The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 223, Ed. 1 Monday, October 9, 1882 Page: 1 of 4
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Vol. II No. 223
BJLRGJLTWS!
GRESETS ALAMO STORE
FALL AND WINTER
CLOTHING
In Job lots or at retail at extremely
HATS. BOOTS. SHOES
Below Cost !
Fine assortment of CLOTHS and
JEANS at lowest figures. Also a
BEAUTIFUL lot of GENUINE
French Silks
At prices that will astonish the ladies.
Delaines & Brocaded Dress Goods
Chea|ier than anywhere.
fflM RED FLANNELS
AT COST.
Grocery Department
Will be kept up to its FULL standard
' with the
MsFustet Jerttafe
Constantly on Hand.
Lot on Commerce street and house on Main
plaza; also two residences for sale. Apply to
JOSEPH E. DWYER
'OLIVE BRANCH"
THEATRE.
MAIN STREET LAREDO TEXAS.
P.S. Hatxock
Harry DeVere -
OPEN EVERY NIGHT !
NEW FACES EVERY WEEK!
One of the Finest Theatres
IN THE SOUTH.
Balcony Serenade Every Evening- by our
Excelsior Bund.
FIRST - CLASS ARTISTS 1
Cnn always secure dates by addressing- the
Manager.
Address to Wool Growers
We the undersigned committee appointed
by the wool growers and wool merchants as-
sembled in San Antonio to draft an address
to the wool growers of the tenth congressional
district on the tariff views of candidates for
congressional honors:
Having listened to the speech of Hon. John
Hancock and having subsequently inter-
viewed him and heard him express his senti-
ments have no hesitation in saying that his
tariff sentiments are adverse to our interests.
We urge that sheepmen and their friends
use their power at the ballot b< x to defeat his
election not for political reasons but for our
own protection and the good of the country.
The pledge made by the wool growers* as-
sociation binds us to oppose any candidate
who does not favor protection. This pledge
reads :
“Resolved—That we the wool growers of
Texas in convention here assembled do sol-
emnly pledge ourselves to one another and to
the people of the United States not to support
any man for office in the national legislature
who does not emphatically and in good faith
advocate protection of the wool growing inter-
est against foreign importation.’’
' And we think this should express the senti-
ments of every wool grower in the state.
O. S NxwibU
The Evening Light.
—AT
low figures.
AT A Nil
Executor.
- - Proprietor
- Munager.
Dr. Henry Sfohn
Dr Thor. Kernry
T. H. Zanderson
J. C. Evans
D J. Crouch
H. N. Dimick
11. Bundy
Committee.
HANCOCK ARRAIGNED.
An Independent Mass Meeting on Main
Square.
Judge A. J. Evans and Gov. Davit Make
Speeches.
An impromptu independent meeting was
gotten up on last Saturday night. The recent
appearance of Hancock and Lubbock had
aroused all our good citizens to a feeling of
disgust and indignation and they were anxious
to hear Hancock discussed from an indepen-
dent standpoint.
Judge A. J. Evans was induced to speak
and the manner in which he discharged his
task fully met the public expetation.
A torch-light procession had been suggest-
ed but from some misunderstanding about the
torches it was abandoned.
An immense crowd of men gathered in front
of the speaker’s stand and occupied the side-
walks and galleries of the adjoining houses
by far the largest audience that has turned out
this campaign.
Judge Evans was introduced by Jno. R.
Shook Esq. and proceeded to arraign John
Hancock as an ancient know-nothing a hater
of foreigners and Roman Catholics. Judge
Evans appeared as a living witness to this
part of Hancock’s record detailing circum-
stantially his position upon this question when
he (1 lancock) was the candidate of the know-
nothing party against Bell in 1854.
Judge Evans then followed the political
record of Hancock down to the breaking
out of the war and challenged his de-
mocracy proving that he had never up
to that time made a record as a
consistent or even ordinary democrat but that
he was a whig in anything. When
the war was over Hancock appeared on the
scene as a democrat but a very reluctant one.
General Hamilton was taken by the hand by
Mr. Lincoln and that made Hancock mad
and he then sought the favor of the democra-
cy but if he was a good democrat in 1866 why
didn’t the democracy select him instead of
Oran. .Roberts to represent them in the U. S.
senate? In fact the democracy had no faith
in Hancock. But finally they picked him
up to use him as a tool to overcome the con-
servative sentiment of the 6th congressional
district and he was elected over Mr. Degen-
er. But getting into congress he made him-
self famous by voting for the back salary grab.
