San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-26
LEAGUERS IN MEXICO.
THEY ENJOYED A BULL FIGHT IN
MONTEREY LAST SUNDAY.
The PiCturesqueness of Mexico Capt.
waited Them-New Governor For Nueva
Leon AppOinted-0ther News.
Special Correspondence.


Special Correspondence.
MONTEREY, n. L., April %
Last Friday and Saturday nights
about 440 members of the Epworth
League and their friends arrived
in this city over the Mexican Ma
tional railway, via Laredo. The
Friday train did not get in until
midnight, so the party took the
street cars at once and went to the
hotels. But the Saturday train ar
rived at Z 40 p. m, and many Of
them took the street cars for TOpO
Chico Hot springs, where they got
cool and comfortable quarters and
a much needed bath.
Sunday morning they were up
early and out taking in the sights.
They visited the churches, plaZas,
markets, smelters, bishops palace,
the mountains in the vicinity and
every place of interest, in and
about the city.
AS there was bull fight in the
afternoon many Of them took that
in also. They did not go there for
amusement but through curiosity
as one of them remarked, 81 don't
approve of bull fighting, l think
they are cruel and inhuman, but |
went there to see how they did it,"
That is what they all say.
Very few of the citizens of Mon
terey were aware that when Gen.
Bernardo Reyes, the progressive
governor of Nueva Leon, left for
the City of Mexico, Of which l
made mention last week, that he
was not going to return, but such
ia the case. President Porfirio DiaZ
has appointed him sub-secretary Of
war, and he has already been in
stalled into that office. Last Fri
day his furniture and household
property was shipped to him. His
family has also left for that city.
The Hon. Carlos Berardi, prom
inent merchant and eX-mayor OF
Monterey, has been appointed gov
ernor pro tenn and may fill the un.
expired term.
General Reyes was one of the
best and most progressive gov
ernors that has ever filled the CUB
ernatorial chair. He will be missed
not only in this city and state but
throughout the border states.
What attracted the attention Of
the tourists most, was to see the
amount of improvement in the
building line that is going on in
Monterey. There is scarcely a
block in the city but what new
building is going up and old ones
are being remodeled. Some OF the
religious people pretended to be
shocked to see them working on
Sunday, but this is very common
occurrence in Mexico.
The Monterey Commercial club
met at their Office, Monday night
and adopted a set of bylaws and
rules and regulations. They are
now in the hands of the printers
and when printed they will be
distributed to the citizens and
mailed abroad.
Captain Rasharey, Of Temple,
Texas, now in this city, received
four car loads OF fst hogs from
that sections of Texas last week.
It would take too much time and
space to give q personnel Of all the
tourists that came to Monterey the
past six days, but 1 will name a
few of them. Among the promi-
nent visitors and tourists were :
Capt. r. M. Farrar, a prominent
lumber man; Geo. w. Merchant
and B. NJ. Howard, two prominent
merchants, all of Dallas. Banker
S. B. Smith and wife, of Nocona,
Tex. c. S. Austin, Of F. F. Col
Inns Manufacturing company, San
Antonio; s. j. Chester, lumber
merchant, Lufkin, Tex; Capt. j.
c. Sutherland, Boerne, Tex, and
w. J. Cain Carrollton, KY.
The following San Antonio peo-
pie are stopping at the Marble
hotel, Topo Chico: Rev. w. R.
Richardson, w. B. Kerr, Mrs.
James Sharps, A. A. Gray, j. j.
Olsen and wife.
The following prominent persons
are taking baths at Topo-Chico
Hot springs for the benefit of their
health: Mrs. J. o. Sullivan, Miss
Jusnita Sullivan, Miss Val Purcell
and F. Halschneider, Of Saltillo;
Captain Chester, of Lufkin, Texas;
j. II. Pope and wife and Mrs. John
d. Templeton, Austin.
This week preparations will com.
mence for the celebration OF the
Cinco de Mayo. The program for
that occasion will be issued tomor-
row. EDMOND.