The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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F&OST
NATIONAL BANK
x $600000
UN ANTONIO • TEXAS
224 PER CENT LEAP
FOR BUILDING OPERATIONS IN SINGLE MONTH
FOR SAN ANTONIO
Stands at the Head of All Cit ies in the United States for
Gain Made During August in New Structures Erected and
Is 100 Per Cent Ahead of Its Nearest Competitor.
San Antonio stands ai t.he head of
American cities in the building re*
ord for August showing a gain over
August 19”7 of 224 per cent.
This is a lead of almost 100 per cent
over the next city in the list S'l’t
Lake and 700 per cent better than the
third city Indianapolis.
This is in spite -of the fact that
there is a net loss of 10 per cent tor
the 42 cities in the ffst.
These figures are given by the
“American Contractor" in its bulletin
for August just issued. The American
Contractor is the recognized authority
on the building operations of the coun-
try.
For last August the building of San
Antonio amounted to $668890 and tor
DEATH BITE
VERY SMALL
One of the Hottest Months of
the Year Proves Unexcep-
tionally Healthy.
"The death rate in San Antonio dur-
ing the month of August was only
9.48 per thousand population —a re-
msrkabl; showing for one of the hot-
test months of the year.' said John
U. Mueller this forenoon having just
completed his report as secretary of
the board of health.
In ali there were 115 deaths in San
Antonio during the month mentioned
but only 75 were of residents of the
city the balance being non-residents
who had been here for from one day
to two months.
During August there wore eight vio-
lent deaths including two suicides
three murders and three accidents
that proved fatal.
Secretary Mueller also reports that
101 birth certificates were filed dur-
ing August the number ot boys beihg
54 and 47 little girls making their
advent. Only five births were report-
ed from the negro population—a re-
markably small number.
BOY MISSING 3 MONTHS:
FOLKS DID NOT KNOW IT
C. Yzaguirre a 12-year-old bay is
1. issing from hie home 320 Vinton
street and the police have been re-
quested to find him. The lad has been
gone for three months although the
tact has been but recently discovered.
The boy's father has been working in
■Ballinger for many months and last
June the lad left this city it being
presumed by the mother here that he
had gone to his father. Word from the
latter was -o the effect that the boy
"wus not there. The officers at Ballin-
ger have also been requested to assi st
in the search.
MARKETS
COTTON.
New Orleans. La.. Sept- 8. —Crop reports from Louisiana points an<l
Mississippi are getting decidedly bad. The census report is less than was
expected. Better spot business in Liverpool is causing a steady market.
New Orleans Easy- Tester-
C-pen. High. Low. Close. d*v.
September 8 77-8.1 8.65
October ~•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8.62 8.68 8.58 8.66-6. 8.a3
December • ••••••• •••••••••••*••••» 8.5. 8.63 8.52 8.61-62 8.48
Leading Spot Markets.
Tester-
Today. day.
Liverpool steady - ••• 5.32
Sales. SOOO.
New York quiet 9...0 9.30
Now Oileans steady.. 9.0” 9.00
Sales 825. *
Galveston steady .... 9 3-16 9%
Sales. 98”.
Houston steady 9% 9-6°
Sales. 936.
GRAIN MARKET.
Open. High. Low. Close
’Wheat—
Bent 97% 98% 97% 98
Dec. 96% 97' 96% 97’4
Corn —
79% 79'4 79% 79%
67% 68% 67% #B%
ESTABLISHED 1881
Aughst. 1907. it was $206210 percent-
age of increase 224.
The other cities showing gains are;
Buffalo 10: Chicago 25; Denver 24
Grand Rapids. 10; Indianapolis. 33.
Lulsville. 27; Minneaplis 2; Mempnis
7; Syracuse 26; Salt Lake 128.
Twenty-eight cities showed losses
ranging from 3 per cent to 89 ner
cent.
However the loss of 10 per cent for
all the cities is a decided improve-
ment over previous months of ne
year except July which showed a
gain. The percentage of loss begin-
ning with 44 in January has steadi.v
decreased to 10 for August showing
that revival is coming steadily in the
building line all over the country.
BRYAN WILL
■ TAKE STUMP
Conference at Chicago Will
Probably Result in October
Speaking Tour.
Chicago. Sept. 8. —Preliminary to the
invasion of the east by William J.
Bryan members of the democratic na-
tional committee held a council of war
today. Bryan took a leading part.
