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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14

Bynum, of Indiana, says that the
principles advocated at Chicago are
unsafe and he cannot support plat
form or ticket.
Ii Hung Chang left orders in Bel
GUM for cannon and rifles, and wants
steel foundry established in China
by the Belgians.
Texas Populists and all southern
delegates TO st. Louis, except Alaba-
ma and Florida, are under instrUc-
tiOnS to stand by the party.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
Sneak Thief Caught.

A Mexican burglar or sneak
thief was captured at about 2
o'clock this morning by Officer
Porter in the rear of the
store OF A. Altermann, on West
Commerce street, near the Arcade
hotel. Altermsnn had heard a
slight noise in the yard and seeing
the form of a man skulking in the
darkness, sent for Officer Porter,
who caught his man as he was
hiding close to the fence. He gave
his name as Juan Martinez and is
a Mexican. He was fined $40 by
the recorder, for being a suspicious
character. ....... .,... Sc.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
Sewer Work Recommended.

Work OH on the gathering sewers
began yesterday afternoon at the
corner of McCrscken avenue and
South Garden street, with about
one hundred men, ploughs, scrap
ers and wagon teams. The work
was also commenced, with a
smaller force, at the corner Of Mar.
tin and Navarro streets. The
sewer being built on Garden and
McCracken streets is a 3S-inch
brick. ----. - -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
Turkish Diabolism Continues.

New YORK, July IA dispatch
to the Herald from Canea, Crete,
says: A Turkish wsrship chased
a volunteer Greek transport, carry
ing Christian refugees from Apo
korona and Acrotiri. The latter
vessel escaped from her pursuer.
The Turkish deputies have sub
mitted to the various consuls gen.
eral a protest against reform.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
Murderous Cabin Boys.

POMEROY, Ohio,' July l4.-Rob-
ert NJ. Hunter and William Joyce,
cabin boys on the steamer Bon
ANA, shot and killed Peter Whit
taker, here last night. The kill
ing was the result of rivalry over a
woman. Both are in Jail. Their
homes are in Cincinnati.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
A Saloon Row.

w. H. Haley, an ex-railroad
man on the Southern Pacific, was
arrested in Stuves' saloon on Ave-
nue. d and Eighth street, last
night, on the charge of being
drunk and disorderly. He had
tried to "hurrah" the fat proprietor
on some real or fsncied wrong,
but Officer Chavez would not have
1t that way.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14

Since the heavy rain OF the
last few days small boys have had
lots Of fun in killing moccssin
snakes in great numbers which
have been washed out of the deep
pools into the shallow water and
on the banks Of our river and
many creeks.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
T,icensed m Wed.

John Steffian and Tillie Kra-
kauer.
Antonio Dias and Juliana Me-
chado.
FIN. Sanchez and Anita Mitchell.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14
TELEPHONE

Over the long distance lines of the
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone company to nearly 1900 subscri-
bers in the principal cities and towns
of Texas.
Toll stations in the Central office,
Hotels and other convenient locations.
Ask Central for stations connected
and rates charged.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-14

Real Estate Transfer.
Business Mems club to A. Meer-
seheidt and c. A. Stieren, lot IL.
block IL, East Englewood; $l00.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
Ube Daily Light.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER -, 1896.
NEW SUITS,
Two Damage Suits Filed This Morning
Other Suits.

Two Damage Suits Filed This Morning.
Other Suits.
r. A. Serna, a well borer, had
four mules and two Eorses ship
ped to San Antonio on November
25, 1895, from Raymond, Texas,
over the Southern Pacific railroad,
to use them in his business. He
claims that the horses and mules
were shipped in car with steer
cattle belonging to George Miller.
He says he suggested that plank
partition be put in the car so as to
separate the mules and horses
from the steer cattle, but that the
railroad company would not do
that; the cattle were divided by
ropes, placed across the car, and
the horses and mules were tangled
up in the ropes. Serna says that
the mules, valued at $75 each,
were gored and hipped, and that
one horse, valued at $75, had his
ankle broken. He says the mules
and horses were worth to him 50
day that his loss amounts to 1920.
He brought suit for damages in
the sum Of $1,0l5 against the
Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany in the Forty-fifth District
court this morning.
Addie Frank is suing John P.
Campbell ct al. for damage in
the sum of 81 500 in the Forty-fifth
District court. Plaintiff alleges
that on August last Sheriff
Campbell wrongfully seized num-
Der Of horses, vehicles and other
property Of plaintiff contained in
the Bowers livery stable, and own
ed by plaintiff. The property was
seized under a writ of attachment
issued from the Forty-fifth District
court in the case of H. H. McLane
VS.. Mary r. Webb ct at.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
AN ASSASSIN'S WORK.
A. p. A. officer Stabbed And Clubbed
By A Secret Enemy.

