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VOLUME 29, No. 389
Illinois Authorities Have Situation Well in Hand at Cairo—Special Grand Jury to Investigate
TILLMAN IS
BETTER BUI
FEHR IS FEIT
Passes Quiet Night and Ap
pears to Be Much Better (
This Morning.
HOPE OF RECOVERY SLIGHT
His Attending Physician Says
Senator Has a Chance, But
That Is About All.
Associated Press.
Washington. Feb. 19. —Senator Till
man who is suffering from paralysis,
was reported this morning to have pass
ed a fairly quiet night and appears to
he much better than last evening.
Despite this favorable report this
morning, but little hope is held out for
the recovery of the .South Carolinian.
Eminent physicians are in attendance
r.pon him and the family physician has
been sent for at Columbia, S. C., in the
hope that death may be held off. The
senator is only partially conscious and
\s unable to talk. It is stated that even
thould he recover from the attack of
paralysis, Mr. Tillman will never recov
er his power of speech which has been
V>st through a cerebral hemorrhage, a
tomplicp.tion of the paralytic stroke.
The only unfavorable symptom was
the loss of consciousness shortly be
fore midnight. No change in this re
spect occurred with the break of day.
lie was unable to recognize any one
this morning and this increased the sor
rowful burden of the loved ones sur
rounding him. Dr. Pickford said today
the senator had a chance of recovery,
but that is about all.
GALE GAUSES
MANY «KS
Steamer Wrecked on the Irish
Coast and Thirty-five Are
Drowned —Others Reported.
Special Dispatch.
London. Fob. 19.—A terrific gale is
sweping the British Isles and many
wrecks have occurred. The steamer
Bramfield is ashore in Clyde and the
French ship Maresehal Suchel lias been
driven ashore at Margate. Ffom iiub
lin comes confirmation of the Lloyd
dispatch which stated that the steamer
Hohenzollern bad been wrecked on rhe
south eoast of Ireland and 35 of her
crew lost.
The other wrecks reported arc of
less importance.
ITALIAN SHIPS
REPOTTED WRECKED
Associated Press.
Queenstown, Feb. 19. —The Italian
ihip Cinmptt with all her crew was lost
in the gale off Dunwoody bay. Wreck
age came ashore today. It is understood
the crew numbered 20. Some of the
bodies have been recovered.
IS IND CTED FOR
NIGHT RIDER CRIME
Robert Barr, Unmasked Mem
ber of Party Is Recognized
By Son of the Victim.
Special Dispatch.
Carlisle, Ky., Feb. 19. —The gr: rd
.jury today indicted Robert IJarr tor
the murder of Hiram Hodge- here two
years ago. Night riders killed Henges
and his sou recognized Barr as -i mem
ber of ihe party. Barr was the only
one unmasked.
3UBSTITUTE*TEACHERS
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
The office of the superintendent of
public schools announce that the fol
lowing young wome.n have been ap
pointed substitutes, and n list of their
name--, addresses and phone numbers
have been furnished to the principals
of the schools. The substitutes are:
Mrs. K. A. Asbury. Misses Minnie
Boazman, Addie Brumfield, Jeannette l
Cannon. Hize! Cooler, Mabel Dugger.
Hockey Gerhard. Lizzie Ingle, Emma
Jenner. Leila Jones, Fannie Laird, Bes
sie Mounhnn, Marguerite Robinson.
Frankie Steiner. Arda Talbot, Katrina
Vaughn. Camille Yeainans. Florence i
Youmans, Lillie Dyhnan, Edna Lee
Gneiguiu. Sadie Myers. Mabel Reeves.
F:iv Sponger. Viola White. Minnie Oli
varri, Katherine Higgins, Kate Dalwigb.
Elsie Harms, Mrs. Mary Gardiner.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AJNI) GAZETTE
ALL NICE AND WHITE AND THEN—
LIVERPOOL
PUTS COTTON
ON TOBOGGAN
Sensational Break Before the
American Markets Opened
Caused Heavy Decline.
REPORT A HEAVY SELLING 1
Liverpool Buys 100,000 Bales
From Americans at a Drop
of From 15 to 35 Points. .
Associated Press.
