San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-08

IrelgnG Uraln IN mdklnR up V'ihe'
The passenger was on time. A
tramp known as "Weary Wag-
gles," stealing q ride on the blind
baggage. was killed outright.
Frank Meyers, engineer OF the
freight train, is perhaps fatally in
jured. He resides in this city. L. j..
Decker, brakeman Of the freight,
was slightly injured in jumping
The engineer and fireman of the
passenger train escaped injury by
Jumping, as did Meyers, the fire.
man, who also jumped. Seven
freight cars were piled in a heap,
three passenger coaches were de-
rallied and smashed up. Passenger
trains were delayed sixteen hours.
NAVAL COMMANDER DIES.
LONDON, Dec. THE death is
announced of the Hon. Henry Bal
lie Hamilton, brother OF the earl Of
Haddington. Deceased was born
in 1882, and was a retired comman-
der of the royal navy.
PARIS, Dec. THE Orleans fam
lily have bought in all the real
property of the late Comte de Paris.
The Duo d'Orleans has bought
the chateau and woods OF Eu for
100000, the Due d'Aumale the
Chateau d'Amboise, the Due
d'Montpensier the chateau Of Au-
tonne for fl6,000, the Comtesse de
Paris the lots OF building ground
at Treport and Cannes, the Villa
st. Jean above Cannes and the
house and forest of Villa Maurique
in Spain.
STOICAL DURRANT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Judge
Murphy refused to grant Durrant
new trial, styling it as crime
without parallel. Durrant heard
his fate without twitch of mus
Gle, and stared the judge defiantly,
sat down and leaned over to his
father and smiled.
GoTHAM's NEW POLICE CHIEF.
NEW YORK, d. Peter Conlin,
who, on the retirement OF Thomas
Byrne, was made acting chief Of
police, has been appointed chief Of
police by the board OF police COM
missioners. The appointment was
made after Mr.. Conlin passed a
civil service examination, when he
attained rating OF 93.3 he was
born in this city fifty-four years
ago and served in the war Of the re-
bellion, being engaged in the bat
ties of Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill,
White Oaks, Swamp and Malvern
Hill. in the last of which he was Sc
verely wounded.
GREAT FoGS IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, Dec. IA dense fog
hung over Berlin all week, and re-
ports from various parts OF Ger
many show that it was more or
less general. Above Cologne a
large barge ran into dredger in
the middle of the Rhine and sank,
those on board being saved with
difficulty. At Hamburg naviga-
ton was almost at standstill,
and several accidents have taken
place in the streets.
THE CONDITION OF CHITRAL.
LONDON, Dec. THE correspon-
dent of the Allahabad Pioneer at
Kila Darosh gives most satisfac-
tory account of the state of affairs
in Chitral. The people, he says, are
quite content. The lower classes
are anxious for employment, and
are working in hundreds at the
Darosh and Chitral canton ments.
The upper class is alive to the ad-
vantages of the British occupation,
which protects them against
Pathan and Kaffir raids.
A CRAZY PREACHER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. REV.
Frank Hyatt Smith, the Cam.
bridge, Mass, clergyman who was
arraigned for sending abusive and
scurrilous postal cards through the
mails from Denver, where he was
taking his vacation, to members OF
his congregation in Cambridge,
and was adjudged insane, has been
brought to this city on the Boston
express in charge Of his brother,
Stanley E. Smith, who was special
ly appointed a deputy United
States marshal for the purpose.
He was at once taken to st. Eliza
beth's asylum for the insane on the
outskirts of Washington City.
Mr.. Smiths condition has not
improved.
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
CHICAGO, Dec. Fire early this
morning destroyed portion OF the
extensive factory of James S. Kirk
& Co., the we'll known soap max
ers, at No. SO North Water street.
The loss reaches $4,000; 100000
on machinery, the rest on contents
and stock. Fully insured.
COLOMBIAN NEWS.
COLON, Colombia, Dec. Traffic