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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
All Ale[ Homo
Politicians Roasting Him Right
And Left,
Leader Kurtz Says The PART Is
Dead If 1t Does Not Wipe
Him Out.
By special wire to Sunday Light.

| By special wire to Sunday Light.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 1S.-A morn
ing paper contains a special from CO.
lumbus, Ohio, in which ex-Chairman
Kurtz, leader of the opposition to the
reelection of Senator Hanna, is made
to say some pretty hard things of the
Ohio statesman. When asked as to the
effect in Ohio of the enforced retire
ment of Hanna, Mr.. Kurtz is reported
as saying: THE party is dead If it
does not wipe out Hanna. 1t was all
we, Ohe Foraker menu could do to
keep them from repudiating him openly
and losing Gov. Bushnell in the STAN
pede that would have been sure to fol-
low"
Kurtz also is quoted as saying that
Gov. Bushnell appointed Hanna
against his better judgment and that
since the Toledo convention, where
Hanna treated him CBushnelD like
dog the governor has broken off all poll
teal intercourse with him. Kurtz de-
clares that President Mckinley is
weary of Hanna who is posing as his
political creator, when as a matter of
fact he had no more to do with Nc
Kinley's nomination and election than
the transit of Venus.
Senator Foraker, Kurtz's close poll
teal friend, is disposed to doubt the
authenticity of interview, but either on
the strength of 1t or because of the
mixed condition Of things at home, he
left tonight for Ohio. He came here
intending to go on to New York.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
A LOUISIANA MIDDLE.
Politics Continue Warm
Down That Way.
THE REPUBLICANS AND P0PU-
LISTS ARE ON A DEAL
NOW.
All Appointments Must Await Until
Capt. Wimberley Is Appointed
POpuliStS Demand A Few
Post Offices. Which
They Won't Get.
By special wire to Sunday Light.

BY special wire to Sunday Light
members of the Regular Republican or
ganization in Louisiana do not seem
to be particularly active in getting in
readiness to put out ticket for the APP
preaching constitutional convention,
the members of the party who are here
are by no means asleep. They have got
their weather eye open to the main
chance and are playing both ends
against the middle. 1t has developed
that they are flirting with the Popu-
lists so as to secure representation on
that ticket, but the prospects are that
they will feel when too late the full
force of the anguish contained in the
saying, did you ever get left2'' e
The Populist state convention which
will meet at Monroe on the 18th instant
will select thirty-six delegates to the
approaching convention. Twelve of
these, so it is repored, have already
been pledged to the sugar planters
through Andrew Hero, who is leader
of the sugar planters commdttee.
Chairman Herwig and Capt. Wimberly,
of the opposing factions of the party,
are decidedly anxious to secure like
third representation in the Populists'
delegation, twelve delegates so named
to be committed to the full-fedged
straight out unadulterated regular Re-
publican organization. But herein
comes the rub: The Populists, 1t is
said are willing enough to accommodate
them, but before doing so demand a.
quid pro quo not necessary for publica-
ton as an evidence of good faith.
Through their mouthpiece, Mr.. H. L.
Bryan, chairman, of the Populist state
committee, they have asked, so the ru-
NOR goes, that there be given them
ten fourth class postmasters before the
naming of the much needed twelve del
egates. Herwig and Wimberly, to-
whom this proposition was submitted,
this evening got together and confer
red, but after due elaboration resolv-
ed to refuse to deliver the goods until
the appointment of Wimberly has been
In consequence the Popu-
lists will either name solid Populist
delegation or take twenty-four of
according the sugar plant
ers twelve delegates. In this connec--
ton it may be stated that not single,
Louisiana postoffice appointment will
be made until after the president
makes the Wimberly appointment and
that not one Louisiana appointment
Of any character will be made untiiA
the Wimberly appointment is settled.
not excepting the appointment of col
ector OF internal revenue, although
he term of the present incumbent ex-
Dired June last.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
THE WORLDS COTTON.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

