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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
FREE SILVER.
The Meeting at Fort Worth At
tended Largely by Politicians

The Meeting at Fort Worth At
tended Largely by Politicians
and Office Holders.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. g.
Especial ]-Fort Worth is in the
hands OF the free silver men today,
but 1t is noticeable that there are
comparatively few farmers on
hand. The politicians are largely
in the majority and Office holders
can be seen on every street corner
The attendance is large, but not so
large by half as was expected by
the local free silver men. In fact,
the attendance of delegates is not
large enough to fill the outer one
half of the seats in the convention
hall proper. Others, however, may
come in on the night and morning
trains. When the convention was
called to order there were not over
500 delegates present. The crowd
OF spectators was much larger
than the crowd of delegates. The
convention was called to order at
o'clock. Owsley, of Denton, who
delivered an impassioned address,
closed by nominating, in the name
of the state committee, Bryan G.
Barry, Of Dallas, for temporary
chairman, Will Sargent, of Ma
varro, and Bryan Drew, of Kauff.
man, for temporary secretaries, and
they were elected unanimously.
The convention was then addressed
by the temporary chairman, after
which the appointment of the va
rious committees was made, pend.
ing the report Of which, recess
was taken.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
STREET TALK.


The kindergarten rejoices; Keuf.
ner Is fired.
Honesty, hang over your head in
shame beware the fate Of Keufner.
The tough old sinner when he
repents becomes cranky reformer.
Let's build the market house and
then discuss legal opinions after
wards.
The public Is not surprised ;
whitewash prevailed and Keufner
was not in it.
Keufner's greatest crime appears
to be that he could not speak Eng.
lish fiuently.
Look out, Mr.. Sewer Inspector ;
don't you dare open your mouth.
Keqfner lost his head.
Alderman Mackey is now very
anxious to rush the brick question /;
John Keufner is out of the way.
The citizens committee report
bad brick, bad cement work and
inferior workmanship; still old
man Keufner was bounced.
The old grey-haired scalp of John
Keufner now hangs in the belt of
Engineer Trueheart. This ghost
will haunt the kindergarten to its
death.
Alderman Oge: "What guarantee
have we that our sewer work will be
honestly done If we discharge the
first inspector who makes COM
plant"
Engineer Gray acknowledges bad
work on the sewers, and poor ma
terial used, but the kindergarten
must be upheld, and John Keufper
was sat upon.
The city treasurer was paying
of the street laborers after dark
last night. The largest share of
the cash went into the bags of the
money lenders.
Alderman Mackey in his anxiety
to have the brick question "fixed"
forgot what side of the river he
was on. Alderman Hoefling was
not present to grin.
1t made the honest heart bl1ed
to see that old grey. haired man Jno.
Kuefner stand up before his Wilt.
fiers, and not to be allowed to say
one word in his own behalf.
John Keufner will 60 down in
the history of San Antonio as the
man who was made a martyr for
his honest convictions. "Time
will prove that John Kuefner was
right"
The report says Keufner feared
to lose his job If he spoke about
the bad material going into the
sewers. His honesty finally con-
quered his judgment, and off came
his head.
Alderman Richards sounded
the alarm: "The report Of the
committee vindicates Mr.. True
hart to q very foolish extent
Keufner ought to be put back
Immediately to this work"
Alderman Devine: II believe 1t
would be very bad public policy to
discharge Jno. Keufner. The dis
charge of this man will be almost
q death-knell to any inspector who
dares to make an adverse report
against any of his superior
officers"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
Illinois Negroes Excited

CHICAGO, Aug. Give hundred
excited Negroes in mass meeting
today passed resolutions demand
ing that Governor Altgelt protect
the colonel people at Spring Valley,
His, and asserting their determin-
alton, to leave for that place
tonight in the event of refusal of
the Governor to take action.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06

Geo. G. Meyers, the travelling
hustler for BARNARD Bros. &
Spindler, of Chicago, is in town
paying his respects to the printing
offices.
-Wanted-Good white servant girl In
small family. Call at Rothwelfs gallery
107 w. Commerce street. 8 6 2t*
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TURNER'S INNING
he Files Suit for Divorce-sallle
Mitchell Sues for Divorce

