VATE, Joseph J., Beeville Bee, 2 Nov 1894:

Joseph J. Vate, a young man, 16 years of age, died at the residence of H. Y. Kring, in this city last 
Friday after an illness of 26 days with a slow fever.  His remains will be shipped to Papalote, his 
birthplace on the evening train and interred the following day.