While no definite annoihic<’ment has
i.ec-n made it is generally believed the
national committee's effort to have
Bryan to take the stump during the
entire month of October will prove
successful.
Responses to the call for money
have according to Colonel Wetmore
head of the finance bureau been very
gratifying.
Bryan tonight will address r general
conference of 1200 general precinct
men of Chicago.
NEGRO WOMAN IS
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Stella Graves a negro wash woman.
4*4 years old. was found dead in bed
at her home in the rear of 810 Avenue
B at 8:30 oclock this morning by a
neighbor who sought to arouse her.
Justice Fisk who viewed the re-
mains attributed heart failure as the
cause ot death and ordered the body
removed to a local undertaking estab-
lishment. where they were prepared
for burial.
MRS. SOMMER AT REST.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Alber-
tina Sommer took place yesterday af-
ternoon from the family residence. 409
Tenth street and was largely attend-
ed. There were many beautiful floral
offerings. The remains were laid to
test beside those of the husband of the
deceased the late Francis Sommer
who died several years ago. Dean.
Richardson of St. Mark’s Episcopal
church conducted the services.
। Oats—
Sept 49% 49% 49% 49 •»
Dec 50% 50% 50% 50 L
CASH GRAIN.
I Kansas City Mo.. Sept. B.—Wheat;
No. 2 hard. 94@99c No. 2 red. 99c.
Corn: No. 2 74%c; No. 2 white
75%®75%c
Oats: No. 2 48%®48%c; No. 2
white 50® 51c.
FORT WORTH CATTLE MARKET
I Special to The Light.
Fort Worth. Tex.. Se'pt. S. —Total
' cattle receipts. 5000: steers fair
(steady: tbps $l. Cows fair lower;
' tops $3.25. Calves medium lower;
lops $5. Hogs choice higher; tops
| $6.88
SAN ANTON
IDO DAYS
ID COMPLETE
THE PAVING
Contractors Must Pay $5O for
Every Day They Need Over
That Time to Finish Houston
Street Project.
CONTRACT SIGNED TODAY
The contract for the pavement of
Houston street wan formally entered
• into by the city and the General Sup-
ply k Construction Co. today. The
' document was signed by Mayor Cal-
laghan tor tile city and by F. O. Brown
of Dallas president ot the concern j
that will do the work which will be
commenced at Santa Rosa avenue and
Houston street in about two weeks.
it is specified in the contract that
the laborers employed on the wont
shall receive the same scale nf wages
as paid to city employes and Shalt
work similar hours. This clause was
inserted in the contract upon the in-
slstencs of Mayor Callaghan who evi-
dently had in mind the strike 'hat '
marked the beginning of the conduit j
work on Houston street when the la- ।
borers in the employ of the contrae- I
tor went out on strike for a couple cf |
I days.
Every safeguard is thr>Vn around
1 the interests of the city and Houston i
i street property owners in the contract
I entered into today. It is provided that |
| the city shall have power to remove I
the contractor from the work if the j
specifications are not being carried
fully out: that the contractor shut I
not sub-let or transfer any part ot the j
work without the city granting per- j
mission: tha’. the work shall be start- |
ed in 20 days and completed in 10* '
working days a forfeit of $5O pet' day ’
being agreed upon for each day over '
the time limit that the work is un- ।
completed. f
Maintenance Fund.
Jn the matter of the extra woU< ;
there s.iall be no paj ments made foP
anything of such character unless the i
work be ordered by the city officials j
and then payment shall be made up. j
on au estimate of < ost by the city en- '
gineer. Seven per cent of the contract i
price will be reserved by the city and |
held in escrow with the city clerk to •
protect the city agains any costs tnat I
may acrtie during the five 'ears lor ;
which ।he General Supply and Con-
struction company is to maintain the
Houston street pavement. The city Is
required to give notice whenever ie-
pairs are found necessary and it is
incumbent upon the contractor to com-
plete all repair work within 1” davs
after notice is given or the city shall
do the work and charge it against the
7 per cent reserve.
The contractoi's bond for the city a J
part of the work is fixed at $140””
and a bond of $600” will be given to
the San Antonio Traction company
The Prices.
The prices fixed in the contract
under the bid which was accepted by
the joint property owners and coun-
cil committee are as fellows:
Excavation per cubic yard "0
Filling B 0
Granite curbing per foot $1.65
Texico pavement per yard 1-80
Corner curbings 2.10
The Llano granite specification for
curbings is the one provided but pro-
vision is made for a saving of 25 cents
a foot in case that granite of equal
grade can be secured at a lower lisp
ure.
