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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
RECEIVER APPOINTED

Newcastle, Pa, May 3.-Upon appli-
cation of the Croton Limestone Co.,
Judge Wallace appointed Edwin N.
Oil and William Weiss, Of this city,
receivers of the big Atlantic Steel and
Iron company, which owns the Allan
tic furnaces and rolling mills of this
city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
EX-GOY. COKE VERY Ill.

Waco, Tex, May 3.-Special-Ho
Richard Coke, ex-United States sena-
tor, is seriously ill, suffering from par
alysis, his lower limbs aud right side
being affected. 1t was thought he
would not survive last night. He is
but slightly improved today and his
condition is critical.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
KING GEORGE Ill

Paris May Am Athens dispatch
to the Figaro asserts that King George
is suffering from cardiacle spasms and
that his physician insists that a change
of air to the island of Milo or to the
island of Syria is necessary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03
BURNED TO DEATH.

Pittsburg, May 3.-One person was
killed and a number more or less seri-
ously injured at the big fire here last
night. A number of firemen are miss
ing and are supposed to be buried un-
der the walls at Liberty street and
Cecil alleY.
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FARMERS KILLED.

Martinsburg, w. Va, May 3.-While
walking on the Baltimore and Ohio
railway tracks here, Benjamin Shep-
herd and Martin Reitzer were killed.
Both were farmers.
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CHEFS IN CONVENTION.

New York, May 3.-The grand lodge
of the National Epicurean college Of
the United States is holding it's annual
convention in this city today. Dele
gates from the entire country are pres
ent.
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, May 3.-Weather for
Western Texas: Fair except showers
in northern portion tonight, Tuesday
fair and warmer with southerly winds.
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F. GrooS ( 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 Mon
terey, Mexico, payable in Mexican dol
lars. Foreign coin and currency
bought and sold.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-03

TRY
The LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
to Texas cities and towns. New sta
lions opened continually and addition
al facilities added. Ask central for
party wanted.
SUBSCRIBERS
can talk from their own telephone.
OTHERS
from telephone toll stations.
NJ. f. THOMAS, Local Manager.
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17

There was no room for doubt or uncer-
tainty; he held in his hand the forged
deed. The document which had SO long
eluded him had come to him ut last by
the merest accident; and il anything
were needed to make his triumph COM
plete, it was added by the discovery that
the written text of the deed was in the
unmistakable handwriting of Mr.. Jen-
kins Fench. That was enough; but
there was another and still more con-
elusive evidence of the forgery. The
stationers' imprint in the corner of the
blank fixed its making five years later
than the certified date of the document
itself.
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17

''Tbank you" said Philip, going in to
get the note. It was brief and per-
cmptory:
..Dear SHIT ran-"You VIII consult
your own interests by comforting with me At
once. Come to my once. or let me know
III. G. SHARPLESs."
Thorndyke put the note into his
pocket and went out to think about it.
He had been reasonably certain for
some time that Fench and Sharpless
were quite well informed as to his
movements and their object. and he
had been expecting some attempt nj
bribery or intimidation. That it had
not come sooner he attributed to their
knowledge of his lack of evidence.
'They know well enough that have no
case" he said, turning out Of the busy
street and walking aimlessly toward
the old town. "And. yet, that reason is
rs good MS It ever was. Curse his impu-
dence. He knows can't get hold OF
n shred Of proof. and he means to bully
me. If could only find that deed!"
He left the sidewalk and picked his
way around heap of obstructions left
by the builders in front of the new
courthouse. Chilmafh county, aug
nented by the thriving city. had voted
TO abandon the weather-worn building
in the old town. and new courthouse.
imposing in pressed brick and stucco
trimmings, had risen rapidly upon the
square Of land. well within the limits
of the new Allacoochee, which had
been donated by the town company.
II was Characteristic of the time and
place that the county officers were NOV
ing into the new building while the
painters and decorators were still at
work, and Philip crossed the street to
get out of the way of van-load of fur
niture which the driver was vainly at
tempting to back over . pile of debris
IN front of the entrance. Farther down
til street, Philip met another load, and
nt the foot Of the cascade of steps how-
ing down from the porch of the old
courthouse he found o third van into
which o gang of negro workmen were
loading the furniture Of Judge Wilkin-
sons Office.
During many of the days spent in
canvassing the town for possible
clews, Philip had haunted the court
house; and more from force OF habit
than for any other reason he climbed
the steps and strolled into the room
which had been the oflice Of the Judge
cf probate. The place was bare and va
cant, the counter where he had 20 often
pored over the books Of record Was
9o~e; ana the Aoor wae enfefsd viii
Z iisser or waste paper which rustied
under his feet like tho autumn leaves In
q forest. When be entered the negroes
were moving an ancient case Of pigeon
holes from the place against the wall,
and Philip smiled at the prompt ce-
lerity with which they put It down at
the sound Of the noon whistles. Before
the echoes of the blasts had died away
they were all gone save one. a grizzled
cid uncle who had brought his dinner,
and who sat down on the hoor in . cor
ner Of the room to eat Il.
Philip gazed abstrsctedly At the
heavy piece Of furniture, which was all
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17

