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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
BincLstone.s Municipal Election.

BLACKSTONE. VA. June 2.-(special)
At the municipal election yesterday, the
largest vote ever cast I'M the town was
polled. Mr.. r. NJ. Dilard, a staunch
Democrat, a leading bushes s-man, and
popular citizen. was almost unanimously
elected Mayor. the vote standing: I. NJ
billiard. 20: j. j. Estes. 8.
The following gentlemen were elected
councilmen. and win make a most eff
fective body: G. b. Seay, DR.. l.. G.
Tucker. Or. W. V. Atkins. 5. S. Davis,
b. L. Williams, G. l.. Bradshaw. J. ~.
Deshazor. All the gentlemen elected are
Democrats. and opposed TO Licensing the
sale Of liquor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
1 Runaway Accident In Wash.
ingfon.

Mr.. Edgar Allan has received inform,.
ton Of an accident which occurred r
Washington Saturday whereby one r,
his grandchildren was painfully Injured
Mr. Allan's daughter. Mrs. r. n Cump
her husband and two children. Edna ana
Howard Crump. and Miss Anna Chapman
were ont driving near the National e..
dies Home. when the horse took fr.qht
overturned the vehicle. and an the occr.
pants We're spilled ont. Miss Chapman
sustained a fracture OF her arm and Uttl,
Edna Crump's collar-hone was broken.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
MEETING OF THE 4. l.. v. 4.
Mrs. Bryan Gives an Interesting
Review of the Years Work.

htNitN VI y " VI
There was full meeting Of the Asso-
citation for the Preservation OF Virginia
Antiquities at the rooms of the Virginia
Historical Society last evening at s
o'clock. Mrs Joseph Bryan. the presl-
dent opened the meeting, and gave a
most interesting resume Of the years
work. She reported the following gifts
TO the society: a beautiful hall-lamp. for
merly owned by Chief-Justlce Marshall,
sent to the association by Mrs. r.. @.
Higginb0tham; the fragments Of an old
Communicated, used by Lower Nanse-
mond parish since 1925. injured by fire in
1895: an old deed. signed by Beverley
Rando phi; a commission signed by Patrick
Henry, and a bill Of lading, dated 1913,
from Mrs. Anna B. Lane. She also re-
ported the amount cleared by the kir-
mess TO be $l.60.1S. In April beautiful
tablet was unveiled at Cape Henry. On
the 18th Of May the association made an
excursion 10 jamestown. on May 10th
Mr.. Roswell Page represented the Asso-
citation for the Preservation OF Virginia
Antiquities at the meeting Of the Geo
graphical Society at Charlottesville.
Tho best news OF the meeting was the
handsome appropriation by Congress for
the breakWater at jamestown.
The association has had its last meeting
until the fall. and the members Of IL
separated tor a season fully satisfied
with the achievements OF 1895. and fully
determined to do better II possible, in
1896 Various plans Of work for the future
were discussed and the new yearbook
was distributed 10 members. The outlook
for the future welfare and usefulness Of
the Association for the Preservation Of
Virginia Antiquities IS a bright one.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Another Interesting md Iustruc-
tive Day ina Ashland

ASHLAND. June . Special -The
Farmers Institute. which opened here
yesterday, continued It's session TODAY
The regular programme was carried out.
aud proved TO all In attendance tho great
value OF these assemblages. Professor w.
#. Massey. of the experimental station
OF North Carolina. delivered a lecture
on THE ONCE OF Commercial Fertilizers
in the Improvement OF Wornout Soils"
His conclusions were substantiated by
many statistics
8 Dr a. G. Weightman. OF Randolph
Macon College. delivered am address on
'Incnbation and Its Relation TO Aericul-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
To Readjust Salaries.

There was another session last night
Of the Council Committee on Readjust-
ment Of Salaries and Offices In the CITY
Government. Those in attendance were
Chairman Noble and Messrs. Woody. AL
len, Gunst, and Noble. Several OF the
members presented partial reports. which
were discussed informally. and the body
adjourned TO meet again Friday night AT 8
o'clock, when some report VIII be adopted
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
The Mission Meetings.

