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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1900
Page
1
Walling and Norton, lawyers, practice in all state and federal courts. Office at Boord Building, opposite courthouse, San Antonio, Texas.
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company offers a reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of anyone guilty of cutting pulling tearing down or misplacing telephone wires posts or machinery or wilfully obstructing or interfering with message transmission in violation of Texas Penal Code article 784. Baker notes the reward is issued by E. K. Baker, General Manager.
The Light announces Co. N Hughes as a candidate for City Recorder at the February 1901 election.
Emma Aycock and others sue the San Antonio Brewing association seeking injunction and damages as the case proceeds through the thirty seventh district court.
Appearance cases for the December term will be called Wednesday in the Worty Fifth District.
The schedule assigns Monday and Tuesday to non jury and appearance cases. The rest of the week will be devoted to jury trials.
Agnes M. Campbell and others sue C Upson and others to try title to about 600 acres six miles northwest of San Antonio. Lena Kelly seeks divorce and custody of her nine year old son from Mike Kelley. Felipe Gonzales and Loretta Sanchez Gonzales seek divorce. Floja Davis sues Sallie Davis for divorce. Ex parte John Weber requests final naturalization papers. Natalie Kirchner sues A and M Kirchner to cancel a deed and obtain property possession.
Probate court grants loan to William and Lucy Lytle in Kalisky estate and directs guardian to pay on note and deed of trust. A. M. Byron appointed guardian for Klemcke minors with $8,000 bond. Schenck estate administrator’s account reviewed and discharged. Flores minors receive $100 for legal services. D G Roddy claim of $14 approved as fourth class. Judge Green signs minutes and schedules County civil docket for Monday.
114 Puerto Rican emigrants aboard the Arkadia landed in New Orleans and were treated as United States citizens traveling to California and then to Hawaii for sugar plantation labor. Immigration inspector Howard from Washington joined local official Wright aboard the ship. No Treasury decision arrived. Wright used his judgment to pass them as citizens.
Empire Opera House offers a strong bill for the week starting today led by the comedy All a Mistake by J Sterling Hall. The stock company performs full strength with a superior program of specialties by the Stewarts cabinet act the Metzer Sisters Jack Mahoney and Miss Anna Marit Schaeffer in The Confessional.
Lombrioli to sing at San Antonio Christmas Eve and Day masses for the first time. Mrs Ed Tloyer organist and Mr Shards baritone solo from Adam Chrontium de Noel. Mrs Hall to sing at all services.
J M Dobie, a prominent cattle man, was seen swinging in cattle circles yesterday, drawing attention from local stockmen and observers at the ranch.
Captain Charles L. Nevill becomes chief deputy under Sheriff John W. Tobin and takes duties yesterday. Deputies August Kieffer Antonio Flores Anton Krause James Irvin join bailiffs across districts Thirty seventh Forty fifth Fifty seventh county and Commissioners court. Trainer and Green also serve on Tobin staff.
The Enterprise Journal lauds John P. Campbell who voluntarily retires after eight years as Bexar county sheriff. They note his honesty, courage, and impartial leadership, citing his stand against mob pressure and hope he may return to public service if needed.
Mrs E G Long 506 Macon to repair water pipe. Mr Zuchellus 308 San Luis to lay water pipe. Wm Aubrey 1008 San Pedro to lay water pipe. Wm Hallam 11214 East Houston to lay water pipe. Mrs Vances 424 Carson to lay gas pipes. Paul Laundry Houston to lay gas pipe. Chas Cedar Castro between Brazos and San Jacinto to lay water pipe. Mrs J Efron 433 Castro to repair water pipe. Mrs Schwars Dolorosa to lay storm water pipe. By the Culbaradas 410 San Pedro to lay lead water pipe. J Loustaneau Zavala and Medina to lay water pipe. Mrs Sheohl 622 Avenue E to repair water pipe.
