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PEROLIN
The Ideal dustless and antiseptic
sweeping material. Recommended
by highest medical authorities; all
dealers sell it.
H. GOLDSCHMIDT A CO.
218 E. Commerce St. Both phones.
VOL. 24 No. 198.
T. C. FROST
President.
——FROST- —
NATIONAL BANK
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
Capital and Surplus - - $500000.00
EXCHANGE DRAWN ON PRINCIPAL CITIES IN EUROPE.
MEXICAN MONEY BOUGHT AND SOLD.
“KJ me HOFFMAN HOUSE BAR
Ai 1 nr.
They carry all the leading brands of fine Whiskies Wines and Cigars.
Telephone orders for bottled goods promptly filled day or night.
TOURIST TRADE SOLICITED. OPEN ALL NIGHT.
408 E. Houston Street. (Hicks Building opposite.) Telephone 622.
ALBERT BEITEL. ’ R. M. BEITEL.
BEITEL LUMBER CO. "i™*
LUMBER AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE
p. O. BOX 393. BOTH PHONEB NO. 250. Branch Yard* at Kerrville. Texas.
Office and Yards: West Commerce St. near the I. 4G.N.R. R.
YaleDentistsHicks Bldg.
iff Full Set Teeth— Ss OO
Y Solid Gold Crowns — $5 00
UJJ I i S.lver Filling— so«
HUM _ • ' Gold Filling— sloo up.
Painless Extracting—soC-
OQIiTLLUJjIIB $5O for any Tooth we cannot ex-
tract without pain.
AMUSEMENTS.
ELECTRIC PARK
TONIGHT
BOSTON IDEAL OPERA CO.
In "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE."
A Musical Satire by Gilbert & Sullivan.
Prices 10c. 20c. 30c 50c
Seats at Bexar Drug Co.
Harvey L. Page.
ARCHITECT.
Jas. F. Brook C. E.
Suite 528. Moore Building.
NOW OPEN.
San Pedro Springs
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
Under New Management
NEW ATTRACTIONS.
Come Out and Seo Them.
DAVE. HERZFELD
Formerly of Rockport is Now
Proprietor of the
CONEY ISLAND BAR
201 ALAMO PLAZA.
Come and See Me. Nothing too
Good for my Patrons.
NORTHERN SETTLERS
MAY MEET IN THIS CITY
TV F. McClure general agent of
tha Galveston Houston & Henderson
and W. G. Crush of the Katy called
on General Passenger Agent George
F. Lupton of the Sap. this morning
and had quite a little conference over
the meeting of the general passenger
agents at Corpus Christi next Tues-
day. At this meeting all Texas roads
will be represented by officials who
are also officers of the Northern Set-
tlers’ association. The officials will
make every effort to start the ball
rolling In securing the next annual
meeting of the Settlers for San An-
tonio and shold this city be successful
it will mean a big card for this section
of the state.
D stri't Clerk C. L. Nevill announces
that during the summer months his
office will close every Saturday at noon
and that hie deputies will be allowed
a half holiday.
mew inn " LfIND 0F THE
MEAIuU MOCTEZUMAS"
Cheap Excursion via
Laredo and The I.&G. N.
Tickets on Sale August 89 15 and 16
CITY TICKET OFFICE. 122 ALAMO PLAZA *
C. Hightower P. A.
j&m Sinh ni o
J. T. WOODHULL
Vice President.
GULF REFINING CO
New Phons 696.
Old Phone 1986
Wholesale Dealers
“Lusterlite” Illuminating Oil Gasoline
Lubricating Oils.
WISE
WOMEH
use
Pioneer
AMTONJQ TEX ( ;
f PIONEER ri
Flour.
EQUITABLE EXPERTS
making vum
Associated Press.
