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PLACE YOUR
INSURANCE
Sim Hart
Alamo Plaza.
Volume Xl—Number 183
LitM Mwai
bank.
SAN ANTONIO . : : - TEXAS.
J. b. Lo< kwogd Pres. J Mint Cashier.
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J. B. DAY Manager
Southwestern dept. San Antonio Texas
MINOR TELEGRAMS.
New Orleans Aug. 20.—Cotton re-
ports steady. Low middling 71-8;
futures steady.
Berlin A ug. 20.—The grain mar-
ket opened weak showing decline in
wheat. Rye shows no change.
London Aug. 20.—The queen
duke of Connaught and duke ot
Edinburg viewed the French Fleet
in Osborne Bay today.
Indianapolis Aug.—Owing to a
strike freight men on the L. & W.
shut down and ordered all shops
on the road closed.
Arkansas City Kas.. Aug. 20.—A
letter from Washington says positive-
ly that lowa Back fox and Pottowato-
mie reservations will be opened for
settlement Sept. 15th.
Fort Worth Tex. Aug. 20.—
Young & Kuhn live stock commis-
sion brokers assigned today. Liabil-
ities sixty thousand assets one hun-
dred thousand.
Fort Smith. Ark. Aug. 20.—Depu-
ty U. 8. Marshal Barney Conuelly
was shot and killed in Indian reser-
vation by Ex-Deputy Marshal Bus-
by for whom he held warrant.
Paris Aug. 20.—Over twenty ves-
sels among them the French bark
Bienfaiteur and the American brig
Ned White were lost during the hur-
ricane on the island of Martinique.
Ban Francisco Aug. 20.—Carl
Schow a mining prospector suicided
in the ocean near the Clift house in
the presence of a large number of
people.
Zanzibar. Aug. 20.—Owners or oc-
cupants of all houses are ordered to
display a light outside of each house
between sunset and sunrise to pre-
* vent the frequent assaults upon
pedestrians which have recently
taken place.
Findlay Ohio Aug. 20. — Pat.
Kane and Ben. Davis rolling mill
hands fought sixteen bloody rounds
with bare knuckles yesterday for a
puree of $l5O. Davis would have won
in another round but the referee de-
clared it a draw as the police were
reported coming.
. Boston August 20.—The local
Boiler Maker’s union received com
muDication from the National secre-
tary saying every employer in the
United States had been notified that
the union demands 8 hours as a days
work.
Hanover N. H. Aug. 20.—Frank
C. Almy murderer of Christie Wor-
den was discovered in Mr. Worden’s
barn this morning. He fired 15 shots
at his pursuers and killed A. Turner
of Norwich.
Berlin Aug. 20.—Vice President
Thurston ot the Ameiican Screw
Company of Providence R. 1. in
order to protect patents ot the com-
pany is seeking location for a factory
here.
Kansas City Mix. Aug. 20.—Two
masked men robbed Conductor Cass-
ler of the Kansas City St. Joseph and
Council Blufts railroad of a gold watch
and three dollars one mile north of
the Missouri river bridge as he
stepped oft a freight train to signal
the bridge They shot and killed
Brakeman White and ordered the
conductor to signal the train to go
ahead and escaped.
—The moonlight picnic for the
benefit of St. Luke’s Mission takes
place tonight.
Heavy Losses Sustained
By not buying tea at Holland’s.
San Antonio Daily Light.
PUBLISHED AT SAN ANTONIO. BEXAR COUNTY TEXAS AND REGISTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
AND STATE SPECIALS.
UP TO THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS
Koch's New Institute.
Berlin Aug. 20. —The Infectious
Diseases Institute has been formally
opened in the presence of Prof. Koch.
A Finished Curse.
Havana Aug. 20.—The bandit
Thomas Curse has been killed by
soldiers near Viejorbermeja. in the
district of Matanzaß.
