San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 33 No. 30. EIGHT PAGES.
msy be kept on your expenses by depositing your money in
JOHN WOODS A SONS' Bank
taking a pas* and check book and let them keep book* for you.
T. C. FROBT J. T. WOODHULL NED McILHENNY
President. Vice-President. Cashier.
FROST
NATIONAL BANK
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
Capital and Surplus - - $500000.00
EXCHANGE DRAWN ON PRINCIPAL CITIES IN EUROPE.
MEXICAN MONEY BOUGHT AND SOLD.
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: CHICAGO DENTAL PARLOR :
• ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. J
• Why go elsewhere wh.en cur work is aa good as can be and our PRICES •
• are as low as can be for first-class work. •
• Hick. Bldg. RANK A. BARBER Open Sundays Till Noon. *
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BEITEL LUMBER CO. J££^ E "
LUMBER AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
P. O. BOX 893. BOTH PHONES NO 250. Branch Yards at Kerrvlll* Tgxas.
Office and Yards: West Commerce Street near the I. A G. N. R. R.
® et Teeth. .. $5.00 Gold Crowns $5.00
rtllltfa Bridge Work. ..$5.00 Gold Fillings $l.OO up
Silver Fillings 50c
Teeth Extracted Without Pain or No Pay...soc
YALE DENTISTS Alano Plaza and Crockett St.
AMUSEMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
SUNDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT
The Delightful Comedy Novelty.
“THE GAY MR. GOLDSTEIN."
Special Cact—Vaudeville Interspersed.
PRlCES—Matinee 25c 50s
Night.... 25c. 35c 50c 75c
MONDAY. MATINEE AND NIGHT
“THE RUNAWAYS"
with
ARTHUR DUNN
and company of 100 player! including
"The Beautiful Casino Show Girls.”
PRlCES—Matinee. 25c. 50c. 75c $1 00
Night ....50: 75c. $l.OO $1 50
Seats now on sale—NO FREE LIST.
BRAND OPERA HOUSE
CONCERT
Auspices of
SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION.
Benefit of
ALAMO FUND .
Friday night Feb-19 8:15.
Strictly a masters’ concert by the
best professionals in Texas.
Admission $l.OO upper gallery 25c.
Reserved seats at Wagner's Drug
Store.
Opens Thursday Feb. 18th
THE NEW
Sap Antonio
10th Street Car Building
Open Dally from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10.
Bring the Children. Ride the Ele-
phant*—Ride the Camels.
Admission: Adults 25c. Children 10c.
Dowie Left By the Back Door
And Sought Refuge in a Suburb
New York. Feb. 19.—John Alexander cause of the nightly disturbance* al
Dowie has started for Melbourne after though ihc admission was by ticket
holding several meetings here says a ""ly anil a large force of disciples
w<Tr present.
dispatch to the American Syd- Dow|e WM CGmlK . lletl tn leave blg
ney. N. S. W. Efforts to hold them hotel by a back door cu one occasion
in the town hall were suspended be- and seek refuge in a suburb.
& G. N.™d
! Laredo eturn $2.50!
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• Tickets on sale for trains leaving 10:30 a. m. 21»t. 22d and 23d and «
• for Special leaving 11:30 p. m„ 21»t. Good until 25th. J
(Monterey
• Tickets on sale 20th. 21st and 22d. Good to stop off at Laredo and •
• limited 10 days. * J
: GREATEST CELEBRATION :
• IN.THE HISTORY OF LAREDO. 2
SEE IT WITHOUT FAIL. J
j WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY :
: E. O. GRIFFIN. P. a. T. A 132 Alamo Plan. •
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San 011 io Bail a £inJl
ORPHEUM THEATER
THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLE
AND MOVING PICTURES.
Every Night 7:45 and 9:00.
Matinees Wednesday Saturday and
Sunday at 2:30. Admission 10c.
WE KEEP EVERYTHING
to be found In a first-class Meat
Market.
Matt hies Bros.*
"The Butchers.”
233 E. Houston St.
■ JOIN THE
H. I. M.
AND BUY
Pioneer
r~i
Flour
REPORT THAT THE
CZAR ISASSASSINATED
The brokerage firm of Sanger &
Eitelson. ot this city received a pri-
vate message this afternoon trom New
York to the effect that a runicr U cur-
rent there that the czar of Russia has
been assassinated.
