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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
MIR. KUEFNER HITS BACK

To the San Anto MO LIGHT:
1 desire the space in your valu-
able and much appreciated paper,
to refute the statements made by
the Sewer committee, and to call
public attention to the attitude as
sumed by Mr.. Beckmann in the
discussion Of his report.
In the first place, in his an xiety
to exonerate Mr.. Trueheart, Mr..
Beckmann has forgotten some
thing that had happened between
Mr.. Beckmann and myself. The
whole blame is now put upon my
shoulders for the use of bad material
in the sewers. Mr.. Beckmann
knows that he himself told me
when l came before the sewer COM
mittee to complain about the char
acter of brick Mr.. Trueheart had
insisted upon putting in the sew
ers, that / did not have to
know anything about the br lex
that when the engineer told
me to put in mud l must put in
mud. Mr.. Beckmann seemed to be
very much panied because the re-
port of the com mittee was not
strong enough. 1t was not enough
to deprive me of my job-to make
me the scapegoat for all their own
mistakes, but Mr.Beckmann would
like to infiict some additional pun
ishment tie me up by the thumbs,
no doubt, because 1 had offered
my judgment to the judgment of
the engineers, about the quality OF
the material used.
And again 1 would like to ask,
through your paper If the treat
ment of the report Of the comm it.
tee of three citizens, Messrs. Diel.
mann, Clemens and Rotzler,
appointed by the Mayor, was even
genteel? This report thoroughly
sustains all my charges as to the
class of material used and which 1
was instructed to use. Mr.. Beck
mann in speaking Of this report, in
open Council, very dramatically
snapped his fingers and said he
would not give a snap for their re-
port.
These gentlemen are practical
builders; they are experts as to
building material and Mr.. Beck
mann, nor Mr.. Gray, is not the
peer of either one of them.
1 wish to say to the public that I
am unfortunate because l am an
awkward man in my speech
when l saw bad material 60
ing into this important work
it aroused my indignation-it
looked to me like ignorance or
criminality was back Of it,and that
it was coming through one who
ranked me in employment, but not
in knowledge, and I was indis-
Greet, as it has proven, the CIV
ing vent to my suspicious. /
wish to say in conclusion that
the adoption of Mr.. Gray's report
amended opinion, about material,
has thrown down the doors and
now there is!no longer any need of
an inspe ctor on the sewer works.
The city must take anything they
can get. My misfortune Is small
in comparison to the great mis-
fortune that must fall upon
the whole city by reason
of the defective material that will,
beyond a doubt, last but a short
time and entail a great loss to the
city. JOHAN KUEFNER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
POUND NOTICE,

Taken up, and in City Pound, On Mata.
moras street. on or about the sth day OF
August, 1895:
One gray jack, Spanish brand on neck.
One gray jack, Spanish brand on thigh.
One bay mare, no brand.
Which will, II not redeemed before sale,
be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, at said pound, at the
hour Of IL o'clock, a. m, on the 18th day OF
August, 1895. w. ID. DRUsE,
sS5 st Marshal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
STREET TALK.
Look out for illegal voters !

hOOk Oub iOT liicSdi NOuoic'
Has the Good Government club
been hypnotized +?
There were no sewer contractors
at Sheriff Campbell's banquet.
Those who claim to have counted
noses, say August Robin is a sure
winner.
The word "modesty" does not ap-
pear in the dictionary Of an official
boodler.
"Truth crushed to earth will rise
again." The people still believe
John Keufner.
Editor Bushick attended the
ball game Tuesday and Wednesday,
and the club "busted."
While we are making so much
fuss about porous brick, keep your
eve on the cement and sand.
II the next grand jury does its
duty there will be trouble for some
of"our don't-care "a. damn officials"
The city is doing now what it
should have done year ago, adj
vertising for land for the sewer
farm.
1t is generally limited around
that the sewer Doodle is to be
turned loose in the Third ward
Saturday.
Captain Fritz Rnssi's abuse in
his speeches of Marshal Druse, Is
not going to get many votes for
a sewer contractors candidate.
Some Of the LIGHTS erstwhile
warm friends will not advertise in
it, because its political opinions
are not for sale. Silly fellows !
The colonizing Of Indian voters
in the Third ward, with sewer
Doodle, will not be permitted with.
out a protestant fight If neces-
sary.
The sentiment of the people is
strongly in favor Of a market
house, but there will be a terrible
howl against any little "Jim-Crow"
building, for $4,000. Nothing less
than a $4,000 house will do.
Buck Hice requests the LIGHT to
state that any person, who says he
is the candidate for any scheming
clique, brick or cement manufac-
turer, or any other person trying to
pull the city's leg, is a prevaricator,
spelled in short, LIAR!
Is it so that General Russ Is no
longer a citizen of the Third ward?
The election judge will have to de-
eide, as his office Is in the Fourth
ward, and he sleeps and eats in the
Mackey, which is in the Fifth
ward, and his residence Is his ranch,
outside the city limits.
One of San Antonio's young
business men says he won't adver-
tise in the LIGHT, because we re-
fused to suppress the news about
bawdy house row, in which one
Of his chums figured. The next
time it may become the painful
duty of the LIGHT, to publish the
names of some of the witnesses.
See,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
Chinese Official Dismissed.