New Orleans, La, Nov. 13.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the worlds Wis
ible supply Of cotton shows an increase
during the week just closed Of 267, 1874
bales against an increase the5 same
time last year OF 1856 and an in
crease year before last of 1925 bales.
The total visible supply is 1898, 5S1
bales against an increase the same
and 3,35S,0S7 last year. OF this the to-
tai of American cotton is 2,7S0, ISL
against 2,540,5S7 last week and $3.50, SS7
last year and Of all other kinds 21S,00
against 1885, last year and $4,000 last
year. The total worlds visible supply
of cotton shows an increase compared
with last week of 267, 1914 bales and q
decrease with last year OF S64, 500.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

New Orleans, Nov. 13.-"The work
of the United States Marine hospital
service is practically over now" said
DR.. Carter. I'VE are still keeping up
disinfection of the mails and of freight,
not from any sanitary necessity but
people outside of New Orleans demand
it. In a very few days, however, the
disinfection Of freight will be stopped
whether the railroad companies or the
consignees refuse or accept the goods.
Medical inspection on all roads except
the Illinois Central and the Southern
Pacific, have been called off and on
the latter roads they are kept simply
to prevent interference on the part Of
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
al composed of TEXANS Cuba

all composed of Texans Cuba would
have gained her independence long
ago" He related an incident of how
these Texans procured horses shortly
after they landed. They were well
armed and equipped in every way but
could get no horses. They knew the
Spanish army had secured good horses
and arranged sudden surprise by
night in order to gain the Spanish hor-
ses. They secured several bombs of
dynamite and made lot of imitation
bombs, out of gas pipe, black-end
round sticks, ETC., to all of which they
attached fuses alike, though some fus-
es too, were only made of string.
They surprised and killed the sentinels
without noise and every sentinels body
was stripped of its Spanish uniform
which the Texans put upon their best
men and these stampeded and captured
the entire troop of horses of the Span
iards, while the remainder of the at
lacking party discharged their guns
into the Spanish camp, and as the af-
frighted soldiers and officers aroused
themselves and sprang to arms the dy-
Mantle bombs were discharged among
them and exploded, doing great car
mage. The imitation bombs were also
thrown and the surprise was complete.
The incident has thus far been kept
out of the Spanish reports, says Mr..
Gerst, as has also been the massacre
by the Spanish some while afterward of
a scouting party of seventeen of these
same Texans who were surprised and
surrounded by a large body of Spanish
guerillas and literally cut to pieces.
Not a man escaped. Their bodies were
found some weeks later, and from the
position of the remains lying each
man behind the body of his horse with
his arms close by it was evident they
had first killed their own horses and
had used their carcasses as breast
works and had sold their lives dearly,
until each mans ammunition was ex-
hausted.
The Texans on learning of the fate of
this party of their comrades then stern
~ resolved never to give or ask for
quarter and since then they have kept
their resolution but have taken no
prisoners.
Mr.. Gerst says there is one fine old
Texan cowboy and one of the hardest
fighters among them, who is only
known by the name Texas Whirl-
wind" He is mystery to all but
fears nothing and does not discredit
his name.
Accompanying the chemist We're two
Cuban comrades who while in the city
were in company with him most of the
time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
WILL ASK THE PRESIDENT TO
SEND PHYSICIANS TO CUBA
TO STUDY 1T,
The Dreaded Disease Thought To
Have Accomplished Its Worse
In New Orleans And Now On
The Wane - Yellow
Fever News.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.


