San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Notice to the Public
You will please pay no bills for
account of The Light except to eol-
Isctora whose names ars published
In the paper or who hold a written
authority from T. B. JOHNSON
Business Manager.
VOL. 24 No. 26.
T. C. FROST J. T. WOODHULL NED M'lLHENNY
President Vice-President Cashier.
p ROS T —
NATIONAL BANK
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
Capital and Surplus - - $500000.00
EXCHANGE DRAWN ON PRINCIPAL CITIES IN EUROPE.
MEXICAN MONEY BOUGHT AND SOLO.
at th” E HOFFMAN HOUSE BAR
They carry all the leading brands of fine Whiskies Wines and Cigars.
Telephone orders for bottled goods promptly filled day
TOURIST TRADE SOLICITED. OPEN ALL NIGHT.
408 E. Houston Street (Hicks Building opposite) Telephone Co~.
ALBERT beitel. r - m - BEITEL.
BEITEL LUMBER CO.
LUMBER AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
P. O BOX 393. BOTH PHONES NO. 250. Branch Yards at Kerrville. Texas.
' Office and Yards: West Commerce St near the I. 4 O. N. R. R.
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UTT'briogeT.
WORK 1 * <
AMUSEMENTS.
Grand Opera House
TONIGHT
And Wednesday Mat. and Night
Charles Frohman and George Ed-
wardes Present
“The Girl From Kay’s”
80 People! 15 Song Hits! 5000
Laughs! Sufficiency! A Riot of Fun!
Crowded Houses Everywhere.
Prices —Matinee 25c 50c 75c
Prices —Night 25c 50c 75c $1. >1.50
Henry W. Savage's Celebrated
Grand English Opera Co.
And Orchestra Three great mas-
terpieces to be given exactly as dur-
Ing the recent seasons in Ne* York
and New Orleans.
Thurs. Evg. Feb. 16 Overture at 8
sharp. Carriages at 11:50.
LOHENGRIN
Friday Matinee at 2:15
TROVATOK
riday Evg.. Feb. 17 at 8.15. Carriages
at 10:50.
CARMEN
Prices..$1.00. $1.50 $2.00. $2.50 $3.00
SEATS NOW ON SALE.
Mr. Savage rends his entire com-
pany of 150 people on his special
train of twelve cars for a brief stop
on its way to Ios Angeles.
MELBA
it "THE QUEEN OF SONG." .
I Prices $1 $2. $3 $4 $5. ■
SEATS ON SALE.
Empire Opera House
Stater’s Madison
Square Company
Will present the balance of this w««k
The Screaming Comedy
ENTITLED
“Three of a Kind”
Prices • • 10c 20c 30c and 50c
DAVE HERZFELD
Formerly of Rockport is Now
Proprietor of the
CONEY ISLAND BAR
201 ALAMO PLAZA.
Come and See Me. Nothing too
Good for my Patrons.
LET US FIGURE
cn wiring your hous e according to new
srtc flcation* furnished by the Board
cf Fire Underwriters. WE WILL
SAVE YOU MONEY.
DubinsKi Electric Works
108 Soledad Street.
’53 That
Good
Fresh
Taste
h PIONEER
Pioneer Flour
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
every day in the year
ALL THE NEWS-$500.
Antonio Wilg £
EIGHT PAGES.
The Original Yale Dentists
Under the same old management have
purchased th® Chicago Dental Parlors
on account of the superior location and
are continuing our same methods. Best
work at lowest prices. $50 given for any
tooth we cannot extract or fill absolutely
painlessly. HICKS BUILDING.
K The business man who
freely uses telephone ser-
vice be he banker mer-
gffvva chant shopkeeper o r artl-
san. avails himself of an
agency that cannot fail to
add materially to his earnings.
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.
