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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
LEGISLATIVE.
Summary of the Work Of the National and
State Lawmakers.
NATIONAL

II.
Acting Secretary of the Interior,
Francis, is confirmed by the Senate.
Nicaragua canal bill is taken up by
Senator Morgan who makes a speech
favoring the bill. The bill provides for
$100,000000 stock of which the United
States is to take $70,000,000. AS the
bill was made the regular order by
vote of Sc to IA, its passage seems prob
able.
Senator Sherman is congratulated by
his colleagues on his cabient appoint
ment.
A message from the president was
read submitting the report of the board
composed of Messrs. Angel, Russell
and Cooley, appointed to investigate
and report on the feasibility of a wa
ter route from the great lakes to the
Atlantic.
Senate bill was passed for an exam
inatiOn and survey of a water route
from the mouth OF the jetties of the
city of Galveston, Tex, through the
ship canal and up Buffalo Bayou to the
city of Houston, Texas.
House is lightly attended-Session
occupied with District of Columbia leg
islation.
Bill passes prohibiting absolutely the
sale of intoxicants to the Indians
Bills pass amending patent laws in
conformity with recommendation of
American Bar association; and giving
government the use OF patents receiv-
ed by naval officers at compensation
to be fixed by board Of three officers.
House committee on public laws has
the Senate amendments to the free
homestead bill under consideration.
Report of the deep water committee
is laid before both houses of Congress.
Supreme court declares unconstitu-
tional the Texas law of 1889 for attor-
ney fees in cases against railroads.
Mrs. Caroline B. Pier, OF Wisconsin,
and Miss Alice McNick, of Nebraska,
admitted to practice before the Su-
preme court.
Supreme court decides that part of
the South Carolina dispensary law pro-
viding for the inspection of liquors i'm
ported into the state is unconstitution-
al
TEXAS.
The fight made against Speaker
Dashiell on account of his committee
appointments increases in virulence.
Senate passed resolution instructing
the sergeant at arms to keep an item
ICED account with each Senator for
postage and stationery. Also an item
lied account of all other contingent eX-
penses of the Senate and furnish a
copy of the same to the journal clerk
on the adjournment of the Twenty
fifth Senate.an that the same be pub
lished in and become a part Of said
journal.
President of Senate affixes his sigma
ture to the mileage and per diem bill.
Joint resolution inviting Bryan to the
capital has been sent to the governor
for his approval.
Something over a score Of new bills
| were presented in the Senate.
House passes a bill placing the state
/ orphanage at Corsicana temporarily at
| the disposal of the Buckner orphanage.
Clerk was appointed at SO per day to
i tote mail to the postofIice from the ca
l pitol.
Committee OF three appointed to see
that fresh air was admitted to hall OF
i House.
Vote of the late state election count
ed and returns made.
Bill passes appropriating $4,000 for
mileage and per diem.
Cuban resolutions are sent to COM
mittee on Foreign relations.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
SHOWS FOR TEXAS.

Washington, Jan. 19.-For Western
Texas: Local SHOWS. followed by fair
weather, Wednesday northerly winds
slightly warmer Wednesday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
PARLIAMENT OPENED.

London. Jan. 1s.-Copyrighted by the
Associated Press.-The third session of
the fourteenth parliament was formal
ly opened by royal commission at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
STILL BLOCKED.

Springfield, Ills, Jan. 19.-There is
no change in the senatorial situation
today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19

]. G. Schulz and wife, of Falls City,
Tex, are at the Mahncke.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-19
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the burning of charcoal for use IN
their smelter. The boys report
quite a snowfall Tuesday morning
in that section, which soon melted
however. They will return i'll a
short time to work their assess
ments.
l.. q. Edwards returned last
week from an extended visl, to
Stafford, Kansas, with son.
While at Stafford he met Mr.. and
Mrs. Hays and Frank Hays Sr.
Thos. Hays told him they were al!
coming back TO the fertile plains
of Baca In the early spring, pro
viding Dwight Miser sends his
mule team back Tor them. The
team is perfectly safe and gentle
especially travelling up hill and
it is up hill nearly all the way. If
Dwight should fail with the mules
then rs a last resort they will dis
pose of the wagon and harness
which they have left. They also
have a yellow COW gray pony and
a yellow hen, with the proceeds
from the sale of the wagon and
harness they will buy a saddle
and Mrs Havs will ride
the gray pony while Mr..
Hays will follow along behind
leading the yellow COW and carry
ing the Langshan hen. Frank Sr
will take the surplus money after
the purchase OF the saddle and
buy two railroad tickets to Lamar
one for his Ruiy school marm.
From Lamar they will walk hand
IN hand to Springfield unless
some accommodating freighter
will fetch them at 25 cents per
cwt. As Bill Nyc was wont to
say, "a glad smile will come over
the countenance Of their friends
when they appear.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
That 1'riD East

