San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-16
wRENoHED FROM THE WIRES.

anti Harrison Mckinley league.
Shafer & Co., dry goods, burned
out at Smithville. Loss Is $4,000.
President Cleveland arrives safely
at home from his ducking expedi-
ton.
Money order department Of the
Houston postoffice is reported short
1896.
The assailants upon the city Of
Van were repulsed by the imperial
troops.
The tale of American horrors
continues to agitste Europe and
America.
British Columbia hatcheries re-
fuse to supply Washington ponds
with fish.
An army of 100000 Abyssinians
is reported marching on the Ital-
ian forces.
The bearer OF Satolli's hat is ex-
pected to arrive in New York on
Wednesday.
In the italian chambers the So
cialist leader attacks the govern
ment policy.
Railroad depot and a large
quantity Of freight burned at
Sparta, Tenn.
The tug Pearl G. Campbell is
lost on Lake Superior with her
crew of seven.
Five laborers killed by a falling
boulder in cut at Big Stone Gap,
Va, Saturday.
Eighth Street Methodist church,
one of the finest in Little Rock,
Ark, is burned.
The Russian fleet in Corean
waters will probably winter in the
harbor of San Tung.
The Bulgarian chamber breaks
up its session in a row, over motion
to withhold supplies.
The formal announcement Of
Levi Pa. Morton for president will
be made in a few days.
The sultan feels safe in so far as
any interference with his govern
ment by the powers goes.
Ex-Governor Brown of Kentucky
is proposed as the candidate of the
democracy for president.
All search for the missing steam
er Strathness proves unavailing.
She was due at Vancouvers.
The women are preparing for
their national suffrage meeting at
Washington late in January.
Adams, express agent at Farm
ersburg, Ind, is missing with
$500 Of the company's cash.
Contractors for clothing have re-
pudiated their agreements in New
York, and the workers strike.
American missionaries at Aintab,
Bitlis, Kharput, Karrisch and
Talus are officially reported safe.
Congressman Boatner, of Louisi-
ana, challenges Editor Hearey, Of
the New Orleans States, to duel.
Rumors of all kinds as to the
intended wholesale nassacres of
Armenians in Constahtinople are
abroad.
The combination of the "Bosses"
Quay and Platt is to mass Reed and
Morton and Allison against Harri-
son and Mckinley.
The order OF Chosen Friends is
sustained at every point in the suit
brought against it by Black, at
Louisville, Kentucky.
Chauncy Depew, interviewed at
his home Sunday, talks in a moral
strain upon the "home" instead OF
discoursing on politics.
There is great excitement at the
headquarters of the "united gar
ment workers New York, and it is
likely that 10000 will desert the
shops. D. - -
Nicaragua's supreme court is Of
opinion that the government
should hold the canal contractors
responsible for executing their con-
tract before it is annulled.
Lord Sslisbury's refusal to be
present at the reception Of an Ar
menian delegation is cited as show
ing there is no concert of action
upon Armenian affairs among the
powers.
Harry Sweetman attempts to
hang Miss Minnie Sparks, at Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, because her
father had discharged him from
his employment. The girl is in a
serious condition.