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up tho case Of Dugau and I ind that We sold
him a large amount of goods on credit. under
the factors agreement, and he hasn't paid Tor
them yet. He owes for them yet. He has given
US notes and all that butwe have not received
our money"
We'll. how about his rebatesf He says ho
has not received any rebates" -
"Thc rebates" said Mr.: Searles, arc credited
against hIs ind ndebtednese."
The boss hunter wanted to know how the
witness could Justify any suoh system rs the
factor system when II gave the factors monop-
oily. Tho purchasing public cannot secure
these rebates" he said.
"The purchasing public" said Mr.; searles.
" who 10 not perform any service for the Amer.
lean Sugar Refining Company are not entitled
to receive the factors rebate. The factors got
rebate because they roform . service"
The boss hunter could not SEQ II that way.
Ho insisted that tho system was In q restraint
OF trade. Assume this condition." he said.
"that thero are two merchants. One 10 factor
and ono is not. Each man buys 500 barrels OF
sugar. The man who ls not factor does not got
hree-siIteenths relate"
No" said Mr.. Searies. and he docs not
assume any obligation, either. He can do with
his sugar whatever he likes. but the factor does
assume an obligation"
Q.-Havo you refused to sell to retailers in
lots of 100 barrels2 Al don't think wo ever
refused to sell TO an ybody in 100 barrel lots:
Q.-Havc you your agents refused TO sell 70
factors because they dealt In imported sugars
Ave certainly have not.
And thus oiosed the days hunt Mr.: searlcs
promised TO have some moro figures this mUrn-
Ing that the committee had asked him TO get
The sun., 1897-02-16

widow OF - Ciieas Gets = Verdict AEa,zs,
the Ex-Fonee Justice.

widow OF - CiieaS Gets = Verdict Against
the Ex-Foitee Justice.
Former Police Justice Charles W eide appe ared
before Justice McAdam OF the Supreme Court
yesterday as defendant in . suit brought against
him by Mrs. Adelaide Thompson to recover
S3.7o0. Mrs. Thompson sues as ad ADMINISTRATIVE
OF the estate OF her husband. Henry Thompson
alawyer. who died In 1891. She alleges that In
1850 her husband deposited with welde 81. 700,
TO DO returned upon demand.
She says that tho money was never returned,
and in May, 1899, she instituted an action to
recover II. Tho case was tried before Justice
Gienerich in April. 1895. and the Jury returned
q verdict In favor of the defendant Mrs
Thompson carried the case to tho Appellate Di-
vision OF the supreme Court, aud y new trial
WAS ordered. II was this trial that was begun
yesterday.
Mrs. Thompson testified that . short time
before he died her husband told her that JUS
tice welde had 81. ZOO OF his money. less small
amount William II. Quinn, a friend Of the
Thompsons, testified that at Thompson's re-
Quest he went 70 Welde. and at different times
received sums Of money that In the total
amounted to S425.
MIR. weldo testified that he had received tho
ST. 700 from Thompson, but had paid II back
amounts. Ho admitted that he had no vouch-
ers or receipts to show that he had repaid tho
money. After being out n short time the jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 81, 700.
with interest, less $4"5 paid by tho defendant
to Quinn,
The sun., 1897-02-16
HARLEY VIADUoT OPEN.
Hundreas or Trains Rsn Ia sad Out with
out . Hitch.

