San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-18
LATE STATE sNEws.


Laredo records ice in March and
great obstruction to vegetation.
Taylor petitions for senator; Mills,
1876; Culberson, 8; Chiffon, 5.
Quincy is the name of the new Bee
county posioffice, fifteen miles out.
George Knight, u. =. marshal for
the northern district, resigns; his
headquarters were at Dallas.
Laredo sheriff fails to fnd the
bodies reported ha aging in the chap
parel.
The rains have greatly benefited
Bee county, and the hail has done
little damage.
The Southwestern Pythian
Knight. Waco, is made official or
gan OF X P.
X. of P. sub lodges must secure per-
NIT from Grand Lodge X. of P. before
filing charter.
K. of P. approprlates Sl,20O for
Grand Chancellor's travelling ex.
psDses.
Grand Lodge officers K. Of P. in
stalled at Galveston with impressive
ceremonies.
E. G. McLawrin, formerly chief
operator w. T. u dies at Houston of
consumption.
Judge Clark addresses full house,
at Brennan and makes good impress
sion.
Houston reports fruit killed and
corn that was ready to pillow frozen to
the ground.
Mayor Fulton, of Galveston, will
formally open his gubernatorial can
vass next Sunday, in an address to
the state democracy.
It is rumored that Culberson,s
name will not be presented for o. 8.
senator, aud that Chiffon will with
draw, as Mills ele ction seems GER
tain.
LEGISLATIVE AND CAPITAL NOTES.
Chiffon IL expected to arrive at
Austin to night and begin hustling
Tor place tomorrow.
Chilton's presence in Austin disa-
buses.the minds of Gu berron's follow.
ers vt the idea that Chiffon is mere
ly m aking the pace for the old Judge.
Chiffon is in to win if he can.
Culberson's strength lies in his
obility to prevent the nomination of
Mills on the first or second ballot,
that he may come In as compremIse
candidate having been particularly
careful to keep on good terms with ali
parties. ...... ..r
Mills must get 20 votes in order to
his election on the first ballot in both
houses OF the legislature.
Senator Crane has introduced q
substitute for the text book bill, and
big lobby is in Austin fighting for
it. It places the matter of the elec-
ton OF text books wholly in the hands
of the trustees of the several schools,
exscts bond of from $4,000 to $20,-
000 from publishers before they can
contract TO furnish school. books to
any school In the state, and continues
the contract for at least 5 years after
| being made, unless by q majority
| vote of the school patrons change Is
| ordered. ...
Senator Crawford's spportionment
bill puts San Antonio in the same
district with Ell Paso congressionally
aud makes q canvass of the district
| practically impossible in an election
contest. There are A counties in the
district as outlined, and it reaches
from FL Psso on the west to Bexar on
the east, and from the 2Sth to the 32nd
parallel OF latitude.
Goss TT reintr yduces his anti mono.
poiy iand-law bill, declared by SUI
preme court to be unconstitutional
and will try 1t over, hoping for better
luck this time. His bill is not favor.
ably regarded in committee.
The superintendent committees Of
house and senate are at work; com
mittee on representative districts will
not put work in hands of sub.com
mittee, The representative districts
/ will be Increased to l24. .....H /
Judiciary committee reports favor
ably making McLennan county q
separate district. ....... .# .t, -l
San Antonio Is very favoraoly con-
sidered for the location of one of the
three civil supreme courts.
| Austin Sewerage com paDy fileI
charles for S250, 900.
Committee having in charge SaI
AutoDio's interests in connection
with the new court of civil appeal
encou alter but little opposition in tn
Legislature. #.
Tom Gresn county petitions to b.
placed in the southwest district @
court of appeals with San Antonio a
location OF court.
J, In the senate bills are introduced
, to regulate elections, proyid
for printing ballots at public ez
pense under provisions of Austria
iian ballot law AMI extendiD
Z its provisions to cities of less tina
10, 600 population: To limit OWNERSHIP