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THE FRUIT MEN
Growers and Shippers Organizing for Pro.
lection

San Francisco, Feb. 1s.--The Fruit
Growers and Shippers Association OF
California was organized today to pro-
mote the fruit interests regulate distri-
button and establish in cities one auction
room, open and free to all buyers Thg
following board of directors was elected
N. B. Salisbury, II. Weinstock, f. II.
Buck, H. A. Fairbanks, d. Reese, E. T.
Earl, J. T. Mathews. The following Off
GERS were elected: H. Weinstock, presi-
dent N. R. Salisbury, vice president
D. o. Mills, treasurer and f. H. Buck,
secretary
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DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT
An Ex-Fire Chief Of Seattle Mysterious
DjsappearS

Disappears
Seattle, Wash, Feb. 18.-A. B. Hunt,
Chief of the Fire Department, has disap'
peared, and another man has been ap.
pointed to take his place.
Last Friday Hunt went to Tacoma to
attend trial for obtaining naturalization
papers by fraud. He was seen in Tacoma
that night, but mysteriously dropped out
of sight after that. His enemies say he
has fled to avoid trial Alexander Allen
has been appointed Fire Chief in his
place.
The herald., 1895-02-19

gone. Figgatt had two big valises with
him when he left town. The man is said
to have taken a westbound train. He
comes of a highly respectable family
The loss of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute wi IL temporarily cripple it,
The herald., 1895-02-19
No Bndies Eound

San Francisco, Feb. 1s.-The capszed
schooner Ocean Spray was righted today,
but no bodies were found on her and what
has become of the crew of five men is a
mystery. 1t is thought they got off in a
small boat and were drowned in the
storm
The herald., 1895-02-19
A Bullet In the Brain

San Francisco, Feb. 1S.-George Z. Nil
son, carpenter, was found in Golden
Gate Park today with a bullet wound in
his head. He said an unknown man had
shot him, but the police believe he tried
to commit suicide while suffering from
deirum tremens. His wound is not
seriotIs
The herald., 1895-02-19
A Entail Gas ExnInsion

Ashland, Pa. 18.-Twelve men are said
to have been fatally burned by an explo-
sion of gas at West Boar Ridge colliery to-
day. Five men have already been taken
out, but none will recover.
The herald., 1895-02-19
A Bank Dividend

Washington. Feb. 1s.--The Comptroller
of the Currency has declared dividend
of 10 per cent in favor of the creditors of
the Lynn County Bank of Albany Or.
The herald., 1895-02-19
Coming hX Sea

San Francisco, Feb. 1s.--The passen-
gers on the steamer Eureka for Los An
gelcs are Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Hosick, Miss
Hosick, Miss C. Paulsen, Thomas PEN
dergast and wife and five in the steerage
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29
Sergeant Jones Discharged

Sergeant Michael Jones, of troop
F, Seventh cavalry, had a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Price this morning, on a charge Of
unlaw fully disposing of govern
ment grain. He was discharged,
there being no case against him.
Sergeants VIM. H. Helm and III. w.
Light, who have had hearing on
similar charge, have been bound
over in the sum Of $3.50 each and
gave bond yesterday.
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Brokerage Co., corner Market and Y,ur
ri streets.
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. go, 1895.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS..
September Wheat: Opened at 60;
closed at 6l1f.
September Corn; Opened at a55S; closed
at 361s.
September Oats: Opened at 1s1s; closed
at 1871.
Mess Pork. September, opened at
9.10; closed at 900.
Lard: September, opened at $50;
closed at so.
Receipts-Wheat, 7s cars; corn, psf
cars; oats, I'll cars; hogs, 5000 head; cat.
tie, 1000 head.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Cotton: Firm, middliDg, 9-16.
August, 1886; September, 7.90; Octo'
Der, soc: November, s.07; December,
SIS; January, s.2l.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Cotton: Firm; middling. Z Tic.
August, 7s9; September, 7.91: October,
7.99; November, 7 81; December, 1893; jan
uary, 7.93.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Cotton: 43-16; sales, 5000 bales.
August September, 4 70; September
October, 4 -; October November, Ala
November December, AIS; December
January, 4.l6.
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SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying.

