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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE.
A Soledad Street Business House
Damaged by Fire This
Morning

morning.
This morning, about 9 o'clock
fire broke out in the basement O
the building occupied by the
Observation-Disclosures Bill
lizard company, George V. Walkers
cigar store and ArtZt's saloon, Op,
site the county court house, on Sol.
edad street. Chief Duerler was DO.
titled, through the telephone
at his place of business
on West Commerce street, and
was the first of the fire department
on the scene. Immediately vast
crowd of spectators was in front of
the court house and around the
place of the fire.
The fire is said to have origina-
ted in the rear part of the cellar
occupied by the billiard company.
The entire cellar was stored with
costly bar fixtures and mirrors :;
and also with the household goods
of Mr.. a. Goldstein, who, in
company with Mr.. Joseph Caug-
nard, represent the Brunswick
Balke-COlander company in San
Antonio. The family of Mr.. Gold
stein is at present in Chicago, and
during their absence the house
hold goods were stored in the cellar.
Mr. GOldstein stated to reporter
for the LIGHT this morning that
he estimates the damages on the
bar fixtures and mirrors at no less
than $1,000, and the damages on
the household goods at about $1,000.
The losses are covered by inSur-
ance in the Alamo and those rep
resented by Smith and Beall d
Eichlitz and Schmidt, the policies
of which are at present in Dallas.
The fire was confined to the Gel
lar and the only damages sustained
by the stOrerOOms above were
through water and smoke. Walk
er's cigar store and ArtZt's saloon
were damaged very little or moth
ing.
George Clark No. 2" was the
first steamer to throw water and
was located at the corner of Sole
dad and Veramendi streets.
The clerks of l.. WolfsOn rem
dered heroic services and were
the first to see the fire. They
Immediately unrOlled the large
fire hose which Mr.. WolfsOn has
in his store for use in case of fire
and attached them to two large
fire plugs, also in the store, which
this enterpriSing merchant has had
erected at cost of $4,000. The
clerks scaled a high brick wall
with the hose, gained entrance in
the rear part of the cellar and were
the first to have large stream of
water playing in the fire.
When Chic Duerler arrived
he noticed the strange hose
and when he asked whom they
belonged to, and was informed, he
cOmplimented the boys highly for
their good work and thanked them
heartily. The clerks We're in water
knee-deep, in the cellar, and de-
serve mention for their timely as
sistance. They are: John Watzlav-
zick, AdOlph Hernandez, Lee Wal
lace, George WurZbach, NJ. d. Co.
hen, Will Eberhardt, NJ. L. HIrsch-
berg, Leon Fork, Frank Rieden, j.
II. Schaefer and H. l.. Steele.
The fire was reported "out" at 10
o'clock this morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
To Be Welded.

Prof. J. NJ. Steinfeldt, the well
known music teacher, will be
united in marriage, Monday morn
ing, July 10, at II 80, at the First
Baptist church, to Miss Viva
May, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
l.. RipleV.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses were
issued since last report:
Fred. Koehten and Julia Wetcheler.
y K. M. Johnston and Ruth l.. Cotton.
Simon Villareal and Virginia ESpinoSa,
aged 16 years, consent OF her father.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
A MIDSUMMER REDUCTION.

27-inch Swivel Silks, of which
we have sold any quantity this
season at 60S a yard, have been
marked down in our Midsummer
Sales to 45f.
~ 3t JOsKE BROTHERS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
For Promissory Note.

Campbell Bros. ct al. filed suit against
A. SiIcock ct al. this morning for promiS-
sorry note of l,15O and to foreclose trust,
deed and chattel mortgage. The case
will be tried in the Thirty seventh dis
trict court next fall.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
5000 PAIR OF SHOES

At 22S East Houston street, at auc-
ton today at II a. M, 4 p. m. and
8 p. m. Ladies invited especially.
8 % lot H. p. n. CANNED.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
General Miles Elected.

Boston, Mass, June 27.-General
miles was elected president of the
society the Army of Potomac.
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r. Il a ID II ELO Z" I.
UNDERWEAR.

