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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
COMPETITOR PRISONERS PROTEST
Against False, Pro-spaniah Statements Made
by tho Chicago AssocInted Press.

MILITARY Prison. FORTRESS La CABANA.l
Opposite HAVANA, Cuba, April27, 1897.
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Having
had our attention called to certain false and mis-
leading statements as to our treatment and con-
dition made by the Havana correspondent of tho
Associated Press in recent kilograms to the
newspapers. We, tho undersigned Americans
confined as prisoners here, desire to fatty con-
tradict these rosy pro-Spa nish reports.
Had the Associated Press man not been a fav-
orite at the Palace, carrying various Spanish
decorations upon his breast, he would not have
been permitted to enter the Cabana; and his re-
ports were in all probability inspired by high
Spanish officials anxious to counterfeit the eff
forts Of Consul-General Lee to secure our release.
About the health of Capt. Alfred Laborde, the
only one who can give a report on 1t Is the doc
tor from the fortress. He KNOWS very well the
condition OF Capt. Laborde's health is not good.
We are well treated by the prison officials. but
the food is very bad.
DR.. ELIAS VEDIA.
Alfred LABoRDE, Capt Celia 2.
HARL
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was made ready for soa,a few weeks ago,
out of 401 enlisted men all but 10 were
natives or naturalized. A ship containing
an average of less than one alien in thirty
is truly an American ship, and fit to repre-
sent US anywhere.
Finally, II, as is thought probable, the
Brooklyn should be retained as flagship on
the European station, relieving the Min
neapolis, which will come home to be laid
up in reserve, the general result will be to
strengthen US in those waters. The Min.
neapolis has q trial record faster by q knot
and more, but the difference in armor and
armament makes obvious the great all.
around superiority of the Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
State Aid in Coast Defence.

A noteworthy report made to the late
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy, Mr.. Nc
ADoo, by Capt. TAYLOR, then President of
the Naval War College, and now command
ing the Indiana, has just been made public.
1t is a careful study of what the State
naval forces can do toward the defence of
our coasts.
Capt. TAYLOR begins by pointing out that
the sources from which the regular navy
obtained in 1861 the additional Captains
and mates it then needed no longer exist,
as tour deep-sea merchant shipping has
disappeared" But, as a partial offset, a
new war would probably not be offensive,
but directed largely to the defence of our
coasts against "enemies probably superior
to us on the sea-" Hence the problem is
changed to hat of supplementing a small
sea-going navy by q formidable f1otilla Of
well organized and drilled small craft,
capable of keeping hostile fleets from per-
manently occupying our channels, sounds,
and bays.
Here the value of efficient State naval
forces, even within their restricted sphere,
is apparent. A few additional officers can
be got for our sea.going feet, in time of war.
from the larger coasters and such ocean
merchantmen as we have, but the naval
militia can officer the coast fiotillas. They
can have charge of minor places not In
cluded In the general scheme ofland fortif-
cations, yet valuable for shielding GOLFERS or
other supply vessels destined for the use OF
the feet. Mines covered by the fire of
masked batteries, and also floating forces
would be useful at such places, and the
State naval militia, containing not only
seafaring men, but mechanics, electricians,
and SO on, would be available for this work.
Again, while the Life.Saving Service
might lend aid to the seaboard telegraph
service on the outer coasts of Cape God,
Nantucket, and Long Island, and from
New York to Hatteras, yet 1t Is inadequate
to the whole duty, and there would DO a
field for the naval militia Capt. TAYLOR
sets forth, however. by illustrations, tho
greater degree of public efficiency to be
gained by not combining the militia of each
State strictly to Its geographical limits:
"Ths situation OF Nantucket Sound Il such that 10
would be used a. q naval advance base. II would
therefors have 70 be mined in all it, Important chan.
neS. The Newport division OF the Rhode Island
naval militia IL most fsvorably situated for studying
tho question of mines (by . special course Of lnstruO.
ton II approved BY the Department. ~ the torpedo
station 81 Newport. by this Instruction they can b.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
A SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT FOR PRO
FICTION.
A Statement as TO tho Views or Senator NC
Emery OF Louisiana.
From the Tines Democrat.