New Orleans, La, Nov. 13.-Yester-
day inaugurated what promises to be
the most important step taken in the
matter of the study of yellow fever in
the history of the disease. Dr.Oli-
plant set out for Washington where he
will join the rest of the committee from
the American Health association to lay
before the president the advisability
sending out a commission of bacteria
logists to Havana to make a study of
the disease from the standpoint of the
bacteria. 1t is the hope Of the COM
mittee to have the president embody
this important plan in his message to
Congress and when this body meets
with the vast history of the losses and
death and commercial strangulation
which have always accompanied the
scourge it is not thought probable that
it will turn down the plan. In fact it
is regarded as certain that the COM
mission will be appointed. Specula-
ton is rife as to who will constitute
the commission. 1t is reasonably GER
tain that great pressure will be brought
to bear for the appointment of Paul E.
Archinard, NJ. D., the distinguished
bacteriologist of this city, as one of the
commission.
Since the present visitation of the
fever DIR. Archinard he's been among
others conspicuously active and was
first to identify what Sanarelli claims
to be the yellow fever microbe. There
are cults of this germ in the bacteria
logical department of the board of
health at present as the result of his
work. He has written the results of
his work, for medical publication and
has become prominent in the work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
A PRACTICE TO BE CHANGED.
Undertakers Must First Obtain Burial
Permits.

Permits.
City Physician Hadra is determined
to compel all the undertakers of the
city to conform to the rules and ordi-
nances governing the burial of deceased
persons, and providing for the report
ing of all cases of death and of obtain
ing of permits for burial from the
health office before interment.
Last Sunday child's body was bur-
led by an undertaken before he re-
ported the case and no permit was call
ed for.
Another case developed late the past
week in similar nature with another
undertaken and this one will probably
be presented before the recorder one
day this week. The first one would
have been prosecuted had sufficient
data for evidence been obtainable.
The practice for some time past has
been for some undertakers to first
bury their cases then report to the
health Office and obtain a permit.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

New Orleans, Nov. 13-The house
quarantine in this city, which has done
much incalculable good in preventing
the spread of the fever to greater pro-
portions was abolished yesterday on
account of the apparent dying out of
the scourge. DR.. Oliphant, Of the
board of health states that the total
cost of this item has been sixty-nine
thousand, eight hundred dollars, but
the enormous expense has been justi-
fed by good results. The experiment
Of house quarantine has been tried
here for the first time with this out
break of fever and Is a success.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
By,special wire to Sunday Light.


Wash, D. c., Nov. 1S.-A well known
character about Washington these days
and particularly in and around head
quarters of both factions of the Lolis-
lana Republican delegations gives it
out as a straigt story that no Louisi-
ana appointments will be made until
Congress convenes. The story seems
to be founded on a pretty good basis
for it was semi officially confirmed at
the Treasury department today. One
reason assigned for further delaying
action is that the new appointees would
have to furnish temporary bonds be-
fore they could qualify while the inter
val between their taking possession
and the converting of Congress is too
short to make such step advisable.
This means, of course, that Capt. VIM
iberly will have to again postpone his
departure for New Orleans as collector
of the port and to this extent is dis
appointing to his friends and himself.
1t idiscloses, however, that they are just
as much at sea as anybody else as to
when the appointment will be made for
1t rudely brushes another of their fore
casts that the appointment would GER
tainly be made after the Ohio election.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

New Orleans, Nov. 13.-The situa-
ton in railway circles is much bright
.er. All roads report something favor
able, freight embargos do not seem to
be removing as fast as those upon
the passenger service. The Louisville
and Nashville road has begun its coast
service again and will run regular
trains as before the fever fright. The
Illinois Central has also started their
regular local trains.
A great many of the towns through
out Mississippi do not know whether
they will be doing right in throwing
open their doors to New Orleans or
not. The railroad people say they
will doubtless do so in a short time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
THE NEGRO DIED.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Texas, November Is. 1897.
Percy johnson, the young negro who
was shot by Oscar Shelby, also color
ed, on the evening of the 18th, died
this morning at o'clock.
The shooting is said to be accidental
but the officers seem to think differ
ent.
As a consequence Shelby has been
arrested on a charge of murder.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
HERMAN SONS.

The grand officers of the Herman
and accounts of the secretary, Mr..
Bauer and found them correct in ev-
cry detail.
The grand officers desire to thank the
local members and the ladies especially
for the grand kommers recently tend
cred them in Mission garden.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
Special Wire to sunday Light.