New York Aug. 4.—Two experts
have been appointed by by President
Paul Morton to value every piece of
real estate in which the Equitable Life
Assurance society has an interest
says the Tribune today. He is stated
to have taken this action yesterday
when he received the reports of ex-
pert accountants. These reports it Is
alleged indicate the possibility of ex-
tensive overvaluation. The society
owns in this country and abroad real
estate valued at approximately 636-
000.000. According to the Tribune
it is thought possible that this amount
will have to be reduced while the val-
uation on parcels on which loans
are outstanding may have to be re-
duced by at least 10 per cent. The
last report to the state insurance de-
partment gave the value of real estate
owned by the society at 636695647.
Of this sum buildings occupied by the
society in New York. Boston. St.
Louis. Des Moines Denver Memphis
and in Paris France; Madrid Spain;
Vienna Austria; Berlin. Prussia; San-
tiago. Chile; City of Mexico. Sydney.
N. S. W. and Melbourne. Australia
are stated to w be worth 631573150
while buildings* in New York city. Jer-
sey city Milford N. Y.; West Orange
Piscataway Bayonne and Bergen
Point N. 1. are valued at over 65500-
000.
ASCHBACHER BEER is on sale in
pint bottles at all first-class saloons.
EIGHT PAGES
NED M'ILLHENNY
Cashier.
THE EEBEIII TROOPS
MAI BE era 081
Quarantine Restrictions Cause Much
Suffering Among Refugees.
FOUR DEATHS REPORTED
The Area if I nfection h Increasing Beliw
Canal Street But the Disease Is Mak-
ing Slaw Progress Above that Flint
Many People Are Still Leaving.
Associated Press.
New Orleans L. A Aug. 4. —The
extreme measures which some ftnin
try districts are faking to guard them-
selves from yellow fever threaten to
put a temporary stop to train service
and may bring the federal government
Into the fever- situation in the south.
The most radical action thus far
taken is that of the police jury in Cal-
casieu. the second largest parish In
the state. It passed resolution* order-
ing that all traffic travel and inter
course between Calcasieu and points
east north and west shall cea-e at
once and that no one be permitted to
enter the limits of the parish until
further orders
In consequence of this resolution
the Southern Pacific railroad has or-
dered from today to run an more
trains through Calcasieu which means
the abandonment of through service
of the line to the west. Watkins
trains and Kansas City Southern
trains have also been stopped.
It is understood that quarantine in
a day or two will be extended to all
freight trains. The effect of the or-
ders is to stop all mail service into or
through Calcasieu.
Rapides ha<« shut her doors to every-
thing except mail and fuel oil.
At Mermentau. La. shots w<|-e ex-
changed between guards and a negro
who was trying to go through the
Hues.
The Grant parish has instituted a
shotgun quarantine stopped all trains
and shut herself off completely from
mall service.
Lafayette La.. Las issued orders
that only mail and disinfected freight
may come into that parish.
Tensas parish has quarantined aH
passengers baggage household goods
'♦ruils and fabrics. Precautions as
radical as these have been taken in
many other sections of the south and
there is apparently as great a panic
now prevailing as at any time during
1597 but the bulk of the country mi’.i
put faith tn the mosquito theory.
Although a report of flfty-fbur new
cases in the preceding twenty-four
hours ordin irily would have a tenden-
cy to cause alarm here the people fin'
assurance In the analysis of a detail-
ed report made by the board of health.
It js shown tliai of the fifty-four cases
twenty-nine were rooted out of con-
cealment by Surgeon Farrar Richard-
son of the marine hospital service and
assistants.
The area of infection is Increasing
below Canal street but the disease’
Is making Tecble progress above. Tae
exodus fnun Louisiana towns where
the fever nis appeared continues. A
large number of people has gone north
and east from Shreveport and points
in that section cf the state.
At Alexandria as the result of a
mild ease there one hundred citizens
chartered a soecial train to leave
there today. Yet the patient that
caused the panic is reporte 1 to be so
far recover .Al as to be able to sit up
In bed and smoke.
Archbishop Chapelle has returned
to the city from a tour through Lc*isl-
ana and expresses himself deeply con.
cerned over th< state of the public
health. Mgr. Ctapells will offer his
services to the authorities in the fight
In progress .m ( ' will issue through the
clergy a pastoral letter giving his
views and advice to meet the emergen-
cy.