y" to s"pcS
senator McEnery will. in every probability,
baye the docid,nu vote nm the Tariff hill and de-
term;ne Eta character and fate. What he de-
mands IA N broad revenue and protective tariff.
eoual and fair In all.
Taxa tho sugar industry. for instance. as n
samn,e NJ what sbould bc aimed nj. We OF Lou.
isiona nil ooree ma To sugar. and Democratic con-
"yention after convention has called for the pro-
lection of the sugar and rice industries, the one
og,;nst tbo bountv.fed supar of Germany. the
othor oooirs, tho cool;e. rice NJ China.
d.. s,r.,no Do,,oorots 1yho b,vo voted md
-, .h...a.a.,;a, - ,hoso ,uisiano In.
80 -. 49, a. CO..
10 -, 49," ,es.t.s a.. a.
W euppoi' 'ho
ehtlrety' hor uoes ~ Jus'ii9 i1ouisi"h" .'h'o
cratic congressman In Young for protection oh
manufactured goods, on WOOL iron, OF cottoh.
Let them vote Tor the sugar duty, Out against
protec'ion.
'uuso or1no eiu'os - .aAo -. VI.
.o " ueoiaiou ~ u w aii N
D opposeo lon u, lnaI Souiu ~ ns 10
trieso VI new hnsia"u j" .iino y, 'n'
Ncu'n unu IN 10 ~ ."' ao
IL ~ "ouiu oe oqu"'' .''o WY IN .,
ASK ior protec'ioh y o"r =" p,ouu,'s wv
opposo II ~ ~, 9ta.o'
protects hou's.ana inuu9lIies ~ N@,
'hoso U g hhe.anu' ,i."eu ,om nc " "
anu pa',io'i. os.o " Wv. 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
A Southern Democrat for Protection.

A Southern Democrat for Protection.
In another column we quote from the
Times.Democrat, a leading Democratic
organ of Louisiana, a very frankly approx
ing statement upon the attitude Of Senator
McENERY toward the doctrine of protec-
ton, and upon the present prospect Of his
vote on the Tariff bill. Senator McENERY
Is tor protection, not merely for the Gin
dustries of Louisiana" but for the "prod-
ucts Of other States" He would consider a
bill protecting Louisiana and sacrificing
New England as sectional and unjust"
For this policy he has the justification
Of having announced himself %unequivo-
cally as a protectionist to the Democratic
caucus which subsequently chose him for
Senator. He is now what he was when
elected, a protectionist.
For q better understanding Of this re-
markable evolution in q Southern State
which in 1892 cast its Presidential vote
for q theoretical foe of protection, let US
suppose that Senator MCENERY could not
now point to such conclusive authority for
his proposed course as that of his OWE dec
laration and its acceptance by the Louisiana
Legislature. Suppose that Senator Nc
EMERY had nothing to appeal to but the
1892 platform of a "tariff for revenue
only T. Even then his vote could not be
challenged from within the Democratic
organization.
The Democratic measure, which should
rave conformed to the revenue-only princi-
pie, was prepared by GROVER CLEVELAND
of the White House and WILLIAM L. WILL
son of the Committee Of Ways and Means.
1t was debated vigorously in the House,
protractedly in the senate and its commit
tees, and SIMULTANEOUSLY and pathetically
in Mr.. ~CLEvELAND's semi-public letters ex-
pressing dissatisfaction at the changes in
it. But never, from the beginning to the
end of its shameful history, did one of its
advocates, late or early, raise his voice for
the faithful enforcement of the Democratic
platform, to which he was pledged, and
for the establishment of a tariff con-
ceived and framed for the purpose Of reve-
nue. only. If there be degrees of dishonor
objectionable among the politicians con.
nected with that disgrace, the highest must
be awarded to CLEVELAND and WILSON,
who betrayed the Democratic tariff plank
at the beginning, and framed a tariff clearly
and confessedly Tor protection. The tariff
plank of 1892 had been repudiated and
abolished by the Democratic party, Bryan.
ties and Cuckoos united. long before Sen.
ator McENERY. an honest man. announced
to the caucus which nominated him his
adherence oprotection.
We are not discussing here the merits Of
the principles Of protection and revenue
only" nor considering the probabilities of
Senator McENERY's actual vote ON the
Tariff bill when the time for it comes. But
We commend the passage quoted from the
7fmes.Dcmocrat to Democrats who con.
denim Senator MoENERY, and especially to
his colleague, the Hon. DoNELsoN CAFFERY,
who, from the high horse of an imaginary
and unrecorded virtue, proclaims himself
incapable of voting for a protective tariff.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
a atout man,s blcycle club has been

