The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-11
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various amusements. Champ De Mars will
be flooded, for skating purposes. A palace,
which is TO be built entirely Of whole blocks
OF ice, is being pushed forward with great
yigor by no less than eight contractors. The
official programmes Of the carnival, which are
very much talked about, will be distributed.
Failure of . Grocer---COming Newspaper
Changes.
CORPUS CHRISTI, January Io.-George w.
X. New, city grocer, to-day made an assign
pent to Thomas M. Hickey. His liabilities
amount to about $4,000, his assets being be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000. The principal
creditors are Galveston and New Orleans
wholesalers.
The Weekly Free Press to-day announced
its consolidation with the Tuesday Evening
Ledger, which will on Sunday night publish
its final issue. The two papers will be sue
ceeded on January 2Ist, by the Corpus Christi
"Caiier, which proposes to issue daily and
weekly edition.
Wants Prohibition In Alaska.
WASHINGTON, January Io.--A letter from
the secretary of the treasury transmitting to
the house the copy of dispatch from COM
mander Merriam, of the U. S. steamer Adams
referring to the Smelling of the Alaska village,
emphasizes the necessity of Withholding liquor
from the natives of Alaska, and recommends
that authority be given to enforce prohibition
to selling beer as well as liquor. The keep
ers OF bar-rooms there have practice of mix
ing alcohol with beer. rendering it as intoxica-
ting as whisky, and the most trouble, Mer-
Ram thinks, comes from the sale of such IL
quors.
Senator Brown Creates . Sensation.
WASHINGTON, January 8.-Senator Brown,
OF Georgia, attracted attention this morning,
while discussing the Bowman bill, which
sends all claims to the court of
Claims for adjudication, by declaring that the
bill ought to allow those in the rebellion
to the government to have the right to prove
their claims against the government. He
quoted from the decisions of the supreme
courts, showing that after pardon an ex-rebel
had as many rights in a court Of justice as q
citizen who had been loyal. Mr.. Brown said
he thought it was only justice that the fund Of
bio, 900, 900 now in the treasury, and which
accrued from the sale of captured and aband-
oned property in the south, should be dis
trlbuted among the real owners of the fund,
many of whom were widows and children in
need.
Hungary.
VIENNA, January Io.-The town of Raab,
IN Hungary, and adjacent villages have been
only saved from inundation, thus far, by frost
When the thaw commenced the water rose
suddenly all over the district. At z o'clock
yesterday morning the inhabitants were
aroused by the alarm bells, and commenced
their flight. large number of the .fugitives
crowded into solidly-built theatre,
which stands on an island in the midst of
the park, but here a new panic arose,
the water rising gradually as far as
the first gallery. Meanwhile, around
Raab' the dykes commenced braking, admits
ing deluge which soon reached the inner
town, .coutaining..hords of fugitives as well as
ordinary inhabitants. A considerable number
OF lives were lost, but fortunately the food did
not reach other parts of the town, and ceased
to rise at noon. The City of Gray, on the
Danube, the seat of the Hungarian primate,
is also menaced by the food. The foundations
in the neighborhood of the town OF Komarn,
at the confluence of Waag with the Danube,
are also extensive.
The inhabitants Of Raab have abandoned
that town. The floods rose so rapidly that
many in trying to escape fell through the ice
and drowned.
An Affecting Scene In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, January 8.-An affecting
scene occurred in the senate late this after
noon. Senator Hoar was discussing the pre-
sidential succession bill He was combining
his attention to some objections which Senator
Edmunds had raised. In the course of his
remarks he said that it seemed to him that
Mr.. EdmundS was rather late in thrusting his
objections forward, in view of the fact that the
bill had been discussed at the extra session of
the senate in 1881. Senator Edmunds arose
and in voice choked with emotion, said:
1.-THE Senator knows | was not present at the
session."
The senator tried to steady his voice SO as
to proceed. For fully half minute he stood
in his place and struggled to control his feel
ings. A deep silence peryaded the senate
chamber. All eyes were turned toward the
white-bearded leader of the republican side,
and wonder prevailed as to the cause of his
excessive emotion. The SENATOR finding he
could not control his voice, sank into his seat
and gave way to his grief On motion of
Senator ingalls,, the senate at once adjourned.
Mr.. Edmunds left the senate chamber i'm
mediately, while Hoar rushed around among
the senators protesting that he had no inten-
ton whatever of calling up the most sorrowful
period of Senator Edmunds' life.
During the extra session, of which Senator
Hoar made mention, Mr.. Edmunds spent
most OF his time at the bedside Of his favorite
daughter. This daughter, for whom Mr.. Ed
munds entertained q love almost akin to Idol
airy, died just about the time the extra session
ended. Apparently, with the death of this
child all the Joy went out of Edmunds' life.
The Mexican Reciprocity Treaty.