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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
THINKS SPRAY NOZZLE A FAD.
Chief Swenie Witnesses e New Invention
to Protect Firemen.

Chief Swenie witnesses New Invention
to Protect Firemen.
A number of persons gathered at the
foot of La Sale street, Chicago, the
other afternoon to witness the trial of
a spray nozzle, an invention of Philip
Doyle, an engineer of engine company
No. 5 of the Memphis (Tenn.) fire de-
partment.
r. E. Moran, superintendent of the
fire alarm system of Memphis, brought
the nozzle to Chicago in order to get
the opinion of Chief Swenie concern
ing its merits. The nozzle had been
tried but once before, and that was at
the annual convention of firemen az
Salt Lake City; but as Chief Swenie dill
not attend the convention he had not
seen it. The nozzle used was the
first one made, and it is said
some improvements will be made on il
before it is offered for sale. The object
of the spray nozzle is to protect the
hosemen from the smoke and flame
when fighting fire. With high pres
sure of steam the nozzle threw a stream
Of water about $50 feet, and a spray
about 90 feet in diameter. Mr.. Moran
directed the experiment with the noz-
gle in person.
When asked his opinion about the
nozzle, Chief Swenie said: "I am not
prepared to say much about it. In my
opinion the spray nozzle would be a
very good thing to sprinkle lawns, but
what the Chicago fire department
wants is water power, and not spray.
We have the Ball nozzle and the Foley
nozzle now, and I do not think there.
is any necessity of change" 1t is the
belief of the chief that any kind of
spray nozzle is a fad and not neces-
sity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
HAS BEEN BURNING FOR AGES.
Coal Mine in Wyoming That Is Being
Slowly Consumed by Fire.

Slowly Consumed by Fire.
S. P. Morrell and F. A. MeEveny have
returned from ranch just across the
line in Wyoming, where the country
is broken and rough, being cut by the
Belle Fourche river and it's tributaries.
Three miles from the ranch is burning
coal mine, the presence of which may
easily be noted for distance of more
than 90 miles around.
Mr.. Morrell visited the great field and
says it has the appearance of having
been on fire for centuries, and Indian
traditions are to this effect. These all
tell of underground fires that have been
burning there since the first Sioux came
to the country. The coal vein lies about
Is feet below the surface, and as the
fire has consumed the fuel, the earth
has crumbled and fallen until a hollow
area acres in extent has been formed.
In some places the earth has been
fused and baked till it resembles brick,
and stands up in precipitous masses.
Under the banks the fire is still burn
ing, and the ground is warmed for
many yards, while theSulphurous smell
is suffocating. In one crack visited by
Morrell he could see the fires smolder-
ing at depth of about IS feet, and re-
sembling nothing so much as bed of
molten iron. 1t does not blaze, but
smolders, and eats its way very slowly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07

yielded over twenty purses a day,
some of them containing as much as
$50, and it was seldom that a pocket
was picked without something of val
ne being found.
At last, however, complaints at Scot
land Yard became so numerous that
the authorities set special detective
on the track of the crooked sticks,
with the result that one of the men,
berS was caught red-handed, and this
led shortly afterward to the arrest of
several others. After that it was not
long before they were entirely broken
up. Without a head they were inca
pable of working Systematically, and
they scattered in every direction
mostly TO Portland, where many of
them are still doing time
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
VIOLATED THE LAW.

New Orleans. Nov. 6.-An aft
davit has been sworn out before
Judge Finnegan by Detective
Flotte charging J. Wertheimer, Il
Storekeeper on Rampant street,
near GirOd, with having violated
the city ordinances which pro
vides all persons making it bus
mess of buying and selling sec
Ond hand goods shall report their
purchases in writing, to the of
flee of the chief of police. This
is what Wertheimer failed to do,
so it is alleged.
It is said he purchased goods
which were stolen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
RICH WOMAN STEALS TURKEYS.
End of a Series of Queer Thefts at CO.
Iumbia, Tenn.

