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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-29
wEYLER's DEAD HOUSE.
Half a Million Loyal Spanish Non
Combatants Dead.


Combatants Dead
New York, Nov. PA dispatch to
the Herald from Havana. says;
The Worlds first figures of Cuba's
starvation were timidly moderate.
These show the death of only 100000.
But every painful fact unearthed tends
to prove them nearer double that num-
ber When the grim returns ere all In
it is now almost certain that this Gu
ban massacre of the innocent will reach
400, 900 and this awful number does not
include those killed in battle or the
thousands and thousands OF women
and children who have died of exposure,
disease and massacre in the lnanguas
and swamps.
1t now seems certain hiatt more than
half million of people for the most
part loyal subjects of Spain, have been
by Spanish war in Cuba.
A weeks trip through the provinces
of Havana, Mantanzas and Santa
Clara has tended to make moderate this
tremendously extreme figure. The fig
ures of Spanish officials reports show
but part of the mortality. They only
give the number buried in oonsecrated
ground-they do not give that fully.
And yet these official untra Spanish
reports of burial permits issued. admit
that in the province of Santa Clara
there have died and been buried since
Weyler's fiat 71,S47 persons.
The number of people for whose exist
ence Weyler is directly responsible is
155,132 in Santa Clara province. And
of these he has killed S6,215. or one-half
| cf them.
Santa Clara has so far been by far
the least destitute of the provinces. II
has many cattle and not very thick
population. Between its fifty-three
per cent. dead to Pinar del Rios admit
ted eighty per cent, are the provinces
| of Mantanzas and Havana with a sixty
and seventy per cent. mortality Iespec-
| lively.
These percentages are established
now by the actual figures in some thir-
| ty cities and towns. Applied to the
denser populations of their neighboI
provinces, the total deaths since Weyl.
er's arrival foot up nearly a half mil
| lion
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CONVERTING THE Los.

Guthrie, o. T., Nov. 29.-The Rev. N.
B. Random, of Omaha, Neb., superin-
tendent of Baptist mission work, mas
Just completed tour among the Bap-
tist Indian missions in Southwest Okla
homa. At one meeting seven blanket
Commanders, formerly fierce warriors,
were converted. A Baptist association
composed of five church organizations
of blanket Indians was formed and will
ask to be admitted to the Nebraska
general association. Several Kiowas
and Commanche chiefs, who were form
er leaders of bloody raids on Texas and
Kansas settlers are now ordained
u: eacherS.
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HoRsEMEN BURY THE HkrcHEr

San Francisco, No. 29.-The Will
liams-Boots controversy has finally
been brought to a close and the diff
suites satisfactorily adjusted between
Chas. I. Boots, president of the Cali
fornia owners and Breeders Protec-
tive association on the one side and
Thomas III. Williams, Jr., president of
the California Jockey club, of Oak
land on the other. Boots assured Will
liams and Col. Dan Burts that he re-
GREETED the stand he had taken, GER
tan Misunderstanding We're made
clear and mutual explanations OF
satisfactory nature followed. The
Elmwood stock farm horses, owned by
Boots, will hereafter be welcomed at
the tracks at Oakland and at Ingleside
and the horses will go to the post as
though no ill-feeling ever existed be-
tween the owner and the racing asso-
citation,
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THE GOVERNMENT IS ONTO HER
RACKET AND WILL FIND THAT
SHE MUST TOTE FAIR.
Germany Wants Conclusions; But If
She Does She Will Have TO Let
In American Meats And Food
On More Generous Terms
Than Now,

