San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-16

permit the sending out OF arms and
munitions, by which in Cuba
injury shall result to Spain or
SPANS interest, the consul is OF
the opinion that under interna-
tionsl law, the country can be held
liable to assessment for the full
Of damage done.
DR.. Congosto denied the report
that the steamer Englewood or any
other vessel carrying a Cuban fill.
expedition bad sailed
from New York or Philadelphia
this week. S ss4sn
49,; 49, ABERDEEN SHIP OVERDUE.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 10
There are fears for the safety of
the British tramp steamship As
wanly, which sailed from Ham
burg January 18th, for Philadel-
phia. Nothing has been heard
from her since January 10Th, when
she passed Dunnet head, taking
what is known as the Northabout
passage, rounding the coast of
Scotland, instead of taking the
English channel course, gen.
orally pursued by vessels
bound for the northerly
continental ports Of the United
States. The Aswanly's cargo con-
sisted chiefly Of German beet sugar,
OF which she carries 1890 tons,
beside several hundred tons Of
general cargo. Captain Cameron
com mands the Aswanly and the
crew numbers thirty-two. The
vessel halls from Aberdeen, where
she is owned by Adam & Co. She
was built in 1894, and was supplied
with the most modern machinery,
being what is known as Webb
frame draft.
L. s. NAVAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Accord-
ing to reports made by the navy
department with reference to the
condition of naval vessels now un-
der construction, there is strong
probability that eight new war
ships will be ready for service by
July lst, next. These are the bat.
tleships Massachusetts and Oregon.
sisters Of the Indiana, now in COM
mission coast defense vessels Mon
adnock, Puritan and Terror; gun.
boats Nashville, Wilmington aud
Helena. The Monadnock Is almost
completed and will be placed in
commission in few weeks. The
Terror is within two per cent Of
completion, the Massachusetts,
within three per cent. The others
per centage OF work done on them is
IA, Nashville, Wilmington, Helena /;
50, Oregon; 81, Puritan. The per
cent OF completion OF each Of the
other vessels now building Is as
follows: The cruiser Brooklyn, 20 !;
battleship Iowa, "a; torpedo boats
Nos. 3, 4, 5, %; gun boat No. 10, 5 /;
five other gun boats less than 81;
submarine torpedo boat, 5; torpedo
boats, No. s, 3; No. z, less than 3;
steam tug No. 5, 20.
STARVING POLES.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 15.-About
one thousand unemployed Poles
gathered at the sub.office OF the
street department, at No. 20 Di-
vision street, today and demanded
work, threatening trouble II 1t was
not given them. The police were
sent for and the crowd dispersed.
Some Of them appeared at police
headquarters later and stated that
their families were starving.
The poormaster will investigate
their cases, and furnish relief
where needed. The crowd was
made up entirely Of unskilled
laborers, whose work at this time
Of the year is nearly at a stand
still.
A MURDEROUs F1END SWUNG.
ATLANTA. Ga. Feb. ia cor.
respondent who rode forty miles
over the mountains of North Geor-
gia wired from Cornelis last night
to the Constitution that Seymour
Keener was hanged at Clayton,
Rsbun county, at l IA o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Keener was
angry and defiant on the scaffold.
He hoped for a reprieve up to the
last. A month ago he was respited
for thirty,dsys. Keener shot and
killed two cousins, Arizona and
Leonora Moore, in the Tennessee
valley last summer. He was in
love with one OF the girls but she
refused to marry him. That was
three years before the tragedy. He
declared he would kill her IL she did
not marry him, but her family
did not believe he would do so
One Sunday last August he hid be-
hind a rock by the road side until
the cousins came up. Then he
sprang out and began firing at
them. He shot Leonora down first.
One seized him. and held him
while the other sister ran. Finally
he broke away and pursued Arizona
several hundred yards. One of his
own sisters tried TO intercept him,
but failed, and he shot the second