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VOL. *3 No. 179. EIGHT PAGES.
WOODS NATIONAL BANK
IS VER? DESIROUS OF INCREASING THEIR
-=LOANS——
anp with thia end in view invite you to call and deal with them collateral
being satisfactory rate EIGHT PER CENT.
a ■■■■ oa ■ aasiiaaiiaetiiiiiiiii
* STYwoodhull; neu molhennv.
President Vice-President. Cashier.
FDAQT
NATIONAL BANK
SAN TEXAS
Capital and Surplus • - $500000.00
EXCHANGE DRAWN ON PRINCIPAL CITIES IN EUROPE.
MEXICAN MONEY BOUGHT AND SOLD.
M. L. OPPENHEIMER. CO.
.-nANKrns
Transact a general Banking Business. Interest paid on time deposits. Buy
and sell Mexican money and Exchange on principal cities \ Mexico. We also
buy Coins and Banknotes of foreign countries.
305 ALAMO PLAZA. (
FOR RELIABLE DENTISTRY
Go to Reiable Dentists. NO STUDENTS ALL
GRADUATES W.- do no ho called-FREE" work
/~J f J Nor Give Away Any Prizes. Set of Teeth $5.00;
J ..4—. *■. ~ Gold Crowns. $5.00. Gold fillings $l.OO up; Silver
fillings SCc' All work guaranteed in writlnß for ten years.
YALEDEN I ISYS Alamo Plaza
ALBERT BEITEL. R. M. BE I TEL.
BEITEL LUMBER
LUMBER AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
P. O. BOX 393 BOTH PHONES NO. 250. Branch Yards at Kerrville Texas
Office and Yards: West Commerce St. nea the I. 4 G. N. R. R.
San Antonio
International Fair
Opons Oct. 22 Closes Nov. 2
I That.
Good
Fresh
Taste
‘Pioneer’Flour
...
ORPHEUM THEATER.
J T. BRADY Manager.
OPEN TONIGHT 8:30.
TWOHIG PARK.
Latest in Vaudeville and Moving Pic-
tures. Sylvan & O'Neal Headliners.
PRICE 10c 20c.
BASEBALL
Thl« afternoon atS o'clock.
Galveston vs. San Antonio
I
CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS
Over the S»IC ami south Atlantic
states anti the northwest the barome
ter is high with a storm area over
New England and another depression
over the southern plateau.
There is some cloudiness in the
southwest and here and there in the
other districts and it is raining at Gal-
veston; but in general the weather Is
fair.
In the southwest and the eastern
states the temperature is normal to
slightly In excess; In the west and
northwest slightly below The ex-
tremes are 80 degrees at Little Roch
and Washington and 40 degrees at
Havre. Montana.
During the last twenty-four hours
rain Mil in places in Alabama. Louis-
iana south an<l west Texas. Minneso-
ta. lowa and Nebraska.
ALLEN BUELL. Official In charge.
ROYAL ACHATES
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
At a meeting of Alamo lodge No. 34
Royal Achates held last Saiurday
ntgbt Mrs. F. Rothwell the secretary
and I N. Rothwell treasurer tendered
their resignation as officers of that
society. Mrs. Gus Groben and C. D
Hagen waiw elected secretary and
treasurer to serve the unexpired term
i 65 KANSAS CITY RETURN ;
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a. The Long Distance
Telephone.
TTJjSk Places you in directandin-
U stant communication with
a ll important towns in
Texas and Arkansas and many in
other states. lt s use will often save
you a fatiguing journey.
TRY A ROUND TRIP TALK.
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.
INTERESTING CONTESTS
AT THE ELKS' MEETING.
Cincinnati. 0.. July 19.—Among Dw
interesting features of the Elks' meet-
ing will be a lihnd concert at the ball
par;. For the best band of thirty or
mere pieces the first prize will be
fiopt) and the second |250. The feat-
ure tomorrow will be the parade for
I which prizes of 3100 each will be of-
fered for the lodge having the great
est number of men in line for the
lodge making the best api>earance for
the lodge wearing the most unique
uniforms for the lodge bating the
greatest aggregate mileage and fo.
the lodge accompanied by the greatest
number of ladies. The contest between
what is known as the administration
and the field will continue until the
ballots are cast with O'Brien of Bal
timore and Needs of Cleveland hot
contestants for grand waited ruler.
