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The record-union., 1897-12-28
YUKON INTELLIGENCE.
THE STEAMER TEES ARRIVES
FROM SKAGUAY.
Two Big Robberies at Dawson, the
Amount Stolen Being Twenty
Eight Thousand Dollars.

VICTORIA (B. c., Dec. 27.-The
steamer Tees. which arrived tonight
from Skaguay, brought down five Klon-
left Dawson on November 16th and
three other Victorians, and T. Hamburg
of Seattle, who started on their tramp
on October 9th. The party leaving
on the latter date ran out Of provisions
at Fort Seikirk and had to beg their
way along, getting food at different
camps, or when it was not to be had,
living on anything they could shoot.
Shaw came out by dog train, leaving
Dawson after the ice formed. He
passed fifty-one men on the river boun-
Diary. They were all coming with just
enough to last them. At Stewart forty
three outfits bound for Dawson We're
frozen in Two Of the three RATS of
beef which were on the bars just above
Dawson were carried down the river
right past the town on floating ice.
On the night of November 18th Jim
Carey's saloon at Dawson was robbed
of $4,000. Ed Lord, the bartender
and two other men We're arrested. AT
Fort Selkirk, a man named Keeler was
robbed Of $4,000. Jackson was arrest
ed on suspicion.
A report reached Dawson Of strike
made on claim No. 43, below on Hun
ker Creek. The drift went So to the
pan, and there was five feet of gravel.
Dominion Creek is also turning out
well.
Americans complain bitterly of hav-
ing to pay duty on their outfits at Tag
ish Lake.
j. w. Mckay, who left Dawson on
November 18th, reached Skaguay before
the steamer Tees left. 1t is stated that
he brought out $4,000 in dust. Shaw
says none of the men on the trails will
get down until the ice goes out in the
spring. Just before he left claim own
ers reduced wages from SO to SO per
day, and men were threatening to go on
strike.
THE ELDER SAILS.
PORTLAND, Dec. 21.-The steamship
George w. Elder sailed for Dyea and
Skaguay with 125 passengers and 500
tons of freight. Fifty horses and 400
600 feet of lumber were offered but the
Elder was unable to make room for
them.
Among the passengers was Major L.. RI.
Rucker, Fourth United States Cavalry,
who goes to Dyea and Skaguay to make
an investigation of the passes for the
purpose of selecting the most feasible
route for the Government Yukon relief
expedition
The record-union., 1897-12-28
PHILADELPHIA
BANK FAILURES.
The Conferrees Selected to FOrmu-
late a Plan of Settlement
Present One for the Consideration Of De-
positors and Creditors.

Preferred Stock to the Extent of
Two Million Dollars to be Is
sued in the Record Publishing
Company to Meet the Liabili-
ties of the National Bank and
pany.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
THURSDAYS STORM
Was Without A Parallel In Point OF
Rainfall And Extent.

Was Without A Parallel In Point OF
Rainfall And Extent.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Chicago, March 6.-The storm which
ragged throughout the middle and wes-
tern states Thursday night stands IN
paralleled not only for the extent Of
territory over which it ranged but for
the amount of water precipitated.
At Cincinnati the rainfall reported
by the weather bureau officials
amounted to sos inches and floods
are rported from every telegraph
station from Pittsburg on the east to
Kansas City on the west, and from the
lakes TO the northern boundary of
Tennessee.
In some instances the wind reached
the velocity of hurricane and much
damage to dwellings. barns, fences,
orchards and forests has been report
ed from various points throughout the
district.
Throughout Southern Illinois the
damage to railroad property in form
of waShOuts, making traffic impossible
and wrecks caused by the Softening of
r0adbCdS. is immense.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
BRITAIN BLUFFING KRUGER.
But The Sturdy Dutch President
Won't Bulge A Bit.

