San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-29
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Secretary Gage has not rendered hle
resignation, all reports to the contrary
Orange Free State has ratified an
extradition treaty with the United
States.
Claim for site of Dyea, by Healy q
Wilson, rejected by the commission
err "a q
Applications for nearly ZOO patents
We're filed in Washington OH Mono9y
Cabinet meeting held. Session bret
and not important.
Matters remain unchanged and fe-f
verish in China. r.
Japan has fleet of 10 warsh1pe
ready TO dispute the possession or
Port Arthur by Russia.
1t is thought that the Japanese neet
will try and prevent the landing ~
Russian troops.
Russia has been trying to secure ~
loan to pay off the Japanese claim on
Wei Hal Wei.
Military party in Japan are urging
| the government to a vigorous RESIST
ance of Russia. =
| 1t is reported that British force of
20 warships has arrived at TT. Ham
ilton, China.
The resignation of the Japanese CAB
met is reported but not confirmed
Turkish forts fire a second time q
| Grecian gun boats leaving the gull
| of Ambracia.
British forces in India claim to haye<
accomplished their work and the eub-s
| mission of the Orakzais.
| Representative Republicans from all
over the state. of Indiana meet az the
capital to talk over SKATERS, and the
sentiment Is general in favor Of a re-
| formation of the currency.
Populist State Central committee OF
Arkansas is in session in Little ROCK
Silver men want only pure silver adj
vocates placed on the Democratic con-
gressional committee.
A Rhode Island hosiery company Is
about to move its plant to Nashville,
| Tenn.
Forty percent of the miners in the
Pittsburg district reject the Uniform
| ity scale and a strike is fearec.
There is trouble in the weavera
room of the Dallas cotton mills.
Committee of Fall River operatives
are in favor of accepting the reduc-
| ton in wages.
Daily Dry Goods Record Of New
York, places the cotton crop at TO-
| 251, 030 bales.
Actress Kathrine Kidder sick at st.
Louis and her company disbands.
Comptroller Eckles denies some of
the statements credited to him and
tries to explain others.
Creditors of the Philadelphia bank
agree to the proposition for settle
ment.
Railway men say that the long dis
lance phone is eating into the pas
senger earnings.
Testimony is being taken at Chicago
over admitting the Katchum will to
probate.
Cabinet considers the relief appeal
for the people of Cuba.
Secretary Alger is down with Sc
we're attack of grip.
.Fitzsimmons announces his readi-
ness to defend his title of Champion,
his wife consenting and releasing him
from his promise.
Corbett is out with the announce
ment that he will fight no man but
| FitZsimmOns.
Kid McKOy announces his readiness
| to fight any one that Fitzsimm0ns will
name.
| Six lives lost by an accident on the
British ship Van Loo in Bermuda
waters.
England is undermining the fortifi-
cations ut Gibraltar and Strengthen
| ing them.
Burgomaster of Prague suburb ar
rested and papers connecting him with
the riots found
Russia proposes Prince George of
Greece as governor of Crete, but the
proposition is not accepted.
Berlin says that tariff negotiations
with the United States have just COM
menced.
Queen Vic. receives the Venezuelan
minister to audience.
Spain declares officially that relief
measures by the United States are
not Intervention.
Cuban Insurgents successfully dyna-
mite bridge and cut Spanish connec-
lions. laa<A
Returned travellers from Cuban prov
inces say that in most of them the In
.surgents are in possession.
The coal combine Of the Pittsburg
and the Ohio river operators is being
perfected.
! Storage plant of the Lemp brewing
company in Dallas is burned.
Office of Texas Independent, Popu-
list, burned at Greenville.
Connection is made with the West
|ern Union line in Laredo and the Mex
lea line in Nueva Laredo.
Court stenographers at Austin will
fight the proposed cut in their salaries
Tom Smith of Hillborc announces
as candidate for attorney general
10 Hopkins, the Mississippi murder
er of two men on Christmas is cap
tured and lynched.
Writ of probable cause denied Du-
rant
Henry Smith gets So years for high
way robbery Oh several counts, at
Houston.
No American cattle from infected
districts of United States can go 10
European ports.
Judge refuses to grant Injunction
restraining the new postmaster at Mo-
bflf falr inn ION.