San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-23
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Insurance company, is in trouble. A re-
Ceiver has been appointed ar Barthol-
news request. and Mr.. b. has decamp-
ed. He is also president of the HolyOke
water power company; manager for
many years for the Hartford. Proyi-
dence and Fishkill railway and has been
very hearty endOrser for the GOmpa-
MES of which he has been pre- ident.
His liabilities are supposed to be very
heavy.
The president and party reached
Washington at 0 O'Clock last night.
Manning had a short conference with
| the president at Albany yesterday. lie
goes to Washington in about two weeks,
but whether to resume the duties of his
office or not is unknown.
The president and party spent half an
hour in the Jersey city depot yesterday
afternoon without any one tumbling to
the racket. They left for Washington at
3:45 p. IN.
The appropriations bill was passed
in parliament and an adjournment taken
until Saturday, at which time the house
will be prorOgued.
Burnley cotton spinners (Engand) to
the number of 10000 will strike against
any reduction in wages.
At MEMS, France, yesterday. an i'm
beetle girl WAS beaten to death by her
brother, while her mother and another
brother held her naked on bed. Friends
Of the men looked coOlly on. All were
arrested.
The German gunboat AlbatroSs at
tackled the natives of New Hebrides on
account Of the killing Of Kleine and Gull
leh. The boat opened fire OH the island
ora and after killinu a h0ut % lap Ind tho
crew, whereupon the natives decanped
20 Petrost Island where UpOlas, the
mate, was murdered. The Germans
pursued them and opened fire with Cat
ling guns, which did terrible execution.
Several villages were burned by the Ger
mans.
Secretary Manning is suffering from
chronic blood poisoning, caused by
sewer gas, the result OF imperfect
plumbing in his private office.
Vera, Porter Ashes California lilly,
died from injuries received at Shops
head bay races yesterday. She was very
fast and promising, but headstrOng
Value, $4,000.
The plea of the Parnellites in the
house of commons for the release of
Father Fahey, the imprisoned priest who
denounced evictions, passed unheeded.
Dillon, Tanner, Sexton and other Par
nellites expressed themselves very
strongly over the matter.
Many of the Spanish insurgents have
shot themselves TO avoid capture.
Qneen Christine returned to the capital
yesterday and was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
Texas journals very generally take a
cOmical view OF the Virgins prediction.
The shifting of ballast on the part Of the
old mother is not credited.
Fort Worth has a sensation in the way
of a married man all the way from Maine
looking up his wife who had gone off
with a handsOmer man while he was in
the Black hills. The parties of the sec
ond part were left in peaceful posses
sion, and the Maine miner returned to
Maine to look after a minor child, this
being the main object of his solicitude.
A practice fire between the sheriff of
Montrose, Cal, and his posse and a mob
of lynchers. resulted in no one hit ter
100 shots had been exchanged. The mob
carried of the prisoner during the melee
and hung him. His body cannot be
found.
Franklin B. GOwen, president of The
Reading railway, has resigned and Aus
tin COrbin has been elected his success
sor.
A careful examination of the cOndi-
ton and circumstances of the cattle
plague in Illinois reveals unmistakable
evidences of contagious pleurO-p neumo-
mia. The utmost precautions have been
taken te prevent any of the diseased
herds from being shipped. or from com
ing in contact with other cattle in any
way These diseased cattle, as far as
known, are confined to the dairy herds
and to the fattening yards. There is no
reason to believe that any of these fat
have it has been to the east and not 10
the west, The plague will be stamped
out rs fast rs ii appears.
The republicans of Minnesota on yes &.
terday adopted good peoples platform,
denounced convict labor, favored re due
ton of tariff, civil service reform and free
coinage Of silver; demanded the amend
ment Of warehouse and railway laws
and the prohibition of stock watering.
McGill was nominated for governor on
the fourth ballot.
The eighth democratic district OF IL
linois dominates III. ii. Cody for con-
gress.
South Bend, Ind, has had hail storm
which ruined all the tin, iron and slate
roofs in the city, while over 10000 lights
Of glass were broken at the Oliver
Plow works and at least $4,000 in the
Studerbaker wagon works. Hardly q
factory, business house or residence es-
capped damage. The divers estimate
the damage to their works at $4,000.
The total damage in the city will prob
ablo reach 100000. Several people
were injured, but none seriously.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of JEFF,
Is made member Of the X. K. Lee Con-
federate camp.
The British schooner, Little Gem,
went down in squat of Newton ndland
and her passengers, two ladies, were
drowned. The crew were rescued
clinging to the keel Of one Of the boats.
man, probably insane, who is yet at
large, shot three charcoal burners at
Pine Key camp, killing them all. He
said he shot them ITO please his own
mind"
The knights Templar drill on the st.
Louis fair grounds was with essed by
10000 people.
The Mobiles of the Mystic shrine, one
of the highest orders Of masonry, to the
number of 2OOO, are present at St. Louis.
Last night 200 new members were re-
ceived into this order, principally from
st. Louis.
A sharp fight on the Nth instant, be-
tween Mexicans and Yaqui Indians, re-
suited in the loss OF 20 soldiers and 62
Yaquis killed.
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