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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
FROM THE JUBILEE.

st. Johns, n. F., Aug. 25.-Sir VIM.
Whiteway, the premier, has just re-
turned from London, where he had
gone to attend the diamond jubilee
festivities.
The public is anxiously awaiting his
announcement of the results of his
interview with the heads of the va
rious departments of the imperial gov
eminent Owing to the poor prices
brought by Goldfish in the European
markets some new policy must be
adopted by the imperial statesmen
with reference to the colony and the
French claims in order to insure the
further prosperity of New Foundland.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
EURopEs FAMINE.
Short of Wheat, Rye, Potatoes and
Almost AID Food Stuffs.~

SAANAt VI ~ hSQl,s ny - = Ote'tcSo oANA
Almost AID Food Stuffs.~ !.
Springfield. Mass. Aug. 25.-AIi 'ex-
tensive inquiryinto European crop
conditions conducted by the Orange
Judd syndicate of agricultural papers,
including the American Agriculturist
of New York, the 0range-Judd Farm
er of Chicago and the New England
Homestead of Springfield, Mass, in
dicates that the food crop situation
abroad is very grave. Estimates of
European Cincluding England'S needs
of wheat imports range all the way
from 30O,000,OOO to 400,000,000 bush
els. Europe's wheat crops for 1898,
1891 and 1893 averaged about 1,50O,-
DOC. 900 bushels. In the famine year of
1891. it was only 1,200,000,000. The
impression is gaining ground that Eu-
ropes wheat crop this year Is even
less than in 1891.
But this is not the worst OF IT. Eu-
rope usually produces as much rye as
she does wheat. 1t is the bread gram
of the masses The rye crop OF the
principal European countries, (Russla,
Germany, France, Austria.
Bulgaria, Roumania and Italy and the
low countries and Sweden,) has aver
aged about 1,300,000,000 bushels an
nually for 1896, 1895, 1894 and 1898.
This season the rye crop of these coun-
tries cannot exceed S75,0OO,OOO bush
els. Quite as bad is the potatoe pros
poets. Only about 1850, 100000 bush
els of potatoes will be harvested in
these countries this year. Without re-
gard to the United Kingdom or other
European countries there is a short
age of some 1,OOO,000,000 bushels of
potatoes. The European shortage
compared with the average, is-as fol
lows:
Wheat, 3OO,000,000; rye, 325,OOO,OOO;
potatoes, 1,OOO,O00000. Total, 1,625,-
100000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
DECORATED WITH TITLES

st. Petersburg, Aug. 25.-Count
Muravieff, the Russian foreign minis
ter and NJ. HanotauX, the French for
eign minister here, have had further
long conferences.
NJ. Fhure has decorated General De
Fredericks, the adjutant minister of
the imperial household with the grand
Gordon of the legion of Honor, and
has conferred the cross and the rank
of commander of Legation of Honor
upon Admirals Kruger, TOlstoi and
Slogouline.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
WE MUST co SLOW.
That's the Advice TO Us From Across
the Pond.

nat tlit AuNlCC W - 4 AOLlA -ANlOSs
the Pond.
London, kug. 25.-The Paris cores
pOndent of the Daily Mail says:
The conference between United
States Minister Woodford, Ambassa-
dor Porter and Ambassador White
has failed to arrive at any definite
decision. Gen. Woodford's task is ex-
tremely delicate. He has been in
structed to put the screw upon Spain,
but to avoid any step leading to an
open rupture. Much depends there
fore upon Spain's attitude and upon
the amount of support she received
from Europe.
On both these points the reports of
Ambassador White and Ambassador
Porter were unfavorable to the Amer
lean case. The Spanish government
is forced by publication to continue
the policy of Canovas and the senti-
ment of both France and Germany is
decidedly hostile to American inter-
ference.
Under these considerations it is pos
sible that until Mr.. Woddford is able
to feel his way clearly, the American
policy will be watered down to the
maintenance of claims of American
citizens in Cuba, set off by SPANS
claim with regard to filibusters.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
WILL UNITE.
Two Patriotic Revolutionary Societies
Merge into One.

