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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
A WESTERN DELEGATION.

washington. Jan. ga large dele
CATION of gentlemen from the west APP
Deared before the ways and means
committee today on the schedule
hearing.
The first speaker was F. \. Roth
well. of Warren. Pa. Mr.. Rothwell
is cattle raiser, grazing in both Mex
leo and Kansas, and is opposed to
high duties. The Mckinley rate on
cattle, he said, was prohibitive and
had injured the farmers of Kansas
who were benefited by international
grazing. Herds were taken to Kan
sas for periods of from six to eighteen
months. Last year Kansas farmers
were paid $4,000 iorrbgSHRDLUU
were paid 500, 900 for grain by the cat
tie men and this year the amount
would be $4,000, in addition to which
much was paid for labor.
Another cattle man, NJ. NJ. Sherman,
of Salina, Kas., represented that two
thirds of the cattle imported from
Mexico into United States were owned
by Americans. He thought the high
duties on cattle had been decided upon
by Congress to keep out Canadian
competition without thought of Mex
lean business. He argued, as Mr..
Rothwell had, that the chief effect of
the law was to injure Americans who
had invested in Mexico.
''Then you think the tariff should
be governed by the nationality Of the
producers of the goods" Mr.. Gros-
venOr asked.
Sherman assented to this. whereup-
on Grosvenor inquired what effect the
system would have on imported goods
In other lines.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
EASY COTTON MARKET.

New York, Jan. 5.-The cotton mar
ket opened easy, from 2 to points
lower, owing to unfavorable English
news and indications of heavy re-
celpts. Trading was light and chief
ly of local nature. The market fur
Their declined two to three points in
sympathy with easier Liverpool adj
vices. At 1920 a. m. prices improv-
ed 4G5 points on slightly better Eng
lish advices, and light European buy
ing. Sales to II o'clock $4,000 bales,
at which time the market was quiet
but steady and prices about at open
ing figures.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
THE CITY WINS.
The Berg Case Decided This Morning
Other Court News.

The Berg Case Decided This Morning
Other Court News.
In the Forty-fifth District court this
morning a verdict was rendered for
plaintiff in a case of the City of San
Antonio against Louis Berg, suit to
foreclose tax lien.
A large batch of civil cases were
dismissed in the Thirty-seventh Dis
trict court this morning.
In a case of Mrs. Martha COnell
against Samuel Barker, ct. al, suit
on partition, Henry Nentwich, Jr,
Joe Jacket and L. c. McCulloch
were appointed commissioners of par
tition. w. NJ. Locke was appointed
surveyor to partition.
Judgment was rendered for PLAIN
tiff in the following cases:
X. A. Collins VS.. Ellen Collins, d.
vOrce.
VIM. Dobrowolski VS.. r. I. Mattox,
ct. al, possession of property.
VIM. Dobrowolski VS.. VIM. Nj. Vim
ey. ct. al. for possession of property.
WIN. Dobrowolski VS.. J. T. Martin,
ct. al, for possession of property. .
Mrs. Louis Cruikshanks VS.. Samuel
Cruikshanks, divorce.
Bertha Lewis VS.. Green Lewis, d.
vorce.
]. C. Horst VS.. Seth Testard, ct. al,
appeal from justice court.
San Antonio National bank VS.. f. q.
Williams, note.
Bertha Binder VS.. Rebecca B. and
Myron d. Mather, note and foreclos-
ure, two cases..
l.. II. Harris VS.. G. Gahwiler and
Frank Simmang, note and foreclosure.
Amelia Pfeil VS.. Christian Pfeil, di-
vorce and injunction.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
Tie Daify tiqGt
TUESDAY, JANUARY ), 1897.
A LONELY DRUNK.
IT GETS MARION MACKBY INTO
TROUBLE.
He Tempered With the United States MAIL
But Says, he Was Under the In
huenoe of Liquor and Did Not
Take Anything.

