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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
UNCLE oBEDIAH's PLATFORM.

81 tell you, old woman, this country is
in terrible fix,
And people from all of the sections nc
longer in politics mix;
But Kentucky wants tariff on whisky;
some Texans want tariff on wool;
The old keystone" for tariff ON iron
goods is making a wonderful pull
Then up in the Idaho country, where
nothing but silver will grow,
They are shouting and bowling 'free
coinage" in voice choking with
woe;
And they've hoodooed the south like
the dickens till they think we've
all gone by the board
Less they fill the whole earth with
white metal and the goldbugs are
suddenly floored.
Then the Pops are just Dustin sus-
penders, whoOpin' up all sorts of
laws,
While the fellers who've been beet for
Office are constantly jinin' their
cause.
And all of the men who are tired of
Tor SOM rrhhiin1g toeat,
And the men who just sit round and
whittle till their pants is all out of
the seat.
They all vote the Populist ticket and
keep up terrible stir,
But I'll bet my old hat gin nickle,
one in twenty don't know what
it's fur.
They're wantin' hundred fool meas
ures, they say would make plenty
of cash,
But their ideas, if put into practice,
would bust the whole country to
smash.
But, old woman, we've got no kick
comm our corn crib is filled to
the top,
We've wheat an molasses an SIGH like
left over from last seasons crop,
Our smoke house is Dustin its sides
out with shoulders, an bacon an
hams,
An our cellar is full to o'erfowin' with
the finest Of big yellow yams.
An it's all come about by jest workin'
by jest lettin' politics go
BY payin' no heed to the howlin', but
stickin' right close to the hoe.
An l tell you, old woman, if people at
large would all foller my way
Prosperity would come back a-humpin'
an in future 'twould be here to
stay.
Texas Sandwich.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
OUT KERRvILLE WAY.

AS With All Other Reports, the
Weather is Hot and Dry, and
Rain is Badly Needed.
Light Special.
Kerrville, July 4.-The Presbyterian
endeayorers, who came up on the
Wednesday train, were met at the de-
not by a crowd of our citizens, and
were welcomed at the Union church
by Judge Burnett in neat speech.
Quite delegation of our young peo-
pie are booked for the dramatic en-
tertainment at Comfort tonight.
The death of Mrs. Irene Taylor at
Center Point on Monday night, has
caused wide gap in large circle of
relatives and friends. She will be
much mourned.
Promises of rain in the lightning
that plays nightly around the north
ern part of the horizon have not ma
terialized and it continues hot and
dry.
Sheriff Van lodged a crooked young
fellow in the calaboose on Monday
night. He was caught at Comfort
and is wanted at Alice for theft. His
name is Roark.
An instrumental and vocal concert
is on the tapis for BOerne on the 10.
J. J. Stevens and family will sum-
mer at Boerne at the hotel, as has
been usual with them for several
seasons.
Boerne is proud of the standing of
Lieut.. T. Howard, who has finished
his West Point course, being one of
the first six in his exams. He is at
home here now.
Great drouth has prevailed in the
BALCONIES region, and corn is past i'm
provement if it should rain. C1op is
considered about ten bushels shOGt.
The Stephenson dairy is going to
move from the Boerne neighborlpod
down toward San Antonio in order to
be nearer market.
Miss Emma ToenFerws ~ re-
turned freSl, herf s said els en-
slssss. 3 S. b;
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
Notice to Taxpayers.
CITY ASSESSORS OFFICE, !
CITY HALL, ROOM Is,

San Antonio Tex, May 80, '96. (
Property owners and their agents
are hereby notified that the city
assessment books for the rendition
of property, real and personal, for
the fiscal year commencing June
LIST, 1896, will be open June lst, 1896,
until September LIST, 1896. All per-
sons concerned in the above are re-
quested to come forward and render
their property, subject to taxation
to the undersigned as required by
law and city ordinances.
In order to give all taxpayers a
chance to list their property, office
will be kept open all day from $3.50
a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
HARRY CUNNINGHAM,
City Assessor.
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The GENTLEMAN APE.
Consul Was One of the Brightest Monkeys
Ever Exhibited.

Consul Was One of the Brightest Monkeys
Ever Exhibited.
Consul, the gentleman ape, one of the
brightest monkeys in the world, recent
ly died in Manchester, England. The
New York Journal says there was never
an ape more polished in his manners
or more punctilious in his dress or more
considerate of the feelings of others.
Consul was born in Central Africa,
and, like many others of his kind, led
wild, rowing life for number of years.
Nothing is known of his parents, ex-
cept that, owing no doubt to the con-
slant sultriness of the weather in that
region and to custom that had long
prevailed among its inhabitants, they
wore no clothes. But one day Consul
encountered very beau
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SEVEN INCHES LONG.

