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LAREDO NEWS.
Nominated-Two Rounds-New Uni
form-For San Antonio-SchoOl
Open-Town Dots-Personal
LAREDO Santam her ! lSan


form-For San Antonio-School
~Open-TOwn Dots-Personal
LAREDO, Septem Der l, 1890.
To the LIGHT.
AS intimated In our letter from here
of the Goth, Hon. Albert Urbahh, of
Laredo, and Capt. ]. J. Dix, of Duval
county, were nominated by the DEM
ocrats of the S3rd representative dis
trict, which met here Saturday last.
The wrestling match which came
off Saturday night at Market hall
between Sergeant Louis Lee, of the
U. s. A., and Chas. Rogers, of this
city, for $50 a side and gate receipts,
was won by the Sergeant In two
straight rounds. The first round
occupied fifty-nine seconds, and the
second two minutes and forty seconds.
The city police received their
new uniforms last week, and
wore them for the first time Sunday
morning. The boys all looked hand
some in their new uniforms and the
chief, Capt. Eugene Yglesias, who re-
turned from san Antonio Saturday
evening, is proud to have the honor
of commanding such a body OF men,
and they of him, and have money to
bet that he is the handsomest chief of
police in the United States.
The number of delegates that will
leave for San Antonio in the morning
will not be as large as previously ex-
pected. Pressing business keeps q
good many of them from going.
Saturday evening Colonel G. G..
Brewster received the credentials as
a delegate from Zapata county, but Oh
account of sickness in his family, he
will not be able to go before Wednes-
day morning.
Twelve of the city schools opened
this morning with a full attendance.
Professor j. F. Gillon, of the boys
high-school, had twenty six pupils,
and Professor F. A. Parker opened
school with twenty-five pupils.
There are thirteen schools in the
city. They employ nine female teach
ers and four male.
Prof. James Murphy, architect, left
Sunday morning for San Antonio, to
spend the Sabbath with his family.
Capt. VIM. Devine who spent the
week here, took q run up to the Ala
mo city to spend Sunday with his
family.
Messrs. Pierce and Cate took a bust
ness trip to Monterey Saturday and
returned Sunday evening.
Col. Chas. Edmunds, Of San Anto-
MO, came in last night and is a guest
at the Hotel Hamilton.
Col. H. B. Butcher and sons, of
Candida, Mexico, came in last evening
and have rooms at the Wilson hotel.
Mrs. G. X. GRAMS, who has been
keeping the Grants house here for
one year, will move to San Antonio
this week and make that city her
future home.
The river commenced to rise at this
place today. There must have been
heavy rains higher up.
The Corpus Christi train which
was due here at 7:30 Saturday even-
ing, did not arrive until 7:30 Sunday
morning. Leaking boiler the cause
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Capt. Jessie
St. Paul Globe.

st. Paul Globe.
Miss Jessie Langford is the only
licensed lady pilot on the northern
lakes. She lived at Duluth and
owns a small yatch. She stood a
special examination before the Dull
nth Board, and vas yesterday
given a daylight license IS speciaI
pilot to navigate the lake. Capt,
Monshsn said that she can box the
compass readily, and stood the rigid
examination better than any special
pilot he has examined in years.
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Want Pay According to Service.

DENVER, 3.-The annual
convention of the Railway Mail Ser
vice Mutual Benefit association open
ed yesterday and considered the
question Of salaries of postal clerks,
which will be agitated properly.
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New Styles.

Joske Bros. have just opened an ele-
CANT line of flannel shirts for fall
wear, 81. so to $500. All sizes, from
the smallest to extra size, in every
grade. G:3:3t
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Today's Weather Report.

U. S. Signal Service headquarters Sep
TENDER 3, 2 p. m
Highest temperature. 81
Lowest temperature. ............... rs
Mean temperature. .S3
City Drug Store, September 2, : p. M,
"a; 10 p. m. so. September 3, Z a. m, II;
2 p. M, SO.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-03

The friends of Mr.. Chas. Smith
gave him a very pleasant surprise Sat
urday night, at his fathers residence,
the occasion being the young mans
SOth anniversary. A pleasant time
was had by the young folks.
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Answer TnIs Ouasron.

No. 2. Why do so manv people we see around
US seem to prefer TO suffer and be made mis-
cradle by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness,
Loss of appetite. Coming Up of the Food. yell
low Skin, when for 70 cents we will send them
Shilo's System VitaliZer, guaranteed TO cure
them. Sold by Kalteyer & Son 09 lS "
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Arrested tho Mayor
HAS THE GOVERNORS O.. X.