Owing to the quarantine there is
great suffering on the part of those
who are fleeing from the country dis-
tricts to north Louisiana Two thou-
sand were compelled to re-
main in the trains at Jonesboro. Ar-
kansas. The trains were surrounded
by state irooys. So hurriedly had
the trains been made up that no pro-
visions had been made for food and
water and the refugees were hungrv
and famished but their piteous ap-
peals for food were refused. The un-
fortunate passengers many of whom
are women and children are not per-
mitted to put their beads out of the
windows to get a breath of fresh air.
FOUR DEATHS AND
THREE NEW CASES.
Associated Press.
New Orleans La.. August 4.—With
four deaths reported to the health au-
thorities early today it seemed prob-
able that there would be a consider-
able increase over yesterday's report
In the matter of fatalities. In me
natural order of things the deaths
must increase with so large a number
of new cases as have come under of-
ficial notice during the past week.
Three new cases were reported to the
board early today. No estimate how-
ever can be formed as to the prob-
able number or new cases which will
be reported during the present twenty-
four hours.
Though armed forces of Mississippi
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. FRIDAY AUGUST 4. 1905.
ran CUM
SURRENDERS TO JAPS
Governor Liapnoff Sends a Letter Under
a Flag of Truce.
70 OFFICERS AND 3200 MEN
Russians Rin Out of Bandage Material and
Mad cue; With Which to Attend to
the Wounded and They Hod
to Cease Hostilities.
Associated Press.
Toklo Aug. 1 (Noon.) —A report
giving details of the final pursuit and
surrender cf a majority of the Russian
garrison on Sakhalin has been receiv-
ed as follows.
An independent cavalry column on
the afternoon of July 28 attacked the
enemy south of Palco and routed him.
driving him southward and capturing
two field guns besides a number of
rifles and a quantity of ammunition.
On July 29 the cavalry being rein-
forced vigorously pursued the enemy
south of Taylan. which lies twenty-five
miles south of Rykoff.
The enemy halted at Onol twenty-
five miles south of Taylan and at 5
o'clock on the morning of July 30 sent
a letter unde" a flag ol truce to the
Japanese commander from General
Liapnoff. the Russian governor saying
tbo lack of bandage material and
medicines and consequent inability to
succor the wounded compelled him
from a sense of humanity to terminate
hostilities.
The commander of the Japanese
forces replied demanding the delivery
of all war supplies and property of
the Russian government the uninjured
and the delivery of all maps records
and pa tiers relating to the Russian
civil and military administration and
requiring their delivery in reply at 10
o'clock on the morning of July 31 oth-
erwise an stucking movement would
Immediately be starte I.
Colonel Tulovltch. on behalf of gov-
ernor I-aipnofl met Kolsumi the Jap-
anese chief of staff on the morning
of July 31 and accepted the proposed
tirms.
Governor Liapnoff. seventy officers
and 3200 men of the Russian garrison
then surrendered.
The siioils consisting of clothing
pipers and military supplies are now
under investigation.
Associated Press.
Toklo Aug. 4. —The bulk of the
Russian garrison at Sakhalin surren-
dered to the Japanese July 31.
GOVERNOR LANHAM
RETURNS TO AUSTIN.
Fpecfal to The Light
Austin. Tex. Aug. 4. —Governor Lan-
ham teturned today from Fort-Worth
where he was at the bedside of his
daughter Miss Grace Lanham who
has been quite ill there.
and Louisiana have been In touch for
twelve hours no reports of a canguin-
ary collision have reached here from
Rlgolets and the situation ia regarded
ns somewhat less acute than It has
been heretofore.
QUARANTINE ORDER
ENFORCED IN MISSOURI.
Associated Proas.
