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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-23
A side Interest.

where is your son Robert"
Hes left the half-back of the Corn
yale football team."
Then he's attending college?"
Eyes, Observation-Disclosures Plain
Dealer.
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A Scientific Explnnnt,on.

Teacher-Now, can any of you tell
me why the distance between the me-
ridians is greater at the equator than
in the polar regions? All! why is it,
Johnny?
Jchnny-Please, mum, it's because
heat Xpands.-Puck.
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MIR. Snaggs-Rainmaking would be a
lost art but for one thing.
Mr.. Snaggs-What is that?
1T never has been found. Pitts
burgh acknowledgement
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Hicks-Does your wife bus your
ties?
Wicks-Some of them. And she
wears those she buys.-SomeryilI
Journal.
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OF No Interest TO Her,

Hot, isn't it?" said she 10 the talk
alive young man.
Eyes, but it's great weather for the
corn crop"
"But have no corns," retorted she.
in freezing accents.-N. Y. journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-23
E1perientia DOcet.

Singleton What is the effect of eat
ing homemade bread?
Benedict - Home made desolate.-
Brooklyn Life.
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A DEEP THINKER

Tommy-If Uncle Bob shaves his face
will hair grow on It?
= Mother--Yes.
Tommy-Then why doesn't be shave
his head?-N. Y. Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-23

"oh, it has its JOYS Every time Will
lie gets into troub= the papers speak of
US and call attention to how highly re-
spectacle we re."-Cincinnati En-
nnirer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-23

1T must be awful to have a member
of ones family who is black sheep.
You don't know how 1 sympathize for
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Our Flag Not There.

"All right then. Give me two pounds
of dried nts."-Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-23

You bet 1 don't. This trap is the
The times., 1897-09-21
DEALERS ARE CAUTIOUS
Stock Market Unsettled, With
Money Decidedly Firm.
Shadow Of Hesitation Plainly yisi-
Bile In Dealings IN Wall Street
Afternoon Declines. .

New York. Sept. 20.-Trading in the
than OF late, and while the market was
generally firm its strength did not ap-
pear as genuinely spontaneous as 1T did
last week. number of the specialties
were made prominent in O fashion which
reflcetei active manipulation by the various
pools, 'bllndn and otherwise, that are now
taking Il hand in the speculation, but a
great deal OF hesitation was apparent iu
the general market. Nothing really un
favorable developed with the course OF
the day.
The yellow fever continues TO be advanced
as pretext FOR a reaction in the market,
but the earnings reported today by the
Louisville and Nashville and the Southern
Railway Compantesindicated that there has
been no aterialinterference on thisaccount
with the traffic OF either line. The ship
ments Of currency to the interior continued
on a large scale, and the money market re.
flectcd the drain in all its divisions, many
of the banks advancing their rates Oh call
t. 2 1-2 per cent. Cali money loaned as
high az 4 per cent in the late hour.
In addition to the traffic returns of the
louisville & Nashville and the Southern
railway. the reports Of d number of other
companies We're encouraging as reflecting
a large volume OF business. The stock
market became quite unsettled In the
later dealings; w hen the money market
developed decided firmness. This Was
easily the feature of the day, and while
higher money rates have been clearly
foreshadowed in recent bank statements
their appearance was Sufficient to send a
chill through the market which yielded
rapidly under sales for both accounts.
During the morning foreign houses sold
ab1uC 10000 shares of stocks without at
hat time affecting prices. 1 was perhaps
significant That the only genuine activity
during the day was on the afternoon de
cine. The market WAS rather featureless
Is regards special movements. In the fore
noon the granger shares, Manhattan and
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf were
notably strong, hut they yielded rapidly
with the general list ia the late dealings
Such degree Of hesitation as the market
now shows is clearly referable 10 the
growth of feeling that for number of
reasons tie exercise OF caution is to be
recommended at tie present time. The
decline lest It's force before TIE market
closed, but final prices were near the
lowest Of the day.
The times., 1897-09-21
CLERKS TO BE REDUCED
Force of the Sixth Auditor Will Be
Reorganized.
Ordered to Show Cause Why They
Should Not BE Denoted Eff
cheney Record to Be kept

