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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
CALDWELL COUNTY.

Luling, Dec. 25.-Tuesday Mrs. AL
bert Tadlock and Miss Mary Lou Mer-
riweather were driving a lively team,
when the horse became frightened at
an umbrella in the hands of negro,
ard ran away, throwing Mrs. Tad
lock out and bruising her consider
ably.
Bishop ]. S. Johnston, of San Anto-
Mo, paid a visit to the parish at Lul.
ing, Monday night. He left Wednes-
day for Gonzales.
DR.. u. Bell left yesterday for Water
Valley, Miss, to spend the holidays.
He will be absent about three weeks.
Died. at the residence of Cass Allen,
near Prairie Lea, Tuesday morning al
) o'clock, Mrs. Moody, aged about 6
years.
Mervin Foster left Tuesday morn.
ing for Duncan, AriZ., where he ex.
poets to reside in future.
The city schools closed Friday fol
the holidays. Studies will be resumed
again on Monday, January 3rd, 1898.
DIR. Foster, of San Antonio, Is in tn.
city to spend t'he holidays.
Miss Lena Everett left for her hons
in Alleyton Friday, after short yisi
10 relatives and friends here.
During the past month, hundreds o.
Mexicans have left this section of tn,
country for Mexico.
! The bad weather is working a hard
ship on Luling merchants.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26

Edwin Zedler, the paying teller of
the First National bank, is all smiles
over the arrival in family of a pretty
girl baby.
The weather continues gloomy and
disagreeable.
Judge Wilson arrived in Cuero. He
leaves for his home in Karnes City
and will return here to be ON hand to
open court Mondty.
Rev. w. b. PhilpOt returned from a
visit to his son, who is one of the pro-
fessors in the A and NJ college at Bry-
an.
lsPl0wing the next years crop is pro-
crossing and the hopes of the farmers
are that the weevil will not be so bad.
Hon. Sterling Il. Grimes returned
home after several days absence in
Victoria on professional business.
Stockholders of the Cuero electric
light company held a meeting and de-
cided to provide the plant with all the
modern improvements.
/ Mrs. Knopp and daughter. Miss
Bertha, returned from Smithyille,
where they went to witness the mar
riage of their son and brother, Char
ley.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
MORALS AND sen.

Whatever the Turvey drops OF the
moral world may have to say about
the necessity for elevating moral de-
portment on the part of ''wooman,
bewithching woman" L have never
been able to see any indubltable IN
tent i'm nature herself toward binding
them over to any higher moral STAN
dard than she does men. Both men
and women seem to me to be COM
pounded Oh the same average moral
ity, though with certain unlike mani
festations, largely the result of cir
cumstances and opportunities. l. see
no special cause for believing that the
average woman under like temptation
would do very differently from the
average mana belief which is not
lessened by Bishop POtter's recent
accusation before the Woman's Aux
iliary of the Civil-service Reform as
ISOLATION, that they put their rela-
tives into office whenever they get
the chance, without any evidence
that they are fitted to fill the places
they applied for" Possibly women
were intended by their Creator to
stand for the reformatory interests
of life, but think there is not, as yet,
sufficient evidence thereto either of the
nature of thih,s or of women to war
rant aIy special abrogation of other
distinct and more familiar duties in
favor of interests mainly moral
From "Women and Reforms" by Hell
en- Watterson Moody. in the January
Scribner'S.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
FRoHsINN,s CHR1sTMAs.

The Frohsinn Singing society cele-
brated Christmas in Mission garden
hall last night with o dance and a
Christmas tree. which was largely at
tended the hall being filed to its ca
pacity ut 8 o'clock. the time of the
beginning of the grand march.
The march, which was verg heauti-
full. was led by Mr.. Joe Merclain and
wife and it was followed in rapid sue
cession by the other numbers on the
dance program until IL O'clock, when
the lights were turned off in the hall
and the beautifully decorated stage
was lighted up and shown to view.
The society then sang chorus. when
the presents, many of which were
handsome and costly. were distribute
ed. so fAs ss- H'lE
After the distribution of presents the
dancing was again resumed until the
"wee sma" hours of this morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
COMPOUNDED FOCLISHNESS.