Hancock had asserted that federal gold would
be used to carry this election. Who loved
federal gold better than he did when he voted
himself $2500 back salary?
When you want a man’s character you seek
for the evidence among his neighbors—at his
home. Hancock’s neighbors had voted
against him and George Washington Jones
had beaten him 700 majority in Travis county.
If his neighbors wont have him why should
other people run the risk of favoring him ?
Hancock had a good deal to say against
monopolists and capitalists but he had failed
to tell the people of San Antonio of his share
in the Sun Antonio Mexican Gulf bond steal
in which he had laid back and pocketed some
$34000 of the money of the people of this
city for which they had never seen the rap
ping of a finger.
Hancock as a disgusted and played-out
democratic politician was duly pictured to the
delight of the crowd. Then the manner of
his nomination at Austin in which Judge
Upson was juggled out of the nomination
after being assured there was no opposition.
Maj. Tom. Breckenridge was accredited with
being at the bottom of the plot to defraud
Upson in the hope of coming in as a dark
horse; but Hancock was nominated. Judge
Evans charged that money had been used tn
the manipulation of the outside counties
against Upson and proved that Hancock was
not now the choice of the democracy. He also
revived Hancock's declaration in June last
that he was not in accord with the democracy
showing that Hancock was again the tool of
designing men and being himself a designing
man he had no claim upon the honest men of
any party or upon the people and had proven
himself to be the meanest of all the aspirants
for office and the only one that could be used
as a tool to juggle Upson out of his place.
Hancock’s persistent and office
seeking was well illustrated by the statement
that he had spent four years in congress and
nine years trying to get there.
Judge Evans addressed himself to Han-
cock’s untenable views and statements regard-
ing the tariff completely over-throwing his
position and showing him up as either ignor-
ant of his subject or purposely falsifying the
facts.
Lubbock came in for a few remarks and
his connection wi’h the transactions of smug-
gling the U. S bonds in the state treasury be-
longing to the school fund during the war to
England then his cotton card speculation was
cited as an appropriate illus’ration of the kind
of man he was then had the cheek to go
about the country talking about Gov. Davis
fudge Evans’ speech was replete with anec
dotes and apt illustrations and the crowd re-
mained motionless for three hours during its
delivery.
At the conclusion of Judge Evans’ speech
Gov. Davis was pa|led fqr apd fip'ng on the
ground came forward- The governor said he
did not propose to detain them with a speech
as he had already addressed the people of this
city at length on the issues of the canvass but
he wished to allude to the statements made
by his opponent in his speech to the people
the other night that there had been one
million and a half of dollars col-
lected at Washington to be used
in buying up votes and intimating that it was
intended to buy up the democrats Th* gov-
ernor considered this * slander an 'he demo-
crats but still his opponent had made (h|s
charge and intimated that it might cause a
stampede into the republican ranks he wou'd
remark in the interest of a little healthy op-
position that not a dollar had been sent from
Washington to this state for electioneeiing
purposes and if there were any democrats for
sale as intimated by Judge Hancock we had
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS MONDA Y OCTOBER 9 1882.
no money to buy them but Ke did not believe
the insinuation justifiable. The governor also
took occasion to reply to a statement made by
Lubbock that he Davis had drawn pay as a
judge for the time he was in the service of the
government as a colonel. He did not hear
this statement but had been told that Lub-
bock had made it When the war broke out
he had refused to take the 04th of allegiance
to the southern confederacy. His office was
declared vacant but he simply stood aside
and afterwards learning of his intended arrest
left the state and on the 6th of October 1862
accepted a commission as colonel in the fed-
eral army and served until the war was over.
In 1866 the ordinance of secession was de-
clared null and void and the salary of Sam
Houston as governor was voted to his heirs
and he as a legal officer of the state came for-
ward and got his salary as judge for the time
he was entitled to it as he had not been dis-
placed by any recognized authority and did
not vacate until he became a colonel in the
army which vacates his office. Judge Duval
drew his pay as Federal Judge during the
time of the confedrote suspension and the
right to his Davis’ salary had been recog-
nized by the acts of the state government un-
der Throckmorton. We regret that we did
not have a reporter on the stand to secure the
governor’s remarks as they were very well
put; he also spoke of the abuse being heaped
upon him and that the bottom would drop out
of the campaign if he should cease to exist
but he had become used to being abused and
did not propose now to be drawn into an
angry discussion but to remain good-natured
to the end of the campaign.
Upon the request of the wool growers the
governor read the address which condemns
Hancock’s tariff views.