Tho now steel viaduct of tho Harlem Rail
road, from 1oGth street 10 Morrisania Heights.
and the great new four-track steel bridge
across tho Harlem River were opened for use
at 4 O'Clock yesterday IN orning. and every train
that went out from the 9rand Central Station
or that arrived In tho station after that
hour travelled over tho now structures, high
up in the open air. instead Of down in tho old
Harlem cut. Passengers arriving from or
bound TO places on tho New Haven, tho Har-
lem. aud tho Hudson River railroads. each and
all had an opportunity OF seeing q portion Of
our fair city which some OF them had probably
never seen before.
The last train that travelled over the old
tracks was the Albany local. which left Al
bany at o'clock on Sunday afternoon and got
'nto the Grand Central Station at II 80 o'clock
thnt night. Before that hour all was reany
for making tho necessary changes to aban don
Tho old route. Roadmaster John Taylor had
charge OF this work. ard his men were gath
cred In working groups in two parties. ono at
l0dth street and ono at l4pth. each provided
with torches. tools. rails. and olher needed ma
terial. In very short time the proper con-
fhs first train that went out over the new
left tho Grand Central Station Ft 1856 ycsters
day morning in charge Of Conductor Thomas
train that came iD over the new line was the
fast mail, In charge OF Conductor Collins and
Engineer Garrity; whi,h arrived At $3.50 A:
NJ. at tho Grand Central Station. Up to
O'Clock At night more than 800 trains had trav-
elled over the new bridge and viaduct, and all
without n hitch.
The new viaduct and bridge give the roade q
four-track route clear out to about l36th
street. For the present the route from there
to l4eth street will he on two tracks, but In
month or two another two-trsck section Of
viaduct.will be built over the tracks which
have now been abandoned. and then tho road
will have \ complete four-track route all the
WAY through. This will be the nrst timc in
its history when the road has had theso ia
cilities, for the old bridge. well as the tom
porary bridge on which tho trains have been
travelling. had but two tracks.
The sun., 1897-02-16
FOUGHT 10 GET THE sHovsLs.
An italian whs Gets Hurt Has the shsvsi
Distribater Arrested.

Charles Boss Of l2 Morris street was arraiGned
in Centre street court yesterday on q charge Of
felonious assault preferred by Joseph Dilotro, q
driver. OF AZ Baxter street Boss Is employed by
@. NJ. Furman, who has the contract for remov-
ing snow from the streets. He took his stand at
rark place and Broadway about $3.50 A. n. yes
terday for the purpose Of giving out sho,els to
laborers. To get a shovel means days en-
ployment, and Boss was quickly surrounded by
over 100 men, who fought with each other 10
get shovel first.
In the struggle Boss was pulled out OF the
wagon from which he was distributing the
shovels. Boss fought the desperate men OF and
endssvored TO regain his stand on the wagon.
Dilotro who appeared in tho Centre Street
Court with his head swathed in bandages, de-
clared that 1t WAS during this fracas tha, Ross
hit him on the head with shovel. He said he
had bad cut over the right temple
Boss denied that no had struck Dilotro. He
said the men in rushing on him for shovels
had accidentally pushed the shovel he WAS
holding against Dilotro's head.
MAGISTRATE Cornell believed Boss's story and
discharged him from custody.
The sun., 1897-02-16
Accused OF SELLING spur,ou. wines.

Bernard J. Douras. counsel for the Wine and
Spirits Traders Society, made charges TO Mayor
Strong yesterday against w. f. Poggi, an
auctioneer of So Water street. Mr.. Douras a.
legged that PogGi sold "vernouth" made in this
country and represented II as tho genuine M
ported article. Lawyer Einsteiu. who appeared
for pogsi, said that his client WAS alresiiy un-
der Indictment for having sold an imitation
OF Bordp paux wine rs tho genuine article. and hs
asked that the hearing be adjourned. Tho
Mayor set the hearing for March l.
The sun., 1897-02-16

A verdict against George VI. Irwin for ST.
45o,90. deposited with Irwin g. Co. OF Pitts
burgh, for speculation in grain, was directed by
Justice Schuchman, in tho City Court yesterday.
IA the suit Of Henry Leltner. assignee OF AnnA
w. HornthRl Tho defence was that II was a
pure gambling transaction against the laws OF
Icnasytvauia; that both parties were equally
guilty, and that the court ought not to help the
plaintiff to get back the assignOr's money.
The sun., 1897-02-16
DUEsIRow TO BE HANGED To.DAE Z.
The Wealthy Maa er g. Losis whs
KILLED Hts WIN ssd Son.

