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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
NEBRASKA GOLD MEN.
Think Watterson And Bragg Can
Beat BRYAN.

Think Watterson And Bragg Can
Beat Bryan.
Omaha, Neb., Aug 27.-Nebraska will
send sixteen delegates to the gold
standard convention at Indianapolis.
They have not been instructed for any
particular candidate.
A prominent administration Demo-
crat has received a letter from Secre-
tary Morton in which the latter re-
fused to allow his name to 60 before
the convention and requested his cor
respondent to see it was not proposed
by his Nebraska friends. Although
Mr.. Carlisle has some supporters in
the Nebraska delegation there is
sentiment among Nebraska Democrats
in favor of Henry Watterson and Gen.
Bragg as the best men obtainable,
with which to beat Bryan.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
MURDERED BY BURGLARS.

Chicago, August &C. S. Robins,
night Waterman in the title and trust
building, was attacked by burglars
early this morning and fatally stabbed
Robins was in the basement of the
building, when he saw two men leav-
ing the room with some carpenters
tools. Instead of complying with his
command to halt, the men turned upon
Robins with knives and stabbed him
until he fell Unconscious. The burg
lars made their escape and Robins
was sent to his home.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
HOP CROP FAILURE.

Will 1t Affect The Price OF Beer?N
Boston, Aug. 27.-The American
Agriculturist, in this weeks issue,
says: For the first time in three years
some Improvement in the hop pros
poets are at length in sight. Special
reports from the Pacific coast show
that from that section there will only
be half as many hops as last year. In
New York state the crop will fully
one third less than last season. In
England the reduction is conservative
ly estimated to be 20 to 33 per cent
of the crop of 1895. Should these
estimates be verified it means that the
1896 crop in these three sections will
be from 100000 to 100000 bales less
(than last years growth.
Prospects at this writing certainly
warrant the belief that the heavy re-
duction in the 1896 product will go far
towards compromising for the large
surplus of old hops in the hands of
dealer and buyers and the market is
shaping itself into more healthy con-
dition.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
EzETAs CONDEMNED.
But They Are Beyond The Reach OF
Their Judges.

But They Are Beyond The Reach OF
Their Judges.
New York, Aug. PA dispatch to
the Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: The Herald correspondent in
San Salvador sends word that court
martial was recently held in that city
and Carlos Ezeta, former president,
and Antonio EZeta, former vice presi-
dent were condemned to death after
being found guilty of treason, rebel
lior and sedition committed on July
IL, 1890, when Francisco Mendez was
president. 1t will be rendered that
during a ball the presidential house
was attacked by force commanded
by Carlos Ezeta, who was then general
inspector of the army. President Men
dez was assassinated and by coup
detat Carlos Ezeta was proclaimed
president. Both brothers are now,
however, beyond the reach of Saliva
dorean justice and will never return to
that country unless to head a revolu-
ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
MUTINY IN PORT.

American Negro Sailors Commit Muir
der for No Cause at All.
New York, August pa dispatch
to the World from Boston, says:
THE crew of the Portland brig,
Henry b. Cloves, mutined in the har-
Dor of st. Johns, Porto Rico attacked
the captain, overpowered the mate
and about killed him and inflicted in
juries on the steward which caused
his death. The steward, Antonio F.
Berra, was struck over the head by a
club and was thrown head foremost
into the vessels hold. In wantonness
the murder compared with the triple
murder on the barque Hurbert Fuller.
"The Cloves sailed from Baltimore,
June 5, coal laden, for Porto Rico.She
was commanded by Captain Thomas
C. Wallace, Mate Christopher Sanner,
and carried a crew of four colored
men, shipped at Baltimore and stew
ard Berra. On June 81, st. Johns
was reached. The crew had behaved
badly and carried things their own
way in port On Sunday, July II,
they came aboard and one of them
named Williams, demanded his wages
from the captain which was refused.
The other three went forward, quar-
relied with the steward, and the mate
told them to stop their noise. Will
Jams then hit the mate when his back
was turned and knocked him to the
deck. Mate Sanner says:
TT was the intention to throw me
down the hatchway., Three men jum-
ped on me and one rushed at the cap
tain seizing him by the throat. The
steward ran to aid me and Williams
struck him with a Delaying pin. They
then threw him down the hatch. l
managed to struggle to my feet, threw
a cask at one, breaking his head and
fired shot from my revolver to Sc
cure aid and the fight was over. Ber-
ra died a few days later. The crew
were arrested and the Spanish auth
critics wanted to string them up but
the consul interfered and told us he
would send them to the United
States
"The whereabouts of the crew is not
known to the local authorities and
no advices have as yet been received
from Washington beyond the state
ments forwarded by the consul"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
PROPOSALS FOR GOVERNMENT
OF CRETE