But The Sturdy Dutch President
Won't Bulge A Bit.
Special Wire 10 Sunday Light.
London. March 6.-The st. James
Gazette says it is rumored among per
sons within the ministerial circle that
Chamberlain, Colonial secretary, has
sent an emphatic intimatiOn to Pres
ident Kruger of the South African re-
public. that the aliens act, which is
in operation in the Transvaal, is in
contraventiOn of the provisions of the
London convention of 1888 and must
be withdrawn.
The Manchester Guardian says that
the relations between Great Britain
and the government of the Transvaal
are very much strained and that
Chamberlain is anxious that the in
evitabel struggle between the two
shall come as quickly as possible.
According to the Guardian, General
Lord WOlseley. cOmmander-in-chief of
the British army. is said to have eS-
timated that 10000 troops would be
sufficient TO conquer the Beers. In
the meantime it is understood that
President Kruger, of the Transvaal re-
public. is unmOved and is prepared to
resist all interference on the part of
England. at all costs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07

used TO compel her to clean the sta
bles. She also charges abuse, cruel
treatment and abandonment.
Among wheelmen the great topic is
the road race which is TO be pulled
off on the Harrisburg road on st. Pat
rick's day. The Harrisburg is a beau
tiful shell road and makes grand
wheeling. There will be a number
of events besides the seven mile han
dicap and each event will be open to
all corners.
The social season was brought to a
glorious close with the Emmett Rifles
ball on Monday night, which was one
of the most pleasant festlVltles tnls
city has enjoyed for long time. Inc
hall was was beautifully decorated
with bunting and foliage, whlle the
picture of the patriot, Robert Enmett,
and the flag of "Ould Ireland occu-
pied conspicuous places. Everyone
seemed imbued with the spirit OF the
occasion and all danced and made
merry as though they fully realized
that it would be many day ere
Lent's sombre mantle would be uplift-
ed and they could dance again.
Theatre goers this week have been
enjoying Otis Skinner in the Lady
of Lyons" and "A Soldier of Fortune"
and Grau's Opera company in light
opera. Skinner played here Monday
matinee and evening performance to
good houses, and Lent failed to act
as a deterrent to those desiring of
hearing the opera company.
There have been two incendiary fires
in the last two days and citizens are
beginning to wonder whether Houston
is about to enjoy fire-bug panic.
The city charter amendment SQUAD
BILE is on in earnest and it at present
looks as though the Legislature might
make no amendments at all. After
the Business Leagues cool reception
by Mayor Rice and the council on the
subject, Mr.. Joseph f. Meyer was APP
pointed by the league to visit Austin
and press their views. This he did
and received the assurance from Hous-
tons representatives that the whole
charter would be revised before any
| amendments were made. Mayor Rice
looks on this as serious blow to his
| hopes.
The weather here has been simply
| hopeless, cloudy, dull and windy, but
| no rain. AS consequence Houston
and its citizens are nearly buried in
| duSt a
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
GREEK NAVY

Has Begun To Move Up To The Line
OF Battle.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Athens. March.6.-The feverish ac-
tivity which has characterized the
movements of the military and naval
authorities here for several days past
continues undated
Preparations to dispatch troops and
munitions of war to Thessaly are be-
ing hurried forward with all possible
haste
The Greek barbete ships Spezzia and
Psara, which sailed from PiraeuS a
day or two ago under sealed orders,
together with the cruiser Navarehas,
the cOrvettes Admiral, Miaules and
Basileus Georgis, and the gunboats
Anzo and ParlouS, will form squad,
ron which has been ordered to cruise
in the SpOradeS.
Another squadron. composed OF
eight gunbOatS, will cruise in the gull
Of Alta.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
GREEKS CALLED OUT.

