San Antonio Light and Gazette (Newspaper) - January 13, 1910, San Antonio, Texas mi LIKe MORE for Uairy Co Phones 871 for t and f unify Creame SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE VOLUME 29 NO 352 mm mm AH tf thi City Dairy Go 14 PAGES PAN ANTONIO TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 13 U FIVE CENTS Because Her Brother Prohibits Bans Bosquez Attempts Suicide BELIEVED SHE WILL LIVE Attempt at Suicide Made Firot W was also elected Of of the Rock Island and its holding com I Panies to succeed Jackson wh lent Death of Father took the lye one of my brothers said that he going to kill my sweetheart He 4 has been awful mean to us Ho used to tell us that we wouldn't inarry with nobody Maybe I am not old enough to marry but then since my father died we ways help my mother to work for our living ifc works but not enough for us so I told niy mother if I could marry Manuel and she said yes I believe I can do it and my brother I bo- he has no right to keep me from doing it because I work and T am tired of working so I believe I have a right to do Both Are Succeeded By Robert Walker Former Assistant General Counsel Dispatch York Jan G Reed t Moore is credited controlling the Rock Island oad today resigned all his offices in several Rock Island companies and is succeeded by Robert Walker ly assistant general counsel of the road Mr Walker was also elected president of the flock Island and its holding com- panies to succeed Jackson who was closely associated with the Moore interests lint who is said to have resigned of personal differences with Mr Heed The resignation of coming as it did immediately after the of the Chapin firm of stock brokers in connection with stock ex- change manipulation is taken to mean a general house cleaning of the Koek Island resignation created a prise in Wall street CHANGES TO HELP SOUTH 11 SEEK The above note was penned this 30 o'clock by Miss a pretty Mexican senorita of 17 years on the eve of her riage swallowed a cupful of lye Wednesday afternoon at the home of her South San Saba street near El Paso street According to the statement of the lady her affianced Manuel an employe iu one of the steam laundries tho city went to the house and procured n marriage license and the couple were have been married last night ut tho homo of tho bride When a brother of Miss heard Of the contemplated marriage -bo threatened to do bodily harm to if lie his at the Bosquez home and the young lady became despondent ing into n rear room of the home afternoon at took down a can of concentrated lye j and after a teacup almost full of the stuff and mixing it with water drank the poison The screams of Miss a few Inter brought the mother and several neighbors to the room where the young woman lay on the floor in spasms j Dr Evans was summoned by I prompt action relieved the sufferings of the girl considerably All during last night condition of Miss was regarded as being critical and hcv death was momentarily expected This at daylight however she to show signs of improvement and it is now believed she will recover lei Gonzales who was to have Attorneys for Men Released After Twelve Years In the Asylum Begin Probing TO LOOK INTO HIS LEGACY Intimate Steps Will Be Taken if an Investigation Proves Ground Exists married Miss Bosquez last night was of the girl taking the lye and went to the home of his intended bride and was prostrated with grief over the occurrence fie left the bedside of his betrothed when attending physician told him that there was a goou chance of the girl recovering and that she was out of danger Hard seems to bo following the family from the fact that was the anniversary of tho death of the father of At that time the father met death the wheels of a train in the local yards of the Aransas Paps A peculiar incident in connection with the girl swallowing the lye was th A B Co wen and C if bers attorneys for W I yesterday released by County Judge Shook from confinement in the Southwestern Insane asylum an- they will begin at once to probe the affairs of the man who was held as an person for twelve years We will look into the legacy and the said Mr Cowen to de- termine what portion of it is due Mr Browne As we understand it the tate is practically intact and it should not be a hard question to arrive at an absolute knowledge of what portion should be turned over to our client If it should prove upon complete gation that he was under the will of bis father extent of only two or three lots we shall then fake further steps Just what these arc we cannot now outline I Browne is now living in the city with his wife and his wife's sister Mrs C X Miller He will remain here pending investigations into his affairs making such trips to Brownsville as may be necessary The Browne estate