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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
Money Value of Hands and Fingers.

An engineering journal has collected
some interesting statistics from the
tables of a German miners insurance
company. If n man loses both hands
he is registered as entailing 100 per
cent. loss In other words, he has been
deprived of the ability to earn a liveli-
hood. The loss of the right hand de-
preciates the value of an individual as
worker 20 to so per cent, while the
loss of the left hand leaves him with
only 60 to 20 per cent. of his original
earning capacity. The thumb is taken
as playing n part equal to 20 to 80 per
cent. as bread winner; the first fin
ger of the right hand is put at IA to IS
per cent, and of the left hand at from
to 1G.5 per cent. and the middle finger
of either hand is worth from 10 to
1G per cent. The value of the third
finger is put down as from : to per
cent, while that of the little finger is
estimated at to II per cent. These
values may appear arbitrary, but it is
explained that the apparent inconsis-
tency in the rating is occasoncd by the
difference in the trades followed by the
In iured ones
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
c. P. Huntington Arrested.

New YORK, April 22.-Collis P.
Huntington, president Of the South
ern Pacific was arrested today on
the charge OF giving free pass to
one Frank Stone, in violation of
the interstate commerce law. Pres
ident Huntington was arraigned
before United states Commissioner
Shields. He was represented by
his counsel, Fred R. Coudert. He
was taken before Judge Brown, in
the United States District court,
for a warrant for removal to Cali
fornia.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
DR.. Buchanan's Doom Approaching

SING SING, y. Y, April d.
Warden Sage has fixed Wednesday
morning for the execution of DR..
Buchanan. The Doctor, who, two
weeks ago, showed signs OF break
ing down, is now displaying won.
derful nerve. He still has hopes
and told his wife so when she
called on him yesterday.
When she asked him il he was
prepared to meet death, he replied
that he would not give up all hope
until another appeal was made to
Governor Morton. When Mrs.
Buchanan took leave Of her hus-
band he made her promise to go to
Albany this morning and ask Gov
ernor Morton to grant a respite Of
thirty days.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
COLON DESERTED
By the American Armed Squadron
TO Show Government Con fidence.

BY the American Armed Squadron
TO Show Government Con fidence.
WASHINGTON, April pa telc-
gram received at the navy depart
ment announced the sailing yes
terday OF Admiral Mesde's squad
ron from Colon. The Isthmus will
not be left unprotected long, how.
ever, for Secretary Herbert says
one OF the ships will be detached
from the squadron and sent back
to Colon soon, but the movement of
Neade's squadron is regarded as
showing the administrations alb
solute confidence in the Nicaraguan
affair.
The British government will
take no steps inimical to American
interests and will not indirectly
seek compensation for the eXpul.
sion OF Consular Agent Hatch.
Nicaragua has been seeking to
have the United States step in and
assist her in her opposition to the
British demands for indemnity, but
this effort has not succeeded to any
extent and reports Of possible ces-
sion OF Corn Island to Great
Britain are believed here to be in
spired by a desire to secure Ameri-
can intervention.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
Big Bugs Get Married.

WASHINGTON, April %. - The
wedding of Hon. Geo. Nathaniel
Curzon, NJ. P, and Miss Mary Lei
ter, was celebrated at st. Johns
Episcopal church, at 1920 today,
amid a scene of such brllliancy,
and in the presence Of such dis
tinguished assemblage OF cabinet
officers, diplomats, governors and
bishops as to give the event the
character of a public ceremony
Bishop Talbot and Rev. DR.. Mackey
Smith officiated with the impress
sive marriage service Of the Epis-
coDal church.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
NERVE-TRYING BUSINESS.
Shoe Salesman Tells of His Troubles
with Women Customers.


81 do not believe" said a salesman in
big retail shoe house on State street,
where a vast number of shoes are sold
every day and principally to ladies,
that any business in the world will
try a mans nerve and patience like
this. The best and sweetest tempered
woman in the world becomes a cold
blOoded cynic the moment she starts to
buy a pair of shoes. She has fixed
idea in her head that she wears a GER
tain size and any attempt of sales
man to convince her that she wears q
size larger is regarded as an affront. 1
have actually had women walk away
from me and ask the manager to send
some one else to wait on them because
l showed them by measuring the out
line of their feet, drawn on a piece of
paper, that they were mistaken in their
size.
Il remcm Der particularly one lady
who insisted that she wore a 8 A, and
had never worn anything else in her
life. The shoe she had on was a a,
although marked one size smaller.
was imprudent enough to demonstrate
this to her, and she took the shoes from
my hand and walked with one stock
inged foot to another salesman. Yes
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
A BEAUTIFUL SIGH.
Millions Upon Millions of snow-WhitC
Birds.