St. fxmls. Mo. August 4.—A quaran-
tine order issued bv the Missouri
board of health against districts af-
fected by yellow fever will be enforced
along the eastern borders of the state
as far north as St. Ix>uis along the
entire southern border and along the
western border as far north as Kansas
City. The establishment of quaran-
tine stations or detention camps will
be In hands of the different local
boards of health unless it is found
necessary by the state board to inter-
vene: In case persons succeed in en-
tering the state from the danger zones
In the south thev will be detained in
cities or towns farther In the Interior
if unable to exhibit a bill of health.
A FEVER REPORT IS
DENIED FROM WACO.
Special to The Light.
Waco Tex.. August 4.—The board
of health this morning gave out an of-
ficial statement owing to the Injur-
ious rumors that not even a suspic-
ious case of yellow fever Is here or
that there is any ground for such
rumors as have gone the rounds re-
garding Texas cities so far as Waco
is concerned. A great cleaning-up has
plan has been inaugurated however
as a nrecautlon and five assistant efly
health officers have been appointed to
visit the premises of everv resident
and enforce clcanlng-nn. comnlaints
to be filed In all cases of refusal.
FOUR FEVFR SUSPECTS
ARK HELD IN NEW YORK
Associated Press.
New York. August 4.—Four fever
suspects were taken from the steamer
Nueces from Galveston today at
quarantine and transferred to the Hoff-
man island for observation as to the
cause of abnormally high tempera-
tures. One was a steerage passenger
and the others were members of the
crew
PLANS TO FLOAT
LOAN FOR RUSSIA
Prominent Financiers Are Ready to
Consider the Proposition.
CONFERENCE WITH WITTE
It Is Believed tint Satisfactiry Terms Can Be
Made Between Russia and United
States Banking Firms
for Loans.
Associated Press.
New York. Aug. 4.—Plans are afoot
to float a Russian loan in America and
conferences with this object in view
already have been held says the
Herald between Mr. Sergius Witte
the Russian senior peace envoy and
representatives of one or two of Wal!
streets most prominent banking firm'
and institutions.
“It is understood" continues the
Herald “that further conferences will
be held and that the information
which Mr. Witte obtains will have a
highly important bearing on the out-
come of the peace negotiations which
are soon to begin.
"If Mr. Witte finds that he Is able
to place a loan In the United States
and It is believed by prominent finan-
ciers that if the terms are satisfactory
he can do so the aspect of the Rus-
sian cause may be materially changed
when the peace plenipotentiaries make
known their proposition to each other.
•'Heretofore it has been believed
that no Russian loan could be floated
in this country unless it were based
on a cessation of the war and the
promise of Internal reforms In Russia.
Information was given Mr. Witte last
night however that indicated the will-
tngness of at least one and possibly
two prominent banking houses to con-
sider the terms which Russia would
pay for negotiating a loan."
WITTE AND ROSEN
CALL ON PRESIDENT.
Associated Press.
New York. Aug. 4.—Sergius Witte
and Baron Rosen. Russian peace en-
voys attended high mass and special
tedeum service today which i* the
date in the ।-astern Christian calendra
of St. Mary's day. it was also the
name day cf ter majesty. Maria Feo-
dorovna the Russian empress dowa-
ger. Services were celebrated at the
St. Nicholas Russian orthodox cathe-
dral.
At the conclusion of the religious
service M. Witte and Baron Rosen
started for Pliuldent Roosevelt's sum-
mer home at Oyste r Bay. where M.
Witte was to be formally presented
to the president by Baron Rosen.
A special parlor car attached to the
Long Island railroad conveyed them
from Long bland City to Oyster Bay.
BROKER’S BLUNDER
RESULTS IN ARREST
Associated Press.
New York Aug. 4. —Brudenew Ex-
ton who asserts that his grandfather
was Lord Mayor of London is a pris-
oner in the tenderloin police station
under a charge of disorderly conduct.