A. p. A. officer Stabbed And Clubbed
By A Secret Enemy.
Kansas City, Mo, Sept. ia. J.
Dearborn, state president of the A. P.
A, was found lying in the street near
his home at o'clock this morning I'M
conscious from wounds inflicted by an
unknown assailant. Beside being bad
ly battered about the head Dearborn
had suffered a stab wound. Dearborn
was evidently assailed in the night
while going home.
At o'clock a. m, Dearborn regained
consciousness long enough to relate the
story of the attack. 1t appears that
he was assaulted at IL o'clock last
night as he was returning home alone,
by man who jumped out from dark
alley and struck him in the forehead
with a blunt instrument. The blow
sent him to the ground, when his as
sailant, drawing a dagger stabbed the
PROSTATE man three times in the re-
gion of the heart. Then, believing
him dead, Dearborn was thrown over
a fence into an adjacent yard. He
soon lost consciousness and was not
discovered till early this morning, after
having lain in the wet grass for six
hours. An examination of his wounds
showed that the dagger stabs were not
serious, but that the blow on his head
might result in conclusion of the brain
and prove fatal. Soon after relating
the facts as given Dearborn relapsed
into Inconsistencies without having
given a description of his assailant
The police profess to believe the pur-
pose of the attack was not robbery
but was instigated by some parties OPP
posed to the A. P. A. doctrines which
Dearborn so earnestly advocated. None
of his money or valuables were mis-
sing.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
Ex-MlNISTER PHELPS.
States His Reasons for Opposing the
Chicago Platform.

Hon. Edward ]. Phelps, eX-minister to
England, has written the following let
ter, in which he urges all true demo
Gratis to join in defeating the candidates
who, stand on the un-democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago:
1 regard the pending presidential
election as presenting the most danger
Gus crisis that this country has ever en-
countered. 1t does not, in my Judgment,
involve any political controversy nor
any question of the supremacy of party,
for such considerations are lost sight of
in the far greater gravity of the situa-
ton The real issue is one upon which
all patriotic men and all who are in
terested in the prosperity and welfare
of the country should find themselves
upon one side and opposed to a common
enemy. The attack that we have to
resist is not upon the policy but upon
the life of the nation, for they would
take its life who destroy the means by
which it lives-the business of many
thousands and the industry of millions.
On these we are all, whether rich or
poor, high or low, alike dependent.
Those who are Independently rich are
very few in proportion to the 100000
of American people, the vast majority
of whom gain their living by some form
or other Of useful employment. That
there should be prosperity in some of
these employments and not In others, or
among one class of people and not
among others, is impossible, for they all
rest upon a common foundation and are
affected by the same considerations.
business" is generic term and COM
prehends all lawful industries. When
IL is stimulated, all profit; when it is de-
pressed, all suffer. No part of the body
can escape the effect of general paraly-
sis or fail to get the benefit of general
good health. When business lourishes,
the laborer is in demand; when it de-
clines, he stands idle in the market
place.
Business of whatever sort in coun-
try like ours, rich in resources, full of
energy and vitality, with all harvests
everywhere ready for the sickle, rests
chiefly upon two factors-public conf
dence and a sound and stable currency.
When either is-and much more when
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
An Immutable Law or DEMAND

1t is not merely the women who like
to buy things cheaply. No one cares to
pay anything more for an article than
he can help. Men who work for wages
or on salaries naturally desire that their
income shall go as far as possible in
the satisfaction of their wants. Farm
ers, too, in behalf of whom the plea for
high prices is most frequently made,
are not overload of paying big prices
for the things they buy. And they are
buyers as we'll as sellers. The whole
tendency of civilization Is toward lower
prices and higher wages.
Talk about making an unlimited
demand for silver" by free coinage at
sixteen to one is folly. The amount Of
silver money which can be forced into
circulation is strictly limited by the
needs of business. Free silver or no free
silver, the people will not use more Of
the heavy and bulky silver dollars than
they do now.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
M,KINLEY CALLERS.

