San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-10
MEXICO CITY LETTER
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Ellis in the City The G. A. r. Boy
! bs Celebrate Dan Stuart Stands
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| CITY OF LAleXfcO,3 June u SoiohlHc'
Ellis is here again, but what he is
here for lean not well make out, for
Ehe iszas slippery as AN eel, and is
i WI M 10 a sumo SO much Of the mystic
Some say that he is ON another Mex
i lean COLOMBIA ton scheme, but l hard
Iy think that he will fool the negroes
a second time, yet he is a good deal
around N the National q Palace. OthT
ers say that he is a g uban emlssary
lof Maceo. He was around the Cuban
I headduarters' on San Juan Letran,
had a portrait of Maceo in his hand,
land seemed quite at home. He would
say nothing of his bushes, beyond
that he would shortly leave for ST.
Louis to ioin Quincy in the convention
He processes still to believe that Alli-
| son will be the nominee of the repub-I
lIican party, and is banking on good
fat office. gfrgBut uEg
The comrades Of Z. o. C. Ord Post
| No. 100, City of Mexico,l attached 20
| the department of Tennessee held a.
memorial service in the Trinity M.
e. church, Last Sunday. on Gale
lGante,y and the Rev. yW.FsC;f Evans
preached an elegant and appropriate
sermon. There was a large atten-
dance. and much interest was mani
tested in the proceedings. Next Sat
urdayg is Decoration day, and that
pleasant and solemn service will be
duly observed by the e.. A. K. boys
and the graves of the boys IN biue
who fell in the battles of 1S41 near
this city will have especial attention.
The Hon. W.. Degrees, one Of the
commissioners for Texas to the re-
public of Hexico and Hawaiian con-
sui, is the a commander. He is the
brother of the late ex-Postmaster De
gress of Austin, Tex, the well-knOwn
republican of Texas. ----
The local lodge of the knights OF
Pythias has been practically dead for
some time, but now an effort is being
made to revive it under the leader
ships of DR.. Purnell, an exc. c., and
]. Blpemthal chief operator Mexi-
can National Telegraph office.
meeting was held the other night IN
DR.. Purnell's office, when several OF
the old members and several knights
attached to American lodges intin1a-
ted their intention Of supporting the
new lodge. Many others citizens will
be Candidates for membership. The
new lodge will work under the old
charter and all the paraphernalia,
etc, will be turned over to the new Of
icers. There is every reasonVto be-
lieve that the revived lodge viii be
strong one and will thrive, as it GER
tainly should do.
L have been on the lookout for Dan
Stuart, who, it, was reported, was
coming here in the hope of getting a
concession to form an ATHLETIC club,
| race grounds, etc, having for its main
object Dthe pulling off of a fight be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
| Dan has not arrived here; and if he
comes, which l much doubt, / do not
think he will meet with much success.
/ have it on good authority that the
president is much opposed d, to, the
match, and If that be so,J and he uses
his authority, there will be no prize
fight in Mexico. 1t seems to me that
iif. that fight is everstoscome,ofs lit must
take placeo ini England Or FrdHce,,
but it appears as If If would take the.
contracting parties some years yet to
get beyond the paving stage
| Edward Ada1nss who, if ny remen-
Der rightlys married : Miss Elliettno cot
San Antonio, and who was sentenced,
Ito death, for killing a waiter named
4 Larquet In the, restaurant Of the HO-
tel d Ia Opera, is still in Belem,' his
sentence having been cominuted, to
/ 20 years imprisonment. Beyond con-
/ finementH and his wretched surround.
| ingsrheghas not such a. bad time Off
nh MI.
4 is expected that he will be made7the
i official photographer, for the prison.
4 This will naturally improve his condi-,
i ton and give him a better chance of
getting an early discharge. - u, az,
H. Sanchez, general agent for the
Mutual Guarantee Society at Toluca,
/ Is a recent addition to Belein. His
report showed that he had only re-
lceivedi $3.50, but it was suspected that
this was wrong, and, on Auditor
Palacio checking up the office, % "a
shortage of over 81 800 was found
He was thereon arrested, and now
lawaits trial.His wife, a beautiful and
wealthy lady. wants to pay. the defal-
cation and get her husband dismissed
7 but the cocietydis not disposed to do
. it, as several of it's officers have, been
4 guilty of the like crimes lately, and
/ they propose to make an example, of
the prisoner. This is a measure of
Justice that Is Iappreciat ted by the off,
GERS, and is generally concurred oin
byst those that are Gdisinterestedga 9ioh
AMONG the jolly9 and popular doc
tors heretisIDrl r.. HI IL. yBibbp who is
well knewnnin San Antonios Dr. IBibb
sCehief surgeon, of the Mexican, Ma,
q ttional railroad and has his office at
1.-THE, new, ,Colonia, depot, DR. Bibb is
mot. only. esteemed for his geniality
ibut he. has the reputation of being
one OF tie most skillfhl physicfans
lfnethe Republiciief Mexico DR. w. Il
.1It dwry. son aofD the lateDDrH W. sE
! lI.owry,9 Of San Antonio, Ghas also "a