Exton who also claims to be an in-
surance broker is said by witnesses
to have knocked down a woman in
Point N. J. are valued at ove r 65.500-
front of a Broadway hotel
while conversing with an ac-
quaintance. Exton stumbled igaints
the woman by accident but
she screamed loudly for help and
half a dozen jumped upon the unfor-
tunate broker at once. He wa s beat-
en to the sidewalk and in a moment
half a hundred loungers were attempt-
ing to strike him. A policeman beat
hfs way through the crowd and res-
cued Exton. He was bustled away
and during the excitement the woman
disappeared with her little daughter
by whom she was accompanied.
FENCE COTTERS AT WORK
NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO
Spencer Smith came in a few days i
ago with a bunch of cattle from his
ranch 28 miles northwest of San An- !
tonlo and returned to that place last !
nigh-. Mr. Smith states that owing |
to the not and dry weather during
the pa*t month fence cutters have
been at work and great complaint nas
beet made of this practice. Several
strands of wire were cut on the Smith
ranch at different places around the
enclosure and an effort will be mace
to capture the guilty parties.
GEORGE HUNTER APPOINTED
A. G. P. A. OF THE I. 4 G. N
Special to The Light
Houston. Tex. Aug. 4. —George D.
Hunter elty ticket agent of the In-
ternational 4 Great Northern railroad
in Houston has been appointed assist-
ant general passenger agent effective
August 15. His successor has not yet
bees named.
SUBSCRIPTION $ A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
AILED SWINDLER
Hillll CHICAGO
Charged With Raising Money Orders
and Also With Forgery.
HE WORKED IN 21 CITIES
He Would Bay a Mon ;y Order for 25 Celts
Raise II ti $lOO Make a Small Pur-
chase In a Store and Pocket the
Change as a Rake-o!!.
Associated Press.
Chicago. 111. Aug. 4.—Charged with
swindling merchants in twenty-one
cities out of thousands of dollars.
Norman E. Roberts alleged money-
order raiser and forger was arrested
last night at a sub-postal station. Rob.
erts said he was a salesman until a
few months ago. He 1I 27 years old
and comes from New York but has a
wife living in Baltimore. Roberts'
method has not differed from that of
several other swindlers. Including one
woman who have been sent to the
penitentiary from Chicago within the
last three years
The forger buys a money order at
a sub-station usually for 25 cents and
payable to some other person. Then
all the writing is erased with chemi-
cals and the blanks are tilled out for
any amount under 6100. In Chicago
the signature of Postmaster Coyne
was forged. The raised order then is
offered by the swindler to some busi-
ness house In exchange for a small
purchase and the remainder which
the forger received represents the
amount of his dishonest gain. Rob-
ert!' itinerary included New York.
Boston. Providence. Pawtucket New
London. Woonsocket. Baltimore Phil
adelphia Harrisburg. York Pa.; Nor-
folk and Richmond. Va.; Cincinnati
and Dayton. O.; Indianapolis Chicago
and Milwaukee.
RELATIONS BETWEEN
GERMANY AND ENGLAND
Associated Press.
London. August 4.—The forthcoming
visit of the British fleet to the Baltic
sea apiiears more than likely to mark
the beginning of more cordial rela-
tions between Germany and Great Brit-
ain. instead of as has been suggested
In some quarters adding to the fric-
tion now existing.
The proposed visit was known to the
German foreign office months ago and
suggestions that objections to it were
raised by Germany are unfounded.
Eniest George Prettyman. secretary
to the admiralty in reply to questions
said definitely that no protests re-
garding the visit of the fleet has been
received.
RESULT DOUBTFUL IN
BOND ELECTION TODAY
The qualified taxpaying voters of
improvements. The election is being
day to determine whether the city
shall issue 643.000 bonds on the credit
o fsald district for permanent street
Improveemnts. The election is being
;iela at Gotthardt's store on North I-a-
red- street. The polls opened at 8
o'clock this morning and w.ll remain
open until 6 p. m. Early voters cast
their vote for the proposition.
A‘ 1 o'clock this afternoon 49 votes
had been cast. While it was impos-
sible tu ascertain how the vote stood.
