San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-08
RATIFIED OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train.
Men and Taken In Transit.

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Three Sunset specials passed over the
S. p. east bound, yesterday.
Conductor Flanders of the S. p. also
lays off on account of sickness.
Fl. L. Spangler, travelling auditor.of the
Sunset, was in town Saturday.
Dispatcher Ed. Buchanan of the Sunset
has returned from Chicago.
The l. & G. n. has out some neat
flyers, announcing their summer excur-
sion rates.
Sam. L. Hahn, tax clerk on the South
ern PACIFIC, was in the city Saturday, en-
route to Houston.
Conductor Davidson Oh the Sunset,
took out his regular passenger run, after
a few days lay off.
Conductor Davidson, yosS back to his local
freight.
Mr.. E. o. Griffin, private secretary to
Receiver L. NJ. Campbell of the |. & e.
N, is in the city.
Conductor tete Valley, the smiling
Southern Pacific passenger conductor has
taken couple of months lay off to visit
relatives in Pennsylvania.
Five more of the fourteen new switch
engines used by the Southern Pacific have
heen received and are being used on the
houston end of the line.
Conductor Cooper took out the Sunset
wrecker this morning to right a few
broken cars on side track down the east
end of the road.
Station A gent Conner. at SanderSon,
formerly with the Wells, Fargo and COM
pany'S express of this city, is 10 town
again, having severed his connection as
station agent at SanderSon.
hn
Pacific resumed through train service,
over their own track, to New Orleans the
recent high water break having been re-
paired.
When theseparate coach law goes into
effect, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
will put on trains composed entirely of
chair cars, giving to the whites and
blacks equal accommodations.
General Superintend w. G. Van Week.
Division Superintendent McQueeny and
Innes, left for Houston yesterday to puz-
Zle out new time card which is to go
into effect on the Southern Pacific short
ly.
Twenty-Five cars of stock, loaded on the
Victoria division for Chicago, via New
Orleans, passed down the Southern Pa
cific yesteI day. Also fourteen cars loaded
on the same division for Carlisle, l. T.,
were routed over the II. & 7. c.
Conductor B. Smith, of the Southern
Pacific, took a bran new pile driver west,
this morning. The outfit has just been
received by the road, and consists of ten
cars. 1t goes west to do odd jobs alSng
the road, after which it will be put to use
on the Pecos cut off.
Col. B. d. Caldwell, assistant general
passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific
road, bright and accommodating as ever,
is in the city, being in charge of the
Drummers' excursion. Being in the care
of such an efficient gentleman as Col. |
Caldwell, the travelling knights have no
cause of complaint or worry.
AS north bound stock train, which |
left here several hours before the north |
bound passenger yesterday morning,
passed the hill at Davenport, sixteen
miles north of here, the crew noticed the
body of man, horribly mangled and cut
to pieces. His effects, which were gath |
cred up and brought to San Antonio, con- |
sisted Of a Kansas City Sun, June 18th, a |
few letters, lock of hair, a certified |
marriage certificate and travelling card |
of the International Association of Tin, |
Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers. From |
these it was learned that his name was
VIM. d. REMOVER, and from the dates of
the different letters and documents he
had evidently gone from Omaha, Nebras- 1
ka, to Denison, from thence to Louisiana,
from thence to Galveston, then San An
tonic, and must have been on his way
back to Denison 1t is thought he was
stealing a ride between the tender and
baggage car of the north bound train,
night and fell off, thus meeting
his death. His body was mangled beyond
all recognition. Justice Heron viewed
the remains, which were brought to town
in stock car. 1t was turned over to the
county authorities and int rred by them.