San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-13

10 Jn6 San Antonio LIGHT:
Saturday evening, June 3, the
cornerstone of Mrs. E. r. Glass
marble hotel was laid at the Topo
Chico hot springs. There We're a
number of invited friends present
to take part in the laying of the
cornerstone.
Major Jules A. Randle was the
principal speaker. He paid Mrs.
Glass a handsome tribute for the
push and energy that she has dis
played since she first came here to
run a boarding house for him at
the spring. After running it few
years she opened a hotel in Mon
terey, and in five years she saved
money enough to erect the build
ing whose cornerstone they just
laid. This hotel is the first one
that was ever built in this or any
other country of black marble !;
and when finished it will by the
handsomest in the republic.
The Revs. Marsh and Grimes, of
the Methodist church, made appro-
pirate remarks, and read passages
of scriptures.
Capt. S. w. Hopping, proprietor
of,the Topo Chico hotel and others
made few remarks and congrat-
ulated Mrs. Glass, and prayed that
when the building is finished that
she may preside over it for many
years to come.
Mr.. Leon J. Giraud is the archi-
tect, and Domingo and Valparaiso
are the contractors and builders.
Mr.. Larenzo Silver has the con-
tract for getting out and cutting
the marble, and Messrs. John Cassi
and Broham, the contractors for
the masonry work.
BASEBALL GAME AT SAN JUAN PARK
SUNDAY, JUNE 4TT.
Last Sunday the Monterey and
Mexican Gulf Railway company
gave a grand excursion to the San
Juan park, which is situated in a
beautiful grove on the banks of
the blue waters of the Rio San
Juan, "a miles east of Monterey.
This excursion was gotten up by
the road for the baseball clubs of
Monterey and Porfirio Diaz, to
play championship game on that
day.
At 9 a. m. the first train of four
coaches pulled out. 1t was deco
rated with the Mexican and Amer
lean flags. 1t carried the two clubs
and their friends, a band of music,
number of men, women and
children, and a refreshment car.
BY 1918 they reached the park,
distributed themselves through the
grounds and not few took a bath
in the sparkling waters of the Rio
San Juan.
E At 2 p. m. the second train of
five coaches left Monterey with
every seat filled with men, women
and children, on pleasure bent
There were about 400 in all. AS
there was light rain Saturday
the forenoon was cloudy and cool,
and the grounds in splendid con-
dition for base ball blaying.
The following was the roster of
the two clubs:
Porfirio Diaz club-A. L. Dye,
captain; Ed. Fitch, H. Kin
VIM. Jennings, C. c. Kulp, Sam
Orchard, E. l.. Nolan, NJ. L. Wright,
w. Scholts and Gabriels.
The Monterey Club.-C. B.
Flynn, Captain, J. A. Common, d,
w. Gaylord, B. J. Giles, C. B. Comb,
A. w. Davis, w. N. Painter, j.
Howard, P. D. Ried and w. H.
Taylor.
Mr.. H. n. Gibson, was the gener-
al manager, and Chas. Smith UNI
pired the game.
At $50 p. m. the game was call
ed, with the Monterey club at the
bat. They scored eleven points in
that inning, to the surprise of the
Rio Grande boys, and the admira-
ton of their friends.
The Porfiro Diaz boys failed to
make a count in their first inning.
AS the home team had IL to moth
ing, they became careless, and only
counted two points in the second
inning. From that on the game
became more interesting as the
boys from the border got a move
on them, and kept crawling upon
the Sierra Madre boys until the
close of the last inning, when the
score stood 16 to Is in favor of the
Monterey club.
After the game was over the two
clubs repaired to the banks of the
Rio San Juan and took a bath, af-
ter which they repaired to the
pavilion and Joined the ladies in