comprises a huge property located ly within and partly without the city of Brownsville value is said to run up well into the millions and the claim will probably be made that Browne is entitled to a part of the es tate E W Timely ence at San Pedro Park Prevents Two IS JUST IN NICK OF TIME frantic Mother In Act of Rescue on Scene By his plunge into the the lake at San Pedro park Wednesday at 4 o'clock a city salesman for a meat firm saved the life of boy and possibly tbe mother of- the child who was with hini at the time Police Still Questioning rately Each One of Four Suspects In Jail NEGROES ARE BEING HELD Belief Spreads That Evidence Conspiracy Has Already Been Dragged Out CHIEF AND MAYOR CONFER Detective Victim Assault Much Improved Chances for Recovery A conspiracy to kill City tive Frank will be made public by the police officials it is thought within the next four hours While nothing has bean divulged with reference to what Information has been secured from the four negroes arrested yesterday morning the actions of the police today cant and tend to the belief that information of an important nature has been secured The movements of lie police ment in its investigation the derous assault on Detective Newnam at on Cameron street Monday his home night thus far are being conducted CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST I M GARZA i I On three charges one of forgery an- other of passing forged instruments republican ticket for constable at ths last election was arrested this and Gazette was the first was filed in Justice r i i s court ana lie preliminary ing will probably be held tomorrow Garza is charged with having passed an at the Frost bank and he with two others are said to have received the if was discovered as alleged the check was a forgery and ed in the arrest of the former candidate for constable made the Constable J K mv int inv fact that she kept the real cause of nf T- M- her attempt at self-destruction from her a candidate on mother find other members of tie ily and her written statement for the Light and Gazette was the firs tion the mother had as to why her daughter the potion of poison LAST SETTLED BY THE CITY The last judgment on record in the of yesterday afternoon when the ance of the judgment of and in- was paid Mrs Mary for injuries sustained by falling into a hole on Commerce street in The payment marked the closing up of alj judgments granted against the Antonio NOW DANGER The condition of Mr and Mrs K who wore shot hist at their home on the while at the eating supper and who are now at the Rauta Kosa pital is reported improved hoth are doing well today and will recover from their injuries Hoover and her two sons afternoon While walking bank lake swans and the idle fellow lost his ing on the embankment and fell into five feet of water The screams of the mother attracted the attention mg who was on the opposite side of the body of water the boy struggling in the lake he made a dash to the rescue Just as he reached where the youth fell in frantic mother was preparing to plunge in after hinn however prevented her He sured her hat he would save the of her son and diving into the water just as was sinking or tho time grabbed him by the collar and dragged him ashore For a few minutes after being taken from the water he lad was unconscious from swallowing so much water but after being held up by the feet for a few minutes he was revived The mother was wild joy at the rescue of her son and told Mr that she would have drowned with the bov no person been around from with much secrecy but there is little doubt that information bearing upon the attempt on tho lite of the of- ficer lias been secured and Chief of Police Van Diper today an- that as yet be was not in a sition to make public the findings of the police since the arrest of the four suspects He has certain reasons for not making public the in the hands ot the police but that when tho proper time came he would not hesitate to lay bare the gress of the investigation To it known at this time ho believes would have a tendency to defeat tho ends of justice and inay prevent or lay the in solving the attempt to murder tho negroes in custody are examined by Chief of Van Diper District Attorney Baker and Detective The fore- noon was spent by the officials with the in jail and at noon Chief nf Police Van Kiper held a long conference wilh Mayor iu tho hitler's private office Howard Ward est Hall and Have Anthony are the names of tlie four negroes against whom charges of vagrancy have been in lie corporation court For eral months past those negroes are said to in the employ a local transfer company Tt was upon given hv n white were taken It seems that Monday afternoon the negroes cured of a shotgun and left they were on n rabbit