San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-11
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Cinco de Mayo in Picturesque Mon
terey-The Lion Dead-sham
Battle-Personals.

| Mayo Unls year suTpdsSeu any pre-
vious one ever held in this city.
During the previous week the state
and municipal authorities had men
decorating the Zaragoza plaza, the
Municipal hall, the Cinco de Mayo
plaza and the state penitentiary.
The City hall was tastefully deco
rated with wreaths of evergreens,
colored lights, and when they were
lit up at night they illuminated
the whole building. The Zaragoza
plaza was tastefully decorated. All
round the outside walks were
erected falls on which were in
inserted banners. There were
strung all round the walks and
through the park Chinese lam
terms and colored lights. The
band stand was tastefully dec
Grated with green and red banners.
The front of the penitentiary was
covered with wreaths of evergreens.
The Teatro Progresso was also dec
Grated with wreaths Of evergreens
and the national colors and illu-
minated with electric lights. The
fireworks were placed on the Cinco
de Mayo plaza.
At sunrise general salute was
fired from the military headquar-
tiers, music by the bands and the
hosting of the national colors over
the federal, state ana municipal
offices and the ringing Of bells.
The foreign consuls also hoisted
their colors to the breeze.
At 9:20 the 9th infantry moved
out from their quarters and
marched to the state capitol, head
ed by their military band. When
they reached it they opened ranks
and lined the street up to Com
merce to North to DR.. Mier street,
east on it to Teatro and north on it
to the Teatro Progresso and squad
of them took their place in the
main entrance.
AT 80, all the military officers
in their bright uniforms, Federal,
State and municipal Off GERS, the
workingmen societies and Gen.
Bernardo Reyes and staff, filed out
from the State capitol and marched
between the troops headed by
military band for the Tdatro and as
they entered the band stationed
there struck up the National
hymn. The General and officers
took their places on the stage when
the speakers OF the day, Hon.
Miguel F. Martinez, Senior c. J.
De la Vega, Senior DR.. Rafael CARA
Cantu, delivered orations. At the
close they marched back to the
State capital in the same order and
were dismissed, when,all retired for
dinner. At II m. there was
another salute fired at Military
headquarters, the bells tolled
throughout the city, and again at
| sunset.
All the stores and residences and
hotels fronting the Zaragoza and
Hidalgo plazas, and the stores and
streets on the line Of march, were
all decorated with the national
colors and Illuminated night.
THE LION Is DEAD.
AS previously announced in the
LIGHT lion and bull fight.was to
com off at 3 o'clock p. m. at the
Monterey bull ring between the
African lion, Parnell, and Next
can bull. AT the above hour there
were large crowd present to wit
ness it, and all expected to have
lots of fun at the expense of the
bull, but in this they were mis-
taken. The bull was there and he
was a handsome one and full of
fight. There was no fight in the
lion.
At the appointed time the cage
that contained the lion was rolled
up to the iron cage that confined
the bull, and made fast. AS soon
as the door was raised, the lion
slowly walked out, and in place of
attacking the bull, he ran around
the cage, trying to find a place OF
escape. This called forth a storm
of Kisses from the audience. Soon
after the bull assaulted him,
hooked him, pitched him in the
air and rolled him over on the
ground, the lion in the mean time
trying to get out of his way and
back to the entrance of his cage.
He made no effort to attack the
bull. He would only growl every
time the bull would butt and gore
him. When he got to the entrance
to his cage he lay down. Col. Boone
and his men tried to get him away
from there by punching him with
spears, but he would not leave.
They jammed iron spears down his
throat for the purpose of getting
him to attack the bull. but ii was