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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27

Cuttin'S name was most prominently
before the public about ten years ago
when he was involved in long liti-
CATION over his management as one of
the executors of his fathers estate
and that Of his brother, Hayward.
The father of Gen. Cuttin was Fran
els B. Cuttin, in his time one of the
most prominent lawyers of this city.
Francis B. Cuttin died in June, 1870,
leaving an estate Of more than $780,
600 and personal property of $1,023,-
GIL. He was the owner of the India
napolis, Peru and Chicago railroad.
The executors under the will were
Gen. William Cuttin and Hayward
Cuttin, both sons of the testator. An
other son, Brockholst Cuttin, died two
years before his father, leaving a
widow and two children.
Francis B. Cuttin, by his will be-
Queathed to his two sons each one
third of his estate and to the widow
and children of his son also a third
with the provision that his present
testatOrs and the widow should re-
ceive an annuity of $4,000, have a
life interest in his country seat at
Westport, Conn, and also in his house,
No. East Twenty-third street.
Hayward, the brother of Gen Cut
tin, died in 1876, leaving the latter the
sole executor of the estate, On Sep
TENDER IA, 1895, Mrs. Hayward Cut
tin began proceedings in the surrogate
court against the general to compel
him to make an accounting of the es-
tate of his and also of her husband
of which he had been appointed adj
ministratOr.
After some litigation in regard to
his eXecutiOnShip of his brothers
(HaywadD estate, Gen. Cuttin resigned
from the position.
1t was alleged that there had been
a perversiOn of the trust fund, that
Gen. Cuttin had lost money in Wall
street and that the interests of the
beneffciaries under Francis B. Cut
tins will were likely to suffer by rea-
son of the existing management.
a long litigation ensued in which
Gen. Cuttin made a vigorous defense
The case ended in 1887, after a judg-
ment had been entered against the
general to the amount of 100000.
The heirs, however, lost only about
$225,000 as their share for Gen. Cut
tins interest in his fathers estate and
that of relative were attached I'M
der the judgment. Gen. Cuttin was
not cut off entirely from an income,
as he continued to enjoy about $10,-
600 year from a trust fund, provided
for him by an uncle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
INDOOR CYCLING.
Charley Wells is Now Crowned the
New Indood King.

San Francisco, March 27.-There
were two races for professionals at
the indoor bicycle tournament. Moth
ing like them has been seen in this
country, so the eastern riders say,
and nothing goes to prove this more
than the fact that Jay Eaton, who
has the reputation of being the SIN
door King" has met with defeat time
and again. A new king is now wear
ing the golden crown and he Is Char
ley Wells, the crack Of California, who
is regaining his form of a year ago af-
ter long illness. Wells won the mile
invitation race for professionals with
comparative ease, Debating such men
as Jay Eaton, the IndOod Kig Of Chi
cago; W. A. Terrell, and F. A. McFar-
land, the only qualified riders in the
final of the race. The race was a
sprint from start to finish. Eaton
caught the pacemaker (Morris) Of Tex
as, and the others lined up as follows:
Mcfarland, Wells and Terrell. Morris
set the fast pace for five and half
laps when he withdrew in response to
the starters whistle. A pretty play for
position followed with Eaton in front
and setting a rafting pace. Wells was
in the rear looking over the ground
just before the bell tapped when he
commenced to unwind his celebrated
sprint and soon commenced to pull
away from the field. Eaton started
after him, but was soon passed by
Mcfarland and Terrell. On the last |
turn Terrell jumped away from Nc
Farland, but could not Overtake the |
new indoor king, who is riding in bet
ter form that has ever gathered in the |
tournament, and the entry list is the |
best that has ever gathered at an in
door meeting in this country. The time
was POS Is. Wells is certainly riding |
a hundred per cent better than he has
for a year back.
The consolation race was. won by
Walter Foster. Time Pill 2-5.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
Price $500 a Year.
RUSSIA'S VIEW.
She Thinks the Powers are Trying to
Pile Trouble on Her.

