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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
LEGISLATIVE.
Retrenchment in the Treasurer's OF,
fice-Speaker Dashielrs Pic
ture Safely Delivered.

ture SAFELY Delivered.
Austin, Tex, March 30.-(SpeciaD-
The Senate failed again this morning
to secure a quorum and had to adj
journ until after dinner.
The House plunged headlOng into a
discussion Of its appropriation bill
again, the treasury office being under
fire.
The retrenchers made their first
break in the ranks of the supporters
of the committees bill by cutting
down the salary of the treasurer's
bookkeeper from $500 to $1,000 and
that of the receiving clerk from ST.
500 to $1,000. They also cut two as
sistant bookkeepers from $1.400 TO
$1,000.
Speaker Dashielrs mother was pre-
scented with the picture of Speaker
Dashiell by the members of the
House.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
A SUICIDE.

Syracuse, n. Y, March 30.-A spe-
ciai from Geneva a Y Charles \.
Houghton, principal owner of the
Corning Glass company, and reputed
to be worth half a million dollars
shot and killed himself at that place
today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
WAR ACTUALLY COMMENCED.

COnstantinOple, March 30.-If re-
ports just received from Turkish head
quarters at Flassona are correct,
fighting has already occurred on the
Turkish side of the frontier Of Mace
donna.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
TANNERS STRIKE.

Chicago, March 30.-Fffty to one
hundred men employed by the differ,
ent tanneries in the city went out on
a strike today. About 200 men went
out yesterday. The strike is over the
question of the hours of labor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
GULF SHORE TIME TABLE.

General Manager George Dullnig, of
the Gulf Shore railroad advises the
Light that the time table will be
changed April /. The train will leave
San Antonio at s a. m. and arrive at
$3.50 p. m. daily except Sunday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING
ASSOCIATION

Recommends the use of the greatest
Of all tonics, Malt Murine" and
guarantees the merits claimed for it.
For sale by all druggists. 2 10 If
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30

BUBONIC PLAGUE SPREADING.
London, March 30.-A special dis
patch from Bombay says the plague
has broken out among the British
troops at Calaba.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30
= asy to Take
asy to Operate

Are features peculiar to Hoods Pills. Small in
size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. AS one man
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-30

st. Anthony, Texas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

Times did not contain long ana cosSS nrI heino
patches from Alexandra -oNer T,u, ,ho sn,ce
spent by the paper i'm this way WITHIN III, w os
OF twelve months In every one oi tnese Ma
repeated the same old refrain To the III ,,r &c.,
the only salvation for Egypt, the ON! ,, -,
the miserable peasantry from the sIl' Ill., ,tdnrs
ton and the only chance or the loTe'r' ~ r.
OF Egyptan bonds to obtain ther uu,' ~" su +,
British occupation Of the Delta OF 're 49, -,
was the popular opinion created in Ensidnu ny
these cable dispatches and letters from - "
tina, led nm to the hombardment of AlcNanuila III
1880 and il ig significant that nCtWitnS'"'iI.'s
the fact that the British guns pouhneu nv" ~
ruin the wealthiest and most 1mpoi'"'s' III, IN
mercal centre of the LeVant the Pi'c' VI 80, 80
tan bonds In London and Paris lhcreaseu I'm
20 ia 40 per cent within twenty -four houis ai'Vi
ward. go , ,,,.i,h ,rac,i
A. tho present moment with the British pracu
callv in nossession Of the Delta. the EGYPTIAN
securities have risen from 10 below par 10 1
above and are considered almost as souno All m
raetmcnf 40 English consols lnasmuch as the
Ervntian debt amounts 20 some SN'H.W"W"
ea rlv all Of which was held ten years ago ny the
Rothschilds of Paris and London III Is easy W
forn, an anproyimate idea Of the enormous pronts
which they must have secured on the price Oh iie
bonds Their winnings must have been amply
sufficient to recoup them many hunnIeu . loi
the exnense involved by the purchase of that con
troIIIny interest i'm "'rhe Times which contrib
uted so greatly to the success of their Egyptian
speculation. ., r. .rho
II is this that causes the attitude OF inc
Tir,eer in championing the cause OF Ceci
pbndes and of the Chartered Company TO DE
,in,ved with suspicion and ascribed to Interested
natives spccial attention being drawn 10 the
fact that during the course of the recent farna
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES.
Detroit Free Press.

