San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
THE cattle RAISERS.
THEIR 21sT. ANNUAL CONVENTION
BEGAN TODAY.
The City is Crowded With StOckmen-A
Round ofAmusemsnts Inaugurated,
Notes and Personals.

their list annual session III the ulauu
opera house at 1920 o'clock this morn
ing, with the large seating capacity
of the house fully taxed. President
A, L. Bush called the convention to
order and the program was observed
as follows: .-,'
Prayer by Rev. A. ]. Harris.
Address of welcome by Hon. Bryan
Callaghan, mayor of San Antonio.
Address of welcome on behalf of the
citizens and local stockmen, K. l..
Ball, Esq.
Annual address of the President, A.
p. Bush, Jr.
Report of secretary, J. G. Loving.
Report of treasurer.
Report Of executive committee.
Reports of committees.
The remainder Of the day was spent
as was yesterday with Mexican sup
pers on both Main and Alamo plazas,
band concerts ditto and exhibition
drills by the Zouaves and Belknap
rifles. At 4 o'clock this afternoon there
will be a dress parade at Fort Sam
Houston and everybody will attend.
The street car accommodations are
fully adequate and everybody is invi-
ted cordially.
Tonight the stockmen are invited to
attend the Tar and Tartar opera at the
opera house.
Several church aid societies have
provided dinners for the visitors in
stores on Houston and Commerce
streets.
Dallas is making hard pull for the
next convention. The Dallas crowd
are conspicuous for their yelltw badg-
eS.
Dudley Stephenson, of Childress,
Texas, came in today and took his
father, Bone Stephenson, by surprise.
He was introduced as "Mr. Adams"
and his father greeted him cordially
and shook hands as with a new ac-
quaintance.
Judge STANDARD, of Kinney county,
is here enjoying the cOmpanionship
of his hosts of friends. He only re-
grets that he did not bring his music
box along to entertain the boys.
Judge Brockenbrow, of Alpine, is in
the city, looking hale, hearty and hap
Ply.
w. f. Tom, of Campbelltown, is at
the Southern.
There were about 1000 stockmen
around the Southern hotel this morn
ing.
The band concerts on Alamo and
Main plazas this morning were pleas
ing features.
A. II. Jordan, a former popular
San Antonio boy, is in the city from
Devine where he is now ranching. He
is meeting lots of the boys.
Grau's opera company had to turn
'em away last night at the opera
house. They gave splendid produc-
ton of BLACK Hussar."
The Menger hotel can't hold them
all.
Albert Friedrich's long horns are a
wonder. They measure Z feet from
tip to tip and sixteen inches in cir
conference at the base.
Merchants near the river on Com
merce street say that If the city can
not have the river cleaned they will
take up a collection and have it done.
1t creates an unfavOrable impression
on the visitors. ... 90.
All trains this morning came in load
ed with visitors and the city is chock
full.
Col J. H. Hamilton, of Wellington,
Texas, is in the city from the Pan
handle. He is a sterling Republican,
and is glad of it.
Mr. Ernest Blumberg, the jolly
agent of the Lone Star brewery in
New Braunfels, is in the city. He
says New Braunfels is preparing a
grand two days May day festival and
all San Antonio and the newspaper
men are invited.
Even the messenger boys and their
bicycles are decorated with flags.
The Grau opera company is rehears-
ing "PinafOre" for production tOmOr-
row. They have never sang this OPP
era but will put it on by request for
the StOckmen. While the stOckmen
have been using the opera house the
company has been compelled to use
the San Antonio club rooms for re-
hearSalS.
List of the st. Louis party: w. Z.
Reynolds, general traffic manager st.
Louis National Stock yards; Zach
Mulhall, general livestock agent st.
Louis and San Francisco road, and
daughter Miss Agnes Mulhall; C. Il.
Jones, superintendent National Stock
Yards. wife and daughter; Samuel
Scaling. W. b. Stickney, wife and
daughter, Albert d. Evans and wife,
E. B. Overstreet, Mrs. Overstreet, and
Miss Pearl Overstreet, T. ]. Daniel an
wife. Oscar Severance, Thos. ii. White
and wife, Il. w. Crouch, wife, son and
daughter, E. B. Robinson, Robert
Strahorn, H. NJ. Pollard, W. II. Godair
G. NJ. Keys, Jr., Mrs. p. H. Hale, AL
Keechler w. L. Tamblyl.
The Collins Manufacturing company
is exhibiting its irrigation and pump
ing machinery and non ,shrinkable
tanks to crowds of visitors. The tank
is a wonder of simplicity and ingenu-