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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-15

toen took III us uanu inc lentner harness.
to adjust to the head of the condemned.
It was q muzzle of broad leather straps
which vent across the forehead and chm
of the man in the chair. The top
strap pressed down against the nose of
Kemmler until it was futtened down
slightly over his face. Warden Durston
turned to the assembled doctors when he
had finished these things, and said: do
the doctors say it is oil rlght?" At the
warden's question DIR. Fell stepped for
ward with q long syringe in his hand and
quickly wetted the two sponges which
were at the electrodes, one on top of the
head, the other at the base of the spine.
The water which he put on them was :m-
pregnated with salt. DIR. Spitzka answered
the warden's question with a sharp
Gan Right"
which was re.echoed by the others about
him. Ready" said Duration again, and
then good bye He stepped to the door
and throwing it open said to some one in
the next room, but to whom will probably
never be known with certainty. Every
thing is ready" was the almost
immediate response, and as the stop.
watches in the hands Of some of
the witnesses registered G:43A the electric
current was turned on. There was a sudc
den CONFUSION Of the frame in the chair.
A spasm went over it from head to foot,
confined bv straps and spring that held il
firmly so that no limb or other parts Of the
body stirred more than the small fraction
Of an inch from it's resting place. The
twitching that the muscles Of the face I'M
derwent gave it fo1 . moment the expires.
sion Of pain, but
No Cry Escaped From His Lips aud NO
Sound Came Forth,
70 suggest that consciousness lastbd more
J thtu an infinitely small fraction of . sec.
v,Ths body remained u, dis rigid
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
Electric RItterS.

This remedy is becoming SO well known and
80 popular as TO need no special mention
same song of praise,--A purer medicine does
not exist and it is guaranteed TO do all that il
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases
of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove PIN
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caused by impure blOOd.-Will drive malaria
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all malarial fevers For cure of headache
constipation and indigestion gu Electric Bit
ters- Entire satisfaction cecanteed, o
money refunded Price 80 l. and 81 pc
bottle at Dreiss, ThOmpsonCO.' snts drug.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
LATE TELEGRAMS
BOILED DOWN FROM PRIVATE, SPE-
CIAL AND OTHER SOURCES.

GAL AND OTHER SOURCES.
Speaker Reed orders the sale of
| liquors in the house restaurant tenn
porarily discontinued.
PRECEDENT and party have gone to
Cleveland to participate in the Gar
field memorial services.
Baptist Educational society raises
$500, 900 to supplement Rocktelders
$500, 900 for university at Chicago.
The Butchers National protective
association lock horns with the big
| FOUR in their Cincinnati convention.
The Indian Messiah has turned
| out big fraud and the disgusted
Indians are returning from following
him weary, sad and dispirited.
Presbyterian General assembly
closes its sessions to meet in Detroit,
Mich, next May.
House appropriates Sl25, 900 for Ma
tioDal Military Park on Chicamauga
battlefield.
Mr.. Vaux takes his seat as John
Randalls successor and receives an
immense floral tribute.
Murray, tough, of Brilliant, o.,
and Martin a preachers son ana
young husband, get on spree
and Murray pitches Martin into the
river. His body has been found.
London wool market is dull but
prices are thought to have touched
bottom, as the Platte river crop is
short 9S, 100000 pounds.
THE democratic convention of the
state of Alabama is in session at
Montgomery. Feeling is intense be-
tween the KOlb and the anti-KOlb
factions, the former being the Alliance
gang.
Illinois prohib itionists want a L. S,
senator, the Australian ballot, gov
eminent control of railways and tele-
graphs. free coinage of silver, anti
Sunday law and maximum rate of in
terest per cent.
Foraker, OF Ohio, compels the Gin
cinati Times-Star to cut bait instead
of going a-fishing. The Times had
opened on Foraker.
Ann Arbor, Mich, students raise
row al a circus and dozen students
and circus men are in the surgeons
hand and as many more in the lsck-
up.
There were 1898 persons killed and
&c, 800 injured on American railways
in the year ended June 50, 1889. Of
these only 80 were regular passen-
gers.
Blair reports from committee on
education bill for appointment of five
impartial persons t. investigate the
liquor traffic.
The London and Mexico bank is
doing big business. The guaran-
tees of the national bank that was not
established last Saturday, according
to concession, have been seized by the
government.
Senator Sherman reports from COM
mittee on foreign affairs an amend
ment to consular diplomatic appropri-
alton bill, authorizing President by
and with the convent of Senate to
name three commissioners to repre-
sent the United States in the Inter
Continental Railway Commission,
recommended by nsn-American Con-
gress.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