that remained Of the ONCE fittings, un-
til he suddenly remembered that IL had
been the receptacle for recorded deeds;
then IL occurred to him that here was
the last trscesble point in the history OF
the missing document Each pigeon
hole contained . drawer on which was
painted letter Of the alphabet, snd
Philip mechanically drew out the one
marked *" II was empty. ns he knew
Il would be, and. pushing it back, he
left the room and the building. At the
foot Of tie sseps the old negro overlook
him.
"Yaas sab, please sab. you-aIl done
sir1p dishyer when you's lookin' In dat
oI chist."
Philip glanced caselessIy at the
folded paPer in the mans hand. and wus
about 70 deny its ownership, when
his eye caught the name xii
erow" % the hack OF ose OF
the folds. He took the paper
with what nonehalance he could nus
ter, gave the old negro . quarter, and
did not dare TO look ~ The thing until he
hsd put . husdred yards Of the forest
on Johe's D0antsin between himself
and the possibility a Pryine eyes.
Thea be examined TIE square Of grimy
paper with . singing In his ears and
The blood jumping frca hesrt TO bseis.
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17

a ~ cIsaa euss1e seg !esgp $500
st ~ 06sss ostss . ssoes ~ SsUo4.
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17

Ws3diag iavitatioos ssd snoosscs-
msse., bo3h psistsd and sssrsvsd. In
SAs vssy Iatsss styIss. We have The
connect wording. ~ typs fos psistiag
spA ~ ~ q GeOek.
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17

Philip had been giving his comPan-
ion . succinct account Of the events
Of the previous day a. they climbed
the mountain, AMI Duncan had con-
sented TO take charge Of the deed until
It should be needed.
"Hae ye made up yer mind what yell
do next7"
"NoG definitely. As told you awhile
ago. IL depends very much upon Whist
KiIRrow says. Yesterday intended To
prosecute Immediately in both the civil
and criminal courts, but I'm not no sure
now that that would be the proper thing
70 do"
aver said Duncan, seating him
self with his back against the eliA and
making an Inverted N Of his sisewy
kn9th.
"No; 10 be frank sbout Il, think
lost ny hssd when that deed turned
IN. II was . foolish thing 70 20 to
Fr1emore the way did. might have
known what would happen in case I
wasn't able 70 scare him"
"An' can ye no sue them yetT
"Oh, yes; but they know - much -
I do, now, and they will be prepared
Mt eli pointa. We can bess them in Tie
end, but they can delay . settlenest
IndeAniteiy. And Tn more afraid Of
delay thaa of asytAiAg else"
~Ayer
sYes. They have al the resources of
The syndioaas behind then, whi,e have
The Delta independent., 1897-03-17
Burlington

q. ". VALLEaY, General Agent,
l0oo lsth street, Denver, Cess.
The herald., 1897-07-11
WHICH is R1oHrp