The Manufacture of Irvine at saltwater
Prison Sanctioned by Governor Mer-
RAM.
ST. PAUL, June Ex-Governor Mer-
riam has given his sanction to the re-
port Of the committee recently appointed
to consider the feasibility of introducing
the manufacture of binding Irvine into
the state prison. His letter is in the
form of a communication to the man.
ayers of the penitentiary. He Endorses
the scheme to place in the Saltwater
penitentiary a couple of sets of machin-
cry to make an actual test of the FEAST
bility of manufacturing the Irvine at
that point. In closing the governor
says:
l most earnestly recommend to your
board that as soon as practicable, and
by means the most direct, steps be taken
to put in place and operation one or two
sets of machinery, as in your judgment
may seem best, at the prison at Still
water. for the manufacture of binding
Irvine, the funds to defray the cost Of
which have by legislative enactment
been placed at your disposal. / am sure
that no effort will be spared by your
board to make this experiment a success,
for, if it should prove SO, our people
would be greatly benefited.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
A PROHIBITION PLANK.
II Is Inserted I'm the Platform
Adopted by the Iowa Re pub.
lican Convention.
The Opinion of the Convention
Upon Other Matters of Inter.
est-The Ticket.
J. P. Pinkham Nominated for Cover
nor by Minnesota Prohibitionists-
Pennsylvania Republicans.

Sioux CRY, Iowa, June 26.-The
Republican state convention was called
to order at II a. IN. and temporary Or
ganization perfected. The address of
Temporary Chairman Weaver was I'M
usually long and cautious, but those
portions %criticising the Democrats on
state and national politics were we'll re-
ccived. The notable thing in its recep-
ton was the
Or,ission to Applaud Harrison's Name.
The convention cheered Blaine's name
to the echo. Speaker Reed was alluded
to as GLORIOUS Tom Reed" and the ref
erenc was loudly applauded. There
were several sharp contests during the
discussion over the appointment of MEM
bers of the committee on resolutions,
but in most cases Prohibitionists won.
The Ticket Nominated.
The following are the nominations:
For Secretary of State-W. NJ. Nc
Farland, of Emmett county. .
For AUDITOR. A. Lyons.
For TreaSurer-Gen, Byron A, Bea-
SOn.
For Judge of Supreme Court. B.
Rothrock.
For Supreme Court Clerk-G. B.
Pray, present incumbent.
For Court Reporter-W. B. Raymond.
For Attorney General. Y. Stone.
For Railroad Commissioner-Capt. j.
w. Luke, Of Franklin county.
During the nominations the report Of
the committee on resolutions was re-
ceived and. contrary to expectation, was
unanimously adopted.
Tho Resolutions.
The platform reafirms devotion to the
principles of the national Republican
party and make no other test Of fealty
to the Republican party of Iowa, thus
throwing the party cloak over the anti
Prohibitionists; the administration of
Harrison is endorsed; declares for the
American principles of protection: in
favor of such and expansion of currency
as will meet the needs of growing popu-
lation; favors legislation to utilize as
money the entire silver product of the
country; desire justice for all classes,
especially farmers; congratulates the
people of the state on the success of our
laws, and opposes efforts to nullify the
interstate commerce law; sympathy de-
clared for the people of the South OPP
pressed by monopolies fostered by Dem
ocratic state governments; affirms pen
sion legislation; expresses adherence
for trusts: declares against any compro-
mise with the saloon, and favors legisla-
ton by congress to protect the state in
its efforts to prohibit public bars.
After adopting the plan of organiza-
ton submitted by the central committee
the convention adjourned.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
SOME CENSUS FIGURES.
Approximate Results of Enum.
Grafton in Prominent Cities
Made Public.
The Universal Complaint Made
That the Work Has Been
Poorly Done.
Nearly Every City Falls Below Its
Own Estimate Of Popu-
lation.

