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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
CITY LOCAL NEWS
TRY US-TEL. Alb,
SEEBE g. McALLISTER,


sEEBE & McALLIsTER,
FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE.
221 tt dds
-Edgewood and Paxton's pri-
vate stock at the Crystal saloon,
407 Main plaza. 420 If
No. cook stove Sc; terms 81
per week.
CLOVER INsTALLMENT Co. 5 16 If
"A trolley car ran over a Chi
huahua dog of Vincent Lovece on
Austin street yesterday, and
mashed him to pulp.
500 90 Reward for any case Of rheu-
matism. indigestion or constipation, that
DIR. Thurmond's Blood Syrup will not
cure. Sold by f. Kalteyer & Son and ] :.
M. Pettey.
The finest gentlemen's parlors
in the city at the SILVER KING.
429t
The Arkansas Pass Ry. will run
a very cheap excursion to Calves
ton and return on May Goth. Tick
cts $3.50 for the round trip and
limited to morning train leaving
Galveston June 1st.
-Herweck's best Liquid Paint,
guaranteed. at $l.25 per gallon.
59tf
The Belknaps drilled on Alamo
plaza last night. They are getting
along, nicely under Captain Nc
Adoo, who is making splendid
captain.
II. A. Luter, agent W. & P. Ar
mored Non-Puncture Tires. Kalt-
eyer & Schuchard. 10 I'm
ONE of the, best known merchants of
Pilot, Tex, writes: my wife was an In.
valid for several years. Four bottles OF
DIR. Thurmand'S Blood Syrup made per-
manent cure and increased her weight
from lis to 1873. Sold by +. Kalteyer &
Son and J. M. Pettey.
Finest, cool beer in the city,
drawn from the wood at Bull Bros.
52S If
Pair electric fans for sale. AL
most new, used three months last
year. GEO. G. EICHLITZ & Co.,
room 16 and II Kampmann builds
ing. 525 1t
"A citizens meeting will be
held in the county court room to-
night to discuss plans to celebrate
July 4th in proper way.
For the best glass of cool beer,
drawn from the wood, call on
Bull Bros. % tt
Just received 1000 25c novels.
10s, 4 for 25S, Is for ST at Louis
If you want the very best to be
had call at the Silver King. % tt
TURF EXCHANGE, 203 Alamo
Plaza. Commissions executed on
all racing events.
2 10 If STUBBLEFIELD & Co.
"A man named Mckinney was
injured in a runaway yesterday on
his ranch, about five miles from the
city, aud his collar-bone was
broken.
ALI prescriptions filled by
Bowling 4 Flood can be duplicated
by Kalteyer & Schuchsrd, corner
Houston and Losoya streets.
Bowling & Floods old stand.
511 mo.
The "WHITE" is king, the
best sewing machine on the mar
ket today. AL machines repaired (;
supplies specislty. l.. M.
MICHAEL, 1928 W. Com. street. l mo
-MUTH's GARDEN-Music every
evening. Pavilion can be rented
for private parties. Terms reason
able. % I'm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
SHORT STOPS.
What the People Are Saying.

The new dog ordinance which
imposes a license OF 81 on each ca
nine, and makes every owner of a
dog amenable to a fine unless the
license is paid, has excited consid-
cradle comment.
The dog, as a city institution
is a nuisance and any regulation
that would lessen or abate the
nuisance would be hailed as re-
lief, but the dog is q sort Of men,
Der Of the human family and as
such deserves humane treatment.
The new ordinance Is q good one,
but 1t is unnecessarily oppressive
upon the people who own pets, and
will no doubt lead to great deal
of police court trouble, and it is
doubtful il it will yield any ad-
ditional revenue to the city treas
ury.
The enforcement of the ordinance
will absorb the extra revenue re-
ceived, and in this particular way
proves less profitable than the old
one.
If the. ordinance prevented all
dogs from running at large it
would be a better provision than
the extra licence. This provision
pertains in large cities.
One thing deserves attention.
The barbsrous method of dispos-
ing Of luckless dogs, who have no
friends to pay them out, should be
remedied, il possible. ItIwould be a
sight revolving to the most hard.
ened person to witness an execu.
ton at the city pound.
The executioner enters with an
AK and proceeds to knock the VIC
Tins in the head; a false blow
mains the poor creature, and sever
al trials are sometimes necessary
to dispatch the animal.
In other cities humane societies
have taken this thing in hand
and as painless and humane a
taking off as possible is used. Why
could not electrocution be used?
City Marshall Druse has made
some such suggestion and the SUBJ
ject is deserving of attention.
4
The poor dog should be treated
humanely in his exit from life, for
who knows, as Martin Luther is
said to have once philosophical
when questioned about the pet OF
child: "There might be future
for even the dog in the great etern-
ity,"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
DIVERS Sweeping Challenge.