For ladies and children in muslin and
cambria, from the cheapest at 2sc a gar
ment to the very incest at from $3.50 to
$500 garment cheaper than you can
buy the goods and make it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27

john T. Hambleton & Co. have
some fine bargains in improved
city property ) 10
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
Timely Loss of Temper.
Kate Fields Washington


There is no art in the world so im-
portant and so difficult to acquire as the
one of losing temper at the proper time.
In fact, it might almost be said that with
this gilt in perfection and no other stock
in trade whatever-such as wealth, good
looks, business ability, elc-a man could
hardly fail to win success in the world.
while without it all the other things will
profit him nothing. The man who never
loses his temper at all is the most mlser-
able of wTetches. His interiors presume
upon his good-nature and fail in their duty
toward him his equals impose upon him
from dawn to dark. and his superiors
never omit to give him the snnbbngs
which his mental attitude seems to invite.
He is almost as uncomfortable as the per-
son Of almost opposite character who can
not ask his nelghbor in the omnibus to
pass a fare without laying the foundation
lifelong antagonism. OF course. the
kind of lost temper j refer to is not the
anger so perfectly at home in thu bosom of
fools. but the righteous wrath which is in
reality fine sense of justice carried out in
action.
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my revolver carefully. placed fresh caps
upon it and laid it on the seat beside me
ready for instant use. Nothing occurred
till l reached Frenchman's Hill. when as
l was climbing one of the steepest parts |
was sudd emily stopped-So suddenly in fact
that / had no chance to defend myself. A
man sprang into the road and caught my
horses by the brides, while a second rob-
Der appeared from behind tree holding
in his hands a shotgun at full cock. The
man wtt.f the gun vas tai fellow Win d
sQuint eye and red mustaches, while the
other man was short and stout
Threw up yer hands, cried the squint-
eyed man. in a harsh voice. l glanced at
the muZzle Of the gun and then at the re-
volver Oh my seat Up with yer hands
or I'll give it to you. and the look Oh the
robbers face indicated that he meant what
he said, so | reluctantly gave up all my
ideas Of defense and slowly and mechani-
cally raised my hands above my head, at
the same time curSing my III luck, Tor rob-
berry at that time meant ruin to me. Git
out and keep your hands up cried the tall
man. 'till Jim takes yer money and yer
popgun.' | got out and walked to the
head of the horses as commanded and
stood there with my hands raised while the
short robber deity examined my pockets
and took what gold and silver | had, say
ing as lie ratified the coins. 1T pays to
drive hogs
"'Hogs?' | exclaimed. What do you
mean by hogs?'
"'Oh. tn ats all right he told us you
were coming, and so we laid in the brush
for you,' was the response.
81 glanced I'D at that second and saw
murderous look On the squint.eyed mans
face, while his finger was on the trigger of
the gun. AS l was standing close to the
small robber the weapon, Of course. COW
cred us both. | gave an involuntary start,
which caused the short man to look up.
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THE BYRNE=HERON EPISODE.


company with Mr.. George W. Lewis, her
agent, who died en- route. Therefore it
was that she came unattended and COM
paratively unknown. Several gentlemen.
however, having heard of her coming sue
ceeded in filing the American On the first
night OF her appearance, when she played
Blanca and was supported by Mr.. Lewis
Baker as Fazo. She played against Cath
crime n. Sinclair who was at the Metro
Dolitan. supported by MIR. James 3.
Murdoch and star company. The
number of Miss Heron's audience
was, therefore, all the more re-
markaole. Her success was unquestion-
able. and this engagement, as well as a
succeeding one at the Metropolitan. gained
for her an enviable reputa ton. San Fran
cisco claims to have developed Miss
Heron's talent by the encouraging and
kindly treatment given her on this first
visit. Twoyears before she was pupil of
Mr.. Peter RchiDgs in Philadelphia, and al
though she had appeared in Eastern cities
she awakened no enthusiasm, scarcely at
tracted any attention, in fact. Der success
in this city was due in great measure to
the Irish element of the time. She was
adopted here as prOtege in the same way
as Miss Catherine Hayes was in 1852. Mr..
Harry Byrne was conspicuous In the lead
on both these occasions. For several
months Miss Heron followed up her sue
cess in this State and city and left San
Francisco in June. 1854. on a temporary
visit to her home in Philadelphia, loaded
with substantial evidences Of the friend
ship of her fellow-countrymen in San
Francisco.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
Ill.
A MISALLIANCE.

