San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-31
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Houston colored people purchase site
for their national exposition to be
held in 1898.
Frederick Zhietel killed at Calves.
ton by his runaway team.
Mrs. Chumley is recovering slowly
from the outrage of last week at
Mooresvile.
Pennsylvania State Democratic COM
mittee removes Harrity from the Ma
tional committee.
New York Citizens union will stand
by Seth Low as its candidate for May
or of Greater New York.
New York Republicans are opposed
to Citizens union naming the may
or.
Primaries for the South Carolina
senatorship are to be held today.
There are three candidates.
State Chairman Green removes the
Republican chairman of Nacogdoches
county.
There is nothing as yet developed in
the st. Louis meeting that favors the
success of the miners.
Labor leaders in conference at st.
Louis have no plans and no agree
ment among themselves.
The Social Democracy are in the as
cendant in st. Louis mining confer
enca
Officers after moonshiners in Pope
county, Ark, are wiped out by the
bandits. Two are killed, two fatally
wounded and two more are missing.
The first man killed in the moon
sinners battle was Capt. Is. f. Tay-
lor. the richest man in the county, a
federal soldierand volunteer to break
up the stills.
Luettgert's II year old son. gives
favorable testimony for the father on
trial.
Bill Ogle is arrested at San Saba,
the second time, for a murder COM
mitted in 1893.
Sarte, Mexican fatally stabbed at
Beevllle, by Pedro Cantu, who is in
JAIL
President of the United Telegram
company is arrested at Boston for
fraud.
Text book men are focking to
Austin to attend the meeting of the
school board.
as school lands thrown on the mar
ket.
Boria Wilson, arrested at Seguin is
brought to Austin to answer for muir
der of ten years ago.
Mexican exchange selling at 40
in the city of Mexico.
Three out of four precincts in Fan
min county go dry on local option ell
ection.
Vigilant committee investigate a
case of flour stealing on the klondike
trail and shoot the thief.
New York trouser makers strike for
better wages and the abolition of the
sweat system.
President Mckinley at Cleveland
spends a very quiet day, seeing few
callers.
Lone Star line at Galveston is
swamped with freight and advances
the cotton rate four cents.
Passenger rates to San Francisco
from Chicago are demoralized.
Waco wants the Santa Fe to run a
tap to that town. 1t would be about
30 miles long.
Shaw. of Taylor. takes first prize
in the ten mile bike race. time.
1920.
Chicago sends 200 recruits to the ar
my in Cuba.
Treasury has not been advised of
any expeditions to Cuba.
Col Il. NJ. Wynne. of Fort Worth,
announces as a candidate for govern
or for Texas.
Salisbury's plan for a guarantee of
the Turkish indemnity falls through.
Kaiser Wilhelm eulogizes the British
alta banquet of the army of Coblenz,
and particularly the Duke of Cam
bridge. commander of the British
forces
Passenger trains collide in Germany
and two people are killed.
Mayor of Houston vetoes too lib
eral gas ordinance.
Judge oliver dies suddenly in his
office in Houston.
Executive committee of Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association holds session
in Fort Worth.
Cattle train wreck near Waxa-
hatchie kills thirty three beeves.
Perry Ferguson, brother of the col
ored politicians. Charles and Henry,
run over and killed by train at Hous-
ton.
Plant of Arkansas wood manufact-
uring company at Little Rock burned.
Spain summons her reserves and
will send $1,000 troops TO Cuba and
1000 to the PHILIPPINES.
Five Fins drowned in the bay at
Gladstone, Mich.
Secretary Gage puts the new law
in force submitting plans for public
building to competitive architects.