For grant! exalted secretary. Robinson
of Dubuque. Iowa; Burke of Rich
mond. Va ; Charles Stager of Toledo
and Watson of Terre Hhute are con-
testants. t
RAILROAD NOTES.
The extra list of engineers and fire-
men has been again cut in San Anto-
nito on account of slack business
Fireman Cox. from San Antonio- is
now on the switch engine at Del Rio
on n.ghts.Jordan having been dropped
from the extra list.
The following table compiled from
absolutely authentic sources gives an
approximate idea of the number of
railroad men already put out of em-
ployment. Pennsylvania system 13-
nOO Vanderbilt Hues. 12.000. railroads
nut of Chicago 20.000. Gould system.
JSOO. Harriman lines 3000. Northwest
ern lines. 10.000. Southern railway
3000. other roads 2000; total "5.500.
Picket Pointers.
> The enlisted men of the U. T. D.
► club will give a guessing contest and
social dance at Smith's hall on the
night of August 10.
The Second battery was out for
horse exercise this morning.
First Sergeant John Long company
’• D Twenty-sixth Infantry in charge
and First Sergeant Bert E. Cooper.
I. companv B. Corporal George Stedman
y company C. and Corporal Preston
'■ Savage company Al Twenty-sixth io
d fantrv. have been ordered to proceed
t to Fort Reno. O. T„ in time to report ।
to the commanding officer thereof not j
d later than Julv 22. as comaftitors for
t the division infantry rifle <Wp«iti<4L
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
IS NOW THREATENED
Final Effort Has Been Made lor Arbi-
Unless an Agreement Is Reached on This
Basis Fourteen Thousand Additional
Men Will Quit Work—Operations
at the Packing Plants.
Chicago. 111.. July 19.—As a final ef-
fort to secure a basis for arbitration
in the stock yards strike an agree-
ment from the packers that all em-
ployes on the strike would be rein-
stated within a specified time was
made today by President Donnelly of
the butcheys. In a letter to J Ogden
Armour. President Donnelly declared
that if this concession is not made a
sympathetic strike of about 14000
other workmen at the yards would be
called.
The packers continue to hire new
men to take the places of the strikers.
They say they will lie able to oper-
ate their plants even if a sympathetic
strike is called.
Operations at the yards hav-'
reached 50 per cent of the normal bus-
Iness in the Urge tracking houses and
announcement was made that Ihe out-
put in all departments would be In-
creased daily.
A letter was received by Mr. Ar-
mour signed by President Donnelly
and it Informed the employers In sub-
stance ihai the butchers had conceded
everything possible and that if the
packers consider the welfare of the
men whom they have hired since the
strike began to be of more importance
than that of the strikers that an ap-
peal for assistance will be made to
all union men employed at the yard*.
The strike leaders will remain at
the Shermau house until a reply is re
ceived from the packers. In the event
It is unfavorable the fin-men and engi-
neers at the yards. It is said will lie
first appealed to for a sympathetic
strike. These unions the strike lead-
ers expect tn be followed by the coop-
ers. steam fitters and other trades.
At Kansas City.
Kansas City. Mo.. July 19— In the
fare of the probability nt a sympa
thetlc strike the engineers electricians
and other skilled employes members
of allied trades unions the local pack-
ers today placed additional forces at
work and in each instance they assert-
ed an increased output. A general
Strike of all trades allied yith the
butchers and fillers is expected* in
labor circles today unless a peace
agreement Is reached at Chicago.
THE DECREASE IN
STEEL STOCK VALUES.
"Do whatithe trust managers might
rtbey could not entirely hide the truth
that there was huge falling off in
profits." Mr. Henty George writes In
bis article on the United States steel
corporation in the July Pearson's
“Pig iron ghich had sqld at $22 a ton
sink below $lO. and all the dependent
iron and steel products fell concur-
rently.
"Schwab In August 1903 resigned
the office of president of the United
States steel corporation and io bis
place was selected William E. Corey
his personal friend and former fellow
'young genius' In the Canp-gie com
pany.