Constable Henry Stahl and Justice
of the Peace William Biehl, OF Pre-
cinct No. 8. arrived in the city this
morning with Marion Mackey, who Is
held TO answer a charge of cutting
open a United States mail Dag.
Mackey was taken before Assistant
United States District Attorney DuYal
West where an affidavit was made.
Mackey carries the United States
mail on the Spring Branch line, be-
tween San Antonio and Spring
Branch. Yesterday the contents of a
mail bag. consisting of letters, photo
graphs. etc, were found scattered
along the Pieper Settlement road. They
wer, taken I'D and delivered to Post
master 2. ]. Seideman at Wetmore
Orders were Immediately given to find
Aackey for an explanation of these
affairs.
Mackey was about two miles north
of Wetmore, when Judge Blehi over
took him. He had jug OF WHISKY
in his wagon, and had imblbed Quite
freely, according to Judge Biehls
statement. The latter asked for the
mail pouch, but Mackey seriously OBJ
iected to give it up. 1t was hid under
the seat and Judge Biehl took 1t out.
He discovered that the strap mad been
cut, but did not look into the bag and
took it to the postmaster. He also
took charge of Mackey. He searched
him and found $1.O5 in his pocket,
which, Mackey said, was his own
money. A cheap watch was also
found on Mackey, and, he confessed
having taken this out of the bag. 1t
is not known whether any money
was in the bag or not. A package of
postage stamps. of various denomina.
lions, amounting to S45, was found
along the road. A few letters We're
destroyed and a number were found
unopened.
Mackey says that he was drunk and
did not know what he was doing. He
saws he did not take any money out
of the bag. He said he can not read
nor write and that he came from Ten
nessee. He has been driving on the
Spring Branch for about two years
and was formerly on the Brownsville
line.
WetmOre is a small station on the
International. about II miles north of
here.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
A CAUSE FOR RESEARCH.
Negro Woman Dies From Eating Yu-
pom Berries a Suicide.

Negro Woman Dies From Eating Yu-
pom Berries a Suicide.
Houston, Tex, Jan. 5.-(SpeciaD-A
very peculiar death took place here
yesterday, which has aroused great
deal of interest among physicians and
not a little suspicion in the mind of
the coroner who held the inquest, The
deceased was Mariah Murphy, 4 ne
gro woman, aged about 80 years, and
who formerly resided ut Hampstead.
She has been here several months, but
how she has earned her living during
that time is unknown. She has been
rOoming at the house of Cora Will
resides at 1878 Crockett street. IN the
First ward, where most of the ne
groes live. On Sunday. December %,
as the coroner's testimony indicates,
Mariah and several others took Il
stroll in the woods where Mariah ate
some coupon berries, thinking, it is
alleged, that they were red ilawS,
though warned that they were not.
On the following Tuesday the woman
took sick and suffered from a swim
ming sensation in her head. Ycster-
day she died. The justice inquired of
several physicians as to the effect the
man system. All agreed that the ber-
ry was not sufficiently poisonous to
cause death to an adult, but one ply
stefan offered the opinion that if taken
in a large quantity by woman in the
first degrees of pregnancy, that they
would produce an abortion. The cor
Oner has rendered his verdict to the
effect that death was from natural
causes, but was in doubt at the time
whether or not it was caused from the
effects of the berries or from other eff
fects.
Charles Weber, n stranger, who
appeared to be n railroad man, COM
mitted suicide here yesterday after
noon with morphine. He registered at
the Capitol house the night previous,
but after his name he did not write
his place of residence. Yesterday
morning about 11:30 o'clock one of the
employees of the house went to his
TOOTH 10 Wdhe llDli. ne duSNtitu lhC
summons and said he would get up
Immediately. About an half hour lat.
err the attendant again called him but
this time there was no answer. Open,
ing the door the attendent discovered
that the man was unconscious and
sent for a doctor. DR.. McElroy, the
city physician. responded and found
the man suffering from morphine poi
sOning. All that was possible was
done for him. but in about two hours
after the doctor was called death
claimed Webber as its own. Nothing
is known of Webber here. There
were no letters or anything upon his
nerson to identify him. He was bur
led ut the expense of the county.
Alfred Whine. son of W. l.. Winnie.
while PLAYING in the ward. fell on a
tin can and had his head cut open.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
A GOOD REPORT.

