San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-19
The Daily Eight.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, '9a
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Cremated in a Boarding House
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Stops - Biography - APP
polnted-Personals.

LA CONCORDIA, MONTEREY,
Sept. II, 1898.
To the San Antonio LIGHT.
About , am. Sunday fire
broke out in the Mexican National
Railway company's boarding house
adjoining the depot in this city,
which destroyed the building and
contents and caused the death OF
Sonora Josefa lara Milo, and a
boy of about eight years the loss OF
both eyes. He was badly burnt
about the face and head and may
die.
The fire broke out in the
woman's rooms and before any as
sistance could be rendered the
whole building was ablaZe.
Mrs. \. Weight, who had been
running the boarding house
and owned the furniture, lost over
$500. and the railway cOmpany's
loss is over $1,000.
At ) p. m. Sunday a match fac
tory caught fire and was burnt to
the ground, total loss, no insurance.
1t is surmised that it was set on
fire by rats.
ASSASSINATED.
Saturday night Juan Nillanueva,
one of Jules A. Randles oldest car
drivers, was assassinated by Rafael
Quintanillo by stabbing him with
a knife in the back. 1t seems that
some time ago Juan Villa
nueva seduced QuintanillO's sis
ter, under a promise of marriage,
which he failed to carry out, and it
was on that account that he killed
him. Quintanilla was assisted by
Quirino SepulvedO, another car
driver for Randle, both We're
arrested Sunday and jailed.
Sepulvedo was discharged Mon
day as they had no evidence
to show that he was in anyway
connected with the killing.
HIDALGO PEDESTAL FINISHED.
The black marble pedestal for
the HidalgO statue was finished
this week, and is now ready to re-
ordered some months ago but
which has not yet arrived,
and will not Ee in time for the
annual celebration of 1898.
The pedestal is built of TOpo
Chico black marble. The base is
Is feet 10 inches, with projecting
steps at each corner which sets
on four large cast iron vases;
from ground to top of cap is l3
feet 2 inches. On the fourth tier
from the ground on the east facing
the Municipal hall is the name OF
HIDALGO
in raised letters. The middle block
is 4 feet square, and feet 6 inches
high, and weighs about six tons.
This block is highly polished and
engraved as follows.
On the east side in gold letters.
"El AyrintamentO de 1893. Al
Padre de Lapatria;" on the south
side; "l5 Septembre de $780," on
the west side; Miguel Hidalgo V
Castillo" and on the north
side "Indedendencia de Mexico"
The statue is enclosed by eight
iron posts set in the ground and
connected by iron chains and balls.
The posts and balls are brOnZed.
The ground inside of the, railing
will be planted with Bermuda
grass, so as to keep it green for time
to come. The marble cutting, pol
ishing and lettering was done by
Mr.. George Bower, of this city, and
it goes without saying that he feels
proud of it. The castings were
done at the Monterey foundry and
the pedestal was erected by the
Messrs. Price of this city.
SHORT STOPS.
Prof. \. NJ. Ford the versatile
correspondent of the Two Repub-
lies, struck a rich vein of ore this
time. On the morning of the 9th
his wife presented hia with
twelve-pOund boy. Prof. Lord is
now an active member of the
Knights of Labor. He has two
boys and one girl to provide for.
The fiesta is running at full blast
on the CincO de Mayo plaza and
hundreds of men, women and
children go there every night.
There has been a large force of
men engaged the past week in pre-
pairing decorations for the 10Th
and 10th September.
BIOGRAPHY.
Last week your correspondent
met in this city, General Jipolito
Charles, a prominent planter and
stock raiser of the state of Coah-
uila.