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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-29
CITY NEWS.


Apples, plums,
Tomatoes, berries,
The finest and choicest
Received fresh every morning
by CAMPBELL Bros, 30 Houston
street. tt
Louis Rodriguez Valdez, aged
one year, died at No. 4l9 South
Concho street, yesterday from
teething.
Prof. Meyer, the violinist, is
working on a patent smoker for ex-
tracing honey from beehives.
Undertaken Shelly has found
his long lost pug dog.
That fountain of health, of
which the ancients dreamed, has
been materialized at George Dull
nig's Chalybeate or Iron Water
fountain. Also bottled in quarts
and pints, for sale at wholesale
and retail and packed for shipment
to order. tt
Tom Kinney, the murderer of
old Mr.. Scanlon yesterday, is not
married, but is an old Indian scout
and trapper and is bachelor.
"A small fire was discovered
under st. Mary's street bridge last
night which had caught pile of
trash from the street. There was
no damage.
"A horse belonging to Thomp-
son, the barber, became balky on
South street this morning and
quite time was had in bringing
the animal around again.
-Loveece Bros. have sold their
fruit business on Alamo plaza.
Newt. Smith went a-fishing to-
day.
Mrs. F. Middleton is building a |
two-story residence on Washing
ton street, Eighth ward, to cost
S1,700.
"A surprise party was given at |
No. SIC North Flores street last |
night.
-Leandro Escarino went to jail |
this morning in default Of 800 of |
the charge of theft of a two-dollar |
saddle for p. d. Hauser.
SIS. Peter and Paul day was |
quietly celebrated in our Roman
Catholic and Episcopal churches |
today. New Braunfels drew a
crowd of San Antonians at her
big celebration however.
Joe Parker has been arrested
for putting advertising cards on
telephone poles.
George Dullnig's Chalybeate or |
Iron Water is revolutionizing the
old requisites Of cooling drinks (;
they are not alone refreshing, but
in health and strength
for the whole system. This is the
season In the year when this most
palatable of all drinks is most &C
If
Comet Pile Remedy not only
gives immediate relief but is a
positive cure. Recommended by
Sold by James Clavin,
IA West Commerce street, corner
Navarro, San Antonio, Texas.
"A trolley car ran into farm
er's wagon at the corner of Pine
and Crosby streets last night and
the wagon was demolished. A
large box of eggs in the wagon was
thrown out and the eggs split.
The San A ntonio Kranken
Kassen Verein hold their quarter
ly meeting Sunday, in Meyers
hall.
Newt. Smith has not yet found
his pocket knife, which he loaned
to some one at Convention hall in
the Democratic meeting, held last
Monday.
Mrs. A. Armstrong, Of Taylor,
died this morning at a boarding
house on South Alamo street from
typhoid fever. Her remains will
be shipped to Taylor.
The city will disburse $4,000
to its employees tomorrow. The
public school teachers pay day
has been changed to next Tuesday
to enable them TO have some mon
ey with which to celebrate the
National holiday, on Wednesday.
City Collector Rische yester-
day received $4,000 in taxes.
Some of the big fellows paid up.
"A. Stapp is building resi-
dence at No. sol Denver boulevard,
Uor1 Z RI opof QQO0
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-29

Take a look at our BOYS
DEPARTMENT.
We are daily adding something
new and novel.
Mail Orders Our Speciality.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-29

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The sun., 1894-03-15
4 DIAMoyD FRou the DEPTHS.
HauiizE n Fishing Nets, Cspi. Pstsrsoa q .ts
Rieh Salvage from Lake E-Is.

