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The record-union., 1896-11-30

CHICAGO, Nov 29.-John w. Foster.
ex-Secretary of State, and Mrs. Foster
arrived in Chicago yesterday on their
way to their home in Washington from
Honolulu. They spent a little more
than two weeks on the islands, and Mr..
Fosters observations confirmed the be-
lief which he promulgated as Premier
of President Harrison's Cabinet that
annexation by the United States is the
duty of this Government.
The present Hawaiian administration
is waiting for the Inauguration of Pres
ident Mckinley to make another effort
to have the islands annexed said Mr..
Foster. THE Constitution under which
the people of the islands are living at
present has annexation as one of the
main things to be Striven for
The islands were never in a more
prosperous condition than at present.
They are prospering in a business way,
because the last sugar crop was an ex-
ceptionally good one, and the admins
tration of President Dole is the best
that people ever had.
1t is recognized that the ultimate ia te
of the islands, if they are not annexed
to the United States, will be annexation
by some other of the great Powers. 1t
Will be impossible for the islanders to
govern themselves successfully for any
great length Of time, by reason of the
clash between the different elements,
Republicans and Royalists. and natives
and foreigners. One thing is settled,
and that is that the Queen will never
rule again or the monarchy be restored.
So it remains for the United States to
act without delay or some other nation
VIII assume power in the Hawaiian
Islands,
The record-union., 1896-11-30
WEYLER NEAR SAN CHRISTOBAL
A Train With Soldiers Blown Up by
the Insurgents.

HAVANA, Nov. 29-The latest re-
ports from the province of Pinar del Rio
locate Captain General Weyler in the
vicinity of San Christobal He was
marching westward toward the hills
seeking the forces of Maceo No men
ton is made of any engagement having
taken place.
While the military train was passing
along the central trocha which extends
from Moron to Gucard dynamite bomb
which had been placed on the rails by
rebels exploded. Several of the cars
were wrecked. AS soon as the explosion
occurred the rebels who had been in am
bush made an attack on the armored
car attached to the train. This car was
defended by twenty-five officers and
men. They resisted the insurgents until
assistance reached them from the troops
stationed along the trocha near the
scene of the explosion. The rebels were
then driven off with a loss of eight
killed. The Spanish loss was two killed
and an officer and five privates wounded
The record-union., 1896-11-30
FATAL ACCIDENT IN INDIA.
Twenty-Five Persons Crushed to
Death in a Crowd.

BOMBAY. Nov. pa dispatch from
Karoda, Capital of the State OF that
name, gives the details of fatal aeci-
dent which occurred there tonight.
The Earl Of Elgin, Viceroy of India, ar
rived at Baroga this evening on visit
to the Gaikwar or native ruler of the
state. The inhabitants turned out en-
Inasse to welcome the Viceroy and TO
see a display of fireworks in his honor.
The display was given In the park of
the Gaikwar, which was open to the
public
Everything passed off without Incl
dent Of note until the end of the cere-
ynonies Then the crowd made a rush
49, the park gates, which were SO mar
The record-union., 1896-11-30
WEYLER'S BLOODY BUTCHERY.
HOW PACIFICOS WHO SURREN.
DERED WERE TREATED.
Three Hundred Old Men, Women and
Girls Horribly Abused and Then
Shot to Death.

