San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-13
STATE NEWS.

Col. Henry Smythe, editor of the Ell
Paso Tribune is dead.
The Texas State Sanitary associa-
ton meets today in Dallas.
w. d. Marshall, a railroad man,
commits suicide at Ell Paso.
The contract is let for the Texas
spring palace and work has begun.
The Northwest Texas Cattlemen's
association met in annual session yes
terday in Fort Worth.
Policeman Davis, of Austin, who
killed the negro Tom Williams, is re-
leased on ground of justifiable homi-
eide.
In difficulty between two section
men at Paris, near the depot, Jennie
Norton dangerously stabbed one of
them.
President Louis Newberg, of the
state base ball league states that the
affairs of the league are in a prosper
Gus condition.
w. p. Arnold, a stock man, residing
near Sachez station, is brought into
Dallas charged with killing his
neighbor, James Lucas.
There has been about six weeks of
almost constant rain at Brownsville.
If it does not hold up the large cotton
crops will be damaged.
Senator Burney says he has cam
vassed the senate asylum committee
and they have agreed to report the,
southwest asylum bill favorably.
There have never been such heavy
rains before, as there have been this
season at Arkansas, and other Texas
coast points. The country is almost
submerged.
The advance money for the Calves
ton nine has been sent by Manager
Lewis. He is also negotiating with
Canton, a great catcher, who will
probably join Galveston.
The International Traffic associa-
ton, was in session yesterday in
Laredo. Object to regulate and
equalize the freight traffic on ship
ments of ores from points in Mexico TO
the United States.
A man named Steele, who formerly
lived at Bonham, secured all the
money he could borrow from the citi-
Zens, forged note on the bank, then
selling a horse on which there were
three mortgages, skipped out.
Trains are now running through
from Houston to Austin, as the water
has left the track on the western
branch in the BraZos bottom. At
Richmond the water is still very
high, and at Columbia it is still ris-
ing.
Jailer Fred Mershow, of Decatur,
went to feed the prisoners, when Bob
~, ILL a l.
jumped on him, overpOwered him and
released all the prisoners. The Off
GERS set after them, Campbell fired on
them and wounded two. All the pris-
oners escaped except Bob Campbell.
SPEAKING of the man of the demo-
cracy "who was but is not" the
Times says:
1.-THE Express constantly goes out
of its way to say mean things about
Roger Q. Mills. He probably has
three friends in San Antonio to the
Express one. People here have not
forgotten his services in the anti-pro-
hibitiOn cause"
The Times and the Express have
their own fight over the free trade
and protection pots of the political
democracy and in that family fight
the LIGHT has no hand, but it is per-
tinent to inquire if the Times is OF
opinion that Mills anti-prohibition
speeches made any material differ
ence in the vote upon the prohibitory
amendment. The LIGHT is of the
opinion that no earthly power could
have changed the drift of public sem
timent at that time and that had
Mills been dead, as dead in fact as he
is politically, before the vote on the
amendment was taken, the issue
would have been overwhelmingly
against prohibition. Roger O., of the
free trade foolishness can not claim
exemption from criticism, on the
ground that he saved Texas from
prohibition. That plea is too thin.
THE day is past in which it is pos
sible to organize wagon freights
through Texas, to and from points
having railway connections. Could it
be done, the determinations in
fire lights against this city would come
to perpetual end. AS it is, let every
encouragement be given to the extern
sion of railway lines unfriendly to
Galveston, and in time relief will
| come. San Antonio is badly handi-