Washington. ID. c., Jan. 5.-lrOba-
bly, never in it's history has the Unit
ed States fish commission accomplish
ed as much work in eight months as
it did during the period from April
first to December first, last year. The
annual report to the commission made
by Commissioner Brice, directly to the
president shows that not only has the
ordinary work been steadily pursued
on an enlarged scale, but the field has
been very much broadened, especially
in the direction of propogating fish,
not before the subject of extensive
cultivating, and all of these attempts
have been. followed by marked sue
cess
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05

w. V. Search, charged with bur
glary and theft, waived examination
before Justice Jones this morning and
went to Jail to await the action of the
grand jury.
Mrs. NJ. Humboldt, patient in the
Southwestern Insane asylum, died last
night. The remains will be shipped to
BOerne this afternoon.
Coroner Phil Shook will today re-
sumo the taking of testimony on the
inquest on the unknown infant found
in the river near Fourth street bridge
last Saturday.
The stage hands of the Grand OPP
era house went on strike this morn
ing, because two Of the men were dis
charged.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
GOOD MAN SLATED.

Chicago, Jan. "a special to the
Times-H Herald from Washington, says:
President-elect Mckinley will select
Col. John Hayes, of Washington, as
ambassador to Great Britain to sue
coed Mr.. Bayard. Col. Hayes has a
great deal of diplomatic experience.
He has been secretary of legation at
Paris, at Vienna and at Madrid, and
was often Charge d'Affairs ad inter
i'm at each of these capitals. In the
Hayes administration he was first
assistant secretary of state. He was
also one of President Lincoln's secre-
taries.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE Fast Mall is melO-drama, a
play of plays which goes with rush
from q river view to n murder at
Memphis until it ends with retributiOn
on the suspension bridge in sight of
Niagara Falls, where the roar of the
cataract is heard and the mist is seen
rising from the whirlpool into which
real water is running. AS in "Silver
King" young man thinks he has
committed murder Another man
for revenge commits the crime. Wal
ter is hunted and his faithful Mary
tries to protect him, flying with him.
The william pursues them. They are
blown up on n steamboat. betrayed at
a railway station, decoyed to den in
CHICAGO. and finally escape TO Mag
ara. The steamboat explosion is very
startling.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
DUDLEY'S GEORGIAN MIN
STREI,S,

"Geing to the Fish Fry" the laugh
able finale of Dudley's Georgian Min
strels. which appears here at the
Grand on Thursday night. is the We
hicle for numerous laughable special
ties. The act is given with n request
from the management that gentlemen
leave their coats unbuttoned as they
cannot he responsible for hursted but
tonS and huttonhOles. This part IS
exceedingly funny. well mounted and
we'll costrmed. being gotten mp at a
great expense.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
ARMY NEWS.

Private Bargarow, troop ID. Fifth
cavalry, has been transferred to the
hospital corps.
There will be a masquerade pail at
Schwartz's hall tomorrow night, Wen
nesday, Jan. 6.
Recruits Dobson and Young go to
troop G at Brown.
Corporal Sleeve, company &. Eigh-
teenth infantry, has been given fur
Tough for three months.
Private Poole, of the hospital corps,
has been transferred to Fort Brown
and Seyler to Fort Clark.
Messenger Ryan, of the chief quar-
termaster's office, is down with nneu-
monia.
The garrison was delighted to hear
that there is such thing on the mar
ket as n "chin rest for trumpeters
and that it can be applied to bands,
This "chin rest" will fill long felt
want in this garrison as if it works
well it will probably shut off the ev-
erlasting chin music Of the musical
cranks in the garrison.
Private DeBall, of the hospital
corps, goes to Camp Eagle Pass.
Hospital Steward Gilman is trans
ferred from Fort Robinson to this
post.
1t is anticipated in the garrison that
Colonel Wade will be promoted to a
generalship this spring.
Major Hammer, of the pay depart,
ment. has been assigned to station al
Omaha. Neb.
Lieutenant Stevens, of the Twenty,
third infantry, has been granted a
months leave Of absence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
BANK TREASURER SUICIDES.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 5. - Chris.
Schauer, Jr., treasurer of the National
Bank for Savings, committed suicide
some time last night. His body was
discovered this morning hanging from
the rafters in closet in the Alleghe-
ny gymnasium. The president of the
bank says his accounts are straight,
the auditing committee having just
completed the audit for the past year
Schauer had not been in good health
for year and was very mOrose. 1t
is thought this was the cause of the
suicide
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
A SCIENTIST GONE.

Boston, Mass, Jan. 5.-General
Francis A. Walker, president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technolo-
gy and widely known as q political
economist and literateur, was strick-
en- with apOplexy at his home this
morning and died soon afterwards.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
TO GUARD A RAPIST.