"Once upon a time a party of IA
tantics stormed San Antonio TO preach
to its inhabitants, in the face of med
ical experience and sanitary statistics,
that wine would kill Frenchman,
whiskey destroy an Irishman, and
that beer would annihilate the Ger
man, while the cocktails, tom-and-jer-
ries. gin-fiZzes, sour-mash toddies, and
barrel-juice of any kind would be the
death of the American people; it was
the entering wedge to deprive our
people of personal liberty and to con-
vert the most of them-as in Maine
to lot of secret bibblers and hypo-
critics; yet the movement became so
strong that a Democratic legislature
of our state-and The Chronicle be-
lieved in its wisdom and never abus-
ed that legislature as weak-kneed-
submitted the whole prohibition ques-
ltion to vote of the people and III 1887
the Democratic party, helped by a
liberal minority of the Republican
party once and forever told the pro-
hibitionists that they could not take
root on Texas SOIL How gallantly
our present mayor then fought for per-
sonal liberty of action is well known;
he was Indignantly dragged before
our courts and there he was vindicat-
ed as having done no wrong, and the
common people, who work hard all
day, and have no well stocked pri-
vate Bullets in their dining halls, be-
gan to hold Bryan Callaghan higher
in their already high estimation, as
their champion for guaranteed rights,
and now since our city council at its
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
A WORD FOR MR.. sNoDGRAss.

Some time ago there appeared in
| our Express an article signed ..Snod-
| grass it was so narrowminded and
unjust to our present liberal School
| Board and school superintendent. that
we want to call attention to its mar
| rOw-mindedness that verged on the
| most ab0mniable vice of the century.
intolerance in religion because il
found, wrongfully, fault with the city
| government, in whom the courts of
last resort have placed our city
schools. Snodgrass pretends to not
know that Good Friday is holiday
observed by good protestants, and
finds fault with Mayor Callaghan for
allowing a day, and he even did not
authorize any legal holiday for the
public free schools, until the whole
board demanded it, to Oblige a num-
Der OF parents of all beliefs, in order
that those who wanted to could OBJ
serve Good Friday as they desired.
Again, 1t (SnOdgrass seems to us to
be of neuter- GENDER waxed warm be-
cause teacher who observed two
Jewish holidays was not paid his sal
airy for these two days, when by his
taking these holidays he deprived his
classes of two days tuition. Mr..
Snodgrass does not seem to be able to
find a difference in the action of a
teacher who abandon his charge for
two days, and the action of the whole
community or class in asking exemp-
ton for their parents and guardians
and then by the school board. Mr..
Snodgrass' eyes must be very near to-
gether. for his narrow-mindedness
must be based upon one-sided vision.
Even the poor Bazaar of Nations
came in for lick. aimed at our Cath
Ollie friends, whose liberality should
guard them against all Snodgrasses,
or even all A. p. A. asses, for in that
very Bazaar of Nations, Jewish lady
carried off the first prize, as the most
popular lady. The covert hints
against Catholics by Snodgrass will
not be treasured by any portion of
our liberal minded people, and he or
it should feel ashamed of himself, for
drawing Mayor Callaghan, one of the
most liberal minded mayors San An
tonic has had for years, within the
scope of his spite. Heretofore the
city council has granted day off for
circus days. or German day celebra-
non, Battle OF Flowers, etc, and The
Chronicle hopes that Snodgrass is not
strong enough to deter our present
school board from granting holiday
TO scholars whenever they believe a
good cause can. be served thereby.
The Chronicle will not insist for holt
days for German, French, Mexican,
Italian. or any other national holt
days, but hopes that the children may
get an occasional holiday when a good
moral or patriotic lesson can be in
culcated in their youthful minds. We
shall not ask for holidays for Saliva
ton army howlers, prohibition croak-
ers, and other disturbers of tie peace.
but The Chronicle will raise no howl
If a holiday is given for Christian
Good Friday or the Jewish day of
Atonement, if that will queten the
nerves of the seemingly very hyster-
ical Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
AUDIENCE PLEASED.

