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

a great many OF whom are moon
sinners.
FRANCE MAY OBJECT.
PARIS, Feb. 1.-The Politique
Coloniale urges France to inter-
vene in the matter of BraZilians
having occupied the territory
claimed by French Guiana.
OUR NEW GERMANY AMBASSADOR.
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-The Lokal Ar.
Zeiger publishes a special dispatch
from its correspondent in Wash
ington stating that Mr.. Charles
Dekay, United States consul gen.
eral to Berlin, had been promoted
to the position Of United States
ambassador to Germany to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of
Hon. Theodore Runyon.
WASHINGTON, ID. g., Feb. L.
Nothing can be learned at the
state department to verify the
Berlin dispatch promoting Mr..
Dekay, consul general to Berlin, to
the position Of United States am
bassador to Germany. The report
is improbable on its face, however.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. Lotion,
low middling, Il; middling, So;
sales, 600 bales market easy.
Sugar-Open kettle, strong; GEN.
trifugsl, strong; open kettle, &C.
cording to grade, e to 3 ZIG; CEN
trifugal, according to grade, p to
AZ.
Molasses - Open kettle, quiet !;
centrifugal, quiet; open kettle, ac-
cording to grade, Is to %; centrifu-
gal, according to grade, 16 to II.
Rice--Rough, fair demand at 80
to $3.50; clean, better demand /;
prime, 4 to 4 !.
NEW FLORIDA RAILWAY SCHEME.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb. L.
The steam yacht May, Captain
Jones, of Bordentown, n. j., is at
this port from Key West, Florida.
Her captain was asked If his vessel
had been to Florida in the interest
Of Cuban insurgents. He said that
for three monthsl the May had
been under charter with a party of
civil engineers from Philadelphia,
whose mission was to see If a
railroad could be built from the
Of Florida to Key West,
using the cay along the coast from
Cay Large to the cay upon which
Key West is built. The captain says
on the Gays about which the May
cruised some Cubans were found,
about Cape Sable,
where volunteers to the cause,
who had been sent there TO await
a chance to leave for Cuba, had I'M
dergone pangs Of starvation. Ac-
to Captain Jones, every
thing but the trees on a turnip
patch of one of the residents had
been devoured by the voracious
patriots. When this last recourse
failed they left Cape Sable.
ST. PAUL STILL STUCK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.--Wreckers
at work on the stranded steamship
st. Paul. at Long Branch, were
doomed to disappointment again
this morning. An east wind
which they had been whistling for
had come, but the big ship still
resisted all efforts to get her of the
beach. The wreckers hope that
the easterly wind will freshen up
before the day is over and cause
the sea to roll. That is what they
have been hoping for ever since
last Saturday, when the st. Paul
went ashore. At nightfall the po-
sition Of the big ship remains IN
changed.
REBELS ARE CLOSE TO HAVANA.
HAVANA, Feb. lit is reported
that the rebels have destroyed the
telegraph line and damaged the
railroad track south of Bejucal, a
short distance south Of Havana. 1t
is supposed to be the work of some
of Gomez's followers. Acting Cap
tain General Marin has left San
de Los Banos and gone in
pursuit of them. Details are I'M
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The house
committee on naval affairs has re-
ceived from Secretary Herbert a
reply based upon the resolution
offered by Mr.. Fisher, republican,
of New York, for a report on the
battleship Texas. The report gives
a complete history of the vessel,
the reports Of the naval
upon the damage she
when locked last fall at
New York navy yard. The depart
ment, says the secretary, has APP
proved the recommendations of the
board, which surveyed the Texas
after her accident at New York, as
to certain alterations lin the hull,
and the work is now being pro-
ceeded with. The secretary con-
cludes the review of the matter as
follows: est was found after
commissioning with all weights on
board, that the vessel f1oated on
the calculated lines as designed,