New York, Nov 29.-The authorities
in Washington, according to the cor
respondent of the Herald, have been
informed that France, while cstensibly
engaged in negotiations with this gov
eminent for a reciprocity treaty, is
taking steps to place prohibitory tar
lift on some American products. The
State department has been notified that
bill is pending in the legislative as
sembly of France imposing high duty
on certain products which will practi-
caIly make that country a closed market
50 far as the United States is concern
ed. Ambassador Porter undoubtedly
will be directed to make an earnest
earnest protest against the measure.
This bill may cause the authorities
here to 20 slowly in negotiations for the
reciprocity agreement The depart
ment has received no reply to its propo-
sition that in exchange for lower tar
if on French wines the French govern
ment shall remove the prohibitive
measure on importation of American
cattle.
Unless this concession is granted anc
the bill referred to shall be defeated the
reciprocity negotiations may come to
naught. Should this happen the
French government may retaliate by
imposing the maximum tariff under its
laws upon American products which
they now enter under the minimum tar
if. AS these products are few, how
ever, the authorities are not greatly
disturbed over the outlook.
DR.. Won Hollenden, the new German
ambassador to the United States, will
be formally presented to the president
tomorrow. He is expected Immediate
" to make representations TO the State
department in regard to tariff MATHS.
The department is informed that Dr..
Won HOllenden's instructions contem-
plates the submission of several propo-
sitions designed to lead to n reciproc-
ity arrangement. 1t is believed that
the United States will require in teturn
for any concession the removal, or ad-
justment at least, of restrictions now
imposed upon the Importation into
Germany Of American cattle and beef.
The German government, of course,
will direct it's efforts in the direction of
securing the repeal of the bounty sec
ton of the tariff law, which clearly af-
fects Germany's sugar interests. Many
representations on this subject have
been made already by the German au-
thorities. 1t is not likely, however,
that the president will recommend the
repeal of any section of the tariff law
and apparently the only way in which
Germany can secure any advantage for
any of her industries will be to enter
into reciprocity agreement.
officials are specializing on the atti-
tude of the Agrarian interest of the
German empire and hte German empe-
rer, who favors the Agrarion party, up
on the proposition to be submitted. So
far as they have gone the outlook is not
very faVora BILE.
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ONLY ONE VETERAN LEFT.

st. Louis, Nov. ga. f. Marsh, one
of the two remaining Missouri Mexican
war veterans is dead. Thirteen months
ago he was stricken with paralysis,
years of age. In 1S47 he organized
company K, Missouri regulars and I'M
der Gen. Winfield Scott, invaded Mexi-
co. His right arm was torn off by a
shell in the battle of Cerro Gordoq
With his death, the st. Louis Mexican
war veterans union ended, as there is
but one member left.
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FOOD scARcHAT DAWSON.
Whisky Brought Up By the Boat and
Flour Left Behind.

Tacoma, WASH, Nov. 29.--The Led
gers special correspondent at Skaguay
is with the members of the Dalton par
ty. who Just came out from Dawson
CITY headed by Jack Dalton, Joe w.
Boyle, of Wood stock, Ont, and w. Z.
Gates, known as swift Water Bill
When interviewed concerning present
conditions at Dawson City and other
interior points Mr.. Dalton stated that
gold is plentiful, but food very scarce.
He does not. however, believe that ac-
tual starvation will in any instance
occur, but has no doubt that such pri-
walton will result. There Is some feel
ing against the two large companies
operating there, on account Of their in
ability to cope with the situation sue
cessfully. 1t is reported that when the
Marquise came up the Yukon in Sep
tember she was unable to proceed with
her full cargo beyond Fort Yukon and
left there most of the flour aboard,
bringing into Dawson a large amount
of whisky, presumably for the purpose
of getting larger profits than on the
flour.
A still further shortage has been
caused at Dawson, owing to the fact
that when the Bella came up from st.
Michaers during the first week in Oc-
tober, she was stopped at Circle City
by nearly two hundred armed men and
forced to leave the larger part of the
cargo there. t.
Capt. Hanson, of the Alaska CONNER
cial company, who went TO Dawson,
called a meeting and davised all men
with sufficient supplies to start for Fort
Yukon, 800 miles below Dawson City
and about fifty miles below Circle City.
The mounted police werke authorized
to enforce the departure or men with
out winter outfits and the company s
boats carried down $50 men.
During the next few days nearly 200
men arrived over the Dyea and Ska
quay trails and it is claimed that the
larger part of these had only supplies
for from one to three months.
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NEW CHARTERS.

