San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-14
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House could not get a quorum
for the night session.
Ohio silver democrats hold hot
convention and divide up.
John Geesdick shot at Shawnee,
o. t., while resisting arrest.
Sheldon, Erath and FL Paso coun-
ties have cases of small pOX.
Strike among Chicago tailors
takes place and $4,000 are out.
Chess match between England
and America, by cable, begins.
Fires are reported at Dallas, Nc
Kinney, Lavernia and Waelder.
Pacific railway debt matters will
go over to next session Of congress.
Mrs. Lsrose is acquitted OF the
murder of her husband, at Calves
ton.
Peter Schmidt's grocery safe
cracked and robbed of $4,000 at
Peoria, Ill.
Bureau OF naval construction
and repairs asks $3,500,000 for inn
mediate use in fitting out ships.
Hosr is again scored by Sherman
and Walcott for withholding pap
ers on Cuba from senate.
Rev. Shoup, Of Indiana, declines
to run for governor on the prohibit
tion ticket.
The Immediate extradition Of the
murderers Of Pearl Bryan Is de-
manded, and court may grant 1t.
Railroad earnings for February
were larger by IA per cent than for
the previous February.
Prince of Wales accepts his elec-
ton as a member OF the Thirteen
club of New York.
Norwegian lower house of par
lament votes for a separate flag
from that of Sweden.
British attorney general enters
into explanations as to the defects
in the Venezuelan blue book.
The ultra gold and the ultra sill
yer men denounce the Ohio plat
form and regard it as a straddle.
Correspondence laid before the
house by state department as to
arrest OF Americans in Cuba.
Chamberlain holds out a very
large-sized olive branch to Kruger,
who is preparing to go to London.
Canada complains that cattle re-
strictions are not removed, and ex-
port permitted to England.
Seven men seriously injured, and
scores slightly hurt in railway
accident near Brazil, Ind.
Disastrous prairie fire is raging
near Hardesty, o. T., and much
property has been destroyed.
italian cabinet grants amnesty
to Sicilian rioters Of two years ago,
mum bering 1,2OO.
The reported advance Of Egyp-
tian troops to Dongola is officially
confirmed.
A stormy scene occurs in the
| German reichstag over accusation
OF DR.. Peters OF murder in Africa.
The emperors of Germany, Aus
| tria and Italy are to meet at Men,
loe shortly, to hold conference.
The business reviews designate
| the situation as one of large hopes
and little trading.
The Cuban insurgents are assem-
bling in force in the immediate
vicinity of Havana.
Victoria county will elect dele
| gates to the special congressional
| convention in mass meeting.
Oscar Dudley, charged with rape,
is jailed at Waco after a close call
for lynching at Chiffon.
Kraft, German farmer living
eight miles north OF Lexington,
Tex, fires on surveying corps.
House unseats Robbins demo
craft from the 4th Alabama dis
trict and seats Aldrich (repub-
lican.)
BaratiCri, the unfortunate Ital-
| ian general, will not be tried by
court martial, but publicly at
Rome.
Home rule in the appointment
| to federal office is knocked out in
appointments to land and Indian
agencies.
Fort Worth and Utica Trust Co.
files suit against its old agent,
| Mayor Paddock, for alleged moneys
| to amount Of $4,000.
Kearby, who is contesting Abb
bolts seat in the Dallas district,
has gone on to Washington, his
case being favorably considered.