The board of trade of this city
should appoint a committee and en-
trust to them the work of securing a
full exhibit of all the products OF
Bexar county. Little Waxahatchie's
board of trade plaDks down $1,000 to
put Ellis county to the front in the
Dallas fair.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
A Very Large percentage.

most annoying. troublesome and disagreeable
complaint called "Catarrh." 1t is not neces-
sary to be so troubled. 1t is demonstrated
beyond question that Clarke's Extract of
Flax (PapiIlion) Catarrh Cure Immediately re-
loves and permanently cures Catarrh. A
thorough and fair trial will convince you.
Use Clark's Flax Soap tor the Skin. Ca
tarrh Cure 81. Soap Is cents, at Kalteyer 4
Sons drug store. 3l4ly a.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
a Valuable Ramedy.

q, letter from ,. +, WardWei', boston, says
"Catarrh Cure in June last for Hay Fever
with great satisfaction, and find it the only
thing have seen which would allay, with.
tout Irritation, the inflammation of the nos
"trils and throat. Its soothing and healing
properties were marked and Immediate
Large bottle Sl.OO. CIark's Flax Soap is the
latest and best. Try it. % cents. Ask for
them at F. KALTEYERS Drug store. 2-l1-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

HINTON ROWAN ELPER, author
Of the once famous, now almost forgot
ten work "The Impending Conflict :,
claims to be the author or originator
of the scheme for a three American
railway and says that he promulgated
the idea as early as 1866. 1t matters
not who originated it, the consumma.
ton is the thing so devoutly to be
wished.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

IT is stated that the Houston people
are going to enjoy the luxury of frogs
at the railway street crossings, but
it is not stated that the Bayou will
upply the frogs, or that the streets
will be lit by the fre-tiies which
illuminate the darkness.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
TO CORRESPONDENTS

AL communications for this paper should be
aeon! ,anied by the name OF the author. not
secessartly for publication, but as evidence OF
good faith on the part of the writer. Write only
on one side Of the paper. In plain hand An
eaJmous communications VIII not be noticed
Tue LIGHT will not be responsible for the state
nsnt ofits correspondence
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

WHEN San Antonio pays her fail
president 5000 year as does Dallas
and, cones up to the scratch with an
annual bonus of $5O,O0O as does Dal-
las; and, takes twelve months for
preparation, as does Dallas, she can
beat any town between the aurora
borealis and sundown getting up a
fair. At present, however, she is a
little in the rear of the procession.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

MANCHESTER, England, alike the
shrine and hot bed of free trade has
learned that the original heresy of the
Manchester project" is destructive,
and the Courier of that city says:
Free-Trade destroys employment
and lowers wages, and our working
people are finding it out. The Free
Trade science was mere conjecture
for years after its adoption; but much
is known now, after bitter disappoint-
ment. The return to Protection is
certain, directly the people fully see
they have been deluded.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
THE ACME soYs WAIST.