A stout mans bicycle club has been
formed in Brooklyn. called the Big Six Wheel
men. and no person can be a member who
weighs less than 200 pounds. AS that town Is
the homo OF the scorcher, and holds a record for
having captured the largest number OF them in
one day. a word or two for the benefit OF unsus-
pecting Brooklynites may not DO out OF place.
1t is estimated that a wheelman weighing 200
pounds and moving at a rate OF ten feet per sec
ond, or about seven miles an hour, has a momen-
tum OF 1000 pounds TO the square inch; and.
therefore. o collision Of two 200 pound riders
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09

roinT in opposite directions at the Same rate Of
speed would cause q smssh-up with q force Of
1000 pounds. And 1000 pounds probably ex-
ceeds the force of the most vigorous kick ever
made by n mule. When the Big Six wheolmen
undertake their first century run, wabblers,
semi.wabblers, and timid pedestrians had better
look nut
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09

It is rather remarkable that the only New
York newspapers undertaking to defend Bishop
POTTER and the Rev. DR.. RANsFoRD. and ap-
plauding tho mischisvous appeals to social dis
content recently mado by those ecclesiastics, are
the Nsw York World and the New York Journal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09

We arc asked by several Of our readers to
state the reasons which seem to make the early nom
ination OF q non partisan municipal ticket desirable.
-EventnO Post.
oh, moi that is not what your readers are ask
ing, we dare say. It Is that you should go ahead
and make your ticket and stop talking about 1t.
Even Mugwumps must get tired Of a diet of
nothing except dry and mouldy Mugwumpery
day in and day out. Let them see your wonder
full ticket; perhaps IL will cheer them up a little.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09

From the Norfolk Ldndma RI.
The municipal elections in North Carolina show
thar the people OF that State are becoming dis.
gusted with fusion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
MR.. w. cRooKEs ON DIAMONDS.

MR.. w. CROOKES ON DIAMONDS.
Before meeting of the royal insti-
tute. London, Mr.. William Crookes
delivered a lecture recently on dia-
monds. The London Times gave a re-
port of the lecture, from which we ex-
tract:
The lecturer. began by giving an ac-
count of the South African diamond
mines, and, after briefly surveying the
chief chemical and physical character
istics of the diamond, proceeded to say
that speculations as to the probable
origin of the diamond had been great
ly forwarded by Improvements in the
means of obtaining high temperatures.
Thanks to the success of Prof. Mois-
san, they could now be manufactured
in the oratory-minutely microsco-
pic, it is true, but with crystalline form
and appearance, color, hardness, and
action on light the same as the natural
gem. The first necessary was to select
pure iron and pack it in carbon cru
'cible with pure charcoal from sugar.
Half pound of this iron was put into
the body of the electrical furnace, and
a powerful arc, absorbing about 100
horse power, formed close above it be-
tween carbon poles. The iron rapidly
melted and saturated itself with car
bon
After a few minutes heating to a
temperature above 1000 degrees c., the
current was stopped and the dazzling,
fiery crucible plunged in cold water un-
til it cooled below read heat. Iron
increased in volume at the moment of
passing from the liquid to the solid
state; hence the expansion of the inner
liquid on solidifying produced an enor-
nous pressure, under stress of which
the dissolved carbon separated out in
a transparent, dense crystalline form
in fact, as diamond. To obtain the
diamond from the metallic ingot re-
quired a long and tedious process of
treatment with various strong reagents
and the specimens thus obtained We're
only microscopic. The largest artifi-
cial diamond yet made was less than
one millimeter across. Many circum-
stances pointed to the conclusion that
the diamond of the chemist and the
diamond of the mine were strangely
akin origin, and the diamond genesis
must have taken place at great uepbls'
under high pressure. How the great
diamond pipes came into existence was
not difficult to understand. After they
were pierced they were filed from be-
low, and the diamonds, formed at some
euoch too remote to imagine, were
thrown out of mud volcano, together
with all kinds of debris eroded from
adjacent rocks. According to another
theory, the diamond was d direct gift
from heaven, conveyed to the earth in
meteoric showers, and the so-called
volcanic pipes simply holes bored in the
earth by the impact of monstrous me-
teOrS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
SMOKE AND STORMS.