Abnormal Nasal Appendage of Thomas
wedders, a Yorkshireman.
Abnormal noses frequently set all
canons at defiance by being hugely
significant of just nothing at all.
Early in the last century man,
Thomas Wedders Tor, rather Wad-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
A SURPRISE.
Texas Sandwich.

A pleasant surprise party was given
to Miss Adela Layer, the eldest daugh-
ter of Ditch Commissioner Louis
Layer, Sunday evening. Singing
games and dancing were INDUCED in.
At II o'clock refreshments were serv-
ed, after which dancing was kept up
till 3 O'Clock in the morning, when all
departed for their homes.
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Read This Carefully.

At a Bargain: A stone and brick
house, of seven rooms, bath, TWO
story barn, COW stable. chicken houseA
water works, lot 140x20S feet; situated on
south exposure. Call and see JOHN Il.
HA1BLEToN & Co,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

Bracket Newg: eve are proud
Judge Kels9; he took stand
which Viii endear him more and
more to the people of the district,
and when many Of the parties who
drew their knives will be in politi-
IA oblivion, Judge Kelso's name
xiI1 inspire the youth Of his dis
|kr1ct to emulation Of honesty, con-
|Sl6teucRand patriotism. But did
1|nrG 11nssa gain anything ?
~ majority Of the convention did
~ ~ consider that the flag of de-
6crncy had been .trailed in the
71net.' and relegated the whole
|1I1121cial question to the demo-
cradle national convention"
Victoria Daily Times: "There
wos no fight on Mr.. Wells. There
Is 10 tru6r democrat in Texas than
he Is. There is no man in the
Eloxenth district that has done
more hard work for his party than
he has. There is no man in the
Eleventh district that the demo.
Gratis thereof would more like to
honor than Jas. B. Wells. This has
been made manifest on numer9s
kpccasions in the past and -it6c us
made manifest in the a'."o VIII
houston Post: "If Gssss u'ure'
osoi Gal 80 s(il l be due to
fillibustering expeditions
BIN the United States more than
any other agency except the
N actually in arms. And it can
i'd In the light OF events that
Erfbustering expeditions have
NJ b,cesful only because OF a
" energetic action by the
lean government-the result
pbtedly Of sympathy with
Insurgents. Those who have
busting Mr.. Cleveland for his
to recognize the Cubans as
rents must not forget that
live months past 1t has been
% for the Washington au-
be- to. stop the rebellion by
ely cutting of the sup
6th Of munitions of war
5l w kkCs -
bart Register: 1.-THE demo.
Convention which is to meet
ago July 7th, no doubt will
free silver plank at the
4 Is to /. We have our
Dn the subject, which are in
with our republican friends,
hen our party speaks, and
its mandate in the form of q
I'm, then we are for our
country and people. Our
Nv be- wrong and we can
to run counter to those
kity Of the party, who are
Id able. Our advice to all
ts is to obey the orders Of
The money question ii
tle settled one, and it will con
nue. to divide the people until il
settled one way or the other"
Waco Tribune: "We believe IL
bvenue tariff, but not in a Roger
Mills tariff, that reduces Texas
Dol from % TO z cents and hides
wn to nil. while eastern finished
D0lehs are protected and Austria
i. L "a 5ols come in here and ruin
bxas wool-growers. Democ'
oesn,t mean wanton, studied
81 any important Legitimate
any"
Knson Daily Press: "There
|,s.aheap pean}snin the Unit
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
Thousands Have Been Cured By
the Use Of His Wonderful
Little Pellets.
No Other Medicines Receive Daily
So Many Testimonials From
Grateful People.
STRONG WORDS OF PRAISE.
Every Mall Brings Them Unsolicited From All
Parts Of the Country.

The Beneficial Results Obtained From the
Use of Munyon's Improved Homeopathic
Remedies by those Afflicted With Rheu-
matism, Kidney Trouble, Dyspepsia, Ca
tarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis and Other Dis
eases, are Being Testified to by Thou
sands Every Day.
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DON'T BUY LUMBER

Or other building material until
yAu have called on ED. STEvEs &
SoEs. Yards: East Comm]Srce
stTAaSknd /. & g. N. depot. ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
The Question of
Economy.

