San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-16
LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS
From all Parts of the Globe. Con-
densed and Boiled Down.

Dallas pleuro-pneumonla cases.
Galveston had five fire alarms yestcr-
day; none serious.
The missing Denton county collector
returns to square up.
The bears made an awful racket In
New York stocks yesterday.
Leslie, of Kentucky, nominated gov
ernor of Montana.
Switzerland elects radical President,
NJ. n. Droz, present vice-president.
Burl, Of Indian Territory shot his
brother-in law, Martin, on Wednesday,
and killed him.
Two suspects are waiting ilentifi-
cation at Montague; supposed 10 be the
Bowie train robbers.
II. NJ Ferguson, travelling salesman
for Chicago saddlery house, suicided
at Galveston.
Boston elects O'Brien, democrat,
mayor; council stands 30 republicans, 81
democrats, i've independents.
New York has blind defaulter for
30, 900, who saw well enough TO travel
the overland route TO Canada.
No additional information received
concerning the burned steamer. Loss OF
life variOusly estimated from 40 to 60.
In the court Of appeals at Tyler the
motion for a rehearing of the Cook case
VS.. Bexar county was denied.
Senator Platt does not sign the inter-
state commerce bill. All the other con-
ferees do.
The bill for the admission OF Washing
ton and Montana as states OF the union
reported to the house.
Prince Ferdinand OF Sake Coburg
Gotha is a candidate for the Bulgarian
throne.
The pope warns the Irish clergy TO
keep within limits In the anti-rent
movement.
No change In the cholera situation in
South America; total Of AZ new cases
and 81 deaths are reported.
The railway machine shops at Long
view damaged by fire and some negro
collins burned; loss, SIS. 600.
Corpus Christi is moving for deep
water pier and break-wat-r at the east
end OF Padre island. Coke and savers
have the care Of matters before con-
gress.
Austin had Mexican fracas In the
small bours of yesterday morning and
the police sized up four victims badly
cut.
Congressman Reid, of North Carolina,
Is reported very crooked 10 his financial
transactions and Is supposed to be in
Canada.
The local land officers at San Francis
90, Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Las
Cruces are ordered to open to actual set
tiers the lands of the Atlantic and Paci-
nc railway. forfeited by act of congress
Of last July.
Fl. c. Rogers, for many years deputy
Internal revenue commissioner, has been
asked to resign by the president. Sole
cause assigned-He lie republican.
POwderly orders all Knights of Labor
assemblies to withdraw their delega-
tions from the Federation OF trades.
owing to the hostility of the latter
body.
Greenville, Alabama, goes wet, and
the Kentucky temperance lecturers who
came down TO take hand 10 the cam.
paign we're mobbed.
A careless negro threw a lighted
match into an open keg OF powder at
Cold Springs, 5. c., and the postmaster
who was present went out through the
roof and climbed the golden stairs.
The senate ordered the Interstate
commerce bill printed, refuses to make
open executive sessions, calls for infor-
mantion concerning the proposed bridge
from New Jersey to Staten Island. The
bill prohibiting members of congress
from acting as attorneys OF subsidized
railways WAS cussed and discussed and
no action taken.
The sum Of $l47 900 was voted by the
house for lighthouse construction and
supply steamer on the Atlantic
and Gulf coast. Galveston, st. PanI.
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Atlanta and
Omaha. were placed upon the list of
cities whose national banks must keen
on hand In actual money one-fourth
their circulation and deposit.
The verdict IN the Bennet,-Field libel
suit, In which Field got $50, 900 in LON
don. England, for alleged libelous publl-
cation in the New York Herald. has
been reversed by the higher courts on
the ground that rs Bennett was not a
British subject, nor resident in Eng
land, the service of notice was illegal.
The court condemns Field to pay the
cost. 1t was cable squsbble.
The report Of the house committee on
the obligations OF subsidized rail- way and
telegraph lines was presented, and the
conclusion was that the obligation to
maintain the telegraph line was identi.
cal with the railroad obligation and
could not be discovered from it. and that
no Determinations in favor OF some TO
the exclusive or restrictive use of the
line BY Others could be tolerated. the
lines being public and subsidized for
public use. AS to the remedies for in
divi"uals against the illegal acts OF such
railway and telegraph lines, the COM
mittee are of opinion that while indi-
vidusls have their remedy In courts of
law IL is the duty Of the government TO
see that the obligations ent, red into by
the subsidized lines are fully carrie, out.
The report was ordered printed, and