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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
THE Seeding wHEELMEN

San Francisco, May The gauntlet
thrown down by the national officers
of the League of American Wheel
men to California cyclists who have
seeded, to form an organization of
their own has been taken up with
will, and hereafter it is to be war to
the knife. The members of the Cali
fornia Associated Cycling clubs, under
whose banner the seceders have ranged
themselves are ready and willing to be-
gin the battle at once, and point with
pride and confidence to the fact that
several hundred men have already
Joined the new organization as indi-
viduals and pledged themselves to sup
port it to the utmost extent. They
have no fear of reprisals that are
threatened or that the secession move
ment will be disrupted by anything
that the eastern people will. do.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
EVERY OPPORTUNITY AVAILA-
Ri Ii

New Orleans, May THE providen-
tial interference of good weather has
enabled such strengthening of the lev
ee line until now there is little fear
of disaster. However, the levee boards
are al at work with a will and the
Davis, Pixies Peak, Bonnie Care, Nc
Call and other important leyees which
are deemed weak are being placed in
a condition to withstand the siege.
The river has at last broken away
from the 1913 mark but is only one
tenth above it. This means that the
time to halt has not yet come and that
there will be no cessation of labor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
TO GET WORK.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May An attempt
was made to wreck a Cheyenne and
Northern passenger train this morn
ing by displacing a switch in the
yards. Owing to the fact that the train
was running slowly no damage was
done beyond the derailing of the loco
motive.
The switch was turned with the eX-
pectation that the Cheyenne and Nor
thern employees would be blamed for
it and discharged and that extra Union
Pacific men would be given work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
ALL FOR A WOMAN.

Leadville, Col, May IA, woman
known as Mrs. Belle Walker, was shot
and instantly killed by her lover who
called himself George Ratliffe, after
a quarrel. The assassin then took his
own life. A letter was found on the
person of the dead man addressed to
the coroner and stated that his real
name was Gardner Marchbank and his
home was in Ouray.
The wOman's name was Laura Belle
Lantz. Marchbank said he sacrificed
everything in the world for the woman
and she deceived him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
YOUNG MAN DYING IN CHICAGO
FROM THE EFFECTS OF A
DOG BITE.
1t Was Only An Ordinary Scratch
But Developed Into A Horrible
Case OF Rabies And Now
He Is Dying STRAPPED
To The Bed.

Chicago, May 20, wish l had a
drink of water" cried Gus Gunderson
at the county hospital. But his atten-
dants, knowing that water, even the
sight of it, would only make his by
drophobis spasms worse, had to deny
this, his only request And so, writh-
ing, barking, biting, splitting and fam
ishing, poor Gunderson must die.
About thirty days ago Gus Gunder-
son was bitten by a dog. He was ma
king preparations to go out on farm
for a few months and friend gave
him an ordinary yellow dog which he
had picked up, half starved, a waif on
the street.
This he was to take as his only COM
panion to his new life on the farm.
But during the night the cur aroused
the household by his barking and Gun
derson went to him, endeavOring to
quiet him. The dog snarled, and when
an effort was made to make him lie
down he jumped and bit his master in
the face. 1t was only a slight scratch
and no serious thought was given to
it. The next morning, however, Gun
derson shot the dog and then went to
his farm life in La Sale county. We'd
nesday morning the first symptom of
rabies showed itself. On attempting
to take a drink of water he found that
he could not swallow it. He was inn
mediately seized with a spasm, and
gagging and tearing at his throat he
then realized that he had hydropho-
bia. He gradually became worse dur
ing the day, the spasms becoming
more frequent and harder toward eve
ming. Yesterday he was taken to the
county hospital and placed under the
care of the house physician and sur
geon. Everything possible was done
for the suffering man but nothing
known in science can help him at this
late stage. He has been given NOR
phine in large quantities but his suf-
fering is so great that it has but little
or no effect. 1t will only hasten his
death which must come before the day
is over.
His condition last evening was some
thing pitiable. Strapped hand and
foot to his bed he writed and twisted
and tore at the bed clothing, begging
all the time for the doctor to kill him
and end his misery.
Then he would have a quiet mo-
ment in which he would be perfectly
rational, only to break out again in
his terrible cries for water During a
lucid moment he called for a minister
and Rev. w. w. Diehl, of Ashland
Boulevard Methodist church, was call
ed.
Say something good to a wicked
sinner" he mOaned as the minister
entered the room. My time is over
and 1 want to reform. I always
thought it would be too late to come
to Christ at the last hour, but feed
different now"
And then the minister consoled and
prayed with the penitent man.
His father and sister entered the
room, and between some of his hard
est spasms, last farewell was said.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
sPECULATED TOGETHER.
Vassar Came out Ahead and is Now in
the Tolls.

