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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29

There is a general feeling among telegraph
managers hat all dispatches will be received
on the typewriting machine directly from the
wire in the early future, and the day will be
hailed with delight by the business commu-
nifty. There is no harder work lone in any
newspaper press office in this city than in the
office of the Associated Press. On account of
the large number Of papers to be served with
the news it is necessary to take thirty copies
Of each dispatch. Before the introduction of
the typewriting machines two receiving op-
orators were necessary on one wire, each
making fifteen or sixteen copies of manifold
by hand Something had to be done, and the
typewriting machine solved the problem.
Aside from the labor saving feature of the
machine, it pays for itself in a year or less in
the saving of paper, and not the least Of the
valuable points in its favor is the legibility
of the copy. Nothing is so pleasant to a bust
ness man as to receive a telegram printed in
type.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29

sAn efficient and inexpensive little appara-
tus has been designed to improve the light
from a gas jet without increasing the con-
sumption of gas. This "patent light" is all
entirely new system, applicable to all manner
of chandeliers and brackets. 1t claims, and
not without reason, to burn with perfect
combustion, to produce a brilliant, steady
white fame, with considerable saving of gas.
The apparatus consists of a polished brass or
nickel plated vessel provided with a wick
tube, which protrudes in an upward slant
like a straight spout of a kettle; this is filed
with oil. lighted and fixed to any burner, so
that the oil flame mingles with the gas flame,
producing Immediately a really wonderful
result. Any mineral oil will burn in this
vessel and the commonest or smallest burner
is available; for instance, say an ordinary
Bray jet, costing one penny, consumes three
feet of gas per hour and gives the light of
three candles; the same jet, provided with
this apparatus and consuming the anne guam
tity Of gas, will give a light of eighteen can.
dies. -Londo Queen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
OLD "HOSS" SALE.

The following packages remaining In
| the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass freight
| depot over ninety days, Will be sold foI
charges, at the auction house OF Bur-
Ashford, Saturday at 10 a. m, August
16, 1890.
One box coffin lining, marked c. K. Mil
Ter & Co., Lexington, Tex.
Two dozen broomS, marked g.. d., nc
destination. IT.
One-half pail candy, marked lei, Hal
letsville.
One case shoes, marked S. f. & Bro,
Laredo.
Monterey.
Salt Lake City.
Two kegs spikes, marked T. & H., no
destination.
One barrel sand, ETC., marked H., no
destination.
One crate marble, marked E. w., no
destination.
One crate marble, marked H. & B., San
Antonio.
One small box C soap, marked M. c. &
Son., San Antonio. $3.50,
One package mop handles, marked A.
H.. BeeVille.
Two boxes hardware, marked j. N. H.,
Monterey.
One box wood pins, marked Perry
DOWnS hedllGOs.
Seven packages toy express wagons,
marked B. A. B., Rockdale.
One box advertisement matter, marked
A. NJ. Bruni & Bro, Laredo.
One box shoes, marked ). j. Sawalsky,
San Antonio.
One box merchandise, marked j. e..
Ivy, Seguin.
One box essence coffee, marked F.,
Elmendorf.
One box smoking tobacco, marked S. L..
& Bro, San Angelo. =,
One-half barrel machine bolts, marked
S. A. Foundry Co., San Antonio. ,
Eleven boxes canned vegetables, marked
H., San Antonio.
One box glassware, marked F. j. john
son, San Antonio.
One barrel Hardware, marked Mackey
Brick & Tile Co., San Antonio.
. One tent and poles, marked Z. b. Sloan,
San Antonio.
One box lye, marked Fl. II. Carmichael,
Bandera.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
BEN THOMPSON OF TEXAS.
Polite and Courteous, Yet the Slayer of
Forty Odd Men.