Woodmen of the World San Antonio camp No 529 to unveil the monument to late sovereign Adolph H Krempkau at Cemetery No 1 this afternoon Mayor Hicks to give the oration Invitations extended to other Woodmen camps to attend Assembly at Forest Hall at 3 o'clock and depart by cemetery line car at 3 30 forming at Alamo and East Commerce streets
R Nagel plans a stable and wood shed at 120 Cactus Street costing 40 dollars. Mrs Kate Rogers seeks a store and moved cottage at 409 Milam Street with unspecified cost. In November the city assessor issued a total of 92 permits.
Chartered list shows Bay Prairie Irrigation La Grange capital 225000 and others including Sharks Benevolent Houston value 100, Neighbors Aid Dallas no stock, First Church Lampasas, Family Protection Dallas, W I Marin Terrell 20000, Greenville Bottling Greenville 10000, Texarkana Table Texarkana 250000, J W Dealy Houston 20000, Mason County Mining Camp Gardner 100000, Llewellyn Lake and Park Dallas name change, Beaumont Irrigation capital increase to 150000, Southwestern Tie Houston renamed John H Kirby Tie. Presidential results: Bryan 267432, McKinley 121173, Populist 21160, Democratic 284298, Republican 15881 final Bryan lead 140259.
Richard Croker arrived at his country home to rest but was served with a 100000 dollar English income tax. The levy applies to temporary residents and citizens alike for the Boer war. He plans to appeal, with local advice suggesting a formal challenge. Croker, already noted for his racing stable wealth, returned to London and seeks a Carlsbad cure as winter worsens his health.
Washington outlines a busy congressional week with President McKinley’s annual message to Congress to be read Tuesday. The House will study war revenue reduction and army reorganization while the Senate prioritizes the Frye ship subsidy bill and postpones the Nicaraguan canal bill. Negotiations on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and Nicaragua canal control influence scheduling.
Ed Morin Simon Herrera and George Beigel tendered voluntary resignations from their posts with Sheriff Tobin. Morin served eight years under Capt. Campbell, Herrera ten years since his 12 appoint. Beigel, former deputy sheriff and jailer, also retires. A humorous exchange with Constable Kohr precedes their departure.
New Orleans reports a friction between breweries and beer retailers. A suit against the American brewery by a small downtown dealer alleges a local price fixing and customer allotment scheme. Rumors say the Royal Arch saloonmen may join, aiming to charge the breweries with a trust.
President Diaz of Mexico acknowledged receipt of the carriage sent by the Fair association. In a letter to President Varnes P. Brown Diaz expresses gratification at the fair’s success and pride in the gift as a token of friendship from a sister republic.
Richmond December 1 The framing of Virginia's new constitutional provision on suffrage stirs Democratic leaders. The plan aims to remove the colored vote while sparing whites, drawing on grandfather clauses used in Louisiana and North Carolina but doubted by the Federal Supreme Court. Senator John W Daniel weighs a section offering literacy exemptions for any Virginia veteran, including ex Confederates, from disfranchisement.
The forecast for San Antonio and vicinity through 8 p m Sunday calls for fair and warmer weather. In southwest Texas the outlook through Sunday is fair and warmer tonight as well. Cloud cover spans the Upper Lakes and Gulf coast with the broader region west of the Mississippi clearing. Air pressure trends show higher values in the Mississippi valley and southwest, with a storm area forming in the extreme northwest. Temperature shifts vary 2 to 9 degrees lower near the Gulf coast and in Montana since Friday, with some areas 12 degrees higher elsewhere. The region records no precipitation except light rain in East Texas and Southern Louisiana. Allent Buell, Observer.
The city faces change at tomorrow's meeting with the resignation of Chief Detective J. Bart Crowther handed to the mayor. Capt. Juan Garza is expected to become successor, while Patrolman Garvin and Jose Cassiano Jr. are slated to fill prior vacancies. The death vacancy of oo Lacey remains. Capt. Curry filed his bond as assistant city marshal. Also on the docket are brush removal on Durango street and a meat market permit for A P Williams at Ruiz and Colorado.