cne IulHhS tne GOWefS are Trying to
Pile Trouble on Her.
New York, March PA dispatch to
the Herald from st. Petersburg says:
In the most important quarters here
much annoyance is felt at the signs
of the vacillation policy shown by the
Powers at a moment when the great
est firmness is necessary. The feeling
here is that the other Powers are try
ing to place Russia in the undesirable
position of shedding Christian blood.
The OtglOski publishes a very strong
article on the subject, and thinks
England is going to establish herself
in Crete and as Crete is not what the
Dardanelles it to Russia the latter
would not go to war about it. Crete
can only be pacified by shedding
Christian blood but orthodox Russia
cannot do so. England has done so
before and can do it now. In diplo-
matte circles the position is looked
upon as very embroiled and the only
solution will be that if the Greeks
insist on fighting they should be al
lowed to go on and be beaten.
1t is considered that after all the
centre is entirely concentrated on what
is taking place on the GrecO-Turkish
frotier.
Russia would probably undertake
the pacification but only with the aid
of another power.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
TELEGRAPHIC.
LATE DISPATCHES BRIEFED AND
BOILED DOWN.
General Summary of the Happenings of
The Day, in Both Foreign and
Domestic Circles.

Germany backs out of the concert of
the Powers as to Crete.
British commons severely questions
the Foreign office as to Cretan policy.
Royal decree issues appointing the
Grecian crown prince commander of
the Grecian army
Turkey declines to attempt to retake
the blockhouse captured by the insur-
gent Cretans.
Insurgents driven off by the For
eign warships in terrifying Malaxa.
Greeks leave New York to the num-
Der Of 80 to join the army in Thes-
sally.
The Turkish fleet has revictualed the
starving Turks around MalaXa.
Austria and Russia land their con-
tingent of the Cretan guard.
Yale defeats Harvard in the debate
on the monetary question, Harvard
cOntending for the single gold stand
ard.
England does not like the treaty as
amended, and may not accept in its
present. shape.
Cremer of England, accuses Nor
gan Of dealing treacherouSly with the
treaty. Morgan denies it.
There is tendency to favor an ar
bitration treaty that shall deal eXclu-
Sively with pecuniary matters.
Edel, the engineer of that Houston
kidnapping case, is held in $4,000
bond.
Santa Fe safe at Bellville blown
open and 500 taken.
Missouri Pacific road withdraws
from all its associations.
There is desire to vindicate Cham
berlain in the Transvaal investigation
in Commons.
Marquis, Of Salisbury, is in Paris,
leaves his card at the palace, and goes
to the foreign office.
Rock Island road withdraws from
the Western Freight association.
Cincinnati distillers will advance
the price of spirits.
Hunter is still three votes short on
the last ballot taken.
Election board of Chicago says the
Peoples party is not one under the
law and they will have no place on
the official ballot
unvailing of the Grant monument and
deliver address.
Montero, American released in Cuba,
Is ordered from the island.
Test case against the Houston
street railway on paving certificates
goes against the company.
Baltimore court finds LUZ guilty Of
conspiracy against Spain, jury being
out over "a hours.
Hernandez, American citizen in Gu
ba, makes claim Of 100000 damages
against Spain for estate destroyed.
Cotton trade moderate and stocks
unsettled is the record.
Report Of cutting Of White river
levee is not correct.
Another severe earthquake shock
felt in Montreal.
Manchester is making a heavy or
der of cotton goods for China.
Young Woman's Christian associa-
ton Of Texas is in session in Dallas.
Charles Lee, colored, of Paris has
slept 60 hours without waking.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
BROOM CORN CARGO.

Kansas City, Mo-, March ga
train load of broom corn arrived in
Kansas City last night bound for
OnOndaga, n. Y, where it will be
made into whisk brooms. The train is
made up of twenty decorated cars and
is said to be the largest single ship
ment of broom corn ever made from
any point in the world. The corn was
grown near Sterling, Kans., and is
part of a crop of 1,600 tons which was
raised within twenty miles of that
city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
THE KENTUCKY DEADLOCK.

Louisville, KY, March PA spe-
cial from Frankfort says: There is
little or no excitement attendant on
the fourth joint ballot for United
States senator today. The Hunter peO-
pie realized from the start that they
had no chance of election, but with
logged determination held on and
prevented the election Of anyone else.
The situation is yet practically I'M
changed, the six boiling Republicans
holding the key to the situation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
BOATS INSTEAD OF WAGONS.