The special meetings begun at the
Broad-Street mission. 712 east Broad
street, last week. continues with increas-
ing attendance and interest. Rev. l.. W..
Webb. of Norfolk, will preach to-day at
Il o'clock: also. tonight at s. The object
OF this special meeting Is to emphasize
the work and gift of the Holy Spirit. The
public are cordially invited.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
rbe President May Accom-.

STANTON, VA, June 2.-(Special)-
Me srs. Thomas J. Crowder. Charles
Grattan. and other Stauntonians returned
from Washington to-day. where they
called on the President, inviting him TO
come 10 the next meeting OF the Baldwin
District Fair Association, holding out.
among other inducements. drive for
deer. The President spoke favorably 10
these gentlemen and win come IL dates
can be arranged TO suit him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
Destructive Fire In Monroe County.
W. Va.

HINTON. W. VA. June 2-(Special)-A
destructive fire visited the town of Green
vile. Monroe county. last night totally
destroying Mitchell & Thomas's store.
Ballard & Thomass store the Presbyte-
rian church. A. A. McNeers residence.
Ike Billiards. residence. Loss between
$4,000 and $4,000
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03

very generously rendered to the Reunion
Committee for this occasion.
The Atlantic-Coast Line officials nave
issued an especially handsome and at
tractive circular, giving their rates 10
Richmond during the reunion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
Narrow Escape from Drowning

HAMPDEN- SIDNEY. June 2-(Special)
While a number OF students of Hampden-
Sidney College were bathing in Bass's
pond. body of water some half a mile
in length. situated near the college, young
w. B. Mcfarland. OK Staunton. In al
tempting TO swim across the pond, under
estimated the distance. and narrowly es-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-03
Richmonders In New York.

NEW YORK. June 2.-(Speci'L)-J. n
Estes. St. Denis; T. y. Carter, T. w
Pemberton, Rev. DR. Hoge. Miss NJ Ire
Mrs. L. r. Waller. Holland; Mrs. Wyala
Marlborough.
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Orders for printing sent 70 the Dispale'
Company will be given prompt attention
and the style OF work and prices VII %
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LATEST OFF THE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
A Complete BpitOme of the Days Happen
ings, Briefed and.BOiled Down, up
to Time of Going to Press.

Discovery is made that Grand
Master Sovereign, Knights of La
bor,. and a POpulist, has not paid
his poll tax.
The Sherman cyclone of Thurs
day morning was not as severe
as reported. No one was killed,
though one man was probably ia
tally injured.
Hamburger Nachrichten will
not be prosecuted for disclosing
state secrets.
Lone Grove. Texas, Pops want
Slayden pulled down in favor of
McRae.
Member of the Dawes Indian
commission thinks an agreement
with the tribes will be reached.
Two toughs storm a variety
theatre with pistols, in Ardmore,
|. T.
Nicaragua government prohib-
its importation of arms.
Gen. Harrison started on his
second trip through Indiana to-
day.
w. p. Morgan's throat cut by
Chas. Lehman, a merchant of
Cyclone, Texas, in difficulty
over a debt.
British steamer Whitehead
rescues crew of Italian barque
Lucantia, which was abandoned
at sea.
Argentine citizens driven by
BOlivians from the town of Pun
tas.
Claude A. Cone nominated by
POpulists to fill the place vacat-
ed by death of 7. p. Mcneil
Beeville.
London cabmen will strike.
Probably a council of the pow
ers will be held on the Turkish
Armenian question.
Two lepers of the New York
colony on North Brother island
have escaped.
Several smallpox cases devel-
Op in Helena, Ark.
Union Pacific westbOund flyer
gets stuck in the snow in Ne
braska.
Episcopal missionary confer
ence, Cincinnati, closes.
Jas. A. Ewing and Bro, mer-
chandise, Lufkin, Texas, assign;
$4,000.
Five business houses, Chiffon,
Texas, burned.
Spanish authorities in Havana
arrest a British subject, charg-
ing him with instigating destruc-
tive fires in Media Luna village.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
Rescued by a. Elephant.