Sixth Auditor Henry A Castle has sent
notices TO five chiefs aud twenty
clerks, requiring them to show cause why
they should not DE reduced. The state
ments are to be written. and will then be
considered by The auditor.
This action was taken by Mr. Castle in
pursuance Of section XII OF the ruies and
regulations promulgated by Secretary
Gage for the guidance OF officials or his
department. The rule reads as follows.
Sec. XII. The ceport of deficient and
delinquent clerks required BY the thirteenth
section OF the act OF August 26, 1892 viii
be made uonshly as required by said act
aud in all cases where clerks having
higher Salaries are less efficient than those
having less salaries that fact shall be re
portec that the salaries may be arranged
on the ground Of merit only
uditor Castle said tnatafter reoreauZing
the force ne would institute all efficiency
record, which, he hoped in future, would
be tie basis for promotions, reductions
and diSmisSals.
The times., 1897-09-21

THAI run out OF thcIi into Indian River
SHOW yellow, TOO. InGiau River is abont
thirty niiles south or up the Yukon from
Dawson. Other creeks up there have been
prospecteG, but have not been claimed.
Claims have to be staked Out.Df course,
according u the Canadian laws, which
think are clear and fair The only fault
find with them II that they do not
recognize agreements that are not In
writing, ana they DO not give a man
VINO stakes a prCspector any share in
Claim. But ! suppose these difficulties
can be got around all right by being
more careful about having things in
writing hereafter.
Working n claim can go on at all
seasons Of the year. and part Of the pro
cess is best il winter, but prosuectIng Is
good only III summer, when the water
is flowing and the ground loose. That
Is another reason why 1t is useless for
new hands TO 70 in now. They cannot
do anything except work for Others til
spring. Then they IAN prospect with
water flowing and the ground soft. II
they strike IL they can stake out their
{ lain, clear q patch OF trees, underbrnsh
and stones, and work the surface till win
ter sets IN we quit the pan or hand
method then.
"The rocker is almost never used ex-
cept in sniping,' which is a light sur
face search on unclaimed land, or OH a
claim that is not teiue worked for enough
to pay expenses or to raise a 'grub-stake'
As soon as the water freezes SO that il
won't flow in on a man, we begin to dig
to the bedrock, sometimes forty feet down
The ground Is frozen, too, in winter of
course, but by 'burning' it, as We say, we
eau sof'en II enough TO let pick and shove
IN All the dirt is piled on one side, and
wien spring opens again, releasing the
water, we put up our sluices and wash it
all summer or until we have enough
"Therc has not been any quartz mining
YET On the Yukon, hut back OF the pIacers
in shc hills which have not been prospected,
the original ledges must be holding good
things for the capitalists.
The times., 1897-09-21
RESTRICTIONS OF MIDWIFERY
Suggestions of New York's Phys
clans Concerning the Practice.