Quincy, Ills, March 27.-The Mis-
sissippi river continues to rise here.
The bottoms are all under water, the
river is seven miles wide and thous-
ands of acres of land are submerged.
People have been driven from their
homes to the hills and those who stay
ed in their houses are living in the up
per story and are compelled to use
boats instead of wagons.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
WOMEN VOTERS.

Fort Scott, Kans., March 27.-Reg-
istration for the coming city election
closed here last night with over 90
GOO women enrolled. The interest dis
played in the election by the women
has never been equalled here or per-
haps in any Kansas city.
During the day they worked Ike
beavers driving from house to house
in carriages, carrying voters to the
registration booths in large numbers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
FAREWELL LECTURE.

Rabbi ]. Jasse, of the Jewish con-
gregation of Minneapolis, Mimi, who
has been visiting our city in search
of health for some weeks, expects to
leave next week for home. Tomorrow
at 3 p. m. he will deliver a farewell
lecture at the rooms of the Congrega-
ton Agudas Achim, No. 712 West
Commerce street, to which the public
is cordially invited.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
4 FIGHT FOR KID.

Southampton, March 27.-"Kid"
Mccoy, the champion middle-weight
arrived here from Africa today on
board the steamer Moor. He left for
London to make a match with Ryan
or Creedon, the fight to take place in
America.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
THE BOYS FRIEND DEAD.

Boston, Mass, March 27.-Wm. 7.
Adams, the well known writer, who
under the pen name Of Oliver Optic,
has entertained the boy readers for
more than a generation, died at his
home in this city today, at the age of
Is years.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
FORT DESTROYED.

Canea, Island of Crete, March o.
Fighting continued until late yester-
day at Nerokuru, half way to MalaSa.
The fort at Perovtlia has been de-
Stroyed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
STILL THEY COME.

Boston, Mass, March 27.-The Lew
iston, Me-, Journal has signed a nine
ty-year contract with the Associated
Press and at the same time severed
all relations with the United Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
FAVOR THE WOMEN.

Beloit, Kans., March 27.-The
Northwest Kansas Methodist confer
ence has decided, without a dissenting
vote, in favor of the admission of
women to the general conference.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
GEN. CUTTIN DEAD.

Was Made Famous in Litiga-
ton Suit.
New York, March 27.-Gen. William
Cuttin, a well known member of the
Cuttin family, died in this city last
night. He was a member and the foun-
der of the Knickerbocker club. Gen.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
T. GrOOS & Co., Bankers.

AND DEALERS IN EXCHANGE.
Sight drafts on the principal cities
of the United States and on all Euro
pean countries. Also drafts on Mon
terey, Mexico, payable in Mexican dol
lars. Foreign coin and currency
bought and sold.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-27
TELEPHONE

over the lines of the SOUTHWEST
ERN TELEGRAPH AND TELE-
PHONE COMPANY to many Of the
principal cities and towns of
TEXAS
Toll Stations in the Central Office,
Hotels and other convenient locations.
NJ F. THOMAS, Local Manager.
Mohave County miner., 1897-08-21
Paper Drinking Cups.

A piper manufacturer of Elberfeld, Germany, has recently patented quite 8 novelty, which has great future, par ticularly for drinking purposes. It is 8 substitute for drinking glass and may be styled a cup made of paper. The idea is we'll executed. The drinking cup is so small that it may be carried in the pock- etbook, and it enables the traveller on foot or on a wheel to always have his own clean drinking glass. It is so cheap that it may be thrown away after having been used but once, or when it has served it's purpose. The paper drinking cups are of 8 strong yellow paper, pro- vided with leather like surface, and are absolutely water-tight. The outer sur face may, of course, be used for adver- tisements, and while advertisements giv- en away in this shape will probably be of much value, the cost is little more than if the same advertisement had been printed on plain paper. The new cup is also made square and with cover to admit the selling of ice cream. etc., the boxes being folded away into mini mum space until used.
Mohave County miner., 1897-08-21
Longest of Tunnels.

