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San Antonio Sunday Light
VOLUME inn. NO. 255.12 PAGES.
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINKT
What you miss by not having a tele-
phone.
The Time you would save in making
trips between home and store.
The convenience in giving orders In
business and domestic affairs.
SOUTHWESTERN TELEGRAPH &
TELEPHONE COMPANY.
DENIED VIGOROUSLY.
Statement That Mississippi Agreed to
Buy Volunteers.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Jackson Miss. November 11. —The
following letter addressed by Secretary
of State Power to the editor of the
Chicago News is self explanatory:
"In your issue of the 7th you say> ‘lf
Mississippi fails to pay the promised
bounty of $6O apiece to Chicago men
whose enlistment enabled her to fill
her quota action -would not be sur-
prising. A state that has to call up-
on another to aid it in making a
show of patriotism nationally has pe-
.-uliar views as to honor and the debts
it contracts.’ If I were to character-
ise this statement in the terms that
it deserves I could hardly expect you
to publish it. There is no law of
.Mississippi ancient or modern that of-
fers a bounty of any sum to those who
enlist in her militia or volunteer regi-
ments. Chicago men were not offered
any bounty and bad they been they
would have ‘been claiming It long since.
I have before me a statement of a
member of the Third regiment who
enrolled fifty men and he declares that
no such offer was held out to the men
by him or any one else. So far as I
have been able to learn Chicago men
were good soldiersand fellow-shipped
very nicely with their Mississippi com-
rade®. In demanding a ‘bounty’
which was never 'promised' they are
simply being duped by sharpers who
are deceiving men and mis-represent-
ing the state.”
COL. FLETCHER’S GOLD MINE.
Expert Opinion on an Arkansas Gold
Property.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Little Rock Ark.. Nov. 11.—Caleb
G. Collins the minerologist. of New
York has submitted the following re-
port on Col. Tom Fletcher’s gold mine
located fourteen miles from Little
Rock:
"It is a true fissure vein running in
an easterly and westerly direction w ith
an average width of 5 feet of gold-
bearing quartz carrying copper and
galena. The hanging wall i® of lime
and the foot wall is of slate. Little
or no disturbance seems to have oc-
< urred after the fissure was filled with
quartz as no selvages or sleek insides
are seen along the wall. The gold-
oearing ore is very evenly distributed
and very few barren place® were seen.
An open Trut has been run 73 feet along
the vein anff”carried to a depth of 23
feet with a drainage canal to let off
water. A shaft has been sunk to the
depth of 26 feet 2500 feet east of the
open cut rwhich prove® the extension
of the vein In that direction: also an-
other shaft 23 feet deep has been sunk
3000 feet west of the ripen cut prov-
ing the extension of the vein in that
direction: thus the continuity of the
vein for a mile in length is proven.
OUR BANK SYSTEM
Please® Norway Financiers Who Have
Been Investigating it.
Special to the Sunday Light.
New Orleans Nov. IL—President
)ao. Linboe and Secretary Gunnar
Kundsen of the Bank of Norway
■have arrived in the city en route to
their home in Norway after spending
k month or six weeks in this country
kn an I nspection of American banking
Jnethods and bank note engraving
plants. The Bank or Norway. like
the Banks of England France and
Spain has the sole authority to issue
tank notes and it was the purpose of
Iheee gentlemen to become thoroughly
lequainted with all matter® pertain-
ing to the banking business in this
lountry in order that the Bank of Nor-
Ivay might profit thereby. In the
Rear future the Bank of Norway will
Brect a new bank building and a
lomplete bank note engraving plant
Bnd American ideas will play a large
Bart in the new order of things.
| Speaking of their sojourn in Ameri-
Ba President Lindboe said: ‘‘The
Banking methods are far in advance of
Anything on the continent ami we have
■ained information which will be of
Baltic to us in the future."
ALABAMA POLITICS.
overnor Johnston Stamped as a Can-
didate for Reelection.
pecial to the Sunday Light.
