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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
THE MAYOR INDICTED.
MAYOR ELMENDORF ACCUSED OF
ACCEPTING A BRIDE.
City Engineer Pancoast Indicted for Per-
jury and George q. Kalteyer, ]. B.
Hindry and Aaron PanCOast for
Bribing Mayor.

The grand jury wound up Its
business today with sensational
report. Among the indictments
reported was one against Mayor
Elmendorf, charged with accept.
ing a bride; ]. B. Hindry, Geo. H,
Kalteyer and Aaron Pancosst,
charged with bribing the mayor
Aaron Pancoast, charged with per-
jury before q grand jury; N.
Mackey, charged with being inter
ested in contract made with the
city; @. X. Breneman, charged
with embezzlement by agent, pri.
vate person or partnership.
The indictments for bribery
grew out of the sewer matter.
Mayor Elmendorf is accused of &C
cepting bride on or abo ut Janu-
airy IL, 1895, from Hindry, Kali
teyer and Pancoast, by which Hin
dry was to put one thousand men
to work on the streets In construct
ing a system OF sewers ten days
before the day on which an cleo.
ton was to be held for city officers,
which election was to be held on
the second Monday in February,
1895, and the men were to
be used to assist in securing
the election OF Henry Ell.
mendorf as mayor, and the said
Henry Elmendorf did then and
there accept the same from the
said j. B. Hindry, g. H. Kslteyer
and A. Pancoast under an agree
ment and with an understanding
that the act, opinion, decision and
judgment Of the said Henry Ell.
mendorf, should be influenced in
his action as to whether or not he
should sign a certain contract for
the construction of the sewer sys-
tenn, which contract the city coun-
Gil therefore awarded to j. B. Hin
dry, and which contract was in the
hands of Henry Elmendorf, await
ing his signature in his official ca.
pacity as mayor.
The grand jury was made up as
follows: Charles Zalmanzig, fore
man; A. 1. Lockwood, Henry APP
plewhite, w. G. Peters, John U.
Mueller, j. w. Campbell, j. F.
Jones, j. Z. Beck, Tom Kiolbassa,
VIM. Heuermann, Jim Perry, Ed.
Froboese, Jr.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
An Opinion Confirmed.

This suspense is awful" The tired
man who made the remark that heads
this story was concealed in a growth Of
underbrush, while near him were de-
termined men in search of his where
abouts. He expected to be discovered
at any moment, and yet he had eluded
capture for several hours. Just as he
was safe fit of coughing told of his
hiding place and he was in the hands of
the enemy, and one form of suspense
was ended. But he still complained.
"This suspense is awful. 1t is killing
me-" he gurgled ten minutes later. Ee
had been stealing horses and the lynch
ers had administered the usual remedy,
The suspense did kill HMM. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
LIGHTs FLASHES
IS. d. SCUDDER, Fire Insurance,

e -Hood'sjPills cure all liver ills.
MIR. Joe Cooley is quite i'll
from the injure sustained to his
leg while at Riverside park some
weeks ago. The injured member
is in plaster and Mr.. Cooley is an
unwilling prisoner.
81 cheeriully recommend Hoods
Sarsaparilla to all who wish to
have good health. have found
it to be the best blood purifier that
1 have ever tried."-J. F. Burk.
hardt, pa North blackberry street,
San Antonio, Tex.
Louis A. Frankel is laid up at
his room with a severe case of in
f1ammatory rheumatism.
FOR SALE-Flne Durham heifer,
nearly two years old. $50 Cara
street, West End.
Thirteen cases were before the
recorder today.
Three alleged bunco men
were before the recorder today on
charges of vagrancy.
-Manuela Olivia was before the
recorder today on a charge OF dis
orderly conduct. The case was
continued for In vestiga ton, as it
Is believed she is insane.
Mayor Elmendorf today re-
ceived telegram from Greenville,
Ohio, stating that Mr.. Irwin would
arrive in this city Thursday next.
He will bring the sewer contract
with him and will give bond for
the performance of the work. The
mayor has preference for a guar.
antee bond and this kind will like.
ly be exacted.
Died, this morning, Mrs. Lena
Woeltz, wife OF Joe Woeltz. The
funeral will occur tomorrow after
noon at 6 O'Clock from the family
residence, corner Perez and Frio
streets.
Two negro boys caught thirty
five fine bass in the river near
Navarro street bridge yesterday
afternoon while the officer on the
Commerce street beat was not
looking.
Italian citizens Indignantly deny
that Carlos CeccatO, the convicted
wife beaten, is an Italian. They say
he is an Austrian.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
Studying the Gold Yield,

WASHINGTON, d. c., June o.
The geological survey is continu.
ing its gold Investigations in Alas
ka under special appropriations,
j. E. Spur, III. B. Goodrich and q,
F. Sproder form party which is
detailed to the River Yukon fields.
They will remain throughout the
year studying the gold placer de-
posits and investigating the origin
of placer gold.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
Hung Chang Z Rayed.