bunt They not return until lain in the evening Kaeh of the negroes is in a cell and their re- statements taken separately are being made to police iu the presence of an stenographer Still After Other Clues the police are conducting an investigation iu with the negroes no is lost in running all clues in other directions While are inclined to lieve that ity in raids on gambling and er resorts may have led to the plot in take life still there is reason to believe knowledge regarding certain eases ni which lie is witness iml in regard to j which are have been made against him have bren the Standing of Contestants Will Be Found on Page 8 DISCUSS PLANS FOR EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL Classification Committee Hears ments on Desired Changes ing Much ASK INDUSTRY Petitions covering changes m the shipment and rating of rice m double packages fertilizers and fertilizing material and also on cotton seed cooking oil in tin cans boxed or in wood and cotton seed salad oil were affecting the south and Texas that were discussed before the Western Classification Committee m session in the assembly room of the St Anthony hotel this The manner in which the arguments were presented weight of each will have a decided effect upon the action taken to adjust these grievances when the executive session of the classification committee is held after the 600 petitions are heard It is the idea of H W B Glover of Atlanta to increase the use of cotton seed as a food product and also to educate the farmers living west of the Mississippi to the value of the fertilizer To do tins it is necessary that the railroads do their part in freight rates and classification to make the cost to the consumer as light as possible The petition of J M Guild of Neb to stick to the single pocket in the shipment of rice affects the southern nee growing district as it is believed the majority of them favor the proposed change in Hie desired double pocket in shipments and the elimination of the provision for nient in bags The meeting was convened nt o clock this morning in the assembly room of the St Anthony hotel with P 0 Becker of Chicago chairman Tho program of listening to grievances and matters pertaining to changes in tho western classification rules and tions that have been docketed wilh tlin by the industrial cartons boxed as under the present rating was discussed by J M Guild of Omaha the Omaha Com- club Be favored tho nd sail a change pocket as at present ll L would work a great hardship on who have a large stock on band H W Glover of Atlanta the in behalf of a Letter and concerns of the United Stares to flie number was this morning by petitioners before Iho classification on and ma committee This program will be that west of lowed until the docket is cleaned river the use of fertilizers bv these petitions when the committee will j fanners was a new industry ind fie go into executive session and make those changes they think consistent us to rules regulations and ratings secretary Charles Heed of i of lie meeting ami H A of Chicago private secretary to the man Important subjects were ed most prominent being that of return carriers Tlie men whose interests were concerned in the use of the return riers opened the session and T the rational land Cement company was the first to address the lie said that thi return carrier is a subject to be con- by itself G F Maxwell representing the las chamber of commerce endorsed Mr Bentley's and added he thought there should be no change from ho present conditions He also discussed the importance of the cost of returning I carriers as important factors in con- hiding a shipping business where the carrier was returned J M Guild rep resenting tlie Omaha Commercial club spoke on the subject of a more substantial package used in- shippers when they know it to he C S of Des Iowa of the State ng company also spoke on sub- ot return carriers George T Bell righted slot of flic Kansas City Traffic bureau nf dav Kansas City C T Bertschy traffic of the Brewing com- pany nf Milwaukee and L n of Chicago representing the fertilizer handlers were earning on a campaign of education The great experienced in selling in this dis- according to Mr Glover was the fact they couldn't stand the freight on carload rate and asked adjustment so that the handlers of fertilizers can ship lo farmers in smaller quantities ther he stated the use of fertilizers bv these farmers would bring handsome returns to Hie carriers as a result of improved crops harvested by the er after using tho fertilizer Mary Mannering hie actress wha has just received an interlocutory de- crec of divorce from Iu r husband James K Hackett The decree has been hanging fire for over a year and it was the general opinion that initial had been abandoned