San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Derby winner sold to an American
for $4,000.
Cabinet council decides to Increase
forces at Suakim.
Several of the Spanish cabinet min
listers resign.
Lord Sackville holds conference
with Salisbury.
Labor strikes occur throughout Italy.
Ford and Wheeler swung for muir
der at 9orkville, ). c., yesterday.
Alabama Grand chapter, A. f. and
A. NJ, are in session at Montgomery.
The late municipal election at At
lanta puts prohibition to sleep.
Uncle Sam enters suit for $4,000, 900
against Nevada wood stealers.
Empress Frederick arrives in Eng
land and is waited upon by deputa-
ton of Greeks.
The rumor that Jay Gould has Sc
cured control of the Atchison road, is
still prevalent in Wall street.
Bowles' testimony in the dynamite
conspiracy case was uushaken by
discrimination.
italian ship Doyle joins the Zanzibar
blockade, situation is exceedingly
grave.
Anglo-Indian papers are wooling
Salisbury for calling Chief MaOroji, n
black man.
The pope sends Francis, of Austria,
a beautiful mosaic image of the vir-
gin.
There have been 4,7O4 fever cases
at Jacksonville to date, with 4l2
deaths.
The American Forester congress,
and the Southern Forester congress,
are resolved into one at Atlanta.
Uncle Sam will enforce his demand
for the release of the American steam
er recently delayed at Hayti.
The Porte has signed a convention
for the junction of the Greek and
Turkish railways.
Interstate commerce commission are
at Chicago, to investigate southwest
and northwest railroad troubles.
Captain, mate and two seamen, sur
vivOrs of the wrecked schooner Ella
NJ. Davie, abandoned off Hatteras,
November Goth, reach New York.
Pat MalIoy, arrested and brought
to London as a Times witness against
Parnell denies knowledge of every
thing asked of him and goes back to
Jail.
London board of trade reports for
November show imports G237, 900.
Exports 100000 over last Novem-
Der.
Frank Thompson, an hotel clerk at
Sharon, Pa, committed suicide re-
Gently, being Respondent on account
of his mothers death. 1t is now learn
ed she is alive.
Foster, fnancier of the Dominion,
accepts Cleveland's message as proof
that the fisheries treaty was a fair
one.
United States house of representa-
tives in committee of the whole dis
cusses. the Nicaragua Canal Co. in
corporation.
United States revenue officer, Frank
WOOters, arrests the mOonshiner John
Payne, and his brothers, engaged in
Illicit distilling, in Cedar Creek, West
Virginia.
At San Francisco, the collector
seizes steamer Westmeath and her
cargo of sugar, from Java. The quail
ty of sugar. tits said, was under esti-
mated, and the government would be
defrauded of about 100000.
Five brigands, charged with raiding
the BellOra depot, at Sofia, in July
last, have been tried and convicted
Three Of them were sentenced to Is
years penal servitude, one to years,
and one to three.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, is
sues certificate of election to
Evans, republican candidate for the
Third district.
Martha Beckman, sentenced to be
hanged at Columbia, S. c., for the
murder of her husband, has her sen-
tence committed to 10 wears, because
she is a woman.
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