Austin, Tex, Nov. 29.-The following
important charters were filed with the
secretary of state Saturday: d.
The San Antonio & Llano Northern
railway company, of Comanche, Tex.
Capital stock. $500, 900.
This road is to operate from Strawn,
in Palo Pinto county, through Eastland,
to Comanche. Texas, a distance of
80 miles.
The Germanln Mutual Aid society of
Waco Texas; no capital stock.
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Price $500 q Year
THE GODDARD TRIAL.
Sensational Incidents AMI Increasing
Interest

Interest.
Kansas City, Nov 2s.-1he second
trial of DIR. jefferson Goddard for muir
dering Laundryman Jackson began in
the Criminal court this (Monday) morn
ing. The court room was crowded and
added interest was shown caused by
the sensational charges of jury bribing
made since the first trial ended
The case, one OF the most sensational
ever tried in Jackson county, and made
so by the prominence of the accused
and the siding with the murderer of
Jackson's wife and two daughters,
broadened Friday last when NJ. l.. Lat
shaw, an ex-iustice of the peace, was
arrested, charged with trying to bride
a prospective juror to hang the present
jury. Prosecutor Low has since alleG-
ed that he has evidence against others
known to be guilty of attempting jury
bribing and that he would push the
cases against them.
Now comes the statement from a well
authentic source that Mrs. Jackson.
who up to this time, has aided in the
defense of her husbands slayer, will
in the present trial be placed on the
stand by the prosecution. That Mrs.
jackson can, ii she will, throw much
light upon the events leading up to the
killing of her husband, there is. in the
minds of the attorneys, little doubt.
| The fact that she was held as an ac-
| complete with Goddard early in the
| biStorv IF the casa lands additfopo1 In :
terest to this latter move.
A local paper in reviewing the pres
ent jury, makes the statement that one
of the jurors broke up family twelve
years ago in a manner similar to the
one which Goddard is charged with
| having accomplished
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ANOTHER KLoNDIKE STEAMER.

New York, Nov. 29.-The steamer
South Portland, which as the Caroline
Miller commanded by Captain 'Dyna-
mite Johnny" O'Brien was famous as
Haytian filibuster several years ago,
has been bought by the same syndicate
which bought the Brixon few days
ago. and will be fitted up to go to Klon-
dixie. She has been sent over to
Brooklyn where $4,000 Will be spent
refitting her.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

oTTlLIE-Daughter of A. Heus-
niger died this morning. Funeral
from family residence. 81 King Will
liam street tomorrow afternoon ct 2
o'clock. Friends invited.
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Use THE TELEPHONE
LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST:

Tonight and Tuesday fair; colder to-
night with frost. Cold wave coming;
temperature will fall to about freezing
on the coast.
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F. CrOOs ( Co. Bankers.

AND DEALERS IN EXCHANGE
sight drafts on the principal cities
of the United States and on all EURO
pean countries. Also drafts on MOL
terey, Mexico, payable in Mexlan ool-
lars. Foreign coin and currency
bought and sold.
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
A rHAyrc or anAr1rr.t5r..

We lift up our hearts to thee. Cod. in
grateful remembrance Of the gifts and
blessings which have crowned our days
When our hearts have forgotten thanksgiv-
ing, thou hast not ceased from help. Al
though we have sinned, thou haststiIl main
tanned Thy loving Kindness. Our trials have
been less than our desert, our joys have
been witness ever of thy mercifui compass
sion. We bless thee for the gift of life. the
love of friends, the ties Of kindred. the JOYS
OF home. We praise thee for opportunities
of knowiodge, for innocent enjoyment and
helpful service. Thou hast comforted RS in
sorrow and upheld us in the time of doubt
and fear. Food and raiment and shelter re
from thee, and thou givest us power to over
come temptation. Love is thy gift, and faith
and hope Of better days to come and thy
presence is our continual delight. Blessed
be thou. 0 God, with honor and thanksgiy-
ing, through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
The Most Valuable Spots ON --.-r