HauiiaE N FisLIaE Nets, Cspi. Pstsrsoa q q.
kish Salvage from Lake E-Ie.
Capt. John Peterson OF Dunkirk and the
Lake Erie tugboat StaufTer." said New York
commercial traveller. has q diamond ring
which. aside from its trade value. is priced al
most beyond price By its possessor. owing to
tho singular manner IN which 1t came into his
possession. Can't Peterson is one OF the Oldest
lake skippers In the service and he keeps
at 1t now lust because he likes 1t. for he
doesn't have TO. as he has laid by a snug
something for all the rainy days that may
come as long as he lives. One night a year or
so ago the Captains wife awoke somewhere
along about midnight and heard some one in
her room. She screamed a scream that aUoEs
her husband wide open. ard he saw a man
hurrying toward The window OF the room. The
Captain Jumped out OF bed and got TO the
window in time to grab and recover his wife's
$500 sealsSia coat which the burglar had un-
der bis arm, But the thief got away. Next
morning he Captain discovered that his gold
Was worth sl5O and CAPT. Peterson went OUT
on me lREe that morning feeling blue enough.
lake that morning was to haul In a number of
sstnes which had been dragged by heavy
storm three miles from where they had been
tst lie ist So tad over the loss OF his watch
that BE tried 70 get some other tug boat master
10 take the Job OF 0. his hands. but everybody
When the last seins had been hauled in he
saw somsthipg sparkle In the Sun on one edge
OF the net. lie looked TO see what IL was and
was astonished 70 mud = ring entanglsd In the
cords L Was black with mud all but in ons
light, When the Captain came ashore he
took his singular find 70 iewellsr and asksl
him what 1t was worth. When the lsWelsr
mOnd and that the ring was good for tho hest
5000 6ill that was ever turned ont. Capt Peter
son forgot all about beiug blue over the loss OF
his watch. The Iewelisr said that the ling
had undoubtedly been many years az the
bottom Of the lake. lt might have belonged to
some one who went down with one % the
numerous wrecks that occur sVeTy year on
lake ETle- Capt Peterson has had several
the ring for it, but he has refused them all"
The sun., 1894-03-15
The Weather,

Ths storm which crossed the lake regions bseIms
severe yesterday The centre over northern Hsw
York and ths New England states. and vas moving
eastward NortheAst gales with snow prevailed over
the New EnElAnd states and coast. and north " est
gales and clear weather over the middle Atlantic states
And coast
moderate eold wave has set in behind the storm
and IL spreading rapidly southwark over the lake rs
gionL The Temperature at white River dropped 4os in
t~snty-four hours. touching Ss below zsFo: in the
lake states u vas from 80 to iGS bsoH frssynz ana
gro~inE rapidly colder IL will be IN the hborlood
of frssz.ng point m tns cJ tns TIE cold
~ be Of short duration, lasting more than thirty
ak hoErs
abe day vas csar and wiBdV in this city. tbs wiud
became hiEl north~ssE during the meTRrEg eoH;ihu-
ing With an average ys!oeGy OF 81 miles an A9ur dur
Ins The day hizheE; NsOety ~ mllss an hour abouE
! 'u r. NJ average hEmIeII - per seat; LiEhsst
oneiAl Temperature A., lowest SyS; bATonsIsr cor
Tseisd 10 sea level =; 8 A. II. %. "A. ROOA 29T1.
The thsrmoIstsr Al PsEry's PhArHAcy in THE srs
building recorded the folIo
The sun., 1894-03-15

A Connecticut AWntear burglar Comss to
Grief After Mach EIort HI. Part.

