San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-09
IN CIRCLES.
Southern Pacific Officials Pass
Through Here-other News.

Southern PaClnc Ofncla!S PaSS
Through Here-other News.
A party of railway officials passed
through here over the Southern
Pacific from the west yesterday
afternoon in the special cars "Sac-
ramento" and "Guadalupe.' The
party consisted Of VIC. Van Week,
general superintendent of the
Southern Pacific; J. Kruttschnitt,
general manager OF the Southern
Pacific A. n. TOwne, second vice
president and general manager of
the Pacific system, with headquar-
tiers at San Francisco; Baron Ran
dolph Natili, OF the Morgan line at
Morgan City, La, and B. A. Worth
ington, of San Francisco.
MEN AND MATTERS.
Mrs. Sam l.. Hahn and Mrs
William Carpenter, who comprise
the transportation committee of
the "Kirmiss," which will be given
here next month for the benefit OF
the Woman's Library and Ex-
change, have succeeded in Undue
ing the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass to sell excursion tickets to
San Antonio on March q, % and
80 at one and one-third fare for the
round trip.
A serious wreck Of a passenger
train occurred on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, at White Oak
bayou, four miles out Of Houston,
last night. Several rails and fish
plates were removed. 1t was the
work of train wreckers. Joe Elliot,
a brakeman, was shot five times
and is dying. A number of pas
sengers are seriously injured.
The management of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass has de-
cided to adopt as the company's
mark on all its printed and adver-
tisIng matter a picture of Mission
Conception with the name of the
company encircled around it, an
idea originally conceived by Gener-
al ldIldStl NIOhSSl dlC'
Two Raymond-W hitcomb excur.
siOns arrived over the Southern
Pacific from the east this morning,
and the town was full Of visitors
today. They pulled out this after
noon, n train going through to
California, and another to Mexico.
Mrs. G. NJ. Dodge, wife of a di-
rector of the Union Pacific, is So
jOurning in Texas at present, in
her special car, ~. p. O., 81 She
is making a trip along the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass, and is
now in ROckpOrt.
Tonight the railroad meeting will
be held at the County court house,
concerning the construction Of the
San Antonio and Gulf Shore road,
Hon. John Ireland will preside. A
large attendance is desired.
George ChabOt and a party of
ten will leave over the San Anto,
MO and Arkansas Pass for Gregory
and ROCkpOrt tomorrow afternoon
on a hunting trip. They will re
turn next Monday.
Capt. j. j. Atkinson, a well.
known employee of the Southern
Pacific at Houston, and we'll,
known here, is seriously i'll al
Houston and the worst is feared.
The International and Great
Northern will run excursions II
Laredo and Monterey tomorrow
and Sunday, on account Of the bull
fights at Nuevo Laredo.
The San Antonio and Aransa
Pass will run excursions to Rock
port on February II, is, a and 2
on account free oyster roasts to tax
place this month.
E. B. Cushing, chief engineer O
the Southern Pacific, passe,
through here from Houston yestel
day en- route to the Watkins cutof
near Dryden.
The father Of J. A. Walker, dis
patcher on the Southern Pacific, i
seriously i'll at kennedy and hs ha
been granted a leave OF absence t
attend him.