PEKIN, Aug. S.-Hsu Yung vi.
chief minister of the Chinese
foreign office, has been dismissed,
owing chiefly to the part which be
took in negotiating for the Russian
loan, in the convention recently
arrived at between China and
France, by which the latter coun-
try was granted great concessions.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

The original Columbus Buggy
Go. has a reputation, and cheap
builders try to mislead by SINH
lar name, but remember Woodward
q Briggs have the old reliable Co.
lumbus Buggy Company's We
hicles. 22S S. Flores st. 8 s tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
QUIT WALKING.

1t is cheaper to ride, and by far
the most pleasant, especially when
you can 60 to Woodward & Briggs
and buy a Surrey, Phaton, Buggy,
or anything else on wheels, cheap
or than ever before, with the larg-
est stock in the city to select from.
est
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
The Lodge Lunched.

Concordia lodge, Knights and
Ladies Of Honor, held a meeting
last night, after which the mem.
bers were invited to the Mahncke
hotel, where a fine lunch awaited
them. The occasion was the birth
day anniversary Of Mrs. Annie
Schultz, a member Of the lodge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
DON'T GET FOOLED

Be sure your Pheton is made by
the COLUMBUS BUGGY Co. They
are ONLY sold by Woodward &
Briggs. SS tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08

PROTECTION from the grip,
U pneumonia, diphtheria, fever and
epidemics is given by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t makes PURE BLOOD,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-08
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

The following arrivals were reg
istered at the various hotels this
morning:
Evening star., 1895-04-27

T. Haller. architect. for a dwelling to be
built at Maryland avenue and 18th street
northeast. 1t is to be two stories in height,
2OxSO feet, and with front of press brick
and brown stone. The same architect has
prepared plans for two dwellings to be built
on D street between New Jersey avenue
and 1st street, for ]. A. Wynkoop. They
are to be three stories in height, each 20xSO
feet, with fronts of brown stone and press
brick.
S. j. Owens is building two two-story
frame dwellings on Fort street, Brookland.
A two-story and cellar brick dwelling is
being erected on 18th street between Ly-
decker and Whitney avenues. for John
Mitchell, jr. Edward WOLF is the architect
and G. W. Acorn the builder.
George Scharr is building a three-story
and cellar brick dwelling at 6ls Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast. w. +. Beers is
the architect and Peter Fersinger the
builder.
Ground has been broken for the erec ton
of three-story brick dwelling and store
at the southwest corner of I'd and G streets
northeast. J. J. Farrell is the owner.
At 6l1 North Carolina avenue Arthur
Copeland is building a three-story brick
dwelling from plans prepared by A. P
Clark, 1r. The house will be of brick and
stone and have frontage of eighteen feet
1t will have all modern improvements.
TO. Jones is building from plans drawn
by w. J. Palmer two-story and cellar
brick dwelling at SIG H street northeast
j. b. Williamson, the builder, is erecting
from plans prepared by 7. F. Schneider a
three-story and cellar brick dwelling for
H. w. Clossen at 1863 Columbia avenue
northwest. The house will be built of brick
and stone, heated throughout by steam. 1t
will have a frontage of twenty-five feet
by depth of seventy-five feet.
Patrick Shugrue is building a row of
five tWo-story and cellar brick dwellings,
from l4lO to 141S street northwest. Rich
ard E. Crump is the architect
A row of three small two-story and base
ment dwellings and one store is now in
course of erection on D street northeast
lot l, square g62. S. Carr is the owner
George J. johnson is building a row of
five two-story stores and dwellings,, from
2l21 to 2l29 Pennsylvania avenue north
west from plans prepared by w. J. Palmer
Evening star., 1895-04-27
PRICE OF TEA MAY GO UP.
The Whole of the Formosa Crop May
BE Lost.

