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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-07
THE OLD GUARD.
The Original Belknaps, Under Captain
Bob Green, Take the Field.

ht Oii6iilol DCihhdPo, OhuCiH SoPSoih
Bob Green, Take the Field.
Gladmemories of old were revived
last night, when Captain Bob Green
mustered into. service the boys that
won the first laurels for the popular
Belknap Rifles. The last time these
boys appeared on the field was eight
years ago, at the Galveston drill in 'S9,
when they won the first prize by an
unprecedented record. They represent
what Is known as the "Old Guard" of
the Belknap Rifles, and sometimes re-
ferred to as good old has beens."
They put up their first drill on Alamo
plaza last night. They started in just
like beginners-without guns-going
only through the field movements.
There was Captain Bob Green, Lieu
tenants Hal Howard and Ed Richard
son, Will Rote, Will, John and Charlie
Tobin, Hardie Adams, Ed. Seng, Ed.
Chieslick. Phil Shook, Max Fues, John
kissing, Carlos Bee, George Hines,
Ernst Muenzenberger, Burt Ashford,
Ned Winstead,. Ernst Altgelt, Will
Prescott. Emil Blum, Henry Dukes, T.
B. Mcdowell, Hal King, Charles Smith,
Hal Weir, Jim McElroy, Jasper Truax
and others. Anyway, there were twen-
ty-nine in all, seventeen being married
men, and they went through the move
ments as IL they had drilled regularly.
They put up a good drill, beyond their
expectations, and when they broke
ranks and returned to the armory
there was a continuous shout of mer-
riment along the line. 1t was happy
reunion of comrades that helped to win
the first victory for the Belknap Rifles,
when they were attired in red trous-
ers and blue blouses, at the old Volks-
fest in 1884. Such is the "Old Guard"
of the Belknaps. They will practice
three nights a week for an exhibition
drill to, be given on Friday July 20, at
Riverside park. They will be out again
tomorrow night. The company will
drill under the old tactics. During
the interstate drill the "Old Guard.
will have a camp on the grounds,
where they will entertain the good
old has-beens" of the former crack
militia companies of the state.
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"A new awning is being erected to-
day in front Of the clifford building.
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ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Harry Andrews Suspected of Forgery
Caught by Officer Evans.

Caught by Officer Evans.
Police officer Evans who patrols the
Alamo plaza beat, has been on the
lookout for boy who has been forg-
ing orders in the names of various per-
sons at the different Alamo plaza gro-
Gerry stores for several days and yes
terday landed youngster in the per-
son of Harry Andrews whom he sus-
poets of committing all the crimes.
The boy entered Dullnig's grocery
store, according to the story told the
officer, and ordered bill of goods in
the name of Mr.. Phillip Bonn, one of
Mr.. Dullnig's regular customers, ana
told the clerk he would take them
along, which aroused the clerks sus-
picion as they were usually delivered.
The clerk then told him to get an order
for the groceries. He left and in a
few minutes returned with an order
which the clerk suspicioned as a for
gerry and he proved to be correct upon
closer examination. = az . -
Officer Evans then made the arrest
and lodged him in the city jail, charg-
ing him on the police books with being
a suspicious character The re-
corder this morning transferred the
case to the Justice court where a
charge of forgery is to be made against
him. This was not the first purchase
he has made in that manner. The
clerks informed the officer that he had
purchased from various ones orders on
different regular customers and carried
them away and that when the time
came to settle for them the customers
complained of having never seen the
goods.
The boy goes with that crowd of
boys. near the Sunset depot who have
been giving the officers on that beat so
much trouble of late, being the same
crowd to which Herman Fisher, the
boy fined last week for throwing stones
at an old man, belonged.
The boy lives at No. All Milan street
and has a brother named Ed. who
works at the trade of bookbinder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-07
D1soRDERLY NEGROES.

Officer Shelburn arrested Maggie
Blunt, a resident of the East street
corral yesterday for cursing Roxy Tay-
lor. another resident of that place.
Maggie became very noisy in Recor-
der Lewis court this morning when
being tried and was ordered sent to
jail by his honor until tomorrow,
when her case will be disposed of.
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BROKE DISHES.

A Chiriaman and lounger had some
trouble in South Leradeo street sal
DON yesterday. The man ordered a
meal and when the Chinaman brought
it he kicked the waiter, dishes and vic
tuals from the celestial gentleman's
hand. The Chinaman attempted to
get policeman but could not find
one and cooled down.
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HORSES WANTED.

