San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 226, Ed. 1 Friday, September 3, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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SAN ANTONIO DAILY LIGHT
Volume XVII No. 226.
BANKS AND BANKEBB
Lockwood
National Bank.
" SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
J. S. Lockwood Pres.
J. Muir Jr. Cashier.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
F 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 Mexian dol-
lars. Foreign coin and currency
bought and sold.
TRY
The LONG DISTANCE TELE-
PHONE to Texas cities and towns.
New stations opened continually and
additional facilities added. Ask cen-
tral for party wanted. . ...
SUBSCRIBERS
can talk from their own telephone.
OTHERS •
from telephone toll stations.
M. F. Thomas Local Manager.
TO-NIGHT.
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CO-OPERATIvE
ALAMO .INSU ANCE BUILnING
LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST:
Fair tonight and tomorrow.
THE SEWER QUESTION.
Recorder Lewis Will Enforce The Or-
dinance In All Cases.
Recorder Lewis had the first pro-
test against enforcing the ordinance
again*t plumbers for making sewer
connections without a permit this
morning.
E. A. West and J. A. Gutzeit were
before him on the charge and were de-
fended by Attorney Kobt. Summer-
lin who said he intended to go over to
the sewer ordinance from beginning to
end attacking it at every possible
point and show the invalidity of it.
His Honor continued the cases until
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
when they will be tried by jury.
Mr. Lewis is determined to enforce
the ordinance in such cases. He says:
"I am not here to dwell on the validity
of an ordinance. I. am here to enforce
them. I think It my duty as city re-
corder to enforce all ordinances with-
out questioning their They
are made by the city council and I
deem it my duty to abide by them. If
they are defective or Invalid It Is not
my fault ami I will leave that for the
higher courts to decide.”
FOR THE NAVY.
Emil P. Svarz who is taking a
course at the naval academy at Annap-
olis Md. is in the city on a month’s
vacation. He was the winner of the
competitive exercises of the High
school about two years ago the re-
ward of which was a course at West
Point for the army or Annapolis for
the navy and he chose the latter.
Prior to his arrival in San Antonio he
had made a cruise to the Maderia Is-
lands off the coast of Morocco and
returned August 25 the distance be-
ing 3.500 miles either way and the
trip was made in three months. He
says he is studying bard and hopes to
have a good average at the end of the
course which is four years. He is a
splendid specimen of physical man-
hood and his friends hardly know him
in his naval uniform. He looks every
inch an officer and will undoubtedly
be a worthy acquisition to Uncle Sam's
thriving navy.
The young gentleman is favorably
known by many of the Light’s old sub-
scribers as he' was for several years
one of our most faithful carriers.
—
SCHOOL NOTICE.
The St. John’s Lutheran school will
be opened Tuesday. September 7th.
All applications of scholars will be re-
ceived at the parsonage or at the
school house. Villifa street Tuesday
morning. . 9-2-4 t
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY. TEXAS ANDREGLSTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
Concerning his achievement Prince
Luigui is very modest. He has
avoided conversing either about the
character of the work he and his
party uad to perform before they ar-
nvru at the summit ur the selenitic
tacts lie tunl formed as to tne know-
ledge or.the mountain. When he re-
imiis te Italy lie will prepare a mono-
logue concerning U.S experiences
which will it is said be a great help
to that division of the scientific world
interested ih the study of the pheno-
mena of great altitudes. This mono-
logue will lie accompanied by photo-
graphs of peculiar interest which were
taken by the party at various stages
of the journey. Some of these upst
notably those which were obtained
at elevations at more than 14000 feel
Imve It is said in the world.
Not only do they show the effects of
photography at such elevations • but
the actual appearance of what has
been regarded as an insummouutable
peak. The negatives are in the per-
sonal keeping of the prinee who prizes
them as the most valuable trophies of
Mount St. Elias. They will be de-
veloped in Italy and until then Prince
Luigui declines even to converse
about them.
Chevalier Cagni was the Prince’s
sjiokesman. He was enthusiastic over
the success of the exploration. When
asked how his party asked how his
party had been received by the citizens
of Seattle he smiled as though the re-
collection was humorous.
“Why” he “they received us
with the utmost courtesy but none
of them believed that we would suc-
ceed. So many had attempted the as-
cent and had abandoned it you
know. We were told all kind of
dangers which we would certainly
encounter but we went ahead.”
“Did you encounter many great
difficulties?”