The governor’s remarks were enthusiastic-
ally received and the large crowd dissolved
in the best of humor and a settled conviction
that Hancock’s goose is cooked.
Rav. Young on PiatoU.
Quite a good sized audience was at the
Soledad street M. E. church last night to hear
Rev. W. J. Young talk about pistol carrying
and shooting. He took for his text the 39th
verse of the fifth chapter of Mathew. The
following is a synopsis of his remarks: “We
have been shocked during the past year of
the rapidly growing evil in our midst of pistol
carry.ng and shooting. lam glad to see that
the people are becoming aroused and alarmed
at ’his dreadful fact and that our daily press
is calling attention to and condemning this
great growing evil. Men are too quick to re-
sent an imaginary offense and pull a pistol
and shoot on the slightest provocation.’’ Re-
ferred to the law of self defense as inter-
preted from a sciiptural standpoint “We
may act linerally but at the same time violate
its real and true teaching*.’’
He said: “The law of self-defense cannot
be changed because God has implanted the
principle in the heart of all human beings—
even the animals and brute creation have been
given some power of self-protection and de
tense. God gave us this life to defend and it
is our duty to defend it but it is our duty to
avoid danger aud ward off same when life is
in danger. But tips defense does not mean
resentment and that we are to resent every
little .imaginary danger. Pride and fear of
public opinion and a desire for vengance is
the cause of many of our crimes. A man is a
coward who will accept challenge to fight and
resent every hide imaginary wrong and he is
brave who can refuse and frown down public
opinion Victory does not always prove our
innocence. Virtue often gets her greatest
power by crucifixion. [Here he referred to
Christ as an example]. A true gentleman he
said can always command respect and esteem
even among the roughest and vilest of men.
If you have been slandered prove to the world
it is slander by the purity of your ac ions. He
again called attention to the evil practice of
pistol carrying in this community and ap-
pealed to his hearers to take Christ for exam-
ple and we will become better men.’’
SCHOOL REPQHT
A Flattering Showing for the Past Mouth.
San Antonio Texas I
October 3rd 1882. j
To the Hon Mayur and School Board.
Gents.-— I have the honor to submit an ab-
stract of my consolidated report of the public
schools for the month of September as
follows:
Total enrollment of white pnpi'ts 1492
“ “ “ colored “ 328
Grand t0ta1...... ...... I8"Q
Total ave-age belonging white pupils. 1327.3
“ “ “ colored “ ....297.0
Grand total >624.3
Total average d?'ly attendance white
pupils 1213 4
Total average daily attendance colored
pupils ~ 245 o
Gram] tola] 1458.4
Visits of supe. intendent as reported
by teachers 131
submitted
W. C. Rote
Superintendent of Schools.
The fact is familiar to all that an ordinary
envelope may 1 eaddy be opened by moistening
the paper over the gum alter which operation
if done neatly the contvqt* may be noted and
the mhsive again scaled and sent to its des-
tination A perfect salety envelope however
—not one admitting of any manipulation —
may it is sajd be secured by treating that
part of the paper covered by the fl ip with a
solution of chromic acid ammonia sulphuric
acid sulphate <4 copper and tine white paper
The flap itself is coated with a solution of
isinglass in acetic acid and when this is moist-
ened and pressed d >wn on the inner side of
the envelope a solid cement is formed inso-
luble in ecids steam water etc.
LOCAL PERSONALS.
Gcmhlp About the Hotel Corridors and a List
of Recent Arrivals.
Mr. R. J. Lauterdale an Atascosa cattle
man is in the city.
Mr. Francisco I.aGrange of Eagle Pass
paid the Light office a call this m irning.
The “Little Joker” left for his home in
Baltimore to-day.
Dr. Heidingsfelder of Houston is in our
city on a professional visit.
Rabbi A. Blum of Galveston a very popu-
lar gentleman is visiting our city and officiat-
ed at the circumcision ceremony of a son of
Mr. S. Deutsch yesterday.
F Algria R Coindria L Marcaso Laredo
Mex; J R II Cariner W H Platt J M Gault
Fred Semi J Struthers N Y; Thos Code W
H Burgess Seguin; J W Smith Little Rock;
C Edmundson Jas A Muer Austin; G N Al-
len Weimer; M F Corbett Ft Stockton; Jas
McLymont Brackett; J C Lyons ir. NO; A
J Bhuner and wife Sabinal; W W Daugherty
U b army; J W Edmundson A Heger wile
and son W E Calh >un and wife Miss A A
Dunnovant Galveston; G F Field C E Bos-
worth Boston S Sanchez two daughters and
two boys Nuevo Laredo; H Peel Pearsall:
Jas Lingan NO; C R Fletcher Boston; S J
Arnold Montel Tex; S A Wolcott Laredo;
E O Muesebach J W Orr Tex; C S West
Austin; J G Barbee Crockett Joseph Coreth •
Marion are at the Menger.