Search for Witness in
Colorado Investigation
Who Escaped from Train
Denver Col. Feb. 14. —Deputies
from the sheriff's office and detec-
tives from police headquarters are
searching the city for Juan De "Dies
Moutez county clerk of Huerafano
county who while in custody of Most
Vianecourt. sergeant-at-arms of the
legislative committee Investigating
the gubernatorial contest escape!
from a Rio Grande train and disap-
peared in the darkness last night
Vainecoun. acting under instruc-
tions of Chairman Griffith of the com-
mittee returned to Walesburg with
Montez for the purpose ofcompelling
him to produce before the committee
ballot box of precinct 23 of Huerfano
county where the Democrats charge
astounding frauds in the interest of
Peabody were committed.
Coldest in Louisville
In Seventeen Years
Louisville Ky.. Feb. 14. —The cold-
est weather of the season prevailed
here at 7 o’clock this morning the
government thermometer showing 6
degrees below zero with fine feathery
snow falling. This is the coldest day
here since February 13 1898. when
tbe mercury dropped to 13 degrees
and the Cumberland Was frozen from
bank to bank. Reports are coming
in from points south and west of here
of disabled telephone and telegraph
wires.
HABEAS CORPUS HEARING
IN LOCAL OPTION CASE
IN M'LENNAN COUNTY.
Special to The Light.
Waco Tex. Feb. 14.—Judge Surratt
of the Nineteenth district court this
morning rendered a decision In the
habeas corpus case of George Fields.
Fields was arrested on a charge of
violation of the local option laws at
Moody but claimed the election of
1902 was Illegal. Prohibitionists took
the position that if this election was
Illegal then the case reverted back to
a prior election held under different
conditions from the one of 1902
Fields sought release by habeas cor.
pus. but was remanded back to the
custody of the sheriff. The case ex-
cited much interest here.
THREE HUNDRED DELEGATES
AT FARMERS’ CONVENTION
AT FORT WORTH TODAY.
Special to The Light.
Fort Worth. Tex. Feb. 14.—Three
hundred delegates were present at
the opening of the National conven-
tion of the Farmers' Union at the city
hall this morning. The meeting will
last three days the first being de-
voted to welcome and organization.
ONLY TWO MEMBERS PRESENT
AT BAGGAGEMEN'S MEETING.
Special to The Light
Fort Worth Tex. F< b. 14—It was
too cold for the convention of the
State Baggagemen's association
scheduled here today. Only two
m.-mbers were on hand by noon.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN CHICAGO HOTEL
Many Guests Were in the Building In-
cluding Several Texans.
The Fire Started from Crossed Electric Light Wires
About 2:30 This Morning and the Guests
Were Aroused from their Slumber.
Three Firemen Injured.
Chicago Ill. Feb. 14. —Fire partly destroyed the Brevoort house
143-145 Madison street early today causing a loss of $100000 to
the building and hotel furnishings and forcing 150 guests to make
a hurried departure.
Three firemen were injured one severely before the flames
which burned for nearly nearly an hour burst through the roof of
the building after it was thought they had been extinguished. None
of the guests were hurt.
The fire which started from crossed eletcric light wires about
2 30 o'clock was discovered by a bell boy who was almost over-
come by smoke arousing the guests and employes of the hotel.
When the firemen reached the scene the flames had eaten their
way through the third floor and made considerable progress upward
through the walls. The smoke which was dense hampered the
firemen in their work while the guests were scampering by every
avenue of escape to reach a place of safety and the hotel employes
were busy in arousing them by telephones in the rooms.
While fighting the flames in the hotel barroom three firemen
were injured one seriously by the collapse of the ceiling.
The fire was mostly confined to the rear of the building which
was gutted from basement to roof. The hotel which was eight sto-
ries high was owned by the Hannah & Hogg company and was
the oldest in the city. Nearly all the guests were from western
states. Many of them escaped from the place bv a rear fire escape-
' out anew and names were soon leap-
Chicago. Feb. 14.—At 2:30 this
morning a fire broke out on the fourth
floor of the Brevoort house situated
on Madison street between Clark and
La Salle streets. The Are was in the
rear portion of the fourth floor aud the
smoke rolling through the halls was
the first warning to fae hotel employes
that anything was wrong. A hurried
call was sent to an engine close by
the hotel but when tbe firemen ar-
rived they found that the fire was too
great for them to handle Md a call
was sent for additional envies.