BE Lost.
Frok, the Boston Herald.
No class of persons is taking greater in
terest in the war between China and Japan,
and the possibility of peace at an early
date, than the tea merchants of New York
city. There has been noticed a stffening Of
prices for Oolong tea recently-that is, for
the real Fornlosa Oolong-and various rea-
sons for it have been assigned. A member
of one of the largest importing houses in
New York city said recently, in explanation
of the situation:
1.-The point of the matter is Just this: The
best Oolong tea comes from the island of
land in the center of that island. This
market always takes the whole of the
crop.
"At present Japan is at the south end of
the island and China, with $4,000 or 10000
soldiers not $4,000 as has been enormously
stated), with a few inferior forts, occupies
the northern end
1.-The laborers to pick the crop go to the
island every season from the mainland, a
distance of about ninety miles. This sea-
son, on account of the disturbances, they
won't cross, and there is fear that the bulk
picking to be begun now. The longer peace
is delayed the greater will be the loss on
the crop.
.'If the entire crop is lost Oolong tea may
increase from 10 to 80 or even SO cents or
more a pound, while the inferior or COM
mon grades of Oolong, which sells as low
as 10 cents a pound, may go up to 10 cents
a pound.
: "This market usually receives every year
about 100000 packages Of Formosa tea, or
about 100000 pounds. which is the entire
CROP"
Evening star., 1895-04-27
ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY,
How Abe's Premises Were Fixed Up in
His Absence and the Results,

AAS" ADes l-rem1seS w ere FtXed ID In
His Absence and the Results.
Il never had the pleasure" remarked
Secretary Morton to a representative of
The Star the other day, 'of any near or
particular acquaintance with Abraham Lin
coin. l have had him described to me
often. however by men close to him, and
who knew him we'll. AS everybody is
aware. Lincoln was man of humor rather
than wit; fond of good story and good
laugh. Lincoln was not an orderly man,
and paid no vast heed to, things about him.
If he had owned lawn 1t would probably
have struggled through life unmown; and
gate on one hinge struck Lincoln as being
just as good a gate as Ii 1t owned two. In
good truth unless men, have romanced be-
yond reason. Lincoln was a bit shiftless.
His fences We're apt to- ha down, and many
a matter needed doing about the home of
Lincoln. l recall a story of the great Presi-
dent which Richardson. once a member of
the national house from Illinois and a great
friend OF Lincoln told me.
We, Lincoln and Il, had been away on
the circuit together said Richardson. The
to county in those days, the former to hold
court and the latter to try what cases they
had, and pick up others. lincoln and had
been away some weeks, and one afternoon
we rode into Springfield. where Lincoln
lived. His yard and the scene about the
house had been, when he left, bit dis
reputable. The fence needed mending; the
yard lacked cleaning up; the house wanted
coat Of paint; some of the windows ex-
hibited broken pane; while odd and irri-
tating punches of brambles and clumps of
locust shoots cried for the scythe and bush
hook. This was the condition when Lincoln
left. But during his absence. Mrs. Lincoln
had Instituted campaign of her own. AS
we drove up to the place we found the
fence repaired; the yard nlown and clean;
every pane of glass was in, and the house
glstened and shone in a coat of white
paint. Mrs. Lincoln herself. stood in the
front door to enjoy the effect of all this
order and restoration on her husband But
on this occasion he held the middle of the
read and looked coldIy on the house and
his wife, as one who did not recognize
either. He made as If he wanted to go by
Just opposite the gate, however, he pulled
up his horse, and, with a face grave
enough. bar twinkle of the eye bowed
with great politeness to Mrs. Lincoln and
said Il beg your pardon, madam, but can
you tell me who lives here?"
Send your horses TO the barn and you
and Mr.. Richardson come in. I'll show you
who lives here" responded Mrs. Lincoln
with just trace of nettle in her tone. And
Honest Old Abe went in
Evening star., 1895-04-27
A SUICIDAL FAILURE.
Why the Mortal Coil Wouldn't shuttle
or.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Talking about suicides" remarked a
well-known railroad man the other day
reminds me of the experience which hap
pened to young friend of mine who, at
one time, had more money than horse sense
-.bout a year ago he got on a terrific spree
in New York, and, while in condition of
alcoholic recklessness, concluded that II
would be quite the thing to take a trip
abroad. Without giving any one the slight
est inkiing of his intentions, he boarded
CUnarder and by the time she got to Liver
pool I'll bet he had her rigging festooned
with empty bottles. Arriving in London he
continued his debauch, and threw his
money away in a manner which made even
the habitues of st. Jimmy's' and the
Supper Clubs trenble. In the course of
time he got fiat broke The rest of the
story might best be related in his own
words:
when realized the predicament 1 was
in, can assure you, old man, my feelings
We're anything but comfortable. l recol-
lected that had everdrawn my account at
the bank, and the thought that had acted
in such foolish manner made me wretch
ed and desperate. I felt delicacy about
asking assistance from any one had met
over there, and finally concluded the only
way out of 1t would be to commit suicide.
During my stay in London had made the
acquaintance of a prominent young ply
sician, and one day while in his office l no.
ticed on the mantel a large colored bottle,
filled to the cork, and upon which was
pasted a poison label. showing the custom
ary skull and crossbones. With the crafti-
ness of desperation. succeeded in making
away with the bottle without being detect
ed, and hurried it to my room.
II took about half dozen stiff brandies
and soda to nerve me up to the point. /
wrote a long, incoherent letter to every
body. telling how had been misconstrued,
unappreciated, etc, ETC., lay down on the
bed and drank about pint of the liquid
waited five minutes and didn't die-waited
ten minutes and didn't die. Got up and
looked at the bottle, drank some more, and
again reclined on the bed-thought surely
must lie. Waited about twenty minutes
lcrger. and. If anything, felt better.
Thought there was something mighty
strange, and took the bottle with its re-
manning contents to chemist for analysis.
He told me 1t was distilled water
THE young mans feelings could then be
better imagined than expressed in words.
and upon receipt of cablegram from him.
his parents quickly sent sufficient funds to
cover his passage back to America. He
doesn't say much about his first trip across
the briny, except to q few of his intimate
friends"
Evening star., 1895-04-27
A QUEER CROW.
With Straw and Chocolnte-Colored
Feathers.

