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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
AN AMERICAN COUNTESS.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. Alice
Starrett, a Danish countess, and
grand niece of Gen. j. b. Doe,
formerly assistant secretary of
war, was married to Robert G.
Tettslatf, of Spring Lake, Wis,
last night. The ceremony was
performed secretly at GAINESVILLE.
Miss Starrett's right to the title
of countess was acknowledged
when she was in Europe a few
months ago, and she
was received at the court in
Denmark. She is a daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. Starrett. Alice
was educated in a convent at
Lemars, France. Mrs. Ferslew,
her grandmother, married Count
Ferslew, of Denmark, who came
here to serve during the war.
Later he deserted Mrs. Ferslew
and returned TO Denmark. On
Ferslew's death the title reverted
to Miss Starrett.
Tettslaff is the son of a Spring
Lake, Wis, farmer. He has
been doing chores for his board
and attending school here.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
CHARGED THE CONFEDERATE
BREASTW0RKS ALONE AND
WAS CAPTURED.
Forgot All Danger And Only 0beyed
Orders, For Which His Enemies
Admired Him And Secured
A Medal OF Honor
For Him,

Washington. ID. c., Dee. L.
"The secretary of war has granted
a medal of honor to a federal sol
der, on the affidavit of a Confed-
crate" said Chas. |. Evans, of
Texas, last night, "and it is prob
ably the first instance on record
of this kind. The federal sol.
der who received the medal was
Thomas |. Higgins, now of Hani-
bal, Mo. During the war he was
the color bearer of the Ninety
ninth Illinois regiment and was
holding that position at the seige
of Nicksburg. In an assault on
May %, 1863, the Ninety-ninth
Illinois was ordered to charge
and not to look back. was a
member of the second Texas regi-
ment and were confronting the
charging TllinOisans. We re-
pulsed the Illinois regiment a
short distance from the breas-
works and sent it back in cOnfu-
sion. Higgins, however, was
literally obeying the orders. He
never looked back. He never
noticed the retreat of his regi-
ment, but came bounding for
ward, his colors flying as prettily
as a soldier ever saw. When
within forty yards of our works
word passed along the line not to
shoot the brave soldier and all
firing ceased. When Higgins
saw his predicament he started
to retreat with his cOlOrs, but we
told him TO come on or we would
have to shoot him.
Several men went out
and brought him with
in the breastwOrks, dur
ing which time we learned to like
and admire him. He was then
parOIed. | was one of the men
who witnessed his heroic deed
and made an affidavit to that eff
feet. Several of my companions
who remembered Higgins and his
charge also made affidavits. On
these the secretary of war grant
ed a medal. Higgins could have
been vouched for by his own regi-
ment, but the honor of recOmmen-
dation by his former foes led to
that course"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
WHALERS ARE SAFE.
Returned Sailor Declares The
Imprisoned Mariners Can
Live a Year.

Chicago, Dec. IA special
from Tacoma, Wash, says:
Sailor Frank Wickersliam has
just returned from an
eight months whaling trip
in the Arctic Ocean
on the steam bark William Bay.
lies. His ship was in company
at various times with the eight
whalers now imprisoned in the
ice east of Point Burrows.
Wickersham declares that the
men aboard the ships are not suf-
fering as is generally supposed.
He says:
"ThOse vessels carried Il years
supply. Their men are now en-,
joying life and will be perfectly
safe and comfortable until the ice
breaks next summer, and they
will probably not experience any
hardships then. Should any
vessel be crushed the men can
easily get to the other ships or to
shore, which is not more than Il
mile away. Having fire arms
they can kill bear, seals and wal
rus around the ships, and deer are
Obtainable on land. The native
EsquimauX live on the flesh of
animals of that region, and if
necessary, the sailors can do like
WISE"
Wickersham does not believe
that the cutter Bear will reach
the whalers this winter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
COL. CHIPLEY DEAD.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. L
Col. w. d. Chipley, of Florida,
who has been ill at the hospital
in this city for some weeks fol
lowing an operation for a car,
buncle, died at 4 O'Clock this
morning. The remains will be
removed to Columbus, Ga, for in
terment. He was 90 years of
age.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
STARVING AMERICANS.
Our COuntrymen Suffering In
Cuba, as Well as Others.