French Fleet Off Hover
London Aug. 20.—The fleet of
French war vessels which has recent-
ly been visiting Cronstadt.and whose
officers have been received with such
marked and significant enthusiasm at
that port and at St. Petersburg ar-
rived off Dover Wednesday morning.
Austrian Town Inundated.
Vienna Aug. 20.—Kollman au
Austrian town at the confluence of
the Talfer and Eisach partially de-
stroyed by inundation 40 Jives lost.
The railroad was destroyed with
many bouses and cattle.
Suffered the Death Penalty.
London Aug. 20.—At Chelmsford
this morning Baddler the man who
stabbed and killed the husband of
his paramour suffered the death pen-
alty for his crime.
Official Vote of Kentucky.
Louisville Aug. 20.—The official
vote at the' late state election gives
Brown (dem.) for governor 144168;
Wood (rep ) 116087; Irwin (people’s)
25637; Harris (probib ) 3261. For the
constitution 212920; against it 74581.
Too Much McKinley
Columbus Ohio Aug. 20.—Gov.
Campbell has been confined to his
room for two days with malaria
though his condition is improved to
day. His physician thinks bis en-
gagements should be cancelled for
tA?o weeks.
Arkansas State Alliance.
Little Rock Ark Aug. 20 —State
Farmers Alliance meets all counties
but thirteen represented. The Ocala
platform will be endorsed and convict
lease system condemned. Press re-
porters excluded from the meeting.
Tobacco Trade Troubles.
Louisville Aug. 20.—There is
much disturbance in the tobacco trade
here and it seems probable the Leaf
Tobacco Exchange will be broken up.
A leading house Das announced that
it will no longer live up to the agree-
ment as to fees charged plaiters.
The Native Press Kicks.
Calcutta Aug. 26.—The execution
of the Manipur Princes has created a
profound sensation throughout India
The newspaper press of India which
is printed in the native language
otherwise the vernacular press strong-
ly condemns the so-called “hurried
orders” issued for the execution. The
native press declares they were has
tened lest English opinion should
undergo a change in favor of the con-
demned princes after the publication
ot their defense.
Bad for the Workmen.
Boston Aug. 20.—The entire loss
of the Damon Safe and Iron company
mentioned in late dispatches will
approximate $200000 od which there
is but a partial insurance. In the
Kendall shops $.’0000 worth of pat-
terns were destroyed and the stock
end machinery ruined were valued at
$60000. There is $50000 insurance.
The men employed in both places
numbered about 250. A majority of
these owned their own tools in many
cases valued at $lOO to $l5O. Tne
loss suffered in this way will be in
the vicinity of $lOOOO.
The Holy Coat Tested.
Treves Aug. 20 —A fragment of
the holy coat exhibited at Argen-
teuil near Paris on Bunday last was
brought to this city by a deputation
for comparison with the holy coat
which is to be exhibited here. A mi-
croscopic examination revealed the
fact that the Argenteuil coat is made
of camel’s hair while the Treves gar-
ment Ismadeof linen. The members
of the Argenteuil deputation remain
to join in the adoration of the Treves
garment.
Swapping National Aire
Paris Aug. 20. —The British Medi-
teranean squadron upon arriving at
Villa Franca was received with much
pomp and ceremoney by the French
war vessels there assembled. They
saluted the British flag and their
bands played “God Save the Queen”
as Brittan’s ironclads settled down to
their anchorage. In return the Bri-
tish Admiral’s flagship returned the
salute and the bands of the fleet
played the “Marseillaise.”
LATE TELEGRAPH.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 20 1 89 I
Short on War Vessels.
Washington Aug. 20.—The naval
officers express regret at a lack ol
American vessels in Chinese waters
No doubt the British Admiral will do
his best to protect Americau interests
in absence of United States naval
force but his force is not over strong
and his first care must be British in-
terests. The United States has but
two vessels in Chinese waters but
three vessels have been ordered
across the Pacific to reinforce skeleton
squadron.