Birmingham. Ala. Nov. 11.—The
nnouncement in the press dispatches
><lav that Governor Johnston will
ake four speeches next week in Lime-
one county which is the first coun-
r in the state to hold its Democratic
imarv election caused telegraphic
qulry to be made to the governors
kretary by Birmingham News
P to whether or not the governor will
pnounce hie candidacy for the Sen-
e against Senator Morgan in one of
leee speeches. The reply that came
be that the governor will speak at
Shens one week from tomorrow and
Fit it is probable that at that time he
111 publicly declare his purposes. The
I re fact that Governor Johnston will
Ike the stump in the first county to
Ider primaries is accepted as posi-
ke evidence that he is a full-fledged
Indidate and will so announce when
| speaks at Athens.
BARRET FROM SIAM.
Cincinnati. 0. Nov. H-John Bar-
it United States minister to Siam
s'arrived and is the guest of the
ncinnati Commercdalclub. before
R SSTJr h. wit-
[stateffn the Pacific” said he. "will
most beneficial. It will stimulate
r commerce to an extent that can
L now be pictured. The great
Fde we have taken in the opinion
It he people of the Pacific is nothing
Ire or less than marvelous.’
If the Philippl ne situation Mr. Bai'-
It
11 know Aguinaldo well. I know
| people of the country and speak
lir language. Aguinaldo. support-
Iby strong^ juntas in Hong Kong
kt and Madrid is the foundatibn of
I nation’s revolt. I believe that pe-
lt will be crushed before spring.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO. SEXAU COUNTY. TEXAS. ANO REGISTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
BAPTIST CHURCH FUED.
BEGAN IN EARNEST AT DALLAS
YESTERDAY.
The Gambrelliets Seem to Have a Fair
Working Majority in the State Con-
ference.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Dallas Tex. Nov. IL—The Baptist
general convention reconvened this
morning at 9 o’clock and was called to
order by Rev. J. M. Robertson of Dal-
ia®. Devotional exercises were con-
ducted until 10 o’clock when President
Buckner took the chair and announce-
ed that the committee on credentials
was ready to report. The report was
presented in two divisions the first
part being sx large blocks of uneon-
tested delegates and the second deal-
ing iwith the contested delegates. The
consideration of this report precipita-
ted much contenton. Dr. Hayden and
his followers desiring the names of all
accepted delegates read and the other
side declaring it to be unneossary. The
delegate® were seated without their
names being read by a vote of 1763 for
and 643 against. This is regarded as
a tset vote. The contested delegates
are:JB. R. Miller Jacksboro; Tabernac-
e Baptist church Ennis; G. I. Britton
Jacksboro S. A. Hayden Dallas; J. B.
Gambrell Dallas; Dr. B. H. Carrol
Dallas and R. C. Buckner Dallas. The
challenges of Drs. Gambrell Carroll
and Buckner were refused and they
were seated. The others will be act-
ed upon this afternoon.
TEXAS COTTON
Japanese Syndicate Will Handle it
In Future.
Special to the Sunday Light.
New Orleans November IL—The
Japanese managers of the Home and
Foreign Cotton company of Osaka and
Kobe Japan is here. He say®:
“Our firm buys about 200000 bales of
cotton a year and places it on the
Oriental market. Until now we
have been securing the most of that
staple from East India where the
price® have been favorable and ship-
ment has been comparatively easy but
we have concluded to see about open-
ing negotiations with the United
States more strictly Southern ports
and I come over here on that mission.
A month or more has been spent in
Texas getting an insight into the cot-
ton crop and how it is handled. I
will be here ten days or more. From
what I have already seen and done
I can say that there is a most excel-
lent chance for a large portion of our
eotten supply to come from New Or-
leans and Galveston in future.”
WORKED ’EM HARD.
