San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-24
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RussIA's FLEET GETTING READY.
SEBA sToPoL, Nov. 23.-The Rus
sian Black sea fleet which
went into commission ten
DAYS ago, has been recon-
missioned and the commander
of troops at Odessa has been
warned to have the force ready for
active service.
CHICAGO's FIRE VICTIMS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-The list of
dead taken from the ruins OF the
fire of Friday are: Patrick J..
O'Donnell, lieutenant OF Engine
company No. 2; Thomas j. Prem.
dergast, pipeman; John Downs,
pipeman; Kate Landgraf, en-
ployed in A. Stern & Co.'s garter
factory. Among the injured were:
Daniel McNally, pipeman, re-
moved to st. Luke's hospital,
sprained leg and bruises; Olga
Keller, leg and arm injured; Nellie
Turner, fell from fourth story win
dow and seriously hurt; Harry
O'Neill, arm broken and back in
jured; John Bruenheimer, badly
injured by falling from fourth
story while assisting a girl to es-
cape. The others who were injured
were girls and spectators who
saved them, all being overcome by
smoke, but they soon recovered,
after medical treatment at the
hospitals or at their homes. The
opinion is stronger today that the
fire was the work of incendiaries.
No arrests have been made.
STOKES WILL BE AVENGED.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 23.-It is an
nounced that the authorities Of the
Congo Free State have decided to
courtmartial Captain Lothaire for
hanging the British trader Stokes,
his action being held as unjusti-
liable.
NEW YORK BUILDING STRIKE.
New YORK, Nov. 23.-No settle
Inent of the big strike is in sight.
The refusal Of the Iron League to
meet a committee of the United
Housesmiths' and Bridgemen's
unions has dispelled the hopes en-
tertained for an amicable settle
ment. The state board of arbitra-
ton has given up the attempt to
arbitrate the strike. The iron
works on all the eighteen build
ings affected are tightly tied up
today. The brick layers and stone
masons are busy on all the build
ings, but will be forced off is the
strike lasts much longer. Presi-
dent Levy said no attempt to en-
ploy non-uniOn men on the build
ings has been reported.
ACCUSED FIREBUG SUICIDES.
PURCELL, L. t., Nov. 23.-The ex-
element over the great fire has
somewhat abated. Paul GlauX-
man. manager of the Chicasaw
Mercantile company, one OF the
parties arrested on the morning Of
the fire charged with setting his
house on fire, committed suicide
last night by taking poison. Some
conclude from this that he was
guilty as accused.
Trough, the other man arrested,
has not had an examining trial.
SHOT WITH HIS OWN GUN.
HARTsHoRN, 1T. Nov. 23.-[Spe-
ciall--This afternoon Capt. A. b.
Frazier, assistant superintendent
of all the Choctaw railroad coal
mines, was accidentally and fatally
shot today by the falling of his
winchester rifle as he was getting
on a steem hand car with guards
and money to pay the employees
their monthly wages. The ball
entered the stomach through the
navel, passed through the lungs
and came out, between his shout
ders, in the back.
CLOSED HIS WAR RECORD.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23.--Major
ID. A. Given, the best known man
in this city and a veteran Confed-
crate soldier, died at st. Bernard
this evening.
CRESCENT CITY RACES.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23.-TSpe.
Cldl l-lu0 sOIccCouO SlGy OOChCy
club winter meet was inaugurated
today under favorable circumstan.
ces, and large crowds attended
: The days first race resulted as fol-
lows: So So.
First race, Inaugural purse, six
furlongs: First, Queen Bess; sec
ond Chattanooga third, Hi Henry
time, 1:15.
Second race, purse; 81 furlongs
First, Nicholas; second, Souffle
third, Pan Out; time l: 09.
Third race, selling; Z furlongs
First, Tom Sayer; second, Lucy
Belle; third, Miss Young; time
1:28a.
Fourth race, mile and one.quar
ter: First, Huckwa, second, Dock
stader; third, Eagle Bird; time
1:441.
Firth race, mile and one-half
Eirct Rod Can. GacOnd King Mac