San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-07
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lished and will be rigidly enforced.
English war vessels have been ordered
to Halifax at once to look after fishing
interests there.
Devastating brush fires are still re-
ported in the WhitemOuth and Rat
Portage districts of Winnipeg.
A Celtic league will be formed at
Bonar Bridge, Scotland, on the 22L inst.
The directors of the broken Isle OF
Jersey bank, tried for fraud, have been
acquitted.
The synod of old Catholic meet in
Vienna on the Sth inst. to elect a bishop
for Austria.
The German cOmpOsitOrs' union has
gained signal victory at Frankfort
over the employers. Ii was a test case,
and involved u reduction Of hours to 10
and an increase OF per cent. In wages.
Charleston's mayor, who was en- route
from Europe when the city was wrecked
by earthquake, has returned, and will at
once take active measures for relief of
the stricken city. Thousands OF people
are TO be provided with tents and shell
ter and food, and contributions are urg-
emily solicited.
earthquake wave. Steamers for New
York, which left the island last thurs
day, had no intimatiOn of any unusual
commOtion and only learned of the Ca
tastrophe along our eastern seabOard up
on arriving at New York.
Officer Woods, OF Pittsburg, Pa. in at
tempting to arrest man on Locust
street fell over a cliff with his prisoner,
and both were seriously If not fatally in
jured.
The late frosts in the corn belt of the
northern and middle states did little
damage. The late drouth and heat hav-
ing matured the crop much earlier than
usual.
The amount of money required to
place Charleston In the same condition
that she was before the earthquake is
variously estimated at from 81, 100000 to
$40 DOC, 900; the latter estimate is that of
the city assessor.
The collation. of earthquake data is
enjoying the attention OF American
scientists.
The funds In the Philadelphia mint
were recently counted. There was
1927 100000 in round figures and the
books Tailed with the count to cent.
Reports are very conflicting concern
ing Arthur's health. He writes that he
Is better; his friends say that he is worse.
Cloutman & Bingham, shoe men Of
Boston, have failed for $6OO,0OO, strin-
gency in the money market Is the as
signed Cause.
Prof. f. p. Hammond, of Oregon, fore
tells terrific cyclones, earthquakes and
tOrnadoes for September 26th, 9th, and
18th. CyclOnic disturbances may be ex-
peCted September Nth and 18th.
Turkey is making active military prep
aratiOns on her AsiatiC frontier.
Russia is making active arrangements
for her naval fleet assuming the offens-
i've, and coal and metal plates for armor
are accommodating rapidly at Odessa.
The Bulgarian assembly deems war
inevitable on account Of the forced ab-
dication of their beloved prince.
Prince Alexander's decision to abdi-
cate is attributed partly to loss Of vigor
of mind and body consequent upon the
severe trials he has undergone lately.
The Bulgarian officers favorable to
Prince Alexander had a meeting and de-
cided to retain Alexander by force. NJ.
Karavelotf said he believed the fate of
the nation was irrevOcably linked with
Alexander's destiny, but the difficulty of
the situation was almost insuperable.
A dispatch from Semlin says that King
Milan. of Servia, who with Prime Minis
ter M. Garashaniume was on his way
to Gluckenberg, has, on account OF the
gravity OF the situation created on the
Balkan states by.Alexander's abdicatiOr,
abandoned the contemplated journey
and arranged to return to Belgrade. The
Bulgarian crisis, it ia feared, will have a
critical effect in Servia.
Another distinct shock was felt last
night at Columbia, S. g. at lI07, accom-
panied by the usual roaring sounds at
intervals of five minutes. Thereafter
two remarkably brilliant and unusually
large meteors shot across the skies from
north to south.
Cholera returns for "a hours are: Ter
re del Annunciato,3 S cases and "a deaths;
San Marco, In Lamis, 2 cases and II
deaths; Naples, 2 cases; other districts,
81 cases and 81 deaths.
The returns are all in and the deaths
from the earthquake at Charleston are
80; IL white and "a colOred.
The Paris Temps says: "In short
time Europe will have to accept the fact
that the Russian outpOsts will be by pro-
duration at the gates Of Adrianople."
Prince Alexander proclaims to- day his
abdication. The Russian consulates in
Bulgaria are distributing for signatures
petitions to the Gar favoring the cleo
ton of the Prince of Oldenburg as sue
cessor to Prince Alexander.
Mr.. Healy will draft Mr.. Parnell's bill
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