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corner of Eddy and Mason

streets.
Last night Mr.. Friedlander said: 1--WE
have obtained the option of long lease of
the Peoples Palace, and we are now con-
sidering the advisab;lity of fitting it up
for frst-class continuous vaudeville. In
the enterprise We may be associated with
Colonel John D. Hopkins. This class of
thealers is very popular in many Eastern
cities.
"In the management of such Colonel
Hopkins is interested in Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Pittsburg st. Louis and Indianapo-
lis. The entertainment is continuous, day
and evening, and the prices are popular.
One may drop in any time, and by re-
manning an hour see the major part of one
performance. BY popular prices l mean
charges of admission ranging from 10
cents to so cents.
"In my judgment the location of Mr..
Prior's property is admirable for this
kind of a theater."
Concerning the expense of remodeling
the interior OF the structure. Mr.. Fried
lander said: 'It may cost $50 600 to make
the changes desired, but there is interior
space, including ample height, to provide
q magnificent auditorium. No, it is not
the intention to divide the house in o
stalls or boxes, or to allow refreshments TO
be served in any part of the house.
have heard that several other parties have
been negotiating for a lease, but we have
obtained an option, and / am going East
with the purpose OF executing plans for
consum mating the lease"
cable message was received by the
Colum bia Theater manage ement yesterday
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TRRASEEO THE ATTORNEY
Troub e Over an Engineers
Bousekeeper Ends in the
Courts.
Kate Kidney Sues for Wages and
Frank SchillIng Is Her Doughty
Champion.

Back of an innocen T. looking little suit
for wages in the Justice Court is story
that tells graphically of the injured dig
nifty of a former candidate FOR Justice OF
the Peace. The suit is entitled Kate Kid
ney vs.. William Regan. and the action is
for $226 80 claimed 10 be balance due for
services Is a housekeeper. Regan is as
sistant engineer of the Baldwin Hotel
electric-light and gas plant.
IL appears that Attorney Frank Schil-
ling was somewhat enamored of pretty
Kate, and that be called often attired in
the black broadcIoth suit. silk tile and
white tie that he purchased to make his
campaign for the Justice bench at the
dom .cile over which she presided.
Regan WINS not favorable TO Schilling' s
siege at the heart OF i.ls housekeeper, be-
cause he did not care to lose go competent
custodian of his home, anu on more than
one occasion words that were not exactly
courte GUS passed between them.
The climax came one night when Regan
returned home at II O'Clock and found
that the legal light had prolonged his
visit to that hour. The engineer knew all
about and was partial to electric lights,
but he did not like legal lights, so he pro-
ceeded TO make it very tropical for Schil-
ling.
He chased the attorney about the apart
ment and down the stairs to the tune of
the housekeeper's screams. and then pro-
ceeded 10 finish the job artistically by
rolling his victim in the gutter. which was
conveniently near and filled with mud
and water.
By the time the unfortunate Schiiling
scaped his black suit was mass of mud
his white tie was under his ear and un-
recognizable as to color, and the tile was
a hopeless wreck.
Miss Kidney apparently sided with
Schilling in his quarrel with the enraged
engineer. for she Immediately threw up
her position and sought work elsewhere
Then she sued as stated, claiming that
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CLOTHING SACRIFICED,
The Hub to Continue Its Sa e
in New Quarters.
Some PheEomenal Bargains Will Be
Off.red To.Morrow at the
New Sto-e.

Last evening marked the closing scenel
of the Hub clothing establishment in its
old quarters, but not, however, the clos
ing OF one of the most phenomenal cloth.
ing sales this City has ever witnessed, fol
it will be continued in the Temporary
quarters on Sutter street, above Kearny,
where 1t opens up tomorrow.
When the remodeling of the old prem
ises has been completed the Hub will
move back again to the Kearny and Sut-
ter street place, where they will occupy
the entire building and have one of the
largest and finest clothing establishments
in the country.
Commencing tomorrow in the tempo
rary quarters on Sutter street the firm
will continue 10 offer some enormous re.
ductions in the price of clothing in order
to facilitate the clearance of the remain
ing stock of goods that must be cleared
out preparatory 10 entering the new build
ing when completed.
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Judge Cook Try Saunders
Judge Carroll Cook will go to Fresno next
week to preside at the trial of Professor Saun-
ders, who is charged with the forgery of deeds
to valuable property. Saunders is the man
suspected of the murder of Wooten.
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hough she had been engaged as a house,
keeper on February Is, 1896. at salary OF
$40 per month, and had worked until
March 10, 1897 she had received but $50
on account, and that at the very outset OF
her engagement.
Regan says that Schilling has urged his
e1-housekeeper on to begin the suit and
that there will be some interesting devel-
opments before the case is settled.
The matter was up before Justice Barry
yesterday. and though Attorney o 'Brien
represented Miss Kidney, Schilling broke
into the examination of witnesses so often
that Justice Barry had 20 tell him to sit
down.
But I am an interested party" said
Schilling.
"Sit down." roared the Justice, and
Schilling sat-
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announcing that Mr.. Frawley had lett

