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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
ATTEMPTED INCENDIARTSM.
Mayor Callaghan's Residence Fired By
q Cowardly Enemy.

Cowardly Enemy.
This morning between and )
o'clock Mrs. Louis HUH, residing on
Crockett street, adjoining the residence
of Mayor Callaghan, discovered the
bath room adjoining the mayors resi-
dence next door to be on fire. She
reused Mr.. HUH and he rushed over
and entering the bath room turned on
the hydrant and extinguished the fire
before any material damage was done
except in badly smoking the little
room and destroying the paint.
The mayor states that someone care
lessly left a lighted candle in the bath
room last night, but a trail of hay
from the stable to the bath tells a
story Of attempted incendiarism by
some enemy of the family.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
OLD FEUD REVIVED.
One Man Dead And Another Dying
As The Result-Boy Charged
With Assault to Muhrder

With Assault TO Muhrder
Houston, Tex, Feb. 25.-Special-
Willie Conley, - years of age, was
bound over this morning to the grand
jury on a charge of assault to murder.
While Conley and boy, Sam Circuit
HON, were hunting Grouthom was shot
in the leg, necessitating an amputa-
ton. Grouthom says COnley and he
Quarreled over Il bird and COnley
dwelling his gun said: 81 am tired of
your fOOlishnesS" and shot him. Con
ley claims it was an accident.
Sam PerTyman, a prominent lawyer
of this city, shot and killed A. w.
OvertOn, at Liberty, this morning in
the court house. The affair is the re-
suit Of an old feud about a woman
in Overton's family. Perryman is
badly cut across the abdomen and is
not expected to live. 4 special train
with doctors left this city for Liberty
to attend the wounded man.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
ThACKERAY DIDN'T WRITE IT
History of . Chapter in The virgin
lana

Many readers of The Virginians"
have wondered how Hatchery WIS
able to write so graphic and correct an
account of his hero's escape from Fort
Duquesne and his journey through the
wilderness, as Thackeray had never
seen the magnificent valley through
which his gallant hero fed after his
daring escape. AS a matter of fact
Thackeray did not write it at all.
He was at a dinner in London with
Anthony Trollope, Willie Collins and
other celebrities
The guests were sitting down to their
wine and cigars, when Thackeray, who
vas entertaining the cornvz= s,s' Nth he
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
WHARF Milk Is Scarce.

Fresh milk is an almost unknown
luxury in South African towns, and for
IL large part of the year in the country
also. Condensed COW" is the form in
which milk is procurabIe at hotels and
r. private houses. Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
Economical.

Cook-Wasteful mum? Well, mum,
that's one thing I'm not. Why, every
thingin the eatin' and drinltin' way that
comes down from hupstairs I make a
point of fiinishin' up myself, num-
Hartford Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
FIRE AT PALMER.
10 the Daily Light.

Palmer, Ellis county, Tex, Feb. %
The fire here last night destroyed
thirteen stores, also the Masonic hall
with all the furniture and records, etc.
belonging to lodge No. 459.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
New R,m.dy for Rheumatism.

A citizen of Westbrook, Me-, regarded
as intelligent by his townsmen, says
that whenever he has a severe attack OF
rheumatism he confines himself to a
diet of fried salt pork and soon regains
his normal haalfI'
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
A RECEIVER

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 25.-The Hook
ing Valley road has been placed in the
hands of a receiver. y. Monserl1t, the
vice president.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
STANDS PAT.

Athens, Greece, Feb. 2o.-The gov
eminent refuses to retreat from it's
decision regarding Crete.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
Tho EIpla nation.

He Woman is delusion and snare
Shells that why men are Away:
hugging delusion and being caughr
by a snare?-Washington Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Hints of Value to the Cook and House.
keeper.
When }oayes of bread are baked in
TOO hot an oven and the outside crust
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II II
fails to cure. &c. 10-6-I56t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25

toned, sugarcoated pills. which tear you all to
pieces are not in II with Hoods. Easy TO take
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-25
II GODS

anu easy 10 OptratC, IS Uut
of Hoods Pills, which are
up to date in every respect. NUU$
Safe, certain and sure. All u
druggists. 25c. c. |. Hood s. Co. Lowell Mass.
The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
oceana Among the Mormons.