The Most Valuable Spots on --.-rlA.
Probably the most valuable spors on
the face of the earth (as the burial-site3
la Westminster Abbey cannot he
bought with soid) are the four corners
where Wall street touches Broad, and
the two where it meets Broadway. |
cannot guess how large n price any one
Of these might bring in the market
nOw; but Il million dollars and half a
million more were recently paid for
tive lots on Broadway opposite Bowl
Ing Green. This was the value of the
land alone as the old buildings it bore
were at once to be torn down; yet. says
Philip Hone, Il lot in just this place sold
in 1899 for only $19,5O0 AS late as
1910 lots on Cortlandt street could be
had for $1,000, or even for $700. But
q year or two ago the corner 0e Lib
erty street and Nassau, measuring sev-
enty-nine feet along the one. 1I2 along
the other, and about 100 feet in depth
brought $1,250OOO, and this, again, for
the sake Of the land alone.-Century.
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE.

There is no doubt that every hard thing
that God permits to come into our life has a
blessing wrapped up in it. Thethings which
appear before US as discouragements prove
to be helps toward nobler attainments. A
Christian physician. whose career has been
full OF faith and noble ministry. gives this
experience: He was a poor boy, and
cripple. One day he was watching some
other boys on the ball field. They were
active. strong, and wealthy. As he looked
on, his heart grew bitter with envy. A
young man who stood beside him noted the
dlscontent on his face and said to him. You
wish you were in those boys place, don't
your Eyes, do, was the answer. II
reckon God gave them money education
and health" continued the young man, ''to
help them to be of some account in the
world: Did it never strike you, he con-
tlnued, after moments pause, ''that He
gave you your lame leg for the same
reason-to make Il man of you ?'' The
boy gave no answer and turned away.
He was angry, but he did not forget the
words. His crippled leg Gods gift! To
teach him patience, courage, perseverance! !
10 make man Of him He thought of the
words till he saw their meaning. They
klndled hope and cheer. and he determined
70 conquer his hindrance. He grew heroic.
lie soon learned that what was true of his
lame leg was true also of ali the difficulties,
and hard conditions of his life
they were all Gods gifts to him to help
MIN to be OF some account in the world-to
make man Of him r. Miller, D. D. in
Things to Live For"
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS

LntcrestinG Notes About DseIs a-l
I3uelIiur.
/ Even In Germany the popularity Of
the duel is open to some doubt. Its ex-
istcnce is die not so much to 4 desire
for combat as of fear what people
will say II there is no fight. There
have been noted dUelists who were al
ways ready for a fray and when they
/ entered drawing women quail
ed and hoped it would not be their hus-
bands or lovers who would be so un-
lucky as to excite the ire of the men Of
blood
During the occupation of Paris by
| the Allies there were duels every day,
the Frenchmen usually being the chal-
lengers and the victOrs, as they were
very skillful with the small sword.
Sometimes. however, they made a mis-
take, as when they jeered at an En-
glish officer over losing his leg at
Waterloo. The jeerer discovered that
the loss of his leg did not interfere in
the least with the Englishman's aim.
There have been exceptions to the
mania for fighting at any price. An En-
glish captain. challenged by a French
man, had the choice OF weapons and
chose pistols. The Frenchman daclar-
ed he would fight with nothing but the
sword and interested friends finally
compromised on lances. ahorseback.
The combat naturally attracted much
attention. A great crowd witnessed
the duel. One man received three ugly
prods but finally killed his antagonist.
No duelist could ever be made TO
smile over the famous story Of the En-,
glishman and Frenchman who were to
fight duel in pitch-dark room. Not
wishing to kill his man, the English
man fired up the chimney when the
word was given. and. to his surprise
brought down the Lrepchman, who
had hidden there. When this story is |
told in France it is always the En-
glishman who is up the chimney
Fighting Fitzgerald was successful |
in eighteen dueIs before it was discov- |
cred that he always wore Il coat of
mail. For years his fame in society
had rested on his inyariabIe success as
a duelist, and this discovery was his
A certain major i'll fighting
him objected when his sword snapped
on heart-thrust and demanded an in-
vestigation. He was aftcrwavd hang
ed in Ireland for numbering a neigh
Dor.
The most tragic duel in England was
between Lord Byron, grand-uncle Of
he poet, and kinsnan, 1t was fought
n a tavern room by the light Of one
allow candle Lord Byron was tried
or murder but got off on manslaugh-
er, from the penalties Of which he es-
'apcd because he was a peer of the
calm. This safeguard of peers was
lone away with only during tho pres
ut reign.-Chicago News
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
THE TRUE SIGN OF FORGIVENESS.