To hire Sc good horses for officers to
ride during Drill from July 18th to
25th. Apply GEO. C. EICHLITZ,
7-6-3t Secretary, Kampmann Bldg.
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DEATH OF, w. ] .,DARGAN.
He Passed Away Last Night After a
Prolonged Illness. .t..

L
Prolonged Illness. E.t.
Another of IAN Antonio's bright
young men has Joined the great silent
majority in the passing of William
Joseph Dargan. After a lingering ILL
ness, William Dargan expired last ev-
ening about o'clock at his home, 4S2
Dawson street. Deceased suffered
from consumption, which developed
from la grippe, resulting from a cold.
He was born in Brazoria, Tex, No
vember is, 1862. A few years later his
parents moved to Galveston where his
father Patrick Dargan, conducted noe
of the largest wholesale grocery stores
in the state, Just after the war. In
1S75his parents moved to San Antonio
and he attended ST. Marys' college with
Tom johnson, Pat Campbell, John
Meyers and other, all well-known
young men of this city. Leaving
school he earned his first wages as a
clerk for the late H. Grenet. Later he
worked for Emanuel Abraham and
then he started in business for himself
on Alamo plaza next to the old post
Office building. For the past ten years
he conducted newsstand opposite
the Light office; until a few months
| ago, when he had to retire from busi-
ness on account of i'll health. He leav-
es a mother, three brothers, James,
Patrick and Joseph and a sister, Mrs.
| Herman Froebel, besides a host OF
| friends. The funeral takes place this
afternoon at o'clock from the resi-
dence, and later from St.Mary's church,
Father Peffercorn conducting the SER
vices. The pail bearers are: Harry
Fretelliere, Patrick Campbell, Harvey
Baer, Adolph .Dugosh, John Meyers
and Edward Green.
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in the Sunday Light.
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WILLIAM ]. DARGAN.

DIED-At 432 Dawson, corner Cher
ry, William j. Dargan, at the age of
&c.. Funeral will take place from the
residence at p. m. and from st. Ma
rvs church at 5:15 p. m. Friends and
acquaintances respectfully invited to
attend.
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CARD OF THANKS.

The many kind friends who attended
our mother, Mrs Geo. A. Bull, ST., in
her last illness and also were at the
funeral, are respectfully thanked by
1t THE FAMILY.
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-ONE CENT

Which a great many old fogies charge
you Nickel for.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
BLYTHE ESTATE.
Florence fiinckley rlay Yet be De-
prived of the Property.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-Judge
McKenna's successor on the United
States Circuit bench will have to deal
with Florence Blythe Hinckley and her
heritage from a point of view entirely
different from any which have been
taken by numerous counsel engaged in
the litigation.
In all the various stages and phases
of litigation in which the Blythe con-
troversy has been presented before the
public, the right OF one of the United
States to legislate concerning the right
of aliens, if any such right could exist,
to hold property in this country by des-
cent, was never raised. The young
lady'S legitimacy was often discussed
as vital to the issue, but whether she
could inherit lands in the United States
was treated as a collateral question un-
til the present time
In the Circuit Court the contention
will be that the State of California ex-
