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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
ENDED HIS LIFE.
ED. KRENzKE, OF GALVESTON. SUI
CIDES.
Was In Ill Health, Which Worried Him
And he Put a Bullet Through
His Head.

Juan Ramirez, a porter in the
Mackey block, was Mortified this
morning to find q man in one Of
the rooms on the second floor,
PROSTATE on q bed, covered with
blood.
Ed. H. Krenzke, a German about
80 years of age, registered at the
Mackey from Galveston on May
20 last. He came here for his
health, being afflicted with stom-
ach troubles, and spent a large
part of his time with Mr.. William
Reuter-, the we'll known saloon
man. Krenzke was an educated
man and was formerly a member
of the marine hospital corps at
Galveston. 1t Is said that he has
q sister, who is married to mill
lionaire.
Krenzke was last seen alive yes
terdsy noon, when he called for a
pitcher Of ice water to be sent to
his room. Late yesterday evening
one of the servants went up to his
room to clean 1t up. On receiving
no response, she tried the door, but
1t was locked. She returned this
morning, and knocking at the door
she received no answer. She re-
ported the matter to the clerk In
the office, who sent the porter up
to ask Mr.. Krenzke il he wanted
breakfast sent to his room. The
porter failed to get an answer and
stood on q chair to look over the
transom to see II the man was In
his room.
He saw Krenzke on the bed in
his underclothes, pistol in his
right hand and the bed clothes
covered with blood. He reported
the matter to the office and
officer Dullnig, who patrols that
beat, was notified. Coroner De-
vine was summoned, and
viewed the remains. A silk
handkerchief was found laid out
on the mans chest, on which his
arm rested, and he evidently was
lying on his back when he pulled
the trigger. The weapon was a
A calibre and the bullet entered
the right jaw. The head on the
entire right side was split open
and the jawbone pushed up under
the eye, where 1t seemed that an
other bullet had entered. The bull
let went through the head and out
at the top. 1t was found in the
room.
1t is believed that Krenzke shot
himself Yesterday afternoon while
the elevator was in operation, OF
during the storm last night, az
nobody seemed to have heard the
shot.
A number of letters were found
in his possession and one under his
pillow from Thomas Dean, of Gal.
weston, wishing him improvement
in health. 1t Is not known whether
he is married. Coroner Devine is
endeavoring to locate deceased's
relatives. Deceased claimed he
had 81, 200 deposited in bank In
Denver, COL, which failed recently,
but said he did not care 80 much
for the money IL he had his health,
Deceased never expressed any
intentions Of committing suicide
and always seemed to be In good
spirits excepting when he com.
planned of his health.
The remains were removed to
Sheern & Burnett's, where they
are being held, pending instruc'
tions from relatives.
A telegram was received by
Sheriff Campbell from Sheriff Tier
nan, of Galveston county, this az
ternoon, stating deceased's name
was E. III. Kreutze and that Mrs.
Latshaw, OF Pueblo, COL, wants the
remains and that deceased was q
member Of the Knights of Pythias,
of PuablO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
Why He Left.
From Texas Sitter.

From Texas Sitter.
at is utterly useless, Mr.. McGin-
mis-, for you to ask me to be your
wife," said Esmerelda Longcoffin
to Dallas society man.
"And you will never change
your mind?" .... IL
Never. When / have once made
up my mind / never change it,"
81 am much obliged to you for
telling me that. / wouldn't marry
that kind of a woman II she was
covered with diamonds and
pearls" replied Hostetter reach
ing for his hat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
Prohibition Item.

Form Texas Sitter.
"Isn't there any remedy for
chronic drunkennessw asked Nc
Guzzle Of Dallas physician.
"Certainly, there is. Just You
marry one of these strong-minded
women. She'll sober you up"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
Big Crash in Glassware,

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE Whole
sale and retail firm OF the r.
Douglas Crockery Co., this city,
field a deed of trust naming George
Mcintosh as trustee. They were
the largest dealers in crockery,
glassware, ETC., in the west
Liabilities are about 100000; as.
sets not given.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
Unreliable Chinese.

Unreliable Chinese.
From Texas Sitter.
"The Chinese are very. persist
ent," remarked Miss Learned to
a gentleman visitor.
81 don't know about that. 1t
seems to me the character Of the
Chinaman is apt to be wishe-
washy."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-12
CYCLONE AT DEL RIO.
Several Buildings Damaged, But Nobody
Reported Killed.