Mississippi Made 'Her Convict® Scratch
Ground For Their Sins.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Jackson Miss. November IL—The
state farm worked by convict labor
yielded the largest cotton and corn
crop® on record. The cotton crop will
amount to 4100 bales while the corn
crop surplus is 26060 bushels. The
warden of the penitentiary has al-
ready sold 335 bales averaging $4llO
per bale or a $13768.50 total. The cot-
ton seed crop alone will amount to
$16000 or $lBOOO. Thus it will be
seen that Mississippi has solved the
convict question and from now on con-
victs will be a source of revenue to
the state Instead of having to support
them at a dead expense.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Joseph Bauer Saved From Death Very
Narrowly.
Special to the Sunday Light.
New Orleans November 11.—Joseph
Bauer was at work yesterday after-
noon on a new building and was ar-
ranging some iron work at the top of
the structure which standls about one
hundred and five feet above the pave-
ment. In moving a plank cn which
he was standing he missed his foot-
ing and fell. Bauer felt that he was
going to his death and when he had
fallen 20 feet and struck an iron sup-
port that was sticking outhe thought
that he had hit the pavement and lost
consciousness for a moment. Then he
opened his eyes and saw that he was
suspended in the air and that the
slightest move would throw him from
the iron pitch him to the pavement.
He lay still but his ribs hurt him so
that it seemed an age before the other
workmen could get up there and car-
ry him to a place of safety. Bauer
almost miraculously escaped death but
had three ribs broken.
CAN'T GET REST.
When Dewey Goes Out of His Hotel
A Crowd Follow®.
Special to the Sunday Light.
New York November 11.—Admiral
Dewey and wife are practically pris-
oners at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Demonstrations which greeted the pair
on the streets today whUe taken as
a compliment by the Admiral prevents
his enjoyment of the sights of the city
and he says if he cannot go around
without crowds following him he and
his wife will be compelled to seek the
country for needed rest.
TURNER ANNIVERSARY.
The Thirty-fourth Annual Ball Took
Place Last Night.
The thirty-fourth anniversary ball
of the San Antonio Turn Verein took
place lost night and was a brilliant
success. The large hall was hand-
somely decorated with bunting smi-
lax and evergreen. Prof. Theo.
Artz'® orchestra furnished the music
for the occasion. The grand march
was led by Mr. and Mrs. Issy Cahen.
An elegant supper followed the ball
and a. number of appropriate toasts
were delivered at the table. The
committees in charge of the affair to
whose efforts the success was largely
due are composed of the following la-
dies and gentlemen: Mr®. O. P. An-
kerson chairman; Misses Marie Call-
sen Tillie Heuermann. Annie Boss-
hardt. Hulda Koerps; Mr. Gus Heye
chairman: Messrs Herman Herweck
Gus Froebel. F. C. Pfeiffer and Ed.
chunke.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1899.
NAVY SHORT OF SEAMEN.
Ijandsmen and Coal-handlers Enough
Bnt Few Able Seamen.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Washington. Nov. IL—The navy is
short 4.000 men and apprentice® In its
enlisted force with a discouraging
prospect of securing the necessary in-
crease. This Is due do the condition
of the merchant marine which gives
employment practically to all the able
and ordinary seamen along the roast.
This is the class of men the navy
wants and cannot obtain as fast as the
requirements of the navy demand.
Coal passers and landsmen can be
found in abundance but neither class
is fit for deck duty until a year or more
of training.
Six months ago the navy had near-
ly 16000 men. or about 1500 short of
the quota and 1200 of the 2500 appren-
tices allowed. Now the total strength
of both ie less than 15000. Conse-
quently there are naw scarcely enough
men for the vessels in commission
and none available for the battle-
ships and other vessels that will be in
condition for service within the next
three months.
The department’s plan is to Instruct
Its own seamen. It take® the green
landsmen from the Lake region or
central west whose experience on
water has been limited to river
steamers and ferry boats and in eight
months turns them out full-fledged
able seamen. This policy was adopted
severay months ago and is now being
successfully carried out so that with-
in eight months there will be at least
1600 men available from this source for
sea duty.
AN OLD DISCIPLE.