Mary Moore, a white woman worth
$4,000 and the owner of GOO acres of
fine land near Columbia, Tenn, has
been convicted for stealing six turkeys
from a neighbor, and sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. An appeal
was taken to the supreme court. This
isthe finale of most remarkable career,
unrivaled in the history of the criminal
courts of the state. Ten years ago the
woman and her husband, calling them
selves Stone, came from Kentucky,
bought land in a good neighborhood
and lived a secreted life. Immediately
thefts became numerous, incendiary
fires followed, rumors spread abroad,
the husband died, vigilance committees
were formed, criminal suits instituted,
but came to nothing. At last the neigh
bors raided the farmhouse and found
a young woman, daughter-in-law of
Mrs. Moore, imprisoned in a room and
subjected to the foulest treatment In
dignation became intense, and, as the
stealing of the turkeys was a sure case,
it was resorted to to get the Moore wom-
an into the penitentiary and break up
her operations.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
MINISTER DENNY NEAR DEATH.
He and His Wife Are the Victims of a
Collision on the River.

Collision on tue River.
The Oriental Mail brings news that
Col. Charles DENLY, the Unitel States
minister to China, and his wife had a
narrow escape from death late last
month while journeying from TEN
Tsin to Picking in a house-boat. Ac-
cording to a letter received in Yoko-
hama on August &c, Col. and Mrs Den
by were being towed up the river by a
steam launch, when collision &C.
CURED and the house-boatwas capsized.
Col. DENLY was on the deck at the time,
and with considerable difficulty he sue
ceeded in getting to the bank of the
river. But Mrs. DENLY was less for
tunate. She was in the cabin when the
boat capsized, and, being unable to
get out before the boat turned bottom
up, was imprisoned in the cabin. She
was rescued when almost unconscious
by cutting a hole through the bottom
of the boat. Had she remained pris-
oner much longer she would have died,
as she was nearly suffocated.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
CLINTON. MISSOURI.

Mr.. \. L. Armstrong, an old drug
gist, and a prominent citizen of this
enterprising town, says: Il sell some
forty different kinds of cough medi-
cines, but l have never in my eXpe-
rience sold so much of any one article
as l have of Billiards. HorehOund Sy-
rup. All who use it say it is the
most perfect remedy for cough, cold,
consumption. and all diseases of the
throat and lungs, they have ever
tried" 1t is a specific for Group and
whOoping cough. 1t will relieve
cough in one minute. Contains no
opiates. Sold by Kalteyer & Son,
James Clavin, Kalteyer & Schuchard,
and 4. D-eiss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
TEA APPROPRIATIONS LIGHT.
Japan Handling Thus Far This Season
Less Than Half Usual Quantity.


Less Than Half Usual Quantity.
The Northern Pacific liner Tacoma,
which has just arrived at Tacoma,
Wash, from Yokahoma, brings the
news that this seasons tea importations
have aggregated scarcely half those of
last year at this time. The demand has
been light owing to unsettled business
conditions, and several steamers have
arrived here with only partial tea car
goes, while last year during the sum-
mer they carried tea almost exclusive
ly. Just now the demand is increas-
ing, but expectations will be delayed
for some time because the floods have
interrupted shipments of tea from the
interior to Yokohama,
According to the latest japanese
papers, only $4,000 pounds of tea were
brought to Yokohama between Septem-
Der 1 and Is. This shows decrease
of $4,000 pounds in comparison with
the latter half of August. Many miles
of railroad were washed out by the
floods. Trains in Kobe and Osaka were
resumed two weeks ago, freight being
transferred across the one breach re-
naming. The important line between
Osaka and KanzalI is still closed. Pros
poets are that shipments to the coast
cities will be very large in November,
making exports to this country heavy
all winter
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
NEW ARMY ORDERS.
Relates to the Payment of Troops and
the Mail of Prisoners.