Sirus.
In "Trans-Siberian Savages" the au-
thor gives the description of a beauti-
full and unique phenomenon which he
witnessed off the shore of Sakhalin is
land. The bright blue water was so
clear that for long distance from the
shore he could see the bottom, and
even the fishes, shoals of which were
moving gently hither and thither.
Above the swimming fish was a
strange phenomenon; the surface of the
water was like dazzling snow. This
brilliant white surface, which extended
over an area of nearly square mile,
was not sea-fOam, for with the eXcep-
ton Of the ocean swell, the water was
placid as lake.
My friend, seeing my delight, mo.
toned me to hand him one of the rifles.
He took no aim, but simply fired.
Instantly the air was full of skim
ming snOwfakes, scintillating in the
bright sunshine against the deep blue
sky right across the horizon, while the
surface of the water ceased to be white,
and became uniform in its blueness.
This is the most beautiful sight this
latitude has to offer, and most FORUM
ate was l in getting it. Just at that
season millions upon millions of exqui-
sitely white birds migrate to that spot.
They are whittier than the whitest of
gulls, and their plumage is much more
brilliant, so as to be quite dazzling in
the sunshine. What these birds are l
had no opportunity of determining.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
Wind About Japan Question.

LONDON, April 20.-At the Japa-
nese legation here it is stated that
nothing is known of any intention
or action connected or otherwise
on behalf of the powers Of the far
east, and it is declared that there
is no foundation for the statement
that Great Britain is trying diplo-
matically to secure advantages for
herself in that quarter Of the
world
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
Williamantic Bank Failure.

WASHINGTON, April o. Gen.
Eckles, comptroller of the curren-
cy, has directed Inspector Doley to
take charge Of the National Bank
of Williamantic. 1t is understood
the banks present embarrassment
is principally due to certain tran
sactions of the cashier, who died
some weeks ago. The capital Of
the bank was 100000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
A Dallas LIQUOR Fight.

DALLAS, Tex, April 22.-Special,
The Pastors association of Dal-
las, at special meeting, resolved
to petition the commiss toner's
court for the calling Of a local OPP
ton election of Dallas and Dallas
county.
The campaign is to begin a. once
The date OF the election has not
been determined.
Negotiations were ordered
opened for the assistance Of Sam
Jones and d. L. Moody.
The president of the State Lii
quor Mems association, J. P. Lacy,
who is also a member of the Dallas
board of aldermen, declares that
the liquor men of Dallas and the
brewery OF this city and st. Louis,
will spend fifty thousand dollars to
defeat local option in Dallas.
Master Ireland Graves paid an
0tbar visit RI Vast End
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22

terday had a customer who tried on
fourteen pairs of shoes, and then did
not buy, because she could not get her
foot into the size that she declared was
her fit. BY the time we are ready to
go home ! feel sour enough to make
vinegar out of cider by looking at it"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
LAID to Rest.

The funeral of the late Frank
Osiecki, aged % years, who died Of
cancer at his parents residents on
Omaha street last Saturday, took
place yesterday afternoon at D
o'clock from st. Michael's church,
With the following gentlemen act
ing as pail bearers: Messrs. Fred.
Weiss, John Morawitz. Jos. Kush,
,fus. Margozewitz, Alex. Yura-
ichek and Matthias Nosek.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
NAV Lose His Eye.

Will sherman, while drawing
molasses from a barrel in the cell
lar Of George Saur, the Alamo
plaza grocer, this afternoon, was
injured on the right eye, which
may prove serious. The barrel was
provided with a patent faucet, the
handle Of which flew off and struck
him over the eye.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
Williamson County Rains.

GEORGETOWN, Tex, April %
Especial, The six months drouth
was broken this morning by CO.
niOus rains.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
DON'T buy CONSIGNED PIANOS AND ORGANS.

These
may have been in the houses of rejected
You easily whether the offered for
the consigned class purchase
WITHOUT SIGNING NOTES when selling
nstamen demand onlyrou contracts
law
additional security generally purpose
selling
further credit Those must be " the day become the
of instrument and all the cash all ex
We buyers We stock
sin
We ITO kinT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22
The Daily Eight.
MONDAY, APRIL %, 1895
FOREIGN NEWS.

ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELEC-
TIONS.
ROME, April 22.-The Cabinet is
discussing a proposal to hold the
parliamentary elections on May -.
TO BE MARRIED ON JUNES.
LONDON, April 22.-The Duke Of
Costa and the Princess Hell, ne, OF
New Orleans will be married at
Stowe House on June s.
THE PORTE Is WARNED.
LONDON, April pa dispatch
to the Times from Constantinople
says: "Sir Philip Currie, British
ambassador to Turkey, has pointed
out to the Porte the danger attend
ing the oppression Of Armenians
by the Turkish officials, and urged
that they hencefOrth desist frOlu
the practice in the interest OF Tur-
key. The Porte promised to in
struct the provincial governors in
accordance with Sir Philips repre-
sensations.
THE SOCIETY A SUCCESS.
LONDON, April 2O.-The Globe in
an article on the inaugural banquet
Of the American society in London
last night says:
The society is certain to be sue
cess If it's membership is confined
to those who are regarded in Lon
don and New York as desirable
M IF al
has greater horror Of the bounc-
ing, Dragging vulgarian than the
American gentlemen whose travel
in Europe is spoiled by the
vagaries Of noisy crew who no
more represent America than does
the cheap tripper represent Eng
land.
THE CRISIS IN MADAGASCAR.
LONDON, April 22.-The Daily
Telegraph's Port Louis correspond
emit says: The intrigues Of the
anti-foreign party have produced
crisis in Madagascar. All the
English officers have resigned, and
several are already on the way
home. There will be general
European exodus by the next
steamer. The loss of the European
leaders will insure the success Of
the French, who already are brib-
ing natives.
THE SITUATION IN PEKIN.
LONDON, April 22.-The Times
correspondent in Pekin says:
at is understood that China has
conceded everything required by
Japan except making Pekin an
open port. This she has strenu-
ously resisted. Nothing is known
here of any peace conditions likely
to involve other nations in compli-
cations with Japan. The ma ority
of Chinese here are still ignorant of
Japan's demands. The utmost Sc
crecy is observed. Ii Hung Chang,
who is returning from Simoneskl
with his son-in-law, is still in high
favor. 1t is learn that false returns
eXaggerate the number Of soldiers
at Shanakwan Elv. Population
among the officials continues. The
American missionaries are return
ing " Nal ud, OOO IlllISS W OllO
northward. No further danger is
feared. During the last days the
natives here are more insulting to
foreign residents"
ANOTHER COTTON MILLS TRUST.
LOUISVILLE, April 22.-The
Robinson Hughes company of this
city have succeeded in forming a
trust of all the cotton mills in Ala
bama producing Osnaburgs, a
staple in the dry goods trade much
resembling duck. The firm has
secured control of all the mills, and
is to prorate the orders among
them. Their principal competitors
heretofore have been st. Louis
firms.
Ex-Consul Walters Case.
N
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22

Misses and children's Oxfords
SULLIVAN SHOE Co. 1 - tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22

Master Ireland Graves paid an
other visit to West End.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-22

; Miles Nerve Plasters 80 al all druxgl
The evening times., 1895-09-04
CAVALRY TROOPS OUTING.
They Will Spend IL Night In Camp NJ
Great Falls.

hey " III Spchu u ->iSu III III Sa"p Ut
Great Falls.
Cavalry Troop A will leave Washington
Saturday evening Tor IN outing. Lieut.. c. L.
Beatty, in the absence of Capt. Harry
Barbour. vii, be in command.
The troopers will go overland to Great
Falls, where they will remain until Sunda v
night, returning as they went-On horseback
The boys expect to take with them nearly
all OF the members.
The troop has never been in a more pros
porous condition. The roster Is overfull
and the pressure to obtain membership in
the organization has become so strong that
Gen. Ordway has recently issued an order
allowing the limit to be raised to 100. There
are no W sixty-five on the roll, but the number
of candidates is large enough to bring the
membership up to the century mark.
The drills which had been discontinued
during the warm weather have now been
resumed and every Saturday evening the
boys may be found hard at work at the Ar
mory. The drill will during September be
made by bugle calls, i'll true cavalry style.
One week from Monday the troop will be-
gin rifle practice at the ordway range. 1t
is proposed to select a team of six crack
shots to compete against the brigade teams
of the Guard, and the cavalrymen think
that they can shoot better than any other
company of militiamen in the District.
The evening times., 1895-09-04
A GREAT BLOW HOLE.
Roars Like Locomotive When the
Sea Is Troubled.

