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San Antonio Daily Light.
Volume Xl—Number 221
Lotkwj National
BANK.
SAN ANTONIO ; : : - TEXAS.
J. S. Lockwood Pres. J Muir Cashier.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
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J. B. DAY Manager
Southwestern dept. San Antonio Texas
AMUSEMENTS.
RiBch6's H °SS Theatre
The popular he use at popular prices.
-- ONE WEEK - -
Commencing Monday September 28
American Ladies Orchestra Brass
Band and Ccmic Opera Compauy.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Friday Saturday and Sunday Oct. 2
3 and 4 Matinee Saturday
afternoon
Will be presente t
BOBBY GAYLOR
—AS—-
“Sport McAllister”
—IN—
"ONE OF THE 400”
Fun fast end furious from the rise to the fall of
the curtain! A comedy having the endorse
ment of the entire Northern and Eastern Press.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Monday and Tuesday October
sth and 6th
Engagement of the popular young South-
ern Star
EDWIN ARDEN
In his admirable Southern Drama
“Night and Morning.”
One of the greatest successes of the sea-
son. A great actor and a great play.
A Souvenir—Photo gravure j o traits
of Mr. Edwin Arden will be presented
to every lady attending these perfor-
mances.
Auction! Auction!!
The large stock of Jewelery Watches
Diamonds Fancy Goods etc. Show
Cases Fixtures Safe etc. will be sold
at public out cry commencing Thurs-
day October ist at io a. m. This is the
bankrupt stock of Samuels & Rosenman
and will be sold regardless of price. It
will pav you to call and examine
the stock if you want anything in tha
line.
Don't forget the day and date Thurs-
day October ist at io a. m.
J. A. H. EOSACK Auctioneer.
Personal Mention.
A. Joseph and son are in the city
from Eagle Paes to spend the Hebrew
holiday.
Dr. J. M. Peebles has returned from
New Jersey.
Miss Rose Bates of Lexington Ky.
arrived in the Alamo City after a
lengthy visit to the Pacific coast and
will be the guest of her cousin Mrs
R. A. Holland while In our m'det.
The Crystal Saloon.
Has been purchased bv Messrs. Bam
Berliner and Richard Tommins who
now have a force of men at work
cleaning up and putting the same in
shape for the grand reopening to take
place on the Bth of this month. All
their friends and the public are cor-
dially invited to remember the date
and be on hard. It
Auction Sale
One fine piano canopy top buggy
one new set of double harness walnut
bedroom set and complete line o:
household goods will be sold at auc-
tion at 10 a. in. Monday October 5
at 527 North Flores street.
It Hosack & Co. Auctioneers.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO. BEXAR COUNTY. TEXAS AND REGISTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
LATE TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESSIDISPATCHES
AND STATE SPECIALS.
UP TO THE TIMEOF GOINGTO PRESS
Special to the San Antonio Light.]
Columbus Tex. Oct. 3.—The ha-
beas corpus trial for bail of Joe
Blaine who is charged with the mur-
der of Clark Barber in Gonzales
Texas on August 21st was called for
trial here this morning before the
Hon. Judge Geo. McCormics.
Mattoon 111. Oct. 3.—A switch
engine in the Big Four yard ran over
two tramps last night decapitating
one and cutting both arms off the
other.
Philadelphia Oct. 3.—A1l sales-
women and cash girls in the Wanna-
maker store appeared in black yester-
day pursuant to an order to discard
gay attire.
Vienna. Oct. 3—The Presse of this
city publishes a rumor that the Arch-
duke Carl Ludwig who upon the
death of the Emperor’s son crown
Prince Rudolph became the heir
presumptive to the throne of Austria-
Hungary is about 11 resign his title
of heirship in favor of his eon the
Archduke Franz.
Ottawa Ont. Oct. 3—Sir John
Thomson Minister of Justice and
Hon G. E. Fostor. Minister of Cus-
toms will represent the Dominion
government at the reciprocity confer-
ance to be held ot Washington on
the 12th instant if the conference
is not posponed.
New York Oct. 3.—A refugee
Catholic priest writing of the capture
of Valparaiso by the insurgents says
the grossest outrages and murders
were committed by the rebels who
in many ins rnces after killing the
victims burned the bodies and
women participated in the orgies.
Paris Oct. 3.—The government is
being urged to grant amnesty to Bou-
langists now that the leader is dead.
The revolutionists have issued a man-
ifesto declaring an intention to con-
tinue Boulanger's work.
St. Paul Minn. Oct. 3.—The
Supreme court of Minnesota reversed
the decision of the lower courts and
filed a decision finding dealing in
grain futures illegal and void.
Washington Oct. 3.—The first
payment on the sugar bounty was
made to the Chino Valley Sugar com
pany Chino California on 340C00
pounds of beet sugar amounting to
$6300.