Mitchell Sues for Divorce
BIN. Turner filed suit for divorce
against his wife, Margie Turner, in
the Thirty.seventh District court
yesterday. They were married
in Mississippi about thirteen
years ago and lived together I'M
til May z, 1895, when plain
tiff alleges, defendant without
cause abandoned plaintiff. Plain
tiff also alleges that defendant ILL
treated him and refused to perform
her marriage vows and in the
presence'of plaintiffs friends cursed
and abused him. He asks for the
custody of their child, three years
Of age, the issue OF their mar
riage.
Sallie Mitchell accuses her hus-
band, Asa Mitchell, OF being an
habitual opium smoker and Of
failure and refusal to support her,
and she therefore wants divorce
from him. A petition to that effect
was filed in the Thirty.seventh
District court this morning. They
were married in Union county
New Mexico, about year ago.
Other suits are filed as follows:
M. Baumblatt VS.. E. l.. Digno-
witty, promissory note and sfore-
closure of lien.
NV. Walters VS.. w. j. and q. j.
Rutledge, promissory note and
foreclosure of lien.
MASTER wAsH's REPORTS.
F. H. Wash, ESQ.,, master-in-
chancery OF the San Antonio and
Gulf Shore receivership, filed re-
ports OF Is cases with District
Clerk Nat Lewis yesterday and also
a report Of classification Of claims,
amounting to about $4,000, the
largest claim being that Of the
Vaughn Lumber company, $50, 900,
and the smallest being $3.50.
REAL ESTATE.
VIM. M. Southworth and wife to
Josephine Kusch ct ais, lot IA,
block 4, on Centre street; $4,000.
John D. Sipple to l.. r. Craig, lots
10 and II, block 81, South Heights !;
81 900.
The Laurel Heights Land and
Improvement company to Thomas
F. Coffey and wife, lots 8, 8 and 10,
block 80, Laurel Heights; $500.
r. Lesl to Julia Schufriday, half
of lot 9, block l, on Grant alley /;
$50.
Meerscheidt Bros. & Stieren to
Amelia Penker, lots 2 and IL, block
l, original city lot 20; 500.
w. E. Sanders and wife to Emma
Simmang, lots AZ and 43, block u,
South Heights, $500.
B. G. Hite to Fl. g. Phelps, lots 16
and II, block As, South Heights /;
$1,000.
w. L. and Virginia Layton to F.
D. Yoakum, lots 8 and 9, block 16,
South Heights; $500.
J. H. Rea to s. R. Ingersoll, tract
Of land in Bexar county containing
l,05S acres, out of w. Il. Neil sur
vey No. 90; $3.50.
Patricio Vallejo and wife to
H. and Lizzie Gregory, lots IL and
"a, block 8, o. C. l. "a, on Lopez,
Ruiz and North San Jacinto streets !;
81.
COURT NOTES.
County Clerk Smith last evening
issued marriage license to Oda
Wilks and Elizabeth Riley, both
colored.
County Commissioner William
Boerner is i'll, and there was no
session of the County Commits
sioner's court this morning on &C.
count Of lack Of quorum.
A man complained to County
Attorney De Witt this morning of
a woman beating her children. Mr..
De Witt told him he could not do
anything in the matter, and the
man became excited and said he
would 60 to the district Judge and
have him removed as county at
tnrnou
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
A Bloody Wlnd-Up.

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Aug. CAS- a
result of a drunken orgie at Joe
Campbelrs roadside station, at
Turkey Creek, last night, Ernest
Arnez, q mining man, is dead,
Joe Campbell, the station keeper,
lies at the point Of death, and Ed.
Payne, a young COW boy, has bull
let in his right leg.
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A Cheap Railway.

HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. Especial.
The Texas Western railroad was
sold today by the commissioner OF
the United States court, to Elijah
J. Smith, New York, for thirty
Thousand, FIVE hundred dollars.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
A Remarkable Feat.