BERLIN, June 27.-Li Hung
Chang submitted to the Roentgen
rays examination at Charlotten-
burg Polytechnic Institute yester-
day. It showed the track of a bull.
let fired by would.be assassin of
the Chinese statesman at Shimon-
eseski while treaty negotiations
between China and Japan were be-
ing entertained. The bullet en-
tered the left cheek and buried it
self in the tissues slightly below
where the missile Is encysted.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
A McKinley Club Organized.

Pursuant to call the colored re-
publicans of Bexar assembled in
Benevolent hall for the purpose of
organizing. DR.. Starnes called the
meeting to order and spoke as
follows: Fellow republicans: 1t
affords me no little pleasure to
meet you on this occasion. After
four years of democracy, destruc-
ton, free trade and hard times, it
is encouraging to see the old par
ty swinging into line for the pur-
pose of bringing back the old days
OF republicanism, prosperity and
plenty, such as can only come un-
der republican rule. Previous to
the great st. Louis convention each
advocated his individual prefer
ence. The majority has decided
that it is Mckinley, and l for one
am willing to stand by the party
nominee, and l trust that all pres
emit are here for that purpose. l
trust that you have come full of
enthusiasm, and determination
to roll up the biggest majority
ever known 10 Texas.
Whatever past difference may
have existed l hope we are here
with one accord to let the dead
past bury its dead.
Our prospects are brighter than
ever before in Texas.
We have only to cease wrang-
ling among ourselves; direct the
warfare against the bulwarks
OF democracy with solid and
unbroken front, and the time is
not far distant when we shall
diminish the democratic majority
In Texas. We have only to make
a strong ticket headed by such q
republican as Major G.. w.
Breckenridge, declare for sound
money and protection, with
plank to repeal the alien land law,
and after November next demo-
cracy will be thing Of the past.
/ think the next in order will be
to elect officers. Following were
elected: 7. J. Dilwood, president;
j. HI. Morris, vice-president; L..
Robertson, secretary; j. L. Van
dozen, assistant secretary; T. w.
johnson, correspondent secretary;
g. d. Moses, treasurer Major Jacob
Lyons, sergeantat-arms.
Short speeches were made by Ed.
Thomas, s. S. Irving and others.
A resolution was offered by DR..
Starnes that the club be named
Mckinley. 1t was carried after the
appointment Of the necessary COM
mittees the president delivered a
strong appeal to the members to
stand by the nominee and to en-.
roll as many members as possible
for the club. The club then ad-
journed until next Friday night.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27

Miss M. E. Sullivan, escorted by
her brother, John c., who recently
graduated with high honors at
Rockhill college, Elliott City, Md,
returned home yesterday.
ad As dist ct
The L. Wolfson and West End
Browns, Jr., baseball clubs play
q game tomorrow morning at the
Salado street ground at s 80.
III. E. Hildebrand has begun
the erection of q two-story dwell
ing at No. III Craig Place, Ward A,
to cost 81 1915.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
EX-JAILER MURDERED.

Winston, N. c., June 27.-In ALLIE
gheny county last night Scott Nc
Graw and Pet Pop were shot and kill
ed from ambush by unknown parties
Both men were prominent citizens
McGraw, few years ago, while Jail
er, shot and killed a member of 8
party which lynched a man named
Slaughter, from Virginia. 1t is believ
ed McGraw was shot by friends of the
man he killed. There is talk of lynch
ing the guilty parties if caught.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
NICE BIRTHDAY GIFT.

Kansas City, Mo-, June PA spe-
cial from Des Moines, Ia, says S. r.
Dawson, the murderer of his son-in-
law of an hour, Walter Scott, because
of i'll health, was given the minimum
sentence by Judge Holmes of ten
years in the penitentiary. If his con-
duct is exemplary he can work out in
seven years. Dawson took sentence
cOolly, and said it came as birthday
present, today being his 49th anniver-
sary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
10 cts
Get a White Flyer if you
want an up to date Bicycle.
Illinois Farmer Assassinated.

