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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
Conductor and Two Tramps Killed
In An Iowa Disaster.

Conductor ana Two IrampS Killed
In An Iowa Disaster.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 21.-A special to
the Bee from Des Moines, Iowa,
says: A freight train north bound
crashed through the Chicago and
Great Western bridge over the Platte
river, seventy miles south of here.
Three men. were killed.
ii. T. Roads, conductor, Des Moines,
and two unidentified men were the
victims.
Just south of the bridge the freight
rested on a siding while the Twin
City express, north bound, passed.
The passenger train went over the
bridge without accident, but was still
in sight when the freight pulled upon
it. The engine and part of one car
went over safely when the bridge col
lapsed and eleven cars, including the
caboose, were precipitated into the
river down the embankment. The
dead men were crushed in the debris.
The unknown men were tramps steal
ing a ride.
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ARMENIAN VICTIM DIED.

New York, Oct. 21.-A special to the
Herald from Constantinople says:
The Armenians can record another
victim. Nourrie Effendi, MORALLY
wounded, died in the presence Of his
weeping father, who arrived just in
time to find him in the agonies of
death.
The sultan, on hearing Of the seri-
Gus condition of Nourrie, sent the pal
ace surgeon to see if it was possible
for an operation to save his life.
His majesty was greatly grieved
when he heard of the death Of Nour-
rip
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
CATHOLIC PRELATEs MEET.

Washington, Oct. 21.-The arch
bishops of the Catholic church and
many bishops assembled at the Cath
Ole university today under circum-
stances of unusual public interest.
Their initial meeting was as a board
Of administration of the Catholic uni
versity in which all archbishops are
ex-officio members, although only six
of them are charter members and en-
titled to vote. The meeting of arch
bishops as the governing body of the
church without connection with the
university, begins tomorrow.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL.
Death OF A Beautiful And Gifted
New Orleans Belle.

New Orleans, Oct pa very sad
occurrence indeed was the unexpected
demise of Marie Louise Braughn, the
young and estimable wife of Rene
Couture. The intelligence of her
death cast gloom over the once hap
DIV household and her husband re-
ceived many expressions of sympathy
and coincidence from their legion Of
known friends. The deceased was
very well known and popular in so
ciety and several years ago officiated
as queen of the carnival. She was
also a gifted writer and some of her
poems were highly praised by the crit
les.
Mrs. Couture was the daughter of
the late Judge Geo. II. Braughn and
Miss Marie Emma Simon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
LET OUT THE WATER.

Oakland, Cal, Oct. 21-The big dis
tributing reservoir of the Oakland
Water company broke its walls yes
terday and 100000 gallons Of water
were let loose with a roar. A wall
of water seven feet high tore down
Oakland avenue, but beyond the
streets in the vicinity no great dam
age was done. The officers of the
water company contend that the wa
ter reservoir was blown up by dyna-
mite by malicious persons.
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FOR TRUCK FARMS.

Corpus Christi, Tex, Oct. 21.-E. b.
Cole is out in the Hoffman Tract"
this week with Mr.. @. f. FL. Won Blu
cher who is sub-dividing about $500
acres of land adjoining this city into
small tracts for the purpose of selling
to farmers and gardeners.
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GOLD IN ARKANSAS.

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. 21.-Within
the past few weeks a number of min
ers from abroad have arrived here
and are busily prospecting for gold in
the mountains adjacent to the city.
Rich fields are situated six miles
northwest and the mining fever is be-
coming intense. The woods are full
of prOSpectorS.
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EIGHT BOYS INSANE.

New Orleans, Oct. 21.-The board
of commissioners Of the house Of re-
fuge held a meeting on the 18th.
The most important matter brought
up before the meeting was report
to the effect that eight boys in the
house of refuge are insane.
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MACMILLAN CARRI-

City Of Mexico. Oct. 21.-Mr. John
Q. Mateos is authority for the state
ment that there exists in neighbor-
ing hacienda to the town of San Mar
tin TeXmelucan, Puebla, a carriage
that was formerly the property of
Macmillan. 1t is upholstered in silk,
with a projecting drivers seat after
the style of all regal rigs and is
adorned throughout with Mexican
eagles wrought in bronze and sur
mounted with imperial crowns.
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CAUGHT THE CITY CLERK.

