San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-17
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LATEST OFF The WIRES FROM
OVER TIE WORLD.
A Complete BpitOme of the Days Happen
Ings, Brisfsd and Boiled Down, up
TO Time of Going to Press.

Fla, closes its doors on account of a
| run.
The battleship Texas crosses the bar
at Galveston and is anchored inside.
| No action taken in the oregon Leg
| islature yet.
Dallas Zouaves and Guards are off
| for Galveston.
Mckinley is resting easily, but is in
bed, and all visitors are denied. He
| has la grippe.
The Bryan league of college clubs
is to be reorganized for 1900.
Deadlock over senator continues in
South Dakota Legislature.
Correspondent Scovell of the World,
has four indictments found against
him by the Spanish courts.
Frank Forester, convicted Of rape at
Bolton, is given SO years in the pen.
Turkish Consul General Iasigi is in
the TOmbs, N. Y, awaiting extradition.
Supreme Council Farmers Alliance
meets in sessions at Washington.
Turkish minister at Athens has been
appointed a member of the Turkish
council and returns to Constantinople
at once.
the lead of Nevada in legalizing prize
fights
Macedonia and Crete will pursue a
cOnjoint policy. Two regiments leave
Athens for Crete.
The powers have notified Greece to
withdraw from Canea and Crete or the
port of Pierus will be blockaded and
hOstilities begun against Greece.
Greek troops in Crete are moving on
Canea.
Greece has made no reply to the ul-
timatum of the powers.
United States minister at Athens
says that there is no danger of war.
Turkey is said to be sick of Crete
and ready to surrender it for the peace
of Macedonia.
Threats. against the Greek vessels
in Cretan waters are denied in the
British Commons.
The National Editorial association is
in session at Galveston, 400 fraters of
the quill present.
DEM Pop-Free silver Repub. conVen-
ton held in Michigan to nominate Su-
preme court officers and University re-
gents.
Half the population of Carson City
turned out to welcome Pugilist Cor
bett.
Program is GU tfor the reunion of
Green's brigade at Victoria on the 22nd.
Minister to Germany Uhl, and Cleve-
land are to form a law partnership
The Cleveland family are moving to
their new home in Princeton.
Mining engineers hold session at Chi
cago.
A. G. Weatherford, wanted for muir
der in Nicaragua, is arrested at New
Orleans.
Liverpool churches cable a request
for the passage of the arbitration trea-
ty.
The Niger expeditionary force is VIC
torious and the Emir of Nupe sues
for peace.
That new law for preventing fires
on Government land makes the penal
ty two years and $1,000 fine.
Two thousand tanners in Chicago are
out, 500 of them in a strike and the
other $500 shut out until the strike is
over.
Twenty states Of the Union Tepresen-
ted in brewers convention in Gin
cinnati. !
Mrach goth is fixed for the execution
of the murderers of Pearl Bryan in
Kentucky.
Investigation continues into the ope-
ration OF the Sugar trust in New York.
Cecil Rhodes makes his statement
to parliament as to the raid on the
TransvaaL
Severe fighting is reported in the
PHILIPPINES, with the usual Spanish
victory there.
William of Germany, cOngratulates
Chancellor HOhenloe on reaching his
golden wedding anniversary.
Weyler imprisons another batch of
citizens on the suspicion of cOnspira
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