LAwRENCEvILLE, Ills, June ~.
WIN. Milligau, a farmer living
at Lukin, in this county, was
called from his house between 3
and 4 o'clock this morning, and
killed by two unknown men. One
attracted his attention and the
other fired three shots at him one
taking effect in his breast, killing
him instantly. The reason for the
murder is unknown. The sheriff
and posse, with bloodhounds, are
on the track of the murderers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Kansas City, Mo-, June PA spe-
cial from Perry, Oklahoma, says:
Near Lawson, 80 miles east of here,
the home of John Lane, a well-known
farmer, was struck by lightning and
entirely demolished. Mrs. Lane and
her two small children were killed.
Mr.. Lane was absent at the time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
Banker Convicted.

OMAHA, Neb., June PA spe.
cial from Beatrice says: JIG. Will.
liams, ex-president Of the defunct
bank Of Blue Springs, was today
sentenced to the penitentiary for
three years. He was convicted for
accepting deposits after his insti-
tuition had become insolvent. Will
liams was at one time very
wealthy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
DROWNED IN A LAKE.
Dead Body of Negro Found at Lake
view This Morning.

view This Morning.
The dead body of colored man was
seen floating in the lake at Lakeyiew
this morning about Z o'clock by
Waterman Mills. The latter went out
in boat and brought the body ashore.
Coroner Devine was summoned and
viewed the remains. The body was
nude and a hat was clutched in the
dead mans hands. 1t is believed that
the man went in swimming and was
drowned, as his clothes were found on
the bank. The lake is about 20 feet
deep where the body was found. A
Mexican saw the clothes on the bank
Thursday evening.
The dead mans name could not be.
learned and the remains were entered
by the county. The body showed no
marks of violence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27
SAVE MONEY EVERY TIME

BY buying your lumber and build
ing material from Ed. Stoves &
Sons. Yards: East Commerce
street and L. & G. n. depot. 6 1tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-27

Otto Wilke was acquitted on a
charge of forgery in Judge Green's
court today.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30
Parable OF silver Craze.

An eastern business man was express
Ing TO n well known business man OF
Minneapolis his approximations OF the
silver craze In the west, and in partleu.
lar impaired the information which had
made him fenr the SUCCESS OF silver In
Minnesota, The ~MlnneapolItan heard
him through and answered.:
You remind me of the man who
wanted to sell frogs legs to the Auditor
ium hotel In Chicago. He explained his
business to the proprietor. who inquired
how many he could furnish. and he
promptly answered: Ten carloads
The proprietor. somewhat taken
aback. said: 1T Is true this Is a large
hotel. but we do not buy frogs lcSs.on
quite that scale. | will take fifty dozen,
though, II you can deliver them day af-
ter Tomorrow
with this reduced order the pur-
vcyor disappeared. to reappcn" In two
days With Il paper parcel containing. rs
was presently disclosed. i dozen pairs Of
frogs legs. The ustonIshed hotel keeper
demanded what had become OF the ten
carloads. and his visitor made answer:
We'll. sir. II you had been with me
at the pond and heard 'em sing. you
would have said there We're ten carloads
OF EN-; but this dozen was all l could
cltCh"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

You can not make something out OF
nothing. You can not make n pint OF
peanuts equal In value to aquart. You
car not sell q bushel OF potatoes for the
price OF two bushcls.-Nep York World.
What's the matter with you? You
AN not have read Coins Financial
School. You are not up in current silver
talk. else you would know that all that
Is necessary to do to makes pint OF pen-
nuts or n huslIel OF potatoes double In
value Is for the government TO Issue an
edict. y fiat from Washington. accord
Ing TO their able sopnistry, can mol only
Increase the value OF the peanuts and
potatoes, but increase their quantity as
we'll. can make ATaart u of 4 pint. two
bushels out of one. twins, II you please.
where nature had only planned for one.
The denser the Ignorance the more pow
ertul the government SeemS.-EXChauSA.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30
THAT BLAINE oARBLE,
A ropniist Democratic Trick that Proved
~ H.. BOOMERANG,

