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

The passenger packet John Gilbert,
sank near Chester, Ills, Monday
morning; no lives were lost.
The Nile has fallen 80 inches in a
week. The water is now lower than
ever known in this century, even by
tradition.
Russians are buying extensive
tracts of land in Palestine for the pur-
pose of increasing their religious es-
Establishments.
The passenger rate war is ended.
The presidents of the st. Louis lines
met in Cleveland, o., yesterday, and
full rates were re-established from all
points.
The Berlin police have seized the
remaining copies of the Deutsch
Rundschau, which contained the eX-
tracts from the diary of the late
Emperor Frederick.
The widow of the ana. chist Parsons
has been invited to visit England and
make addresses at a number of meet
ings. She will leave October 81, and
will return the latter part of Novem-
Der.
The British man-of-war, Osprey,
has captured off Mocha three dhows
having ON board 304 slaves. The cap
tains of the dhows and four slaves
were killed before the slaves surren-
dered.
At a meeting of the newspaper men
of savannah. Ga, it was resolved to
raise fund for the benefit of the fam
lily of the late Edward Martin, the
Jacksonville editor, who died of vel
low fever.
The situation in Jacksonville now
presents two striking features-an in
crease of new cases, and decrease OF
deaths. New cases yesterday SO,
deaths 4. Total cases to date 1919,
deaths 800.
Pauline Lucca declares that the
American tour in which she starts in
November, will close her career on
the stage; that she has bought villa
at Gmunden, where she intends to
establish school for opera singers.
j. J. Frey, at present superintend-
ent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway, has been appointed
general manager under the receivers,
by Judge Brewer of the United States
court. The appointment will take
effect November l.
Judge Lubke, of the ST. Louis city
court, was rOtten-egged by a we'll
known business man named Henry
Wiegel. The judge had rendered a
decision against Wiegel in money
matter in his court. Wiegel was ar
rested.
The L. s. supreme court opened yes
terday for regular business, and Chief
Justice Fuller called the case Omitted
States VS.. American Bell Telephone
company Judge Thurman opened
the argument, and made a speech of
40 minutes.
The journal de st. Petersburg dis
credits the report that Emperor
William intended to mention at
Vienna and Rome any agreement he
may have made with Russia in rela-
ton to Bulgaria. The object of his
visit is to solemnly reaffirm the triple
alliance.
The four German frigates which
were lying in the Bay of Naples for
the purpose of firing salute to the
emperor on his arrival there, have re-
ceived orders to proceed at once to
Zanzibar, to protect the German resi-
nents against the natives.
In the American section of the In
ternational Exhibition at Brussels,
there have been awarded fifteen di-
plomes d'honeur, twenty-siX gold
medals, six silver medals and three
bronze medals of progress. Prizes
have been awarded to Mccoy, of
Brooklyn for pneumatic tools, and the
Indurated Fibre company, of Me-
Gainesville, for paper pipes.
The Novisti, st. Petersburg, pub
fishes three diplomatic dispatches
from Rome disclosing negotiations be-
tween England and Italy for an alli-
ance against France. Premier Crispi
desired Lord Salisbury to sign a def
mite treaty. but Lord salisbury de-
clined. An agreement remains, how
ever, embodied in the commuDica-
tions.
A committee is about to be formed
in Vienna in connection with the
Emin Bey relief committee in Berlin.
DYSPEPSIA, DESPAIR, DEATH.
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