Babylon is one of the elephants in a
circus exhibiting in Chicago, and
"Growler" is bear, which is chained
near the elephant. Not long ago lit
tie girl, the daughter of one of the cir
Gus riders, was playing near the ele-
plants, when Growler seized her in his
claws. Babylon, who witnessed the cap
ture, promptly brought his trunk down
with crushing force on Growers head.
The bear was stunned by the blow and
released the child, who had tainted. The
elephant then picked her up and placed
her where the bear could not reach her.
Attendants then came running to the
rescue, but too late to deprive Babylon
of the honor of saving a human life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
Hunter Attacked bv Cranes.

While an Indiana man was out hunt
ing he had desperate fight with a
flock of cranes. He had shot and
wounded one crane and attempted to
capture it alive. The wounded bird
fought furiously, striking him repeat
edly with its beak and trying to peck
out his eyes. In addition it made such
an cutlery that the rest of the flock re-
turned to its assistance, and all sur
rounded the now frightened hunter.
He actually had to fight for his life,
and it was not until he had killed or
disabled II of them with his dubbed
gun that the rest left him. Then he
was completely exhausted, his cloth
ing in fragments, and his face bleed
ing in a score of places.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30

Willie Collins has never left his black
little room, full of foul smells and as
bare as the back of your hand. Those
who remember him when he was baby
say that he was very bright and good
tempered. Surely it would have been
much better for him if, like Mowgli,
he had been stolen by the wolves and
reared under the free skies, going
wherever he pleased and breathing the
fresh air of the woods. Even now he
walks about on all-fours and snarls
when you toss him bone.
Neighbors of Mrs. Collins often COM
planned to the police Of Oakland that
she was abusing her son, for they fire.
quently heard his cries in the night.
But in all those years no one has done
anything to bring this unnatural
mother>to Justice. An investigation of
Willie's case has been made. Mrs. Col
Inns will probably go to Jail, but Willie
will probably have to spend the rest Of
his life in the insane asylum, where he
has Just been placed. The doctors say
that light and good food and sunshine
have come to Willie Collins too late.
His brain, once bright enough, is now
a blank.
Such is the true story of the Ameri-
can Mowgli, who, wild boy indeed,
had none Of the privileges of Mr.,
Kipling's young hero, who never knew
a mothers love, and who must end his
life in chains even as he began tn,
Y. Recorder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
FROM OTHER PLACES.

Mr.. J. D. Senior, OF San Antonio,
spent last night in this city.
Major Jno. A. Green returned
this afternoon to his home in San
Antonio after spending a few days
in this city attending cpurt.-La-
redo Times.
Rev. William Wood, Of Indepen-
dence, left yesterday for San An
tonio.-Brenham Banner.
Mr.. J. l.. Frank, formerly OF this
city, but now of San Antonio, was
among the arrivals last night.
The following parties arrived
last evening from San Antonio :
N. W..Smith, j. Dawson, o. Engel-
bert, Addison Kilgore, J.Klein and
VIM. Burwell.
Mr.. s. w. Hammer, Corpus
Christi's we'll known tailor, is pack.
ing up and expects to leave this
morning for San Antonio, where
he will open up business on West
Commerce street. Mr.. Hammer
has been in Corpus Christi a little
over six years and has many
friends here who regret to see him
leave our little city.-Corpus Chris
ii Caller.
Mrs. d. R. Price, who has beer
visiting in this city, left for hel
home in San Antonio last nigh
over the Nstional.-Two Republics
| Mexico.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
HOODLUMs ATTENDED,
They Could Not Cope With the Witty
and Sarcastic Grant Bennett.

They Could Not Cope With the Witty
and Sarcastic Grant Bennett.
The announcement made yester-
day by placards and banners on
our streets that Hon. Grant r.
Bennett would speak on the silver
question at Beethoven hall last
night had the effect Of attracting
q group Of free silverites to Bee
thoven hall, where they found the
large hall completely packed with
a large sound money audience.
The free silverites OF the hood
lum element secured a place near
the entrance, while the members
of the Popocratic party who had
gained admission to the hall and
secured seats had the good sense
to keep quiet. Not SO with the
hoodlums. By yells and unearthly
cries and shrill whistles they tried
to howl down the eloquent and
witty speaker, Hon. Bennett, as he
proceeded to tear the free silver
fallacy into shreds before their
very eyes and poured hot shot into
their ranks.
At one period, after the mob ele-
ment paused for breath, he quietly
remarked, "Coming events cast
their shadows BEFORE" which
greatly angered the mob as IL
brought down a great deal OF ridi.
Guile upon them. Some Of Mr.
Benefits friends becoming an.
gered at the wanton inter,
ruptions, telephoned Captain
Roberts at police headquarters
to send squad Of police
men to the scene and the captain
detailed some of his best men
On their arrival the hoodlums lef
and Mr.. Bennett pursued hi
splendid speech unruffied and un
disturbed.
Judge ]. l.. Burgess also deliv
cred q fine speech in favor o
sound money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
SURGERY IN THE BAcKWooDS.
DEDICATION Treated by Means of q Pulley
and Steam Engine.