. #- ... ..H.. "
Washington Post: Recently tho Re-
publican managers In Indiana were
paralyEcd to ind that the popullsts
and Democrats were circulating u hand
BIN putporting to be an extract from u
speech OF James G. Blaine, delivered
some time In 1850, and tuklng II strong
stand against the gold standard and
advocating tho free coinage OF silver.
Thu managers communicated forthwith
with the, congressional committee IN
Washington, who looked an The speech.
They lind that It was delivered In the
senate on February Z, 1878, and although
the individual paragraphs quoted by
tho PopulistS would seem to be IN UNI
qualified argument for free silver. on
reading them with the full text OF the
speech, II IL found thnt MIR. Blaine stood
exactly with the St. Louis platform. In
other words, while recognizing tbs de-
STABILITY OF hImetalllsin, and favorIng
The rehabilitation OF silver, he dtclnr-
ed this impossible except by intcrna-
tlonal agreement. To quote one explicit
paragraph he said: "lf | were To ven
turc a dlctum upon tho silver question
| would declare that, until Europe re-
mOnctlZcs II. We cannot afford to coin
n dollar as low Ms 4l2is grains"
The Republican committee will forth
with get out II complete copy OF the
speech and circulate It In countcrnc-
ton OF the separate and disconnected
paragraphs quoted by the opposition.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

MRS. rhode NOAH. OF this place,
was taken in the night with cramping
pains and the next day diarrhocn set In.
She took half a bottle OF blackberry
To me to see II | had anything that
would help her. ! sent her u bottle of
ChamberlaIn'S Collie. Cholera and Da--
rhoea Remedy and the first dose re-
lievcd her. Another OF our lneIghbors
had been sick for about n week and had
tried different remedies for diarrhoea
but kept getting worse. I sent him
this same rem sdy. Only four doses OF
1t were required to cure him. He says
he owes his recovery to this wonderful
rcmedy.-Mrs. Mary S!blcy. Sidney.
Mich. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30
DIR. ..Llm" And lis Raiders.

When DR.. Jameson and his fellow
raiders arrived In London to stand trial
for their raid in the Transvaal they were
the heroes OF the hour. Society wag
quick Ia bow to them. for they were
British subjects OF social position and
were supposed to have been engaged In
something to press the British standard
on TO further conquest In South Africa
1t mattered not that they had under
taken q hostile expedition against Il
friendly power. Britons are always
ready to add territory, and the territory
which DR.. Jameson and his men invaded
Is territory on which Great BritaIn'3
longing eye has been set for these many
years. The Dutch Republic was a
friendly power only In the sense that 1t
was not at war with Great Britain.
But the British authorities found that
some one had blundercd. The scheme
to sobble the Transvaal had miscarrIed
and the world was arrayed against II.
Germany bristlcd and her emperor gave
very distinct lntimatIons that the Brit
ijh movement against the Dutch In
South Africa had gone far enough.
Something had to be lone to show
that the British government was not In
leagu. with Cecil RhoadeS and his man
jameson, and that something has come.
jameson goes to prison for fifteen
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

AFTER the Napolconic wars. when vast
debts had been created. we find one coun-
Try changing the money standard. or at
temptIngIto. Now. will you tell us why.
taking this country alone, why waS such n
debt hanging over us, not one dollar OF
(which had been paid, nor one step taken
toward specie resumption? Why on earth
did the people of the United States, Mt
such n time, destroy half OF the money in
which that debt was payable? Can any
body answer that?-Gcneral a. J. warner
5in Wheeling Opera House, us reported In
Wheeling Register.
Yes. anybody can ANSWER that" who
understands the question. The anawe,
Is that the statement is untrue. 1t Is
also absurd. And It Is made with intent
4 TO tdeceive. Suppose 1t TO be true that
half the national debt was payable in
silver and that the act OF 1873 destroyed
all the silver money in the country
what did that amount to?
Down to 1873. the time Of the passage
of the act called the crime Of 1875" we
had coined 5000. 900 silver dollars. II
they were all In existence and all In this
country ut the time Of the passage of the
act, would they have paid half the inter-
est bearing debt OF the country? That
debt was 1900. 900. 900. Nor was 1t at
all likely that We would pay 81 % apiece
for silver dollars In order to pay any
part OF the national debt In these dollars.
1t Is not true that We destroyed half
the money OF the country. The country
has twice az much money now as It had
a.n'l- " -. Wa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