Chicago Oct. 3—President Stuy-
vesant Fish issued a circular to-day
announcing that the office of the
Illinois Central Railroad isab< 11 bed.
C. A. Beck who has served the com-
any in that capacity since the retire-
ment of E T. Jeffry will continue to
perform the duties of the office but
with the title of assistant second
vice president.
San Francisco Oct. 3 —At a mass
meeting of citizens held last night to
take action on the recent decision of
Superior Judge Murphy on the ille-
gality of the present grand jury a
resolution denouncing the conduct of
the judge as contrary to law and that
he bad arrayed himself on the side of
the corrupt element of the city was
adopted.
Non Political Nominations.
E. DOMNAU
Chicago Oct. 3—The Republican
Coupty Convention met to day and
indorsed the non-partisan ticket for
Superior Court judges: Jonas Hut
chinson and Judge Brentono. For
drainage trustees. William Balden-
weck and Bernard Eckharc were nom-
minated and O T. Bright was
named for county superintendent of
schools.
Buenos Ayres. Oct 3—The govern-
ment has issued a decree the sub-
stance of which is the issuance of a
forced currency and fixing the prem-
ium on gold at 1.50 per cent. The
government has also suspended pay-
ment in gold for two years. In addi-
tion a new monetary unit has been
adopted composed of a fixed amount
of silver and nickel. The money is
now being coined. A committee has
reported favorbly on She issue of $4-
.500000 in paper piastres and upon
the establishment of a national Ar-
gentine bank.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SATURDAY OCTOBER 3 1891
<loe Blaine on Trial.
A Tramp Killer.
Pious John's Latest.
A King Prospective
Reciprocal» y Con fevence.
Bloody Bebels.
Will Continue His Work
Supreme Court Ruling.
First Sugar Bounty.
No Superintendent Goes.
Condemn the Judge
Currency Inflated
MINOR TELEGRAMS.
Kingston N. Y. Oct. 3.—Ulster
County Savings bank closed. Treas-
urer and assistant stole $463000. Both
caught.
Capital News.
WashingtonOct. 3.- Justice Field
of the United States supreme court
requests Associate Justice Harlan to
hear the suit of the United States
against the Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific roads and Western
Union Telegraph company. Justice
Harlan will hear the case at any time
designated in October November and
December in Washington.
By royal decree to the Gov.-General
of Cuba privileges granted to United
States by the reciprocity commercial
arrangement between Spain and the
Unitod States will also be granted to
all nations having the favored nation
clause as long as said treaties are in
operation.
All except the treaty with Sweden
will expire February next and after
that the United States only will enjoy
the privilege of the arrangement.
A letter from an officer on hoard the
revenue cutter Rush at Ownalaska is
learned few sealing vessels were seen
in Behring sea.
The season is drawing to a close.
The last seizure was made by the
Mohican of the British schooner Otto
which had been in the sea nine days
with a party of newspaper correspon-
dents aboard. The Corwin seized
two. Rush one and Mohican one. The
Rush and Bear will remain in these
waters until December first.
The Porpoise returned to China and
Moh en goes to Yoko Homa. The
bodies of four men from the Bear lost
in the swamping of a boat last June
were recovered and buried.
Slugger Coming.
New York Oct. 3.—Peter Maben
heavyweight champion of England
left Queenstown yesterday on the
City of Paris for New York. On ar-
rival he will challenge heavy weights
of this country Including Corbett and
Fitzsimmons.
Combination Roads.
St. Petersburg Oct. 3.—Six hun-
dred versts of military roads have
been completed in Vita Grodno
Kovno and Maghileff and are so con-
structed that they can be quickly
converted into military railroads.
Will It Work
Berlin Oct. 3 —All foreign insur-
ance companies in Pi ussia are ordered
to Invest one half their net ini ome in
Prussian consuls which cannot be
negotiated without the consent of the
minister of interior. This is intended
to give insurers a legal guarantee
but may be taken advantage of by
doubtful companies to create false
security and for advertising.
Wound up the Concern.
Boston Oit. 3—Judge Bishop of
the Supreme Court yesterday ap-
pointed Joseph J. Bennett receiver of
the Golden Grail. This is the third
of the Massachusetts endowment
companies to be wound up in the
courts
Frozen out ar Cleveland.
Columbus 0. Oct. 3—The Arctic
Machine Manufacturing Company of
Cleveland made an assignment yes-
torday. The liabilities are not given
but it is said that they will extond
the assets by $100003.
Gives Security for Damage
MadridOct. 3—The judge who has
been inqu’ring into the cause of the
Burgos railroad disaster has issued
an order compelling the Northern
Railroad Company to put up the sura
of S4COCC3 as security for damages
claimed by those who suffered injury
and by the relatives of those who
lost their lives through that acci-
dent.