What used to be called the Golden Age,
but must now be called the Silver Age In
Difference to the prejudices Of the lovers Of
10 to 1, 10 about to be revived. Naturally,
in Utah, where the frame Of things Is still
plant. Our ancient and inexhaustible
friend, the Rev. MYRoN w. REED, the
molten.mouthed silver orator Of Denver, Ia
the National President of the Cooperative
Commonwealth, which is about to begin CO.
operative agricultural business in Utah.
Wherever Mr.. REED Is, the soil Is sure to
be warm. Mr.. HENRY DEBs LLOYD Of Chi
cago or ~thcreabouts, who has written a
book about the Cooperative Common
wealth" or some other kind of q common
wealth, is one of the major operators Of the
Utah experiment.; and a much more emf
nent coUperator, the Hon. EUGENE VERcIN-
GEToRIX DEBs of Terre Haute, Chicago, and
elsewhere, is the main prop Of the new
show. LLOYD is literary and REED is thra.
%sonical; but when an earnest, sober thinker
like DEBs interests himself in an expert
ment, the experimental stage Of that ex.
pertinent has passed. 1t is a theory which
has been made fact.
The Rev. and Hon. MYRoN w. REED says
hat "our This, LLoYp's, and DEBs'sl idea is
to establish cooperative communities with
1900 people in each community. We be-
lieve that in a community Of 1900 souls,
picked as we find them, will be dis
covered about the right material necessary
for the different vocations."
Nobody can differ with the Hon. and Rev.
MYRoN w. REED without sincere difidence
and regret. but the 1900 idea seems i'm
practicable. A cooperative commonwealth
of 800 members will be sure to have gold
bugs, S%HYLooKs, slaves of the money power
and the trusts, within its folds. The only
true and safe cooperative commonwealth
will consist of one member. But that men,
Der must not be DEBs. DEBs could not
cooperate even with himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14

operation to the city, like that exercised
generally by the Governor, gives home rule
distinctively. The Mayor for whom the
people Of New York, Brooklyn, and the
other territory to be consolidated will vote
this year will have that power, so far as con-
Germs laws relating to the cities specifically.
II hat be not home rule 1t will tar the In
genuity of the most blatant Bryanite orator
TO define what home rule IL.
There were many and serious objections
made to the amended Constitution when 1t
was offered to the consideration Of the
voters in 1894, but they did not cause its
rejection. 1t was adopted by them, inc
home rule was secured. Any attack upon
the Constitution or Its provisions affecting
New York is unwise, ill.consldered, and
absurdly injudicious.
What can such Tammany orators be
thinking Off Do they think7 Home rule
for New Workers always has a pleasant
sound, but actually 1t was secured by the
people three years ago. 1t is not necessary
to fight for privileges already granted and
protected by the Constitution.
" Read the Constitution
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
Mugwump Sympathy for Tammany

Here is a specimen of the political infor-
nation which the Euening Post palms Off
on its readers, in accordance with its pol
icy of trying to help Tammany to keep ma
tional issues out of municipal politics.:
THE assertion is made every day that Tammany
will lose this vote 1.-THE labor votel II 1T Ignores Brya an.
ism in the campaign. 1t is noticeable. however. that
the persons who mako this assertion are. as a rule.
those who talk OF the possibility OF the success OF q
Republican straight ticket. and who want to prove
that It ia possible by showing that Tammnny cannot
hold the elements by which 1t was supported last
year"
or course, that is both false and absurd.
Everybody knows that Tammany can "hold
the elements by which it was supported
last year" IL 1t m out squarely for Bry-
anism. But can it hold them IL it pursues
a course of duplicity, by ignoring" the
Chicago platform for the sake of getting
gold votesa That is the question which is
agitating Tammany just now.
II Tammany makes any concession to
gold, even the concession of simply ignor-
ing the Chicago platform, it will exasperate
the silver crowd, and IL it yields to the
silver demands it will drive off gold Demo-
Gratis. Even II the convictions of any honest
Democrats were so weak that they had
been thinking of conniving at the Bryanite
trick of sticking by the platform, yet pre-
tending to hide it away, they could not stand
the straightforward declaration of Tam
many's Organism. That is the whole busi-
ness in a nutshell. The Republicans have
nothing to do with the matter, of course.
Their wishes are nothing to Tammany.
The upshot will be that Tammany will
have to say squarely whether it is for or
against the Chicago platform. 1t cannot
face both ways, and there is no ignoring
the one issue now dividing politics. The
silverites will not let it ignore the Chicago
platform; and reasonably enough. Tam
many must say fatty whether it stands on
that platform or rejects it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
Good for Governor Johnston ,