From The Detroit Free Press.
For two days Grim has been getting his wheel
in shape for the warm wea. her campaign. I'm
getting pretty well along in years. he said In dis
cussing the matter. land "A little slow I'm
ceptng the bicycle as something 10 be encouraged,
but now ! come pretty near being crank. I'm
fixing this machine up as "A jewener would n
watch | know where every tool il and what It's
for. But there's something else. See this little
pocket here inside my bicycle coat? See how this
strong strap OF cloth buckles over II, and notice
the lining of channels That's for money, an
emergency fund that H. never to be disturbed
until | come face TO face with the emergency.
Now, I'll explain. Last summer | grew am
bilious and made "A long into the country. I
timed my self wrong and started home n tribe late
! was scorching through the main street OF a little
town out here when big fellow rushed to the
middle of the road, spread his legs Ike colossus.
threw his arms out and yelled Halt"
II halted and was promptly Informed that | owed
s. for riding without lamp. | tried to explain
but the big constable was not there for argument
Then ! took the ground that he couldn't ins mo
and that at least had right to trial
You're tried now. he roared. an found guilty.
Didn't | ketch you at II? Ia there any lantern
hitched that ole velocipede OF yours7 You set
tie or go inter tn calerboose. You can't come
round here tellin' me nuthin' bout the ordinances
OF this here corp ra ton
MY chief trouble that | had no money
I had left home with very little. and there are
roadhouses on that route After long plea |
got the ofncer TO hold my bicycle for security till
| could come to Detroit for money. Then broke
for the station where there was train soon due
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
PTJIANIAN ROYALTIES.
PRETTY PRINCESS MARIE AND HER Chill
DREN IN NATIVE COSTUME.
From The Gentiewoman.

From The Gentiewoman.
we publish below some exceedingly pretty PIC
lures of Their Royal Hgbnesses the pfin nbiIs
Marie of Rumania and her TWO HUE cnn-
S rsr' prince carol and Princess Elizabeth,
taken for the first time In national or Boya.n
costume II may be added that the photographs
from which they have been reproduced are me hrs,
of their kind dspa ched abroad by command % ne
princess The costumes are those no" worn uaIly
nv Inc Princess and her children when s,)1urhHg
In the country at the picturesque Castle 81 feies N
1sinaTa) Princess Marie. needless 70 say : the
e,dest daughter of the Duke and Duchess OF sake
Cobi,rg aud (iotha. and Her Royal Hlghntss Was
only twenty-five last October the yth. having TO"
been married five years, ria n,u,u
There IS by-the-way. a most remarkaDle run
NJ 0ctobcr birthdays In this family. Thus, tne
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was noIn on pv
The nth; her only son, the young iie,Sut "a
prime on the 18th, the Princess Marie on the s'n,
and now her two children were Likewise born IL
The same month: Prince Carol on the 18TH Cd me
hirt hdav of his uncle and little Princess EiIa
two days after the birthday OF her motneri h oh
children were born the rural retreat. InI'sSli
Castle but the town residence OF Prince fcrnuanu
and Princess Marie is the spacious Palace OF
cent i'm bucharest. In the country ther ne - Vi
the simplest and most idyl,c description. repIca
~ the lives of their august relatives AT )sD9rne'
Ralmoral and Sandrngham. and such as ths I'm I'm
cess's was wont ID be in the happy DAYS Oh hasl,
we'll Park Prince Carol is now three years anu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
| GREAT WORK ENDED.
UNCLE SANS BIG BROOKLYN DRfDoON
READY FOR BUSINESS.
SEVERE TEST TO WHICH 1T is BEING sOf"H' n'
SOME DETAILS or ITS CONSTRUCTION
ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF
MATERIAL USED.

THAT the new drydock just compete" io' Wv
Government by T & a. Walsh the coh,'a''o' ,,'
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Is successi".'y S''.u'"e
the test to which it has been sup)ect'o 10 - -
of much satisfaction TO the CONTAGIOUS ,, ia,
Government officials. Just how severe tni7 w.
&, 10 hardly realized by those unaccusomed 10 'iio
handling of heavy weights. but Few hgures WI,
show that the foundation of the dock Is wen ""',
firmly set. The monitor Puritan. the largest Gnu
bea West vessel of her class In the Navy u 'o7
on keel blocks which distribute her "eis'' VI ,,',
500 tons over a space about 20 feet long, l",''
Win b,ocks seven feet apart would give weight
Of a little over 200 tons on each OF thirty o'ocNS'
When the monitor was hoated into the uooh vi
Wednesday she took position well up 10 'he "ea.
of the dock on Friday the dock was again "'o'ou
and the unwieldy vessel was iod'eu " p ,'aaI
,,.,. ~ tho dock and allowed to rest on the Keel
blocks again This movement will be repeated 'o
marrow when she will he foated to place as near
the caisson as tho construction OF the DOCK VIII
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

