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

HIGHwAYMEN CAPTURED,
LoNGvIEw, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Spe-
cial. "A stranger'was held up last
night at the junction.. The thieves
only succeeded in getting $40.
They were run down by Deputy
league, and are now In jail.
ABORTION TRIAL BAoRTED.
GEORGETOWN, Tex, Feb. L.
Especial. AFTER being out forty
eight hours, the jury in the case of
DR.. A. H. Caldwell, practicing
physician of Bartlett, charged with
committing abortion upon Miss
Eugenia Roberts, announced its in
ability to render verdict and was
1t is understood the jury stood
eight for acquittal and four for con-
viction. The trial lasted one week
and created intense interest in this.
section.
MILL FOREMAN SHOT.
ASIA, Texas, Feb, l-fSpeciall
j. G. Chandler, a mill foreman was
shot twice in the breast today by
John X. Allen, Jr. The wounds
are fatal.
LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER. re
BRAzoRIA, Tex, Feb. NSpe-
cial. II. H. Davis gSt.<d SO year
sentence for assassin ting HI. VIII
liams, his son-in-law last June.
THE HEATER EXPLODED.
kennedy, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Speciall
Just as the passenger train was
leaving here for San Antonio at
4 100 p. m. today, the heater Of the
smoking car exploded and the
stove pipe blew through the roof.
No one was hurt. Ray Moore. the
news butcher, was near the stove
at the time and had q narrow ee-
cape.
NEW POSTAL TREATY.
LAREDO, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Special.j
The new postal treaty with Mex
leo went into effect today. There
will be no more A-hour lay-over
for mails at the border.
FAILED FOR $4,000.
BALLINGER, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Spe-
cial. Wv. j. Wingate has failed
Jack McGregor as asI
signee; the assets are $40, the
liabilities $4,000. r.
RAINY WEATHER.
HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. l.-[Speciall
Several streets are from 2 to 4
feet under water and street car
travel Is impeded. A large section
Of track Of the Katy railway near
the city has been washed away.
The Brazos at Bryan, Texas, is
rising, the Navasota river Is out of
it's banks, and communication with
the country is cut off. The Brazos
in the Courtney bottoms is over
the lowlands.
STEAMBOATS, ADRIFT.
COLUMBIA, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Spe-
cisl Six steamboats, and one
large barge have been washed from
their mooring and 1t is feared have
been carried out to sea. Among
them are the Whitewater, Buffing,
Johnnie and Eugene, on account
Of the forty-foot rise in tho Brazos.
CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESS.
CAMERON, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Spe-
cial. THE republican county con-
vention has instructed for w. F.
Crawford for congress.
TRAGEDY OVER A CYPRIAN.
CAMERON, Tex, Feb. 1.-[Spe-
cial. Last night John Nelly was
In room with Maggie Alexander,
a woman of the town. Frank
Hooks, city secretary, attempted
to force an entrance to the house.
Nicely shot and Hooks fired back,
killing Nelly instantly. Hooks is
shot through the bowels and is
dying.
KILLED WHILE RESISTING.
LA GRANGE, Texas, Feb. L.
peciall-Deputy Sheriff Loessin
shot Jim 0akes today,
while the latter was resisting ar
rest.
THE NEw WOMAN IN TEXAs.
BEAUMONT, Tex, Feb. l.-lSpe-
cial. Mrs. Margaret l.. Watson
has announced her candidacy for
city secretary. She is prominent
in advocating w0man's rights.
DOCTOR ARRESTED p0S ABDUCTION
Eagle Pass. Texas, Feb. L.
Especial l-Dr. Harry Downs mas
been arrested for abducting i.osa
Cooke, the daughter OF hase
Cooke, of Uvalde. Downs ,. Ia
been Jailed. The girl Is detained
awaiting the arrival o. Hss '"'-'e