Wholesale Murder of Children.
New York Aug. 20.—Mails from
Truxillo bring the details of frightful
chihl murders in Lomas <to Gamora
United f tatss of Columbia by peon
Marelino ..ledina. He confessed to
killing his own ten children because
be was too poor to support them and
killed bis three grandchildren to hide
his daughter's shame. He murdered
the children by pressing their chests
against his breast until he crushed
them.
A Double Elopement.
New York Aug. 20.—Mrs. Ezera
Williamson has eloped with Nathan
Freeman and her daughter Mrs.
Bylvceter eloped with
Chas. Freeman brother of ber moth-
er’s lover. The two women are mar-
ried and left families while Nathan
Freeman left a wife and t wocbildren
and Charles a wife and one child.
The parties are from Port Jefferson
Long Island.
A Terrltte Rainstorm.
Indianapolis Aug. 20.—A terrific
rain storm prevailed yesterday caus-
ing great damage to goods stored in
cellars which were flooded. Two
boys lost their lives by drowning and
their bodies were swept into the
river. Olsen’s bolt works were struck
by lightning and three employes pros-
trated but all recovered from the
shock.
Fire in Boston.
Boston Aug. 20.—Three alarms
were given in quick succession yes-
terday afternoon for a fire in the six-
story brick building occupied by Put-
nam & Co. springs bedsteads. About
seventy men and fifty girls were
at work but they all got out alive.
The building owned by Putnam &
Co. is practically a total loss and its
contents also. Mr. 8. P. Putnam sen-
ior member of the firm states the loss
on the building will be $20000 and on
the stock $50000; insurance $35000; on
contents $36000. Chief Engineer
Sweeny of the Chicago Fire Depart-
ment was an interested onlooker at
the work of the firemen.
Thonnissen is Dead.
Brussels August 20.—The death
is announced of Jean Joseph Thonnis-
seu the Belgian economist aged
seventy-five years.
A New Vicar General
New Orleans Aug.2o.—Archbish-
op Corrigan has announced that ow-
ing to the ill-health of Vicar General
Preston he will early in September
Appoint a new vicar general.
Another Canadian Rharp.
Quebec Ont August 20.—Another
scandal is brewing. In the House to-
morrow Mr. Cameron will make a
charge that Mr. Cochrane M. P. for
East Northumberland is guilty of
selling government partronage to the
higest bidder.
Unroofed the Pavilion.
Swansea Wales August2o.—Dur-
ing the National eistedefode being
celebrated here 10000 people were as-
sembled under the pavilion when a
cyclone struck the canvas cover tore
it assunder and the cloud burst
which followed deluged the people.
A stampede followed the carrying
away of the roof and the drenching
downpour. Men women and children
rushed helter-skelter for any place of
shelter available. Many were knock-
ed down and trampled on but none
fatally hurt.
A Needed Change.
Washington Aug. 20.—The bu-
reau of American republics is in-
formed that a very Important change
has been made in the Mexican cus-
tom house regulations. Under the
old system all goods imported were
subject to two examination one at the
port of entry and another in the
custom house where the goods were
delivered. By a rule just adopted
the last inspection is now dispensed
with.
A Novel Wine Syndicate.
Paris Aug. 20.—A somewhatnovel
syndicate has been formed at Eper-
nay the entrepot for champagne
wines which are kept in vaults in
chalk on which the town is buiit.
The members of the syndicate are all
wine growers of importance and the
association is formed with the object
of insuring its members against indi-
vidual losses through the ravages of
phylloxera by compensating the loser
through mutual subscriptions.
LATE TELEGRAMS
BOILED DOWN FROM PRIVATE
SPECIAL AND OTHER SOURCES.
Lieut. Governor Waters is chair-
man Penn. Rep. State committee.
Belton court adjourns with 13 crim-
nal convictions out of 16 eases tried.
