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New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
UOPE POLICEUEN TESTIFY

THEIR REL ATOMS WITH POLITICS AID DIS
REPUTABLE RESORTS IN PHlLADEiPIIlA
pbual,l,ria. Jan. The participation Of the
pollcc IN politics and th,ir connection with ines
tion,ble re- sort. were discussed this afternoon Al
fine meeting Of the Senate Invc-tgatlou commit
fee Prior 10 the session Chairman Andrews ana
Suas " Petit the attorney for the committee
apucaraG before Judge Ycrkes IN the Quarter Ses-
sioos Cont. AMI M Pottit asked that the case Of
the Commonwealth against Julia crow, VINO i
charged with keeping a disordcrly house, be con
tinne: The case was fixed for trial to-day. lie
said that the defendant desired as witness
before The In, ,estedting Committee In reference
to certain relations which the Police Department
Is alleged to have had with Keepers OF disordeiF
houses II appeared that pressure had been brouSh'
to hear tc have the case tried a. this time he said
gagcd In the same business. VINO wer" also ur
sired az witnesses by the committee. (lstrict-At-
f,e ihc impua'lon that the trial OF this cas-" was
hurried for any other purpose man that u, e,,uS
OF justice might be served 'uise '''R's co"'''''
Several policemen and ox-policemon testified be-
rn,ice in the Fifteenth ward. The witness, who
had been discharged from he force h%cr'bed thel
ih"m ,.n in ,b Flfi"emh ward vas the most sen
sationai witness Of the day lie declared that
eral years ago Sergeants Green ana McMahus the
latter then being a patrolmanl ana nmsef rt were were
inlttce viii meet again tomorrow. .,,,..
John Davis, an ex-Ioi.9em"n ana ana an eS-pHss'
mittng perjury In iesiifying before the SENATE IN,
vcstgating Commit nat ne had been % epPGiHtsi sr
ier,,nn Harry L. N~sil socrctary OF
,hn 1'iv Service Examining Board for the Police
Department. at whose instance Davis was ar
r~amin,,ion in January 1902 with an average OF
-oS Davis was held IN $i,'f0 pail Tor triai Tnis
is the first prosecution since the beginning Of the
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
RIM DOWN BY 4 TROLLEY-C4R.

St Louis Jan. -Four persons were seriously
and one probably fata.y injured by an electric car
running into carriage, at Twenty y-seventh-st. and
Washington-sve.. at noon to-day. The carriage was
overturned and the horses were badly injured The
occupants of the carriage say that the mo:orman 10
responsible for the accident The injured are Mrs
DAME. Berger of No 40S South Ewins-ave.. head
cut and back injured. probably cannot recover John
Egan and son, aged eleven years Miss Nellie VIII
iams aged TWENTY-FIVE years. and John Williams,
aged twenty years. The timely arrival OF the
police saved the mciorman from rough handing by
the indignant spectators.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
THE VILDFLOWER WISSING.
RELIEF THAT THE STEAMER AND THIRTY
MEN HAVE CONE DOWN IN MID-OCEAN.

MEN HAVE CONE DOWN IN MID-OCEAN.
philadelphia Jan During the terrible gale
.bich suept the Atlantic in the middle OF December
Il is believed that the British steamer Wildnower.
which sailed frcm Philadelphia for France with a
crew of thirty mon. foundered In mld-ocean. There
has been anxiety for her safety for some time among
her owners and tho-e who had friends on board. and
tho matter reached a climax to-day when she was
nosted IN Llcyds shipping rooms In London as a
missing vessel. Captain Frederick Stanwe. of
Wiesbcck England. commanded her, and there were
nine others In the crew whose names and families
are unknown here -,
The Wildaower bulk oil carrier OF large
1,rensions and was OF the Foe Line Of o-car-
riers she carried on her last voyage 1,l7362G gal
ions of crude petroleum in bulk, shipped by the
c.ordard OH Company The cargo was valued at
sG c52 nd fully insured in foreign companies The
,'cssei was owned by Alfred Stuart Co. OF London,
Iarge owners OF steam craft engaged in carrying
ogIt In h4Ili
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
A VJCTORy FOR JOHN CUDAHY.

Chicago Jan 7-Judge Tuley this morning
awarded a victory to John Cudahy in the chancsry
litigation brought, by Austin Wright to prove a
Partnership with cudahy In the celebrated pork deal
Of September. 1888
Wright held that the dea.s, which Involved loss
OF 10000. and brought about his failure. were a
eeya:.s liable Judge Tuley held that the evidence
od not support the CAIN.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
U4yOP PINGREE'S TETOES SUSTAINED.

