San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-01
FOREIGN AND 9JMESTIcI
Continued from FirsJ, age.

the morning. When the vessel
struck the beach her masts went
by the board. A life line was
immediately shot across the
schooner but there was nothing on
board to which it could be fastened
After perilous labor OF three hours
life boat was cotton alongside
and the exhausted passengers and
seamen were taken ashore. The
schooner is rapidly being pounded
to pieces by the breakers. Nothing
will be left of her by morning.
STEAMER NEW YORK ASHORE.
SANDY Hook, N. Y, Feb. 90
Capt. Sullivan, OF the ordnance
boat, which has just come down
the bay, reports the steamship
New York ashore about one-quar-
ter of mile w. s. W. from Quick.
step buoy on the west bank, and
that the Chapman Wrecking com.
pany Is at work on her, laying a
cable over her stern.
De a W. hECElN EhSHlP.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 29.-Rumors
OF receivership for the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company are
more pronounced today than here.
tofore, and it would not surprise
the best informed financiers of this
city IL an application should be
made next Monday.
STEAMER PARIS AT NEWPORT NEWS.
FORT MONROE, Va, Feb. 29.-The
American liner Paris passed In for
Newport News at noon today,
where she will be locked and re-
paired.
OVER THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
WASHINGTON, February 29.-The
house, by vote of 200 to 3S, has
passed over the presidents veto
the bill permitting the leasing Of
the school lands Of Arizona.
TURKEY PAYS DAMAGES.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Feb. .29.-The
sultan has issued an order that in
demnity be paid consuls at Jeddah
for the attack made upon them
some months ago by Arabs.
Award to British consul, 250,000
francs; Russian, 10000 francs
French consul, 100000 francs.
A NASTY WRECK.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. ga spe-
cial from White Oak, forty miles
north Of here, states that yester.
day morning the breaking of an
oil tank car on the Southern rail.
way train caused the blockading
of the main line track. Two other
cars were smashed up. No one
was hurt but the wreck proved a
most difficult one to clear.
FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM
DULUTH.
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 29.-For
the third time within few weeks
the SsBrien block, on West Michi-
gan street, was discovered on fire
this morning and n short time
Ut was seen that al efforts OF the
fire department to Save would be
unavailing, so the enefgies of the
f1remen were directed to saving
life and keeping the adjoining
Knowlton block from being de-
stroye6.. The O'Bridn is the bust
ness and apartment block in the
centre of the city and more than
one hundred persons must have
been sleeping in it. Paul Bald
win and his wife, who roomed on
the fourth floor, in cropping
through the smoke in the hall,
became separated and he was SO
closely pursued by the flames that
he escaped only by jumping from
the second story. He is terribly
burned. His wife undoubtedly
persisted. There was a terrible
panic among the roomers and
several were nearly trampled to
death in the rush.
YACHT REGATTA IN FRANCE.
MARsEILLEs, France, Feb. 90
The Marseilles regatta opened
today. The sky was clear but a
rather strong mistral caused the
big race for the prize given by the
president of the republic to result
In a failure, the Britannia carrying
away her main halyard block be.
fore the start. Satanic graZed the
starting buoy, but kept on, and
went after the Ailsa, which geftt tit
ieS6;; over sGliHgg ss1d beating bel
in around the eight miles by three
minutes, and also beating the
twenty-rater Sapphire.by ten min
utes. All the boats abandoned the
race at the end of the first round
Ene wind having increased so that
it was impossible to sail with full
mainsails.
w. 1T. U. FAvORs INGERsoLL.
CHICAGO, Feb. pa committe,
OF three prominent members Of tn
w. T. u. in an open conference
with Rev. DIR. Rusk, of the Militan
church, concerning his accepted in
vitation to Robert g. Ingersoll, T.
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