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ANOTHER ~PYR0MANIAC.
Confession of william Bloom. n Young
Man Charged with Arson.

Bloom. a young man under arrest here on
the charge of arson. has made a sensational
confession TO the fire wardens. They an
nounced to-day that he declares with con-
siderable pride that he has been setting fire
TO buildings in various cities for five years.
During the big railroad strike in Chicago a
few years ago. he says, he was a militia
man and set fire 10 a grain elevator, other
also states that he operated successfully in
Windsor, Canada. Port Huron and Mt.
Clemens. Mich. as we'll as in Detroit. his
former home. where he started forty fires.
His confession concerning his career in De-
troit has been corroborated by the fire
marshal of that place.
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Mckinley May Take an Outing.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-President Nc
Kinley has in contemplation a brief vaca-
ton from his official duties. The month in
the White House has been a trying one,
and while not in any way inoisposed he feels
that a few days rest will benefit him
greatly Nothing has been determined, yet
IL is probable that he will avail himself of
the presence here of the dispatch boat
Dolphia and go down the Potomac river for
a couple of days about the middle of next
week. He prefers this means of diversion
rather than going to a public resort.
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A MICHIGAN FAKE"
Voices of People i'm an Air Ship AL
legged 10 Have Been Heard.

DECATUR. Mich. April 2.-Residents of
the village of Galesburg, in Kalamazoo
county. say an air ship passed over the
town last night. The first evidence of the
strange visitor was a brilliant white light,
by means of which a huge black object,
from which was emitted a sharp cracking
sound, was distinguishable. 1t is even said
that human voices were distinctly heard
at one point during the passage of the sup
posed air ship.
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QUEENSTOWN, April 2.-Arrived: Cam
pania, from New York. Sailed: Catalonia,
for Boston.
NEW YORK. April 2.-Arrived: Burgun-
dia, from MarseilleS.
ROTTERDAM. April 2.-Arrived: OLDHAM,
from New York.
LONDON, April 2.-Arrived: Manitoba,
from New York.
COPENHAGEN, April 2.-Sailed Norge,
for New York.
LIVERPOOL. April 2.-Sailed: Cevic,
for New York.
MOVILLE, April 2.-Sailed: Ethiopia, for
New York.
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OBITUARY.
C.. A. Carleton. Who Won n B~rigadier
Generals star in the Civil War.

NEW YORK. April 2.-Gen. Charles A.
Carleton. who rose from the ranks to wear
a brigadier generals star in the civil war,
has died at his home. in this city, aged
sixty-two years. Among the more notable
engagements in which he participated were
the battles of Weirbottom Church, Drury's
Bluff and Cold Harbor, and the sieges of
Petersburg and Fort Fisher. General Garlic
ton was a brother of George w. Carleton,
the nnhliSher-
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LESS WORK FOR SAME MONEY.
Demands of 10000 Union Brewery
EmpIoyes of Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis, April 1.-The ten
thousand union brewery employees in Mil
waukee have submitted a demand for an
eight-hour work day and ten hours pay.
The agreement which expired yesterday re-
quired ten hours work. Representatives
Of the several unions representing the brew
cry employes held n conference with the
brewers to-day. when the employees sub
mitted their demand. The employers, while
not formally refusing the demand, submit
ted a counter proposition. the terms of
which have not been made public. Ii is
said the union refused TO consider this
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FIVE LIVES LOST.
Steamer j. +. L. Griggs Sunk i'm the
River.

COLUMBIA, Ga, April 2.-The steamer
]. F. c.. Griggs. of the Independent line,
sank in the Ch~attahoochee river at mid
night last night near here. Five persons
are reported lost. The accident was caused
by a log striking the hull of the steamer.
The list of drowned is not yet complete.
Engineer Waterbury,, d negro boat hand
ana a lady passenger were reported to have
persisted. Randolph Russell, son of Con-
gresham Benjamin Russell, of cambridge,
was on the boat and escaped by swim
ming ashore.
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e.. III. Bullen.