"Scarcely had the public recovered
fromjts surprise when the common
stockholders received a blow between
the eyes. The October quarterly div-
idend on common was cut from 1 per
cent to % of 1 per cent. Besides this
a heroic policy of retrenchment was
proclaimed: 25 per cent of the plans
to be closed down; pig iron produc-
tion to be reduced 40 per cent; em-
ployes in opgrating department to be
reduced 10 per cenr; in the executive.
4 per cent; at ore mines and on ore
fleets 50 per cent; Ip transportation
department 5 per cent wages to be
cut 20 per cent; and 30 per cent to be
taken from salaries through dis-
charges and reductions.
Bur all this showed that the trust
was losing its earning power and a
few months later the ax again fell.
The 'v of 1 per cent quarterly dlvlden.l
on common stock was decapitated."
SUIT FOR Cy/ORCE.
Willie K. Strobmeyer has filed suit
in the Thirty-seventh District court
against Rudolph Strohmejer. The pe-
tition alleges that plaintiff and defend
ant were married in San Antonio on
or about the 2nd of December. 1902
and continued to live together until
on or about February 25 1904.
MORTUARY
Mrs. Marian Helnett. aged 33 years
died this morning at 3 o'clock on
Rural avenue The funeral takes
place tomorrow morning. Iptertnent
will be In St. Mary's cemetery.
SAN ANTONIO..TEXAS. TUESDAY JULY 19. 1904.
(ration in Chicago.
MEETING
ILLEGAL
Delegates Had to Go
Home.
Terrell Election Law Is
a Peculiar Arrange-
ment.
Special to Th<- Light.
Dallas Tex . .Inly 19. —The conven-
tion of the Fifth Supreme Judicial
district was called to meet here today.
The delegates had assembled when
It was found tha the Terrell law made
It illegal to hold the convention on any
day except the fourth Saturday jn Jnly.
The delegates left for home after
issuing a call for a convention on July
23 In Dallas.
CONVENTION CALLED.
Special to The Light.
Austin. Tex . Jnly 19. —A call was
issued today bi Frederick Opp. chair-
man of the Democratic executive com
niittee of the Third supreme judicial
district for a < million to meet here
July 23 for Uie purpose ot nominat-
ing an associate )nstlce of the court
of civil appeals <>f th« Third district.
lOWA REPUBLICANS'
HOLD CONVENTION.
Des Moim la July 19.—Harmony
will be the distinctive Luiture of the
Republican -tate convention wbrtt
meets here tomorrow to name candi
dates for secretary of state treasurer
auditor and 'he other state officers to
bo chosen at the next election. Talks
witj t.ie delegates already arrived in
the city indicate that the entire ticket
will probably be named by acclama-
tion. with the exception of railroad
commissioner for which place there
are several aspirants. For the re-
maining off!thei present Incum-
bents will a” be renominated The
convention will adopt resolutions
strongly indorsing Roosevelt and Fair-
banks for re electoin aud commend-
ing the platt< ni of the Chicago con-
vention.
Parker Men in Control.
lowa City. lowa. July 19.—Parker
men are In < implete control of the
state Democratic convention which
convened Jier today.
Missouri Democrats.
Jefferson City Mo.. July 19. — The
Democratic state convention to nom-
fnaie candidal' i for state offices is in
session here t >day. The nomination
of Joseph W Folk circuit attorney of
St Louis for the governorship Is as-
sured.
BOLL WEEVIL BOARD
WILL MEET AUGUST 8.
Special to T) Light.
Austin Tex July 19—Governor
l.anham this norulng issued 1 notice
for a met ting < the Texas voll weevil
board to be h> d at Navasota. Grimes
county on Au ust 8. The governor
requests all pei ons who have a rente
dy for the destt ictlon bf the boll wee
vil to appear tefore the board and
have the same tested. Thia Wilb.be
the last meetin held and thus far no
award has been made of the sso"d(t
reward.
Special to The Light.
Austin Tex. July 19.—Chartered
today:
Pebble Brake company Hillsboro;
capital stock $-duo.
A MOONLIGHT SOCIAL
FOR SOUTH HEIGHTS PARK
A moonlight social will be given on
Thursday nigh' by the South Heights
Amusement and improvement club in
South Heights park. This will bo 'he
first social gathering of that body and
it has for Its object a purpose to get
lielter acquainted with the residents
In that portion of the city. The affair
is under the utisplces of the ladies of
the club anti It is expected to hr a
most pleasant affair.