May be for business or pleasure, OF
both; but pleasure comes by max
ing business of travelling East o.
yer the Santa Fe Route as far as
Chicago.
Thirty miles the shoriert line be-
tween Missouri river and Chlcago;
that means quick time and sure
connections.
Track Is straight. rock -ballasted,
with very few crossings at grade.
No prettier, cosier or mere com
Portable trains enter Chicago than
those over the Santa Fe. lhey are
vestibuled limited expresses, with
latest pattern Pullmans and free
chair cars. Meals in dining cars
served on plan of paying for what
Is ordered.
Inquire of nearest agent, or ad-
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Fe Route, Monadnock Building,
Chicago.
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Southeast 3aca.

II. d. Nance killed fine hog
last Saturday.
There was about two inches of
snow here last Tuesday.
Luther Thomas and Will Oaks
went to Syracuse last week after
freight.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Florey visit
ed at Taloga a few days ago and
did some trading.
An emigrant and family passed
through here Saturday. They
were from Ration, N. NJ. and were
going to Arkansas.
b. +. Lamport returned from a
trip to Syracuse last Saturday and
thinks he has had enough freight
ing this winter.
Ralph Wiley and Harry Florey
are at Syracuse this week after
supplies. This is the first trip
Harry has made there for three
years.
Griggs & Goulding, the Garden
City cattle buyers, passed through
here last week enroute to Okla
homa and New Mexico, after an
other herd of cattle. They had
good success with their last herd
ana are now buying cattle of all
kinds.
Messrs. Brown and Bumer, of
Garrett, Oklahoma, had bad luck
a few days ago, while On their
way to Hugoton, Kansas. When
near the old ford ranch, their
team ran away and after running
about ten miles was caught by b.
+. Lamport. After recovering
the team and picking up the most
of the contents of the wagon they
proceeded on their way, sadder
but wiser men. Mr. Brown had
been ordered to Hugoton to be ex
amlned for an increase of pension
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| shall teach a forty weeks Sc
lect school, at Springfield, thls
year. Will do high school and
preparatory college work, in lit
erature, sciences, algebra, geom-
etry, Latin, etc.
Terms, $2.75 per month oil four
weeks. $500 for the year.
Work begins at once. Cores
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WIN. n. MITCHELL.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
COLES WONDERFUL HEATER

Holds fire As hours with wood. Burns ood,
cobs, trash pine and all kinds of light fuel.
Uses about half the fuel of other stoves to do
the same work and will heat a room in less than
half the time of any other stove made.
The cost of heating one living room is almost
more than the cost of stove in fuel every winter
The best one and two room stove on earth.
Order sample by mall from $500 to Sl7
ough your hardware dealer or send to us direct.
COLE e. COLE, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Commissioners Meeting.