clans Concerning the Practice.
New York. Sept. 2o.-There is very
general feeling among physicians that the
practice Of midwifery among women ought
TO be severely restricted. and arguments
in supportof that view have been published
from Commissioner Fowler, of the health
board, and DE-. Ohm T. Nagle.
In a report % the board of health, DR..
Nagle shows 24,I24 natural births ana
2,262 still births reported by physicians,
against 22,7T0 natural and ,034 still
births reported by midwives.
gentleman not connected with The
health board, who was given close atten-
tinn to such subjects, was asked his opin-
ion OF these figures.
They mean that everything which
concerns this branch of practice ought TO be
carefully regulated, he said. There is
much chance in It for malpractice and not
q little r.: crime. I think that Oil the
whole the crininaIfeatures of the business
are often grossly exaggerated, and only
wish could say as much of the incidents Of
malpractice resulting from inexperience.
1T is undoubtedly true, however, that
many women enter the business without
knows the MEDICAL schools are every year
turning loose on the community scores Of
boys aimed with bono-crushing forceps
and other deadly instruments, which they
are only too ready 10 use uron the slight
est PROPAGATION.
Nothing could be more dangerous and
at the same time more admirable, in its
way, than the zeal CT a very young sur
geOn with his first case of Instruments.
Betweea such Youngsters, who will be
admirable surgeons, no doubt, later on.
and women no simply take up the
practice of midwifery without any prep
aration whatever, the public necessarily
suffers
There is nothing to show, however
that the danger is great enough to war
rant the severe measure which some
propose. The rights of family life must
be respected. Many families prefer the
attendance Of woman in all such cases
to that Of man. Ladies often object
TO men -midwives from motives of delicacy,
and though this delicacy may be mis-
directed, the law has no right to say So
Moreover, in everything which concerns
Voung children the avera &c woman, even
If she have no educat ton at all, is often
more successful than the average men with
the average amount Of special training the
man midwife gets at College
Il do not propose 10 undertake the de.
cis.on of what should be done by the board
Of nealUf. where crimes such as a Ire discussed
in this Connection are committed. 1t seems
to me that this is a matter for the criminal
courts rather than for the health authori.
ties. If murder is Committed by fiends,
male or female, with doctors diploma or
without it, the law provides a remedy iii
the use OF she electric chair. 1t has not
proved very effective, it is true, but
the results might be more satisfactory if
it we've tried oftencr."
The times., 1897-09-21

The boundary line is seventy miles south
west.
THE gold las been found in the small
creeks that flow into the Klondlke. First
cones Bonanza Creek, mile and half
back OF Dawson. 1t is thirty miles long
and very rich, but its tributaries are still
better. Ten miles up 1t, the Ell Dorado,
for example, is the most productive streak
that has been turned up. It's only six
miles long and is all staked out In claims,
but $3.50 las peeu taken out In pan
there, and | estimate that the yield viii
be .s20.OO0.00o. Seven miles above Bo-
nanza the Klondike receives the waters
of Bear Creek, which is also good, but
it las been claimed by this time Hunkef
Creek is fifteen miles up the Klondike,
and MP that is little stream about the
size a brook, which is called Gold
Bottom. All these streams flow from the
south, aud they cone from hills that must
have lots of gold il them fer other creeks
The times., 1897-09-21
posTMAsrERs APPOINTED.
Long List of Presidential Favorities
Named for Office

Named Tor Oilice
The following Presidential appointments
Of post.nasters were made yesterday:
Acknowledgment Sanford b. Short,
Greenville, BIerius S. Perdue. Arizona
Tempe, John j. Hodnett; Tucson, Thomas
Hughes Colorado Highlands, William
NJ. Cline. Connecticut-Gro Roswell
s. Edgecoml Observation-Disclosures, Joseph
s Garrett Illinois Roodhouse, William
C. Roodhcuse. Indiana Bloomfield, Joe
E. Shver. Upton James b. Johns Indian
Territory-C -Claremore E. s. Bessey Iowa
Charles City, E. Affecting. Maine Vinal
Haven, F. F. Littlefield. Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Arthur S. .Contant. Mime
sota--East Grand Forks, John Il. johnson
Mississippi pi-Colnnlbns, John I Wood; Crys-
tai Springs Clara E. Mortimer; Okolona
A. y, Frazee. Mssouri-BerIer, Thomas
Francis Butler, 8delbert o. Walton; Joplin,
Daniel X. Nenrich; Norhorne, j. II. Jacobs.
Oregon, Thomas Curry Princeton, l.. w
Brannan, Upton. w. F. Qnigley; Willow
Springs, d. B. Hobson. Montana-Boze
man, W. Il. Barhett; Glendire, Thomas j.
Pollard. New Hampshire Berlin, A. E
l'ean; COlebrooke, Ira a. Ramsey. New
York-Elmhurst, j. T. Robinson; Long
Island City, George Rippeyer. North Car
Dina GoldsborG, j. f Dobson. Pennsyl
vania-Emporium Charles seger; Latrobe.
Clayton o. Slater; Natrona. j Z. Eniver:
New Brighton, d X. Corbusi Philadelphia,
T. l.. Hicks; st. Mary's, j. c. Koch; Ship
pensburg, f. f. Hollar; State College j.
w Stuart Watsontowu, s Q. Comfy South
Dakota-Sturgis, w. s Chase. Texas
Relton, w. H. Harvey Tennessee-Hum-
boldt, C. g. Parker Washington Pull-
man, A A. Miller ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
S. H. Clough
The times., 1897-09-21