Saturday’s sale of lots at Velasco
aggregated $64000.
Haskell county paid for 1585 rabbit
scalps last week.
A band of horse thieves has just
landed in Bandera jail.
Missouri ex-confederates hold ses-
sion at Kansas City.
Extensive range fires are seen in
Mexico across from Del Rio.
Karnes City depot is completed
an t the gin will be finished Satur-
day.
Pearsall will build a commodious
brick school house.
Quite a number of panthers and
wolves shot about Alpine.
Judge Kelso opens court at Fort
Davis on the 24th lust.
River at Cincinnati stands 8 feet 2
inches weather hot and cloudy.
The Chicago anarchists are schem-
ing to capture the third party.
New York money easy highest rate
3 per cent; sliver 99 1-4.
Trinity county reports cotton badly
injured by rust.
Bociallst congress lias too many
conflicting elements to take positive
action.
Socialist congress will have a
jollification on the field of Water-
loo.
Father Huhn Catholic priest at
Brenham tried tor inhumanity to
school children.
Texas railway commission issues
circular explaining commodity tariff
No. 1.
An old man found dead near Mont-
gomery Texas; death from natural
causes.
T. D. Wood Victoria breaks his
collar bone by being thrown from bis
horse.
Hurricane at Wareuique destroys
every sail in port houses damaged
and lives lost.
The second and more important at-
tempt to secure rain at Midland suc-
ceeds.
Unprecedented rain fall follows the
experiment over the whole Llano Es-
tacado.
Ex-Bpeaker Reed would prefer
Mills for speaker to any other demo-
crat.
Three Mexican bandits arrested
out of 5 who looted Mendez ranch
near Brownsville.
Galveston’s colored military band
declines to attend the Ban Autonio
encampment
Bogus bills of sale transfer all
“Strip” cattle to the Cherokees this
insures their remaining.
Hubbard farmer missing near
Vernon; indications are of robbery
and murder.
Officers of the Big Four fined $llO
for shooting prairie chickens out of
season.
An iron mining secretary in Mis-
souri is victimized $265 by a bogus
money sharp.
Pennsylvania republicans nominate
Gregg for Auditor General and Mor-
rie for Treasurer.
The soldiers monument at Benning-
ton Vt. dedicated with impressive
ceremony.
All Vermont in the neighborhood
of Bennington thronged the little city
yesterday.
Republican convention meets at
Harrisburg. Pa. Henry Hall of Mer-
cer in the chair.
John P. Elkinsis chosen permanent
chairman state convention Penn re-
publicans.
The other temporary officers of the
Harrisburg convention were made
permanent.
Pennsylvania convention favored
Blaine for president but did not for-
mally so declare
President Harrison and Secretary
Nobles return to Washington early
next month.
Heavy rains have fallen all over
the West Pecos region and the range
is fine.
The rangers are hunting the men
who fired into the Taber station house
last Bunday.
The Agua Negra country is all
dried up. Corn and cotton not half’a
crop and grass and water boles all
dried.
Railway postal clerks hold first
convention in St. Louis and will
memoralize congress for changes ren-
dering services more efficient.
D B. Robinson coming manager S.
A. P. is toasted on leaving his old
office at Albuquerque and a magnifi-
cent reception tendered him.
British delegates at Brussels force
a modification of the resolution to
support no candidate for legislature
who will not advocate legislation de-
manded by workingmen.
PRICE $5 a Year
MURDEROUS MULLINS.
A Carpenter Who Destroys Instead
of Building Up.
L. W. Mullinsa West End carpen-
ter. wasuutof temper yesterday and
today he is in jail. In the afternoon
he beat up a harmless old man and
then went on the hunt for his wife
who had probably left his home on
account of previous mal-treatment. In
the evening he located her living on
Trenton Avenue Toidn Hill with
her children. He threw a hatchet at
the children it is said then proceed-
ed to smash all the furniture cut up
tbe mattresses bed clothing chairs
tables carpets curtains etc. break-
ing the stove and making as complete
a wreck of everything the house
contained as was possible.