The Llklit has received no confirma-
tion cf ihe report.
JAPS ARE NOW NORTH OF SHANGHAI
Russia Will Put 400000 Men in Man-
churia in Twelve Days.
Harbin Will Be the Main Base 120000
Being Concentrated There.
CHINA’S DOWAGER EMPRESS
REPORTED DEAD AT CANTON
Extreme Cold Causes Misery Among
the 2000 Refugees at Harbin.
Spain Gives Russian Warship Time
Limit to Leave the Canary Islands.
Provisions Are Becoming Very Scarce
and Dear in Manchuria and
Much Suffering Results.
LONDON. FEB. 19.—SPECIAL DISPATCHES FROM CANTON SAY IT IS
REPORTED IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES THAT THE DOWAGER EMPRESS'OF
CHINA IS DEAD.
SHANGHAI FEB.
RIVER AT WU SUNG.
RUSSIAN TROOPS
IN HIGH SPIRITS;
SUFFERING AMONG POOR.
Harbin. Manchuria. (Thursday) Feb.
18. —Russian troops are cancentrated
in the lower valley. Everybody is In
high spirits daily expecting reinforce-
ments. Russian families are leaving
Manchuria owing to the dearness of
provision all of which are required
for the troops. Manchurian and es-
pecially trans-Balkal railroads cannot
cope with the demands for transports
lion. Women and children are unable
to get trains and many are waiting at
stations suffering from cold and him
ger. The Chitfese are quietly bringing
in provisions. The rise in prices is
due to some extent to a fall in the
value of paper money which in some
places is altogether refused it is ex-
pected there will be sufficient supplies
of bread meat butter petroleum and
fodder but not enough sugar pre-
served meats and linen and that there
will be a great scarcity of boots. It
is not to be expected that such stores
can arrive for some time.
CARNIVAL WEEK
NOT CELEBRATED
IN RUSSIA THIS TIME.
St Petersburg Feb. 19—Today and
tomorrow the closing days of carni-
val week will be observed practically
only by the cessation of work. There
will be little rejoicing. Such a car-
nival time is not remembered. There
have been no festivities and no gay
sleigh parties to the islands. Instead
the people gather about bands playing
in the streets cr follow troops (jepart-
ing for the f*r east. None of the re-
lorts from abroad of renewed Japan-
ese attacks on Port Arthur have yet
been officially confirmed. although
private advices continue to report an
attempted landing which was re-
pulsed.
HAY PROPOSITION
HINGES ON
CHINESE NEUTRALITY.
| The Novoe Vrcmya In a leading edi-
i torial on Secretary Hay’s proposals in
regard to the neutrality of China says
it does not see why Russia cannot
agree to it if it means only Chinese
neutrality. ‘-The document appears
to protect Russia from a flank at-
tack” the paper adds ’’and recog-
nizes her exceptional position north
of the great wall hut the note stands
or falls with the Chinese neutrality.
So long as China honestly and suc-
cessfully maintains neutrality Russia
will be unwilling to violate it.”
LARGE FORCE
OF JAPANESE
ARRIVE AT WU SUNG.
Shanghai. Feb. 19. —A large force
of Japanese troops arr'ved at Wu
Snug eleven miles north of Shanghai
today.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19. 1904
19.—A LARGE FORCE OF JAPANESE TROOPS AR.
ELEVEN MILES NORTH OF SHANGHAI TODAY.
RUSSIAN WARSHIP
ARRIVES AT A
CANARY ISLAND PORT.
Madrid. Feb 19.—A Russian war-
ship has arrived at the Canary Island
port. The authorities have notified
her commander that the ship may re-
main at the port for a limited time
but that he cannot be provided with
coal more than sufficient to enable
him to reach the nearest Russian port.
REPORTED RESIGNATION
OF MINISTER DELCASSE
DENIED IN FRANCE.
Paris Feb 19.—There is no truth in
। the rumor that Foreign Minister Del-
casse has resigned. The report began
।to circulate in the corridors of the
chamber of deputies and was frame-
dißtoly denied Premier Combes and
other ministers were present at the
foreign office today. There is not the!
slightest indication of a change in the I
ministry.
RUSSIAN TROOPS
BOUND FOR MANCHURIA;
INTENSE COLD PREVAILS.