dSS1l SeAIlG Jul anu 10 ANON III
the Tolls.
San Francisco, May Rufus P.Vas-
sar grandson of the founder of Vas
sar college, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,is
under arrest here, charged with en-
bezzlement. The complainant, Maude
Essington Stewart Mitchell Duggan, of
Chicago, alleges that she entrusted him
with a 5000 diamond ring and $50 in
coin and that he appropriated the same
to his own use.
Vassar, however, claims that there
is nothing criminal in his transaction
with the lady and states that they
maintained a community interest in
race track speculation and that the
ring and money do not nearly counter
balance the amount advanced on her
account. The complainant came here
ostensibly for the purpose of securing
a divorce from John Eduard Duggan
of Chicago, to whom she was married
in 1898, at Racine, Wis. The decree
was granted April 80.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
A BRAVE LAD.
Stands By His Post With Dynamite
On Fire BY His Side.

Stands BY His Post With Dynamite
on Fire BY His Side.
Houghton, Mich, May IA box con-
tanning 200 pounds of dynamite no fire
ten feet away from him. John Thomas,
a boy who runs a compressed air hois-
ting machine in the Tammarack mine,
stuck to his post and saved the lives
of the men at work in the mine by his
wonderful bravery.
Ten seconds after John had hoisted
the men to the level, the dynamite ex-
ploded. smashing the engine to pieces
and doing other damage, but the men
and the boy, to whom they owe their
lives. were in place Of safety.
At noon a miner, accompanied by
Thomas, went to the powder room and
found a box of dynamite on fire.
Thomas gave the alarm to the miners
in the mine and ran his engine until
he had hoisted them out. He then
fed. The alarm of fire created great
excitement but no miners were injur-
ed in the rush to reach daylight from
a depth Of 5000 or 1000 feet.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
Price $500 a Year.
INVESTIGATING RACES.
Americans Will Be Compared With
The Asiastic Tribes.


The Asiastic Tribes.
New York, May THE World says:
An exploring party under the leader
ship of Prof. Frank Boaz, the noted
scientist and explorer of the American
museum of natural history, is about
to undertake an extensive systematic
exploration among the inhabitants of
the North Pacific ocean between the
Amoor river in Asia and the Columbia
river in America.
The funds for this important under
taking have been generously provided
by Morris X. Jessup, the president of
the museum, who has done so much al
ready for the advancement of science
and for furthering the work of the
American museum of Natural History
of this city. The expedition will be q
costly one.
Mr.. Jessup has pledged himself to
give 100000 for the development of the
scheme. In 1895 he fitted out the Peary
| relief expedition which extended assis-
tence to Lieut.. Peary and thus result
| ing in important additions to our
! knowledge of Northern Greenland and
valuable contributions to the museum.
The explorations on the coast of the
| North Pacific ocean are intended to
| cover a period of six years during
which time the Investigations are to be
carried on in both Asia and America.
Prof. Boaz said yesterday: There
are few problems that are of greater
Importance to our knowledge. of the
early history of the American race
than it's relations to the races of the
| Old World. 1t has never been taken
up in systematic manner. Some
writer's maintain that American Gull
ture has grown up spontaneously: 9TH
ers assert recognition of traces of Ash
astic culture in America. The field of
research is a vast one and it is expec-
ted that the enterprise will lead to re-
suits which will clear up many obscure
points regarding the early history of
| the American race"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
PHARsALos HAS FALLEN,

