San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-02
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LATEST OFF THE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
A Complete Bpitome of the Days Happen
ings, Briefed and Boiled Down, up
to Time of Going to Press.

New York Horsebreeders assica-
ton will make an organized fight on
the anti-racing laws.
| Crack pigeon shooters meet in New
Jersey for a htree days tourney.
| Inhabitants of all the Wisconsin
| towns on the rivers are fleeing to the
| high grounds.
Supreme Council American Legion
of Honor is in session at Philadelphia
The strikers at Hamburg TO the
number of 1880 are receiving aid of
some kind.
Hebrews of the American congre-
! CATION are holding their 50th session
in Louisville.
| United States government orders
an inspection and estimate of the val
ue Of the work at Brazos mouth.
Contract made with the Union
Bridge company for that $25,OO0OO0
bridge between New York and New
Jersey.
DR.. Cranfill signs a retraction Of his
| charges against DR.. J. NJ. Fort, of
Paris, and libel suit is over.
Beeville is now lit by electricity.
Five bucket shop keepers fined 5000
each in Chicago
The monetary conference at India
napoliS is attended by representa-
tives of all the cities invited.
Grand Lodge of Master MaSons and
the Grand Chapter meet in Houston.
The Spanish torch sweeps every
thing that is in Weyler's march to
the mountains. He swears he will
starve MaceO out of his stronghold
Bob Fitzsimmons has a close call
for serious injury from a runaway
horse, but escapes.
General Diaz takes the oath of office
as president of the Mexican republic
for the fifth time.
A. 2. A. vote cuts little figure in the
Massachusetts municipal elections.
Mississippi riverGor ten miles below
Lake Pekin is a solid gorge of ice.
1t is reported freezing and sleeting
as far down as Brownsville.
President DiaZ will preside at the
football contest between, American
teams in City of Mexico.
Germany is shipping sugar to the
United States in oil tank steamers.
Ward trial continues at Memphis
and the defense puts in some good tes-
timony.
Cases against the sugar trust will
not be pressed, at least for a season.
The total November coinage was ST.
477,722 of which S2,O30,O22 was silver.
Hanna visits Canton with his wife
preparatory to going to Washington.
Gossip as to cabinet appointments
continues, but nothing definite is
known.
George Deans, Dallas, aged sc, re-
duced from wealth to poverty, sui
cides.
Special grand jury committee inves-
tigating the Coe robbery at Dallas.
Robert George and team drowned
in the Colorado at Columbia.
Texas City compress at Galveston
sold under execution, and brought in
for $1,000.
Ice gorges in the Wisconsin river
are flooding the state and causing i'm
mense damage. From Round hill
for Is miles the Chippewa river is one
solid mass Of ice.
Water at Chippewa Falls is rising
one foot an hour. There is no rene
dy. Dynamite is powerless.
Trains are held up all over Wiscon-
sin on account OF the back water from
ice gorges.
Very heavy fall of snow in New
York state, and bitter cold wiends.
Frost has visisted the coast and the
tomatoes in the gardens of the buck
sters are injured.
German government only asks 3d.
100000 marks for navay budget.
Tom Man, the English labor agita-
tor has been expelled from Germany.
Italian chamber on the eve of vote
of confidence in the ministry, is with
out quorum, and adjourns.
The robbery of Prince Winderthorst,
Graetz by Corsican brigands, is con-
firmed
The appointment of astronomer
Maurice Lowry, as member of the
French academy is signed by Faure.
The empress Of Austria is in Paris.
Thirteen signed letters from George
Washington sell in London for f470.
Crockett, Cleburne and Tyler report
bank failures.
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