Washington says the State Department ordered Consul Gummere in Tangier to travel toward Rabat aboard a U S warship to press for a fresh U S indemnity claim for the murder of Marcus E K Zaguin a naturalized American killed in June 1900. The Likely ship is the Kentucky recalled from Smyrna to convey the envoy.
Washington December 1 The house committee met with Chairman Hull and most members to review Secretary Root s bill for army reorganization. It plans to report the measure favorably with no change to the army increase but major alterations to the staff system, weakening Root s detailed staff plan.
A 5 by 5 foot smokehouse height of 12 feet built of pine in the rear of the Morgan City fish and oyster house caught fire yesterday at 3 45 pm. The operator of the central station alerted the fire department when he saw the smoke but the flames were subdued before any brigade arrival. Workers overturned the shack and doused it with water. The structure had previously been condemned by Fire Chief Tobin.
The Swiss government awards Brazil 147000 square miles of disputed territory and France about 3000 square miles north of the Tumue Humae range in the Franco Brazilian boundary settlement announced in Bern.
In St Paul Minnesota under gloom of December skies the body of the late U S Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis was laid to rest before a vast crowd.
Fort Worth Texas December 1 reports that a committee to the Galveston harbor convention has approved resolutions urging national and state action to restore the port of Galveston.
A large Alamo Plaza crowd gathered to view Wolf & Marx's storefront displays. Report notes the striking window design by renowned dresser C. D. Bullock, credited as one of America's finest window dressers, who recently won one of seventeen prizes for a best display in an international contest.
Stockdale resident Captain Jos A McIntyre visits the Southern hotel to recall his 1846 arrival in San Antonio. A Virginian by birth, he helped build the adobe structure later home to the Silver King saloon on the site of a vacant lot. The Navarro palace nearby served as a private hotel then.
Announcement from the city states former stockman Mr J B Gobbart will wed Miss Mae Cummins of Woodland California on December 24. Friends extend hearty good wishes for the couple and projected happy life together.
The Indian territory population officially announced today reaches 391,900, up from 180,182 in 1890. The increase is 211,778, or 117.5 percent, reflecting significant growth in the region.
A list of new births includes a boy and girl born November 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jannin at 121 Sabinas street. A boy born November 29 to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Mengry at 522 North Concho. A boy born November 24 to Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Boyd on Stark street. A boy and girl born November 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Bass at 511 South Olive street.
County Clerk Frank McC. Newton issued 85 marriage licenses in November. Seventeen divorce suits were filed in the three district courts of Bexar County during the same period.
A December 1 bulletin from Lividia states the event passed a very good inspection and outcome. Officials emphasize progress and stability following the recent developments in the area.
Miss Monahan arrived a baby girl born Sunday morning November 25 at 415 Sixth Street. The mother and baby are doing nicely and the father expresses happiness.
The city attorney declares the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company may enter San Antonio and use public streets under state law. He states the council cannot bar entry and may regulate posts, wires, and undergrounding, while the franchise granted by the city remains unaffected.
The Bloomer party hosted by the Alamo Library association ladies drew a large male turnout and earned strong proceeds. Nat Washer sang with Steinsfeldt on piano while Nellie Lytle Nettie Newcomb Marie De Ham Osman and Deethman contributed. John Gallagher sold the bloomers auction style with high prices for roses carnations and chrysanthemums from city nurseries.
Rumors run that street paving contractors plan to petition the city council to allow cement curbing instead of the hard rock material now required. Some authorities are said to favor the change, though residents fear a downgrade from a first class job.
Friendship Council No 22 of the Order of Chosen Friends plans a masquerade ball at its hall on East Houston and Navarro streets on December 13. The organizing committee is working hard to ensure a successful event.
John Weber and Miss Ida M Beier united in marriage last night at 8 at the bride’s home 221 South Laredo Street Judge Adamaenn officiated The groom is a popular member of the Leather Workers Union and the bride a charming lady of the city
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