KEY WEST (Fla), Nov. 29-Late
Havana advices say the determination
Of pacificos continues by Weyler's Sc
dered to do away with all non-combat-
ants. This is being done quietly. The
massacres only become known through
the confessions of officers and soldiers
in some cases.
Colonel Struch, it is said, openly
boasted in Havana of killing over 800
men, women and girls who surrendered
in Pinar del Rio province. Many have
been also killed in other provinces 1t
is also reported that Colonel Struch
while in his cups gave revolving details
of the Pinar del Rio massacre.
On the night of November 23d Colonel
Struch and his men drank heavily and
then followed one of the most horrible
occurrences of the war. Inflamed by
drink the Spanish soldiers rushed upon
their helpless prisoners and subjected
them to treatment which cannot be de-
scribed in print. Finally Colonel Struch
significantly told his men that sit was
no use to be longer bothered by the
Cuban cattle"
The soldiers took the hint and imme-
diately began firing on the old men,
women and girls. Volley after volley
of lead was fired at the covering and
shrieking creatures who had so lately
been the victims of Spanish cruelty,
until not one was left alive. The bodies
of the victims were left for the vultures
and Colonel Struch marched his com
mand back to headquarters and re-
ported to Captain-General Weyler that
seven insurgent camps had been
''raided and about 800 rebels killed. y
Colonel Struch and many of his officers
were given furloughs in consideration
of their services and returned to Ha-
vana.
Since going to Havana Colonel Struch
has been drunk all the time and has
openly boasted of the awful slaughter
of innocents. This story is not in the
least exaggerated, as it is made UP of
statements which have fallen from the
lips of Colonel Struch as he staggered
out of the cafes of Havana.
From other provinces come stories of
massacre of innocents, but none so well
authenticated as the one related above
Weyler's edict offering pardon to those
who surrender is proving to be simply
device to lure Cubans to death.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
COLD WEATHER SETS IN.
Below Zero in Minnesota and Intense
Suffering.

ST. PAUL, Nov 29.-The intensely
cold weather which prevails in the
storm-swept districts of the Northwest
has brought on intense suffering, and
the death list of four is expected to be
increased unless milder weather sets in.
Reports from the railroads tonight
indicate that they are running nearly
on time again. Farmers coming in
from the ranges west of the Missouri
River say that the loss to stockmen is
not great, as when the storm broke the
beeves found fair shelter In the valleys.
The weather, however, is still very Sc
we're, zero temperatures being reported
all over Minnesota and the Dakotas.
ST. PAUL, Nov 30.-The thermom-
eter registered II degrees below zero
at II o'clock this morning and is still
growing colder.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
BISHOP KEANE,
He is Going to Rome in Response to
an Invitation by the Pope.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 29-Bishop J.
keane, late rector of the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, arrived here last
evening and called on Cardinal Gibbons.
AS the Cardinal was obliged to go to
Westminster last night, Bishop Keane
went to Washington to spend Sunday.
He may remain there until Mgr Marti-
nelli, the Papal Delegate, returns from
New York, after which the Bishop will
proceed to Rome, where he is going to
respond to an invitation of the Pope.
Since his retirement from the rector
ship of the university Bishop Keane has
been visiting friends at San Jose, Cal.
He will, it is expected, receive the pal
llum OF Archbishop and be attached to
the propaganda
The record-union., 1896-11-30
ANTI-TOxINE EXPERIMENTS.
Belief That Immunity From Typhus
Germs May be Secured.

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. - United
States Consul George Sawter, at
Glauchan, sends to the Department OF
State the following account of a re-
port soon to be published in a Ger
man medical journal by Professor r.
Pfeipper and DIR. w. Kolle, two we'll
known bacteriologists of Berlin, giving
the effect of a number of experiments
they have made with a 'typhuS anti
toxine"
If their hopes are confirmed, says
the Consul, the science of thera apeutics
in infectious diseases will have received
another most valuable accession in this
discovery. The two experimenters be-
lieve that exemption from typhus
germs, like immunity from cholera
germs and other contagious diseases of
like character, may be secured by the
introduction into the blood of anti-ty-
phus toxine. That this theory is most
important and practicable is realized
when the vitality of the typhus bacillus
as discovered by Koch, Eberth and
Klebs is given consideration. The ty-
phoid bacillus is known to exist large
ly in we'll and spring water and the
fact that they are frequently the direct
cause of Infection is widely recog-
nized-by authorities on bacteriology.
Consequently this latest very i'm
portant discovery is to be greeted with
joy, as it may prove in the future the
means of preserving numerous lives
from untimely demise, particularly as
man is susceptible to attacks from
these bacilli during the first years of
his development-2O and 22 years. The
innoculations of "typhus anti-toxine"
can be easily and quickly executed and
will prove of great value and benefit,
especially in times of epidemic, when
the need of a prompt and efficacious life
saving remedy is most urgent. The en-
tire fruits of these experiments will
soon be published for the benefit Of
the medical world
The record-union., 1896-11-30
BY THE POPE'S ORDERS.
Cardinal SatoIli to Report the Condi-
tion of the Clergy Here,