A photograph recently reproduced
in the Northwestern Lumberman
showed a redwood plank of extroar-
dinary size measuring 16 feets inches
in width by 12 feet 9 inches in length
and 5 inches in thickness. It was cut
from a tree 35 feet in diameter and 3 0
feet tall being hewn out of a stump
after the tree was cut at about 28 feet
above the ground. A locomotive at-
tached to a block and tackle was
needed to lower it and two men were
occupied for a month in roughly pre-
paring it for shipment. The price of
this labor added to the cost of trans-
portation amounted to some $3000
after the plank had been taken by
water to San Francisco. The tree
stood in Humboldt county. California
and the plank alter being exhibited
in various cities will probably be a
feature of the World’s Fair in Chica-
go. A specially constructed car is
required for its transportation.
VENDOR'S LIEN NOTES.
If you want to invest money on in-
terest I will sell you some notes se-
cured by vendor’s lien on improved
or unimproved properties.
9-5-tf Reagan Houston Assignee.
LATE TELEGRAMS-
BOILED DOWN FROM PRIVATE
SPECIAL AND OTHER SOURCES.
Paris Texas has 94 jail birds.
Several photographs of Boulanger’s
corpse were taken.
The Irish National league is split
over indorsement of Parnell.
San Augustine county scores her
ninth murder within a few mouths.
Threadgill jeweler and Bell gen-
eral merchant assign at Brenham.
W. Bussom. leading farmer near
Abilene killed by runaway team.
Melbourne brings down ra'n and
snow at Goodland Ke.
Contract closed with Huntington
for the Llano extension from Austin.
Rolls of McLellan Co. show $2300-
f JO increase in taxable values.
Masonic comity is mooted between
Texas and Mexican Grand lodges.
Riddle & Co. of Waco will fatten
2023 beeves at Belton this winter.
Reciprocity negotiations with Mexi-
c > are rapidly progressing.
H. Torrey is appointed postmaster
at San Patricio.
Wheat declines 1 cent corn advan-
ces 2 cents and oats 118 cents.
A. B. Turner & Bro. Boston bank-
ers fail for $350000.
Another fire at Dallas 934 936 938
Elm street.
Fifteen men drowned by vessels
cast ashore on Newfoundland coast.
Beeville is over-run with hoodlums
who make night hideous with yelling
and shooting.
Estimates of state valuation over
last assessment Ie placed at $70-
030000.
Three men severely flogged in To-
ronto Canada jail for outiaging a
girl.
Sam HarrisAmerican is son-in-law
of King Tokorai and his prime minis-
ter in the Paumoto Islands.
W. VV. Harrington and wife mar-
ried Aug. 9 are in the Dallas divorce
court.
Reciprocity conference with Canada
postponed on accouut of Blaine’s
health.
Sherman’s water supply to private
customers Is cut off. there being bare-
ly enough for fire purposes.
Heavy rains in North Texas and
Indian Territory delay mails and
make trainmen tired.
Atascosa county reports corn two-
tbirds of a crop and cotton much bet-
ter than estimated six weeks ago.
Travis county complains of too
much rain for cotton and bolls sprout-
ing.
Win. Brueggerhoff resigns as coun-
ty attorney of Karnes county and W.
A. Little is appointed in bls place.
Cotton from southern part of Wflson
county is coming into Karnes City
quite rapidly.
Beeville records a second murder
tbat of a Mexican in a dance house
by negroes firing into the house.
Beeville’s school election knocked
out for want of legal notice being
given.
Cotton recepts at all ports to date
this>eason 735042 bales against 782-
853 last season.
Michael V. Gannon of Omaha suc-
ceeds Fitzgerald as president Irish
American league.
Dun reports a reaction in the stock
market but none in the business of
the country.
The speculative tendency in grain
market is restrained but farmers
realize well on crops.
Will Black behind the bars at An-
derson for firing Lebec’s gin and
feider house and stealing $2O.
It has been snowing and drifting at
Deer Lodge Mon. for 48 hours. Snow
three feet deep.
Over 4000 people were packed into
Tyneside theater Newcastle to hear
Gladstone.
Untversliy Opened.
San Francisco Oct. 3—The Le-
land Standford Jr. University at
Palo Alto Cal. was opened yester-
day with imposing ceremonies. For
some days past examinations have
been in progress and several hund-
red students have been in attendance.
All the students and the faculty
participated in the opening.
No Famine Talk Goes.
St. PeTetburg Oct. 3—A govern-
ment circular has agaiu been issued
forbidding press allusions to a famine
in consequence of articles proposing
an income tax to relieve overburdened
peasants. Private letters give heart-
rending occounts of the distress among
the people especially in Ranzan Ka-
mara and Nijnij-Novogorod. Deaths
are so numerous that many people are
buried without religeous rites. The
tribunals dismiss charges of robbery
of bakeries.
