San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-18
wRENOHED FROM THE WIRES.

Calvin West Is charged with
wife murder at Denison.
Spanish steamer lands LOO adj
ditional troops at Havana.
Austin announces her program
for the bike races of next week.
President Reyes, of the Chilean
senate, is candidate for governor.
Guatemala is imposing an enor-
nous tax on commerce with that
state.
Mexico will open examinations
for her naval service in June at
Vera Cruz and Matlazan.
The creation of a naval force is
attracting the attention of the Mex
lean government.
The press Of the City of Mexico
advocate government ownership of
the gas and electric plants.
Diaz is inspecting the port of
Alvarado and may go down to look
over the Tehuantepec railway.
Parties on trial at Paris, charged
with releasing a federal prisoner,
are discharged.
Ex-President Harrison announ-
ces his approaching marriage with
Mrs. Dimmick, after lent.
The Cuban insurgents have not
changed their tactics, but roam
the island at will.
Fifteen passengers injured seri-
ously, two of whom will die, in an
accident on the Colorado Midland.
Joint caucus Mississippi legisla-
ture meets and adjourns without
ballot.
Barry and Anthony sign for
hand in the boxing tournament at
Ell Paso.
Supreme court reporter, Gresh-
am, is reported i'll beyond recovery
at Austin.
Gen. Polavieja is to succeed
Campos, and the war will be one
of determination.
Gov. Culberson will come to the
Midwinter fair, San Antonio, with
his staff.
A modern office building will be
erected on the site of the Grand
Pacific, Chicago.
Texas university regents deferred
the election of a law professor un-
til June.
The evidence of Rhodes's con-
spiracy to overthrow the govern
ment of the Transvaal is complete.
England's flying squadron will
proceed to Bermuda after leaving
Ireland.
There is no Improvement in
trade as reported by the trade re-
views for the week, rather the re-
verse.
General Campos resigns as COM
mander of the army in Cuba and
turns over the troops to General
Marin.
The two negroes, who murdered
.Pickrell, on the banks of San
Gabriel, are found guilty of murder
at Taylor.
All the bibles of the local agent
were seized by the mayor of San
Miguel, Peru, and burned in the
public square.
Engine runs into a company of
car cleaners on the tracks in New
York and kills two women, fatally
injuring two others and a man.
The validity of the Texarkana
Civil and Criminal court as estab-
lished by the late legislature is be-
fore the Court of Appeals at Dali
las.
Silver men in Washington are
disgruntled at the choice of Chica-
go for the democratic convention,
as the selection of st. Louis would
have been silver victory.
Arkansas republicans will select
delegates to the national conven-
ton March 3. They will put a
ticket for the state in the field.
State committee favor Mckinley.
Canadian house of commons goes
wild over the statement that Cana
da was attaining the rank of a ma
ton. The member making it was
charged with being an annexation
list.
The case against penitentiary
superintendent, Whatley, for fraud,
came to sudden end by the con-
fession of the prosecuting witness,
and the case was summarily dis
missed.
ALWAYS IN THE FIELD
Hunting for customers, and meet.
ing competition on loaded ammu-