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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

on the soft side of rail carried on the
shoulders of the executioners. When
the spot was reached, the man who was
to be made to shuttle off" was placed
en- the end of a wagon with a rope
around his neck, one end of which was
fastened to the limb above his head
Sometimes, when they wanted to give
a man good drop" he was made to
stand on box or barrel placed on the
end of the wagon.
If the offense had been very serious,
the occasion was enlivened by the Of
Tended population drawing their six
shooters and filling the swinging body
with bullets. On several occasions
fights occurred, and it was necessary
to make turbulent members of the
rarity take their places beside the first
man hanged.
1t is said that over 40 men have
passed into eternity from the largest
limb of the Hangman's tree.
1t is many years now since a man
went to his last home by way of the
old tree, but the limb that was used
as a gallows has never put forth any
leaves in the place of those rubbed off
by ropes. There is a little bunch Of
green on the end, but during the days
Of bloodshed that was most likely only
a young twig. The tree belongs to
that order of scrub oak common in the
locality, but it is an unusually large
specimen. Even in the rainy season
it now looks withered and dry, and
something about the place where it is
located makes one shudder and feel
that it is a spot to be Stunned.
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MiSSOURpS GOVERNOR.
Declares That No Presidential Bee Is Buzz
ing in His Head.

declares That NO Presidentiat bee Is Buzz.
ing in His Head.
William Joel Stone is presidential
possibility, but he himself insists that
no presidential bee buzzes in the SLOUGH
hat which tops the scraggly hair that
frames his cadsverous face.
At the same time Gov. Stone gives in
the following terms his opinion of what
qualities the ideal presidential candi-
date for the democrats in 1896 should
possess:
1.-THE ideal candidate" he said, should
be a western man with broad, material
views and of large experience in public
affairs. He should be in touch with the
people, and, while regardful of every
interest, should be free from the sus-
pieion of plutocratic control. He should
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sultan WIN Not Ride a nlcycle.

The latest recruit in the ranks of
royal bicyclers is the ameer of Afghan
Istan. The sultan of Turkey refuses to
try the democratic bike" although his
physicians have been extolling its mer-
its to him for six months. A weekly
pilgrimage to the mosque, barely a
quarter of mile from the palace, is the
sole exercise of the sultan during these
distressful days. Even then it is by no
means certain that his majesty does not
travel more in the imagination of his
subjects than in fact, for Abdul has
adopted the trick that Napoleon III.
found to answer so we'll. He has discov-
cred a man who looks exactly like him,
and who attends most, if not all, of the
public functions. The people imagine
that they are gazing on the sultan go
ing to his devotion, while in reality Abb
dull is at home on the Yildiz. If the
double should be assassinated on one
of these devotional pilgrimages the
Turks would not be shocked at Abdul
for Sinking his prayers. They would
regard it as miraculous preservation.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
|. Il q. n. RAILROAD.
ArnDnrI nnIrNn