ST. LOUIS, No, Feb. lb.-Arthur Duestrow
was taken 10 Union, Mo-, at o'clock this morn
Ing. under an escort OF four deputy sheritrs
Duestrow will DO hanged in tho Jail yard at
Union tomorrow for the murder of his wife
and rour-year-old son In this city on Feb. IA
1894. Duestrow continued TO feign insanity up
TO the moment of his departure. Gov. STEPHENS
announced this forenoon that he will not inter
fere with tho sentence OF the court
Tho Governor also Gays that he will not in.
terfere In the cases Of murderers Schmidt and
Foster. who ara TO be hanged tomorrow al
Clayton for killing Bertram Atwater OF Chicago
in January, 1895.
The sun., 1897-02-16
TIL. An.rde.n. In Tai. Couu,ry.

CHICAGO. Fob. l5.-Lord and Lady Aberdeen.
accompane cd by Lady Margery, their only dauEh-
ter, and their youngest son, Lord Archibald Cor
don. md Capt Wilberforee, arrived in Chicago
yesterday afternoon. They were met by Mrs.
Potter Palmer. and the party was driven to the
Palmer residence in Lake Shore Drive. The
PARTY Il bound for Nashville. Tenn. where Lady
Aberdesn's brother, tho Hon. Majoribsnke, will
lie married to Miss Myse Brown on Wednesday
The sun., 1897-02-16

wooDHAvES, l.. l., Feb. l5.- Picrro verpillot,
member OF tho French colony here. has
brought an action to annul his marriage TO
Rosalie Verpillot. The couple were married In
1902. He alleges that At that time she had a
a lunatic asy ium at Saint Ylie, France Mrs.
Verpillot says that before she married she had
secured n divorce from her former husband.
The sun., 1897-02-16
nu.eI. sho, ra,., 20 H,. r-,..a.

George Ditz Of Long Island City, who was ac-
cidentally shot Sunday afternoon by Conrad
Buser. u friend, while they were examining a
pistol belonging TO Buser. died late on Sunday
night In ST. Johns Hospital. Long Island CITY,
Buher has been released from custody. The
Coroner has adjourned the Inquest indelnitoly
Before his death Dit made statement exoner-
Ating Buser from all blame.
The sun., 1897-02-16
Nosoay should M,.und.r.,.ns tho Mayor.

Mnvor Strong said yesterday that his rcmArk
about his nomination for Mayor OF tho Greater
New York made on sunday Mt the meeting OF
the Grand Lodge OF District No. /. Independent
Order OF Free SOM OF Israel. seemed to have
been misconstrued IN some quarters:
What meant 10 convey" he said, was tho
idea that nominations by reclamation from
gatherings OF personal friends are much easier
To get than tho genuine article from regular
marty conventional
The sun., 1897-02-16
Flames from Floating OIL Destroy a Bridge.

ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. l5.-Ths waste oil
flowing from one OF the gas wells into the creek
which passes through the heart OF this city was
set on ire Yesterday by a small boy. The flames
lcAped high into the air and swept down the
stream like tho wind, and tho big bridge span
ming the stream was the first thing destroyed.
Part OF the Lake Erie Railroad bridge WAS de-
stroyed. and one building Of the Alexandria
grain elevator standing on tho banks WAS de-
stroycd before the flames could be subdued.
The sun., 1897-02-16
n,rh Pr,ee for stamford Bond..

STANFORD, Conn, Feb. l5.-Blds were opened
this afternoon for $4,000, thrty-year = per
cent gold bonds, to take up the floating debt OF
tho town OF Stamford. Twouty-one bids were
received most OF them from Boston firms. Tho
bonds went TO the New York Security aud Trust
Company Mt lO7.l43 and interest. This l. the
highest price paid for municipal bonds In L0a'
necticul In many years.
The sun., 1897-02-16