and would become friends said their child would he the means of the Mr believed so himself last summer but later Miss cabled answer in that hope of reconciliation was futile The parties to the suit were married in starred together for seasons Special Dispatch St Louis Mo Jan here who died recently in the Indiana state penitentiary at Michigan serving a term for fire to the home of Mrs Bella near Ind did not carry the of the charnel farm to the tomb with him according to a hv in the When he believed death was near he confessed Lamphere lo the confession had guilty knowledge of the f three men in the Gunness t of I home during the time he Kved there operate large plants I about eight months in 1007 and t the State also to ol J the 1 He said he thought l She snid that she liad n tended leaving for home tonight and was showing the children tho park the tame fowls on the water before leaving lie The new program for tlie ridge eighth grade school was discussed last evening at a meeting held iu office F M Halbedl S of manual training Miss Em- ma Pirie of domestic science and Prof Paul of German met with tendent for the purpose of justing period given over to special j in the new school This is very I because the Spanish ami I Chicago 111 Jan wet man teachers have to come from and fleet storm foil here last honng schools and because the manual seriously delaying traffic schools fc 111 have o ho arduous The railroads still m manual training rapped weather which i ment j dieted will of lie attempted This afternoon was that was much improved The physicians are fact that she could not swim and lie will recover she surely would have jumped in anticipate ho will ho to leave tho Santa within the next two weeks Because of the wounds in his nock however must quiet for several lays and D discussed the ratings on soda fountains and fixtures as did George Si urges of Dalbs resenting he American Soda fountain company of Boston Shipment of Rice The proposed change in the shipment of riee the to fi for shipments in double pockets and eliminating the provision for shipment the house in bags or tierces or in paper I had left I soon burst into had not received us much of the profits in the transaction as he considered himself entitled to and went to the farm house at night willi a woman chloroformed Mrs her three children and Jennie Olson and he and the woman then searched the house ing between and Steamer Czarina Hits Coos Bay Bar Oregon and Wrecked TWO MEN WASHED ASHORE Associated Press Ore Jan on the ill-fated steamer struck on Coos Bay bar yesterday and was been rescued today Harry Kentsell first assistant engineer vras picked up unconscious in the day and early Second Assistant Engineer Robinson was washed ashore It some after Kentzell waj rescued before he regained ness sufficiently to state that Captain Dugan Harold the only senger had been bound to one of His masts Bobinsou added that when the forward mast to which lie and ers had climbed went by the board the master the first officer Millls and two seamen were still alive in the water had not Mr made his ap on the scene Mrs who lives in lias tr been in the city during the past few weeks and has apartments on Mar CHICAGO FACES SEVERE FUEL FAMINE AGAIN will be made to hav effort hirn make a light on will tlie for the for a couple oi believe thai lie will well lie able to tin the shooting and I his materially in Pat a brother of arrived frem last lie his Ride as did several members ot no- Tt is not j will lose sight of left eye think the un- less it be tho of the with lie eye wa's out however is not prol a spark hat would Kim flames Gunness made and it may he they will he method of killing her victims to remain I said was to first chloroform as The reward fund of offered by j they slept and then if the drug did not kill to severe their with an Both of the rescued men were nearly dead when picked up but it is thought both will recover the city government has been swelled through donations made by axe and is offered for the capture and j conviction of lie person shot De- At n meeting nf Antonio Aerie 78 Order ot held lust night sum of was appropriated to be added the fund is a member ot tli Order of Kagles donations to the fund were bv J Lewis l District 1 D D George Sheriff B D B Tuftle A T P W Bennett and John K Trainer talk AND t WAY EAST j Associated j Pa Jan tho i Philadelphia i De the eloping heiress and j Frederick Cohen her waiter i ion passed hero early today Cohen was shackled to an officer and j Miss He loi ked iu the stateroom was allowed lo Local Weathery lias appointed Lewis and Dr Frederick Terrell as a committee funds fur the re- ward t BLIZZARD IN WISCONSIN Milwaukee Jan a portion of lie state is ex a today C or The fur Iho -I Al Mork fhis u D Y n m noon l V m W