San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-17
enough is known in regard to the
proposed issue to hazard the opin-
ion that part OF it, at least, can
not be made under the act OF 1898.
M'GREGoR SAFE ROBBERS.

Sam Sewall and Frank Henry
came before United States Com
missioner J. H. Fink today for
hearing on the charge OF the rob-
berry Of the First National bank of
McGregor of $4,000. Seward was
assistant cashier Of the bank. The
witnesses examined today were w.
T. Watt, president Of the Provident
National bank, of this city, and
Joe Cavitt, formerly bookkeeper
and assistant cashier Of the Nc
Gregor bank. The testimony OF
both was to the effect that the bank
safe had been left open, the explo.
sive placed in it, and the door par
TALLY closed and then the charge
exploded. They had examined the
safe Immediately after the explo-
sion and both declare that it was
not locked when the explosion &C.
Cured.
The further hearing of the case
was continued until December 2.
Sewall's bond was continued at So.
600 and Henry's was reduced to ST.
500.
A BOY AND a GUN.
PARIS, Texas, Nov. l6.-[Spe-
cial. While fooling with Win
chester rifle, Willie Brooks, l6
years old, who lives three miles
east of the city, shot himself. The
ball injured his spinal column, and
it is feared that it will result fatal
ly. His mother, who has been very
sick, was thrown into commissions,
and her death is momentarily ex.
pected,
NOTHING TO LIVE FOR.
VERNON, Texas, November 10
Especial Yesterday afternoon I.
J. Robertson committed suicide at
the Hodge wagon yard by taking
strychnine. He had been separa-
ted from his wife for some years
Two daughters at st. Joe survive
him. He had no property OF any
kind.
TEXARKANA's PROHIBITION FIGHT.
TEXARKANA, Ark, Nov. TO-
Especial. The unrele nting battle
made by the whisky ring Of Texar-
kama, Texas, against the prohibit
tion laws, which have been i'm
force in that county for the last
eight months, found termination
in a grant that was given by the
board of county commissioners to
hold precinct election in Texar-
kama against the county Of Bowie,
which is prohibition, and which it
is claimed can be seeded from by
the customary methods of election.
The move, which is regarded as
a trick by many, and considered
absurd by the best informed, is
based upon a technicality of the
prohibitory laws of Texas, which
reads: "All townships, towns,
cities, precincts, districts and cor
porations located in county are
subject to the prohibitory laws
when in operation in these coun-
ties and cannot be revoked"
The word subdivision" Is not
mentioned in this category, and it
is uponI this flaw that the whisky
fakes propose to achieve their aim.
They claim the right OF calling an
election. The county commission
ers granted the petition to hold an
election in the subdivision OF Tex
arkana, said election to occur on
the 18th OF December, to decide
whether or not the citizens OF that |
particular locality are willing to
allow the sale Of liquor to be re-
The prohibitionists, on the other
hand, have come together for the
purpose of flooring the measure,
md have served an injunction in
the district court against them.
DALLAS Is PATRIOTIC.
DALLAS, Texas, November TO-
Special Dallas will certainly
celebrate the 50ths anniversary of
Texas as a state in the American
Inion in 1896. The Commercial
,lub, in conjunction with the State
Fair and Exposition association,