When great corporations are expanding thousands Of
dollars in devices to save tie labor and materials,
there is evidence enough that this is an age of economy
We wish to put the strongest emphasis upon the
economical features of the
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
s sssss

This Range the greatest saver of fuel, food and of
woman's strength and 1t brings the cost of
cooking down to the minimum and keeps it there.
No wonder it is turning the cook-stove business up
side down, because ii is revelation in its way.
The Majestic is no experiment;
took 80 years to perfect it.
SHAFER & BRADEN, Agents,
San Antonio, TeXa
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Try This Easy Experiment.

Take piece of Irvine and tie num-
Der of knots in it at short intervals.
If this l1notty Irvine is laid around
somsbodZ,s head SO that it will turn the
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Aand then the foretinger
I each of your hands 81
Z along the string 1t VIII
|Tery similar to thunder I'd
Use WHO are unSsrgoingl
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ATTENTION !!

s., Carpenters andN
|sas lA.arices M
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AS With All Other Reports, the
Weather is Hot and Dry, and
Rain is Badly Needed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-01
SUFFERING ON THE Yukon
Miners Attempt to Leave Seward
City in Open Boats for
Juneau.
One Party Is Picked Up Half Fam.
iShed, but the Others Have Not
Pen Sighted.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Jan. Silt
is reported authoritatively that much
hardship is being undergone by those win
tering on the Yukon. The little steamer
Rustler recently picked up thirteen men
IN an open boat on the way to Juneau.
They had been on the water two DAYS
without provisions and were nearly dead
from hunger. cold and exposure. When
the Rustler came alongside the crowd
sprang aboard of her like flock of sheep
trying to escape.
Before turning back the Yukoners were
landed in the cove, to remain there until
the Rustler returned to take them to their
destination. The Yukoners were well
equipped and will fare we'll while en-
camped on the beach. 1t was learned
from them that operations at the
Bear mine had closed down for
lack OF water power, and about
fifty workmen had left Seward City in
four open boats and struck out for Juneau
They had become separated, and the boat
picked up by the Rustler had long before
lost sight of the others. Serious doubts as
to their safety are now held, as the ele-
ments have been unusually fierce and they
have not yet put in an appearance. The
Rustler has now gone to pick up the cast
aWayS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-01
BOLD ALASKA SMUGGLERS
Liquor Is Landed at Juneau in
Spite Of the Revenue
Officers.
The Steamer Lone Fisherman Seized
for Ferrying Without
License.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Jan. 81
Despite of all denials from Alaska the in
PRODUCTION at Juneau of spirituous liquors
into the Territory goes merrily on. Re-
Gently two boatloads were being landed in
the darkness from a steamer The surf
was running high and one of the boats was
overturned. The occupants narrowly es
capped with their lives and eight or ten
kegs of liquor drifted ashore. These were
gathered up and placed on the wharf, but
the customs officials were absent and
raid was made by the saloon men, who
captured the entire lot.
The Topeka, arriving to-day, reports the
seizure of the steamer Lone Fisherman.
This vessel has bad reputation on Puget
Sound, having been captured in 1888
for smuggling. 1t had been recently re-
fitted at great cost at Juneau. 1t happened
the weather was SO rough as to preclude
the regular trips of the ferry-boat between
juneau and Douglas Island. Imperative
business made communication necessary
and the Lone Fisherman was pressed into
service. The vessel had not been regis
tered at the Custom-house and for this
the cutter WolcoJt seized it. 1t is said
that the customs officer at Juneau has been
absent from his post for some time, and
for this reason alone the license was not
issued.
Alaska at the present time is practically
without Government officials in the judlci-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-01
GRADUATE At SAN JOSE,
A Class Of Forty.four Normal
School Students Ends It's
LaborS.
Diplomas Granted to ALI After the
Rendition of an Interesting
Programme.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Jan. 31.-The spring
graduating exercises of the State Normal
School were held this morning, forty-four
pupils receiving diplomas. The stage was
beautifully decorated and an interesting
programme was rendered. The graduates
are as follows:
Nellie Albee, Santa Clara; Edith Anthony,
Monterey; Estella Barrows, Santa Clara: MaIid
Beckwith, Humboldt; Mabel Bishop Santa
Clara; Annie Black, Monterey; Fannie Bury,
Phoenix, Ariz.; Augustine NJ Clark, Marin !;
George Clark, Santa Clara; Matte Close, Santa
Clara; Bessie Folger Collins, San Francisco;
Sarah Conroy, Santa Clara; W. ]. Z. Copren
Sierra; +. Lester Cottreh, Humboldt; Alice j.
Crlchton, santa Clara; Irene de Mise, Santa
Clara; Lorena Edgar, Santa Clara Lore Emery.
Alameda; Jessie Ficher, Placer; Lena
Forden, Santa Clara; Sadie Forden, Santa
Clara; Nellie D. Poss, Mendocino; Carrie
George, Santa Clara; Mary Halloran, Hum
boldt; John Hancock, Santa Clara; Sarah L.
Estelle Houghton, San Francisco; Martha
Hulbe, Marin; Lizzie Ihgali, Santa Clara; Jes-
sic Jameson, Marin; Josephine NJ Kelley
Santa Clara; Viola Knight, San Joaquin;
Bertha Lee, Santa Clara; Elenor Lewis, San
Diego; Mae Livingston, Santa Clara Marguerite
Obispo; Estelle Lucy, Solano; Rhoda Maxwell,
Yolo; Bessie McCabe, Santa Clara; Mary MeCaig
Yuba; Lillian Miller, Santa Clara; Lulu Nor
gam San Francisco; Virginia Morgan, Fresno;
Muasete Morris, Solano: Jean Patriouin, Mon
terey; Eva Patterson, Fresno; Leo G. Pauley,
Kern; Carl Phillippi, Sacramento; Alice Phil
lips, Lake; Isabella NJ Porter, San Francisco;
Callle Shartzer, Santa Clara; Irma st. John,
Fresno; Roberta A. Thompson, San Mateo:
Mantle WILDER, Santa Clara; Matte Williams,
Emma Woods, sacramento;
Mary Zmudowsky, Santa Cruz; Ivy NJ Yates,
San Jose; Lizzie McCauley, Flora r. McIsaac
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MAGU|RE THROWS
REDHOT SHOT,
Continued from First Page.

