San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-19

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a shot gun, the charge tearing great
pieces of flesh from the body of
Peter, aud causing intense agony
during the two days he lived.
A BRENNAN CRASH.
BRENNAN, Tex, Jan. 1S.-[Spe-
cial. l-R. Hoffman, dry goods and
clothing, filed a chattel mortgage
tonight, C. w. Winkelman, as
signee, Liabilities $3S,770.
PROHIBITION WON ANYHOW.
THORNTON, Tex, Jan. 1S.-[Spe-
cial. The prohibition election in
this precinct resulted in local OPP
tion for another two years, but by
an enormously decreased majority.
A PREFERRED FAILURE.
DETROIT, Texas, Jan. 49,
[Speciall-S & Roach filed a
deed of trust today, with preferen-
ces of $1,000; assets unknown.
EIGHT YEARS FOR MURDER.
CLEBURNE, Texas, Jan. 49,
Special Jury in the Homer
Bishop case found defendant guilt
ty of murder in the second degree
and he was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for eight years. The ac-
cused murdered Lewis Kennard, a
negro, in January last.
FORT JUPITER WILL BE SOLD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The Sec
rotary of the interior has approved
the recommendations of the COM
missioner of the general land Office
to appraise the lands of old Fort
Jupiter, the abandoned military
reservation of Florida, and his in
structious to the local officers in
Gainesville, Fla, and the Florida
land district, Is to dispose of the
lands.
SQUADRON AT sPITHEAD.
LONDON, Jan. 1S.-All vessels
comprising the flying squadron
have arrived at Spithead.
KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN SLATE.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. lS.-A
movement is on foot among prom
inent republicans to get Represen-
tative Hunter to agree to with
draw his name, if, after the first
few joint ballots, it becomes evil
dent that he cannot be elected. If
he agrees to this proposition, j. w.
Yerkes or Governor Bradley will
be sprung.
HARRIsoN's BRIDES HISTORY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-The full
name of Mrs. Dimmick, engaged to
marry General Harrison, is Caro-
line Lord Dimmick, and she is the
daughter of the late Mrs. Lord,
eldest sister of the generals first
wife. she is the widow of a naval
officer. Mrs. Lord died during
Harrison's administration.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1S.-Cot-
ton: Low middling z 9.16; mid
ding z 1916. Sales, $50 bales.
Market steady.
Sugar: Open kettle steady; CEN
trifugal slow; open according TO
grade, % to 3 3-l6; centrifugal
white 4 1-16 to Al.
Molssses: Open kettle, quiet !;
centrifugal, quiet; open according
to grade Is to %; centrifugal, ac-
cording to grade, l6 to II.
Rice: Rough, active at 80 to
~ 40; clean steady; prime, Al to
Al.
CHINESE LOAN PLACED.
PEKIN, Jan. Is. = Deustetche
Ostasiatische bank, a Hong Kong
and Shanghai banking corpora
ton, has secured the contract to
issue five per cent Chinese gov
eminent loan of one hundred mil
lion taels, to cost S93. The loan will
be issued in 1895.
FOUND HIS DROWNED CHILD.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss, Jan. 49,
The three year old child of Frank
Peterson was drowned in an arti-
fetal pond yesterday. The body
was discovered when the father
shot rifle at cat, the conclusion
bringing the body to the surface,
when he pulled it out, not know
ing before that the child was miss
ing.
HOPE FOR THE RED CROSS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Secre-
tary Olney has cabled Minister
Terrell at Constantinople an in
quiry concerning the report Of the
Turkish goyernment's refusal to