San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-15
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


day, and reached London Saturday.
Ex-President Arthur is rapidly i'm
proving In health. Friday he made sew
eral calls In his carriage, and soon ex
poets to take his exercise on foot.
Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, hal
returned to Dublin, and 10 investigating
the cause OF the Orange riots.
Gladstone is spending q brief holiday
at Granville's country seat, Dorking
Surrey.
The Orange lodges 10 Ulster, have re-
ceived orders to suspend drilling for the
present.
Eulogies were passed on General Fitz.
John Porter during the West Point
graduating exercises.
Muscstine, Iowa, had a very serious
fire Saturday. Over Il, 0O0, 900 feet OF
lumber were burned, and one Of the
largest lumber mills Of the city.
Joseph Arch and Joseph Leicester, the
members Of parliament, elected from
among the wOrkingmen at the late cleo
ton, have Issued an address calling upon
wOrkingmen in England to support
GladstOne's party at the polls.
Wilfied Blunt, of Liverpool, announces
his remuneration Of his conservative pol
10y, and he will support Gladstone to the
extent Of his ability.
A mass meeting at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, 5000 strong, has passed resolu-
tions warmly endorsing GladstOne's
home rule policy.
The German socialists will continue
the agitation for universal suffrage, and
will strike when they feel strong enough
to do 80.
Prince Alexander has received q tip
from the British consul at Sofia, to act
with moderation.
Gaudaur defeated Teemer In the scull
race at Pullman, Ill. Odds of 500 to
S35 were offered in Teemer's favor dur
ing the race, and no takers. Teemer
gave up the race a mile from the home
stake boat.
A tremendous rain on the Chilllan
coast, accompanied by heavy winds, has
done considerable damage along the
shore. Several vessels were driven
from their moOrings; some Of them
stranded, others blown out to sea, 9TH
ers wrecked and some lives lost.
Cincinnati saloons are ordered closed
and kept closed on Sunday.
Bulgaria will soon announce her uni on
with Roumelia.
The Canadians are not sustained in
their construction Of the fisheries treaty
by the British government.
The Knights Of Labor IN Ohio are busy
organizing assemblies among the farm
ers.
Charles Dickens son, Jeffry, who was
making the tour of this country, died
suddenly at Rock Island, ILL.,, of paraly-
sis Of the heart. He Was Al years old.
the Canal street, Chicago, fire died yes
terday, after undergoing terrible tor
lures for a week.
Sullivan and Mitchell will box eight
three-minute rounds on the New York
polo grounds July6.
The Amalgamated association ad-
jOurned Sunday night after instructing
their scale committee to stand by the S.
per ton puddler's scale.
The government has placed the ter
roriZed Irish districts under martial
Jaw.
The French chamber has rejected the
expulsion bill 3l4 to 80.
In one case in Belfast, where the DO
lice fired on the crowd before the riot
act was read, they were indicted for
manslaughter.
Vincennes, Indiana, sweet girl grad
yates refused to take part In commence
ment exercises, because q duskey damsel
Of equally fine scholastic attachments
was also to appear on the platform. Com
mencement won't commence.
Cleveland accepts the honorary presi-
n a 70
open In London next May. The Ameri-
can main Office will be In Philadelphia.
Cleveland will set the machinery at
work by telegraph land lines and cable
from the White House, when the open
ing day comes.
Verden ILL.,. was visited by q terrific
rain and wind storm on Sunday, which
unroofed houses. deluged the streets and
destroyed property and crops In the
neighborhoOd.
Grave fears are entertained that sew
eral lives were lost In the burning OF
Payne & PENIS mattress factory Chi
chago, yesterday afternoon.
Vancouver B. C. Is In ashes and 5000
people are homeless. Canadian cities
have been wired for aid.
The Sunday civil appropriation bill
calls Tor $20, 530 ,220, q reduction Of 40
per cent. on estimates.
Capt. VIM. Davis for many years
superintendent Of the Western and At.
lantic II. r., committed suicide yester-
day. No cause known for the act.
Cleveland asks that with the exception
OF an afternoon hour on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, which he will set
apart for friendly calls, he being left free
the other hours Of that dsv and other
days Of the week for the transaction OF
public business.
Geronimo expresses his determine.
ton to keep on killing whites until his
wife and children are returned to him.
DR.. Mumford, Of the sensational Kan
sas City Times was shot In Q crowded
street car by A. w. Carlisle, an attorney
Of the city. Carlisle was q religious fell
low. and the Times had charged him
with some very .unsanctified practices.
His shots wounded two ether persons
beside Mumford, none of them danger
Ously.
Served Her Right.
Marian Miller is one Of the worst
characters In the city, and has frequent
ly been brought before the Recorders
court. She drinks fire water" when
ever Rne ia able tn do an and whan aha