New York, Dec. President
Mckinley is considering the best
method of placing before the char
liable citizens of the United
States an appeal for food to re-
lieve the restitution in Cuba.
According to the Washington cor
respondent of the World the
Spanish minister has informally
conveyed the information to this
government that any cOntribu-
tons which may be made will be
welcomed. In view of this it is
expected that within a few days
Consul General Lee will be au-
thorized to take charge of and de-
liver such supplies as may be do
mated by citizens of the United
Estates.
The administration hopes that
a general relief movement will
be started in this country. In
such an event steps will be taken
to have the supplies admitted
without payment of duty.
The officials of the State depart
ment say that no such appeal as
THAT set forth by Consul General
lice, Gen. Blanco and the Spanish
minister and endorsed by Presi-
Ident Mckinley has been presented
to the American people in recent
Years.
Consul General Lee, since his
return to Havana, has materially
Increased his list of needy Amer
LEANS.
| 1t is likely that the president
will ask Congress for another APP
lpropriation to be used in prevent
ing American citizens in Cuba
from starving. Gen. Lee cOnsid-
ers the situation one which APP
lpeals to the United States.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
CANADIAN LUMBER
Will BE Necessarily High Priced
For America.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. 1.-Olive
MOwat, the new lieutenant gov
ernOr of Ontario, in his speech
opening the last session of the
Ontario legislature to be held be-
fore the general election, said:
II regret that the Congress of
the United States has seen fit to
increase the duty on pine and
other lumber imported into that
country to such an extent as to
make it almost impossible to con-
tinue sending to the markets of
the United States certain quail
ties of the pine lumber produced
in this province"
No mention is made in the
speech of the policy of the On
tario government will pursue on
the timber question. The lieu
tenant governor merely told the
members that bill would be in
troduced by the government re-
lating to timber and the timber
licenses.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
THAT DREYFUS BUSINESS.
Investigations Continue to Dis
close Various Secrets.

close Various Secrets.
New York, Dec. IA dispatch
to the Herald from Paris says:
Maj. Esterhazy was confronted
yesterday with the person at
whose house his letters were
seized and admitted to Gen. Pill
eauX that the letters, extracts
from which appeared in the FL
'garo three days ago, were authen-
tie. having been written by him
in 1882, but he declared that the
letter which was reproduced in
fac simile by the Figaro and
which stated that as Il captain of
Uhlans he would gladly sabre
Frenchmen, We're a forgery.
The Figaro af1irms the authen-
ITCHY Of this document, just as it
vOuches for the genuinenCss of
all the others. Gen. PillieuX is
making inquiry on the subject.
VI. Scheuerer-Kestner, who was
among those heard at the Place
VendOme, complains that Gen.
PilleauX has so far not been able
to make himself acquainted with
the dOssier formed with Col. Pie
quart in favor of Dreyfus despite
the fact that the documents are
in possession of the war Office and
should have been communicated
TO the officer conducting the in
quiry.
1t is also pointed out that the
original of the BOrdOreau attrib-
uted TO Dreyfus has also been
communicated to Gen. Pileaux so
that it has been impossible to take
any steps for consulting hand
writing on the subject.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
DOUBTFUL If A TEN THOUSAND
DOLLAR WAGER WILL
BE WON.
Flour Is Worth 500 A Sack In
Dawson City And Claims Are
Very SCarCe-There Will Be
No Room Next Season
For New Corners.