On the ■ » imates of th ci engi-
neer 75 per cent of the_amouut ill?
on the work will be paid Irom time to
time the balance being paid upon fin.it
acceptance of the work less the seven
per cent reserve aliuded to.
The mayor suggested that after Mr.
Brown and himself bad signed the
contract that each page be separately
signed and this was done.
Mr. Brown announced that lie would
immediately arrange for the shir- '
meat of a plant to this city.
Redistrict the City.
Immediate!' fallowing the ton'er-
ence the meeting’ of tli“ city council
was convened having been adjourned
from yesterday and the ordinance enf-
powering the mayor to enter into the '
contract was passed under suspension
of the rules. Tht city council has also
passed the ordinance re-dlstricting
th- wards of the city into election pi'"- '
cincts. This is the ordinance intro-
duced a couple of weeks ago and the
new precincts are made in coiiformuy
with those adopted by the board ot 1
county •ommissioners.
Petitions from residents of Wash- 1
ington Place and Raymond street ask-
ing for street improvements were re ■
ferrod .
Present at the council meeting
wore Mayor Callaghan. Aldermen
Mauerniann. Kuehn Carey Richter.
Braden Monger Dietzmann. Ixick-
wood. Wickland and Arnaud; Messr-
L. J. Hart and W. B. Tuttle and -V-
-sistnnt City Engineer Van Riper par
tlcipated in Hie eonferenco which pro
ceded the mce'ing. I
O. TEXAS TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1908
Are We Waking Up?
Ask any man you meet w hether It would be good for San Antonio
to have a railroad to Brownsville and he will say “sure.”
Ask him to get busy .-.nd help build the railroad and the chances are
he will have an important engagement elsewhere or he will begin to
question your motives.
There are a few people in this town who cannot conceive of any
one doing anything for the good of the city without an ulterior motive.
They make a target out of any citizen who suggests a movement for
the betterment of San Antonio.
Just at present they are shooting at The Light. They are whisper-
ing it around that these double-column front page editorials in favor
Of a railroad to Brownsville arc paid for by W. J. Hogue the Dallas
promoter at the rate of 40 certs a line.
The Light expected this lie..for it knew the history of past move-
ments of this kind. The Light has not published a line that could be
twisted into an endorsement of Mr. Hogue's proposition.
The Light doesn't care two whoops whether Mr. Hogue or Mr.
Yoakum .or Mr. Harriman or Mr. Smith or Mr Jones builds that rail-
road just so it is built.
The Light is perfectly willing to trust the directors of the Business
Men's club to pick out the best proposition no matter who offers it.
What The Light is trying to do is to arouse the people of San An-
tonio to a realizing sense of the crisis that confronts their city so that
they will get in behind the Business Men's club and back it up in
putting the railroad through.
It is not sufficient to say we need a railroad. Everybody knows
that. The thing that is needed is for the citizens of every degree to
signify unmistakably that they are prepared to come across with their
money in order to cinch the railroad.
The Light believes it is succeeding in its purpose. It is making
people talk railroad more than they ever talked it before it is making
them protest that they are ready to help build the railroad. In other
words it is crystalizing public opinion so that when the Business Men's
club decides which proposition is the best the public will bo there with
its dollars to close with that proposition. That is all that is necessary.
Just the minute tly people of San Antonio decide through their pocket-
books that they must have a railroad to Brownsville the railroad will
be as good as built.
NEGROES ADE
BUYING GUNS
Kansas City Fears Race War
as Result of Killing of
White Man.
Kansas City Mo. Sept. B.—Since the
killing of a white man by a negro here
Saturday there has been giow ins fear
of t> race war. among the colored pop-
ulation and the police have learned
that many of them are purchasing
firearms. A pawnbroker reported that
the negroes had purchased all the
shotguns rifles and revolvers in his
store besides a large amount of am-
munition.
Robert Thomas a negro was arrest-
ed at the circus yesterday for carrying
a revolver “to protect his color.” Rob-
ert Mauhin another neg'o. fatally
wounded himself while cleaning a re
'elver which it is believed he intend-
ed to carry for his own protection.
Excited groups of negro men nave
been dispersed by the police but no
violence was offered.
HUGHES TEST TODAY
FOR NEW YORK GAP.
New York September B—More8 —More in-
teresting than any oilier feature of
the republican primaries in greater
New York teday is the so-called
Hughes test. In the senatorial dis-
tricts. 1” assembly districts in Man-
hattan and two in Brooklyn the f ••
rolled voters will be asked whether
or not they favor the renomination of
th- governor.
