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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1900
Page
6
A fragment references the South Western Telegraph and Telephone Company and remarks on telegraph and telephone usage. It notes a candid critique of a candidate and the idea of distant speech, implying a discussion of communication limits.
Special to the Sunday Times from New Orleans outlines Welman Bradford of Crowley who proposes a vast irrigation and navigation canal 250 feet wide and 54 miles long from Washington Bayou Courtale Grand Prairie to Mamma with five foot water depth. The plan covers 206,300 acres, flooding 200,000 acres of rice lands in St. Landry Acadia Lafayette and Calcasieu parishes. The canal would be navigable by light draft steamboats and cost about 400,000 dollars including bridges and pumps.
Washington February 3. Prominent leaders at the White House say the Senate will defeat at least one reciprocity treaty. Argentinian wool terms spark opposition from wool growers and manufacturers who fear price drops and loss of revenue. Petitions telegrams and letters reflect widespread dissent as delays or inaction threaten passage.
The Grand presents Brown's in Town as a top tier farce with laughs and surprise. Also featured are A Hob Old Time and A Hot Off Trip with a strong local turnout expected. Opera week at the Grand opens February 6 with social statewide interest and February 10 matinee Jeffersonian debut. Unclaimed packages and a Darien riot case update round out the notices.
Postmaster G. Clifford and Superintendent McDavid Sanders report a large shipment of new, larger post boxes being installed across the city business district to alleviate congestion. Several small boxes are retained for placement in districts with fewer outlets as crews mount the new units at Avenue O and Fourth, Sixth, and Tenth streets and at West Commerce and Navarra.
Fayette Missouri February 3 The board of curators of Howard Payne College met in this city and transacted important business. They noted the Missouri Conference action placing the college under Central College supervision and declined the office of curators. President Graves was kept as president for the scholastic year and will assemble faculty and arrange assignments for 1901.
Special to the Sunday Light reports Daniel G Wing temporary receiver of Broadway National Bank Heaton Mass says assets realized fully cover bank creditors with interest to February 6 1999 The bank’s assets amount to 2882 dollars and are sufficient to pay creditors in full
Special to the Sunday Light reports from Washington on February 3 that the secretary of state forwarded to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a British navy envoy’s assurance that an interview attributed to Consul Vansittart in New Orleans insulting to U S officials is not authentic.
Republicans discuss electors and nominations amid a Maine Supreme Court decision on convention rules. The plan calls for state conventions to nominate presidential electors, with congressional districts designating electors as usual, while ensuring ballot validity and avoiding loopholes.
A detailed plan shows a five segment canal project to connect Birmingham area waterways to the open ocean. The proposal totals about 5.6 million dollars to canalize the Vidley and extend navigation up the Warrior river to Valley Creek, with supporters arguing the route creates a naval waterway from Birmingham to the gulf.
Nashville Chamber of Commerce plans an April 22 ceremony to mark the first gun fired in the Spanish American War. Invitations extended to President McKinley and cabinet members, with a presentation timed for the gun arrival from the Philippines. The event aims to be one of the state’s grandest celebrations.
St Louis skat players donated a large prize for the Milwaukee skat tournament to be held February 17 to 19. The gift includes a French or Mon clock with green Hungarian onyx base and draped female figures. Clock is 10 inches high, base 21 inches wide, featuring a triumph inscription and an ornate towered dial. Donated by the Skat Players of St Louis, celebrating the city of the World's Fair.
Special to the Sunday Times reports under General Sanger that Gehan census supervisors completed preliminary enumeration for Cuba and sent results to Secretary Root. Island population is 1,493,810, about 10 000 to 60 000 fewer than 1887. Puerto Rico preliminary count 57 679. 1887 population was 801 708.
The state insurance commissioner issued permits for Northwestern Life Insurance of Milwaukee and Security Mutual Fire of Binghamton New York to do business in Texas. The Southern Kansas and Texas Railway paid the comptroller 33 to for gross passenger revenues for the quarter ended December 21. The charter for A Goldman Grocery Co of Victoria was approved by state authority, detailing capital stock requirements.
Brown and Jenkins announce rapid reconstruction of the street railway under the new superintendent A J Brown. They pledge to improve tracks and cars, rebuild lines on Mission and downtown routes, and deliver first class service once new equipment and shops are ready.
New York dispatch reports heavy fighting along the veldt near Vredefort on February four with British officers observing preparations for an eastward movement. British long range guns shell Boer positions as Boers fire to cover their withdrawal in a shifting front between Savobsdal and Kopfesdal.
Daniel Patrick, prominent planter near Hazel Green in Magizou county, was killed by Hob Downing in a feud that began years earlier after a family murder. Both men were armed. Downing fired buckshot at Patrick and another shot struck Patrick in the head. Downing had not been arrested.
In Shreveport Louisiana on February 3 police arrested 63 vagrants labeled suspicious characters. Chief Tagok ordered arrests and 25 were sentenced to fifteen days on the streets while others were discharged on the condition they leave the city immediately.
In Comfort Texas on Sunday Light Comfort February 8 the grain prospects look excellent for small grain across the region. Local visits include Mr August Maltin visitations and guests from San Antonio, Dallas, New Orleans and elsewhere. Community notices report a local death, Mrs. T. Mater, and a silver wedding in progress with relatives gathering.
The report recounts a sensational murder trial involving Squires and Thomason, with a verdict based on circumstantial evidence. It notes the accused’s motive tied to a marriage prohibition and mentions bloodhounds tracking a suspect, alongside court actions and appeals.
New York Sun correspondent notes General Buller spoke to troops urging continued effort and praising past work. Cavalry reconnaissance reached Hongeraport. bridge spans at Peyo were destroyed. Weather cooler with rain anticipated. Lieutenant Williams reports Boers firing from Colenso to Potgieter’s drift. Officers debate retirement from Spionkop.
A cryptic dispatch from New York notes Beers retreating from Ladysmith and Dundes to Vryheld to deter a British advance. About one thousand Deer forces with three battleships are poised to counter, as tensions rise along the border.
New York Herald reports Spearheading catan Natal. Today large Boer parties seen moving from Mount Taban Ayama toward the hill opposite Pot glisters. Troops have been retreating from the battle around Slonkop for the last week.
A brief item reports M Burns withdrawing from the vote for renatar Inantes the eletion of Tard in Nepaltean, with Sun of Election special to the Sunday Light in San Bronelrea California.
A fragmentary editorial compares McKinley to past leaders, faulting Grant era overreach and federal intrusion in Southern and state affairs. It argues Kentucky’s political crisis should be resolved locally, warning against federal meddling and party factionalism.
A fragmentary report discusses the Dawes Commission and Choctaw and Chickasaw property rights in Mississippi Territory. It notes enrollment figures, weather impact, and a perceived attachment of Native peoples to ancestral lands. United religious missions are mentioned for Choctaws, with Catholic, Baptist, and Methodist efforts cited.
A fragmentary report notes General Sir Charles together with General Buller, both tied to the war in the East, and details the Moabite stone inscriptions as a key contribution to biblical history. It mentions prior friendships and exchanges with Mrs. Kruger, dating twenty years back, and Buller's regiment in the Zulu War.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a dynamite blast near Grockside with Alderman Bou involved and a worker named Daniol Minish injured. The text mentions misfired dynamite and a woman possibly injured as bystander, with chaotic details about timing, escape, and a fall.
Dallas voters are voting today on whether to annex by Dallas. A heavy turnout is reported, with optimism and local interest centered on the annexation question.
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