Two gangs of workmen have just be gun digging, Tn Colorado, the longest unnel that man ever attempted to con- struct. The main bore will be twenty miles long, and connecting with this Ire subsidiary tunnels with total length of thirty miles. So, in real ity, says the San Francisco Examiner, tho task that has been put under way is that of digging fifty miles of tunnel, and every foot of this vast system will be under Pike's Peak and the mountains that tower on each side.
 The starting point of the main tunnel is at the foot of the mountain leading up to Pike's Peak, near the old town of Colorado City. This point is but a short distance from the railroad which spans the country between Colorado Springs and Manitou. From here it runs almo st due southwest. The further end of the tunnel IS at the edge oi the mountains at Four mile creek. over in Freemont coun ty, Col, six miles south of Cripple Greek and near the little town of Sunol Two gangs of men, as stated, are work ing on the tunnel, one at each end. Just at the present they are making progress at the rate of thirty feet a day. It is be lieved that the mammoth task they have undertaken will be completed in seven years from the first of the present month.
 The main tunnel will pass directly un- der the cone of Pike's Peak at depth of neorly 1000 feet, and 2.7O0 feet beneath the town of Victor. Its average depth from the surface will be 2,800 feet, and it is designed to test the mineral depos it's of the territory at these great depths. Thirty miles of laterals are contemplated and these will pass underneath all the Cripple Creek district at an average depth of 2,SOO feet. Cripple Greek, Vic tor, Gillett, the various small towns and thousand mines are to be made tribu tary to this system.
 Under present circumstances the dis tance-the shortest way-from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek is fttv,fou, miles. By way of the tunnel the two cities will only be sixteen miles apart It is estimated by the contractors that the average cost per foot of excavation will be sos This makes the total prob able expense of digging the tunnel and it's subsidiary branches 2O,52O.OOO$ All of this sum the tunnel people expect tc crush out of the ore their workmen will break while excavating, or glean from the nuggets which may fall out of secret pockets so far below the earth's surface
Mohave County miner., 1897-08-21
An American Prince.

The Boston Herald says that when Matthew Arnold was in Boston he was greatly interested in something he saw in the reading room of the public library. He came in one day and found a little barefooted news boy sitting in one of the best chairs enjoying himself as if he were at home.
 The essayist was astounded "Do you allow barefooted boys in this reading room 2' he asked. "You would never see such a sight as that in England 1 do not believe there is reading room in all Europe in which that boy, dressed as sbabily as he is, would be permitted to enter"
 Then MT. Arnold went over to the boy, spoke to him, and found that he was reading the Life of Washington and that he had decidedly anti British opin- ions and was, for his age, remarkably we'll informed
 Mir. Arnold remained talking with the youngster for some time, and as he came back to our desk the Engllshman said |: "I do not think have been so imp essed with anything else that have seen since arriving in this country as am now with meeting this barefooted boy in this read { ing room. What tribute to democratic institutions it is 10 say that, instead If sending that boy out to wander alone in the streets they permit him to come in here and excite his youthful imagination by reading such a book as the Life of Washington! The reading of that one book may change the whole course of that boys fife, and may be the means of making hlm a useful, honorable, worthy cit zen of this great country. It is, tell you, sight that lmpresses a European not accustomed to your democratic ways"
Mohave County miner., 1897-08-21

McMahon and Cosgrove, two pros- pectors, discovered cave in a noun tain about fifty miles north of Gila Bend. Ia the cave they found skeleton. Upon piece of felt was written in almost il legibIe letters under the date of January 1868, that the writer had been pursued and shot by Indians, that he was dying, and then followed confession that his name was Paul Somers and that in 1863 he murdered Frank Merdon in New Or. leans and robbed him out of several hun. dred dollars. s.-Exchange
Mohave County miner., 1897-08-21
French Swiuging Bridge.

