The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-27
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
SENATORIAL CONFIRMATION.
Washington, June 26. - The senate to-day
confirmed Francis E. WHEEL to be collector OF
customs at San Augustine, Florida. The re-
mainder of the executive session was devoted
to the discussion of the nomination of pay in
spector Smith, to be paymaster general of the
navy.
GUTEAU's DEATH WARRANT Issued.
Washington, June 26 -Guiteau's death war
rant was signed by Clerk Meigs, Of the crimi-
nal court, this morning, the seal of the court
attached, and the document Immediately for.
warded Warden Croker, at the district Jail.
1t will be read to the prisoner just before his
execution.
FOUND DEAD AMONG CACTUS-DRSERTER SHOT
"A MEXICAN KILLING.
Laredo, June 26. "A white man, fine look
ing and we'll dressed, was found dead yester-
day afternoon about four miles from this city,
near the boarding camp OF the Rio Grande
of cactus, and had been shot through the
head, the ball entering through the upper lip.
All the circumstances indicate that he had
been murdered and carried there. 1t could
not possibly have been a suicide, as no
weapon could be found anywhere around.
A Mexican soldier in attempting to desert
was shot while swimming the Rio Grande.
His body was carried down by the current
Three Mexicans in Nueva Laredo, Mexico,
quarreled about a woman, which ended IN
two of them killing the third.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HIS wIFE-LoSs OF
FIRST BoRN-zoNA LIBRE TO BE EXTENDED
DUTY REFORM PROMISED.
Eagle Pass, June 26.-Report reached town
that colored man named John Bell, at his
ranch, on the Salado, yesterday evening, &C
cidently shot and killed his wife.
Mr.. John L. Hickman, of San Antonio, lost
his first born, boy hardly a month old, by
death, early this morning.
According to reliable reports from Mexico,
the Zona Libre will soon be extended to in
clude Piedras Negras.
On July first an important modification of
the hitherto enormous import duties charged
by Mexico will 60 into effect. Machinery and
q number of other articles will be admitted
free of duty after that date.
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTRR.
St. Paul, June 26. - The conductor of the
work-train on the Manitoba railroad, which
was wrecked Saturday, has been arrested, and
a charge IF manslaughter has been preferred
against him. 1t is asserted that his engine
was running backward at the rate of forty
miles an hour, against the protest Of his engin-
Ger and fireman. A coroner's jury is investi-
eating the affair, and the conductor, whose
name is Joseph Goron, is out on bail.
PAT EAGAN GETTING ANGRY.
New York, June 26.-Patrick Ford has re-
ceived the following cablegram:
Paris, June 26 The landlords are trying
desperate move to recover the ground they
have lost. They are forming a company to
work the lands of the evicted that now lie idle,
because none can be found among the tenant
ry or laborers to t,ke them, and they mean to
Danish our people, and replace them with
English and Scotch farmers. This means
war to the death. The real struggle of the
land league is just beginning, and the crisis
demands that all our friends rally to the sup
port of the people. The cause must triumph.
[Slgned PATRICK EAGAN.
ALARMING DIMENSIONS OF THE STRIKE.
Jersey City, June 26. - The labor strike is
growing in dimensions, and the determination
of the men also. While up to date not sin
gle act of violence has been chronicled, the
affairs, at times, have looked very threatening.
About 900 trackmen employed by the New
York Lake Erie and Western railroad, joined
the strikers to-day. The switchmen and
brakemen employed by the Erie company in
their yards on the east and west side of Ber-
gen tunnel, have joined the strike. The freight
traffic of the road is at a complete standstill.
Superintendent Hill, of the Erie road, on be-
ing asked what he thought of the situation, re-
piled: "We are in the hands of the mob. If
the strikers remain orderly, do not antici-
pate any serious trouble, other than COM
plete stoppage of business, which will result
in an enormous loss to the company but if
the strikers should become violent, great loss
of life would ensue, and l very much doubt
the ability of the police, special or regular, to
cope with the strikers. What could two or