The following interesting results,
says the Literary Digest, have been
reached by Herr Kasner, of Berlin,
from a study of the periodicity of
storms in Germany: During the
years 1882, storms at Berlin showed
a maximum frequency on Thursdays
and a minimum frequency on Mon
days. Observations made, also at Ber-
lin, from 1880 to 1910 and from 1S4S to
1891 indicate a maximum Saturday
and a minimum on Sunday, fact that
has also been observed at Aix-la-Cha-!
pell. Now researches, covering other
cities, and published in Das Wetter,
leads Herr Kasner to the conclusion
that in general the frequency of storms
increases from Monday to Tuesday,
and that a minimum occurs on Thurs
day, or on some day Immediately fol-
lowing. In industrial cities that con-
tain uarge numbers of furnaces there
is almost always an increase firm We'd
nesday to Saturday and diminuition
from Saturday to Sunday, while in To-
calities where there are no factories
the contrary is generally the case.
Variations in atmospheric electricity
seem to be connected with variations
in the quantity of smoke emitted into
the air, as Arrhenius and Elkholm al
ready noted"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
THE WILLIAMS ESTATE.

The last viii and testament of
Sarah L. Williams, who died in this
city on July IA, was filed in the Probate
court this morning. The will directs
that deceased's children, Sarah L. Will
liams and Robert and Morgan, shall
share and share alike forty acres of
land in Hillsborough county, Florida,
deceased's husband, H. Tom Williams,
forty acres in Hillsborough county,
Florida; twenty acres near Wichita
Falls, Texas; two lots in ottawa coun-
ty, Kansas; certain lots in Bowling
Green, Kentucky, all the residue of the
estate after payment of the legacies.
H. Tom Williams is also named as sole
executor without bond and also guard
ian of Robert Morgan. The estate is
valued at $4,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
WANT UNION SUPPORT.

Wheeling, w. Va, July pa con-
ference of the executive officials of
numerous labor organizations of the
country called to meet in Wheeling at
noon today for the purpose of consid-
ering ways and means to win the great
coal strike was delayed in getting to
work on account of the failure of Pres
ident Ratchford. of the coal miners, to
arrive early enough this morning as
expected. Efforts are being made to
interest all unions in the coal strike.
Conservative leaders say the utmost
that can be accomplished at the con-
ference will be to assess a tax on all
the various organizations to maintain
the strike of the coal miners.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
TROUBLESOME POSTAL CARDS.
Mr.. Rollins Addresses Them to Mr.
Luter and is Arrested.

Mr.. Rollins Addresses Them to Mr..
Luter and is Arrested.
John A. Rollins, a bicycle dealer of
Ito North Alamo street, was arrested
by Deputy United States Marshal F.
H. Lancaster this morning on a com
plant made by I. Alvan Luter, a pre-
scription clerk for, Kalteyer & Schuch-
ardt. The complaint charges that on
May 20, 1897, Rollins deposited a pos
tai card in the San Antonio postoffice
with "libelous. scurrilous and defama-
tory terms of language of threatening
character, obviously intended to reflect
injuriously upon the character and
conduct of the said I. Alvan Luter," as
follows:
San Antonio, Texas, May 20, 1897.
Mr. T. A. Luter-Please call and settle
your longstanding bill and save trou-
BILE. 1t has been standing ever since
the middle of 1896. Do not let me
have to bring publicity on you and
your family. Very respectfully, ]. A.
| R"
The complaint further charges that
later another postal card was deposited
which read as follows:
City, May %, '97. Mr.. T. A. Luter
Dear Sir:-Please call and settle your
| bill of $3.50 and save yourself public
disgrace. Very respectfully, ]. r. Rol-
| Inns"
Rollins gave bond in the sum of $3.50
for his appearance before United
States Commissioner c. L. Bates, to-
morrow morning at IL O'Clock.
The postal cards are in the possession
of the United States district attorney
and are typewriter. The word ''trou.
BILE" on the first card is capitalized
and UNDERSIGNED.
Luter claims he does not owe Rollin:
| anything.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