|. & q. n. RAILROAD.
NORTH BOUND.
Leave for Austin and the North go am
ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH.
Arrive from Austin and North. $50 an
= " 7.l5 2. N
SOUTH BOUND,
Leave for Laredo and Mexico .9.45 am.
ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH.
Arrive from Laredo and Mexico 7.3O p.
M. K. & T.-FROM l. & G. N. DEPOT
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY.
Leave for Waco, st. Louis and
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from Waco, st. Louis
and Kansas City,. .,... $50 q. q
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
EAST BOUND.
Leave for Houston, Galveston
and New Orleans. n.20 an
Leave for Houston, Galveston
and New Orleans. ............ 1000 .. m
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston and Houston. 7.25 a. m.
Arrive from New Orleans, Gal
weston and Houston. ....... Asp N
WEST BOUND.
Leave for Eagle Pass and Mex
leo. .... ......... AS pm.
Leave for Ell Paso and San
Francisco. ........ .......... $50 am
ARRIVE FROM TIE WEST.
Arrive from Mexico and Eagle
Pass. IL. 90 an
Arrive from San Francisco and
S4A. & A. P. r. EMISSION ROUTE.
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY.
Leave for Cuero, Houston, Gal
weston and Waco............. $50 An
Leave for Beeville, Rockport
and Corpus Cristi. . ......... 2l5 Pr
TRAINS ARRIVE DAILY.
Arrive from Cuero, Houston,
Galveston and Waco. ......... 6.55 p. m
Arrive from Corpus Cristi, Bee
vile and Rockport,. l.3C . n
LEAVE DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY
Leave Daily, except Saturday, for
Kerrville, BOerne and Comfort $50 n
ARRIVES DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY.
Arrive from Kerrville. .... S 80 p. q
LEAVE SATURDAY, ONLY.
Leave for nerrville. ........... 200 p n
ARRIVE SATURDAY ONLY.
Arrive from Kerrville, Saturday, $50 .. n
S. A. & GULF SHORER. R.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave San Antonio.... $50. 900 q. n
Arrive San Autonio..... .... 200 p. N
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rented a lock box ana deposited the
necessary sum for two keys to the box.
One of these keys he gave to young
girl with whom he was corresponding.
When letter was written by either
party to the other it was simply car
ried TO the box and deposited therein
without going through the hands of
the employees or without bearing a
postage stamp. Charles has referred
the matter TO the authorities at Wash
ington for an opinion. A sensation is
likely to grow out ofthis discovery,
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THE HANGMAN'S TREE.
California Oak from Which Forty
Men Have Been Suspended.
1t Is Stin Standing and Could Tell Some
Grim Tales of Frontier Justice-No
Leaves Grow Where the Gull
prits Have Been Hanged.

On a level tract of land close to the
side of the old road between Milton and
Copperopolis, in Calaveras county, Cal,
is still standing a venerable oak that
earned for itself in early days the title
of "Uangman's Tree" And it well de-
served the name, judging by the stories
told by some of the old timers. Not
many men living to-day recollect things
that happened when the old tree was
doing its best to give justice to horse
stealers and murderers who did not
SHOOT in self-defense," according to the
ideas of the men who sat in Judgment.
The late Capt. Weber, of Stockton, was
a man who remembered nearly every
hanging that took place on the tree in
the early sos and could tell some grim
tales of frontier justice.
When the tree first sprang into fame
Stockton was known to the miners as
Tuleyille and the hills around Cop
peropolis were filed with camps that
bore musical names such as Ragtown or
Whisky Chute. The tree was an old
one then, so that it must by this time
have seen nearly century of life.
Just who was the first man hanged
on it is unrecorded, but he committed
his offense in Copperopolis and paid for
it the same day. One trial of the old
tree was enough to convince the hang
man of its merits. 1t was located in
handy place and its largest limb reached
out over the road as beautifully as
though it had been grown for execu-
tions. 1t was a natural gallows and
did its work for large section of coun-
try.
There was no more ceremony attend
ing an execution on the Hargman's
oak than was gone through with in
other parts of California at about the
same time. The culprit was taken to
the spot N the handiest way. Some
times in a wagon and at others he
was compelled to sustain his balance
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Bids to Light the City.
MAYORS OFFICE,
SAN ANTONIO, Texas,

Audy cth, AOCN'
Bids will be received by the City
Clerk and opened by the under
signed at II m. June 9th to light
the streets OF the City Of San Anto-
MO with arc electric lights; not
less than two (200O hundred nor
more than three 900 hundred
lights of 1000 candle power. Bids
to be for specified price per night,
moonlight scheduled.
Separate bids to be made on con-
tract for one, three or five years.
Bids to be made under conditions
and specifications to be seen in
Office of City Engineer.
City OF San Antonio reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
(Signedl HENRY ELMENDoRF,
Attest: Mayor,
E. r. NORTON,
5 5 BOT City Clerk.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23

Om@'g annually converts 2,OOC, 600
swine 'n rr. .-' .fs s'cnl. v3rda
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
Peculiar Use of Post once.

What is evidently violation Of the
postal laws and yet a point which is
not covered in the laws, has just been
unearthed by Postmaster Charles, of
Cedar Rapids, Ia. Some months ago a
-auur business man, who is married.
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What We Have Done for silver.
Muscle Tells in Switzerland.