ceeded its powers in depriving by leg
lslation the extent and value of prop
erty which may be held by an alien
Power over an ahen with reference to
his acquisitions N this country, it is
contended, is vested solely in Congress
or the treaty making authorities. If
the Kentucky Blythes can convince the
Circuit Court of this proposition, the
judicial award which Mrs Hinckley has
received in the State courts will be
of little benefit.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
Ohio RIVER FLOOD.
WATER NEARLY STATIONARY AT
CINCINNATI.
Cold Weather increases the Suffering
Among the People Driven
From Their Homes.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 26.-What seems
unprecedented in the present Ohio
River flood is its persistence at certain
stages 1t became stationary at :
o'clock this morning at 81 feet , inches,
and at s o'clock tonight was un-
changed. having remained thirteen
hours at that station.
At present the condition of the peo-
pie driven from home by the flood is
pitiable With the mercury steadily
falling their suffering increases. Out
side of the regular charity organiZa-
tions and the police force, there has
been no provision for the assistance of
these sufferers, except such as is rem
dered by their immediate neighbors.
Beginning up the river, the village Of
California is flooded. In the east cor
poration line of Cincinnati, the first
submergence is at Columbia, where
many families are driven to upper
stories, and many driven clear out of
their houses. At Pendleton the situ
alton is still worse, owing to the great
er extent of the submerged district. In
both these suburban wards the flood
invaded many factories and stopped
work
In Newport the seven inches rise
since dark last night very greatly in
creased the distress and suffering. Not
cnly the upper part of Newport, but
that position lying between the Ohio
and Licking Rivers, is seriosuly af-
fected.
At the western extremity of the city,
beginning with North Bend and COM
ing through Coal City, Addiston, Fern
bank. Riverside, Delhi, Sedamsville
and Storrs Township, at the mouth of
Mil Creek. there is an unbroken scene
Of devastation and distress. homes va
Gated people fed from boats in upper
stories of houses, shops and factories
silenced, rowboats carrying provisions
and moving goods and families, wag-
ons. with horses midside deep in water,
rescuing the distressed.
The greatest loss. damage and in
convenience in Cincinnati was in Mill
Valley from the Ohio River to Cum
minsvilIe, a distance of six miles. Sew
eral railroads run through this valley,
and they are lined with great factories.
In the upper part Of the valley are nu-
merous gardens, whose total destruc-
ticn has been already noted.
All the railroads in this valley are on
grade above water.
All points above report the river fall
| ing fast. Immediately below Cincin-
natl 1t is either stationary or receding
slowly. At Cincinnati tonight. from
to o'clock, the river fell a quarter of
an inch, making a beginning of sub
sidence.
| At midnight the mercury is 10 de-
grees above. and is falling. Some fear
| is felt for the safety of houses on the
river front, against which steamers of
every description are humping.
The river began falling at s o'clock
tonight, and at - o'clock had receded
one and a half inches, with 81 feet and
| half an inch in the channel.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
Governor Lord interviewed as to the
Calling of an Extra Session.