Citizens of the Archipelago In All For
eign Countries Must Fall in.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New York, March Ga cable dis
patch was received by the Greek con-
sui general in New York this morn
ing from the minister for foreign af-
fairs saying that Greece had called
out the reserves of the classes of 1866
to 1873 inclusive, and ordered them to
join their respective regiments at
once.
The consul is instructed to give i'm
mediate information to all of of the
citizens of Greece in the United
States and expects them to do their
duty. All the Greek citizens of this
and other cities were notified of this
order today. There are 10000 Greeks
in this country, of whom about one
fourth are subject of CONSUMPTION.
The failure to obey this mandate
carries punishment for two years i'm
prisOnment and a fine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
OHIO'S FLOODS.

The Full Extent OF Damages Cannot
Be Computed.
BY Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Cincinnati. March 6.-Scores of
homes ruined, immense loss to prop
erty and great suffering is the record
for one day as the result of a second
flood within a month in this city. All
the creeks and streams in this vicin-
ity overlooked their banks and the
mad rush of water carried houses,
bridges, trees and everything that Of
fered obstruction before them. Al
ready hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of damage has been done
and the full extent will be known only
after the flood subsidies and careful
inspection is made. Hundreds Of
families have been rendered homeless.
The creeks and streams throughout
the country are rising.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
BLANC SENTENCED.
They Will Hang For Their Brutal
Murder.

IneE W Ill Hang For Their Brutal
Murder.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans. March 6-Ernest and
Alexis Blanc, the young men charged
with the brutal murder of Martin
Begnaud, were yesterday sentenced
to hang by Judge Debaillon. who was
sitting in Lafayette. No announce
ment of the intention of Judge De-
baillOn to sentence the accused had
been made, and when the boys were
brought from the Jail to the court
room there was considerable specula-
ton as to what was going to occur.
After dispOsing of a civil case the ac-
cused were called before the bar and
the judge, after reviewing the evil
dence adduced in their case. sentenced
them to death. The boys were not
affected by the sentence and after be-
ing returned to their cells amused
their fellow prisoners by producing
music with stiff paper shaped like cor
nets. The prisoners are resigned to
their fate, and say that they were Civ
en- fair trial
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
PREVENTED AN OUTRAGE.
Attempt to Assault an Immigrant
at Key West

Attempt to Assault an Immigrant
at Key West.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Key West, Fla, March 6.-The time
ly arrival of two customs officers last
night prevented a dastardly crime
from being committed on a young fe-
male Russian immigrant bound to
Galveston, on the steamer COmal.
1t seems that the intended victim
and a companion were walking around
the city when they were met by a
Spaniard, a fireman on the same
steamer, who pilOted them back to the
customhOuSe for the purpose of as
saulting the child, it is charged, Off
GERS Kemp and Frow, hearing a cry,
ran to the place and saw man push
ing the little girls ahead of him. The
girls were questioned, but as they
could not speak English the officers
were at a loss what to do. They col
Jared the man and then reported the
facts to the first mate OF the steamer
! He promised 70 investigate the mar
ter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
GOLD BOOM IN A SILVER STATE
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Atlanta, Ga, March Ga great
boom is starting in the Georgia gold
district. The Georgia British Gold
Mining company, limited, of London,
has options on 1000 acres of mineral
lands in North Georgia and the man
aging director is now here making
the first payments. Many western
miners have come into the field and
gold mines are being rapidly opened
up. Denver parties are contemplating
the erection of a smelter with a capac-
ity of 300 tons a day. 1t is only with
in the last two years that cheap pro-
cesses have been found for the sue
cessful treatment of the sulphuret
ores of the Georgia and Alabama
gold fields.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
RAILROAD BLOCKED.
Trains At A Standstill Because OF
The Great Floods.

itiiiS ~ a bpNahuSNill bNNhhoN VI
The Great Floods.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Louisville, KY, March 6.-The Penn
Sylvana railroad has annulled all
trains north and east today on account
of the Indiana flood.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwes-
tern started train for Cincinnati at
10 o'clock this morning and will try
to get one to st. Louis tonight.
The Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago sent out a Chicago train via
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
and the Big Four, which is open all
the way. 1t is expected that all the
roads will be in good shape by tomOr-
row morning.
The Cumberland Gap tunnel of the
L. & n. has caved in again, and pas
sengers are being transferred.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
ABOUT A WOMAN.

