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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
The Motorcycle Race.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The Time
Herald's motorcycle contest has
been postponed until Thanksgiving
day. The postponement was or
dered by the judges, Gen Merritt,
Prof. Barrett and Henry Timkin,
when they met at the Washington
Park club house this afternoon.
Great pressure has been brought to
bear on the judges on the plea
that insufficient time had been
given to those who were trying to
evolve practicable vehicle for
road service which would solve the
hOrseless carriage problem. The
big contest is thus postponed but
there will be a race tomorrow be-
tween those that have appeared in
Chicago up to the present time.
Mr.. H. III. Kohlsaat offers a prize Of
$500 to be given among those who
have been prompt enough to APP
pear at Washington Park club and
four carriages will 60 along the en-
tire route tomorrow. These wagons
belong to the Duryea Motor
Wagon company, OF Springfield,
Mass; the Kane and Pennington
company, of sRacine; Morris and
Salon, Philadelphia; and the p.
Mueller Manufacturing company,
OF Decatur, Ills. The conditions
attaching to the race were &C
cepted by all who declared their
intention Of partaking In the race
on Thanksgiving day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Suffocated BY Gas.

CHICAGO, Nov. Fire in the
Pelham flats at a late hour last
night came near resulting in the
death OF five persons. They are !:
Miss Acton, Mrs. Able, Mrs. Craw-
ford, A. f. Jessup, and Frank Ryan,
janitor. All were overcome by gas,
and had to be carried to the street.
1t is feared Mrs Crawford will die.
There were twenty-five families
living in tho building, and panic
followed the first cry Of fire. Sew
eral hundred persons rushed for
the stairways, and in consequences,
there was jam which threatened
the lives of any who might be
thrown down and trampled upon.
Fortunately nothing OF the kind
occurred. The fire had its origin
In an unoccupied fiat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Price $500 a Year
DURRANT's coNvIc TON.
His Attorneys Charge the Eews-
paper Men With the Result.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-Theo-
dore Durrant, convicted of murder,
is the same self-possessed, quiet,
iron nerved man he has been while
on trial for his life. He still
maintains his innocence and after
being taken back to Jail from the
court room said to a reporter:
"They say that my dear little
mother screamed when the verdict
was announced. It's all like a
dream to me. The first thing /
remembered was her arms We're
around my neck. Everything else
was cruel, so sudden, so harsh. l
felt safe in her arms. / could
stand any injustice, any wrong,
but for my mother and sister. Be
fore God L am innocent of that
crime. | wanted to get up and
call God to smite me where L stood,
if my heart and conscience were
not as pure as those who were
bowling with joy that / had been
branded murderer. / told every
thing honestly and fearlessly
when was on the stand"
Attorneys Dickson and Deuprey,
who defended Durrant, insist that
their client is an innocent man.
They ask next Friday for a new
trial which will probably be de-
MED by Judge Murphy. Then the
case will be appealed to the
Supreme court on the grounds
that the Judge erred in a number
Of his rulings during the trial.
Attorney Deuprey, speaking Of the
trial and verdict, said: at was
newspaper fight and the news
papers won.n
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
FOUND HER LOVER DEAD.
a Kentucky Tragedy-The Lover
Shot the Father, But Who
Shot the Lover ?

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. miss
Alma Crouch, the l7-year.old
daughter of William o. Crouch, a
prominent Bourbon county far
mer, was walking in her fathers
orchard last evening when she
suddenly struck her foot against
the body of a dead man, lying in
the high weeds, and fell over it.
She was struck with horror when
she recognized the face of her
lover, Doc Ellington.
A few days ago Ellington had
trouble with her father and he had
ordered him off the premises. They
met again next day when Filing.
ton was talking to Miss Alma.
The girls father attempted vio-
lence to the boy and he drew his
pistol and fired at the old gentle
man the bullet striking him in
the leg. He was put to bed and is
thought not to have been out Of
his room since. The body of the
young man showed that life had
been extinct some time. Both eyes
were blown out, the killing hav-
ing been done with a double bar
relied shot gun. Fully 40 shots
had lodged in his face and head.
There was no gun near, thus dis
posing of the theory of suicide.
The sheriff of Bourbon county visit.
ed tho scene but no arrests have
been made. Crouch is in bed, and
his family say he has not moved
from his room since the shooting
a few days ago which has been
kept quiet. Miss Alma will not
talk. She tainted after series Of
screams from fright and was
picked up by farm hands. The
neighbors believe some OF the boys
working on the Crouch place are
implicated in the killing, but since
they proved to the satisfaction Of
the sheriff that they had not been
on the farm for a week he did not
arrest any Of them. The coroner
will v sit the scene today and hold
an inquest. The dead man was a
brother Of the wife of L. G. Ang-
ling, the veteran trotting horse
breeder Of this city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Pacific Mail and Panama.