One of the speakers at the national
conference of charities and correction,
now in session at Toronto, declares that
ignorance is one Of the two great banes
Of civilization. The remedy, he declared
is the American common school. This
view is relatively In wide contrast to the
position taken by Professor Peck, Of
Columbia university, who asserts that
education Is the prime cause of discon-
tent and anarchistic tendencies, and
who would have the making of the laws
and governmental authority confined to
the highly educated few; who would COM
pei the common people to remain in ig-
norance, in order to make them more
contented with their lot, who asserts that
no great reform was ever accomplished
by the common people or their typical
representatives.
1t is surprising that more notice has
not been taken of the startling views
maintained by Professor Peck, which
are in such wide contrast to the COM
monty accepted opinion that the COM
mon school is the foundation stone of
our republic and its most cherished in
stitutions If our universities are to
teach such theories, they will simply be
sowing the seeds of future trouble. 1t
is not necessary to defend the American
system of education, because one man
however highly educated, and however
deep a thinker he may be, attacks it;
the system speaks for itself, and it's
abandonment would be a signal for the
downfall of the republic.
Professor Peck himself belongs to the
class that, he thinks, should direct and
control the destinies and the policies of
the nation. Therefore the responsibility
is upon him. What has he ever done
in practical way. to help reform what
he considers to be the evils that afflict
the country? What practical interest
has he ever taken in politics? Has he
ever put his shoulder to the wheel Of
political progress?
Professor Peck is mere theorizer. He
cannot see beyond the narrow range of
his own environment; he shuts his eyes
to the facts and the practical lessons in
the history of his country. He has never
taken an interest in the actual work Of
reform. The Herald will accept the
opinion Of the practical men in the con-
vention of the Charities and Correction
conference, in preference to the narrow
and prejudiced views of the college pro-
fessor.
The herald., 1897-07-11
Not Discouraged

A duffer of sportsman went out part
ridge shooting, accompanied by an Irish
keeper, who was good-natured enough
to make all kinds of excuses for his
patrons bad shots. At last the shooter,
made reckless by i'll success, perceived
covey of birds quietly feeding on the
other side of a hedge, and resolved to
have slap at them on the ground. He
fired, but to his modification they all
flew away untouched. "Oh, faith" cried
Pat, joyfully, "Begorra, sor, you made
them lave that, anyway,
Words.
The herald., 1897-07-11
The Carrier Dove

Fond bird, let loose upon the beaten beach
OF this fair mountain island. not the sea
With all its pillows rolling under thee,
Hinder thy strong white wings. They soal
to reach
The brooding nest. Not the wide-spreadine
boughs
OF tropic growth in curious twisted tree
Not the wild rose in fern-lined canyon
free,
Can stay thy flight, or lure thy breast tc
house
The unfiedged young in leafy green re.
treat.
Far o'er the pillows is thy home and rest
Strong, dauntless love within that feath.
cred breast
Which dares the oceans wild, resistless
beat
And where no swaying wood can stay
the feet,
Circles in air, and finds the waiting nest
SYLVIA LAWSON COVEY.
The herald., 1897-07-11

when, although assembled for the peace
full purpose of celebrating the glories Of
the most peaceful reign covering two
generations Of man, the battle ships Of
dozen other nations joined in the
pan6emoniac din and monetrous engines
Of destruction answered back in de-
flance, the nations angry navies snort
ing at each others heels" we'll might
one exclaim, And this is civilization!
Here were some of the title deeds Of
England to her possessions encircling
the globe, the mightiest and richest
empire man yet has raised Twenty-one
battle ships with sixteen to eighteen
mounted guns on each, 10 to $4,000 horse
power each, of 10 to 14.000 tons measured
capacity, and with 500 to 750 fighting
men to man each ship. Eleven cruisers
of the firet-class, scarcely inferior in
any feature. Twenty-seven of the sec
to the others. Then a small fleet Of
third-class cruisers with gun boats and
torpedo boats, many in number and
perfect in equipment. All just a section
of the British navy, whose sister ships
were all over the earth guarding the
interests of the great empire with its
wonderful commerce, it's expanding
colonies and ever-increasing riches.
England rules over nearly 400,000000
people. Her territorial acquisitions en-
brace over 13,0O0 900 square miles, equal
to three times the continent of Europe.
Her merchant marine numbers nearly
1900 vessels, and, quarter of a million
men are on board of them. The navy
provided to protect the empire numbers
perhaps 500 ships, and these require
nearly 100000 men to man them. Half
dozen other nations follow more or
less closely behind Great Britain in their
arma aments by sea, and several surpass
her in land forces.
And there we are where we began in
etate of outward coating of human
brotherhood which is the true civiliza-
ton, but beneath the epidermis is the
African man in deathth throee vainly try
ing to protect the land, and graves of his
fathers from the ruthless grasp of the
white man, the black armed with 3
club and the white in battalions armed
with Maxim guns and backed with the
guns of those great battle ships, the
difference ie all one of degree and it is
all on the outside. Beneath the surface
the whole game is that taught in a
travesty on the Westminster catechism
which irreverent boys have invented:
What is the chief end Of man?
To keep all you get, and to get all you can"
Scratch Lord Salisbury and you get
the old Morse Viking whose fell DISPOSE
ton slumbers beneath all the modern
civilization and all established church
morality that cloake the real man. And
so it is the wide world over.
The herald., 1897-07-11
A Seaside Thought