London, August PA dispatch to
the Daily Telegram, from Athens says
that the proposals of the powers for
the government of Crete are as fol-
lows:
1. The nomination of a Christian
governor for Crete, who shall serve
for a term of five years under a guar
antee from the Powers.
2. Economic autonomy with a pay
ment of tribute to the sultan.
3. The reorganization of the gen
eral army by Russian officers.
4. The independence Of the judici-
airy by the creation Of high court at
Canea.
1t is announced that the sultan has
rejected the fourth proposition, but
that he has agreed to adopt the first
three propositions OF the powers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
TWO TRAINS WRECKED.

welch, W. Va, Aug. 27.-At Dunlo
yesterday the pay train on the Norfolk
and Western railroad ran into a fast
freight at a curve, completely wreck
ing the pay car and the engine and
several cars Of the freight. Fireman
Vance, of the pay train, was fatally
hurt and engineer Floyd, of the freight
train, will hardly recover. All traffic
was delayed six hours.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
RAILROADS. BUSINESS.

Philadelphia, Aug. 27.-The state
ment of the business of the Philadel-
phia & Reading Railroad company for
the month of July 1896. compared with
the same months of 1895, is as fol
lows:
1S96-profit for the month, $500, 49,
10; total charges, $794, 927.49; surplus,
$9,553.70.
1S95-profit for the month, 1896, no.
OF; total charges, $50, 236.10; surplus,
$50, 412.9S.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
SPANISH PROGRESS.

Madrid, August 27.-The govern
ment having stopped all railroad bull
ding, the liberals have agreed to stop
all further opposition to the budget.
The chamber of deputies yesterday by
vote of 164 to "a adopted bills pro
viding for the lease of the Alameda
quicksilver mines.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
THE FRAM'S VOYAGE.
Easiest Arctic Expedition Ever Re
corded and No Work to do at All. y

Easiest Arctic Expedition Ever Re
corded and No Work to do at ALL
London, August 2T.-Adispatch to
the Chronicle from TromsOe, signed by
Dr. Nansen, gives Captain Sverdrup's
account of the voyage of the Fran af-
ter Dr. hansen left the boat. The
dispatch says:
The ice pressure was never so Sc
we're as upon several occasions before
DR.. Nansen left us, during June, 1894.
We were regularly exposed, however,
to violent pressure caused by the
changing of the tide. The Fran was
once or twice lifted from to feet.
Her bottom became visible as it rest
ed ON the ice. So little effect did this
have on the Fram's timbers, that the
men continued their slumberings un-
disturbed An easier Arctic epedition
one could hardly imagine. The prin-
cipal work was to take regular obser-
vations, eat and sleep. The health of
the men was excellent. When eff
forts to force the boat through the ice
by steam or warping failed, it was
found gun cotton was the best means
of SCATTERING the ice. AS a rule ice
foes prevailed so extensively that
their termination could not be discern
ed even by the aid of telescopes.
soften it looked like a hopeless task
breaking our way out of an ice foe
foot by foot, but with the liberal use
of explosives and owing to the pecu-
liar construction of our boat, we fin
ally succeeded"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
CHANGED his MIND.

London, Aug. 27.-The st. James
Gazette, referring to the publication
of the latest Venezuelan blue book,
says it regards the step as indicating
that The Marquis of Salisbury contra
~ to a recent assertion, does not in-
tend to submit to arbitration the terri
tory outside Of the Schomburg line.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
COMING To SEE DAD.

