San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-09
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The Richmond convention has settled
preliminRrIes and is now ready for bust
ness.
The color line will not be stepped over
again at Richmond academy OF music.
The strike of the Cuba cigar makers
threatens to become very serious before
it ends. 1t has now continued seven
weeks, and has reached most OF the in
terror towns.
The 1900 employees OF the Chicago
packing houses, in two establishments,
will not return to the district on Mon
day, when the 10 hour law goes into
effect. There is some danger of 10000
men being involved in the strike.
The New York, Boston and New Eng
land railways talk consolidation. Ii will
be the biggest combination on this con-
tinent if effected.
The democratic state convention of
Nebraska went through the motions Of
nominating ticket yesterday.
The Anchoria has not yet been heard
Of. If she has not gone to the bottom
she is probably in the Azores repairing
machinery.
General jackson on his departure frOm
the city Of Mexico yesterday received
the greatest ovation ever given an
American there, except General Grant.
His recall is another Of the mistakes Of
Cleveland
The Chicago anarchists made personal
hut Intellectual pleas for their lives before
Judge Gary yesterday. Mountaineering
will be made dangerous to the thrOwers.
The victims from the exploded Mas
cote now number thirty. The inquest
is very damaging to the captain of the
Eagle.
The southern traffic association was
in session at Chicago yesterday. The
action OF the southern passenger agents
in not permitting sale of rOund trip
Florida tickets, was severely con-
demned.
The grand state alliance has been
chartered at Austin.
Louisville, Ky, sent 500 to the relief
sufferers.
San Marcos reports sales of several
thousand bales of cotton and one 6.OOO
wool clip this season.
w. j. Walden was playing n practical
joke on Deputy Sheriff Daniels at Fort
MCKavett Yesterday, when Daniels or
dered him to desist. The demand not
being complied with, Daniels turned his
pistol loose and killed the intoxicated
joker.
Grain will have no opposition in his
district.
The inquest developed nothing new
in the LayCOk case at Galveston.
a heavy water spout is reported on
the Texas and Pacific. 10 miles west of
WeatherfOrd.
A Car containing y bales of cotton
was burned on the |. & G.. n. at Rock
| dale.
Violet Cameron's husband sues Ions
| dale for SlOO,OO and has applied for
| his arrest.
Jay Gould and his son George and
| wife are making tour Of inspection
| over the Gould system.
The pope trembles over the anti-cler-
| zeal agitation in Italy.
Germany says her relations with Aus
tria are friendly as ever.
Churchill is suspected of being on a
secret visit to Bismark.
Several persons were recently killed
in HindO MOhammedan riot at Delpi.
Genera Kaubars meets with very
cold reception everywhere.
Senior Sagasta is forming new Span
ish ministry.
Cattle plague in New Jersey is spread,
ing alarmingly.
The national banks are called upon tC
report condition October 7.
The tendency of corporations is tC
form syndicates to control several cor.
pOrations of a like character. so that
those having identical interests may have
unity of management. By this meant
all competition is ended, and the pub
lie is at the mercy of the syndicate. Tn,
entire system of railroads known as tn,
New England system, The New York
the New Haven and Hartford, the Bos
ton and Albany, and the New York anC
New England, are merging themselves
into one system and the management
will be practically one. The action of tn,
attorney general of Pennsylvania, I'm.
der instructions of Governor Pattison
to prevent such a combination in til,
Keystone state, will be watched witt
intense interest as deciding the right o
a syndicate OF corporations to levy trib
ute at will upon the people Of this ma
ton, and place their own values upoI
the very necessities OF life.
The democratic papers in every dem
ocratic state are kicking Justify over tn,
presidents order against federal office
holders taking hand in politics. Ii
republican states where it would do n,
good the order is not criticised, but in
doubtful districts where federal Office
patronage might save an election to tn,
democracy, the howl goes up agains
Cleveland and reform. This Democrat,
idea of political organization only fol
office has become chronic, and even the
republicans in strongly democratic
states have caught the itch and caught
1t bad.
WON'T that self-elected, self-seleoted
self-directed and self-detected ring com
mittee, which created itself at Scholz'
hall Thursday night to act as commit
tee of reception to the gubernatoria
candidate of the state on his visit to thi