Roars Like a Locomotive When the
Sea Is Troubled.
In New South Wales, about seventy miles
from Sydney, is the picturesque and thriv-
ing town of Kama, surrounded by rich
agricultural country. says the Austria lian
Photographic journal. Kama, unlike
other tourist resorts, can be thoroughly
enjoyed in either fair OF stormy weather,
and those who visit the town when good
gale is blowing have an opportunity of
witnessing a sight the like of which does
not exist elsewhere on our globe. The
famous ''blow hole here situated, in the
middle of a rocky headland running out
into the sea, forms a truly wondrous sight.
With each successive breaker the ocean
spray is sent shooting up into the air,
soemtimes as high as from 800 to 400 feet,
descending in drenching shower and
accompanied by a rumbling noise as of
distant thunder, which can be heard for
many miles around.
This blow hole" is singular and na tural
phenomenon and consists of a perpendicular
hole, nearly circular, with diameter of
about ten yards across, and has the appear
ance of being the crater of an extinct
volcano. This is connected with the ocean
by cave of about 100 yards In length,
the seward opening of which is in all
respects similar to at. Eingal's cave on the
west coast of Scotland, the same perpendic-
ular basaltic columns forming the side
walls of each. Into this cave towering
waves rush during stormy weather, and as
the cave eextends some distance further into
the rock than the '.bl0w hole," on the
entrance OF each wave this cavity becomes
full of compressed air, which, when the
tension becomes t,,o great, blows the water
with stupendous force up the perpendicular
opening.
The evening times., 1895-09-04
DEFENDER AND YALKYRIE
What the Official Measurements
May Do for the American.
1t Is Believed That the Defenders
Time Allowance VIII he About
One Minute.

New York, Sept. 4.-John Hyslap. OF the
New York Yacht Club, will officially
measure the vaikyrie and the Defender on
Friday. Not until then W i'll 1t be known ex-
actly just how much the cup challenges
VIII hare to allow the American boat. But,
meanwhile, the result may be in a measure
foreshadowcd from data and dimensions
that are known 10 be approximately cor
rect.
a close approximation of the racing
lengths of the two yachts. rs shown by their
spar plans, would be I0I.3S feet racing
length for the yalsyrie and l00.22 feet
racing length for the Defender. These fig
ures have been deduced from the spar di-
mensions of the boats in accordance with
the rilcs OF the New York Yacht Club.
According To tire club rules therefore.
the two boats are Quite near together, the
Defender having only Il slight allowance
coming 10 her. The Faikyre's mainsail
has more hoist than the Defender. while
the latter has longer gaff titan the form
er. 1t certainly looks, ON these figures.
as If Yalkyrie will have to give the Defender
only aboat minute over a thirty mile
coIrsc.
This alio vance viii be of help to the Dc
Tender should she possibly get caught uiidtr
the lee of the Valkyrie at the start. Il.
that case, II the Defender is the faster
boat and is unable TO work clear of the Val
kyrie. then she can hold on close enough to
her TO win by her time allowance. So, in
case the Defender proves herself to be the
faster boat, the Yalkyrie's getting the bet
ter OF her at the start may not be so serious
as m;fDy are now disposed TO think.
These figures may vary slightly from the
official ones that will be obtained by exact
measurements. They are shown merely to
give some idea OF the-.tIine allowance
which one boat will have to concede 10 the
other
The evening times., 1895-09-04
Tracked to Earth.

| Tlme-Righ now
Place-Office of Chief Badenough.
| fChief Badenough seated at his desk exam
ining a rusty pants button through a mi
croscope Enter Detective PlatheTskits
perspiring and panting)
Bla--Hisi! histi
Bad.-What no?
Bla Hist.
Bad-where away?
Bla-But fresh returned from D. Domi
Giles foul castle
Bad -Aho. without!
Enter head and shoulders of sleuth)
Head-what no?
Bad.-Stand fast without and see that nc
one enters.
. Head-Ayei EXIT
Bad Your wild appearance doth betokeI
news SPEAK.
Bla.-Y our r oman nose doth ever scent the
truth have much news, but III be brief
Bad -'Tis well Proceed.
Bal learned some time ago from one
McNulty, worthy citizen. that back in
'93 his little daughter Cissy. scarce six
years old, went to the store of Domicile
TO buy a postage stamp. She got the
stamp, and as she was returning over the
tracks a train bore down upon her and she
died, or so the story went. Foul play was
not suspected at the time. But now Nc
Nulty doth remember that on one occasion
when. accompanied by the child, he went to
Domcile's to use his telephone. the wretch
remarked unto the little babe: II wish
I had that merry laugh of yours" This.
coupled with the fact that when the man
gled body of the child was found no laugh
ha ba
CORY ghoul had killed the child to get her
silvery laugh. and then, to hide his crime,
had laid her on the track.
Bad.-Aha! Go on.
Bla-I set about at once to follow up
the clew. l went into the castle and for
five and ninety minutes neither slept nor
ate, but in the basement dug and searched,
and there / found two ghastly relics that
do prove beyond a doubt 1 was not wrong.
(Pulls a was of paper from his vest
pocket and unwraps it, exposing to view
the end of q finger nail and a fragment OF
fish bone.l ii
Bad.-Ah!
Bla.-This pairing from finger nail is
of such delicate proportions that it must
have been a child's.
Bad.-Aha, But how about the fish's
bone?
Bla.-McNulty, who was on the spot
when 1 unearthed 1t, remembered that
upon the very day the dastards deed was
done they dincd on Goldfish balls, Of which
the child partook abundantly. Now, IL
analysis proves this to be a Gods bone,
then is our man as good as hung.
Bad.-Zounds, this is well! Now let's to
the physician. (Exeunt.)
EPILOGUE
(Headlines in the morning Tempus
Fugit.)
ANOTHER GREwSOME FIND.
The evening times., 1895-09-04
Points Hb0Ut Pilgrims