NEW YORK, May 26.-The World
this morning says: Philip j.
Dwyer has announced to his friends
that he will bet $4,000 that his
colt Handspring could beat August
Belmont's Hastings in the Bel
mont stakes at Morris park, June
2.
Mr.. Dwyer also announced that
he was willing to match his colt
against Hastings for $4,000 or
against any horse in the United
States, weight for age, over any
distance that a three-year-old could
be asked to go.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
HaRMANN RREusINa,

Notary public, will attend to Pen
sion claims, Power Of Attorney and
Passports to all foreign countries.
Translations. Office, San Antonio
Daily LIGHT 104 East Com % arce
street.
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More Party Harmony.

CONCORD, N. H., May 26.-Dr. j.
Alonzo Green has announced his
withdrawal from the race for the
gubernatorial nomination in the
interest OF party harmony.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26

The LIGHT congratulates its con-
temporary, on getting right. The
LIGHT has said the same so many,
many times, many, many months
ago.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
Rampo Meets With an Accident.

LONDON, May 26.-The Sports
man reports that Ramo who is en-
tered for the Manchester has met
with an accident in the stable and
was not exercised today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
For Leniency to the Reform Prisoners.

LONDON, May Pa dispatch to
the Times from Cape Town says:
Petitions are being circulated in
the towns OF South Africa to the
government of the Transvaal for
leniency to the reform prisoners.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
ATTENTION!

Contractors, Carpenters and Con-
sumers of lumber. Get prices from
VIM. Cameron & Go. before buying.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26

"The city fathers will be legisla-
ting for the dim and distant future
IL they commence to cut the salary
list now as there Is little prospect
OF ever catching up"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
ATTENTION,

Contractors, Carpenters and Con-
sumers Of lumber. Get prices from
VIM. Cameron & Co. before buying
4-l2 tt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
Better Late Than Never !
Daily Exnress SAWS

The Daily Express says:
"If the city's employees salaries
are to be scaled the job should be-
commenced at the top, not at the
bottom"
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SlOO. Cure Your Catarrh For 81. 90.

II you suffer with catarrh or colds IN
the head one bottle OF DR.. Thurmand'S
Catarrh Cure is guaranteed to cure you
Sold by f. Kalteyer & Son and j. NJ
Petty.
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Slaughter Sale!

Suits worth 5000, now going at $3.50.
Suits worth $500, now going at $9.45.
Suits worth $1,000, now going at $3.50.
Hats worth so cts, now going at as cts
Hats worth rs cts, now going at so cts.
Hats worth SI.oo. now going at rs cts.
Linen Collars S cents.
Linen Cuffs 10 cents.
Balbriggan Undershirts IS cents,
A good pair of mems shoes for 90 cts.
A good pair of ladies' Oxford ties 6oc.
Everything new and in the latest style.
Remember the place.
SOC ID E. HOUSTON STREET.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR BIRD SUP

At 227 st. Mary's street. Best
hooking bird food; best canary
seed best hemp seed; best rapse
seed. GEO. WHITE.
5-l-lm
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FOR DECORATION DAY,

A new stock OF metal and bead
decoration for graves. Paul Wag-
ner. st
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26

In other cities humane societies
have taken this thing in hand
and as painless and humane a
taking off as possible is used. Why
could not electrocution be used?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26

City Marshall Druse has made
some such suggestion and the SUBJ
ject Is deserving Of attention.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26

The executioner enters with an
AK and proceeds to knock the vic
Tins in the head; a false blow
mains the poor creature, and sever
al trials are sometimes necessary
to dispatch the animal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-26
BiIiOusness

ton and permits food TO ferment and purify in
the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
VICTORIOUS AMERICANS.
Triumph of Our Representatives In the
Olympic Games.

