San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-03
EVENTS TODAY.

| DANNlLLE, n.y., May 0.-lne held
day exhibition of the Centre College
Athletic association may bring out
a coming champion in the person
Of Thomas A. Hendricks. At the
indoor meeting, March y, Hen
bricks, who halls from Somerset,
broke the worlds record for hop,
skip and step by six inches, going
30 feet, four inches, aud he will do
better, it is thought today. He
will also try the standing Jump.
He has already gone nine feet, elev-
en- and one-half inches, without
weights, which has seldom been
beaten. Hendricks Is strictly an
amateur, having never trained I'M
til this season. Centre also eX-
poets to do something in high jump
ing. Washington, OF Newport, has
also cleared five feet, eight inches
in practice, and Miller, or Irvine,
four feet, nine inches, standing
jump. In running Lawrence can
go the quarter in fifty seconds, and
several can beat 10 2.5 on the one
hundred yards.
SEWING WORK EXHIBIT.
NEW YORK, May 3.-An exhibit
ition Of sewing work will be held
at the Hotel Waldorf today and to-
morrow, under the auspices Of tn Q
the New York association Of Sew
ing Schools. Philadelphia will be
we'll represented, and there will al
so be exhibits from the Teachers
college OF New York, the Pratt In
stitute Of Brooklyn, the Armour
Institute OF Chicago. and from
France, Switzerland, Germany,
Holland and England.
A SPLIT IN THE ILLINOIS DEMOC-
RACN.
| CHICAGO, May 3.-The Honest
Money Democratic League OF Illi-
nois will abstain from participant
ing in the primaries to be held to-
day, and will ignore any action
which may be taken on the none.
tary question at the State conven-
tion Of the Democratic party, to be
held in June, for which tOday's
primaries are called. This means
serious split in the state democ-
racy.
\ BIG CHILD FESTIVAL.
| New YORK, May 3.-All Sunday
school children of the city have
been asked to join the chorus OF
the Spring Tide Festival" to be
held this evening in Madison
Square Garden Concert hall.
UNITED WORKMEN TO MEET.
| SPRINGFIELD, His, May ga
weeks session of the United Work
men convention begins here today.
Many delegates will participate as
subjects OF unusual interest will be
discussed this year.
WAR SONG FESTIVAL.
| CINCINNATI, May ga war song
festival and military pageant will
be given in Music hall this evening
for the benefit of the Presbyterian
hospital. The war songs OF '60-'65
will be sung by large chorus Of
male voices, and solos will be rem
dered by first-Class artists, and
such stereopticon and military
displays will be given as are need
full to the highest effects in con-
cert and pageant of this kind.
STATE CANALS TO OPEN.
| ALBANY, May 3.-All the canals
of the state with the exception OF
Oswego, will be opened for naviga-
ton today. There is every pros
pect of a lively trade along the
towpath this year.
| WILL HONOR AN IRISH ACTOR.
NEW YORK, May ga number
of prominent Irishmen will tender
testimonial to James c. Roach,
the Irish actor, in the form of
performance of "Rory OF the HILL"
at the Metropolitan Opera house
today. This will be the seventy
fifth and final performance OF the
play in New York.
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC MEETING.
NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-Entries
close today for the third meet Of
the Southern association OF the A.
A. T., to be held at the Fair
grounds on the 18th. The follow
ing events will come off: One-hun-
dred-yard dash, throwing the six
teen-pound hammer, one mile walk,
quarter-mile bicycle race, running
broad jump, half-mile run, go
yard dash, running high jump,
half-mile bicycle race, one mile run,
120-yard hurdle race, quarter.mile
run, putting the sixteen-pound
shot, pole vault, for height; five
mile run, two-mile bicycle race,