announcing that Mr.. Frawley had lett
London for New York.
A letter was also received from Blanche
Bates in which she rapturously described
her first impression of Paris. She was
so carried away with the excitements and
alurements of Paris that she purchased
an opera cloak costing $1,000 10 further
charm her sisters of this hemisphere.
She invested in other clothes to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
Mr.. Friedlander asserts that the Fraw-
ley Company reorganized for the season
of 1897 will be the leading dramatic or
ganlzation of America
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AIl1yIoN eAIFS

AUCTION SALES.
BY VoS RHEIN Co.-Tuesday, April
Real Estate a. Salesroom, 513 California street
Ell 12iorclock.
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Fire on Buchanan Street.

The alarm through box 173 at 7:25 O'Clock
last evening was for fire IN frame building
extending from 1907 TO 1913 Buchanan street,
owned by Fred Aizeroih. The building was
occupied by ]. Mooney a bakery, J. H.
Ruet's coalyard, and L. Marks, fruitstore
ing. The fire was caused by the upsetting of a
coaloil lamp in the rear OF the bakery. The
damage TO the building and sock OF goods
to about $1,000
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Lectures on "EIectricity." !"

The series of four lectures the subject of
Electricity" to be given during the month
OF April at The Academy of Seize noes, S19 Mr.
ket street, on Monday evenings, at 8 @ clock,
is as follows:
April 5-"Fundamental Principles OF Electrical
Science illustrated with experiments) by e. r.
verslty.
April 12-"Recent Discoveries in Electricity"
by r.rnando Sanford, professor of physics Stan-
ford University.
April atmospheric Electricity Ill ustrated
with lantern slides), by Alexander McAdie, local
forecast official.
April 25-"on the Future Possibilities of E1ec-
tricity," by F. =. G. Perrine professor of electrical
engineering Stanford University.
The first address, by Dr. Z. P Lewis, will be
given April 3, at the regular meeting of the
academy. 1t is hoped, by the officers. tnaI all
interested in the subject viii endeavor to be
present and participate in the discussion to
follow each address
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ADJUSTMENTS.

PAIrwIN THEATER "A SO ldier of Fortune"
tomorrow night
C.IIEoRNIA THEATER.-"W lillian Tell" to-
morrow night.
CoIunRIA THEArER For Fair Virginia"
MoRosco 5 OPERA HOUSE The Dago.'
AIcAzAR THEATER New Blood
TIvoIy OPERA HOUSE. Don Juan"
ORPHEuM- High-Class Vaudeville
GOLDEN GATE HALL-Camil.a Urso, this after
noon
OBERoN.-Grand Concert.
LURLINE BATHs-Salt Water Bathing, etc.
eUTRo BATHs-Bathng and Performances.
The CHUTEs AND SKATING RINK-Dauy NJ
baight street, ene block east of the PARK.
LAKLAND RACE TRAcK.-Races to- morrow.
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LONG LEASE FOR
A VAUDEVILLE
An Option on the Peoples
Palace Said to Have
Been Obtained.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Will
Convert the House Into a
Firs Glass Theater.
A Continuous Entertainment at Pop.
ular Prices Is tn. Venture
in View.

Manager FrIedlander of the Columbia
Theater leaves for the East via Portland
this evening. He was engaged yesterday
in consultation with J. X. Prior, the
owner of the land and building known as
the Peoples Palace property, on tho
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Concert at Sutro's To-Day.

The management OF Sutro's baths has pre-
pared fine programme of music aud sports
for this afternoon. Aspecial concert is to be
given and a number of aquatic contests are to
be held
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Furniture Moved.