Washington, May Minister Ter
reI at Constantinople. under date of
yesterday cables the State department
that a telegram has been received from
Edhem Pasha stating that he cap
tured Pharsalos yesterday morning
and that he was pursuing the Greek ar
my to Domoko. The mountain passes
below Domok could be easily defend
ed but it is reported the Greek army
is greatly demoralized and that 1T Will
offer but slight resistance, II any, to
the advance of the Turks.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VETERANS

Can be Supported at Their Own Homes
Jester Resolution Squelched.
Austin, Texas, May 7.-Special.-The
House this morning, after lengthy de-
bate, passed a joint resolution provid-
ing that all ex-Confederate soldiers
can be supported at their own homes
instead of coming to the home in this
city.
The resolution to repeal the Jester
act setting apart one-fourth of one per
cent annually of the permanent school
fund for the benefit of the available
fund raised a hot debate and was final
ly killed.
The Senate engrossed a bill provid-
ing for the establishment of a summer
normal school at Brazoria.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
ECUADOR's RESOLUTION.
1t is a Holy War and is Being Led by
Priests.

Priests.
New York, May IA special to the
Herald from Panama, Colombia, says:
The revolution in Ecuador accord
ing to all advices received, seems to be
in the nature of a holy war. Among
the leaders of the rebels are many
priests.
The uprising which started in the
province of Canar and Chimboraza,
while not as serious as was thought as
first, is still causing some apprehen-
sion. There has been no considera-
BILE movement so far as known in the
other province in the same direction.
but the trouble continue in the two
provinces named.
In the attack on the city of Rio Ba-
maba, few days since, the rebels met
with heavy reverses. A Jesuit super
Tor, who was with the rebels was kill
ed and two of the principal leaders of
the rebels, Chiroboga and Costales.
were taken prisoners. Eighty-three
others were acquired, among them thir-
ty-two priests.
The rebels are receiving the aid of
a small faction of liberals who are dis
contented with the prevailing condi-
tons.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
WOOL DECREASE.

New York, May IA special to the
Herald from Buenos Ayres, Argentina,
says:
The committee of the National par
ty, DR.. Pellegrini, chairman, appointed
to investigate the extent of the de-
creased $25,0OO, 900.
The decrease in the expectation of
wool is found to be above about $4,000
600.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
T.. s, CUTTERS TO ALASKA

san FRANCISCO May the United
States cutters Rush and Corwin have
started for Alaska to join the Bear
The three vessels will cooperate dur
ing the summer to enforce the sealing
regulations. None of the cutters will
return before October.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
TURNS THE TABLES.

Webster City, Iowa, May Rev. w
G. Geiger, of Marion, has been called
on by the Davenport Congregational
church to answer charges of immoral
ity preferred by various members of
his congregation. He denies the al
legations and has sued Rev. S. S. Roll
Inns and G. w. Stratton for damages
to the amount of $4,000 alleging con-
spiracy and libel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
RAILWAY UNION.

New York, May IA special to the
Herald from Rio Janeiro says that the
government engineers demand that
the president adhere to the project of
a railway union of Brazil, Chile, Peru
and Bolivia.
The syndicate, which has offered to
perfetc the system has asked for three
months further time in which to pre-
sent their proposals for a lease of the
railways.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
sTEvENsoN's SON HERE.

San Francisco, May Lloyd o.
burn, stepson and literary executor of
Robert Louis Stevenson, has arrived
from Samoa on the steamer Alameda.
He will remain here two months. Os-
burn says an uprising of the native Sa-
means need not be apprehended.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
LUMBERMEN's MEETING.

Memphis, Tenn, May IA meeting
of the board of directors of the South
ern Lumber Manufacturers associa-
ton is being held in this city today.
All the high officials are present. The
work of the August convention will be
mapped out. The lumber situation,
as affected by the overflow, will also
be discussed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
MKENZIE RESIGNS.