BOI1te ana SOuTItOusy leu ~ sidycE VI
Forty Odd Men.
All over Texas Ben Thompson's note was
negotiable paper, M no man who ever pre-
sented him with a bill was treated with any
thing but polite business courtesy.
l was introduced to Thompson at Austin,
Tex, and the meeting was not in a saloon, a
gambling house, not even a hotel. The place
was a quiet, orderly ice cream parlor, and
Ben Thompson and his wife were eating
strawberry cream at a table near by to a CO
terie of high school girls, one of them being a
daughter of Ex-Governor Ireland, of Texas.
Thompson was a small sized man, yet not
slender. He was elegantly, yet not showily
dressed; his clothes indicated a correct taste,
a diamond stud and a thread of gold watch
chain comprising all his personal jewelry. He
was a handsome man of As, with small, black
muStache and hazel eyes.
Yet this man had a record of having killed
thirteen white men and twice that number of
Mexicans and Indians. A few months later
he was himself killed in San Antonio, along
with Kingfisher, in a hand-to-hand conflict
with two other men in the Vaudeville theatre.
He was never known to take an unfair adj
vantage of an enemy, a number of his victims
having had the first shot at him. Once in a
store he ordered a man with whom he was en-
gagged in a lively dispute to go outside and
pass around the block to the right; he would
pass around to the left, and meet him. They
did so, the man blazed away at Thompson
with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, missed,
went into the air at the crack of Ben's re-
~volver, and fell a corpse.
And thus with every case of T%hompson's
numerous killings, the preliminaries were al
ways favored with a dash of dramatic SEN
sationalism.
As Thompson and his wife passed out of the
ice cream bazaar l noticed that she had but
one arm. The other had been shattered by a
Winchester ball in Denver, when she threw
it across Ben's head upon discovering a crouch
ing form drawing a bead on him. At the
time of his death Thompson was city marshal
of Austin.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
The Pound "Sterling."

Do you know why the English people reckon
money by pound e., or pound sterling, y in
stead of dollars as we do! The following
queer extract from Camden points to the
origin of the word Sterling" I'm the time
of his sonne, King Richard, the First, monte
coined in the caste parte of Germanis began
to be of special request in England for the
puritie thereof, and was called Easterling
monte, as all the inhabitants of those parties
were called Easterlings. Shortly after this
some people from that countrie, skilled in
mint matters and alloys, were sent for into
his majestie's realme to bring our coins to
perfection, which, since that time, were called
Of them Stearling or Easterling monte. st.
Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
Death.
Ernest Kuehner
Electric BitterS.

\ This remedy is becoming so well known and
so popular as to need no special mention.
Alwho have used Electric Bitters sing the
same song of praise,-A purer medicine does
not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases
of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove pim-
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con stipation and indigestiongu Electric Bit
ters- Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
your money refunded iPrice 80 and 81 per
bottle at Dreiss Thompson Co. drug. store,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
Distresslne:Case andAHappy Cure

DistressinR:Case nd.AHappy Cure
For over q year 1 have had a break
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/ was recommended to try Clark's
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which I have done. My leg is now
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without any trouble. Signed, A. D.
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Clark's Flax Soap makes the skin
soft and prevents chapping. Skin
Cure $1.00. Soap Is cents. For sale
by F. .Kalteyer & Son. (6(Iy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
The NewsDiscovery.

You have heard your friends and ~neighbors
alking about it. You may yourself be one of
the many know who from personal experience
ust how good a thing it is. If you have ever
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29
rheUniversal verdlcuof:the People

Who have used Clarke's Extract of Flax pa
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Clarke's Flax Soap is good for the Skin,
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-29

THE real estate activity continues
and building is unusually active.
Seven months of 1890 are equivalent
to twelve months of 1883, and the
building permits are multiplied like
delegates instructed for HOgg.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25

