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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-05
ABOUT THE COLORED FOLKS.

From the Alamo City Advanced
Mrs. Chas. Willis, of Cotulla, Tex,
is in the city on a visit to Mrs. Thos.
]. Dillwood of ODD Ellis street.
San Antonio lodge No. l and Re
becca Court No. 2 are arranging for
a grand May entertainment.
Mrs. w. L. Sears will leave the city
at an early date, to visit friends in
Alexandria, La.
Miss Henrietta Aaron, of West
Point, Miss, is in the city the guest
of Miss Ada O'Bryant of Elm street.
Miss Lula Harris left the city this
morning to spend few days with
her sister Mrs. Bessie Spriggs Of Ma
rion, Texas.
Judge Levy would benefit the poor
of the city more by closing up the pol
icy shops than by closing the wine
rooms.
Mrs. Minerva Virgin of Beaumont,
Texas, is spending several weeks in
the city, the guest Of her cousin, Mrs.
Dora Landlord of State street.
Bishop ]. II. Armstrong of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church is in
the city this week, and spoke to a
highly appreciative audience at the St.
James church on Wednesday last.
The Palestine Brass band gave a
reception complimentary to Miss Mat
tie f. Boyd of San Antonio, last
Thursday night, 25th ultimO. Pales-
tines 400 was out in full.
Madam Gossip is telling it to ev-
eryone she meets that Mrs. Estella
Hunter of Taylor. who spent the Xmas
holidays in this city, will launch a ma
trimonial ship soon.
, A pleasant surprise was rendered
Miss FAME Johnson of Waco, by sew
eral of our young people on last Mon
day evening. Miss Johnson is visit
ing Miss Wade on COmal street.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-06-01

On Sunday son was born ID Nj. and
Mrs. 4. r. Cutler.
J. b. Gaddie is putting up an addition
to his house.
Rube Davis is building bricb addition
to his house at the junction
A number Of Lehi people attended the
Academy exercises at Provo last week.
James Roberts has been suffering
from quite a severe attackof la gripc but
is on the improve.
Edwin Evans, our local artist, was
in town few days last week visiting
friends and relatives.
On every dollar you spend with the
Peoples Co-op the next ten days in
their dry goods and shoe departments
you will get locents rebate.
The tramps arrested. for burglary in
American Fork have been sent to the
county Jail toserye out sentence inn
posed by Justice Hunter.
Property owners along the lake shore
report that the lake is rising and food
ing some of their land. Some seem to
think distractions have been placed in
the dam at Jordan narrows.
The win of the late Thomas Edwards
has been filed for probate. IIeleaves
al his property 10 his wife and at her
death it is to go 10 the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter day Saints.% Bishon
Cutler is named as executor.
The Congregational New West Edu-
cational Com mission, an Illinois corpor-
alton. has transferred all its Lehi prop,
erty for $4,000, 10 the Congregational
Education Society, Massachusetts
corporation.
The committed on sports for the Sun
day School met on Wednesday night
and decided to hold the sports Oh Tues
day, June 10Th al Murdock's resort
which has been kindly offered for the
occasion.
THERE'S an ordinance in our city
against throwing ashes, rubbish, etc. on
the streets. 1t has not been iniorced
but it will be right away and Marshal
Thomas says the practice must be stop
ped at once OF offenders will get in
trouble.
Absinthe, drink distilled from
wormwood, has. been much used IN
France but of late The consumption of
this drink has grown so rapidly in this
country that NORWOOD isnow nroried.
That grown in America il considered
the best in the world,
The Coop is surely going to have an
immense trade the next ten days. The
10 per cent discount is bound to draw
large crowds to their store from all over
this end of the county as no such offer
has ever been made ON such fine stock
OF goods at this time Of the year. 4
The Memorial Day exercises given by
the schools on Sunday night was a new
but pleasing change. The schools con-
tain some br. ght young people and those
who took part on this occasion are to be |
for the exercises we,e
splendid. Some say patriotism Is
waneing among the young. but those
who saw the patriotic zeal and earnest
ness displayed by these young people as
they recounted noble deeds done in our
country's honor can, well say that such
lie not the.case. We are pleased to see
the young people come 10 the front and
hope toiIear more from them in the
future.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-06-01
THIS. THAT AND THE OTHER

