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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22
LETTER FROM ALASKA.
Writes His Brother-Expects to Strike
1t Rich.

Writes His BrOther-EXpectS to Strike
1t Rich.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans, La, Aug. 21.-Perhaps
the first letter from far away Alaska
since the gold fever set in, to reach
New Orleans, came yesterday. 1t
was addressed to DIR. A. Spetzel, and
it was from his brother, Edward. Both
the doctor and his brother are well
known in New Orleans, although nei-
Their is a resident of this city. How
ever, they have been coming here for
such a long time that there are few
residents better known than they are.
When the Klondike gold fever struck
the states, Ed. Spetzel was in St
Louis. Ed was of an adventurous
spirit and his love for novelty and
strange countries has taken him near
ly all over the world. Therefore, it
was natural that he should have been
seized with the fever and leave for the
new EldOradO. He wrote his father
Doc" that he was going. The latter
hardly believed it, but later, when he
got letter from Ed dated San Fran
cisco, in which he said that he was
preparing to sail, 'Doc." finally came
to the conclusion that Ed was not
joking after all. Yesterday a letter
postmarked MARY Island" and dated
August reached the doctor and as he
saw from the handwriting that it was
from his brother Ed, and as Mary Is
land is in Alaska, it was not necessary
for the brother to read the contents
to tell him that Ed was on his way to
the Klondike.
The letter was interesting. The gold
seeker wrote in a cheerful strain. He
said that he, together with five hun
dred other adventurous spirits, and
sailed from Frisco on the steamship
w. Elder and had reached Alaska safe
and sound.
But our troubles are just begin
ming" wrote Ed. I'VE have proyis-
ions to last us eighteen months, and l
do not see why we cannot get through.
Thus far there has nothing occurred to
dampen the spirits of any of the party,
and | cannot see why we cannot reach
our goal. There is plenty Of gold in
this country and all we have to do is
to stand the rigOrs of the climate 10
get it. You can rest assured that I
am not coming back until / have a
fortune. We will leave for the inter.
Tor in few days and from all l can
gather the trip is going to be a mighty
interesting one. The next letter YOU
will get from me will be from Klon,
dixie and l expect to tell you that ]
have struck it rich.'
The letter winds by saying, 'KIon
dixie or bust" and do or die"
knowing my brother as well as ]
DO" said Doc" Spetzel, in speaking
about the matter yesterday, 81 fee
confident that he will succeed. He ha
travelled through worse countries thai
Alaska is reported to be. He is a YER
determined fellow, and it will not b
a surprise to me in the least to hea
that he has made his fortune in tina
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22
CALDWELL COUNTY.
Brief Bits of Local News From Lul
ing's Neighborhood.

Luling, Aug. 21.-The city council
has ordered the city to be one road
precinct, and the duties of road over
seer required to be performed by the
city marshal at a salary of 500 per
year.
The young men who fired off
their pistols Saturday night near the
Arkansas Pass depot, were oyertaken
and brought back to town by officers.
They gave bond to appear before the
next term ef the Justice court.
County ceSF% b IN sensl8E a Lock.
hart tkk S@aSs. 49, &eEssy Attorney
Coopwood is in clover A large nuP,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22

far-away country. 1t will be many q
day before win hear from him again,
conluded Mr.. Spetzel, but am not the
least bit alarmed for the safety of Ed.
He is fully able to care for himself,
and, being well equipped with money
and provisions, he will get through
snow and ice to any country"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22

any violation of the laws. The COM
pany has eight of these officers in its
employ for this special purpose and
during the year hauls thousands of
Chinese going and coming from Cuba
all passing through San Antonio.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22
DOWN TOWN OFFICE.

DR.. ]. ]. McKanna has opened bus
mess office in rooms 4 and . in the
Clifford building. S-1G-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22

a nice phaeton or surrey and go driv-
ing after supper. 7-2s-t.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
i0c. 25c. II c. @. c. fail, druggists refund money
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22

France drops a nickie in the tariff
slot and draws out a request for re-
ciproeity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-22
No-To-Bac for FIFTY Gents.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weah
men strong, blood pure. SOC, 81. All druggists
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
Invited His own Fate.

