San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-15
TELEGRAPHIC.
LATE DISPATCHES BRIEPED AND
BOILED DOWN.
General Summary of the Happenings o.
The Day, in Both Foreign and
Domestic Circles.

Senate refuses to- accept the report
of the conference committee on the de-
ficiency bill.
Senate passes bill extending for two
years the time in which purchasers of
timbered school lands can remove the
timber.
Senate passes House bill abolishing
corporation of Castroville.
House passes bill comforting on COM
missioners courts power to settle coun-
ty debts.
Bill passed that increases fees for fill
ing charters in the state.
The O'Connor amendment to the text
book bill exempting from its provis-
ions all towns of over 10000 inhabi-
tants passes the house.
Committee appointed to attend the
Coke funeral, resolutions of respect
passed the house adjourned until Mon
day.
Senate passes resolutions of respect
to Coke's memory, but holds Saturday
session.
Waco is chosen by the state firemen
as their mex: place of me citing.
Gunboat Vicksburgo makes a salts
factory preliminary trial in a rough
sec off coast Of Maine.
Presider: has called for all papers
connected with the Brownsville collec-
tUrship.
In the cabinet meeting the advisa-
bility of sending relief to Cuba's starv-
ir 6 people is considered:
April exports are nearly $1,000, 900 in
advance of last April. Imports in
crease of $4,000, 900 dutiable goods and
81, O0O 900 nondutiable.
Missionary Knapp left Turkey. be-
cause he was afraid to stay at his post.
Postal congress committee considers
plans for lettering the service.
Vanderlip, Cages private secretary
is slated for assistant secretary of the
treasury.
Lucania makes the Atlantic trip to
Queenstown in days, IA hours and So
minutes.
Chpley is knocked out in the Flor
ida election and Mallory elected. He
is a free silverite.
Texas Ranger association is formed
at Austin and Joe Both elected pres
ident,
South Texas Medical association is
in session in Galveston.
The total outstanding bonded indebt-
edness of the state is $3,992,030.
The state cash as counted is S$1, 567,
1896.
Culberson is petitioned to let the new
Harris court bill become a law. He
says nit.
The state house is half masted and
Waco is murmuring over Coke's death.
A. P. A. Council want Senator Vest
impeached for his non-American views
as expressed in senate.
Three negroes lynched at Rosebud,
suspected of rape, to which one of them
confessed.
Serious stabbing ARRAY in the Dali
las cotton mills by woman, victims
two sisters.
Albert Summerviile is having sem
sational trial at Edna for the murder
of his cousin who refused to marry
him.
Durant says he has found the real
murderer of Blanch Lamont and asks
rehearing.
Kansas negro horribly beaten for
horse theft and hung up to die of slow
strangulation.
Millsap, Of Waco, well up in business
circles gets two years for forgery.
Turkey will grant no armistace until
the terms of peace are agreed on.
Active operations are resumed by the
Greek army in Epirus.
Greeks force the fighting at Pervisa
but are repulsed.
1t is now rumored that Turkey will
insist on the occupation of Thessaly.
Bulgaria is getting incensed at Tur-
kish advances and may join Greece in
her fight.
Russia would not object to Turkey
gObbling Thessaly, but is disturbed
over Bulgaria.