Triumph of Our Representatives In the
Olympic Games.
On the second day ofthe Olympic games at
Athens, Greece, the interest in their revival
showed no sign OF diminution.
The first heat Of the ITO metres hurdle race
was won bv Goulding. an Englishman. His
time was 18 2-5 seconds. The second heat
was won by T. P. Curtis, Of the Boston Ath-
letic Association, whose time was 18 seconds.
The long jump was was VOL by Ellerv 81.
Clark, Of the Boston Athletic Association,
who covered 6.95 metres. Robert Garrett,
captain Of the Princeton team, was second,
with six metres to his credit, and James B.
Connolly of the Suffolk Athletic Club Of Bos-
ton. third. with 5.s4 metres.
The 400 metres race on the fiat was won by
Thomas E. Burke, of the Boston Athletic
Association. His time was 81 is seconds.
H. B. Jamison, of Princeton University, was
second.
The next event on the programme was
putting the weight. Captain Garrett won,
scoring 11.22 metres. The Greek champion,
Gouskos, was second, scoring 1L03 metres.
Gouskos Is the second Greek champion who
has met defeat contesting with Garrett.
The one hand weight lifting contest was
won by Elliott, an Englishman. who raised
II kilos. Two handed weight lifting contest
was won by Jensen, a Dane. who lifted 11ti9
kilos. Flack, the Australian. won the 1900
metres race on the fiat in four minutes and
thirty-three seconds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
MEASLES IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Esther Cleveland, the Presidents Daugh-
ter, Attacked nv the Disease.

Esther Cleveland, the Presidents Daugh-
ter. Attacked nv the Disease.
President Cleveland and Private Secretary
Thurber were quarantiped at the White
House, Washington, and Mrs. Cleveland and
her children we're quarantined at Woodley,
and Mrs. Thurber and her little ones at their
home, on I street. All this. and postpone
rant Of Cabinet meeting IN az
Aition. was the result Of discovery IN
The White House nursery that
little Esther Cleveland. the PRESIDENT.
second daughter, who is two and a half
years old, had deve,oped symptoms OF measles
about that time. Immediately there was
great excitement throughout the Mansion:
Tho President was Informed. and be sent
kilograms to all the Cabinet officers In town
that there would he no Cabinet meettne.
Miss Bathmann. the teacher Of the White
House Kindergarten. wns sent post haste 70
Woodley, the Presidents country place. and
hurried preparations were made for taking
Esther and her sisters there. Shortly after
ward the sick child was sent to Woodley In
a closed carriage: accompanied in that and
another vehicle by her mother, nurses and
sisters.
Private Secretary Thurber has been living
In the White House for ten days, since one
of his children developed 4 case Of measles.
In the morning Young "Tom' Thurber and
the cook at the Tbnrber house were taken
with the disease. Esther Cleveland and the
Thnrber children are doing we'll. Little
Esther's Is said to be mild case. 1t is likely
that on her recovery the family will be joined
at Woodley by the President. and will re-
main there until thev leave for Gray Gables
at the beginning Of the summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
THE CHICAGO RING CRIPPLED.
Citizens Join Forces to Down the Profes-
sionnl Politicians.

Citizens Join Forces to Down the Profes-
sionnl Politicians.
In the elections in Chicago for town officers
and Aldermen, the Republicans carried all OF
the seven towns by majorities ranging from
1000 to 1000. The campaign for Aldermen
was not strictly on party lines, being more
Of an effort on the part OF the reputable
citizens. regardless Of politics, to oust the
clique which has controlled the Council.
Ofthe thirty-four Alderman elected only
eight are men who were opposed by the Mu-
nicipal Voters League. The remaining
twen.y-six may be said fairly to represent
the respectable element.
The Peoples party did not succeed in
electing single candidate. OF the success
full contestants. thirteen are Democrats,
eighteen Republicans, and three ran on an
Independent ticket
Blood was shed in the First Ward, and the
police were called on to quell several incipi-
ent riots at the polling places among the fol-
lowers of the rival Aldermanic candidates.
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A TREE OF DEATH.