As the firemen with their hose came
running through the halls the guests
came pouring out of their rooms and
the balls were filled with excited
guests in all stages of undress has-
tening to the office and the street.
The employes of the hotel behaved
in the most admirable fashion and
lent every asistance to the people as
they came running down the stairs
and into the elevators. They were as-
sured that there was no immediate
danger and that there was ample
time for all to escape without trouble.
Some few women ran into Madison
street in scanty clothing and believ-
ing that the fire would amount to
nothing returned to the hotel to fin-
ish dressing. The rapid Increase in
the number of engines called to the
scene alarmed them once more how-
ever and they fled to the street. A
number of the guests of tbe Brevoort
hastened to the Hotel Morrison half
a square distant where they wero
cared for. and the watchmen in a
number of office buildings adjoining
the Brevoort threw open their doors
and allowed the frightened guests of
the hotel tp seek shelter in their hall-
ways.
The guests on the second floor in
rooms numbered from 230 to 236 ex-
perienced considerable difficulty in
finding the exits as the hallways were
tilled with dense smoke by the time
they were called by the hotel em-
ployes.
On the third floor a number of peo-
ple experienced like trouble in finding
the exits but all managed to reach
the street in safety although many of
them suffered keenly from the bitter
cold before they were able to reach
shelter.
Tbe Are was quickly brought under
control as the firemen believed and
a number of guests were informed
that they could return to their rooms
in safety. All of them refused to do
this and sought other quarters.
The wisdom of this action wag soon
manifest for at 3 o'clock the fire
which the firemen believed to have
been practically extinguished broke
Returns of Russian
Losses During War
Since the Beginning
St. Petersburg Feb. 14—Official
returns for the first year of the war
not including Port Arthur statistics
show that 130439 officers and men
passed through the hospitals going
north of whica number -719 were of
fleers wounded and 1308 sick 53890
men wounded and 72581 were sick.
4007 subsequently died in the hospi-
tals. 6474 wounded and 11.248 Invalid-
ed. 9429 returned to Russia and 2L554
are still in the hospitals. Over 7i.000
hAe therefore presumably returned
to the ranks. These figures do not in-
clude those killed on tne battle field
nor probably injured who remained
temporarily in the field hospitals.
The showing is considered remark-
ably good. The proportion of dying in
tbe hospitals is very low. the total
loss ’o the active army In wounded
and sick being little over 50000 of
whom almost half have still a chance
of rcturuiog to the ranks. The other
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14 1905.
ing from the windows of the fifth and
sixth stories. It was at once plain
that the tipper part of tile hotel would
be badly damaged.
The firemen were considerably ham-
pered in their work by the number
of frozen fire plugs which they found
and the flames were at first fought
only with chemicals.
In the hotel when the Are broke out
were 150 guests and about 30 women
employes of the hotel all of whom
live! on the upper Aoor. These wo-
men were the last to escape and they
were compelled to grope their way
through hallways Ailed with smoke
and down the stairways. By the time
a number of them reached the back
stairway between the second and
third floors it had been made Im-
passable by the flames and they were
compelled to feel their way through
the hall to the front of the building
and make their escape in that direc-
tion.
W. D. Howard of room 20$ was
partly overcome by smoke and could
not be aroused until an employe of the
hotel had dragged him from his bed
and half wav across his room.
O W. Tarr of this city and O. A
Taylor of Texas who occupied rooms
on the second floor wore almost ever-
come and reached the afreet only
with difficulty.