Two Patriotic Revolutionary Societies
Merge into One.
New York, Aug. 25.-The Tribune
this morning says:
a conference was held at the Fifth
Avenue hotel last night by a commit
tee representing the societies of the
Sons of the Revolution and tile Sons
of the American Revolution relating
to a union of those two national or
ders. As appointed by the respective
national societies the committee of
Sons of the American Revolution was
James Richards, of Ohio; Samuel
Gross, of Illinois; Nathan Warren, of
Massachusetts; General George II.
Shields, of Missouri and L. ]. Hill, of
Connecticut. Mr.. Hill was absent
and Edwin S. Barrett was his proxy.
Sons of the Revolution: A. Ii. Pugh,
of Ohio; Timothy L. Woodruff, of New
York; Gaillard Hunt, of Washington,
d. c.; Francis f. Abbott, of Massa-
chusetts, and Horace E. Tenney, of
Illinois.
The conference was animated and
the points at issue between the two So
cieties were discussed with keen inter-
est. Both parties exhibited strong
desire for union and a constitution
was finally adopted.
1t is believed by the joint commit
tees that the plan will meet the gen.
eral approval of the membership of
the two societies. A report is now
being prepared setting forth the
terms of the union for the considera.
ton of the two societies.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25

Educate Your Bowels with Casearets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Toe &c. II c. C. C. fail. druggists refund money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
SETTLED BY THE RECORDER.

George Murphy and VIM. Tucker,
who fought in front of Cooley's saloon
on Alamo plaza yesterday at noon
We're brought before the recorder for
trial this morning and the former was
dismissed while the latter was fined
IS, the testimony proving Tucker to
have been the provoeater. The judge
said he would have made his fine
heavier had it not been that he had re-
cived quite severe punishment in
the thrashing the negro gave him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
GOLD PROSPERITY.
Cariboo Region Said to be Richer
than Klondike.
Richer

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 25.-The
wholesale merchants Of Winnipeg and
Edmonton are sending an exploring
party to Yukon over land with
view to ascertaining if an easy pack
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25
ALWAYS WELCOME
The San Antonio
Novelty Company.

Extend to you and your friends a
hearty welcome to visit their new store
at sos Z. HOUSTON STREET, and
look through their stock of
Dry Goods, Notions and Novelties.
Don't forget us on your shopping
tours.
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We buy and sell for cash and can
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Only few doors from the Maverick
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PLEASE READ.

I will offer special inducements dur
ing the summer months on complete
outfits. Call and get prices.
7-29-tf D. ]. WOODWARD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-25

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The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
TO STORE WATER.
Congressman McCorEnick's Plan to
 Prevent Freshets.
HE WANTS BIG PONDS MADE.
An Appropriation to Bo Demanded of Con- gress for the Purpose of DammIng Up Streams in Western Kansas,
 Oklahoma and Nebraska.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 6.-Congressman c. N. B. Mccormick, of the Sixth district. will ask congress to pass bill to store water in ponds and dam up streams in western Kansas, Oklahoma and Ne braslxa Mir. Mccormick is q mem Der of the house committee having charge of the appropriations for improvement or tho Mississippi river. He said last night:
 Tho freshets m sa-~ Mississippi and the trou- blo we have getting watcs.4nouOh i'm northorn Kansas are both serious proBsv-as m eaat ern people are unwilling to give n~- ~-nonav in aid of our schemes for storing water but If '~r can show that we eun prevent damaging fresh cts in the south by storing the water VIC may be able to get their support My idea Is to make large ponds, some of them of 300 acres or more in area. and dam up the streams and make storage basins where it can be done most easily ssfita it ivast cxpense
 The great cause of trouble in our country is Eot much the lack of moisture us the terrible heut that gives us hot winds During long ruu of dry weather, the ground and air do not cool at night. They get little hotter eaeh day and remain hot all night until finally the hot wind starts and then our cropSgo glimmering on very short notice If we had large ponds not far apart, the evaporating moisture would cool the atmosphere and, eventually, with enough ponds. we could get rid Of the hot winds The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad has built ponds in several places along it's line. IL has of u,vuu iI Hcres near my home, Phil- lipsburg. have watched 1t closely this year for radius of two miles around is. Particular ly on the north the crops are better than any where in that section.
 was authorized by our committee before congress adjourned to investigate this subject in Kansas and Nebraska. and the more have studied it the more satisfied am that it is feasible. l understand there are low places near the Arkansas river where by damming the river we can, in high water, divert part of the stream and run 1t into ponds thst can be built without very great expense. am going to look up these places and shall also see Jerry Simpson and ask him to join me in de- mand for an appropriation for this purpose
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
A FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE.
Passenger Train Runs into Wagon ans
 Seven Persons Are Killed.

