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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-24
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Little Economies.

At a recent gathering half dozen
people who spend their tens of thousands
every year acknowledged reluctance to
light fresh candles, and one lady who is
noted for her magnificent toilets con-
fessed to being very angry with her maid
if she bought English pins instead of
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ted saving of five cents on every paper.
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Mr.. COOPER'S BEAR STORY.
The Low Down Trick That Was Perpe-
trated by President Arthur.

trated by President Arthur.
Every clubman in New York city
knows about United States Appraiser
Marvelle w. CoOpers famous bear story.
Many of them have heard him tell it.
But none of them can relate it accurate
w, and neither can he. He deliberately
set to work to forget it a number of
years ago, and he says he has succeeded.
It's pity. The boys say that he used
to take nearly a whole evening to tell it,
and that there was a laugh in nearly
every line. Mr.. Cooper, with a smile on
his jolly face and with his eyes beaming
through his glasses, will tell you if you
ask him for the bear story that he has
made VOW not to tell it again.
1t was the plague of his life. Every
where he went the bear story was called
for. At last he went down to Washing
ton with a crowd of well known New
Workers. The object of the trip was to
present some handsome silver oyster
forks to President Arthur. After the
presentation Arthur sent an invitation to
dinner.
Il can't won't accept" said Cooper,
shuddering at the thought of the bear
story.
But you must. Why, an invitation
from the president can't be refused It's
mandatory"
mo, won't accept" said Cooper. ''If
went some of you fellows would be
calling for the bear story"
mo, we wouldn't" they protested.
"Ill tell you," said Mr.. Cooper, 81
won't take your word for it, but III
swear you"
So he got Bible, and each man took
a solemn oath that he wouldn't call for
the bear story.
Then Marvelle consented to go to the
dinner.
He had good time and was settling
down to an evening of solid enjoyment
and smiling as he thought how he had
headed off the bear story.
Suddenly President Arthur, at whose
right hand he sat, arose and raped for
order
Gentlemen" said he, "by virtue of
the authority vested in me by the people
as president of these United States,
command the Hon. Marvelle w. Cooper
to arise and tell his bear story"
Cooper felt for moment as if the ROOF
had fallen. His friends had kept then
pledge by not demanding the story, but
had posted the president, who thought
the joke delicious.
Mr.. Cooper related the story in hi:
best style, and then said And now
Mr.. President and gentlemen, | solemnly
declare that no power on earth will eyel
successfully command or induce me t,
tell the bear story again. I'll forget it.
Therefore, although nothing would
have been more charming than to hav,
revived it in this article, Marvelle w
CoOpers bear story must rest in mys
terry, like that other famous untold tale
of grouse in the gunroom. New Yorl
World.
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The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
PLOT TO ROB A LOTTERY.
Telegraph Operators Work Up Bold
Scheme That Was Frustrated.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 3. "A plot to rob the
drawings of the Kentucky Lottery Company
and to beat the lottery agents of the COM
pany in three cities-New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia-was frustrated last night
by detectives Fow and Gorley. The men
engaged in the job had been let into the
building of the lottery company by an en-
ploye, and were at work when surprised
by the detectives. The officers covered them
with revolvers, and they willingly threw up
their hands, although all were heavily
armed. Two Of the men escaped arrest.
The other prisoners gave the names of
George Kelley, Frank Enright and Henry
Galbert Galbert is a negro lineman I'm the
employ of the Postal Telegraph Company.
Enright is telegraph operator, and his
right name is Jeffers. In a confession he
says he was led into the scheme by Johnny
Miller and Frank Books, two other tele-
graph operators. Miller until recently was
the chief operator of the Postal TELEGRAPH
Company here, and Books is the night chief
at present. The scheme, as divulged by
Jeifers, was to run wire from the room
where the drawings were to take place to
another room In the same building. The
messages to the three cities were to be
sent in advance of the regular report
from the room in which the men intended
to run their wire.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04