New Orleans, Nov. 13.-Yellow fever
seems to verreceived it's death sem
tence in this city. That is the feel
ing of the board of health and of the
city in general. Night before last an
other cold snap came on and both the
medical profession and laymen who
watched the course of former visits Of
fever agree that it cannot hold out
against the attacks of cold such as
have been here repeatedly during the
past two or three weeks.
The department of publicity yester-
day ceased it's work in recognition of
the near approach of the end of the
disease. 1t is understood that the de-
partment has been able greatly to de-
crease the number Of employees, guards,
etc., while the chief Of the sanitary
work has so we'll caught up with the
work of fumigation and disinfection
that the occupants of houses where in
lection has been have been compelled
to request further time while they
made ready for the work.
The following table shows the yellow
fPVar cift1a flor, M, 10 10 fornt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
NEW ORLEANS GRAIN EXPORT.
BY Special wire to Sunday Light.

New Orleans, Nov. 13.-The statisti-
cal reports show that while the exports
of corn through New Orleans last De-
tober fell off there was a again for the
ten months ending with October of
over 100000 bushels compared with
1896, the figures being respectively 49,
SS7, 3S9 and 2O,2O5,546 bushels. New Or
leans exported S54,O13 bushels of wheat
in October, 1896, and 1,927,O19 in 1897.
The gain for the ten months in 1897
was over 100000
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
AGONY SOON OVER.

Meetings of The Asylum Directors Will
Settle the Plans Question.
Governor Culberson on last Friday
afternoon while on his visit to the
Southwestern Insane asylum, looked
over the grounds and inspected the
various sets of plans for the proposed
additional buildings. There were
about ten sets of plans from different
architects.
He stated after his inspection that he
would select some day of this week
for meeting of the board of directors
of the asylum to be held in Austin,
and would telephone over the date,
when the plans and architect would be
selected and the work begun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
TO INTEREST FARMERS.
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Special wire " ounudS LiSHt'
Austin, Tex, Nov. 13.-There was a
big meeting Of farmers in this city
today at the instance of the CONNER
cial club. The purpose Of this meet
ing was to further the interest of the
farmers cotton and get him interested
in the establishment of factories in
this locality. The meeting was a
most pronounced success in every par
ticular.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
A WILLIAMSON CRASH.

Georgetown, Tex, Nov. 13.-Salyer
A. Watson, general merchant of Jo-
nah, this county, made an assignment
today naming NJ. F. Magee as trustee.
Creditors are preferred to the amount
of $4,000 which does not cover the liza
bilities. Total liabilities and amount
of tssets are not stated
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
RAILWAYS SETTLED.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Tex, Nov. 13.-The following
railroads paid into the comptroller's
office this morning per cent of their
passenger earnings:
Texas Midland railroad paid $152.2S,
Houston and Texas Central paid ST.
744.63.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
Austin BUDGET
Late Telegraphic News From The
Capital.
Charters Filed, Settlements With
The Comptroller, A Negro
Dies, Etc.,
pecial Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Tex, Nov. 13.-Chartered to.
day: Locomotive Engineers Benev-
client association of Texarkana, Texas
No capital stock. j. w. Murphy, w
A. Smith, William Wright, John Ed
wards and others incorporators.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans, Nov 13.-Eleven new
cases and two deaths occurred here to-
day. rsi
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
LAKE MICHIGAN ALWAYS OPEN.
How liz l. Rendered NaxiEabie All
The Year kroEnd.