A. Kahn has just received a new lot of
Boys Waists OF the above make; the
standard price for that brand is - cents.
We have contracted for large quantity
enabling MS to sell them at - cents each.
We have them in all cOlOrs and all sizes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

THE Mckinley bill is very unpopu-
lar in England, and in France, and in
Germany, three very excellent reas-
ons why 1t should be popular in
America.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

LOUISIANA Is not pleased with
Baton Rouge as capital and would be
every way benefited by returning to
New Orleans. but the way of remov-
al is not open at present.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

THE New Orleans Item regards the
Auti-lottery league as a something
dead but unconscious that 1t Is de-
funct.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

JUST four months until the gates
swing open for the International ex-
hibit of 1890 in the old Alamo city.
Let the southwest hump herself, and
make up tor loss of time by increased
speed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
TO OUR EASTERN ADVERTISERS

All advertising for the Daily and Week
" LIGHT, must come to us through our
special agents. MeSSrS. Palmer & Rey, %?
70 235 Temple Court, New York
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

LEGAL advertisements Sl,Wn per inch first in
sertion 20 cents per inch each subsequent in-
sertiOn. Trustees sales 81 90 per inch first in
sertiOn, p cents euch insertion afterwards.
Reading matter editorial page, Is cents per
Inc each insertion. Local columns 20 cents first
Insertion; 10 cents 6rst week, 5 cents after frs:
week. Special rates on 50 and 100 lines running
or month
Home advertisements payable on the drst OF
eaon month Transient Advertising payable In
advance Only metal cuts printed.
Special rates given on larger space and long
nm s Vert I"mauts Dtsc0unt given for cash
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

THE Houston Post takes no stock in
the predictions Of the st. Louis Re-
public for 1892. The Post is of opinion
that the Republic is not enough of a
prophet to speak with authority or
even with approximate correctness of
the situation, so far in advance.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

THAT suit against Galveston for
$4,000 for damage from obstructed
sidewalks, is a reminder that cities
have some duties and obligations to
the citizens who pay taxes, no matter
how much such obligations are dis
regarded. The man who is thrown
oft of the use of a sidewalk by the
city's incompetency in street improve
ment might very justly ask for legal
redress against such Inconvenience to
himself and family and such damage
to his property, even if the latter be
but temporary. Obstructed streets
and sidewalks for any considerable
period are not necessity, but the re-
suit of incompetence or carelessness,
or both.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
ROBERT {. LEES UNIoNisM.

HSoGFNl Ice - OlNiONtS"l'
While the Nation is honoring her
dead son at Richmond and unwilling
the statue to his memory, the follow
ing letter by him to his son, January
%, 1861, will show what this right
hand of the Confederacy thought OF
the secession movement and the Union
50 wisely established by Washington,
Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and
other patriots of the Revolution:
LAS an American citizen, | take
great pride in my country, her pros
perity and institutions, and would de-
fend my State if her rights were in
vaded. But can anticipate no great
er calamity for the country than a
dissolution of the Union. 1t would
be an accumulation of all the
evils we complain of, and | am
willing to sacrifice everything
but honor for its preservation
Secession is nothing but revolution.
The trainers of our constitution never
exhausted so much labor, wisdom and
forbearance, and surrounded it with
so many guards and securities, if it
was intended to be broken by every
member of the confederaCy at will.
1t was intended for perpetual union,
so expressed in the preamble, and for
the establishment of a government,
not a compact, which can only he dis
solved by revolution, or the consent
of all the people in convention as
sembled. 1t is idle to talk of secession.
Anarchy would have been established
and not government, by Wash
ington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison
and the other patriots of the revOlu-
ton. Still, union that can only be
maintained by swords and bayonets,
and in which strife and civil war are
to take the place of hrOtherly love and
kindness, has no charm for me. L
shall mourn for my country and ter
the welfare and progress of mankind
If the union is dissolved and the gov
eminent disrupted, | shall re arm to
my native state and share the mlser-
les of my people, and, save in its de-
tense, will draw my sword on none"
This letter OF general Lee. written
to the son of his own loins, before the
hot blood OF the pro-slavists had
plunged the nation into war, and
while as yet ne was alOOt from any
active participation in the bloody
strife which laid so many heroes low
in death, this letter will stand last
ing monument of his devotion to the
union and his depreciation of that un-
warranted attempt to destroy the ma
ton, cemented by such precious blood
as was shed at Bunker Hill and Con-
cord and Brandywine and Yorktown
and Valley Forge, and IN every con-
hict of that protracted struggle for
independence. In this letter General
Lee speaks out his own heart, and
this unwilling of his own spirit will
forever stand living witness against
the confederate chief, who after twen-
ty-five years reflection gloried in the
act Of secession and abated not one
iota OF his inssnsate hatred to the
Union. Not Union soldier who ever
wore the blue but delights to do glo-
rious Robt E. Lee homage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1890.

