San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-06
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hours.
The Belfast police force will be perma.
nently increased to 500 men.
The South American Exposition
which opens at Berlin on the 18th PROM
Uses to be a very important and instruct
i've one. The Argentine Republic, Chill,
Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia
will be well represented. German
steamers all carry exhibits free.
The Catholic question is again agitat-
ing Germany, the conferences Of the
bishops at Fulda and at Bresau having
asserted the absolute authority of the
church to direct the religi Gus orders. the
Jesuits included.
The presidents party spent placid
Sunday by the placid waters of Lake
| Placid. All serene.
| General Floyd Aspinwall, of New
York. died Saturday afternoon at Bris-
tOl, X. l.
Corrected reports Of the estimated loss
| in Charleston by earthquake place the
damage at Sl0,OOO,OO0. Ii is not thought
that all of the devastated section will be
restored.
The Texas synod of the Cumberland
| Presbyterian church is in session at
| Paris. Rev. j. A. Warde. D. D., of Mar
shall, was elected moderator.
The several institutions OF learning at
| Sherman promise to be unusually well
| attended this winter. The enrolment
| for the fall term is large.
The earthquake scare has not fully
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more tranquil every hour.
Prof. MCGEE, of the United States sig
nal service, who has been interviewing
the earthquake remains, is of opinion
that it was caused by an immense land
slide under the sea from 40 to 100 miles
off the coast.
Sedgwick is endorsed by the jOcky club
| but letters received from the Mexican
capital say the half has not been told.
The awards on state printing have not
| yet been made, but bids ale all in and
| the figuring So close that it will take an
| expert to determine which is actually
| the lowest.
DIR. Swearingen, health officer, has
| gone to New Orleans to report on the
yellow fever cases and quarantine.
The Sea insurance company, Liver
pool, has been licensed to do business in
| Texas.
The Atlantic coast journals are gener-
| ally of the opinion that the earthquake
| Is a transatlantic visitor and was prob
ably caused by the Vesuvius eruption.
| Elaborate calculations as to number of
miles traversed and rate of travelling
| have been made in confirmation of these
| theories.
Bermuda, from its coral formation, is
peculiarly susceptible to destruction by
earthquake shocks, and the Inhabitants
are seriously alarmed at the possibility
| of such a visitation.
| Manager Greenwall has returned to
Texas and gives the following rs the list
| of cities in the Texas and Arkansas
theatrical circuit: Pine Bluff. Little
Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Pales-
tine, Tyler, Denison, Mckinney, Dallas,
Fort Worth. Waco, Austin, Bryan, San
| Antonio, Galveston, Brennan, Beau
mont and Lake Charles, La.
| The Bulgarian frontier is again closed
and news from Sofia is scarce.
The new Maharajah, of Scinde, is a
very warm friend of the English.
An anonymous circular in the native
tongue has been extensively circulated
throughout the Punjaub calling on the
natives to combine and throw off the
hated yoke OF the Feringhi, who are in
league with Russia.
During the late commotion at Charles
ton, the color line was almost wholly OBJ
liberated andblacks and whites were hud-
| died together In tents on scale of social
equality never previously witnessed.
If Alexander abdicates the Roumanian
cabinet will resign.
The st. Petersburg Journal denies that
Prince Alexander was insulted while
upon Russian territory.
The Bulgarian Assembly will probably
be called together to pass upon the mat
ter of Alexander's abdicatiOn. Powerful
influences are at work to bring about a
union Of Servia, Bulgaria and Roumania
Sir Edward Thornton, British minis
ter to Turkey, has been recalled and Sir
VIM. White, the present minister to
Bucharest will succeed him.
Jones and Perkins were both shelved
in the third congressional dead lock a d
c. b. Kilgore, of Van Zandt nominated on
the 659th ballot.
The master plumbers Of New York
that were caught in the strike with i'm
portant contracts on hand are not in
good humor. They did not think the
thing was loaded with so short fuse
when they ordered the lockout.
After two innings the Indianapolis
democrats nominated candidate for
congress, and Bynum got the empty
honor.
The Turner's of the Ohio valley are
holding an anniversary celebration at
Louisville, Ky.
A fire at Long Island City, Long
mill, sash, door and blind factory, q
other property.
The Fort Worth Evening Mail has
been sold to satisfy mortgages. Ii
brought s., 800, and was worth S7,5CO.
Travis Henderson, candidate for nom
ination as state senator on the demo
cratic ticket in the Thirty-tirst district
having been defeated in the convention
will run as Knight Of Labor candidate
Ex-President Arthur writes Wash
ington friend that his health is very
much improved since leaving New York
The new Houston Post company will
have capital stock of $50 900. Tn,
president Of the company and other Off
GERS have not yet been elected.
The Bell county live stock fair, held a
Temple last Saturday, was very sue
cessful first exhibit. The fair manage
ment feel encouraged and will probabl,
incorporate and hold annual meetings.
McGregor narrowly escaped blaz
Saturday. A passing locomotive
dropped a spark into bale OF cotton Oh