Gloversville, l. Y, Oct. PA sensa-
ton was created here by the arrest
of City Clerk Frank Wilmarth, on a
charge Of classifying the city'saccounts
and converting the money to his own
use. Wilmarth when arraigned
pleaded not guilty. He was releas-
ed in $4,000 bail. His arrest is the
result of an investigation of the city's
accounts, which has been going on for
several months.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
COAL MINE AFIRE.

Gillespie, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-A fire broke
out in the bottom, near the air shaft,
in the Consolidated Coal company's
mine at this place and is doing great
damage. An attempt is being made
to smother it, by sealing the mine.
The men all escaped, but twelve mules
were killed. The top works are prob
ably safe, but long shut down will
be necessary.
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KILLED HER ACCIDENTALLY.

Crescent, Iowa, Oct. 21.-T P.
Farnsworth accidentally shot his wife
at noon yesterday. Just as they
were about to go to dinner Farms
worth was in the act Of loading his
revolver when the cartridge exploded
the ball striking Mrs. Farnsworth
nearly in the centre of the forehead,
killing her instantly.
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WARMER TONIGHT.

Washington, Oct. 21.-For Eastern
Texas: Generally fair Thursday; pre-
coded by local showers near the coast
this afternoon or night; winds shift
ing to southeasterly; warmer in nor
thern portion Thursday.
Western Texas: Fair, southerly
winds: warmer tonight.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
A MURDERER RETRIEVED

Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. Ex-Governor
Altgeld has reprieved Daniel McCar-
thy sentenced to be hanged at Chica-
go next Friday, Oct. %, for murder,
until Friday, January 13, 1897. Pros
ecuting Attorney Elliott, of Chicago,
has placed before the governor a
statement in which he says he has
found new evidence in the case that
he regards as vital to the same.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
KANSAS FOR M'KINLEY
Will Go Republican BY A Large Ma
jority.

J0rlty.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 21.-Cyrus
Leland, Jr, member of the Republi-
can national committee for Kansas,
and a member of the national execu-
tive committee, stopped in Kansas
City on his way to Chicago yesterday
evening. When asked about the situa-
ton in Kansas he said:
''Kansas is well organized and we
know from our poll of the state very
near what the vote will be. Nc
Kinley will carry the state by large
majority and the Populists there know
it. The Third, Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts will give Mckinley $4,000 ma
iority and would like to know where
the opposition expect to get the votes
to offset that"
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Subscription $500 a Year.
SHORT SNAPS.