There Is tree of death in Java. The ma,
tiyes call 1t Kali Mujah. Its breath would
kill birds and even human beings. One day
when Rev. E. s. Ufford was chasing a plrd-
of-paradise. he noticed that it dropped sud-
denly to the ground under tree. he e1.
amined the tree and began himself to feel
strangely as the odors from its leaves were
inhaled by him. bis head swan ana rns-
ing sounds came to his ears as though he
was being chloroformed. he hastened away
from it, but procured specimen and sent 1t
to America, which, 1t Is said, Is the first one
transplanted to our soil.
'tWhat striking illustration this Is OF the
free OF death which has been planted In our
fair America by the distiller! 1t has leaves
for the blighting of the Nations. I see the
young, the middle-aged, the old, chasing the m
birds Of pleasure, and then falling down be-
meath the dark shadow Of the baleful tree, to
die there, never to rise again. Would that
we might lay the axe at the root OF that
tree. missionary Review Of the World.
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Messrs Cook, who have contracted to do.
this work. recently conveyed $500 men, fully
armed and equipped, by steamers and barees,.
from Balliana to Assuan. q distance of 300
miles, between o'clock on Saturday after.
noon and o'clock the next Monday NOM
Ing.
The British troops which will take part in
the advance on Dongola will, it is expected.
number about 5000 men, together with about
l5,OyO Egyptian trained troops led by British
officers. The purely British force will prob
ably consist of the Second Connaught
Rangers. the First Worcestershire, the First
North Staffordshire, detachment of the
Royal Engineers, two or three batteries OF
the Royal Artillery, a camel corps of British
cavaIrymen and the Second Dragon
Guards.
A strong volunteer camel corps is being
formed from among recruits picked up
among the tribes Of friendly sheikhs, and it
will prove a very valuable body for scouting
purposes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
PARENT oF CRIME.

Strong drink Is not only the devils way
into man, but mans way to the deviL-Dr.
Adam Clark.
Judges are weary with calling attention to
drink as the principal cause OF crime, but
cannot refrain from saying that If they could
make England sober, they would shut up
nine-tenths of the prisons.-Lord Chief JUS
tiee Gonridge, of England.
or all the causes Of sin and misery. OF pau
perlsm and wretchedness, Intoxicating nquor
stands forth the unapproachable ebel-
Noah Davis, Chief Justice Of the New YORK
Supreme Court.
Two-thirds of tho crimes which come be-
fore the courts of law OF this country are
occasioned chiefly by intemperance.-Lor
Chief Raron Kelly, of England.
Eighty per cent. Of the crime OF our coun-
try Is the result of intemperance. and ninety
five per cent. of the depraved youth are the
children Of drunken and depraved house
hold,.-General Eaton, United States Conn
missioner of Education.
I can keep no terms with vice that ILLS
our jails, that destroys the comfort OF homes
and the peace Of families, and debases and
brutalizes the people Of these islands.-Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge, Of England.
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STUDENT DROWNED.
John r. Day Loses His Life and Four
Others Narrowly Escape.

John F. Day Loses His Life and Four
Others Narrowly Escape.
John F. Day, of Janesville. O. stiident nt
the State University. Madison, Wis, was
drowned in Lake Mendoza. -Four compan-
ions narrowly escaped thg Same fate. One
was Andy O'Dea, coaeh'6f the Varsity crew,
and tho others wers John F. Day, e. C. Nc
Conville, OF La Crosse; L. D. Street, OF Dix
on, H., anG'-youns O'Dea, brother OF the
coach, Eli Students and candidates forplaces
oI-tne crew.
They went out for practice in the four
oared gigs. The lake was as smooth as glass
when they started. but when the boats were
half mile from shore breeze came up and
the high waves swamped the craft.
The boat in which were John Day, Nc
Conville and young O'Dea went over first.
Three times they came to the surface and
caught hold of the boat, only to be washed
away. The third time John Day failed to
rise The other two cIung to the gig until
boats, which Immediately put out from the
University boathouse, arrived. Half mile
further away were Andy O'Dea and L. B.
Street, in the other gig, and they too, went
over Just after the first boat upset. They
had been in the water a full hour when res
cued
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
Prominent People.