A Coolly Executed Murder In Houston
Yesterday.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Houston, Texas, March 6-Frank
Foster, switchman on the interna-
tional railway, this afternoon shot and
killed George Patch, well known
railroader of this city, at Patch's res
idence, on the Harrisburg road. Patch
was shot in the left breast and died in
half an hour. The cause of the quar-
rel was woman. Patch had only
returned last night from Mexico, with
a man named James Fox. Foster
took the matter coolly, walked to
town and surrendered himself at the
police station.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
SPAIN Is WORRIED.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

SPECIAL Wire 10 Sunday light.
London, March Ga dispatch from
Madrid to the Central News agency
says President McKinley's inaugural
address has not caused much of an
impression in Spain. The ministerial
newspapers, in their comments mis-
trust the reserve of the new president
and public opinion is very suspicious
in view of McKinley'S antecedents and
the attitude of Secretary Sherman,re-
Gently manifested in the United States
Senate.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
CHARTERS FILED.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Austin, Texas, March 6-The follow
ing charters were filed today in the de-
partment of state:
The Dealey Lumber Co., Of Dallas.
Capital stock $4,000.
Gale Manufacturing Co., Albion,
Michigan. Capital stock $5S,OOO.
The John Church Co., of Cincinnati,
Ohio. Capital stock 100000.
The Texarkana Cooperage and Man
ufacturing Co, of Texarkana, Texas.
Capital stock $4,000.
The Texas Petroleum Oil associa-
ton, of COrsicana, amendment of char
ter Capital stock $4,000.
A. G. Wills Lumber Co., of Dallas,
Capital stock $4,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
NEW INSTITUTE.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Tex, March 6.-Rev. C. Z.
Dorset and Messrs. Z. X. Massee and
F. c. Austin, who for many years
were connected with the West Texas
Military Institute of San Antonio, are
in the city organizing a military
school
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
HALE INDICTED.
,cial Wire to Sunday Light,

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Atlanta, Ga, March CIV. C. Hale
was indicted by the grand jury here
yesterdaycharged with the embezzle-
ment of $1,000 from the Southern Mu-
tual Building and Loan association,
of which he was president.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
SORRY THEY STRUCK.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

lshpeming, Mich, March 6.-The
condition of the striking miners at
Norway is desperate. Two hundred
families are on the verge of starva-
ton. The miners at Aragon struck
two months ago. They have asked
to be taken back at the old rate but
have been refused. The Miners I'M
ion and local charities are unable to
cope with the situation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
SQUEEZING THE MOSLEM

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
ConstantinOple, March 6.-FOreign
ambassadors here presented a cOllec-
tive note to the Porte Thursday re-
Quiring the withdrawal of Turkish
troops from the interior of the island
of Crete TO the coast towns. The
Sultan was also notified that it had
been decided by the Powers to abolish
the international gems d'armes in
Crete
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
HAVE GONE TO WORK.
.io1 Wire 70 Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Washington, March Gail the new
secretaries of the various departments
and the postmaster general assumed
charge of their respective departments
at noon today.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Atlanta. Ga, March Ga special
from Gainesville says that Martin
DoOley was appointed receiver for the
Gainesville, jefferson and Southern
railroad last night by Judge Kimsey.
The road runs from Gainesville on the
Southern to Social Circle on the GeOr-
gia, distance of about 40 miles. The
Georgia has been operating it and
owns the rolling stock.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
ONE WEEK IDLE.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Amesbury, Mass, March 6.-Notices
have been posted in all the mills of
the Hamilton corporation that the mills
will shut down all next week but will
resume work the following week.
This is in accordance with the plan
for curtailment at Fab River. The
shut down will cause about 900 en-
plOyes to be idle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
EXTRA SESSION CALLED.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Washington, March 6.-PreSident
McKinley's first official proclamation
was issued this afternoon. 1t con
venes an eXera session of Congress to
meet at ~ o'clock on March 18th.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
TO OVERAWE THE CARLISTS.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Madrid, March 6.-The government
has decided to hold the coming mill
tary 1haneuvers in the province of Ca
talonia in view of the prevailing sus-
piciOn that a Carlist movement is con-
templated in that part Of Spain.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
TURKISH CONSUL INDICTED.
Special Wire To Sunday Light.