Near the close of Miss Matilda HerOn's
benefit in 1854 Bvrne married the actress
a; the old Mission, Father McGinness of
ST Patrick's Catholic Church officiating. 1t
was hasty marriage that led to quick
and bitter repentance. SO little was known
of the affair that after Byrne's death,
some eighteen years later, when the actress
came from New York to contest the will,
the fact created universal surprise. Dur
ing the interim there had been mention
here and there of such marriage, but
people were increduOus and pooh pOohed
the matter On account of the unlikeliness
of such union. To many minds the idea
Of man with Harry Byrne's peculiarities
marrying a q actress was prepoSterOus But
all this time David Henriques. a conspicu-
Gus StockbrOke-, had a certified copy of
the marriage certificate in his possession.
which he tad no hesitation in showing.
ByrDe married Miss Heron. accord ne to
her affidavit filed in the local Probate
Court. where she appeared as contestant
should remain on the stage for two wears,
in the hope, on her part, that she might
achieve as great success in the East as
she had in San Francisco. After her re-
turn from Europe, where she dramatiZed
Camille" studied under the best masters
and purchased complete theatrical ward
robe, there was not one prominent man
was failure after failure. The large
amount of money Miss Heron spenf in
Europe and what she had sunk in San
Francisco previously under bad advice
had now impoverished her. To Mr.. Byrne
she faithfully depic'e ed every disaster.
The two years passed. Byrne went East,
as by promise. and, as the actress-wife
thought. to claim her. She was in Phila-
delphia at the time; bnt Byrne remain ed
three weeks N New York without even
writing 10 her. Then the actress got an
engagement in Pittsburg, whittier Byrne,
accompanied by two members OF her fam
lily, followed her. She asked him 10 ex-
plain his neglect, and he simply said he
had been led astray by some California
friends. She further said to him that she
was disappointed in her histriOnic aspira-
tons and was now ready to follow him
swered little. The last morning of the
Pittsburg engagement came and with it an
offer from Buffalo.
Must go to Buffalo ?" she asked him,
cor may go with you?'
go to Buffalo," he replied very shortly.
Then and there the ll-assorted pair
parted. She to Buffalo; he to his Califor-
MIA friends.
His letters to her came rarely; at last
they ceased altogether She mentioned
the matter to Alexander Heron, her
brother. and he remarked:
"Tilly. if you had one spark Of your
mothers pride in you, you would never
speak to that man again; he has deserted
You"
Three years had passed since thei-
marriage. during which she had not re-
ceived dollar from him, not even a little
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
How Plants Travel.

The manner In which some plants travel
Is peculiar A certain weed was trans
ferred 10 an Antarctic island in the mold
clinging to spade and soon became com.
mon. Birds carry seeds in the clay which
sticks to their feet. sheep and other ami
mails In their hair; and few things are
more common than the dispersion of edible
plants by birds and beasts which pass the
indigestble seeds IF the fruits they have
eaten. The struggle for existence between
the native and the alien flora is. on a small
scale, as remarkable as the same process, in
the case of men. In the end the struggle
tends to right itself, for the prolific growth
oiSthe alien species on favorable ground
leads to severe internal competition. and
after the earth is drained Of the substances
which they spec ally require they die a
natural death, while the native plants.
which were temporarily banished, recover
their position. Many instances are Quoted
of vigorous and heavy crops of foreign
weeds one year being followed by total dis
appearance the next.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13