From the New York sun
our Havana dispatches i'm reporting
that letter found on the body of col
oncl Joaquin Ruiz offered a bribc of SlOo,-
Ob to Colonel Ncstor Arangurcn. have
put in new light the death penalty in
hictcd on the brave hut rash and unfor-
tunatc Spanish officer. I'm addition, we
nave the positive denial from Senor T.
Estrada Palma that Ruiz was under
nag of truce. At first the main point
seemed to be that. after tho published
orders of General Gomez making death
tho punishment for coming to Cuban
camps with Span's offer of autonomy,
Ruiz took his life i'm his hands when he
did the thing prohibited The object of
Gomez cutting off communication on that
subject and the CSpcdicncv of taking that
means To accomplish il are another mat
ter: but. once issued and not revoked. it
should have been obvious to any soldier
that the orders would be executed. As
to their authenticity there was no doubt
the Spaniards themselves accepting the
orders as genuine and as such denounc-
ing them. Yet Colonel Ruiz practically
challenged Aranguren to execute them
and thereby riskcd his fate. But If in
addition as is now declared Colonel Ruiz
carried from General BlanCo the writ
ten offer to Arangurcn already spoken
or he must he put on, the footing of an
cmissary seeking to brihc the Cuban Of
ilccr TO bctray his cause. The distinc-
ton between the presentation of general
proposals of peace. to be forwarded to
army headquarters. and a personal. pc
cunary appeal to "A singl" officer tn hc-
come a traitor will be manifest to Cv-
erybody
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
rom the Pittsbnrg Disnatch.

FROM the llttSDurG Dispatch.
The claim OF the Republican forces in
cuba to civilization and humane in
stincts however. does not rest upon
single instance and cannot bp destroyed
by one example of extreme severity in
the treatment of an enemy. During
months of unequal conflict. when the
wcll-armod regular soldorv of Spain
mad" it their constant practice to murder
wounded prisoners, raid insurgent hospit-
ais. aSSaSsinatc surgeons and nurses pill
la"c estates inhabitant. it was the Gus
tom of Cuban officers to libcratc the
priEncrS they had taken to protect the
defenselosS, and to minister to the wound
Cd friend and enemy alike. Even after
the inhuman plan of starvation was put
in operation by the brute Wcyler-aftrr
MaCeO was lurcd to death by trcaChCry
and false prCtCnSe-thc CubanS rcSortpd
To no worse retaliation than to return
some prisoners of war to their commands
i'm semi-nalledneSs The self-contrOl of
the insurgcnt officers has been remark
able. When the account Is cast up on
OF hagrant brutality; for cuba of very
few of the eNCcSSeS of warfare. 1t Is
unjust to condemn all cuba for the death
of one gallant officer. even If his own
conduct gave no reasonable prONOCatiOn
for the killing. In the case under COnSid-
GRAFTON that officer violated both tn"
military and personal confidence reposcd
in him. albeit in what he deemed the
discharge Of his duty and the cauS" Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
Christian Science Once rlorc.

We have secured a copy of the op,n-
ion delivered recently by judge Penny
packer Of the Philadelphia common
rleas courts in which the refusal of
that jurist 10 grant a chartcr to tn
association styling itself the First
ChmCh of Christian Science" is cX.
plGhled. The legal ground OF the r"-
rusal is clear. The Christian Scientists
sought to include IN the petition for
charter the right to establish an inSti-
tuition or "huSptal' wherein healing
by faith could br practiccd for pay.
This is specifically forbidden by an act
Of assembly which defines the condi-
tions under which "A hospital or an in
Urinary may receive a charter from the
state conditions with when the APP
pli,ation in point did not comply.
But not content with stating the law
in the premises, Judge Pennypacker
permitted himself to indulge in what
might he called argument. and in this
dcrail we think ne made Il mistake.
For example. ne said: Reforms al"
prnverbially SLOW. 1t may be, a. ~"
ala told in Science nd Health, that tC
look a tiger in the ey" With faith is To
send him frightened into the jungle;
hui men, as they are at present in
formed. ale more apt to rely. however
misrakingly. upon rifles. For the
treatment of the diseas" called trich-
inoSis. which is caused hv animalCula"
breeding in the body ami feeding upon
the muscles they depend upon some
thing which may destroy the creature
rather than upon a faith, however sim
cerc. that it's r&V&gos will do no harm.
Should II cy in the lapse of time be-
come convinced by the teachings "f
Science and Health that their course
is erroneous. no doubt a future lcgis-
latur" viii repeal the act of 1877. hut
for the present its policy must be en-
forced"
The opinion thus expressed comedies
with our own. But as d matter of eX-
| pedicncv it is open to doubt if debate
of the general subject of faith vs..
| drugs is afIica ,ious to modify existing
| beliefs. Some remarkable phenomena
| in th,' nature Of magnetic healing are
on record and appeal as strongly for
crrdcur- as do many other assertions
much more gencrdlly credited. The
influence of the mind upon disease has
| not been exhausted by the regular
| practitioners of medicine nor does any
! particular school Of medicine enjoy
! a munppoIy of the truth. A good
! frame u mind in which to consider this
! subject is that Of respect for the writ
! ten law but quiet tolerance for varia-
| tio!s i'm sincere opinion ana belief. The
| laws can be enforced without clubbing
| honest convictions
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
l MOnnm's Wow.
From a Letter 10y Susan Morse Perry in
the New York sun.