New YORK, Nov. Director
Isaac E. Gates, of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, who spoke for
President Huntington, said of the
announcement Of President Edward
Simmons, of the Panama railroad,
that negotiations for the settle
ment of the differences between the
two companies had been broken off 4:
"From what L know OF the matter
there was not sufficient reason for
terminating negotiations. The Pa
cific Mail will continue to run its
ships as heretofore between New
York and Colon and Of the Pacific
coast"
Charles II. Tweed, counsel for
the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany, said: "There were certain
fundamental principles which we
could not surrender and the other
side occupied position which it
thought it could not abandon. The
negotiations were conducted in a
perfectly amicable manner. We
agreed on rates and on relations
with the ans-continental associa-
ton. Our company will run their
boats exactly as it has been doing,
The Pacific Mail has certain rights
in the transportation of its traffic
across the Isthmus Of Panama
under the contract OF 1872, which
have been defined by the courts,
and these the Panama company
will OF course have to grant. We
shall not inaugurate any war OF
ratesD
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02

rant even the detention of the
schooner. Mr.. Garcia returned to
Trinidad, where he resided, in
time to make the trip on the Myoso-
tbs which proved his last.
Whether the murder of Mr..
Garcia was the outcome of revenge
for the defeat of the Venezuelan
commander in court, is question
which is being eagerly discussed
here.
Other alleged violations of law
and order are also being investi-
gated by local British officials and
representations have been sent to
London upon some of these cases.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Not Allowed to Land.

NEW YORK, Nov. "A special to
the Herald from Panama says the
steamer Alliance, which arrived
Oct. 18th, brought a large quantity
OF Colombian coin from New York
for the Panama Railway company.
As the law prohibits the introduce
ton of such coin, the authorities
have refused to admit it. Litiga-
tion may follow. The allegation is
made that the Panama railroad
and Canal companies are making
an attempt to raise exchange rates
to an abnormal figure.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Holmes is Holmes to the L. st.

New YORK, November I'll. III.
Holmes, on trial for murder at
Philadelphia, makes the following
statement to the New York World:
"In view OF the fact that no evil
dence had been introduced 10 con-
vict me, L was compelled to abide
by the decision OF my able lawyers,
Messrs. Shoemaker and Rotan,
who told me that IL would be use.
less to waste any time OF the court
and jury to refute evidence which
did not exist. / have told the
truth about PeitZel's death. | was
ready and anxious to repeat and to
prove my statements on the wit
ness stand. L am only sorry that
regard for my attorneys and for
what, / am told, is the legal GUS
tom, prevented me from talking to
the twelve men to whom my case
is confided. l should have shown
them that Peitzel killed himself in
the manner outlined by me in my
preliminary cross examination OF
state witness. should have shown
this, and 1 should have proved 1t.
1 should have shown that sought,
on behalf of the widow and sorrow
ing children, to secure to them the
insurance money, to make PeitzePs
death appear a natural one and not
suicide. i am sorry not to have
had the chance to testify, but since
the trial is practically over and
since l shall be vindicated / sup
pose i ought to be satisfied"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Russia and Bulgaria.

LONDON, Nov. "A Sofia dis
patch to the Chronicle says: "The
entire Bulgarian ministry has re-
signed until Prince Ferdinand
shall have promised that his son
shall be baptised in the Russian
church. L learn upon high authori-
ty that Russia will enter into dip
lomatic relations with Bulgaria on
condition of the election Of prince
from the candidates approved by
the powers. The list may include
Prince Ferdinand"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Mackay's Body is in Paris.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Mr. John
w. Mackay, who arrived in New
York on Wednesday evening, has
formed no plans, but is likely to go
to Europe shortly, and after con-
sulting with his family, the final
resting place for the body Of his
son will be decided upon. In the
meantime, the body will lie at the
church Of st. Augustine, in Paris,
where it was placed after the
funeral services held in that city.
The statement that the body was
already on it's way to New York, is
erroneous.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Has Russia Treatled China ?