DEDICATION Treated by Means of Pulley
and Steam Engine.
Probably as queer piece of back
woods surgery as has been described"
says a frequenter of the region, "was
that performed by a Moosehead lake
guide known as old Sabattus,' 20 years
ago. The man was not an Indian, as
his nickname implies, but q Yankee,
one of those rough fellows formerly
characteristic of that locality. This
guide was left on lake steamboat at
one of the far up landings while the
engineer went ashore with the COM
pany. A man named Meservey came
aboard and in fooling around the boat
managed to tumble down into the fire
pit and put his shoulder out of joint.
Here was dilemma. The other
members of the party would not be
back for half an hour, and the injured
man was in great pain. The guide was
a man of expedients. He got a rope
and tied his patient securely to post.
| Then he tied another rope around the
mans wrist and hitched the loose end
to a pulley of the engine. He managed
somehow to turn on steam and the pull
ley began to wind up the rope. 1tdrew
the arm out tight in beautiful shape.
and presently the joint snapped back
into its socket. 'Sabattus' jumped
around to shut off steam while the
pulley kept on winding. Holy Moses,
gasped the guide, excitedly, how does
it go? don't know where tits. can't
stop the blanked thing and the pulley
meanwhile was slowly but surely
pulling Meservey to pieces. His eyes
were sticking out of their sockets ant
he screamed and gasped for breath.
'Sabattus' danced around like wilt
man, not knowing what to do, when HI
happened to spy Ratchet lying near
and, jumping for that, he cut the rop,
and saved dreadful catastrophe. Thi
was done just as the party of city folk
; who had gone ashore came rushing
back on to the boat, alarmed at Meser
vey's screams. 1t was some year
afterward," says the narrator, "that
I was present when a lot of summe
company arrived at Greenville. Sab
attus' was there, too, and presently
distinguished looking man, one of tn
J newcomers, went up to him and said
with a meaning smile: Are you tn
man that practices surgery by steam
and 'Sabattus' had to admit that he wa
that same feller.' Lewiston (Me.
! Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
GEMS on Fashion

The very latest New York fad for
ladies, Ribbon and Velvet collarettes.
We have just received line Of these
novelties, see them.
JOSKE BROS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
FOUND HOT SULPHUR
WATER.

The artesian well being bored
near the Tenth street power
house of the Mutual Electric
company, has reached a depth of
700 feet and water is within a
few feet Of the top today.
When the drill had reached a
depth of 100 feet, a very good
vein of hot sulphur water was
struck, but, as this was not the
kind the company was seeking,
the vein was cased off and the
drill went deeper.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
oAkLAND'S WILD BOY.
Has Been Kept in Chains for Ten Years
by His Mother.

