San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 194, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume XV. Number 194.
BANKS AND BANKERS.
LOCKWOOD NATIONAL BANK.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
J. 8. Lockwood Pre*.; J. Muir. Jr. Cwhler.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
F. GROOS & CO.
BANKERS
And Dealers in Exchange.
Big-ht Draft* on the principal cltle* of the
Unite* State* and in all Buropean oonntrle*.
Foreign ooin and currency bought and (old.
CHIN-JAP TREATY.
Negotiation* in Progress That Put
Japan On Her Feet In Ohina.
Washington D. C. Aug. 12.—
Word reaches the Japanese lega-
tion that the new Japanese minis-
try at Pekin has begun the nego-
tiation of the new treaty of com-
merce and navigation with China
and that everything is moving
smoothly without the difficulties
that had been contemplated. The
new treaty follows the treaty of
peace made at Shtmmonozki which
recited that when peace was final-
ly restored a new commercial treat-
ty be formed. It is an important
document as it gives in detail the
terms on which China is to be
opened to commerce whereas the
peace treaty recited only the gener-
al fact.
The negotiations have gone far
enough to show that Japan will
have the favored nation clause as to
commerce. This will be the first
time China has granted this clause
to Japan. It assures to Japan the
lowest rate of duty on articles sent
to China that the latter country
exacts for any country. Japan
is thus placed on equal terms for
the first time with Great Britain
and the United States and other
great powers.
Another feature of the new
treaty is the establishment of Jap-
anese consular courts in China for
the trial of Japanese. But as Japan
has raised her judical system to a
high plane abolishing all relics of
brutal punishment there is found
to be no need of foreign courts in
Japan. Great Britain and the
United States have agreed to
abolish their consular courts in
Japan and following this new or-
der of things Japan will not let
Chinese consular courts be estab-
lished there although they insist
that Japan should have the same
protection as other powers against
the crude methods of Justice in
China.
War New* From Yucatan.
New York Aug. 12.—A dispatch
to the Herald from San Cristobal
Mexico says: Couriers have ar-
rived here bringing information
from the seat of the Indian war in
Yucatan. The advices state that the
Indians have made a stand and
are prepared to make an attempt
to drive the government troops out
of the territory to which the In-
dians lay claim The Indians are
armed with improved rifles. The
government forces on the frontier
are constantly being augmented.
There are being sent to Yucatan
shiploads from all parts of Mexico
and there is every prospect of a ter-
rible war. Several skirmishes have
occurred between the Indians and
the troops.
Peace in Rio Grande de Sul
New York Aug. 12.—The Her-
ai orrespondent in Rio Janeiro
telegraphs that peace has been re-
stored in Rio Grande de Sul. A
military officer is now on bis way
from Rio Grande do Sul to Rio
Janeiro. He bears the protocol
containing the peace terms which
it has been agreed shall be offered
to Congress for approval as a final
settlement of the difficulties in that
state.
The government in furtherance
of the Trinidad episode has asked
the government of Uruguay for a
copy of the bill of health of the
warship Barracouta which arrived
In port from the Montevideo is-
lands last July. It is reportedin
Brazil that when the Barracouta
reached her anchorage the health
officer received documents sent by
the doctor on board the warship
who had been named as health
officer of the Trinidad by the cap-
taid of the Barracouta who looked
upon the island as British terri-
tory. No notice was taken by the
authorities of Uruguay of the fact
that Brazil claims Trinidad Island
as her own possession. The action
of Uruguay is regarded by Brazil
as savoring of subterfuge.
San Antonio Daily Light.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO. BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS. AND REOISIERED AT THE POST OFFICE A 8 SeCQMO CLASS MAIL MATTER.
JAPANESE ADVICES.
CHANGES MADE IN COREAN POLICY.
LI-HUNG-OHANG THINKS WELL OF
HIS PERSONAL SERVICE.
Protest Against Chinese Massacre*
and Demand* Therewith—A denial
From Japan—Extraordinary Hon-
ora to Japan by China—Brief but
to the Point—Severe and Destruc-
tive Storm in Japan—Cars Blown
Into the» Ses —Japanese Exposi-
tion.
Victoria B. C. Aug. 12.—Jap-
anese advices to July 20 received
tonight by the S. 8. Warrimore are
as follows: “Count Inouye has
resumed control of the Japanese
legation in Corea difficulties grow-
ing out of the strained relations be-
tween his subordinates and Jap-
anese employes In the Corean pub-
lic service are gradually subsid-
ing. The envoy and his wife were
warmly received at court July 22.