Passenger Train Runs into a Wagon and
 Seven Persons Are Killed.
 WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo, Oct GA pas senger train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott X Memphis railroad ran into a wagon containing seven persons at Dead Mans cut, three miles north of here, at nine o'clock yesterday fore noon, instantly killing six and fatally injuring the other one. Those killed were: Philip L. Wooton, Philip Woo ton, Jr., Amanda Wooton, Dora Woo ton, Mrs Francis Malbrey and an in- fant child four months old. Philip Wooton's wife is so badly hurt she cannot live. The train was stopped and the remains of the dead and in- jured were brought here. Conductor Hathaway says proper signals for cross ing were given, but they were not heard. The crossing is considered one of the most dangerous in the country, being a curve and heavy grade The bodies are now in charge of the cor oner here. The persons killed lived in Texas county, Mo, and were on their way to Arkansas to pick cotton.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
SHE DANCED roo OFTEN.

A Chicago Woman Criticised and She Conn
 mits Suicide Others Go the same Road.
 CH1cAGo. Get 6.-Another suicide wave struck Chicago yesterday. Mrs. Cornelia Ambrose swallowed paris green because her husband said she danced toe often with an old admirer. She is dead. Thomas Pipe. horseman, took his tss ssssS with cnrnoiic acid. He was Respondent over the loss of $500 of which he was robbed by highway men. Olave Swanson,a widoser, ss years old, jumped from third story window He was Respondent because of old age. His left thigh was dislocated. and he was injured internally. George N. Nolto rowed some distance out ia the lake and jumped inte the water and was drowned. He had been Ill for some time. Mrs. Mary Seitz attempt ed to end her life by jumping into the Lincoln park lagoon. She was rescued but refused to give any reason for her desire to end her life.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
COURT DOCKET.
There Are 466 Gases Ready for the Federal Supreme Court to Hear.
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Assistant Commissioner Best Tells of the Work of the Convention and Says It Will Bear Fruit in Coming
 Legislation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-The October term of the United States supreme court will begin next Monday. There are now 466 cases on the docket as against 616 at the beginning of the October term in 1896, of which 3S3 came over from the last term and SS have been added during the court va cation. According to long usage the first duty of the term will be an off, eial call upon the president if he is in the city on Monday and no other pub- lie business will be transacted Son that day. Tuesday the argu- @snent of cases on the regular docket will begin, and the cases followed un- til the second Monday of the term, the aSth inst, when the court will take up the hearing of eases advanced on the Rocket and assigned for that date, of which there are 19. Of the cases com ing over from the last term, 25 have been argued or submitted te the court and any of them may be finally dis posed of on any Monday after the first week of the term. Some of these eases are of considerable importance, among them being the Nebraska maximum Freight rate case, involving the right of state legislature to fix freight rate beyond which railroads cannot go in their charges.
 The Irrigation Congress.
 WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-Assistant Com missioner Best, of the general land office, who represented the interior de- partment at the national irrigation Congress, at Lincoln, Neb., has re- tDrned He says the work of the con vention will bear fruit in coming leg islation and that congress, at it's next session, will be asked to pass an amend ment to the Carey law, giving states larger control over their arid lands by enabling them to pledge these lands as security for their reclamation. A xu Substantial and similar amendment was offered in the last congress by Mir. Herman, commissioner of the general land office The principal work ac- complished by the irrigation congress was the passage of resolution recon rnending to congress the adoption of this amendment; a recommendation for the creation of public land com nsSion to ascertain changes neces- sary in public land laws to meet exist ing conditions in the arid west, and q Recommendation that the president re- serve all the forest lands in tie arid region that are shown to be more valu- able for timber thar for agricultural and mineral purposes in the interest of irrigation.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
MISSOURI LAW BEING TESTED.