Chicago, Dec. IA special
from Seattle, says:
4. \. Smith, writing under
date of November % from Ska.
quay, says:
For the last four days there
has been alarm and anxiety in
Skaguay over the possible fate OF
twelve men, who, on Tuesday
morning, on the sleep Pigeon es-
sayed to make the trip around the
point of Tayla. The north wind
was blowing a gale down the can
on at the time. The skipper was
unable TO make his boat beat up
against the wind, and losing con-
troll of her. he was carried away
down the canal. The names OF
the most of the party cannot be
learned. but it is known that
Nicholas Furlong, Tom Dickin-
son, Rene Liprix, Joseph Palmer,
c. III. Dennison and a man nam
ed Palmer weie among the mum
Der. The latter is believed TO be
Milton Lombard, of New York,
who was in Skaguay en- route to
Dawson city, which point he had
agreed upon Il $10,000 wager to
reach without money 1t was i'm
possible for the skipper to return
TO the harbOr here as it was to
reach Talya, but after several I'M
successful attempts to reach corer,
landing was made about a mile
below on this side. Here I'll. :.
Manning, of Chicago, and Morse
$. Duffield. of Detroit, disembark-
ed and endeavOred to persuade
them to do likewise, but they re-
fused, still believing that they
would be able to beat back.
When last seen they were being
driven before the gale toward
Pyramid Harbor, since which
time no tidings have been had of
any of the party"
Writing from Dawson City,
w. b. Thompson, of Seattle, des-
cribing the situation in Dawson
City, after it became known that
no boats could get up the Yukon
this year said:
'NNOrd came that there would
be no more boats this fall, and it
caused the greatest excitement l
ever saw, as there are large
number of people without provis-
ions and there are none for sale.
Now there is a big stampede out
of the country. Hundreds of
people are leaving, some going up
the river and some down. Prov
isions have gone up to the most
fabulous prices. Flour this
morning is worth 81 per pound,
or 800 per sack.
II believe this will be the last
year this country will be any
good. Next year there will be
such an awful crowd in here that
a man without a claim will be
worse off than in Seattle. There
are not over 80 good claims in
the district so far as known.
There are about 5000 men work
ing here in the mines now. I'M
less there are more rich creeks
found newcomers will be disap-
pointed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01

from Panama and way ports,
bringing the news that the Sal
vador coffee crop for this season
will be a third larger than ever
before and will do much toward
making up the loss occasioned by
crops through the revolution.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
LIGHT EDITOR Welded.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 1.-Special.-
Married-in Dallas, at Round
haut, by Hon. Kenneth TOrree,
Judge of the county court-W. S.
Messmer, of San Antonio, Texas,
and Miss r. F. Hall, of Boston,
Mass. No cards.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
A PRESIDENTS FATHER.

Lima, Peru, Dec. 1.-SenOr
Jorge Pinto. father-in-law of
President Uriburu, of Argentina,
and the Argentina consul in Lima
is dead. He will be buried to-
day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
CHOYNSKI VS.. JEFFRIES.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. l.
Joe Choynski, of San Francisco,
and w. Jeffries, of Los Angeles,
fought twenty rounds to a draw
last night before the National
club.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
WASN'T RICH.

Paris, Dec. IA rumOr is cur
rent here that the late T. W. Ey-
ans did not possess the immense
fortune that was credited to him
and in fact died comparatively
poor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
FAIR AND COLDER.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. l.
Weather for Western Texas: Gen
orally fair tonight and Thursday
with colder nOrtheasterly winds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
F. Groos ( Co. Bankers.

AND DEALERS IN EXCHANGE.
sight drafts on the principal cities OF
the United States and on all European
countries. Also drafts on Monterey,
Mexico, payable in Mexican dollars;
Foreign coin and currency bought ana
sold.
TELEPHONE SERVICE.
Saves your time.
Brings new customers.
Retains old ones.
And generally lubricates the wheels or
business. over 5000 telephones in Tex
as. Use the long distance telephone to
all points connected by the SOUTH
WESTERN TELEPHONE AND TEL
EGRAPH CO.'S extensive system.
NJ. F. THOMAS, Local Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
HEAVY COFFEE CROP.

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-The
steamer San Bias arrived in port
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25
Manufacture of Wood Silk.

