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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1885

Page

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War talk and Austere War News Across Europe and India

Telegraphic dispatches report artillery shipments to India, Afghan front tensions, and Russia England conflicts. London and Paris note ministers and commanders remain at posts, while New York records a deadly sixty second street high rise collapse and Knights of Labor activity.

London India Paris St. Petersburg Berlin Vienna Marsemirs Spain Str. Peterssura Kronstadt The Daily Telegraph Russia Komaroff Turkestan Odessa England Sarakhs Samarcand Herat Gladstone WashingTon Admiral Jouett Whitney Colon Navy Department New York Aspinwall Galverston R. L. Fulton Fulton Courbet General de Lisle Tonquin Hai Pong de Lisle Negrier Chaffee General Grant Pirrspurag T. V. Powderly Knights of Labor Allegheny County Charles Marvin Central Asia Sunderland Suez Canal Nostroma Building Department

A Dream of San Antonio’s Prosperous Future

A reader imagines a transformed San Antonio with rail service to Aransas Pass, a new city hall and jail, surface drainage, a grand school, and modern cottages. He envisions an honest mayor and council, reformers in robes, and philanthropy by local figures like Colonel Belknap, foretelling a peaceful, united city as old incumbents fade and progress arrives.

San Antonio Alamo City Phoenix Aransas Pass Colonel Belknap William Chrysler Magnolia Board of Health San Pedro

Terrible Fall at Riverside Hotel Leaves Man Dead

Joe Burke a young hack driver was found dead on river rocks behind the Riverside hotel after evidently falling from the fourth story. He was last seen intoxicated at the White Elephant saloon and coroner’s inquest ruled accidental death. Burial set for 4 pm tomorrow at Mrs. Bothwell’s residence on Pecan street.

Joe Burke Riverside Soledad Street Laux Mill White Elephant Bat Cave Anton Adam Burke

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