Liverpool, August 27.-The secreta-
nv of state for the colonies, Mr.. JOS
eph Chamberlain, and Mrs. Chamber
lain are passengers on the Teutonic
for New York to visit the latter S
father, ex-Secretary Endicott.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
A LITTLE LAND GRAB.

Buenos Ayres, Aug. 27.-The Argen-
tine government proposes to annex the
South Shoal islands, in the South At
lantic about 300 miles south of Cape
Horn and will dispatch an expedition
there for this purpose about Sept. /.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
HUNTINGTON Will PAY.
Southern Pacific Railway Found To
Be Liable For Taxes

Be Liable For Taxes.
Frankfort, KY, Aug. 27.-The South
ern Pacific Railway company doing
business in California under charter
granted in Kentucky, will pay the tax
es due the state as provided by its
charter. The road has only paid
brokers' license since 1894. Attorney
General Taylor has discovered that
the road is liable for franchise tax
and to a tax upon personal property.
Gen. B. w. Duke, attorney for @. p.
Huntington, has assured the state
authorities that the Southern Pacific
will pay these additional taxes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
CAUSE FOR DIVORCE.

Paris, France, Aug. 27.-The Court
of Appeals has decided that the fact
of marrying before being cured of a
venereGl disease and knowingly COM
municating it to the other party in
the marriage, is sufficient cause to al
low divorce.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
REBELLION IN SPAIN.

Madrid, Aug. PA revolutionary
plot has been discovered and frustrat-
ed at Verona, in province of the
same name, so miles northeast of Bar
celona.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
A COLONIAL CHANGE.

London, August 27.-William Con-
yngham Green has been appointed
British agent at Pretoria, in succession
to Sir Jacobus A. De Welt, retired.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-27
TELEPHONE

Over the long distance lines Of the
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone company to nearly 1900 subscri-
bers in the principal cities and towns
Of Texas.
Toll stations in the Central Office,
Hotels and other convenient locations.
Ask Central for stations connected
and rates charged.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28

He says: 1T gave me a great deal
of pain-those sharp, darting pains so
characteristic of cancer. / took many
so-called blood medicines. without the
slightest effect. and sought the help Of
the best physicians. but they did me
no good; one told me. however, that l
was incurable and had better make my
arrangements accordingly. I was on
the verge of despair, when DIR. J. l..
Miller, one of the leading druggists of
my town. recommended ;. 5. ). The
first bottle seemed to make NE worse,
but DR.. Miller told me this was a sav-
orable symptom. and by the time l had
taken the second bottle, the cancer be-
gan TO discharge, and as l continued
this became quite profuse, and kept up
for some time. Then it gradually
grew less, and after awhile ceased al
together, and to my delight the place
dried up and is cured entirely, so that
nothing remains but a scar.
Il consider 5. $. 5. boon to suffer-
ing humanity, and feel that l owe my
life to it, as the cancer had made such
progress when began 5. 5. 5. that my
death was declared to be only matter
of a very short time. The cure eff
fected in my case is considered by
every one most remarkable, and clearly
demonstrates the fact that 5. $. S.
does cure hereditary cancer. No one
who is afflicted with this dreadful dis
ease can afford to fail to give 5. 5. 5.
trial. for that is all that IS necessary
TO convince them of its virtues.
The above is but one of many re-
markabie cures being daily made by
s. ). $. Cancer is becoming alarm
ingly prevalent. and manifests itself
in such a variety Of forms, that any
sore or scab, it matters not how small,
which does not readily heal up and
disappear, may well be regarded with
suspicion.
The fact that S. S. S. cures heredi-
tary cancer, which is considered in
durable, places it without an equal as
a sure cure for all manner Of real
blood diseases. such as Scrofula, Ec-
zema. Contagious Blood Poison, or
any other form of bad blood.-AttGnta
Constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28
Double Standard Maple Sugar.