Ordained to Preach the Gospel 73
Years Ago—Has Married Four
Wives.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Knobnostor Mo. Nov. 11.—Rev. Al-
len F. Scruggs of Monsterrat celebrat-
ed his niney-sixth birthday yesterday.
He live® in a pretty cottage in the vil-
lage of Monsterrat. For more than
seventy years he has been preaching
the truths set forth by the great Gallil-
ean teacher and now he is patiently
awaiting the call to come to the master
whom he has so long and ®o willing-
ly served.
Allen F. Scruggs was born in Buck-
ingham county Va.. November 8 1803.
During his infancy his parents remov-
ed to Tennessee where his boyhood
day® were passed on a farm. After
he reached his majority he located in
Alabama and in 1826 he was ordained
a minister in the Methodist Episcopal
church. In 1828 he was sent as a mis-
sionary to the Cherokee Indians. He
has been married four times and is
the father of nine children. He la-
bored twenty-six years a® a circuit-
rider in the states of Kentucky and
Alabama. In 1856 he married Mrs.
Margaret Honey hi® fourth wife and
in 1859 they came to Pettis county Mo.
They have made Johnson county their
home since 1862.
Mr. Scruggs comes from a ."ajnily
noted for longevity hi® father being
95 and his mother 91 yeans old at the
time of their death. His cousin. Miss
Jane Thoma® died in Nashvile Tenn.
at the advanced age of 99.
MANCHESTER COMBINE.
A Big Calico Trust to Raise Prices—
Capital $50000006.
Special to the Sunday Light.
New York November IL—The Her-
ald’s London cable says:
Bad news comes from Manchester
says the Evening New® for the house-
maids and the South Sea Islanders. A
huge corner has been formed In cal-
ico.
The reason of it all is that the cali-
co printers and manufacturers have
decided that under the existing ar-
rangements they don’t get enough from
merchant® and shippers for their
ware®. Certain firms are always cut-
ting down prices and lowering terms
of discount so business representing
over £10000000 capital have combined
together to make one huge concern
which will be governed by a Board of
Director® CQipposed of the heads of the
original firm®.
This newcomer is to be registered as
a company with shares of the nom-
inal value of one pound each. Leaders
In the new undertaking are big houses
such a® William Rummey & Co. and
the Roesendale Printing Co. In time
they expect to force every Manchester
house which spins or prints cotton in-
to their combination.
DOES NOT COVER FIREMEN
Premises Not Required to be Kept in
a Safe Condition For Them.
Special to the Sunday Light.
St. Paul. November 11. —The Su-
preme court in a decision says that
under the common law the owner or
occupant of a building is not bound to
keep it Ln reasonably safe condition
for members of the public fire depart-
ment who in the discharge of their
duty have occasion to enter the build-
ing.
The decision is in the case of San-
dy Hamilton a Minneapolis fireman
who in the Hennepin County District
court received a verdict for damages
against the Minneapolis Desk Manu-
facturing company because while en-
deavoring to extinguish a fire in the
company's factory he fell down an un-
guarded elevator shaft.
PREFERRED $15000000
The Gold Coin Mine at Cripple Creek
Calls it Out.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Colorado Springs Colo. Nov. 11.—The
largest sum ever offered for a Cripple
Creek mine—sls.oooooo—has just been
refused by the Woods Investment com-
pany tor the Gold Coin at Victor in
the Cripple Creek district. The offer
was made several days ago by London
capitalists whose names are withheld.
The Gold Coin is paying but $lOOOO
monthly in dividends but the develop-
ment work has scarcely been entered
on yet. The company’s properties un-
derlie Squaw Mountain. Their pres-
ent success ha® helped to make Victor
Cripple Creek’s tormidable rival.
BOERS INVADING.
Special to the unday Light.
London Nov. 11.—A dispatch from
Capetown says a large force of Boer®
have crossed the frontier from Smith-
field.
LADYSMITH BELEAGUERED.