Paris Feb. 19 —A representative of
the Matin who has reached the center
of Russian military concentration at
Harbin after great hardships due to
Trans-Siberian railway trains being
crowded with thousands of soldiers
in a dispatch dated from Harbin yes-
terday confirms the announcement
that that place will be the main base
of Russian land operations. Thus far
the base has succeeded in maintaining
communication with Port Arthur.
The concentration of troops the cor-
respondent says proceeds systemat-
ically and provision has been made
for the speedy arrival of 120.000 men
from the divisions of Mozccw Kief!
an | Varsovie.
Before 12 days shall have elapsed
the Russians will have disposed of an
army of 400.000 men through Man-
churia.
Intense excitement exists among
the population and the people of sur-
tounding villages are flicking into the
town seeking to reach western Russik.
The railway trains however are
blocked and over 2000 voyagers are
thus held up. The intense cold pre-
vailing increases the suffering and
adds to the difficulties of bringing for-
ward the troops.
RUSSIA DEFIES
THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT.
Shanghai. Feb. 18. —The Russian
gunboat Maudjur has not gone up to
the'river to be dismantled as report-
ed. She remains at Shanghai in de-
fiance of the orders of the Chinest
government.
The British steamer phsi Phing
which arrived here todaj- from Chin
Wang Tao reports that she was fired
on by the Russian ships and forts
when set-king shelter in the outer
roads off Port Arthur and she war.
then ordered to Dalny where she was
detained four days in spite of her cap-
tain's protests.
(It was first reported that the Phsi
Phing had been captured by the Rus-
sians).
KUROPATKIN
WILL COMMAND
IN MANCHURIA.
Parts. Feb. 18. —The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal says. In
a dispatch that War Minister Kuro-
patkin bus been appointed to the chief
command of the troops in Manchuria.
He will be under Viceroy Alexieff.
SECRETARY HAY'S NOTE
ON NEUTRALITY OF CHINA
RECEIVES A RESPONSE.
Washington. D. C.. Feb. 19.—Secre-
tary Hay today received a cable from
Ambassador McCormick in reply to
the Russian government proposition
to the Chinese neutrality. It
is considered by the department to be
responsive to our Interests and Its
substance has been communicated to
the governments of Japan and China.
GERMANY’S POLICY
IN SHAN TUNG
MEETS WITH FAVOR.
Shanghai Feb. 19. —It Is reported at
Wei Bien the most important cityln
the province of Shim Tung that Ger-
many has secured the right to inau-
gurate a uniform policy system in all
the cities of Shan Tung. The Chinese
received the announcement favorably.
REPORTED DEATH
OF DOWAGER EMPRESS
IS DISCREDITED IN LONDON.
Lmddn. Feb. 19 —The Chinese lega
tion her e has heard nothing of the re
ported death of the dowager empress
and discredits it. Neither Canton nor
Hong Kong are reliable source for
news.
A COLO WAVE IS COMING
Washington Predictions of Weather
in South Texas.
Washington. D. C. Feb. 19.—Cold
wave warnings have been issued to
western Florida. Alabama and east-
ern Mississippi.
V ashingion. D. C. Feb. 19.—Weath-
er indications:
Arkansas: Tonight and Satin day
lair warmer Saturday.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory:
Tonight and Saturday fair and warm
East Texas. North. Tonight and
Saturday fair warmer Saturday
East Texas. South: Fair tonigh:
and Saturday frost and freezing to
const line tonight warmer Saturday
fresh northeast winds cn coast.
Steady Rain at Victoria.
Special to The Light.
Victoria. Tex.. Feb. 19. —A steady
fine rain fell here yesterday and was
much needed. Farmers and stockmen
are much encouraged over improved
prospects. A strong north wind is
now prevailing.
Telegraph Service Crippled.
Memphis Tenn. Feb. 19.—A sleet
norm caused havoc among telegraph
wkee. Communication with northern
cities is seriously hampered and a
dearth of news is the result.
Snowstorm at El Paso.
S|>ecial to The Light.
El Paso. Tex.. Feb. 19 —A snow-
storm is raging here today. This is
the first snow of the season.
Current Weather Condition*.
