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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-13
WE ARE THE MARKET.

Call at Mcclure & SIoans down town
office cor, Houston and ST. Mary'S-Wood,
coal. charcoal and feed of every kind,
wholesale and retail. Telephone GO.
Q-S-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-13
HEADQUARTERS

For all kinds of stove pipe and ell
bows Russian iron pipe speciality.
GEo..WHITE, 227 st. Mary's st. 1921
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-13
Blankets ;
QndC0mf0rts.

1t isn't alone the weight of a blanket
that measures the warmth Of it. The
fineness of the wool and Fits cleanness
help. So does the manner of weaving.
We look to quality as closely as to yard
stick measure. No guesswork in either
point.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
MEYER IN NEW YORK.
Tho Alleged Wholesale Poisonor Refusei
to Answer Questions.

NEW York, July 1s.-Yesterday after
noon DR.. Henry @. w. Meyer, the alleged
wholesale polsoner for insurance money
was led into the rear entrance of police
headquarters, handcuffed to Detective
Gerichten walked on the other side of the
prisoner.
The alleged poisoner is slender man.
about feet inches tall, and weighs in
the neighborhood of 1876 pounds, He wore
u red beard Of about three weeks growth.
In reply to Inspector McLaughlin's
queries he said his name was Carl Shaffer
and his residence Detroit. When asked IL
he had been known as DIR. Henry C. w.
Meyer he said he would answer no moro
questions until he had consulted counsel.
The detectives said that nothing of any
interest passed between themselves and
the prisoner on their way from Detroit
Meyer was sullen during the entire trip.
He would talk about nothing but COM
monplace matters, except that he OCCASION
ally said that he had never been in New
York, and that he knew nothing about the
death of the man known as Gustave A. j.
Baum and Ludwig Brandt.
When asked about Meyers alleged wish
TO commit suicide, Detective Won Gerich-
ten said that Meyer had simply asked for
needle. Tho detective knew nothing
about the wish Mrs. Meyers is said to have
expressed in the hospital that she might
bleed to death. The woman is watched
closely by two policemen in the hospital
and will be brought here as soon as her
condition will allow.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
NUGGETS OE NEWS.

Bishop Racine, of the Roman Catholic
church of Quebec. Canada, is dead.
Freiherr Won Maltzahn, secretary OF
Cermany,s imperial treasury, has resigned.
John T, Poole, manager Of Niblo's Gar
den, New York, died at his home at Sleeps
head Bay, aged IS years.
The First National bank OF Cedartown,
Ga, and the Missouri National bank OF
Kansas City have closed their doors.
The British cutter Iverna has met with
an accident that will prevent her from
taking part in several races for which she
was entered.
Mrs. 7. II. Stevens, wife OF Rear Admiral
Stevens, retired. died near Silver Springs,
Nd, where she was spending the summer
for her health.
Switchmen in the Rio Grande yards at
Pueblo, Colo, went out on strike, demand
ing the discharge OF the yardmaster,
Crocker, who, they say, is tyrannical and
unreasonable.
Laura Moore. who played the part of
Lillita, the princess, in Francis Wilson's
Merry Monarch" has brought suit
against her husband, Elnathan Synder,
Of Washington, for absolute divorce on
statutory grounds.
BosToN, July 1s.-The engagement Is
announced of Miss Ellen Window. daugh.
ter of the late secretary of the treasury,
and Mr.. Bently Warren. q successful Bos.
ton lawyer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
NOT FOR HIM.
The PoetIcal Dreams of Sentimental Girl
Rudalv sbufferad