the Mail of Prisoners.
Several orders of interest to officers
and men of the army have been issued
by the war department. One relates to
the payment of soldiers under the reg
ulations recently promulgated. In this
it is provided that when companies or
detachments of troops are absent from
their stations for an indefinite period
and funds for their payment cannot
be sent by express, the rolls will be
held and not sent to the paymaster I'M
til the troops reach some point to
which it is practicable to send funds.
In cases where the rolls have been sent
to the paymaster and the troops are
sent away from their station before the
receipt of funds for their payment,
post commanders will not hold the
money at their discretion, but will re-
turn the rolls and the money to the
paymaster, unless payment can be
made within a reasonable time, not eX-
ceeding three days.
Another order directs that an officer
in charge of prisoners sLall not open
and inspect letters or other mail mat
ter addressed to or sent by man in
confinement, except at his request, and
when so inspected, the mail mater
shall be delivered to such prisoner or
posted, if in the opinion of the officer
the discipline of the command and the
security of the prisoners will not be
thereby injured. If such request is not
made, the mail matter is to be retained
unopened until the discharge from Gus
tody of the prisoner to whom it is ad-
dressed, or by whom it is sent. Mail
matter addressed or sent by other pris-
oners may be delivered or mailed un-
opened at the discretion of the officer
| in charge.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
SOLDIERS LONG BICYCLE TRIP.
Members OF rwenty-Fifth Infantry Cover
LOO Miles In Twenty-Two Days.


The Twenty-fifth infantry bicycle
corps, commanded by Lieut. Moss, have
reached Helena from Fort Yellowstone.
The distance between the two posts of
191 miles was covered in 81 hours.
Lieut.. Moss and his men left Fort Mis-
soula % days ago and have covered / 100
miles of mountain climbing, across the
main Rockies, through the National
park. The object of the trip was to
test the bicycle in the mountainous
country. 1t is the first practical test
of the wheel for military purposes ever
made. On that account the trip has
much significance and has been
watched with interest by men in the
army. The trip has proved the entire
practicability of the bicycle for mill
tary purposes over such roads as arc
usually found in a mountainous coun-
try. Lieut.. Moss said:
This is the first real test ever made
with the bicycle as machine for mill
tary purposes. On several occasions
one officer and one or two privates have
made runs to see how fast they could
go. Those were tests of rapidly. Ours
is test of durability. The party was
not made up of expert bicyclists who
are scorching through the country, but
of eight ordinary riders selected from
the soldiers of Fort Missouia. We have
made and broken camp in the rain,
driden through mud, sand, dust and
water, over rocks, ruts and stones,
crossed mountain ranges, forded
streams, stopped for nothing, carried
rations, cooking utensils, rifles, ammu-
milton, 30 pounds to every man, blank
cts, tents, underwear, extra tires and
parts, in fact, all the baggage needed"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
BENEFITED HER EXPORT TRADE.
Eject of Germany's New Commercial
neutrality-suspicious. Complain.

Eject of Germany's New Commercial
TreSt'es-Agrarians Complain.
The effects of the new commercial
treaties concluded by Germany with
in the last few years, as Investigated by
the Berlin Merchants association, have
been reported to the state department
by Commercial Agent Moore, at Wei
mar. The report found that Germany's
export trade had been quite materially
benefited as was predicted. The great
manufacturing interests appear to be
entirely satisfied with the state Of
trade, but the agrarians are loud in
their denunciation of the manner in
which their interests have been made
to suffer. The activity of manufactur-
ing is evidenced in a peculiar manner
by the increase of coal consumption in
Berlin, which was S21, 019 tons for the
first half year, 1896, against 632, 734 for
the corresponding period last year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
Boy Housenialds.

Boy housemaids have been lately pro-
posed in England as substitutes for the
incompetent British servant girls. 1t
is agreed that what Cinnamon and
Hindoos can do Englishmen can do
equally as well.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07

Bacon's greatest work took SO years
to mature, and Grote's History of
Greece" some few years longer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07

A blind man was at theater in New
York the other night and appeared to
enjoy himself very much.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07

The demand for Crooks tubes has in
creased one thousandfold in the past
six months.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
A Coke Famine.