A high pressure area of vast extent
extends from the Rio Grande valley
northeastward to the upper Missis
sippi valley reaching tar out into
British North America while a storm
area covers the southern states con
tral over the gulf of Mexico.
in the west and northwest the
weather is fair; in the lower Miss’s-
sippl valley gulf and south Atlantic
slates unsettled and cloudy; raining
in southwest Texas. Mississippi. Ala
bama. Georgia North Carolina and
eastern Tennessee; sleeting in west-
ern Tennessee and snowing in Kan
sas.
In the southwest. Mississippi valle- I
United States Cruiser Columbia
Fired on Dominican Insurgents
New York. Feb 19— A dispatch to
the Herald front St Thomas D. W.
1. says that a French mall aieamship
which ha« fust arrived there reports
that the United States cruiser Colum-
bia has been forced to fire on the
Dominican rebels outside of the cily
of San Domingo because the insur-
gents fired upon an American mail
steamer.
The American commander has for-
bidden either party fighting within
the city limits. -Great distress and
«tarv»tion prevails In San Domingo
city.
The town of Jeremie in southern
HARBOR FORTIFICATIONS
If —
GREAT BRITAIN GETS BUSY AT
THE PORT OF HALIFAX.
Latest Improved Disappearing Guns
Mounted to Replace Old Guns and
Three Days’ Mobilization of the
Royal Artillery Ordered.
r —
New York. Feb. 19. —During .he
past six months every steamer belong-
ing to the Furness line arriving at
this port landed explosives and big
guns says a World dispatch front
Halifax. N. 8. They are distributed
among the harbor fortifications. Tee
staff of workmen employed un.il re-
cently was the largest in the history
of the garrison. These men were un-
der the direction of engineers from
England working in night and day
shift* and made great changes in the
Torts and assisted in mourning new
guns all of which are the latest pat-
item with disappearing mounts. The
obi guns were dismounted General
Pnrron. eomniander-in-chiet of the Im-
perish forces in Canada under orders
from the war office has ordered a
three days' mobilization <;f the Royal
artillery. The order cads for man-
ning every fortification by every avail-
able men. All the guns will be thor-
oughly tested and discharged and
searchlights will play every ulglit.
FUNERAL OF SENATOR HANNA.
Cleveland O„ Feb. 19—The people
of Cleveland paid homage today to
the memory of their hist citizen at
large. Many citiaeng distinguished in
private and official life lent their pres
ence to the ceremonies.
TRIBUTE JTO SENATOR HANNA.
Fifteen Thousand Miners of Hdiana
Cease Work at Hour of Funeral.
Terre Haute. Ind. Feb. 19. —Fifteen
thousand miners in Indiana suspended
work at noon today in respect to the
•nemory of Senator Hannu.
President Thwying on Hanna.
Chicago 111. Feb. 19.—President
Charles F. Thwying at a meeting of
the Alumni Association of the North-
'wesiern University here said:
I "At this time one does not forget
that Senator Hanna was for a time
a student in the old university. Sen-
's tor Hanna was not a scholar but he
was a thinker. He knew well that
|no endeavor of the solution of the
I present industrial crisis could be of
permanent value unless it proved to
be of benefit to both capital aud labor.
He was a Republican tn politics but
he desired to use his partisan rela-
tionship for the benefit of all.”
FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN
f TURKS AND ALBANIANS
Salonica. Macedonia. Feb. 18. —The
Albanians who were besieging Shemst
Pasha who with 2550 Turkish troops
and three guns was reported to be
besieged by 20.000 Albanians at Baba
josl. have been routed losing 800 men
killed and wounded.
The Turkish losses are said to have
been very severe. Five additional l»at-
taiions of troops have been ordered to
Versovich.
and middle states it is 8 degrees to 30
degrees colder than it was Thursday
morniug. It Is freezing in central
Toxas below freezing in north Texas.
Arkansas and Tennessee and 4 de-
grees below aero in Minnesota. In the
east gulf and south Atlantic state
the northwest and plateau region it is
4 degrees to 1G degrees warmer.
In the past twenty four hours pre
cipitatlou. rain or snow occurred gen-
erally in Arkansas Tennessee the
gulf and south Atlantic states; rain
fall In excess of an Inch at Palestine
ALLEN BUELL Official in Charge.
HEALTH OFFICERS COMING.
Special to The Light.