The Poetical Dreams of u Sentimental Girl
Rudely Shattered.
The music came softly, sweetly out to
the old man and his daughter as they sat,
half reclining, on the luxurious cushions Of
the gondola gayly decorated with Japanese
lanterns.
The myriad of gay lights from the cor
nices, from the roofs, from the waters edge,
reflected in silver and gold in the ripples of
the lagoon. High up along the balcony
they could see the flaming torches flicker
ing with Roman reminiscence, and the
white, ghastly faces and dark forms Of the
people looking down on the beautiful scene,
while all around the lagoon, sitting upon
the wide rail Of the fence leaning against
the statuary or moving about with eager
restless tread, they could see the thousands
of sightseers.
In the distance they saw the simmer
ing, multicolorcd waters and heard the
gurgling murmur of the fountains. The
stoical gondoliers dextrously swung the
gondola here and there among the gay
craft, laden to the waters edge with merry
parties of lagoon tourists. Once in a
pause of the orchestral music there camet to
them the twang of banjo, then happy
French song came rippling across the
dancing waves.
For long time they were silent. Then
she clasred her fingers, sparkling with
diamonds, across the old mans knee and
said;
Papa am so happy. feel so dreamy,
so poetical, something Byron or Browning
like All, the Bridge of Signs and Byron.
Oh, could love Byron tonight and Venice
too. Papa, Browning is buried there"
Possibly the old man thought Browning
was one of her old dude lovers. They all
looked consumptive - probably he had
croaked in Venice. The old man sympar
thetically sighed.
"If Byron and Browning could have lived
to sec this, papa, what poetry we would
have from them They never saw anything
TO equal this"
"Well, l guess there air few towns could
beat this show" the old man complacently
remarked.
How dreamily poetical Howells makes
Venetian life!'' she unused. 1T must be
something like this. How should love to
live in Venice alwayI'
DO you mean TO say you'd rather live in
that perennial flood town, Venice, than
Chicago2" he sharply interrogated.
"Papa, my life would be happy dream
in Nenice'
Now, look a-here, Maria'' he savagely
said, II won't have that bow legged dude
feller of yours prowling round the house
any longer He puts you up to all this
moonshine business, and won't stand any
more of this comic opera gondolier busi-
ness, d'y' heari amt going to be padded
round in canoe by pair of opera bouife
scullers. Well land and take an electric
or steam launch. something that can get
move on"
He prodded the nearest gondolicr with
his umbrella and ordered an immediate
Decentralization Chicago Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
DEATH AT THE CROSSING.
A Chicago Street Car Run Down and
Three People Killed.


Three People Killed.
CHICAGO, July 1s.-Forty- street,
at the crossing Of the Grand Trunk rail-
road, was the scene yesterday of another
accident, whereby three lives were lost and
many people injured, A Halstead street
horse car was run into and hurled thirty
feet to one side. 1t was filled with men
and women, forty-six passengers being on
board. The dead are. Thomas Perkins,
Margaret Murphy and an unidentified
boy. Nine people were injured two
OF whom may die. They are: William
Buldman, left leg broken and internally
injured; j. @. Smith, internally injured
and skull fractured
The collision occurred about $50 o'clock.
The open car was crowded, and men wero
standing on the footboards. At Forty
ninth street is q network of tracks, and the
crossing has always been regarded as a
dangeron7 one A long freight train going
west had just passed, and the tower man,
George Varnett, had raised the gates This
was taken as n signal that the way was
clear, and Driver stalnecker whipped up
his horses as he started to drive across the
tracks. Previously, however, Conductor
Barnett had gone ahead, and not seeing
the approaching passenger train, because
of the freight, he motioned the driver to
60 ahead.
Before they could cross the train was
upon them. Few of the passengers had
any warning of the accident. Those on
the footboard nearest the passenger train
saw it coming and jumped in time to save
themselves. The car, broken in many
pieces, buried those who had been riding
in it, and as the passenger train plunged
ahead there were many cries Of pain aud
agony to be heard
Police afterward arrested Engineer
Jones, Fireman Campbell and man
named Henry Hughes, who was riding In
the cab OF the engine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
PINCHING THE BANKS.
A Scheme to Compel Them to Dis
gorge Hoarded Gold.
THEY MAY BE BROUGHT TO TERMS.

Tho Treasury Uses Gold in the Settlement
of Clearing House Balances In Order to
Deprive the Banks of the Small Notes
Which They Need.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Much curiosity
has been shown in banking circles as to
the cause of the treasury officials volun-
tarily paying out gold in settlement OF
clearing house balances and for govern
ment checks over the counter when some
form of currency would have been more
desirable to the payees. Conrad N. Jor-
dan, assistant United States treasurer in
this city, was asked for an explanation
and especially in view of the fact that it
had been supposed that the government
was deslrous of building up the gold re-
serve again to the 100000, 900 limit Mr..
Jordan declined to give any reason for the
treasury paying out gold as stated.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-Heavy clearing
house payments In New York caused the
gold reserve to fall lower than it has been
for several days past and S846, $50 less than
II was on Saturday. The reserve amounts
to S93,050, 4s0; currency balance, S26, ill.,
0ls.
The Star gives publicity to the following
statement in regard to the gold payments
from the United States sub-treasury in
New York:
considerable effort is being made by
financial agents here to discover the
motive behind these payments. But
the department is as close mouthed as
clam. The explanation got through
private sources is that the department is
trying to take advantage Of the scarcity
of small and convenient currency for in
ternal business to pinch the banks, as the
hanEa al ha It,
storing gold. The banks are greatly in
need of small bills for current business
transaction and for use in the agricultural
districts The theory is advanced that if
they cannot get what they need of this sort
of currency by any other means they will
have to make terms with the treasury,
which would involve their exchanging gold
or gold certificates in large quantities for
notes and certificates of small denomina-
tion.
ut is said that the department can af-
ford to pay out gold on the drafts pre-
sented hy the banks if by so doing they
can cut off the source through which the
banks would get their small notes, and
put them to sufficient Inconvenience to
bring them to terms The banks under
stand that If they want small notes and
certificates they can secure them by taking
large quantities and paying for them in
gold, and 1t Is the theory of the depart
ment that by pinching them pretty close
they can be forced to do this. 1t is very
probable that the issue of gold certificates
will not be resumed II the gold reserve
gets above Sl50.OOo 900, as it is not clear
that the law is mandatory in requiring a
renewal of this issue after ii has been
stopped by reason of the reserve falling be-
low 500, 900, ,000
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
CONVICTS THWARTED.
A Well Planned Plot to Escape
from Clinton Prison.
GUARDS WERE TO BE MURDERED.

The Plot Defeated by the Confession Of
Convict Who Refused to Take Part
In Murder-The Informef Promptly
Pardoned by Governor Flower.
ALBANY, July 1s.-walter N. Thayre,
the warden of Clinton prison, at Danne-
mora, came down TO Albany late yester-
day afternoon and related to Governor
Flower brutal scheme Of n number Of
long term prisoners confined In that prison
to gain their freedom, which included the
cold blooded murder OF several Of tho
prison guards. One Of the prisoners who
was asked to enter into tho murderous at
tempt to escape refused, and it was
through him that the prison authorities
became aware Of the plot. The governor
when he heard the facts Immediately par
doned the prisoner who had the courage
and manliness to prevent human slaughter
As the prisoners filed through the prison
corridor in lock step on their way past
Principal Keeper McKenna to obtain
rations for dinner, one of the prisoners
slipped into tho hand OF the principal
keeper piece Of brown wrapping paper,
two feet long by foot wide, which was
written upon both sides In lead pencil.
The keeper was astounded to find thereon
the details Of plan by which a number of
prisoners hoped to escape. The writer,
after relating that he would not Join the
schemers because Of the brutality of the
plot, said the attempt was to be made after
midnight Sunday Two of the convicts in
the scheme, named Reace and Wright, had
their doors cut to establish easy egress
into the corridor, and were armed with
knife and heavy iron bar With these
they were to sally forth when the guard
made his round, kill him and take his re-
volyer. They were then to go to the Office
and kill the other guard. All the prison
ers in the scheme were subsequently to be
released
Keeper McKenna Immediately notified
Warden Thayer of the plot. and a search
of the cells OF the men named revealed
matters to be just as stated in the letter.
Other cells were searched and positive evil
dence of the completely of two other con-
victs were found.
Both Governor Flower and Warden
Thayer refused to divulge, for the present
at least, the name Of the prisoner who
probably had saved the lives Of several
prison guards. They thought 1t might
bring trouble upon him, if not from the
prisoners whom be gave away, probably
from some of their friends outside of the
prison.
The warden did not go near the prisoner
after receiving his communication, and
said last night the latter probably did not
yet know the result of his warning
The fortunate man was received at the
prison in August. 1892, and had four years
to serve for grand larceny. The crime was
committed in New York city, where the
| prisoner has wife and children. Warden
| Thayer left for Dannemora at midnight
| with the pardon in his pocket, and this
morning the convict was released
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
HE CAUGHT Ito
But How the Cars Went Was What Both.
cred Him,

ereu tllm.
An old man from somewhere beyond the
suburbs stood yesterday on a Forty-sev-
enth street corner watching trolley car
moving swiftly eastward with a heavy load
of passengers.
"That's one of these 'lectric cars, ain t
ftp" he said, turning to n bored looking
uan who was leaning against telegraph
pole.
"Yes."
~ don't sec how Electricity can make a
car full o people flip along over the ground
like that"
You don't?" exclaimed the other, be-
coming interested. why, it's easy enough
to see through when you once understand
it."
II 'xpect so, but I've never heard enough
about it to understand it,"
ut is all matter of watts. A watt,
don't you see, Is n fraction Of Il horsepower,
expressed in the technical language Of elee-
trical engineering You know what an am
pere is, don't youi"
"A WHAT"
"An ampere. 1t is a quantity Of cleo
tricity that goes through the wire and de-
velops the watt. The electricity comes from
the central dynamo through that wire You
see running along overhead, runs down
through that iron pole and goes to the
motor. which is an ingenious but perfectly
simple arrangement of wire coils with a
revolving frame, acted upon by the cur
rent, which sets it to spinning and thus
put in motion n small cogwheel that en-
cages another cogwheel that communicates
tho rotary movement to a third cogwheel
fastened to the axle of the car It's plain
as day when you get the idea"
"Yes, but how
Don't you understand It YETI There's
q sort OF wire brush that presses against a
copper plate connected with the motor, and
the wire is wound on the frame was telling
you about, so that when the current enters
the motor it can go either way, and part Of
it goes one way and part the other, so that
the pressure is applied in opposite direc-
tions, and that's what makes the jigger re-
volyc and sets the wheels in motion. The
current goes back through an underground
wire. See through it nowf"
"Y-yes. think kind O. get the idee."
The affable stranger strolled down the
street. and the old man took another look
at the overhead wire, gazed earnestly in
the direction in which the car had gone
took off his hat and wiped his forehead.
"What I'd like to know" he muttered,
'is how in thunder the electricity makes
the car gor'-Philadelphi Inquirer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Closing Quotations Of the Philadelphia
and New York Exchanges.


New York, July l7.-State and western -four
dull, steady low extras. Sl.959245; city mills.
patents, s4.s5G4bC; fair to fancy, sa.4i6G3 I5;
Minnesota clear, st.5tft8; patents, si61E45;
superfine, Sl.75al225; city mills, s3.s5a3 90;
winter wheat, low grades. Sl.95I2i5; patents
S34 al; straiGhts, S3.30Qti rye mixtures, 500
G34' fine, 81 mo-. 10; southern quiet, steady;
common to fair extra, s.. l0Go3 ~; good to
choice do, s3lJG4.25. Rye dull, steady: super
fine, saI53.25. Wheat steady, fuirly active;
July. 72c.; August T2l6t7sTBc; September 15QD
769sc.; December, SlEGsl}3c. Rye inactive,
steady; western. b7Ipc. Corn dull easier; Sep
tember, Az a4pi4c.; NQ. 2, 4sIaGD49lsc. Oats
dull, steady; August, S3c.; september, 3l9sR
3llsc.; state, 39@i4}6c.; western. $40 ilae
PHuADELPHIA, July lT.-Beef quiet steady;
extra mess, s1.5OGsb0; family, slNgl9. Pork
quiet, unchanged; new mess, SIS 500 0, Lard
quiet, weak; steam rendered, 50. Butter in
moderate demand, steady; New York dairy,
l7G?lc.; western dairy, l5]6 flSc.; Elgius, .3c.;
New York creamery e1f9t29c.; western do,
l7GBs2c.; initiation do, lG9lSISc. Cheese quiet
Arm; New York, large white, III d0c.; do. col
ored, 716i9c.; do. small. slt9c.; part skins,
IlG5c.; full skins, Kc. Eggs fair supply, weak
New York and Pennsylvania, ldo.; western, ,l5c.
BALTIMORE, July l7-Flour dull. Wheat
steady. Corn quiet; white corn, by simple,
sic; yellow corn, by sample, j0c. Oats hrm.
Rye slow. Hay strong; goad to choice timothy,
sli.dIslS. Cotton nominal; middling. s3sc.
Provisions quiet. Butter firm; creamery,
fancy, ne; do fair to choice. d2lc.; do imi.
tation, la12Oc. Eggs dull, at 1870.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

NEW YORK, July 1s.-Delegates from
Theatrical Employees unions in twenty
two states gathered at Elks' hall to form
the National Alliance of Theatrical En-
ployes 1t is anticipated that the new as
sociation will shortly embrace 1900 en-
ployes throughout the country. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
John s. Williams, of New York; vice presi-
dent. John C. Murray, of Philadelphia;
recording secrstary, John Gallagher, of
Pittsburg; financial secretary, William
Moorhead, of Boston, and treasurer, Dan
iel Hart, of Chicago
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

LONDON, July 1s.-The Brazilian lega-
zion in this city has issued the following
communication. The gunboats Canean
and Republica chased the insurgent YES
sci Jupiter. with Admiral Waudenkolk on
board, and captured her without resist
snce off Sante California. There has been
no fighting whatever in Rio Grande do
Sui. Three weeks ago the rebels were
compelled to cross into Uruguay, where
they were disarmed. The reports as to the
suspension of the habeas corpus in Brazil
srs totally unfounded.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

Fair; slightly cooler; northerly winds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

GETTYSBURG, July 1s.-The Veterans of
Camp Hayes Of the Pennsylvania g. A.
r., spent the major portion Of yesterday
upon the battlefield. The camp was about
deserted until after supper. At o'clock
tho Lambs" the ''Sunflowers, the
Hawks" the 'Razors" and the Doves"
had burlesquc dress parade. Colonel
Lcvering, the quartermaster general, was
in command. A campfire, presided over
by ez-Seuior. Vice Commander William
Russell, of Plttsburg, followed, and nd
drcsses were made by Department Com
mander Sample, James Mccormack, of
Post 5, and others. A display of fireworks
concluded the oYeningls exercises.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

CHARLESTON, July 1s-Governor Till
mans state constabulary continue their
work of arrcsting persons charged with
violation of the dispensary law. While the
community is in favor OF the enforcement
of tho law so long as it is the law, there is
a deep indignation at tho outrageous con-
duct of constables. Hoyne Pepper, the
constable who tried to shoot Chicco in
trial Justices office, wns bound over in the
sum of $500 for trial at the county sessions
for assault and battery with intent to kill
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

WASHINGTON, July ls-The funeral of
General Kelton, ex.adjutant general of tho
United States army and governor of the
Soldiers Home, was marked by perfect
simplicity in all its features. This was in
accordance with the request embodied in
letter written some time before his death.
Religious services were held at the gov
ernor's residence in the Soldiers Homo
grounds at o o'clock last evening. The
impression in army circles is that General
d. 5. Stanley, retired, will succeed Gen
eral Kelton as governor of the Soldiers
Home
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

WASHINGTON, July 1s-Secretary Her
bert accompanied by Miss Herbert and
naval aid Ensign Wood, left here yester-
day on the presidents yacht Dolphin for u
visit to the naval stations at New York,
Newport, New London, Boston and Ports.
mouth, N. II. They will also make visit
to Machias, Me-, to enable the secretary to
be present at the presentation by the citi-
zens of that place of silver service to the
stanoh little gunboat named in its honor.
The party will be gone about three weeks.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
TWO SOUTHERN LYNcRlNGs.


MACON, Ga, July 1s-Warren Dean,
negro, % years of age, is supposed to have
been lynched In Stone Greek swamp, eight
miles from Macon, on the East Tennessee
railroad, for attempting to rape Mrs Ray,
who lives on the line OF Bibb and Twigg
countless at Reid's station. He was driven
off, but a searching party captured him
and brought him as far as Stone Creek,
when the train was stopped and the negro
taken into the woods. Nothing has been
heard of him since, but there is little doubt
that he has been lynched.
PINE BLUFF, July 1s.-Near Cornerville,
Lincoln county, negro named John Cot
ton, entered the house of Mrs. John Tucker
and made an assault upon her The negro
made his escape A posse was formed and
the negro apprehended. He was swung up
to a limb and shot TO death.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

PITTsBURG, July 1s.-P. A. Stout, one of
the most trusted convicts In the western
penitentiary, tried to commit suicide by
jumping from the door of the rotunda of
the prison into the yard below. He fell on
n pile of broken stone and received prob
ably fatal injuries. Stout's crime was the
murder of his son while under the in
fuence of liquor. He was serving SEN
tence of twelve years. A petition for his
pardon is pending. Stout was the maker
of the model of the western pententiary
now occupying a prominent position at
the Worlds fair
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18

JERSEY CITY, July 1s.-Another lineman
has just been killed in this city. He is
Daniel Leary, 27 years of age. Leary
assembled a pole to connect some wires, and
as he caught hold of live wire he was
seen to suddenly fall over on the other
wires. The dead mans hands were burned
as were the parts of his body which came
in contact with the other live wires. The
glove on the right hand had been worn
down, and was wet from perspiration,
which accounted for the electricity passing
into his body with such deadly effect.