Im proving
We are informed that Mr. Babcock of Lar-
edo who is confined at the Hord hotel is not
crazy as has-been stated but is improving and
will be glad to see any of his friends. Dr.
Graves is attending to him.
Sickness.
There is a good deal of sickness reported in
the city.
Mr. H. Ryder-Taylor is confined to his bed
with fever and soar throat.
A child of Mr. Herman Heiligman has the
diphtheria.
Turner Hall.
“Singvoegelchen” a cne-act play was ren-
dered at Turner hall last night followed up
with the first act of “Traviata” Mad. Rosetti
and husband taking the leading part in both
pieces. The audience was not large but ap-
prieciated both performances. The constant
applause of those present showed the refresh-
ing effect of classic music by a well-drilled
voice in legitimate opera. ‘‘Traviata” is full
of musical beauties ; its Brindisi unsurpassed.
The wholt opera should be £lven this com’ng
season by our amateurs.
A Row
A row occurred at the Revolving Light sa-
loon about 2 o’clock to-day. One man had
his head cut pretty badly. The injured man
was taken to Thompson’s bookstore and was
reated by :he doctors. The assaulting party
was arrested.
Re-Ln ion Grewu'a Hrixade.
The Tom Green Brigade Association com-
posed of 'he fourth filth and seventh Wal-
ler's Baylor’s and Pyrm’s regiments the e -
tillery commands attached to the brigade and
all the soldiers who seized in Atizona end
New Mexico in 1861 and 1862 are requested
to meet in re-union at Aust : n Texas on the
19th of October 1882.
Wm. P. Hardeman
President Assof'V Km.
J. G. Rankin Secretary.
PvtihN linings.
William Ashley was buried yesterday after-
noon. He was gcnera'ly we' l liked and his
funeral was largely attended. He died from
heart disease.
Mr. Toepperwein the well known gun-
smith died last night it is said from a surgi-
cal operation add an overdose of morphine.
He had been in bad heilth for some tinm.
Real Estate
O. A. and T. A.. Washington to Wm. Kear-
ny interest in undivided one-tbird of 75 acres
about one mile north of Main phza oa the
west bank of the San Antonio river bounded
east by property of Abai and west by property
of McNutt; Consideration $250.
F. A. and Mary Umscheid to F. J. Uw-
scheid lot fronting 20 varas on Alamo street
in LaVillita and bounded east ’ >y Alamo ditch;
consideration $3 uoo.
F. |. Umscheid to F. A. Umscheid lot
fronting ?© Vaias on Alamo street bounded
east by'Alamo ditch; consideration $3000
Mary Menger et al to Henry Kcbterhof
306% acres out of upper half of smvey No. 52
in sec. 4on Calaveras ereek about 9 miles
southeast qf Sall Antonio; consideration
$130).
J a*. M. Van Riper and wife to Jacob Wald-
schmidt 80 acies out of the John Coker head-
light survey on the watersol i'’u Salado creek
about 8 miles from the iity of San Antonio;
consideration Jlooo.
Jacob Waidschmidt to James C. Duncan Sb
acres out of the John Coker headright survey
on the waters of the Salado creek about 8
miles north of the city of San Antonio; con-
sideration SiOQO.
John H James to W. Prescott lots Nos. 6
7 8 and 9 in block No. 12 in the J. L. True-
heart additii non the west ide of River ave.;
consideration $350.
Mary A. Maveiick to Barbara Guehnng lot
D in block 33 east of Alamo ditch 25 by 75
varas; consiJeiation $725.
Heirs of Geo. and Anna M. Reinhardt to
Anna Maria Theis undivided half of 52 acres
out of division No. iq of;he M. J. »lv»-ez
league on Salado creek; consideration $450.
IO Cents a Week
Military Orders.
Headquarters Department of Texas )
San Antonio Oct. 6 1882. J
Nimcial Orders No. 110.
Pursuant to instructions from the Lieutenant
General dated 3rd instant Colonel 1 )ohn Gib-
bon 7th Infantry will return to Fort Snelling
Minnesota.
The travel is necessary for public service.
Second Lieutenant William Lassetter 16th
Infantry having reported at these headquar-
ters under the requirements of Orders No.
>73 September 1882 from Fort Concho
1 exas will return to his station in charge of
certain public transportation.