To Care q Cold In Oae Day
Take Laxative Ibromo 2uinine Tablets. All drugg
tefund tho LioBcy II IL tails ~ cure. xoo.-Adu.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04

counters with shoes and slippers at
soc, Toe and 81, SULLIVAN SHOE
co. st
james Mcbride, colOred, who has
been in the county jail for lunacy, was
transferred to the poorhOuse yester-
day.
The "Lapland" is the only thor
oughly cleanable refrigerator. G. A.
SHOWERS FURNITURE co. 4 If
"A milk cart belonging to a dairy
man named Patterson, was upset in
a runaway on San, Fernando street
yesterday and the driver was thrown
out and bruised and a can of milk was
split.
Table linen bargain, "a inches, half
bleached table damask, value 65c;
for 47c, at WOlfson's. 1t
Antonio D. Flores, Esq returned last
night from Austin, where he has been
acting as secretary of the Senate ju-
dietary committee.
Novels for summer reading in pa
per covers. Mic Tengg.
Coroner Shook held an inquest yes
terday on MauriciO Vidal, aged 30
years. who died on Buena Vista street
of heart disease.
Sec the "Lapland" Refrigerator
display in our window. G.. \. STOW
Frs FURNITURE co. If
A good square piano for $40.
Twenty down. balance 50 per month.
| Would trade. Piano" this office. it,
A few pairs only of the $1.95
mems tan balls, former price 81, at
! SULLIVANS. st
AT st. Phillips Episcopal church
on Villita street this evening at 1:3O
o'clock the bishop of the diocese will
administer the Apostolic rite of con-
| firmatiOn 20 several candidates.
The latest sensation is Kendall &
Rips electric carpet renOvator run,
ming day and night to keep up with
! orders Send in yours; phone 654.
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Black Goods

Come prepared find the biggest drive of the
season in Black Goods
3S-inch Fine Wool Grenadines All A.
3S-inch Fine Brocaded mohars all ~
3S-inch Fine Wool Tamise Ok oto
3S- inch Fine Wool Batste ~ OUo
45-inch Fine French Serge Vor1
3S-inch Fine Plain Sicilian dIu
Worth the world goes, 75c Sc We offer them for
Monday and Monday only all at As cents.
The choiset assortment Novelty Black FabricsEta-
mines Grenadines Canvas and DarnaSsetO be found
where $lOO starting point for high grade novelty stuff
and up to S4.00
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PERSONAL MENTION.

W. ]. Goodyear, of st. Louis, is at
the Menger.
Mr.. Yale Hicks has gone to Dallas
on business.
DR.. f. y. Seymour, of Skidmore is
at the Southern.
Charles f. Fargo and wife, of Chi
CagO, are at the Menger.
]. NJ. Daugherty, we'll known
stOckman of Abilene, is at the South
ern.
l.. \. Reynolds. who has been i'll the
past week, has resumed his duties in
the postoffice.
Mr.. William Sheehan leaves tOmOr-
for his new saloon.
Deputy Sheriff Luke DOVE of Ea-
gle Pass, is at the Southern on his
way to Austin on business.
Miss Nellie Armstrong is at the
Southern hotel from Denver, Col, on
her way home to California.
! Col. J. \. Wilson, representing the
Chicago and Alton railway livestock
! department, is at the Southern from
Fort Worth.
| Mrs. G.. Karp. of Chicago, has ar
/ rived in the city and will make her
future home in this city with her
son. Wolff Karp.
! J.. NJ. Scales, an Invalid from Ma
con, Miss, is at the Southern hotel.
He has been in BOerne this winter for
the benefit of his health.
| Mr. Gilbert Smith, who for the past
! four years has been the efficient clerk
in the chief quartermasters depart
ment, Fort Sam Houston, left last
night for his new position in the mill
tary station at st. Paul, MINI. Mr.
Smith during his stay in San Antonio
has become very popular and has
made many warm friends both in so,
ciety and in the world of sporting on
stream and afield, who will sadly
miss his CHEEKY presence.
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DRESS GOODS