—Justice Adam has 54 felonies. 16
misdemeanors and 28 inquests since
the adjournment of the grand jury in
June to report to the next grand jury.
PRICE $5 a Year
Editorial Correspondence-
WHAT VELASCO IS TODAY.
A City Three Months Old With 1-
500 Souls—Hotels Offices Rail-
ways Wharves and Parks.
Eighteen Feet of Water
Secured and *2O Feet
Sure—The Heal Es-
tate Gold Mine
of Texas. Etc.
Daily Light:
The new hotel at Velasco is open and
those who come down to the seaport to do
business are no longer compelled to huddle
in tents or to make trips to and from
Quintana in order to secure bed and
board with great uncertainty of either.
The “Velasco” is one of the finest hotels
in the south. A magnificent four-story
building fronting the Gulf of Mexico on
three sides most substantially construct-
ed and provided with all the modern
electric appliances baths elevators etc.
No hotel in the country is under better
management and as it is run not merely
for profit but for the genuine accomoda-
tion of those who come to Velasco to do
business it can be depended upon to pro-
vide every possible comfort for its guests.
The opening ot this hotel marks an era in
the history of the seaport and it is not out
of place to consider just what has been
done here to date in the way of making a
deep water port. And first nothing has
been done in the way of land speculation.
While it Is true that opportunities for
making money in the legitimate advance
of real estate are greater at Velasco to-
day than in any other city in the United*
States it is equally true that the syndi-
catecontrolling her lands has not as yet
put its property fairly upon the market
and no attempt has been made to sell.
This fact is of immense importance to
those who desire to operate in real estate
here and equally so to those who desire
to enter legitimate trade and do their
share of the vast business so soon to be
transacted at this seaoort.
what has been actually donk.
The syndicate known as the Brazos
River Channel and Dock Company was
organized to secure deep water at the
mouth of the Brazos river. This object
they have kept steadily in view and it nas
not only dominated all others but has
been for two years their sole endeavor.
THIS WORK THEY’ HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
The charter obtained from the con-
gress of the United States under which
this work has been prosecuted called for
eighteen feet of water and steamers
drawing eighteen feet of water can now
come and go over the bar at all stages of
water. The jetties are complete for all
practical purposes. The stone and con-
crete capping necessary to preserve the
works from injury during heavy storms
is not all in place and will not be forsev-
erel weeks to come as this work cannot
be advanced in stormy weather but a
large force is at work and will be until
the last stone is in place. The jetties
then are practically completed and give
now eighteen feet on the bar which will
be increased to twenty as soon as the first
rise comes down the river. The stun of
one million eight hundred thousand dol-
lars (*1800000) was expended here before
a lot was laid out on the site of the pres-
ent port.
It is barely three months since the sur-
veyor's levels were run for the platting of
Velasco. It was then a beautiful live oak
grove on the east bank of the Brazos four
miles from its mouth. It is now a place
of fifteen hundred population with a
magnificent four story hotel containing
161 rooms: There are two brick yards
turningout brick and threeot hers prepar-
ing to do so: There are three lumber yards
doing a heavy business and two others
locating: There are twenty-seven two
story frame buildings and sixty three one
story besides an equal number of tents
and combination board and canvas
structures: There is besides these the
roomy two story office of the syndicate a
building in which fifty clerks can find
comfortable quarters: A railroad is in
progress of construction to Chenango
which will be running cars into Velasco
within 30 days and giving quick connect-
ion with all the great railway system of
the state: Wharves and docks are under
construction: the first. 600x100 to be com-
pleted when the Brazos and Northern
railroad readies town Nov. 1: Parks
streets boulevards have been laid out
and work has been pushed upon them as
fast as is possible: A sea side resort on
the open beach of the gulf three miles
distant is located to be connected with
Velasco by electric railway. and
plans for a magnificent surf side hotel
to be built this winter are in preparation.
This is the work to date. It is but the
beginning of an immense work to be. ex-
tending over years to come through
which Velasco will grow to maturity and
draw to itself the commerce of as mighty
an empire as ever made the wealth of a
seaport. Scarcely ninety (90) days since
the axe-men and’the linkmen and sur-
veyors stepped ashore at Velasco to run
the lines for this new town and already
the new portis a hive of industry where
trade flourishes new business takes root
every day new creative industries are es-
tablished. and new factors of increase are
added. Two years since work was begun
on a bar abandoned by the government as
hopeless and on which but four and a
half feet of water was found at mean
tide and today solid jetties running sea-
ward a mile constructed at a cost of
81.869000 give eighteen feet of water on
the bar. and promise an additional two
feet as soon as the first rise of any magni-
tude comes down to scour the channel.
This work accomplished gives assurance
of such a growtli in populationcommerce
industry of all kinds and such rapid rise
in real estate as lias never been witnessed
in Texas.
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at once for extra copies of the Light’s
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