Except for the struggle in Ki igs
county which may mean the down-
til’ of and the triumph -n
that burrough of Charles Murphv.
leader of Tamman. hall there is lit-
tle general interest that foreshadows
th« democratic primaries.
The polls will be open from 3
o'clock this afternoon until 9 o'clock
tonight .
CATHOLIC PRIEST
BECOMES A CITIZEN
Father Vigilius Josef Draessel. r
Catholic priest filed application before
Deputy United States District Clerk
A. ;. Campbell in the federal court to-
iay for final naturalization napers. Tl-
is a native of Bozen. Tyrol. Austria
where 11? was born April 2. 185”. and
l> has lived in the United States tha
past 13 years. He took out his inteu-
tlr.n papers at New Braun-"ols on Sep-
tember 3. He was introduced here by
Father Fuhrwerk and Henry Monger.
John Babulik. 3” years of age. a na.
Uve o.' Austria filed application for in-
tention papers. He is a farmer by oc-
cupation and has lived in this countrv
ince ’9”5.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
V’. A. Dean and Emma Reid.
James Kelley and Emma Smoot.
G. M. Beverly an i John Arma Sad
BREAK JAIL
EXPECT FIGHT
Battle Probable With Four
Desperate Characters Whom
Posse Is Trailing.
Up cial to The Light.
I am asas. Ter.. Sept. 8. —Four pris-
ene's escaped from the jail early this
mornin l . All arc charged with grave
< t ime-. They cut through the cage and
tin n broke open the wall. A posse is in
pursuit and a battle is expected.
Tiiose escaping are Jint Nixon
charged witli murder; Joe Boyce
ruarged with burglary in three eases:
(■'iis McFadden charged with aggravat-
i d assault and C. Warren fergery.
TAKES ACID AND
DIES IN THE PARK
The dead body of Jose Niver. a
Mexican aged 25 years was found
lying in the thick shrubbery yesterday
morning in Washington park by Patrol-
men Dorcher and Ellis. Indications
were that the man in a tit of despond-
ency had ended his life by drinking
carbolic acid.
“C. Sanchha —This is on account of
you. so Cache goodbye—tell Jose—
Goodbye to all —Jose Niver." written
upon an envelope was found in his
pocket. Beside the body was found
an empty vial labelled “earbolie acid."
The remains were viewed by
Coroner Fisk and ordered removed to
an undertaker's establishment. The
bo</y was interred this morning in
cemetery No. 3.
When found the body was yet warm
and the man had evidently died not
more than an hour before having been
discovered by Hie police.
TO TRY TITLE.
Lillie and William McClain this
morning filed suit in the Fifty-seventh
district court against Henry Johnson
and Mary Jackson to try title to lots
22 and 23. block 2 and also lots 8 and
7 in blocks 12 and 13 respectively and
for damages amounting to $2OOO. Un-
l.r'ful seizure of said property Is
claimed.
I LOCAL WEATHER
LOCAL weatner forecast tor San An-
tonio and vicinity:
Tonight and Wednesday: Fair.
The minimum temperature for ths 34 I
hours ending at X o'clock to the morning
via- 68 and the maximum P* l
The record of temperatures as ob-
servod at tlie weather office today as
compared with a year ago follows:
1907 1903
< a. m 74 71
6 a m 71 71
S a. m ". 70 75
10 a. ni St s:i
12 noon SK S 3
1 p. in 91 92
The general cotton region end weather!
report throughout the country will be j
found on i«g- «ua I
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HOTEL PLANS
FOR $1000000 STRUCTURE
READYINWEEK
Preliminary Working Drawings Are
Being Made by St. Louis Architects
and Directors Will Meet Soon to
Ratify Them—Actual Work Will
Begin Soon.
Preliminaiy working plans for the
big hotel that is to bo built at the
corner of St. Mary's and Houston
streets by L. J. Hart and associate
in the San Antonio Hotel company will
be completed within a week by Mau-
ran. Russell and Garden a firm of
architects in St. Iziuis.
This iuipoitant announcement was
made today following the return to
fean Antonio of Mr. Hart.