Board met as per adjournment,
all present.
Cancellation of warrants and
orders continued.
Adjourned to 1870 p. m.
Board met as per adjournment,
all prese Mt.
Examination of treasurer's re
port and cancellation Of warrants
continued.
The following tax sale certiti-
Gates were examined and Cancelled
sale of '9l, No. 34l; sale OF '93, No.
50; sale of '94, Nos. 105, 106, 607
and $50: sale of '95, Nos 173, PA,
IA, 240, %, 1876, 55 and $50; sale
of '96, Nos. G, 101, so, 50, 1876, 80,
46, 1l3, 81, SIS, 124 il, 10, 100, SIS,
IL, 206, 13, los, Ia, 123, 8, and SO,
The following tax sale certili-
Gates on which deeds have been
issued, were cancelled: sale Of '92
Nos. 4S4 and 3S7; sale of 1913, Nos.
322, 366, 32l, 292, 29t, 293, 295,
800, 303, 29S, 3O1 and 1917.
Examination Of treasurers books
and vouchers completed and his
report approved. Clerks semi
annual report axamined and ap-
proved, also the state reports.
Monthly report of County
Judge for the past three months
examined and approved.
Claim OF J. II. Dudley for serv
ices as county judge SIS allowed
$40.
Clam of w. S. Stewart for $35
for services as district attorney,
allowed at $50.
Judges and clerks of election
were allowed the same as has been
the custom. After passing on the
election claims the board adjourn
ed to $50 a. m. Jan. 9th.
Board met as per adjournment
all present.
Minutes of 4th, 5th, 9th and 7th
read and approved.
Monthly report of County
Treasurer Tor last quarter exam
ined and approved and warrants
ordered drawn on Treasurer's fee
fund for $1I55.
The following CLAIMS were ex-
amined and allowed and clerk in
structed to draw warrants on Or
dlnary fund in payment of the
same:
7 F MilliERn Assessor. l75
| j Harrison serv co treas sl9l Gl Ql
J. G. Ward services Co sheriff $50
Mnry E. Cole Sup't sl25O0
John o'Neil sheep Inspecting a
b Dudley deaf blind asylum S35
NJ Gordon j p fees 9lO
Thos + Milligan wit State VS. Thompson 775
lsaac knight same $50
Fred willis same $50
Frank Blanchat same 40
NJ Gordon p fees Blanc chat-NcA cs 10 so 3 Is
II Stcigelman wit same case $50 2G5
All claims in perjury case of
State VS. Thompson ct al, in G. M.
Gordon's court, disallowed. Also
same orders as to costs in the case
of State VS. Chas. Stewart, james
Herbe1t's court.
Clam of w. S, Stewart recon
sidered and allowed at 500.
Board adjourned to 100 p. m.
Met as per adjournment all
present when the following bust
ness was transacted:
The following claims We're al
lowed and clerk instructed to draw
warrants on the Special Contln-
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

The Real Secret OF the unparalleled succes.
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which more than anything else have con-
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THE CHICAGO DAILY News now adds to
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Address VICTOR r. LAWSON,
Publisher The Dali, News c.licaEo
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The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

Trains leaveMemphls
stoRSISG andEyEsiSd
after arrival OF trains
from the Went and
Southwest, runnins TO
or connecting in UkIoN
DrroTs for all points in
the East and Southeast.
The Memphis an d
Charleston Rnilroa d
and the East Tenn. Va.
& Ga. Ry., have earned
the reputation hcJ
have of giving tho
Quickest Tillc, Best
Through Car Services
and all the Latest and
FincstAccommodatlonn
It's he Principal
Thoroughfare to the
Summer Resort. in tho
Summer and Winter
Resorts in the Winter.
Passengers by lhia
route cross the New
Steel Bridge ut bien-
phls and will avoid tedi
Gus Ferry Transfers
across the Mississippi
River. necessary by any
other gateway south Of
st. Louis.
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22
Local and Personal.