From a Letter 10y Susan Morse Perry in
the New York sun.
read a statement i'm ;uday's Herald
to the effect that Senator haic in speak
ing Of the recent killing Of Colonel Ruiz
10y the insurgents in Cuba, regards II a.
an "act of Savagcry,' and as stamping
tn" CubanS as "handits and outlaws"
How very easy il is for Senator Hale
ana all other friends of Suanish tyranny
to condemn i'm the CubanS that which
they haV" for nearly three years closed
their cE,S To and encouraged on the part
of Spain While Colonel RuiZ'S death is
certainly horrible hat warfare is not "
lis it any more so than the butchery of
Dr. Ruiz in tn" Jail at GuanabaCu 10y or
der of one of SpainS generals last Feb
ruary" or the murder Of that Cuban
general who. when peace had been de-
Clarrd after the ten years war was
invited to a banquet on board a Spanish
man-Of-WHF. and then murdered. under a
flag of truce. by order of the same GEN
cral BlanCo, who is now captain general
Of cuba? or mO"e SO than any of the
many acts of shooting down in cold blood
Of brave Cubans. who's" only crime was
their desire to see their beloved land
freed from the yellow and red rag Of
modiaeval oppression" Have not the
Spaniards all through the present war
committed acts of inhumanitY and cruelty
beside WnlcN colonel RUIZ : death palcS
and sinks into insigniiicance? Another
thing; he was warned whal would b" his
fate, and his friend. Colonel ArauGurcn
begged of him not 10 undertake the
task" Was Dr, Ruiz warned" of what
was To he his fate? Did he haV" a chance
to ESCAPE? 1t is really astonishing how
quick senator Hale and others are to
discover tn" mote in the CubanS eye
when they have been blind to the cOloS-
sal beam i'm the eye Of Spain for years,
To understand which side is entitled by
justice to the rights of belliGererCy, which
side has conducted its warfare in ac-
cordancc with the rules Of civilization
and shown the more humane treatment Of
its cuomics all throughout the present
conflict. one has hut to compare Span's
methods with those Of Cuba. | am sure
any and All honest and true friends Of
Justice and loyal lovers of liberty will
unhcsitatingly decide in favor of CUBA
I.ihre," Far hc II from any one to blame
them if their patience is at last exhaust
ed and if they begin 10 rctalaIe uDon
the Spanish butchers, giving them the
same treatment they have been reCciv-
ing for the past thirty-four months
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
The Need Of Unity of Purpose.

There is undoubtedly a growing feel
ing among RopUn!,cplS who are 80
from principle that something in the
nature of concession needs to be shown
among the uarty'S dividing AGENTS i'm
uover if the elections IF 1855 are, tn l,c
apIroached with confidence. Tho lines
If party division have not vet become
set. but they are steadily diyerging.
Nothing like the harmony and unity
Of one wear ago exists today. on the
contrary. i'm almost every state fac
tionaI fights ar. in progress. and even
at Washington while .un,n break has
necn reached. lhor. are omirous eians
Of possible. If not probable confusion.
The Washington Star. discussing this
latter phase of the situation. remarks
with too much truth:
.Tbe marry dons not saan, tn no unit-
cd on a single importaut pronnsitinr
,rhara ARC at least rnu, C,rtions di.,,u,.
inc ,hout ,u,rencv refo,n,. An rrcor-
1iticnal do.nothing faction faction
supporting the presidents recumnlan-
dation. a faction disposed to support
Secretary Cages recommendation. and
a faction partly convinced that some-
thing ought to he done, but without
orinion as vet as to what that thine.
should be- There are the active friends
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
Intelligence in Advertising.

