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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
GONZALES COUNTY.

Gonzales, Dec. 4.-Rev. and
Mrs. Percy Jones, and family, re.
turned yesterday from Alabama,
where they spent the summer
They were accompanied by Miss
Miriam Jones, who will spend the
winter with them.
Three large open cars, what the
railroad men call gondolas, are
being loaded with walnut logs to
be shipped to Bremen. They
are being loaded in the Southern
Pacific yards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Laurentz ar,
rived from Waelder. They will
leave today for Lexington to
make their future home.
The mercury was near the
freezing point this morning, but
it is thought that no material
damage was done.
Fred Matthias, one of the well
thiest citizens of Guadalupe coun-
ty, is dead, according to REPORT.
He owns a portion of the Copoti
farm.
Revival services will commence
next Sunday at the Baptist
church. Rev, l.. ID. Lamkin, of
Houston, will assist Rev. Alfred
in the meeting. The choir will
be conducted by Il. s. Coward, Of
San Antonio, singing evangelist
Messrs. Z. E. Baldridge and
Lawrence Baldridge arriyered
yesterday from the territory on
a short visit.
At a called meeting of the *.
d. club last night It was decided
to give an opening evening and
reception on Friday night, Dec.
10. 1t promises to be one of the
social features of the evening.
Mr.. W. G. Barnhill and Miss
Bessie Davis, were married at the
home of the brides parents in
Gonzales at two O'Clock yesterday
afternoon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
INVITE WATSON.
Georgia State Senators Want to
Hear Him Talk.

Georgia State Senators Want to
Hear Him Talk.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 4.-The Sen.
ate has unanimously voted to in
vite Hon. Thomas f. Watson to
address the general assembly on
finance next Monday night. Sen
ator Kemp, Populist, introduced
the following resolution: Resolv-
ed by the Senate, the House con.
curing, that Hon. Thomas E.
Watson, of Thomson, Ga, be in
vited to address the general as
sembly on Monday night, 9th
inst, at s o'clock, or at such 9TH
er time as may suit his conven-
fence on the subject of finances.
Senator Dunwoody moved to re-
fer the resolution to the commit
tee on rules but this was lost, and
the resolution was unanimously
adopted. 1t is said that the res
Oluti0n was offered at the sugges-
ton of Senator Yancey Carter,
who would probably have intro
duced it himself, but for the fact
that some recent attacks on him
by Mr.. Watson, made it a matter
of doubtful taste for him to offer
the resolution. In spite of this
he wished to see Populist view
of finance presented and consider
ed. Mr.. Watson is the man to
discuss the subject.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
THE DIFFICULT PROBLEM NOW
FACES THE GOVERNMENT
INSPECTOR.
1t Seems To Require Some Solomon
To Decide Who Is Entitled To 3
The Good POSitiOn-The
Point Of Possession
TIED.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Mobile, Ala, Dec. 4.-FOr four
days past the newly appointed
postmaster, p. ID. Barker, Repub-
lican, has in vain endeayored to
obtain possession of the post-offi-
ce here. Postmaster Rapier's at
torneys have raised an entire new
point of law which Inspector
Tate says has never been raised
in his experience, nor has he ever
had to transfer an Office situated
precisely as this one. Post
master Rapier's commission ex-
.pires next December, 1898. Mr..
Barker was appointed by Mr.
Mckinley, in October last. RAJ
pier has received no official notice
of removal although Inspector
Tate served upon him tonight
Geographic instructions from
Postmaster General Gary that
Rapier should acknowledge Bar
ker's commission as a notice of re-
mOval, no other notice being Gus
tomary with the department.
Rapier's attorneys hold that the
language Of the statute relating
to pOstmasters of the first class
is specific, that it provides that
the president shall appoint and
shall remove such officers by and
with the advice of the senate.
Consequently, as Rapier's com
mission has not expired and
Barker's appointment has not
been confirmed by the senate nor
Rapier's removal by the same
body, Rapier is still postmaster.
He is in the postoffice tonight and
waiting the next move of Barker
and the inspector.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
THE WORLDS COTTON.
Shows Considerable Increase
Over Last Year.