DEL Rio, Texas, June 11.-(Spe-
cisl)-A young cyclone struck here
last night. Part Of the roof Of the
Southern Pacific roundhouse was
blown of and the roof of the oil
house was also blown of. Several
other buildings were damaged, but
no fatalities have thus far been re-
ported.
At the Pecos High Bridge, trains
were held until daylight this
morning before they were ven.
tured across. The bridge was
found safe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16

assisted by the resident and the visiting
clergy. The panegyric win be delivered
Atlanta, vicar general of the diocese of
SNannah who was a long end devoted
friend of Father Cafferty, the latter Wis
lting Father Kelley at his home in At
lanta at the time he celebrated his silver
jubilee just few weeks ago.
After the sermon the absolut.on services
will be performed, and then the funeral
will take place, the services being con-
cluded a the Cathedral cemetery, where
the bishop will ofhciate also.
All of the Catholic societies, the Cath
Ole Library Association, both branches
of the Catholic Knights of America, -he
four divisions of the Ancient Order of
sodalities will attend the services in a
body and nearly all of them, with the
exception of the children, will go . the
cemetery. All of the children of the three
parishes will assemble 1t the convent
of the Sisters of Mercy this morning, IN
Guiding the children of St. Mary's Home,
and will attend the services at the church.
There will be street cars at Habersham
and Liberty streets to accommodate all
who desire to go from the church out 70
Father Cafferty has always been a spe-
cial benefactor to the children OF ST.
Mary's home, and to them he has given
from his time. In connection with his
devotion to this charitable institution
there is an interesting and touching in
cident. In his last hours when Bishop
Becker called TO see Father Cafferty TO
administer the last rites of the church,
Father Cafferty told him he wanted him
TO give to St. Mary's home all of the
presents which he received at his silver
jubilee, for use in the services there. His
last thoughts were for the institution for
which he did so much during his life, and
for which he did more, perhaps, than any
other individual Father Cafferty had
justly won the devotion of the orphans,
and it was given freely and willingly, not
to one who had secured it through osten-
tatiOn or display, but to whom it came
through quiet, consistent and devoted BEN
efaction.
Father Cafferty was the chaplain of the
Catholic Library Association, the Catholic
Knights of America and of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and he had the re-
spect and love of every member of these
institutions. There are few ministers who
have the devotion of so large q congre-
cation as did Father Cafferty.
Besides the resident priests there will be
in attendance on the services to-day Rev.
Father L. Caisse of Brunswick, Rev.
Father r. F. Kennedy of Atlanta, Rev.
Father z. H. McMahon of Augusta, Rev.
Father James o. Brien of Washington,
Rev. Father Kelley of Atlanta, and others
are expected to arrive to-day from Ma
con nd from Charleston.
The cathedral will undoubtedly be crowd
ed when the funeral takes place. The
seats in the middle aisle have been reserv-
ed for the Catholic societies mentioned.
and the rest of the church viii be open to
other members of the congregation and TO
friends of Father Cafferty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
FATHER cAFFERTYS FUNERAL
THE SERVICES At THE CATHE-
ORAL AT 10 O'CLOCK TO-DAY.

a Special Service to BE Followed by
Solemn sPOntIncaI High Mass-An
the Catholic Societies and SOdnIt-
ties 90 BE Present-The Panegyrle
to Be by Father Kelley, an Ihti-
mate Friend-A Touching Incident
in Connection with 81. Mars
HOme-Hundreds Of People Visited
the Remains at the Cathedral Yes
terday.
The funeral Of Rev. Father Edward D.
Canerty will take place al the Cathedral
of ST. John the Baptist at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The remains Of the deceased priest, enc
who was revered and respected by per
haps the largest Of Savannah's congre-
cations, reached the city yesterday morn
ing at o'clock via the Central railroad,
accompanied by Rt. Rev Thomas A.
Becker. bishop Of the Savannah diocese.
The body was taken at once to the cathe-
draL where is was placed on a catafalque.
and where it laid in state during the day
and this morning, until the hour Of the
funeral
Early in the morning people began
TO flock to the cathedral to catch a last
BAAuaY5E VI the remains OF the lelONeQ
priest. The children of St. Mary's Home,
to whom Father Cafferty has been a most
devoted friend assembled there early in
the day, and before nightfall many hun
dreds had passed through the church,
which was covered with mourning.
Mourning hung from each of the en-
frances to the cathedral and the columns
and the altar within the church were
wound in white and black. The catafal-
que stood just in front of the railing
before the altar. where many passed to
see the dead priest
The arrangements for the funeral were
placed by Bishop Becker in charge of
Messrs. NJ. A. O'Byrne and P. f. Gleason.
The services will commence with the spe-
cial service of the reciting by the bishop
and all of the clergy of the office for the
dead. At the conclusion of this service
there VIII be a solemn pontihcal high
mass, at which the bishop will Oficiate,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
RUsHMoNT,s EASY VICTORY.
He Won the Pacing Event in Three
Straight Heats.