the air seemed like hail pellets strskine nun Ven
face There was little time for thougny pas
in the few seconds there was, Sweetwoou "o'
what the end would De- ..soa
ror,up,tsl>, for Sweetwood and the Only 800 "A
maj he is alive 10 relate his experience me es .d
vhi,> no Was perched WAS a large, snootn 'r,ina
cliled along comparatively easy. Win IT,, sue
and never once snagging on any pto''uu n ,ess
tine man il takes 10 tell Il the glimmerhs ,.,sourh
~ The Susouehanna burst into view yxtns
naarIv unconscious, Sweetwood renehpess -. q ~
nne 6ssrv glance toward the river anu ~, n, rat
nnint and the next thing he knew ne Mas fhIs Il.
trtn ahont eight feet OF water. ,ohta'y 70 ,,nhuyt
recitation OF being crushed 10 death, s,,r ride spd
Save the sckering sensation OF tile u. into ~
the shock sustained by his s"d'e" p'""e
river -, n, too Of
Nhen ne struck the water he was Sun va ~ srose
rho iog and went under with H. out whe' ,as yar6s
IN m. surface he wa. alone ana Wilu,H a.nc,y be
nnlled himself out OF the water, ang after ,issd With
scrne extent the use OF his faculties ysrSar,nsy
wonderment the scele OF his ride anu ni.sscsn be
,potght of his narrow escape In MS "coloying
supposed the entire tran OF lVv pss, ,hsn plunsso
snf,,v after the one he on. ana VII n =, pieccs
~ he river re expected TO be grouna NJ 81 the
win The logs Now, as he stood on 'he ne In sight
stream and looked. not another Ios A,,ns himsel!
aoge,her As Well as possible, he souyhin an indtf
toet , anS with dry matches round IN "a sousbe
pncket kinAled a Are and dried hiInsem
composure after his thrilling expefe"N vnstresn
several hours later he made his WAY re,rscsd M
rn,r he found place 10 cross. thr" .smp About
un,s ~, ,hs drive and started back TO .naol
Ssifvay up The mountain ne i"unn 81 The one u
~ Inc missing logs The log neAts,tly snaggey
which he had been perched haa es,iien stop ~
an something In the drive. and us Sine in one Pr
,wmhsI the whole string Of ninety n'"h reakng "
miscmoi,s heap on the mountain sac ..oot
drive and tearing small trees OUT W
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

nentarv investigation into the Transvaal raid
Mr. Rhodes was the recipient Of many courtesies
at the hands of the ROthschds. who are known
to be largely interested in South African enter
prises No one. however. dreams OF attrlbuthS
any such motive to THE London standard. ana
although il expresses almost identcaliy Inc same
opinions as THE Times" with regard 10 Soutn
Africa yet its uttcrances are considered 10 ne
nrompted by imperial and nationa. interests
- her than those Of any banking house no mat
ter how great and powerful EN-ATTACHt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
ITS ANONYMITY NO LONGER KEPT.