| A Counseticut Auntear burglar Comes to
Grief After Much EIort His Part.
New LONDON. March 14.-yery humiliating
was an experience the other night on the part
OF young Mr.. John Bowling. amateur burglar
OF this town. At midnight Mr.. Bowling,
with dark lantern. undertook to tap
the till OF Messrs Sullivan Brothers
grocers. at Bank and Shaw streets. but was
neatly trapped himself by a vigilant clerk OF
the store. 1t Is not uncommon In Connecticut
hillside towns thai rollicking trout brooks
Curge and purl in the sub basement OF the
municipality. The Town Fathers. as q rule
merely wall them in" with brick and
stone and pavement. and let 'em purl and
gurgle out OF sight A brook OF the
kind gurGles under the grocery OF Sui
livan Brothers, and It 10 boxed up
only in part In a granite trough. It spiashes
INTO the stone cellar through a tunnel. darkly
flashes through that apartment, then pluuges
into another tunnel. and hurries on to the sea.
twenty rods away. Now II is easy enough for
romantic and desperate robber who Is not
cimmerian gloom and rats and alluvial mud
70 get into that subtsrranean tube. starting at
John Bowling did at dead OF night. So far ali
ing small sums Of money from their tiiI Tor
more than month and accordingly had put
heard strange sounds comina np M ,sn,gns ihs Ions
dark tunnel. muffed ones. spluttsring ones
spashing. gnsping. half-choking eurgitating
sounds, as OF y Dorpolse or a right whale in
distress; and after o long time. that seemed
very long 10 the lonely watcher, the amphibi-
Gus commotion stopped teneath trap door
opening into the tunnel in the cellar
The watchman was eager and alert now.
Presently the trap door began TO rise up slowly
Just as a ground mole hsavrs up his rounded
furrow. and In about a minute dark creature
ereDt out, OF the tunnel. and the clerk III on
him, With muftied err and quick. agile and
slippery movements. the Intruder broke away
from his eaptor and plunged into his Styx
again and yanked him back into the cellar
Then lie gave Ia, and was extremely peRitent
AMI plastic lie owned un that he had been
than month and repeatedly had robheI the
TILL lie implored evsrybody's forgiveness.
ana promised never to steal again. He was let
go on his own parole and promise TO make
good all the money lie had stolen.
The sun., 1894-03-15
CON MINERS At COCHITI.
Creduious Prospsctors Stiii Dream or Pine
Ing II ch Ola Spanish Miaes.


CocHrTI. y. NJ. March O.-several hundred
men. prosnectors. EXPERTS capitalists. and
persons looking for business chances have
come into camp within the past week and
town lots are being located and houses put up,
notwithsta ndinR the snow. which has not dis
appeared yet Tho Crown Point has received
returns OF 81 800 from q car load OF ore and
there are lots OF claims that prospect as well
as the Crown Point. A large proportion OF the
prospectors are Colorado miners. and all OF
them are convinced that the Cochiti leads are
big and rich. and that q great mining camp
has been started.
The old tradition about the cone ncealment OF
ancient Spanish mines by tho Pueblo Indians
was corroborated in singula way few days
ago A miner named Hoadley had been about
the Pueblo good deal waiting for tho snow to
melt. and In some way had gained the good
will Of one Of the Indians. probably by supply
Ing him with food and making lie little moro
comfortable for him In various ways. To
prove his gratitude and friendship the
Indian told Hoadlsy of an old tunnel
in the mountains that had been known
Sddsn s.e Gr s did mo-. know
there was any gold rock In the tunnel but il
was a tradition among the Indians that the
tunnel was driven by the Spaniards before the
Pueblo iusurrection. and he supposed It might
be one Of the old mines.
supsrstition that the indians Kept a sacred
snake In the tunnel but he knew that such a
tunnel could have been the work oil miners
only. and h0 persuaded the Indian 10 guide
him him to the place. hoping to find some
Hoaalss % 9 sna ID the @ Indian LETT sGs GSd pusSic SH
course to the N oun tains 10 order 20 divert sus-
picion. But tho wise old men OF the village
were not asleep. and they suspected the truth,
pair. and when they had satisfied them selves
that hoadey and his guido were headed to-
ward the old tunnel they quietly stepped for
Pueblo with them. Tho poor fellow was great.
ly alarmed. but he obeyed without murmur
What happened to him upon his return was
told to Don AmadO Chhves by one of tha
Goehiti Indians council OF tho head men OF
lchiefl and held, according TO the ancient Gus
tom. in the rstuyd. windowless. sunken
apartment. The eulprit was solsmnly tried
for betraying the secrets OF his people, andit
guilty and should be logged. Whereupon he
was logged soundly with Quirts on the spot.
IL Is now reasonably certain that II any pros
peetor finds the old tunnel. he will find IL
The principal reason for the eaeernsss of
miners 20 md old spanish workings lies In
the fact that the Spa niArds usually mined free
milling ore. and probably know nothing Of the
discovered In modern times. The prospsct6r
believes that II he could strike q lead that the
Spaniards worked. he would find free gold and
plenty OF II. and that would poor mans
than ar Arastra and a mule. The main leads
OF Cochiti carry no free gold. but there IL q
lesd OF iree-gold ore somewhere about here.
heVeral MeKcans have shown specimens OF
dug up at some place in this vicinity a piece
OF rock that ASSAYS SSUlD TO the ton.
The sun., 1894-03-15
FEARED DEATH LESS THAN PRISON.
The Suicide OF = fouar BeigIa. WHO Had
Robbed His Employer