We have seen how new inventions
have repeatedly destroyed old indus
tries and deprive many people, used to
certain pursuits, of employment, and
even swept out of existence many a
thriving business, in which large cap
ltal had been invested for many years,
and perhaps century or more. This
innovation of invention has even in
vaded the realm of brute workers, and
we see how electricity has knocked
out the faithful horse and the pertina-
cious mule. 1t was hardly to have
been thought of, however, that the re-
lentless inventor would have descend
ed TO depriving the insects of employ
ment, but we find that he has actually
gone to that extreme. Those busy
workers, the silk worms, have fallen
victims beneath the juggernaut Of
modern improvement. Count Hill
alre de Chardonnet's invention for
converting wood fiber into silk has
done the business, and the worms will
have to join union or seek other EN-.
ployment. 1t is claimed that the
counts process is proving a great sue
cess in the works at Besaucon, France.
The wood fiber is first macerated in a
solution OF nitric and sulphuric acids,
after which the acids are squeezed out
by hydraulic press, and the stuff is
cleansed In large watts of water. II is
then partly dried and left for several
hours in revolving cylinder contain
ing alcohol and ether. Nextit is pass
ed through filter, which it leaves
looking very much like thick gum.
The following process places it in cyl
lnders from whence it is forced by
pneumatic pressure into pipes passing
into the spinning department. Spin
ming does not much differ from that in
ordinary silk manufacture. The en-
tire process thus seems simple, and
there apparently is no reason why the
manufacture of wood silk shall not be
extensively developed. Hence the
wood pulp industry, already a man.
moth one, may be extended to furn-
ishing material for silk manufacture.
and possibly to that OF coarser textile
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25

THE loss of many fingers and
thumbs in the shingle mills of this
coast, may result in serious effects on
posterity. The law of heredity must
prevail, and there is no question but
what in a few more generations the
descendants of long line of shingle
weavers will be born with about two
and one half fingers and three-quar-
ters of thumb on each hand. After
this gets to be common and accepted
occurrence, what world of interest
will be added to anticipated maternl-
ty. What boasts will midwives make
about having accouched child that
only had one finger, or no thumbs to
speak about. Then will come the
pedigree maker, the pride of ancestry,
and social distinctions will be drawn
along these lines. There is small
tribe on one of the islands of the South
Pacific ocean that have six toes on
each foot which shows what heredity
will do with toes, why not on fingers.
The fact is that the loss of digits is so
common that the weavers treat 1t as
good joke on the other fellow.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25
The Greatest Nation on Earth.

"The value of timber yearly cut in
the United States is double that of the
output of all our mines;" zone third
of the population of this country are
church MEMBERS" II costs S668. 80
every minute during the year to run
our government )" "Uncle Sans farms
constitute one-fifth of the National
wealth." "Nearly one-half of the s.
OOO,OOO,OOO letters making up The
worlds annual mail, belong to the
United States" These are but in
stances of the thousands of wonderful
facts about every phase of the life and
progress of our country, from an illus
trated article On "The Greatest Nation
on Earth" by William George Jordan,
to appear in the July number of The
Ladies' Home Journal. The article
pictures, in a novel way, Americas
vast area, her matches resources,
boundless wealth, her marvellous de-
velopment, and shows how the United
States leads the world.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25
LUMBER shipments for May

LUMBER shipments for May, as re-
ported by twelve cargo mills to the
West Coast and Puget Sound Lumber
man, reached total of 3S ,461 ,S02 feet,
with $685. 5,250 lath and 10000 lineal
feet of piling. Of this amount 20,O82,-
5S4 feet went coastwise and Is, ,379 ,218
foreign. The increase over April was
about ,000,O feet, while as compar-
ed with May, 1896, the increase was
2,47,712 feet. For five months of
this year exports have been 15O,O99,-
11S feet. Rail shipments of lumber
for May reached total of 715 cars, or
IL 10000 feet, the highest total in
over a year. May, 1896, the shipments
were 9,9S4O0O feet. while for five
months this year the rail trade has
taken 42,880,000 feet of lumber, as
compared with 1862 600 feet for the
same time last year. The magnificent
record for shingle shipments is still
kept up, the eastern movement for
May being the largest in the history
of the trade. The total was / ,8O1 cars,
or 2S8, ,16O, 600, against 228, ,480. 600
shingles for the month year ago.
For FIVE months Washington has ship
ped east O49, ,440, 900 shingles, against
858 100000 at the same time last year.
w. C. Trade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25

