San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-24
MONTEREY LETTER.
THE NEW STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
PROGRESSING.
The New Governments Barracks Are Also
Rapidly Nearing Completion Other
Items Of Interest.

Special Correspondence.
MONTEREY, N. L., May 15.-Con-
siderable progress is being made
with the new State capitol on
Cinco de Mayo plaza. A large force
OF stone cutters and masons are at
work on 1t.
There is also a largo force OF
masons at workaon the govern.
ment barracks. The building are
being erected southwest of the
Mexican National depot. Work is
also progressing on the artesian
well.
Last week the editor of the
Weekly Times, in this city, pub
lished an interview that he had
with a man by the name OF Miller,
who stated that he came from
Cuba. He stated that he was ar
rested and cast into prison in Ha-
vana as suspect, and kept there
for months. He appealed to Con-
sui General Williams, but in vain.
But as soon as Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
arrived he petitioned him TO get
him out, which he did together
with an Englishman who was con-
fined with him in prison. He left
Havana about twenty days ago,
and came by way of Tampico.
When the Times published that
interview Gen. Lee was still in
Washington, and was expected to
start for Havana that day and the
Times is the laughing stock Of the
citizens since it published the in
terview.
Capt. FL. c. Rasbury, of Temple,
Tex, who has been stopping at the
Topo Chico hot springs for several
months for the benefit of his
health, received last week four car
loads of fat hogs from Temple.
This makes the fourth shipment
of hogs that he has brought here
this year. He has made arrange
ments to receive about 800 fat hogs
every ten days. He gets ready
sale for all that he brings.
The friends of Col. M. G. Barrow
who has been running the San
Estabe hotel at Saltillo about
twelve years, will regret to
hear of his death. Col. Bar
row has been in poor health
for some time, but as he was a
man of strong constitution his
friends thought he would pull
through. Colonel Barrow was a
native of Tennessee. The Amer
leans who had occasion to visit
Saltillo the past ten years will miss
him.
Mr.. II. n. ellison, the CONNER
cial agent of the Mexican Inter-
national Railway in this city, had
an increase in his family last
week. Mother and daughter are
getting along nicely.
Word was received here Monday,
from Saltillo that on Sunday last a
personal difficulty occurred in the
barroom OF the San Estaben hotel,
which caused the death OF one man
and the imprisonment Of another.
The trouble occurred in this way /:
A young man by the name Of
Albright was running the bar and |
billiard rooms of the hotel. A
nephew OF Col. Barrow, who
succeeded his uncle and who with |
his brother were to run the hotel |
as long as they could make it
pay, Sunday morning went in
to the bar to take an inventory
OF the stock so as to know what
they had. Albright told him that
the bar and fixtures were his, that
he bought them from his uncle
and that he could not have any
thing to say about the bust
ness. They had some words
and Albright drew knife
and laid the side of Barrow's face
open. Barrow backed out and |
drew his knife and with one sweep
he disemboweled Albright. He
then started for Monterey following
the track Of the Mexican National
railway. He was followed by the
police and was captured five miles
out. He was covered with blood
from his own wound when cap
tured. He was taken back to Sal
tillo and locked up. 1t was report.
ed here yesterday afternoon that
Albright died. He was former
San Antonio boy.
Col. Calvin G. Brewster and D.
Millmo, of Laredo, are in the city
on business.
Mr.. Charles Duetz, prominent |
young business man Of the Gate
city is sightseeing in this city.
Mr.. Joe. Wright, travelling audi
tor of the Mexican International,
is holding down Mr.. III. N. Gill
mans place the past week on ac-
count of sickness in the latter's
family.
Mr.. Ed. Williams, a prominent
mining man of Durango, spent a
few days in the city last week. Ed.
is an old newspaper man. He was
one of the founders of the Corpus |