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San Antonio Daily Light.
Volume XV. Number 28.
BANKS AND BANKERS.
LOCKWOOU NATIONAL
BANK.
«AN ANTONIO. • : : : : TEXAS
J.&Lockwood Pres. J. Muib Jb.Cashier
SAFE DEPOSIT vaults.
GROOS & CO.
BANKERS
Mind Dealers in fixchange.
Sight Drafts on the principal cities of the
United States and in all European countries.
Foreign coin and currency bought and sold.
PHILADELPHIA ELECTION.
Republicans Victorious and Leadirg
Municipal Reform Movement.
Philadelphia Feb. 20.—The
municipal election yesterday
brought out a very heavy vote. The
Democrats were led by ex-Governor
Pattison for mayor; the Repub-
licans by Warwick. The reform
element devoted itself to a fight
for good council men.
It was after 4 o’clock this morn-
ing when the count of the vote
cast was completed. The ticket is
cut up to such an extent as to
make the work of tabulat-
ing the vote very difficult.
In a total vote of 214747
Chas. F. Warwick Republican
candidate for mayor had a plural-
ity of 50989 over ex-Governor Rob-
ert E. Pattison the Democratic
standard bearer. This is the great-
est plurality ever given a candi-
date in a municipal contest.
The previous record of 39-
065 was received by Edwin
S. Stuart in 1891 Tho result
analyzed shows tho anti-Harrity
Democrats still have the knife out
for any candidate whose election is
advocated by tho national chair-
man in the statecity and borough
elections in the eastern half result-
ing almost in a unanimous Repub-
lican victory.
KILLED HER FATHER
He Was Beating Her Mother and
Little Brother.
Charleston W. Va. Feb. 20.—
Cordelia Hill at Rippon six miles
south of here shot and instantly’
killed her father Robert Hill yes-
terday. The father was unmerci-
fully chastising his son who ran
to his mother for protection. The
father then beat the mother. The
daughter ran in with a revolver
placed it near the back of her
father’s head and fired. Death was
instantaneous. The child was
taken before Justice Heffiehower
who committed her on an indict-
ment for murder found against
her.
GRANDMA GALOW.
A Personal Acquaintance of Gen-
eral Bam Houston
The following comes from
Hearne Tex. dated Monday:
“Grandma” Galow an old lady
aged about 90 years for many
years a resident of this city died
and was buried at the city cemetery
at Hearne yesterday.
This good old woman has had a
notable history. She and her first
husband whose name was Peak
came to Texas at a very early day
and lived at the town of Washing-
ton. She had in her possession up
to the time of her death and her
daughter now has in her posses-
sion the table on which the decla-
ration of the independence of
Texas was signed.
She was personally acquainted
with Sam Houston David G. Bur-
net and tnanv other Texas heroes
and entertained at her house one
night Colonel Wm. B. Travis when
he was en route to San Antonio
where he took command of the
Alamo.
Grandma Galow had lived for
tinny years at Hearne and was
universally loved and honored by
the people. Being so aged her
death was not unexpected. She
leaves behind her the bright testi-
mony of a righteous life and died
at peace with God and all mankind.
She leaves a daughter Mrs. Mollie
Reese who has been to her a most
faithful daughter and who has
been her stay and comfort in her
declining years.
TO THE INVESTOR.
We have several beautiful tracts
of land lying within the city limits
suitable for subdivslon ; city water
and car lines to the property. Now
is the time to buy as these tracts
can be purchased a a bargain.
John T. Hambleton & Co..
1123 tf No. 104 East Commerce St
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS ANO RECISTEREO AT THE POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
And a Large Number of Passengers
Burned and Drowned.
New York Feb. 20.—Rio news
of January 8 just received gives
particulars of the burning of the
ferry boat Tercelro with 100 to 150
persons. Although the Tercelro
was barely three hundred metres
from land when the fire appeared
nothing effective appears to have
been done to save the passengers
except to open the safety valves of
the boilers to prevent an explo-
sion. The fire burned with such
rapidity that the passengers were
driven overboard where many
were drowned. Some were res-
cues by the launch of boats and a
few succeeded in swimming ashore.
I n a little more than one-half hour
the terrible scene was at an end as
far as the passengers were concern-
ed.
Texas Rate War Pending.
Fort Worth Texas Feb. 20.—
Special—A meeting of general pas-
senger agents of Texas roads is in
session now. The roads represent-
ed embrace all principal lines in
thestate. If matte sof rates are
not settled a slashing passenger
rate war is expected. The Katy re-
cently announced a second-class
rate from Houston to St. Louis of
$21.50 to take effect March 1. The
Texas and Pacific then announced
a second-class rate from Da’las
and Fort Worth of $lB. If these
rates are not with irawn the Rock
Island will announce a further cut
of $1.50 and then the war will rage.
Women Enfranchised
Olympia Wash. Feb. 20.—The
bill granting right of suffrage to
women has passed the Senate.
State Legislature
Austin Tex. Feb. 20. —[Special.]
—The House passed the bill to sus-
pend the forfeiture of public free
school university and asylum
lands for the non-payment of in-
terest and suspend all suits for
forfeiture.
The Senate discussed at length
Agnew’s general assignment bill
adopting numerous amendments.
McComb is talking at noon to an
amendment of his striking out the
enactment clause. The bill will be
defeated.
Aquia Train Robbers
Stafford Courthouse Vir-
ginia Feb. 20.—The trial of Mor-
ganfield and Searcy the alleged
Aquia Creek train robbers began
today. Morganfield who will be
tried first was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty and the work
of selecting a jury then began.
Galveston Tex. Feb. 20.—[Spe-
cial] —The employes of our big
cotton and wool factory went on a
strike today. There are between
five and six hundred operatives at
the mill. The factory has been in
operation nearly live years without
interruption in spite of the dull
times tlie last two years. It is be-
lieved enough operatives will re-
turn to work tomorrow to start the
mill.
Later —The strike at the Cotton
and Woolen mills continues. The
operators held a meeting this
morning anil appointed a commit-
tee to appeal to the city council.
The management announces they
will resume work tomorrow with
new operatives.
John Howard aged 18 was killed
last night by an International
train. He had boarded a water
train and was passing between the
cars and fell down under the
wheels.
Will Adopt Broad Gauge.
Denver Feb. 20.—The Colorado
Wyoming and Great Northern
Railroad company has placed
$3000000 of stock and bonds and
will build a broad gauge railroad
from Grand Junction to Green
river. Wyoming.
Arkansas Wants Her Money.
Washington Feb. 20.—Some
action is believed to be probable
soon in the matter of adjustment
of claims and counter claims for
monies pending a long time be-
tween the United Statesand the
state of Arkansas. Gov. Clark of
Arkansas has been in Washington
In consultation with Secretary
Smith today. Smith expects a con-
ference with Secretary Carlisle on
the subject pending which all de-
cline to make statements.
Will H. Bonnell now located in
Kerrville is at the Southern. He
is here as a witness in court.
BOAT BURNED
Galveston Strike.
San Antonio Texas. Wednesday February 201895.
CHANG’S JACKET AND PLUME
May be Heard From in a Memor-
able Manner.
London Feb. 20.—1 n a dispatch
from Shanghai it is positively as-
serted there that the journey of Li
Hung Chang to Pekin Is intended
to give him a chance to accomplish
what he has long waited for; the
overthrow of the present Manchu
dynasty in China. Li Hung Chang
will begin the journey to Pekin to
morrow.
The |same dispatch says Kiun
Yang the|ex-taoti of Port Arthur
has made quite a confession show-
ing the traitorous designs of Li
Hung Chang. It is stated that Li
Hung Chang has been leagued
with officials of the palace at Pe-
kin for the overthrow of the dynas-
ty ever since he was deprived of
his yellow jacket and peacock
feather and lost other va'ious of-
fices.
He Will Stay at Home.
La Pas Bolivia Feb. 20.—The
revolution appears to be steadily
gaining ground. The President has
abandoned his trip to Sucre in
consequence of the discovery of a
plot to capture and shoot him.
Boy Killed Accidentally.
Georgetown Tex. February 20.
—(Special.)—The six-year-old son
of Charles Saul a stock dealer
fell off a wagon load of cotton seed
meal last evening sustaining in-
juries from which he died this
morning.
Washington. February 20. —For
eastern Texas. Oklahoma Indian
Territory and Arkansas: Fail
warmer Thursday afternoon with
southerly winds.
Nineteen Million Gallons Purchased
and Six Wineries Leased.
San Francisco Cal. Feb. 20.—
The greatest wine deal in the Unit-
ed States has been consummated
here involving the sale of nineteen
million gallons and the leasing of
the six largest wineries in the state.
The purchaser and lessee is the
California Wine association tho
principal wine dealers of San Fran-
cisco. The association purchases
four million gallons of the crops of
last year and 1893 and contracts
for five million gallons per year
for three succeeding years. The
price of the four million gallons is
put at 124 cents per gallon but the
next three years it is to be fixed by
the future market.
Four Killers to Swing.
Denver Feb. 20. — Governor
Mclntyre positively announces he
will issue no reprieves for con-
demned murderers unless good
reason is shown and four execu-
tions will take place in the state
prison at Canyon City next month
viz: Jordan Streeter and Bigger
during the week beginning March
3 and Grist the following week.
Chicago Market.
Chicago Jan. 20.— Jattle active
and firm ; sheep steady.
Costa Rica Squeuls.
Washington Feb. 20. —United
States Minister Baker from San
Jose Costa Rica reports that that
government has granted a valuable
concession of lands to the Keith
syndicate composed chiefly of
British to construct a railway in
Costa Rica and open a valuable
section of the country.
Over a million dollars of the in-
ternal debt of the country has been
paid but the payment of the inter-
est on the foreign debt has ceased
the country asserting it cannot
stand the strain of 102000 pounds
annually and proposing that for-
eign holders reduce the principal
and interest one-half.
Serious Condition in Formosa.
Hong Kong Feb. 20.—Informa-
tion from the island of Formosa
since the sudden departure of the
British cruiser Mercury upon re-
ceipt of information that the Black
Flags had committed outrages and
that the British residents were in
need of help has been meagre but
what has been received shows that
the situation is serious as at first
indicated and merchants are leav-
ing.
It is also reported that the ex-
plosion in the magazine of the forts
of Takoa a treaty port first under-
stood to be of a trivial character
was terrible in its results. It is
now said the explosion killed two
thousand Chinese soldiers and in-
jured many others.
Warmer.
BIG WINE DEAL.
SCENES IN WONDERLAND
Two Inches of Ice—Six Inches of
Snow—Below Zero—Sleigh Rid-
ing — All Fruit Killed-
Snowballs—Personals.
Montf.rf.y Mex. Feb. 16 ’95.
Dally Light;
Monterey has experienced the
coldest spell of weather the past
ten days that she ever had before.
The weather prophet the oldest
inhabitant has been frozen up and
snowed under. At 11:30 o’clock on
the night of the 6th a norther
struck this city and at 7 o’clock
next morning everything was
frozen up. An inch and a half of
ice was formed in buckets and
hundreds of feet of iron pipe were
bursted at the smelters. All trop-
ical fruits and plants were blis-
tered including the orange banana
and aguacate fruits. The latter
were in full bloom and it
is feared that they are all
killed. Reports from Montemore-
los Linares Victoria anil beyond
on the line of the Gulf railway re-
port killing frost.
From the 7th to the 14th was
bitter cold and at 5 p. m. of that
date it commenced to snow so that
by 9 p. in. there was two Inches of
snow and by 8 o’clock of the morn-
ing of the 15th there was over six
inches of snow on the ground.
There were icicles over 2 feet long
hanging from the fountains on the
Hidalgo plaza which fronts tho
Hidalgo hotel. Everything was
snowed under and froze up. All
business was suspended. During
the night all the street cars were
housed up and did not turn awheel
until the afternoon of the 15th;
and so were the hacks. Only two
ventured out and they were kept
busy all the forenoon.
As soon as tho Americans turned
out on the morning of the 15th
they commenced to throw snow
balls and soon after the Mexicans
caught on and many a pitched
battle was fought during tho day
and night.
At 11 a. in. a band of music
paraded tho street and was fol-
lowed by hundreds of men and
boys all throwing and pelting each
other with snow balls.
The many friends of Cap. Wm.
Scott (and they are many in this
city) were shocked to hear of the
assault that was made on him and
his brother last week in the in-
terior of Mexico your correspond-
ent has known him since April
1881 and a braver and truer man
than “Willie” never stepped in
shoe leather.
Mr. J. 11. Schneider and friends
had a sleigh rigged up and a pair of
horses hitched to it with strings of
bells jingling from their necks and
drove through the principal
streets. There were three men in
it and they were bombarded with
snow balls from the time they
startl'd until they turned in. This
was the first time that a sleigh
was ever seen on the streets of
Monterey. As all the buildings in
the city are flat roofed they held
all the snow so that there was
groat dangerof the weight brakeing
the roofs down. Men were put on
them to shovel the snow off so
that in many places there was
snow from three to four feet deep.
At the San Pedro mines which
are situated about eight miles
south of the city in the foot hill of
the Seirra Madre there was nine-
teen inches of snow and the ther-
mometer went down to seven be-
low zero. Ab your correspondent
consulted a number of the oldest
inhabitants in reguard to the
weather they all declared that they
never saw or heard of such cold
weather nor so much snow before.
The nearest approach to it was in
January 1883 when two inches of
snow fell. Your correspondent
was here at the time. There was a
cotton tree that was seven years
old and about fourteen feet high in
the front yard of the Hotel Mon-
terey on Matamoras street that
was killed by that enow. It was a
great curiosity to the Americans
as it was always in bloom and bore
open bolls the year around.
The indications are that we will
have killing frost for several days.
There is great suffering among the
poor. Wood and charcoal have
gone up two hundred and fifty per
cent and they cannot be had at
that price.
There is certainly one good effect
that these cold blizzards had:
that is tha* it caused hundreds of
persona to flee from the north and
come thia way. The hotels of Mon-
terey and Topo Chico are full of
northern people as will be seen by
Price $5.00 a Year
the following list of guests at the
Hotel Hidalgo.
J. 8. Elliott wife and eon Boon-
ville Mo.; Right Rev. W McLa-
ren bishop of the Episcopal
church of Chicago wife and son
have a suit of rooms at the Hotel
Hidalgo and will spend the winter
here. Edmond.
Silver Bill Witdrawn.
Washington Feb. 20. —Senator
Jones has withdrawn his silver
bill in the Senato in the interest
of the appropriation bill.
The Wolcott resolution brought
forward last evening will not be
presented.
The yea and nay vote demanded
by Butler on the motion to take up
the Indian appropriations bill re-
sulted in 55 to 12 in favor of the
appropriation bill. This is not a
test vote as many friends of the
pooling bill voted to take up tho
appropriation bill.
Wolcott’s silver resolution and
Jones’ silver bill will both go to
the calendar.
U. S Big Loan Covered Quick.
■ London Feb. 20.—Rothschild A
Son say the new American loan is
a colossal success. Though the
opening of subscriptions only be-
gan this morningthe amount alot-
ted to Europe was covered many
times over both with them and
with Morgan A Company and ap-
plications are still coming in.
Tue Pall Mall Gazette says the
success of the loan is a tribute to
the power of Rothschild and a
mark of confidence in the great
wealth and financial stability of
the United States.
New York Feb. 20.—August
Belmont A- Company and J. P.
Morgan A Company managers of
the bond syndicate closed the sub-
scription list for the new 4 per cent
bonds at 10:20 o’clock the amount
having been subscribed for many
times over.
Russian Officer Suicides.
Washington Feb. 20.—P. Bog-
danoffo first secretary of the Rus-
aian legation killed himself [today
by shooting himself in the head.
He has been sick and the suicide
is attributed to his suffering.
Horrible Tale is Too True.
Constantinople Feb. 20.—The
latest intelligence from Moosh of
the proceedings of the commission
inquiring into outrages committed
in Armenia has made a deep im-
pression upon Turkish officials
here. Witnesses recently examin-
ed gave evidence generally reflect-
ing upon the officials of the govern-
ment In Armenia. Five witnesses
testified that they were witnesses
to tho massacre of children.
New York Town Burned.
Syracuse N. Y. Feb. 20.—The
business portion of Hamilton was
almost entirely destroyed by fire
today. About thirty places of
business were burned. Loss
$400000.
Our Loan at 4 Per Cent. Prem.
New York Feb. 20.—A private
dispatch from London says the
new American loan is quoted at
4 per cent premium in London.
This is reckoned on the syndicate’s
price of 113|.
Cotton Market.
New York Feb. 20.—Spot cot-
ton dull; middling uplands
Gulf oU-
List of Patents
Granted to Texas inventors this
week. Reported by C. A. Snow A
Co. solicitors of American and
Foreign patents opp. U. S. patent
Office. Washington. 1). C.:
E. Chapman Dallas artificial
leg.
N. H. Newton Rusk combined
plow chopper and planter.
W. C. Seyfriedt Ft. Worth
watchmaker’s tool.
W. B. Whittenberg and A. L.
Hawkins Georgetown gate.
ALAMO CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
227 St. Mary’s St. Annual subscrip-
tion $2; monthly 25?. Free reading
rooms open until 10 p. m. 121 Im
To the Public in General.
We wish to notify you that we
are still in business and are hand-
ling all kinds of real estate im-
proved and unimproved city prop-
erty. farms and ranches and have
some rare bargains on our books.
Call and see us as we are certain
we can satisfy you both as to lo-
cation and price terms etc.
John T. Hambleton A Co.
No. 104 East Commerce St. 11 23tf
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