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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Sensational Crime in Havana.

HAVANA, December 6.-AnOther
outrageous crime has caused con-
sternation among the people of Ha-
vana. The victim is one of Havana's
most distinguished ladies. A bout 2
o'clock p. M, Tuesday, there appear
ed at the residence Of Domingo Olivia,
criminal judge for the district OF
La cathedral, at No. "A, negro, bear
ing a small writing desk, richly
adorned with red and blue satin rib
bons, and with a tiny key attached.
1t was addressed domingo OLIVIA"
Handing the package to a
servant, the negro requested
that it be delivered to Sonora
Olivia, then he disappeared. The
package was set on the parlor table,
where a few moments later, Mrs.
Clotille Olivia, the Judges wife, and
their II year old daughter, Gabrielle,
found it, and began to admire it's
beauty. The youngest lady tried to
open the desk with the little key
mentioned above, but she had so little
success, that she handed the key over
to her mother to try her skill. Mrs.
Olivia accordingly drew the chair
in which she was sitting, up
to the table, and also tried
to open the desk, which seemed
jammed in some way; at last she vio-
lently turned the key to the right,
when an explosion similar to the roar
of a canon, shook the place, and Mrs.
Olivia found herself bathed in blood.
The desk contained an Internal ma
chine intended, without doubt, to
murder Olivia. Mrs. Olivia received
an ugly wound, but the doctors have
hope for her recovery. There is no
clue to the perpetrators of the out
rage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

The LUXURIANT vegetation of Kra-
katoa was totally destroyed by the
eruption in 1888, not living germ be-
ing left. Three years later the island
was visited by DR.. NJ. Treub, who now
reports having found SIX species of
microscopic algae, which coated the
rock and seemed to have formed the
soil on which eleven species of ferns
had taken root. A common grass of
Java was growing, and there were
quite a number of such species of flow
ering plants as first appear on coral
islands. Seeds or fruit of several coral
island trees were found on the shore.
Krakatoa is ten miles from the Island
of SibesIe, containing the nearest ter
restrial vegetation, twenty miles from
Sumatra, and twenty-one from Java.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
French Spies in Germany.

BERLIN, December 6.-The North
German Gazette denies that the Ger
man officers are acting as spies in
France. The paper mentions thir-
teen French officers who are staying
in Germany, on pretense of studying
the language, and who were expelled
between September 22nd and Novem-
18th, it having been discovered that
their real object was to learn infOrma-
ton concerning the German military
affairs. The French Government
Gazette declares it had been officially
notified that the presence of the
French officers in Germany was not
desired, and expresses the hope that
in future there will be better COM
pliance with the notification.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Fooled by a Woman.

1t is the same old story. Louis Hal
loway came to the city and met Boni-
facia Sanchez. He accompanied her
to her room on East street, and there
Bonifacia and her hus band Anuncia-
no, robbed their "guestn while he
slept. Both Bonifacia and Anunciano
are in Jail waiting to see what the
grand jury consider fair treatment for
their offence,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neighbors
talking about it. You may yourself be one of
the many who know from personal experience
just how good a thing it is. If you have ever
tried it, you are one of it's staunch friends, be-
cause the wonderful thing about it is, that
when once given trial, Dr. Kings New ID S.
covery ever after holds place in the house.
If you have never used ii and should be aftlict-
ed with a cough. cold or any Throat, Lung or
Chest trouble, secure bOtt u at once and give
it a fair trial. 1t is guaranteed every time, or
money refunded. Trial bottles free at Ore ss,
Thompson & Co.'S. drug store. 12-5 ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH, of Aus
tria, is receiving congratulations from
all over Europe, particularly from the
crowned heads, because he has passed
his fortieth year as emperor without
being dynamited. During this reign
Francis Joseph has enjoyed a greater
degree of domestic felicity and inter-
nal tranquility of his kingdom than
falls to the lot Of most sovereigns
these republican days.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Short Hand, Short Hand. Shor