“Frankly no. The greatest diffi-
culty was the.question of the trans-
portation of food. It was necessary
that we should take sufficient with us
to assure our safety. It was of great
weight. It was essential that as
climbeys. we should not be over-
burdened. Yet every pound added
to our equipment increased our dan-
ger. We were at last able to solve the
difficulty and by good fortune we did
not suffer from hunger.”
“What was the character of the as-
sent?”
“You will be surprised to know that
it was neither very dangerous or di-
ticult. We were all experienced
mountaineers and we had all of us en-
countered dangers in climbing far
more perilious than those with which
we were confronted. The notable
features of the long climb were the
glaciers. They seemed to be boundless
We had never before witnessed such
vast expanses and their splendor is
unrivaled.
There wen* many crevasses many
of them wide but these were also
overcome and we reached the top
after eighteen hours of hard climb-
ing.
“The sensation we experienced
when we were at an altitude of more
than 14.000 feet wa schiofly rapid
and difficult respiration. The rarity
of the air made the last steps of the
journey difficult but the weariness
was more than repaid by the view
which we obtained at the summit.
There photographs were taken which
I believe will open the eyes of moun-
tain climbers. Our chief regret was
that we were unable to carry a really
large camera on account.of Its weight.
The one we had. however presented
an excellent field and from its photo-
M ft SI H
The Party 0! Italian Noble-
men Successful
WERE ON TOP OF ALASKA’S
HIGHEST PEAK FOR A
TIME.
The Journey Said To Have Been
□Quite Easily Accomplished
Without Much Danger To
Life Or Linit—The Party
Now In New York.
New York Sept. 3.—The Herald
saysi
Prinee Luigui of Savoy Duke of
Abruzzi and. nephew of the king of
Italy is at the Waldorf having reach-
ed this city after accomplishing the
feat hitherto regarded as impossible
of climbing to the' summit of Mount
St. Elias.
Ban Antonio. Texas Friday. September 31897.
graphs we expect to obtain admiral
results.
"The most difficult part of the trip
' was the ’divide.' From this point It re-
quired eleven hours to gain the top.
We had lots of adventures and every
one of the party including the prince
and the guide fell into crevasses
but we were so well iwepared against
accidents pf that sort that no one
came to harm. We came down the
sldfle of the mountain to the ’divide’
itf a little more than two hours. There
was some danger perhaps iu this for
the ice bridges and snow bridges- un-
der the influence of the afternoon sun
Uqd melted somewhat apd we were
not always able to trust ourselves to
them. But the hazardousness of it all
was forgotten iu the excitement which
was superb and set the whole system
tingling with the-exercise.
“We f?und the mountain to be ac-
cording to our instruments. 18.100 feet
high. I say this of course: with the
understanding that wit lx more careful
mathematical application that we may
find that the hight will vary 20 or 30
feet. While it was cold at the summit
it was not excessively so. our ther-
mometors indicating 12 degrees be-
low zero. In returning it would have
been to our advantage iuul the temper-
ature remained at that foint.”
WAS AFTER THE BRITISHERS.
Colonel Castanla Flrei at Them as
They Go Filing.
- • J
New York Sept. 3.-4 special to the
World from Demera British Guinea
says:
G. H. Moore a grand holder on the
Guina bank of the Xmacura river
northwest district reparts:
"On Wednesday ixyself and one
Thomas Benjamin left our residence
with my boat sailing to Point Barima
for the purpose of flshjng. In passing
the Spanish station which is at the
mouth of the Amacuta one of the
Venezuelan police called on us to
stop and I wanted to know why. 1
got no reply. On continuing my jour-
ney Col. Castanla the officer iu
charge hastened out from the gen-
eral's quarters with aiWlnchester and
beckoned to me to std|i. I refused to
do so. He aimed at ti and tired but
without striking either of us and we
continued on our way.”
The incident lias been reported to
tlie colonial office London and while
it is not expected that much more will
be heard of it settlers In the North-
west territory are auxious that the
imperial authorities should obtain as-
surance that such demonstrations
shall be discontinued.
The right to flsh off Point Barima
was enjoyed by the Dutch from their
earliest settlement and was one to
which the British succeeded.
ON A SCIENTIFIC QUEST.
Chicago Sept. 3.—Another of the
Field Museum staff. Prof. Cherrle Is
about to leave on a long scientific
quest. Backed by a wealthy English-
man. Mr. Cherrle will spend two days
chiefly at the headquarters of the Or-
inoco River in South Africa in orni-
thology study.
TIMES TOO HARD
For The Agitators to Further Organ-
ize.
