NOT BE INVOLVED
Cleveland. Ohio’. August G. —Officials
if the Brotherhood ol Iswomtive Engi
leers and Brotherhood of Railroad
rainmen believe there is little probabil-
ty of the railway employes lw ommg
nvolvcd in the steel strike.
C-AMF.RO MEN.
Detroit. Mich. Aug. 6.—The Photo-
graphers' association of Atnerira is in
session here today ami "ill continue
three day*. A very interesting [wogram
■a* !*eii prepared which include* many
iocial ami Mnuscsaent foaturaa. Jio pri-
zes are to be awarded this year but the
exhibit is very large.
A OHAPfiL BURNED.
At 5 o’clock test evening an alarm "t
ire from box 493 esßod the fire depart-
ment to blast End. where a <maH b’\
*loll*o at 327 South New Braunfels ave-
lue n«cd by the Mexicans in the neigh
siriwvl m a eliapel of worship had
■aught fire from a candle that had
•eft burning on the altar. I’onqsinie.
Nos. 2 and G responded but only X/ if
isa neecsrary to save tin adjoining
iaokels. The ImiMing in which the blow
■riglnsted. about as tug as a good sued
dry good* box wm completely burned
and the loss was about $75.
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