Bayou Sara this morning. When he
reached there he sent telegram to New
Orleans, stating that he had heard of no
breaks at the time, but he believed there
are few levees, indeed, which are able to
withstand the terrific storm that visited
the upper river last night. Several dis
patches have passed between General
Comstock and Captain Kingsman, among
them one notifying Kingsman that $780,
600 additional had been allotted by the
Mississippi commission. This allotment
enabled the government engineer to send
boat load Of material to the lower
coast to be used in closing the crevasses
on the east bank of the river between
St. Sophia and Pointe A La Roche.
Superintendent Shellman of the
Shell Beach railroad says there
are to-day eleven breaks from
fifteen to one hundred and fifty feet
wide and from four to eight feet deep
along that beach, and that all can be
closed by prompt action. The crevasse
on Congressman Wilkinson's Myrtle
Grove plantation, thirty-iive miles below
this city on the right bank, is now seven
hundred feet wide and eight feet deep.
The northeast wind which blew very
strong again last night drove in the gulf
water and again overhowed the Louis
vile and Nashville road, this time near
Michoo station, fourteen miles from this
city, and all trains have been abandoned.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
Jimmy Carroll and Billy Smith Fight
a Fourteen Round Battle 1T
Frisco.
The California Athletic Club Agrees
to Put up $40, 1000 for the Sui
liyan-Jackson Fight.
E. 4. Williams Confirmed as Sur
VtyOr-Gtnrral Of North
Dakota.
The Extent of the Rain,

CHURCHES FERRY, N. D., April o.
A heavy rain on the 10Th of about three
hours, very hard rain last night, and
light rain still falling, has put more
smiles on the peoples faces in this vicin-
ity than all the relief goods sent here
this year. Seeding is over half done and
the ground is now in splendid condition.
EVERYBODY JUBILANT.
ABERDEEN, s. D., April 22.-A general
rain this morning. lasting two hours, at
all points south to Mitchell, west to
Eureka and north to Edgerly, is reported.
The east fall was limited. The water stands
in low places, the streets are muddy and
the farmers and business men are jubi-
liant.
RA1NED FOR IL HOURS.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., April 22.-It has
rained continuously for the past twelve
hours. The prospects are for still
further continuance, and everybody is
jubilant.
A SOAKING RAIN AT LAKoTA.
LAKoTA. N. D., April 22.-Another
soaking rain began last night and still
continues. The farmers and citizens are
jubilant, and nothing less than fifty
bushels per acre goes.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
Carroll Knocks out Smith,

SAN Francisco, April 22.-Jimmy Car
roll of Brooklyn and Billy Smith of Aus
tralia fought before the California Ath-
letic club tonight for a purse of $1,000.
Carroll had been the favorite in betting
until to-day, when reports that he had
not been attending strictly to his train
ing and had been indulging in some dis
sipation, caused the odds to shift in favor
of the Australian. Both men were be-
yond the middleweight limit, Carroll be-
ing few pounds the heavier. Hiram
Cook acted as referee. Before the men
appeared in the ring, matter came up
for the consideration of the club which
had excited far more interest here than
the Carroll-Smith fight. President
Fulda presented recommendation
adopted by the board of directors last
night, to the effect that purse of $4,000
be subscribed for contest to finish be-
tween John l.. Sullivan and Peter Jack
son. The club had already agreed to
give these heavyweights a purse of
$4,000, but Sullivan had positively re-
fused to enter contest for that amount.
To raise the amount to $4,000 met with
general favor, and when it was put to
vote before the club it was adopted al
most unanimously. It is understood the
fight will not take place before Septem-
Der. It was after nine o'clock when Car
roll and Smith entered the ring. Car
rolls weight was announced at III
pounds and Smiths as 161. Time was
called at 9:20. First round-Both men
had the reputation of being
rushing fighters ana they COM
menced the contest in that way.
Both men received heavy punishment
during the first six rounds. Their rushes
in the seventh were not so fierce, and
there was little advantage gained by
either. In the eighth there was more
pounding, with points about even, but in
the ninth Smith did most of the leading,
and the blows which he landed on Car
rolls body were terrific. The latter,
however, swung his right on the Austria
lian's jaw several times and the blows
told. There was but little done in the
next. At the opening of the eleventh
Carroll seemed a little stronger. He
attacked Smith fercely and rained a half
dozen right handlers on his neck and
body, but although Smith evidently felt
their effect he rallied toward the close
of the round and gave Carroll several
right and left handlers at the close of the
round which caused the Brooklyn man to
stagger. The twelfth round was the
most decisive up to that time and at the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25

CHICAGO, April 22.-All the bIok-
makers in the northern and northwestern
parts of the city, to the number Of 1900,
went out on strike to-day. The bosses
claim to be well pleased, as there was no
work, owing to the carpenters strike.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
Senate Bills Passed.