ROME, Nov. 29.-It is reported at the
Vatican that the Pope has ordered
Cardinal Satoui, late Papal Delegate TO
the United states, to make a report of
the situation of the clergy in America.
According to the report his holiness
charged Cardinal Satolli to propose
such measures relative to the subject
as he might deem necessary. 1t is ex-
pected that Cardinal Gibbons will come
to Rome to discuss the question under
advisement and to further enlighten the
Pope as to the best means of improv-
ing the situation of the American
clergy.
After all the data is at hand and di-
gested it is probable that the Pope will
issue an encyclical on the subject
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rendered a Reception.

DUBUQUE 0a.), Nov. 29.-Major-
General Francis ]. Heron of New York
was rendered public reception last
night by the Governors Grays and
members of his old command bearing
this name, which was the first company
to volunteer after the firing on Fort
Sumter.
The record-union., 1896-11-30

row that they became jammed with
people. Those behind, not knowing the
cause OF the delay at the exit, pressed
forward until the crush at the gates
was terrific. A number of persons were
squeezed to death, while others lost
their footing in the surging mass OF
humanity and had the life trampled out
OF them or died from suffocation. When
the crowd was finally cleared away IL
was found that twentynine persons
had been killed and thirtyfive others
more or less seriously injured.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
TEXAS COWBOYS.
An Expedition of Them Ready to De.
part for Cuba.

SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Nov. 29-It
is reported here to-day that an expe-
dition of over 200 Texas cowboys is al
most ready to depart from Point Isa-
bel on the lower Gulf coast near the
Mexican line, for Cuba.
The expedition was organized by an
agent of the Cuban insurgents. who
has been In this part Of the State for
several weeks. A large quantity of
arms and ammunition VIII be taken by
the party.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
Large Companies Starting Up.

YOUNGSTOWN (O), Nov. 29.-The
Ohio. Steel Company will start its large
plant Tomorrow and is expected to run
steadily until the holidays. 1t is re-
ported that an order has been received
by the company for $4,000 tons of steel
billets, which will be used in making
wire nails. The Brown Bonnell Iron
Company and the Mahoning Valley Iron
Company will have nearly all their mills
in operation during the coming week.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
Lockmakers' Combine.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-The lead
ing lock makers of the country are said
to have formed a new combination to
regulate the price of locks in general,
but more particularly trunk locks, on
which it is claimed prices have been
ruinously low during the past two or
three years.
The record-union., 1896-11-30

eraI years held high diplomatic ap-
pointmerts. He was British Minister
TO Germany, to the Swiss Confedera-
ton, to Belgium and to Italy He was
born in 1919 and was created a Baron
In 1888, with special reminder in de-
fault of male issue to John Sayille-
Lumley
The record-union., 1896-11-30
A Sea Captains Disappearance.

SAVANNAH oGa.A Nov. 29-Captain
Tempieton of the British bark Janet Fer
guson loading at Brunswick, Ga, left
that city Saturday, November 2od, for
Savannah by rail and has not since been
heard from. Foul play is suspected
The record-union., 1896-11-30
Pennsylvania Railroads Earnings.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
statement of comparison of earnings
and expenses for the month of October
and ten months of 1896 with the same
periods of 1895 shows the following:
Pennsylvania Railroad Zines directly
operateD gross earnings month of Octo-
Der, decrease, S666, 400; ten months, de-
crease, 81 $4,000. Expenses, month of
October, decrease, $463,000; ten months,
decrease, S247, 100. Net earnings, month
months, decrease, S12O4 900.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
AN ANGLO-RUSSIAN
ENTENTE DISCREDITED.
Changes Coming in the administration Of
Russian Affairs,
But the Gar Has Not Confidence to
Change His Foreign Policy.
lie VIII Continue to Support the Sui