Mr.. VIM. l.. Roberts and Miss Olive
Martin, the eminent actors presented
D'Ennery's entertaining classical stor!
of Don Caesar de Bazan to crowded
audiences at the grand opera house
Yesterday for matinee and at night
The stars were supported by a very
capable company, and splendid scenery
added to the artistic effect produced
where good company always sue
ceeds. The generous applause given
attested the pleasure with which the
drama was received and it is certain
when Mr.. Roberts and mis- company
again appears in San Antonio he VIII
not be sighted with empty chairs.
The prize fight pictures Will occupy
the stage tonight.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
THE ELITE HOTEL NOW OPEN.

The Elite Hotel, corner Of Main
plaza and Soledad street, is now open
for the reception of tourists and af-
fords excellent accommodations for
visitors to the city who come here on
business or in search of health. The
hotel is three stories, the second and
third floors having twenty-nine sleep
ing apartments, heated by steam,
lighted by electricity, and in connec-
ton with the sewers. The rooms are
named after some State in the Union,
as New York. Texas, California, Illi-
nois, etc, and the furnishing of these
sleeping apartments are of the most
improved styles, and the bathrooms
are replete with the latest improved
porcelain tubs. The proprietors.
Messrs. John Loustanau and Paul Ber-
gcron, are two gentlemen that will
make it point TO make all guests of
their hotel comfortable and happy
while staying in San Antonio, the fin
est health resort in the State of Tex
as. The electric street railway cars
pass the door on Soledad street side
McHugo's Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
EASY ON THE VAGS.

Recorder Lewis had four Migrants
to dispose of in his court yesterday
and ives very lenient on them,
giving them "a hours to leave the city
He says he does not like to put them
in jail over Christmas if they Will
leave and will therefore give them an
opportunity, but that after Christmas
he will rigidly enforce the ordinance
against them again.
Officer McCabe arrested two of them
and Officers Daniels and Cadena ar,
rested the other two. Fred Hazelton
and James Quinn were the two ar.
rested by McCabe and George vii.
liams and John Nolan We're arrested
by the other two bluecOats. The two
former were visiting back doors neal
the Arkansas Pass depot and the 1--WE
80 ter were on the west side.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
4 CHRISTMAS SPREAD.
The Fruit and Flower Mission Remem-
hers the Hungry

bers the Hungry
If there was hungry man IN san
Antonio yesterday it was not because
he was neglected Had he walked mp
Houston street as Tar as the bridge his
attention would have been attracted TO
crowd of men seated around three
long tables in a large store room. He
would have been as welcome as any
of these men. They were enjoying a
Christmas dinner, which was served by
the San Antonio Fruit and Flower Mis-
sion. cTS.f iG6
Nearly thousand invitations had
been issued for the dinner and they
were all responded to. From 3 O'Clock
until q yesterday afternoon hungry
man could call for anything, from a
ham sandwich to turkey. and his or
ders would receive prompt attention.
Each of the three tables were provid-
ed with benches and about thirty men
could sit at each table. being about
ninety men that were attended to at
one time. When these had finished
the tables were cleared and reset for
others and so the hungry were fed for
three hours.
The ladies who rendered their ser
vices in waiting on the tables and pre-
pairing the dishes We're: Mrs. c. NJ.
Bruce. Mrs. Zallmanzig, Mrs. a. W.
Houston, Miss Houston, Mrs. lone
Palmer. Mrs. Buescel, Mrs. Cheesman,
also Mr. and Mrs. Wheat, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan and Miss Bryan, of Dallas, and
Mr.. Il. Ill. Kearsey.
Owing to the muddy condition OF
the streets, many poor women and chill
dren were unable to go there for din
ner, but they were looked after by the
managers of the Fruit and Flower Mis-
sion. --l
The St Francis Home for the Aged
on South Flores street, was also re-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
WHAT is OPERA?