Thad and Joe seem to have the
General completely bottled
up.
Who pays for the telephone
connecting with the Calaveras
sand pile?
The present county campaign
gives the people hope of a new
deal in February.
Henry Umscheid is running
better in the country than some
of his cOmpadres.
Should w. ID. Druse be elect
ed, Mr.. Bart Crowther is booked
No. l for city marshal.
l.. Orynski was invited into the
spider den, but he thought 5000
too much for the ante.
The people are not in the deal
to trade off Judge Noonan for the
benefit of Thad and Joe.
Our Republican (0 mayor
should stop his flirting with those
free-trade, free silverites.
-
Candidate Kiolbassa tell, some
hard tales about his experience
in the city hall brick yard.
Election advertising in a news
paper with brand on it is Just
so much money thrown away.
The large percentage of the San
Antonio Republicans are afflicted
with the "mugwump" disease.
Captain Dick Strayhorn loves
to think of those happy days he
spent picking cotton when a boy.
Judge VIM. Boerner is hot in
the race for collector, and is not
running in the interest of Cassi.
anO.
Bryan must wake up, and keep
close watch on his own camp,
or he might come out third in the
race.
A bold-face lie will run itself
down, and a>natural born liar al
ways. cOnvicts himself, if let
alone.
Judge Boerner prefers to take
his chances with the people than
to be butchered on the city hall
ticket.
The West End street car line
is still a 16 to l line; it only
makes 16 trips in day-one
trip an hour.
Why don't the Bexar county
free silver fellows put out a Stree
silver county ticket?" Ask
Thad and Joe about it.
Whenever you find an Indian
name on your ballot like Thad-
eOus-PocahOntas Smith and Don
Jose CassianO scratch it.
John Campbell is making good
Roadway in the country, but
Druse seems to hold the inside
on the west side of the river
Chairman Onion and DIR. Whit
taker both sighed for a free-sil-
yer county ticket, but Thad and
Joe said; NAY, nay, my lovely
Pauline"
There are few people in this
city who think it a terrible crime
for a citizen to run for office,
without asking the permission
of Thad and Joe.
When Ben Kiolbassa heard his
friend (?) talking about "bloOd"
"Pm pulling their legs" etc., he
concluded it was about tins for
him to jump the game.
A little sawed-off coon made
a speech last night in favor of
the Big Injun. He is now paying
back those 30 pieces of silver adj
vanced by the Big Injun for the
Houston excursion train.
The proposition now is to re-
duce the 81 900 assessmanf for
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Chairman Onion tries to be-
lieve Thad and Joe are all right
for Jimmy Slayden, while Joe's
doctor thinks they are all right
for Judge Noonan. Election day
will prove they are all right for
Thad and Joe.
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JONES HAS SEVERAL CALLERS
Talked Over Matters Concerning the
Democratic Campaign.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-The announce
ment of the appointment of an Advisory
Committee of six men outside the reg
ular Democratic party by Chairman
Jones of the National Committee may
be expected this week
The Senator said to-day to a reporter
of the United Associated Presses on
the subject: II am considering the an
nouncement of an Advisory Committee
representing organizations which are
working together with the Democratic
party in common, but I shall not an
nounce the names to-day, as I contem-
plated. I propose to have six members
who will represent the Populists, ex-
elusive of the silver men and silver
should have free consultation and ex-
preston of ideas as to what ought to
be done and what ought not. This
committee will facilitate our work in
the campaign"
The Chairman's noted visitors to-day
were Senator Pettigrew, Senator Faulk-
f-er and /. N. Stevens of Colorado of the
Silver party.
Senator Pettigrew's mission was to
arrange for the South Dakota cam
pSiSH, oi winch ne Is VlIdlly interested
in on account of his Republican bolt,
and also to see what the programme of
the speakers and literature, ETC., was
for the Northwest. Senator Faulkner's
visit related to printing of campaign
documents and Cor their distribution.
Mr.. Stevens came to tell of the Silver
party's campaign plans and co-opera-
ton with the Bryan campaigners. and
to absorb information of like character
from the Senator
Senator Pettigrew met Marcus Daily
of Montana at the Auditorium Hotel
and held secret conference with him.
The talk around political headquarters
was that the powers of Pettigrew's per-
suasion We're being directed toward a
conversion of the Montana copper king
to the support of the free silver ticket,
Mr. DAILY having been put in the gold
class since his recent visit to Chairman
Hanna at Chicago headquarters.
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UNIT OF VALUE.
SECRETARY CARLISLE ON THE
FINANCIAL QUESTION.
The Monetary Laws of America and
the Changes That Have Taken
Place in the Standard.

WASHINGTON Cd. c., Aug. 27-
Secretary Carlisle yesterday addressed
the following letter to correspondent
in Ohio in regard to the unit of value,
and authorized it's publication as an
answer to many other similar inquiries
which are constantly being addressed
to him:
Mr. A M. Simons, Cleveland, o.
My Dear Sir: Your favor of the 10Th
inst, calling my attention to what you
characterize as serious error In the
circular recently issued by the Treasury
Department, reached here during my
absence, and 1 embrace the first op-
portunity after my return to acknowl-
edge it.
THE statement in the circular to
which you refer is as follows:
1.-The Act of April 2, 1892 established
the first monetary system of the United
States The basis of the system was:
The gold dollar or unit, containing 24.7
grains of pure gold and stamped in
pieces of $40, So and 50 so, denominated
respectively eagles, half eagles and
quarter eagles; and the silver dollar or
unit, containing 371.25 grains of pure
silver. A mint was established. The
coinage was limited and there was no
mint charge.
1.-THE ratio of gold to silver in coin
age was l to TO- Both gold and silver
were legal tender. The standard was
double, and you say the free coinage
advocates point to these mistakes and
claim that they are Intentionally
lugged in to prove that the unit of value
established by this Government was
gold
IF you will re-examine the statement
you viii observe that nothing whatever
is said about the unit of value or
about a standard of measure of value
except that the standard was double,
meaning, of course, that the legal
standard was based on both gold and
silver. I am unable to discover any
error in the statement. If 24T.50 grains
of pure gold constitute $40, or units,
it is evident that 24.75 grains of pure
gold must constitute one unit The
Pa 10 grains of pure gold constituted a
gold unit and the 371.25 grains of pure
silver constituted a silver unit, and the
dollar was the unit whether it was
composed of gold or silver.
The unit is merely the name or de-
nomination of the coin used in computa-
ton and keeping accounts, and if Con-
gress had seen proper to make the dime
the unit instead of the dollar, it would
not have changed the actual or legal
value of the coins to any extent what
ever. The only effect of such provis-
ion would have been that, instead of
counting in dollars and fractions of
dollars, as we do now, we would have
counted in dimes and fractions of
dimes; that is, instead of saying one
dollar or one dollar and a half we
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would have said ten dimes or fifteen