A number of guests ventured down
the Are escapes. Among them were
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Bortz of Roches-
ter. N. Y. They jumped ton feet from
the lower end of the Are escape to
the ground and were considerably
bruised. The police took them to
the central detail office In the city
hall.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Campbell of
Marlin. Texas also went down the
Are escape and were taken to the
central station.
At 4 a. m. the Are had reached the
roof of the Brevoort. and buildings
in the immediate vicinity were threat-
ened. Special calls for assistance
V ero sounded and the dromen wore
working to prevent the spread of the
dames. Tt was then believed the en-
t4r« structure would be destroyed.
The dremen were sent to the roof
of the LaSalle theater and tons of
water wore polired onto the burning
structure.
Shortly after the Arst detachment
of Aremon reached the roof of the
theater the smokestack on the roof
of the Brevoort house coHaiJsod. and
many Aremcn narrowly escaped in-
jury.
Because of the eold. the Aremen
worked in relays.
half will be invalided or returned to
Russia. The killed In battle Is esti-
mated to have numbered between for-
ty and Afty thousand.
PIPE LINE COMPANY
AND OIL PRODUCERS
HOLD CONFERENCE.
Special to The Light.
Beaumont Tex. Feb. 14. —There
was a conference last night between
representarives of the pipe line com-
panies and the Oil Producers' asso-
ciation cn the pending pipe line bill
which resulted in a disagreement.
The pipe Une companies insisted on
the legal right to pipe produce buy
sell redne and distribute oil and the
right of eminent domain.
The producers insisted that the
pipe Une company should he restricted
to piping oil and that legislation regu-
late such companies so as to give pro-
t ect len to independent producers.
They also contend that the railroad
commission is without constitutional
authority to rekulate pipe lines.
The producers wilt fight the pend
ing bill and endeavor to get a substi-
tute. which they have prepared in-
troduced In Its stead.
Mexican round Dead
Near Third Mission;
Accidentally Shot
Nato Flores aged 15 years was
found dead yesterday morning lying
in the brush about a mile west of the
Third mission. His left breast had
been torn away by the discharge of
a load of birdshot which pierced his
heart doubtlessly causing Instant
death. It is thought possibly that the
young man was accidentally shot by
bis own gun.
According to the story as related
by Carlos Flohes a cousin who Is em-
ployed by A. Cohen A Co. the young
man went hunting Sunday morning.
He went alone taking with him a
double barrel shotgun.
The boy failed to return home Sun-
day night and yesterady morning n
brother Juan. Flores went out to
endeavor and locate him. After scour-
ing the woods in the vicinity of th<.
third mission he found the dead body
of his brother about a mile west of
the mission. He lay upon the ground
his body hovlng become perfectly rig-
id. by reason of the blizzard prevail-
ing at the time.
Neor the body at a distance of
about three feet was his shotgun one
shell being found discharged. The
wound in the left breast ii Is suppos-
ed was caused by the accidental dis-
charge of the gun. The dead boy had
evidently made a Are as the ashes
were still upon the ground nearby
also two dead rabbits which the boy
had klled. It i« thought while hunt-
ing.
The boy liver near the third mis-
sion with his relatives. The remains
will be buried this evening near the
mission.
The Elmendorf Case
Is Now With the Jury
Pending a Verdict
The case of Elmendorf vs. Elmen-
dorf. which has been on trial in the
Fifty-seventh district court during the
past few weeks and which involves
the final disposition of real estate and
money to the value of some $100000
went to the jury this morning.
This is an interesting three cornered
fight which has been waged between
creditors of the late firms of Henry
Elmendorf and tha Bem Brick com-
pany; heirs to Elmendorf estate and
George Altgelt. administrator of the
Elmendorf estate.
On arriving at a verdiet the jury
will have a difficult task as it will be
required to answer some thirty-six
questions In the charge made by
Judge Sceligson. It is therefore up
to that body to say whether the
money and property now in the hands
of the administrator shall go to the
creditors of the late firms or to the
heirs of the estate.