The directors of the hotel com-
pany will be called together the lat-
ter part ot Ibis w eek or the first cr
next fer the purpose of ratifying cer-
tain changes in the plans following
which the final closing of the contract
5 BURN TO DEATH
IN HOTEL FIRE
Dinvcr. Colo. Sept. 8. —Five men i
were burned to death two persons re- ।
ceived probable fatal injuries and a '
dozen others were more or less hurt j
in a panic that followed the discovery (
uf a fire in the Belmont hotel early
today.
1 be dead are:
EDWARD MOORE. 55 years of age |
rhiladelphia.
GEORGE BURTELL 1” years old. I
D< rver
JOHN KANE. Colorado Springs suf-
focated
GEORGE BODE.. Middleton. New
York.
GEORGE OTT. Dodge City Kans.
The seriously injured arc:
William Lewis. Denver injured I
while jumping. v
REJECT HUGUE
MILWAY PLAN
Second Proposition Same as
First and Business Men Will
Refuse to Entertain It.
Although W. J. Hogue of Dallas has
submitt?d another proposition fo ■ i
railroad to the Brownsville country
the ra'boad situation so far us he is
concern 'd has not advanced farther
than i was Saturday for th - i.-asi a
that hie second proposition is almost
identical with his first and at a nr'<”
ing of the railroad committee of th"
Business Men's club at 5 o'clock 'his
afternoon will be rejected for ths
same reason.
The oojiction of thr committee to
the second Hogue proposition is that
it does not meet the requirements as
• i? securities to be put '/ Mr.
Hogue to guarantee eonstr..etioii of
the road.
The committee insists that tao.'O
securities must be of a character thi;
r ill be approved by a committee of
San Antonio bankers.
Tin cimr.iittce and directors of th'
club have no been idle however and
in the last iwa or three days th y
have be >u very active in sonndipg ‘be
business community on the genera;
subject ot a railroad. It is understno l
that they have >-c’ived the most grat-
ifying nicouragement in the form of
pledges that when the club is ready
with a definlt" proposition it will re-
ceive ill. right kind of svpport from
the big business interests of the city.
CLIFTON MERCHANT”
HURT IN RUNAWAY
Waco. Tex.. Sept. 8. —A. Lemier. a
merchant of Clifton was badly injurod
in a riinawc • accident as he was driv-
ing into the city this morning. I
NATIONAL BANK
X $600000
SAN ANTONIO - TEXAS
lor the big structure will be the next
Step.
1 his means that actual work on the
hotel will probably be begun within
the m< n<h.
The construction of the hotel will
probably be under the direction of the
Wes'lakc Construction company of
St. Louis which is now co-operating
with the architects in getting out tbs
working plans.
According to the plans as worked
out to date the hotel will be the fin-
est in- the southwest and tho build-'
ing alone will cost over half a milli'M
dollars which with the grounds and
furnishings will make its total cost
about a million dollars.
। Mrs. Lanham. Denver burns.
j Moore jumped from the third story
I and his brains were dashed out.
Burtell was ‘suffocated.
The guests wire awakened from
Jeep by the the cry of fire and rushed
। into the halls which were hemmed in
I by flames from all sides ard in an ef-
fort to escape fought and struggled.
I while the rescuers were forced back
I" the columns of smoke and mount-
ing flames.
It is estimated by the management
i hat at least 1”” persons were asleep
in the building when the fire started.
AH of them jumped front bed dressed
c:jy in their night robes. It is believed
I trte fir? started from defective wiring
in the third story
LODE BUUK
STORE DE MD
Boy Thieves Break Into the
Moos Establishment on
| Houston Street.
I Burglars broke into the book store
of ’I. A. Moos. 334 East Houston
i street lapjied the cash register and
I carried away other plunder estimated
to be valued at any sum between s3o
and $5”.
The robbery was not discovered un-
til this morning when the store was
opened. It was reported to-the police
1 and the detectives detailed on tho
i case but up to the present time have
been unable to find any trace of the
; thieves or the plunder.
The only clue left by the thieves is
a foot print of a barefoot boy in the
dust on one of the rear window sills.
The impression is very clear.
The cash register contained $5.15.
The thieves did not break the register.
Instead they rang up $20.05 and open
ed the customary manner for which
Mrs. Moos is thankful. Probably the
most valuable articles stolen were $lO
worth of fountain pens.
GRAVE CHARGE
MADE JBY GIRL
F. Dor.' a middle aged man. waived
examination today before Justice Fisk
anti h’s bail was fixed at $15"” on the
cbargv of attempting to asaault Stella
Braun. 7 years of age daughter of E.
Brann. 25 Probaudt street
The attempt is alleged to havo OC-
(curred Sunday night
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