Canton, Ohio, Sept. 1.-TWO train
loads of the Commercial Democratic
Mckinley club of Chicago reached
Canton this morning to call on Major
Mckinley. They numbered 1,4OO men.
They were met at the station by the
Canton commercial travellers escort
and the Canton troops. They were
escorted to the hotels for breakfast,
after which they called on Mckinley.
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 12.-Thirty cars
of Homestead Steel workers left Home
stead this morning for Canton, Ohio,
to visit the Republican presidential
candidate, Major Mckinley. About
1000 men were in the delegation.
This afternoon the employees of the
western division of the Pennsylvania
road leave on a special train for the
same place.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12

porn are-InpuIr-u or even graveIy
threatened, business suffers, general de
preston comes, labor declines, and the
wolf approaches many door. Without
confidence there can be no credit, no
enterprise. Capital is boarded, sent
abroad or lies idle, and all industries
diminish or cease, and the surest way
the world has ever seen to destroy con-
ldence is to debase the currency and to
make it uncertain from day to day how
much a dollar is worth and how much
1t is going to count for in the near fu-
ture-to take away, as is now proposed,
one-half its value TO begin with and to
set the other half TO fiuctuating to an
indefinite extent, with the rising and
the setting of the sun and the approach
Of every storm.
There is, therefore, in my judgment,
no man more criminal or who is a worse
public enemy than he who engages in
CT countenances that infamous and de-
structive attempt, because the less a
man has, or the less he earns, the more
necessary it is to him that the value of
that little should be maintained and
made sure, and that the few dollars In
his pocket should be as good dollars as
there are. AS well might the steerage
passengers in a vessel in midocean,
weary of their privations, be melted by
some mischief maker to scuttle the ship
in order to drown the inmates of the
more luxurious cabins, unconscious that
they themselves must be equally the vic
Tins of the common calamity.
The party Is already hopelessly dis
Tupted on the issue presented. We can
not follow both its divisions at the same
time, however desirable it might be,
since they are moving in opposite direc-
tions. On the one side are the oldtime
honored principles of the party, under
which all its great traditions have been
generated, and which all it's illustrious
leaders have advocated. Chief and fore
most among these principles always in
times past has been the maintenance of
sound and honest money, of dollars that
are dollars, of a national stamp upon
them that does not lie.
On the same side are its most trusted
present statesmen and leaders, and a
very large proportion at the last of its
better and most instructed element.
Which way shall we go, then, since we
cannot so both ways? With its states
men or with its camp followers? With
its principles or with its organization
stampeded and graded by its enemies?
In which direction lies the future of the
party if 1t is to have any future? And
who are they who will control it here
after, when this tyranny shall be over
past?" Let no man be afraid to be right
on this question, for it is the right that
will triumph in the end, whether it re-
forms the party or destroys it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
COTTON MARKET FEvERIsH.

New York Sept. 12.-Cotton opened
weak at a decline of Is to IA
points under disappointing Liverpool
advices and indications of increased
crop estimates. Crop reports are lit
tie better. Neill is stated to be ready
with a. bearish crop estimate, which
helped the Liverpool weakness. The
unsettled financial condition at New
Orleans also caused selling. At IL
o'clock the market was at it's lowest
and prices showed a net decline of 20
to % points. Selling was somewhat
checked by advices from Fall River,
Mass, showing a firm market there.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
In Q Nuthhell.

Let us all be thankful that the f1nan
cial question has at last been finally
settled.
It is so easy that anybody might have
done it.
All that is needed is that the gov,
eminent of the United States shall
agree to pay $1.29 to anyone who will
bring it 60 cents worth of silver.
If this is done our financial troubles
will Immediately disappear. Prices will
advance. Wages will go up. Everybody
will have plenty of money. We shall
have at once the only perfect financial
monetary system known in history.
The age of miracles is not past
n. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12

Have you any silver bullion which
you could get coined into dollars under
free coinage? If not, would you not
have to produce something in order to
get the silver money which would be
turned out of the minis? And if six
teen to one law doubled the price Of sill
YER, how would that make it easier for
you to get any Of it?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12

Fitzsimmons challenges Corbett and
Corbett laughs at him, but will fight
him twenty minutes after his mill with
Sharkey is over.
Faro is first mentioned as a dishon-
est andillegal form of gaming as early
the day of Queen Anne.
1t is said by some writers that the
game of dominos was known to the
Jews in the time Of Solomon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
COLLIDED WITH ROYALTY.

Bautzen, SaXony, Sept. 12.-As En-
peror William entered his special train
at Loebau, II miles from here today
after bidding farewell to the king of
Saxony, the Dresden express train coll
lided with his majesty's train. No
one was injured but the emperor was
delayed forty minutes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
CLARA BARTON HOME AGAIN.

New York, Sept. 12.-Among the pas
sengers arriving this morning per stea-
mer Umbria, of the Cunard line, from
Liverpool, was Miss Clara Barton, re-
preventative of the Red Cross society,
who has returned from the scene of
the Armenian troubles.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12

See To II That Your Salary Doesn't Shrink.
This represents the purchasing power
of the weekly wages of man who earns
s., 900 year under the gold standard.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
KILLED BY HIS CLERK.