NEW YORK, Nov. "A special
to the Herald from Shanghai says,
the report that treaty had been
concluded between Russia and
China, by which China would be-
come practically tributary to Rus
STA, appeared first in the China
Gazette OF october 10. 1t is be-
lieved here that the story is BASED
on truth, but the Coreaa affair
entirely upsets it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Lost Car Agent Killed.

BRAZIL, Ind, Nov. 2.-Charles p.
Hudson, chief lost car agent for
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois,
was killed on a Big Four switch
west of Carbon this county yester-
day. He was searching for lost
cars when he was jerked from a
car while running switch was
being made and both legs were
cut off. He died an hour later.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
The Russian Fleet is There.

New YORK, Nov. "A special to
the Herald from Seoul, Corea, says
tho report that thirteen Russian
warships are assem- bled at Port
Arthur has been confirmed. The
latest advices respecting the Rus
sian fleet stated that it was at
Chez Foo.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
R. H. C. Valentine Dies on Train

ROCHESTER,, N. y, Nov. 3.-R. II.
9. Valentine died suddenly on
train No. II. Valentine was booked
from Chicago to New York and had
state room in the "Roxbury." He
was i'll when the train left Chicago.
He dressed himself and went to
the washroom. Suddenly he threw
up his hands and sank to the floor
dead. He was about 40 years Of
age and was travelling alone. Sew
eral letters addressed to him at the
Revere house in Chicago were
found in his possession.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
VENEZUELA'S BREAK.
SOMETHING MORE THAN B0UN-
DAIRY MATTERS In SIGHT.
VENEZUELAN GUN BOAT FIRES
UPON BRITISH FLAG WITH
OUT PR0V0OATI0N.

Owner of the British Sch ooner Fired
on Is Killed Upon His Own Deck.
There Will be no Monroe Doctrine
Business About This Affair Uncle
Sam he's no Hand in This Fight
and Venezuela Will Pay for Her
Foolishness.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
Cattle Markets.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-Cattle market
quiet and unchanged Texas steers,
1925 to $685.. Sheep market firm
and unchanged.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2.-Cattle mar
ket unchanged; Texas steers, 1910
to 1855. Sheep, no arrivals and no
market.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02

Lieut.. Lazelle, Clint Kearney,
Gilbert Smith and BEDFORD Sharpe
will leave this afternoon for a two
weeks shooting and fishing trip on
the Frio river.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02
wRENoHED FROM THE WIRES

George Isaacs gets life sentence
at Quanah, for murder.
A thousand head of steers, year
lings, sold in Del Rio at SIS.
United States Supreme court
takes a recess until the 18th.
Bryan speaks to the big crowd at
Dallas fair on Stree silver day."
Durant is convicted of murder
in the first degree upon the first
ballot.
Sheriff Mouldon secures verdict
of $1,000 damages against the Hous-
ton Post.
Bradstreets report for the week
shows still decreasing volume OF
business.
Cuban insurgents burn and loot
the steamer Coledad; also several
plantations.
Clarke orders his deputy sheriff
to shoot both the pugilists il they
get into a scrap.
Henrietta Henressy fatally
burned by explosion Of gasoline
stove at Houston.
Holmes will offer no evidence
and his case will be submitted
without testimony.
Williamson county poultry show
will be held three days, commence
ing on the 2Sth inst.
DIR. s. Briggs is shot dead by his
A.year-old son, whom he was fog
ging, at Perry, o. T.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
leave Arkansas and there will be
no fight in that state.
A. M. Runnells shoots his broth
er-in-law dead in quarrel over a
debt at Nacogdoches.
Senator Tillman's suffrage plan
goes to its third reading in South
Carolina Legislature, SO u.
Corbett and Fitz came in sight
OF each other in Capitol hotel Lit.
D tie Rock, but no row ensued.
A strong case Of self defence is
made out in the Rippey murder
case, on trial at Fort Worth.
There is no evidence to convict
Williamson of'the Croker murder
in Wharton, testimony 80 shows.
Fort Worth packing house has
gone into the hands of the Chicago
Packing and Provision company.
Mrs. T. B. Killough, daughter OF
John Moore. and the first child
born in La Grange, is dead, aged
So.
Pan-American union to resist
European aggression on this con-
tinent is favorsbly considered at
Washington.
John Jackson, absent from home
% years, re .marries his wife over
the grave of her second husband, lat
Melford, Mass.
In the travellers insurance case
the fiancee gets the money devised
for her and the mother Of the dead
man is left. This is the verdict in
the O'Shea case at Galveston.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02

Miss Sarah Hartman, editress Of
the Gulf Messenger, has returned
from a visit to her old home in
st. Catharine, Ontario, Canada.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02

VIM. j. Scanlon, representing
"Sinbad the Sailor" extravaganza
company, is in the city.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
ALLIANCE PIC MIC.

