San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-01

nave Deen running on nall Time.
At the headquarters of the refine
ries IL was stated that slow trade
had occurred for. the past two
years at this season OF the year
owing to the large quantity of the
refined product on hand.
TO JOIN THE MINORITY.
NEW ORNEANs, La, Nov. 3d.
Stephen Mallory White, the brill
liant democratic senator from Cali
fornia, accompanied by his wife
and children, arrived in New Or
leans this morning over the Sun
set limited. They will remain in
the city until tomorrow night,
then go to Washington to attend
the opening of congress.
INTEREST REDUCED.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 30.--The
Ottoman bank has reduced thV in
terest on credit balances from 3 to
2 per cent.
TWO NEGROES HUNG.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 3d.
Joe. Robertson and OZias McGaha,
two negroes, were yesterday morn
ing sentenced to twenty years for
rape, in the Circuit court of Lewis
burg county. They were taken
from the Jail at Fayetteville at an
early hour this morning and
hanged in the court yard by mob
of two hundred citizens, who bat
tered down the doors of the Jail
and took the negroes out.
AZURE FOR LEPRosY.
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 30.-The
queen regent of Spain has been
agreed upon by the governments OF
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to act
as arbitrator in the ,delimitation
of the boundaries OF those coun-
tries.
Advices from Bogota state that a
Colombian physician, DR.. Carras-
quilla, has discovered an effectual
cure for leprosy. The efficacy of
the remedy has been proved, the
dispatch asserts, by the cure OF two
persons suffering from the disease.
AN AMERICAN IN JEOPARDY.
HAVANA, Nov. 30.-The defense
of Sanguilly, who claims to be an
American citizen, and who is ac-
cused of being an active agitator
in the rebellion, was continued
Yesterday. His counsel denied
that his client had participated in
the rebellion and he also denied
that the document produced by
the prosecution which comprom-
ised Sanguilly was made by him
and that he had nothing to do
whatever with the appointment Of
delegates to the Cuban Junta in
New York. Counsel protested that
Sanguilly was entirely innocent of
the charges against him, but con-
tended that even were he gull
ty the general pardon is
sued by Captain General Calleja
to Betencourt under similar cir
cumstances applied TO his client.
Counsel further contended that the
whole case is bound to fall, as it is
contrary to the treaty entered into
between Spain and the United
States, in 1875, a provision OF which
prohibits the secret accusation.
A TERRIBLE SUICIDE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 30.-Mrs.
S. d. Smith, OF 1907 Garfield ave-
nue., made a horrible attempt at
suicide yesterday. She filled a pail
with kerosene and carried it up
stairs, and then saturated her
clothing and a lounge. She then
set fire to her clothing and lay
down on the lounge and was fatally
burned before assistance reached
her. She was so years OF age, and
had been i'll. Her husband was
seriously burned in attempting to
rescue his wife from the flames.
FARMER MURDERED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 30.-A
special to the State. Herald from
Lafayette, Ala, says:
News comes to this place of the
murder of A. NJ. Clembens in Ran
dolph county. He went from this
county to his mill near Roanoke
and was found dead with his head
beaten into a jelly. The perpe-
traitors are unknown. Clembens
was a prominent farmer OF this
county.
CRESCENT CITY RACES.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 30.-The
races of the Crescent City Jockey
club meet today resulted as fol-
lows:
First race-8.mile, selling: First,
Jennie June; second, Bowling
Green; third, Lillian G. Time,
1:14f.
Second race mile, for two
year-olds: First, Nicholas; second,
Sauffle; third, George Smith.
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