NEW YORK, June Misrepresentation
figures regarding the population Of the
various prominent cities have been re-
ceived from census enumerators. Super
visor Murray announces the population
of this city, at a rough estimate, at
1,627,227.
Superintendent of Census Gilbert, in
an interview, states that the returns
already in show that the population of
Chicago exceeds 1000, O00. How much
beyond the million point the total will
go Nh. Gilbert would not venture to say.
An unofficial statement of the ensus
enumeration places the population Of
Philadelphia at 1.040. 449.
The New Orleans census enumerators
have completed less than half the dis
tricts. The population is estimated at
246, 900.
Superintendent Conger says that Indi-
annapolis will probably show IL popula-
ton of 81 5000.
The census just finished makes the
population of Columbus, Ohio, 113, 7922, a
gain of 6 1 LAS in ten years.
The Cleveland census is completed and
from the returns the population is esti-
mated at 5000.
1t is claimed that 81, 200 people We're
omitted from the census enumeration i'll
Detroit. The population is estimated at
1877, 900.
Milwaukee's population is estimated
from incomplete returns at 235 200.
The population of Baltimore, Nd, is
made by the census over SOC, 600.
The census gives Pittsburg's popula-
ton approximately at 100000.
Washington's population is estimated
at 100000.
Iowa Cities.
Unofficial reports give Des Moincs a
population of $4,000: Dubuque. 40. 900:
Sioux City, $4,000; Cedar Rapids, 49,
600: Davenport and Burlington, 80, 900
each, and Marshalltown, $1,000.
West Superior Has IL,
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, June 2G.-Dili-
gent inquiry in reference to the total
population of this city, and the ratio Of
males and'females develops the fact that
the male population is double that of
the female. The approximate popula-
ton, as shown by the census is 10000.
Kansas City May Reach :oo 1000.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, June 2G.-From
the returns of all but four census EMIL
merators it is estimated that the popula-
ton of this city is between 1910, 900 and
zoo, 200.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
CONGRESSIONAL.

ment to judicial appropriation bill
agreed to increasing salaries of commits
sioner and assistant commissioner of
land Office, and bill passed. House: Day
spent in wrangling owe the parliament
airy whereabouts Of the silver bill.
Saturday, June 21-Senate: House
bill providing that all funds or property
lately belonging to the Mormon church
shall be devoted to the use of common
schools in Utah passed; consideration
of bill to establish an educational fund
from proceeds Of sales of public lands
begun. House: Speaker Reeds refer
ence of silver bill to committee on coin
age sustained by a vote of IA to III.
Monday, June Classmates: Resolu-
ton agreed to instructing the committee
on privileges and elections to inquire as
to the date when, under the laws and
%precedents, the salaries Of the senator's
from Montana, Washington, North and
South Dakota began; agricultural col
lege bill passed; conference report on
dependent pension bill agreed to; con-
ference ordered on Notifications bill.
House: House insisted on its disagree
ment to senate amendments to the pen
sion appropriation bill.
Tuesday, June 24.-senate: Confer
ence report IN the p%ostoffice appropria-
ton bill passed; conference report on
the pension appropriation bill passed.
House: Silver bill reported from COM
mittee with recommendations to non
oncur in most of the senate amend
ments; resolution adopted to consider
the bill till 2 p. M. Wednesday when the
final vote was to be taken; consideration
begun.
Wednesday. June 25.-Senate: House
bill for public building at Springfield,
Mo-. and house bill authorizing erection
of a hotel for colored people at Fortress
Monroe passed; bill for admission of
Wyoming under consideration. House:
Conference report IN naval appropria-
ton bill adopted; senate amendments to
the silver bill defeated, ayes 1875, nays
1852; conference report on diplomatic
appropriation bill agreed to.
J. L. Soules, of North Muskegon,
Mich, and Samuel Smith, of Lewiston,
N. Y, have made all necessary arrange.
ments to swim the Niagara whirlpool
rapids on July 4. Both will be attired
in bathing suits and vests made of cork
They will start between 2 and 4 p. IN.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, has
been used by mothers for children
teething for over fifty years with Der.
feet uccess 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once, produces natural,
quiet sleep by freeing the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes as
ssbright as a butten." 1t is very
pleasant to taste, soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels and is the
best known remedy for diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or
other causes. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. apr. l2.1y.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
MINNESOTA PRoHleITIoNIsTs.
The Ticket Placed in Nomination by the
Cnnxnnfion of ST paul

TIL Ticket Placed in Nomination by the
Convention at st. Paul.
ST.PAUL, June 26-J. P. Pinkham
was nominated for governor by the pro-
hibition convention on the first formal
ballot, Vote, Pinkham, 1856; Barrett,
50: Earle l.
Lieutenant Governor-J. o. Barrett,
Traverse county.
Secretary of States. H. Hillidow,
Kandiyohi county.
State Treasurer-N. R. Frost, Ram
sey.
State Auditor-Ole Kron, Douglas
county.
Attorney General-Robert Taylor,
Dodge county.
Clerk of Supreme Court-W. E. Dean,
Lincoln county.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS

GENERAL SOUTH DAkOlA NEWS
A stucco mill has been added to the
industries of Hot Springs.
A daily mail service will begin be-
tween Deadwood and Spearfish July 1.
Sioux Falls has a population of be-
tween 1900 and $4,000 if the Argus
Leaders figures are correct.
Yankton people petitioned Represent
tatives Picker and Clifford to favor the
Huron iremen were banquetted on
their return from the tournament at
Pierre, to celebrate the victories gained.
The annual meeting of the Free Bap-
fist ministers conference for Minnesota
and the Dakotas opened at Sioux Falls
Thursday.
Aberdeen is agitating the question of
building a mammoth wheat palace, to
lay over the corn palaces, ice palaces,
coal palaces, and in fact all kinds of
palaces.
A giant buffalo was killed in Meade
county about twenty miles from Sturgis
one day last week. The animal was the
first killed in the Hills country for a
number of years.
The grand lodge, 1. o. g. T., adj
jourped Thursday night. John T. Kean,
of Woonsocket, vas elected chief temp
lar. Madison was selected as the place
for the next meeting.
The South Dakota grand lodge of
Knights of Pythias, adjourned Thurs
day, to meet in Madison next year. Ar
thur G. Phillips, of Sioux Falls, was
elected grand commander.
Senator Pettigrew says that he be-
lieyes that Governor Mellette will be
renominated for governor, and that the
legislature to be elected this fall will
return Mr.. Moody to the senate.
A large barn near Huron, S. D., con
tanning six horses, belonging to Il farmer
named Fred Sherman, was struck by
lightning and consumed. Two of the
horses were killed and four escaped.
The catalogue of Yankton college shows
that there were registered 179 students,
100 of which, representing az counties,
are from South Dakota, and the rest
from several different states,
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
English Get Dime Museums.

OMAHA, Neb., June 26.-The English
syndicate which was heralded as after
the dime museums of the United States,
has secured control of the houses in
Sackett & Lawter's circuit at Omaha,
st. Joe, Mo, and Lincoln, Neb. The
price paid is said to be $4,000, Messrs.
Sackett & Lawter retaining one-ffth in
tereSt in tha ,n,,caune
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
"A IN ITS PATH.
Illinois Visited by a Terrible Cyclone and
Many Lives Lost.

Illinois Visited by q Terrible Cyclone and
Many Lives Lost.
EARLv1LLE, Ills, June 21.-A terrible
cyclone and cloud-burst occurred about
five miles north of this city shortly after
4 O'Clock p. M, which resulted in
Terrible Loss of Life
and property, no less than fifteen people
being killed and a number of houses and
barns entirely demolished. The storm
came from the southwest and swept
down on Fields school house, a new
building standing at the four corners,
and tore it to pieces. At the time there
were but eight persons in the school
room and
All Were Instantly Killed.
Their bodies were carried some distance
and fearfully bruised and crushed. The
names of those who persisted in the
school house so far as known are Miss
Maggie Mcbride, the teacher; Edna
Hunt. Jennie Radley, Minnie Berry,
Ada Rudolph. Lena Prentice, Carrie
White, Peter Reams.
An old peddler was driving by the
school house when the cyclone struck it
and he too was caught up, carried some
distance and
Flung Lifelcss Into a Hedge.
His team also was carried away. The
house of Newton Wood was next struck
and not IL vestige of it remains. The
family sought refuge in the cellar and
escaped. From the school house the
storm continued to the north
east through Paw Paw grove and
carried with it everything movable.
Here the loss of life is reported to be
greater
Seventeen Persons Killed
and many injured. Twenty houses were
torn to pieces and the eastern part of
town entirely wiped out. Some of the
victims We're carried hundreds of yards
and mangled almost beyond recognition.
The force of the cyclone was terrific.
Nothing remains i'll its path but the bare
earth. huge trees being torn out and car
fied away. The width of the storm was
about eighty rods, and it progressed for
ward at the rate of
Eighty Miles an Hour.
The work of rescue began Immediately,
but the hour of writing but little can be
learned in regard to the names of the
killed and injured.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Seventeen Persons Killed
P%LEAsANToN IN RUINS.

A Nebraska Village Demolished by a
Cyclone--One Hundred and Fifty Pco-
pie Homeless.
OMAHA, Neb., juno PA cyclone
struck the village of Pleasanton and
destroyed every building in the place,
rendering about $50 people homeless. a
lady, the proprietor of the onl~ hotel in
the place, was seriously hurt. T. E..
Howeneabber, Il druggist of Noertrand,
was struck on the head with a piece of
flying timber, and is in a very critical
condition
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Davenport Denies.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 24.-Supervisor
Davenport denies the truth Of the story
telegraphed from Washington that three
enumerators had confessed to fraud,
and had had their commissions revoked.
The story could not be confirmed during
the day. All of the regularly appointed
enumerators were at work most of the
day in revising their blanks and pre-
pairing them to be officially turned in.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Holden Gets a Respite.