WASHINGTON, April 23.--Among the
bills passed in the senate to-day were the
following: The senate bills appropriat-
ing $14j859 to reimburse the state Of
South Dakota for the expenses Of the
constitutional convention in September,
1885; and appropriating 6O76 to the state
OF Washington for like purpose. The
senate bill to amend and further extend
the benefits of an act approved Feb. s.,
1887, entitled ian act to provide for the
allotment of land in severalty to the In
dians on the various reservations and to
extend the protection of the laws Of the
United States over the Indians, and for
other purposes" S53 s53E
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
THr NdRKETS BY rELEGRAPR,
Minneapolis Market.

Minneapolis Market.
MINNEAPoLIs April %.
Receipts of wheat for the day we're 2S5 cars;
shipments, As cars. 1t was a slow day and hard
one to eell wheat on.
Closing, No. hard April and May, $3.50; July,
S7Ac; on track, 871a@e8c. No. 1 northern, April
and May. $3.50; July, 87Ac: on track, s8H@87.
No. Q northern. April and May, s2c; July. sSc;
on track 8l@S4c,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
Base Ball--Tuesday,

New York 13, Philadelphia 8.
Boston 8, Brooklyn 10.
'Pittsburg 3, Chicago 5.
Buffalo 10, Cleveland 6.
New York 8, Philadelphia 7.
Boston II, Brooklyn l.
Cincinnati 3, Chicago 13.
Pittsburg l, Cleveland 9.
Brooklyn 2, Rochester 7.
st. Louis 9, Toledo 6.
Athletics II, Syracuse 6.
Louisville 2, Columbus l.
Milwaukee S, Minneapolis 7.
Kansas City 3, Omaha 5.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
The Portland Carpenters strike.

PORTLAND, Ore, April 22.-The strik-
ing carpenters remain firm in their de-
termination to make the contractors
yield to their demand for eight hours,
The bricklayers and plasterers are also
out, and building in this city is almost
at standstlll. .g,a
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25

close there was loud cheers for Carroll.
Smith grew weaker under the heavy
pounding in this and the following
round and was knocked out in the FOUR
teenth round. Carroll was declared the
winner
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25

The house concurred in the senate
amendment to the Chicago worlds fair
bill and the bill will 60 to the president.
Frank R. HARRISON of Rockford, ILL.,,
was found dead from the effects of bull
let wound. Whether it was murder or
suicide is not known. 81
W.. J. Lord. bookkeeper Of Fesh &
Nook of st. Louis, painters, was dis
charged last month after making up q
deficit of $500. An expert now finds a
shortage of $15,523 and Lord has been
arrested. ~
Chicago city treasurers for the past ten
years will be sued for interest on the
city's money, amounting to from $4,000
to $50,OO annually. The money was de-
posted at interest and the treasnrers
pocketed it. n:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
The Impending Railroad Strike.

PrTsBURG, April 22.-The railroad
situation has never been more gloomy
than tonight. The brotherhood of rail-
road trainmen has taken up the cause of
the switchmen. Other railroaders have
grievances they want adjusted. The
restoration of the reducti n Of 1877 is
demanded. Grand Master Wilkeson
says they can call out 14,0O0 men if
necessary. and as the entire brotherhood
is involved, the strike will extend from
New York on the east to New Orleans on
the west. He says also that the matter
has now passed out Of individual hands
and has gone to the supreme council.
Some of the members Of this council are
now in the city.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
1t is Said the Carpenters Strike
Will Probably Last Couple
of Months.
The Packing House Employees Pre-
parlng to Strike for the Eight.
hour Day.
South Dakota and Washington Con.
Con. Deficiency Bills Pass
the Senate,