The Hon. JOSEPH F.. JOHNSTON, Governor
of Alabama, showed last week that he
understands a very important part Of his
business, namely, to see that the laws Of
the State are executed. Inspirited by the
recent lynchings in Ohio and Maryland, a
mob seized a freight train at Decatur last
Wednesday night and started for Hunts
vile with the intention Of lynching two
negroes accvsed of felonious assault upon
a young white girl. The negroes had
been sent to Huntsville to keep them
out of the way of the lynchers. The
Sheriff of Madison county, of which Hunts
vile is the shire town, telegraphed to Gov
ernor JOHNSTON, who Immediately ordered
a Huntsville militia company to defend the
Jail. had two thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton sent to Huntsville, directed aBirming-
ham company to be ready to start for Hunts
vile at notice, and instructed the Sheriff
of Madison county to defend the prisoners
regardless of consequences, promising to
give him all the troops he needed.
The train of lynchers was left on a side
track. and finally they skunk back to De.
catur on shank's mare. Meanwhile the
militia guarded the prisoners at Huntsville.
Inc non. JosEPh ~.JohNSioN ulu Boou
stroke for the credit of his State last week,
and he will receive the congratulations of
all cool-headed and ~law-abiding men.
Ohio, so lately disgraced by the pusillanimi.
ty or want or judgment of her Governor,
who permitted riot to triumph at Urbana,
has particular reason to admire the resolu.
tion and rapidity of action shown by Gov.
JOHNSTON. The Governor of a Southern
State, one of those States to which so many
virtuous homilies against lynching have
been read by self-satisfied Northern moral
lists, has set the example for all Governors
Sheriffs, and other officers of the law.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
"sitting Around the Town"

We have received a red copy of a
pamphlet, Official Report of the Town of
Brookhaven, n. Y, for the Year Ending
April /, 1897" 1t is an authorized record
of the receipts and disbursements of the
Town Trustees. The local taxes levied to
meet the salaries and expenses of the numer.
Gus officials of the little place are accounted
for in detail. The inhabitants are told how
much the Sheriff and his six deputies, the
nine c%onstables, the eight Justices, the
three Excise Commissioners, the Super.
visor. the Town Clerk, and various other
officers obtained for their services during
the year. This is one item in the long list
of items:
BOARD of Assessors, for sitting around the town.
02O4. 80"
If this statement had not been made in
an official report, printed for the informa-
tion Of the citizens of the place, we might
nave thought that there was a humorist in
the town of B%rookhaven, who sat around
the town at the expense of it's taxpayers. 1t
is, however, a piece of realism as genuine
as anything else in the report.
1t is possible that the question may now
arise in the minds of some people, whether
any more sitting assessors are needed in
B~rookhaven. In our opinion plenty of them
can be got, II there are vacant benches in
the town upon which to sit. We are not
told the number Of the members of the
board but there can't be very many of
them when the expense incurred in their
behalf is set down at only $2O4.50 for the
year. We should think that every member
of the board, II he sits steadily, would be
worth that much.
Brookhaven is a growing place, and we
are not surprised at its growing. Its popu-
lation in the year 1860, which was less than
10000, Is now estimated in the red covered
pamphlet at Is, 900; 30 that. If the estimate
is correct. there has been an increase of its
people to the number of at least 5000 in a
period Of thirty-seven years. Brookhaven
deserves to be a part of Great New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
OBTAINING Their Country.