II Is not unreasonable to credit much
of the increased business done by
Scranton merchants this holiday sea-
son to the improved character oC their
arlvertsing. A glance at any Of the
local papers these days followed by a
comparison with the same papers on"
year AGO will show very noticeable
change for the better, in both the ap-
pearancn and the substance of the ad-
vertiscmcnts. These are now more
neWsN than ever before, dealing with
special bargains ana changing in many
cases daily. IN consequence they are
read regularly by many persons who
Formerly never gave the advertisements
glance. Thc slightest observation
will suffice to confirm this statement
u win show that the news page is no
lorror the sole part Of the paper which
the average man reader scans: while
among the women. heaven bless them,
tie advertisements. to them always
interesting. are now clearly first in in
tvrrst. taking precedence over even
tn" clou"ments ana the weddings.
We welcome this state of affairs as
a happy augurN of still better adVer-
tiSinG and consequently further in
creased business activity in the year
to come. our merchants, having
learned by experience that it pays to
put thought and enterprise and novelty
into their hired space in the news
papers, viii proceed to plan additional
improvements and thus gain proper
tiunally greater results. They will not
fear to cNpcnd money generously on
Intelligent advertising. because tn" les
son has been taught to them that
money thus spent comes back bearing
rich profits. Thus the day of the per-
runctory standing announcement-the
same yesterday, today and forever
will give wa" to the bright, novel. and
really fascinating bargain bulletin, with
its neat Typography, its catchy pic
lures and aboN" all it, important mes
sage giving store news; ana while this
will please the merchants and the
newspapers. by increasing the receipts
of both. it will also add t. thu con-
vcniencc and comfort of the general
public and help materially in the up
. building of the city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
Comments on The
Killing OF Ruiz
From the Washington Star.


m MERICAN citizens who are in
IM Clinod to characterize the shooting
jay of Ruiz by the Cuban insurgents
IIA as an unNarrHntcd act should re-
rall the history Of their own Coun-
Try, John Andre. Il British officer. sought
TO negotiate with Benedict Arnold.
trusted commander of the colonists for
tn" betrayal Of West Point into the
hands of the British. Arnold was willing
hui Audr" was captured on his way
through the lines, was tried as spy
ana hanged. History has recorded the
approval by civilization of this act. COL
onel Ruiz was as much a spy as was
John Andre. lie was seeking to corrupt
an iusurScnt leader. He was seeking to
brth" him to lay down his arms in an
effort to dcmUraliZe the inSurgent forces
IL" was under no haC of truce. bore no
credentials authorizing him to negotiate
peace. sought out no responsible leader
with his propositions and conformed in
every particular to the accented under
standing Of q spy. TO cali the Cuban in
SurG"ntS pirates and Cut-thrOats and am
archists. as is now being done is to in
woke the rehukc of American history. If
the man who gave the order to shoot
Colonel Ruiz-whcther it shall be proved
to b" ArangurcE himself or some 9TH
cr-is to I've called murderer. then
George Washington. 10y whose orders
Andr" was tried as a spy. was muir
dCr"r.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
ILU VI CAKE.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
For q large size tax" one and on"-halt
pounds each of culrants, ana the same
of flour. beat three quarter pound Of but
tor to a Cltam: whiSk fifteen "gGS ~
pan. then set it over The fire. adding one
pound of powdered supal, still whiSking
all the time. When warm tax" the pan
of. but go on whiaking till an" miNtur" Is
cold, after which mix i'm ti" butter. then
the currautS. Work into this On,-h ilt
pound Of car died orange cl,run H.ld
lemon peel cul fine; Ono-half ounce OF
bitter almonds hlauch"d aud beaten to
a paste with a pinch of sirt"d sugar: two
ounces OF sweet almonds hiar"h"d ani
Sliced lcuGthwiSe. OnH-hHi uunrc o.
uoundud mace and cinnamon. uur-qudrt"r
piut Of CuracCa hrandH or Other liquor
work we'll torrthcr for half AN hour,
bake from two to three hours, taE" it
out let the oven cool. and nut the cake
in 20" few moments to dry. ir" amt
ornament.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24
A Fate Richly Deserved,