Tuesday, after hay and grain for
his own use.
Jesse Tanner went down into
Oklahoma, this week to buy a
bunch OF cattle.
Mrs. Lille Rorabaush started to
Blackfoot, Idaho, where her hus
band Is located, Tuesday.
John Yokum and Wall Bone
WITT brought IN loads of hay and
grain Sunday, for j. F. Harrison,
N. ]. Bray, VIM. Denney and j.
y. Nanorsdol came in tins morn
ing from Lamar, with hay and
other freight.
If"Contributor" desires his com
municahons to appear he must
send his name in with his contr-
buttons, not for publication how
ever, but as an act of good faith.
L. f. Mathews return ed home
Sunday evening with his father.
They went to Pueblo, and consult
ed a physician there instead Of go
ing to Arkansas City.
Theme BaylY was over from
Minneapolis, Monday, selling eggs
and chees, and paying taxes He
Is one of the ranchmen Of Baca,
who make fine thing out of COWS
and chickens.
On and after the 18th day Of
January, 1897, l will charge par
ties securing scalp certificates, the
fee Of 25e for each certificate IS
sued to them.
JESSE T. HARRISON, Co. Treas.
We take pleasure in announcing
an addition to our population. Mr.
Frank haven of Colorado, will
move in with our youngest Bach
lor" Mark OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Republican, Richfield.
Capt. j. G. Jones Of Cottonwood
canon was In town Tuesday. He
came here to pay his taxes and tC
attend to other business, and take
his wife and baby, who have been
visiting several days with Mrs. J's
parents nine miles west of town
home with him.
Jesse Wright OF Prowers county
was in Baca this week trying tc
buy mich cows. He is very en-.
thusiastic about what the cream.
cry of Prowers county has done
for the farmer, and thinks that is
Just what this country needs tc
make it flourish as "green bay
tree
Dwight Miser and Alf Allen re.
turned from Lakin, Kansas, Mon
day. They got through in good
shape with their cattle, but ex-
perlenced some rough weather on
the road, with quite lot of snow
to drive through. T.. NJ. Whitaker
renamed to do some work, but
will be back in about ten days.
News from the mining section
of Baca county continue to be en-
couraging. The smelling compa-
ny has plated tract for town
site, and is proceeding with the
preparatory work OF smelling. A
small smelter was ordered several
days ago and the company expect
to have it up and running by the
10th of next month. If the ore
proves to be as rich as expected,
midsummer will see 4 lively camp
in this county.
Stewart, Jones DAVIS, the Min
neapolis party who went to the
Carriso mines last week, were
here Wednesday evening on their
way home. They located some
claims after prospecting the camp
nretty thoroughly, and the min
ing man of the crowd had decided
that there was mineral there.
They report the Mesa Mining GO.
ot work on assessments, and the
smeIter company proceeding with
The Springfield herald., 1897-01-22

gent fund IN payment of same.
l. F Mathews fuel light express etc CLEO
+ Harrison postage 2.7j
Jacob G. Ward board prisoner at.
l. \ Wikor stationery ESQ
Mary Cole postage LIS
Gazette Printing Co books etc ai.50
The Ont West Printing Co books 4 blanks 27.Oo
The following claims allowed in
case OF State VS. Thompson, the
amount allowed being one half
that claimed:
T. L Alexander p fees 395
G NJ Gordon same 22s
" II KonLcl witness 3s7
\ Penny same . ~
7 Milligan same 3s7
Emil Lcpcl 3S7
f Harrison same @G
Nancy Bower same 5 so
Gazette Printing Co. stat etc 55.27
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-09
A Mighty Crash.

Charlevoix, Mich, Oct 6.-1'wo men
are dead and ten injured SIS the result
of the blowing down of big new hotel
at Lindsay Park Tuesday afternoon.
The structure had been all enclosed
and partly plastered. About 40 men
were at work in and around the build
ing when the crash came. 1t appeared
as though all were buried iu the ruins,
but after all the rescues were COM
pleted it was found that but two had
lost their lives, Pierce Kendall, of
Charlevoix, and Guy Hamilton, of
Grand Rapids.
The building was 44O feet long and
as the south end began to sway the
roof seemed to lift and the whole i'm
mense structure careened and crashed,
the ruin following like tidal wave to
the north end. 1t was stated that the
building was not properly bracel and
worbmen blame Charles Hoertz, the
supervising carpenter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-09

dozen men in gray, who had apparent.
ly just taken their arms in preparation
for serious business.
That's my name, sir" answered the
colonel.
beg pardon-Col. Kellogg. You
were a captain at Gettysburg. Allow
Inc to extend congratulations upon your
promotion"
1t was becoming interesting, and
both of us were making plans for a
shooting match between a dozen John
ny pickets with guns in their hands
and two officers who had only revolEers,
and they not in hand.
"Guess you don't remember me,
colonel"
81 guess that is so," said Kellogg; and
he was more nervous than l ever saw
him in battle.
I'm the sergeant you gave a nip
from your canteen and whose haver-
sack you filed at Gettysburg. They
have made me a lieutenant since then,
I'd like to have visit with you, but the
officer of the day is due here. Guess
you had better get back to your lines. y
THANK you, lieutenant" said the
colonel, saluting; and as we turned to
leave the confederate gave the coE,.
mand: shoulder arms! Right dress!
Present arms!" Then both of us lifted
our hars. There was fraternity for you.
Chicago Times-Herald.