Estimates furnished. Responsible, reli BILE
and reasonable. MORTON SPECIAL DELIVERY
408 Taylor street and $50 Market street
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Trustee of the Mangels Estate.
Frederick Tillman Jr. has been appointed
trustee of the estate of Claus Mangels, de-
ceased, with bonds fixed at $150,O00.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, March 30.-Cattle: receipts
5000; market steady to firm; Texas
steers $3.10d4.40. Sheep: receipts, H.
700; market quiet and steady.
st. Louis, March 30.-Cattle: re-
ceipts 1000; market active to strong;
Texas steers, S3d4.30; COWS and heif-
ers seas. Sheep: receipts, 1000; mar
ket strong; Texas sheep $3@3.75.
New York. March 30.-The cotton
market was very dull during the first
hour today. The opening was dull, but
steady with prices unchanged. The
general steadiness was due to discour-
aging reports from the flooded sec
tons of Mississippi. New Orleans and
Liverpool bought lightly following
this news and prices advanced 3 to
4 points. At IL o'clock the market
vas dull but about steady at a net
gain of about 4 to ) points.
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his ability marked him for political
honors, and he was prominently men,
toned as a candidate for governor. He
Is a.native of Connecticut, and his father
was the noted Prof. John Addison Por-
ter, who was the first dean of the Shelf
field Scientific school of Yale. His
mother was Mrs. Josephine Earl Shelf
field, the daughter Of the founder of
that celebrated school. The family Is
an ancient one, and one of the most hon
ored in the state. OF course young Por-
ter attended Yale. He was graduated
in the ckss Of 20. From his start in life
he has devoted himself to journalism,
and early demonstrated q talent for
writing. In 1883 he was married to
Miss Amy L. Bette, the daughter Of
Judge Belts, Of New York. After his
marriage he removed to Washington
and established book publishing bust
ness. Later he came to Hartford and
became interested IN the Post with
which he has been sipce connected. His
cleverand arduous work on the Post has
made him widely known throughout
the state and has given him q deserved
prominence. Mr.. Porter is a nephew OF
William Walter Phelps, of New jersey.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Frank J. Beitel to n. L. VolinO, lots
2, 3, and 4, out Of subdivision or orig
inal lots 5, 6,"7 and s., block 2, third
south range, fronting on Washington
square and Monterey street; $4,000.
Anton Weinert to Michael Velton,
lot G., block 8, corner Monterey and
San Saba streets; $40 and assumption
Of two notes amounting to $1,000.
John w. Thompson to G. Guerguin,
lots 5 and 9, block ., o. C. !. 143 and
on Lopez street; 800.
d. w. Heard and wife to Viola
Heard, lot 100x127 feet on south side
of Macon street near the east line of
North Flores street; $1,000.
A. Il. Dechman and wife to DR.. A.
D. DuPuy, lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, block 6,
o. c. |. 16S; on Durango and Salinas
streets; $525.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
A WRONG Mr.. ICE

W. H. Wright was arrested by Con-
stable Joe Kohr yesterday on two
charges, one for swindling and anoth-
err for robbery by assault. Wright is
accused of wrongfully having execut-
ed a chattel mortgage to the San An
tonic Brewing association on certain
saloon fixtures and household goods
of Vina Walker, for 800, and of hav-
ing fraudulently taken possession of
the saloon, which is known as the
Hot Sport and is located on the cor
ner of West Houston and East
streets. Wright is a white man, while
Vina is a negress, and was employed
by Vina to u the business. He was
taken before Justice Shook and his
bond was fixed at $500. He went to
Jail and Vina went to her saloon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
THE L DOOMED.
Two More Levee Breaks VIII Destroy
This Fertile Region.

Two More LeVee BREAKS VIII DestrO!
This Fertile Region.
Greenville, Miss, March BOAT 3
o'clock this morning another creyasse
occurred above Mounds Landing,
about fifteen miles north of this city
and at four o'clock yesterday evening
a break occurred near Australia,
Miss, about twelve miles north Of
Rosedale, Bolivar county. This, with
with the crevasse at Lake Lee, ten
miles below Greenville, will deluge
the entire great Mississippi delta.
Nearly all of Washington and Bolivar
counties will go under in the next two
days, all of Issaquena and parts of
Sunfower and Sharke will also be
flooded. Live stock is drowning in
great numbers and people
are fleeing to the railroad embank-
ments and levees for safety. Green
vile, Rosedale, %Stoneville, Arcola, and
in facial the towns south of Rosedale
to Vicksburg, will be under water
o Great excitement prevails all
along the line. The Greenville levees
are still holding, but are getting
mushy. Thousands Of men line the
embellishments north and south of
Greenville and are working like de-
mons. All business is suspended and
people are fighting for their lives.
Greenville lies in the centre of a cres-
cent surrounded ON two sides by the
river and is twelve feet below the
level of the entertainments. Should
the huge river give way here, the loss
of life and property will be frightful
and will rival the Johnstown disaster.
Men along the levees are exhausted
by the long vigil and many of them
have not tasted food for tw~enty-four
hours.
Memphis, Tenn, March 30.-A dis
patch to a firm in this city from Cap
tain Mark Cheek. of the steamer
Kate Adams, reports breaks in the
levee on the Arkansas side at Laco-
mia Circle. Laconia Circle is about
ITO miles below Memphis and the
levee at that point protects the best
plantations in the state.
Yicksburg, Miss, March 30.-Last
night a serious break occurred in the
levee at Stop Landing, Miss, seven
miles north of Arkansas City.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
THE FIGHT OF THE ALAMO.

