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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1900
Page
1
W. W. Walling and J. R. Norton announce Walling & Norton law firm offering services in all state and federal courts with offices in the Boero Building opposite the courthouse in San Antonio Texas.
Special to The Sunday Light Comfort Tex June 16 Mr Otto Holekamp has cut weeds and tall grass improving the public park. Trees grow well and Comfort will soon have a beautiful park for visitors. The first excursion of the season runs Sunday from San Antonio.
New Orleans June 16. The British steamship Knight Bachelor will take aboard 1000 head of horses for the British army in South Africa. It will sail on Tuesday or Wednesday next.
A cable gram from Rome reports that Archbishop Keane will soon receive appointment as Archbishop of Dubuque. The dispatch from Washington dated June 16 notes the expected ecclesiastical transfer.
Washington reports no confirmation of Pekin embassy destructions as cables fail and Chinese minister seeks latest word. If China remains cut off, Navy will send a fast cruiser from Manila to Taku for news. Hay and Root discuss sending Philippine troops to China if needed. A Shanghai bulletin says 1,000 imperial troops between Pekin and international forces joined the Boxers.
Gooseneck Bill McDonald, Eddie Green’s top ally, proclaims Green can draw a ten million dollar check and plaster Texas with ten dollar bills. He claims Green could donate a thousand dollars to a campaign if placed on a national committee, while asserting the scale of Green’s wealth.
Special dispatch from Washington reports former Interior official Webster Davis plans to attend the Philadelphia Convention and press a pro Boer resolution. He is described as well supplied with information and vigorous in his intent, with measures mentioned to stop him if necessary.
In Philadelphia on June 16 the credentials committee weighs Louisiana contest cases. Wimberly backed by Hanna faces War moth’s ally, with others plotting to seat War moth’s delegates and curb Hanna’s influence. Negro delegates press for seating. J Madison Vance gears effort before the credentials committee and convention.
State of Texas vs Vincent Kosub charged with assault to murder Marion Jockowitz on October 17 1899 at St Fledwig. Rewict for aggravated assault and fine of 1500 dollars with six months imprisonment in county jail. Wm B Sanders vs AL and A Ry Co damages judgment for defendant.
In the Forty-Fifth District A. R. Davis sued the Alabama Public Railroad Company for damages. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff by agreement.
In Piety Seventh District the court overruled the defendant J H Erb's motion for a new trial on the debt case brought by Bem Brick Co. Notice of appeal was given. A dangerous culvert hole at East Commerce and South Cherry streets poses horse hazard.
Baton Rouge June 16 The Republican National Committee aims to seat Lily White delegates at the national convention. Legislators warn this stiffens sugar planter resolve and battles democracy at every election. Some call admitting Yarmouth delegates locally good policy but nationally risky, with Ohio and other states likely to retaliate against Southern conferees. Mark Hanna's push for the Wimberly claimants is cited as opposition to the move.
Dolliver, regarded by supporters as a likely vice presidential candidate, plans to leave for Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon. Western delegates remain confident in predictions that he will be chosen for the convention’s second spot.
The attorney general approved a $50,000 issue of Bexar county bridge refunding bonds. Charters filed include Huntington Land and Townsite, Dallas Petroleum, Oswego Building, and Wm. Nater Cemetery. Companies granted permission to do business include Elmore Cooper Live Stock Commission and DeKalb Fence. Amended charter sought for St. Louis San Francisco and Texas railroad to extend to Sherman. Health officials report railroads may require health certificates for San Francisco passengers due to quarantine actions.
Dallas, Tex June 16 New wheat is arriving by wagon load with buyers and mill men calling the Texas crop the best ever grown. Farmers are said to have improved cutting and stacking and most of the crop may grade high enough for export. Prevailing price was sixty cents per bushel. oats expected next week with no price yet.
A report describes a rough gang of rowdy youths haunting the Wyoming street crossing of the Southern Pacific at night. They insult passing women and flirt with local girls. Police have been alerted and will act soon to end the nightly disturbance.
Louisville dispatch reports Hanna aims to nominate Cornelius Bliss as vice president, coordinated with New York influence and administration allies. Bliss pictured for lithographs, while Dolliver and Fairbanks emerge as leading contenders in the contentious scramble. Senator Allison reports New York’s resistance to Platt’s choice, promising a direct push to settle the candidate as Hanna negotiates with Platt.
Ex soldier known as Red Morgan was jailed by Deputy Constable Charles Stevens on a burglary charge after allegedly breaking into a tent trunk containing about $30. He admitted theft of a razor and a ring in front of witnesses and stated the money was in the trunk at Capt and Freehouse's dairy camp.
Felix Capt threatens Red with a Winchester in a dramatic scene described in humorous terms. Red, a New York youth, trembles in negligee as Capt appears suddenly, raising questions of trouble and legal consequences. Justice Sweeney sets bond at 500 in each case.
In Comfort Texas on June 16 farmers report a heavy grain yield with crops in good condition. Corn tassels and silk appear as heat and dryness persist. Cotton and corn look fine, and wagon loads of peaches, plums, and other fruit are shipped daily from Comfort and surrounding areas.
A London telegram reports Kruger and Botha negotiating surrender terms with Lord Roberts through their wives in Pretoria. Roberts says Baden-Powell holds Rustenburg while Hunter advances from Potchefstroom toward Johannesburg by June 19. A relief column moves to Baden-Powell from Mafeking to repair telegraph lines.
Montgomery report says both Black men lynched near Biloxi were innocent. Chief Gerald received a Biloxi letter naming Frank Carr as the suspect in the murder and assault of a young white girl last Saturday week. No arrests yet by Montgomery police.
Washington reports James Daniel Richardson of Tennessee is likely to be chosen as temporary and permanent chairman of the Kansas City convention. National committeemen favored Richardson while most indicated Hillis Danforth of New York for vice president, with six Western members backing Charles Towne of Minnesota. Danforth heads New York committees and has aided Bryan.
At the Austin State Convention caucus Frank B. Bushick was chosen as delegate-at-large to the National Democratic Convention. Jugce T.A. Fuller was withdrawn. Oscar C. Guessaz and R. P. Ingram were named as alternates. delegates depart for Austin next Tuesday night.
A Manila insurgent campaign surfaces in a May 10 bulletin stating natives should rise against Americans. In San Francisco a Ma nila arrival reports covert distribution methods and police orders to arrest bearers, signaling heightened vigilance as May 10 actions unfold.
Obituary announces death of prominent lawyer R S Holcombe who moved to Comfort for health and was buried with wife and two sons in San Antonio. The item also notes Helen Steves celebrating her sweet sixteen, summer guests arriving, illnesses, a child’s death and burial, and assorted visits and travels of residents and visitors to Comfort Texas.
Telegraph dispatch notes Green’s improving odds as the National Committee on Credentials seats Hawley delegates and places Green delegates in both Fifth Texas District W L Love and George A Knight in, and in the Ninth District J S Hornberger and J L Harris seated.
Detroit dispatch says Baron Bar on Kettler the German minister to China was killed in Pekin by Boxers. He is son in law of H B Ledyard president of Michigan Central Railroad. The Baron married Miss Ledyard in 1891 and a cable from Pekinana said all well last week.
A Southern Pacific Rail road trestle bridge near El Paso Texas caught fire last night but repairs were completed before any train traffic was disrupted.
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