San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-29
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MOUSE on wrALrH RoppEp.

| square,, uOEIn, was enlereu Dy
thieves on Friday night, who gain
ed entrance by a basement door
and secured the following booty /:
A fifteen thousand dollar diamond
necklace and other jewels, all
valued at seven thousand dollars.
The house was turned topsy turvy
and innumerable articles of value
were carried away. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burden were attending the opera,
and left two sons and six servants
in care of the house. There is no
clue as TO the robbers.
A PREACHER GOES FOR GROVER
HAGERsTowN, Md, Dec. 2S.-
The Rev. Henry Evans Cotton,
rector of st. Johns Episcopal
church, in his sermon Wednesday
morning, made a violent attack
upon President Cleveland, for
whom he had voted for president,
though the pastor is a republican.
"Hour by hour" he said, "the
presidents utterance stands pub
licly impeached by the honest,
common sense of the people. Bitter
disappointment has come to many
who felt that, with his great
gifts, he might have lifted
the nation to higher, surer planes
of action but he has been drag
ged from his place as a statesmen
down to the level of the political
leeches that surround him. By
one breath of his mouth he threw
millions of the peoples money into
the maelstrom of financial ruin I;
in another breath he piteously in
vokes his congress to avert the
crash he has called down upon our
heads and millions of lives are dis
turbed by the horrible possibili-
ties-God grant the impossible
possibilities cruel war;"
The pastors words created a
great stir in the congregation.
WANT NO SEPARATE SCHOOLS.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 2S-
The full text OF Manitoba's reply
to the Dominion government on
the separate school question is
made public. The Manitoba gov
eminent positively refuses the
proposal to establish a system OF
separate schools in any form.
WAS 1T A FAKE DISPATCH?
HAVANA, Dec. 2S.-Despite the
statements contained in the $500
word alleged cable dispatch from
this city published in the Ameri-
can papers that Maxine Gomez
with $4,000 Cuban patriots was
marching upon this city, driving
everything before them, the facts
are as follows:
Gomez, with an army Of from
1000 to 5000 men, has succeeded,
by avoiding an engagement with
the Spanish troops, In marching to
C0liseo, point ninety miles from
Havana. He had burned num-
Der OF fields Of sugar on his way,
and at Coliseo and vicinity he
burned some mora, bis acts of van
dalism exciting great jndigna-
tion throughout the country
devastated. When he arrived at
Coliseo, Gomez was stopped
by Spanish troops, who checked
his advance and prevented further
burning Of cane fields. 1t is be-
lieved that the rebels have greatly
injured their position, it being APP
parent that tho only purpose OF
their leaders is to destroy the
sugar crop.
CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2S.-The
official cholera statistics for the
week ending December Dist show
that there were 81 new cases and
36 deaths from the disease.
PUT DOWN AN UPRISING.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 2S.-News
has been received here that q care
fully planned uprising in Tarsus,
Asia Minor, was frustrated on Dec.
10 by the prompt and energetic
action OF the governor. Six OF the
rioters were wounded.
GRAsPING AT sTRAws.
LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The Daily
News, commenting on the report
that Secretary of State Olney
has forwarded a private dispatch
to Lord Salisbury, says: "There is
nothing incredible or surprising
in such an act. On the contrary, it
would be highly honorable to him.
There is no reason to believe that
in pursuing the Monroe doctrine
Secretary Olney had any design of
insulting or annoying England"
The paper discredits the various
far-fetched explanations of Presi-
dent Cleveland's policy and says
he meant no harm by his message
to congress. Whatever mischief
he did he has since conscientiously
and laboriously endeavored to UNI
do.
VENEZUELA PREPARING FOR
TROUBLE.
CARACAS, Ven, Dec. 28.-Students
OF the University have forwarded