Boston, Mass, Sept. 12.-Bernardo
Ambrosoli, proprietor of the famous
Italian restaurant here, was assassina-
ted by his clerk, Chas. c. Bacigalupo,
today. Bacigalupo is insane.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-12
STOCK MARKET

st. Louis, Sept. 12.-Cattle: Receipts
200 head; market steady at yesterdays
quotations. No Sheep received.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03

warded their clerical robes early on Wednesday morning to Buckingham Palace, directing them to be sent to the robing-roon, which had been set apart for the assembly of the clergy, and where they were to dress for the wed- ding service. The two high dignitaries of the church arrived in good time in order to robe, but not a vestige of their surplices or other canonicals could be found The Archbishop was extremely anxious, and so also were all the Pal ace officials, and the time was drawing nigh for the clergy procession to the chapel, and yet the missing lawn was not to be found.
 At last Lord Edward Pelham Clinton was informed of the impending catas- trophe, and he at once set complete army of court offiQials to search every room in use for the missing robes These were eventually found in anoth- CT room, but only just in time for the Archbishop and Bishop of Winchester to dress and hurry to the chapel. The other clergy had brought their vest ments with them, and so were ready long before the time. The Archbishop, it is said, was very much upset by the contretemps. Some servant or anoth- CT, not knowing the robing-room, had misplaced the portnanteau bearing the robes in the wrong room. London Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03
A CAT THAT WASHES WINDOWS

A CAT THAT WASHES WINDOWS.
 Naturalists have long conceded the cat to be the cleanest animal living. That is as regards its own fur. There are even cases on record of cats having bitten out piece of their own flesh in order to get rid of an objectionable piece of tar or other tenacious sub stance. But there is a cat in China town that discounts all of these, for it not only keeps itself clean, but it keeps everything around it clean.
 This cat has it's home in the store of the Wo Yuen company, in Clay street, near Stockton. It is impossible to tell just who 1t belongs to, as the Chinese in the store will not answer the ques- ton. From all that can be learned the cat is of very valuable breed that is a native of China. In fact 1t is said that it is of the same family as the cats that are in the home of the emperor and are used in the temples. What the emperor wants with cats or why they are used in the temples are matters of no importance to the story.
 No matter what the ancestry of this cat may be, it looks to person not versed in feline genealogy like a cross between a Maltese and a tortoise shell, with a good deal of just common cat in the general mixture. But be that as it may this animal has certainly &C., quired its habits of cleanliness from some other conditions of life than it's present one. There is possibility that the owners keep it as a curiosity, sec ing that it is the only real clean thing about the place where it lives.
 The Chinese in the Wo Yuen store are very proud of the cat, and even have a name for it. The cognomen, however, is unprintable, as it sounds a good deal like combination of the words Hung" and "tark," so in the present case the cat will have to be known as Tom, which, after all, is a good old-fashicned name that ought to satisfy any cat.
 As has always been mentioned, it is impossible to tell where Tom acquired his habits of cleanliness, but the fact remains that he is clean. He is so particular that he will not even lie down without first taking rag and brushing off the spot where he intends to make his bed. And he brushes It good. to be sure it is as it should be.
 Toms star performance, however, is cleaning windows In fact, he makes a speciality of this, and the way he does it is most commendable. His favorite resting-place is close to one of the show windows in the front of the store, and before he stretches himself oIlt comfortably he makes Sure that the window is clean.
 It makes no matter whether the win dow is dirty or not, Tom always gives 1 it few rubs, just for luck, possibly | As soon as he makes up his mind to rest he reaches for a rag and dips 1t ir | a pan of water Then he commences to rub the window-pane. And how he | does ruby In a few moments the glass | is like a diamond. and he lies down tc l rest peacefully.-San Francisco Call.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03
THE VERMONT FA RMERs.

The more the Vermont election is con- sidered the more encouraging it is. The Republican majority is such that there can be no question as to its sig nificance. It means that the people, "the masses" whom the Boy Orator loves so well, do not love the Boy Ora tor with that measure of reciprocity which alone would satisfy his ardent soul.
 It is profitable to remember at this time that Vermont is one of the States that were promised to Silver by those who were engaged in making promises at the Chicago circus. The story was that Vermont was full of farmers who were just aching to rebuke the crime of '7S and applaud the crime of '96. Well, the Vermont farmers have had their say, and they have left those who did the promising at Chicago for them in a rather disagreeable position. They seem to be much more down on' the crime of '96 than the crime of '73. Their feeling cropped out in the town of Bal timore, which went unanimously for honest money and in Brownington where the vote was 151 to 1.
 The farmers of Vermont are all right. They know the difference between witch-grass and clover.