It was the consensus of opin-
ion among tho*e who have been
clostly associated with the movement
that the bonds would carry. A sepa-
rate election is also being held in the
building to determine whether the
work bo done by day labor or by con-
tracts. It was reported around the poll
that it was probably that the work
wouid be done by day labor should
the bonds carry.
LOST—A roan mare scar under Ipft
eye no brand short about 14 1-2
hands high. Reward if returned 453
Garza street.
FOR RELIABLE SERVICE
TRY
HOUSTON S. A.»I. P. Ry's I Ga | veston
"Dayy Crockett." [
Through Sleeper To Galveston
LV. '-SAP" DEPOT 9:00 p. m. AR. HOUSTON 6:46 a. m.
ARRIVE GALVESTON 8:35 a. m.
OUR NIGHT TRAIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI
AND ROCKPORT CARRIES SLEEPER.
ED. SACHS. C. T. A. OPP. MENGER HOTEL.
Jungkind’s
° Killer.
KIHg reachas flits flea® and all
vermin non pelconous. Does ths
work never fa la. Jungkind’e Drug
Store 517 East Houston Street.
LIFE INSURANCE
UNDER DISCUSSION
Iroquois Club Wants Companies Undej
Government Control.
A SUB-CMOMITTEE NAMED
If Insurance Business Is Beyint LegtfhtiTr
Central leisures Will Be Cinsidenl
ti Securing i Constitutiml
Amendment.
—
Associated Press.
Chicago. 111.. Aug. 4.—Three hours
of discussion of life insurance prob-
lems by the committee of the Iro-
quois club yesterday left only <w
question in the minds of the invests
gators. It wss:
"Is congress authorixed under the
present federal constitution to onset
legislation placing the companies un-
der federal supervision?"
The possibility of Improved state
regulation is not regarded with so
much hope.
A subcommittee cf four attorneys
who have made a study of the life in-
surance laws was appointed to look
into the questions of constitutional
limitations on congressional actk*
and to report to the regular committee
at the end cf two weeks. It also Is
requested to investigate any measures
to make more effectual the sup<T-
vision of the state superintendents.
The committee members will con.
fine their attention almost entirely to
learning if the insurance business may
be classed as interstate commerce
and thus come under the jurisdiction
of congress. If the decision is reach-
ed that the legislation required is be-
yond their authority measures for se-
curing a constitutional amendment
will be conaldored. There ere now
two b.lls for the federal regul-.tion ol
insurance pending in congress one
fathered by Congressman Morrell and
the other by Senator Dryden who tn©
gests a comprehensive system cf con.
trol. Neither has been artel upon
and the question Cf federal jurlslic-
tlon never has been presented in the
supreme court. It is to the support
of the latter propc'ition that the Iro-
quois club and Rs supporters probably
w!!! turn.
DASTARDLY AWI
TO BLOW UP IP
Associated Press.
San Francisco. Cal.. August 4.—Ae
attempt to blow up a ship in mid-ocean
has been reported by Captain C
Touse. of the French ship Asnlerea
which has arrived here from Swansea
England loaded with coal.
He left that port January last and
six weeks later when far out at ses
a dozen capped fuses such as are used
by mlnees to explode charges of dyna
mite were discovered in the hold ol
the shin among the coal.
Had one of the fuses become ignited
by a shock In that part of the hold
where coal gas accumulated the ship
would undoubtedly have been blown
to atoms.
Two or three of them exploded but
fortunately at points where there wm
no gas. and consequently no damags
was done.
The presence of the fuses among th«
coal was discovered only by accident
where during some rough west het
men were sent down into the hold
to level the coal and found them.
BIC GROCERY BLAZE
AI WACO LAST NICBI
Special to The Light.
Waco. Tex.. August 4 —lt Is est>
mated that the loss of the Coopet
Wholesale Grocery company by firs
last night will be 70 per cent of the
stock. Il is thought that the slock
amounted to 6150000 or
Only a few weeks ago the same conk
panv had a 675.000 fire.
The origin is unknown.
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