If you have read any of Rudyard
Kipling's stories about Mowgli, the
wild boy of India, you will see the point
of this true narrative, which is really
news, and is doubly interesting because
it is in our own country.
Mr.. Kiplipg's wolf-boy hero was
brought up by the wild animals of the
jungle, and a very happy boy in his free,
fierce way he was, too. Willie Collius,
about whom this story tells, was
brought up by wicked mother, who,
in many respects, is worse than any
wild animal, for the latter nearly al
ways look out for the welfare of its
young, and guards them tenderly.
Willie Collins, as the result of his
mothers cruelty and neglect, is more
like wild boy than any lad ever
brought up in large city. Willie's
home is in Oakland, CAL, and what a
home it isl For the boy it has been a
prison and cage.
. The doctors who have studied Willie's
case say it is the queerest one they have
ever heard or read about. For ten long
years young Collins has been kept in
captivity by his mother, who fogged
him nearly every day, and kept him
naked and in heavy chains all the time.
Is it wonder that to-day Willie eats,
drinks and barks like dog, or that he
should be pronounced by the lunacy
commissioners of California as a dam
gerous, raving maniac! If you were in
one room and this poor, bedraggled lad
in another, you would easily believe
that the strange noise which Willie
makes with his throat was the bark of
a dog or the cry of a wild beast.
Think of spending the first ten years
of your life in small, dark room,
chained to the floor, with bundle of
filthy rags for bed! Is it strange that
this unfortunate boy should become
crazy and dangerous? Gradually Will
lies reason faded away until now he
cannot talk, and does not recognize any
one. All that he seems to understand is
that a piece of meat flung down before
him is something to eat. For ten years
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
BROTHERS.:

Were you at E. Browns lately, if not
you should 60 there and see what kind
of bargains he has. He is the cheapest
man in town. He will sell you
Good Mems Suits from $3.50 up.
Good Fedora Hats, sold elsewhere at
S.00 and $1.25 for 73c.
Good solid Leather Shoes for men 93c.
Good Children's School Shoes for 75c.
Fine Ladies shoes for 93c.
Mems Pants from 75c up
Best Excelsior Negligee Shirts SOC and
75c
Fine Macklntoshes, sold everywhere
for $500 our price is $500.
Children's Gold Trimmed Caps 25c
Come and see him and you will find
many more bargains. Remember the
place, SOC 1-2 East Houston St.
- R40NIN
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
Mice with Pink Leg.

In the Missouri river, near Platts-
mouth, Neb., is an island which is over
run with curious mice. They have a
golden brown coat, while the lower
part of their bodies is pure white.
Their legs are pink and their eyes are
jet black. No such mice are found
anywhere else.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
Runaway Accident.

A horse with buggy attached
ran away on Dolorosa street this
morning, and while passing the
French building the man in the
buggy was thrown out and his eye
brow and cheek were laid open by
striking against a sharp rock. The
horse continued to the river ford
at Yturri street and stopped in the
river. The buggy belonged to Otto
p. Kroeger, and was occupied by
his brother, Sim Kroeger, who was
thrown cut and injured about the
forehead.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30

The whole system is drained and
undermined by indolent ulcers and
open sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve speedily heals them. 1t is the
best pile cure known. e. Reuss.
10-22-1y.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-30
GEMS OF FASHION

The very latest New York fad for
ladies, Ribbon and Velvet collarettes.
We have just received line Of these
novelties, see them.
JOSKE BROS.
The evening times., 1896-03-26
SUFFERS FROM LYSOPHOBIA
Curious Disease of New Jersey
Young Lady.
Never Was Bitten by Dog, But Fear
ed She Would Get HydrophObia,
and Now Has the Symptoms.

New York, March 26.-Mtss Eta Bal
Zure, a young woman OF eighteen years,
is suffering great agony in the little hamlet
of Lyons, n. j., thirty miles out on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road.
She has all the symptoms OF hydrophobia,
except the inability TO swallow, and that
may come later.
She never was bitten by n dog. Medical
history records but one similar case, that
of a French magistrate, whose hand was
licked by dog which afterward suffered
from rabies. The name of the disease is
lysophobia, or hydrophobia nonrabique-
Miss Balzure is excessively nervous, and
when a Newfoundland dog snapped at her
and tore her glove, in January last, she
said she was very glad he didn't bite her,
as she was sure she should have had hydro
phobia had she been bitten.
After the affair Miss BalZure read up on
hydrophobia, and the effect was to give
her the disease she Is suffering from, and
which In the acute stages makes her bark
like a dog and exhibit other symptoms OF
hydrophohia.
A New York physician who was asked
about the case said that the girl was prob
ably suffering from lysophobia, a dis
ease Just as fatal as hydrophobia. without
the proper treatment. This disease often
occurred where a person had been bitten
by Il dog, but he had never heard OF n case
without Il previous bite. Lysophobia, he
said. was caused by a nervous fear of hy-
drOphobia,