The refusal of the finance COM
mittee, of which Alderman Ro-
bards is the head, to approve bills
of Elmendorf & Co. for supplies
furnished the city, on the ground
that Mayor Elmendorf is a men,
Der of that firm, has set the
tongues of many people wagging.
X
1t is a we'll known fact that the
firm of ElmendOrf & Co. came to
the rescue of the city when its
treasury was empty and furnished
supplies, when other firms would
not sell to the city except for spot
cash; and when any article was
required that was not in stock Ell
mendorf & Co. furnished it by
purchasing from other concerns.
Those purchases We're made in
the nature of purchases in the open
market.
The fact that members of the
city council had been charged with
being interested in contracts with
the city, brought out an opinion
from city Attorney Minor, which
construed the charter provision in
the severest possible way.
The charter section 246, reads
No member of the city council, or
any officer of the corporation, shall
be directly or indirectly interested
in any work, business or contract,
the expense, price or consideration
of which is paid from the city
treasury.
1t is evident that this does not
apply to purchasing in the open
m arket, or intended to cut the city
off from any advantage in purchas-
ing city supplies.
The words ''work, business OF
contract" are intended to apply tC
a different class of transactions
Had it been intended to cover the
purchase of supplies the section
would have read, ''wOrk, business
contract, or the purchase of any
article for the use of the city,"
But the question arises, whar
right has Alderman Robards, "a
chairman of the finance commit
tee, to assume the place of judge
and jury and pass upon an infrac
ton of the law, when his onl.
province is to ascertain if the bill'
are correct, the prices reasonable
etc. The firm of Elmendorf & Co
cannot be tried for malfeasance il
office because one of their firm is ;
city officer.
i Mr.. Robards can only examin'
] the bills as to their correctness
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29
PERSONAL MENTION.

Rev. Geo. Schuchard gave the
LIGHT a pleasant call yesterday.
He has been travelling in East
Texas and in Louisiana, in the in
terest Of the Baptist Herald and
filling pulpits along the way.
A movement is being started to
organize a freight bureau among
San Antonio merchants and bust
ness men.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29
Jailbirds Have Flown,

CLINTON, Iowa, Aug. 29.-Elght
prisoners escaped from the county
Jail last night by drilling out of
their cage and tearing hole in the
ceiling.
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WANTS HEAVY DAMAGES
MRS. DIGNOwITY SUES THE GULF
SHORE AND ALSO THE CITY.

She Claims That All Her Property
Along the Gulf Shore Railway is
Now Worthiess-Tom Driscoll Sues
John Gilroy for Damages for False
Imprisonment-Cou News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29
MARKET REPORTS.

Furnished the LIGHT by the West Texas
Brokerage Co., corner Market and Ytur
ri streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29

Mr.. Robards can only examine
the bills as to their correctness
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Local Weather Forecast.

For San Antonio and vicinity for
the thirty-six hours, ending s p. m.
August 30, 1895: For Thursday,
fair, falling temperature. For Fri
day, generally fair, lower tempera.
ture. JAMES A. BARRY, Observer
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Section 246 should be printed in
letters of fire and hung in the
council chamber, as perpetual
warning to every member OF the
city government. 1t means just
what it says; 'That no member
of the city council shall hold any
office or employment (not even a
city carD under the city govern
ment while he is member of said
city council, unless herein other
wise provided; and no member of
the city council, or any officer of
the corporation, shall be directly
or indirectly interested in any
work, business or contract, the ex-
pense, price or consideration of
which is paid from city treasury,
or by an assessment levied by an
ordinance or resolution of the
city council, nor be the surety OF
any person having contract,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29
Brewers of the Celebrated =

work or business with said city,
for the performance of which
surety may be required"
But for this wise provision there
would be nothing to prevent the
mayor and council from forming a
close business corporation and ex-
Guiding from competition all others
in securing the contracts, work
and business" of the city.
1t is the sheet anchor of the
charter and holds the city from
drifting into corrupt pool for
speculation and robbery. Itwould
be better to give the section a
strained Interpretation than to
ignore it, but not an Interpretation
that will work unwarranted in
justice and injury.
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and whether the city has been
honestly dealt with. If he is con-
WINGED that the mayor has made
himself liable under section 246,
then his duty is plain, he
should become public prose
cutor and present articles
Of Indictment against Mayor
Elmendorf, but pay the honest
debts of the city made in the
course of ordinary business trans
actions.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-29