It is thought that Count Inouye
will soon be succeeded by Gen.
Viscount Miura whose views re-
specting the course to be pursued
by Japan are widely opposed to
those of the present incumbent.
Miura will be authorized by his
government to adopt a policy of
forbearance and conciliation in
stead of endeavoring to enforce im-
mediate submission to Japan’s dic-
tation. No attack upon the strong
positions held by the insurgent
chiefswill be made until it is cer-
tain the movement will be irresis-
tible. Meanwhile the Japanese
outposts suffer considerably from
guerilla onslaught. The govern-
ment of Tokio is considering the
question of suspending the civil
administration and a stringent
proclamation has been published
condeming to death all natives
found guilty of aiding or abetting
insurgents.
LI Hung Chang clings to
the belief that the emperor will
soon realize the value of his great
experience and that his services
will then be considered indespensi-
ble.
At an indignation meeting of
American citizens iu Shanghai
July 15 resolutions were passed
calling on the United States gov-
ernment to appoint a commission
headed by a consular officer of rank
and consisting of Americans pos-
sessing a knowledge of Chinese
language and customs to proceed
at the earliest possible moment to
Cheng Tu and thoroughly investi-
gate the causes and fix the re-
sponsibility for the recent riots in
which valuable property was des-
troyed and 25 American mission-
aries and numerous others were
wantonly maltreated. The govern-
ment at Washington was also ad-
vised that any money indemnity
was insufficent to meet the de-
mands of the case and that those
in attendance at the meeting in-
sisted upon prompt and adequate
punishment of guilty parties with-
out regard to rank or station.
Furthermore they demanded that
provision be made for the immedi-
ate return of the missionaries to
their stations in the Sza-Chuan
province and that thoir right to
reside and prosecute their work in
the interior of China be publicly
proclaimed in all parts of the em-
pire.
The Japanese government learns
that reports have been circulated
in Europe to the effect that a
pecuniary demand has been made
upon China in consequence of the
retrocession of Liao Tung Peninsu-
la and adjoining districtsand that
the matter is receiving attention
from the Russian authorities.
The report is without foundation
The first reception of the new
Japanese envoy at the Chinese
court was distinguished by a de-
parture from conventional prece-
dents which excites much com-
ment in dipiomatic circles. The
emperor held audience seated on
the platform to which he ascends
by a set of steps intended for his
exclusive use. When credentials
have hitherto been presented they
have been taken to him by side
stair cases at the right or left of
the center flight. Minister Haya-
shi however has been admon-
ished by bls government to insist
upon every mark of respect. He
therefore expressed a strong desire
that his credentials should be con-
veyed to the emperor by the route
reserved for his majesty and after '
San Antonio Texas Monday August 121895.
some demur his request was grant-
ed to the surprise of his European
and American colleagues. The
audience took place July 7 and
after appropriate addresses were
delivered the envoy’s documents
were received by Prince Kung
president of the Stung Lyman.
Mr. Hayashi’s speech was as
follows:
“His majesty the emperor of
Japan rejoicing sincerely at the
peaceful relations now established
has been pleased to accredit me as
his representative at your majesty’s
court. I take the permission to
express my sense of this honor. I
enjoy being granted this audience
and given opportunity of present-
ing my credentials. It is my pro-
found hope that hereafter the ami-
cable intercourse of the two em-
pires may become more and more
intimate and that I may long be
favored with your majesty’s con-
sideration. I pray that your
majesty may be blessed with long
life and a prosperous reign.”
The reply was brief and to this
effect:
“The war is ended and peace re-
established. I am happy to receive
you. Two countries separated only
by a narrow strip of water should
always maintain terms of friend-
ship.”
A storm of extreme severity vis-
ited Japan on July 25th causing
great loss of life and destroying
property of immense value. Many
calamities are reported the most
serious of which was the over-
throw of a railway train bringing
disabled soldies from Hiroshima
north for hospital treatment. The
force of the tempest was such that
thirteen cars together with the en-
gine were blown from a causeway
into a deep inlet of the inland sea.
It is stated that 139 passengers
were killed or fatally injured but
hopes are entertained that these
first accounts may be exaggerated.
A corps of surgeons was dispatched
from Hiroshima by the Emperor’s
orders to the scene and 500 yen
were sent by express to relieve the
immediate wants of the sufferers.
Plans for an international expo-
sition are now under consideration
by Japan capitalists and there is a
prospect that the scheme may be
decided in the next session of the
diet. The site suggested is in Tokio
at the mouth of the Sumida river
and the first or second year in the
20th century is indicated as the
earliest practicable time.
