San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-08
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN.
LATEST OFF THE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
CRISP NEWS CONCERNING LATE I'M
PORTANT OCCURRENCES.
Spanish Politics Mixed-Austrian
Gambling Houses Closed - Eng
lieh Crop Conditions - Affairs in
Armenia-M Money Order Leakage
scovered-shortage of the Gold
Reserve Other News.

Reserve Other News.
(By Special Wire to the Sunday LIGHT
AUSTRIAN GAMBLING CLosINGs.
AIENNA. Aug. T. The police
have closed eight betting shops in
this city. The closed establish
ments can not open similar places
anywhere in Austria.
CHICAGO CUBAN PATRIOTS.
CHICAGO, Sept. There is,
Cuban revolutionary club in this
city, numbering rs. The members
meet every month to transact bus
mess. Each Cuban contributes "a
a month which is sent to Treasurer
Guerra, of New York. Most of the
members are cigar makers but
some of them were born in this
country. 1t is estimated Cuba re-
ceives nearly 100000 a month
from these clubs and other sources.
MONEY ORDER LEAKAGE FOUND.
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE post
office department has been put to
considerable trouble by the issu-
ance of duplicate money orders for
thos Q alleged to have been lost,
misdirected or possibly stolen by
dishonest clerks. Duplicates have
been issued by the department
here. Last year applications were
made for the issuance of more
that 10000 orders. The depart
ment finds in many cases both the
original and duplicate have been
paid. In some cases suit has been
brought to recover the money. In
order to obviate such entangle-
ments in future, first Assistant
Postmaster General, Jones, at the
solicitation of the auditor, has
adopted a rule not to issue dupli-
Gates in future until the expiration
of sixty days from date of the
original money order, thereby af-
fording time for the receipt at the
auditors office of the money order
statements of the paying post
masters and an opportunity to ex-
anime such statements to ascertain
whether original orders have been
paid.
HoNoRED BY THE POPE.
BROOKLYN, Sept. T. Bishop
Charles mcdonnell arrived yes
terday from Rome whittier he had
been summoned by the Pope. On
his arrival the Bishop announced
the Pope has made j. p. McNama-
ra vicar-generaI of Brooklyn, a
Monsignor. Bishop Mcdonnell
brought the appointment with
him. 1t was wholly unexpected by
Father Mcnamara.
ENGLAND GIVES UP HAWAII.
LONDON, Sept. THE Admi-
rally has ordered the composite
sloop Icarus, a ten.year-old ten
knot ship to replace the Nymph
on the Pacific station. The Icarus
is a vessel of but $40 tons, and with
natural draught has $50 horse
power, although rated at twelve
knots, with 1000 horsepower, I'M
der forced draught. The Nymph
is newer, larger and faster vessel
The change, which materially
weakens the British force in the |
Pacific, indicates in small degree
the policy Of the new government
Of England, which involves the
Pacific but little and is chiefly in
terested in maintaining larger
fleets nearer home. England has
taken her eyes off Hawaii COM
pletely and will devote herself to
developing her African possessions
to the practical exclusion of more
distant and perhaps less profitable
fields.
ARMENIA AFFAIRS.
BERLIN, Sept. IA special dis
patch to the Vossissche Zeitung
from Constantinople says the Turk
nah autling tone. alnEe denied the
kemeis reading aloa,orr-rsc situh-
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