San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-21
LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS
From all Parts of the Globe, Con-
densed and Boiled Down.

labor petitions now flooding congress
are not genuine, but prepared by one
per son.
The senate passed the oleomargarin,
bill after reducing the tax to two cents
and striking out the minimum penalty
clause.
The house in committee Of the whole
on the river and harbor bill refused tC
strike out the Hennepin canal clause by
vote of 100 to l09.
Greer county is reported organized
with Mangum as the county seat; and
the following officers were elected: L.
r. Duke, county judge; Lewis Smith
clerk; David 1Okum, sheriff; j. w. An
derson, surveyor; NJ. B. Hart, assessor;
Jas. NJ. Bergman, treasurer; &. +. Mer-
edith, county attOrney;J. w. Ross, Ii.
| q. Daniel and John McLearon, county
commissioners; G. W. MoGongee and
| Sam Carter, constables.
The capitol contractor expects to have
the granite work of the second and
third stories completed by the time the
next legislature GOnvenes.
The capitol and penitentiary board
have invited the press correspondents
to picnic excursion Thursday to Bur-
net and the granite quarries.
uC - nllbu cldl6S Ill lhtAlCO
has made, through the United States
consul at Paso Del NOrte, peremptory
demand for Editor Cuttings release;
but it is unheaded.
1t is rumored that Baron DeCourcey
and M. Waddington, French AMBUSH
doris at Berlin and.London, respectively,
will change posts.
The cabinet at meeting Tuesday af-
hnnihnA tn mi nahi In nlu MIA
their designations in the hands of the
queen and a messenger to the queen,
conveying the formal resignation of the
ministers has left here for Osborne.
A hot wave is passing over the Concho
country. On the 18th the temperature
in the shade at Fort Concho was 1l2 de-
grees, and the breeze scorched like air
from furnace. On the 10Th it reached
ITO degrees.
Rains at Bolton has given the l07o in
tine shade, of the past three days, tum-
BILE.
Labrador is still ice locked and the Ice
Is firm for 300 miles out. No fishing Is
possible, the oil works are idle and the
oil in store is being used for fuel. Star
walton is imminent unless relief soon
comes.
A large meteor fell from the clouds
near Grafton, Wis, and bored an arte-
sian well hole fourteen inches in diam
eter to an unknown depth. All attempts
to find the bottom Of the hole have SO
far failed.
A detachment of battery Crawford, 10
strong, under command OF Captain A. j.
Houston, is in camp at Dallas getting
ready for the Galveston drill, and will
drill three hours morning and night.
The battery has three guns en- route
from Tyler to Dallas.
Evidence given to-day in the trial OF
the Crawford divorce case, showed clear
ly that Mrs. Crawford had been guilty
of adultery with Captain Foster that
she hated her husband, did not care for
Dixie and wanted to shield Forster all
she could.
No good rains have fallen in the
South Canadian |. Il. in - months. All
crops have failed and cattle are dying by
the thousand.
A Middleton, New York, farmer was
| drugged, his house robbed and set on
fire and himself and family only saved
from cremation by the efforts of their
neighbors.
By the collision of a special engine
| with the regular south bound train, on
the Louisville & Nashville at Duck river,
| 30 miles below Nashville, seven persons
| were killed. Both firemen and en-
gineers, two men riding on the engine
and the train baggage man were killed.
Two passengers only were injured.
Douglas Reeme, for several years the
trusted bOOk-keeper of Wheelright, An
derson & Co.. dry goods commission
| firm of Boston and New York, has dis
appeared He sent letter to the firm,
| cOnfessing that he had robbed them of
about $1,000.
Z. W. Chase, sheriff and collector of
COncordia parish, La, is short in his
accounts to the amount Of S27 600. He
has got bond.
At noon Saturday six mounted and
| masked highwaymen robbed her majes-
ty's mail coach % miles south of Hum
boldt station, B. c., obtaining $4,000
from the mail bags. The coach left
Guappollo Friday. 1t Is reported that
| the driver was killed. The coach con-
is supposed to be the work of Montana
road agents.
The German consulate at Canton has
sent some samples of goods which are
| saleable in China for the benefit of manu-
A dispatch from Pekln to the Times
says the Russian fleet threatens SozerOff
because England, during the Afghan
dispute, occupied Port Hamilton. The
| dispatch adds: The Chinese fleet pro-
| ceeded to Valadvistock. The Russian
minister Of war is visiting the far east.
His presence there is regarded as signi-
| fieant.
The treasury officials do not take
| kindly to Morrison's resolution TO take
the 500, 000, 600 in the treasury and apply
it to the payment OF the public debt.
Henry p. Henderson, of Michigan, has
been nominated associated justice of the
supreme court Of Utah.
A report reached Tombstone yesterday
that Project Oposune, of Sonora, and
four companions were killed by the
| Apaches last week while on their way to
examine mining property near that
place. They had an escort of Is others,
who escaped, and said no less than SO
bucks were seen in the fight.
A severe wind storm in Nebraska
| Monday night last leveled miles OF tele-
graph poles, interrupted travel and did
immense damage to the crops.
The examination OF witnesses in the
Chicago anarchist trial continues. Moth
ing is ELECTED beyond the facts already
stated. The later testimony only cor
roborates that previously given.
Spokane Falls,sW. T., is all torn up
| over the rumors Of Indian depredations
in Kocteral county and large numbers
| of settlers with their families have fled
| to the Falls for safety. 1t may be an