Houston, Tex, Jan. 5.-(SpeciaD-
Twenty-Five Emmett Rifles. under Cap
tain LAWYER, leave tonight for Wood
vile. A negro raplst is to be tried
there and it is thought crowd will
lynch him if the jury does not assess
the death penalty. The Emmets are
excited. but jubilant because the
Light Guards were overlooked. Great
excitement is reported from Wood
Vile
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
MAYORS OFFICE.

Mayors Office.
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 4th, 1897.
Bids will be received by the city
clerk and opened by the undersigned
at IL o'clock, January 9th, 1897, for
moving back to proper line two hous-
es on East Elmira street. Time and
information to be given by city engin-
eer.
City of San Antonio reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
HENRY ELMENDORF,
1-4-5t. Mayor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
4 DEFECTIVE FLUE.

This afternoon at 1:45 o'clock a fire
alarm was turned from box 321, cor
ner of Garden and Mill streets. The
fire was located in the residence of
Scion Stewart, at III Cedar street,
but was eXtinguished before much
damage was done. The fire was
caused by a defective flue.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
ALLISON MOVES EAST.

Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. Ex-senator AL
lison has so far recovered from recent
illness, that he left for the east this
morning. He had no communication to
make regarding cabinet rumors eX-
cept to repeat his former denials of
rumors connecting his name with n
position.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
QUEEN VIC. WILL ABDICATE.

London, Jan. 5-The Westminster
Gazette this afternoon gives promi-
hence to a report that Queen Victoria
has decided to commemorate the fact
that she has enjoyed the longest reign
in English history, by abdicating in
favor of the Prince of Wales.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
DAUNTLEss HAS SUCCEEDED.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. ga dis
patch from Key West states that the
Dauntless has successfully landed its
expedition in Cuba. The cargo. it
is said. consisted of 100000 cartridges,
and 1,040 rifles, some dynamite, one
underground rapid firing HOtchkiss
gun. medicine etc. Fifty men also
were carried to Cuba by the vessel
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05

To the Public:-I have opened a
collecting Office at 402 East Commerce
street. and desire to say to the bust
ness men of San Antonio that 7 am
considered by some of the business
men of Dallas. where I am well
known. as first class collector. and
n good hustler. will collect in the
county as well as in the city. ANY
business entrusted to me will be given
nv personal and prnmnt attention.
Phone 372. J. d. COFFFEY. GOT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
Excuse me-" observed the man ir

Excuse me-" observed the man In
spectacles, but am a surgeon, and
that is not where the liver is" New
er you mind where his liver Is" re-
torted the other. eff 1t was in his
big toe or his left ear DeWitt's Little
Early Risers would reach 1t and shake
II for him. On that you can bet your
gig-lamps. E. Reuss, City Drug
store. log E. Commerce street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
NEW POSTMASTERS.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The president
has sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Postmaster-Bedford f. Hamilton,
Winona, Ark; A. l.. Fairchild. Gan
nonvil1e, Tex; VIM. G. Lee, Winno-
wood, l.. T.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
DO YOU WANT MONEY :?

5000 dollars to loan in one lump on
gilt edge security. None but those
who are prepared to meet this re-
auirement need apply. Address BUS
mess" care San Antonio Daily Light,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
"A BOOMING TOWN"

This intensely funny musical farce
comedy will make its first appearance
in this city at the Grand Opera house
tonight, Jan. 9th Too much cannot
be said of this comedy, and all lovers
of good sensible fun, good singing,
and good dancing should take this OPP
portunity and see "A Booming Town"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
HOUSE RECOSVENES.

Washington, Jan. 5.-House.-There
was a fair attendance in the House
when that body re-assembled today
after the holiday recess. The House
went into n committee Of the whole
on the Loud bill to amend laws rela-
ting to second class mail matter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
LICENSED TO WE'D.

John Swain and Mary Bell Warker.
Stephen ID. Butler and Lizzie
KriSch.
Elijo Diaz and Nunencia Herrera.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
A CANARD.

Washington, Jan. 5.-There is no
truth in the report that Senator Sher-
man, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, intends to visit Cuba.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
MODER ATING

Washington, Jan. 5.-FOr Western
Texas and New MeXico:Fair; not so
cold Wednesday; nOrtherly winds be-
coming variable.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05
LIBERAL REWARD.