The Mohawk valley was settled by
the Dutch, as your readers know. When
the country was new, Yankee peddlers
came through the settlements and pur
chased the crop of maple sugar. On one
occasion a green Dutchman sold a Yam
kee his maple sugar far below the mar
ket price, and his neighbors teased him
for being deceived. He said in reply
You wait and | will vix him next
year. " The next spring he sold his crop
of sugar to the same Yankee at the same
price. When his neighbors rallied him,
he said II am no fool. l made the sap
that sugar was made from of half spring
water. The green Dutch farmer had
Just as much common sense as those
cranks who assert that 90 cents worth
of silver and an equal amount Of water
will make dollar worth 100 cents in
gold at the present standard.-F. G. in
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28

K. BRONZE DECUssIs. XI. IRON MANILA
FROM ". AFRICA. XII. CHINESE CASH.
| XIII. COPPER AS.
10 stamped metallic money. Weights in
the form of sheep indicate that sheep
were in Biblical times the unit of
value in Palestine.
Iron was used as money in Sparta.
Pieces Of bent iron ready for the black
smith pass as money in west Africa
and elsewhere.
Cash" or "sapeks" or "le" is the
only native coin and the only legal
tender of China as we'll as the principal
money Of small accounts. Cash consists
of round disks Of kind of brass with
square hole in the center. The evolution
of cash is interesting. About 200 B. G.
the Chinese were still using a bronze
/ currency representing knives o 30
inches long, with a hole in one end Of
the handle. By 500 A. d. the knives
were 2 1-5 inches long and the hole or
ring was larger. Later the handle dis
appeared and the ring was attached to
the blade. which was increased in thick
ness TO give the same weight as former
". Still later the blade was gotten rid
of and the ring was pierced with
rquare hole for the string. Thus trans
formed the original and cumbersome
knife money became comparatively
convenient currency, though the value
bas deprecated greatly, partly because
Of reduced size and inferior quality of
metal used.
Cash is the basis of all price compu.
tations in China Considerable sums
may be paid in gold or silver, but they
are treated as merchandise and are
bought and sold by weight without a
government stamp to guarantee weight
and fineness.
The as was tTass coin used in Italy
until after 200 A. d.
2. INTERNATIONAL TRADE - When
trade became international, there was
still greater need for the most accurate
and reliable counters Of value possible.
Real coinage began when governments
first guaranteed weight and iineness
with an official stamp. A great part
of this immense gain to commerce
and civilization was lost when, after
awhile, monarchs began to abuse this
colnipg privilege and to break faith
with their subjects by stamping light
weight OF otherwise debased coins as
genuine. Such coins would continue in
use, but would soon depreciate in value
Figure a represents one Of the earii-
est silver coins II was struck in Rome
about 800 b. q.
- Gold was coined In Rome in 2QQ .. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28
HISTORY OF MONEY.
SHOWING KINDS OF MONEY USED IN
DIFFERENT STAGES OF ClVlLI-
ZATlON.

Gradual Evolution From Skins, Fishhooks,
Shells, Etc, In Hunting Stage to Silver
and Gold In Present Commercial Stage.
Cows and Sheep as Units of value-De-
monetIzation of Tobacco, Skins, Bronze,
Etc. and why Necessary-GOld and Sill
yer at First Estimated Roughly, Then
Weighed Accurately and Finally Stamp
ed-Most Modern Nations Have Passed
Through the Silver and Are In the Gold
Stage OF Civilization.
A study of the growth of money may
be useful just now in order to give a
more definite idea of exactly what
money is and to learn why certain arti-
Giles or substances have been discarded
and others retained. The natural and
general tendencies we'll understood, we
have only to judge Of the future by past
experience to predict what will and
what will not be the principal money
metal of the near future.
Hunting and Fishing Stage.
The kind of money in use in any
country indicates the degree of civil
lization attained. Man probably first be-
came a trading animal in the hunting
and fishing stage. Weapons Of war and
the chase, together with skins and furs.
were then the most important kinds of
property. Hence we find that the more
useful, stable and portable of these
articles were first used as money and
are so used today in barbarOus countries.
Beaver skins or "beaver" was the
unit Of value when our forefathers
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28
suppo.e You should be- MIstalsen.


Farmers who think that free silver
will help them to get rid Of their mort
cages should consider carefully what ef-
feet a 1Gto1 law will have on the lenders
Of capital. The silverites are telling you
beautiful stories about the great volume
of money which will be ready for loan
ing AT low rates Of interest as soon as
we adopt the silver standard. But sup
pose the scheme should not work in the
way they expect? Suppose that as soon
as il becomes likely that a free coinage
law will be enacted there is a general
demand that all mortgages should at
once be paid in full? The promise Of
cheap money when free silver comes
won't help you now. Where are you
going to get the money to pay of your
mortgage: Do you suppose any man Is
going 10 make loans while there is
possibility Of his being repaid in so cent
dollars: And if you can't raise the
money when it is called for, and if Your
farm is sold at a sacrifice, where will
you be then:
Think these things over. Don't be
fooled by the free silver idea that cheap
money means low rates Of interest. The
facts are just the other way. Interest is
far higher in all silver using countries
than in gold countries. If we go on the
silver standard the men who have capt.
tai to lend will charge more interest
than they do now in order to cover the
risk Of being repaid in deprecated sill
yer dollars. So if you succeed in Dor
rowing under free coinage you will pay
higher interest on the loan. Ask any
body who knows the facts whether in
terest is not much higher in Mexico, In
dia or the silver South American coun-
tries than in the United States, Eng
land or Germany. with their currency
based on gold Then make up your mind
that you will vote for the financial sys
tenn which if left undisturbed will ben
eft you far more Than free silver will.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28
4 Small
Spot May
Be Cancer!

It is very often that the most insig-
nificant symptoms are forerunners Of
the most violent disease. There is
not a more destructive disease than
Cancer, and in a majority of cases it
is first indicated by very small scab
or sore, to which no attention is at
tracted, until it before long develops
into most alarming conditions.
Here is such a case, where the first
symptoms were too small to be noticed
for quite a time. Mr.. J. B. Arnold be-
longs to one of the oldest and best
families of Carolina; he is well and
favorably known throughout South
Carolina, and has resided at Green
wood for years. Cancer is hereditary
in the family, an aunt on each side
having died from it. Several years
ago a small spot, like tiny ulcer.
about the size of bird-shot, appeared
Just under his left eye, above the cheek
bone. He thought nothing of it for
some time. until it began to grow rap
idly, spreading all the time, and de-
stroying the flesh as it went.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28
One Neglected Detail.

"No, sir, " said the man who was
chewing long straw, 81 amt satisfied
yet. don't think airy one o. them con-
yentions went fur enough.
IL thought you regarded the future
very hopefully"
II did fur a time. But in the excite
ment we overlooked things thet orter "a
been done. 1t never occurred ter me at
the time, but we made a big mistake by
not havin a plank put inter the platform
maxim it ag'in the law fur it ter rain
on mans hay when he's gone ter town
ter tend p'litical meetin. Wash
ington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-28

I. BEAVER SKIN. II. FIsH-Latterly, how
HOOK. III. wAMPUM. ever, pieces Of
bent wire were substituted for real
hooks. Wampum was the currency OF
the more civilized Indian tribes in New
England and on Long Island. 1t con-
sisted Of white beads, made from the
ends of a periwinkle shell OF black
beads made from a clam she'll arranged
in strings or belts. It became the Off
cial money of New England and New
Amsterdam and lost its place as money
between 1850 and 1900, when the
"Smart Alexis" among the whites be-
gan to debase it by leaving the beads
unpublished or unpierced or by making
them of bone. horn, glass and even OF
wood. The cOlonists legislated much
trying to fix prices, and to save VAIN
pun from declining in value, but it was
being produced too cheaply. Natural
law was against it, and it had to 60.
The use of shells as money is still
common on many tropical coasts Their
wide use is probably due to the strong
passion, common to primitive man, for
personal ado1nment. This gives shells a
permanent value. Besides they are very
durable, comparatively light and are
convenient for small change. Whales
teeth, arrowheads, beads, tusks Of ivory
and engraved stones are some Of the other
money materials of this and later stages
Of civilization.