San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-29
TELEGRAPHIC.
LATE DISPATCHES. BRIEFED AND
BOILED DOWN,
General Summary of the Happenings Of
The Day, in Both Foreign and
Domestic, Circles

Col. A. Payne of Waco is victim of
sunstroke in that city.
Gen. woodford sails for Spain.
Richmond, Va, does not want the
G. A. r. meeting in that city.
Maryland Democrats nominate
straight out state ticket. Platform
bimetallist.
Virginia Populists meet in state ses-
sion and. endorse the St. Louis plat
form.
Washington is not pleased because
the Morton Cadets did not get first
prize.
Phoebe Mitchell of Arcadia arrested
for fence cutting and jailed.
Jules Bunnell and Ella Lu William
son, married last week at San Marcos,
suicide at Houston.
Peyton Trent indicted at Corsicana
for murder committed twenty-five
years ago when he was a mere boy.
Mobile negro kills an old man, who
interfered between his cook and the
negro.
Decatur, Ala, has a hard time get
ting jurors to three persons for rape.
Flanagan murder trial in Atlanta
viii probably end this week.
Miss Allen of Chandler, D. T., is ac-
quilted of the charge of poisoning her
rival
Sergeant Pressler arrested at Mount
Pleasant for killing convict Stewart.
Neeley Zouaves are met at Memphis
by $4,000 citizens.
Texas bar convention at Galveston is
reported we'll attended.
University board of regents are con-
sidering the division of the appropria-
ton.
Preliminary steps taken to ascertain
the cost of a government armor plant.
Texas contributes about three per-
cent of the internal revenue collec-
tions of the United States
President Mckinley leaves Washing
ton for a six weeks vacation. with his
wife and private secretary.
Canada sends two more collectors
of customs to the Alaskan border
Canada establishes a post Of mount
ed police in the passes Of the noun
tains.
The last of the Commercial COM
pany's steamers for this season leaves
for Yukon river.
Southwest railways will not inter-
fere in the Galveston rate war.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
win their suit against a receiver who
reduced wages on the Philadelphia,
Reading and New England road.
Coal operators unanimously agree on
a uniform method of conducting min
ing operations.
Miners are making a desperate eff
fort to end the strike within ten days.
Strike situation is less encouraging
to miners than it was a week ago.
Labor leaders call on governor of
West Virginia. but get no decisive an
swer.
Labor leaders will organize meetings
and il enjoined will appeal to the
courts.
Coal operators as a rule seem to ia
vor the uniformity plan, but IS percent
must sign to make it effective.
State associations of county judges
and county clerks meet in Fort Worth.
w. n. Stead, of Waco, aged 81, COM
mits suicide, half crazed by the charge
of rape preferred against him and of
which he declared himself at his death
innocent.
John Ferguson suicides at Galveston
under the impression that someone was
after him to kill him.
Mexico concludes that she can live
within herself until the exchange rate
is lowered.
Governor Hogg and his daughter lima
go north for the summer.
Col Chiles tenders the Governors
Guard of Austin a lake excursion.
Colored people meet at Austin to
organize an ex-slave organization,
Big fire in Michigan City, Ind, and
one life. lost.
Portuguese government is taking
measures to repress the Republicans.