4
Over Last Year.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans, La, Dec. 4.-Sec,
rotary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton
shows an increase during the
week just closed of 259,S79 bales
against an increase same time last
year 142, 900 and an increase year
before last of 76,SO9. Total visi-
against 3,445,526 last week and
bic supply is 3,7O5,405 bales
3,S17, $40 last year. OF this total
American cotton is 3,49S, 405,
against 3,245,526 last week, and
3,497, 779 last year, and of all 9th
er kinds 100000 against 100000
last year. .s
Total worlds visible supply OF
cotton shows an increase compar-
ed with last week of 259, S79 bales
and a decrease compared with
last year of 11,574. These figures
indicate that the visible supply of
American cotton has for the first
time this season been up to last
years totals showing an excess
of 626. Last week the total
American was behind last year
127 ,163 bales.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
PATHETIC, INDEED.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.


New York, Dec. 4.-Nahan
Frankie, a native of New Orleans,
a composer and orchestra leader,
visited WOodlawn cemetery to-
day, to lay flowers on the coffin of
his wife, who was a daughter of
Jacob Rupert, a millionaire
brewer of this city. The Rup-
perts violently opposed the mar
riage of their daughter to Frankie.
The musician was astonished to
find that the body of his wife had
been taken from the receiving
Walt where it lay, and had been
placed in the mauseleum of Peter
Meyer, by her father. Meyer is
the real estate partner of Richard
Croker. Frankie wept as he told
the story tonight, and said he
would proceed by law to get the
body of his wife and cremate it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
A TONY AUCTIONEER.
Mayor Callaghan Will Probably
Auction The Boxes For The
Races.

Everything is progressing
smoothly with the coming race
meeting and its success is now an
assured fact. The horses are
fast arriving and by the end of
the week a sufficient number of
horses will be here to make the
opening day grand success. y
1t is proposed to make the first
day a gala society event, and the
elite Of San Antonio will be rep
resented on that day. On Tues
day evening all the private boxes
will be sold at public auction for
the opening day, and His Honor,
Mayor .Callaghan, has been inyitr
ed to act as auctiOneer on that
occasion. He will at least I'M
troduce to the prospective ,occu-
pants of the private boxes one of
the most gifted of San Antonio,s
silver tongued orators to do the
honors on the occasion. Such
things are seldom seen in this
part of the country, but they are
annual events in Chicago. New
York and the other large cities
of the east and north and invari-
ably work with great success.
Those who contemplate attending
the opening days races should
certainly be on hand at the sale
of the private boxes.
Committees were out yester-
day disposing of the club mem
bers' season tickets, and from the
success met with it is a foregone
conclusion that more society peo-
pie will be seen at and become
patrons of the coming race meet
ing than any other like event ev.
er seen in Texas.
The private boxes will be auc-
toned off in the rOtunda of the
Menger hotel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
THE PRISON CONGRESS.
indianapolis Decided On as The
Next Meeting Place.

.
Next Meeting Place.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Tex, Dec. 4.-The Ma
tional Prison association this
morning decided that they would
hold their next annual meeting In
indianapolis, Ind. The most i'm
portant business of the morning
session was the submission of the
report from the committee on
criminal law reform. The report
stated that the progress of crime
was something frightful and rec
commended that it should be most
successfully checked by the fol
lowing changes in the handling of
criminals in the world: Greater
severity of punishment, doing
away with all technicaliiies in
trials, adjustment of juries, max.
ing convictions more summary
and trials more speedy, depriying
defendants of the right to appeal
to higher court, offering re-
wards for the discovery and con-
viction of criminals, sterilization
of detectives, moral and physical
adjustment of poverty, removing
or restricting the power to par
don, prohibiting the use of intox-
icating liquors, the reconstruction
of the ethical code of LAWYERS, cur
ing inheritent defects in the law
as distinguished from its enforce
ment, developing a scientific
motherhood state of regulation of
marriage, restricted immigration,
popular education, and lastly the
reformation of criminals by the
abolition of the definite sentence.
The committee states that some
of their suggestions are practical
ly impossible at present, but if
followed as closely as possible the
morals of the country would be
greatly improved and crime
would be cOrrespondingly de-
creased.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05