with straw nnu ChocOl0te-COlOred
Feathers.
From the Hartford Times.
The peculia rly-colored crow that has been
seen about Lyme for the past two years, of
which mention was made in Tuesdays
Times, was captured there. For the past
two weeks every hunter there and every
boy who could borrow gun has pursued
that bird, but without success. Recently
Melville Bill of Sterling City district Ham-
burg) saw The much-coveted bird flying
about near his home Finally it settled
down a short distance away and began an
attack on hens nest. containing at least
a half dozen eggs. Mr.. Bill got his gun and
before the bird fully realized its danger he
had it "bagged." The bird is a trile larger
than an ordinary crow, with heavy feath-
ers, which grow with almost regular alter
nation between straw and light chocolate
colors. John Sage of Portland, one of the
best-informed ornithooA.sts in New Eng
land, has neve: seen SUCH colors of feath-
ers, although crows not entirely black have
been seen. When the article, descriptive of
the bird, appeared in the Times Tuesday
Mddletown scribes pronounced it fake
but when the bird was shown, Thursday
evening, they were obliged to "eat crow"
Evening star., 1895-04-27
Car-Nay-Gie.

From the New York Press.
I once called on Andrew Carnegie for an
interview, the subject being one with which
he was familiar and was not-the iron in
dustry of the United States. I addressed
him as Mr.. Carn-egy," and gained his ill
will Immediately. 1t was a "toucheous"
point with him, the pronunciation of his
name. With much dignity he corrected
me. "If you want me to sit down and talk
with you, quit calling me Carn-egy. Where
did You learn 1t, anyway? 1t is decidedly
unpleasant. My name Is Car-nay-gie, ac-
cent on the nay-that and nothing else. 1t
is very simple, very easy. I don't see why
any one should call me anything else. It
Is very tiresome"' The interview was a
success. but gained with much wrangling
and disputation.
Evening star., 1895-04-27
The Unknown Land of ArosstooL.