French engineers are constructing a peculiar bridge over the Seine at Rouen On each bank of the river miniature Eiffel towers 175 feet high have been erected. From these heavy steel cables will support track bed which is to bc suspended 160 feet above the surface of the water. Moving platforms on wheels are to be run back and forth over this track bed on rails, and from them will hang huge chairs to which will be at tached monster swinging carriages. With electricity as motive power the platforms on the upper track bed will move to and fro across the river, taking with them the carriages which will swing with a sort of pendulumistic roll few feet above the level of the river.
 Each of the swinging carriages will be constructed to hold eight hundred peo' ple and have space for carriages and train cars. There are to be four of these carrlages swung from the bridge, and when all are in use 3,20O people and several vehicles and street cars can be carried at once. In order to guard against possible disaster in the event of cables breaking, the carriages are being made of steel and shaped like the hull of a big boat, so as to float readily if they should happen to drop into the river.
 It is the oldest bridge ever planned, and what is still more queer is the fact that the designer refuses to have his name disclosed until the structure is put in successful operation. He is furnish ing 1, ,OOO, ,OO0$ with which to do the work, and expects to have it ready for the use of the public early Tn 1898 Over two hundred and twenty five artisans are now employed in preliminary construc- ton, and the number will be increased when the superstructure is ready to go up. When completed it will be brid ge capable of giving an army safe passage across the Seine, but no human being, except the workmen, will ever set foot on the bridge if the wishes of the invent or are compiled i'h. Those who would cross the river at Rouen by means of the new structure must be swung over in the swaying carriages.
 Experts who have examined the plans and are in the confidence of the strange genius who conceived the project say the structure is based on sound engineering ideas and is entirely practicable. France has given to the world some notable things in the line of queer mechanism, but the work now in hand is confidently expected to eclipse all previous effort - Eychanpa
Mohave County miner., 1897-08-21
Some Large Pieces of Gold.

Finding large gold nuggets is not so unusual thing in California as to justi- fy more than passing notice. Of course, what is seldom is wonderful, and be- cause of this the recent little bunch of gold dust brought here from the Yukon has occasioned unbounded excitement, as such things are wonderful-for the Yukon-but the finding this week of the mass of gold in Trinity Co.,, in this state, hardly deserves the fuss made about it in the daily papers. The thousand col umns of stuff that the dailies have had about the fairly sized batch of gold gath cred all last winter in the Klondike are largely sensational A murder or crim. con- case would elicit the same mere tricious attention. In this no slur on the dalIies is intended That is there province, and they admirably fill their chosen field.
 But to make such a fuss about so or dinary thing as the finding of a great mass of gold in California would imply that was as much wonder as the years scrapIngs so diligently collected in the Yukon tundras The fact is that without in the least detracting from the size or value of the 42,OOO$ piece of gold found by the Graves Bros. in the Blue Jay mine, Trinity county, Cal, this week, It is smaller than at least two other aurit- erous masses previously unearthed in this state. It is less m size and value than the piece found at Carson Hill, Calavaris county, or the lump found at Downievile, Sierra county, as mentioned by Louis Blanding, which was valued at 90,000$. Another mass found in the Bonanza mine, Tuolumne county, gave a value of oyer 4O,OO0$. It is but far to say that these were not nuggets" but Jumps of gold and quartz.
 The largest piece of gold ever unearth- ed anywhere free from quartz, of which there is any record, is that taken out of the Eyer & Haltman mine, Hill End, N. s. w., on May 10, 1872. IL was i'm bedded in thick wall of blue slate 250 feet from the surface; t weighed $40 pounds; it was ffty-seven inches long, thirty eight inches wide, and averaged four inches in thickness; It was valued at 148. .S00$ It is of interest to further state that the owners of the mine were subsisting on charity when they found it.
 The Welcome Stranger" nugget was found on St. Moliagel, Australia, Feb, g, 1869. It weighed 19O pounds and was valued at 45 ,O0O$. The Welcome nugget was found at Bakery Hill, Australia, June 9, '59; it weighed 184 lbs g ozs. and was valued at 44.356$. The piece found in Trinity county this week is a true nugget" or was before being bro ken, being a solid piece of gold, shaped somewhat like heaver's tail, and 38 inches long, Is inches wide at the widest end and 5I inches thick in that place; it weighed in place about 2470 ozs. It was broken in being taken out of where it lay, near an open cut twenty-five feet lokg, soft porphyry on the hanging wall, greensboro on the footwall, the nugget lying against the footwall l. is of regret that the piece could not be exhibited In its entirety.-M. x s Press