States Supreme Court against the Govern
ment in the ninety-eighrh United States
reports.
Mcguire denied that that decision had
any such effect, and long colloquy en-
sued on the question. Mcguire said that
the refunding plan, being rejected as i'm
practicable and unwise. three courses re-
manned open to the Government: First,
foreclosure and sale of the roads to who
ever will buy them, as property of other
debtors is sold to satisfy similar debts;
second, the purchase and operation of
roads by the Government, as railroads
are owned and operated by other Govern
ments; third, purchase of the roads by the
Government at their present value and
their maintenance by the Government as
a continuous public highway from Omaha
to San Francisco. over which trains of all
companies may be operated under Govern
ment direction in free competition for the
freight and passenger traffic of the Pacific
Coast, thus at one stroke closing this
vexatious railroad problem, forever doing
away with monopoly in railroad transpor-
tation in that region at least, and avoiding
evils that are incident to the operation of
railroads by the Government.
'"This is, he continued, II think, by far
the best plan. IL could be established
without difficulty and without loss to the
Government and the Government, after
having taken the roads at a maximum es-
innate of their value, at the foreclosure of
the same, would be perfectly free to pur-
sue its remedies against the fraudulent
stockholders and directors of the COM
panies.'
The foregoing is summary of the prin-
cipal parts of three-hour argument, in
which there were numerous interruptions
and sharp discussion. Upon the whole the
speech was very we'll received by the COM
mittee, and it is noticed that arguments
against refunding are receiving more at
tenticn and apparently more earnest con-
sideration by the members of the commit
tee than have heretofore been given.
At the close of Maguire's argument a
subcommittee was appointed to examine
and report the question raised by Mcguire
as to the priority of the so-called first
mortgage bonds.
Representatives Bowers. Hilborn. Nc
Lachlan and ex-Representatiye Geary
were in attendance to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-01
Convicted and Sentenced for the
Killing of a Vancouver
Soldier.
HAD LONG EvADED CAPTURE.
When Pursuit Had been Abandoned
Californian Caused the Fugi.
tive's Arrest.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 31.-Sheriff Mil.
Ter of Vancouver. Wash, passed through
here tonight for the Walla Walla peniten-
tiary, having in charge T. D. Moran, sem
fenced to twenty years imprisonment and
a fine of $4,000 for murder committed six
years ago.
On the night of December 8, 1889, Moran
came TO Vancouver from a logging camp
and got drunk in dancehouse. He there
picked quarrel with one "Big" Nc
earthly. In his drunken frenzy Moran
mistook discharged soldier, John Will
son, for Mccarthy and stabbed him to
death. The bloody deed sobered him at
once, and realizing his fatal mistake he
escaped, while eye-witnesses were tempo
rarily paralyzed with horror.
A large reward was offered for Moran's
apprehension, but after months of unsuc-
cessful search for him 1T was Abandoned.
Nothing more was thought of Moran
until in the early part of October last.
Then the Chief of Police at Vancouver re-
ceived letter from Needles, Cal, written
by former soldier at Vancouver Barracks.
asking if there was yet reward for the
capture of Moran. Receiving an affirma.
tive reply the soldier again wrote that he
knew Moran to be in the same town with
him. When an officer reached there the
murderer was gone.
He was tracked to Ell PAso, Tex, how
ever, and arrested there on October %.
Sheriff Miller brought Moran back to Van
couver in November, and the fugitive was
convicted of manslaughter.
Moran says that the six years he was at
liberty were years of torture. Every
stranger who glared at him he suspected
of being detective. He claims to have a
wife and three children in Texas, but he
has neither written nor received letter
since his return, and his statement is
doubted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-01
PORT M0oDYS MADMAK.
Armed With Shotgun. Maniac Teronzes
the Inhabitants and Eva0es
GnDfuce