Detroit Jan mayor Pinsree tonight sent TO
the Common Council his vstoes OF the ordinances
nassed a week ago granting new franchises. run
ming thirty years the Detroit Citizens Street
Railway Company and to the Fort Wayne and Belle
isie Streef Railway. The Mayor was overwheimlns-
" supported The talk Of b9odie in CONNECTION
nnr,nanv ndoubtedly caused the unexpected mop
80 he Wayor on the part OF many Of the Aldermen
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
rPERIyTENDENT PRESTON RESIGNS.
HIS SUCCESSOR WILL PROBABLY BE CHOSEN THIS
WEEK.

WEEK.
Albany. Jan. 7.-Charles VI. Preston. Snperinteh-
dent OF the State Banking Department To-Day hen
with Governor Morton his resignation. 10 take ei-
feet on the appointment OF his successor MT.
Preston is president Of the Equitable Securities
Company Of New-York. which Will soon come
within the supervision Of the State Banking Depart
ment The banking law provides that no empioye
Of the State Banking Department shall be connected
with an institution which is under the control Of the
Department. Mr. Prestons term does not expire
until May next go A,
II f. expected that Governor Morton Will SEND the
name OF Superintendent Prestons successor to the
Senate this week, and that u VIII be eitheT ,S eS
Senator F. d. Kilburn. Of Malone. or A. g. kicn-
mond who is cashier of a Canajoharie bank. 1t ~
thought that Mr.. Kiburn Is more likely TO De
Chosen
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
BRITISH VOLUNTEERS EAGER
THEY Nt-MDl,p \ QUARTER or \ MILLION OF MEN
RETIRED MEMBERS OFFERING
THEIR SERVICES.


London. Jan T.-Prncess Louise, daughter OF the
Oueen and wife of the Marquis Of Lorne to-day
presented prizes to the Middlesex Volunteers.
General Grenfe Inspector OF the Auxiliary
Forces made an address, in which he said that the
volunteers wee never more efficient than AT the
present time They numbered quarter OF a mill
ion men Many Of the volunteers VINO had been re-
tired were coming forward at the present mo-
mentous crisis and Offering TO Join me force ne
Var Office was receiving similar offers from the
retired members OF all the corps in town and
country
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
THEY KISSED THE KAISER'S NAME

London. JAN 7--At large public dinner OF far-
mers and tradesmen given at Chard County OF
Somerset last evening. the Mayor OF the town pro-
nosed 10 drink the health of al OF the Queens
FAMILY except one grandson (referring to Emperor
William of Germany. The toast was received with
enthusiastic cheers, which were followed py groahs
and Kisses for Emperor william.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
ATTACKS On THE GOLD RESERVE
TREASURY OFFICIALS BELIEVE MOST OF TIM
WITHDRAWALS ARE MADE by INTEND

n
Washington, Jan THE Treasury officials
watching with keen interest the renewed attack on
the gold reserve and do not hesitate 10 express the
opinion thar most of the gold now being Withdrawn
Is taken ont by intending purchasers OF the new
bonds They condemn such proceedings in strong
terms but with the present law on the statute
hooks see no lega way Of stopping the Withdrawals
With to-days Withdrawals out, the Treasury gold
reserve at the close OF business stood at $50 SsS.1lo
The amount OF gold reported withdrawn New
York to-day by Assistant Treasurer Jordan was
50 900 oGo and $500 600 deposited. making the
los, for the day s. 10000
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
GERMAN SHOPS STONED IN LONDON.

London, Jan. 7.-Anti-Cerman feeling Is growing
rapidly in the east end of London. The windows OF
a number of shops In Whttechape kept by Ger
mans Jews. have been broken. and the Hoi-
lander Club and some OF the East End German an
clubs have been closed. fearing that they might De
attackc1 There have been several disturbances PC
tween English and Dutch and German sailors az
the docks i'm which the former were the aBgressors
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
VICTORIA CHIDEs HER GRANDSON.
SHE WRITES \ LETTER TO THE KAISER REBUKIN
HIM FOR HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD

HIN FUK TTS NJ TT 7 DE IVW MID
THE TRANSNAAI.
London. Jan THE Westminster Gazette" says
the Queen has written a letter the Emperor of
Germany rebuking him for his attitude in regard
to the Transvaal. especially In the matter OF the
cOngra ratulatOry message which HIS Majesty sent 10
President Kruger
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08

WE REPEAT "AT AND BELOW COST
We have TO old overcoats TO mark down, but
are offering ones at and below cost Our clear
JAMIN. BROADWAY. COR. 18th ST.-(Advt
New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
THE U1TLANDERs SUBMISSIVE.

Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor OF Cape
Colony, tclcgra phed from Pretoria. capital or
the Transvaal under date of to-day, that
he has received message from the Reform
Committee at johannesburg saying that the Cit-
landers have resolved to comply with the de-
mand of the Transvaal Government that they
renuuish their arms. The people the commit
tee added are placing themselves unreservedly
In his hands being confident that he VIII see
that justice Is done them.
Sir Hercules then quotes message sent by sir
Jacobus de Wet, the British political agent at
Pretoria to President Kruger. containing the
Reform Committees formal resolution declaring
that the committee has instructed its followers
to lay down their arms. relying on the Transvaa
Government to maintain order and protect life
The resolution requests that the armed burghers
in the vicinity of johannesburg be removed
Sir Jacobus de Wet added in his message that
ne was convinced that the foreigners would
abandon their arms without further difficulty.
and urged that the Republic cooperate with the
committee for a day or two In restoring the nor
NAL condition OF affairs in Johannesburg.
Sir Hercules concludes his dispatch by saying
he hopes now to be able to confer with President
Kruger and the Executive Council relative to the
prisoners and the redressing OF the grievances
of the foreign residents Of Johannesburg.
Sir Hercules Robinson also telegraphed Mr..
Chamberlain. Colonial Secretary. from Pretoria,
under yesterdays date. that an order has been
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
BUILDS MANY NESTS.

The London Field tells of many cases
where wrens have built several nests,
only one of which has been occupied,
and casts about for an explanation. 1t
appears from what It. NJ Ward, of Sib-
ton, Yoxford, Suffolk, says, that it is
the male bird that builds these unused
nests. He also observed that the
builder of a nest which was never used
paused after each bit of nest material
was put in place to sing in loud voice.
The odd nests are completely finished to
all outward appearance. Sundry ex-
plantations of this remarkable habit
have been offered, one being that the
odd nests are put up for the purpose of
fooling the parasitical cuckoo, which
depends on other birds to raise it's
young; but there is a poetical idea that
lit is the male birds lonesomeness that
urges him to build. A few American
birds build duplicate nests, but the mat
ter has not been so thoroughly studied
by field ornithologists yet to admit of
an accurate explanation of the cause.
s.. SaE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
Pulled Two reeth for Revenge.

DR.. Dougal was famous Scotch ply
stefan, and as eccentric as learned. One
day man came to consult him, in an
agony of pain, and, after an examina-
ton, the doctor told the patient he had
an liberated tooth and advised him to
poultice the jaw. An argument ensued,
during which the sufferer cried out:
what do you know about teeth?" At
this, the doctor seized pair of for
ceps and shouted: 9TH draw every
tooth in your head!" The alarmed pa
tient ran out of the house, with the
doctor in pursuit, who finally overlook
him in the market place, and took out
two of his teeth, in the midst of an inter-
ested crowd.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
MONEY USED IN WAR TIMES.
Rare Collection of Currency Employed in
Trade During the Rebellion.


There is collection in this city says
the New York World, which is war;
ranted to make the eye of the relic
seeker glisten with delight. 1t is a
coin collection, not of antiques which
have the history of ages stamped on
their faces, but of coins none more than
IS years old, but each one of which tells
not only the story of the nation, but also
personal history. ...
The coins are of 62S varieties, and rep
resent the various metal moneys issued
by private individuals during three
years of the rebellion. Each bit OF brass
or copper has adifferent design stamped
on it, and others name and address.
Occasionally a wag has announced in
brass tones II owe you one cent" Del
monico, the gatherer in of silver and
gold, found it necessary to send forth
bits of metal stamped with his name.
OF shoemaker, grocer and candlesticls
makers there are any number. One
man announces to the world that 5000
people are annually cured by his pills,
while another inculcates the moral of
"little by little" presumably pennies,
to insure wealth. The interest Of the
collection is not confined entirely to the
comic, but to the manner in which they
have been set up.
DR.. George r. Bond, of New York
city, collected the coins with great care
Tot later than 1853, and arranged them
In design representing the front ele-
walton of the capitol at Washington
Brass pieces are SO arranged as to sug'
gest the windows and porticos. Around
the coin design are arranged pieces Of
paper money used during the war. In
Guiding duplicates, just 1882 article:
have been employed. 1t is probably Tho
only collection of its kind in the coun
try. The whole is inclosed in frame
five feet eight inches by four feet, am
IS the property of Mrs. Kirschmann, o
No. 14o Fifth avenue, Brooklyn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31

