San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-27
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

hIs. JdIueS ". Dldlue, JT., is uau'
gerously i'll in New York.
Henry w. Grady and party, of
Georgia, arrived in Denison yester-
day.
The Swiss socialists are circulating
a petition for a revision of the Federal
Constitution.
Ex-Governor and ex-senator VIM.
T. Hamilton died of pneumonia yes
terday at his home in Hagyrstown,
Md.
Judge Thurman and Speaker Car
Isle arrived in Lima yesterday from
Cincinnati by special train.
Both political parties in Indianapo-
lis, Ind, are making preparations for
big street parades on the night Of No
vember Sd.
The Sultan of Morocco has ordered
an artillary salute to the Portuguese
flag as compensation for the dis
respect shown by the City of Larache.
Deputies from the Parari-Savad
tribes have arrived at the British
camp at Simla, to arrange terms of
submission.
An imperial mandate has been is
sued in China, and executed, direct
ing the president of the academy to
translate Shakespeare into Chinese
for the benefit of the young princes.
The paDers of st. Petersburg eX-
press Indignation at the manner in
which King Milan of Servia secured q
divorce from Queen Natalie, and de-
nOunce the divorce as illegal. The
Svet urges Queen Natalie to appeal to
the patriarch and others of the OrthO-
doX church 10 annul the action OF
Metropolitan and TheOdOsius.
Thos. y. Richardson, advertising
manager Of the st. Louis furniture
has become insane, or has wandered
away and committed suicide.
Ference Y. Powderly, in q private
letter to Secretary Coke, Of the Win
dow Glass Workers association, de-
clares himself q prOtectiOnist OF the
straightest sect.
uperintendent of Police Murray of
New York, has held a consultation
with the police captains in regard to
Illegal registration and voting. He
instructed them to do everything pos
stbla to bring to justice all parties vio-
la!ing the election laws.
No official communication has vet
passed between the English cabinet
and the United States with reference
to Lord Sackville's letter on the
American presidential contest. Lord
Salisbury has sent Sackville several
direct dispatches deploring the min
ister's injudiciousness.
At a meeting today of the republic
can members of the senate, it was
shown that majority of the men,
bers of the senate We're opposed to
Premier Floquet's proposal for re-
vision of the constitution. They con-
slider the scheme to be fraught with
danger TO parliamentary power and
to the liberty Of the eXecut We.
The Japan Gazette has statement
published in the Chinese Times to the
effect that the action of the Chinese
minister to the United States, in the
matter Of the treaty which was recent
ly rejected by the Chinese govern
ment, excited so great enmity against
him that endeaVOrs were made by an
angry mob to wreck the minister's |
house.
The Chinese Times has letter sign |
ed by a Pekin official, and the follow
ing is an extract: IF the obnoxious |
bill should be carried into |
effect, there will be no other course |
onon for China consistent with her
dignity rs a nation than TO adop5 re-
ta!liotOry measures Uy prohibiting citi-
Gems Of the United States from coming
to China. This Will be by no means
prOpO Tomato 70 the harm done to Chi
nese interests in America, but it will
nave to ne done i'll order to show that
China can do the same thing"