He VIII Continue to Support the Sui
tan, if the Utterances of Inspired
Papers Can be Believed, and Will
Reject All Schemes for European
Interference in Turkey-fle Has
the Upper Hand and Will Keep It
Manufacture of Artificial Wines in
Germany and Proposed Action
Thereon.
The record-union., 1896-11-30

CHARLESTON IN. c.. Nov. %
Beauregard Boaz, professor of mathe-
matics and astronomy in the College of
Charleston. died this afternoon after a
short illness.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
Harvard and Yale Athletes.

BOSTON, Nov. 29-The athletes of
Harvard will make no move to resume
athletic contests with Yale until the
latter have taken the necessary initia-
tive steps. The Yale students will hold
a meeting Monday night, at which it
is expected some action will be taken.
Whatever may be decided upon will be
considered by the Harvald Athletic
Committee at its regular meeting Tues
day night.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
TN THE HANDS OF THE
BOARD OF PUNSHMENTS.
Ii Hung Chang Guilty Of a Breach Of
Etiquette.
He Passed Through One Corner Of the
Palace Park.
The Treaty Between Japan and Ger

The Treaty Between Japan and Ger
many Not Quite Explicit, and Wis.,
count Aoki May be Recalled From
Beriin-American Correspondents
in Japan Who Made Lying Reports
Out of Whole ClOth-The King of
Corea Promotes an Assassin to be
His Master of Ceremonies.
The record-union., 1896-11-30
Baron SayilIe Dead.

LONDON, Nov. 29.-The death is an
nounced of Baron Saville, who for sew
The record-union., 1896-11-30
THE UNITED STATES MUST
ACT WITHOUT DELAY,
Or Some Other Country Will Annex the
Sandwich Islands.
That is the Opinion Of Ex-Secretary OF
State Foster.

He Has Returned From Honolulu, ana
Expresses His Opinion--An Expe-
dition of Texas Cowboys Ready to
Depart for Cuba-Large Iron ana
Steel Plants Starting Up-lndian
Ball Games in the ChOCtaw Nation
Result i'm a Fatal Fight.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07
Money Made of Gum.

The oldest money In the world is
coined by the mint officials of the Malay
peninsula. It is thin disk or wafer of
hardened vegetable gum, which is OBJ
tanned from the bola tree and mixed
with emery sand. These coins have the
smallest exchange value of any medium
in the world. excepting, perhaps, the
shell money Of the west coast of Africa.
No other piece of money can be &C
quired with SO small an expenditure
of time or goods as the bola gum coin,
and when a mana European-hap-
pens to come into possession of some
millions of them he is not esteemed
rich, but unlucky. Some idea of the In
finitely small value of one of these coins
may be gained from the statement that
a copper cent can be readily exchanged
for 10000 Of them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07

If he doesn't rest up bit, and take a course
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cause of bad judment or poor work. He
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or some fatal nervous malady overtakes
him. Then will come death and 1t will not
take the administrators long to wipe out the
balance of his fortune.
When man is out of sorts, it pays him
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covery. It braces up the nerves. 1t makes
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"About fifteen years ago." writes ]. NJ. Nc
Michael Editor of the Plattsburg lMo) Leader
At was in very poor health. had no appetite
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Every fall and spring this ill-health seemed to
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weighed at the time about I25 pounds useo
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pounds. Since that time my weight has varied
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Constipation and a bilious attack go hand.
INLAND. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07

raise larger crops on less gruunu :.
A comparative table showing the re-
suits of the two kinds of cotton seeds
would be startling in the extreme, says
the New York journal. Where the
planter now counts himself in luck
if he gets a bale of cotton from every
two acres, with the new plants he will
get at least two bales to the acre, and
Mr.. Jackson thinks that in the course
of time, when the plant gets thorough
ly acclimated to our soil, it will yield
four bales TO the acre. 1t means a
revolution in the cotton industry, from
the farmer to the merchant who sells
the manufactured cloth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07
SUPPLIES FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