lot box. There was nothing suspicious
about the action, and the two ballots hav-
ing been gotten into the possession OF the
purchasing agent the rest Of the scheme
was easily accomplished. With this bal
lot, stamped for Sullivan alone. the purchas-
ing agent left the room, and then began
his wholesale bribery. He was furnished
with list of the names of persons who
were seen as rapidly as possible. When the
contract of sale of the vote had been made
the voter was given the ballot stamped
for Sullivan, and instructed to vote
1t and bring back with him
ballot stamped for the entire
Democratic ticket. BY this means the pur-
the voter had cast the ballot contracted for,
and the voter was paid his price. The
straight ticket returned to the purchasing
agent was then taken by him and given to
the next voter who would sell his ballot.
and he was instructed to cast it and bring
out with him a vote stamped for Sullivan
only; and thus the plan carried out
during the entire day. And thus it was that
there were thousand votes cast at the
last city election with only the name Of
Sullivan" stamped.
This wholesale purchasing of votes re-
quires money, and plenty of it, and this
requirement was met at the last election
by the assessment upon the gamblers.
This year the assessment upon the gam
blers has been much larger than that at
the last election, and, in addition, the sa-
loon keepers have been called upon for
$4,000. With this amount of money at COM
mand, 1t will be seen that the wholesale
bribery of the last election was to be in
creased tenfold this year, if necessary. So
successful was the scheme worked during
the last election that no thought of failure
had entered into the calculations this year,
and but for the exposure at an opportune
time it would undoubtedly have proven as
eminently successful as upon the former
occasion. In the light of the facts, as now
seen, it becomes apparent to what pur-
pose the enormous sums obtained from the
gamblers and saloon keepers was to be put
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
THE GAMES ARE GOING.
Iron md the Gang Resume Opera
tions-"Mike" Toomey's Denial.

TrOn and the Gang Resume Opera
tions-"Mike" Toomey's Denial.
Following the lead of their king, "Bilp'
Iron, all the gamblers in the city, or
large majority of them, have again opened
their rooms and invite the patronage of
the public. The closing of Irons upstairs
business was the notice to the others to
close, and they did so at once. 1t was at
that time understood that the business was
to cease till after the election: but Iron,
with his usual faithlessness where it costs
money to be faithful, played false to his
colleagues and opened his upstairs depart
not inclined to let Iron have a complete
and absolute monopoly of the nefarious busi-
ness, threw open theire4ooms, and to-day
the rattle of the bones and shuttle of the
cards can be heard in the accustomed
hauntS. 1t has been observed, during the
past few days, that the "covey" of gam
blers that infested the "levee' Immediately
after the closing arrangement have disap-
peared from sight The doors of the gam
bling hells being again open to them, they
have retired TO the more congenial atmos-
where they have resumed their vocation
of heecing the unSophiSticated.
Mike Toomey and few others have come
into print denying that Irons upstairs
ations, but 1t is a well-known fact that the
games have resumed, the statements Of
Toomey ct al to the contrary notwith-
standing. A number of persons who have
been in the rooms aver that not only has
Iron resumed operations but most of the
other downtown Joints as well. Some
of these persons say they have been in the
rooms and played at the games.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
WAGON WHEAT
Highest Market Price.
ARCADE MILLS.
Worlds Fair Commissioners View a
Spectacular Parade at st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. "A beautiful evening
was furnished the Yelled Prophet on which
to honor st. Louisians and their guests
with his mysterious and gracious presence.
He was greeted by hundreds Of thousands
of loyal subjects as he made his triumphal
entry into the city. From every foreign
land came representatives Of every ma
ton and kingdom to Go him honor on the
occasion of his sixteenth visit to st. Louis,
for the commissioners of all the govern
ments to the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
ton were here. Twenty-Five magnificent
tableaux were presented in the parade,
emblematic of the holidays celebrated
throughout America. After parade
through the principal streets OF the city,
which were more gorgeously illuminated
than ever before for the occasion, the
prophet and his retinue entered the ball
room at the Merchants Exchange, and
shortly after was begun the annual ball,
which Is one of the greatest society events
m the West
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
DEBATE ON THE BILL.
Senator DoIph VIII Support the Pres
ident-Mr. Palmer Speaks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. "A novel amend
ment to the bill repeating the purchasing
clauses of the silver act of 1890 was sub
mitted TO the Senate to-day by Senator
Morgan, of Alabama. 1t proposes the re-
enactment OF the free-coinage act of 1914
and the remission OF 10 per cent OF tax du-
ties to the country which receives Amer
lean standard dollars of the present weight
and fneness at par as legal tender money.
The sIlver-purchase repeal bill was taken
up at II 80 and Mr.. Dolph continued his
speech of yesterday He sent to the
Clerks desk an had read extracts from
President Cleveland's message during his
former administration, giving his views
upon the subject OF silver. He said that
these extracts justified the statement that
the success of the Democratic party was
the verdict of the American people in favor
OF the discontinuance OF the purchase OF
silver and OF the coinage OF silver dollars.
In the extracts which he had read that
course had been urged by President
Cleveland I'm unmistakable language. and
the reasons for IL presented
Mr.. Teller asked him what he thought
the chances were. judging from the mes-
sages he read OF any legislation friendly
to silver during the present administrators
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
COMING TO GAS CITY.
Tin-Plate Workers from New jersey
Plant That Didn't Pay.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3-The Morewood tim
plate works. at Elizabethport, will shut
down this week. The managers claim that
the stoppage will be only temporary, and
is the result of business depression" The
men who work there, however, say that in
spite Of the protection afforded by the
Mckinley tariff this infant American in
dustry has not been panning out very sat
isfactory and the shutdown is to be a per-
nianent thing. With but few exceptions the
entire working force OF the Morewood tin
plate works is composed of Welshnen,
who were brought over from Wales when
number about 80. Tomorrow large num-
ber of them will sail for home and others
will go to Gas City, Ind, where the More
wood company has another tin-pIate plant.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
NEAR THE NOTRH POLE.
The Whaler Newport Within Six Degrees
of the LOng-Sought Goal.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 8. - The
steamer Jennie, the tender OF the Arctic
whaling fleet, which has arrived from
Rerschell islands, brings news that Capt.
Porter, of the steam whaler Newport,
reached 81 degrees north latitude, the most
northerly point ever reached by man. The
Newport wintered at Herschell islands, and
this summer, aided by an open sea, par
ticuarly free from ice, worked her way
north while in pursuit of whales to 81 de-
grees, within six degrees OF the north
pole. The ship was stopped, but it is be-
lieved that had the Newport been supplied
with dogs and sledges the north pole could
easily have been reached by travelling over
the ice. The Newport was formerly a
coasting steamer, and registers only 2lS
tons AS reward for going SO far north
she took twenty-five whales.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
ROBERTS STILL AHEAD.
The Englishman Has 2,8O4 Points,
While Ives Has 2,2I2.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-The billiard match
for ten thousand points between Frank c.
Ives, OF Chicago, and John Roberts. OF
London, was continued at the Lenox Ly-
ceum to-day Ives's score for the after
noon was 997 and Roberts's SS5- Roberts
opened the evening game with the balls In
the position that he left them at the ad-
tournnent this afternoon. The evening s
run was marked by no specially brilliant
plays and very large runs. Roberts played
forty-three innings, with an unfinished
break OF 28. Ives played forty-two innings.
making 1l6 in the last: Score: Roberts,
LOOP; Ives, s03. The average was: Ives,
1872; Roberts, % 1882. The totals of the
game so far are: Roberts, 2,SO4; Ives. 2242.
Time. 2:43
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
HE DECLINED TO PAY.
How Abrams Escaped Debt for
Campafgn Cigars