His face blaDched white as he exclaimed.
Take care there or you will shoot us
both, at the same time stepping back, so
as to bring my horses between himself
and his companions gun.
81 involuntarly followed his example.
when the short man SAID in low tone: 1
believe that rascal meant TO kill rs both.
Now he continued. in a loud voice, at
the same time taking my pistol from the
seat, 'yon pile right in and be off,
YES cried the squint-ey ed fellow,
enough to make up what we took
Il had supposed. of course, that they
would search my buggy, and now that |
was about to escape with my precious
green backs my heart beat furiously aud
the blood rushed into nv face as though /
had just undergone great exeTtion. l
hastily obeyed the njunctions Of the rob-
bers 10 drive on and keep a-gOlng.' and
as soon as | was out of gunsh0t | whipped
up and drove at full speed until l over
took little old man, shabbily dressed,
driving lot of fat hogs with the ala OF
small dog.
'The old man looked at me with some
establishment as | drove rapidly up and
cried. Say, did some fellers stop yer back
thar?'
Yes was my reply. did they rob
you?'
THE old man laughed and slapped his
leg and then laughed again ere he replied.
Kinder curious how 1t turned OUT he
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SOME NARROW ESCAPES.
Tales Told by Travellers.

We had finished our game of whist on
the train when one of the players, red
headed man. said: ''Your speaking of
narrow escapes reminds me- of one had
wears ago in the Sierras. Buckeye House."
he continued, sis public tavern amid the
mountains of southern Plumas County.
and is a lonely spot, being surrounded by
dense forests of spruce and pine. On the
night Of June 4. 1S7- l stopped there and
was told by the proprietor that highway
robbery had been committed in tn vicinity
during the preceding day. This made me
exceedingly uneasy, tor l was carrying
So, 500 in green backs into the mountains
20 invest in quartz mine. The money
was wrapped up IN my horse blankets and
slowed away under the seat of the buggy.
while l had about 500 in gold and silver
in my pockets, which l carried TO pay my
expenses.
shortly after leaving Buckeye the road
ascends steep declivity and then crosses
a narrow. rocky. ush-rovered plateau.
Three miles further on | passed Pamelto
ranch. an abandoned stopping place, where
/ again entered the dense forests that
grew close to the highway. l examined
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road, and had the money with me. 1t was
q case of sheer bluff on my part
land of luck upon mine.' | answered.
1t was narrow escape for both of u.s."
I'm the winter of 1885," said the lawyer
who had been PLAYING with rs, Il was clerk
ing in the - Hotel in Sacramento and
was attending to the night work. which
at that time was of much Importance. as
the city was the headquarters of a large
mining district and many miners came
there TO take the river boats fer San
Francisco. 4 hese miners brought good
deal of gold from the mountains and 1t
was their practice to deposit this with US
over night, for the town was filled with
p rough element and robberies and MUIR
ders were frequent. We had large safe
and this not unfreQuently held from.
$4,000 to $4,000 AS deposits were
made every ten or fifteen minutes during
the time prior to midnight it was easy for
robbers to know that we kept this
money on hand and to guard against an
attack / went armed while on duty
as night clerk. The little office which H.
closed the safe and desk was separated
from the general office bv high railing,
aud the small gate between the two was
secured by spring lock, difficult to open
unless one understood il. One dark anti
rainy night during March l was sitting
alone in the Office some time between
and . o'clock when a coupe of Mexicans
entered the hotel and came up to the desk.
We want BEDS said one. and would
like to have you take care of our money
With this they proceeded to count out
nearly thousand dollars in gold
coin. You must have been lucky to-
night said /, taking it for granted
they had been fortunate in gambling.
Yes answered one. we broke monte
bank and got away with $780, l turned
to open the safe before counting the
money after them. and just as / was ABOUT
to swing back the iron door / heard a
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13