SALEM. Feb. Ex-Governor Lord
was asked to-day whether he would
call a special session of the Legisla-
ture in the event of the failure of the
House to secure an organization. He
said:
Your inquiry touches a point that
T have not reached in my calculations.
/ have been ankle us that the Legisla-
ture should effect an organization and
proceed TO matters of legislation. and
l have been ready, when officially no
tofied, to cooperate with the Legisla-
ture in giving the people remedial leg
islation. The organization of the Leg
islature is a matter that rests with
the manbers of the Legislature, and
not with the Executive Department. If
the Legislature should fail to organize
under existing conditions, when the
The record-union., 1897-02-27

continental Europe force her to. But
sentiment favorable to bimetallism is
growing in England. Nine of the pres
ent ministry are members of the Bi-
metallic League
Hartman OF Montana stated the po-
sition of the silver Republicans. They
would vote for this bill, he said, but
they desired to disavow any belief that
any international conference would re-
suit in anything tangible, and to regis
ter their protest against refusal to
adopt Independent bimetallism as un-
American, humiliating and degrading.
McRae voiced the position of the Sill
yer Democrats. They believed silver
should be remonetized. 1t it could be
| done by international bimetallism,
they would not place a stone in its
path. If the Republicans tried and
| failed, as he believed they would,
| they would be relegated four years
fror now to the oblivion which would
swallow up the Cleveland Administra-
| ton.
Quigg took up the cudgel against the
bill. The Republicans, he said, had
heard Democrats who had voted the
mule ticket in the last campaign ad-
vocate this bill, and those who had
supported Bryan. The Republicans
who had gone through the campaign
denouncing silver as a humbug were
now asked to vote for a bill which
recognized it. The battle had been
fought and won on the gold standard
If the Republicans who supported TINS
| bill had had their way at st. Louis
the platform would have been Strad-
die.
Hepburn Indignantly refused to al
low Quigg to interpret the platform for
| him. He resented the idea that the
present platform has irrevocably COM
mitted the party to the gold standard
1t was to him distinct pledge to pro-
mote by all honorable means an inter-
national agreement.
Johnson followed the lead of Qulgg
| in a. vehement and at times almost SEN
sational speech, which was listened to
with close attention, but which re-
ceived no demonstration either of ap-
| proval or disapproval. He said BIZ
metallsm was a thing Of the past. II
was impossible. A statue could no
more defy the laws of trade than the
/ laws of God He said it was as ridicu-
/ 1CuS 10 Idlk Oh Creating NotlUC pS NAAO
! agreement of several countries as 1t
was to attempt to create 1t by the edlct
! of one He recalled the fact that mem
| bers said they would support the Dill,
/ but they had no faith in it. 1t was a
| senseIess thing. 1t lacked logic. why
| temporize with this question longer
| What would the world think OF our
weakness and vacillation? If the
| country believed in debased currency,
Bryan and not Mckinley should be
inaugurated.
He warned the Republicans that they
| had been defeated in the past because
they had yielded something of prlncl-
pie to the demands of infiationists. The
| Acts of 1878 and 1892 were mistakes.
| He appealed to his side to show their
courage by defeating this measure.
/ Dingley, the floor leader Of the Re-
! publicans, and Grosvenor closed the
debate with ringing speeches in favor
of the bill The very appearance OF
| Dingley on the floor aroused the Re
publicans to enthusiasm. Both speeches
We're brief.
1t 525 the House adjourned.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
A SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Hagan Fatally Stabs Her Hus-
band.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-With
blood streaming from his breast, John
Hagan, a lineman in the employ of the
Edison Electric Light Company, rushed
into grocery store on Third street to-
night, eXclaiming:
I've been stabbed; it's all over; I'm
done for"
He was taken to a pharmacy across
the street, and at his request Father
Gleason of st. Roses Church was sent
for. While waiting for the clergyman
Hagan explained his mishap by saying
that while romping upon a lounge with
his baby he lost his balance and fell to
the floor, accidentally stabbing himself
witha butcher knife which he was hold
ing at the time. AS the knife which
Hagan said he held as he fell from the
lounge is blunt rusty blade. which
would not be apt to hurt anyone unless
driven with mallet the police are in
clined to doubt Hagan's explanation
The wounded man was taken to the Re
ceiving Hospital, but the knife having
penetrated his lung, his recovery is
doubtful.
An hour after Hagan was taken to
the hospital his wife went there At
first she declined to talk, but later said
her husband had been very abusive dur
ing the last few weeks and that when
he came home tonight he was in a vio-
lent temper. He had called his wife
vile names, and finally threatened to
brain her with a hatchet When he
made a lunge at her she had seized the
carving knife and plunged it in his
breast. The fact that her babe was at
home unattended caused Captain Witt
man to send the woman home under
guard of policeman, but tomorrow she
will probably be locked up in the city
prison.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
COLONEL JOHN McCOOK.
VIII Accept No Place in the Cabinet
Except Attorney General.

NEW YORK. Feb 26,-The Com
mercial Advertiser this afternoon
says: Colonel John McCook will not
be the New York representative in the
next Presidents Cabinet. Colonel Nc
Cook, it is announced to-day. has been
considering an offer TO enter the Cab
met as Secretary of the Interior and
has declined the honor
Senator elect Platt was informed by
Colonel McCook of his intention. The
Department of Justice alone had at
fractions fer Colonel McCook and when
Mckinley decided to make Judge Nc
kenna his Attorney General. Colonel
McCook thankfully declined preferment
in any other capacity III the Cabinet" 3"
Colonel McCook was asked by the
Associated Press reporter as to the
truth of the foregoing paragraph He
absolutely refused to talk upon the
subject.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
A VERY ENCOURAGING IMPROVE
MENT NOTED.
The Large Purchases of Steel Rails
Insures Employment for Works
Far Ahead.