The Hugh Stanfield
Alleged Rape Case
Is Revived in Court
Hugh Stanfield was re-arrested this
morning on an indictment by the
grand Jury charging him with alleged
rape on the person of Ida Monk about
one year ago near Oak Island in
Bexar county.
Stanfield was arrested about that
time on an affidavit charging him
with alleged rape on the person of
Ida Monk. In the examining trial
which followed. Stanfield was admit-
ted to ball in the sum of $2500 to
await the action of the grand Jury.
That body then in session and an-
other grand Jury in session since that
time took the matter up but no bill
was returned until the present grand
jury brought in the indictment A
new bond was made out for a like
amount today with C. H. Dean and J.
D. Petty a# sureties.
Katy Brought in
Plenty of Wood
Ed Coombs commercial agent of
the Katy in speaking of the local
wood situation this morning to a re-
porter for Tbe Light stated that since
February 1 to last night his road had
hauled eighty car loads of wood to
San Antonio. On February 4 he and
tbe superintendent of this division
made an Inspection trip to Smithville
to look into the situation and found
plenty of wood along the road but a
scarcity of men to load it on the cars.
The weather was cold and laborers
were offered double wages to load the
cars but refused the offer. On his
trip Mr. Coombs found 135 available
empties which could be used to haul
wood but owing to the want of help
could not be loaded. "We have al-
ways been more than willing to move
wood to San Antonio’’ said Mr.
Coombs and gave it preference over
other freight offered during the recent
cold spell.
AN UNDOUBTED AUTHORITY.
The Floresville Chronicle says:
■'Artist Gentilz probably the only
survivor who saw the Alamo after
the siege is living In San Antonie.
Tbe old getnleman's name Is Theo-
dore Gentilz he came to the city of
San Antonio wh-n only 25 years old.
You might ask him about tbe Alamo
affairs’
SUBSCRIPTION $5 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK
AT PUTILOFF IRON WORKS
SL Petersburg Feb. 14.—The last visible vestige of the great
St. Petersburg strike disappeared today when the employes of the
Putiloff iron works returned. At all works ballots are being dis-
tributed for the selection Sunday of Representatives on mixed com-
missioners and workmen.
The current rumors of trouble on the holiday tomorrow on
which occasion it has been reported revolutionists have planned an
armed uprising are said to be totally without foundation.
REPORT OF RIOTS DENIED.
St. Petersburg Feb. 14. —Inquiries made at the ministry of the
interior show no confirmation has been received of a report fromi
Berlin that further anti-Semitic riots have occurred at GomeL
ZEMSTVOS ADOPT PEACE RESOLUTIONS.
Moscow Feb. 14. —The district zemstvos adjourned today after
adopting peace resolutions.
JAPS WILL SINK ALL COLLIERS
FOUND WITH RUSSIAN WARSHIPS!
Tokio. 10 a. m.. Feb. 14. —In discussing the report that colliers;
refused to accompany the second Russian Pacific squadron on the
way north a member of the Japanese naval staff said today:
“Our commanders will fire on and sink any collier found in com-
pany with Russian warships regardless of nationality.”
Admiral Togo departed from Kure yesteday February 13 his
destination being kept secret. It is presumed however he is pro-
ceeding south.
PRICES GO UP ON THE BOURSE.
St. Petersburg Feb. 14. —Prices on the bourse today are rising
on rumors of peace.
RUSSIANS SHORT ON CLOTHES
AND CHINESE SHOES ARE WORN
Tokio Feb. 14. —Reports from Liao Yang place the total Rus-
sian force between Shakhe river and Harbin at 450000 of which
280000 are on the fighting line.
The condition of prisoners and of the bodies of the dead indi-
cate that the Russians are short of shoes and winter clothing. Some
officers are wearing Chinese shoes. . ...
It is believed the exposure to the cold is greatly increasing sick-
ness among the Russians. Later estimates of the Russian losses at
Heikoutai 'place the number at 25000.