Physical strength is highly rated in
Switzerland. In several cantons the
custom still prevails of holding wrest-
ling matches. The champions taking
part in these athletic sports belong to
the most diverse ranks in the social
scale
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be democrat-one who adheres to the
old Jeffersonian ideas of democracy"
Gov. Stone was born in Kentucky As
years ago next May. To the fact that he
grew up on his fathers farm may be at
tributed the nicknames: "Shirttail
Bill" and "Gumshoe Bill" which still
rise up occasionally to haunt him. He
came to Missouri when he was Is, and
lived with his married sister, Mrs. Squire
Turner, at Columbia. At the state uni
yersity there he was educated. His
knowledge of law was obtained by read
ing in the Office of his brother-in-law.
At the age of % he entered into law
partnership with Judge Ambrose Carl
ton at Bedford, Ind. This lasted only a
year, and young Stone returned to Mis-
souri, and located at Nevada to practice
law. In 1876 he was an elector on the
Tilden-Hendricks presidential ticket.
He represented his district in the
Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-frst
congresses in 1854, 1886 and 1858. He
declined a nomination for a fourth
term.
In 1892 he was elected governor OF
Missouri. His term expires January /,
1897.
Gov. Stone was struggling young
lawyer when Miss Winston, of Jefferson
City, visited Nevada one summer in 1873.
They were married amid more love than
romance.
He has three children. Kim, 10, study
ing at Harvard, and Mabel and Mildred,
studying at home under governess
What We Have Done for Silver.
The only bimetallic country in the
world, the only country in which gold
and silver are used in nearly equal
amounts as full legal tender money, is
nm. QUIZ,
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and tainted Instead of carrying nourishmen
to the different parts of the body 1t carries
poison, which settles at some point and eats
away the tissues According to where it set.
ties il is called liver or kidney or skin dis
ease-scrofula, erysipelas, eczema, or con-
sumption if it settles on the lungs. 1t is all
one trouble tainted blood clear out this
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blood and the disease is stopped; side
tracked It can't go any further. No matter
what the name of disease is If it's blood
disease, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure it by driving the poison out
of the circulation and creating a new sup
ply of healthy, red, life giving blood to re-
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blood making organs and builds firm
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1t is cured every day by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
Dear Siy:-I cannot say enough for your Col
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little When he had taken four bottles he was
well and now is as stout as before.
Respectfully yours,
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~ Proctor, Morgan Co., Mo.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
No Wander She Grew Tired.

In a South Dakota divorce trial the
interesting fact was brought out that
the husband had kissed his wife IT
least 100 times each day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-23
Disease Is like a

Disease Is like a
railroad train. II
has a regular way of
coming and going
and keeps on stead
lily along a certain
track. You can al.
most always tell how
a disease starts, and
where it will prob
ably end. 1t won't
go out of its way
to oblige you any
more than a locomo-
tive will. Disease
usually begins Wneu
the appetite give s
out-that's the first
warning whistle.
Then the stomach
and nutritive organs
fail to supply good
blood. The circula-
t;op orrows moor thin
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-08
TAE MgETINe AT wAkE FoREsT
As a Result of 1t Over 40 Students
Become Church Members.

Wake Forest, N. c., March 7.-- (Spe-
ciaD--The very powerful meeting
here for 1s days Nas brought to i close
last night. Some say that for wide
spread and visible salutary results it
has surpassed any meeting which has
been held here for many years, DR..
Gwaltney, the pastor estimates the
number of those intending, as the re-
suit of it, to connect themselves formal
ly with christians to be 4S, 1ntDst of
them being students of the college. Dir.
Wright, who graduated here in 1879
has won a permanent place in the af-
fections of the whole community. es-
pecially Of the students; and when he
left to-day for his Richmond pastor
ate, he was the recipient Of d demon
stration on their part which was un-
precedented for such an occasion. He
is alumni orator at the approaching
President Taylor left to-day for
Scotland Neck, where he win fiji Dr.
r. y Nann's pulpit tomorrow.
Prof. N. y. Gulley, Of the Schpol of
Law gave last night an address before
the Franklinton Normal School, (col-
ored.)
DIR. J. Hendren Gorrell, of the School
of Modern Languages will spend the
coming summer in Europe He will
leave in May.
Mr.. Biggs, Of WILLIAMSON, spent
day here this week on a visit I'd. his
son who is in college.
DR.. y. Y. Mullins, late Associate Cor
Secretary of the Foreign
Mission Board at Richmond, will deliv-
er here on the 18th and 10th of this
month his famous series of three lee
lures on THE Missionary Interpreta-
tion of Christianity" They have been
given at Richmond College and at Fur
man University, S. G.
DR.. Hubert Royster, of Raleigh is
to lecture here soon.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

The Exchange hotel at Richmond as
signs for $4,000.
The Brusstar Ship Building Co., one
of the largest concerns of Baltimore,
assigns.
Lasalle Watkins, prominent society
and bus 1ess man Of Richmond suicides
on account of Ill health.
Kentucky Republicans desert their
nominee to vote for Carlisle for Sena-
tor amid the widest excitement.
The Rrockway counterfeiting gang
sentenced, Brockway being fined $1,000
and given ten years in the penitentiary.
Edward Hack, an Oakland, Cal, bar
ber, kills his sweetheart because his
father would not permit their marriage
and then suicides.
William A. Cooke, jailer Of Danville,
shot three times by George Evans. a
desperate negro in Jail awaiting trans
portation to the penitentiary.
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from Spain that he would eXterminate
the rebels, meaning TO slaughter them,
and submitted a copy Of the interview
IN question, iii which General Weyler
is quoted as saying his mission was to-
e1terminate the rebels ais organized
bands.
Continuing. the Minister sai6: IF
cannot understand how ali rules 0f
WAR that have been given by all civil
ized nations are 50 criminal, 50 cruel
and so tYrannical when they are APP
FLIED to Cuba. / have before my eyes
il summary Of charges of inhumanity
in connection with the rebellion in the
United States to both sides, taken from
American history Am sure that
many Of them are false, most of them
exaggerated. some necessary and 9TH
ers unavoidable. But. taking only as
an illustration and for the sake Of argu-
ments, what / see In that list, / cannot
un 1ersfand how people who are farni-
liar with those necessary erils Ut war.
have been al1Ie to use such harsh I'M
just and offensive language against
Spain.
.sIn an English paper Of those days
/ read the following opinion Of the
AI1GTiGdM CIVIL NaEs g9II3II}G1 III Ills
trappings, III IN a mere quarrel for ter
ritory The Anglinists are acting like
De1awares and Pawnees. War to the
knife, pushed to absolute extermina-
ton. is what they have resolved on and
people breathe language of massacre
and determination. This charge was
no more justified that the charges
which are brought now against Spain.
/ said nothing when that language was
used in the press, but | believe 1t is my
duty although against the convention
alities of my position, TO appeal as /
have said TO the honest commonsense
of the American people, when those
words are uttered from the capitol Of
the United States.
'sNothing lis now done in Cuba that
has not been done and has not been
deemed necessary iii other countries
when at war IT would be possible and
easy for me TO quote many facts not
different from those which now arouse
public sentiment against Spain. ] will
only ask persons wanting an impartial
and honest opinion to read what the
commanders-in-chi of the American
armies on both sides, and what those
of the armies of France and Germany
have deemed necessary for the protec-
ton of their soldiers and the carrying
out Of the war.
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Minister Depuy de Lone Talks
of the Situation.
CHARGE or CRUELTY FALSE
The Rules of Civilized Warfare
Are Observed.
GENERAL wEYLER's INTERVIEW
Says that the Captain-General Meant
He Was Going to Exterminate
the Rebels as Organized
Bands.