would have said ten dimes or fifteen
dimes
The franc, worth a little over 19
cents, is the unit in France, and the
mark, worth about "a cents. is the unit
in Germany, no matter whether the
franc or the mark is represented by coin
or by paper; but Notwithstanding the
fact that their unit is much smaller
than ours, and, therefore, much less
valuable, their standard of value is as
high as ours. The defect in the rea-
soning of our free silver friends on this
subject is that they constantly confuse
the unit of account with the standard
or measure of value. They are entirely
different things and have no necessary
connection with each other.
''The words unit of value were never
used in any coinage law of the United
States until February II, 1873, ana
then they were applied to the gold dol
lar, containing 1922 grains of pure
gold, or 25.S grains of standard gold.
The fact that this quantity of gold is
not now coined into a single piece Is
wholly immaterial. That quantity or
gold constitutes a standard or measure
of value for our dollar, and when men
contract for payment in dollars they
mean dollars equal in value to 2o.o
grains of standard gold. The authors
of the Act of 1892 established Qegally)
two standards-a gold standard and
silver standard-but, in fact both OF
them could not be continuously used at
the same time. AS long as ol1.2o grains
of pure silver We're actually equal IN
value to 2475 grains of pure gold there
was in fact but one standard, although
represented by two metals; but when
these quantities of gold and silver
ceased to be equal to each other In
value, one or the other necessarily dls-
appeared as a standard.
That is just what happened, and gold
went out of circulation; silver became
the actual standard, and so remained
until after the passage of the Acts Of
1894 and 1887. The efforts of the two
Acts of 1884 and 1887 were, in effect, to
change the ratio between gold and sill
yer from Is to l to 1888 to l (com-
monty called 16 to u, and the result
Of this change was that silver went
out of circulation, because it was un-
der value in the law, and gold took the
place and became the actual standard
of value from that time on. Very truly
yours, J. G.. CARLISLE"
The record-union., 1896-08-28
Your Time
Nav Be To-Morrow