St. Louis. Mo.. Sept. 3. —Owing to the
long season of idleness and the conse-
quent want of money to pay the-ex-
penses of delegates to St. Louis at
this time the proposed convention to
organize a National Building Trades
council has been declared off. H. W.
Steinbiss president of the St. Louis
Trades and Labor council who has
been pushing the idea has received
letters from the principal union cities
of the country heartily endorsing their
project. The matter will be kept con-
tinually btfore the laboring men ami
it is probable the meeting will be held
next spring.
PROHIBITION NOMINEE.
Lincoln. Neb. Sept. 3.—The State
Prohibition central committe at their
meeting here made the second nomin-
ation for regent of the state univer-
sity by naming D. L. Whitney of Be-
atty county. The committee adopted
the white rose for its party emblem
on the tickets fhis fall.
THEY ARE INSTRUCTED
To Oppose the Change in Their Church
Rules.
Indianapolis Ind. Sept. 3.—Dele-
gates to the state meeting of the Uni-
versalist church of Indiana endorsed
the suggestion of their president. Rev.
Thomas Guthrie that delegates to the
national convention be instructed
against the proposed changes in creed.
Winchester profession of faith follow-
ed by the church since 1803 says “that
we believe that holy scriptures con-
tain revelations of the character of
God and of fluty interest and final
destination of mankind.”
It has been proposed to drop out
this article and to substitute a declar-
ation more “Unitarian” in form. A
majority of the delegates object to
the change saying it is an effort of
the Unatarians to swallow the Uni-
versalist church.
[MM'S MSE
She Wants Gen. Weyler
To Hear It In Person
SAYS SHE IS SATISFIED THAT
SHE COULD CONVINCE HIM
OF HER INNOCENCE.
Declares That She Cao Prove Thal
Col Barris Hai Evil Intentions
Toward Her And Says Let-
ters Proving It Were Sent
To The Queen.
New York Sept. 3.—A special to the
World from Havana says:
The World correspondent went to
see Evangelina Cossio Cisneros in her
prison.
Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays
are visitiag days at the womens' jail
and the reception room on those days
is full of people from 12 to 4p. m.
who have come to condole and bear
tidings from their relatives and
friends.
When the World correspondent ask-
ed to see Miss Cisneros he was allow-
ed to pass through the outside gate
into a small room with a stone floor
on one of the walls of which was
painted in large letters: “Salada de
la justica.”
Evangilina was sent for. and while
waiting the correspondent had the op-
portunity to notice some of the other
women who were receiving visitors.
One was a well-dressed woman who
had murdered her husband. Next to
her was a good looking woman who
had been conflhed for delivering amu-
uitlon and supplies to the insurgents.
She was a political prisoner. Next to
her was a woman who kept a lodging
house in Havana and had rented a
room to two men whom she did not
know. While their baggage was be-
ing moved into the room the police
seized two of the trunks and found
arms and explosives.
The men escaped but the landlady
was arrested. She knew nothing of
the case but was held responsible
and is now waiting for the results of
the fullest investigation.
A few minutes after the arrival of
the correspondent Evangelina came
tripping in down the stairs and walked
gracefully across the end of the court
yard and out through the gate into
the reception room. She is pretty lie.
yond question. She is petite and
graceful in her movements. Her man-
ners are perfect and her self-possea-
sion wonderful.
She said she could not make any
statement on paper because her
friends had told her not to. but she
talked quite freely of her hopes and
fears and answeied questions seem-
ingly without reserve. She said she
did not receive her meals from out-
side because she was afraid of treach-
ery and.preferred to be content with
the rations-of the jail.
There are about eight or ten other
women sn this same big room. All
looked clean and respectable and were
all white women. One of them was a
distinguished looking lady of about
fifty years of age with gray hair.
An alleged political offense is the
cause of her imprisonment.
Evangelina is the most animated of
all. She is the star boarder and re-
ceives more attention and has more
visitors.
She says that the letters which she
received from Col. Barris on the Isle
of Pines and which contained evidence
of his guilty intentions toward her
were all sent by her friends to Aus-
tria and from there direct to Spain to
•the Queen Regent. She says if they
could lie presented before a fair court
his conviction would be certain.
The colonel says that he wrote her
but one letter and In that granted the
permit to her father to travel as a
peddler. She would not describe the
events of the night of July 26. 1896
further than to say that she knew Col.
Barris was coming »to her house that
night because his secretary had told
her so. She opened the door when he
knocked. As to how he was seized
or by whom she would not say. She
escaped from the house and was
caught and arrested the following
morning and was brought to Havana.