In the Washington Baltimore
baseball game at Washington yes
terday, Pitcher Boyd shut out the
heavy-hitting Orioles without a hit.
This feat has never been equalled.
Boyd is young pitcher and this is
his first season in the big league.
The next game he pitches Balti-
more may knock him out of the
box,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
Chicago Market,

CHICAGO, Aug, 6.-Cattle receipts
$500, including 500 Texans, natives
steady rangers; market weaker.
Sheep receipts Ia, 0G0; market weak
and generally log lower.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
Deaths Recorded

Aug. 4.-Angeline Harrison, one
year, exhaustion from entero COLI
tbs, 1923 South Centre street,
Ward 6.
Aug. 6.-Bettie Burden, colored,
20 years, paralysis, 300 Sherman
street, Ward 6.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
Attention Schleicher Lodge 1000
K. of II,

You are hereby requested to
meet at our hall tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock sharp to attend
the funeral of our late brother,
Joseph Abr. J. H. SCEAEFER,
Acting Reporter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06

Deputy Constable Charles Van
Ripper returned from Westherford
last night, and brought with him
I. j. Shearin, wanted here for for
gerry. Shearin is now in jail.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06

The finest line of front doors
in the city at VIM. Cameron & Co.
yards. It will pay you to see them
before you buy. 71S1m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

The following arrivals were reg
istered at the various hotels this
morning:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
MAHNCKE

w. K. Murchison, Kingland Ed
Murchison, Menardville; Fitz-
hugh Thornton, julius Schulze
Austin; Temple d. Smith, Fred.
ericksburg; Philip. Hickey and
Lawrence Wright, San Diego.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06

rvos,uuy need rave Neuralgia Get Or. M1loc
Sain Pilla frozl DIR -Ss'-tA OnAcent adoner
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
MAVERICK

R. A. Dean, st. Louis; w. B.
Hagens, Robert Hsgens, T. G.
Hagens, j. M. Smell, Reagan, Tex,
R. T. Ysrdley, Baltimore; r. B.
Banknight, Bolton; Ed. Franklin
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
MENGER,

Coffin, Glidden.
MENGER.
Leo w. Mayer, James A. Kiley,
T. III. Gossart, G. N. Horton, J. w
Clarke, New York ; Samuel D.Levy,
Cincinnati; s. w. Oviato, New
Orleans; Walter Bruce, George F,
Penhade, Cleveland; Benz. A. Seitz,
Chicago; Charles T. Meals, Dallas ;
A. NJ. Ramsy, Baltimore; w. H.
Kidd, Eddyville, Ky; E. Ketter-
ing, st. Paul.
SOUTHERN.
w. L. Moose, Morrillton, Ark. L.
E. Cartwright and wife, San Mar
cos; G. M. Theon, Palestine; G. P.
Anderson, Hearne; George w.
Haynes, Calvert; w. w. Shay, Re-
fugio; g. N. Dilworth, Austin Sam
III. King, Belmont.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-09

of the censor" is withheld and never
reaches its destination, while the send
ers of it are reported to the police for
punishment. Exceptions, however, are
made when it suits the purposes of the
authorities to leave the addressee and
the sender both in the belief that they
have remained undiscovered. The
Russian laws on censorship are very
severe and comprehensive. They for
bid the mention of the car and of his
family in private correspondence as
well as in the press, and they forbid
critical remarks of a religious, philo-
sophical or military character. The
black chamber is intrusted with the
duty of watching that these prohibi-
tions are complied with.
1t is, Of course, impossible to open
and examine every letter that is con-
veyed by Russian mails. But the
agents, inspectors and examiners of
the black chamber number in all sew
peral thousands, and they are skillfully
distributed in all those towns and
cities where dissatisfaction with the
prevailing order of things is known to
exist, and very little escapes their lynx
eyes which is worth seeing. By the
government they are empowered to
commit any act of indiscretion what
ever which seems to be necessary to
accomplish their purpose, and the en-
ployes of the black chamber are no.
toriously callous, shrewd and cunning.
That instinct which is a part of every
mans nature they bring into the serv-
ice when raw, but experience and
trained observation strengthens the
original amount of instructive knowl-
edge as to which letters to open and
which to leave alone to that extent
that they become almost unerring in
their Judgment.
The number and percentage of let
tiers thus actually opened and read by
these agents differs, of course, consid-
erably, being much larger during pc
RODS of political excitement than dur
ing more quiet times, and the amount
of work done by them after some par
tieull y atrocious political plot has
been matched or executed is said to be
herculean. Generally speaking, though,
about every tenth letter sent in the
mails is opened by the men Of the black
chamber.
The particular field worked by these
agents is, of course, the correspondence
that passes between Russian and for
eign parts. As about nine-tenths of
this correspondence goes by way of
Lydt- Kuhuen and st. Petersburg, a
specially trained corps Of agents is al
ways on the express that runs in the
direction indicated, and during the
twenty-four hours the mail is in tran
sit between the German frontier and
the Russian capital, not piece Of it is
not fingered or broken open and EXAM
ined as to its contents On arrival,
Of course, there Is no delay in de-
iivering this mail, unless withheld
for reasons stated above, for them an
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-09
EngIand's First Patent.