IgIIS is the day the Nation conse-
crates to the memory of her loyal
dead. Requiescat in pace.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

THE New York Sun protests against
a cable road in that city, and justly.
The rapid transit needs Of that town
will never be supplied until there Is
an underground railway from the
Battery to Harlem.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

BEFORE concluding not to answer
any of the questions proposed by the
Census Bureau, would it not be well
t. ascertain how strong a cinch the
Government has on that 500 fine, i'm.
posed as penalty for such refusals
The questions may be inquisitoriaI
but is the inquisitiOn not armed with
power to enforce its DEGREES? This is
the vital point.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

Announcements TOR state snt County officers
Ten Dollars N ADVANCE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

Lumber, shingles, sash, doors,
Finds, mouIdings, ETC., at lowest
pI ices. J. E. Martin. Telephone 291
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

rw-Au contracts or bills must be approved by
&c Secretary and NaA.-;eT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30

Go to Mrs. Wilson's 227 "A amo
plaza, and buy your millinery at less
than One-half cost, as | have large
stock Of goods and do not wish to
carry over on account of prices. Call
early and secure your choice for ten
DAYS only. -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-23
10 AT THE SHOW.

He Thought 1t Was Real Shoot, and Got
Under Cover.
"You see it happened like this" said an
old timer. ut was in '66. My old friend
Bill Hamilton, of Saltwater, sometimes
called Wildcat Bill, was a United States
Deputy Marshal and Sheriff of Choteau
county. There had been some Illegal
whiskey selling going on around the
Blackfoot country, and finally Bill got
after the guilty parties.
"a young Indian named Two Wolves
got mixed up in the affair and Bill a..
rested him as q witness and brought him
to Helena. Howey was marshal here at
that time and | was a deputy.
when Bill arrived in town with his
Indian he called on Howey and me to help
AXE care of him. Well, on the night of
the day that Bill and his prisoner arrived
there was some sort OF a show going on in
the old hall up on Bridge street. We all
wanted to go, but we didn't know what
to do with the Indian. Finally Bill
said:-sWe will take him along with u.s.
which we agreed to do.
Neither Bill nor the Indian had ever
seen a show before. Well, we went up to
the hail and got seats in the gallery, the
Indian being seated between Bill and me.
/ forgot what the play was, but it was
one of the old fashioned kind, where the
whole company was killed. off before the
show was over.
I'VE got interested in the performance
and forgot all about the Indian. He kept
quiet until the killing began. When the
ACTORS began firing pistols and showing
knives the Indian got nervous. and finally,
when the people on the stage began fall
ing thick and fast, he could stand the
show no longer.
Suddenly he made a jump from the
seat, and before Bill and I could stop
him that Indian had jumped clean through
a window nea by and out on a sort of
platform. He got down to the ground,
stole a horse somewhere, and rode TWEEN
ty-five miles bareback down the valley.
There he stole a saddle and went home
again to his friends in the tribe.
Bill never caught him, but he heard
afterward that the Indian said the reason
he left was because he was afraid of being
killed. He said the white folks in Helena
were killing each other on a platform in
one end of the room, and the rest of the
people were sitting around laughing at
the business. "-Helend Independent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-23
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.