Supt. Racker of the Coop was in Salt
Lake on business on Friday.
: Another pleasant sight was seen on
our streets recently temperance
OF. the street sprinkler.
Prof. Smith OF Irish Duke fame is
working with local dramatic company
in Bountiful.
Jacob Rasmussen has located Ave
mining claims in the Lehi Mining Dis
trict.
Bishop Cutler attended the closing
exercises at the b. Y. Academy last
week.
The trees recently set out in the north
east school lot are growing nicely and
will make a nice grove.
There are rumors of a dancing pavilion
being built in I.ehi this summer No
doubt il would be paying investment.
Prof. Wiley of the national Agricul-
tural department, says the salad oil OF
the future will be made from sunfiower
seeds Utah can contribute her share
of these.
On Saturday morning Marshal Tho
mas sold 5000 shares of stoe in the
Early Harvest at 8 cents share. 1t
was sold to satisfy judgment against
G. J.. Sesbright in favor OF the Peoples
Coop and was bought by VIM CLARK
Joseph Peterson has graduated from
she Normal department. of the b. Y.
Academy and received the degree of
Bachelor Of Pedagogy. He will gain
practical experience by teaching in the
schools OF Lehi next year
See that your children always wear
District rs school shoes. For sale by
Peoples Coop.
Did you ever wear Sego Lily shoes? If
not, why notY One trial will convince
you. Sold by Peoples Co OPP. Z"
Ask the peoples Coop to show you
District rs. They will be pleased 10 do
go.
The board OF directors of the Peoples
Coop met in their regular monthly
meeting this morning and declared a
dividend OF 2 per cent for the last three.
mnlths, to be paid after June 3.
The Enquirer speaks very highly of
the singing of Mr.. Oscar Kirkham who
recently appeared in concert at Provo.
The r. G. w. offers reduced rates to
the Nj |. A. Conference at Salt Lake on
July 1919, and Mississippi Con-
gsess at the same place on July l4-l6.
On June 8, 6, and the o. S. l.. will
sell excursion tickets 10 Mexico City
Mexico at one fare for round trip
Tickets limited to Sep. 5, 1897.
A couple OF young boys employed at
Beck's Saratoga springs took trip
across the point Of the lake south of the
springs last Sunday and when in deep
" e, ne boat was accidently capsized.
I. ho7o goa. me. 'nd not been good
swimmers it would have amounted to
something more than a joke.
The times., 1897-09-22
INvEN roR,s LOST PROPERTY
Claims That 1t lis Kept From Him
Dy Fraud

Mr. John w. Van Hook yesterday filed
suit against MessrS John A. Frey, John
Frey and Wflliam Ii Frey, alleging that
the defen dants have obtained piece of
real estate in Anacostia from him by
fl aud and asking that it be reconyeyed To
him.
The story of Mr. Van Hooks troubles is
an interesting, though not an entirely
unique one. He states that thirty years
or more ago, prior to 1867, John A. Frey
was the inventor OF an alleged improve
ment ia barrels and other vessels and
that he approached Mr. Van Hook with
glowing accounts OF its immense value ic
there were only capital to push it
Mr.. Van Hook advanced various sums
from time to time. but received nothing
in return In February, S67, MIR. Frey
came 10 Mr. Van Hook, stating that he
needed little more money and that great
gain would be the result Of further ad-
vances -
Mr., Van Hook then decided to him the
Anacostia property, lots III to 120 and
parts OF 121 and 1872, of Uniuntuwn, and
also land on Fillmore street south Of JEFF
fers)n street. The sum of $500 was
mentioned in the deed, but no amount
was ever paid Mr. Van Hook.
The property is still held by Mr.. Frey
and his family and nothing has ever
come of the invention for theiInproveme ents
in rarrels and other vessels. Mr.. Var
Hook alleges that there has been a sys
tematic attempt to defraud him, tha
the invention is worthless and that Mr.
Frey knows It and has known it all the
time.
The times., 1897-09-22
ASK FOR ANOTHER VOTE
Columbia Union to Reconsider
Action on the Merit System.
SNAP JUDGMENT ALLEGED
Resolution Asking the President
Ia Take the Printing Office Out
OF the Classified Services Rouses
storm Special Meeting Called
to Take Action This Evening.

Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101,
at meeting of that body Sunday after
noon, when IA resolution was ADOPTED IN
struGting the president and secretary or
the union IT, request President Mckinley
TO withdraw the Government Printing
Office from the classified civil service.
This resolution was adopted by vote Of 20
to %. Firty-one votes were cast, whereas
the membership OF the union is between
fourteen ana fifteen hundred.
A poll OF the union has been taken at diff
ferent times within the last two or
three years, and has each time showed i
ma iority in favor OF the maintenance OF
the civil service rules as applied to the
Government Printing Office. The mem
bers Of the union employed in the Govern
ment Printing Office are d unit in sup
port of tie civil service act, W hile among
the "cown-town" men there appears to
be a goodly scattering OF members who
believe in the civil service rules.
In view of the action taken by Columbia
Typographical Union. directly after the
International convention held last October
at CololaGo Springs, the action of the
union at last Sundays meeting was a sur
prise.
The International Union, by vote of
116 70 l, declared against the civil
service rules. Columbia Union was repre-
sented in tile Colorado Springs conven
tion 10y four delegates, three OF whom
voted with the ma jority- The other was
the lonely delegate who cast the sol-
tary vote in favor or the civil service rules
as operated.
Columbia Union however, is a great or
ganization itself, and would not be die
tated 10 by the International convention
on this point, and at its next regular meet
ing realIirued its allegiance to the civil
service system.
There was some talk after adjournment
Of the slimly attended meeting on Sunday
of calling a special meeting during the
present week, at which the matter would
be thoroughly discussed and fun vote
OF the union asked for Under the laws OF
Columbia Union it is necessary for twenty.
five or more members to petition for a
special meeting before one can be called.
President G. NJ. Robinson yesterday or
dered that a special meeting be held this
NNtiiuE dl - - NIbtAs ono lES are Iuc
names Of the members who signed the
call:
j. TIIplett, Frank Hall, William NJ.
sipher, s. d. Gordon, W E. Greenfield,
James II. Wiley. a. p. FerI, Jesse w. Nor
gan, D. Pollock, p. ] Talbot, ]. Harrison.
V. W. Hartman, w. G. Beddow, A sa d.
Roberds, Nj, F. Peake, J. F. Miller, j. NJ i.
Winchester, Louis P. Naylor, O. Sadler,
+. 4. Rote, A c. Norcross. W. S. Camp
hell, Guy c. Odor, a. O'Keefe, R E. Hard
wicke, Charles E. Houghton, and r. NJ
Waters.
The civil service members of the union
charge that snap Judgment was taken on
them, and declare that Typographical
Union 101 shall not remain on record as
opposed TO the civil service act, They
state that they are willing to submit the
proposition to q chapel vote, that is, to
a vote of all the members of the union.
The times., 1897-09-22
Ghe - Cirsles
City Brevities.