BRAKE CCL CHARTERED
WALL STREET LETIER.
Special to The Light.
New York. July 19—Increasing
strength and activity are the features
of the stock market. The most no
ticeable influences contributining 10
this improvement were ot course the
good crop reports money and
the certainty that the political cam-
paign would develop no dlsturbng is-
sues regardless of the dying gasps ot
Bryanixm. Back of these facts how-
ever. is the support given the market
by the big owners of stocks Of the
latter there is no question. Their hold-
ing have been greatly augmented dur-
ing the recession of the last few
months; and these gentlemen who
have the very best facilities for see
Ing ahead have undoubtedly come to
the conclusion that the present Is a
good opportunity to put values back
upon a more normal level.
in this connection It is worth re-
calling that the severe contraction of
1903 forced many stocks below their
intrinsic value; this having been dem
onstarted by the high rates of Inter-
est which many securities were then
yb bling upon their market values. At
the same time the check to financial
and industrial activities which oc-
curred in 1903 coupled with the enor-
mous additions to our gold supplies
and our heavy bank note expansion
left the money market with an abnor-
mal abundance of idle funds seeking
Investment. It so happens that a very-
considerable portion of these funds
has already been absorbed in tempor
ary railroad loans which will eventu-
ally be turned into fixed capital. An-
other good khare of this accumulation
has been utilized in the taking up of
new mui|icip«l and railroad bunds
which found exceptional favor among
conservative investors and trust insti-
tutions. Yet in spite of these past de-
mands upon the money market there
Is still a great abundance of loanable
funds and bank reserves have risen
to unusual proportions; so that bank-
ers. In face of large crop demands
show no concern about the future of
the money market. Usually this is the
season when preparations for the crop
movem< nt are in progress and in or
dinary times no calculates upon
a bull movement in the stock market
until the more imperative demands of
business and crops are satisfied. This
year promises to be an exception tn
this respect owing as above stated.
Io the extraordinary plethora of loan-
able funds. With all doubts on this
point removed there Is nothing to pre-
vent the market from responding to
better cnip. better business and polit-
ical conditions and this fact Is daily
becoming more generally realized.
The outlook Is for big corn and
cotton crops. These are facts of the
greatest importance. Our corn crop if
It reaches 2500.1)00.000 bushels should
yield the growers about 11000.000000.
to say nothing of Its added value in
the shape of pork and beef. Our cot-
ton crop if It roaches 11000.000 bales
will yield about $400000000 to grow
ers to say nothing of the profits to
railroads exporter* and manufactu-
rers; so that from these two crops
alone the country's wealth will be
augmented by more than fifteen hun-
dred million dollars. Other crops arc
doing fairly well and there are no im-
portant reports of shortage In any di
rection. Of course damage from
drouth now and frost later 1* possi-
ble. even probable for cotton nyrly
always deteriorates in August and
September. Yet all the crops have
made such good progress and attaimnl
such strength as to be able to with-
stand unfavorable conditions excep-
tionally well The only exception is In
wheat: Kansas. Missouri and Nebras-
ka having suffered Injury by excess-
Ive rain- estimated at aliout 25.000.0 M
bushels But a 600.000.000 crop is ex-
pected. which is only thirty-seven mH
lions below last year and the price.
It should be noted is twenty cents
higher 'han a year ago.
Good crop prospects arc already ex-
erting a stimulating effect upon bnsi
it wiMsi anil
and <Hsir.i"nur» $u — -
south an looking forward to a satis
factory fall trade. Having purs J
an exceptionally conservative poky
during the past <«elve months tln-y
enter the season in good financial con
diUon. with no heavy slocks of mer-
chandise carried over. Even In
east where depression has bwn keen
.■at there is a more hopeful
This is most notio-ah.e in the iron
trade which has just emerged from
six momhs of string!nt curtailment in
all sorts of iron and steel products. As
1 result producers now show more
confidence and th. feeling grow that
prices have finally touched rock hot-
tom. As soon as this fact becomes
recognized among consumers ordew
that hnvc l>een long held back will
some In and recovery must become
more apiiarpnt than it now i« There
is already a feeling that a turn for
the better has taken place in the Iron
trade and the indications are that
tills feeling will extend. Railroad
earnings nnd bank clearings are also
making more satisfactory records. In-
asmuch Ss they show fewer declines
and mor. gains than during the first
six months of the current year.