ST.. LOUIS. April &C. III. Bullen, presi-
dent of the National Bank of the Republic,
OF ST. Louis, died here this afternoon of
pneumonia. Mr.. Bullen was a native of
Kentucky and had been president of the
National Bank of the Republic since 1892.
Association. Mr.. 3ullen leaves a widow and
tuO childrap
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RnffaIn rnnriar

BunaIo Courier.
Ii is said hat President Mckinley nay
compel all office seekers TO carry on their
interviews with him over the telephone.
Old newspaper men who know what is is
10 attend a telephone after "A prize fight
or "A football game will advise the President
To go slow in introducing such a system.
IL Is more time wasting and exasperating
than personal interviews.
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George Stock.

NEW YORK. April 2.-George Steck. the
founder of the piano house bearing his
name. is dead at his home in this city. aged
sixty-eight years, He retired from active
business ten years ago. Death was due to
nervous debility following an illness of a
year. Mr.. Steck was a native of HeSse
CaSsel, Germany. He was a member of the
jury of awards of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, held at Chicago in 1899.
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NJ. Wa. Not In.oIvent.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Times will pub
lish a dispatch from its Paris correspond
ent Tomorrow. who says: The talk OF
connecting NJ. Burdeau with the Panama
scandals is a series of monstrous calumnies
flung broadcast by political jackals who
profane tombs. NJ. Burdeau died poor. On
the eve of the duel. in 1889. he wrote a
letter to his wife in which he advised her
i'm the event OF his being killed 10 see NJ.
Jules Ferry. who. he hoped. would get her
a certain tobacco shop. out of which she
might be able to make a decent livelihood"
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Strike of Coat Makers.

ST. LOUIS April Rive hundred en-
ployes OF clothing manufactures in 81.
Louis struck to-day, and the latter have a
fight on their hands that may prove serious.
Last fall the price paid for making a coat
was reduced from 90 to % cents. 1t was
romise that the rate would be restored
in the spring. but as it had not been done,
the workers struck.
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VIENNA. April 1.-THE Neue Freie Presse
says hat the Cabinet has resigned owing
to its failure to negotiate with the pro-
gressist groups with the object of form
ing a coalition majority. II is expected
that Count Badeni. the present president Of
the council of ministers and minister for
the interior. will be intrusted with the task
OF reconstructing the Cabinet.
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THE SAMOAN QUESTION.
Spirited Correspondence Between OIL
ney and Germany's EmbnsxaGar.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Samoan affairs
were much discussed last year between
Secretary Olney and Baron ThieImann. the
German ambassador here. While this dis
cussion did not result in any change In the
status of Samoa. there were traces of per
sonal feeling in places in the correspondence
somewhat out of the ordinary run of diplo-
matte correspondence. The volume of for
elgn relations just published shows that
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BERLIN. April 2-After an animated de-
bate to-day the Reichstag adopted a mo-
ton to reintroduce in the courts the adj
ministering of the oath according 10 the
different religious denominations The Con
servatives, Imperialists, Reform party and
Centrists supported the motion. The I'm
perial chancellor. Prince Hoheniohe. voted
with the minority. n Centrist motion in
favor of the complete ~abrogation Of the
Jesuit exclusion law was holly debated and
finally adopted. the Poles. Freisinnigs, So
cial Democrats and some Conservatives
c,,pportin0 IN
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FAILURE.
Bankrupt Snfc.

One of the greatest sales Indianapolis has
ever had starts this morning at 6S East
Washington street: $4,000 worth of dry
goods. clothing. shoes. furnishing goods and
hats will be sold for . cents ON the dollar.
Shoe and Hat Company. 66 East Washing
ton street.
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Two ..Fire Hugs, sentenced.

NEW YORK, April 2.-Hugh Miller. the
fire bug, who was convicted of arson TWEEN
ty-four hours after his arrest. was SEN
fenced to-day in the Brooklyn County Court
TO twenty years Imprisonment. Adolph
Steinberg. another fire bug, was sentenced
to- ten wears mpriSonment
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Unpleasant.
Boston Transcript.

a Bible that had been used in a court
house for many years and had been kissed
by upward OF forty thousand persons was
analysed by n chemist the other day He
did not succeed in finding the germs OF
typhoid. tuberculosis or diphtheria. But he
did succeed in separating seven other kinds
of microbes. The man OF science said that
he would not like to kiss the surface on
which these were spread. All this is enough
to make a witness take his own Testament
with him when he obeys a subpoena.
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ATHENS, April at is reported here to-
night that the Greek government has been
notified semi-officially that a blockade of
the Greek ports will be enforced within
three or four days.
ST. PETERSBURG, April "A blockade
of Greece, which the Russian press thinks
the likeliest way of forcing the situation
by exciting the Greeks TO hostile acts on
the Turkish frontier. has evidently been
decided upon.
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Rev. Alex

SPRINGFIELD, o., April Rev. Alex.
Proudfit. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church here, died tonight of heart trouble
He was for many years pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.
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Greek. to Sail To-Day.

NEW YORK. April John ID. Faimakis,
a Greek confectioner Of Philadelphia, called
on Consul General Botassi to-day and paid
the passage Of twenty Greeks who are
homeward bound to fight under their own
flag. Seventy Greeks are to sail on La
TOuraine Tomorrow.
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Britain Leases Deimcoa HAY,

LONDON. April 2.-Thc Daily Mail will
print a dispatch from Cape own to-mor-
row saying IL is reported there that Del
goa bay has been leased TO Great Britain
for thirty years ut an annual rental OF
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apparent popular craving for a renewed ex-
preston of our desire for universal peace
and good will.
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BASE BALL
INDIANAPOLIS VS..
De PAW UNIVERSITY
PROFESSIONAL
To-Day, April 3.
Game called at 3 p. m.
Admission-25c. Grand Stand, SOC.

half a million pounds sterling and that the
TranSvaal government was not aware OF
the arrangement until completed.
PRETORIA, April "A great sensation
has been caused here by the report of i'm
pending naval demonstrations by the Cape
and West African squadrons in Delagoa
how
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disappointment.

Bu1aIo tOurier-
Charlemagnc Tower certainly looks far
less splendid than he sounds.
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More than Likely.
Philadelphia Press.

IUIldUtIpIId IIt-S-
We suspect that there is a lot OF adver-
Using in that story OF how an American
actress has infatuated the Gar OF Russia.
Even a throne is not sacred 10 the advance
agent.
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Jesting nc sorrov.

Philadelphia Times.
With every passing day the hapless Office
seekers have heavier hearts. This is due 10
their increase In wait.
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II effects instant relief and cures catarrh
and cold i'm the mead. Decent trial size OF
k:ly's Cream Balm at druggists. Full size
80 cents.
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DENOUNCED AS A FARCE
TRANSVAAL RAID INQUIRY CRITI-
CISED BY MR.. LABOUCHERE,
Because n Witness WINS Not Compelled
Confidential Letter.

LONDON, April 2.-The parliamentary
committee which is investigating the Trans
vaal raid had another session to-day in the
committee room off Westminster Hall. Sir
John Willoughby. the military leader of the
raid, who was released from Holloway jail
on Wednesday last. where he had been
serving a sentence of ten months imprison-
ment for violating the foreign enlistment
act, was examined. Considerable excite
ment was caused by the remark of Henry
Labouchere, the well-known Radical men,
Der for Northampton and editor of Truth,
who, on the refusal of the witness Tin which
he was upheld by the chairman) to divulge
the nature of a confidential communication
made to the War Office, said: IF We can
not have this this inquiry Is a
farce"
This remark drew forth cries of order
but Mr.. L~abouchere continued: 1t is hush
ing everybody up. / say SO publicly. 1t is
a waste of time continuing the committee"
The South African parliamentary COM
mission now Investigating the Jameson raid
held a private session to-day after the pub
lie session to consider whether an article
recently published in Truth commenting on
the proceedings of the committee should be
brought before the House of as a
breach of privilege. Mr.. LabouChere re-
tOrted with a menacing counter motion TO
the effect that Mr.. Chamberlain's cross-ex-
animation of Mr.. Schreiner, ex-attorney
general of Cape Colony, who has been be-
fore the as a witness, was cal
culated bring ABOUT a CONNECT between the
Dutch and English races at the cape.
The matter was finally settled on Mr..
Laboucheres promise not to make further
comments on the subject In Truth. The
committee discussed also the proposal of
Mr.. Labouchere to compel Sir John Will
loughby- to produce the letter from the
British War Office which it was alleged he
had said he and other officers interpreted
to be the sanction of the imperial authori-
ties, civil and military. to the undertaking
of the raid. 1t is understood that this letter
will be produced at the next session of the
committee.
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Frenchmen and the DingIey Bill.

LONDON, April 2.-The Times will pub
lish a dispatch from its Paris correspond
ent tomorrow, who says: The Dingley
tariff bill has caused considerable excite
ment among American business houses
here. The questions growing out of it have
been discussed at a largely attended meet
ing at the American Chamber of Commerce,
at which the American embassy was rep
resented by Mr.. Henry Vignaux, secretary
to ambassador Eustis. The vice president
of the chamber said: America sends
France $50, 900. 900 francs worth of goods
duty free, as against SO, OO0 900 francs worth
sent by France duty free into America.
The chamber suggests that the United
States should reduce the tariff on some i'm
portant French exports, the natural result
of which would be that France would ad-
nit many American manufactured articles
at a reduced tariff. The advantage to
America under existing conditions by
France admitting some articles at the mimi
mum tariff is over 18.000,V francs. The
chamber hopes that President McKinley's
request for additional discretionary power
may be granted, SO that reciprocal COM
mercial relations may be established. I'm or
der to open new markets for manufactured
American products
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March

April, May are most emphatically the
months for taking a good blood purifier,
because the system is now most in need
OF such a medicine, and because Ii more
quickly responds TO medicinal qualities
In winter impurities do mot pass out of the
body freely, but accumulate in the blood.
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April

The best medicine TO purify, enrich and
vitalize the blood, and thus give strength
and build up the system, is Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. Thousands take it as their Spring
Medicine, and more are taking it today
than ever before. fyoua are tired, out Of
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-21
The Great Bustard.

The great bustard (Otis tarda), a
bird still found in the southern prov.
inces of Russia, is the heaviest Eu-
ropean fowl. In size it exceeds the Nor
wegian blackjack. The old males at
tain a weight of IS pounds, and where
food is plentiful specimens weighing
SO pounds, and even 40 pounds, have
been captured. These birds have dis
appeared from western Europe, where
once they were almost as numerous as
cartridges, and are seen only in small
flocks in the sandhills skirting the lower
valley of the Dneiper and here and there
along the north coast of the Caspian
The hen lays eggs as big as ordinary
pears. A larger and heavier bird-the
cassowary-is incapable of fight, but il
can kick with the strength of a mule
and uses the sharp, tiny quilts of it:
wings as a cock uses his spurs.-N. Y
SIM
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-21
Sublime Faith.

An old darby, having been thrown
from his cart by the recklessness OF
an excited mule, was overtaken by q
gentleman who had witnessed the dis.
aster, and with whom the following
colloquy ensued:
WAS that your mule that dropped
you here so unceremoniously?"
"Ter be sho, sab. He's mer own pus
sonal property, sah."
Then why don't you get up and
overtake him before he gets away?"
Deere hahn no needs er dat, sab
Yo' see, wen dat null git stahted dey
hahn muffin kin stop i'm, ans de smaht
folkses all seq de worr am roun', da'
null boun' ter fetch up yere agin il
1 only got de pashinse ter sit yere an
wait."-Boston Courier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-21
A Queer Graveyn I'd.

