San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-20
TELEoRAPHIc BREvITIES.
The new U. S. pension bill appropri
afes $50 275 OOu

no new " .. pension wi hppiopfi-
sfes $50. 275, 900.
The cattle losses. in Calhoun county,
VIII not exceed 200 head.
Corpus Christi is making n stir over
her April elections.
Secretary Balfour is hooted at In the
streets Of Dublin.
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S. agent at Bryan
arrested for defalcation.
Reeves county school lands have been
placed on the market.
The Atlantic and Pacific railway In
New Mexico is snow blocked.
Prince Ferdinand will start for Philip
popolis today.
The u. 3. senate has confirmed the
nominations ofthe interstate commerce
commissioners.
Lord Randolph Churchill will arrive
from st. Petersburg on the 23rd, and
pass i've days In Berlin.
Mgr. Persico, pApal envoy to Ireland,
has len Cork for Bristol. His health 10
feeble.
All Sing and All Moy, the first Chi
nese to wed BY regular license 10 Texas,
did 50 at FL Paso, yesterday.
the supplementary elections for men,
bsrs Of the Bulgarian sobranje.
The crown prince Of Greece comes to
Berlin Sunday next to attend the annual
orders festival.
Coleman reports cattle In good condl.
tlon any very few deaths from the
severe weather.
Louise Michefis sick and In need Of
money. Prince Krspotkine 10 lecturing
for her benefit.
Ignatius Donnelly 10 going to England
In June to copyright his forthcoming
book on the famous cipher.
Mrs. Henry Clews, wife OF the. New
York banker, is said to be the only wo-
man In America who owns chariot.
"TRUE democracy" and protective
ington whatever they may do in Texas.
Signor Carrsrd, the distinguished
Italian jurist and consul, 10 dead, at
Luocs.
Lords Hawardeu and Orkney have
granted their Irish tenants reduction
In rents hitherto refused.
Brownsville complains OF the coolest
weather on record since the signal ser
vice was established In 1875, with the
single exception Of 1881.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, In q speech
at Bristol, advocated the extension Of
local government to Ireland after order
had been established.
The queen received DR.. Mackenzie
yesterday. The doctor reported very
fsvorsbly on the condition Of the crown
prince Of Germany.
The British cabinet, after two hours
session today, decided upon concessions
calculated to avert q unionist bolt on the
local government bill.
Judge Currsn, addressing the Jury al
Tralee, said he was glad to say moon
light outrages In Kerry were fast be-
coming q matter OF history.
The police on the leland Of Lewis at
tempted to arrest number Of Scotch
crofters for destroying fences OF sheep
farms. The crofters resisted and
charged the police, routing them.
At q meeting at Deptford yesterday q
letter was read from Mr.. BRlfour, de-
olsring Sir Wilfred Blunt's assertion
that his sentence had been prearranged,
without foundation.
Ejectment notices have been posted
on the Countess Of Kingston's estate at
Mitohellstown against 100 tenants who
adopted the plan Of campaign. The lat
ter have cleared the farms of oil seizable
stock.
SAN ANToNIANs should all turn pious
these days and join the church OF the
"Best Licks." Every one put In his best
ticks for the southwest convention. The
counties of southwest Texas are all fall
ing into line.
l. is actually refreshing to see demo-
cratic journal leave Its state rights rust
long enough to give hearty endorse
ment to the Blair Educational bill. 1t Ii
a measure promising more returns for
Texas than the 10th Legislature could
cipher out In decade.
The students Of Milan, Italy, are ar
ranging TO present Gladstone with an
address ard memorial consisting OF q
colossal album, containing the names Of
thousands Of students through Italy.
The project has aroused much enthusi-
asm.
In the Spanish chamber Of deputies
yesterday Senior PUG Cerver, minister
Of finance, announced that he had ar
ranged with the bank OF Spain to change
the floating debt into loan Of 49,, O00,-
600, bearing q maximum rate OF interest
OF per cent during five years.
o. Dlgns's force was attacked Mon
day and dispersed by friendly tribes.
The rebels afterwsrd rallied and COM
PEELED the friendly tribes to retreat. Col
Kitchener and Major McMurdo were
wounded. Six friendly natives were
killed, and twenty wounded. The rebel
loss 10 heavy.
The same precautions against fire are
taken In Moscow and st. Petersburg TO.
day that were In use century ago.
Scores Of fire towers are everywhere
seen. They run up about 70 to 100 feet,
are built like lighthouse, with winding
stairway, and have platform all around
at the top, where the Waterman patrols
day and night. II q fire 10 discovered q
signal lie given and the fire department
turns out. 1t was only recently that st.
Petersburg, the capital. with hundreds
Of millions Of government property, Sc
cured steam fire engine, and that is q
poor, old fashioned affair. The hand
engine does service there yet, and in
most other cities of the empire.