ME FlOI1l UT LIE Ab<AA1o.
dedicated by a Native to the Battle
of F1owers.1
The Texans at Bexar, reposeful had
Enjoying the Elixer, of st. Anthony,
when,
With the hiss of the Hydra, and hor-
nets, the hum,
The foe of their freedom, Santana
had come.
He'd stolen a march cross the river
and came
A sneak through the bushes, and MUIR
der his aim,
With canon and musket, bayonet and
lance,
Which he trailed in his wake, or set,
in advance.
But five miles of prairie, remained to
be passed,
After leaving the bushes in which they
were massed;
Till the blow would be struck, the
victim so weak
Be Mexican prey, nor know of the
sneak.
Till bonded and tortured, or butcher
ed they died
Not leaving a soul, from among them
to ride
To carry the tale, and forewarn his
friends,
To murder all Texans Santana in
tends.
But discovered they were, yet so near,
at hand,
Advancing, no time was left to COM
mand
Reinforcement, or battle with only
To thirty with which Santana had
come.
To fight in the open were folly, in
deed,
Where scarce hope was left, cen the
hydra to bleed,
A stout chapel stood near and to it
they bend
Their footsteps determined with honor
to end.
Their handful of lives or rescue ex-
pect,
Like Herc'les to handle the snake with
effect
That tyranized Texas and threatened
the free
OF all lands, that came here, whoe'er
they might be.
How nobly and we'll and with honor
they died
Our histories tell, and now side by
side
In fancy l see, Thermopphylean
braves
And Alamo heroes, borne high on
waves.
OF purest delight that came now to
me
In every soft zephyr blown from the
sea
The mountain ozone, welcome moist
of the east
And dry warmth of west winds, all
blend in the feast.
And while I'm partaking, each one
whispers soft
Through the ozone above, look thank
fully aloft
Like East wind and west, the sun and
the sea
Weep tears and then dry them, thou
son of the free.
ST Anthony. Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
JOHN ADDISON PORTER.
Hartford Comm Editor to De McKin-
ley's Private Secretary.

Iey's Private Secretary.
John Addison Porter, who is to be
President McKihley's private secretary,
is the Original Mckinley man" of Con-
necticut. Mr.. Porter is a republican OF
the republicans. He will accompany
Maj. Mckinley to Washington. Mr..
Porter, it is said, was warmly backed by
Gov. Buckley, of Connecticut, butapart
from that influence he is admirably
fitted for the position. At least that is
the opinion of his friends who know him
best and who are best able to judge.
Mr.. Porter has been the editor of the
Hartford Post for nearly ten years, and
is not new to politics. Forty-one years
of age, he is in the very prime of man
hood. Not long ago his popularity and
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
NEGRO PRODIGY.
Though Uneducated He IL . Light
ming Mathematician.

Though Uneducated He Is . Light
ming Mathematician.
Robert Gardhire Is a negro and
On uneducated one, but when 1t
comes to figures he can't be stopped
by any mathematician in the world
q Y the Augusta Chronicle be
is an humble resident of Augusta
andis employed as a laborer at the Inter
State Cotton Oil company. In multiple
cation Gardhire Is as quick as thought
Before the average person can set the
figures down with a pencil Gardhire
has given the correct answer, and yet
he cannot say how he does it.
He was asked what was the sum total
of 90 times 81, and without repeating
the figures to himself Gardhire an
swered off-hand "6,663." "How much"
asked some one, "s sol times 1872"
Without stopping second Gardhire re-
piled "16,032." And thus for over half
an hour numbers were thrown at him
and he gave the correct multiplication
like flash. Inthe multiplication of frac-
lions the man is equally proficient, and
there seems no limit to his powers,
which are almost occult
Gnrdhire cannot remember when he
first became aware Of his power, and
does not even know how he discovered
it. He says that when the figures are
given to him he sees their answer i'm
mediately. Simply by gfancing at a
long line of figures he can tell immedi-
ately what the addition is.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
HOPE WE HAVE THE DRILL.