The true sign Of forgiveness is not some
mysterious signal waved from the sky; not
some obscure emotion hunted out in your
heart not some stray text culled out of your
Bible; certainly not some word of mortal
priest telling you that your satisfaction is
complete The soul full of responsive love
to Christ and ready. longing hungry to
serve him is it's own sign of forgiveness.
Must there not be sorrow for sin? Must
there not be resolution ofamendment? Sure
ly there must, but il is not sorrow for sin for
the sake Of the sorrowfulness that Jesus
ever wants. He wants sorrow for sin only
that it may bring escape from sin I think
that with all we know of the divine heart Of
Jesus be would far rather see soul trust
him 100 much, If that is possible, than trust
too little. which We know is possible enough.
Phillips Brooks.
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
DO NOT WORRY-

The habit of looking on the bright side
deal to each one who eultivates it. Ger
tainIy one should not cultivate the habit of
looking or the dark side, especially when
he must draw on his forebodings and appre-
tensions for vision of that dark side. and
thus see not only what does not exist. but
what may never exist. God promises grace
for each time of need, but not for each time
Of worry and anxiety. He promises to be
fire, but He does not promise to extinguish
the fire before it has been lighted He saws
that when His people pass through the
waters they shall not overflow them. and we
ought to be satisfied with that. If we trust
in God, the disasters we dread most will
never come or, if they do. He will change
the disaster int2 benediction.--HeraI and
Presbyter.
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
The iron l. IL Guasons.


It is told of the Duke of Wellington
that he was once out fox hunting, T,.2D
the hounds on reaching the bank o. z
small river lost the scent The master
Of the hounds apoIoS,zed to The Duke.
I'm afraid, your Grace, OUR fun is
over. The dogs can't pick up the
scent"
sIen to one" replied the Duke, "tne
fox has crossed 10 the other side"
Not very likely, my Lord ~ fox
hates water"
AYE, aye" urged the Duke, "blt he
may have crossed over by some
bridge"
Il don't believe there is 4 bridge" +"
answered the master OF the hounds
We'll" continued the Duke, unless
you know to the contrary, though /
was never here before, l will wager
ir,fe you viii find one within Il mile"
The two men, followed by lhc huut,
pushed on and less than a mile off ca nIc
upon a rudely constructed bridge The
Gogs crossed it, again took up The scent
and killed the fox. Asked for his rea-
son for asserting that there was a
bridge near, he answered: Il saw
three or four cottages clustered to-
gether on each bank Of the river, and
[ thought the people living in them
would be tempted by thei" social feet
ings to contrive a means of visiting
each other, That same inference of
mine gained me one Of my battles" -
OOdor fTaIpUra0b
The Afro-American., 1897-04-17
rEHrEcrIox rHRouan SORROW

Great sorrows never leave us what we
were before None can pass under that ham
mer and remain the same. After q great
baptism of sorrow we must be different
but what we should pray and strive for is
that we may emerge from it better, richer.
more faithful, more helpful, moro filled with
heartfelt delight In Gods will. more able
to make q true answer to Gods surprises
and wonders Of love. There are periods in
life, years and years, when no great trouble
visits us. Then the storms of sorrow fall.
and we are apt to say, l have passed through
and may hope for an immunity
lor the future. 1t is not SO. The
troubles may come back. they NAV come
back again worse. As has been said. our
Pharaohs are seldom drowned in the Red
sea, and we do not often behold their
corpses stretched upon the sand Tho bit
terness OF death may return. What then?
At the very worst the memory of the past
VIII help Us. We shall retrace the slow.
dit1lcuit way to peace; our tru., in God will
be deepened, and we shall realize that after
all, the range of sins and sorro ws is limited.
though the sea of troubles NAV roll its white
crested bill0Ws as far asthe horizon. What
arc truly numberless are Gods mercies.
What is tr2ly Infinite is Gods Ioye-Robert-
son Nicoll