his cattle business. Mr.. Station
expects to move his family short
~ from Florida and take up his
permanent residence here.
There will be no services at the
Catholic church next Sunday on
account of the absence of the rec.
tor, who has been called to Sin
ton to assist Bishop Verdauger
in the dedication of the new
church building erected at that
place.
Wiley Parker, charged with re-
moving mortgaged property from
the county, waived examination
before Justice Jack Tuesday and
his bond for his appearance at the
next term of the district court has
been fixed at $500, which he has
so far failed to give.
President Stone of the Com
mercial National bank will leave
Sunday for a short visit to Bren.
Fam, accompanied by his wife and
his mother, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Stone.
DIR. Thurston has been present
'ed with fine specimen of the
wild cat by a friend in Live Oak
county, which he will send to the
$500" in Cincinnati. 1t was
captured when quite young and
is as docile as an ordinary house
cat.
Mr.. Elliot had two fine horses
stolen from him on Sunday night,
He suspects a Mexican he had
working for him.
j. /. Clare, the well-knOwn cat
tlcman is home again after sew.
eral weeks absence in the Indian
Territory and Little Rock, Ark,
where he is interested in $500
head of beeves on feed.
Henry Linney, one of the land
marks of Papoiate, was in town
Tuesday, accompanied by his
youngest son, the latest chip
from the old shop.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
OIL MEN SCARED.

Manufacturers, of Cottonseed
Oil Protest to Sherman.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans, Dec. 4.-Within
the past thirty days the prices of
cotton seed products have tumbl-
ed at least twenty-five per cent
and manufacturers are at loss
to know just where they stand.
A meeting of the big cotton seed
oil men was held in New Orleans
yesterday to discuss the situation,
and arrange remedies for the dis,
aster which seems to be suspend
ed over the industry.
To begin with, there is much
talk of probable legislation in
France, in shape of a retaliatory
measure raising the duty on cot
ton seed oil. In anticipation of
this duty the prices of oil have
fallen and fallen until they are
lower than they have ever known
to have been before. Already
many millmen have joined in the
movement looking to the end of
embodying a protest in the shape
of a memorial to the secretary of
the state against the proposed in
crease of duty.
The meeting held yesterday
was designated to assist INN max
ing the protest as impressive as
possible.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
MISSISSIPPI COTTON SHIP
4.i PED.
Special Wire to sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Gulf Port, Miss, Dec. 40
day a new era dawned on Missis-
sippi and Mississippians by wit
Messing the shipping of the first
cargo of cotton that has ever left
a Mississippi sea port. Twenty
five. hundred bales of cotton rails
ed in Perry, Marion, Smith and
Covington counties and compress
ed at Hattiesburg, were shipped
over the Gulf and Ship Island
railway to this place where it was
transferred to the company's
steamer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
IAN EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Mrs. Jessie Blair Passes The Dis
ii trict Pharmaceutical Boards
Examination.

Mrs. Jessie Blair, wife of the
genial and popular East Com
merce street druggist, DIR. ID. A.
Blair, passed an examination be
fore the board of pharmacy of
the 45th judicial district last
Thursday week of which any one
might well be proud.
o The average required of per-
son going before the board in this
city is So per cent, much larger
percentage than required in other
states and one over which an as
pirant rarely steps many degrees.
Notwithstanding this Mrs.
Blair passed with a per centage
up in the nineties and was very
highly complimented by the vari-
GUS members of the board, this be-
ing the highest per centage ever
reached in this city by any one,
gentleman or lady. In the face
of this fact Mrs. Blair is to be
highly complimented on such an
excellent showing.
n Mrs. Blair is also the only lady
who has ever went be-
fore the board and is now the on
ly practical lady pharmaceutist in
the city.
She is modestly receiving the
congratulations of her numerous
friends while the doctor
smiles as blandly as he did the
day he was granted authority to
place NJ. d. over his autograph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
A SHORT SESSION.
Speaker Reed Quoted As Saying
Congress Will Do Nothing.


Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. A.
Speaker Reed, regards the APP
preaching session as a do-nOthing
session and thinks Congress
ought to cut it short ana go
home as soon as possible, leaving
financial and other cOntroverted
legislation out of the question.
Speaker Reed evidently regards
this as rather fortunate than
otherwise. 1t is clear that his
lieutenant leaders of the house
have been speaking by his author
ity in predicting a short and I'M
important session, subject al
ways, as the speaker himself
would admit, TO possibilities
which is beyond his control.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
KILLED A DOG.

Deputy Sheriff VIM. Green
yesterday arrested Robert Fields,
a negro hackdriyer, on the charge
of killing Mr.. Rudolph Hoeding's
Spaniel dog.
Fields walked by Mr.. Hoefing's
market on Soledad and West
Houston streets and seeing the
dog, drew a sharp knife and stab
bed it. Tie dog ran inside the
shop and died out in the back
yard. 1t was quite a pet and
Mr. Hoefiing is grieyed over
his loss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
MARRIED IN CALIFORNIA.

Miss Emile Vanguard, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Mar
guard, of this city, who is now in
Los Angeles, California, was mar
ried last evening 20 Mr.. Chas.
Boesmueller, a prominent bust
ness man of that place, News to
that effect has reached the young
lady's parents, and she will be
the recipient of many congratula-
tons good wishes from her
friends in this city. 4rnsa
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
SOMETHING EXTRA.

The "Salon Tyroler" will be
played by local talent in Beetho-
ven hall tonight by the dramatic
section of the Maenerchor, to aid
the fud to carry the Maenerchor
to the annual Saengerfest in Gal
weston next month and the enter
tainment will be above the aver
age tdilletante affairs of it's kind
AS sseyeral semi-profesionals are
down in the cast.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
TO ABOLISH THE MINT
New Orleans Money Fac
4 tory Must Go.
NO NEED FOR IT ANY LONGER.
AN ASSAY OFFICE
NEEDED.
This Will Hardle Pay And Will
Not Furnish Employment 10
So Many People As It
Is Thought : Other
Late News,
Special Wire to sunday Light.

EItNLdi w ltC N,oIuds AhShts
New Orleans, Dec. Alt has
been given out in Washington
that the closing of the New Or
leans mint has been practically
determined upon, while treasury
officials who were seen in regard
to the matter were unwilling to
speak for publication, it was
pretty broadly intimated by one
of them high in authority, that
the secretary of the treasury, in
his forthcoming report, would
recommend to Congress the adOp-
ton of this course. The
fact hat the government is
no longer coming silver and that
the amount of gold bullion which
finds it's way to the New Orleans
mint is insufficient to keep it in
operation, makes it discOn-
tinuance imperative, in the Opin-
ion of Secretary Gage and Mint
Director Preston.
Under the circumstances the
forthcoming report of Secretary
Gage, which will be submitted to
Congress, will show no recon-
mendatiOn of estimates for the
operation of the New Orleans
mint. and this will ALPHABETICALLY
sound its death knell, as factor
in coming Uncle Sans metallic
money. The report, instead, will
suggest that an assay office be es-
tablished in New Orleans, where
a quarter of a million or more
gold bullion is received from Mex
licO, Guatemala, Spanish Hondu-
ras, and other Central American
states, imported into this country
through the port of New Orleans,
may find disposition. 1t cannot
be possibly stated how soon the
discontinuance of operations at
the mint will be effective, but
from the same high official source
lit was learned that its days of
usefulness are closely numbered,
and that it would practically go
lout of existence in the next thirty
days. The closing of the New
Orleans mint will throw about
seventy-five operatives out of en-
|ployment, many of whom are wo-
men who have been employed
there for years and for whom no
provision can be made. In the
conversion of the mint into an as
say office to be established would
not furnish employment to more
than half a dozen persons. These
would comprise an assayer, an
assistant, clerk or two and a
few watchmen whose duty it
would be to look after the proper
| ty. 1t was also said that as the
cost of maintaining an assay Office
would be about five per cent of all
the gold bullion that would be Of
fered for assay, it was even doubt
ed whether the government in the
long run would be justified in
maintaining an assay Office at this
point.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
EXPECTED PROMOTION.
special Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans, Dec. An well
informed railroad circles it is I'M
derstood that Mr.. Fred III.
Decker, chief clerk in the general
passenger department of the
Southern Pacific company, will at
an early day be appointed assist
ant general passenger agent.
This will be well earned promo
ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
A SAD FAREWELL.
special Wire to Sunday Light.

