San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-17
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


all the public meetings in that city and
in Pottsdam. No reasons assigned.
The sale of arms in Londonderry, Ire
land, is something phenomenal and the
orangemen are arming at all points.
Vice-President Hoxie, of the Missouri
Pacific, Is reported in very preCarious
health. He has gone to Atlantic City.
The British yacht Galeta, which en-
tiers for the American cup in American
waters sailed for this country on Satnr-
day.
The Methodist conference at Baltimore
has before ii proposion restricting the
term Of service Of Sunday-school super
intendents to four years.
Early Saturday morning the jury in
the New York Broadway franchise
steal. brought In a verdict of guilty in
the case of Alderman Jaehne.
The patrons OF the Laolede gas sys-
TEN in st. Louis were cut out OF their
gas this morning on account of the strike
OF the whole manufacturing force.
The Orangemen of Australia have sent
word to the lOyalists of Ireland that
they will help them TO prevent the adOp-
ton OF Gladstone's home rule scheme.
Rev. Bolan Henry. of Kerens, near
COrsicana, is in jail waiting the action
OF the grand jury. He is charged with
incest, the victim being his own daugh-
ter.
The charges against Architect Clark
Of the capitol, preferred by the Knights
OF Labor, will not be prosecuted until
Clarke's attorney has been heard In the
case.
Etlar Clark, who recently shot Alice
Abbott entirely through the body, was
discharged by the court Saturday, the
wounded woman having entirely recOv-
cred
The bill for special sub treasury at
Louisville. KY, passed the house l57 to
81. 1t was purely democratic measure
and bitterly opposed by the republican
leaders.
Opposition TO Gladstone's home rule
measures continues to increase. Mass
meetings of the most violent kind are
held by the conservatives, and it seems
doubtful il the measure will survive the
second reading.
The Chicago police have the man who
threw the bombs among the police
squad. He rejoices in the name Of
Lingg, and is said to have given all his
pals away. Parsons still eludes the grip
of the law officers.
Geo. Baum, West Virginia farmer
who gave his wife's dogs grease for cod
liver oil has narrowly escaped lynch
ing at the hands of his irate neighbors.
He reflects over the oily situation behind
the bars. His wife is very i'll.
A New York clerk In the employ of
SweetZer, Peabody & Co., dry goods,
nff nTF tod rob nN hA Il lie
guised as laborer and provided with a
bottle Of chlOrofOrm. He missed con-
nectiOns and landed in jeopardy.
Weather in France and England is
cold and squally. The French vine
yards, in the neighborhood of Mouthe-
lier, have been destroyed by hurricanes,
which have visited that and other pOr-
tiOns OF the country with destructive
effects.
Mrs. Wright, of Neilsville, Kan, ar
rested on suspicion of having poisoned
her husband, has confessed the murder
and implicated her paramour, Allen.
The plan was double murder and a
subsequent marriage between the pair,
both Of whom were married.
The jury in the Maxwell-Preller case
at ST., Louis was Reused last week and
the case will come up for trial tO-mOr-
row. There is now a full panel of AZ
from whom to select the II who will try
the case. They will not thank the fates
that relegated them to the jury box this
heated term.
For the information of parties writing
about the appointment of State students
to the Sam Houston normal institute.
the superintendent Of education states
that the State senators and representa-
tives make one appointment each, and
the board of education has the appoint
ment only from the state at large.
The American Fishing union have
taken up the case of the fishing schooner
ID. j. Adams, recently seized by Cana
dian authorities, and will prosecute the
case in the Halifax Admiralty court for
all it is worthy. They have given bonds
for the vessel, which will soon be re-
leased, and have employed the best
counsel obtainable to fight the case be-
fore the court.
Continued reports of the cyclones
trail come in from Ohio and Indiana.
The Fort Wayne train was struck by a
cyclone about 230 miles west of Pitts
burg, and the windows of the sleeping
cars were smashed in by whirling trees.
stones and telegraph poles. The cars
kept the track and no one was killed,
though several passengers were severely
Injured by glass and splinters.
Chicago did herself honor last Satur-
day in unwilling the elegant monument
erected in Lincoln park to the memory
of the illustrious poet. Notwithstand-
Ing the unsettled weather, large con-
course OF enthusiastic Germans gathered
on that occasion. and the ceremony of
dedication were performed with impress
sive and imposing rites. Nearly every
German organization in the city had
representatives present on this august
occasion. The commission for the statue
was given in January, 1886, to William
Palargus, of Stuttgart. This was to be
OF bronze, a duplicate of the statue at
Marbach, Wurtemburg. Schiller's birth
place. The figure was the work of Emil
Rau, young sculptor of Stuttgart. since
dead. The pedestal, which is sur
mounted by bronze figure, is of Quincy
granite, with the name OF the poet cut
into the front of the central block. This
rises IL feet from the ground and above
1t the statue towers 10 feet. Schiller is
presented in an oratorieal attitude, in
street apparel, with roll Of manuscript
in his left hand, the right hand across
the breast in a gesturing position. AS
far as one could judge, every German
organization had representatives pres
ent.
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