The records showed that 4os prisoners
were colfincd in jail yesterday, the largest
number ia the history Of that institution
A large force Of laborers is working on
Is street reporting and patching the asphalt
pavement az .ioiaing the tracks of the cable
road
Tie work on the sewer extending fron
the Capitol grounds q the Eastern Branch
must so3n he discontinued on account OF
the appropriation being exhausted
sir. John Startzman, the well-known
wholesale merchant and father OF Mrs
William Alvey is wing dangerously Ill at
has home in RaitinoIe with paralysis
Judge Cox has reserved his decision in
tire case o. H Warner against jerks,
P.au and others, one OF the suits which
have grown out OF the t-oublss OF tie Hotel
Arnc property
The oase Of D. J Cauty and Herman Van
senaeu, stock brokers, charged 10y wilkins
x co. with en- bezziement and setting up
g:.Glin. table. was yesterday allowed
continuance unul Il Q clock today.
The annual convention. OF the Veteran
Christian Church Missionary Association
VIII convene IN this city on "Wednesday,
Eeptcmbsr %, at > O'Clock, at the Y. IL
C. A building, -. 1903 Fourth street
mort Invest.
Pendin< the erection OF lamps to ilIumin ate
the stone stairway on Thirty sixth street
landing rrun. Prospect avenue TO street.
the Capital Traction Company has placed
mcandesreui iagapS la its windows to show
Tie way to pedestrians.
Mr.. \. Carrou Downs, clerk Of circuit
court 90. ?, while riding his bicycle on
Pennsylvania avenue, near Thirteen-and-a-
half street yesterday morning was rIia
down by a Columbia Transfer Company's
wagon and painfully injured.
J olln Reddicl,. the driver who accidental.
Iy dumped a load Of concrete ON young
Thomas Fletcher, colored, Monday n4Dn-
ihg, was released yesterday from the
Georgetown police station on tie certi-
ficate OF accidental death given by Coroner
Carr.
Application from the merchants along F
street, from Seventh 10 Thirteenth street
northwest, for q planked surface over the
sewer that has just been completed, re
ceIyed an Unray Orable report from the Com
Iissioners yesterday on the ground that il
would cost several thousand dollars TO lay
tie board pavement.
c. Auerbach's SaNony Wool German
Hand-knit Jackets, better than ever. 500
7th ST. NV, Domestic Sewing Machine and
Pattern Rooms se22eod-tf
The times., 1897-09-22
mr.. SMITH FOUND GUILTY
Decision Against Him in the Aque
duet Bridge Case.
Violated the Law When Acting as
Agent OF the Falls Church
Railroad Company.

Judge Mills yesterday rendered u de
cision in the Aqueduct Bridge Fails Church
RanroaI case. de decided that Charles
Smith, acting for the Falls Church Electric
Hallway Company, was guilty of violating
police regulations in tearing UP part Of
the AqIeduct Bridge flooring for the pur
pose OF laying railway tracks the
bridge about three weeks ago
Notice was given by Messrs. Lipscomb
and Birney, counsel for the defeuse, that
they would apply for writ of error, and
Judge Mills deferred sentence.
Previous to announcing this decision
Judge Mills gaze his opinion OF the case,
in part as follows:
- he Commissioners of the District of
Columbia have jurisdiction over all streets,
avenues, alleys, and bridges, except as
may he otherwise specially provided for by
Congress, and in the case OF the railway
company named Congress has conferred
upon said road certain powers, limited
First, to the approval OF the Secretary
Of War, where such road proposes % run
its lines Un Government property, or the
Aqueduct Bridge, which approval must be
in Writing.
Second, subject 30 the approval of the
Commissioners Of the District OF Columbia
where the lines Of such road are operated
in the District Of Columbia.
1T does lot appear from the files at the
War Department that any such approval
has been made 10 said companies to cross
the Aqncduct Bridge. 1t cannot be con
tended that the railway has had the ap-
proval of the Secretary OF War and the
court nced go no further.
Even if such approval had been shown
the charter requires the construction of the
road To be under the supervision and con
trol of the Commissioners of the District
Of Columbia, and they must approve such
construction; Anyone, whether acting as
an employe of the company or on his own
account, neglecting TO obtain the consent
of the Commissioners of the District Of
Columb bia, who removes any portion or
does any work on the bridge, violates the
police regulations and becomes subject to
the penalties
The court then found the defendant
guilty.
The times., 1897-09-22
NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
A Positive Cure for Dyspepsi