ft is perhaps as well to say there
is no occasion for entertaining the
ordinary anxiety concerning the
presidential election; and now that
Bryanlsm is a dead Issue there t«
loss difference between the two great
political parties than usual. Both
candidal s are men of unimpeachable
diameter and safe .sane and sound
on vital nubile quest ions. The chances
favor a close contest with Mr. Roose
veil the winner: stilt for once the
financial community can view jhe '»os
slhlllty of a Den'ocrotlc preskleq; 1
without a shudder. In short the
SUBSCRIPTION $5 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
RUSSIAN SEIZURE
EAUSESCOMMENT
International Complication May Arise as
a Result oi This Action.
The Matter Is Under Consideration in Brit-
ish Official Circles—Japan May Re-
gard Turkey as an Ally to Rus-
sia-Russia’s Volunteer Fleet.
London July 19. —In British official I
circles recent seizures and overhaul-1
Ing of British ships in the Red Sea
by the Russian volunteer steam I
ers Smolensk and St. Petersburg are
regarded as very grave international
incidents. The seizure of the Penin-
sular and Oriental steamer Malacca
by the St. Petersburg aud arrival in
the Suez canal as a prize of war on
its way to Übau on the Baltic came as
a climax and the cabinet is today con
sidering what course to pursue. Brit-
ish law officers acknowledge the
right of the Russians to seize and de-
tain mails provide) only official com-
munication is taken but they take
the most serious view of the stat
the two Russi-in ships patrolling the
P.ed Sea. and ft any official action or
protest ensues it will be chiefly in re
gard to the passage of these erstwhile
merchant ships through the Dardeuel-
les and subsequent transformaiion
into ships of war.
The effect on the stock exchange
•as seen in a heavy fall In consols
and other gilt edge securities on the
fear of international complications.
The dangers and difficulties ot the sit
nation are much commented upon in
the newspapers which are practically
unanimous in denouncing as dubious
ad in-egular the character of 'the vol-
Uteer fleet vessels.
"11 the actions we believe 1 to be
those -rf volunteer fiilibusters” says
the 9t James Gazette “they must be
recalled by; Russia or skull-and cross-
boneg must be run up and they will
l><> fired upon whenever sighted."
.Another element aiFHng to the dan-
gers of the situation is the attitude
1 hat Japan may assume.
The F’all Mali Gazette points on
that if as staled in the dispatches
from Constantinople the Russian
guardship Chernomoretz traversed
(he straits fully armed. It seems to
jt)*tify Japan regarding Turkey as an
ally to Russia and invoking the terms
of the Anglo. Japanese treaty.
RUSSIANS REFUSE TO ALLOW
AGENT TO BOARD VESSEL.
Suez. July 19 — The Peninsular and
Oriental company's steamer Malacca
captured by the Russian volunteer
fleet steamer St Petersburg in the
Red Sea while bound from Antwerp
for Japan entered the canal today on
her way to Übau on the Baltic. Tae
company's agent attempted to board
the vessel but the Russians refused
him
RUSSIAN PAPERS REJOICE
OVER WORK OF THE FLEET.
St. Petersburg. July 19—Without
discussing in any way the intt'rnation-
al questions involved the newspapers
here are all rejoicing over the ex-
ploits of the volunteer fleet In the Red
sea. The Novoe Vremya says the work
they are doing indicates the wisdom
of establishing the fleet which was
begun by national subscription when
the country was too impoverished to
build vessels after the Turko-Russian
war. It is the pioneer of subsidized
auxiliary cruisers which most coun-
tries have since imitated. The pa
per adds that there is plenty of scope
for the fleet in the European Atlantic
and Pacific waters. By threatening to
deprive the Japanese of arms and mu-
nitions it can compel a detachment ot
the Japanese fleet. This is why the
appearance of the volunteer fleet in
the Red sea is hailed with so much
sailsfaction.
financial situation is likely to be
slightlyaaffected by politics if at al' |
indications point to a more active
an.l higher stock market. We have
already bad a considerable rise so j
that unfavorable news mirin induce
dmisidernhto temporary realizing to I
gether with more or les- irregularity j
But Such sales cannot be heavy sim
ply because the public is carrying
few stocks. The big men are in en
tire control of the market and unless I
nil signs fall they seen determined
to take advantage of present condi-
tions and to pm values upon a higher
plane before parting with any consid
erablA portion of their present hold |
Ings. To their encouragement recent
aclivftv wax principally due. and ihe
advantage thus far gained will doubt
less be used for all it Is worth Stocks
are therefore likely to be a purchase
on all iharp r.<eXslon». but should be
• sold til seeme profits on the good ail
JwroaJiea
HBNRY CLBWB
R. H. WESTER Pres.
JAS. G. BLAINE Ist V. Prsa.