Short Hand, Short Hand, Short
Hand.
Now is the time to learn it, while
the field is clear and good situations
to be obtained. r. S. Bradley teaches
the Pittman system acknowledged by
all to be the leading and most practi
cal system in existence, and guaran-
tees his pupils competent to take posi-
tions in four months. Special induce
ments offered to pupils. (Ten years
experience). Call or address care
Piper & Schulthess, city. 12-4-6t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

Dear EditOr:-I can substant tate all
of what L have written, with witness
ses who heard the whole thing. /
am not used to such treatment if I
have to find redress some where else.
l am sick here ana wish to God to
deliver me from this place as soon as
possible, there is nothing to attract
any one here or stay one minute
longer than he is able to get out. Re-
spectfully, r. H. GILBERT.
The best the LIGHT reporter could
do upon receiving the above commune
cation was to interrogate Superintend-
cut Smith, which he did, and Mr..
Smith said:
'"The charges are not true and L
deny them all. Moreover / never
abuse the inmates in the manner he
ascribes to me and L do not use such
language at all. The inmates Of the
hospital, when convalescent, are re-
CURED to do duty. None able to work
are excepted. All / ever asked this
man to do was to wash dishes and set
the table. When l am not there he
won't do anything. The other
morning he said he was sick and I
told him to get permit from the doc
tor to that effect. But he came down
and ate his regular meals at the table
on that day, and when he went out L
called him back to help wash dishes.
All of them do it and it is not 10 min
utes work. This is all the help / have
out there. This man has been eating
regular and comes to town, walking,
nearly every day. He has never been
too sick to have his meals sent to the
hospital. He has given me some trou-
BILE and is generally regarded as a
chronic kicker. But L believe he is
prompted by some aspiring rival of
mine to bring this accusation. The
election for superintendent will soon
occur and some one wants my place."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Weather Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Indica-
lions for Eastern Texas: Fair,
slightly colder, followed by warmer,
variable winds.
For Arkansas: Fair, colder, fol-
lowed by warmer, variable winds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
A Family Cremated,

BLYTHE, Ontario, December g.
Michael Dwyer's house, about three
miles from here, was burned this
morning. Mrs. Dwyer, her daughter,
and her three grand children were
burned to death.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL.
A Patient Makes Some Strange
and Strong Charges Against
Official


Official.
The LIGHT has received the follow
ing letter from patient in the county
hospital, but it has no means of
knowing whether the charges are
true or not. If they are true, the
county commissioners should rectify
abuses; if not, then the falsity of the
charge should be proved
BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL.
November 80, 1880.
Editor San Antonio LIGHT:
Dear Sir:-Will you please insert
these few lines i'm your valuable paper
for a poor man:
/ am an inmate of this institution
for about five or six weeks, and l wish
to give some information about the
treatment we receive here. l will
not state anything without positive
proof. L contracted very bad cold,
not able to perform any manual labor,
when yesterday noon, the superin-
tendent, Mr.. Smith, abused and ours
ed me in the vilest manner, saying,
&c d you, why don't you set
the table?n | told him | was sick
and not able, when he remarked that
he will sicken every d one of us,
if we did not abide by his command
at whatever he had mind to put the
patients at. He has so terrorized
every one in the county poor house
that not one would dare to make COM
plant of anything, whatever, save a
few of mis- favorites. ] know that
even cOnvicts of the penitentiary has
some showing, while sick man here
has informed one that all at present
in this institution are afraid to say
anything for fear of his wrath. 1t
would be great benefit for the coun-
ty officials to remove some of them in
charge here now, or else some more
may be written, which may not sound
very pleasant to the public, who pays
a heavy tax for the poor and sick. i
sign my full name. l am not afraid
to tell the truth, and nothing but the
truth, so the people may have look
into this institution. Respectfully,
+. II. GILBERT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
STATE NEWS.

The public free school at Kempner
was opened Monday.
A negro is arrested at Dallas for in
sulting several ladies on the street.
A new hotel is being built at San
Diego by Mrs. Martinez.
A new post Office is established at
Fulp.
All work is behindhand at Salado
on account of the heavy rains, and sea
of mud.
The people of Groveton are excited
almost to panic over diphtheria break
ing out in town.
Over 1000 bales of cotton have been
shipped from Giddings this season
and there are more to come.
Collector Ramsay, of Bexar, made
his final settlement with the state,
which was found correct.
Fire broke out i'm frame building
on the public square at GAINESVILLE,
and several buildings, and some
stock destroyed.
The weather is clear and cool at
CuerO, with light norther blowing,
indicating long spell of bright, sun
shiny weather, which is much needed
after so long spell of rain.
The body of a sheep herder is found
at the Medialine at Brownsville. He
had evidently, through accident, shot
himself in the bowels with carbine
which he carried.
% Editor Cara has completely recov-
cred from his wounds. He recently
had reception at Rio Grande City on
the event of his becoming 20 years of
age.
There has been an unparalleled
epidemic of suicide in Fort Worth
among low women. Four have taken
morphine, one died, and the rest
probably will.
At Burton, Adolph Jordan, Ger
man mail carrier, received shock
ing accident. His horse became
frightened, and in the attempt to
check him, his legs caught in the gig,
upsetting it and dragging him on the
road, the horse kicking him and break
ing his legs. His head was crushed
into mass.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
The LEADING HOTEL IN The
SOUTH. WEST.
ALAMO PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO.

Having been thoroughly overhauled and
renovated throughout is now the largest and
most complete Hotel in the Southwest Fine
billiard and bar rooms attached. Hot and
cold baths. Large sample rooms for COM
mercial men. Patronage of the travelling
public solicited. 10-5-6m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Railroad Federation.

PITTsBURG, December GA move
ment is on foot to organize a fedora
ton of all railroad employees
in the United States excepting
conductors.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Sunday Paper,

A new Sunday paper, entitled "The
Sunday Mirror" will be issued next
Sunday morning by Messrs. Eugene
Nordhaus and Sam McGary. two
well known young printers, who are
thus beginning their first venture i'm
the field of journalism. The Mirror
will be printed at the LIGHT job office.
which is guarantee of its excellence.
geographically, and will contain ali
the society news and news Of the day.
written up in a bright, entertaining
style.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

THE new radio-micrometer of Mr..
". Boys, thermo-electric circuit,
suspended by torsion fibre in mag
netic field, shows a temperature
change of one ten-millionth of CEN
tigrade degree.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Tribes go Back on the Mahdi.

SUAKIM, December 6.-Reports from
Massowah state that the powerful
RAM and Bogas tribes have deserted
the Mahdi and have refused to assist
i'm the siege of Suakim.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Russia and Persia Dispute.

LONDON, December 6.-The Shah
of Persia has expressed willingness
that the Russian consul shall reside
at Resht, but objects to the consuPs
jurisdiction extending to Meshed, be-
cause that place is holy city. The
Persian authorities declare that Rus
sian consuls generally cause strife.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
The White Pasha Advancing.

The WHITE PdSnd HUVdHCITIR'
CAIRO, December 6.-Reports have
been received at Wady Ha.fa that
the White Pasha is advancing north
ward.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
Oil for Fuel on Railroad Engines.

FINDLAY, Ohio, December 6.-Yes-
terday an engine on the Toledo, Co
lumbus and Southern railroad drew
a passenger train from Toledo to this
city on fuel furnished by crude petro-
leum. The trial was such a success
that President Brown announces he
will have all his engines arranged for
the use of oil and do away with
coal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
LATEST TEL EGRAPHIU NEWS
Associated Press Dispatches and
Specials Up to the Hour OF
Going to Press.
The ParneIl Subscriptions.

LONDON, December 6.-Subscrip-
tons to the fund to aid Mr.. Parnell in
his litigation with the Times amount
to e24, 900.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

"A man and wife can get good
situation ON boarding cars. The man
as carpenter or laborer, and his wife
as cook. Apply at 1. & G.. N. Lunch
stand. 1875 1t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

A new theory of politics-if a man
gives 100000 to elect his candidate he
is a statesman and must go into the
cabinet.-New York Herald, Ind.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

Edna Gilmore, proprietress of a
house of ill-fame at Waco, and pos
sessed of wealth, suddenly fell from
her chair a corpse, of heart disease.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

Dr..Lucian Larose appeared on the
streets of Cleburne, lecturing on
physics, and claiming to be a cure all.
He was arrested for bigamy. He had
one wife with him that he married i'm
Waxahachic, and he also has a wife
in Kingsland, Ark.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06
The Saloon Keepers and Sunday

The Saloon Keepers and Sunday.
SIOUX FALLS, Dakota, December g.
The grand jury which has been in ses-
sion two weeks, considering los COM
plants against the Sioux Falls saloon
keepers for the violation of the local
option liquor law during last summer
came into court to be discharged last
evening. Reporting no indictments
against the saloon men, Judge Gar
land, after recovering from his amaze
ment, remarked: land so you have
ignored all these cases? Mr..
Clerk, you will bind over the defend
ants in these cases to the next grand
jury"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

Anarchist EpistIes to the Governor.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 6.-Since
the conviction of Hronek, the Chicago
anarchist, each mail at the capital is
bringing threatening letters to the
governor, of a character similar to
those received during the time of the
petition tor the lives of August Spies,
Louis Lingg and other anarchists
pending before his excelIency.
Letters not only come from Chicago,
but from cities in the east, and are
anonymous. The governor is not in
the least alarmed by the receipt of
the letters, and they are filed away
with the ones sent little over year
ago., newspaper correspondents being
refused the privilege of perusing
them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-06

Lieutenant Goldbraid (whois enjoy
ing on the porch delightful CONVEX
sation with Miss Smith, but who is
somewhat annoyed by the presence of
young Bobby)-"Don't you get tired
at times of playing, Bobby" Bobby
Yes, sir; tired of the game I'm play
ing now" Lieutenant-"Wh game
is that?" Bobby-"Ma calls it pro-
priety."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Latin AMI Anglo-SaxOn.
Joseph Hatton's Letter.l

The Latin races are destined to go to
the wall They have engendered the
seeds of certain decay. The seeds are
those which develop in their literature
and on their stage. 1t is possible that by
some miraculous change they may be
sa1 ed, but all the signs of the time are
against them. 1t is the very "elegances p"
of her crimes that is hurting France.
Max O'ltell is blind to the sapping evils
of vice that is elegant and gay" and
refined vice that is vice of design,
planned throughout, luxurious. Sodom
and Gomorrah would have fallen of them
selves if God had given them time.
1t is the honest dOmesticity the nat
ural relationships of the sexes, that have
made the Anglo-Saxon race and the Ger
man allies what these races are-dominant
peoples. 1t is the morbid elegant affecta
tons, the refining of unnatural vice,
which has undermined the strength of
France; and it is the fanatical submission
of the people to an ignorant and supersti-
tious priesthood which has made Spain
changing scene of disease and revolution.
One can not ignore, nor would one desire
to do so, the finer traits Of these peoples
their artistic taste, their elegancies of
manners, their picturesqueness, and many
other delightful qualities; but they lack
the strong, honest fiber of the Teuton
man and woman, and they possess only in
minor degree those commonplace do
nestle virtues which are the strength and
glory of the Anglo Saxon races.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
putting in an Old Mill.
New York Cor. Inter Ocean.