A Positive Cure for Dyspepsia.
This may read as though we were puU
ting il a little strong, because 1T is gen.
orally thought by the ma jority of peo-
pie that Dy psia in its chronic form
is incurable, or practically So But we
have long since shown that Dyspepsia
is curahe. nor is 1T such difficulG mat
ter as it at first appears.
The trouble with Dyspeptics is that
they are continually dieting, starving
themselves. or gong to opposite ex-
tremes or else deluging the already
over -burdened stomach with '.bitters.''
after dinner pills. ETC., which invari-
ably increase the difficulty even If I'm.
some cases they do give a slight tenn
porary relief Such treatment of the
stomach simply makes matters worse.
What tle stomach wants is rest Now how
can the stomach become rested, recuper.
ated snd at the same time the body
nourished and sustained.
This is the great secret and this is also
the secret Of the uniform success of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. This is
comparatively new remedy, but its sue
cess and popularity leaves no doubt as
to its merits.
The Ia blets VIII digest the food any.
way, regardless 3f condition of stomach
The sufferer from Dyspepsia, according
60 directions, is to eat an abundance of
good. wholesome food and use the Ia blets
tefore and after each meal and the result
VIII be that the fool will be digested no
matter bow bad your dyspepsia may be,
because as befoIe stated, the tablets VIII
digest tie fTod even if the stomach is
wholly inactive. To illustrate our meaning
plainly, If you take 200 grains of meat.
eggs or ordinary food and place it in a
temperature of 9S degrees, and put with
&c one OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets ft
viii digest the meat or eggs almost as
perfectly as II tie meat was incIosed
within the stomach.
The stomach may be ever so weak yet
these tablets win perform the work of
digestion and the body and brain will be
properly naurished and a the same time
a radical, lasting cure OF dyspe psia will
be made because the much abused storna ch
viii be given, TO some extent, muchneed
ed rest. Your druggist viii tell you that
Of the many remedies advertised to cure
dyspepsia none OF them has given so com
plete and general satisfaction as Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, and not least in i'm
portance in these hard times is the fact
that they are also the cheap pest and give
the most good for the least money
a little book on cause and cure of
stomach trouble sent free by addressing
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
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The times., 1897-09-22
BoArMAkER RITTER DROWNED.
welI-known Citizen of South Wash
ingtou Meets Death


Mr.. Thomas Ritter, who for fifteen years
has owned Ritter's boathouse, at the foot
Of Sixth street, opposite the cable power
house, was drowned yesterday forenoon
while assisting his men to put in some
pontoGns at the landing.
In the morning he had put ON his Old
clothes and got into the water, together
with his men, and had been making
chain fast to an old sand scow.
After securing the chain he attempted to
get out of the water, which is only
few feet deep, but slipped under the
old sand barge, which made it imposs ible
for him TO reach the surface
The men at once set about to recover
the body, but it was nearly half an hour
before they succeeded
Mr.. Rit5er has been marie some years
an d leaves A wife, hut no children. He " as
a member OF Amity Lodge, l. O o. F.. and
also of Andrew Jackson Council, No.
g, of the Junior Order of American Me
chanics.
The funeral viii take place from his late
residence. No. 1926 Sixth street south
west, Thursday evening, and the inter
ment viii be at Glenwood Cemetery.
The times., 1897-09-22
EpvoRTH LEAGUE MEETING.
A Large Gathering at Hyattsville
NJ. f. Church South.