Heavy Storm—Standpipe Break
Wichita Kas. Aug. 12.—One of
the worst wind storms in the his-
tory of Southern Kansas passed
over Eldorado Saturday night. The
storm came from the north. Trees
were leveled and houses moved off
their foundations. So far as heard
nobody was fatally injured or
killed. The wind blew down the
reservoir tower of the waterworks
a half-inch boiler iron standpipe
150 feet high and 12 feet in dia-
meter. When it was turned over
it contained 140000 gallons of
water. Fortunately it bent down
about ten feet from the ground
leaving the water to sepe through
instead of pouring out in which
event it would have swept away all
the houses in the neighborhood
and probably drowned many peo-
ple. Its foundation of solid ma-
sonry was destroyed and some very
heavy rock were found thirty feet
from where they were laid in
cement. For some time the water-
works’ boilers were used after the
accident but a direct pressure en-
gine in now at work. The storm
did a great deal of damage to the
surrounding country.
Shot But Did Not Kill.
Vanceburg Ky. August 12.—
Early yesterday morning three
masked men went to the residence
of Ed. Lyndsey a wealthy farmer.
They tapped on the door and when
he opened he was confronted by
the three would be murderers.
One struck him with a slung shot.
He grappeled with him and threw
him. His wife now made a timely
appearance with a revolver. She
fired three shots at the scoundrels
and they fled in hot haste. One
was wounded as blood was found
in the yard and on the fence.
Will Manage the Govt. Exhibit.
Washington D. C. Aug. 12.—
Dr. Dabney assistant secretary of
agriculture has gone to Atlanta to
assume duties there as chairman
of the government board of man-
agement of the exposition. He
will attend the first meeting of the
board at Atlanta called for tomor-
row. All agricultural department
exhibits have been shipped.
EX-GOVERNOR FLOWER BLOOMS
Hie Version of the Cleveland Move-
ment—Whitney His Presi-
dential Choice.
New York Aug. 12.—Ex-Gov.
Flower was interviewed by a World
correspondent in Saratoga regard-
ing the Democratic presidential
nominee and said: “I am for
Whitney. I don’t think he is a
candidate but I am not at all sure
that he would not be oue if shown
that it was a party necessity. There
are not many men who will refuse
a presidential nomination. The
ex-secretary tells what is absolute-
ly true about the growing senti-
ment in favor of Cleveland or
rather the administration. I have
no idea that Mr. Cleveland wants a
third term but he is a very strong
man and will have a good deal to
do with making the candidate.”
“There is the big mass of Demo-
crats who will vote for the
party candidate whoever he may
be. Some of them do not like
Cleveland but they will always
vote for him If he is the candidate.
Then there is another class who
are sometimes Democrats who will
always vote for Cleveland when
they might not for some other can-
didate. There is where Clevelond
is strong and that strength is grow-
ing every day. I predicted that
this would be the case two years
ago.”
Bad French Wines.
Washington Aug. 12.—Consul
chancellor at Havre has sent an
extended report to the state de-
partment upon wine making in
France covering the past twenty
years. The consul declares that
much of the wine product has no
grape juice in it whatever. The
French government recently de-
stroyed 15000 casks of wine found
to contain no grape juice but made
of water alcohol sulphate of gyp-
sum glycerine salts of potash and
berries for coloring. It has been
ascertained that whenever the vint-
age was poor immense quantities
of sugar amounting in 1887 to 36-
000 tons had been used for mixing
with wine while the deficit in the
production of the vineyards has
been made good by producing
many millions of gallons of wine
so-called from raisins currants
and the lees of the wine press. The
consul says that sweetness in wine
covers any defect without improv-
ing its quality yet many people
prefer sweet wine which injures
their health.
A Cowardly Kid.
Hendricks W. Va. Aug. 12.—
Yesterday at Beverly Victor Cap-
ten a picture frame peddler was
shot in the head while trying to
make a sale at the home of Mrs.
W. T. McClintic by Mrs. McClin-
tic’s 15-year-old son Clyde. The
bullet struck Capten in the right
temple and entered the brain. He
dropped apparently dead. The bul-
let had entered the brain fully two
inches but after it was removed
Capten became conscious and told
hie name and residence and said
young McClintic had shot him pur-
posely because he refused to sell a
picture frame on credit. Capten’s
skull was trepanned and he is
doing much better than could be
expected.
McClintic has been arrested and
held without bail.
Around the World on Wheels.