Hon H. E. King, District Lecturer
of the Farmers Alliance, will speak at
the following named places in Column
bus, Brur S wick and Bladen counties,
viz:
At Freeman's October oh, at III m
At Concord Church, Columbus
county, October 10. 1895. at II a. N
At Mt Tabor, Columbus county, DC
tOber II, at II q. m.
At Wes5 Prong Hall, Columbus
county, October IL, at II a N.
Lees Township, Columbus county,
October IA, at II a m.
At Pireway, Columbus county, DC
tOber Is, at II a. N.
At Long Branch, Brunswick county.
October 16 at II a. N.
At Shallotte, Brunswick county, o.
tober Is, at night.
At L0ckwo0d's Folly, Brunswick
county, October II, at II a. m.
At Town Greek, Brunswick county
October IS. at II a.. %.
At Southport, Bruins wick county,
October 10, at II a. M.
At ElIzabethtown, Baden county,
October %, at II a N.
At Tar Heel, Bladen county, October
%. at II a. m.
At ~Bladenboro, Bladen county, Octo
Der "a, At IL a. m.
At Lisbon, Bladen county, October
Is, at II a. m
At C~enterville, Baden county, Octo-
Der &c, at II a. m.
Rev. J. T. B. Hoover will also speak
at Concord, the County Alliance meet
ing, on October 10th. ard at WhitevilIe
18th. at night, and Freeman's on Octo-
Der 9th, train time.
The public are respectfully invited,
baskets. @. @. GORE,
Pres WhiteviIle, N. @.
HILL E. KING,
Dist. L ctr, Peanut, N. @.
"a Caucasian please copy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
IN o COUNTY.
Messrs Up. Sossaman and Bryan Tyson
Address the People at Big Oak
Moore County, N, c.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
On Saturday, September 28th. Mr..
]. P. Sossaman of M~eckIenburg county
agreeable to advertisement, appeared
and made an earnest address of about
one and one half hours duration i'll the
interest Of the Farmers Alliance, and
reform generally. Hearoused the PEG
pie to a sense of the danger likely to
follow a failure to beat the power of
the goldbug party, and much good
fruit may be expected in the near
future.
Mr.. Bryan Tyson, of this county, fol
lowed in a very appropriate speech OF
over one hour, and showed very con
clusiveIy that our only hope for hnan.
cial relief is for the dissatisfied Demo,
Gratis and Republicans to come out and
join the Populists or Alliance in suf
Gent force to gain a grand and noble
victory in 1896.
The anne persons spoke the day pre-
vious at Bethlehem to about the same
effect. j. g. SEAwELL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
OUR FRIENDS TALK.

Below We Give a Few of Their Remarks
A, j. Hudson, Jr., Rockingham
county, writes: ''Please find enclosed
81 90, for which send THE Progress
sIvE Farmer n year to D. ". Hud-
SOD. l am confined at home now, but
as soon as I can leave home I expect to
do some work in the field for the ALI
ance, and for one Of the best papers in
the State-THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
J.. T. Chappell, NJ ntgomery county,
says: II can't do without The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER as long as il stands
by the people and hews to the line as it
has done in the past"
STRIKES FROM THE SH.ULDER
VIM. II. Haglen, Ca6arrus county,
writes: THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is
the best paper in North Carolina, 1t
strikes straight from the shoulder, and
exposes r~ottenness wherever found"
WISHES Us SUCCESS.
Asbury RunneI, Wayne county,
writes: l am a farmer and an ALI
anceman, but the Alliance is weak in
this township Weak in numbers, but
strong in principle. Our small number
are standing together, for United we
stand, divided we fall" God speed
you to success"
* TO READ ~"BILKINS"
Jno, Williams, Greene county, says:
1T is a pleasant hour to us when THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER comes from the
Office. The family gather around me
eager to hear what 'Betsey and BIlkins'
have got to say. Long live THE PRO
GREssTvE FARMER and It's noble editor. "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08