ROY M. BEITEL 2nd V. Prss.
J. 0. COCKRELL Secretary.
WESTER SAVINGS A TRUST CO.
237 East Houston St
Four pe r cent interest paid on
eavlngs.
RUSSIAN
LOSSES
They Are Placed at
2000.
Wonderful Efficiency of
the Japanese Infan-
try at Motien Pass.
General Kuroki's Headquarters via
Fusan July 16. (delayed in transmis-
sion.! —More Russian troops engaged
in yesterday's battle at Motien Pass
than in previous engagements. There
was probably double the number of
those which took part In the fight at
Yalu river while opposed to them was
only one brigade and one liattalion ot
Japanese forces. The Russian loss is
estimated at Burial continue.
Japanese casualties are reputed at
300. The engagements conspicuously
demonstrated the wonderful efficiency
of. the Japanese infantry. They proved
incomparable better marksmen with
more initiative antl they outfpugbt and
outgeneraled the Russians on every
ixtint.
HEAVY JAPANESE LOSS
REPORTED AT CHEE FOO.
Che Foo Jtfly 19.—A Junk with
eight Russians and fifty Chinese ar-
rived here this afternoon five days
from Port Arthur. The Russians re-
fused to talk but the Chinese say that
on July 11 and 12 the Japanese cap-
tured and occupied with four thousand
men. one of tbe eastern forts near
Port Arthur. Before reinforcements
arrived tbe Russians cut off 4<MM!
troops in the fort and exploded mines
whiclk resulted in the killing of every
Japanese soldier there.
JAPANESE LOSS AT
MOTIEN PASS IS 299.
Tokio. July 19.—The Japanese
losses in t.ie fighting at Motien Pass
and vicinity Sunday is 299 killed or
wounded. General Kuroki estmates
that the Russians lost more heavily.
RUSSIANS BELIEVE
pJrt ARTHUR IMPREGNABLE.
Mukden July 19. —A letter received
here from Port Arthur shows implicit
confidence in the ability of Lieutenant
General Stoessel to keen out the Jap
anese. The writer says General
Rtoesscl's certainty of victory has im-
parted equal confidence to tbe troops
nnd inhabitants. Major General Fock
Is now engaged in resisting tb< Japan
cse at our advance positions and the
siege will drag on for a long time.
General Kondratieff Is adding to the
fortifications of Port Arthur making
them stronger dally. On the bills pre-
"iously considered impossible to forti-
fy batteries and entrenchments have
lioen constructed and guns have been
planted. The cooperation of tbe gen-
erals mndc Port Arthur an inaccessi-
ble fortress. ' •
JAPANESE CRUISER
CAPTURES A CARGO.
Shanghai. July 19.—The British
steamer Lienshing. which arrived hero
from Wei Hai Wei today reporta that
she was signaled by the steamer Pei
Ping whose commander asked tho
Lienshing to advise the ownera of the
Pei Ping that the ship and cargo had
beeu captured by the Japanese cruis-
er Hong Kong and the vessel Is pro-
ceeding to Japan with the crew <>g
tMiartl. The news of the capture of the
Pei Ping was communicated to the
British admiral whose squadron Is an-
[•hored in Yung Chllg bay.
Russia-1 Prlxe Arrives.
Suer. July 19.—The Peninsular 4
I'-iental steamer Malacca capiurad
n rhe Red Sea has arrived here flying
he Russian naval dag. She is now iu
rotnntand < I Russian naval offieerv an r
-arries a prQco crew from tbe vnlun-
The Malacca will pass through' Um
mnal.
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Messmer, W. S. San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 19, 1904, newspaper, July 19, 1904; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1686723/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .