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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

The question Of turning a sutfi-
cient quantity Of the current Of the
st. Lawrence river through its old
channel into the sea, by way OF
lake Champlain and the Hudson
river, is again attracting the at.
tention of those interested in a
waterway from the great lakes to
the open ocean. II this scheme is
ever carried out there will be no at
tempt to do more than divert a
sufficient volume of the river to &C.
complish the needed navigation,
leaving the great mass Of the dis
charge OF the lakes to run unveXed
past Montreal and Quebec to the
sea. The opening Of such a chan
mel would revolutioDize the COM
merce and the carrying trade of
the lower lakes and materially af.
feet the upper.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

The st. Louis Globe. Democrat is
Of the opinion that there may be
two Democratic parties in the field
to make things easier for the Re.
publicans in 1896. The probabili-
ties are no stronger for such a con-
Cluslon than for the counter one,
that there may be two Republican
parties in the field, to make it pos
sible for a united Democracy to Sc
cure again the reins of govern
ment. Tariff is practically a dead
issue, for it is conceded by the
country that a protective tariff
must succeed the present abortive
attempt to turn the government out
among the free trade grassers. Cur
rency is a live issue and there is
not at this writing any certainty
in how far the action Of the Ma
tional Republican convention is
going to so place the party as to
command the support Of several
western states. A general state
ment is as easy as falling Off a log,
and the Globe-Democrat has fallen
from many.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Can any one rise in his Demo-
cratic shoes and discourse intel.
ligently as to the reasons which
impel the Democratic administra-
tratiOn at Washington in counec-
ton with the late Democratic
Congress to war on all the inter-
ests of,TeXas? Have not. the men,
bers Of that party in this state
been instant in season and out of
season serving party against their
own interests, and why they should
be Disseminated against and sim
gled out for slaughter at every
turn OF the road is one Of the most
puzzling things connected with
this enigmatical administration
1t may be that in the immediate
subsequently the sheep and cattle
men Of Texas will find out that
their interests are only safe in the
hands OF the Republican party, not.
withstanding the fact that their
vote is always given to a Demo,
cracy which in every conceivable
way puts the knife to the throat OIL
their industries.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
Wealthy Plow Makers,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 26.-The
Moline Pillow Works, Of Moline, ILL.,,
have, it is said, closed lease for a
parcel Of ground in this city on
which to erect five-story factory.
At present the Moline Plow COM
pany, which operates a million
dollar plant at Moline, expects to
have headquarters here for business
in the fall.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

AS to that LIGHT editorial on
United States bands storming the
country in competition with the
local bands Of the states in which
they are located, there is nothing
to revise. The inadvertent men.
tion Of the Marine band does not
alter the fact that a United States
military band did underbid Carl
Beck's band in the endeavOr to
secure contracts in Texas. The
Carl Beck band is certainly the
best organization Of Its kind in the
state; it has been organized at
great expense, and must depend on
its home and state patronage for
its support. This support it is
every way worthy of, and if it Sc
cures it it will continue to be San
Antonio institution, rejecting
credit upon the city in which it
was organized and from which it
draws its life. The pay that the
United States musicians receive is
not in question. There is no con-
scription for that service, and as
the employees Of the government
they are barred in equity from
coming into competition with the
organizations that are supported
purely by private monies. There
was no reflection cast upon any one
in the LIGHT article. 1t was pure
ly and simply plea for home sup
port for a home institution, Of
which our people are justly proud.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Secretary Morton may find be-
fore his term of service expires
that man may run over himself
so badly on the outside that there
is not enough left on the inside to
do duty with. The cattIemen of
the country are punching him
where his brains ought to be and
If they cannot punch to advantage
it's a hopeless case.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Nothing less than $40,0O0,000 is
the figure at which the treasury
deficit for the year is now placed.
San Antonio wants no hail fell
low, well met, to that little hail
storm.
San Antonio is preparing to read
her title clear for the next fifty years
to the throne of musical suprema-
cy IN the South.
With your ear to the ground you
can hear all north, central, eastern
and southern Texas growing.
Southwest Texas is waiting her ra-
tions, in full faith that they will
come.
Tennessee legislature endorses
the IL to | silver absurdity. This
was to be expected of the body that
stole the governorship Of the state
from the people.
II there is any real intention to
aid the sewer committee in secur-
ing good work that labor commit
I1C W Ill a LII lhCVIA Nlth nail Oh
hours patience next time.
The man with a note book is
now making the rounds of the
Southern Legislatures now in SEES.
sion to find out how many of them
are for the free and unlimited coin
age OF silver.
If England seriously attempts to
occupy Nicaraguan soil she may
find out that the Monroe doctrine
is not a dead letter. There is life
enough in it for kick that will be
felt.
Well is good until better comes.
The sample Of rain that was fur
nished the thirsty and dusty TO-
liage Of this city is acceptable as
far as it goes. Now let us have a
good dOwnpOur.
1t is not the tearin' harrOwin'
rain that mars the face Of natur'
and does more harm than good that
this country needs, but the gentle
downpour Of continuous hours.
For this we wait.
Annie Besant is demonstrating
the incouclusiveness Of the uncer-
tain in her suit against Judge. 1t
is a case in which the alleged liar
is the only one in possession Of the
facts.
There is no doubt that the back
bone OF that drouth has started an
articulation, but what this section
wants is to have it's back so
effectually broken that it will not
hump itself for a decade.
Should San Antonio wake up
some fine morning and find that
the Brownsville road was not all
on paper by big majority, there
would be yard wide smile spread
over the face Of town.
What will be the issue Of the
Mackey suit against the city, who
can tell. Any one, however can
truthfully affirm that the city will
gain neither credit nor cash by its
injustice.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething
It soothes the child and softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
wind diarrh9a. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle. IL 20 1y d&w
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Mexico is living up to her coffee
privileges and increasing the
growth Of that staple at a rate
which doubles the product several
times in a decade. There is Just as
good coffee ground on this side OF
the Rio as upon the other and it
would pay to bring it under cult
walton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

There is no hope to the Demo-
cratic mind in the returns from
that income tax. 1t was confident
ly expected that about $4O,OGO,OOO
Of the inevitable deficiency OF the
revenues under this administration
would be made up out Of this tax,
but the decision of the Supreme
court has sent that hope glimmer-
ing. There will be no refuge for
the Secretary Of the Treasury but
retirement.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
TO THE PUBLIC.

We are prepared to do all kinds
Of electric work, such as Electric
Wiring-Burglar Alarms, Electric
Bells and Chandeliers at lowest
prices. CITY ELECTRIC Co.,
With Shafer d Braden, l25 West
Commerce street. t 20 If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
FRIDAY, APRIL 2G, 1895

Tennessee legislature is trying
to draw the crimson over the eyes
Of the Democracy in order to so
enrage them that the gubernato-
rial steal will not be considered.
1t will not work this time, smoth-
ertime,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Owners Of dogs are hereby noti-
fed to come forward on or before
the 1st day Of June next and pay
license due thereon, 80 cents for
each dog. Dogs not provided with
license tag after the above date,
will be dealt with as provided by
law. HENRY UMSCHEID,
As City Collector.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
FRO CORRESPONDENTS

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name Of the author, not
necessary for publication, but as evidence of
good faith on the part Of the writer. Write on
one side of the paper, in plain hand. Anony-
NOUS communications will not be noticed
The LIGHT will not be responsible for the
statements of its correspondents.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
NOTICE.

l herewith inform my friends
and the public generally that l
have re-opened my Beer Garden,
at the corner of Garden and PEREZ
da streets. WIN. RUPPERsBERG.
4 a 2t
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Special rates given on larger space and long
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Valuable. lot on Wyoming
street at big sacrifice, corner lot !;
will lend the purchaser money at
go to build a home.
n tt J. w. DAIRY & Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Doctors, Lawyers, Etc

E. MURAT BOOKER, Prescription
Druggist, l24 s. Flores st. Physicians Pre-
scriptions Specially. years in charge OF
L. Orynski's retail store. Telephone 22l. San
Antonio, Texas
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

There is no wind damned over
the survey of that Brownsville
road, but matters are progressing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

IL the business men OF the coun-
try made as much fuss over the
currency question as the politi-
clans this country would be in a
commercial whirlpool. Gold and
silver and currency are accepted
everywhere INTERCHANGEABLE in all
business transactions, and il the
statute barred all agitation Of the
monetary matters OF the National
government for a decade there
would be no complaint.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Texas has a baseball league.
There is not doubt OF it. Baser
ball was never played in this state
by any combination larger than a
school nine Of KIDS. The state will
gain no credit, the patrons Of the
game no sport, and the teams them
selves no glory unless they close
up and play ball. That is what
they are here for.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
WATER TAX NOTICE.

San ANTONIO, TENAS, :
April s, 1895. !
All parties entitled to water for
irrigation purposes are hereby no.
titled to come forward and pay their
water tax on or before the first day
Of May, 1895.
HENRY UMSCHEID,
Stf City Collector.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

"All contracts or bills must be approved
by the Secretary or Manager.
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NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS.

OFFICE OF CITY COLLECTOR,
SAN ANTONIO, TENAS,
April s, 1895.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26
Garden Seeds.
Miscellaneous

X. P. Endowment, Life,
Safe and cheap insurance, for mem.
bers only. T. B. JOHNSON, secretary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-26

Visiting Cards Free, apply to
Fred Small, City Calculator, for the Daily
LIGHT No 104 East Commerce Street.
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Black smiths

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faulty gsits. AL work guaranteed satisfso.
tory or no pay. 2l7 South Flores Street.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
VIEWED BY A WOMAN.
Miriam Nicholson Gives Her I'M
preston of the Con-

When I stepped into Sutter-street car
Monday morning there was a woman
seated in the corner opposite me. Her
hair was faded, grayish red, her face was
lined and rather colorless, and her promi-
nent pale blue eyes were fearful and mel.
ancholy. But she was really more mind
less than miserable, and her sorrowful
appearance, it seemed to me, was due
more to weakness than to woe. More
women entered the car on its way down
town, mother with her two daughters, a
gray-haired woman and others. Their
faces were just the ordinary, preoccupied
faces of women who haven't much time or
wish for thought or action other than the
duties which are typically feminine.
At Larkin street a crowd of women came
in. They were on their way to the
Women's Congress. You would have
known it by the mportant-looking little
documents they carried, by the fuss and
fiutter of their conversation, by the de-
mure, business-like style of their clothes,
but most of all by an awakened sexless
intelligence in their faces and the self-con-
fidence in their brisk movements. The
women already in the car looked them
over from toe to bonnet; then their faces
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

subsidized into Indifference and self-absorp-
tion-all but the woman in the corner.
She seemed fascinated by the new woman.
She stared at her, she knit her light brows
feebly, and positively forgot her troubles
in watching this new kind of female.
When the car stopped at the corner and
with bustling dignity the new woman
alighted, suddenly the old woman rose too
in a dazed, uncertain way and followed
the crowd. She passed into the hall and
lost sight of her.
Women, womenl Ali kinds and degrees
OF women. They filled hall and balcony;
they stood against the walls, and, stand
ing, filed the aisles. They were enthu-
siastie and hopeful and full of excitement.
81 do hope they'll begin on time. Women
never do, you know" said an excitable,
well-dressed young matron.
Perhaps they're waiting for some man.
A mans name is first on the programme
or rather program chuckled a bright
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ton is tempered with dignity and charity.
They are not shrewish, and they deliver
their message in a frank, good-natured
way. They have learned how to disagree
without quarreling, and they are willing
to admit that there are two sides to ques-
tion and an infinite number of points of
view. don't know that this makes them
more admirable to men, but it makes
them more women's women. The audi
ence yesterday certainly showed great en-
thusiasm; they INDUCED in that feminine
kind of applause known as the Chautauqua
salute, and the speakers were quite old
womanly in their allusions to "Dear Aunt
Susan, saint Susan B. Anthony, - "That
martyr, Lucretia Mott,' and "Our dear
! Elizabeth Cady Stanton" But there is an
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

accent OF sincerity and evidence OF un-
usual friendship among women in the ac-
counts OF those old days "when our ideas
were not received with applause, nor our
selves overwhelmed with flowers" as Miss
Anthony gently expresses it.
The congress woman is evidently deeply
religious. Orthodox of the orthodox, u
said Rev. Anna Shaw. Miss Shaw tells a
story well. She is the most manly, not
mannlsh, woman in the congress. Hel
voice is deep and full. She speaks clearly
and can be heard all over the hall. She
tells with a chuckle OF Miss Anthony S
wish to impress an Eastern audience with
the propriety OF their religious views, and
OF the unfortunate figure of speech she
used when she introduced Miss Shaw as
her right bower" ''But," gleefully adds
the Rev. Anna Shaw, "every man in that
orthodox community knew what right
bower ISL
"The religion" said Mrs. Cooper IN her
opening address, (which is all for the next
world and none for this, is good fo1
neither"
Amen to thatl'' came in hysterical,
quayering tones from the back part of the
hall.
Everybody turned around. 1t was the
Old Woman with the faded red hair, who
had sat in the corner of the car. Her pale
eyes were bright with excitement there
were two red spots on her high cheek
bones, and her hat was a little awry. But
she was quite unconscious of peoples at
tention. The chair upon which she sat
had been to her penitent's bench, she
had suddenly come to realization of new
womanhood, and when the next speaker
said in tones of conviction: 1.-THE new
woman has come to stay" another heart
felt "Amenp' from the back of the hall
attested the Old Woman's conversion.
MIRIAM NICHOLSON.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

/ So we watched her, and when she got off
at Kearny street collected my bet. But
I got more than a nickel's worth of satls-
faction out of it."
| There was triumph in every woman's
eye when half-past ten arrived, and with
it the president and principal members of
the congress. So much for mans accepted
ideas of woman. But although there is a
tendency in some of the speakers to at
| tribute all the ills that flesh and morals
are heir to to the political slavery of
women, heard nothing at all of "tyrant
man." On the contrary, gentle. forbear-
! ing patience was manifest in most of the
illusions to him. He is unhappily in the
wrong, but that is his misfortune, not his
| fault, and with time and feminine RENE
dies they hope to enlighten and ultimately
to convert him. discovered, too, that al
though the new woman insists upon shar-
| ing mans political and business life, she
intends that he shall be compensated by
| increased responsibility as husband and
father.
Every mother owes it to her child that
| he be born" read an essayist yester-
day.
"And so does every father" she added
| in one of those significant asides, which
characterize women's speeches.
| But the most striking thing about this
woman's convention is the spirit of COM
raderie it fosters. At Golden Gate Hall
women are actually so interested in things
that they put aside forms. Introductions
are unnecessary. If you can tell your
neighbor that that shy, sunburned. dark
! haired girl is Beatrice Harraden; that this
woman with the intellectual oval face is
! Charlotte Perkins Stetson, that that one
who wears her hair in a gray name down
her back is Laura de Force Gordon; that
the bust is of Lucretia Mott; if you know
| which is Susan B. Anthony and the Rev.
Anna Shaw; if you know who is the
woman in the swell gown and the one that
looks like guy, the woman next to you
will not hesitate to make use of you I
saw a young woman rise and offer her
chair in very gentlemanly manner to an
Older woman she did not know, saying
simply, 81 should have liked to give you a
seat before, but the crowd is SO great I
couldn't get out"
These congress women seem to have lost
some feminine vices and gained some mas
culine virtues. Their self-possession is not
the assertive arrogance of small-minded,
notoriety-seeking females. Their conVic-
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two daughters of Senator Sargent shared
tnelr stateroom with me, and l found a
aesting place and became thoroughly ac-
qualnted with your Senator and Mrs. Sar.
g1ne, ana from that day to this have had
ton or in San Francisco.
anen, after Senator Sargent, you sent
senator Miller, who was our advocate and
fa.ehu fa and then you sent Leland Stan
Iord, who was, equally with his wife as well
as as the ne wife OF Senator Sargent, of our
neos monn1a rriehas oyer on the other side of the
l., inoHuh!alns: HI!as: So, while we have not lived
IN Gailfornla, we, who live in New York
ana pennsylvania and Washington, we are
u no strangers to the representatives of Cali
lorna, and am glad to stand here and saw
anat SO far as my knowledge OF them is
conSa conSeLned they have been worthy of your
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rising to their feet and waving their hand
kerehlefs in salute. The pioneer in the
movement for female suffrage, specialized
and white-haired as she was, was bright
eyed ana active, and as she took the deco
rated seat set apart for her she beamed on
the happy faces before her.
Mrs. Cooper wasted no time in the pre-
hmlnarles, and as the aficers of the con-
gress took their seats on the platform she
raped for order.
Friends and workers" she said, "I
see before me a great many faces that
greeted US year ago, and we welcome
you, thrice welcome you, this morning.
The blessing of God maketh rich, and it
hath no SORROW And we are to have the
invocation for his presence and his blessing
by the Rev. DIR. Brown"
The eloquent pastor of the First Congre-
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said Miss Anthony, as soon as the wave
of enthusiasm had passed, sit is but few
minutes over twenty-four hours since my
on California soil, and this is the third
vast congregation of your California peo-
pie which we have met-the third vast
audience-and the welcome which your
Mayor has extended, the welcome which
these vast assemblages of the men and
women OF your City and your Brooklyn
across the water-for while am here I
can only think of New York and BROOKLYN
to be compared with San Francisco and
Oakland-do not fail of appreciation from
me. Certainly any heart that could fail to
appreciate such an ovation-such recog-
nition-would be wanting in the common
est elements of human nature.
II am grateful for this welcome, not
from any personal consideration. While
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faced woman with short dark hair streaked

faced woman with short dark hair streaked
with gray.
The other smiled appreciatively, then
she said, "Well, you know, punctuality
isn't one of woman's virtues
81 don't know about that" said the
other stoutly. Pm always on time and
SO are you."
"Yes, but we both were business women.
Besides, you know, men make such fun Of
us about that"
The short-haired woman shifted rather
scornfully.
This morning." she said, coming oyel
on the boat there was just the homeless
woman l ever saw. A regular fright. John
said, I bet she's going to the Woman
Congress- i bet nickel she isn't said
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
THE MORNING SESSION.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Rev
Anna Shaw Receive
nua4innc
OVationS

The opening session of the congress was
brought TO order rather informally by the
appearance on the stage about 10: 80 o'clock
of the president, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper,
leading the way for Miss Susan B. Anthony
and the Rev. Or. Anna II. Shaw. No
sooner did the vast audience catch sight of
these ladies than it broke out into the
widest kind of applause, most of the ladies