What, indeed, do we undertand now
adays by the term "0pera?' Hau the
question been asked dozen years ago
in this country, at any rate-the
answer would have been much more
simple, for then it could have been
said that Wagner alone had written
opera. and that the works written by
other composers and designated by the
same name were not opera at all. But
during the last few years, and espec-
ially since the Metropolitan opera
house was reopened by Messrs. Alb
hey, Schoeffel & Grau,with the splend-
id ensemble of artists which carried
opera at that institution to appoint
of artistic and financial success never
previously known in operate annals,
there has been a change. The public
While still accepting Wagner, seem to
be unwilling TO ignore the operate
works of other composers as being, as
the ultra Wagnerian disciples would
have us believe, inartistic, unmodern
and out of date. Although it has beer
said, and said with emphasis, that the
operas which might be included undel
| the generic term Italian OPERA" wer'
to all intents and purposes, and so ia
as any influence they might have OIL
4 the future of operate art, dead ant
| buried, the course of events at the Me
topolitan during late years has show
| that they were not even moribund
and that they were able to attract an,
retain very large, If not the larges
share, of popular interest, appreciation
and suppOrt.-From ''Some Tendencie
4 of Modern Opera, Thy Reginald De KC
ven, in the January ScribneTs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
DE WITT COUNTY.

r Cuero, Dec. 25.-W. A. Blackwell,
Jr., Alex Hamilton, Jr., and Jim
Dromgoole are at home from college
for Christmas.
A number of Victoria boys passed
through on their way home from
school for the holidays.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
HENRoosT ROBBED.

Chicken thieves made a Christmas
call at James Lastaree's premises, 914
Avenue Il and took twelve fine leg
horns. The callers We're considerate
in that they left the heads of the chick
ems and they also overlooked three tur-
key gobblers, which were perched near
the chickens They also called on A.
Roos, next door. and took his big COB
bier
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
FUNERAL. NOTICE.

Died: Yesterday afternoon, Edward
Lindahl. native of Sweden aged 53
years. The funeral will take place
this afternoon AT $50 o'clock from the
family residence, III Victoria street.
Friends and acquaintance invited to
attend.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
BIRTHS REPORTED.

December 20.-Girl, Rena Fry, No.
% West Elmira street.
December 21.-Boy, Frity Bonner,
no street reported.
December 22.-Boy. Antonio Schim-
mara, No. ia Victoria street.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26

noisy Salvationists-perhaps from one
of the sixteen slum posts of the Unit
ed States-to give us their poor street
music.'-McHugo's Chronicle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
POT POURRI FROM DALLAS.

Klondike Weather-Dr. Nichols Sem
OF Chicago, in The City-Bachel-
elor's Blessing-Other Items
OF Interest.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29
Big Locomotives.

The Mining and Scientific Press has
the following description of the three
big passenger l comotives placed in
service in Arizona by the Southern
Pacific Railway company: They have
a remarkable capacity for high speed.
One of them could pull at the rate of
sixty miles an hour on a piece of level.
straight track no less than thirty
three Pullman cars weighing forty
tons each. Such train would be
more than two-tifths of mile long.
The six coupled driving wheels OF
these engines are six feet in diameter.
and the working steam pressure is 200
pounds to the square inch. The
cylinders are of the ordinary simple
type, each 2 inches in diameter, with
piston stroke of 3S inches. This gives
a tractive force, or draw bar pull, of b.
400 pounds, sufficient to haul a train
load of 4,219 tons, equal to about
eighty-tive of the largest LOADED
freight cars, at slow speed on a level
track. The total weight of one of these
locomotives in seventy-ive tons, of
which fifty eight tons rest on the six
driving wheels, the remaining seven
teen tons being carried by the four
wheel truck in front. Reckoning the
tie or grip on the rail at one-fOurth
the weight of the drivers, there is ad-
hesiOn of fourteen and Ope-half tons, or
20, GOO pounds more than the tractive
force of the engine, thus leaving a
margin for wet weather and slippery
rails.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29
Santa Fe Conductors let ont.

Kansas City dispatch:-Seven Santa
Re passenger conductors. some of
whom have been with the company for
more than 90 years, were discharged
tonight. They are f. G. Gould, W.
G. bearing and Alex Ferguson of Kan
sas City, G. 81. Branch of Emporia,
William Cope of Newton, Daniel
Murphy and J. NJ Johnson OF Denver
Branch, Gould. bearing and Ferguson
were in what is known as the eastern
division; Cope was in the middle divi-
sion and Murphy and johnson were in
the western division. Three more
conductors, whose names the company
will rot yet divulge, will also be dis
charged within the next 72 hours.
The wholesale discharge of so many
old and trusted employees is due to the
discovery by the company's detectives
OF the wholesale carrying of persons
without proper transportation
They said that they had not received
a cent from the people, and that they
had carried tb EN- simply because bro
Their conductor had pleaded with them
to do so. But tears cut no figure. They
were discharged. Their places will be
filled by the promotion of freight con.
ductors, and this will be followed by a
wholesale promotion of freight brake
men to freight conductors.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29
Chicago on Time.

