San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-16
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 to Press.


cal congress.
Butler publishes his reply to the
letter of Watson, at the time it was
given out.
Gov. Oates, sound money Demo
crat is probable United States SEN
ator for Alabama.
Mckinley beat Bryan in the city
OF st. Louis A. III votes.
Hanna will say nothing one way
or the other as to the taking cab
met position.
Chas. Murray, superintendent of
the Cincinnati Chamber of Com
merce, wants to be secretary of
agriculture.
Bryan, Jones and Stone are now
going cunning for duck.
American students in Germany
congratulate Mckinley on his cleo
ton.
H. Michel & Co., Beaumont, file
deed OF trust for $4,000.
Engineer killed and fireman hurt
in a wreck of cattle train near
Clip, between Victonia and Bee
vile.
Standard Oil company seeks
more oil and will purchase in the
Indiana field.
Buffalo works are now connected
with the electric power plant gene
rated by Niagara Falls.
Buffalo Street Railway company
has 10000 horse power delivered by
the Niagara company.
Great crowds assemble at Niaga-
ra Falls to zee the starting OF the
electric power plant.
Students at Cornell are expelled
for hazing. The faculty will not
condone the otfense.
Gunpowder and dynamite, sup
posed to be for Cuban use, found
near Barcelona, Spain.
New clause to the Dreibund
treaties will be added on account
of the Bismarck disclosures.
The American scientists who
went into Somslaland for histori-
cal specimens are returning sue
cessful.
The Transvaal's indemnity de-
mand will not be large enough to
cause British embarrassment.
Chicago capital is organizing to
push railway construction In
China, to control trade there.
Amnesty Aid association will
raise funds to care for Irish pat
riots released from British jails.
Spain is asking for $50,000,000
public subscription to carry on
war.
Weyler is pushing himself into
the mountains where the insurg-
ents are, but nothing decisive re-
results.
Murphy, Illicit distiller in Ran.
dolp county, Ala, is killed resist
ing arrest.
Lasker beats Steinitz in the
third champion chess game at
Moscow. This is three straights.
A horseless mail wagon will
soon be employed by the postal
authorities in New York City.
DR.. Gallagher, for Is years in
British jails as an Irish patriot, is
slowly recovering health.
Five business houses burned in
Wynnewood, 1. T., entailing a loss
of $4,000; insurance, $lO,SO0.
Houston takes successful steps
to establish a home for women
who desire to reform their lives.
Mrs. Boleback, daughter of one
of the Siamese Twins, is dead,
aged "a.
Famine increases In India.
American corn would sell readily
there.
Peace is signed between Abys-
sinis and Italy and prisoners will
be released.
Money is high and demand for
gold is brisk on the continent Of
Europe.
Grecian Socialist kills q rich
merchant, Parnol, on the street
and is arrested.
Bismarck is satisfied with the
effect of his revelations as to that
secret treaty.
Nicaragua grants a concession
for q railway from Lake Nicaragua
to the Caribbean sea.
Hamburg applemen are unable
to keep the American fruit out of