In the archives of the patent Office
there are many curious documents
preserved, but to papermakers the ex-
tract given below from the first patent
granted for making writings and
printings' must be interesting: Where
as, wee have bine informed by the
humble peticion of our trusty and well
beloved Eustace Burneby, Esauier,
that he, by his travailes abroade, and
create charge and industry, hath at
tayned to The art and skill Of making
all sorte of white paper for the use of
writing and printing, being a new
manufacture and never practised in
any of our kingdoms or dominions,
and wee being willing to give all en-
couragement to the inventors of such
arte as may be of publique vse and
benefit, and particularly to the said
Eustace Burneby: Know We, therefore,
that wee of our especial grace, Ger.
teine knowledge, and meere mocon,
have given and granted by theis pres
ente, vnto the said Eus tace Burneby,
theis our letters patente witnes the
King at Westm the one and twentieth
day Of January 1875"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-09
STATUE TURNED GREEN.
Astonishing Transformation in One Nigh
Caused by Acid.

Astonishing Transformation in One Night
Caused by Acid.
A singular transformation in the ap-
pearance of statue of the great mu-
stefan, Spohr, that stands In the mar
ket place of the town of Cassel, in
Hesse- Nassau, Germany, recently
caused CONSERVATION among the inhab-
itants of that sleepy little municipal
ity, says the New York World. The
good old burghers, the staid matrons
and the frivolous young people all
rubbed their eyes. They could hardly
believe 1t, but there was no doubt that
the statue had, over night, turned
green. Hitherto the figure had stood
in the market place, stately memorial
in bronze.
The Cassellites concluded that super
natural means was not an explanation
of particular value, and they investi-
gated. 1t was found that an artful
prentice boy had been the agent.
The statue was dirty and the town
officials decided that it needed a thor.
ough cleansing. They gave the Job tc
a painter, and he thought the matter
of so little Importance that he turned
it over to one of his apprentices, with
the simple instruction to clean the
statue well.
The boy had taken the matter seri
ously to heart and perhaps, was in
spired by his subject 1t seemed tc
him that Spohr was deserving of more
than mere water and brush or cloth
He consulted a chemist, who was {
friend of his, as to what would bes
clean bronze, and the chemist suggest
ed hydrochloric acid. Speedily fellow
ing its application Spohr became (
beautiful green tint. The terrified
prentice confessed on promise of i'm
munity.
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is then pasted over with a tiny slice of
paper, camels hair brush and some
gum arabic being the only utensils
used. So deity, however, do these men
operate that only practiced eye can
detect the fact that the letter has been
interfered with. In few instances it
becomes necessary to open a letter
where the back of the envelope meets
in its center, that being the seal care
fully affixed by the sender. But that
also presents no difficulty to the Rus
sian agents. They first use hollow
cylinder whose interior contains in
Vulnerable steel needles, and the soft
pressure Of one finger on the spring at
the side of this cylinder sufices for a
cushion to drop and to group these
steel needles exactly in the same shape
as the seal or the wax The wax is
now carefully scratched off, and the
paper is subjected to steam. After the
contents have been examined the steel
cushion does its work once more on
sealing wax of the right hue dropped
in the same spot where the cid impress
sion was. The reproduction is perfect,
and it proves that there is absolutely no
way to avoid the scrutiny of the Rus
sian postal spies.
This system of letter censorship ex-
tends, naturally enough, to the diplo-
matte correspondence going to and
from Russia, and the foreign missions
at st. Petersburg have often enough
complained to their respective gov
ernments about the rigorous espionage
kept up there. To enable them to send
to their own governments diplomatic
news and to receive instructions of i'm.
portance without first having satisfied
Russian curiosity, the various embassies
and consulates have been forced to adopt
private postal facilities of their own.
Both the German and the Austrian, as
well as the French and Italian, embas-
sizes thus receive and send their mail
matter from St Petersburg by trusted
express messengers from the German
border on to the capital.
The facts which have cited above
seem almost incredible at this late day,
yet coming from so unimpeachable a
source, they must, nevertheless, be nc
cepted as truth. A. member of the Rus
sian embassy in Berlin told me little
occurrence neatly illustrating the exact
methods of the black chamber men.
While stationed at Sofa, Bulgaria, dur
ing the last Russian war with Turkey
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-09