Word las been received in this city
that the Sunset Limited that left this
city seven hours late the other day
reached Chicago on time. Tne train
reached Texarkana three hours and
forty-fve minutes late, having made
up three hours and fifteen minutes on
the Texas 81 Pacific. Then the Iron
Mountain picked up the train, and
made up an hour and three quarters,
and the Chicago & Alton did the rest.
The train fairly flew. This is con-
sidered in railroad circles an achieve
ment.
The Sunset Limited due at 4:3O o..
M, today has thirty-four passengers;
viz. for this city, for the City of
Mexico. Is for San Francisco, for Los
Angeles, to Benson and to Phoenix
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29
FOR SALE

FINE BUSINESS CORNER, lis
go feet, Mesa avenue and Texas streets.
Right in the line of improvements.
$4,5 500 buys Is room lodging house
in central part Of the city. Lot, 1O2 K
IS feet. Room to enlarge.
LARGE WAREHOUSE, on side
track, cheap, terms easy.
MYRTLE & ST. VRAIN STREETS,
two lots for $3.50.
NORTH OREGON STREET, lot and
one half, 80 feet, for $3.50.
HOUSE NO. 614, NORTH OREGON
street, So, 500. Easy terms.
HOUSE NO. 311, TEXAS STREET,
6 rooms, 81 200. Installmcnts.
TWO LOTS, for $3.50. Corner of
Idaho and Florence streets.
NORTH STANTON STREET, lots
just north of Montana street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-29

The men in the Santa F'e shops at
La Junta are working nine hours q
day, with hopes of its being ten hours
shortly
OF the 1S,459 employees of the Santa
Fee road, over one half of them, ] ,316
are i Kansas. Thirty Of the fifty-two
general offices are in Kansas. The
average pay per day of all the employees
including general offices, is So.
James Curry, conductor on the D..
q r. G. died at the railroad hospital at
Salida, Colo, Monday night. He had
been on that road since 1880. He had q
$l5, 900 fruit ranch near Eapar ola and
life insurance policy of $4,000.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany is running survey presuma sly
to connect jamestown, Cal, with Salt
Lake City, via Walkers pass This
route would be 259 miles shorter than
that over the Central Pacific railroad.
A north and south mountain railway,
connecting Fort Steele, Wyo., with
the Midland road in this state, and pas
sing through some of the most promis-
ing mineral districts of Colorado, is
one of the projects contemplated for
1898.
The Cuernavaca and Pacific route
that of, larger salaries to it's trsi in en-
ployes; it paying conductors as high, if
not the highest wages, for cores
ponding amount of labor, of any road
in the republic. Republics.
The Santa Fee company owns 1913 loco
motives: SIG passenger cars; 40 beer
cars and 23,857 cars in freight service.
There are 766 cars in g:avel, derrick
and cabooses cars. Nine of these are
Officia cars. The total number of cars
is % ,279, of which 1858 are equipped
with Westinghouse air brakes.
What's the matter, says the New
Mexican, with the Las Vegas people
getting connecting link between that
city and White Oaks, which with the
e. PasO & Northeastern will make an
other New Mexico line to Ell Paso.
Come to think of it that sort of line
would prove of the greatest benefit in
New Mexico and make Las Vegas
one of the leading cities in the south
west.
Last year the Santa Fe company
operated 1851 miles of road. The pas i,
senger earnings per mile of road was !
81. The average receipts from |
each passenger per mile were $O.022 30. |
The passenger earnings per train mile |
amounted to $O067S3. The freight |
earnings per train mile amounted to |
81 4l16l. The average freight re-
,eipts per ton per mile amounted to
s0.010I.