RoUMAN1A.-The quality OF wheat is
good, and quantity 100 to 100 per cent.
INEQUALITY of rye is good, ar d quantity
10 to 10 per cent. Oats are only fair.
Oaaatfty % to so per cent.
RrrGAH1A ATke Bulgarian harvest
wir%5e sbove the average, and it is ex-
nected that som 20 to Is more wheat,
from 25 to 80 more rye, about so per
cent, more barley will be harvested
than during the previous year.
RUss1A-Winter wheat promised a
yield above the average. Summer
wheat has suffered in some Of the pro
vinces from drought but promises on
the whole a fair crop. The rye crop,
which has also suffered in many pro
vinces, will be up to the the average
INDIA.-6 278, 600 tons of wheat have
been harvested in India this year or
about 500. 600 tons less than last year,
and 600, 900 tons joss than on an aver
age year.
EGYPT.-3 800, 900 meteric centners
of wheat have been harvested and as
three million will be sufficient for home
consumption, there will be an export
port of about 800, 900 meteric centners.
Corn is decidedly better than in 1894,
and it is estimated that 1900. 900 tons
of corn will be harvested this year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
NORTH CAROLINA INVENTORS

Have given to the world many nota-
BILE inventions. There is not q com
munity in the State that does not pos
sess one or more local geniuees, who
have ideas that r patentahle, and
which if properly developed will bring
fame and fortune TO their wner Il
Is often the cas that some simple little
appliance devised by the housewife. the
storekoeper, the farmer and others tn
expedite WORK or lessen labor. pnts
into play an entirely new principle in
invention viii h may have far greater
value than is known to the originator
North Carolinians who have evolved
such ideas owe it to themselves and the
Industrial enlargement of their State
to ascertain if the same is p~atentable.
ALI such are requested to send a brief
description, sketch, or photo to The
Patent Law Department of the Asso.
clated Trade and Industrial Press. $40
Thirteenth street, Washington, D. G.
and they will hear something to their
advantage. This enterprise is man.
aged by a we'll known North Carolinian
who will take a personal interest in
the furtherance Of inventive genius in
the Old North State. Other state
papers are requested to copy this notice
and send marked copy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
INTERNATIONAL GRAIN FAIR AT
VIENNA.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. BIN a re-
port to the State Department, dated
August Both, 1895. and just received,
Consul General Max Jadd writes as
follows:
The report of the thirty-second an
nual international grain fair of VIENNA
relative to the grain crop of 1895, has
Just been published, and as this report
has the reputation of being exceedingly
trustworthy, I forward the following
extracts to the Department:
The wheat, rye, barley and oats crop
of Europe is below the average n TIC
wheat crop of India about six million
meter centner less than that I q pre-
ceding year. Canada on the oCner
hand. shows an increase OF SIX mllilon
meter.centners IN the amount OF WneaC
produced. Corn is exceedingly prom
ising and it is expected that the yield
will be n half as large again this
wear as it has been on the average u
ing the last ten years.
In Russia, both the wheat and rye
crop is above the average in most OF
the provinces. The harvest of Austria
Hungary may be compared as in the
following table:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
LETTER SENT TO ALL SaERIFFS
IN NORTH CAROLINA,
NORTH CAROLINA.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
RALEIGH, Sept 80, 1895

Sheriff Of ........ County.
DEAR STA: Section 25, Revenue Act,
provides that every person, company
or manufacturer, who sells pianos or
organs in North Carolina shall pay a
tax of $3.50 1 find that but few have
paid the tax. You should see that
every dealer in pianos or organs pays
the tax. l have made the most liberal
construction that the law will admit,
the same as in case of sewing machines.
All are liable except these acting only
as agents for manufacturers or dealers
outside the State, who take orders and
the instrument is sold at the factory
and shipped directly to the agent on
each order, or directly to the customer.
Those who exchange for organs or
pianos, and trade in them are clearly
liable for the tax.
You are not a lawmaker, but it is
your duty to execute the laws that are
made, and if they appear to be hard
and burdensome, that does not excuse
you from executing them. It is your
duty to e that all pay the tax that
the law imposes.
Any one carrying on business in your
county, who has not complied with
this law should be proceeded against
as the law demands.
Respectfully, etc,
W. II. WORTH,
State Treasurer.