An incident is cited in the career of City
Clerk Abrams since he took his official
position to show his peculiar manner of do
ing business and attempting to avoid his
debts. Two years ago, while Abrams was
making the canvass fof the office he now
holds. he tried to supplement the poor i'm
preston he made by pulling cigars out of
his vest pocket and handing them to men
to whom he was talking. Cigars went in
a free and easy manner, and in the course
of the campaign Abrams managed to dis
pose Of about two thousand cigars in this
manner. But when it came to paying for
these cigars, Abrams's liberality went down
to the zero mark. He bought these two
thousand cigars of Wells &, Gwin, the In
diana-avenue dealers, and in payment for
the same gave the firm his note for $500
The firm was willing to give him time on
the cigars until after the election, taking
chances on his securing the Office. The
manner in which the candidate repaid the
firms kindness will not probably lead the
firm to trust him this campaign. If he had
not been elected two years ago the firm
for their money. The note which Abrams
gave to Wells & Gwin was payable thirty
days after date at Frenzels Bank, and
notice and presentation for protest were
waived. When the note was presented for
payment, after Abrams took his lucrative
office, he would not pay IT; Yet he was in
an Office paying him $3.0 900 a year, more
money than he had ever before received for
his services in any capacity.
The cigar firm was compelled to bring
suit before Justice Smock on the note, and
the papers were put I'm the hands of con-
stable Glass. Much to his astonishment,
Abrams said the cigar firm could 'go TO
HI; I'll pay IL when 1 get ready" He told
the constable that he would file a schedule
of all his property. This is the way man
does to beat his creditors out of their
money. short time afterwards Abrams
filed his schedule, and claimed that his prop
erty was exempt from execution on any
judgment that the cigar firm might get
against him. He did not deny that the debt
was an honest one; in fact, he could not
do this. because he had given his note and
allowed 1T TO go by default. This is the
li,,Ic .nfra which Ahra led
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
HIS FIRST MISTAKE.
Lehigh Valley Waterman Shoots Him.
self After Causing a Fatal Wreck.

