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to surrender. The whole country is filled with interesting historical points and scenes.
 ''Silver is the common money of the country. Copper is also largely used. The paper money consists of notes on the Bank of London and Mexico and the National Bank of Mexico. They resemble the paper money of the United State very closely. The denomination are $5, $10, $20, $50 and $l0O. Gold is little used in Mexico. l saw none at all. There are some state banks of issue, notable that of the State of Chihua- hua, but their notes do not pass at par value outside of the State that issues them. The silver money is constantly fluctuating. While l was there 1 exchanged United States greenbacks for Mexican dollars at the various ratios of 1S0, .S2 and $1.S3 in Mexican money for $1 of American money. Money changing is great branch of business there.
 s'The Mexicans are not so lazy as had imagined. The peons make very good servants and laborers. They are not skilled, and few of them can dc any thing more than common labor. But they are advancing, and already nearly all the printers in the City of Mexico are natives. But they get rediculously low wages. The printers work for from $4 to $6 a week. American railroad mon and skilled mechanics are greatly in de- mand; but they, too, get small wages-from ten to thirty per cent less than the same class of labor is paid in the United States. The average farm lahorer is about l6 cents q day, and they board them selves. Bnt the item of board is a small one, for venture to say that the average negro family in Arkan- sas consumes more food in one day than q Mexican laborer consumes in a week. They wear little clothing, and those who do not go barefooted wear heavy slabs of sole leather tied to their feet.
 '.The Mexieans are not brigands. On. the contray, of all the courteous, polite, hospitable people I ever travelled amongst I have never found any to excel the Mexicans. They are the most patient people with strangers, they try harder to make themselves understood and to under stand, and they dc more for the con- venience and comfort of their guests than any people 1 ever saw. During the whole course of my travels l never saw or heard a brawl of any kind But the first thing l saw when I crossed the Rio Grande and got into El Paso-it was election day-was a negro and white man fighting
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COTTON REPORT.
Issued by S. c. Alexander & Co. to the New York and Liverpool
 Cotton Exchanges.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, April 21, 1896.
 Gentlemen:-The weather through ont the State, taken as a whole, is favorable and work of every kind is progressing we'll The hard rains of last week retarded planting to some extent in the bottoms. Planting in the river districts is probably more than half finished; the land is all pre- pared and planting will have been completed about the first of May.
 These districts have increased the acreage 10 per cent. over last year. The hills, or up-lands, have hardly begun planting; this land is light and cotton does better when planted after the first of May; some say as late as the 10th. The cool nights will then be over and good stands assured.
 The acreage, judging from the preparations in these districts. will not beincreased, or if any at all. two or three per cent. will cover it.
 We have looked into this matter carefully, our information comes direct from the planter, and we are led 10 believe the acreage will not be as great as in 1894, the ten million crop year. Very little corn was
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raised in this State that year and the planters have learned Il valuable lesson from the one crop plan; they are now cultivating more of the cereals than ever known before.
 The Oklahoma boom and African craze have thinned out our Negro population, and in some places in the river districts labor is scarce. This means less cotton, for no white man can fill Negro's place in the river country. A negro rarely com plains of malaria, and he loves the hot sun. Arkansas is rapidly chang ing, from an agricultural alstandpoint; more economy is practiced and the best of everything is grown. We do not believe she will ever cultivate cotton again to the detriment of the necessaries of life. Yours respect fully, $. c. ALEXANDER X Co.
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as good as one can get at any hotel in Little Rock. Nowl7
 And as he uttered this peculiarly female period Prof. Mitchel's hand hit the desk with a smack that fully attested his honest American disgust at such a condition of affairs.
 "This hotel is without lights in the rooms. except those which can be furnished by common coal oil lamps and sperm And they charge S3 a day for fourth floor rooms. You pay extra for your meals, too. To give you an idea of how much meal costs, one evening I became oyster hungry and ordered a dozen and a half of the biyalves for two of us This bill was $1.20. Breakfast bacon which you don't see much of until you get into the northern part of the country-costs so cents a pound, and ham is worth @ to 70 cents a pound. Canned tomatoes sell for 60 cents a can, and oysters bring D to so cents q can. About the only food that is cheap i'll Mexico is the native fruits and vegetables; they are both cheap ana very fine. Thestaple food fs the everlasting bean friiole and pepper, and the cakes called tartillas, made from paste which is composed of hand-crushed corn and water Laked on a flat rock.
 But to get back to the City of Mexico There is an American colo ny of some fonr or five thousand in this city and they fratefnize very closely. They have their own clubs, churches and newspapers-and by the way, one Of those papers is edited and owned by q former Arkansas man. This is the Two Republics, and the editors name is J. Mastella Clark. This paper was started by the present owners father, George W. Clark, who a number of years since ran the Van Buren Intelligent  remember his son as q small boy.
 "From the City of Mexico we took n run down to Orizaba, some 250 miles south and some 5000 feet lower, although it is 1, 4,000feet above the sea level There 1 saw the most lnxuri- ant foliage l have ever seen in all my
 
