San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-05
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
LATEST OFF THE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
A Complete Epitome of the Days Happen
ings, Briefed and Boiled.DOwn, up :
to Time of Going - Press.
Six negroes drowned by the up
setting of skiff at Natchez.
Sanchez, Cuban patriot, is to be
shot at MantanZas TODAY,

Sanchez, Cuban patriot, is to be
shot at Mantanzas today.
Organ stolen from a country
church eight miles from Taylor.
Masonic headquarters will prob.
ably be moved from Houston to
Austin.
Mine explosion near North
Wales kills %. Four bodies re-
covered.
Thurston Rifles at Omaha refuse
to give up the Galveston cup to
Morton Cadets, who won it at Sa-
vannah.
Venezuelan government will re-
trench expenses, but oppose Brit
ish aggression.
Lii Hung Chang takes in the
British house of commons.
British house of lords amends
the Irish land bill so that it cannot
pass.
Sultan invokes British aid in ar.
ranging satisfactory concessions to
Crete.
Fort Worth sells two of her
best ball players to Cleveland for
$1,000.
Major Purnell dies in Dallas
City hospital from the effects of
sunstroke.
The Christian brothers who
killed the marshal of Oklahoma
City, when they broke Jail year
ago, are again in custody.
Tennessee gold Democrats send
delegates to the Indiana confer
ence.
Demand is made for the retire
ment of Jones from the head of the
Bryan committee and the substi-
tuition Of German in his stead.
A quarter of a million documents
have been sent out by the Republi.
can committee in short time.
II Bryan visits Canton, o., he
says he will only make an informal
car talk.
Tillett, Of Abilene, is nominated
by the Democrats by reclamation
for the state senate.
Delegates of the Eleventh Con.
gressional district meet to nomi.
nate a Republican congressman, at
Corpus Christi.
Popular Veteran association in
New York will issue address to
the country tomorrow.
Populist state convention is in
session In Galveston, it will not
indorse the Texas action at Saint
Louis.
II the st. Louis action is eniors-
ed by Pops at Galveston, Kesrby
will not run for governor.
Grant, Quincy and Clarke are all
at Galveston while the Pop people
are in convention.
National Chairman Butler, OF
North Carolina, is expected to be
in Galveston to attend the Pop
convention.
Reform press association is hold
ing session in Galveston. 1t op-
poses Bryan without Watson.
Heavy Democratic gains are
shown in the Alabama election !;
Pugh is safe for the senate.
Sound money Democrats at Cor
pus meet to put another congress
sional ticket in the field.
Bee county Republicans send I'M,
instructed delegates to all the con-
ventions.
Sayers is stumping his district
and speaks two hours at George
town.
Milan county hard money DEM
ocrats will meet on the 14th to Sc
lect delegates to Waco meeting.
Mason comes to the front with a
welcome for the Democratic nomi-
nee, Fulton.
Pops will have two state head
quarters, one in Dallas and one In
San Antonio.
More than 10000 passed through
the gates at the great shooting
tournament in Chicago. Bogard-
us and Kleiben had clean scores
in the 10 bird shot.
Kansas Democratic state con-
vention meets in Hutchinson.
Bryan declines to attend and
speak.
County Judge West, formerly Of
Dallas now Of Ardmore, files
charges against Judge Ktlgore.
Populists in the Tenth district
nominate Noah Allen and repudi-
ate st. Louis altogether.