San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-20

(By Special Wire to the Sunday LIGHT.
COTTON MARKET FURRY.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. ia panic
at the cotton exchange today caused
an unprecedented funk in the
price of cotton. The market opened
at 9O1 and declined until it reached
$40, then reacted and closed at
S.5l. The largest sales were made
Of any day in number Of years,
and were $4,000 bales. The heavy
buyers the first part of the week
were heavy losers today.
FALL IN COTTON.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-The steady
downward turn the cotton market
has been evincing during the past
few days was accumulated this
morning, when a slump OF 81
points from last nights prices took
place on the cotton exchange.
MORE MISSIONARY RIOTS.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 19.-Riots have
broken out at Chang Pu, in the
southeast part OF the island Of
Annoy. The English missions were
destroyed. The missionaries ap-
pealed to the mandarins for pro-
lection, but the officials refused to
interfere.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19.-Sugar-
open kettle, none Offering; GEN.
trlfugal, firm; new prime yellow,
3 15-l6; off yellow, 81.
Molasses-open kettle, none GEN.
trifugal, steady; common, 8 to a.
Rough rice, dull; clean, dull;
prime, SO to 81; rough, 1.25 to 2.40.
FEARFUL STORMS IN ITALY.
ROME, Oct. 10. - The violent
storms which prevailed along the
coasts of Italy and the interior re.
suited in the death OF flfty persons
and injured hundreds of others,
while damage to property, almost
incalculable, has been sustained.
MARKED BY AssAssINs.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-Sir Philip
Currie, British ambassador to
Turkey, has received from an Ar
menian source, a warning that the
young Turkish party is likely to
induce young Armenian mis-
creants to make an attempt on his
life for the purpose of disgracing
Armenians.
MUST BEHAVE HIMSELF.
BERLIN, Oct. 19.-The Vorwserts
announces that Herr Dorm, men,
Der OF the Reichstag for Dresden,
was sentenced to ten months i'm
prisonment for "les majestic" will
be released upon furnishing sure.
ties OF 10000 marks for future good
behavior.
A CHANGE OF SPONSORS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-Informa-
ton Of fatal accident, which will
cause some disarrangements Of the
plans for launching the gunboats
Nashville and Wilmington at New
port News, Va, tomorrow, reached
the navy department this morning.
This was that William Guild, son
of the mayor of Nashville, was &C.
cidentally shot and killed in Nash
vile yesterday. AS Miss Guild,
with her father, now at Harper's
Ferry, will undoubtedly return to
Nashville, it will be necessary to
select another young lady Of Ten
nessee to christen the gunboat.
Miss Maria Reed or Miss George
Orr, of Nashville, OF Maj. Guilds
party, will probably be selected.
NEWS FROM TURKEY.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. ia
meeting was held Wednesday
night of the six ambassadors of
the Powers which sent a Joint
note to the Porte relative to the
recent rioting. 1t has been de-
eided to send an address to the
Armenian patriarch asking the
use of his influence to stop agita-
ton being carried among the Ar
menians. Secretary Lister of the
British embassy, who visited the
prisoners under permission of the
Porte, saw 800 Armenians in the
jails, including lis wounded, in
the hospitals-lS seriously. A
committee appointed to inquire in
to the circumstances released so.
RosEBERRY TELLS THE REASON.
LONDON, Oct, 19.-Earl Roseber-
pade his first political appear
mIssincs~ausRort time prior to the
ID ectiop, in .forr,als