 travels. A beautiful sight was that of the orchids which lined the limbs Of some of the trees and made them look like necklaces of flowers. This is q tropical country, and is rich in all the wealth of the tropics. Gigantic mountains guard this country also; and on the side of one Of them I saw the ruins of the road that the French troops under Maxi milan built, and on which they planted q comparatively small force and. by shelling the city below them, compelled several thousand Mexicans
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MARRIED.

SIMS WoRD-In Warren, April 9, 1896. MT. k. E SIMS and Miss LEILA WORD.
 The bride is one of the most be- witching, lovely and accomplished belles of Warren, and the happy groom holds a responsible position with the well known hardware firm of R. $. Thompson & Co.,, of this city. The marriage was a quiet one and took place at the home of the brides parents, and it was witnessed by number of relatives and friends. After the ceremony the bride and groom took a train for this city, in which they will in future make their home.
 The GRAPHIC heartily congratu- lates Mir. Sims and extends it's very best wishes to him and hisfair bride.
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THE PROPOSITION OF THE UNI TED STATES FOR CUBAN
 AUTONOMY.
The Spanish Government and Press Favor Home Rule to Cuba in Preference to Con- tinuation of the
 Disastrous
 War.

NEW YORK April 23.-A dispatch to the World from Madrid says that the report that an understanding is about to be reached between Spain and the United States in regard to Cuba is favorably received in finan- cial and commercial circles without stopping to inquire whether the welcome news is true or not.
 According to the current story, the Spanish Government is to grant ts Cuba very soon home rule on much broader scale than con templated in the bills which have so far passed the courts and that this concession is to be supplemented by tariff reforms and a treaty of re- ciprocity to develop trade between the United States and the Spanish West Indies.
 The Liberal says: "The Spanish mothers whose 35,000 sons are about to be exposed to the deadly climate of Cuba during the rainy season, the Spanish taxpayer who apprehend the consequences of the heavy cost Of prolonged civil war and, indeed, the whole nation at heart, would gladly welcome the pacification of Cuba by an early, sincere concession of reforms now admitted by almost all Spanish politicians to be urgent and inevitable.
 It is obviously the prevalent inn pression in many classes that the best course for Spain to pursue is to bow to the pressure and circum- stances ere it is too late and do with good grace what possibly may yet avert Cuban independence, as pro- crastination and misguided post ponement of tardy concessions may lead to a conflict with Araerica.'
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Song Recital.

On next Wednesday evening, the % inst, a song recital will be given by Miss Lash at Merrill Institute Aid of the First Methodist Church This will be Miss Lash's farewell ap- pearance in Pine Bluff, as she will shortly leave for her home in Can ada. Mrs. Owen, Pine Bluffs favorite organist. and Miss Hearn, of Searcy, will assist Miss Lash in the entertainment. Admission 50 cents.
 dit
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sIg ROCK MAN WRITES -GRNEs AND PEOPLE.
|i Money Fluctuates and Its ya Value to American.
 EFa Polite and COur- A teous.
little Rock Press.)