VoU HAVE EXCEEDED THE LIMIT AL
lowed by nature in the enjoyment OF
worldly pleasures. You have at some time
oyertaxed your nervous system, and there is
a weakness lurking there. ready to break
forth tn ali Its pitiable, destructive effects
upon you. Do not disregard these little symp-
TOMS which you feel from day to day; they
are messages. telling Of the suffering Of your
nerves, and warning you that a breakdown
is near II may come tomorrow, and then
it will be too late TO mend.
Mend now. What energy is left you put it
forth and save yourself Call on or write TO
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you.
Have you read or heard of the wonderful
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Hurry my belt back; can see q cure in
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Home, Cal.
What record this paper could show IL peo-
pie cured of sucsl troubles would allow their
names to be used Every day some grateful
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Send for the book, Three Glasses OF Aen," !"
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AID FOR CUBANS.
Another Formidable FiIibustering Ex-
pedition Landed.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26-Accord-
ing to two cablegrams received in this
city the steamer Laurad da, which sailed
from this port for Cuba on August 9Th,
landed one of the most formidable fill
clustering expeditions yet shipped to
Cuba The Laurada landed 200 men
and an immense cargo on the southern
coast of Cuba, Santa Clara Province.
The cargo consisted of 1000 pounds of
dynamite, eleven field guns, four can
non, seven gatlings and a quantity of
ammunition
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REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.
James r. CIarkson Soon to Take
Part in the Campaign.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-James R. Clark
sor of Iowa was heard from to-day at
Republican national headquarters for
the first time since the campaign
opened He has been recovering his
health at Spring Lake, n. j., and from
that place wrote to headquarters as fol-
lows:
1.-The danger lies in the Mississippi
Valley and in the fusion Of all the op-
posing elements Everything east Of the
Ohio is solid. The battle-ground is be-
tween the Ohio River and the Missouri,
and the danger is the bimetallists who
at first were afraid that the declaration
at st. Louis was permanent departure
toward gold monometallism. With the
free silver people beyond the Missouri
there is little or no hope, but with the
himetallists of the Mississippi Valley
there is everything to hope for and to
work for. I see no reason why we
should not win, and win triumphantly.
My health is recovering rapidly. I ex-
pect to go to Iowa for couple Of weeks
in October to do whatever I can to help
in my own State. I am certain it is all
right, but some of the tinid ones are
anxious about it, and 1 shall go and
Iowa make as proud record in support
OF the party in this crisis as any State
III the Union"
Committeeman Leland returned from
Kansas. He said the gold Democratic
strength in his State was surprising the
Bryan followers. Kansas would be Re-
publican in November, as it was in the
State election of 1894
Senator Burrows has been assigned
to speak at Pittsburg, Kan, September
Sth, and Hutchinson, September 10th.
Senator Thurston will fill the following
appointments on his return from the
Eastern stumping tour: Seymour, Ind,
September 18th; Indianapolis, 18th;
Chicago, 10Th; Columbus, O., 21st;
Grand Rapids, Mich, 22d; Detroit, 23th;
Omaha, 29th; Des Moines, 30th; Kan
sas City, Mo-, October I'd.
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Knew His Business.

Il don't know why you should have
selected this particular site for a sum-
mer hotel" said a newly arrived guest
to the landlord. who was an old ac-
quaintance. "It strikes me as very
warm place"
That may be- replied the landlord,
but you will find the proper tempera-
ture has been obtained. The walters are
girls from the Boston colleges. Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph
The record-union., 1896-08-28
Sharkey.Corbett Eight.

NEW YORK, Aug. p. - The meeting
to make a final decision as to time and
place for the Sharkey-Corbett battle,
which was to have taken place to-day,
was postponed until next Monday. D..
1. Lynch, who represented Sharkey, was
on hand, but Corbett, having misunder-
stood the purport Of the meeting, was
not represented. A telegram was re-
ceived from the National Athletic Club
of San Francisco offering a purse of
$4,000, the fight to be pulled off at
Carson City New
The record-union., 1896-08-28

II. Deakin, Butte County, $40 acres;
Fred H. Deakin, Butte County, $50
acres; Augustus knight, Jr., San Ber-
nardino County, 2S0 acres; Frank Kru-
ger, Plumas County, so acres; John Nc
Gahey, Modoc County, so acres; Will
lam Etcheoin, Fresno County, 40 acres;
l. G. doode, Kern County, 160 acres;
John P. Hoefer, Calayeras County, $50
acres; L. M. Hoefier, Calaveras County,
40 acres: L. M. Hoefier, Calaveras
County, 80 acres
Swamp and overflow patent was is
sued to Louis Winter for 143 acres in
Sacramento County.
The record-union., 1896-08-28
DRESS AND CLOAKMAKING.

MRS. HALL AND MRS. DICKSON,
Fashionable Dressmaking, 7271a K street.
The record-union., 1896-08-28

Cake favored with ScAaI-
AngS Best extract is better
than cake not favored with
ScAllllngs Best. cheaper too.
Your money back if you
don't like SeAllllng's Best.
a schilling & Company
San Francisco es4
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NO FREE ADS.

No free "want" ads. are taken in
THE RECORD UNION. Births,
deaths and marriages also charged
for. NO PREMIUMS GIVEN. NO
CATCH-PENNY DEVICES. The pa
per is worth the money you pay for
it, although higher priced than most
others. Published Sundays also.
The class who have money to spend
all take it. Rich and poor like it for
its cleanly, healthy tone. Classified
ads. by the month, Wants. For Sale,
To Let. Personals. etc.. 5Oc per line.
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At the SeaShore.

Darling" he cried, throwing aside all
reserve, "do you not know me?''
The girl flung herself upon his bosom.
Your face is familiar" she sobbed,
although l can't quite recall your
name ''-Detroit Tribune