Often it is the incongruity of something
in scene that makes it striking. In
passing the romantic place on a Long
Island railroad where the poet Bryant
used to live. the ruin of an. old mill
caught my gaze. For the life of me |
could not remember ever having seen 1t
before, though l was familiar with the
landscape, which was otherwise so new
and neat in aspect that any dilapidated
structure could hardly have been over
looked or forgotten. So strange was the
sight that got off the car at the sta
ton close by and walked back to the
spot \ es; there was the mill, weather
beaten, moss bedecked, and broken
wheeled. standing on the precipitate side
of ravine on the edge of stream, just
as the artists have for centuries been
picturing it.
Going round 1t to get view of the OPP
posite end, found carpenter at work
mailing board into a fantastic position,
while another man was glueing on
patch of moss and the owner of the
property stood by directing the job Il
wanted an old mill in the landscape, ="
said the proprietor, who evinced no desire
to conceal the truth, land l have gone to
some trouble and expense to insert one. l
hunted year or two, off and on, for the
material, and at last found Just what |
wanted in Perth Amboy. which is an
ancient jersey town, you know Then /
employed men to take it down carefully,
ship it to this place, and re erect it, with
such notifications as were required to
make it resemble the abandoned mill that
Bryant so pictures luely described in
poem. "
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Hereditary Transmission.
[Chicago News. ]

Mr.. Francis Yalton at the recent meet
ing of the British Association for the Ad-
vancemenC of Science, delivered an adj
dress in which he discussed the condi-
tons of stability and instability of types {"
with reference to the existence of this
same law which governs hereditary trans
mission. Nature, says Mr.. Yalton, is
always trying experiments and producing
new types. some useful, others useless in
human beings. When a child develops
some peculiarly which is profitable and
agreeable, it is the duty of the parents to
"domicile and perpetuate it Natures
little experiments should be aided by our
intelligence; valuable forms of family
type should be conserved, and the condi-
tions favoring their perpetuation should
be established. A race of men and women
may thus be eventually evolved as supe-
rior to the present as the developed gray.
hound is to the primal dog.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Gotham,S Iafasf Fad.
TBlakely Hall in The Argonaut1

Nowadays one often sees two or three
young men drift into cafe aud let them
selves down in their seats by punching
both arms of the chair exactly as the
baron did; then they call the waiter peev-
ishly, order their absinthe in querulous
tones, and gulp it down precisely as Mans
field did Even the carriage of the head
is followed and men with their necks
well bent forward, and with hopeless
faces, are encountered more frequently
than could be wished. One little fOp here
who practiCed mannerisms of this sort IN.
til he got as round-shouldered, tremulous,
and decrepit as a man who had lived at
lightning speed for fifty years: is just now
much talked about, because he has come
10 the end of his rope.
1t is rather odd that any man in good
health, with fair physique should prac-
tice carrying the shoulders forward, his
head down, and his toes turned in l won.
der if the fad will spread 1t would be
even worse than the prevalence of dudes
year or two ago; for the dude, though alb
surd, had not the unpleasant features of
the juvenile wrecks
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Marked with q st. Andrews Gross.
ROCKY Mountain NewSI

Professor Taylor, the government mi
croscopist, tells the American Microscop-
ical society that by using a powerful
micr oscope and polarized light it is
easy to distinguish pure butter from
oleomargerine. Each butter globule
under the microscope in that light
wears st. Andrews cross, while the
oleomargarine globules are different.
With this valuable information in her
possession it should be easy enough for
the average housewife to discover
whether she is buying butter or oleo-
margarine from her grocer. A suffi-
cient microscope can be bought for
about 5000, and a machine for the DO
larization of light can be had for about
800. An intelligent person may be-
come reasonably expert to test butter
in two or three years of constant prac-
tice, so that protection is within reach
of all
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
The Very Last Shot by Lees Men.
TFlberfon (Ga \ Gazatta1

Joe Deadwyler says that Nap. Crosby
fred the last gun of the war on the Con
federate side in Gen. Lees army. At the
time of the surrender at Appomattox the
Federals and Confederates were drawn
up in lines facing each other and but a
few feet apart. The latter were almost
starved having been without food for
several days. While the terms of sur
render were being arranged some very
good hogs came along near the line. and as
soon as nap. discovered them he raised his
gun and took one of them in The shoot
ing of the hog created considerable SEN
sation for little while, as it was thought
by some that the \ anks and Rebs had got
into fight among themselves The facts
were soon understood, however, and Nap.
and his friends had a good time eating
pork for dinner