San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-08
by Special Wire to the Sunday LIGHT
NO WONDER!

by Special Wire to the Sunday LIGHT
NO WONDER!
ROME, Dec. IA dispatch from
Constantinople, received in this
city, states that the sultan has be-
come insane.
WILL NOT SHIP THE YELLOW.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Baring,
Magoun and company have de-
cided not to ship $200,0O in gold
bars, secured by them in open
market yesterday.
LIVERPOOL HOLIDAYS.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 7.-December
26 to January lst are announced AS
the holidays of the Liver pool cot
ton market.
FRENCH SENATOR DEAD.
PARIS, Dec. T. The Marquis
LiAngle Beaumanoir, senator from
the department Of Cannes du Norte,
Is dead. He was born in Paris
March 3, 1888.
LOSS OF THE JOHANN.
MARGATE, Dec. THE bark
Johann, from Savannah, October
90, for London, previously reported
as ashore near Magate, has sunk
in four fathoms. The crew landed
safely here.
A STRINGENT ORDER.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 1.-THE prime
minister has repeated the order OF
government to Danish ship owners,
ship masters and sailors, forbid
ding them to convey men and
munitions of war to Cuba in DAN
ish vessels. All violators will be
prosecuted.
CATHOLIC BISHOP INSANE.
ST LOUIS, Dec. probate Judge
Wolff, of st. Louis county, rem
dered formal declaration today
to the effect that Right Reverend
James Duggan, eX-bishop OF Chi
cago and ex-vicar general OF the st.
Louis diocese, is insane. This &C
ton was had to secure the proper
control of the $4,000 endowment
life policy, about to mature. James
V. McCann, of this city, was named
as guardian. Bishop Duggan
was ordained bishop OF Chicago in
1857. A controversy with some
of the priests of his diocese unset
tied his mind and for twenty-six
years he has been an inmate of st.
Vincent's asylum, in this city.
STARVED HIMSELF.
TOLEDO, o., Dec. 7.-Wm. J.
Murray, father Of DR.. S. B.Murray,
a leading physician here, died
Thursday after fasting for forty
seven days. The old gentleman
he was four score years-took it in
to his head seven weeks ago not to
eat anything. His relatives did
not take his decision seriously but
when four days and week passed
they became alarmed. Mr. Muir
ray stoutly persisted in his deter
mination and all efforts to give
him food were in vain. He be-
came greatly emaciated toward
the last but did not suffer any pain
and his end was quite peaceful.
OFFICIAL DENIAL.
LONDON, Dec. 7.-Official infor-
nation has been received stating
that the report that France and
Russia had withdrawn from the
European concert relative to Tur-
key, is wholly unfounded.
BRITISH MARINES ON GUARD.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, Dec. 7.-Sail-
ors from the guardships Cocka-
trice and Imogene have been land
ed to protect the British embassy.
A FLOATING FORMIDABLE ARRAY.
KINGSTON, Dec. IA large party
OF Cubans left the island OF Jamai-
ca in an open boat yesterday, and
boarded a steamer from the south
ward, on board of which was a
formidable flibustering expedi-
ton prepared to operate against
the Spanish.
A PET OF THE PORTE.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. THE
former governor of Hadjin, who
threatened 10 0urn the CHRISTIAN
convent at that place few weeks
ago, has been promoted as COVER
nor of Tars.
TERRIBLE TRAIN WRECK.
BATON ROUGE, Dec. IA COL
llsion on the main lire OF the Tex
as and Pacific railroad occurred at
st. Delphine switch, one mile east
OF this place, today, between No. "a
passenger train coming east and
No. 60 freight train going vest. 1t
nEa q head-end collision, the ten
the passenger engine tel
!, ~ the baggage car, No pas
yere injured. The accident
hat 5:l0 o'clock ~. M, and