The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-25
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
GENERAL CROOK BELIEVES CHARLIE
M'COMAS DIED or EXPOSURE.
No Foot and Mouth Disease in Missouri Kansas
TO be Represented at New Orleans
Wrestling Match


and Is reported as being worse than ever
| before.
PorTsvnIr.. March 2I.-Two men
were buried this afternoon by the mine
caving in. 4 resouing party is at work
but there Is but little hope of finding the
victims alive.
CHICAGO, March IA Milwaukee
special says Serious floods are reported
from Darlington and Calamine, Dredge
county. The Pesatonia river has Hooded
both towns: the people have left their
homes, and railroad communication is
stopped.
LITTLE Rock, March 2i.-Application
on behalf of Il. Il. Dow and other
trustees. was made in the United States
court for a receiver for the Memphis and
Little Rock railway, on the ground that
no interest had been paid on the bonded
debt since January, 1882.
81. LOUIS, March PA jefferson
City special says: Governor Crittenden
had sent the following dispatch to James
Low, Chairman of the New York Cattle
Board: There Is not case of foot and
mouth disease in Missouri Experts
pronounce the disease frozen feet. The
disease won't communicate.
LONDON, March 2i.-The Chinese ram
Nankin. which was detained in the
Tyne by the Government while loading
with Armstrong guns, pending inquiry
as to whether its departure would be n
preach OF neutrality. has departed under
the German flag. The Pail Mall Gazette
says the only foundation for the state
ment made by the Morning Post that
Gladstone's resignation was withheld nj
the Iequest of the Liberal association, is
the fact that Gladstone's illness is more
serious than at first supposed but it
says: "Gladstone's cold is one thing;
the political crisis another"
PEiRoLIA, March 2l.-The Bowser and
Barnhart factions, contesting an oil
lease, had terrible melee on Saturday
night near Iron City, in which Bower
ana an innocent party named Andre
were probably fatally cut. Three of the
Barnharts assailed Bowser, one of them
using razor, and kicked and slashed
him brutally. just as the fight ended. a
young man named Andre passed on his
way home. lie was mistaken for a
friend OF Bowser, overtaken and stabbed
three times in the back near the SPINAL
column and kidneys. His condition this
morning is very critical. Bad blood and
whisky were the causes of the aflray.
No arrests.
CLEVELAND, March 24.-Duncan Ross,
ofCleveland, and Colonel j. III. Mel augh-
lin, of Detroit, contended tonight, in the
Euclid avenue opera house, for $4,000 a
side and the prize wrestling champion
ship of the world. Il. II. Gilman. of
Detroit, was referee; Thomas Curry, of
fx, II Il
Davis, of Chicago, for Mclaughlin. Both
men stripped in fine condition. Ross
weighed l95 pounds and Mclaughlin 2l0
pounds. The first bout was Grnco-
Roman. The men stepped on the stage
at $50 p. M. and Ross won the fall in il
minutes. Mrs. Ross, who occupied a
prosdenium box. presented her husband
a basket of flowers. Ross threw Me-
Laughlin with the half Nelson, halfbody
lock.
CINCINNATI, March 2I.-Willam Par
mer, on trial for the murder of William
II. Kirk, was this morning found guilty
of manslaughter. The verdict was de-
clared privately by. the Judge who tried
the case TO be an outrage, and the jury
a1ter leaving the court room were hoOted
at by II crowd. with suggestions that
they should be hanged. Kirk was killed
in his stable by blow of hammer,
robbed of about 500 in money. put into
Il wagon and hauled off toward Cum
minsville, and dumped into Mill creek,
where the body was found two DAYS
later. Farmer and Joe Berner confessed
they did the murder and robbery. On
trial Berner testified that Farmer did the
actual murder, while he only looked on
and got share of the money. The YER
dict is universally condemned.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The follow
ing telegram regarding the disappear
ance of Charlie McComas was received
by the War department to-day: Pre-
sidio San Francisco, date March 23.-To
the Adjutant General of the United
States Army, Washington, ID. C.:-The
following dispatch of this date, has Just
been received from General Crook, and
the most careful examination has been
made by the General: 1.-The testimony
of the Indians is that Charlie MoComas
was never seen alive after the fight i'm
the Sierra Madres. The Indians scat
tered in every direction at the moment
of attack. The country there is indies
cribably rough, and the sides of the
canon are covered with boulders and the
scrub timber, which efiectually conceals
one taking refuge in them. | am salts
fled that the Indians hunted for him as
they promised to do, but cold rain fell
that night, washing away his footprints
so he could not be trailed, and there is
every reason to believe he persisted from
cold and exposure.
"JoH y PORE, Major General"
TOPEKA, Kan, March 24.-The fore
noon session of the Senate was spent in
final action upon bills. The report of
the Conference Committee on General
Quarantine Bills was concurred in. The
bill accepting the provisions of any Fed
eral legislation on the subject of oonta-
gious diseases of animals and empower
ing the State Live Stock Sanitary COM
mission to cooperate with the Federal
authorities, passed. The House con-
CURED In the Senate amendments to the
bill for the appointment of a State vet
Urinary. Governor Click, by commune
cation to the Ways and Means commit
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