For return of pug dog, answers to
name of Topsy, has on collar and dog
license. Return to 923 Avenue G,
and get reward. lift.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05

HOODS Sarsaparilla has over and
N over again proved by itsS cures,
when all other preparations failed, that
it is the One True BLOOD Purifier.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-05

Advertise in the Sunday Light.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-10-15
Away With Melancholy.

Aud bid dull care avaInt," sounds very well
In verse, bat If you have "A case Of the blues
caused by Indigestion, with billiousnes adj
ded on as an extra horror, you cannot say
hey! presto! and thus insure the departure
or those abominable twins. The proper
caper' when thus troubled, is to seek the
aid Of HostetteI's Stomach Bitters. There
after you will speedily digest with ease and
eat with appetite, and your liver will reas-
sert ITS rights To regularity. Not only this
you cen retire without n horrible dread that
tho Washington monument within dreams
impose Itself upon the pit Of our stomach.
II yon feel premOnitory symptoms Of chills
and foyer, kidney trouble or rheumatism,
summon the Bittcrs to The rescue without
delay, "lcst worse thing hefall you" A
feet @ condition OF the system is more speed
lily changed toa vigorous one by this fine
tonic than by any other medicinal agent in
e1istenoa n wincg.ass!ul .hne times day
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-10-15
Melting by Electricity.

Prof. Elihu Thompson, an eminent
authority on electric Woodworking,
believes that there is no doubt whatever
of the possibility of melting through
masses or iron and steel Of even con-
siderable thickness, provided there is
time enough to do it and sufficient cur
rent is available; but he thinks the
paraphernalia which the burglar
would have to carry along and have at
his disposal for the attempted work
would be a sufficient encouragement in
itself, while the time required and the
risk OF discovery would be so great as
to remove the operation from among
the possibilities.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-10-15
4 sample Editorial.

One of the Washington editorials in
the Gazette last week was:
1.-THE silyerites insist that the rise
in wheat is due to scarcity only. How
about wool?"
We do not accuse the Gazette of
knowing anything about the loss of
sheep in Australia, but the man in
Washington who asked the question
knew that there was a shortage in the
Australian clip, greater than onr en-
tire yearly output; that fifty per cent
of the sheep of Australia died last
spring from the effects of the great
drought that has just been broken in
that country.
The Gazette is not supposed to know
that the price Of wool in London shows
the same increase and that the Dingley
bill and the republican policy in gener-
al, has the same effect on the London
wool market that the zap Of the Gaz-
cite has on q solar eclipse.
If the Washington bureau that is
furnishing copy Tor such sheets as the
Gazette wants 10 ask sensible and hon
est questions, let some Of them be
such as:
How about labor?
Has the laborer been benefited by
the famine and drought that has in
creased the price OF his living?
Has the fact that his wages remain
the same as one or two years ego, while
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-10-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.

According to the experiments OF M.
Seguy and NJ. Quenisset the N-rays
cause dangerous palpitations Of the
heart. The experiments were made On
medical students and upon themselves,
and NJ. Seguy and NJ. Quenisset de-
scribe the palpitations as violent and
uncomfortable unless the rays were in
terccpted by metallic Plate.
Alaska, our remarkable outlying ter
ritory, is almost as large in area as the
entire United States east Of the Missis-
sippi. 1t is rich in mineral wealth,
and has already yielded many times its
lost in the precious and other metals.
Every year its value to the United
States is increasing, and yet it is en-
TREY isolated from the rest of our ter
ritory-just as Cuba would be were we
to acquire It.
".Alcohol," said NJ. Martindale, in a
paper read recently before the Phar-
maceutical society, SIS not germi-
eide. When present to the extent of
20 per cent. by volume Of absolute alco-
hol, it has an inhibitory effect on the
termination of most of the micro-or-
ganisms occurring in aqueous solu-
tons OF vegetables and animal sub
stances; but the germs propagate
readily as it evaporates."
Naturalists consider it a wonderful
fact that the Bermuda islands have
only seven native species of land birds,
while no less than 1928 species pay visits
TO the islands. Many of these visitors
are birds which pass the summer il the
United States, and utilize the bermuda
islands az IL convenient winter resort,
thus initiating some of their human
compatriois. Even some American
bats follow the example OF the birds by
wintering in the Bermudas.