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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1900
Page
1
Invitations for the Eichblatt and Phoenic Dudek nuptials are listed along with a grand ball at the bride’s home. Local celebrations include birthdays and luncheons, with church and school notes, and notices of residents moving, traveling, or planning weddings. The piece mentions civic and religious gatherings, family visits, and farm work in mild winter conditions.
Plans detail a wooden bicycle track to seat about three thousand, modeled after New York Madison Square Garden. Jack Prince and Louie Heuermann push location decisions, with bids to attract top riders and weekly races. Track aims for ten laps to the mile, banking fifty degrees on ends, thirty on sides, and one minute twenty five seconds per mile pace.
City police, under orders from Mayor Hicks, intensified raids on hoboes amid a flood of burglaries and daylight robberies. Officers closed in on suspect camps near Franks Paradise and depots, detaining a stream of suspects as vigilante pressure and fear grow.
A Mexican Social Night at Turner hall featured a grand march led by Mr. A. P. Rivas and Miss Alice Girard. About thirty five couples attended with a long list of ladies and officers guiding the event. In Dallas, Will Hunter was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a man and disposing of the body in a well.
Bob Stevens was found guilty of involvement in the Humphries lynching and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. The verdict marks the second conviction in the state after IX Cain for conspiracy. The defense emphasized Stevens’s alibi and reputation, while the state presented a strong case. Proceedings also note sympathy for Stevens and his wife.
A meeting at the YMCA hall this afternoon at 2:90 to discuss forming a primary union of Sunday School workers in the city. Mr M J Nelson, with years of experience and notable success in this field, will speak on the advantages and plans for the union.
Harold W. Hoffman drafts Alpha Kappa Phi a march two step while Melchor T. Mathison composes Africa on the Ohio a march two step and cake walk both pieces shown with promise for prominence in the musical world.
New Orleans marks the forty fifth anniversary of the Jewish Widows and Orphans Home on St Charles avenue The debt of about 7000 dollars for repairs and improvements aims to lift the home from debt and extend its usefulness Rabbis from the South and Dr Sale of St Louis will speak The home serves Mississippi Alabama Texas Florida Arkansas Tennessee and seeks Southern Jewish support.
A passenger on the I N G N line died on a northbound train en route to San Antonio for health reasons. The deceased, identified as T A Carothers of Lincoln Nebraska, was about 40. Coroner Sweeney issued a death certificate noting consumption as the cause after discovery at San Marcos. A $75 bank check and $15.70 in cash were found on his person.
Special to the Sunday Light reports optimistic views from New Orleans guest F. W. Haynes of Lawrence & Co. on rapid southern mill expansion. He notes New England capital investing here eases North South tensions, with southern mills producing coarser fabrics for export and northern mills supplying higher grade goods.
Chattanooga report details the steamer Oliver King in danger on a Tennessee river ice gorge with twenty five crew from Knoxville to Little River seeking aid as supplies run dry. In Clarksville the Hel En iron furnace sold to Red River Iron company under lease. 150 tons daily capacity. price not disclosed. Milton H. Smith and August Belmont among the stockholders.
The two year old Brinton Tenn Jan. 6 Marion daughter of H W Wood a retired banker was burned to death while playing near a grate at the family residence Bestel today This marks the third such accident this week in the area.
Special to Sunday Light reports a man named Fred W. Grimes, a telegrapher from Olive Street, arrested after posing in female attire in Chesnut Street area. He claimed he sought his wife from Memphis and admitted visiting several houses in search, asserting the outfit was a joke. Police took him to jail, noting his disguise and mounting curiosity from nearby residents.
Special to the Sunday Light reports a betrothal in Philadelphia where Wang John, a Chinatown restaurant owner, will wed Su Ting Pu a Chinese Presbyterian School alumna from San Francisco. The couple have never met. Rev. Frederick J Poole arranged the match after card exchanges and a cut was made by mag.
Kansas City officials clash over the Metropolitan Street Railway’s plan to end certain coupons and cut renewal frequency. Aldermen surrender books to the company. officials in both cities return the books and the debate accelerates as provisions require free rides for city officials under the new franchise. Also notes New Orleans Lily White Republicans plan to defeat the regular ticket and call a convention. Macon incident reports a girl fell into a well but was saved with minor scratches.
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