Navigation on Lake Michigan Is never
closed. steamers run back and forth
across the lake and between the ports
of the west shore of the lake during the
entire winter with remarkable regular
ity. The first attempts al winter naVi-
cation on the translake routes were
made bv the Detroit & Milwaukee Rail-
road company and By the now aefunct
Eneelmann Transportation company
many years ago. and the success Of WIZ
ter ventures became established as the
character of the steamers was improved
and developments were made in marine
enginerv. Now winter navigation pro-
ceeds almost uninterTnptedly. and the
new car ferries steam back and forth
with little regard for weather or for
ice. The success of the car ferries on
Lake Michigan and the car ferry which
defies winter in the Straits Of Maekinac
is probably the cause of the announce
ment that negotiations are in progress
looking to the construction Of ice
breaking freight steamers that viii en-
able their owners to keep them in COM
mission on the Lake Superior and lower
lake route during the winter. The re-
port is without foundation.
There is a vast difference between
the navigation of Lake Michigan from
one shore to the other, and along its
west shore. and the navigation OF the
great lakes throughout their lengths
and through the interlake channels. lee
breaking is expensive, and occasionally
the ice foes defy the crushing powers of
the best of the so-ealied ice breakers.
One of the car ferries was recently
stalled BY a foe near Menomineef which
defied not only the steamer. but the
explosive power of dynamite. The
trouble of winter navigation on the
chain of lakes would occur in the inter-
lake channels and in the canals. Ow-
ing to the clogging effects of the ice it
would be almost impossible to operate
canals during midwinter.
Another and a very serious bar to
general lake navigation in winter is the
prevalence of snowstorms, during
which nothing whatever can be seen.
Snow is more obstructive to the sight
! than fog. and during a driving snow
storm it is impossible to see anything
ahead, even in the daytime. Winter
navigators on Lake Michigan, who are
never out of sight of land for any great
length of time. experience their chief
annoyance from the snowstorms. They
manage to steam into port when snow
is flying thick, because of their famil-
iarity with the route. but they occa
sionally get into trouble while they are
wrapped in "the tumultuous privacy o.
the Storm"
IT does not follow. by any means, that
because winter navigation is success
full on Lake Michigan it can be made
successful in the upper and lower lake
service.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-10
A CITY IN A VOLCANO.
The Picturesque and Peculiar City
of Saba, in the West Indies.

of Saba, in the West indies.
If you will take down your geogra-
phies and look on the map of the West
Indies you will notice, between the
islands of Santa Cruz and St. Chris
topher, two small islets which, unless
your map is an unusually large and
complete one, will have no names given.
These two islands belong TO the Dutch,
and the most northerly and westerly
of them is called Saba.
The Dutch arc noted for their odd
and quaint customs and for their per.
severance, Holland being sometimes
called the Land of Pluck;" but l doubt
If anywhere in all their possessions
have these curious people shown their
queer and eccentric habits to greater
advantage than in the little out-of-the-
way island of Saba.
The island is small its greatest diam
eter being not over 21s miles, and it is
nothing more than an isolated noun
tain top rising out of the sea. The
sides are very steep and high, rising
in places for a sheer 1000 feet There
is no harbor, no beach, no safe anchor
age and no large trees on the island,
Although Saba'ha population of over
$500, yet you might sail all around it
without seeing any signs of houses or
settlements. If you wished to land, or
ego aboard" as the Sabans say, you
would have to do so on a shelving rock
on the southern side of the island; and
here you would find a steep, winding
flight of stone steps leading up the
rocky mountain side.
Following these steps, which num-
Der 500 and are called "The Ladder"
you at last reach the top of the noun
tain, and looking inland, see a small
grassy plain covered with neat white,
rcd-roofed houses, the whole surround
ed on every side by towering peaks and
precipices covered with tree ferns, bam-
boos and wild plantains. This little
town, the only one on the island, is
known as "The Bottom"-a curious
name, surely; but it is well named,
nevertheless, for the plain on which it
is built is nothing more than the bot
tom of the crater of an extinct vol
cano.
Descending the slope into this queer.
est of queer towns, you find the streets
simply narrow paths walled with stone
higher in places than your head. while
every inch of earth is cultivated with
true Dutch thrift and industry. Here
and there small patches of sugar cane,
vans and arrowroot are side by side
with beans, corn and potatoes, with
palm and banana trees rising over all
The population consists of whites and
negroes in nearly equal numbers, while
the blue-eyed and tow-headed children
play with black-skinned and curly
headed piccaninnies; but all are Dutch
in speech, manners and looks. The
houses, shops. gardens-everything is
Dutch.-A. II. Nerrill. in St. Nicholas.