Fsght Over the Maintenance of One School
 in Two Different Buildings.
 MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo-, Oct 6.-Can tue corporate school district of Mont gomery City maintain one school in tuo different buildings and at the same time be within the pale of the law? This is the question that has made the citizens of Montgomery City warm since the filing of an alternative writ of mandamus against the board of education by John Best and J. A. Bently to compel the board to main tain grammar school in each of the two buildings and to divide the corpor- ate district into two grammar school wards. A hot legal fight on the tech Aieal points of Missouri's school law makes this case one of unusual inter 46t, not only to the citizens here, but to the citizens of over 75 or 100 towns h Missouri where the public schools are carried on as they are here.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
AFTER HORIZONS.
4 Secret Society Formed to Fight the
 Latter Day Saints.
A CLERK COMMITS SUICIDE.
He Buys a Can of Beer and Then Blows His Brains Out-A Double Crime-Fiames. in a Prison-A Train Seized
 by Tramps.

WINNsBoRo, S. C., Oct. 6.-The. ac- quittal of the farmers indicted for 'whitecapping" several Mormon elders in this and adjoining counties and charged with burning their church in the county has already led to the adoption of still harsher measures to rid the state of the missionaries. A secret society has been formed to make an organized fight on the Mormons. The weak point in the states case was the matter of identification, the raiders being dis guised by their white caps.n The growth of Mormonism in both North and South Carolina within the last year has been surprising. At the Wake county superior court last Thursday, at Raleigh, the leading magistrate of that county admitted on the witness stand that he was a recent convert to the Mormon faith Other leading county people have lately em- braced the same religion.
 A Clerk Commits Suicide.
 ST. Lotus, Oct. 6.--Rudolph H. Frahm, clerk in the general delivery depart ment of the St Louis post office, com mitted suicide at his home, 2240 She nandoah street, shortly before six o'clock last night bv shooting himself in the right temple He died instantly. Frahm prepared for the deed with deliberation. He burned will made recently and delivered an old one to his daughter-in-law. one of the bene- ficiaries. He then returned to his home, bought can of beer and, hay ing kissed his little children and his wife good-by, went half way down the stairs to be out of their sight, and fired the bullet which went crashing into his brain.
 Liquor Causes q Double Crime.
 ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.~-D During quarrel late last night George Pfeiffer, a stenographer, shot his father-in-law, Robert Delaney. through the head and then killed himself Delaney was 76 years old and had been in the habit of coming home intoxicated and causing trouble. Pfeiffer had not remonstrated unduly with him because of his age
 Flames in a Canada Prison.
 TORONTO, Ont, Oct. 6.-Fire started yesterday afternoon in the dry kiln of the broom factory of the central prison, three-story structure to the west of the main prison, and the 80 convicts and their guards working there had barely time to escape The building was destroyed with loss of $50, ,000.
 TraInps Seize au Alton Train.
 SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. 6.-Forty tramps held up a Chicago & Alton train at Lincoln yesterday, and it was neces- sary to call on the sheriff and his deputies and the police to disperse them. Several arrests were made and the train released.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
FEVER Nor so SERIOUS.
Only One Death at New Orleans and En
 couraging Reports from All Points.

Only One Death at New Orleans and En-
 couraging Reports from All Peints-
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-Twenty-two new yellow fever cases were reported yesterday and 15 up to noon to-day, with one death since yesterday morn ing. The danger of an epidemic is even farther away than heretofore.
 At Mobile, Ala, the fever situation is as much on the mend as in New Or leans, yesterdays record comprised only seven new cases and death.
 At Vicksburg, Miss, fever excite ment is over, and there are no suspi- cious cases. There was only one new case at McHenry yesterday. At Biloxi there were eleven new cases, but no deaths. A week has passed since Ocean Springs had a new case and it is probable that as the resort was the first point at which the plague ap- peareA, so it will be the first to be free from it.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
DROUGHT CAUSES FIFE.
Many Indian Territory Homes in Danger of
 Being Totally Destroyed.

