San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-21
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Chihuahua reports rich discoveries
of an tomium.
Sullivan's challenge to fight Nc
! Aulitfe for SO, 900 will be accepted.
House refuses to reduce tariff sche-
dule on hoop iron for cotton ties.
Prince of Wales unvails the Gen.
Gordon statue.
There were 27S suicides in England
last week, so of them in London.
The |. II. territorial convention
meets in Purcell today May 81.
McKenna's amendment to the sug-
ar,schedule rejected by the house.
No new information concerning
that Eastern Texas judgeship.
Nationalist club Of Boston express
es its sympathy with the eight hour
law.
Barney Benson, fireman National
boiler works, Chicago, murders Jerry
Sweeney, former hand at the works.
Mexico City tramway extends its
lines and will use steam beyond city
limits.
Chicago cattle market is dull and
lower; sheep steady; hogs strong
and hig her.
August Young and wife Of Selma,
Cal. marry the third time having
been twice divorced from each other.
The government maintains its last
years attitude on Behring sea fisher
les.
Senator Stanford introduces bis
bill for land loan bureau in the
Treasury department.
Senate discusses the bill subjecting
imported liquors to laws of the sew
eral states. No action taken.
Resolutions of respect to memory
of representative Kelly come before
senate.
The effective strength of the British
regular army is 2l0, 29S, about equally
divided at home and abroad.
Sir John Lubbock will be raised
TO the peerage on Queen Victoria's
birthday May "a.
Shawnee Indians will prosecute
claim for 100000 property destroyed
on their reservation during the war.
The Methodist conference at st.
Louis declares that body prohibit
ton concern.
The Home Mission board of the
Northern Presbyterian church is
hampered for lack of funds.
Pennsylvania lightning KIN ocks
scores of people senseless and some
remain paralyzed for hours.
North Carolina revenue agents des-
troy five stills with $50 gallons whisky
and 500 gallons beer. No one hurt.
Public grain and stock exchange, a
big New York bucket shop, goes to
the wall for $4,000.
Stanley has hard work to keep his
old clothes and effects from the relic
hunters.
Ex-empress Eugenia is at Weis ba-
den terrible sufferer from rheuma-
tism.
Emmon's Blaine resigns as asst. to
President Davis of the West Virgil
MIA Central r. r. His wife thinks it
too small place for her six millions.
The st. Louis conference condemns
| circuses, theatres, cards, horse racing
| and dancing, but refuses TO say a
word against the tobacco quid.
Senator Blair proposes joint reso-
luton of congress for an amendment
to constitution prohi biting all lot
| teries.
Small Hopes, who with Mac an
initiated the double team trotting
record, is nov hauling an express
wagon in New York.
Mexican secretary of interior in
| aDects the work for the DRAINAGE of
the valley and pronounces it badly
done.
Mexico proposes to the United
States that local authorities on both
sides the border abstain from inter
ference with questions concerning
international boundaries.
A young married woman of Wall
fleet, Mass, !cowhides the chairman
of the town. board, in session, for
slandering her.
Miss Walls of Camden, n. J. fear
fully cowhides Mrs. Reed for aliena
ting her brothers. affections and
money from his wife and children.
Plattsburg, Mo-, bank failure re-
ported last week was due to specula-
ton in Kansas City real estate
Bank will pay IS per cent on the dol
lar.
Gov. Thayer of Nebraska has sem
commissioners to investigate the
facts of the quarantine against cattle
from New Mexico.
Horrible Work of Burglars.
LONDON, May PA dispatch from
| Vienna saVs the hOuse of Ju0p,