The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-04

THE RELEASED LEADERS AT DUBLIN.
Dublin, May 3.-Parnell, Dillon and Oak
lev have returned to Dublin.
HORACE MAYNARD DEAD.
Knoxville, Tenn May 3-Hon. Horace
MAYNARD died suddenly at o clock this morn
ing. of heart disease. He got out of bed at
that hour, telling his wife that he felt Ill, and
dropped dead on the floor.
NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
vENTIoN.
Raleigh, May 3.-The state democratic ex,
ecutive committee met here to-day, and
called state democratic convention to meet
at Raleigh on July 5.
London, May LIN the house of COM
mons, this evening, the Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, president of the board OF trade,
announced that the government had concluded
to stop work on the channel tunnel until fur
Their action had been taken by parliament in
the matter.
DANGER OF AN INDIAN OUTBREAK.
Laramie City, May 3.-The garrison of
Fort Washington have left for Arizona, under
the presidents recent order, and the Fort is
now only occupied by families Of the depot
soldiers and few citizens, and some alarm IS
felt lest they fall victims to the Indians, who
are excited over the recent killing of the Ute
chief, Jack.
COL. GARCIA WIPES OUT AN INDIAN BAND.
Santa Fe, May 3.-The following dispatch
was received here last night at midnight. A
colemn of Mexican troops to-day, under COM
mand of Col. Garcia. met the Indians whom
COL Forsythe is in pursuit of and killed sew
enty-eight and took sixty eight prisoners. The
courier bringing the information arrived on
foot, being pushed so hard by the Indians that
he had to abandon his horse, and barely eS-
caped with his life.
CAPTAIN JACH KILLED.
Chicago, May I.-Some time ago the In
dian department requested the military to ar
rest Captain Jack of the White Utes, who was
in the vicinity of Fort Washable, Wyoming.
The arrest was made on April 49, Shortly
afterward he attempted to escape and fed to
a tepee near by, where he secured carbne
and killed Sergeant Richard Casey, of the
third cavalry. A mountain howitzer was then
fired into the tepee, and Jack was instantly
killed. Captain Jack was notorious leader
in the Thornberg and Meeker massacres, and
was very dangerous and bad man.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTS.
Raleigh May 3-The i-phohibition ex
ecutive committee met last night, and elected
COL VIM. Johnson chairman. An address
was issued calling mass convention of the
liberal and independent voters of the state
without regard to former political associations,
to be held at Raleigh on June 9TH, to adopt
platform and nominate candidates. The
committee announce their purpose to restore
to the people local self-government, to ditfuse
more general education among the masses, to
purify the ballot-box, and to settle the ques-
ton of prohibition.
RAILROAD MEETING HELD AT SAN SABA--AC-
CIDRNTALLY KILLED.
San Saba, May 3.-Pursuant to call. a
ctisens' meeting was held this evening to con-
fer with the different lines of railway that are
pointing this way, and a committee of six
were appointed to confer with the companies,
to induce them to consider our advantages.
The committee consists of d. A. Gregg, ]. M.
Pool, w. T. Murray, John McKenna, J. C..
Montgomery and T.. w. Ward.
Our citizens were sorry to-day to hear of the
sudden death Of our former citizen and mer-
chant, Mr.. Sam Estep, which was caused by a
team running away and throwing him off the
wagon, and the wheels passing over his body.
He lived only one hour after the accident. He
was an exemplary member of the Knights OF
/ Pythias.
New York, April 3o.-Mrs. George Sco-
vile, sister Of Charles Guiteau, spoke on her
! brothers crime to might to very small audi
ence, at an uptown theater. Her immediate
needs, she said, has been relieved, and she
had forwarded to Chicago $500 with which to
redeem her furniture. As Guiteau's sister she
stood alone, hardly daring to ASK for sym
pathy but simply wishing to place his plea
as luna,ic before the American people. "This
poor, deluded, crazy brother of mine has been
Judged, bounded and condemned to death by
the press and the people. He has not had Z
fair trial, and the time will come when the
American people will stop and think, and ther
they will see it." She gave the history Of hel
brother, showing insanity. When the, news o
his act come to her she had not wept but hel
heart had broken with one great sob. Sun
day evening next Mrs. Scovile will present Z
petition for people to sign asking the presi
dent to commute her brothers. sentence to i'm
prlsonment for life.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEMONSTRATIONS BE
FORE THE COMMITTEE - MARSIIALS' EX
! PENSEs-SABINE PAsS-JOY IN A CONGRESS
MANS HOUSEHOLD.
Washington, May 1.-The commerce com
mttee reached Aransas and the ship channe
to-day. Senators Coke and Dawes, of Mas
sachusetts, appears before the committee il
behalf of Aransas. They both favored an in
crease. The room was then cleared and III,
, committee proceeded to work. The AranSa!
, appropriation was increased from 500, 900 t.
5 $roo,ooo. The ship channel appropriation
was increased from $40, 900 to $4,000, witt