little Rock Press.)
 |aes Mitchell has just re- |sa his trip through Mexico, |t1ded over the entire coun- |sted about four weeks. |strip he visited nearly all aant points in the Repnb- 0sely studied the people, Elons and commerce of the was once the home of the Pessreporter found Prof. AlS office in the postoflice ak morning and asked him EHp.
 a as l crossed the Rio ah ne III the conversation realized the fact that 'ofelgn country. The peu- saent, their habits are diff 'Aelr language is differ
 Was nothing eyentful alp. The City of Mexico afse, fhe most interesting 'sltetl. It is bnilt upon Il z Whole country is q Palaaus-7 BOO feet above andstill, notwithstand- 'aae' It IS in a valley with 'uow-capped mountains U The climate-well, the s0od' only the nights and " somewhat cool; and ve,lienee, because of 'e absence of heating ass' etc. We stopped u t 1tu had been constructed
 palace. It is an enor- s0ry building, surround- asl IS the style in oriental
 'opean countries. And sWhere l would like to ''s's to the Chattanooga
 e'' Who made the asser- v could get as good a !. 'o''arin Mexican money 'ue can get for one dol
 '. money in the States.
 v lie can't get a re-
 there for less than \, 9i,'5; and more than
 iilid Tn the whole Ra. 'T0 a meal for any price
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Misses Anna Bacchus and Kate McCurley will make dressesf for thirty days at cut rates, at No. 503, corner of West Third and Olive street.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
DEATH OF MISS BEE.

Miss Carrie Beze died yesterday af-
ternoon at o'clock at her home, POS
North Laredo street Deceased was
the accomplished daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Beze, and was 20 years of
age. She had been i'll since last July,
when she contracted cold at a dance,
which complaint settled on the lungs.
AS she was recovering she took a re-
lapse, and her complaint gradually
grew more serious. The funeral will
take place this afternoon at o'clock
from San Tornado cathedral, and the
remains will be laid away in the San
Tornado cemetery. Services will be
conducted by Father Munoz. The
society of the Daughters of Mary, of
which deceased was a member, will
attend the funeral The pail bear
ers will be: Misses Alice Herff, Lucy
Mateu, Concha Guerra, Sophie Garcia,
Charlotte Arnaud, Pauline Froboese,
Messrs. Ed. Rivas, A. D. Flores, julius
Froboese, Ed. Leighton, Robt Lips
comb and Ralph CARA
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
BIBLE SOCIETY WORK.

st. Louis, Nov. 20.-Seventeen
of the twenty-first superintend-
ents of the American Bible sOcie-
ty, met in executive session here
for the purpose of listening to
and discussing notifications of
the plan of work at present pur-
sued by the various superintend-
ents. The society is increasing
its scope and now has loo aux
iliaries in the United States and
is carrying on the work in twelve
foreign fields. The society is in
its S1st year. 1t has distributed
nearly 62,OOO,OOO copies of the
holy work. In the last fifteen
years S2,10O,000 have been ex-
pended in foreign work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
BOGUS PEDDLERS.

Two young men who speak the Ital-
ian language fluently but who have
the appearance of being Greeks, tried
to work a neat trick on Mr.. S. Rabe
this morning but their own nervous
ness gave the alarm, and Mr.. Rabe
did not bite. They each had a big
roll of goods which they declared to be
all fine, imported linen worth from 60
to 10 cents per yard. and which they
were willing to sell for 1917 cents per
yard for spot cash. The goods were
rolled up in fine piece of linen and
the whole piece resembled the gem
uine article. When Mr.. Rabe asked
to have the pieces unrolled before
buying, the men refused to do so and
would not sell to him. Mr.. Rabe says
the inside of those rolls only contains
two cent domestic and he warns
housekeepers and the public in general
to be careful of these peddlers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
Holiday Excursions.