CHICAGO, April 23.-The situation
among the strikers in the fifty odd brick
yards on the north side practically re-
mains unchanged. In five yards the bosses
have agreed to comply with the demands
of the men and work was resumed this
morning. The trouble appears to be
centered on the amount of brick which
the bosses required to be made in day.
The men demand that 1000 bricks in
stead of 5000 as formerly be recognized
increase of 50 cents per day in wages
in distinction from machine brick
makers, who are paid on a different
basis. It is said that the conditions are
favorable to the men, the market being
bare of stock of handmade bricks which
are necessary in some classes of build
ings. Bosses who have not given in say
they can not afford to accede to the
strikers demands owing to the competi-
ton of machine brickmakers, and they
threaten to give up hand brick manu-
facture altogether. Policemen are
stationed throughout the district, as the
strikers have threatened violence in case
new men are put in their places
THE PACKING HOUSE EMPLOYEES.
CHICAGO, April 23-"The $4,000 en-
ployes at the stock yards will be greatly
surprised if they do not go out on
strike for eight hours day on May l."
said one of their leaders to-day. 'sThey
havo haoD rraporipr f,r o,,oh , .,,. r.
some time, and while it's true no definite
agreement has been made or date set, it
is universally understood by the men
that they are to 60 out May l. The
butchers are thoroughly organized. and
these two lines Of labor will work together
in enforcing the eight-hour day for pack
ing house employees We know the
struggle will be desperate one and we
will be prepared to fight it to the end.
Coopers and butchers are the highest
paid men in the packing houses. Wages
will cut no figure in their demand, which
will be for eight hours per day solely.
Coopers and butchers hold both ends Of
the line. and when they move or stop
the whole column must keep pace with
them: We have it on good authority
that N. K. Fairbank 4 Co., who employ
HSooo AASd3 WALL SouCCAO clHuU uOuTS
day without contest. So, too, will Fow-
Ter Bros, who have always been in favor
OF short working days."
THE CARPENTERS.
CHICAGO, April 23.-At the headquar-
ters of carpenters to-day it was said that
the strike bids fair to last couple Of
months. Its duration, the strikers think,
will depend upon the length of time
necessary for the new boss carpenters to
grow strong enough to employ seven
eighths of the strikers. The new organiz-
alton secured some additions to-day and
now claim to be able to give work to over
1000 men. The pressure on the carpen-
ters by property owners whose buildings
are unfinished and who are suffering loss
by the delay, may result IN some arrange
ments by which the carpenters council
will undertake to do. the work. It is
said the strike has already ret uted in an
increase of rents in the business districts.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
The Mlssissippi FIooas.

New ORLEANS, April g. Up to 6 p. m.
the news from Pointe Coupee to-day has
been meager. Captain Kingsman was at
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-25
PICKLER ON PENSIONS.
A Good Atte ndance.

GRAND FORKS, N. D., April 23.-
Especial Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Woman's Relief Corps and
the Sons of Veterans, division of North
Dakota, held their first encampment in
this city to-day. Nearly all the posts of
the state are represented, the Relief
Corps has a good attendance and the
Sons OF Veterans are we'll represented.
The severel departments assembled at
the court house at 3p. NJ, where they
we're addressed by Commander Geo. B.
Winship, Mrs. j. Folsom, president of
the W. r. c., and Chas. F. Griffin, of In
dianapolis, Ind, communicating chief of
the Sons of Veterans. This was one of
the most elaborate speeches ever deliv-
cred in the west and was the general
topic of conversation. The city is beau
tifully decorated for the occasion, but
the heavy rains of late have made the
streets SO muddy that the parade will
not take place until tomorrow at 1 p. m.
The Bismarck delegates are working
hard for the next encampment to be held
at that city, but the G. A. r. have decid-
ed to hold their next encampment at
Lisbon and the Sons may decide to CO.
operate. The camp fire tonight was ad-
dressed by Governor Miller, Senator
Winship, Mayor Richardson, Walter
Muir, Col. Bentley of Bismarck, J. M.
Cochrane and Major Davis of Mandan.
The election of officers in the several de-
partments will take place tomorrow.