Austin Tex.. Feb. 19—A Telegram
was received thia morning from State I
Health Officer Tabor who with the'
health officers of several southern I
states has been touring Mexico with I
a view to taking steps to stump yellow I
fever out stating they would reach I
Austin this evening. The party will)
likely disband at San Antonio.
SUBSCRIPTION $5 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
> । Hayti has been declared in a state
■ lot siege.
>
1 Colombia's Book Against U- 8.
New York. Feb. 19. —Copies of a pa-
■ pef covered book entitled The Pan-
ama Odnsl Question a Plea for Co-
lombia.” consisting chiefly of letters
accusing the United States of b*d
faith and of violating the New Gra-
nada treaty are being distributed by
a representative here of the Colom-
i bian government. The pamphlet is
। being sent in quantities of ten to five
' hundred to Colombian consuls in Eu-
I rope.
DODGE IS AGAIN DELAYED
GOVERNOR RECEIVES REQUISI-
TION FOR EXTRADITION.
Dodge'* Movements Around the Bor-
der Country Led to His Arrest th*
Second Time—Dodge Say* He Wa*
Not Going to Mexico.
Special to The Light.
Austin. Tex.. Feb. 19.—The second
requisition for the extradition of
Charles Dodge was received this morn-
ing by Governor laiuham from the gov-
ernor of New York. The attorneys in
the case were at once notified to know
whether they wanted a bearing before
the governor acted on the matter.
They replied that they wished to be
heard and the matter will be heard to-
morrow. The governor satd he hon-
ored the requisition because new af-
.fidavits were made and the fact that
Dodge appeared to be making an ef-
fort to escape to a foreign country in-
duced him to order the arrest.
Houston. Tex . Feb. 19—CSaries F.
Dodge arrived in the city last night
from Corpus Christi In charge of
Ranger Captain Hughes. Dodge de-
ciiaes to make any statement. It is
deuied by bis attorney that he ad-
mitted he was bound for Mexico.
Dodge> local attorneys are prepared
tor another hard legal battle in the
federal court but give out nothing to
indicate their plans.
Belgian Steamer Ashore in a Fog anj
London. Feb. 19.—ThA Belgian
steamer Philippevllle which left Ant-
wcri» yesterday for Congo with a him-
and passengers on board went ashore
off Dungennes* Kent in a fog today.
Life boats and tugs are in attendance
upon her.
The British steamer Lake Michigan
from St. John N. 8.. and Halifax for
London have been in collision with
an unnamed vessel and are anchored
near Dungenness awaiting tugs. The
vessel with which the Lake Michigan
collided is reported to have beeu suuk-
Special to The Light.
Austin. Tex.. Feb. 19. —Governor
lusnham returned this morning from
Fort Worth where he took part in the
organization of the Western National
bank in which he is interested.
Rome. Feb. 18. —The situation in the
Balkans since the revolt of the Al-
banians in the district of Diakova
province of Ipek is considered here
to be serious.
It is declared that Austria has M-
<HW meu ready to invade Albania but
if such a move were made Italy would
consider it as disturbing the balance
of power on the Adriatic and moat
detrimental to her interests there.
DR. LW. HERNDON IS DEAO
PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY FROM
APOPLEXY AT AUSTIN.
He Was One of the Wealthiest Men
of the Capital City and Built a
Church at H>e Own Expense in
Which He Preached for Fourteen
Years—No Collection*.
Special o The Light
Austin. Tex. Feb. Is.—Dr. K. W
Herndon aged K one of the wealth-
lest citizens of \itstin. and for tow-
teen years minister of the Chrtstia*
church died suddenly at his renldeuc*
> t rot*c <»f
1 *r. H6rn<ioQ "an pcculiAr rbxrßC*
nse and n<*wr MllowM a collection
10 be ta'Tvn no and he defrayed aH vt
peuses; connected with the eburck
He wa* a vatatM in the Cwtfadwn.
ate arirjr.
R. H. WESTER Pre*.
ROY M BEITEL V Pre*.
J. D. COCKRELL. Secretary. .
WESTER SAVINGS ft TRUST CO.
237 East Houston 8L
Four per cent interest paid on
savings.
Dodge Taken to Houston.
MISHAPS ON THE SEA.
British Steamer* Collide.
Governor Lanham Return*.
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