ipulations rendered necessary for this
mass Of letters is rapidly attended
to by those expert hands Now and
then it happens, however that mis-
takes are made, as when Russian re-
siding ia Berlin, M. Leskutoff. received
an envelope duly addressed TO him,
but inclosing letter evidently in
tended fora French diplomat in Rome.
Errors of this kind occur rarely, and
wherever il Is possible to ferret out the
unskillful agent guilty Of it he is sub
sequently punished for it.
The black chamber methods Of open
ing letters are astonishingly simple ard
effective. During the time of Napo-
leon l., when Foucher's agents also
closely supervised all correspondence
reaching or leaving France, steam was
used in loosening one flap of the en-
velope. The Russian agents proceed
more rapidly. They cut open one side
OF the envelope with peculiar-shaped
knives, and the opening, after putting
the letter once more where it belongs,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-09
THE BLACK CHAMBER.
An Interesting Department OF
Russia's Secret Service.

LspecIal BetlIn (GermanYl Letter.l

tSpeclal Berlin Germany Letter'l
1t is astonishing how little really is
known about Russia outside of it.
Who, for instance, has ever heard Of
the 'fBlack Chamber?' And yet this is
a well-organized department of the
Russian secret police, and its workings
are known to every Russian of educa-
ton. had the good luck to become
acquainted recently with the chief of
the black chamber, M. Nicanor Noto-
witch, and with his assistant, M. ].
Konti, during an official visit they paid
the German postal authorities in Berlin.
From them learned something about
this most remarkable institution; pos
sible only in vast country ruled auto
1cratically. confine myself to repeat
ing, in what follows, substantially
what those gentlemen told me them
selves, and presume that may be ac-
.cepted as truth.
As a preliminary remark need only
say that the manner in which the Rus
sian government views the press is
pretty well known. 1t was soon after
the accession of the present car, a few
months ago, when the leading journal
lists of Russia drew up petition ask
ing for reform of the worst abuses
they were suffering from, such as the
severe penalties inflicted for publica-
ton of unpalatable facts, the confsca-
ton of whole issues or the entire sup
preston of newspapers that had dared
to indulge in outspoken language, etc
This petition reached the young car,
but it was Indignantly rejected by
him, with the remark that newspapers
enjoyed all the liberty they deserved
in Russia as it was. Some of the petit
TONERS, too, were reprimandeG for their
boldness As it is with the press, so,
too, it is with private correspondence
in Russia, only worse.
Each letter which passes through the
Russian mails is subject to a system of
espionage which is more thorough than
anything the world has ever seen. And
1t is the province of the black chamber
to see to it that nothing offensive to
the government be carried by the
postal authorities without first being
noticed and remembered by the en-
ployes of the black chamber. In most
instances mail matter which runs
counter in its contents to the demands
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-09
A Farm Larger Than a State.

The largest ranch now running in full
blast in the state of Wyoming is that
owned by ex-senator Warren. The
dimensions of this immense farm" are
of such mammoth proportions that
figures on its area appear almost
fabulous and beyond belief. Its
dimensions are rs by 100 miles, and it
is stocked with upwards of 200, 900 ami
mails of various kinds, including
horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs and
half-breed buffalo The itemized in
ventory shows that 400 horses, 10000
cattle, and over 10000 sheep daily
Craze on the ex-senator's broad acres. |"
Compared with the state of Rhode
Island, this gigantic farm is as four
horse bus to baby cab. The state mem
toned Is only 81 miles one way and 47x
the other. The-farm Is rs by 100 miles
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this gentleman whose court connections
had at that time rendered him slightly
suspicious, sent private letter to a
friend in Moscow, sealing it with Bull
garian crest and securely fastening the
envelope outside with a net of fine
Irvine, again sealed in four places. Be
fore dropping the sealing-wax on the
envelope he made his dragoman in
scribe on the space below chilfre in
Turkish characters. The letter was
duly delivered, and as the friend in
Moscow scratched off the seal he found
the Turkish chilfre, too, but somehow
it was turned upside down.
WOLF Won SCHIERBRAND.