EASTON, Pa, Oct. 3.-A Lehigh Valley
coal engine cut a Crane Iron Company en-
gine in two at Catasaqua, this morning A
dozen coal cars were wrecked and all trav-
ell blocked. The collision was due to watch
man Thomas Bias giving the signal to
both engineers that the track was clear.
He had been stationed there more than
take. After he saw what he had done he
went home and shot himself. John Raw.
fireman on the Crane iron engine died of
injuries received. and engineer James will
be a cripple for life.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
An Abductor of MlIIlonaire Perrin.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.-Thomas Ken
nedy, alias Bailey, has been arrested here
on charge of conspiracy Kennedy. IL Is
alleged, was one OF the men who kidnaped
millionaire Perrin. of Detroit. who was
bound and gagged i'm his residence and
taken to house where he was kept sey-
eral days and forced TO sign a check for
$4,000 as a ransom. One OF the kidnapers
was captured, but Kennedy escaped and
went TO Los Angeles. afterward coming to
San Francisco. He denies he is the man
wanted, but admits keeping a saloon i'm
Detroit at the time the KIDNAPPING oc-
CURED. He will be taken there
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04

CHICAGO, Oct. 3-M. NJ. O'Donnell tick
ct agent of theaIichigan Central at Wind
sor, Ont, was taken back home from here
to-day under arrest, charged with defraud-
ing the company. The ticket office at Wind
sor recently burned and O'Donnell Was de-
tected here yesterday in scalpers' offices
endeavoring 10 dispose OF large number
sumed In the fire. O'Donnell came TO Chi
cago ostensibly on vacation to see the
worlds fair.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
Total

He also swore in the schedule that he
was married man, and that the property
described above was exempt from execu-
ticn. The case was fled on Jan. H. 1892
after Abrams had taken his Office. He
gave the note or Nov. g of the preceding
year, after he had been elected The debt
had been contracted before the election.
and Abrams had acknowledged that il was
perfectly good am valid by giving the note
afterwards. On Feb. s. after his friends
had told him that he would ruin his polit-
fcal chances forever by trying TO beat his
the court and paid the judgment which had
been given against him. The judgment,
costs, amounted TO s65.l6. Abrams was
drawing a salary which for one month al
most amounted TO much as his schedule.
He has been giving away a great many
cigars this campaign. but he has not OBJ
talned them from Wells a. Gwin II Is not
tContinued on Third Pagel
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
Shot His PIaxmnte.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 3.-Ralph Smith,
aged fourteen son OF ID. L. Smith, travel
ing passenger agent of the Panhandle road,
accidentally shot and killed a playmate,
George Mason, aged fourteen years, this
morning.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04
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The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-04

FORT MULGRAVE, N. s., Oct. 3.-The
schooner yacht Zeta has returned from the
Arctic regions with DR.. Frederick A Cook
Benjamin Hoppi. Robert u. Perry and A.
III. Sutherland on board. All are In good
haalfh
The morning call., 1893-08-13
GROVER THE FIRST.

4 Washington correspondent tells how
Bourke Cochran went to President Cleve-
land and got permission to countermand
orders issued earlier in the day that there
should be no compromise with the silver
leaders In respect to the order Of proceed
ings in the House. Having secured the
Presidents permission Cochran hurried
back and let the leaders on the admins
tration side know that an arrangement
partially made might be consummated.
This reads like chapter from French his
tory in the time of Louis XIV or of Eng
Iish history of the period when Henry
VIII let the parliament know from day to
day what was expected Of them. There
has been nothing like it in American his
tory. There has never been time when
an American Presidents permission had to
be asked to pursue a line of policy the
leaders of either house of Congress had
marked out. Mr. Cleveland has now left
Washington, and it is given out that no
more patronage will be distributed until
the two houses have taken action on the
silver proposition. The inference is that
those who vote right will be rewarded and
that those who vote wrong will be pun
ished. 1t would not take long under
Grover l 10 consolidate the three depart
mentS of government into one.