The Cumberland Nail and Iron Company,s
Works at Bridgeton started up In full last
Monday.
Ten thousand land locked salmon trout fry
have been deposited in Echo Lake, near Branch
vile, between Westyille and Springfield, Union
United States Fish Hatchery at Cold Spring
Harbor, Long Island. They are about one inch
Ia length. Returns" may be expected in about
four years.
A twenty-foot spar buoy, painted red and
white, was washed ashore at Cape May Tuesday
morning opposite the Mineral Springs Hotel.
The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
Prof. William Fewsmith, of Camden. to be
Government Actuary at a salary of 1880 per
ahnuin, vice Mr.. Joseph S. Mccoy, transferred.
The State weather report for April shows a
A noticeable feature was the almost total alb
sence of rain from the 9th to to the Esd, in
elusive; ice formed on four days, injuring the
arst crop.
Mr. P. v. Spader, of New Brunswick, has been
compelled, owing to failing sight, to discontinue
his meteorological labors, which he has perform
I'd for the past thirty years. Mr.. Spader's
above time is valuable, and viii shortly be pub
lished in pamphlet form. He has presented to
Mr.. G. " Meyers his instruments.
The having in charge the Springs
leld battle celebration on June % have abou
inished their arrangements for the celebration.
Ehere. will be public exercises. consisting Of
speaking, singing, recitations and other exer-
Uses appropriate to the occasion in the historic
s'aurch at Springfield. The Rev. W. S. Grove
MIL be the orator of the day, and the Rev. FL.
Goodwin Smith, OF Freehol1, and the Rey. VIC.
5tinson, OF Dunellan, will speak at the dinner.
The Union County Country Club, which was
Incorporated at Elizabeth last week, will erect .
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-23

handsome casino upon. q plot of ground just
purchased at Seventh street and PARK avenue,
Piainheld. The structure VIII, cost %SV,VVys OK.
elusive Of the price of the land, for which 5000
was paid.
A needle that for four years had troubled
Joseph K~lostermann, of Gloucester, appeared ia
a little sore in his arm Monday and was promptly
pnlled out. That arm had given him pain and
worry mysteriously all this time.
The Committe on Appropriations of the Cam
den Board of Freenolders on Tuesday agreed TO
appropriations OF Sl74. S9o to the
Board. East years total was S170,55O.
The application of Martin Madden for a hotel
licence at Fairton was refused in the Gambler
land county courts at Bridgeton Tuesday. Mad
den has kept a hotel for twenty-five years.
large party, mostly from Princeton Univer-
sity, viii start in September for a years trip to
explore the remains OF the cliff jewellers.
Prof. Libbey, of Princeton University, will lead
the expedition.
Last Wednesday night a thunderbolt knocked
over the steeple of the Baptist Church of
Middletown, in which the Rev. e. Everett Jones
breaches. The wreck fell upon and ruined the
monument erected in 1888 to the Rev. Abel Nor
gan, the pastor of the church when it was
founded zoo years ago.
Assistant Postmaster Edward NJ. speer, of
Newark, a Democrat. has been notified by Post
master Conklin that his resignation, dated June
/, will be accepted
Fifteen plumbers left the employ of A. M.
Griffen, a PIainfield contractor, Tuesday, be-
cause he would not pay them $3.50 per day of
nine hours. an advance of fifty cents. The strik-
ing plumbers will unite in the opening of a CO.
operative store.
Mayor De Boce, of Bridgeton, denies the story
that the trade of the town has been injured by
prohibition.
A belt horse railroad is proposed to run along
the water front at Camden.
The inaugural trip of the new steamer Lake
Hopatcong will be made on Saturday.
Madison, on June 10, will vote on a proposition
to spend $4,000 for light and water.
Sheriff Shaw. of Cumberland county refuses
to feed prisoners at the reduced rate of thirty
cents per day. ordered at the last meeting of the
Board of Freeholders.
A worn SIS bill fell into the hands of Miss Vir-
ginia Moloney, of Woodbury., recently. On hel
back was written:-''The last of 500, 900 spent
for rum. Fl. S. Franks, Rochester, N. T., April
2, 1890"
Fully 5000 people roamed over Gloucester
were open, things were very quiet and the po-
licemen kept excellent order.