The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-11-01
TELEGRAPHIC.
Freshet on the Wabash Destructive Fire
in Savannah--S Shooting
Into a Circus.
Dynamite Explosion in London and Great
Excitement The Mexican Debt Dis
covery of Gold In Ohio.

urer and locked him in the vault The affair is
considered mysterious, as $1,000 Of the
amount was silver, too heavy to pack of.
AUGUSTA, October Gin response to
a dispatch from the Mayor Of Savannah ask
ing for help to suppress the conhagra,ion,
Mayor May sent steam engine and two hose
carriages 10 charge Of the Chief Of the depart
ment with 90 men on a special train, which
left for Savannah at O'Clock p. m.
CALDWELL, IDAHO, October GA prize
fight, for $1,000 a side. between McFadden, a
Winnipeg man, and MARYLAND, of st. Louis,
took place to-day. It ended in the fourteenth
round, Marland receiving punishment from
which 1t is thought he cannot recover. lie
was carried from the ring insensible.
New YORK, October 81. ODonovsn
Rosa, states that the explosions yesterday in
the underground railroad in London were the
work Of the Fenian Brotherhood OF whose
movements he is apprised. London would be
in ashes, he said, before long, unless England
gave up Ireland New developments might
be expected every moment, for 1t was now the
intention Of the brotherhood to reduce England
TO submission.
City OF MEXICO, October 3I.-Orders have
been telegraphed to Senior Carlos Riyas, the
Mexican Governments special agen, in Lon.
don, to recommence the negotiations with the
British bondholders for a settlement of he
Mexican debt. His instructions will enable
him to overcome the previous obstacles and 10
arrive at a satisfactory result. The cashier
who robbed the Merchants bank, Of this city,
has been arrested in Havana his exiradilion
having been demanded. This is the first case
arising under the eHlradilon treaty between
Mexico and Spain.
KINGLAHD, Ark, October 3I.-Last night al
New Edinburg, during the after show, or con-
cert OF Hunters great consolidated shows,
some unknown parties from the outside fired
a volley of shots into the main exhibition can
vas and then beat hasty retreat, in the dark
ness escaping. Strange to say, only one
person was killed. The seats were crowded
and bullets passed through all sections Of the
audience. Chalmon de Allenburg, one Of the
circus performers, the contortionst. was shot
through the head, dying in the ring. The
citizens are determined to ferret out the assas.
sins and bring them to justice.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 3I-The Pacific
mail steamer. San Bias, which arrived this
morning from Panama, brought three cases Of
yellow fever, John Murphy, cabin passenger,
New York, Francisco Perez, Acapulco, and
one Cooke. The two last are reported dying
but Murphy is recovering. The vessel failed
to fly yellow flag as the surgeon was igno-
rant that the sickness was yellow fever. On
her way up she stopped at Acapulco. Mazatlan
and San Bias. No communication was held
with the latter place. The fever is still raging
there. At Mazatlan she took thirty passengers
but got clean bill of health. The first case
developed after leaving Acapulco. The well
passengers were transferred to the steamer
China, and the sick to the floating hospital.
SAVANNAH, October 3I.-Siubbs ware.
house was burned at noon with 5000 bales of
cotton. It is reported hat several persons
were burned to death. A number Of DWELL
ings were also destroyed. The fire broke out
in Garnet, Stubs & Co.'s warehouse at 1880
this afternoon. The building of W. Joachim
and mill on Indian and River streets then
caught. The fire reached West Broad street
aud Indian street. The electric light works
and Tynan's iron foundry are among the
principal places burned Rice mills, stores
aud other property on.the north side OF River
street were saved. Most of the houses de-
stoyed were wooden structures, occupied by
poor people. 1t is impossible at this hour to
compile an accurate account Of the losses, but
they are put down at about ST. ,ooo, 900.
CINCINNATI, October 3I.-Fourteen per-
sons in different families, living in the western
part of the city, have been attacked with
symptoms of poisoning. One child died to-
day and number of others are severely ill.
1t is thought that the poison was administered
in some way through food bought at grocery
Another discovery Of gold has been made in
Cremone county, Ohio, about three miles
from the place worked for gold in 1869.
| There is much excitement in the locality.
A Tene Haute, Ind, special says !: Fully
half the corn crops in the bottoms of the
Wabash river were ruined by the late freshet.
One farmer has Ioo, 900 bushels under water.
The Tver is at stand tonight. George
Rugges and Saiah Ruggles were drowned 10
the old Wabash and Erie canal last night by
driving off the bridge, which was moved out
Of place by the flood. Their father and
mother were in the wagon, but escaped. and
their son had also reached the shore, but was
drowned in tying to rescue his sister.
LONDON, October 3I.-The excitement
over the explosions on the Underground rail-
way last evening is very great. A large num-
Der of policemen, under special inspectors,
were on duty all night at the various railway
stations, guarding the lines. Heavy forces
also watched the houses OF Parliament and
other public buildings. The explosion at
Charing Gross occurred 200 yards west Of the
station. No train was there at the time. The
walls OF the tunnel were battered but the rails
were not displaced. The windows of the sta
ton were blown out, but the roof was moi
damaged. No one was hurt there. At Praed
street the force OF the explosion was terrible.
Although men were busily engaged all night
in moving the debris the task has not yet been
finished. The tunnel there was not destroyed,
but deep hole was excavated in the roadbed
the brick work was blown out and the gas
pipe and telegraph line we're broken; the re-
freshment saloon was wrecked, and the win
dows of other rooms in the station wer,
smashed. The explosion occurred immedi
ately under the passenger train, 10 yards west
of the station. All the persons injured were
in the last two carriages. Twenty-eight per.
sons who were wounded were taken to St
Mary's hospital. -Four Of them are seriously
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