BOER SHELLS ARE BURSTING BET-
TER THAN BEFORE.
Reinforcements Can Not Reach There
For the British Much Before Next
Tuesday.
Special to the Sunday Light.
London. (New York Herald Cable)
Nov. 11. —News from Natal received
in London. though meagre all point to
one conclusion. The Boers are endeav-
oring co surround Ladysmith in such
a way as to not only completely invest
the town and garrison but also to be
in a 4>ositlon to meet any British re-
inforcements that may be sent from
Durban. No fresh battles or even
skirmishes have been reported. There
are sign® that the greeter part of the
Boer forces is concentrated between
Ladysmith and CoJeneo.
In this position Ladysmith is effect-
ually cut off from all help and at the
same time the enemy is well placed
to meet any British force advanceing
from Estcourt.
The risk of the Boers is great in
case of retreat as General White Would
certainly intercept them unless they
fell back in the direction of Tintiwa
Pass and Oliver® Hook. If they should
take either of these route® they must
abandon most of their gun®.
The bombardment of Ladysmith con-
tinues. Probably the Boers by now
have several heavy guns In place co
that the British garrison may have to
enduro severe trials. The Boers shells
are said to be bursting better than
hitherto and the fire of their big wea-
pons |® becoming more effective.
No more transports with troops have
yet reached the Cape. No artillery
can arrive much before the 14th. as
the Armenian with three field batter-
ies is not due till that day. Without
guns an advance from Estcourt will
be almost impossible. if the Boers hold
the heights near Pieters station in
strength. Fifteen thousand pounds
tf lydite ehell go with the siege train
intended for South Africa.
LIVING BY THE GOSPEL.
St. Louis Nov. 11.—Henry Curtis and
his father John Curtis reached East
St. Lyute yesterday in a regulation
prairie schooner after traveling over
nearly every Southern state. The old
man is nearly blind arid is also lame.
He has not been out of the wagon for
more than a few minutes at any time
for the past Uwo years. The Jiving for
the pair is made by the boy. who in a
preacher of no mean ability. The
young man has very long hair and
dresses in the garb of the backwoods
He has a number of religous books he
attempts to sell and in order '|o draw
a crowd uses his voice. When the
crowd is large enough he explains
that hie father is an invalid.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
Charged With Three Killings a Quart-
er of a Century Ago.
Leads S. D. Nov. 11.—Two detective®
from Oregon have arrested a miner
named Joe McArthur iwho has lived
for fourteen years on Little Spearfish
Creek northwest of this city. His ar-
rest is for alleged Triple murder in Or-
egon twenty-four years ago. McAr-
thur reaided on a farm in the southern
part of Canada and whiie resisting ar-
rest shot and killed an officer. He es-
caped and hired out to an Oregon farm-
er. Shortly after this he got into a
dispute with his employer and shot
him dead also killing the farmer’s wife
and 5-year old boy. McArthUr again
escaped and fled to the Black Hills
where he has since resided. The detect
Ives leave tomorrow with their prison-
er for Oregon where the state has of-
fered $10060 for his capture. McArthur
has been constantly armed for years.
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS.
Successful Session of Teachens’ Insti-
tute—Examination This Week.
After a successful meeting which
convened Friday morning the Bexar
County Teachers’ Institute adjourned
sine die yesterday. Owing to the
absence of County School Superinten-
dent J. C. Breeding who ha® been con-
fined to his room the past ten davs
by serious illness Prof. T. P. Huff
of Elmendorf conducted the meeting.
The discussions were both entertain-
ing and Instructive. Yesterdays’ ses-
sion opened with primary arithmetic
by Prof. Huff. This was followed by
primary drawing'by Miss Laura Steele
of San Antonio. ‘‘Supplementary Read-
ing and How to Use it." was a sub-
ject presented by Miss Minnie Rieder
of San Antonio and discussed by Prof.
F. H. Lohmann of Leon Spring®. The
session closed with a course of study
by the Institute.