To-day THE Times" no longer occupies It's
former pinnacle of grandeur. although the
English people attached to it for the sake OF
Aud Lang Syne" and likewise for the memory
Of the splendid services which it has rendered to
the nation its disinterestedness and It's delicate
consideration-such as for instance, when after
the horrible murder Of its correspondent, Mr..
Bowlby by the Chinese In 1851. 1t actually
stopped the presses after the regular edition had
been printed and struck off a single copy OF an
Othe- special edition containing a mucn inoulHed
and sof,ened accoun: Of the outrage, which was
mailed to Mr.. Bowlby's aged mother so that she
might never know how her son really died 1t
has been published far and wide that Mr.. Buckle
is al present the Editor Of The Times, Sir
Donald Mackenzie Wallace the foreign editor.
Mohery Bell the general manager Humphry
Ward the art critic and so on Moreover me
legal proceedings between the late Mr.. Parnell
and "The Times" al Edinburgh nine years ago
laid bare the fact that the Walters, father ana
son. own hut sixteenth and half of the stock
of the paper. 1t is asserted and generally be-
licved in London that the greater part Of the re-
mainder of the shares have passed into the pos
session of the great banking house Of Rothschd
This in itself is calculated To destroy much Of the
influence OF the paper. since. rightly or wrongly
the suspicion must always prevail that the great
banking house in securing control Of the stock o
naturally counted on being able TO command the
columns Of the paper, and to direct Its policy.
THE ROTHSCHILD INFLUENZA
Printing House Square in 1877. shortly after the
purchase by Great Britain Of the S20OO0OO0
worth Of founders shares in the Suez Canal Com
pany. FOreseeing that this investment Of English
Government funds in Egypt was bound. in course
OF time, to result in vast increase OF British
power AID responsibility on the banks OF the Nile.
and would probably lead to a de facto If not de
jure annexation Of the country. the London and
Paris Rothschilds at once set 10 work to buy up
cautiously for themselves and for their friends all
the Egyptian securities OF which they could get
hold. The Khediviate was regarded at the time
as practically bankrupt, and consequently Egyp-
tian bonds considered by the public as
scarcely worth the paper on which they were
printed. ThencefOrth the ROthschilds devoted
themselves to the task OF involving the British
Government more and more In Egyptian affairs.
knowing that every step taken by the Downing
Street Administration in the direction OF anneXa-
ton would augment the value Of the Khedtvial
sianL~- Not day passed that THE London
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

four months old and his little sister, whose run
name is Elizabeth Charlotte Josephine lc,oE T AZ
nvandra 2 wear and three days younger ana botn
are bi,le-eved and goden-hared. Prince carol VII
be one OF tho numerous grandcnlldren Oh
Queen Victoria, no VIII Sonic ""S' j al 7'N'
II may be pointed out that it Is a missioner TO
ettIeos is so otter done in the press rince FER
dinand and Princess Marie the Grown Prince ana
Crown Princess OF Rumania They tneH m' 81,
claj,p No such titles as the style Grown Prince
e. Of course only applicable to the eldest son OF a
reigning king; but this the gallant Prhce ft h
nand is not Ills ROYAL Hghness being the nephew
~ King Charles ana the second son OF the Prince
and Princess OF Hohenzolern. his mother Delhs d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
4 STATESMANLIKE ATTITUDE.
rom The Chicago Tribune.

From The Chicago Tribune
How 30 you stand on this question OF crushing
our The department storesy' Inquired an acquaint-
., . -. ,
q believe in hearing both Sides" was the reply,
ga nd before | express my opinion want to-h'm
10 hear from the propretors OF the department
stores" -.
's,een'h Ward absent mindedly crossed MS hands
behind him and resumed his walk up ana down
ha
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
THE AUTOMATIC NURSE.
A WALKING. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. DUTET-
VOICED TELEPHONE.
From The Telephone.

From The Telephone.
our attention has been attracted by letter that
appeared in an esteemed contemporary short
time since The letter IS follows:
I'VE read with much interest in your valued
paper OF February Of the night service given by
the Johnstown. Penn. Telephone Company:
I'VE think We 20 them one better. We have
not only beer giving all-nighf service ana calling
M our Subscribers at any time Of night. for more
than year. but have acted the part Of nurse Tor
our subscribers who have been sick and wanted 10
take medicine during the night by calling them
as often once every hour.
Then, again. owing 10 the convenient construc-
ton of our telephone having the receiver, trans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