From the Boston Transcript.
A Maine editor, commenting on the vast
resources of Aroostook county, says 1t
mrst be remembered that 1t is larger than
all Massachusetts, and that the two~thous-
and carloads of lumber which the Ban
gor and Aroostook nauled this winter of
one division on it's line was but basket Of
chips compared with the timber that
awaits cutting. The Bangor and Aroosto3k,
the youngest railroad system in New Eng
land, is contemplating building a branch
fifty-seven miles long from Oakf,eld to Ash
land, which will yield a good profit on haul
ing 100000 bushels of potatoes in an ordi-
nary season. In all the vast county there
are but $500 people, living in scattered
fanilets in clearEgs of the forest and In
Cne or two towns. Not one-tenth of the
acreage Of Aroostook has been cleared, and
there are miles of forest where possibly no
white mans foot has ever trod The rail-
road is developing business rapidly. but at
the present rate ii must be many years ere
even on the outskirts of Aroostook lose
the character Of wild land to which only
the hardest of pioneer Populations has
made its way.
Evening star., 1895-04-27

Wrtnfers Jn&, d8e fffffe se8ook
master Of aooerfisins,, saps:
il is efaimeo for t6e 1pas8instonl
Star, ano pro8a6fp frut8fufip
efaimeo. 18af no offer newspaper
IN f6e oounfrp goes into 50 far5s
a percentage Of off f8e 8ouses.
totf9in a raoius Of fwenfp mites
from f6e office Of publication.
Evening star., 1895-04-27
A Just Rcbukc.

From LIE.
Young Tutter drawing closer)-I hope,
Miss Clara, that your father, in the next
room, can't hear what 1 am saying.
Miss Pinkerly with dignity)-I hope, Mr..
Tutter that you will say nothing to me
that you would not be willing, If necessary.
to say to papa.
Evening star., 1895-04-27

1t Is the general opinion that the con-
templated trip Of the first battalion to
Brooklyn, May So will be declared off, be-
cause of the inability to get the required
number OF men, and also by reason of the
proximity of the date of the brigade camp
of the National Guard
Evening star., 1895-04-27

1t Is understood that Capt Clarence B..
Story of the second separate company,
whose organization is to be disbanded, as
heretofore announced in The Star, will con-
t.nue In the National Guard as an addi-
tional member of the staff of the fifth bat
TALON.
Evening star., 1895-04-27

c, third battalion, has been transferred
to the non-commissiohed staff of the third
battalion as quartermaster sergeant Sergt.
Arthur c. Emo, company B. same bat
talon, has been transferred to the nom
commissioned staff as color sergeant, and
Sergt. H. l.. Marks. company A, same bat
talon, is soon to be appointed sergeant
major. Sergt Ralph NJ Hendricks and
Private W. W. Keefer have been transfer
red from company D. third battalion. to
company A, second battalion. Private
Thomas Luckett, jr., has been transferred
from company A, third battalion, to COM
pany C. second battalion, and Privates
Jo hn F. Nichols and Paul j. Brant, COM
pany d, fourth battalion. have applied for
transfers to company A, third battalion.
Notes.
The road march of company B, third bat
talion, last Saturday and Sunday. was as
successful as expected. The company
march from the armory to a point about
mile beyond Falls Church, Va. was
made in less than three hours. The men
cooked II cir ratons and performed all the
morning an extended order drill was held.
capt Mattingly intends to march his COM
nand to Baltimore May -.
The annual inspection and muster of the
third battalion has been changed from Sat
urday. May ii, to Saturday, May 4. and
that or the engineer corps and corps of
field music from Saturday, May 4, to Sat-
urday, May II. The change was made in
order to permit company A, third battalion,
to report in Memphis May IL.
The annual inspection and muster, to-
gether with preparations for the coming
brigade camp, are the chief matters of in
terest at present in National Guard circles
AS regards camp. company A, second bat
talon. is devoting it's entire time every
Qr1l night to practice in guard duty
The third battalion has been ordered out
for inspection this evening. preliminary to
the official inspection, which occurs Satur-
day. May 4. At the conclusion of the cere-
mony this evening the members of the bat
TALON will entertain their friends at an in
formal dance in Convention Hall.
1t is understood that Capt. Clarence B.
Story of the second separate company,
whose organization is to be disbanded as
heretofore announced in The STAR will con-
tinue in the National Guard as an addi-
tional member of the staff of the fifth bat
talon.
1t Is the general opinion that the con-
templated trip of the first battalion to
Brooklyn, May 80, will be declared off, be-
cause of the inability to get the required
number of men, and also by reason of the
proximity of the date of the brigade camp
of the National Guard.
From now until the end Of May the bri-
gade rifle gallery will be open for volun tary
practice Thursday and Friday evenings.
and it is quite probable that one target
will be set aside for pool shooting even
when commands are in the gallery for
official practice. The pool shooting idea has
become instantly attractive, and the indi-
cations now are that until the range sea-
SON opens the gallery will be very popu-
lar resort. r-.-
THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY,