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

Higginson, wife of a Boston mill
ionaire banker, and James Wheat
land Smith, Harvard student,
whose elopement was announced
from New York several days ago,
arrived here today on board the
German liner Columbia, on which
they occupied together cabin No.
40. They travelled under the name
of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, OF Boston.
They are now staying at the Hotel
De Genes, room No. $50.
AN ARCH CRIMINAL THIS.
JACKSON, Miss, Dec. IF. d.
Hathorn, Of Harry county, the
farmer who hired a negro to kill
his wife, and who, with the negro,
was sentenced to be hung January
Sth, made lengthy confession to-
day, saying he tried to have her
agree to separation and division
> OF property, but she would not.
Then he became involved with an
other woman, who advised him to
kill his wife. The idea grew on
him and he hired Thompson Wade
to do the deed. Mrs. Hathorn was
shot to death while sitting insher
room with her children and hus-
band.
FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. r.
By the failure of negro elevator
boy to hear the signal, A. G, Hoyte,
machinist employed in the fur
mace of the Dayton Coal and Iron
company, Dayton, Tenn, this
morning was hurled fifty feet to
his death. He missed stepping on
the elevator and fell down the
shaft. The remains were sent to
Cincinnati to his father, Valen-
tine Hoyte, prominent contractor
and builder.
AN INNOCENT MURDER.
--QzABKy.-Ark ,lDec, 7.T1"Jessie"
Jones was hanged mere Friday
morning, protesting his innocence
to the last, as the murderer Of
Charles and Jesse Hidden, his
cousins, at Bonneville, February
is, 1895, for the purpose Of robbery.
PROMINENT ALBANIAN SUI
CIDEs.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. Hon.
A. G. Hargrove, one of Alabama's
best known and universally be-
loved citizens, committed suicide
at his residence Friday night by
shooting himself in the head. Sick
ness is given as the cause. He has
held many positions Of honor, one
OF the most exalted being that Of
president of the upper branch of
the legislature, which he held for
two terms.
ONE HUNG, ANOTHER RETRIEVED.
ABBEYvILLE, S. c., Dec. Tom
Peterson, a negro who murdered
j. j. Moseley, was hanged here
Friday morning. Walter Durrick,
also sentenced to be hanged yester-
day, was respited by the governor
for one week.
SWUNG SILENTLY OFF.
CHESTER, s. c., Dec. 7.-Charles
Lloyd, the murderer of w. B.
Welsh, on August %, was hanged
here Friday. He made no state
ment on the gallows.
BRITAIN's REPLY TO AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. T.
Lord Salisbury's reply to Secretary
Olney's dispatch, which, according
to the presidents message, called
upon the British government for
definite answer to the question
whether TO submit the territorial
controversy between itself and
Venezuela in it's entirety to impair
tial arbitration, was received
by Ambassador Pauncefote yes.
terday evening. 1t was handed
to Secretary Olney today. At the
same time that formal reply was
transmitted to the British am
bassador, another copy according
to diplomatic custom) was handed
Mr.. Bayard, our ambassador in
London, through whom, last July,
Secretary Olney's original note
was presented to the British for
eign office, Sir Julian Paunceforte
being then absent in England on
vacation.
TINS copy was undoubtedly
placed in Mr.. Bayard's possession
some days before the presidents
message was presented to congress.
1t is inconceivable that in a matter
OF such importance some inkling
OF its contents should not have
been communicated by cable to
Secretary Onley prior to the
framing of the presidents mes
sage.
Bearing in view this point, the
passage IN the message, in which
the PRECEDENT says that the United
ga ,,.a' = no. oe satisfied IL one Of