The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-02
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
GAMBLERS CONVICTED UNDER SPECIAL
CHARGES.


New York, June I.-Chas. Branson pleaded
guilty to-day in the general sessions coult to
keeping a gambling house, and was fined
$3.50. Albert F: Smith, Gen; Middleton,
Geo. Morgan and Luther D. Eaton, also in
dicted on the same charge, put in similar
plea, and were each fined $3.50. These gam
blers are the ones who won nearly $40, 900
from Geo. w. Tompkins, cashier of the
banking firm of Hatch & Peters, at No. %
Pine street. The money was the property OF
the firm, who brought the suits against the
gamblers for its recovery, but the suits have
been settled, the money having been repaid.
This fact operated in mitigating their SEN
fences.
INDIAN DEPREDATIoNS AGAIN-FEAR OF A
Stockton, June I.-Mr. Ruben Richards,
cattle man on the Pecos, furnishes the follow
in "A few days ago four Indians, supposed
to be from the Stanton reservation, made their
appearance at Elisha Carers ranch, few
miles abone where the Texas Pacific railroad
crosses the Pecos, and carried off five head Of
his horses, taking three before his eyes. He
and his wife being alone, they were helpless,
and did not intend to offer any resistance.
These same Indians stole horse from man
named South, who was in camp near the Pecos
crossing with a herd of cattle. 1t is feared
that there are more Indians in this vicinity and
that more depredations will be committed.
KILLED BY THE INDIANS.
Tombstone, June 1.-The bodies of two
wood-choppers, by the name of Seymour Day
and Harry Curry, were brought here to-day
from the Dragon mountains, where they were
killed yesterday by the Indians. An eye
witness states that the men were on load of
hay, and were unarmed, when the Indians
rode up behind and shot them dead, and then
embarrassed the horses and drove them off.
There. were eight Indians in the party and
they were heading for Sonora, Mexico. They
were doubtless from the San Carlos agency.
BENE Diets TROUBLE.
New York, June I.-Judge Benedict to-
day discharged Charles H. Smith, Indicted
with Brockway, in Washington, under the
name of Smythe, for counterfeiting United
States bonds. The ground of the discharge
was misnomer. The district attorney an
nounced his intention of having a new indct
ment drawn at once, covering any variation of
names.
ARRESTED FOR 1NTIMIDATING VOTERS.
Charleston. June I.-Postmaster Taft, act
ing county chairman of the republican party,
in Charleston, was arrested to-day under the
state law, for intimidating white and colored
voters during registr ition yesterday, and was
held to bail in the sum of 81, 900.
INVITED TO THE CONSIDERATION.
Vienna, June IAN invitation to the con-
ference at Constantinople to consider the
Egyptian question reached the Austrian cab
met to-day.
CHAIR FACTORY BURNED.
Trop, June 1.-The Seymour chair COM
pany's factory was burned to-day. Loss, $751;
600 insurance, $4,000.
Spanish wines bid fair to play more i'm
portant part henceforth in the international
exchanges of Europe. The country has radi-
cally modified its revenue system, providing
for reciprocity of trade and an increase of i'm
ports in order to extend the market abroad
for the product of its numerous vineyards.
The vine-dressers are in state of happy an
ticipation, and avow that they care little for
the imprecations of the manufacturers of Cat
alonia, provided they can multiply their ex-
ports Of the juice of the grape. There would
England, if Mr.. Gladstone would only con-
sent to little modification of the wine duties.
English stomachs have been stuffed with dam
aged grape juice, or connections called by
courtesy wine, though made wholly by chemi-
cal processes, until reaction has set in, and
spirits have to noticeable extent gained in
the returns of consumption. But whisky does
not suit the Britisher much better than poor
wines, and there is loud call for the genuine
light wines of Southern European countries.
Spain, Greece and Italy are anxious to furnish
them-so say the enemies Of the scale of du-
ties-who claim that Mr.. Gladstone's budget,
by reason of increased consumption, would
loose nothing through reduction of the wine