A Large Gathering at Hyattsville
NJ. f. Church South.
The regular bi-monthly mass meeting of
the Epworth League Union of Washing
ton and vicinity was held last Monday
evening at the NJ. E. Church South, OF
Hyattsvllle, Nd. delegates being present
from Washington. Falls Church, Alexan-
dria, Rockville, Beltsville, Branchville, Saw
age, Gaithersburg and Hyattsvile.
The exercises Were under direction of
George II. Lamar, of Rockville, Nd, Who
is president of the union, and Sellman y.
Gather, assistant secretary An address
of welcome was extended to the dele
gates b. Mr.. ". Bernhart, president of
HyattSville Chapter, and President Lamar
responded. The evening was devoted to
addresses upon and discussion of the work
of the devotional department. The open
ing address was, THE Object of the De-
votional Department, by Rev L. l. Lloyd,
of Gaithersburg, Nd. The composition Of
the devotional committee and how it
cun best accomplish its Work was the
theme of Fred E. Woodward, of Wash
ington. Frank j. Pollard of Alexandria.
spoke on THE Choice of Leaders for the
Devotional Meetings" The use of song
and Scripture readings in devotional meet
ings was the theme of Rev. W. II. Mel
vile, of Hyattsville. Many of the pr om-
ineht Leaguers addressed the meeting.
among whom were Gilbert ID. Fox, of
Hyattsville; A. V. Gale, Rev. J. W. Beall,
Miss Margaret Waesche, of Washington;
i. z. Kemp, Mrs. j. II Alexander of Alex
andria; Warren II. Choate and Mrs. W.
K. Andre S, OF Rockville; Rev G. P. Smith,
of Laurel, and J. y. Boileau, of Branch
vile. Mr.. J. p. Boileau was received as
q representative from a new chapter OF
the EpworGh League located at Branch
vile, and reported a embership of thir-
ty-five. The next meeting of the union
will be hello with the chapter at Alex
andria, VA. and viii be held in the Wash
fngton Str eet Church, about the Goth oil
November.
The times., 1897-09-22
MIR. BUIrERwoKTH ALL RIGHT.

Commissioner Denies That He Wns
Held Up at Atlantic City.
Commissioner Butterworth declares that
the story that he was the victim of Il
"hcld-up" at Atlantic City is without
foundation.
Commissioner Butterworth was at the
Patent Office for work at O'Clock yes
terday. He bears no scars and says he
had no idea that be had been to Atlantic
City until he read one of the papers Of
Washington.
He has no theory as to how his name
came to be used, and that no member
of his family was involved. He was com
PEELED to answer a great many inquiries,
but took the affair very good naturedly.
The times., 1897-09-22
A Cure for Bilious Collie.

been subject to attacks of bilious collie
for several years. Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and DiaThoea Remedy is the
only sure relief. 1t acts like a charm.
One dose of it gives relief when all other
remedies fail.-G. d. Sharp. For sale by
Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail Drug
gist, e3S F street. and Connecticut avenue
and S street northwest, and 1923 Mary.
land avenue nor theast.
The times., 1897-09-22
COMFORTS.

Our Bed Comforts are comfortable com
panions, they are covered with the best
quality OF sateen and filled with white
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forts, nicely quilted, best white cotton
filling Observation-Disclosures. QR
Finest grade Of French sateen covered
Comforts, filled with white Star cotton,
handsomely quilted, special price. -S2.9S
These specials can be had in our Up
holstery Department, Third Floor, New
Building.
The times., 1897-09-22
DIR. Crusor Indorsed

A delegation of prominent eolored citi-
Zens of the Fifth, Sixth and Sc venth dis
tricts OF the city called on the Commits
sioners, yesterday III hehalf of Dr. Collins
Crusnr for school trustee. DR.. Crusor is one
of the prominent coiored physicians of this
city.
The times., 1897-09-22
The Best Euuipped

No change. Through trains Penns ylYania
Railroad $500 excursion TO Atlantic City
next Saturday.
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