Canton, Ohio, Dec. 4.-On aid
vice of DIR. Phillips, who inform
ed the president that his mother
would not regain consciousness,
President Mckinley left for
Washington this afternoon in
order to be ready to open Con
gress Monday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
BUILDING PERMITS.

III. Wesche, addition to dwell
ling, No. 1903 North Pine street,
Ward 6, to cost $3.50.
w. b. Krempkau, shed, No. 90
Medina street, Ward 3, s25.
L. L. Goodrich, stable, No. 405
West johnson street, Ward z,
$40.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
FORGED a MONEY ORDER

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Victoria, Texas, Dec. Pink
ney Pearce, colored, has been ar
rested in this place on charge
of forging United States money
order.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
BIRTHS REPORTED.

Nov. 15-Girl, j. L. Long and
wife, No. 402 Denver Boulevard.
Dee. 3-Girl, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcclellan, No. 233 San Saba st.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
RE COUNTY.

Beeville, Tex. Dec. A. w. ].
Station returned last week from
Uvalde on duties connected with
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
THE NJ. RHEIN ASSIGNMENT.

The inventory of assets and liza
bilities of Assignee L.. Dreyfuss
in the M. Rhein assignment was
filed in the county clerks Office
yesterday. The assets amount to
$13,309.91 and the liabilities $12,-
066.16.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05

For Sale-A complete set Of
Encyclopedias Britannica, apply
corner Wyoming and Eda
streets. It,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
RACES BEGUN.

Special Wire TO Sunday Light.
New Orleans. Dec. 4.-The rae
ing season of 1S97-9S opensd to-
day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-05
THE THORNTON WILL LITE
CATION.

The fact that the wills of de,
ceased capitalists have almost al
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-06
A SERMON TO HUSBANDS.
The Newspapers Should Be Banished
from the Dreakfast Table.

The Newspapers Should Be Banfshed
from the breakfast Table.
The average man eats only two meals
a day in his own house, and these meals
are the opportunities Tor social and do
mestic talk, delightful to the wife, who
has no suchfopportunity as her hus-
band of rubbing against other minds all
day, and important to the children in
widening their horizon, their views Of
life, says an English exchange.
At the first meal of the day most
women like to talk to their husbands
about the plans of the day, but the
woman who has once received the dis
trait, self-absorbed growl which EN-
anates from male disturbed in the
reading of his newspaper does not again
attempt to ask her husband this or that
on u subject of domestic interest. The
back of newspaper is not q pleasant
thing to contemplate across the break
fast table.
Think of this, husbands, when you
look round for the casters or other suit
able Drop for the back of your paper,
and for the sake of good manners, for
the sake of your wife's feelings and the
example to your children, remove your
newspaper, reserving it for the tram,
omnibus, or tram-car.
Of course there are occasions when
matters of absorbing interest must be
looked to at once-telegrams of thrill
ing import. Why not glance at the pa
per fves minutes before the breakfast
bell rings if it is really essential that
such news should be seen at once? Spe-
cial occasions sometimes justify special
behavior, but of your mercy let the
newspaper be banished from the break
fast table on ordinary occasions.