San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-15
IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
Interment Of the Remains of the Late E.
Il. @. Imley-0ther Items.

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The remains of Mr.. E. H. G. I'm
ley, late agent of the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass railway at Rock
port, Texas, of which corporation
he was the oldest and one OF their
most trusted employees as agent
and operator, reached the city on
the l 40 p. m. train yesterday I'M
der escort of four memb ers OF the
Masonic and four mem bers Of the
knights of Pythias Lodges, of
which societies the deceased was a
worthy and exemplary member.
The Rev. Mr.. Neville, of Beeville,
Texas, also accompanied the cor
tege. AT the depot the body of our
brother was received by E. o. @.
Post G. A. r. and the w. r. G. of
Ord Post and large concourse of
Borrowing friends. The deceased
was buried in the United States
National cemetery. The beautiful
and impressive burial service OF
the Episcopal church, of which
Comrade Imley was worthy war
der, was read by Revs. DR.. Gum
and Mr.. Neville. The ritual of the
G. A. R. was then read. The ladies
of the w. r. c., on behalf of. the
sorrowing and bereaved widow,
placed beautiful flowers on the
coffin, and his remains were laid
to rest by his fraters.
There was laid to rest one of the
most genial, upright and compan-
ionable Christian men, beloved by
ali for his many sterling and char
liable attitudes as a Mason, a
knight, a Comrade, a Soldier of
the Cross.
Farewell, comrade, we revere
your memory and we mourn your
loss. B.
ENGINE SPARKS.
The Southern Pacific handled a
large amount Of freight from the
west last night, which was de-
layed by wsshouts on the FL Paso
division.
Brakeman Bill Simpson, of the
Southern Pacific, is laying off
with a mashed hand sustained at
Glidden while coupling cars.
Superintendent Hank Small, of
the Southern Pacific building and
bridge department, left for the
west this morning to look over
the road.
Chief Clerk Lippold, Of the Rail-
way Mail service, returned last
night from a flying 300-mile bust
ness trip. He reports that dust
is an inch thick around Lockhart,
Luling and San Marcos.
A new time card will 60 into
effect on the Southern Pacific Sep
tembe "a, whereby No. II and No.
Is, on the west end, will be abolish
ed. No. 10, from California will
handle connection from Mexico at
Spofford and will arrive in San An
tonic at IL 80 a. m. No. 20, for
California, will leave San Antonio
at AS p. m, handling connections
for Mexico at Spofford. No. 20
will arrive on No. 1873 time, 4 :25 ..
m, No. II will be made up in San
Antonio and leave for the east at
10 p. m. No. Is will arrive from
the east at 7 20 a. M, but will stop
here.
The Arkansas Pass will run its
last cheap excursion of the season
to Corpus Christi on September q.
Tom Williams and John AGREE,
freight conductors on the Arkansas
Pass, at Yoskum, are in the city
on business.
The Arkansas Pass rain report,
ending s o'clock this morning, is
as follows: Light rain at Sub
lime and Beeville. Heavy rain at
San Antonio.
Major w. G. Lewis, OF the Santa
Fe livestock department, is in the
city.
The International carried 81 pas.
sengers from San Antonio to
Crush, Tex, for the Katy collision
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