moose. In fact, game is very scarce on
the K;cnlike, as it is all along the Yukon
No guns or pistols or anything OF that kind
are needed.
Here is what ought 70 be put in an
outfit: \ camp stove, frying pan, kettle
coffee pot, knives, forks and spoons, and
a drill or canvas tent; an AK, hatehet,
a whipSaw. handsaw, a two-incb auger,
d pick and shovel and ten pounds Uf nails.
For wear, heavy wooden clothes are best
mot rgrs-and the stoutest shoes you can
get, with aruc socks Then there is n
sleigh, as we caH it, really d sled six OF
eight feet long and sixteen inches in the
run. It is hest 10 buy this is juneau,
for those you pick up in other places
won't track. i don't take canoe, un-
less am late in going in, but they make
the lightest and strongest in Victoria, at
about 100 TO 200 pounds In weight. The
simplest thing Ia go down the river on
IS raft, but 70 make that or a boat
The times., 1897-09-21
Charged with a Gigantic Fraud

New York, Sept. 20.-Nicholas McCool
was arrested today upon a wa rant charg
ing him with having attempted a fraul
upon the United States district attorney Is
office. Il is alleged That McCool offer.d
himself as bondsman for Frederico Mora,
who is N Ludlow street Jail awaiting trial
upon I charge OF participating in the max
ing aud passing OF counterfeit notes of
the nalk Of Costa Rica, to the amount of
over 81 900, 900. McCooI tried to qualify
as bondSdan by claiming the ownership OF
property Investigation revealed that the
1operty did not belong to him, but is part
an estate left to his mother He was
ED under $4,000 bail to await the action
Of the gland jury.
The times., 1897-09-21
New York Cotton Market.
NEW MINISTER TO ECUADOR
General Sampson, Of Arizona, Re-
ceives That appointment.

General Sampson, Of Arizona, Re-
ceives That Appointments.
The President yesterday made the fol
lowing appointments:
Archibald ]. Sampson, of Arizona, to b
minister to Ecuador.
Edward G. Kennedy, Of South Dakota,
to bemars1al OF the United States for South
Dakota.
Gen. Archibald. Sampson was originally
from Cediz, Ohio, and is q personal friend
or President Mckinley. The appointment
Is considered entirely personal one, as IN
the usual order OF things a Territory has
very little chance OF securing ministership.
Gen. Sampson is wealthy ranchand mine
owner in Arizona, sixty years old, and wen
liked both in Ohio and the Southwest. Hs
was warm and intimate friend OF Gen.
Bingham. He was formerly for four years
in the consular service.
The times., 1897-09-21
Welded IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
Caused Parsons Arrest, Fell in
Love and Married Him.