Gen. j. III. McLeary has returned
from the New England states.
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The $3.50 Line

Are of fine soft 'Merino'' Wool, very hand
some patterns, the latest stylish cut. and should
wear until new breed of sheep is discovered
These are equal to anybody's 81 90 Suit.
(See "ad' in Sundays Express
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platform of the crudest nature, con-
slsting of n few scantling and boards
enough to make n sure footing for the
feet, whereon stands the executioner,
brutal, low browed, Unconditional
man, who swings sharp, heavy axe
with skill, precision and force.
AS the horse approaches this plat
form a small blanket, or sometimes q
gunnysack is thrown over his eyes, to
prevent his seeing the axe, and as he
reaches point Immediately under the
man with the weapon, the latter comes
down upon his forehead with crash,
the blade sinking deep into his brain.
| There il no need for second blow,
for the first is sure and deadly, and
the poor, starved animal falls dead in
his tracks. Another man with sharp
knife Sits his throat and he is ready
for the skinner. In few moments
his hide is off, the knife and cleaver
soon dismember him and he is then
food for human beings. As the quar-
ters hang upon the hooks they are not
distinGuishable from those of beef, and
undoubtedably pass for such in more
than one butchers shop, particularly
in the poorer sections of the town, al
though the city authorities deny that
any of the meat comes in here.
In the east room OF the slaughter
house are three great iron kettles, each
of three hundred gallons capacity, and
in these parts of the meat are boiled,
but for what purpose there is diver
sity of opinion. Martin and his en-
ployes say the kettles are used for
boiling those parts OF the dead horses
out of which glue is made, the result
being sold to the gluemakers. One
mau told me the watts contained the
neclis of horses, which was made into
"beef extract" A suitable brand is
then put upon the extract, and there
are doubtless thousands of persons
who sip the concoction and think it is
| beef tea, when it is nothing more than
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not that the wraps are SO very enticing
the fashionable girl would be apt to
shiver along the avenues with no pro-
lection from the winds, says the New
York Recorder.
The capes are perfect loves, and
keep right in the first rank of favor
with women in general, for there is,
nor can there be, no more comfortable
covering than loose cape. The sleeves
are still tremendous, one of the most
marked features of the fall bodice.
and a jacket, even with the fullest
kind of sleeve, seems crampy and out
of order. One hates to crowd and
push lovely big sleeve, all soft folds
and puffs, into coat sleeve, no mat
ter of how big proportions; there is
sure to bo more or less crushing. 4.
Velvet is, as was predicted, in espe-
.ial favor for fall wraps-but more OF
this later there are no end of lovely
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
COLLARS AND CUFFS.