The mounted police were call-
ed by telephone and while
absent a charge was made against
him for beating the old man. When
tbe officers returned with their
prisoner and told the captain the
story of his wrecking his wife’s house-
hold goods and gods a second
charge for disorderly conduct was
preferred against him.
This morning before the recorder
he was fined $2O on the first charge.
Ou the second he asked for a con-
tinuance for securing witnesses and
this was granted. He was required
to give bond in the sum of $5OO for
his appearance and failing to do this
or pay his fine went to jail.
Plenty of Wheat in Canada.
Toronto Aug. 20.—Canada will ex-
port more wheat than ever before.
The yield will be about 63000000
bushels of which about 30000000
will be for home consumption and.
seed leaving 33000000 for export.
Killing in Tennessee.
Jackson Tenn. Aug. 20.—Joe Har-
din a farmer accused hie nephew J.
L. Edwards of spending five cents
entrusted to him. Edwards struck
bls uncle with a piece ot iron and tbe
latter stabbed Edwards to the heart
killing him instantly. Hardin was
arrested.
Sentenced to be Shot.
El Paso Texas. Aug. 20.—J. F-
Clayton confederate of W. F. Rolton
in murder of Cavitt in Juarez last
year was sentenced to be shot by
supreme court Cbibuabua. Appeal
will be taken to the departtaent.
City of Mexico but small hopes that
the judgement will be reversed. Five
recaptured prisoners who escaped
from the Juarez Jail were also con-
demned to be shot.
Two Young Desperadoes.
Knoxville la. Aug. 20—Twit
boys aged 11 and 15 armed with re-
volver and knife stopped a man
named Marsh with his team coming to'
town and asked for a ride. They got
up into the wagon and one asked
Marsh if the team would run away if a
revolver was fired. He answered
yes and one of tbe boys thereupon
stabbed Marsh in the oack with a
long butcher knife inflicting a dan-
gerous wound. The boys were arrest-
ed.
The War in Chili.
New York Aug. 20.—Under date
of August Bth news has reached here
from Antofagato Chili that the in-
surgent fleet witli 10000 well armed
men left Caldera to laud at Ban
Diego and march on Balmaceda or
attack forts at Valparaiso. A fierce
fight was expected in a few days.
There is intense feeling among the
insurgents against the United States
on account of the detention of the
Itata. Government forces around
Antofagasto number 12000. Efforts
will be made to prevent the new
Chilian war ships from reaching their
destination.
New Suits.
The following new suits are filed at
district court:
Haydock Bros vs. A. J. Hofheinz
for note.
Thomas Nash vs. T. R. Banner and
T. M. Campbell' receivers of I. & G.N.
Ry. Co. for damages.
F. D Weatberhead vs. Alamo Elec-
tric street railway company for dam-
ages.
A Deficit in Rome.
Rome August 20.—The papers de-
clare that the deficit for the fiscal
year will be eighteen million dollars
but the new reforms proposed will re-
store equilibrium in ninety-one days.
Tire balance of trade is more favor-
able than for years but gold contin-
ues to advance.
Horrible Hanging Scene.
Liverpool Aug. 20.—A horrible
sceue was enacted at the execution ot
Jno. Conway the steamship fire-
man for murder of boy Nich-
olas Martin last May. Ab
Berry the bangman was adjusting
tbe black cap Conway said: “Hold I
want to say something.” Berry re-
fused and the priest interposed and
pushed the hangman aside. Conway
asked forgiveness for bis sins and
soon after the drop fell. The priest
was reading Conway’s confession
when a Bound as if a quan-
tity of water was falling
was heard on the scaffold.
Investigation was made when it was
discovered that Conway’s head had
been torn almost off the body being
held only by the muscles in tbeneck.
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