Are there treacherous waves near the
bountiful shores.
Where we trip o'er life's stream like a
sprite?
Are there rocks in the depths of the bon
ME bright sea
For the ship that goes down through the
night?
Wilt thou come then with mo to the seeth-
ing dark sea,
Where beautiful bark toppled Ger.
In the dark and the deep. and the billowy
blue,
Where tho wild waves broke on the
shore?
wilt thou gaze out with me DER the SWELL
ing green tide,
AS 1t leaps on the murmuring strand,
And forget all the past, save one erring
footprint
We may trace in the shifting sea-sandf
Wilt thou come with me to that dark, dis
NAL shore.
Where the winds whistle f1ercely and
free?
Shall we search for her now in those cav
ernS and caves
Meath the reefs of the red-coral tree?
Shall we grope down. alas! through that
chaotic gloom,
Where the tears we may shed are in
vain?
Shall we call through the depths to the
demons below:
Bring her back. bring her back. once
again?"
R. A. ROMAN.
Los Anpeles Cal
The herald., 1897-07-11
The Warm Weather Menu

According to the strict creed of the
epicure, even the appropriate color Of q
dish is matter for consideration. For
instance, during the warm weather q
soup should be either white, pale am
Der or of delicate green, like the early
leaves After white soup, a salmon, a
lobster or a white fish with coral or en-
erald sauce should invariably follow.
The succession Of such harmonizing
courses is a matter Of study with the
gourmet.--New York Evening Post.
The herald., 1897-07-11
Valorous

An old-time lord mayor Of London,
whose sporting experience was limited,
rode forth one day to join the city hunt
in the fields about Marylebone. Placed
by his escort under a tree, his lordship
heard the hounds give tongue in the dis
tance, and the sounds grew louder and
louder till one Of the city scouts shouted
out: THE hare comes this way, my
lord" The lord mayor rose to the occa-
sion, and drawing his sword, he exclaim-
ed, heroically: Let him come! thank
my God fear him not!"-Housshold
Words.
The herald., 1897-07-11
CALIFORNIA OPINION
The Commanding Figure

VIM. j. Bryan is the commanding per-
sonality in the political field of the pres
ent day. He is the logical candidate
for the presidency of the great opposi-
tiop forces that will contest for suprem-
acy in national affairs in the coming
campaign of 1900. The friends of silver
and bimetallisn have in w. ]. Bryan a
leader worthy of the great cause they
espouse.-Downey Champion.
The herald., 1897-07-11

In the Investor column Of this issue
may be found a comparative statement
of real estate transfers, mortgages and
releases for the first six months Of the
current year and for the same months of
1896 and 1885, which will be found valua-
BILE for reference. The comparison o.
similar transactions in San Francisco
covering the same period of 1897 is also
of interest
The herald., 1897-07-11
BRYAN EDITIONS

Two extra editions. comprising 1000 copies
OF last Tuesdays Herald, containing the
speeches of w. J. Bryan in Los Angeles,
have been disposed of and the demand
still continues. To fill orders already in a
third edition will be necessary. The peo-
pie of Southern California are evidently
bound to read what the great commoner
has to say on national issues.
The herald., 1897-07-11
Do You SeeP

There is nothing in the success of Mr..
Bryan's tour, or in the seeming revival
Of the ideas which he represents, that
need cause the slightest alarm. At the
same time it will be a mistake for Re-
publicans to underrate the Importance
of either And it will be the greatest
blunder of all not to understand the les
son which this apparent resurrection OF
Bryanism teaches.-San Diego Union.
The herald., 1897-07-11
Another Golden Gate snecis1

A San Francisco paper prints the story
that young lady of that city has had a
pair of gold-rimmed spectacles fitted to her
pet Maltese cat. 1t is indulging in such
flights of imagination as this that causes
strained relations to exist between, public
confidence and certain newspapers.-Kan-
sas City Times.
The herald., 1897-07-11
REPUBLICAN BOSH