Gen. w. H. Mabry left last night fol
| Austin
]. E. Johnson, of Cuero, is at the
| Maverick.
A. d. McGehee, a San Marcos stock
man, is at the Southern.
Miss Carrie Carnahan has gone to
Boerne to visit friends.
Colonel C. w. STANDARD, of STANDARD,
| Tex, is at the Maverick.
Mrs. j. S. Mcdonald and son have
! returned from Galveston.
Miss Annie Holland, of Pine Bluff,
Ark, leaves for her home tomorrow.
Miss Susie Weigel is in the city from
Little Rock, Ark. visiting relatives.
Editor Joe Metcalfe, of the Eagle
Pass Guide, is in the city meeting his
many friends.
Mrs. A K. Frye left over the Inter-
national last night for Hope, Ark, on
visit to friends.
Mr.. Adam McCurdy, a prominent cit
izen of Lockhart. is in the city under
the treatment of physician.
L. NJ Coffey and Judge Geo. T. Lin
coin, substantial citizens of Bandera,
are registered at the Southern.
w. C. Bruff and wife are at the
Southern from Floresville. Mr.. Bruff
is prominent citizen of that place.
Mrs. j. A. Gray has returned to her
home in Illinois, after pleasant visit
to her daughter Mrs. j. l.. Starr Hunt,
Mr.. Geo. H. Kalteyer and wife have
returned from Europe and are in Phil
adelphia visiting their son DR.. Fred
Kalteyer.
Fred Frommer and DR., George Della
ney and sister, of Galveston, who were
here during the drill, left for home
last night.
John H. Shelly left for F'latonia this
morning to hold a district meeting of
the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Py-
thias for a school of instruction.
Mrs. NJ. Reagan of Runge, Mrs. T.
A. Sanders, of Pearsall and Mrs. F.
Leavitt, of Victoria, are in the city and
are guests of the Mahncke hotel.
Mrs. Tristram and children, and the
party of ladies who were with her Wis
iting City Clerk Vinke and family,
left this morning ON their return to
BRENNAN.
Mr. VIM. Steele of the firm of Field
& Steel, of LOckhart, accompanied by
his charming daughter has been in the
city attending the drill and returned
home yesterday,
MI w. E. Roach left today for New
York City. He will attend the Ma
tional Association of Cycle Dealers
convention and the national bicycle
meet in Philadelphia while absent.
Mrs. L. c. Dalzell, of Brownsville,
of Brownsville, arrived in the city this
morning from Waco, accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Adrienne Dalzell.
They are stopping at the Maverick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Capt. ]. H. Warmoth,
and daughters Miss Kate and Lottie, |
Mrs: Hall and sister Miss Critic Fisch-
er, and Mr.. Bert L. Fletcher, of the |
Governors Guard of Austin, who have |
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H.
Waldo have returned home.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
THEY HAVE COLD MELONS.

The Paragon Refrigerator Machine
Co... No. 721 West Commerce street,
complimented the Light today by
sending in some excellent frozen wa
termelons, prepared in their own es-
Enlistment by their new process re-
frigerating machine. The melons were
fully appreciated and the liberal and
enterprising members of the Refriger-
ating company have the hearty good
wishes of the Light for their success.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27
BIRTHS REPORTED.

June 10,-Gir1, John Walters and wife
No, $50 Garden street. Ward s.
July Girl, c. E. Jones and wife,
North Centre street, Ward 6.
July 4.-Girl, Ernest Pfeiffer and
wife, Arsenal street, Ward /.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-27

Mr.. Chas. ]. Chabot, of Wagner &
Chabot, left on todays 1910 Southern
Pacific train for Hartford, Conn,
where he goes on invitation from the
Pope Manufacturing company to in
vestigate and make arrangements for
handling the new Columbia chainless
wheel which they will soon place on
the market.