OF my Ia1rn In IL as SCIENCE. In IaCu, u
mans surroundings have very much to
do with the character shown by his
face. 1 had an illustration of this COM
ing into Washington. When we left
Chicago I noticed a group of men two
or three seats in front os me, but paid
no attention to them particularly, but
after we had gone about so miles 1 saw
that one of them was handcuffed. He
was well-dressed, and at first thought
he did not look like criminal, but soon
saw lines that betokened cunning dupli-
city and lack of morality generally.
/ became so interested that my gaze at
tracted the attention of one of the Off
GERS having him in charge, and he said:
You seem to be studying the man have
there. Did you ever see him before?'
told him had not, but was physi-
ognomist, and was studying the GRIM
inal lines in the face. He prevailed up
on me to make report on the mans
character, which was greeted with
laughter from the prisoner as we'll as
the officers. Then they explained that he
was of irreproachable character, and in
a prank had tried on the cuffs, which be-
longed to the officer, and the key being
lost, could not get them off, Then the
criminal lines in the face all disap-
reared"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
JUNGLES OF GUIANA.
A Mass Of Vegetation That Can Scarcely
BE Penetrated.

A Mass Of Vegetation That Can Scarcely
BE Penetrated.
The vegetation of the Guianas is a
devouring mass of green, which stead
lily encroaches, and is kept down only
by the ceaseless warfare of one plant
upon another. A tree springs up, says
w. Nephew King in Century, and
hnds its way to the top by its energy. 1t
Is no sooner established than a parasite
begins to climb it's trunk and lace it
self around the tree, until finally the
grip of the parasite kills the tree, and
both fall to ruin and decay, leaving a
space, which is Immediately occupied
by new forms.
To penetrate such a jungle is impos-
sible without the use of machete and
AK. To keep path open requires con-
slant cutting. If you shoot bird or
an animal, it falls perhaps not more
than 300 feet away; but it may re-
quire half hour or an hour to reach it,
and unless you can shoot from canoe,
and can drop the bird into the water,
as a rule you cannot find your game
after it is killed. Words cannot de
scribe the beauty of this mass of green,
vigorous vegetation, nor can one COM
prehend the difficulty of conquering
such q wilderness unless one has actual
ly grappled with it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
GUNPoWDER IN EARLY DAYS.
Was Possibly Used in Warfare Before the
Beginning of History.

People outside of military life ~who
have no connection with the making of
gunpowder know it only as coarse,
black powder like black sand, which
will dash off with loud report if shut
up in a case of any kind, and set on fire.
1t is very queer mixture, made up of
three simple and well-known SUBJ
stances, no one of which will explode,
although two will burn, says Lieut..
John NJ. Ellicott in st. Nicholas. Nobody
knows when or how it was discovered,
for as far back into the dark ages as
records or tradition will carry us, we
find that gunpowder, though not used
for guns, was known. 1t was, no doubt,
looked upon with awe and fear by the
ancients on account of its flame, it's
noise, and its rending force; but their
limited mechanical skill could suggest
very little use for it.
Possibly it was used in warfare long
before the beginning of history; but the
first man in historical times to form an
idea of the terrible destruction which
this awful, bursting, fiery substance
might produce was an English monk
named Roger Bacon. Monks, in his
day, were the chemists, scholars and
writers of the world; and this Roger
Bacon travelled and studied much, and
made continual experiments in his
laboratory to prove for himself and to
develop what he learned from others.
He probably saw gunpowder among
the Moors in Spain, and tried for him
self its explosive effect. Then he wrote
of its composition in the year 1867, and
in his writing suggested that it could
be used in engines of war to deal death
and destruction to armies of men.
Soon after Roger Bacon's time his
suggestions were taken up and guns
were constructed first by binding iron
bars together with hoops to form a
tube, then by casting a tube out of
brass, with one end closed. Stones of
suitable size were selected as shot. and
the powder had to be carried around
in chests or barrels and shoveled into
the muzzles of the gums, the stones be-
ing rolled in after it. In spite of these
drawbacks very large guns were built,
for there was one used by Mahomet II.
against the Greeks at the siege of Con-
stantinople in 1453 which threw stone
weighing 600 pounds distance of one
mile.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
CRIMINAL LINES.
A Mans Character Cannot Always Be
Discerned In His Face.