Many Indian Territory Homes in Danger of
 Being Totally Destroyed.
 SILoAM SPRINGS, Ark. Oct. GA de- structive prairie fire broke out at an early hour yesterday morning in the Indian territory near here and the flames are eating everything before them. The loss already amounts to many thousands of dollars Owing to the large area of country covered it is impossible to arrive at definite esti- mate of the property consumed. 1t will be several days before the full force of the flames are spent, unless rain falls immediately. So dense is the smoke here that the western horizon is as dark as bank of rain clouds. The excesslve heat and dry weather of the past few days, which has parched the prairies and dried up the grass, is responsible for the fire. No such drought has ever been experienced in the Indian coun- try and not drop of rain has fallen there in more than eight weeks, and in many instances the earth has cracked open, leaving crevices wide enough to admit team of horses
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
RAvAcns OF FIRE.
Prairies of IilInoissand Indiana Devastated
 by the Devouring Flames.


 CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-Chicago's 6. south side suburbs are surrounded by fire. Hundreds of acres of prairie have been burned over, and thousands of feet of sidewalk and fencing have been con- sumed. Captains of incoming steamers report smoke as thick as fog hanging over the lake and extra precaution is necessary to prevent collisions. Many houses have had narrow escapes from destruction.
 Hundreds of Acres Laid Waste.
 BREMEN, Ind. Oct. 6.-The most dis astrous prasyie fire known in the his- tory of Marshall county is now raging. Hundreds sf acres of land in the north ern portion of the county. comprising what Is known as the Big marsh," is one vast. smoldering waste. Farmers are kept busy day and night fl ghting the flames and preventing destruction of their homes, but the lack of water makes tue battle almost hopeless.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
WANT 4 REHEARING.
The Stock Yards Case to lie Taken Before
 Judge Sanborn at St. Paul.

The Stock Yards Case to lie Taken Before
 Judge Sanborn at St. Paul.
 TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 6.;-Judge A. Fl. Horton has served notice on Attorney General Boyle that he will, on Thurs day, apply to Judge Walter H. Sanborn, of the United States court of appeals of St. Paul. for rehearing of the stock yards case. He will ask Judge. Sanborn not to hear the case on an ap- peal, but to hear all matters in issue in the stock yards case, and to go into the facts and the law as thoroughly as though it had been originally brought before him. Such hearings are rarely asked, and still more rarely granted. Judge Sanford ranks directly above, Judge Foster in the federal judiciary. The owners of the Stock yards have a right to ask Judge Foster for rehearing They have no hope that he would grant it, and still less that it would de them any good if he should grant it. Their only hope now is that the Higher courts will override him, and instead of asking him to reopen the case for new hearing, they will ask Judge san born to consider the evidence as 1t ap- pears in the recerd made by George ". Clark, the special master, make his own findings of facts, or have them made, as best suits himself and decide the case as though it has nauer been daoidad
The Mena weekly star., 1897-10-06
THOUSANDS PERISH.
Floods in China Destroy Many Villages
 with Terrible Loss of Life.


 with Terrible Loss of Life.
 TACOMA, Wash, Oct 6-The steamer Victoria brings news of the most dis astrous floods that have visited China for many years. Sixty villages near Tung Chou, containing over 80, 900 in habitants, have been destroyed by floods and the people drowned or forced to flee. There is no means of finding out how many thousands have been drowned, but the number is esti- mated by Chinese authorities at 15, 900 to 10000.
 The flooded district is within 12 miles of Pekin, the capital of China. As a rule Chinese officials make very little stir when calamity like this happens, but the proximity of the disaster has resulted in its being brought to the attention of the emperor, who has or dered that ali possible relief be given.