The pacing race at the Thunderbolt
driving park yesterday afternoon was one
of the best events that has been seen at
the track this season. The starters that
answered the bell call were Rushmont.
Victory and Nelly Alfred.
victory the old gelding who won the free
for all on Wednesday. did not have things
his own way again. Since the last battle
between the PAGERS Rushmont has vastly
improved and he won the event in three
straight heats and never left his feet dur
ing the entire race. Every heat was paced
better than 2SO and the last one was
2:241. If Rushmont had not been eased up
on the lower turn during the third heat he
would have paced close to 2:20. The little
PAGER was admirably driven by Mr.. Joe
Jordan.
The third heat was the most exciting of
the race. When the word was given RUSH
mont and Victory went out to the front
and it was evident to the spectators that
they were to see a good heat. Al the quar-
ter pole they were head and head and they
covered the distance in 30 seconds.
AS the PAGERS swept by the stand on the
first half they were loudly applauded. They
raced together until the homestretch was
reached. At this point Jordan tapped the
little PAGER with the whip and he responded
with burst of speed and Won the heat by
d little over length.
The running race was not up to eXpecta-
tons Little Baltick and Billy Buck ran
two heats a half mile each Baltick Won
the first heat in SO seconds. In the second
heat Balucl1's rider pulled him and the
heat was won by Billy Buck. The case of
pull was so plain to the judges that they
! declared the race and all bets off. The de-
The card concluded with the special race,
which was won by Lille Clay. The start
/ ers were Minnie. Punch Robinson, Silver
! King and Lille Clay.
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swept down the line with a clean score OF
70 on his first run, there was wild APP
bound. The succeeding runs failed to
sustain this hope however. Veteran
Eleming failed 10 keep up his record.
Sergt. J. b. West and Private ID. C. New
ton made couple Of good runs each, but
neither made a clean score.
Col Gordon was in command Of .hc
qetaeh3ent ana presided over the tilt.
judges stand All the arrangements for
the tilt had been carefully made AMI there
was no hitch anywhere. The following
5,iNed as judges of the tilt; Lieut.. Col
=. T. Miller, Maj. T. S. Wylly, IT,, re-
Lred; Capt A. 5. Way, adjutant; Lieut.
=, =: M. smith, Troop p; Lieut.. J. E. Martin
5roop ~ capt James Byrd paymasteI /;
Sen ct. China, Troop +; Veterans 4 McC
duncan and 6. H: Remshart. Troop A, and
SS SdPrers a. 90 ,; -, Eiienoerg quarterm1ster
Hunter and Private ]. P. Merrihew.
Each team, as its turn came TO enter the
contest, was marched to the judges
stand, where the commanding officer Of
the team saluted Col Miller and received
lis Instructions. The team was Their
marched to the southern end of the course
where each man made a trial run along
ne course. Then at the sound Of the
trumpet the troopers ran the length Of
the course in succession, cutting heals
ana taking rings as they went The dis
lance of the course was exactly 100 yards
the distance between each point on the
course being 70 feet The points on which
the troopers are scored are as follows.
Right cut against infantry 1, carte ring 2.
ieft head I, fierce ring 3, right cut /,
hcrsemanship ], exercise Z; total possible.
y Each trooper was allowed three runs
The first team to enter the list was the
fourth team of the Liberty Independent
Troop. Its work was somewhat Of a dis
appointment TO the spectators who seem
ed to be under the impression that any
member Of the Liberty Independent Troop
ought TO be able to make a good score
The third team Of the troop which came
next made a somewhat better score. Some
good work was done by the first team of
the Liberty Guards. The fine work of the
day was done by the first team of the
Liberty Independent Troop. Capt Waite
began with a score of So. Lieut. Gordon
Cassels disappointed his friends, who were
expecting some fine work from him. Lieut.
Cassels must have been out of condition,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
TEN ROUNDS FoR POINTS.
Larry OIcDOnaId's And Billy Dukes
Lively Match.

The Pastine Athletic Club gave an enter
tainment last night at the club rooms on
Drayton street The feature of the even
ing was the ten-round bout between Larry
Mcdonald of this city, and Billy Duke of
Baltimore. Both men were strong and
willing Mcdonald having the best of the
weight, which was more than offset by
Dukes superior skill.
The bout was beyond all doubt the most
interesting of the kind ever seen in Savan-
nah. 1t was scientific and rapid through
out. Duke proved himself to be very
clever. and one of the fairest boxers vet
seen in Savannah. His action in stopping
in the middle OF the fourth round to apollo
gize to Mcdonald for an inadvertent foul
was heartily applauded
The tenth round found both men on their
feet, and Referee Morris ordered another
round.
This was objected to by Duke, who had
come here under contract to box ten
rounds and to whom the decision right
fully belonged. as he clearly won on points.
Mcdonald relied too much on his weight
and the way Duke avoided his rushes put
the audience in good humor.
No decision was rendered and the men
were matched 10 box twenty rounds in the
near future. As they are very evenly
matched the contest viii no doubt prove of
much interest
The preliminary bout between "Possunl'
and Toby Williams. two local colored box
ers. was a hot one. "POSsum' got the de-
eision in the fourth round.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
MIR. sIGMUXD ELSINGER DEAD.
Death Came Unexpectedly After
Few Hours Illness.

Few Hours Illness.
Justice Sigmund Elsinger, one of Savan-
nah's oldest ana best-known citizens and
one of the oldest magistrates in the state,
died at his home on Habersham street
yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock.
The news of Justice Els.nger's death
spread rapidly through the city, and was
great shock to his many friends, none OF
whom expected it. His illness was very
brief. Thlrty-six hours previously he was
On the street in apparently perfect health.
Thursday night he had an attack Of chol-
era morbus, and, although painful So
rious results were not anticipated. The
disease attacked the kidneys and other
parts of the system, however, and COM
pbcatiOnS ensuea which resulted in deG N.
Not until early in the morning was ii
realized that death was approaching. The
end came peacefully, and ne died sur
rounded by his family and friends
The deceased had been a resident of
Savannah since shortly after the war,
coming here from Dublin, where he rad
resided for several years. He was born
Ia Bavaria, near the city of Nursmoe,s.
ir the same neighborhood with his life
long friend and associate, Mr.. /. NJ
Frank, who was with him at his death
lie came to this country when is years of
age, and shortly afterwards settled in
Dublin, where he was in bu siness, ana
also served as a magistrate for several
ears previous TO coming to savannah.
After coming here, Mr.. Elsin$ar was
6n 9asd iGF for 3 dT{ e fD @d be apd n9q
but a short while when he was appointed
a notary PUBLIC ex-o9tficio justice o. the
peace by Gov. Bullock. This appointment
has been regularly repeated at the eApi-
ration of every term since that time
Although he was appointed under a re-
publican administration, Justice Elsinger
so established himself in the confidence
OF the people of Savannah that he was
continuously reappointed after the APP
pointing power had been restored to the
democratic grand jury. In the conduct of
his office he was careful, Just and upright,
and endeavored to closely follow the decis-
ions of the higher courts.
The deceased had recently passed his esd
birthday. He leaves a wife and
seven children. Tillie, Ralph, Will
lam, Joseph, Bernhardt Miriam and
Herbert. He was a kind and affectionate
husband and father, and his loss is deeply
felt by his widow and children. He was
a member of Clinton lodge Of Masons, the
Ancient order Of United Worlmen. Joseph
lodge Bnai Birth, and the o. X. S. b..
all of which organizations will be repre-
scented at his funeral. The funeral will
take place from the house at $3.50 o'clock
tomorrow morning The interment Will
be in Laurel Grove cemetery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
The Dixie CycIist.

The Dixie Cyclist will make its ap-
pearance to-day. 1t is an Illustrated, up
to-date cycling paper and will be issued
weekly by the publishers, Messrs. Timer
& Respess. The publishers are willing
that the initial number shall speak for
itself without any previous reference as
TO its merits. The advance pages indi-
cate that it will be all that cyclers could
ask. The paper will be on the streets
to-day. 1t is devoted to the trade and
sport. The Cyelist is handsomely gotten
up and fully Illustrated. 1t is printed by
the Morning News. The publishers are
both wideawake, energetic young men, and
qualifications backed by others, they are
bound 70 make their enterprise a go.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16

Liberty Independent troop was awarded
the first prize in the fitting contest on its
score of 30. The second best score was
23ii3 by the second team Of the Liberty
Independent troop, but under the rules
only one team i'm one troop could be
awarded a prize, and for this reason, the
second prize, $50. went to the first team
of the Liberty Guards on a score Of 222lb
The award of six individual prizes of
$40 each and sixteen individual prizes of
s. each was made by Col. Gordon, he
having offered "a prize of $ to each troop
er making ~ points or over I'm the tilt.
and of so TO each trooper making 80 points
or over.
The individual prize winners and their
scores were as follows:
Private ]. y. Norman, Liberty indie
pendent Troop Observation-Disclosures
Private H. b. Ryon .....................5
Capt W. p. Waite. Liberty Independ-
Private r r Martin, Liberty indie
Corpl. J. r. Waite Liberty Independ-
Private sO J. T. Chapman. Liberty ;'O's
private il. g Martin, Liberty
serSt Il. G. Waite. Liberty iniepend 10
Private ". L. Martin, Liberty i;i,;''
sergt. w A. Fleming. Liberty indie
pendent Troop ..........................4
Private r. NJ. Davis, Liberty indie
Private r. D. Gordon. Liberty hide
pendent Troop .:........ .........46
Private w. II. Hughes, Liberty
Lieut.. r. S. Hendry, Liberty
GUARDS ............. ............... ...-..4o
Sergt. J. 3. West, Georgia Hus-
sars ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ..---. .-.-.4b12
Private d. c. Newton Georgia Hus-
SarS .................... ..s..-.-......... A
Private c. A. Fleming, Georgia Hus-
private ]. NJ Hughes. Liberty
Guards ................ .4412
Sergt. r. F. Cassels, Liberty lndepend-
emit Troop ..........-...... 49,. .-'.-...s4A
Corpl. 8. c. Miller, Liberty Independ-.
ent Troop ..:............-.; ......., ....O
Corpl II. c. Norman, Liberty indie
pendent Troop ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ..4O
Private Joe Martin, Liberty lndepend-
emit Troop ........................ ..4512
The tilt Is considered very satisfactory
in its results by those experienced in this
work. If there were opportunities for
holding such Tits oftener and under the
same favorable conditions a larger per-
centage of high scores might be expected.
Ii Is rather a remarkable fact that Pr
waite Norman of the Liberty Independent
Troop, who made the highest score in the
list, had had no practice Tor the last
eight months until Wednesday of last
week, when he practiced twice, and tw'ca
since that time Private Norman IS a
veteran litter and has won many prizes
at various Tits in the state.
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LIBERTY GETS THE HONORS.
HER TROOPERS TAKE EVERY
THING N THE fitting CONTEST.

The First Team of the Independent
Troop Wins the First Prize on "a
Score of 25O-The second Team Of
the same Troop Makes the second
best score. But the Liberty Guards
tfrst Team GETS second Prize In
der the RuIeS-somc very Pretty
work Done by the Leading Teams.
Col. Gordon Awards a Number of
Individual Prizes for Good scores.
The cavalry tilt at the parade ground,
the closing OF the May week contests, was
witnessed by one of the largest crowds
OF the week. Fitting is an unusual feat
ure Of military exercise. even in this mill
tary neighborhood. and TO many OF She
visiting military men the display was alb
solutely new.
The tilt was one Of the largest held in
Savannah in years. Seven teams We're
entered. As was expected. the first team
of the Liberty Independent Troop cap
tured the first prize. The work OF this
team was very fine, the toal score being
80 points. out Of a possible 500. The sec
ond highest score of 234ls points was made
by the second team Of the same troop.
The friends OF the troopers were pres
ent in large numbers, and every good
score was greeted with rounds Of APP
plause. while occasionally a very bad
score would evoke a groan. The crowd
wanted to see fine fitting. and when a
clean sweep was made there was he
most enthusiastic applause.
The Georgia Hussars had made no
claims for their team. and their friends
hardly expected them to take the first
prize, but when Veteran Charlie Fleming