Judge dress goods stock by its collection of checks In
the whole fashionable world wearing checks Our
assortment superb We show every style and size of check
from the merest shadow of crss-crOSs the big, bold
daring powerful bar desngs Buyers have already
ed this store as the check centre of San Antonio.
Beginning at so cents yard for strictly all wool checks
and upward 81 for the handsomest 4Sinch imported
kinds The favorte combinations black and white navy
and white brown and white and white For separate
skirts they unquesonaby the seasons prime favorte
S0o Dress Goods FurorIts way to reduce the stock
wv Of Wool Dress Goods the lowest notch before the
arrives That's why this big line of
choice Wooden Dress Fabrics that Csc 75c
down to SOC.
Novelty all Wool Checks-Sk and Wool Mixtures, Gran
lite Sutings, English Tweeds Scotch Chevots-A high
grade fabrics, cut down to SOC yard.
The balance of large stock of fine imported Pattern
Dresses the highest novelty brought to America at
special reduced prices this week.
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B. B. supplies. Mic Tengg.

b. Is. supplies. MIC 1cuSS' -
Friedrich A. Uhr and Carolina II.
Kuhn were united in marriage yes
terday afternoon by Justice Shook
in County Clerk Smiths private office.
You can afford lace curtains. Get
them for S1.1O; worth $1.65, at Wolf
sons.
Put in your orders early for car
pet renovating; Kendall & Rips, phone
654. 4-4-2t.
No wooden parts, The Stats have
open spaces, thus forming no obstruc-
ton to the cold air after it leaves the
ice. G. A. SHOWERS FURNITURE
co 4 If
Ladies' Dongola kid OXfOrds, Con-
gress toes. $1.5O, formerly II, at
! STTJIVAN'S. st
The county commissioners yester,
day allowed Mrs. L. Castro so per
month for care of the Spania minors.
Full size folding beds. Csprings
attached for S14. q. \. SHOWERS
/ IITT;NITTRE co. If
The Punch Robertson dramatic
/ company. at the close of their engage
ment at the opera house last night
presented Mr. Frank Wash with new
bicycle.
Crepe tissues. Mic Tengg. 2t
Mems oXblood and chocolate balls.
now goes at SULLIVAN'S. 81
Tree carloads of furniture receiv-
ed this week. To make room for dis
play we will make exceptionally low
prices. G. \. SHOWERS FURNITURE
ICO 4 1 If
-Strayed or StOlen-Chihuahua dog,
black and white. answers to the name
I"Hay Omero:" return to T. O'Connor,
32S Montana ST. for reward. 1t"
The street commissioner has found
the citys unfortunate greenhouse in
such condition that he has hesitated
10 remove it to San Pedro park, and
has made this report to the mayor.
Grand exhibition for benefit of
free reading room. Life size model in
wax after Leonardo de Vincis IA
nous picture. THE Last Supper" 217
w. Commerce st. Doors open from
TO 6 and 8 to 10 p. IN. Adults 10 cents
Children , cents.
All the latest books on hand
promptly after publication. NC IehSS
ladies Dongola Lace and ButtoI
spring heel shoes at $3.50, worth -, al
ISIrIJIVAN'S st
Hamburg NarisOOk and Swiss EN-
broidery. worth 12lac. at 1-3c n
WOLFSON'S.
Commercial printing. Mic Tengg.
Mems Russia Cordevan balls. anC
black vici balls. at SULLIVAN'S. 3
George Gayitan was released from
the county Jail yesterday. having serv
ed a term for illicit retail liquor deal
ing.
Save 30 per cent of your Ice bill
by buying a ''Lapland" refrigerator
/ q. A. SHOWERS FURNITURE co
Link Johnson was placed in the
county Jail yesterday charged will
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04
RAILROAD NOTES.
Commercial agent Bob Fife, of the
Katy, is in the city.