When the New York Times is seeking
for q pretext for maligning its country 1t
should hunt for something that at least has
the appearance OF truth, with which to
make the assault. In the remarks sub
Joined about the Paris convention as to the
sealing dispute, 1t simply bases Its assault
upon an often proved falsehood:
"of course, Il Ia very unfortunate that We should
have failed to make provision for the payment OF 90
much of the award of the Paris tribunal az went
against US. That Is part OF the price We pay for main
tanning such q national nuisance rs Senator MORGAN
in the character Of q public servant. and for maintain
ing the courtesy Of the Senate. which enables him to
set OF his personal interests or his personal spites
against the national interests and the national credit.
1t 10 unfortunate. because It enables the London press,
whenever we urge the necessity OF taking measures
for the preservation Of the seals. to divert the discus
sion to our meannoss and bad faith"
The Paris convention did not make any
money award against us. 1t simply de-
cided that we must settle with Great Brit
ain for our unlawful exclusion of the Cana
dian ~sealers, but left the amount of the
indemnity to be ascertained by the respec-
| tive Governmental. A compromise amount
of $425 900 was agreed upon by Secretary
| utEotAh IN lLotuo buoJNSb w
the approval Of Congress = but Congress
found ~indisputable evidences of such gross
fraud on the part Of the Canadian claim
ants, in collision with Americans, that it
refused to sanction the proposed settlement.
A mixed commission was then appointed
to tax testimony and report, and it is now
holding its sittings at Vancouver. Hence
nobody yet knows what may be the amount
awarded against us.
A few weeks ago, Harper's Weekly also
said s%cornfully that we were grossly de-
linquent in not having yet paid the 1926
600 damages awarded against us by the
Paris Tribunal of Arbitration. Is it not
about time that the editors who are en-.
gagged in the defamation of their country
should set about acquiring some accurate
information as to the matter upon which
they base their shameful accusation Sew.
eral times before we have published the
facts as above.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
Tho Enemy's Country and tho
Neutral Zone.

The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
ought to be coached by some Of his Tam
many friends. He needs to be trained In
political geography. When he came to this
town Saturday he must have believed that
New York was still 1.-The enemy's country"
MS he called it in 1896. And so 1t Is, but
not for publication until Tammany has got
the municipal campaign off its hands.
BY consultation with tho Hon. JOHN
CHoRTLE SIBERIAN, Mr.. BRYAN will learn
that from now until the closing Of the polls
on Nov. 9, 1897, New York 10 to be regard.
ed as n neutral political zone. Here the gold
lamb lies down with the silver shearer. The
echoes OF national politics are not heard in
this happy island in the seas Of politics.
All ears are to be sealed. All brains are to
be insulated. The whole town Is to be hyp-
Noticed by Mr.. SHEEHAN, who lie holding
up n large brass medal inscribed "Local
Issues Only"
If Mr.. BRYAN wants to continue the pur-
suit of geography, Mr.. SHEEHAN may re-
mind him that, during the next five months,
o tour in parts remote from New York will
be advantageous to his studies.
It would have been convenient for the
Tammany sneakers II Mr.. BRYAN could
nave stayed away. His presence must
assure even the dullest Tammany advocate
of lodging. that the issues of 1895 cannot
he abandoned temporarily or evaded for the
purposes of the municipal campaign. That
campaign will be but a new movement in
the old fight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
RussernecLInE at Br,an,. Home.

froih the Nebraska State Journal.
The oast-bound Burlington flyer stops at Lin
coin for one solid hour every afternoon betw cen
lis and 2:l5. That gives time enough for
sightseers to pile on to a trolley car and ride a
mile or two and then back without feeling that
there is dan ger that the train will go away and
leave them. The car takes them out Seven
house pointed out by the conductor. II the
tourists happen to be silver people-and the
~kind-they get Off at ID street and spend ali
the time at their disposal ruhhernecking in front
OF the home of their idol. They gather leaves
from the Bryen lawn. and even pick bits OF bark
from the Bryan trees and add them to their col
neighborhood says that this one train furnishes
an average OF a dozen of these tourists every
day. There are a dozen notable public buildings
In and around Lincoln. but this Bryan house al.
tracts more attention than all OF them combined
from these chance visitors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
The Goo Goo Sooners.