There is virtual coke famine in the
midlands Of Pennsylvania.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-07
PRIZES ON pATEN IS
NOW TO GET $4,000 AND
pERHAPS MAKE Ai'ORTUNE,

PERHAPS MAKE 4 FORTUNE.
We secure patents, znd, to induce people to kssp tIa
q thsn bright ideas, give away hundred dollars on
the Arst o. every month to the PersSn whs Submit the
most menlouous invepuon dunng thG preceding noath,
We VII also advertise the winning invenasa kee a
ch&Tg= IN the National RecorueT," weekly newspapa
published Washington, D. c., which has an excessive
rculsaoR throughout the aItsd states and dsN.sd
% the nteTsSts OfipYentcrs-
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.
The IDEA Of being able TO invent sonsthing suikes
nost s-spie beiRg very dscult: this Ssiaksn the
Company viii d'~pe II desires get inso the head Of
the Pubac the fact that the things which Absurdy
bnyal that the average citizen would Eel ashamed to
briRg thea 10 the attention Of the Patent Office the
most valuable It's the simple things end small inVen
tons that make the greatest money and the complex
seldom prohtabc- AlmoI, ey sIybOd At SSme time
or another ccaceves an idea which patented would be
gOTth fortune Unfortunately such ideas usually
Dismissed without thought. Tn simple inveaHsns hk-
tye esI-vlnaoS which could be easily slid UP and down
without breaking the PGsSenge 5 back the sauce PAN
coar-buon, nntloCk, bottle stopper suspender-butoQ
hook, buckle. and sRowshoVsl things that every
some way OF improving upsn and u such sample
inventions that bring the greatest returns the sBheE.
Inc prize we offer will be paid wksther NE App6ca6ss
has acted aDon by the Pateht Ohee set Every
competitor must apply foc a patent hss i.vssSps
heoagh vs. and whether he the pTns ss ths
Inventor will have valuable pateat. Send aS rrsan
! sor further partiealars, address
The PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24
HiEh-Priccd PLAYERS.

The alleged $4,000 paid for Breiten
stein recalls the fact that the past sea-
son or two have been particularly pro-
lihc OF large offerings
prices-for ball players. Among the big
piles" offered for various players are
bids Of $4,000 each by New York for
Fred Clarke Of Louisville. Bill Lange
OF Chicago. Childs and Young of Cleve-
land, and McPhee of Cincinnati. Wash
ington offered New York $12,5OO for
Rusie. Philadelphia was willing to pay
$4,000 for Dahlen and New York re-
ceived several offers of $4,000 for
Meekin. So far as is known the only
bona fide sales of players for sum
equaling the reported price for Breiten-
stein were made when Chicago sold
Mike Kelly to Boston for 81, 200, and a
year later sold John ClarksOn to the
same club for $4,000. There have been
numerous bids and values of that mag
nitude made for and on players since
that time-so many, in fact, that $1O,-
600 appears to be about the only value
placed on a star player who is to be
bought or sold. Cincinnati breaks the
monotony by securing a 900
beauty" and of course. now that the
ice has been broken, other teams will
follow.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24

pitching machine last year, looks into
the far future of baseball. He holds
that the time will come when the dia-
mond will be wholly to the right of the
batsman and the pitcher will stand to
the left of the batsman and outside the
diamond. This proposition now seems
ridiculous, for everybody is satisfied
with the present arrangement of the
field. To place the pitcher where Prof.
Hinton says he will be placed would
make him practically valueless as a
fielder. for he would be almost imme-
diately in front OF the third baseman.
Moving him there would either leave
the centre of the diamond vacant or
vould necessitate the increasing Of the
number of players. The learned gen
tleman then goes on to explain that
.the batter will be required to bat the
halls inside the diamond as now. and
+hose outside will be fouls. This Will
mt a premium on skill. and bring into
- the fine wrist movement which now
nIays little or no part since straight
drives are sought for: A weak man.
- long rs he has the skill to place MS
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24
UmpireS' Salaries.

Good umpires are cheap at any price,
yet the magnates persist in paying
prices out of proportion to the
services the knights of the indi-
Gator rendered. Instead of making it
an object for men Of superior intelli-
gence and standing to become UNI
pires, salaries far less than are paid
for first-class players are doled out to
experiments and incompetents. totally
unified for the responsible position
they attempt to fill. The only way to
raise the standard of the Empirical
staff is to increase the salary attached
to the position, and thus attract bet
ter class of applicants. A classical ed
ucation is not requisite, but the ability
to command the respect of players.
good habits. dignity and at least ordi-
nary intelligence are essential. Mr..
Lynch is an umpire Of this type. Mr..
Hurst owes his success to sterling hon
esty and indomitable courage, yet he
invites trouble by his coarseness. The
minor leagues. taking their cue from
the parent body. are parsimonious
with their umpires, and some of them
are not paid enough to enable them
to present a respectable appearance on
or off the field. Still these poor fell
lows are expected to command the re-
spect Of patrons and players and give
satisfaction.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24

