San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-24
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| ri, is dead.
| The failure of that Illinois National
bank is the result of a conspiracy.
| Penitentiary attachments.
Bank of West Superior. Wis, sus-
ponds, owing to failure of Illinois
bank.
Galveston receives her million bales
this season and 3.O9S in excess.
A ship load of most undesirable i'm
migrants from Italy arrive at Ellis
island.
Mrs. Estby and daughter complete
their tramp from SpOkeane to Wash
ington City, winning their bet.
New York MethOdists are sending
boat load of corn to the starving in
India.
Vicksburg starts a furniture factory
with $4,000 home capital.
Receivers appointed with $1,O0O,O00
bond for the bursted st. Paul bank
A big dry goods house of Sioux City
goes under with $4,000 claims
against it.
Experts hold up the express at Blue
Cut, Mo-, and the express car run off
and looted.
Blue Cut is Is miles from Kansas
City and the scene of three other
train robberies.
Two Fort Worth women make pis-
tol play against burglars and in both
instances scare the robbers Off.
Captain Davis, of Ell Paso. makes a
sale of 10000 head of cattle to Fort
Worth parties.
Bryan receives a cordial but unos-
tentatious welcome at Atlanta. Ga.
All the points in that arbitration
treaty between Great Britain and the
United States are agreed upon.
Greater Central America Republic
has a representative in Washington
now.
Most of the members of congress
have gone home for Christmas.
Reciprocity will have it's place in the
new tariff schedule, reports to the con-
trary are false.
Senator Hoar is opposed to the Gu
ban resolutions in senate, and wants
to pair against them.
McCay, professor of Greek in the
Baptist collee, Sioux City. To-, sui
cides.
Those deep water promoters at
Arkansas Pass want congress to refund
the money expended when 20 feet is
reached.
Publishers organize against the
Loud postal bill, which takes novels
and periodicals out of second class
matter
Captain Miller, of New Orleans. is
elected president of the shipping
league.
Several classes of the great legal
light, Tilden. are declared invalid
Weyler is pushing operations in Ha.
vana province, trying to coop the in
surgents there.
Revolution in Hayti is said to be in
evitable.
Force will be employed IL necessary
to insure the Turkish reforms.
Armenian Patriarch resigns sooner
than sign a paper acknowledging the
responsibility of the Armenians for
the late troubles.
Venezuelan opposition to the Ameri
can and English agreement is dying
out.
Mobs in Kentucky and white cap
pers in Arkansas made things lively
in those states.
Denver's convicted bank officers
give bond to appear for sentence.
Houston fails to strike the trail of
the negro rapist.
Four Illicit distillers caught in Ma
varro county, Texas.
Ranch owner in Mexico has Il deS-
perate fight with his rancheros, being
wounded and killing two of his assail-
ants.
There is a threatened strike on the
Boston west end electric line.
London Times advises Spain to keep
cool.
Spain is preparing for war with the
United States, in the opinion of Italy.
Madrid is to send a high official to
Washington to confer with the govern
ment about Cuba.
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