Recruit William E. Watts enlisted by the
recruiting officer at Fort Concho Texas is as-
signed to company A 16th Infantry.
A General Court-Martial is appointed to
meet at Fort Concho Texas on the 13th day
of October 1082 al 10 o’clock a m or as
soon thereafter as practicable for the the trial
of such prisoners as may be brought before it.
DETAIL FOR THECOUKT.
1. Major C. B. McLellan 10th cavalry.
2. Captain D. M. Vance 16th infantry.
3. Captain C. E. Morse 16th infantry.
4. Captain W. B Kennedy 10th cavalry.
5 Captain J. M. Kelley 10th cavalry.
6. First Lieutenant W. H. Vinal adjutant
16th infantry.
7. First Lieutenant L. P. Hunt 10th
cavalry.
8. Secondd Lieutenant J. W. Watson 10th
cavalry.
9. Second Lieutenant J. B. McDonald
10th cavalry.
Second Lieutenant R. R. Steedman 16th
infantry judge advocate.
A greater number of officers than those
named cannot be assembled without manifest
injury to the service.
Assistant Surgeon L. S. Tesson U. S.
army haying reported at these headquarters
in compliance with paragraph X Special Or-
ders No. 126 and paragraph IX Special Or-
ders No. 145 current series from the adju-
tant general’s office will report to the com-
manding officer Fou Clark Texas for duty.
The travel is necessary for the public
service.
Corporal W. W. Conley company A 19th.
infantry is relieved from extra duty in connec-
tion with the United States military telegraph.
The Commanding officer at Fort Mclntosh
Texas will forward him to his company with
the first passing detachment.
Sergeant J. A. Ogle company E 16th in-
fantry is detailed on extra duly in connection
with the United States military telegraph and
will report by telegraph to the signal officer
at these headquarters for duty.
It is understood that 'he extra duty pay will
be paid from the funds of the signal service.
By order of Brigadier Genera! Augur.
Thomas M. Vincent
Adjutant General.
—This morning a workman on the new
building on Alamo plaza threw a large rope
from the top of the building down to the side-
walk which just missed the head of a lady
passing about one foot. Had it struck her
serious injury would likely have resulted.
Those men should be more careful.
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
PRESIDENT TRAVELING FOR HIS HEALTH.
Washington October 6.—lt is announced
that President Arthur will leave Alexander
Bay to-morrow for New York. Some of the
most intimate friends of the President it is
said regret that he is not content to remain
in his present seclusion a few weeks longer.
If a report which is just beginning to reach
the public is correct the president is threat-
ened wi’h a somewhat serious kidney dis-
order which may develop into something
alarming if he docs not take the necessary care
of himself. Mental worry and luxurious living
aggravate Ine disorder. What the president
needs il is said is quiet and rest for a reason-
able time. It seems that in going to Alexan-
der Bay he followed the advice of Dr. Marion
Sims the celebrated New York physician
who it is said stated to the president that
quiet and rest were absolutely necessary for
him.
CHINESE QUESTION-INTEHPKETATIUN OF THE
LAW OFCONGKESS.
Washington October 7.—The Treasury De-
dartment decided to act in accordance with the
decision of the Circuit Court at San Francisco
relative to the right of Chinese subjects to visit
the United States under the recent act of Con-
gress. This decision was substantially that
the statute must be made to harmonize with
the Chinese treaty and that the law cannot be
construed as forbidding the landing of mer-
chants travellers students etc. they not be-
ing laborers.
FEVER RAGING—SIXTY-FOUR NEW CASES YES-
TKRDAY.
Ncw Orleans October 7. —A Picayune Pto-
sacola special reports sixty-four new casesand
two deaths. Total cases 1175; deaths 105.
Half of the most recent cases of fever are of
colored persons and complaints of destitution
from these people are very numerous and cow-
stuntly increasing. Every possible attention
has been shown them by relief associations
and physicians all have responded promptly to
their calls.
THE LAST SPIKE.
Atlanta. Ga. October 7. —The last spike in
the Rome extension of ihe East Tennessee
Virginia anil Georgia railway was driven by
Henry Grady to-day with appropriate cere-
monies. I his completes the link between
Rome and Macon and trains will run through
on Mouday.
ALICE OATES ATTACHED.
New York October 7. — In an action
brought in the supreme court bv Jas. A. Blan-
chard against A’ice Oates otherwise known
as Alice Watkins an actress to recover
$2500 for proiessiooal ervices attachment
was issued agamst her property in this state
which consisted of jewelry as she i> a uon-
residcut.
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