Cincinnati, Ohio. May "A special to
the Enquirer from Bowling Green, Ky.
says:
The Hon. ]. A. Mckenzie. minister
to Peru, has Just arrived here much
improved in health. He has sent in
his resignation to Washington and ex-
poets to remain here.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
NURSES ARRIVING.

New York, May IA special to the
Herald from Corfu says:
Twenty Russian hospital nurses, who
arrived recently, received orders to
proceed to Pireaus. They have just
left here. About eighty Garibaldians
arrived and have proceeded to Athens.
Basileus Georgios has sailed for
North Albania.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
DIDN'T GET HIS DAMAGES

Dubuque, Iowa, May THE trial
case of John Morgan against the Mod
ern Woodmen of America for $4,000
for an alleged injury while being initi-
ated. was ended abruptly in the Uni
ted States court by Judge Woolsen,
ordering the jury to return a verdict
for the defendant.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
MURDERED BY TRAMPs.

Milwaukee, Wis, May "A farmer
named Harris, living five miles south
of Waukesha, with his wife and hired
girl were murdered by tramps last
night. The hired man succeeded in esca-
ping. The sheriff of Waukesha county
has gone to the scene.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
FAIR AND WARMER

Washington, May 7.-Eastern Texas:
Occasional showers tonight and Satur-
day, southerly winds.
Western Texas: Fair; warmer tonight,
brisk sOutherly winds.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
DIED FROM THE SHOCK.

Paris, May Duo D'Aumelie died
yesterday at Success. SCilly, of the
shock experienced upon hearing of
the death of Duchess D'AllencOn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-07
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.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
WHY ARE WE sLoUoHYp

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
A writer in the New York Post de-
votes two columns to the subject of
American sIouchiness. We are essen
TALLY a sensitive nation, and should a
foreigner bring such wholesale accusa-
tions against US we would be apt to rise
in righteous Indignation. Yet we are
Enthusiastically sIouchy as a nation.
An utter disregard for appearances
stamps every walk in life, from the
elevator boy who Iolls in the corner of
his cab and aims Istly at the cuspi-
dor to the member of congress who
prides himself on a tie that is never
tied and a waistcoat that holds together
by one button. Our farm-hOuses are
dreary, cheerless habitations. where
neatly kept gardens are as rare as
fresh paint. The servants of the govern
ment or of corporations wear the least
possible excuse for a uniform, and the
less tidy they look the greater their
sense of Importance. In no country in
the world is the well-dressed man ridi-
culed as he is here. 1t takes but pair
of well cleaned shoes and trousers neat
ly pressed to earn that most contempt
uOus Designations dude.
We eXalt the slOuch, yet we resent
being called slOuchy. At Harvard some
years. ago it was considered good
winter, and brown derby hats with
evening dress, just because hoi pOlloi
did otherwise. We litter our streets
with waste paper presumably to prove
our ideas of personal liberty. Some
have it that these national Slatternly
habits are due to the lack of military
life and discipline that keeps all Eu-
rope tOeing figuratiVe mark It
might be pointed out, however, the
dirtiest cities of Europe, such as Mos
COW, ConstantinODle and Naples, are
full of military life, While the little
Dutch cities where the soldier is not
seen and the young men follow the sea,
tidiness and neatness are prOverbial.
1t is a fact that we inherit no inherent
sense of order from the AngIo-SaxOns.
The common people in England in the
reign of Elizabeth and even later were
filthy in their dress and in their homes.
When the straw on their floors grew
dirty they threw on more straw, thus
emulating the patient hog. But the
cause of American untidiness is largely
the result OF natural conditions. The
expansion of the country has been ex-
big ideas; each one of US in his own
mind a capitalist. We stop neither for
small ideas nor for small change. We
are prOdigal because nature has dealt
prOdigally with US. We are born
Wasteful. The enormous fires of nat
ural gas, lit in pure wantOnness; the
great tracts of forest laid low without
thought of the morrow are instances of
this
We inherit. too from our Anglo Sax
on ancestors a cardinal contempt for
the uniforms and brass buttons that
play so important a roll in continental
Europe. The negligent attire of Gen.
Grant is matter of history and it is
but a reflection of the national spirit
In our contempt for red tape we swing
too far the other way. That we can be
as tidy and as trim as any nation is
shown at West Point and on board of
our warships. The spirit of SLOUGH is
an artificial production, born of rapid
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
CITIES HEALTH IMPROVED
Thirty-five Thousand Lives Saved,
Each 2 ear