Trenton, N. j., Sept. 20.-Leonara Sim
monds, a milliner, OF HazeIton, Pa, was
married In the county Jail Saturday to
William Parsons, a clerk in Armour's pack
ing house, under peculiar circumstances
She came here and caused Parsons ar
rest for assault.
While he was in Jail she obtained per-
mission to read to the man, and finally
she asked him to marry her. He ac-
cepted, and she laid the case before
County Clerk GUNNER, WHO told her two
witnesses were necessary under the law
Miss Simmonds telegraphed Hazelton
friends, and two persons came here and
identified her and Parsons. She obtained
Parsons release, after Squire Maar had
performed the ceremony, and the couple
left for HaZelton.
The times., 1897-09-21

Manhattan in sight was construed rather
too literally. Holders of stock jumped to
the conclusion that the price had been
advanced Oh a false basis, and they de
cided to get ont. Stop orders tnen helped
decline. As far as a change in motive
power is Concerned, IL is very well known
tlat tie whole subject has been under
Thorough invests CATION. and that Mr. Gould
as much as anybody, appreciated the ad-
vantages of electricity. A change from the
present motors il certainty at no very
remote date
The times., 1897-09-21
INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Case of sailor Carter Who Killed an
Officer OF the Indinnn.

New York, Sept. 20. Philip F. Carter,
the sailor who with a ia yonet stabbed
and killed Thomas j. Kenney, a master
Of arms, Oh the battIeship Indiana. Oh
June 80, was indicted for murder by the
United States grand jury today.
Tie killing occurred while the vessel was
lying at the Cob dock ia the navy yard a t
BROOKLYN, and Carter was confined in the
Raymond street jail there, as it was
thought tnat lie would be tried in the
Eastern United States judicial district. of
which Bruoklyn forms a part. As the
waters OF the navy yard, however, are
within the jurisdiction Of New York city
proper, ana therefore included in the
Southern United States judicial district
of the State, it has been decided that
Cartcr's trial must be held here.
The times., 1897-09-21
1t Saves the c.oupy Chudre,.

seavirw, va--T-e have a splendid sale
on ChaiAberlain's Cough Remedy, and
our customers coming from far and near
speak OF it in the highest terms. Many
have said that their children would have
died Of Group if Chamberlain's Cough
kennedy had not been given.-KeIIam &
ourrcE, Tie % and 5O-cent sizes for
sale by Henry Evans, Wholesale and Re-
tail Druggist, 93S street. and Con-
necticut avenue and street northwest
and 142o Maryland avenue northeast.
The times., 1897-09-21

Chicago, Sept. 20. The wheat news
looked bearish today the worlds ship
ments being reported at over 10,000,000
bushels. There was little cash demand
here, but there was Influential buying
through commission concerns, and the pit
was in a condition for a rally. Prices
after moving up ] and 1-2 cents, sold
down again, but finally closed little
higher than Saturday.
The buying looked like the scalping
operation OF some large interest, two or
three concerns getting most OF the orders,
but it was claimed that the trade which
counted most was really from Paris, sent
here by way OF st. Louis reporters. There
promises to be very large increase in
The times., 1897-09-21
FINANCIAL.
CORSON & MACARTNEY-

Members Of the New York stock Ex.
cndnger 14ly + st, Glover Building
correspondents OF MessTs Moore & Sc6ley.
No so STO1dwSy,
Bankers and Dealers in Government Fonda
deposits Exchange. Loans
Railroad Stocks and Bonds and All
seCuTltles listed on the exchanges OF
New York, Philadelphia, Boston aud BaIti-
more bought and solo
a speciality made of investment securt.
ties District Bonds and All local Rail-
road, Gas Insurance and Telephone Stock
dealt in.
American Bell Telephone Stock boushs
knQ sold mhIS-s3
The times., 1897-09-21
MUTE APPEALS FOR DAMAGES.
Suit for Violation of Marriage Pro-
posed aud Accepted by Signs.