The next examination of applicants
for state and. county teachers’ certi-
ficates will be held on the fourth floor
of the county courthouse next Friday
and SautrdayJ
BAUMGARTEN-SCHWARTZ
The Wedding Cake Will be Cut Thia
Afternoon.
The bride’s cake from the Baumgar-
ten-Schwarz wedding which took place
last Monday night will be cut this af-
ternoon in the presence of a large par-
ty of friends of the young couple.
At the wedding Mr. Simon Pendle-
ton and Mias Hulda Mushal! Were best
man and bridesmaid respectively and
Mr. Charites Gerlach and Miss Mary
Boomer were the other two attend-
ants.
After the ceremony a fine supper (Was
Served and wine flowed like water.
The present® Were .numerous and cost
ly the employes of the City Brewery
donating a fine dinner set. Mr. Ger-
hardt of the City Brewery presenting
a silver set. Mr. Chas. Gerlach present-
ing a set of table china and others pre-
senting presents equally «-« nice.
The young couple are at home with
the bride’s mother. Mrs. Schwartz on
Frank street
THE BIRTH OF FEAR.
Tourist—What do you consider the
best thing to drink after whiskey. Col-
onel?
Colonel (anxiously) Lx the whiskey
supply in danger of being exhausted
sah?
MARRIED HER LOVER.
Widow of a Few Months Wed® the
Man Who Caused Her Nome to
be Scandalized.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 11.—Reports from
Washington of the marriage today of
Lieutenant Frank Bamford and Mrs M.
J. O'Brien widow of the late lieuten-
ant of that name recalls the scandal
which culminated in the court-martial
of Captain Romeyn at Fort McPher-
son two years ago. Bamfo d was re-
puted to be engaged to Mis® Nina Ro-
meyn but at the same time was alleg-
ed to be (laying marked attentions to
Mrs. O’Brien. It was charged that
Captain Romeyn circulated certain re-
ports as to the latter couple. At any
rate when Lieutenant O'Brien attemp-
ted to call the Captain to account on
dress parade one afternoLn Romeyn
knocked the lieutenant down ond thus
brought on a court-martial. On the
witness stand Bamford denied the
statement that he was engaged to Miss
Romeyn and for some time army offi-
cers feared there would be trouble bt-
ween O'Brien and Roheyn. O'Brien
died in Santiago during the recent war
from malignant yellow fever.
POOL SELLING.
Is Legal So Far in Alabama.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Birmingham. Ala. Nov. 11. —The de-
cision of Judge Feagan. of the inter-
ior criminal court that the state law
against pool selling on horse races is
unconstitutional gives horse men a
clear field and the race meeting here
will continue alll the New Orleans races
begin. Judge Feagan in his decision
said that the caption of the law is in-
•eonsistent with the body of the fact
in that the former said nothing about
pool buying.
He also stated that it had been ir-
regularly codified. If no further con-
test of the law is made the manage-
ment of the races here may book for
a spring meeting and Birmingham
will be entered tn the southwestern
circuit as it was three years ago. It
is possible however that opponents of
pool selling will call a mass meeting
and take action looking to carrying
the matter to the state supreme court.
NOBLE ENGLISHMEN.
GO TO AFRICA AS ATTENDANTS
ON MULES.
Two Brothers of Lords Get Such Berths
—One Desires to Die for His Coun-
try—The Other Was an American
Soldier.
New Orleans. Nov. 11—The berth of
a mule valet on a British transport
seems to have a peculiar fascination
for the British nobility. Thu® far
two brothers of reel live lords have
shipped from New Orleans In that hum-
ble capacity. The first Hon. Clare H.
Wilpole was the brother and heir-ap-
parent of Lord. Oxford who went to
the Montezuma and the second was
Hon. B. F. Ogilvy brother of Lord
Airle who went on the Hurrani'a.
The former gentleman shipped as an
ordinary mule attendant at “three pun
an found” for the trip and the latter
as foreman at the comparatively mure
Iflcent salary of $4O a month American
gold.