Victor Ledewyn, Belgian. % years old
died In the New York Hospital yesterday
morning from dose OF poison which. 1t is be-
lieved he was impeled to take through fear OF
arrest Until Saturday night he had been
employed as an assistant bookkeeper by
Henry Mailard. tho confectioner. Ledevyn
was native OF Gend. and came to this city
about two years ago. His father. q retired
ofacer. IL now n superintendent OF army sup
plies in Belgium. 1t Is said that throe years
ago young Ledewyn fell in love with the
daughter OF another army officer. He Tilted
the girl and fed to this country. OF late he
had received q number of letters from her
father; begging h!m to come home and marry
monsy.
About 4 week ago he received another letter.
After getting this letter he made several 0S: mn:
successful Rttem pts to borrow enough money
to pay his passage to Europe. Then 1t seems
Last Saturday the head bookkeeper gave hin
cashier, Ledewyn delivered the envelope. and md
q few minutes later left tho store. lie did not
that sioo had been abstracted @ % from eeea fSs eni
velope. The police were notified, and found
that @ on Saturday night @ Ledewyn had left MS
About II o'clock on tuesday night Ledewyn
avenue. and Was a.signsd to room 10 10 on nse The
second moor. Shortly before O'Clock yester-
day m orning II was discovered that he was ill.,
Al first he said that he had eaten some mush-
rooms, but when an ambulance surgeon came
from the New York Hospital Ledewyn told him
he had taken dose OF arsenic. On the way TO
menI and said that he had been drinking
heavily.
At the hospital the doctors were unable to
discover any ind icatons Of arsenic poisoning
but the patient continued to sink until 4
o'clock, when he died. A few minutes before
the END he made the statement again that he
had taken arsenic He handed the photograph
o. a young woman to one OF the doctors, say
whom he had Intended to marry.
Ledswyn received o severe thrashing about
two weeks ago from the sweetheart Of n Bel
gian girl about whom he Is said TO have m adA
damaging remarks. IL is said that he feared
his former assailant would keep tho threat he
had made TO kill him.
The sun., 1894-03-15