New York. Feb. 19. —The, cotton mar
ket was almost as excited and demor
alized at the opening today as it was
during the break in January owing to
a sensational decline in the Liverpool
market before the American markets
opened for business. The New York
market started weak at a decline of
from 10 to 35 points with Mav con
tracts selling down to $14.10, or nearly
a cent a pound below the recent high
levels under heavy liquidation and stop
loss orders. Americans are credited
with selling at least 100,000 bales in
Liverpool and fully as much cotton
during the early trading.
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS
TAKE BIG SLUMP
Associated Press.
New Orleans. La.. Feb. 19.; —Cotton
futures took another marked slump
shortly before It o'clock this morning
and broke to a point about $2.20 a bale
below the close yesterday. The break
is attributed to heavy selling by (he
holders who became nervous upon the
receipt of unfavorable news from 114
toribr spot markets.
There was a slight recoven' before
the elose bringing the net loss to a
point, slightly less than $2 a bale. The
break was caused bv the unexpected
slump in the Liverpool market, where
three brokers disposed of 12,000 hales
of futures before the American markets
opened. Private cables declared the sell
ing was for Amrican interests. South
ern longs denied the selling was for
their 000011111.
MARRIAGE, DELAYED BY THE
AUTHORITIES, IS PERFORMED
Galveston. Tex.. Feb. 19.—Delayed
from marrying his sweetheart. Theodora
Kurlyo. by United States immigration
officios. Julius Toinask. of Fort Worth,
was overjoyed by a message from the
Washington authorities received Inst
night which ordered her release from
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WOMEN AND CHILDREN PRISONERS
IN AN ELEVATOR BETWEEN FLOORS
Held for Moie-TTtan Half an Hour, They Become Fearful
.and Children Start to Cry—Men Gather and Cheer Them,
Jacks Brought to Dislodge Car and Release Prisoners.
Held prisoners for more than half
an hour, suspended between the third
and fourth floors of the Hicks build
ing. was the experience of a number
of women and chiidrenjoday just after
the noon hour when the power of the
elevator was turned off and the var,
rnmovable and unmanageable, remain
ed fixed between the two floors.
' As the car was passing to the upper
floors, well tilled with passengers, the
larger portion of whom were women
and children, suddenly when half way
between the third and fourth floors
the ear stopped and despite the efforts
of the pilot the ear remained .immov
able.
The passengers, not understanding
the situation and becoming alarmci.
soon became fearful while the chil
dren began to cry. as they hung sus-
STREET CAR MEN OF
PHILADELPHIA STR.KE
Go Out Before Ouier Is Issued.
Formal Order for a Walk
out Is Then Given.
Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 19. —The
street car employes of this city went
on strike this afternoon. The men be
gan turning the cars into the barns
before any oruer to strik< Had been
issued, but when the officials of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Employes learned this
they formally ordered a strike.
PROBING DETECTIVE'S
WORK FOR HASKELL
Guthrie, Okla.. Feb. 19.—A sub-com '
mit-tee of the legislative committee in- 1
vestigating the charges against Gov- {
ernor Haskell of alleged irregularities
in the disposal of state funds, went to
Oklahoma City today to get the de
position of C. A. Lawler, a detective,
as to the nature of his services while
in the employ of the governor.
1 detention and th-y were married before
the giil was freed. Miss Kurlyo arriv
ed from Roumani:, some time ago on the
steamship Frankfort and was met uv
Tolinsk. .vho -aino here tor the purpose
of marrying her. They were sweet-
1 hearts in
JAN AMOMO. TEXAS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1910
' pended between the floors with no way
of escape.
Alarm was given as soon as possible
I to the agents of the building who has
tened to the scene and lent their pre«-
thee and confidence in quieting and
assuring the prisoners that they would
be rescued without harm. Powerful
jacks or screws were then brought to
bear upon the elevator and in due time
the ear was lowered sufficiently for
the escape of the passengers.
The elevator service in the Gibbs
building was also at a standstill for
I nearly an hour at noon, but happily no
[ passengers were caught suspended bc
tween floors. The cause of the trou
ble has not been learned, nor is the
‘ difficulty understood, for while the
1 power was off in both the Hicks and
j Gibbs buildings yet the Moore build
ing. lying between the others, experi
enced no trouble with its elevators.