VANCOUVER. B. c., Jan. 3L-A mad
man at Port Moody is causing residents of
that hamlet great deal of excitement.
He is armed with adouble- barreled shot
gun and will allow no one near him. He
goes into stores, takes what he wants aud
then retreats to his cabin. which is strongly
barrlcaded. He is always ready to fight
and has plenty of ammunition.
Ten men have tried to capture the
maniac so far unsuccessfully. His name
is Wilson. He has been IN an ASYLUM be-
fore and since released has been working
as section hand on the Canadian Pa
clfic Railway. Provincial Officer Web
ster, with a posse, is guarding his shack,
watching. for an opportunity to capture
the lunatic
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-01
Resolved to Anticipate a Slow
Death by One More
Speedy.
LATELY RESIDED IN SAN DIEGO
He Had Vacated Seat on the Missouri
Bench to Seek for Health on
This Coast.

PHOENIX, AR1z., Jan. 81 Judge
Stephen Peery. late of San Diego, COM
mitted suicide this afternoon by shooting
himself through the heart. Illness that
bid fair to end his life shortly is believed
to have actuated him to anticipate lin
gering death by one more speedy.
Judge Peery was a native of Virginia
and removed to Missouri some time before
the war. He settled at Trenton and iden-
titled himself with ]. H. Shanklin, one of
the ablest financiers Missouri ever knew.
This firm did much toward raising money
to build the Missouri Pacific into Kansas
City when the funds of the company hav-
ing the project in charge gave out.
He was lifelong Republican and we'll
known in that party councils in Missouri,
and this, coupled with his legal ability,
resulted in his election to the bench at
Trenton when that city went Republican
some years ago. During his incumb ency
he became afflicted with dropsy and
resigned his position so that he might
remove to warmer climate.
His search for health led him to seek
Southern ~alifornia, and he settled in San
Diego about three years ago. Immediately
after taking up his residence there he COM
menced investing, and at the time of his
death he had large interests in which much
money is invested. He was also largely in
terested in Phoenix realty, his nephew, j.
w. Walker, acting as his agent, having in
vested over $1,000, in irrigation and
kindred enterprises.
1t was this outlay, coupled with the fact
that the climate of San Diego had failed to
relieve him, that led Judge Peery to visit
Phoenix some months ago. Here he
steadily grew worse, until to-day he ended
his suffering.
That his act had been well planned was
best evidenced by its careful execution.
About 2 O'Clock he sent the nurse out of
the room to get something and then re-
quested his wife to leave.
They both complied and few moments
later were startled by the report of re-
volver. They rushed in, to find the in
valid already dead, having shot himself
through the heart with a bullet from a So
caliber Smith & Wesson.
Judge Peery was So years of age and
leaves widow and three children.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Jan. 31.-Judge
Stephen Peery, who committed suicide at
Phoenix to-day, was the father of Herbert,
Bessie and Hortense Peery of this city. He
went to Phoenix six months ago for his
health, and was accompanied by his wife.
Judge Peery had been resident of this
city for two years.
He formerly lived at Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo-, where he was leading
lawyer and prominent and wealthy citi-
zen. Besides his children here he'leaves
two other daughters, Mss June, now a
student at Stanford University, and Mrs.
Nellie Price, resident of Elkado, Iowa.
The deceased was a brother-in-law of
Judge E. W. DeRdrick and Mrs. Mary E.
Walker of this city. Judge Peery's body
will probably be taken to his old home for
interment in the family burying- ground.