posed and Accepted by Signs.
New York, Sept 20. The trial of a suit
brought by Mrs. Eeringer Sc veral months
ago against Jacob Scharlin, who is deaf
and dumb, to recover $50, 600 DANA ees
for breach of promise of maria ge was on
the calendar of the supreme court today,
but the case was adjourned for a week.
The plaintiff, who is also a mute, asserts
that Scnarlin proposed narria ge to he-
by signs and that she accepted in the
same way.
1t is said the Schattchin, or matchmaker
who brought the pair together is a mute,
as are several witnesses. The case will be
tried September 23.
The times., 1897-09-21

There was a great drop in the last iir-
teen minutes of the day yesterday, prob.
ably due TO the fictitious influence Of
the altimatum scare. Prices slumped every
where badly Up to that time, however,
the market had been nothing to boast of.
The British gold has not begun ta come
this way yet, despite predictions, and Lon
don continues t. sell our securities. These
facts started downward movement early
in the day Although there was something
OF a recovery later in the day it gave
way in the last hour.
The Rock ISl6uG directors will probably
meet or Thursday There is q good
opinion Among good people that Rock sland
Is purchase on weak spots, always taking
into account the fact that further Span
ish wa rumors may cause the whole market
To Slurnp. 1t was evident yesterday that
clique is active in Rock Island. The coaing
decision as to the dividend on that stock is
affording an excellent opportunity for
successful manipulation. The higher the
clique put the stock the more reason the
public has to believe that there viii be an
extra dividend. Halsey and A. II. COombs
were the principal buyers yesterday.
The times., 1897-09-21

tie worlds visible tomorrow. Advices
from the SeahUard as to the expert de-
mand were conflicting. some messages
pronouncing it poor and others good.
torn rallied IL cent ia the first hour, a
haf OF which gain was lost before tia
close.
The times., 1897-09-21
washington stock Fxchanpe.

Sales Washington Gas, at 10 United
States Electric Light, 10 at ia 1-2.
American Graphophone, so at 8. Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, 80 at so. Lanston
Mcnotype, 10 at Is rs.
After caiI-Fireman' Insurance, 20 at
The times., 1897-09-21

Mr.. Carley says: "I do not think Ameri-
can Sugar Refinery is going down much,
il any, but the insiders are evidently try
ing to let it 90 to sleep. The final out
come will be a big advance, but we are
temporarily little afraid of it,
The times., 1897-09-21

Oregon Improvement securities are likely
to become more active. Weeks ago the 5s
were selling at around 80. Saturday they
sold at 40. and the advance is unquestion-
ably based on decided Improvement in
earnings. IL is rumored that Augustus net
earnings VIII be $125,O0O increase. The
New York Times financial article on Sun
day gives considerable space to Oregon
Improvement, which is suggestive that
eene VIII hull these securities. The Klon-
dixie fever is helping the company.
The times., 1897-09-21

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
Bankers and Brokers. Members of the
n. Y. Stock Exchange, 1927 F street.
The times., 1897-09-21
New York stock Alnrket.

Corrected daily by W b. Hibbs & Co..
Bankers and Brokers. Members Of the
n Y. Stock Exchange. 1927 F street.
The times., 1897-09-21
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money ii it fails to
cure. 25c. se2tf
The times., 1897-09-21

Town Topics Financial Bureau has this
to say with regard to the dalliance OF
the Standard Oil people with Lead:
We have the st Of reason for sa ying
that Lead common VIII have a very sub
stautial advance. We believe that the
Standard oil interests win take hold OF
Lead common, and in the course OF the
next few weeks viii succeed, through ex
traordinary purchases, ia putting this par
ticular stock up u 90. 1t is certain
that the company has made its full divl-
dends on the preferred stock, so, by the
laws of New Jersey, under which it is
Incorporated, dividends can be paid upon
the common. 1t is important to Iemem-
Der this, because, between this and the
declaration of the dividend, Lead win have
quite a bulge.
The times., 1897-09-21

The General Electric Company is getting
more work than it can do and its shops are
all overcrowded. General Electric has had
no particular rise compared with the rest
of the market and none seems in view.