LEASED CARS ARE NOT
EXEMPT FROM LAW
Lightfoot Rules It Is Violation
for Railroads to Send Them
Out of State for Repa'rs.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., Fel>. 19. —Attorney
General Lightfoot. in an opinion given
Labor Commissioner Myers today,
holds the sending of leased cars used
in Texas outside of the state for rc
; pairs violates the car repair law the
i same as when ears owned in the stale
. are sent outside for repairs. The opin
ii<»n concerns the Missouri. Kansas &
; Texas railroad of Texas, which leases
* cars from the M., K. \ T. of Kansas.
। Lightfoot’s ruling will r<»siilt in a
। number of suits against the railroad,
which lias been sending cars to Par*
sons, Kansas, instead of to Denison
I for repairs.
BAD WHISKEY CAUSES
REDUCTION OF BOND
After drinking the better part of
i three quart bottles of whiskey, which
he said he procured in a saloon for 50
'cents each, Julian Senia Valdez, accord
ing to his testimony at habeas corpus
hearing this morning, remembered noth
ing about entering the home of Manuel
Ixi|*ez and abstracting a clock'.
44 What kind of whiskey was that?”
asked the* court.
41 Pups, quivn sabe?” returned Val
dez. The shrug of his shoulders was
even more expressive.
u 4 Wonder he didu‘l rob his own
trunk,” commented District Attorney
Bak<y.
Valdez was arrested January 25, Lo
charging him with stealin? the
1 PACKING
PLANT PLAN
IS REVISED
Local Management for Jacob
Dold Company Leaves To
night for Headquarters,
THEY WILL TALK IT OVER
Trip Follows Arrival Here of a
Representative Who Met
the Business Meo.
A NEW PROP. SITION
Deaf, of Founder of Company
Temporarily Caused Invest
ment'Plans to Drop.
The plan of Jacob Dold, founder
of the Dold Packing company, to
build a great independent packing
plant in San Antonio, cut short by
his death last fall, is to be re
vived. Following the visit here
last week of O. L. Williams, rep
resentative of the Dold interests,
who originally brought the propo
sition to San Antonio last sum
mer, the local managers of the
Dold company have been summon
ed to Wichita, Kansas, to meet the
management of the company.
Gus \V. Hahn, manager of the Jacob
Dohi Packing company, ami Charbs
Hackenjos, traveling salesman, leave
tonight for Wichita over the Interna
lioual & Great Northern ami Bauta Fe.
They expect to be gone about a week
tdlkiug over new business with Mr.
DolffT :tmi will use avery-effort, th-y
said this morning, to bring n Dobl
packing house to Ban Antonio. Ac
present Dohi has five brandies in Tex
as, this, of course, being the nearest
distributing point. More definite in
formation. they say. regarding tho
packing house, will be made known on
their return.
The establishment of an independent
packing plant here would mean an in
vestment of considerably over a mil
lion dollars. Three millions, it is said
by Mr. Williams, would be nearer the
amount. The Dold company is one of
tho largest, and has houses in Buffalo,
N. Y., Kansas City, Mo.. Wichita,
Kan., and n branch in Liverpool. Eng
land. Mr. Dohi's sons conduct the bus
iness, J. C. Dol.l being vice president I
under Jacob Dold at the time of the I
great pecker's death. < has. 11. Dold ■
is second vice president, a Fred W. |
Dold. third vice president. Edward I'.
Dold, secretarv-treasuier, and Philip
B. Dold. assistant.
The Chamber of Commerce at tho
time of Mr. Williams’ visit on be
half of Jacob Dold. furnished him with
an exhaustive brief of what the San
Antonio territory, immediately contig
uous to the eity. could furnish for a
great "packing plant. At his last visit,
Mr. Williams met the officers of the
C hamber of Commerce and said the
matter had not dropped and that n’
was confident the plant could bi
brought here if sufficient, inducement
was offered.
BANK ROBBERS
WOUND W
Officers Fatally Hurt In a Fight
With Yeggmen Who Blow
Up a Bank Safe.
Special Dispatch.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 19. —City
Marshal Pol Pryor of Blanchard and O f
fleer Perry were fatally wounded this
morning In a fight with yeggmen fol
lowing their attempt to roll the safe of
Iho First National bank of that town.