We give some space elsewhere on
this page to collection of news and
comment regarding the fate of the
Spanish officer. Colonel Ruiz. who in
disregard of repeated warnings went
into the Cuban camp to bribe a Cuban
leader to betray his cause, was court
martial"d and executed as a spy, The
frantic efforts of the Spanish agents
i'm this country to beClOud the issue
and thus weaken the cause of the in
surgents makes the incident one Of
genuine interest and Importance.
OF the comments quoted that Of the
Washington star seems to US most apt.
The deed Of Ruiz was essentially the
deed or a Spy. He Gid not 50 TO the
Headquarters of the Cuban cause. He
did not bear dag of truce. lie pre-
sumed upon personal friendship to en-
able him to corrupt a subordinate into
treason. His was even meancr act
than that of Major John Andre. to which
our contemporary refers Andre was
a spv but he mad" no claim TO per-
snnal friendship with Benedict Arnold,
nor had Arnold personally implored
him in advance, in the name of friend
ship, not To come.
The character of IN" war i'm cuba as
revealed by the practices of both sides
is such that il is NOT to be measured
by the standards uf other countries.
Spain has won no fair claim to SYM
pathy; the fate Of Ruiz was incurred
deliberately, no element of deception
having been proved or even intimated
Urder these circumstances it seems to
MS that while the incident strengthens
the cause for American intervention
b% revealing the utter hopclcssness of
TN" autonomy solution, it contains no
feature which under fair Judgment
ought To ALLEVIATE from the Cuban in
sUrgerts the utmost sympathy of the
American people.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24

From Cablcgram in the New YorR
Herald

From Clblcgram i'm the New York
Herald,
Ernestu ToSca Consul General Lees
secretary, who was sent to Colonel Aran-
gurcn's camp to plead for mercy for
Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz, returned to Ha-
vana on Saturday night, having reached
his destination only to obtain fun con-
frmation Of the gallant officers death.
Mr., Tosca was unable to deliver Gen
cral lees letter tn Colonel Aranguren.
who, Immediately after the execution,
had departed for a distant camp, but
he brought back the following statement
from Colonel AranGuren's second in COM
mand, giving details Of the death of col
oucl Joaquin Ruiz: "This gentleman"
dressed in the uniform Of a Spanish mill
itary officer, and, before the Cuban
forces, made To Colonel Ncstor AranEu-
reu propositions OF autonomy for Cuba
Then Colonel Araugurcn, respecting the
orders of our army, made Ruiz a prison.
cr. ANA he was executed later. after a
court martial, in the name Of the law OF
organization of our army; and that Il
may he known | furnish this nforma-
tion to Mr. Ernesto Tosca, who came
commissioned by the United States con-
sui general in Havana.
"Patra and Liberty. December 1897.
Major Alfredo Lima"
4 cable was received today stating that
General Lee had been instructed by Sec
retarY OF State sherman to notify Gcn-
cral Gomez and the other rebel leaders
that they need expect no American SYM
pathy II they continued to permit firing
on flags Of truce. General Lee told me
he had received no such instructions,
and added that he knew of no instance
of the display of a flag of truce during
this war, II had never been claimed by
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24

That certainly was curious plea
put forth by George w. Smalley at the
New England club banquet in Brook
lyn wher he argued that all Europe
States and that consequently we should
snuggle ur close TO old England for
protection. 1t seems never to have oc-
Cured to this eminent Mugwump that
the American character contains the
ingredient known as elf-relianCe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24

The assertion Of the Hazleton Senti-
mel that the Republican state commit
tee is sending out literature in sup
port Of the candidacy of Colonel w. A..
Stone for governor can hardly be true.
That committee as a body must in the
nature of things remain neutral among
candidates for the nomination. IT can
rightfully become partisan only after
the convention ratifies the party's eX-
pressed choice. Is somebody abusing
the state committees trust?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24

the Spanish authorities that Colonel Ruiz
was under n flag of truce, that institu-
tiun hoing unknown to the Spanish army
in Cuba; its use being interdicted as in
rolving recognition OF the insurgents
as bellgerents. This Is so widely known
that the Spaniards. while denouncing the
Killing as an act of savagery frankly
admit that Colonel Ruiz was under no
protection and had been abundantly
warned of the consequences of his action
in approaching the rebel camp.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-24

Tho Cuban insurgents are men Of
flesh and blood. Spanish cruelty has
produced in them the natural result.
Spain has sown fiendishness and is
reaping assassination. This may not
be pleasant tn contemplate but it is
human nature. Americans under SINH
lar prpvOCation would not act other
"