Washington, ID. c., March 7.Minis-
ter Depuy de Lone, of Spain, tonight
accorded to reporter Of the Associated
Press an interview concerning the
Spanish Cuban situation, with special
reference to recent statements in Con-
gress during the consideration of the
Cuban resolutions.
The Minister said:
Il have the greatest respect for the
honest common sense of the American
nation, with unlimited confidence in
it's sober second thoughts, and / am
very sure that the Americans love and
want the truth. Tt is for this reason
that / forego my usual desire to avoid
public discussion, in order that the
American people may be put in posses
sion of certain facts, and that misun-
derstandings that have been made pos
sible between the United States and
Spain may be avoided"
The Minister then quoted from
Spanish official papers to refute the
statements that the Spanish troops
had slaughtered prisoners Of war in
the ten years war, or had been guilty
Of other excesses. The charges, he said,
were founded on Misrepresentation of
tn facts, and neutrality-suspicious. Of the
official reports. He denied that Gen
eral Weyler had stated on his departure
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fiery utterances paraded before the
town hall with cries of Long live
Spain" "Down with the United States
etc. Later they proceeded to tobacco
factory and asked the manager to per-
nit the workmen to join in the demon
stration. The manager, however, re-
fused and called upon the police for
protection. The latter charged the
mob with drawn swords and several of
the students were wounded before
they were driven away from the yicini-
ty of the factory.
After leaving that neighborhood, the
students made a demonstration in
front Of the Military Club There the
police were again ordered to charge
The mob. This time the students
shoWered stones upon the police and
we're dispersed with much more diff
Guilty @The authorities anticipate adj
ditional outbreaks.
CHEERED FOR SPAIN AND FRANCE
Malaga, Spain, March IA party Of
sailors belonging to the French cruiser
'Drome" marched through the streets
here to-day, singing the Spanish an
them and the 'Marseillaise," and cheer
ing for Spain, France and the Spanish
army. They afterwards went to the
harbor, accompanied by officers.
DEMONSTRATION AT A THEATRE.
Barcelona, March 7--The orchestra
of the Grand Theatre last night played
the "NationaI March" and the audience
rose with enthusiasm shouting, "Long
live Spain" Long live the army, /"
Down with the United States,' etc
The audience, after leaving the theatre
was joined bY very many other people
and paraded the streets uttering SINH
lar shouts. The demonstration took
On such proportions that the police
were unable to disperse the crowds
and 1T became necessary to call out the
gendarmes, who with a considerable |
show Of force, succeeded IN quelling
the disturbance
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THE REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE.
Called to Meet at the Park Hotel at
Noon March I8.

Winston, n G., March r. (Speciar
Chairman Holton has sent out no.
tices to members Of the Republican
State Executive committee calling a
meeting to convene at Park Hotel, Raj
efgh, at high noon on March Is. The
committee is composed of the following
members beside the chairman First
district, r. A. White; Second. j. r..
Dobson; Third, A. r. Middleton;
Fourth, J. NJ Beekwith; Fifth, Tyre
Glenn; Sixth, O. III. Lennon; Seventh,
Y. " Walser; Eighth, Il. S. Walton;
Ninth, j. w. Crawford. For State-at-
large, o. III. Dockery, j. w. Goslen, r.
@. Patterson, III. L. Grant, G. d. Wad-
dell, JAS. II. Young, j. G. Dancy Chair
man Holton was asked to-day how his
committee stood on financial questions
and fusion with the Populists on the
National ticket He replied, 81 have
not specially interrogated them on
either subject"
A telegram received here to-day says
L. Il. Lunn, one of Winston's tobacco
manufacturers, is ia Memphis, Tenn,
quite i'll with smallpox.
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BRockWAY GANG SENTENCED
The Leader Fined $1,000 and Given
Ten Years in the Penitentiary.

Trenton. N. r., March Z. The Brock
way counterfeiting gang was sentenc-
ed by Judge Green in the United States
District court to-day.
BroekWay, the leader, was given ten
years in the State penitentiary and
ordered to pay fine of $1,000; Mrs.
Abbie Smith, the land-lady Of the
Hoboken House. in which the gang
operated gets four years in the Essex
county penitentiary and $3.50 fine; VIM.
Wagner, who was recommended TO the
mercy Of the court by the jury, one
year in Snake Hill penitentiary and
500 fine
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lotte, who. also returns tonight; III.
S. Chadwick, president of the
Southern Manufacturers Club, and
Mr.. Fred. Oliver, both of Charlotte, to
try to influence President Samuel
Spencer, Of the Southern Railway to
change even now the railroad shops
from Salisbury 10 Charlotte. 1T can be
definitely stated that there will be no
change from Salisbury.
The official next in rank to Col. Fai-
son has been appointed his successor.
This Civil service system promotion
is said now to be Secretary Smiths
last capeT.
Mr.. George Leach, Of New
York, brother of Mr.. Middleton Leach,
of Raleigh, passed through to-day, en-
route to Littleton and Raleigh to see
his people.
W.: E. CHRISTIAN.