Washington, Oct. 22.-During the last
five years the health of the cities of
America has been improved constantly,
and the death rates have been dwind-
ling. This has been marked Told in
figures, this general lowering of the
death rate means the saving of $4,000
lives yearly. To explain more fully.
had the science of sanitation and the
art of public or preventive medicine"
(the guarding against maladieS before
they Gomez not been carried to their
present high levels, and had the death
rates of American cities been allowed to
remain where they were five years ago,
30, 600 more persons in these cities alone
would have been wiped out of existence
this year. Quietly, yet surely in near
ly every municipality from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, the health boards have
been cleaning up, investigating, exam
lining foods, buildings and their cities
wastes and keeping an eye officially on
cOmmunica bic diseases Diphtheria,
typhOld and tuberculosis consumption
have been watched as they never were
before, and not only are precautions ta-
ken against the spread, ever so slight,
of these diseases, but measures are
adopted constantly to reduce the num-
Der of cases in ordinary times.
Nineteen of the most prominent
American cities, taken so as to include
every section of the country. show, in
every case save one, a decrease In
this one case the death rate has not
varied for 20 years, except slightly from
year to year. That city is Providence,
r. I. Minneapolis shows the largest
decrease, her death rate having fallen
steadily from II per 1000 in 1886 to 9.13
during 1896 A table made up from the
official health board reports of 10 lead
ing cities, and approved by medical ex-
perts, shows the actual number of lives
saved this year. The cities are as
follows: New York, Brooklyn, Chica-
go, Cleveland, Milwaukee. Baltimore
San Francisco, Buffalo Denver, Gin
cinnati, st. Louis, Hartford, Providence,
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Atlanta
Since 1892 these new scientific meas
ures and methods have been coming
into use. Chief among them have been
anti-tOxin for diphtheria, the public
supervision of tuberculosis, the bacter-
ioIogicaI diagnosis of tuberculosis and
diphtheria at the service of private
physicians. the famous blood tests for
typhoid, the inspection of milk, by
which Gordon is formed around a city
and no milk allowed to come in that
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

coil of small copper pipe, through which
a current of hot water is continually
running from a reservoir outside. This
reservoir holds about two gallons Of
water and is heated by gas or an Ordi-
nary oil or alcohol lamp. Fresh, pure,
filtered air is introduced through sim
liar tubes from the outside and is car
ried off by a pipe at the top which has
valves and gauges arranged in an in
genious manner. so that the tempera-
ture may be regulated automatically.
a thermometer and barometer of the
most sensitive description hang inside
the case in the upper corner, and by a
curious contrivance register the tenn
perature and the density of the air. On
the top of the case is a frame inclosing
a chart or diagram on which is written
the name of the child, the date of its
birth, it's weight as ascertained daily,
and a complete and minute history of
its brief existence, for the information
of the nurses, the attending physicians
and medical students.
The London parties who have applied
for space at the Transmississippi EX-
position propose to send over six incu-
bators with physicians. nurses and at
tendants. A suitable building will be
erected possessing all the conveniences
which experience has suggested. The
sole object is said to be to demonstrate
to the American people the scientific
value of the incubator. Visitors to the
exposition will be admitted to the hos
pitaI and the process of nurturing the
weakIings, step by step, will be shown.
IN view of the fact that several medical
societies OF national Importance have
fixed upon Omaha for their annual
meetings next year. the managers of
the exposition are inclined to grant lib
eral terms to the Londoners who pro-
pose to make the first comprehensive
exhibit of the baby incubator in Amer