Specldl wire 10 Sunudy LSnl.
Boston. Mass, March 6.-The grand
jury today reported an Indictment
against Jos. A. Isasigi, Turkish con-
sui general at Boston. He is charg-
ed with the embezZlement of over
100000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
DARKEYS RECOGNIZED.
Lily Whites To Admit Them To Their
Council.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire 10 SUNDAY Light.
New Orleans. La, March Cat a
meeting of the Lily White Republican
State committee yesterday at Hotel
Royal. 1t was decided to allow negroes
to become members of the committee.
Resolutions authorizing the chairman
to appoint thirty cOlored members at
large were adopted. There were two
votes against the resolution, Henry
Mccall and G. S. Matthews. Mr.. Me-
Call said that personally he was in IA
vor of allowing the darkeys to have
a say in the management of the Re
publican machine, but the people he
represented were not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27
RATTLEsNAKEs HIS PETS.
They Are AHectIonate aad Gentle,
Says Leroy George.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Los Angeles.-If young Leroy George is
right, the rattlesnake is the most mis-
represented and maligned creature on
earth. He is a young man from San Die
go county, where he had spent all his life
on a ranch, blue-eyed and frank-faced,
and thinks no more of letting dozen aat-
tlesnakes climb all over him than another
would of playing with a pet poodle. He
SAYS that snakes are just as capable Of
feeling and showing affection and graft
tude as any other animal. He has bar
rel full of rattlesnakes, an even l2S, and
for the last week he has been showing
how much they think Of him.
He kept his snakes in room over In
Pasadena, which had In the center a
rough board Enclosure above five feet by
three and waist high In that he stood
bare-handed, in his shirt sleeves, sur
rounded by his snakes apparently the
happiest, serenest family In existence. The
mass OF reptiles crawled and wriggled all
about him, covering the floor everywhere,
winding about his legs, twisting them
selves about his back and arms and neck.
II a visitor asked to see the poison fangs
~ anv particular serpent George took the
snake In his hands. prled open Its mouth
with his fingers, and with a toothpick
showed the deadly fangs curled back
against the poison sacs In the roof Of the
mouth.
one day a spectator doubted that there
were f2S rattlers, and the boy with his foot
carefully scraped the snakes away from
one corner OF the pen and. picking them
up one by one. dropped them into the
cleared space. counting as he did 70. He
pluuRed his bare hands fearlessly into the
mass OF crawling bodies waving heads,
and rattllng tails. selling hold Of them any
where, by neck, body, head, or tail. as was
most convenient. II any OF them tried 20
crawl out OF the corner where they were
placed he struck them gently over the
head with his open palm and made them
stay where they were put He handled
them as n they were 80 many newly
Matched chickens and paid not the least
attention 10 their protests Of open, kissing
mouths and buzzing rattles. Some Of the
spectators could not endure the sight, but
hurried away 10 alarm. The next thing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27

North Carolina has tobacco farmer
in Miss Sue u. Conner pretty young wo
man who lives near Madison. She does all
the work on the farm herself. and recent
iy brought her crop OF tobacco 20 Win
ston. II was sold and brought a good
round pjice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27

In the face OF the numerous pictures
which represent Queen Victoria on any
and every domestic occasion with her
crown on Il. Il Is rather curious TO learn
that she has not. as a matter OF fact.
worn Il more than twenty times during
her whole reign.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-12-04

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