She says the greatest favor anyone
could do for her would be for to secure
an interview with Gen. Weyler. She
said: “I could convince him if he
would only hear me.”
In government circles nothing has
been heard from Madrid in regard to
Transferring Evangelina to a convent.
Opinion differs ns to whether such a
change would be of benefit. If her
Price $5.00 a Year.
case is let alone for awhile she will
be released and perhaps ordered to
leave the island.
WAS A TELEGRAPH FAKE.
President Zelaya Says the Whole
Story is False.
•New York Sept. 3.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Managua Nicaragua
says:
Your correspondent interviewed
President Zelaya as to the statement
that Japan is secretly negotiating
with the diet of the Graeter Republic
of Central America for permission to
take the Nicaraguan canal project out
of the hands of the United States
setting aside the treaty rights of the
United States. The president declares
that the statement is absolutely false.
He says that while he ardently de-
sires to have the canal completed as
soon as ixissible Japan has never offer-
ed to take any hand iu the matter.
President Zelay’s wish according to
his statement is for the work to be
done either by the United States
by private companies.
Japan has neither minister consul
nor interest in Central America. Pres-
ident Zelay says. The matter had
never been considered in the diet
which met here in open session on Au-
gust 15.
A WEALTHY LAWYER DIES.
New Yorf Sept. 3.—J. Q. Adams
Fritchey a wealthy retired attorney
of St. Louis formerly of Harrisburg
is dead of spinal disease at Atlanta
City. He was AT years old. He pre-
sented to the University of Michigan
one of the finest collections of geologi-
cal specimens known. Several years
ago he purchased a tract of laud in
California with the objewt of determ-
ing whether tropical plants would
thrive iu that region. _
ROCKEFELLER’S DONATION.
The Baptist Mission Get the Banlance
of 1250.000.
Boston Sept. 3.—John D. Rockefel-
ler iu pursuance of a promise to the
American Baptist Missionary uiliun
and the American Baptist Home Mis-
sionary society has sent his check for
the balance of the $250000 to be
given by him on condition that the
two societies should raise 236000. On
Augut 13. the American Baptist Mis-
sionary union which lias headquarters
in Tremont Temple this city received
Mr. Rockefeller’s check for $121167.
New the American Baptist Home Mis-
sionary society the headquarters of
which are in New York City has re-
ceived a check fdr the amount neces-
sary to cancel its indebtedness. This
contribution Is the largest gift ever
made to the missionary cause.
PRINCE ALEX GEORGE ~
Preparing for Uis Pleasure—A Hunt
in the Rockies.
New York. Sept. 3.—A dispatch to
the Journal from Lennox Mass.
says:
Aristocratic residents of Lennox are
anticipating pleasurably the visit of
Prince Alexander George youngest
son of the Duke and Duchess of Teck.
xne prince will be the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Burrell-Hoffman at
their magnificent country seat Brook-
hurst. The date of the prince’s arriv-
al is not fixed but preparations are
iu progress befitting the reception of
a royal personage.
Prince Alexander is 23 years old a
handsome manly chap an athlete and
siwrtsuian. He is the brother-in-law
of the Duke of York of England. His
highness’ stay in America is limited;
probably three weeks will be passed
at Lennox and some days at Philadel-
plia. Among the many plans for the
prince’s entertainment is a hunting
trip lieyond the Rockies.
TWO BAD MINISTERS.
Springfield Ohio Sept. 3.—At the
session of the Cincinnati M. E. confer-
ence the Rev. William R. Dudley of
Columbus formerly penitentiary chap-
lain was withdrawn from the minis-
try under charges of fraudulent trans*
actions. Rev. W. T. Stafford of Camp
Washington Ohio was withdrawn
from the ministry and the church un-
der charge of cruelty to his wife and
adultry.
THE LAW CONSTITUTIONAL.
Application For Writ of Seizure De-
nied by Judge Withrow.
St. Louis Sept. 3.—ln denying the
application for a writ of seizure
against certain bookmakers doing
business at the Fair Grounds track.
Judge Withrow of the St. Louis Cir-
cuit court decided that the Breeders’
law is constitutional.
The application was made by Chas.
B. Noland counsel for the pool room
proprietors who wanted betting at
the fair grounds stopped because their
pool rooms were raided under the
state gambling act. Judge Murphy
has declared the Breeders’ law const!-
utional and they hoped that Judge
Vithrow would do the same. He took
heir aplicatlon under advisement
for four or five days and after exam-
ining critically became satisfied that
it is constituripnal. This settles the
pool room question unless the state
court takes adverse action.
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