The Southern Pacific, Sunset
Route, on December 2lst and 22nd
1896, will sell round trip tickets to
all points in the South asst good fol
return within thirty days from
date Of sale, at the rate of one fare
for the roundtrlp.
For the Holiday excursions,
tickets will be on sale Decem Der
23rd. oath, 25th and 3lst, 1896, and
on January LIST, 1897, from all
points to all points in Texas, good
for return up to and including
January 3rd, 1897, at rate of one
and one-third fare for the round
trip.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
BIG FIRE RAGING.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 20
Fire broke out shortly before 8
o'clock this morning in the five
story building occupied by HI. W.
Luetekemeyer & Co., wholesale
and retail hardware and paint
dealers. The flames originated
in the paint department and rap,
idly spread to all floors and the
entire building was soon envel-
oped in flames. F. w. Lueteke-
meyer, son of the senior partner
of the firm, was badly burned in
an attempt to subdue the flames.
The remaining fifty persons in
the building are believed to have
escaped in safety. A strong wind
prvented the firemen from get
ting control of the fire. 1t is
feared the big eight-story build
ing on the east side will go, and
at $50 a second alarm was sent
out bringing into action twenty
two engines, two firebOats and a
water tower. At 1870 o'clock
the fire seems to be beyond all
control and is spreading.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20

ed his twenty.second birthday an-
niversary last night with a party
OF his friends at his home on Perez
street. AT ten o'clock fine lunch
was served, when all left wishing
their host many returns OF the day.
"A well-known United States
official In this city has been re-
moved from office for political reas-
ons and IL is expected that the
matter will be investigated.
TURNER BOWLING CLUB EX-
CURsIoN to New Braunfels, Sun
day, Nov. %. Come along and en-
joy the fun. Ladies especially in
yited. ll.20 2t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
LADIES ARE CURIOUS.
Forget Their Manners For
Glimpse at Murderer Burt.

Forget Their Manners For a
Glimpse at Murderer Burt.
Austin, Tex, Now 20.-(Spe-
cial)-Burt's murder trial was
continued this morning with the
states witnesses on the stand.
The evidence secured was very
damaging to the defendant, as it
identified him at many points
with the crime.
Just after the trial was over
and before the prisoner left his
seat in the prisoners box, sever
al well known Austin ladies in
their curiosity to see the prisoner,
surged around the box and lean
ing over his chair looked steadily
into his face for several minutes.
He never fiickered nor showed
the slightest sign of knowing
what was going on around him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
RAILWAY CROSSING AC-
CIDENT.

Concord, KY, Nov. 2O.-The
eastbound train on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway last night
caught a buggy at First street,
crushing it and instantly killing
three occupants. A. Pollock, a
young lawyer, Misses Lulu and
Lizzie Lind, daughters of the pro
prietor of the Lind hotel, this
place. The young people were
returning from an evening party.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
ARBUCKLE,S MURDERERs.

New York, Nov. 20.-General
Office detectives have made three
additional arrests in connection
with the death of Frank f. Ar
buckle, of Denver. The prisoners
are George Stevens, a saloon
keeper, Joseph Davidson, stenog-
rapher, and Frederick Menger,
bartender. The men are said to
have been with Arbuckle the
night before his death.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
LIGHT FLASHES