The story of Hon. Clare is already
familiar to the public save in one in-
teresting detail. Mr. Walpole was ex-
ceedingly anxious to get away on the
Bhip while the officer® in charge were
qually eager to dispense with his society
“It would be so beastly embarrassing
don’t ye know" said one of the party.
"You couldn't treat him like a gentle-
man while he's with mules and you
couldn't treat him like a mule when
he’s with gentlemen.'’ Al the last mo-
ment however the captain of the Mon-
tezuma received an urgent request by
cable to take Mr. Walpole if possible.
This appeal is supposed to have come
from the noble house of Oxford. Mr.
Walpole had expressed a desire to go
to South Africa and die for his country
and his relatives were anxious to see
that nothing stood in hi® way in carry-
ing out that particular Intention. This
is how he happened to go on the Mon-
tezuma after being previously turned
down and stricken from the list.
The case of Han. Mr. Ogilvy was
quite different. Mr. Ogilivy is an ath-
letic young mam with a taste for ad-
venture who has lived for some years
in Colorado. When the Spanish war
began he enllieted in the first Colorado
as a private but fearing that the regi-
ment would miss real fighting he had
himself transferred to Torrey’s Rough
Riders and consequently was in the
railroad wreck at Tuggle and never got
any further than Jacksonville Fla.
He went back to Colorado derply dis-
gusted but saw another chance for ad-
venture in the breaking out of hostili-
ties in South Africa. Being among
other thing® an expert stockman he
had no difficulty in securing an en-
gagement and as already stated was
made foreman. He is now on the Hur-
ania. somewhere between New Or-
leans and Th-ble Bay.
SHIPWRECKED.
Special to the Sunday Light.
New York. Nov. IL—From Philadel-
phia comes the news of the rescue off
Frying Pan ShoaJs. South Carolina of
two of the crew of the schooner Wm.
M. Bird. Ten of the crew including
the Captain were drowned.
TWO WEEKS DELAY.
Special to the Sunday Light.
London. Nov. 11.—Reserve® to relieve
Gen. White at Ladysmith can not start
for two weeks yet.
KIMBERLEY SHELLER.
Special to the Sunday Light.
London Nov. 11.—A dispatch from
Pretoria states that the bombardment
of Kimberley by the Boers began this
morning.
NORTHER COMING.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Washington. Nov. 11.—Weather bur-
eau announces a norther for Texas
Sunday night.
SUBSCRIPTION 15.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCI
AUSTIN NEWS BUDGET.
COMPTROLLER HAS PAID MAMY
PENSION CLAIMS
The Next Payment Will Be Made *
January —Railroads Pay Taxes—
Charters Issued.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Austin Tex.. Nov. 11.—Governor Hkj-
ers this morning made a requldßjse
the governor of New Mexico far J<m
Inmam wanted in Blown county tee
cattle stealing.
Chartered: —La Porte ImprovimM-m
Company of La Porte: capital ILOM.MU.
Johnson Orchard and Nursery rumgia-
ny of Dallas capital $10009.
The following railroad® today naJ4
their quarterly tax to the comptroller
on passenger earnings for the quarter
< tiding Sept. 30. 99: Fort Worth ana
New Orleans Railroad Co. $96.17 taxon
$951723 earnings; Central Texas aid
•Northwestern Railroad. 36:68 tax onsV
668.48 earnings; Gulf. Colorado and
Sante Fe Railroad $1628.40 tax on $162.-
83987 earnings.
Up to date the comptroller has paid
the first quarterly payment on >3ss
pension claim® approved by him. Tbeur
will be paid a® soon a® the n'‘os»an
affidavits have been secured. The
next payments will be made In Jana-
ary.
Austin Texas November 11. —Goll
enthusiasts of this city intend organ-
izing a club at once and have called a
meeting for tomorrow afternoon at ♦
o’clock at the Driskill hotel to take the
iniatory steps in that direction. Khere
are about seventy-five prospective
member® already spoken of in ccnneß-
tion with the organization.
