San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-23
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President Carn0t, OF france, is again
making a tour of his provinces.
House considers River and Harbor
bill in committee of the whole.
Missouri w. G. T. U. meets for
eighth annual session in ST. Louis.
The tariff bill passes the house;
yeas, 1874; nays, l42.
The fraternal delegates to the ST.
Louis conference from England and
Canada have returned.
Senate con tinues debate on silver
bill and bill prohibiting importation
of liquors into prohibition states.
City Treasurer Peat, of Kansas City,
suspended shortage of $4,000 dis
covered; investigation ordered.
Iowa Indians decline terms offered
by Cherokee commission and break
| up the conference.
a 81 rate is threatened from Mis-
souri, river to Galveston unless Jay
Gould restores the western rate.
Eyraud, the Paris murderer OF
notary COTE last July, is captured at
Havana, Cuba.
Treasurer NoIand's deficit has not
beer made good and his bOndsmen
will be sued.
Senate naval committee approve
construction of dry dock at Algiers,
| La, to cost $500,0i0.
Sergeant.at-Arms Canaday resigns
| and receives very complimentary let
| tiers from the senators.
A tax is proposed in the Reichstag
| upon all German citizens residing
| abroad.
p. F. Jewett, president of Jewett
| Publishing Co., of Boston, fraudulent
| ly issues SO, 900 stock and disappears.
Legal proceedings will be instituted
against the warden of the Illinois
penitentlary for leasing convict labor.
The search for Mayor Cottrell, the
Cedar Keys terror, has been aband-
| Oned.
The State bank, of Middle Tennes.
see, Lebanon, fails for 100000; assets
So, 900.
Conference is ordered on appropria-
! ton bills for District of Columbia, ar
my, naval academy and pensions.
San Luis Potosi merchants will ship
nothing by Central railway unless
| freight charges are lessened.
Judiciary committee of Senate re-
| port. favOring woman suffrage by con-
stitutional amendments.
Presbyterian church, north, has a
bare twO-third vote on the revision of
| the creed. This iusures revision.
The bishops of the NJ. f. church,
south, Haygood and Fitzgerald, re-
Gently elected, have been consecrated.
The average yearly increase in Bap-
| fist churcn membership since 1850 has
been 81 600.
a foolish canard is in circulation
giving pretended details of plot to
sever Lower California from Mexico
and annex it to the United States.
Jefferson City grand jury willIuves-
tigate action of Doodle Legislators in
the beef-inspectiOn bill before the
Missouri house last session.
The National Brewers association
holds 3lst annual reunion in Wash
ington, D. G. They represent $780,
O00,0 900 capital.
John Bowden, of ChillicOthe. Mo-,
attempts to Shoes his wife but kills a
Mr.. Rainey who comes to her rescue,
and then suicides.
American Medical association in
session at Nashville, elects DR.. Briggs,
of that city, president, and chooses
Washington as the next place of meet |
ing.
Senator Dawes introduces an amend |
ment to the Interstate commerce law, |
permitting pooling for competitive
traffic.
There are rumors in Chicago of |
threatened cuts in the east lines pas |
senger traffic that will knock rates |
silly.
Scalpers are selling tickets to New
York from Chicago for SIS, and one
for Sill. If this cont iuues rate war |
is certain.
The proposal to compel the treas
urer of the NJ. E. board of missions
to give bonds is promptly rejected by |
the st. Louis conference.
Methodist conference at st. Louis |
grows hot over proposition for or
ganic union with church, north, but |
rejects the motion l24 to los.
Presby terrain assembly at Saratoga
memOrializes congress to pass the |
anti-original package law, and iuves-
tigate effect of liquor traffic.
Presbyterian church, south, will |
send four additional ministers into |
the Congo country, contents itself |
with former deliverance on the tenn
perance question, and resolution ia
bled instructing ministers to preach |
against certain amusements.