sharp, whizzing sound and then something
struck me tremendous blow in the
back. | instantly raised up and whirled
about to face the Mexicaus, and as l did
so large knife fell from my back to thd
floor. | thought for the second l haze
been fatally wounded and, determined to
revenge myself upon my assassins,
quickly drew my pistol and fired at the
men. who had been unable to open the gate
and were thus outside of the railing. My
first shot broke the arm Of one of the gam
blers. and he gave cry OF pam. The
other man attempted to grasp some OF the
gold, bnt fired again so quickly that he
turned and fl d. A third shot hitthis Next
can in the side just Is he reached the door.
but both of them managed TO escape and
ran off up the street Their yels and my
shots brought twenty guests downstairs IN
all stages uf undress, but each man mad a
gun, pistol or bowie-knife, and the rascals
were quickly pursued by most OF the
miners. Owing to the darkness ana the
start they had, both men got away, out
they left their gold coin behind them.
This was gwen to me by the owner OF the
hotel for defending his property, and thus
L made handsome little stake In single
night. for the Mexcans never put IN
an appearance to claim the gold.
Ny escape was owing to Tor
tunate incident. I had been getting
round shouldered and my friends had
poked 60 much fun at me about II that
got blacksmith to make me some steel
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
Marriage is a matter of more worth
Than to be dealt with by attorneyShip.
Henry VI
THE YER.

Henry Herbert Byrne. Matilda Heron s
first husband, was member of the legal
profession and a partner of Judge Thomas
W. freedom familiarly known as ''Tom")
in this city from 1850 up to 1S71-one of
the pioneer lawyers of San Francisco, in
fact. He was District Attorney OF the
city and county from 1851 to 1854 and from
1858 to 1S71-four terms. During his career
he gained a moderate fortune, and at the
same time was recognized as a faithful
and efficient public officer.
Byrne was born in New York City
Irish on his fathers side. on his mothers
English. He was educated at French
college in Canada. After being admitted
to the bar in his native place he came to
this city at the age of &c, without money
or professional reputation; but this did not
prevent him forming partnership with
freedom, which. excepting the time the
latter sat as Judge. lasted his lifetime.
Personally. Byrne was of short stature,
but compactly built. His head was set
firmly on his shoulders and his carriage
had certain stiffness tn at indicated the
character Of the man. He was darkroom
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Byrne died. as before ted, in this city,
March l, 1872, while The actress was con-
valescing from a severe fever at the sea-
shore somewhere in the East To her
came kilograms advising that she come to
San Francisco to defend her honor and her
rights. She came in August, 1872. five
months after the death of Harry Byrne,
and then the fight commenced in the
Probate Court before Judge Myrick. Hall
McA lister appeared for the petitioner,
Matilda Heron Byrne, and Alexander
Campbell for E. r. Carpenter to whom
Byrne had left the greater portion of his
estate. The question of the right of
widow to have an allowance set over to
ner out of the estate may, said the court,
very properly be tested by reference to her
relations with deceased, and her right as
wife to call on him for her maintenance
during his lifetime. Iu view of the facts,
however. the court decided that a wife
who has separated from her husband, re-
married under the erroneous impression
that she was divorced, had children by
such second marriage. and never at any
time had conjugal relations with the de-
cedent, cannot be said to be member of
his family so as to entitle her TO family
or widows allowance.
SO the unfortunate wnman's status was
fixed by the memorable fat of law For
mally married to two men, yet, both being
deceased, a widow to neither. lnhumanly
treated by the lawyer, stripped of her
means by the musician, and finally left to
die in poverty. G. E. B.
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replied, but hanged if l knew any one
was a-comng in two-hoss buggy.
"'What do you mean? l asked. Tor l
saw nothing funny in the whole mat
ter.
"'Why, you see. them fellows stepped
ont in the road, right in front OF my hogs,
and cried for me to stop. This scared the
hogs, and they broke out in the brush. l
pretended not to understand what they
meant, and, sending Boze out on one side.
took the other at the same time accusing
them chaps right lively for soaring my
hogs. Wnen l got 'em all back again l
turned around and said: Now, what do
you want"
Money cried the tall fellow; all
you've got
'Monev% and | roared so you could
have heard me half way back to Buckeye.
You don't reckon that chap as has to go
afoot and drive hogs for living has any
money. If you want that just stop the
boss who Is coming along ID two-hoss
buggy and you will get some
Get right on, them said the tall chap,
and we'll lay for the boss
"'And they got you?' continued the hog
drover. [ hope you did not lose much.
"A hundred dollars, said l; but l got
off lucky at that
so did l. said the old drover with a
grin, for | sold part Of my hogs on the