hits to the right, will be able to make
good ball player. OF course, the
pitching machine will never be used
IN a game. but it will supply the
deplorable need which exists at pres
ent of batting practice"
There is considerable of the wrist
movement" now used in baseball. We
call 1t place hitting, and hits are PLACED
not only to the right, but also to the
left. Still. there may be something
In Prof. Hinton's idea which may be
clear to us later. but at present is de-
cidedly dark.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24

usually unanimously in favor of Sun
day ball, and a poll of the clergy in
nearly every city reveals many of the
same way of thinking. A gentleman
OF the cloth in a lake city. not very
remote from either Cincinnati or Cleve-
land said at one time in discussing the
situation: "Of course l can scarcely
come out fat-footed in favor of Sunday
ball games, but really I do not see
where the harm comes in. People in
the cities are shut up too much of the
time. They do not get out into the
open air. One cannot get too much
of outdoors. One cannot too frequently
get his thoughts completely away from
the work-a-day world. No man ever
meditated an evil deed while particf-
pating In or watching some outdoor
amusement. To a man who is con-
stantly employed indoors during six
week days anything that takes him
into the sunshine on Sundays is max
ing him a better man. On every Sun
day evening preach to perhaps
ing the summer months-an average of
500 persons. Five thousand spend the
same time on boats getting cool
breath of air. l sometimes think the
500 speak to would be better of were
they with the others-provided, OF
course, that they had spent a portion
OF the day in its observance. "-Cleve-
land Plaindealer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24
NICK YOUNG.

nifty of the game. and they encroacl
on the field of people who obtain a
legitimate livelihood from the stage
Mr.. Arson was failure. So was Mike
Kelly. Poor Mike was numerically
guyed. and. instead of making money
as concert hall singer, he actually
wound up by losing money in an at
tempt to manage. The actors do not
thank our players for inflicting them
selves on the public, and should think
their wishes should be respected, as
they are splendid patrons of the game.
and many dollar from them passes
our turnstile."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24
Detroit Was in 1t Too.


In a recent issue of the Sporting
Life Manager Hanlon was quoted to
the effect that the members of the vic
torious Baltimore team had been better
treated than any club and had received
more outside of their salary.
1T is strange that Mr.. Hanlon would
make such statement" said Bob"
Leadley of Detroit, referring to the in
terview, for the Detroit club of 1887
gave its players more for the worlds
championship than the winners are re-
ceiving in cup games nowadays. There
was EO liability to do it. either, and
the players took no risks of bad
weather. When the trip with the St.
Louis Browns was arranged we agreed
to give each player $500 and all his ex-
penses. We had special cars, one for
each team and one for the owners of
the club. and we took the players
around in as fine style as baseball
teams ever travelled. After the decid-
ing game, which was played in Balti-
more, we had banquet and tried to
show the players that we appreciated
their efforts in every way. The $500
each was not all, for the citizens of
Detroit contributed splendidly. The
players received suits of clothes from
the club for which paid; some were
given watches. and Charlie Bennett
was given 500 silver dollars. Mr..
Stearns bought them hats and others
gave them different articles. l guess
Hanlon forgot these days, for the men
Jared better than they have since
then"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-12-24

The league players usually enjoy a
transforming trip, as it puts them in
mind of the days when they were hus-
Ting for $50 a month. with a big
chance of having that held out. With
fine weather and weak clubs the play
ers can indulge in all kinds of fancy
playing. which is a great relief after a
hard, fighting campaign. The late Mike
Kelly would rather play an exhibition
game than eat. We have seen him
get a player between bases and sing
out 1.-The old gag" which meant the
runner was not to be touched with
the bail, but run up and down the line
like a shuttlecOck until he fell with
his tongue out from exhaustion. Then
Kelly would get caught and after dodg-
ing a few times ge. one Of the opposing
players to run after him clear across
the field to the bench, not realizing ut
the time that Kelly was out for run
ming out of line. A ball player Is al
ways young when playing exhibition
games.