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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1899
Page
3
The Sunday Light lists unclaimed letters at the San Antonio Texas post office for the week ending November 38 1899. Names appear alphabetically under Gents List Ladies List and Miscellaneous, with charges for advertised letters and instructions to include full address for return.
Fragmentary local notices include medical claims, drug store ads, coal delivery, groceries, and services. Items mention A K Langh surgeon, Webbs at Alamo Plaza, oysters, corn and chicken feed, and roofing, with notices of lodge representatives and moving services. The scattered entries paint a candid snapshot of commerce and daily life in the town.
Special to the Sunday Light reports Leon Houderquux’s arrest in the murder of Mrs. Louleo Dugat on November 13. Poison was added to coffee at John Cholsaou’s home in Taylorp Bayou. Mrs. Dugat died after drinking it. The motive appears aimed at the mother and Bouderaux. The incident occurred during church time with suspects present. The article also notes property transfers and local real estate deals, then briefly mentions West Texas items and a high school football update.
An aldermanic committee met yesterday but did not air many assessments. It reduced the tax on a lot owned by Mr Batts on Navarro Street to 700 and raised the assessment on a lot of Mrs Jane Belkar on Laurel Street to 700.
In the melting rooms of the United States Mint at Philadelphia the thermometer runs high while gas works reach extreme heat. In blast furnaces and aboard steamships firemen endure oppressive temperatures.
A $2,000 reward is posted by railroad and express firms the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway and the American Express Company for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a robber attack on a messenger on a train between Sherman and Denison Texas on Tuesday October 3 1899. The reward offers a proportional share for each implicated participant.
Auctioneer WX Hadley advertises a public auction on Monday at 10 am November 2nd 1899 to sell Mrs Richard Woolleys two story residence at 918 Avenue D contents include parlor dining room kitchen and bedrooms plus books engravings and assorted items. Lunch served at 1 30 pm. Come early and inspect the house. Pat Stevens city license inspector notes tax delinquency enforcement and collection activity with several hundred dollars gathered and Chinese restaurant proprietors among delinquent occup over taxes.
Seeley Seeples and Peacocks to meet Thursday on Thanksgiving day after a 5-0 Cadets victory. Graham Dowdell of the High School team was disabled with a shoulder injury. Players wore little clothing to combat humidity and heat in the dry high air.
Tax Collector Paul Meerschridt cites due state and county taxes for 1899 in Bexar County payable at the County Courthouse. City Board of Equalization will meet November 1899 at the City Assessor's office to continue sessions until complete. Junior department to organize Bible study classes with over a hundred boys signaling intent. later an event with three speakers from the International committee of the YMCA and special music invites attendance.
Washington Cor responds to the St Louis Globe Democrat notes a decline in robberies of post offices and mail trains and stages in the past year versus the year before. The report cites counts of 1481 post offices robbed and 34 mail trains and stages attacked, with 56 percent and 54 percent figures for burned post offices in earlier years.
The text debates a Republican shift in Texas leadership, emphasizing General Miles and the San Antonio military role. It argues for a Republican congressman to back inland city development, harbor improvements, and frontier security, stressing the need for a strong Republican presence in the 12th District and national defense. It mentions Silver and Amundsen era politics and calls for a decisive candidate from Santa Antone to secure military readiness and regional growth.
Special dispatches report a British reconnoiter near Highlands and Noviier Natal encountering a large Boer force. the British party retreated after fire. Another force was found to the northeast of the British position, and British forces fell back. Separately in Houston Texas a confrontation with suspicious characters in the 1 T C yards led to exchange of fire and one car capture. Washington reported Otis forwarding that insurgents attacked Tumus last night, with two killed, one captured and several wounded. British losses three enlisted men wounded.
The Sunday Light reports natives are returning to fields in the Island of Negroes with strong crop plantings. A separate London dispatch says 107 youths and Boers arrived on November 24, claiming British officers were not treated fairly, and authorities warn of political overreach. Another note announces the engagement of Miss Hensarius Mzbenca Ryder Taylor to Mr. David J Jones, with a forthcoming wedding at the Ryder Taylor homestead, while Rebeena Lodge is noted as a popular stockman’s partner and upcoming marriage plans.
The second bidder at the hot sulphur well claims he was misled by the act of the legislature delaying seizure after Schacklett’s lease expiration. He says avoiding Schacklett’s remaining lease would have saved him time and money, and he remains hopeful for city benefits from improved facilities.
Federal court adjourned yesterday in memory of the late Vice President Garrett A. Hobart and Postmaster G G Mufford. Post offices closed from 2:40 to 4 p m for the ceremony. Local notes include reassignment of duties and a change of vocation for E Louis H Schmitt from grocer to saloon owner at 86 Dolorosa Avenue.
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