To the Editor OF the IntcllIgcncer.
SlR:-Wlthout disparasing any other
aspIrant for n seat In the legislature
from this county. I want to say aG Il citI-
zen OF Ohio county, who does no: live
In the city. that | know Mr.. Curtis well,
and his country friends will be greatly
Gr1tllled to see him nominated as one
OF Ohio county's representatives In the
next session of the legislature.
He IS II well educated man: is I super
Tor speaker: Is n fairly equipped lawyer:
Is the son OF one Of Wc3t VlrSinia'S most
distinguished soldiers; Is n true and
tried Republican. and has been active is
every campaign for ten or fifteen years.
and before asked for q public ollice
NJ the hands OF his party.
In my Judgment. the Republican party
owes him this nomination., aud 1 SINCERE
IS hope that 1t will be given to him. lie
will make n faithful representative. l
hope tho convention win unite upon him
for II OF the delegates. W. p. C.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30
BOY
Empty Assertions OF Mr. Iirynn TINT OnI,
Catch Ignorant or lIioughtirss People.

New York Press: When Mr.. Bryan
comes before the high court OF his coun-
try, the Peoples Bench sitting In per-
son, as he frequently does nowadays,
he ought, though his Boswell boasts of
him thut he Is at his best n $1,000 poll
tIcInn and Al 81. 500 lawyer. to have his
citations ready.
IAN. that we ask" he said the other
day, speaking to Il Council BLUFFS troll
ley party" and still harplng on his Sec
ton, though, 1t has declined to be we'd
by him In the house Of senate, "ls that
the inhabitants OF this, the most beau
tiful country on the globe, shall have
Il standing equal before the law with
those who dwell In any other part OF this
great country, and that the laws OF the
nation. Without showing US any partial
ity, shall also o discriminate against
U.S."
What are the laws that so dlscrim!-
nate. Sir Advocate? Give us Il citation.
What was the year of their passage?
In what volume OF statutes are they 10
be found? Is the mint act OF 1878 one
OF them? That was passed with the
approval OF the entire west. Stewart
OF Nevada. leading, and only a couple OF
New York city members dissenting.
They were called the tools Of bullion
dealers for their pains. Is 1t the repeal
OF the Sherman act? But this was
done In pursuance OF n ~dcnuncIatory
declaration In the platform of n con-
ventlon (of 1892 In which western and
southern men so prevailed that they
chopped the eastern tariff reform
| tlunk DII anf fhuf sutTNn nln farm, "a I'd
substituted one for free trade.
But let us grant that we" passed
laws 10 discriminate" against our
SclvcS-how did we accomplish II?
What Is the process? How oan n dollar
be made worth more In the east than
In the west, and only during the period
OF its stay in the cast? For Il is always
on the 20 from section to section. That
Is. all OF 1t except the thousands OF
millions which fasteners have sunk In
the west, is so travelling. or the nifty
billion dollars which the clearing house
returns reveal as changing hands in
the business Of this country every year.
the largest single exchange Is when
the crops move" and the currency goes
west to- move them. Do those dollars
shrink In western wallets? VIII they not
buy as much cloth and coffee, as much
sugar and salt. as many rakcs and
rcapers, and shoes and hats. as ever
they did? VIII thye not buy. in fact,
I good deaf and n great many more?.O OF
course they will. Mr.. Bryan knows that
| they will.
Why, then. does Mr.. Bryan talk In
this way Because he likes TO speak
pieces" whose sounds adjust themselves
pleasantly to his ear without Il careful
examination into the matter of their
sense, Just rs when the rest OF us were
boys we liked to speak the "Seminola's
Defiance" or "Spartacus TO the Glad!-
ators." That Is Boy Oratory.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

Mr.. Louis S. Dclaplain. Of Wheeling,
chairman OF the Democratic First dis
trict congressional committee. resigns
from that committee because he IL n
sound money mar and will not support
The nominees Of the Chicago convention.
Mr.. Dclaplaln was recently United
States consul at Demerara, where he
had nm opportunity to see something OF
thcFway a deprecated currency works.
lie does not wish TO zoe that sort OF
thing at work In his own country. If
there he no sound money Democratic
ticket In the field lie will either vote for
Mckinley or not vote at all.
There are many Democrats In the
same boat; and there are many who viii
fire the ball cartridge no matter whnt
other ticket may be In the field. Their
way of doing it Is the way that will
count most.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-30

that come from similar sources. These
questions are put with great boldncas
because It 10 taken for granted that the
answers Will never reach the people who
hear the questions put and put az
though there a be no answer to them.