The Express asserts that the exist
ence Of the Democratic party is depend
ent upon continued hard times. The
Democratic party Is more than twice
as old as the Republican party. 1t has
seen good times and bad, and has sur
vived both. That 1t has stood for the
rights and the wellbeing Of the COM
mon people is shown by the fact that
the people look to it, in times Of disaster
and business depression. to lift the coun-
try out of its troubles and restore pros
perity and happiness. That Is
why the Republican press, with
characteristic sneers, alludes to
the Democracy as the hard times party
1t is better to be Democratic Moses
in hard times wilderness than a Re
publican Pharaoh in the midst of plenty.
The Democracy and its chosen champion
do not, as the Express asserts wish to
sacrifice the country upon the altar of
their desires" That sort of rhe etorical
bosh does not help the people to fill empty
stomachs. If the people ask for bread
do not give them wind.
If the people did not want Mr.. Bryan
he would be left alone in obscurity. The
man was made for the occasion. not
the occasion for the man.
The herald., 1897-07-11
WHAT NEXTP

Prof. c. H. Hinton has invented a
mechanical baseball pitcher. The gun
for such to all intents and purposes 1t
is-was recently tried at Princeton ball
field with successful results. BY this
contrivance the batter does his own
pitching and thus one more employe is
deprived of a job by labor-saving ma
chinery! Yet the situation is illumined
by ray of hope, SO that the profess
sional pitcher who erstwhile excited
envy or admiration by the cunning
skillfulness with which he beguiled the
batter, need not altogether surrender
his dreams of.future victories and rev.
enue. For, while this baseball gun can
discharge drop or curved balls with
equal facility and would seem to have
solved the problem, to use the inventors s
words "of producing by inanimats
mechanism the equivalent Of a bali
pitched by the human hand" professor
Hinton confides to the Scientific Ameri-
can Gune 26) a cheering fact out OF
which the professional and hitherto well
salaried pitcher may imbibe copious
draughts of hope. Says the professor:
There are difficulties, however, of a
psychologist nature in the way of the
successful use of the gun. The ball
comes too suddenly; there is nothing
to compensate for the motion of the
pitchers arm. AS a substitute signals
of various kinds have been tried, but an
effective plan, and one at present
aopted Is to dispense with the necessi-
ty of signals altogether. By means of
very simple electrical arrangement
the batter fires the gun himself When
throwing his foot forward to take the
position for striking he presses on a
plate, breaks an electric current and
so releases a spring which pulls the
trigger. He thus, after a few trials,
is able to know the exact instant at
which the ball will appear at the mouth
the moment of its emergence. and finds
no difficulty in following its course.
The problem of delivery is thus alto
gether eliminated and a practice ball
is sent which can be judged entirely by
its course in the air.
This explanation, by the way, is some
what contradictory and elusive, as faI
as our friend the professional base bali
pitcher is concerned. The professor
keeps the word of promise to the ear
but breaks it to the hope" Yet we can
hardly esteem it as assured that thz
average batter can manage those awful
psychological difficulties and know the
exact instant at which the ball is a,
the mouth of the gun and catch it with
his eye" at the moment of it's emergence
The chances are that the batter will
catch it (the balD in his eye soon after
its emergence.
At any rate it would seem that, owing
TO the inventive genius Of Prof. Hinton
aforesaid the trained base ball pitcher
Of our day and generation approaches
the ragged edge of rivaling the Moor OF
Venice in finding his occupation gone
Shall we next have some bright Amer
lean inventor presenting the sporting
world with a whole field of base ball
players, each manikin warranted to per-
form his part to the entire satisfaction
of the umpire?
Now, If some genius would only in
vent good substitute in buckram for
the game of modern foot ball savagery
what boon he would confer upon man
kind! 1t would be blessing surpassed
The herald., 1897-07-11

The American hailstone liar will have
to take a back seat The news comes
from Berlin that thirteen persons were
killed by hailstones in Wurtemburg,
Germany. The stones must have been
several sizes larger than the traditional
hens eggs.
The herald., 1897-07-11

Kansas City has raised $1,000 toward
the building of a great auditorium, and
expects to be completely prepared for
big conventions next year. Los Angeles
wants the national educational conven-
tion, but it has no adequate auditorium.
What is going to be done in regard to the
lack?