Cement and lime at Henry
Pauly's. 11-6-1m
Judge ]. F. Onion yesterday
mailed Candidate w. j. Bryan an
invitation to stop over in San An.
tonic and deliver speech on his
way to California, on or about De-
'cember Is.
"A B. Y. P. u. entertainment
will take place in the First Baptist
church tonight.
Hoods Pills act easily and
promptly on the liver and bowels.
Cure sick headache.
-Amalie Delgado, a little girl
living at 6l2 West Ell Paso street,
broke her left wrist yesterday
while playing at school, at the cor
,ner OF San Fernando and Pecos
streets, by stumbling and falling.
Miss Yates, of the Conservatory
Of Music, OF Cincinnati, O., will
give q free musical recital at the
Y. M. @. A. hall tonight, in place
Of quarterly recital at the San An
tonic Female college.
There is no diphtheris on Mar.
shall street, as reported.
"A party Of young people took
advantage Of the beautiful MOON
light last night for an extended
horseback ride.
Blood is Life and upon the
purity and vitality Of the blood de-
ponds the health of the whole sys-
tenn. Experience proves Hoods
Sarsaparilla to be the best blood
purifier.
in the Supreme court at Aus
tin yesterday writs OF error were
refused in the following cases, ap-
pealed from Bexsr county: Clifford
ct al. VS.. Leroux; Allen VS.. g. II.
d =. A. R'y Co.
The recorder had small dock
ct before him today.
The weather forecast for San
Antonio shows threatening condi-
tions with occasional showers and
warmer. The northern cold wave
has moved east Of the Mississippi
river.
Alderman Robards left last
night for Houston on business.
r. w. Meek, colored, aged SO
years, died this morning in the
city hospital from consumption.
"A literary and musical enter.
tainment was given last night in
the Christian church on Maine
ave., which was very largely at.
tended.
F. w. Miller, a prominent New
Yorker, who has been spending a
few days in the city, left yesterday
for home.
The new croquet and tennis
court Of the Menger hotel is being
leveled and made ready to receive
its flowers and shade trees.
Mr.. G. X. Breneman has re
turned from Dallas.
Mr.. Geo. Rechenthin celebrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
BISHOP KEANE'S
SUCCESS
OR.

Baltimore, NoY. 20.-The Suns
correspondent at Rome cables as
follows: "Under date of Novem-
Der 10, Rev. DR. Thomas j. Coma
ty, rector of the church of the
Sacred Heart, Worcester. Mass,
has been appointed by the pope
to be rector of the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, ID. c., to
succeed Bishop Keane, who re-
signed September Goth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
PERSONAL MENTION.

Judge Walter ellis, of Del Rio,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. w. G.. Crush, the well-known
general passenger and ticket agent
bf the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad, headquarters at Dallas,
arrived in the city this morning
from Houston,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
A STEADY MARKET.

Chicago, Nov. 2O.-Cattle: re-
.ceipts $500; market steady, good
grades scarce; Texas steers $2.75
GA. Sheep; receipts 5000; mar
ket steady to firm.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

The last league game will be
bowled at Mission garden Novem.
Der "a between the Ivys and SOM
mers.
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WARM WEATHER NEXT

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 90
For Western Texas: Fair, ex,
cept showers in the northern pOr
ton tonight, warmer, with south
erly winds.
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Dwelling House Fire.

This afternoon at 40 o'clock the
two.story brick residence of Mr..
Neil Campbell, No. 45l Soledad
street, caught fire and the fire de-
partment was called out. The fire
was not extinguished when the
LIGHT went to press, though is
under control.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
A NEEDING

The Light has received an invitation
to the marriage of Miss Margarita
Hernandez to Mr.. Anastacio Llorente,
tomorrow night at O'Clock at the
home of the brides parents on River
avenue, at the lower pump house of
the water works company. A re-
ception will follow the ceremony.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20
Federal Court.

Emily A. Emerson VS.. j. M. EN-
erson, ST., in equity; dismissed.
Mrs. Steinle VS.. New York Life
Insurance Co, defendants demur-
rer sustained and plaintiff except
ed.
A. J. Cloete VS.. U. S. Board OF
Appraisers, on trial.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20

The cold weather last night
drove the plaza doctor in doors
earlier than usual.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-20

Nicely furnished room wanted
by two young men, address p. o.
box 727, IL 20 1t.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION,

j., N. ROnse having bought out the
interest of A. Wahlstab in the firm of
Ronse and Wahlstab, notice is here
by given that the said firm is dissolv-
ed by mutual consent, and that J. N.
Ronse assumes all liabilities and COL
lects all the claims and accounts of
the old firm. The business will be
continued hereafter by the said J. N.
Ronse, under the old firm name of
Ronse e. Wahlstab.
November 16 1895
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]. N. RONSE,

A. WAHLSTAB.
Referring to the above, respectful
lv bespeak for the new firm the con-
tinued patronage of the old custo-
mers and the public in general.
10-20-3t A. WAHLSTAB.
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BOWLING.

The Casinos and Ivys broke even
at Mission garden last night.