NJ. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the
Burton House, Burton, w. ", and
one of the most widely known men in
the state was cured of rheumatism
after three years of suffering. He
says: "I have not sufficient command
of language to convey any idea of
what l suffered, my physician told me
that nothing could be done for me
and my friends were fully convinced
that nothing but death would relieve
me of my suffering. In June, 1894,
Mr.. Evens, then salesman for the
Wheeling Drug Co., recommended
Chamberlain Pain Balm. At this
time my foot and limb were swollen
to more than double their normal size
and it seemed to me my leg would
burst, but soon after began using the
Pain Balm the swelling began to de-
crease, the pain to leave, and now I
consider that | am entirely cured.
For sale by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25
As Was Predicted.

There comes wall from the teach
ers In Adams, Spokane, Lincoln, Whit
man and other counties on account OF
their total failure to procure certif-
Gates at the last quarterly examination.
Many teachers, indeed, who stood high
in their profession came forth from
the ordeal with only third-grade GER
tihcates to reward and encourage
them for all their years of experience
and painstaking effort In their chosen
field of labor.
Word comes that large number of
wei! qualified teachers have been
obliged to surrender the schools they
had commenced in prospect of receiv-
ing their certificates before the closing
of the school term for which thev
were hired. In many cases these are
veteran teachers, representing the
best young men and young women in
the rural districts of Washington;
but the letter of the villainously tam
pered-with school-law had to be obey
ed, and the directors reluctantly dis
missed the old true and tried tutors of
their children, closed the doors of the
school houses to the practical demon
alization and educational ruin of the
rising generation within their various
jurisdictions.
And all this comes from the late
iniquitous "raising of the standard"
by the ambitious, ill-advised members
OF the State school board. The educa-
tional standard proudly maintained
by the teachers OF Washington has for
long term of years been head and
shoulders above that of a majority OF
the older States, and it was only fair
to let we'll enough alone.-Olympia
Standard (Dem.)
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25

MINNESOTA has Ats creameries, rep
representing an investment in build
ings and machinery of ST. 800, 900,
with an annual output of 100000
pounds of butter, valued at 81 ,000 900.
The industry in that state is the growth
of a very short period, and two years
has witnessed an increase of nearly
100 per cent in the matter of produc-
ton. The example is an encouraging
one for Washington, which, as state,
has made wonderful progress in the
dairy industry during the past few
years, and with prospective broaden
ing of our markets to the orient and
elsewhere, the creamery, which has al
ready been successful in distributing
an immense amount of money among
producing classes, will find fields of
further usefulness. The capacity for
production is not wanting, and this
year is bringing into more promin-
ence hitherto neglected factor of sup
plying the fall and winter demand,
when profits are greater and the east
ern shipper has enjoyed harvest. To
equal Minnesota's 81, 100000 output,
would be an ambitious goal now, but
we may want trial at the $34 ,O0O, 900
record made by Iowa last season, later.
w. G.. Trade.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-25

WE should say that some of our
farmer friends do not believe in popu-
llsm as much as they think they do.
In some of the strongest pcpullst pre-
circts in the county, the free school
book proposition. which is pre-emin-
emily populist notion, which is es-
sentially the same thing as nlne-tenths
of the schemes for reforming abuses
that the party has advanced, was de-
feated by overwhelming majoritles.
When it comes home to our popullst
friends, as it did in this case, that
paternalism means increased taxation,
and isn't soft snap after all, they are
not very slow to let loose of new fang
led theories and anchor to stern reali-
ties.-Chehalis Nugget.