San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-15
LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS
From all Parts of the Globe, Con-
densed and Boiled Down.

A confidential clerk Of a Chicago pea
nut and pickle house has caused two ex
tensive failures by his forgeries. Amount
involved, 100000.
The southwest passenger war has
been arrested by compromise and the
old high rates continue.
A schooner was wrecked near Point
Colborne, Welland canal, and went
down about three miles from the cana
entrance.
The Selah Chamberlain sank six miles
from Sheboygan, Wis, and We lives
| lost.
Theodore Roosevelt has been nomi-
mated for mayor Of New York.
New York county democracy endorses
Hewitt for mayor.
Eastport, Maine. badly swept by fire.
All it's business mass OF ruins.
Congressman Grains eloquence des-
troyed by the gale and the evil tiding
thereof.
Arbitration settles the trouble in the
FrankfOrd, Pa, cotton and wollen mills
and 100 operators resume work.
The men are out in Armours beef
yards. Barry, X. of l.. arbitrator, says
the packers are merely playing game
and advises boycott.
The X. OF l.. assembly give 5000 each
to the Augusta, Ga, strikers, the New
York plumbers. and the tanners land
curriers'.
Salmon p. Chase's remains now rest
In the family vault in Spring Grove
cemetery, Cincinnati.
Laredo does not want Capt. Schmidt's
rangers withdrawn.
The Nuevo Laredo street cars COM
mence running Monday.
Ell Paso has suit entered By the Leon
Blum real estate company and Others
against Sattherwaite and Alexander for
% acres Of land in the city. Value,
$3.50, 1000.
A smart Fort Worth negro victimized
several Fort Worth merchants in a cot
ton confidence game and is in Jail.
The Waco mayor got into fracas
yesterday with a gentleman who criti-
cised his actions, and came out second
beat.
Abe Hewitt accepts the Tammany and
county democracy nomination as mayor.
The effort to stampede the X. of l.. on
the color line fails.
Kaulbar's press correspondent has
been arrested and sent to COnstantinOple.
Next.
Cotton worms are doing damage on
the Medina
Mrs. Leach, of Dyersburg, was out
ragged by a negro and her assailant was
lynched In twelve hours thereafter.
L hoe hnr
swindling practices as conducted In the
famous "WOman's bank
A. Gill, wholesale and retail notion
dealer, of Jefferson, Tex, fails for $50 900.
Assets unknown.
CraDfield's candidates meet with very
little encouragement.
The city marshall and his deputy, who
killed Ed ROsseau at Taylor Saturday
night, are out on $1,000 bonds.
Kaulbars will try and adjourn the Bull
garian assembly indefinitely, so as to
prevent election of a ruler.
The report that Alexander would &C.
cept the Bulgarian throne if re- elected is
q canard.
The crisis in Bulgaria is not only
chronic but acute.
kaulbauTs is on his travels over Bull
garia for reasons known only to himself
and Alexander Of Russia.
Austria counsels Bulgaria to go slow
not provoke Russia, and wait for the
powers to designate an acceptable ruler.
The Tuesday storm caused great loss
Of life at JohnsOn's Bayou near Calca-
sieu Pass. No lives were lost at the
Pass. but the water submerged every
thing east and west and thousands of
cattle were swept away and crops
ruined beyond redemption. The high
waters were caused by the rush OF the
island waters, driven outward by the
fierce norther, meeting the high tides
caused by the gulf hurricane and return
ing inward. No such disaster has ever
visited the coast.
Michigan was storm struck Wednes-
day. The wires are nearly down and no
news. Wind 50 miles per hour
Ohio and Indiana both suffered Sc
verely In the gale which swept over
Michigan.
The Wednesday storm caused more
damage to wires than any that has oc-
CURED in five years.
Buffalo, New York, was swept by a
65 miles an hour wind and the squatters
on the "Island" were all drowned out
The little town of Sabine Pass con-
tanning 200 Inhabitants was literally
swept out Of existence on last Tuesday
and from one-third to one-half OF the
people drowned. The wires are ali
down and the telegraph communication
cut of. News Of the disaster was brought
| in small boat about seven miles to the
nearest MONT at which the ra wav cOuld