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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07

wuz de fust an de o~nliest, but dat ar
niger oman, she des shove me 'roun'
an say 1 better go on bout my bust
ness"
Here the judge took off his glasses and
rubbed them carefully, leaned his ell
bow on the code, and rested his head on
his hand. There was almost a smile on
his face as he asked:
"And what did you do then, Jake?"
The negro scratched his head and
laughed sheepishly. well, sub, dar
l wuZ, a grown man wild a baby and
can't put his ham on it. 1 had mighty
quare feelin's. Iwant ter go in dar, an
den l skeered ter. l know'd I want ter
do sump'n. but l dunner know what. l
feel so good, 1 say I'll DIES take one dram
in commembunce er de baby. Well
sub. 1 tuck it, AN eff you don't know
dc res de pleeceman dar kin tell you"
The Judge cleared his throat and tried
to frown, but the frown was a failure.
Jake" he said, you can go this
time. Your excuse is not a good one,
but 1 think 1 know how you felt. I
have a boy at my house-a fine one"
81 boun' tits, subj" exclaimed Jake.
"The finest on my side of town; it is
admitted by everybody. 1 know what
your temptations were. 1 resisted, and
you didn't. Go and behave yourself.
Call the next easel"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07
y prfson.

The prison, six miles from Toxic,
seems to be n model in its perfect man
agement. We approached a lot of hand
some buildings, and / asked if they did
not belong to the university. No;
the prison where we are going" the
guide said, and we entered the beauti-
full grounds, laid off artiicially and
planted with flowers. The buildings are
of brick, n story high, and are filled
with many comforts. Every prisoner
saluted us. In the shops all are re-
quired to work and are supplied with all
necessary materials by the govern
ment. Some do exquisite ~cloisonne
and wood carving; others make useful
articles, such as shoes, buckets, bas-
kets, etc., until you can find almost any
article you wish. The articles are sold
for just what the material cost. At
lanta Constitution,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07
TIE Daify tiqRt
MONDAY, JUNE Z, 1897.
TIL D RELENTED.
He Realized That the Culprit Had
Been Sorely Tempted.
The Negro Prisoner Tells How He
Happened TO Take Several Drops
Too Much-How He Inter-
esteh His Honor.

There was an unusual scene in the re-
corder's court at Atlanta. Ca. the other
day. A negro man was before its bar
on a charge of drunkenness. Judge
Calhoun, who has a wonderful memory
in such matters, recognized an old Of
fender in the darby.
Jake" said he. this is the third
time you've been here this year."
The negro scratched his head and
shifted his hat from one hand to the
other.
"Yasser, OATS so; it sho' is. But dem
ar yuther times is done gone by, an
dish yer time-well. sub, dish yere time
is bran new"
"Well, you were drunk each time"
remarked the judge, frowning.
"Yasser. 1 sho' wuz. speck 1 had de
same OF wabble, but de 'casion wus
bran new"
"It's always some excuse" said the
judge, but I want you to understand
that I'm tired of seeing you here on a
charge of drunkenness"
well, sub"
mo, 1 don't want to hear your ex-
cuses. It's drunk, drunk, drunk, until
even the stockade is tired of you"
But, jedge," protested the negro,
looking around uneasily and lowering
his voice, "de 'scuse what 1 got now amt
SO mighty big, but it look like ter me
dat it's a mighty good one"
s'LVelI ont Within
Hits des a baby, jedge."
"a what?"
"Des a little baby, sub"
"WelI, what has that got to do with
FTP" asked the judge, his manner show
ing no little curiosity.
Hits at my house, sub. Yasser! hits
dar right now, an 1 bet eff faint sleep
it's a-hollerin'." Uncertain as his po-
sition was, the negro chuckled.
The judge regarded the darby with a
~relenting eye, playing with a slip of
paper on his desk.
We'll, what of it?" His judicial in
dignation had disappeared.
"Well, sub, hit wuz dis away: De
las time I went out er dish yer place. l
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07
THE KAISER AND Mr.. FIRTH.
Small Princes First Attempt at
Painting Was Disastrous

Although Prof. Knackfuss is usually
credited with assisting the kaiser in
the production of his surprising pic
lures, the German monarch owes his
earliest introduction to the mysteries
of art to an English painter, says the
London Chronicle. The first time the
kaiser handled a brush was at Wind
SCR, when Mr.. Firth was painting the
picture of the prince of Wales mar
riage for the queen. All the royal per-
sonages gave sittings to the artist and
the kaiser, then a little f~our-year-old
prince, spent several mornings in the
room where the picture vas being
painted. To keep the child quiet Mr..
Firth gave him some paints and brushes
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07
METAMoRPHoSIs OF A PLANT.
rOntedria Accommodates Itself to
Repeatedly Changed Quarters.

T~Ontedr1a ltseIf TO
Repeatedly Changed Quarters.
A curious incident of the power of
plants to adapt themselves to circum-
stances came under my notice recently
in the shape of a pontedria crassipes,
Last fall, says a writer in Meehan's
Monthly, I obtained a slip of poutedria,
which 1 placed in a bowl in my sitting
room window. By spring it was a
thrifty plant, with beautiful waxen
leaves. When it was time to set my
plant out of doors 1 looked about for
something in which to place my lily.
For want of something better I put it
in an old dinner boiler of generous pro-
portions. By midsummer it had out
grown the boiler. Again looked about,
and this time / found a crock, quite
deep, but not very wide. / divided my
plant, putting half in the crock and the
kept thinned out by giving slips to
friends; the other plant was left to
grow at it's own sweet will, and, being
a thrifty plant, very much bent on
growing, and finding it could not spread
according to it's natural mode, it
changed it's tactics and took to grow
ing upward. The air bulbs developed
into long stems, and at the end of each
grew a very large leaf twice the size
of an ordinary leaf. And here I would
like to say that, as a house plant, there
is nothing more attractive than a
baa1+bv Dopte1rio with itS UIoSsy Huov-
en- leaves, and, moreover, it requires so
little attention, merely keeping it re-
plenished with water.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07
MOVING A BRICK CHIMNEY.
Carried Nearly n Thousand Feet Over
Uneven Ground.

Carried Nearly "A Thousand Feet Over
Uneven Ground.
The moving of an ordinary brick
building has always been consid-
cred a feat of more than passing inter
est, but the transportation of a brick
chimney without accident or damage,
over a considerable stretch of uneven
ground, vas recently accomplished at
Manhanset, Shelter Island, Suffolk coun-
ty, N. Y.
The chimney, says the Scientific
American, is IS feet high and seven feet
square at the base, with outer and in
ner walls eight inches thick and weighs
nearly 100 tons. 1t was moved about
$50 feet over very rough ground and
quite a grade, both up and down. The
cradle rested on two skids CREASED on
the under side and sliding on CREASED
blocks. The purchase used was a grain
capstan, and one horse at $50 fold, and
the time occupied in loading and NOV
ing was only nine days, with the labor
of only four men. The chimney was
placed on it's new foundation without a
particle of harm. This is the second
chimney of the above description moved
by the same contractors. The first one
was SO feet high, at Bridgehampton,
and in both cases the work was COM
pleted without accident.
Sick headaches a be quickly cur
ed and completely overcome by US
ing those famous little pills, known as
uD-rys..- = sa.tz r.-I, DIsarg
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07

Sick headaches can be quickly cur
ed and completely overcome by US
ing those famous little pills, known as
"Dewitts Little Early Risers."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07
IT SAVES CHTLDKEN7S LIVES.

Whites Cream Vermifuge insures
your child against n serious danger.
1t promptly rids it Of worms. 1t acts
thoroughly but is just as harmless as
a cllildren's remedy should be. Has
been sold for years and received the
warmest praise Of grateful mothers
everywhere.
If your child is peevish, restless, if
its breath is bad, if it picks its nose
or starts i'll its sleep, suspect the pres
enc of worms. Health and right
growth cannot come until the trouble
is removed. Cream Vermifuge canlnr
fail. Price % cents. Sold cy z
Reuss and C. Schasse.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-07

say ter myself I amt gwine fetch no
more dram, kase l done foun' out dat
faint mon a half hour FUN de mouf er
de bottle ter de rock pile. Imade up my
min on dat, an 1 helt it dar 'twel las
night. Well, sub, when I got home fun
work, dey wuz a niger oman dar,
hustlin' 'roun'. Hello herel what
kinder doin's is dis?' 1 amt mon got
de words out'n my mouf TO I hear
sump'n blatin' IN de kivver like a teeny
nanny goat. An de niger oman, she
up an low: You got a baby, if you but
know'd it. ....r.. r..
well, sub, dey sorter tu'n down &c
counterpin, an dar he wuz, DIES ez
natchul ez you please. He wunk at me
a time er two, an den he gun ter blate.
I start to pick i'm up. sub. bein' ez he
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
WORK OF EIRE BUGS

IneendlHTles Set Fire to The House o4I1x-
County Jailsr weiSgsrbor on the south
SlIo-suppoSed to DO . Case Of SpltS
Work.
Fire bugs were mt work last night,
ana their dastardly attempt to burn
the house of ex-County Jnilor, George
weIsgerber, on South Eoff street, was
happily folled by belatcd pedestrian,
who noticed slight blaze at the side
door. and Immediately notified oHlcer
Devlnney, who rang the alarm from
box 50. This happened a few minutes
before midnight, and all the steamers
of the fire department south Of the
creek were soon on the spot. They
We're not needed. however, az the fire
was soon put out with few buckets
OF water.
The hrebugs went about the thing
deliberately. They bored holes In the
back aud side doors OF the house. then
poured kerosene in the holes. They set
a match to the side door, which was
about the only thing damaged by the
fire. The incendlarles are supposed to
bear gruhge against Mr.. WciSGerber
and may have been prisoners under
him at the county jail and took this
method OF wreaking out their spite.
There IS no clue to their identity. but
II caught. they will have very serious
oifense to answer for.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10

CHICAGO, Feb. e,-stepl rails are
being sold at the lowest price ever
known in America.
The steel rail pool has collapsed and
SIS ton was asked for rails In Chi.
cago to-day and in Pittsburgh the
rate was SIS 25 a ton.
Monday the price In Chicago was
sec and in Pittsburgh 1t was s25. The
sensational break OF IS ton within
twenty four hours is the result OF Sc
cret meeting of the rail pool held In
Pittsburgh Monday. All the members
were present. No agreemea. could be
reached and President ]. W. Gates, OF
the Illinois Steel Company, hastily re-
turned to Chicago and called meet
ing of the directors OF that company.
As a result OF their deliberations. he
notified II. c. Frlck. chairman Of the
Carnegie Steel Company. that the ILL
noiS Steel Company was unable to
come 10 4 conclusion, and had post
poned action until after the annual
election Of officers to be held to-mor-
row. Two hours after the message
reached Pittsburgh the prices quoted
were being asked In Chicago.
Railroad operatives undoubtedly
have had an inkling OF the collapse of
the gigantic pool as with q single ex-
CeptlOn none oc them had placed any
orders for rails, despite the 50 Il ton re-
duction made by the pool at the open
Ing of the year,
In the trade the dissolution OF the
pool Is taken to mean that Carnegie d
Company, In this way make 1t known
that they can sell rails cheaper than
anybody else and that they Will not
henceforth be haInpered by an agree
ment which Is to their disadvantage.
The steel rail pool was the longest
lived and most successful trade or
ganiZation ever formed In this country.
The organization included only the
mills making standard sections and
not those rolling street car and lighter
rails. and presumably heavy forfelts
were on deposit to prevent violations
OF agreement. The basis OF prices
which the pool maintained for many
years was S2S ton at Pittsburgh and
$29 ut Chicago.
II. II. Porter. chairman of the Chica-
go and Eastern Illinois Railroad Co.,
and u former director OF the Illinois
Steel Company, said tonight that he
heard of the breakup Of the pool and
presumed that il meant a general cut
in prices OF steel rails.
John W. Gates, president of the llli-
noIs Steel Company, refused to admit
that there was any trouble in the pool or
10 announce the policy Of his company
if guch was the fact.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
ANNUAL MEETING
or the Stockholders ortho Carroll cIub
Held Last Night.

or the Stockholders ortho Carroll CIub
Held Last Night.
The annual meeting OF the stock
holders OF the Carroll club took place
last night,at the clubs handsome quar-
tiers on Chapllne street. over two
hundred members were present. DR.. C.
A. Wingerter, the president, occupied
tie chair. The meeting was very en-
thuslastIc and the report of the board
OF directors was very encouraging.
Several unimportant changes were
made in the constitution, and reports
were read from the board OF directors.
the secretary and the treasurer. The
old board OF directors was reelected,
and after the meeting organized, by re-
electinE the following old officers:
PresIdent-Dr. c. A. Wlngerter
Vice President-GeOrge j. AiathlSon.
Secretary-E. j. MCGOWAN.
Treasurer-Seaton Alexander.
The board had under consideration,
plans for the formal opening Of the
club house, and the date was changed
from the 18th to the end inst. Wash
ington's birthday. This occasion Will
be made notable one. A musical and
dramatic programme will be rendered
in the early part Of the evening, after
which promenade concert will follow,
this In turn giving way to dancing.
The ladies will serve a suitable re-
lection during the evening.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
NATIONAL WOOL oRoWERs.
They Cali on Congress for special Dutiss
on NIerIno Wool.

They Call on Congress fOF special Duties
on AIsFIn0 Wool.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--The Nation
nj Wool Growers Association met here
to-day with thIrty-slx members present.
representing practically all the wool
growing states and territories.
A resolution was adopted calling on
Congress for such protective tariff on
merino wool as will give the growers east
OF the Missouri twenty cents per pound,
farm value, for unwashed merlno. and
twenty-five cents, farm value, for wash
ed. For sections west OF the Missouri
river sixteen cents is demanded. farm
value. for unwashed A committee OF
seven was appointed, with President
Lawrence as chairman, TO confer with
representatives OF the national asgocla-
tion OF wool manufacturers and with rep
resentntiveS OF the manufacturers club
of Philadelphia, with view to an agree
ment as TO the pending wool and woolen
tariff schedule, with a reservation, how
ever. to the effect that the growers would
not agree t. any proposition not In full
accord with their views.
1t is probable that the conference will
be held here tomorrow. It ts not YET
decided whether the growers will appear
before the ways and means committee OF
the house. II not q written argument
will be filed with the committee.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
TWO MORE VEToIs


with the PFeatueht-
WASHINGTON, D. c., Eep. She
senate went into executive session at
1880 p m. to-day on motion OF Senator
sherman, chairman OF the committee
on foreign relations. While the main
purpose OF the session was to consider
the AnElO-American treaty, the early
part of II was dev0ted TO nominations
on the regular calendar.
The question OF the publicity that was
given 10 Yesterdays proceedings In eN"
ecutlVe session formed the first subject
taken up in connection with tho treaty
and there was sharp debate on this
point. The question was brought up by
Senator Vest.
when the prelimlnaries had been dis
posed Ex-senator Morgan resumed his
speech, which he had begun yesterday
in opposition to the treaty. He was
followed by Mr.. Stewart, who also
takees strong grounds against ratiiicas
ton of the treaty In Its present form,
intimnting opposition to II In any form.
The house agreed to the final confer.
ence report on the immigration bill by
an overwhelming majority (2lI TO 5S)
and passed two more pension bills over
OF the immigration bill contained in
the conference report by which an in.
tending Immigrant was required to be
able to read and write the English or
another language" and which permitted
the iliIterate wife and minor children
to accompany an eligible Immigrant.
removed the main opposition to the bill.
Mr., Bnrtholdt (Rep., MOI and Mr.,
Mccall (Rep., MaEs.,) both spoke in fa-
yOr OF the bill as modified. The bene-
ncIarles OF the pension bills passed
over the veto We're both OF the class
known as remarked Widows" Mr..
Cleveland has dtsprOved a number OF
these bills, but he has also allowed sew
eral to become laws without his sigma
ture.
Mr.. Wood (Rep, Ill.) then called up
the bill to pension Rachael Patton, the
widow Of John II. Patton. of the Sew
enth Illinois, which was vetoed by the
President, and moved that 1t be passed
over the veto.
Mr.. Wood spoke in favor Of his mo-
tIon and Mr.. Erdman Dem., Pa,.)
against II. Mr.. Cummings (Dem.. N.
V in concluding a speech in favor OF
passing the bill over the veto said amid
a round OF applause: II know not how
other men feel about 1t, but as for me,
/ prefer to stand by the precedent made
by Andrew Jackson than to follow the
one sought to be made by Grover
Cleveland"
The bill was passed over the veto,
1850
Mr.. sulloway (Rep., N, H..) called up
n bill to pension another "re-married
widow" Mrs. Caroline D. Mowatt, as
the widow OF Major Albert b. Soule, OF
the Twenty-third Maine Volunteers.
which was also vetoed by the President
on the same grounds as the former bill.
Mr.. Grow (Rep,, Pal submitted
some remarks defending the policy Of
restoring deserving "re-married Wild
ows" to the pension rolls, after which
by vote OF l43 to SO. the bill was pass
cd over the veto.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
TIE INDIAN FAMINE.
Some OF tho AWFUL ETsctS Described by a
CorreSDOudent,

Some OF tho Awful Effects Described by "
Correspondent.
Copyright, 1897, by the Associated Press)
JUBBULPooR, Feb. Son his way
to this city, the special representative OF
the Associated Press, who is examining
into the famine situation in India, visit
ed the poor houses of BrRspur and
Katnl, the Inmates were found to be in
n deplorable condition, the buildings
were overcrowded and medical attend
ancc was lacking.
A man outside OF one of them was
dead and another was dying. A girl OF
1--WE years OF age weighed only ten
pounds, and several adults were under
flrty-slX pounds. The skin in all cases
was drawn over the face, showing the
outline OF the skulls, and the limbs ana
1Olnts had the appearances OF tnoSe Oh ur-
ticuIated skeletons There is an i'm
,ncnse migration TO the Assam Tea Gar
drns 600 persons going there weekly,
desertlng their wives and families,
.Jubhulpoor Is the worst Of any part OF
Central india. 1t 10 estimated that the
present famine Is the greatest OF the cen
fury, and will greatly surpass that OF
iS76 boih area and severity, The fam
Inc beIt extends 1900 miles long and 800
miles wide, This is apart from the scat-
tered districts.
In ali the rice districts there Is no
chance OF food supply until september
Whole villages are deserted. The gov,
rrnuent ls now alive to the famine and
strenuous efforts are made 10 avert nor
rible disaster,
The correspondent has just heard that
tho Kural poor houses In the western
part of the district have been burned.
twenty five persons perlShed cholera
IL reported 70 have broken out In the
Mlniald district relief works
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
ONE RoBBBR SHOT DEAD
ny an Express Messenger, While the
other One Escapes.

by an Express WeshehBeT1 "N N'S
other One Escapes.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. "a dis
patch has just been received 10 the effect
that at 1915 the west bound sante Fe
train due at Los Angeles at 1880 p. m,
was held up and robbed by tw" masked
men near Nelson. a small station about
six miles east OF Peach Springs ArIE.
one OF the robbers was killed by Il 4e ex-
press messenger.
The train robbers stopped the train by
ylgnal. and as the engineer stepped out
uf the cab to ascertain the cause OF the
trouble, an armed man commanded MN
to cut the engine and run ahead a quar-
fer OF a mile, which he did. The robbers
then turned their attention TO the mail
car their command to open the door be-
ing complied with. One OF the robbers
entered the car and commenced picking
M The loose registered packages, The
rSbber started for the express car then,
but Messenger Summers quickly opener
the door and with extraordinary coolneSs
shOt the robber dead. The other man es,
cnned. taking with him n few registered
pockages. The dead rubber was taken
10 peach Springs, but has not yet peen
IDENTIFIED
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10
POPUI.IST CONFERENCE
Al ParkersburE-Not Mach Done bat a
Call for Another 'sTalk. ~

vail AVE AHVNtANE AalAs
Special Dispatch TO tho Intslligencer.
PARKERSBURG. w. Va. Feb. ga
number OF leading Popullsts of the
state met here in conference to-day.
The object OF the meeting was, briefly
to consider three things: First, the
reorganization OF the state executive
committee.
Second. to organize stock company
to take charge OF the party organ, the
Silver Tribune.
Third to consider the establishment
of farmers exchange on the Ohio
plan,
According to DR.: T. ". Stone. the
first matter named viii not be taken
up at this conference. The other two
have not been acted upon as yet, but
probably VIII be. as the conference
will be in session tomorrow All that
was done was the drafting. by a com
mittee appointed for the purpose. of a
call for larger and more comprehen-
site state conference 60 follow this
preliminary one.
The following prominent PopulIsts
nre here, and took part In to-dHy's de-
llberations;
DR.. 7. NJ Stone, wetzeI: John Bren-
ming, Hampshire; Hon. Oliver Gorrell,
Peasants; Washington Smith. Wood;
II. A. Altizer Calhoun; DR.. j. W.
Shull, Hampshire; G. l.. Spence, Wood
and several others.
D: W. Atkinson, who has come here
from Michigan, with view to taking
the editorshlp OF the Silver Tribune,
was present and participated In the
conference
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 9-All the
delegates were present when the ma
tional convention of the Amalgamated
Sheet Metal Workers convened to-day
in Its second days session. The trouble
between the Independent and the ami
lated unions of New York City is stlll
under consideration, and with It Is the
propositiop for the councils OF build
ing trades TO withdraw from the Amer
lean Federation of Labor
While Peter Gesner is here repreScnt-
ing the union of New York, kilograms
were sent requesting the Independent
order In New York 10 send representa-
tive to present the side Of the indie
pendent organization, which the Ameri-
can Federation is said TO support. Ths
request was not accepted.