Iii. a, an far ~. f,iI tl,t,tv d.vs .nd MACS
otheTs T o ssn Ut 70 % ysse ,n1 tsn T.2 .i
o well Wei g., II nyoidsmsnr. gOn snd lygsp sImon.s
shoPe ou, n,n neSn dn nen liz sbont that" IN.
Jrs,ica rssnIt.d "huy sbaii do m dntv -bsn y
ri9T'bInG; Tbs Gws,vor. o, IN. Patterson Ribbon Com
pany held meeting IN the afternoon and dis
eusseu uns y ,h "a W .,onDd tbo "a =, ,osd
mil on I'M Tu.sdsy nieht and the wholesale club
binR that hsd ,oowea ~ a,eV M, d ;nas s
~ III .n,t mar a. tbev csS,e ont 81
the mil, the following resolutions which were
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ard ehild.sn wsts s.ssrsss.d ~ ihs IssJ of ths
Ws.S,s, Iii. body wsr. v are they were violsiss
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Rs. pGsy q, .... ,os:r nd n,Sb bs.
si:ss;d rs.Is.sS IESSS ,n: 4.
sane uniasrcifuliyi Se II
R.,d ih.i in the .,,iust!on o the v..y.r, Of %.
Sss..i.n were both unlawful and une'll'dfOr Further
mere oJ 90 IN v. condemn To. bra,.i ,pirit d.p.y.d
inv.,t,rsSs .s, u. ansir. 'ON' '"' ''''''
In ,h. nx.nino o,s NJ .bo .,rit.rs .nn.ar.d
peiope @ III h u n IN. iags
n. ~ bsSjn', renxod ~, % rhan 'ordars5 10
90 hone ny .e line tne yosnee @ ice rspsa rel ye,r
head SO N1
,,Another man made complaint .s against Inst
% io unVi 10 .hns,,o 1au a., tsnnt q, ,he
nI.h = G Guy Nh, uui ~ InE E,,., Wv - sish, " " WV
p.niotu nhi i1, ~ az Iny.tin s.id "uTvor.
uer PIT. IA spe ,a,i JIS NJ IL ,o E.a, out
~ c,n|ds Tn.n an, won't ,ome in contaet
W ,L LoNvUs, ~, nr,n .i,.h. h,o "NH NN0 -
win polremeh Ciuot' ,.--- -. A.. Al.
prominent citizen OF Patterson ealu 10 tne
writer Yesterday:
There IL one thing TO which / wish you
T. he naraiyving narye Of those Divers vino
won't about town yesterday oreakinR down
doors and fences and nssaulting peaceful
work men. When the dye shops closed on ac-
count OF the hard times last Septem ber these
town. For nearly four months they lived upon
The contributions OF the residents Of this city.
Tine heaviest contributors were their own em-
ployers and the silk manufacturers OF Pater-
son. When the shops opened about month
ago they were ali delighted TO resume work on
elightly reduced wagea And Yesterday morn
ing after all that had been done for them. and
without stopping to consider tho dulness Of
the silk Industry at present. they not only
went out on strike but they destroyed proper
ty IL maHes an honest an sick"
Mr. Charles Nermorel of the firm OF Vermorel
A Kimbnll said:
We suffered considerable loss from the
destruction OF silk that wns In the process OF
dyeipg when the strikers entered our dye
house, This eli had lust been placed In tho
acid or dynamite" as We call H. by the men
in the shon Unless IL IL taken out in a GER
tain time the acid DESTROYS it. Before our
workmen could attend to it, however, the
strikers were upon them and drove them out
Of the mace In other in stances pieces Of silk
The sun., 1894-03-15

yoord informed Coroner Collins that he and
Mr. Black had conferred with Gov, Flower as
quest ana he Believed thai Il a Inrtnet e sG. ,G
o'clock. everything would be satisfactoriiya al.
to 90 on but he believed that there were good
reasons why the Coroner should grant the re-
:. LAWYER Norton. for his clients. declared
there were two or three men on the Jury not
was one inryu1an m ~ nan who had told him personSy su nail
that he was not con Petent to give verdict on
called as witnesses. inasmuch as they were on
the scene on the fatal day. For that reason
Jury and excuse those not eomT etent TO serve
by arrangement with-al the lawyers il was
to-morrow aitefnoon. In the mean lime Jury. Tr,..
man Armstrong was excused permanent '. as
there is death In his family and the funeral
tournament was then taken until 2 O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon
An pnexpeeted complication came ur ls.s
To- night in regard 70 the appointment Of Mr..
Van santyoori and Mr.; BLACK as Deputy A.
NJ vas santvocrd ha:
Kane verdict. the Repuhlieans In the Assembly
and Senate passed 2 bill Withdrawing from
Deputy Attorneys General Mr.. Van Rantvoord
SAYS that Gov. Flower signed this bill with
bill 4o3. While the new bill withdraWs the
power from the Governor to deaign nate special
deputy attorneys. Il provides that he may di.
lIane2ck, is Republican. Nr., Van santyoord
ready TO direct Mr.. Hancock to appoint special
attorneys but the trouble. IL is learned. is with
they desire the. services Of either Mr.. Van sant.
xoord or Mr.. Black. Mr. Van Santvoord be-
is % made viii the " RepaSicana in hiep. hibaeg ,o!
morrow morn ing. Mr.. Pagan will he com PEELED
to 60 IL alone in prosecuting this case.
The sun., 1894-03-15