Bids will be received by Bexar
county for the furnishing of the fol-
lowing articles for the year 1897, viz:
GROCERIES.
Flour, Meal, Coffee, Sugar, Lard,
Bacon, Beans, Salt, Rice, Coal Oil, etc.
FORAGE.
Corn, Hay, Oats, Bran, etc.
CLOTHING.
Shoes, Socks, Blankets, Hats, Coats,
Pants, Unbleached Domestic, Canton
Flannel, Jeans, Cotton Plaids, etc.
MEDICINES.
List Of the standard articles to be
furnished by the County Physician.
STATIONERY.
Pens, Paper, Pencils, Ink, Small
Blank Books, Erasers, Rulers, Rubber
Bands, etc.
BEEF.
Exclusive of Shanks, Neck and
Heart.
Bids will be opened by the Honora-
BILE County Commissioners Court Of
Bexar County at ten o'clock a. m,
Monday, December IA, A. D., 1896.
The court reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Published by order of said court.
San Antonio, Texas, December 2, A.
D., 1896. THAD. w. SMITH,
County Clerk Bexar County, Texas.
..... 12-3-10t.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07

Do you know the quickest way to
cure a sprain or bruise, a burn or
scald? Such injuries are very COM
mon and cured quickly if properly
treated. Mr.. J. M. Amerman, of
Forks P. o., Colubia County, Pa, says:
II have never found anything to COM
pare with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for sprains, bruises and burns. We
have used it in our family for several
years and feel that we cannot do with
out it." For sale at 25 and so cents
per bottle by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07
EVERYBODY CAN TRAVEL

During the holidays. The Nj. X. & T.
Ry., (the Katy will make rate of fare
and a third for the round trip, be-
tween all points on this line within
the state of Texas. Tickets on sale
Dec. 23rd. Oath, 25th, Both, 31st and
Jan. LIST, limited to Jan. 4th, 1897, for
return.
For further information apply to
any NJ. X. & T. ticket agent or write
to w. G.. CRUSH.
G. p. & T. A., NJ. X. & T. Rys., DIAL
las, Texas. 10 3 If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07
IMMENSE COTTON CROP.
Secured from Seed Brought from
Africa Two Years Ago.
South Georgia Planters Seek to Exter-
inmate q Marvellous Plant That Is
Said to Grow Fully Twenty
Feet High.

If an imaginative novelist, in writing
a year ago have incorporated in his
story the statement that cotton grew
there to q height of 20 feet and that
there was from four to six pounds of
the fleecy staple to each stalk, the en-
tire south would have risen up and
called him the romancer of the age,
but now they are quite willing to accept
almost any cotton story that can be
told. And thereby hangs tale.
A cotton planter by the name of
Jackson, living just outside of Atlanta,
Ca, was introduced to an African eX-
plorer little over two years ago. The
returned traveller told him of the enor-
nous height to which cotton grew in
Central Africa. 1t reached as high as
20 feet, and the stalks were peculiar in
that they were bare of leaves when the
matured cotton was ready for gathering.
1t differed from the ordinary cotton
plant also in the fact that it did not re-
quire as good land as it's civilized pro-
totype, but would grow in the most
barren regions and give an enormous
crop. Before parting he gave Jackson
some seeds of the African product
which he had brought with him.
That was two years ago. A few weeks
ago a committee representing the
planters of South Georgia called on
Jackson prepared to offer him $4,000
for the 20 bushels of seed of the new
cotton which he has as the result of the
seasons crop. And the peculiar part OF
the story is that they did not want the
seed for planting purposes, but if the
purchase could be consummated they
intended burning every seed.
What elapsed in the course of the two
years does not seem remarkable; it is
the beginning and the result that is
startling. Jackson believed the travel
er's tale and planted the seed. The first
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-07
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