Hon. Francisco. Alvero a prominent
attorney of the City of Mexico is here
to consult ex-Governor Hogg regard-
ing a suit to recover $10060000 worth
of property located in the City of Mex-
ico Paris. France and on the border
of Texas inherited by the plaintiff in
this suit from his father abbut twen-
ty yeArs ago. J. G. Carlisle of Ki-n-
-tucky is interested in the vase.
The secretary of state office force has
begun the work of preparing charter
franchise tax notifications. These no-
tifications are not to lx* sent out unt9
January.
The following railroad® paid tnerr
quarterly tax to the comptrollw ou
passenger valuing® for quarter coding
September 36 1899:
Fort Worth and New Orleans $95.13
tax on $9517.23 earnings; Central Texan
* Northwestern $36.68 tax $3668.0
earnings: Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
$1628.46 tax on $162839.87 earning®
The pension payments up to date tbr
comptroller has paid the first quarter-
ly payment on 3356 of the peasiov
claims approved by him leaving some
360 still unpaid. The next payments
will be made in January.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Negro Soldier Arrested at El! Paso ox
That Charge.
Special to the Sunday Light.
El Paso Texas November 11.—TW
negro soldier of the Twenty-fifth in-
fantry who escaped from the cuari
house at Fort Bliss early this weak
was captured last night at Valentine.
Sheriff Boone went after him today
with a warrant charging highway rob-
bery. When the soldier has been tried
by the state authorities for robbing •
Chinaman he will be turned over to
the military authorities to be tried for
desertion.
ALL VOTED SOLID
Special to the Sunday Light.
Greenville Miss. Nov. 11. —A spe-
cial honor was conferred upon the next
governor of Mississippi by his hoot
people at the election held Tuesday
last. Every vote cast at Greenville
box was cast for A. H. Longino.
Members of all parties at home know
his forth and laid aside party feeling
to honor the man.
SUIT FOR BUTTED DAMAGES.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Washington Ind. Nov. 11.—Misif Ida
Whittaker has filed a novel suit for
damages in the Greene Circuit cowrt
She alleges John Buchanan a wealthy
farmer turned a drove of sheep into
a pasture. No fence separated the
pasture from the house in which Miss
Whittaker lived and one day when
she wa® in the yard a ram butted her
so severely that she sustained perma-
nent injuries. She asks the court to
give her judgment against the ownxr
of the ram for $5600.
PEARSALL POINTERS.
Special to the Sunday Light.
Pearsall. Tex. Nov. 11. —Mr. E. ft
Potter late of Missouri but nUW resid-
ing in San Antonio was in Pearsall du-
ring the past week looking over th*
business outlook with a view of start-
ing a bank. Mr. Potter informs us
tha t he is well pleased and In all prob-
ability will locate here.
Rev. J. S. Gillett ha® been re-stat-
ioned at Pearsall by the West Texar
Conference.
Mr. J. L. Starr and Miss Julia Crm»
were united in the holy bonds df mat-
rimony last Wednesday night TYu
young couple will make their rutnre
home on the San Mtguel.
Mr. A. L. Curtis and two san® wh«>
have been surveying for Mr. Homesly
In Median county. have returned
home.
Mr. R. H. Forester went to Cotutbi
the first of the week to see after mto
ters pertaining tb the mall route t>e<
ween Cotulla and Tildro.
Mr. B. F. Erskine of Derby was I*
Pearsall during the past week.
Miss Katie Adams of Sand Holhm.
who hits been visiting relatives at Vle>-
torta. returned home Jalst Saturtlay.
Mrs. WNliamscm after a visit to Ly-
tle and San Antonio has returned
home.
Rev. Castro who has been the pas-
tor of the Mexican Methodist (hurt*
at Pearsall for a number of years ho®
been sent to Monclnva. Mex.
Mr. W. L. Gates u prominent bust
ness man of Loma Vista was .An
sail during the past week.
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