Among the guests at Villa rd's areL
Mr.. ] j. Smith, of Rochester, " Y; b
Z. Truck, a merchant of Liberty. Mo-. AZ
j. Pickreil. OF Anna, H.; John C. HogSS
of Meadville, Pa; W A. Durham, OF Hafs
risbury, Pa. and A. ]. Switzer, travei'
ing salesman, of Bath, Ny
The following Knights Templar are stop.
ping at Wizards on their return from
the Boston conclave: Mr.. E. P. Frederick,
of St Louis; Mr.. George T. Matthews, a
clothing manu- factu rer, and Mr.. John
H Terry, wife and Son, all of st. Louis,
and Mr. George E. Fullerton and wife and
Mr. A. NJ Seerist, of Marion, Ia.
Mr.. c. F. Leng, Pittsburg travelling
man, and Mr.. Wiley o. Cox, identified
with Kansas City railroad interests, are
at the Metropolitan.
Messrs Walter Murphy and s. A. Tiernan,
of Salisbury, n. c., are stopping a the Net
ropolitan on their return home from the
Boston conclaye.
Mrs. s. E. Jackson, of Philadelphia; Mr..
William McC. Moore, an oyster shipper OF
Norfolk, Va: Mr.. W. C. Culverhouse, q
travelling salesman of Selma. Ala; Mr.. A
]. Beer, of Detroit; Mr.. F. H Bierback, OF
Chicago: Mr.. NJ. Kirwin, Wisconsin lum.
herman from Ashland; Mr.. George B. Davis,
of Ithaca. n. Y; Messrs. Royal Wright and
Francis NJ. Wright, of Urbana, Ill; Mr.. :
E. S. Watts, of Louisville, and Mr. G. L.
Camden. real estate dealer of Kingfishert
Ukl, are registered at the National
Mrs. E. R oberts. of Alfred. Me; Mr. Vim,
Dickson, of Rock Island, Iii; Mr.. Alan NJ
Leeklees. Pittsburg glass manufacturey,
and Mr.. ]. s Kelly and wife, of Crawfords-
vile, Ind, are among the Ralclgh's guests
Messrs. V. Smith. C. A. Byers, and Cyrus
Borgner, of Philadelphia, in Washington
in the interest OF the Smith garbage
cremtaory, are registered a the Raleigh.
Messrs. W. P. Coffin, of Newark. and T.
]. Connors, of New York city, both of whom
are engaged in the wholesale meat busis
ness, are stopping at the Raleigh.
Among those registered at the Ebbitt
House are Mr. C. E. Mason. a manufacturer.
of school furniture, OF Hamilton. Ohio; Mr..
y = '''PN. u UtOiliiSiIr- ytbIite Id W yer. bI
New Orleans; Mr. Herman Moss, of Mil.
waLkee; MIR. Ernest j. Shaw. Il tourist
from Dublin, Ireland; Mr.. A. o. Wilson,
of Wheeling, W. Va; and Mr.. A. G. Schetzet
of San Francisco.
Mr. A. G. Manns, of Chicago. and Prof.
R. c. Kedze, of the Michigan Agricultural
College, both in Washington to attend the
agricultural convention, are stopping al the
Ebbitt House.
Messrs Fred Owen, W. W. Osborn. and
E. W. johnson, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio,
returning Knights Templar, are at the
st. James.
Mr. George A wilkins, of Selma, Ala;
Mr. Joseph LeiscA, of Columbus. s. C.; Mr..
L. NJ Kerr, of Ell Paso. IEd., and Mr.. P4
McKie and wife, of Carthage, Ind, are at
the St James.