"A. W. BROOKS, Manager
mobile Ala February O."
What a delightful vista OF possibilities Is opened
to our gaze as read this Interesting letter what
perfectly charming idea-the teiePh99nte, as a
beautiful young person. whose voice. nj least, II
not her warm life current pusates along the sIen-
tarIly together How you cling 10 the NltlIrd az
sortment of metal and rubber. seeming Amos TO
feel that soft white hand upon your teHered brow.
those tender eyes gazing into yours win lhe ply
mat Is perilously akin TO something Else mat ca
ressing-ah what music there Is In that voice,
suee AZ al angel s-there IL no IMAGINATION ABOUT
III l. Is the great piece Of reality about your
sickness At any moment III you cnahce 10 ieel
nervous or unquiet. you can take that lovely calm
In, combination OF dulcet tones from beneath your
riilov where YOU keep II all the time. what mat
i.r if that YOU tumble only cold mass OF screws
and magnets ana wires ohe Is d, w t IN a.,
Virtually locked up In your hand Is that iary IN
dednte feminInity that every man longs FOR with "a
mighty longing when his stomach is wrong or his
liver aches and that attains In Just such condlon
of ffnirs her very highest idcnlistic development
Put why should this precious combination oil girl
and telephone OF iron bars and aproned nurse. be
a., TITO such an ugly form? why not idcaliZe our
Alabama friends telephone nurse In very truth!
To Illustrate our ideas. We present a craving OF
Iittle stretch Of mechanical ingenuity MISS Ielc-
nhone could not only say Take your medicine,
but controlled from central shc could give II 10
van That Is conception OF telephone nurse
And che could talk sweety to you IRON central OF
course) while dong SO: 49, n, ,, ,
furnished would necessarily vary with the taste
and means Of the subscriber
THE cheaper forms could be papler mache. which
sniate nature very correctly From this the choice
would range up through bsque, porcelain or silver
In The real American flesh and blood
with such an achievement to admire cherish and
talk to ,and turn switch when you are tired OF
its talk. and so promptly STOP spriso win
~ LII aud her talking Images! The greatest mar
vel OF the ages will be Miss Telephone. the anthro-
pomorphic incarnation of ii voice-a sweet Ameri-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
a f.OO-volt shock that

put II came upon me like 1ocvolt shock ' ~
II takes cash to ride railroads l lei' M, 49, 90
watch with the agent before could get IL Iii no
II such a thing should occur again mere VIII 'o
money right here In this little pocket
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-26
TOLD nm A PEW Lives

The TougAloo, Mississippi, negro uni.
Vcrslty, has been entirely Destroyed bV
FIRE. Loss, $4,000.
Dr. Miner Raymond, ono OF the foun.
ders OF the Northwestern University. at
Evanston, H., died yesterday, aged
eevcuty Year,
The President and Mira. Mckinley
had as their guests nj Thanllsgivlng
dinner the vice pNsicn, and Mrs
Hobart. Eug.gn and Mrs Smith. the
latter daughter n tho late President
Hayes Mr. aud Mrs Abncr Mcllln'cy,
Miss Barber ana Maetcr Carrot 10.
bart
The Methodist Episcopal congress-, IN
session nj Pittsburgh, opened yeslor.
div with religious scrylrc supposed
10 have bcen used IN the gynngoguc IN
the time VI Chrst The service, which
was deeply interesting, was conducted
by Doan Marcus Buell., uf Bnslon unl-
yOrslty, Aftcr IN, religious services
were concluded the regular programme
Vna carried ont
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-26
A MIXED COMMISSION
Composed OF CnbaDs md spnniardS to
FIX the Tarlns-moysmsnt In Spain
Against Autonomy.

Composed OF CRbADS md sPnnIaris to
FIX the Tariffs -aioyemrnt In Spain
Against Autonomy.
MADRID, Nov. 25.-The clause In rela-
tion to the tariffs In the governments
proposed scheme OF autonomy for Cuba
provides for the creation OF a mixed
commission to be composed of cubans
and spaniards which is to fix the tariffs.
The rates fixed by the commission are to
be adopted by the Cuban chamber Of de-
putles and then approved by the Spanish
cortes before they become effective.
Should the mixed commission come to a
deadlock, the cortes is TO be the arbiter
OF the question AZ issue,
Prime Minister sagasta has received
over 100 dispatches from persons and or
ganIzations In Catalona, Biscay and
other provinces asking that the auton0-
my scheme be suspended. A member OF
the cabiuei snid to-day. however, that
the Oppogt:! to the scheme must soon
cease. Naturally" he added, "the pro-
posed reforms were opposed by a num-
ber OF persons who by the past system
had amassed great riches, but the gov
ernment was determined to carry out
what It considered patriotic work and
its decisions must be respected"
1T Is expected that the ministry OF the
colonies will be abolished after the ap-
pllcation OF the reforms. and that colo
NAL affairs will be conducted by the
prime minister.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-26

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 25.-The Com
mtrclal. al.Tribune's special from Middle.
town, OHIO. says: Misses Mary and Kn-
tie Seaman we're drowned this after
noon ana their mother 10 Ia a dangerous
condition as the result OF q runaway.
The mother was Tesusoltated with great
difficulty and In stlll In a serious con-
ditlon. She docs not know that her
daughters are dead and will not be adj
vlsed until she gets better. The father
OF the young ladies' Is n prominent far
mer. lie and his sons are prostrnted
over the AFFAIR They mad n pleasant
Thanksgiving dinner together just be-
fore the ladies' started out for u drive,