San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-17
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merce commission that % per cent of
their business is with railroads.
The norther brings rain, sleet and
snow to North Texas.
Electric wires suffer severely by the
North Texas storm.
| Louisville spring race meeting will
open May 4 for Is days. Eleven stakes
win be run.
Adlai Stephenson and wife arrive
| from abroad.
Prince Henry sails AT last for Kaio
Chan.
The president and vice president Of
| the Swiss Confederacy are both Radl-
| Gals.
The sultan has ratified the peace
| treaty with Greece.
Preachers try in vain to stop the
Creedon-McCoy fight.
| If Mccoy whips Creedon he will chat
lenge Bob Fitzsimmons.
Incendiaries fire Ardmore courthouse
and many valuable records are burn
ed.
North Texas Medicos adjourn at Dali
las, to hold next session at Fort Worth.
Limit of open season for cattle quar-
antine changed from 10 to Jan. 1.
Secretary Gage presents before bank
ing and currency committee bill EN-
bodying his views. He avows his OBJ
iect to be: To commit the country to
gold. To strengthen the treasury
against its demand liabilities. TO
avoid contraction of currency. To
move toward bank note issue with
out bond deposit.
Interstate commerce makes It's re-
port. Rate charges for the fiscal year,
1896. were $7S6,615,S 37. Commission
is not agreed on pooling.
Widest rumors are afioat as to the
demonstrations in Madrid over Wey-
ler's appearance, and the preparations
for resisting revolution, and flight pro-
posed of the queen regent.
1t is again reported that the rebellion
i'm the PHILIPPINE islands is over, ana
rebels gone to Cuba.
Another negro lynched ut Brookhav-
en-. Miss. in connection with the Brown
Smith murder.
Durant is confident that he VIII HOT
hang: says help is coming.
Fire i'm the buildings around Juarez
bull ring did not injure that structure.
Bank receiver at Sherman sues ior
the balance of the original stock that
was not paid in.
BRYAN visits the church of Our Lady
of Guadalupe" in Mexico. =,
James Mitchell, solicitor general OF
New Brunswick and eX-premier, Is
dead.
Nation Civil Service Reform league
opens session in Cincinnati.
state text book board at Austin Is
still working in executive session.
Waters-Pierce Oil company's appeal
case is being argued at Austin.
Austin poultry and pet stock snow Il
fobting against the odds of terrible
weather. -,
Travis county renters are warned
woIcott saws that he has not YET
made his report to the president ana
does not know when he will.
Bill masses for. the relief of the klon-
dixie sufferers. and for a revenue cut
ter for the Yukon.
Senate concurs in the House reso-
luton to adjourn on Saturday untll
after the holidays.
Dawes. of Illinois, is confirmed as the
successor of Comptroller Eckels.
The wife and daughter of Congress
man Hawley sail from Europe for New
York.
Bill will be reported favorably for the
opening of the Indian territory and the
compulsory allotment of lands in sew
crafty.
Time for completing the delimita-
tion of the Mexican boundary line has
been extended one year.
Mrs. HOllenbeck killed in collision
on the Greenwood branch of the Iron
Mountain in Arkansas.
National board of trade adjOurns al
ter endorsing pooling operations in Or
der to bring them under regulations of
the Interstate Commerce commission.
Mexico sends a war ship to watch
| matters at Clipperton Island, recently
| said to be seized by the British, and
which is Mexican property. No trou-
| BILE is anticipated.
American Federation of Labor dis
| cusses the problem of convict employ
ment.
Peruvian Senate passes the non-Cath-
Ollie marriage bill, so recently passed III
the chambers.
| Mrs. Thomas Duren, of CuerO, while
making soap, is fatally burned, her
| clothes catching fire.
Texas Poultry association will hold
session in Waco, the closing days or
| this year, opening on the 2Sth.
Prairie fire is raging around Round
Rock that is doing great damage to the
ranges.
Grand jury in Baltimore ignores the
charge of libeling Senator Wellington,
brought against Angus.
Cash wheat is at Il premium over
future delivery, because more has been
sold than can be delivered.
Rich placer djggings are reported ~
miles above Dyea.