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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1899
Page
6
The fragment mentions sending communications by telegraph and telephone with a directive to provide an answer to a Southwestern (?) train or line, implying a prompt responsive instruction for distant contact. The text is fragmented and unclear about specific names, places, or events.
Special to the Sunday Light from Chattanooga reports authorities raided a mountain still near Jeff Cay Gibbs. About a thousand gallons of beer and a moonshiner named Tow Liiz were seized. The raid uncovered a hut marked with a Skull and Crossbones sign and a cryptic warning about Nell, reflecting illicit distilling in the area.
The steamer Fread-Gig, owned by T. Walls, capsized in the Ouachita River near Herrings, while traveling from Monroe to Arkansas landing. About 150 barrels of corn and new oil were dumped into the water. No cause given. Cargo valued near $1000 with no insurance. Much of the cargo lost, aloft rescued in damaged condition. engine may be saved.
Special from Austin notes the Belknaps may join the Governor Sayers Dewey reception escort in New York if he attends in October. The Governor's Guard of San Antonio reserves the right to escort the Texas governor, paying their own way from prize money saved from the San Antonio encampment, and may reunite old members to march for the occasion.
Mount Vernon, July 29. Frank Jones, a colored convict paroled from the Southern Minois nenti tary at Chester, escaped custody of George Beauchamp eight miles west of town and is at large. Beauchamp asked the prison authorities to take him back to care for him pending recovery, prompting an investigation that led Warden Tanner to rule that the party to whom a convict is paroled must provide care while ill or unable to work, and that prison officials need not receive back a paroled convict unless parole vows are violated. Beauchamp notified officials of the escape today.
Washington July 20 General Miles is to be restored to presidential favor according to sources close to the president. His allies urge he be sent to the Philippines to show how inadequate has been the conduct of the insurrection there while Alger has belittled him. The president is studying the matter as Miles gains greater influence in the war office during Teot’s administration.
Charles Talbot was shot in the rear of 4239 West Pine boulevard and seriously wounded. Roy Smith, also colored, is held pending investigation as Talbot claims the shooting was accidental while Smith says otherwise. Talbot died to have registered his address at 108 Pinney Avenue.
Washington plans an official Italian embassy inquiry headed by Signor Romana into the Louisiana lynching of two Italians. The aim is to determine causes, citizenship, and possible indemnity for heirs, with a report used to justify compensation without a formal Congress appropriation. The mission marks a first by Rome to dispatch an official to the United States for such a matter.
Local reports from Houston Texas note Fort Bend county planters switch to sarguin millet embage and bathe corn after flood losses. Families from Washington and nearby counties move to Fort Bend to settle on the prairie as the community recovers.
Fort Worth Texas July 29 Mrs Chirence W B Lew of St Louis aged 81 died this afternoon here of consumption After this line a well known newspaper writer formerly lived here His latest work in St Louis was on Phililgate's life story Report will be buried at the family home but the details are unclear due to damaged text
Rumors from Cowes England claim Kaiser Wilhelm planned to visit Britain this week, prompting Queen Victoria to fear for her health and to delay the trip. Reports say the Kaiser reconsidered after discussions about the Coburg succession and potential diplomatic surprises. The source cautions the tale may be fanciful, with others insisting the event will occur anyway.
Special to the Sunday Light reports C Teffries died after an incident with a car near Worth Worth, Texas. Seaman Fell of Austin was fatally wounded while loading a car in Denver Kids. The article states Tim Garlington confessed to firing the shot that killed Pireman Whitaker, who had previously denied involvement.
A night fire at 2 am destroyed three two story boarding houses on Pacite Avenue in Dallas. Mrs Annie B Farnaham and her nine year old son, formerly of Houston, were burned to death as residents woke in their night clothes. A lamp explosion in Mrs Farnaham s room is suspected to have caused the blaze.
Reports claim a widespread bar ban in Southwest Louisiana has killed horses miles and cattle by the thousands and also harmed wildlife. An investigation by interested parties finds no watch in the story. Miss Alice Thompson returns to the city after a three week camping and fishing outing benefiting from the trip.
Special to One Sunday Light New York July 28 A sun siege from Mabia says insurgents at Tdnagon and Binane with two machine guns and two cannons attempted to circle west of Calamba to join rebels near San Tomas. They clashed with American outposts as residents note attacks on a weekday.
Ayman incident occurred at 7 oclock in Alexandria at the boarding house of Mrs A Ray when Mrs Maggard armed with a revolver shouted and fired. Two male boarders restrained her and she was taken to city hall, later held at parish jail. Affidavits accuse Maggard of attempted murder amid reports of insanity.
Yesterday noon in Austin a meeting of colored pel ilans was held at the courthouse to arrange a gathering next Saturday at the game place. Resolutions are to condemn President Kinley's policy of distributing federal offices.
Special to the Sunday Flight reports the Clarence Catholic reformatory ship destroyed by fire at Liverpool on July 20. Hundreds of lads and officers were saved by the ferry Mersey, which pumped water and assisted in the evacuation while the Clarence burned and settled. The captain’s family suffered personal losses, and the Mersey crew barely escaped. This was the second reformatory ship of the same name to be wrecked after a prior catastrophe.
The Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania battleship plans from Rear Admiral O Neil propose heavier armor and up to ten 12 inch guns or eight 8 inch guns per ship. Secondary armament includes three inch and 1/2 pounders, with five torpedo tubes underwater.
The Mississippi river commission reports 10 992 282 cubic yards of earthwork added to levees in the past year. US contributed 7 686 758 cubic yards while state and local authorities added 3 126 491. They built about 62 percent of existing levees. Future contributions by state and locals are not expected to match past levels due to funding shifts and bond sales. Investigations find no general rise in the river bed, but erosion control and bank works may widen the channel and reduce flood risk.
Washington July 29 A Washington observer notes mixed opinions on General Otis in Cuba not fully trusted to lead. Rumors of Merritt replacing Otis persist as debate grows over Wood’s potential rise and the impact on Cuban affairs and U S policy toward annexation or independence.
Secretary Long reports Admiral Dewey will travel by the USS Olympia to Boston in late October after events in New York and Washington. He is expected to arrive in New York first, then proceed to Washington to receive a ceremonial sword, with Boston hosting a banquet invitation awaiting his reply.
In Chattangqogs on July 29 a strong rumor spread that the Southern railway has acquired control of the Norfolk and Western railroad. It is said Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern, in England, secured a majority of stock and a formal announcement would follow in a few days.
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