NEW YORK, Feb OR. G.. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade" to-
morrow Will say:
Genuine improvement in business
does not come like the breaking of a
great dam-with a rush. The growth
for some weeks has been encouraging.
because in nearly all lines it has been
gradual and moderate The rupture Of
the steel rail and other combinations in
the iron business has brought out a
vast quantity of trade which has been
held back, and has set many thousand
men a work, While the slow but steady
gain in other great industries has given
employment to many thousands more;
but the full effects will not appear un-
til increased purchases by all these
swell the distribution of goods Mean
while, it was substantial ground for
confidence that months which were re-
garded by many with serious appre-
hension have passed without disturb
ance, and with steady gain in the po-
sition of the country and Of the treas
ury.
The breaking up of the bonds which
have restricted many branches of the
iron industry has been followed by an
enormous increase in demand and in
orders booked and by the starting of
many works. The rapid increase in
the coke output in the Connellsville re-
gion, now over 100000 tons, gives pros
pect of moderate cost of fuel, and the
addition of important furnaces to the
producing capacity prevents a large
rise in Bessemer pig, which neverthe-
less advanced 10 cents at Pittsburg,
with increasing demand
Purchases of rails, estimated at I -
100000 tons within two weeks, whereas
the production last year was 11O2, ,S92
tons, and the sales said to be only
100000, insure employment for the
works far ahead, and Eastern works
are taking desirable contracts at SIS
per ton.
Sales of wool have been 3S311, 200
pounds in four weeks. against % 366. :
500 in the largest previous year. 1892
and the great establishments are be-
lieved to have supplied their possible
wants for some months ahead, a single
purchase of 100000 pounds of the
South American crossbred being the
most important noted this week.
Wheat enjoyed a brief rise, then
dropped over . cents, and closed 23s
cents lower for the week. While West
ern receipts are 90 per cent. smaller
than last year for the past four weeks
Atlantic ports Glour included) in the
same weeks have been 6,340.415 BUSH
els, against 1,043, ,575 last year, and ex-
ports of corn have been S.435.552
bushels against 4, 4,195.2S2 last year The
increase in corn more than makes UP
in foreign consumption for the decrease
in wheat.
The record-union., 1897-02-27
A MASS OF CARBONATE
Richest Strike at LeadviIle Since the
Boom DayS.

LEADVILLE. (Col), Feb. 26-In the
Nil Desperandum mine, on Rock HILL
at a depth of 657 feet, and in a drift
140 feet long, has been made the rich
est strike in Leadville since 1880.
The entire face of the drift is a mass
of hard carbonate, thick with chlorides
and Of fabulous richness, While de-
velopments show that the ore body is
of large dimensions. Two average
samples, not specimen assays, show
values of S400 and $3.50 per ton, re-
spectively. Ten years ago Moffatt &
Smith spent 5000 on this mine, find
ing nothing, and abandoning it,
The record-union., 1897-02-27
ONE DEAD, THE OTHER DYING.
Result of Two rIen Eating ToadstooIs
i'm rIistake for Mushrooms.

MODESTO, Feb. 26-As a result of
eating toadstools in mistake for mush
rooms John w. Watts lies dead at this
place and P. J. Roquet is nearly at
deaths door at La Grange.
Watts is a saloonkeeper and Roquet
a barber of La Grange. Wednesday
evening they gathered what they sup
posed to be a mess of mushrooms, and
cooked and ate them at Watts place
of business. They were toadstools,
and both men We're taken sick. Roquet
Immediately employed the services of
a physician, Watts refusing to believe
he needed a doctor. Last night Watts
died in great agony, while Roquet how
ers between life and death. Watts
leaves wife and child
ANOTHER FATAL CASE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-Richard
Pastine. an Italian, went out to Golden
Gate Park Wednesday afternoon and
picked mess of mushrooms. He and
his wife and four children partook of
them for supper. Two of the children
are dead, and the rest of the family are
in a dangerous condition.
The mushrooms turned out to be
toadstools, and Thursday morning the
entire Pastine family was very i'll.
Doctors We're called in, but too late
to save the lives of the two young boys
Pastine and his wife and two chill
dren are in a dangerous condition, but
will probably recover
The Pastine family had more mush-
rooms than they could consume so
they sent some to a neighbor. Forum
ately the neighbOr did not use them
Wednesday night, and Thursday morn
ing he was warned by the sickness of
the Pastine family
The record-union., 1897-02-27
Cannot Shoot on a Private Preserve

DECOTO, Feb. 26.-The trial of Will
lam Catterlin of Niles, charged with
shooting on the premises of the Willow
Lodge Duck Club of Alvarado, without
obtaining permission of the organiza-
ton, ended in the conviction of the de-
fendant before Judge Cliff and a jury
in Oakland. AS a defense Catterlin'e
attorney claimed that the preserces
were salt marsh, and could not be le-
gally used as private preserve. The
case will be appealed and test case
made
The record-union., 1897-02-27
Santa ROSa's Bicycle Meet.

SANTA ROSA, Feb. 26--Everything
is ready for the big bicycle meet here
tomorrow. Manager Schafer made
test Of the track this afternoon. With
a tandem for pacemaker mile was
made in 2:06 by Wells. with A. Terrill.
Loughead. Jones, Mcfarland and Stew
ems. The most sensational event ex-
pected tomorrow is the five-mile pro-
fessional race in which Mcfarland.
Stevens and Becker and other riders of
national reputation will start