There were seven robbers in the gang
ami they had succeeded in blowing <qs‘ i
the vault when the officers attacked
them. The cracksmen escaped on a
hand ear and went west. Officers are
in pursuit and it is expected there will
bo a bloody fight, as both sides are
heavily armed.
clock. Testimony this morning showed
that when Valdez was caught up with
lugging tho clock under Ilia arms he
dropped the timekeeper and waved from
side to side, leaning against a feme
for support.
“I got the whiskey at the Cinco de
Mayo cantina," said the prisoner. “We
paid 50 cents a bottle. J don't remem
ber anything until the next morning
when I woke up iu the city hall jail.''
Judge Dwyer reduced the original
bond from $lOOO to $3OO, stating lie be
Lievcd the Mexican's story.
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MAYOR NAMES
COMMITTEE
OF CITIZENS
Nine Men Are Selected to Act
In Conjunction With the En
tire City Council.
FOR NEW WATER CONTRACT
Early Meeting to Be Held and
Steps Taken to Secure the
Data Agreed Upon.
IS UP
TOGO BEFORE LEGISLATURE
Necessary to Have Laws En
acted, Says the Mayor, So
No Time Will Be Lost.
W. W. Lipscomb.
James A. Gallagher.
W. J. Moore.
J. D. Guinn.
Max B. Mayer.
Fred W. Cook.
L. J. Hart.
Albert Hohrath.
H. J. Hillyer.
Mayor Callaghan today made pub
lic the personnel of the Citizens’
committee which will act in con
junction with the entire board of
aldermen in perfecting a new con
tract with the San Antonio Water
Supply company.
The appointment of the committee of
representative citizens of Sau Antonio
' to serve in conjunct ion w ith the city
council in the formation of a new eon
’ tract, effective upon tho expiration of
the present conlnict with tin- Sau An
tonio W.-uer ."supply company. wus cxe
outed by Mayor Callaghan after much
careful consideration ami in pursuance
Jof a resolution introduced and passed
Ibv the aldermanic body two weeks ago.
The formation of the committee is the
I first actual step toward a revision of
| the contract now existing between the'
■public service corporation and the city
government. The present contract will
I expire two years hence, but because it
mav be necessary to go before the next
[session of the legislature in effecting]
certain laws that may be necessary iu’
bringing about what the joint commit
tee will deem a proper contract with]
the water company, the mayor proceed
ed lo take time by the forelock.
The legislature will meet next Jan :
nary and it is intended that the coin
mittee take cognizance of what is nec-|
essary to lay before the legislative body.j
in bringing' about such measures as will
insure a thoroughly adequate water
service and rates based accordingly. I n-i
less action is taken in the near future I
the minor declares it will be useless to;
endeavor to procure tin improvement ini
lho local water service, as the contract
will have ex|dred before the following
session of the legislature, thereby pre
venting anything being accomplished to I
th.' benefit of the citizens of San An-
in Order to be Prepared.
In order to be prepared and fully
equipped action regarding the formation
of the new contract is desired prior to
the next session of the law making bodv
at Austin. The mayor says it is only
his desire to be on an equal footing with
the corporation that is actuating him in
having, it' necessary, certain laws en
acted. The perfecting of a new water
contract is a very serious matter and
for that reason the task must be han
dled in what he terms a “cold blooded
manner. There can be no sentiment in
the question.
The present contract with the Ban
Antonio Water Supply company was
made in .hme. 1902. at which tune the
neople. it is said, were given to under
st-ui.l that several hundred thousands of
d.rilnrs would be nt onee expended in
the improvement of the service. Ine
rates agreed iqsm at the time were bus
e.l so as to meet the interest and sink
in" fund of ••xpense. These ex
penllitures, it is averred, have not been
made, notwithstanding the water rate at
that time and at the present time tor
household purjioses is the same.
No date has been as yet selected by|
the mayor tor the first conference of
the joint coinm*ittees. The mayor gives,
assurance that no time will be lost, al
though the project will be handled not
hastily, but Wisely. "It is a matter
that must be handled cautiously, he
WILL ASK BUCKNER TO
ADDRESS CONFEDERATES
A meeting of Alberty Sidney John !