The muslin collars and cuffs have
had their day, but for the fall and
winter silk, velvet and satin ones VIII
take a prominent place among de-
tachable dress-trimmiugs. On
Partisan model of lustrous black
corded silk is large sailor collar OF
black and white plaided tatfeta SILK
The collar ends in square tabs in front,
instead of shawl-points, and is edged
with two narrow white crepe frills,
with rosettes in each corner made OF
narrow black velvet ribbon. There ls
also neck band of the silk, with two
very large velvetrosettes on each SIDE
Black or green velvet sailor collars
are self.lined, OF they show II gay, re,
verse side of bright Tartan plalIu,
cherry silk, or flower brocade in smal'
patterns.
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enjoyed only local reputation. His
career as n chess player has not been
of the brilliant order, but rather one
of constant Advancement. fillsbury
is twenty two years old, and his chess
playing dates from his sixteenth
birthday, when he first learned the
moves of the game at which he has
now proved himself to be the inter-
national champion.
Addison Smith, leading member
of the Boston Chess Club, became in
terested in the young man shortly
after he began 10 play, and Pillsbury
was not slow to take advantage of
Smiths valuable experience. lie be-
came an active member of the Boston
Chess Club, and enjoyed reputation
among Boston enthusiasts as Il coming
PLAYER.
Pillsbury's first important success
was gained over Champion Steinitz,
who unsuccessrully tried to concede
him the odds of pawn and move. He
was entered in 1890 in the American
Chess Congress, receiving odds from
Burrille and other leading players.
Young Pillsbury defeated Stone at
eyens with score of to .. He also
played match with Barry, n strong
New England player, winning by a
score of to 4.
All of the leading devotees of the
game played at Hastings. The cham
pion Lasker, Tschigorin, Blackburne.
Burn, Bird, Gunsberg, Tarrasch, Ver-
gani, Tinsley, Won Bardeleben, Telch-
mann, Albin, Mason, Janowski,
Pollock and several others, among
them Wabrodt, also very young
man, like Pillsbury, played Lasker
was looked upon rs II probable win
ner, with Tschigorin, Ste nitz, Black
burne and Tarrasch rs dangerous
rivals, while Pillsbury and the others
were in the Garkhurse category.
Pillsbury's victory against such an
array of talent is therefore the more
remarkable, as he was pitted against
men whose experience in tournaments
and matches was calculated to at least
overcome the younger and less ex'
perienced players.
Pillsbury is an active member OF
the Brooklyn Chess Club, and on his
departure for the scene OF his great
victory was the recipient OF II cordial
demonstration at the hands OF that
organization.
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A New llluminani.

Some day we shall, perhaps, settle
on universal domestic illuminant.
Will it be acetylene? If so, We shall
want shorter name for it, but that
can be shelved for the present. Ace.
tyene is said to give flame ten or
twelve times brighter than an ordi.
nary gas jet, or four and n half times
brighter thgn the very best gas burner
can yield. Moreover, acetylene gives
out much less heat than gas, and very
much less vapor. Add to these advan-
tages the fact that acetylene can be
llquifed with ease, and kept in liquid
form, and you have the claims of ace
tylene in the rough. 1t is curious
that acetylene has become CONNER
cially possible as an iliuminant by de-
velopments in electricity with which
it will now have to compete. New
York Journal.
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A Large Tooth.

While workmen were excavating a
ditch in swamp on the farm of C. e.
Percival, in the southeastern part of
Champaign County, n few days ago,
they dug huge tooth which has at
tracted considerable curiosity and the
attention of scientific people. The
tooth measured ten inches in length,
four inches across the face of the
crown and weighed seven and one-halt
pounds. When it was brought to this
city it was compared with plaster
cast of a mastoion's tooth in the Uni
versity of Illinois, and it was found to
correspond almost exactly with it
Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye.
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Flow n Great Steel Ring Was Made.

