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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1885

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Rossa Shot by Woman on Chambers Street in New York

O Donogan Rossa Irish dynamiter was shot on Chambers Street near Broadway by a woman later identified as Yseult Dudley a 25 year old nurse from Clinton Place. She claimed to act as an agent of the British government and confessed to the shooting after arrest. Rossa survived the wound and was treated at Chambers Street Hospital.

New York Donovan Rossa Chambers Street Broadway Brooklyn Bridge Rossa James McAuley City Hall Station House George W. Barlow Read Street Peter Y. Everett O’donovan Dennison McAuley O’donovan Rossa Yseult Dudley Clinton Place America City Hall Dudley Oak Street Station Rogsa O'Donovan Stewart Building Dway O'Donovan Rossa Phelan Ireland London

Fashion Theatre Presents Fresh Talent and Dog Detective

Last night Fashion theatre changed company led by Miss Josie Simmons with a bright voice in Little Dark Blue Eyes. The Halls perform boat dancing with Frankie excelling. Virgie Varney attracts applause as a serio comic. May Olive and S. Wheeler star in Isidore and Casius Calhoun with Wheeler’s trained dogs, including Fred.

Simms & Samuels Fashion Theatre Josie Simmons James Frankie Virgie Varney May Olive Isidore J. Wheeler Casius Calhoun Mr. Wheeler Fred

Emma Abbott Opera Company eyes San Antonio engagement

The Emma Abbott Opera Company may perform in San Antonio for three nights. The business manager John Bartlett notes the troupe includes Emma Abbott, Laura Bellini, Lizzie Annandale, Marie Hindle, William Castle, William Broderick, Walter Allen, Robert Ward, Signor Fabian, and Signor Tagliapetra with Tomasi directing and its own orchestra and chorus.

Licar John Bartlett Emma Abbott Opera Company Apnei Ny San Antonio Emma Abbott Laura Bellini Lizzie Annandale Marie Hindle Messrs William Castle William Broderick Walter Allen Robert Ward Signor Fabian Signor Tagliapetra Signor Tomasi

Stray Boy Seeks Ride Home From Kansas City to Texas

A 13 year old called at Fort Scott mayor’s office asking help to reach San Antonio. He named J. W. Grady, said he rode with a cattle man to Kansas City to deliver stock, missed his employer, and ended up at the calaboose before being sent to Parsons for potential further aid toward Texas. The piece also criticizes state penitentiary funding and crime policy as insufficient.

Fort Scott Kansas San Antonio Texas J. W. Grady Kansas City Calaboose Parsons

Regular City Council Session Under New Mayor

The First Regular Session under Mayor Callaghan convened with routine business. A new committee was formed to honor the late Alderman Richter, while various petitions were referred to committees and city engineers urged to repair bridges and assess street projects.

E. Hertzberg J. A. Dewees Losoyo Street San Marcos Street J. C. Dielmann F. B. Rosenberger Thomas Franklin L. Allen W. A. Freeman Mary Heinefer J.B. Whitney & Co Hoefling Joseph Lask East Houston Street Bolton Elam Santa Clara William Fletcher Public Improvement Committee G. H. Noonan Burleson Street Cartmen Martin and St. Mary’s Streets Arsenal Street Apache Creek Madre Ditch Duerler Richter Belknap Alderman Bolton Joseph E. Dwyer Smye Callaghan Gallagher

Emancipation Day Celebrated by Texas Colored People

In Texas, June 19 and 1865 are tied to emancipation. General Gordon Granger issued a proclamation on June 10 declaring freedom for former slaves and pay for services after emancipation. Hence Texans of color mark June 19 as a day of celebration.

Texas Lincoln Gordon Granger Federal Department

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