>t,m camp of the I onfedorates Veterans
will be held Sun.lay afternoon at 3
o'clock at the Woodmen hall on Com
merce street. A committee from the
'amp will call on Cen. S. B. Buckner,
n-ho is visiting his son at Fort Sam
Houston, for the pur]s'se of inviting the
listiugiiishe.l soldier ami statesman to i
id.lress the cauiv •’ G"* •—>., r |
ow afteruvuu I
GOLDEN ROD BUTTER 1
Made at home. Guaranteed of the bluest
quality. We chum every day.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
: NEGRO IS
SMUGGLED
FROM TOWN
Guarded By Infantry He, With
Other Prisoners, Is Taken
to Chester Prison,
TROUBLE IS NOT YET OVER
Authorities, Both Civil and Mil
itary, Fear Whites May At
tack Negroes' Property.
Associated Press.
Cairo, 111.. Feb. 19. —Surrounded by
a hundred infantrymen, the twelve
: convicted prisoners who were sen
tenced yesterday by Judge Butler -■>
j varying terms in Chester prison, were
| hurried out of town at 5 a. in. todav to
the prison. Among the prisoners was
[John PratJ,. the negro purse snatcnei
. whose arrest resulted in an attempt to
lynch him and ended in the death of tho
leader of the mob and injury of four
others. The plnus of the military and
civil authorities to get the negro out
of town without a demonstration were
■ entirely successful, as few people knew
of tiie move. A squad of soldiers ac
companied the prisoners to Chester pen
itentiary.
Company “I," of Vandalia, the
। tour It militia company ordered out last
night by Adjutant General Dickson, ar
rived here at noon by special train. Ot-
I lieials, military aiiq civil, are apprehen
sive of what tonight at’d tomorrow mav
f bring forth, as thousands of laboring
i nun will be tree to roam the streets
’ until Monday, morning, the shops and
' I factories owing early on Saturua*.
Fear Attacks on Property.
, It is feared that animosity of the
element toward the blaeks who -
j aas deputies assisted sheriff Nellis iu
' ' defending the jail will bring about at
■' tucks upon negro propertv. Animosity
• toward Sheriff Nellis tor ordering the
I body of Alex Halliday to lie for three
hours iu front of the jail, has died
' down to a large extent since the coro
tier's autopsy last night disclosed that
Halliday's death was probably instan-
' t a neons.
Halliday's funeral will be held to
> morrow afternoon and mav be made the
occasion of a demonstration, and a de
! taehment of militia will attend the
I services in anticipation of trouble. The
. saloons remain closed aud orders to
keep them shut arc being rigidly
I forced.
Tell Different Storv.
Members of tile mob tell a different
: story tn that told by Sheriff Nellis, who
said the rioters numbered two hundred
and made a direct assault upon the lail
after he had ordered them to disperse.
, The mob leaders say rhey were quiet
and orderly and had as vet made no
[ movement toward the jail when the
I deputies opened fire. They sav Nellis
I ordered them to disperse and the vol
i ley was fired before they had time to
I obey the order.
Feeling against the negro deputies is
high and the rumor is that they will be
I killed the first time thev show tlierii
, selves on the streets alone. The negroes
I are expected to take the hint and leave
, town.
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING
HORSES ACROSS THE BORDER
Domingo Salinas and Santiago Chapa
charged with smuggling horses across
the Mexican border, were brought to
the city last night by Deputy United
States Marshal Dibrel) and lodged io
the county jail. They will have a hear
ing today before the United States eoui
missioner.
The two Mexicans are said to have
been operating in the neighborhood ot
Rio Grande City in Starr county. They
are said to have purchased horses hen
ami there and then to have driven then:
across the border, swimming the Kic
Grande and landing them on the othei
side to be disposed of at a handsome
profit. Information reached here-ami
Mr. Dibrel! was sent after them.
W t hVrecubt till 7p. m. Sunday:
For San Antonio and ririnity
Wanner tonight aud Sunday.
Alnvr?a*ing rloudinesK tonight, un
titled weather Sunday.
RThc temperature
the 24 hours ending at S o vlock
thia mornirx was 4(» decrees and
the minimum was 26 degrees.
M Cam pa rati re temperaturea fo»
th** year and last:
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