San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-19
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
LATEST OFF THE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
A Complete Bpitome of the Days Happen
ings, Briefed and Boiled'DOwn, up
to Time Of Going to Press.

State Epworth lesguers are in
session in Austin.
Democrats and. Populists will
arrange TO fuse in Missouri.
Railroaders sound money club
organized at Dallas with 70 mem :
bers.
Dudley opens Fort Worth con-
ventIon politically and Rev. Lloyd
piously.
Fort Worth holds a monster
Bryan and Sewall ratification
meeting.
Fort Worth China Co., files
deed OF trust to cover $2l ,229 in
debtedness.
State convention of the national
party meets in Topeka, Kas., with
80 delegates.
Money is pouring into all the
southern Texas towns and is paid
out for cotton.
Pickers are in great demand at
40 cents 100 pounds in all the
cotton section.
Foreman and two men fall 1900
through a cage breaking in Butte
mine, Montana.
Sixth annual session of the
colored Baptists Y P. U. is being
held in Galveston.
Sound money Democrats of the
Sixth congressional district will
hold a convention.
Fort Worth convention is on the
outside opposed to any dealings
with the Populists.
Bryan denies catagorically the
charges made against him, or will
II officially formulated.
Bryan denies that he was ever
in the pay Of the Missouri Pacific
company in any capacity.
Valuable paintings and histori.
cal papers burned In the Paris fire,
supposed to be incendiary.
Blake men in the Fort worth
convention claim that he has a
cinch on the state chairmanship.
James Hoge dies suddenly Of
hemorrhage of the lungs on the
sidewalk in front of Denver hotel,
Houston.
Heir apparent to the throne Of
Naples, Victor Emanuel, is be-
trothed to aIdaughter OF the king Of
Montenegro.
Corpus Christi is indignant at
the Houston Posts report that
there is an organized band of as
sassins in that town.
Many ex-ministers and men,
bers of the Chambers Of Deputies
arrested in Barcelona, Spain, for
revolutionary agitation.
Denman and Davidson are &C.
lected at Fort Worth as justices OF
the Supreme courts and Of the
Court Of Criminal Appeals.
r. NJ. johnson, of Houston Post,
is made temporary chairman of
the Fort Worth convention, and
appoints the usual committees.
Woodford, of the Greater New
York commission lunches with
Mckinley. He estimates the Re-
publican majority in New York
from 100000 upward.
Fusion between Republicans and
Populists is reported to be on the
basis of ten electoral votes to the
Republicans, the Pops to have five
votes and the state ticket.
Burke Cochran replies to Bryan
in Madison Square garden. There
were $4,000 present, 1000 repre-
sentative leaders of the Demo-
cratic party were on the platform,
hundreds of well-dressed ladies
were in the audience, the decora-
lions and bunting display was
noticeable feature, and the audi
ence went wild as the notes of the
"Star Spangled Banner" fioated
out over the hall. The speech was
earnest, eloquent, convincing, and
was received most enthusiastically.
Democratic convention is in ses-
sion at Fort Worth, Auditorium
packed.
Permanent organization: Potter
Of Cook. chairman; Kennedy, Of
Mexis, secretary.
An Intellectual attempt was made
to change the order of business and
make the selection Of state chair
man the first order after platform.
The majority rule was adopted,
instead OF the two.third; proxies
from unrepresented counties allow
ed no contesting delegations.