PRISONER MADE DESPERATE
BREAK FOR LIBERTY
BUT IS RECAPTURED
Houston. Tex. Feb. 14.—Fred Allen convicted at Beaumont of
burglary and given eighteen years in the penitentiary and who
cursed the jury swearing to kill every juror when the sentence
was served made a desperate attempt to escape from Penitentiary
Agent Sisk while being brought to Houston last night. He leaped
through the window of a moving train. He was recaptured.
TWO RUSSIAN ATTACKS
REPULSED BY THE JAPS.
Tokio Feb. 14 (2 p. m.)— Manchur-
ian headquarters reporting today
says: .
•The Russians shelled and twice
attacked Waitao mountain on Sunday
February 12. but were repulsed Small
forces of Russian infantry attacked
tapatai and Hanshantai ton Monday.
February 13. but were repulsed. The
continued to construct en
trenchmcnta in tho neighborhood of
Halkoutai.”
WEATHER IN CATTANOOGA
IS THE COLDEST IN YEARS.
Chattanooga. Tenn. Feb. 14. —Mean
temperature eariy today was four de-
grees below zero the coldest in years.
There Is great suffering here among
the poor and It is announced that
dealers will be compelled to advance
the price of coal on account of the
unprecedented demand and shortage
of the supply. Telegraph and tele-
phone companies have very few wires
working out of Chattanooga and near-
ly ai trains are delayed.
Stock Suffers at Victoria.
Special to The Light.
Victoria. Tex.. Feb. 14—The ther-
mometer registered 15 degrees above
zero yesterday morning and has been
below freezing all day; making this
by far tho coldest weather here In
ten years. Stock has suffered very
much and It is apprehended that the
loss wll be great.
Captain Swink Dead at Dallas.
Dallas Tex. Feb. 14.—Captain H.
M Swink an old resident of Texas
and a member of the city board of
equalization died this morning.
NEVER HESITATE
As ths S. A. & A. P. Ry’» Elegant Might Train
♦DAVY CROCKETT’
IS THE BEST TRAIN TO
Houston a.nd Galveston
Latest Pattern Pullman Sleepers Fine Buffet Service.
Free Chair Cars. Sleepers open for passengers 9:00 p. m.
LEAVES S. A. A A. P. DEPOT 10:1$ P. M.
Ed. $*ch» Citv Ticket lunt ""S”
ROUGH SKIN
CHAPPED HANDS
Made at smooth and soft as that
of a baby with th perfect cold
cream; alwaye freshly made and
it ie pure.
JUNGKINDS ALMOND CREAM.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
The United States civil service
commission announces that in vie* of
the very small number of applications
Bled for the examination for assistant
in the Philippine service on March I
and 2 this examination has been post-
poned to April 5 and 6 to secure eligi-
ble* from which to make certification
to fill a large number of positions in
grade* of clerk and teacher in the
Philippines.
As a result Of this examination it
Is desired to socure 140 college grad-
uates including 20 polytechnic and
20 agricultural at a salary of $1200
per annum and 60 normal school
graduates at a salary of $1000 per
annum. Many of the appointees will
be required In the position of teach-
er. while some will be required in the
various clerical and administrative of-
fices In the Islands. Excellent oppor-
tunities for promotion are afforded
for well qualified appointees. For
positions requiring college graduates
students who graduate in 1905 will bo
acceptable.
Women will not be admitted to thia
examination except that the wives.
Immediate relatives or fiancees of
men examined at the same time for
appointed to» or already employed in
the PhlllipFine service may be exam-
ined.
Age limit 18 to 40 years.
GOOD ROADS MEETING
IS HELD IN HOUSTON.
Houston Tex.. Feb. 14. —The Good
Roads party arrived last njght In
three special cars. The first session
of the two davs' convention was called
to order this morning. There was a
poor attendance owing to the cold.
The party leaves for San Antonio to-
morrow night.
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