wages. The strikers ssy shey ask an increase
OF only 20 per cent. and they think they ousht
they cannot make more than 81 or ~ a week.
The strikers gathered around the mill yes.
policemen went there and on the Sergeant
advice they went quietly 70 their homes. The
foreman Of the mill SAYS the weaysrs are I'M
grateful They were kent At work during the
winter when there was little or nothing to do.
and when business picked up recently an in
creaee OF II per cent was made voluntarily in
the wages. Mr.. sehwartzenbach SAYS he can
not aford to pay more than he IL pnying now.
and II the strikers hold out he will shut down
the mill.
The sun., 1894-03-15
DossED uER HUSBAND.
Hs strikes Her SD Thre.tsn- ts Kui Hsr
ssd Gets = DrubbiuE.

SD sets = DrubbluE.
just before tho curtain went up on The
Merry Cobblsr" at the Lee Avenue Academy
OF Music in willlamsburRh on Tuesday night
q we'll dressed woman, about % years old In
. front seat In the balcony leaned over the
balcony railing. and pointing TO q woman
about % years old who was with man In
orchestra seats. shouted:
Il see you. You're with another womau's
husband. You're home destroyer, aud I've a
notion to go down there and thrash you"
The woman 10 whom the remarks were d.
rected blushed and tried to leave. Her COM
panion requested her TO remain. Then the
orchestra began TO play and for the time the
incident was forgotten.
The woman In the balcony. II 10 said. lives
apart from her husband. She learned a week
ago that her husband was in the habit OF TAX
ing other women to the theatre. and she iol-
lowed him on Tuesday night. She had her
sister with her. When the curtain went down
after the nrot act she spoke up again and
called her husband q scallawag. An usher
threatened to eject her unless she kept quiet.
She finally got up and. telling her sister to
follow. abe went to the box offlce and bought
seats in the orchestra. near where her husband
was; Between the acts and up to the time
when the play was over she alternately de-
nouneed him and hia companion. When the
curtain went down on the last act the couple
through the crowd. and when she reached the
lobby she caught hold OF her husbands coat
tailsL
He turned and struck her. He was on the
point OF striking her again when Laurent
Howard the business manager OF the theatre.
interfered. The husband and his com panion
hurried down Lee avenue to Division avenue
When they turned to 20 to Roebling street the
wife ran up behind them and struck the wo.
man. The latter screamed. and a crowd gath
cred. Police Sergeant Limmermann Of the
Clymer street station hoard the screams. hut
when he reached there the row was over. The
way to get away from his wife. but she re-
nouncad both.
In DriRss avenue. opposite the Novelty The
atre, he turned on his wife again and after
striking her he pnt bis hand to his hip pocket
lowing him he would kill her. Three men
caught hold OF him and took away his cane
Then they belnbored him with II aud when he
succeeded in Rotting away from them he rnn
down briggs avenue. His com panion had pre-
ceded him and gone to her home The wife
told the crowd that her husband boarded In
the same house with his com mpa nion and had
often taKsn her to the theatre. she added that
she now intended to prosecute him She lives
In South Fifth street.
The sun., 1894-03-15
No B.aus.t to Rose M.a.a.,s.

The viii OF Eugene H. Strong. who died on
March !, which has been presented for probate.
shows that he made no provision for the Eng
lish woman. Eose Mansfield. with whom he ha i
lived for fifteep yenrs and who died on March
under circumstances which suggested sui
eide strong leaves to his niece, Ada Neme
and CyTli Franklin Dos Passos $500 each and
tho rest OF his estate goes % his brother Id
ward W, strong. who is made sole executor.
The will was executed on March :I2 lesI3 The
petition for the probate made By the executor
SAYS that the value OF the estate has NOT lee n
Ascertained. Strong's father died in JAnuArT
lAEL 1t was said that no left lug enc $3.50 10 y
In cash ana S5UOOD in trust.