Commercial agent Bob Fife, of the
Katy, is in the city.
Charles II Wilson and \. A. Mar
tin, of the Arkansas Pass general Off
ces, leave for Boerne this morning on
their bikes.
1t is reported that during the re-
cent visit of President II. G. Rouse,
of the Katy, at New Braunfels, he in
timated that he is after piece of land
near the Landa mills for n siding for
the road.
A Southern Pacific special train will
arrive in San Antonio Tuesday morn
ing from New Orleans. On board the
train will be representatives of the
freight and traffic departments of the
Southern Pacific, who are en- route to
San Francisco, Cal, to attend a big
meeting of the freight agents and traf-
fic managers of this company. The
party will be Joined here by General
Freight and Passenger Agent Il. J.
Martin. and Commercial Agent Allen
irwin, of the Aransas Pass. and Com
mercial Agent Chas. FahSE. of the
Southern Pacific who will
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ence. A system of rebate has been
found to work well-encouraging
prompt payment-this is better than
putting the thumb screw of the law
upon delinqeunts-
Our city is today ma1ntaing a legal
establishment whose achievements
have not brought adequate returns to
the city. The harrassment of the tax
payer is bad policy if it can be
avoided. If there is one department
in the city government that needs
thorough business sense it is the col
lection of taxes.
The same sense applied by any bus
mess firm should be applicable in the
collection of city revenue.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04
SHORT STOPS.
What the Peopleare Saying.

What the PeOpleare Saying.
The revenue upon which the city
government must depend to pay the
expense of government comes out of
the pockets of the taxpayers. You
may beg and borrow and do what you
please at last the taxpayer must foot
the bill.
The city means the taX-payer-it is
the taxpayer who is behind in his
payment of the city's bills-the city is
the taxpayer During the last ad-
ministration the taxpayer put up a
big sum of cash, nearly a million of
dollars inside of a year and a half not
counting delinquents.
The taxpayer must be treated
right; he wants TO know that his
money is well spent that extravaganza
and waste are not tolerated.; that ev-
erbody is trated alike and bear the
burden equally.
In spite of the best devised tax col
lel.tion sxstanl there will be deliu-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04

Professor Munyon says that 80 per
cent. of the people are miserable on
account of some disease of the stom-
ach. He claims his Dyspepsia RENE
dy will positively cure all forms of in
digestion and stomach trouble such as
rising of food, distress after eating,
shortness of breath, palpitatiOn and
all affections of the heart caused by
Indigestion, wind on the stomach, bad
taste, offensive breath, loss of appe-
tite, faintness or weakness of the
stomach, headache or indigestion,
soreness of the stomach, coated ton
que, heartburn, shooting pains of the
stomach, constipation, dizziness,
faintness and lack of energy. cold
: feet poor circulation and nervous
ness. 1t tones up the system
strengthens the nerves, enriches the
blood and forms a new coating in
worn-out stomachs or those that have
been impaired by physics or injurious
medicines.
Professor Munyon has a separate
cure for each disease. At all drug
gists, mostly % cents vial
Personal letters TO Professor Mum
yon, 1905 Arch street, Philadelphia.
Pa, answered with free medical ad-
vice for any disease.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04
COlOred Silk

All the latest novelties in Tafeas, FOulards. Japs and
China Silks at very special prices tomorrow.
go For soc Wash SilksAnd printed Changeabe Silks
-oO excellent for chidren dresses waists and cool mid
summer suits
goo For Coo Tafeta Checks-In blue and white,
coO and white also the best quality of Jap Wash Silk in
neat stripes.
S0c For S5c Printed Jap Sks-The very large designs
Wv scroll and effects in the best color
bnatons all choice novelties; also % inch Twlcd India
Silks in the new Polka dots and stripes worth fully 9Oc
600 For fl25 French FOuards-The handsomest printed
CcC Silks Shown-printed in France, all the color
combinations Wonderfully pretty deSignsthe seasons
sought after nOvelly-tomorrow they are only Soc
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04
HURT In A RfNAWAY.

Henry Rickert, aged a. years, is laid
up at the residence of DITTO Ewart, cor
ner Of San Saba and Morales streets,
from injuries received in a runaway.
He was thrown out of buggy and his
left ear was form off md his left wrist
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04
Black and White Silks

The greatest variety shown-the choicest that is
produced in these stylish Sksa sizes and kinds of Checks
Shepherds Checks Block Check and Broken PaidS ard
every wealth in values tomorrow from
80 to IS cents yard.
The display variety such you would
pect nowhere else except here.