ST. PAUL, June 25.-Judge Nelson, of
the United States court, has granted a
stay which will prevent the execution of
Clifton Holden at Redwood Falls until
United States Justice Miller has had an
opportunity to pass on the legal merits
OF the point that John Day Smiths law
being expost facto is unconstitutional
as applied to Holden. The hearing will
take place July 2. Holden was to have
been hanged Friday, June 81.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
ENuMERAToR's CONFESS.

Three of the minneapolis Census Takers
Acknowledge They Did Crooked
Work.
ST. PAUL, June pa Washington
special to the Pioneer Press says: Super
intendent Porter on Saturday night re-
yoked the commissions of three Mime
apolis census enumerators who confessed
to Agent Boudinot that they had pad
ded their returns by incorporating in
the official schedules without verifica-
ton the names handedin by the citizens
committee. The confessions are re-
garded by the census bureau as sufficient
to cloud the entire work in that city.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Declare a Third Party Necessar,

PORTLAND, Me-, June 27.-The resolu-
lions adopted by the state Prohibition
convention demand state and national
prohibition and declare the third party
necessary to secure it; that the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties each con-
tain a liquor element sufficient to pre-
vent any thorough enforcement of pro-
hibitory laws by these parties, and their
declarations on the SUBJ ect are therefore
,po.Dipp1occ
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Indians Predict a BIG Flood.

CHAMBERLA1N, S. D., June 26.-Super-
stltlous Indians at Lower Brule agency
fully believe that there will be a big
flood next month, as predicted by Mon,
tana Indians. The Lower BrnIes saw
they are building their houses on high
ground. They also predict that the
white mems teepees in Chamberlain and
along the Missouri river will be swept
out Of existence.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
THOSE CENSUS FRAUDS.

The Seven Minneapolis Enumcrators
Bound Over for Examination Aug. go.
ST. PAUL, June 21.-The preliminary
examination of the seven enumerators
arrested for census frauds at Minneapo-
lis, occurred before Judge McCafferty in
this city. A change of venue was de-
MED and the date Of the formal examine
alton set for Aug. 90.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
I'orter,s Statement.

On Saturday Special Agent Boudinot
telegraphcd the census bureau that three
supervisors, whose names he did not
give, had confessed to him that they had
incorporated in their official schedules
without v%erifcation names furnished
them by the citizens committee and
that by instruction Of the supervisor
they were then verifying the same.
They pleaded ignorance of the law. The
message was reported to me, ms l was
out of the city at the time. l replied
that the enumerators should not be al
lowed to make the Notifications, but
that their commissions should be re-
voked and the notifications be made by
other men under the supervision of MI.
Davenport and MI. Boudinot.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Supreme A. o. wv. Ofnccr,.

Boston, June25.-The supreme grand
lodge Ancient Order United Work
men has elected these officers for the
coming year: S. NJ. W., W. Warne
Wilson, Detroit; S. F., j. w. Kingsley.
Helena, Mont; S. O., j. Edward Burt
Boston; S. R. D., M. w. Sackett. Mead
vile. Pa: S. R., John j. Acker, Albany,
N. Y; S. g., L. P. Young, Jr.. Lexing-
ton, KY; S. W., William NJ. Butts,
BALTIMORE; S. NJ. E., Hugh Doherty,
Boston; S. L., L. w. Troy, Chicago: s.
~, Warren ,Totten. Woodstock, Ont;
s. L. D., S. T. Tate, Grand Island. Neb.'
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Kansas prohibitory Law Void.

TOPEKA, Kan, June 26.-United
States District Attorney J. w. Addy
has written an opinion of the validity of
the Kansas prohibitory law which has
cast a gloom over the Prohibitionists.
He declares that the law is absolutely
null and void, made so by the recent de-
cision of the supreme court.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
IMAGINARY

Special Agent Boudinot Said to Have
Vacant Lots.
ST. PAUL, June ga Pioneer Press
Washington special says that Special
Agent Boudinoth has found twenty names
on the Minneapolis census rolls whose
accredited residences are located on va
cant lots. Regarding the denial of Su-
pervisor Davenport that any enumera-
tors had been suspended Superintendent
Porter dictated the following state
mpnt.
The Dickinson press., 1890-06-28
Salvator Won Again.

NEW YORK, June 26.-The great
match between Salvador and Tenny was
run on Sheepshead Bay track and was
won by Salvador by about half a head.
The a C was q mile and a quarter and
the time 2:O5.