Oakland Cal. Aug. 12.—Geo. T.
Loper and T. F. Cornell have left
for a trip around the world on
their wheels. They will go direct
to Portland Oregon thence by
way of Minneapolis to New York
where they begin their journey
across the European continent.
They expect to be absent about
two years and to return to Oakland
from the west.
Methodist Minister* Dislike Change*.
Chicago Aug. 12.—The Metho-
dist ministers of Illinois and other
states are gravely considering the
question of removing the time
limit of appointment. According
to the present laws of the church a
minister can remain in one charge
only four years without change.
At the general conference to be
held in Cleveland in 1896 a move-
ment will be made to abolish this
limit. The Illinois delegates to
this gathering will be selected at
the Rock River conference in Elgin
in September and the advocates
and opponents of the plan are
working to obtain control of the
delegates.
Dr. T. J. Pressly and family of
Runge are at the Mabncke.
Price $5.00 a Year
BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME
To Reclaim the Arid Lands in the
Salton Basin For Fruit
Growing.
San Francisco Cal. Aug. 12.—
A local paper says a number of
Eastern capitalists are in this city
at work on a scheme to reclaim a
vast tract of arid land adjacent to
the Colorado rltfer. The company
also has a grant of 1500000 acres
in Mexico that it will irrigate. As
outlined the plan comprehends
the development of the greatest ir-
rigating system in the Western
hemisphere. As an indication of
the good will and faith of the pro-
moters they are said to have hand-
ed the Southern Pacific a check for
$1500000 in return for its title to
the alternate sections of land in
the Salton basin. The land turned
over amounted to about 600000
acres. Principally Eastern capital-
ists are behind the scheme. . J. C.
Beatty is general manager of the
company. Interested with Mr.
Beatty in the company are such
men as Chas. Linton and H. A.
Pierce of Providence R. 1. and P.
J. McLean of New York. The im-
portance of the project lies in the
fact that the irrigation of so vast a
tract of land will revolutionize the
fruit Industry of thocountry. Work
will be begun soon it is said and
water will be running through the
trenches before the end of next
year. The company expects to
have 300000 farmers on its lands
within a few years.
Will Lead Another Revolt.
San Francisco Aug. 12.—Gen.
Antonio Ezeta has issued another
proclamation to the citizens of San
Salvador in which he says he will
soon return to the countrj’ to lead a
revolt against the government. The
army is discontented he says and
will welcome him back as its leader
Ezeta declares that President Gut-
terrez is a tool of Guatemala the
old-time enemy of San Salvador
and by his deceit has practically
surrendered all that was gained in
the war of 1890.
An Appeal for Protection.
Tientsin China Aug. 12.—At a
meeting of foreign residents of this
city held here today it was decided
to communitate by cable the ne-
cessity of immediate intervention
in China upon behalf of the United
States and British governments
and the following telegram was ac-
cording to resolution by the meet-
ing addressed to the Associated
Press as an expression of the senti-
ments of the foreign residents of
Tien Tsin as an appeal to the peo-
ple of the United States for assist-
ance:
“The foreign community of Tien
Tsin express sympathy with the
friends of the Kucbeng victims.
They consider the Chinese officials
guilty and the British and Ameri-
cans blame the continued apathy
of their governments for this situa-
tion. They regard England’s de-
mands for an inquiry into the
Kucbeng massacre to be useless as
before; the officials will substitute
innocents for the actual criminals.
Thej’ protest the Szechuen commis-
sion implicated the officials of that
province. England and America
must send an ultimatum treating
of reprisals. Diplomacy is useless.
We Implore attention.”
(Signed) Dickinson
Chairman.
Items From Georgetown.
Georgetown Aug. 12.—[Special]
—The Georgetown and Taylor base-
ball clubs played a game of ball
yesterday resulting in a score of
19 to 16 in favor of the former.
Olive and Mileham put up a good
game for Georgetown while Brown
excelled for Taylor.
Two light showers fell during the
past week the first since June 26
and helped cotton just a little.
Cotton has matured rapidly un-
der the rays of the hot sun and
picking will become general this
week.
The first bale is hourly expected.
From present indications the esti-
mated decrease of 25 per cent in
the yield will be fully realized.
The corn crop yield is fully 50
per cent greater than last year.
Rain Predicted.
Washington Aug. 12.—For
western Texas: Showers probab-
ly slightly warmer with variable
winds. Eastern Texas: Generally
fair variable winds.
During the last 24 hours heavy
showers have occurred in western
Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Terri-
tory and extreme northwest Texas
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