II used to be a strong believer in ply
siognomy," said R. c. Ridley to WASH
ington Star writer. "but have lost sorss,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31

snlage plantation, in Mississippi coun-
ty, in the winter of 1879, says physi-
clan in Forest and Stream. The pa
tent, a hunter for the Memphis market,
was fire hunting" at night, and a
band of swans flew at the light. The
man was in little pirogue, and in
stinctively threw his arms up to pro-
tect his head. The left arm was struck
by the wing of one of the birds and sus-
tanned compound fracture of the fore
arm, both bones being broken.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31

curry. he would look back Tor the
hen, and take aim at her, and she would
change base before the cyclone struck.
For much fuss and effort and little. eff
feet the battle furnished unique spec
tacle. Both sides quoted down after
a time, and the old hen marched off
with her chicks clucking vociferously,
which was doubtless her way of i'm
pressing them with the fact that she
was not afraid of the biggest horse
in Trotterdom."
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BIDDY DARTING FOR HER ENEMY

BIDDY DARTING FOR HER ENEMY.
wonderful. The chicks scudded out of
the way, but their mother fiuffed out
her feathers, and ran her neck out
straight before her, and darted for the
horses heels whenever they struck the
ground. She pecked viciously at tiie,n,
but the odds were against her, as the
heels were pretty sure to be missing
by the time she got blow well aimed.
The horse labored under the same diff
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
WHEN DESTITUTE or HuMoR.
Said to Be Sure Indication of Mental
Poverty.

There appear to be whole races of
the Cingalese Veddas, Cor example,
that are destitute of the sense of the
ludicrous. And in the higher races,
says the Fortnightly Review, this sense
is by no means universally found. The
richest intellects possess it in am
plest measure. The absence of it is a
sure Indication of mental poverty.
''Here comes fool, let's be grave" said
Charles Lamb upon one occasion. And
remember friend IF my own OBJ
serving of a somewhat taciturn person
whom we had met: she must be man
of sense, for, although he said little, he
laughed in the right place" That laugh
is a manifestation of intellectual album
dance or exuberance; it is something
over and above the actual work of life.
And so we may adapt to our present
purpose certain words of Schiller's in
his Letters on Aesthetic Education:
MAN sports (spielD only when he is
man in the full Specification of the
word, and then only Is he complete
man (ganz Mensch) when he sports"
/ need hardly observe how grossly
this faculty of the ludicrous may be
abused. There is nothing more diabol-
ical-in the strictest sense of the word
than to turn into ridicule "whatsoev-
er things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things
are of good report" There is no more
detestable occupation than that of sap
ping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.'
But it is a maxim of Jurisprudence.
"Abusus non tollit usum." And this
| holds universally.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-31
THREE-YEAR-oLD sCoRcHER.

workmanship being an exact copy OF
q standard high-grade bicycle.
The wheels of the midget vehicle are
IA inches in diameter. The frame is
black enameled. Every piece of metal
in the machine is of the best quality.
In all probability it is the smallest prac-
tical bicycle in the world.
Master Arson has never received q
serious fall during his experience on the
road. He is disposed, however, to be-
lieve that the right of way belongs ex-
clusively to him, although he yields
gracefully when it is absolutely neces-
sary to do so. He is familiar object
on the Chicago cycle paths and boule-
wards, and is generally seen in company
with his father, who is six-footer and
an enthusiastic wheelman. The con-
trast of these two riders spinning along
side by side is both interesting and
amusing.
Only five weeks ago Master Arson
was permitted to discard his baby kits
for fine pair of lcnickerbockers, and
now he is as proud of his appearance
a-wheel as the veriest roadster. He has
wonderful powers of endurance for
such wee lad, and has frequently set
the pace for riders five times his age.
As might naturally be supposed, it
is difficult for his parents to restrain
his all-consuming passion for "scorch-
ing" and though it is not likely that
hewill do much damage to the vehicles
and pedestrians that cross his path, it
is possible for child of Master Anson's
tender years to disable himself through
over-exertion on the wheel. ~.
Personally the boy is very bright and
has quite an extended reputation for
several smart things. That he will de-
velop into wheelman of the very first
rank no one will deny after watching
him ride astride his lilliputian bicycle
and observing the nonchalant manner
in which he pedals along the cycle
path.