They say that the Queen is going to make
Lord Salisbury duke.
The Prince Of Wales will not ride bike,
but uses tricycle. agreat deal.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, will lecture
on the drama at Chautauqua next summer.
They say that DR.. Jameson's medical
practice in South Africa was worth SIS, 900 q
year.
Commissioner Evangeline Booth, of the
Salvation Army-it Is not Eva-was named
after Longfellow's heroine.
Cecil Rhodes, the South African magnate,
breads women. He says they ueddle too
much in other peoples business.
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GODS FOOTsTOOL FREE!
DRINKING ON THE DECLINE.

DRINKING ON THE DECLINE.
Never in the history Of the world has so
much pressure been brought to bear against
lntemperance as now. In this country and
In Great Britain the temperance organize
tions have become very powerful. Even
Emperor William has advocated move
against intemperance in Germany. The'
French Assembly has instituted temperance
legislation, and the agitation has almost
reached the rum and tea besotted Doors OF
Russia. .....
Seeing this, many people take 1t for
granted that intemperance was never 80 rife
in the world as now, says the Saturday Even
ing Gazette. This notion Is quite false, how.
ever, for statistics and perusal OF the social
memoirs Of a century and more ago abroad
plainly show that, especially in the brutal
phases of drinking, there has been almost
Transformation. It was proud boast in the
days Of Gibbon that an English gentleman
could consume pint Of brandy at single
sitting, and in the days Of Sheridan the man
who could not dispose OF his four pints or
port in an evening was hardly regarded as a
IMAM OF spirit" At the famous literary
gatherings Of the last century in London the
regular duty OF the night porter at the clubs
was to goth rounds In the early hours OF
the morning aud "loosen the gentlemen'SI
neckties'' for those who were found snoring
in the various places in the apartments.
Henry Buckle, the historian Of English civ
ilization, draws a frightful picture CT the
drunkenness of the masses in the last and
previous century, such occasions as execu--
tions on the public squares being attended
by disgusting carnivals of intoxication.
Statistics evidence that intemperance has
diminished in England neary forty per cent.
as compared with earlier periods. One OF
the court cronies Of the Great Elector OF
Prussia, as related by Carlyle, chose to be
buried publicly in giI puncheon, as mark
of his devotion to ardent spirit, and the cere-
mony was not in the least shocking to pub
lie sentiment. An excessive drinker ike
those Of other days is now decidedly a
marked man in more senses than one, and
the amount Of federation accorded him In So
ciety Is a: low notch. Whatever suppress
sion may have done to decrease drunkenness,
the chief instrumentality has been general
refinement and higher moral sense In the
community, silent forces that belle the fore
bodings Of the pessimist.
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Greater New YorA's Population.

DR.. Roger S. Tracy, Register OF Vital
Of the population OF the Greater New York,
from the weekly reports OF the Boards OF
Health of New York and Brooklyn. and from
the Federal census of the population Of Long
Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica,
Richmond County and the part OF Hemp
stead that is annexed: Total population,
8, ,195, ,059; population Of New York, 1,9l6, ,G95;
Brooklyn and Kings County, 1.1o5, 900; Long
Island City, 42,57s; Newtown. "a, ,o57; Flush.
ing, %, ,496; Jamaica, II, ,765; Richmond Coun.
ty, 81, 96S; part Of Hampstead, 5000.
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STORY TOLD BY A Two-DoLLAR BILL

Atwo-dollar bill came into the hands OF
relative Of mine, writes lady in Boston,
which speaks volumes on the horrors OF
strong drink or the traffic in it. There was
written in red ink on the back OF It the fol-
"Wife, children aud over $4,000 all gone;
I alone am responsible. All has gone down
NV throat. When was twenty-one had
fortune. am not yet thirty-fve years OLD:
have killed my beautiful wife, who died or
q broken heart; have murdered my children
with neglect. When this bill Is gone l do
not know how I can get my next meal.
shall die drunken pauper. This Is my last
money and my history.
s.If this bill comes into the hands OF any
man who drinks, let him take warning from
nv life's ruin. ."-Northern Messenger, 9,