San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-13
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LATEST OFF TIE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
A Complete Ipitome of the Days Happen
ings, Briefed and:BOiled Down, up
to Time of Going to Press.


for clerks, pages and porters, clerks
TO receive So and pages and porters
50 per day.
Senate elects Dibrell, of Guadalupe,
protein president.
House fixes salary of clerks at 81
day, and Lee Rountree is elected
clerk.
In the national congress an attempt
will be made TO bring the funding bill
up in another form.
House has another disgraceful scene
over the personalities of California
members.
Remarks against Johnson ordered
expunged from the record, Johnson's
screed against Hurst not eXpunged
Senators Villas and Allen have Il
lively tilt over the homestead bill.
The statement of the master of the
Dauntless does not satisfy the gov
eminent.
Republican caucus takes no final
action as yet on international bimet-
alism.
Nomination of Francis as secretary
of the interior reported fayOrably in
committee.
WAYS and means committee will
commence the work of framing the
tariff bill today.
Vest is likely to oppose confirmation
of the nomination of Francis.
Interstate commerce commission
will take up the extension of time for
railroad safety appliances.
Pawnee Indians want $4,000 out of
the national treasury, part of their
tribal land fund.
Allison recommended Wilson. of
Iowa. for cabinet position. Tame
jim"
Judiciary committee reports favor
marshal appointments.
London grand jury find a true bill
against Bell Ivory.
Perkins. of California, is reelected
to the United States senate.
Alva Adams walks to the state cap
itol and is inaugurated governor of
Colorado.
COrville Platte is renominated for the
United States senate by Connecticut
Republican legislature.
North Carolina inaugurates her first
Republican governor in 20 years, Dan
iel Russell
There is no choice as yet for senator
in the Idaho legislature. Dubois 26;
opposition 43.
Fairbanks, of Indiana, gets the Re-
publican nomination for United States
senator. This elects him.
Illinois will ballot Tuesday for the
successor to Senator Palmer.
If the arbitration treaty is ratified
England becomes the ally of United
States for Monroe doctrine.
India is starving and relief will
cost the government S5,000.000 outside
of private charity.
Princess Chimay is to get $50 a
night at the Berlin Winter garden.
French parliament resumes its SEES
sion. Brisson is reelected president
of the deputies.
Turks are reported sacking villages
in Macedonia.
Carson City, Nevada. is said to be
the Fitz-Corbett battleg round Sc
lected by Stuart.
Wisconsin Court of Appeals holds
that railroads receiving land grants
from states md territories do not
have to report to the government aud
itor.
Floods of resolutions on monetary
reform are introduced at the India
| napolis conference.
Corsicana closes all her houses of
prostitution and orders the inmates
| out of town.
National association of tobacco grow
erS hold session and advocate higher
tariff.
La grippe has caused the suspension
of the school at Big Foot, Tex.
| Dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is plac-
| ed in commission.
Ii is rumOred that Senator Lewis
| of Bexar. is slated for chairman of
| judiciary committee No. l.
There will be no lodging in capitol
| committee rooms at Austin this ses-
sion.
Monterey is to have a new Mexican
market for those in the lower part of
the city.
i Magazine of the torpedo factory at
Shamokin. Pa. explodes and four per-
sons are killed.
Rockport is stirring in the matter of
building an ice factory.
Scabby sheep to the number 5000
slaughtered at El Paso quarantine.
Oofty Goofty eats his 80 quail nj
Dallas in 80 days and wins his 800
Attempt made TO assassinate Santa
Theresa, at FL Paso, the healing
maiden.
| Preacher kills n deacon in colored
church quarrel at Pine Bluff, Ark.
| France will not adopt the sugar
bounty scheme recommended by NJ
| Graux.
Gonzales ships IL carloads of fat
beeves.
Constipation in it's worst forms
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