I'm little hillside graveya ard west of
Mcorehead, Rowan county, KY, is one
of the queerest gravestones in all the
United States" remarked c. II. Nun
setter, of Willard, Ky. The stone
marks the last resting place of Johnny
Martin, one of the principals of the
famous Rowan county war between the
Martins and Logans on the one side and
the Tollivers on the other. In the feud
more than so men were killed, and the
governor of the state at one time was
compelled to negotiate for peace with
Craig Tolliver. Martin was taken from
the officers of the law while en- route to
Lexington for safe-keeping-the Tolli-
yer gang later hanging him near Farm
ers and Kidding the body with bullets.
But Martins friends evened up scores
by practically wiping out both feud
and the Tolliver faction on the streets
of Moorehead two years later. On Mar.
tins gravestone is the following in.
scription: Stop, stranger; tread not
upon the grave of one who neverforsook
a friend nor forgave an enemy. Johnny
Martin lies here columbus CO.,
Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-21
Benedictines in England.

The Benedictines, whom Cardinal
Vaughan is reestablishing at Westmin-
ster and Ealing, were in prereforma-
ton times the most numerous and most
widely distributed religious order in
England. They had no less than les
abbeys, priories and nunneries. The
London establishments were at West
minister, Clerkenwell and St. Helen's
Bisopsgate. The head of their COM
munity at Westminster abbey had a
seat in the house of lords. Abbott
Feckenham, the last holder of the of.
flee, delivered remarkable speech in
the upper house against the religious
changes introduced in the reign of Eliz
abeth. At present the Benedictine!
have a dozen houses in England, tn,
three principal establishments being
at Downside, Ampleforth and Rams
gate.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-21
DOG WITH STORE TEETH.
Attracted Much Attention ut the he
cent London Dog Show.

Attracted Much Attention at the he
cent London Dog Show.
A dog with n full set of artificial
teeth was the leading curiosity of the
recent dog show at the Crystal palace,
London. Undoubtedly it is the only
dog in the world thus distinguished.
The owner of this curiosity is Dr. Z.
Moseley, dentist on Regent street, and
his account of how he fitted the dogs
mouth with an efficient set of teeth is
very interesting. He is a dog fancier,
and is especially fond of the Schip-
perkes breed, of which this dog is a
specimen. He picked him up in Brus-
sells on vacation tour, and named him
Myn Duyvel (My DeviD as tribute to
his viciousness. He is n fine specimen
of his breed, but hard usage has de-
prived him of nearly all his teeth.
Hence he could not feed properly, and
was in a wretched condition.
Mr.. Mosely first had a special tray for
the dogs mouth constructed, and then
a gutta percha model of the mouth was
made. Then he procured the smallest
human incisors to be found and ground
them down to the size and pattern re-
quired. There are six of these little
teeth in front, top and bottom, and
three each side, top and bottom, max
ing "a in all.
When the set of artificial teeth was
first fitted to his mouth Myn Duyvel
fought furiously against the operation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-21
Far-Famed Hams of virginia.

The department of agriculture has re-
Gently issued report on the subject of
hams of Isle of Wight, Surrey, South
ampton and Nansemond counties of Vir-
ginia. About $4,000 pounds are the an
nual output, most of which is exported
to Europe. These hams are pronounced
equalif not superior to the Westphalian.
They are made from what is called the
razor-back hog. During its youth this
animal is allowed to range the woods
throughout the summer, where it ac-
quires the peculiar gamey flavor for
which the flesh is noted. In the au-
tumn, when the corn crop is gathered,
the hogs are driven into the fields, in
which every other row is planted with
black-eyed peas. On these and the
small corn that remains they fatten
very rapidly. AS finishing process the
animals are allowed to eat the small po-
tatoes that are left after the crop is
harvested. The method of curing the
hams and bacon is peculiar to the To-
cality. To secure the genuine it is nee
essary for individual customers to give
their orders year in advance.-Boston
Globe
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The Wrong Word.

Nov, l propose" said Burlington
continuing the conversation.
30, Mr.. Burlington" exclaimed Miss
Backbay, "this is SO sudden, but if you
have fully made up your mind that you
love me, L"
81 beg your pardon" Mr.. Burlington
FASTENED to interpose, "but I was about
to say that 1 propose to begin on an en-
tirely new course of reading, which
thought would interest you"
''Then, Mr.. Burlington" said Miss
Backbay, Jelly, you should have said
'purposed,' instead Of proposed And
now 1 must bid you good evening, for l
must prepare to attend a lecture
Detroit Free Press.