Some of the impatient youthful spirits in
the Good Government clubs continue to
weep and rail because their plan of driv.
ing the more level-headed part of the Citi-
zens' Union into nominating a municipal
ticket this week Is already pretty well
choked Off in fact, black in the face.
The Goo Goo "Sooners" feel that they
cannot wait. They scorn prudence and
they don't care a copper for consequences
They want to be in the fray at once. Politics
is a comparatively new amusement for most
of them. They lave a very imperfect
knowledge of its rules, but they are bound
to play right Off. Even good young men
may be goaded by the desire for conspicuity,
and the Goo Goo Sooners do not see why
they should have to wait until August or
September for the glory which they might
be earning in June. And even more than
by the desire OF glory are they pricked by
the desire to be all alone In 1t. They feel
that on their young heads rests the ark of
the whole Mugwump truth. wood upon
wood. What are votes to them2 1t Is
their business, or at least their pleasure, to
lead. "Start the ark, and give the COM
munity a chance to follow" say they.
No tolerant nature will wish to be severe
to these Goo Goo Sooners. Wisdom Is not
obligatory and u~nripeness Is not a crime;
and 1t would be unjust to blame the colt
for not being a warhorse. Let the boys
amuse themselves. If they had the power,
the rash policy which they desire would be
followed to the serious detriment and, per-
haps, to the defeat of the conservative forces
of this community. But it is clear that they
have not the power. Good sense and good
politics have prevailed over the counsels of
folly. The Citizens Union Is trying to en-
large itself, to find support In Kings, Queens
and Richmond counties, in short, to insure
that when the time for nominations comes,
there will be a considerable body of voters
to stand by those nominations. Mr.. SETH
Low, by a little timely caution, has saved
the Citizens Union from what would have
been a very foolish and discreditable piece
of business. The impetuous Goo Goo Soon
ers, however, are still bowling for war.
Give them nominations or give them death.
Well, why don't the Sooners nominate a
candidate of their own2 They might take
Mr.. CHARLES r. MILLER, for instance, who
is crying for tim at the top of his voice.
They might nominate the Hon. LARRY
GoDKIN, reimporting him from Europe for
the occasion. Or they might nominate one
of the editorial sucklineS In the Evening
Post nursery, or the Hon. PRYNNE Cox OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
THE SEALS.

Branding Nc Defence Against E1terminat1sn.
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: Tho odi.
torial. Branding the Seals" which appeared IN
THE SUN Of Friday, juno IL, whom read by the
average reader, seems to prove that II branding
the female seals were resorted to, their stins for
mercantile purposes would become valuolesa.
The great trouble on the questions Of the pres
e~rvation of the fur seal. pelagic sealing. &c, has
ever been that most Of the suggestions and argu-
ments have been made by people entirely un-
acquainted with the practical side of the fur
trade and the use to which the skins are put
Nothing is less likely to stop pelagtc sealing
than the branding Of tho females. Every fur
rier will ridtcule the idea Of rendering q skin
yalueless by brands, unless those brands are sui
animal and make it q "deadfan-"
1t 10 the %furrier's business to repair damages
caused TO the skin by natural or artificial means,
and nothing would be easier to repair than the
damages caused by brands. That holes and baro
places on q Bealskin do not render 1t valuelesg In
easily proven by inspecting q seal or any other
fur garment upon the leather side, which vii
show numberless seams made in the process Of
reaassembling the different parts and pisces
There are better ways than branding 10 stop
pelagic sealing II such Is the honest intention e
the Governments interested. LEON PLATKY,
Editor Clodks and FSFa.