The steel ring for generator NO a
the Niagara Power Company S new
plant is now at the shop OF the west
inghouse Company, and is attractinl
n great deal of attention from stee
men. ms well as from electricians. l.
is regarded as one of the very ines
picces of work ever turned out.
was forced ut Bethlehem, Penn. Inc
ring is considerably the largest oil the
kind ever cast. 1t is eleven feet sever
and one.eighth inches in diameter,
about five feet high and weighs 2',oot
pounds. 1t cost over SSOOo.
The making of the ring was nm ex,
ceedingly difficult task. A nlckel
steel ingot four and n half feet IN dl'
ameter at tho bottom and six and n
half feet long was cast. a hole was
then bored through it lengthwise. a
block of the proper weight was then
cut from the ingot, and the cylinder
thus obtained was heated, and, under
hydraulic pressure of 14,OOO tons
was expanded to the present size. III
would be just like cutting from lead
pencil n section half an inch long, bor'
inc the lead out of it and then expand
ing the wood to u ring an inch in dl'
amcter.
The ring had to be forged TO per
feet circle, and in such way rs tc
prevent the possibility of weakness in
any part, for, when the tremendous
pressure of Niagara is brought to bear
on the turbine, which will turn the
ring, it will revolve around the arma'
ture Mt the rate of $50 revolutions per
minute. The electrical energy thus
obtained will be 5000 horse power. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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of the continent. AS the slaughter
house is located just outside the city
limits of Chicago the city authorities
can do nothing, even were they SO in
clned, while there is no State law on
.he matter that can be invoked in pre-
sention of the business. Only the
Government of the United States can
interfere.
This Chicago packing establishment
is located on the open prairie and con-
sists of two large, unpainted build
ings and several sheds. One of the
large buildings is used as n stable and
the other is the abattoir proper. The
stable is not used for the care and
comfort of the animals that are to be
slaughtered. They simply lie or
stand around until death claims them.
There is no danger OF their getting
away. Many of them cannot stand
and running would be an exercise far
beyond .heir powers. Death is vel.
come yelief to most if not all of them,
and never whimper or whinny il
heard. One hundred horses Fer weel
are slaughtered here, and they are
bought for 81, $2 or $3 each, the ma
jorisv of the purchases being made a
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horse Cruel. Another man thought it
was soup stock, and yet another said
he was certain that saloon tree lunches
were supplied out of the kettles. The
beef tea theory, however, is the more
probable, and the one generally ac-
cepted.
Connected with the north side of
the slaughter room is small shed,
enclosed, on the principle of the clean
to-" which Is designated as the cool.
'ng and packing room, Here the Wis.
itor will find, behind railing, half a
ton or 50 of ice, with piles of quarters
near it, in the process of cooling. 1t
is rather a primitive arrangement, as
compared with the various cooling
processes at the stock yards packing
houses, but the proprietor is authority
for the statement that none of the
meat leaving his establishment is bad.
After it is sufficiently cooled it is
packed in barrels and shipped across
the ocean and othei wise disposed Of
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Richest American Woman.

An interesting sight for the people
of Bellows Falls, Vt, the past summer
was to watch IIetty Green, the woman
whose fortune is way up in millions,
returning from shopping tour With
a small package of tea, pound OF
crackers and u bag OF -four in her
arms. They considered Mrs. Green 4
good citizen, and said that she pad
her taxes with commendable prompt
ness, but she would not submit to the
slightest extortion. She had the water
cut of from her house Mt the cost OF
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confeotious already seen in this rich
and universally becoming fabric.
The sketch shows one of the new
capes in dull, slate.colored Lyons
velvet, with such n wonderfully thick
pile, and showing such beautiful white
lights. It is circular in cut, falling
from the shoulders in rich folds, and
bordered with straps of cream white
broadclotb. Broad revers and high
rolling collar of white have strapped
edges. a double clasp of pearl orna-
ments the front. With this is worn
fiat, faring brimmed hat, of warm,
tan-colored braid, simply but modishly
trimmed with long, spikey wings Of
hronzed greens and reddish browns.
This toilette is made complete when
worn with frock of cream -colofed
broad-clotb, as is shown in the sketch.
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auction. Huddled together in n corr
raj these miserable creatures await the
sharp blade of the axe that puts an
end to their sufferings forever. The
meat is packed i'll barrels and then
sent beyond the sea.
A moro uninteresting place than
this slaughter house cannot be i'm.
agined. 1t is simply long, low, one
story shanty nearly one hundred feet
in length and about forty feet in
width, divided into two rooms by II
light wooden partition. In one OF
these rooms, the one to the west, the
horses are killed, skinned, dismem-
bered and hung up. 1t is not an in.
viting apartment, but on the contrary
is one calculated to destroy man 8
appetite forever, so far as eating meat
is concerned. The floor is slippery
with blood, while all around lie paris
of animals that have been slain await
ing tho hanging up process. In the
centre is rack on which are con.
stantly hanging iunumerable quarters
of horse meat, with portions of equine
skeletons disposed everywhere. The
actual slaughter of the horses is little
short of absolute murder. An incline
leading from the outside runs into the
shed, the floor of which is fully three
feet higher than the ground, and the
victim walks upon this until he is well
inside. He then passes under araised