James Ryan has returned from a
trip east over the Southern Pacific.
He has been to Gonzales, Luling and
other towns and he says everywhere
the people hope that San Antonio will
have a big drill. They predict it a
mighty big thing for San Anotnio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
THE RuCKEYE.n

The Punch Robertson company pre-
scented The Buckeye" last night at
the Grand Opera house to a very good
audience, the playing being very ac-
ceptable and calling forth unstinted
applause. Miss Granger and Mr.. Rob-
ertsOn were particularly pleasing. For
matinee today Rose Cottage is be-
ing repeated. Tonight Polly and T.
will be the bill.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30

said: you never know you -.
have taken a pin till II is all
over" CSC. C. /. Hood & Co.,
Proprietors, Lowell, Mass.
The only pills to take with Hoods Ssrsaparilla
TELEGRAPHIC.
LATE DISPATCHES BRIBFED AND
BOILED DOWN.
General Summary of the Happenings of
The Day, in Both Foreign and
Domestic Circles.

Gomez sends to President McKin-
ley a copy of the letter sent to Cleve-
land in February.
Austin reports the Sunday storm
less destructive than at first supposed.
The Brazos river is falling after ris-
ing within IS inches of high water
mark.
Miss Ruby Smith, of Gainesville,
and her companion were drowned
near that city during the storm of
Sunday. These are the only fatalities
in the state reported.
Navasota river at Millican is run
ming from hill to hill and rising.
Hampstead people are afraid of the
rise in the BraZos.
Two churches and a barn wrecked
at Laporte.
Calvert suffered more than any
town in the state by Sunday storm,
damage being $4,000.
Greeks are growing stronger in their
insistance that there shall be no r
render of Crete.
Irish members in commons cheer
the reference to the refusal of Vassos
TO surrender.
Turkey is massing 10000 troops
on the frontier.
Turks and insurgents in Crete while
the admirals are on land with a flag
Of truce, and the admirals retire.
Armies of the Powers protect the
water supply Of Canea, which the in
~surgents threatened.
Salonica is being surrounded with
$500. o-l 900 Iyrtrnn 0lInS nrn no.
ing put in position.
Bradley rejects all overtures from
the Hunter party. 1t is a fight to a I'm
ish.
Texas jobbers cannot agree on their
terms and the fight will come before
the railway commission.
Mexico refuses to interfere in the
collection of funds for Cuba.
Ruiz, filibuster, gets Is months IN
Jail and $500 fine.
Four skulls dug up in Lamar coun-
ty are evidences of hidden crime.
Twelve kids all under II arrested at
Purcell for breaking into box cars. .
Amos Riggs, the murderer OF Boyd
and his son in Kentucky, has been
captured and Jailed in Ohio. He will
be returned to Maysville.
Levees break at Greenville and
above and below, causing immense
damage.
Helena closes all stores and all the
males in town are on the levees at
work.
Quincy, Ill, is safe, but the residents
on the low lands are all driven out.
Water is creeping into Arkansas
City In the rear, through Amos bayou.
Gold hunters are on the border, ex-
pecting the opening Of the Wichita
country in May.
Gunboat Helena makes 25.S miles
on her trial trip.
Clay Evans is appointed commits
~ sioner Of pensions. Tower, Of Penn
sylvania.r minister to Austria.
Winter wheat in the north Is in the
worst condition since 1885.
Every country in Europe will he re-
presented at Nashville centennial.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
OUTRAGE AND MURDER.

Columbus, Ohio, March 30.-The
nude body Of Mrs. John w. Miller, q
farmers wife, was found at Black
Lick, this county, today, she having
been outraged. and murdered Monday,
by tramps, farm employees, in the
temporary absence OF her husband.
The tramps escaped.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
COLDER WEAVER.

Washington, D. c., March 30
Weather for Western Texas: Increas-
ing cloudiness and probably showers
tonight, clearing Wednesday norm
ing; winds shifting to northwesterly,
and colder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
KILLED BY DYNAMITE.

Webb City, Mo-, March 30.-The &c,
cidental explosion of a box of dyna.
mite which two miners were attempt.
ing to thaw out at Dermott and Gun.
ning's mine, near Orongo, Mo-, three
miles north of her, caused the death
of Ben Brewer and Lon Cunning. The
bodies of both men were literally torn
to pieces.