San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-01
The Daify Giq6t
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1897.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LATEST OFF THE WIRES FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
A Complete EpitOme of the Days Happen
ings, Briefed and Boiled Down, up
to Time of Going to Press

The debate on the Queens speech
disgusts the supporters of the crown:
Young man at Liberty walks out up
on the track in his sleep ana is Sc
riously hurt by an engine.
The support of the proposition for in
creasing Southwestern asylum comes
from all quarters.
United States Senate will busy itself
with the Nicaragua canal bill this
week.
1t is expected that the arbitration
treaty will be discussed in the Senate
soon.
The steamship companies are fight
ing the immigration bill through their
agents.
Congress is called to note the at
tempt of foreign steamship companies
to influence Congressional action in i'm
migration matters.
Consular, diplomatic and District OF
Columbia appropriation bills Will occu-
by the House this week.
Senator Georges condition is slight
ly improved.
Mrs. Beecher is weaker, but no i'm
mediate termination of her life is
looked for.
Whitesides shot dead and Edison ia
tally carved in a fight at Franklin,
Ky.
Arthur Palmer has gone under Gus
tody of sheriff to New York to answer
for murder of his sister mother and
brother.
The terms of fourteen presidential
postmasters expire in February.
The King of BENIN was conducting
his annual butchery of slaves wien
the British consul approached and as
he wanted no guests at that time he
killed him and his party.
Sir George Trevedyan resigns his
seat in the English parliament, on ac-
count of ill health.
Cheap relief is being afforded the
hungry and destitute in some parts of
India. 1t only costs about 80 cents
a month each.
Attorney General Trice is greatly
elated at his confirmation.
Bryan and Hogg are at Galveston.
Grand Lodge 1. o. o. F. is in session
this week in Dallas.
Tom Neville shot and killed near the
Mark Young farm, Bastrop county.
Mother and five children burned in
one fire in Hoboken, and one child in
another.
Rivers and harbors commission of
Congress visit Buffalo Bayou. They
promise to take care of it.
The visiting congressman go out and
inspect the Galveston jetties.
Gage tells what he thinks should be
done in currency matters. He would
retire the greenbacks.
The funeral of the late President
Roberts of the Pennsylvania road &C.
ours on Thursday.
The Bessemer steel billet company of
Pittsburg will wind up its affairs.
Three Indians and others dying on
account of cold at the Cheyenne agen-
cy.
Italian graders get the place of ne
groes on the railroad in Arkansas.
Spain is officially informed that
Americans in Cuba must be permitted
to grind cane or damages will be de-
manded.
James T. Cheney of Cincinnati will
be White House doorkeeper under Nc
Kinley.
Chairman Green and two confidantes
nave u Oh POlitiSoA iioNtSA
in Dallas.
Dam at Center Point is frozen and
good skating is enjoyed.
Immigrants to South Dakota are
warned agaist paying money to colo
nization agents.
Count Muravieff, special Russian en-
voy is visiting Berlin.
Russian commission with sealed or
ders is directed to inspect the Black
sea fleet.
Two more Europeans have died al
Bombay OF the plague.
Heavy SHOWS are reported in the
coast region.
Chamberiain's speech in parliamen,
makes Kruger mad, and he says Let
them come and take my country II
they want to-"
Another report OF the murder OF
Christians comes by way of Athens.
Ed. Burns storehouse and all his
meat burned at FTatonia.
Cardinal Gibbons has left for the
south. New Orleans being his objective
point.
London syndicates are gobbling ur
Cincinnati breweries.
Schoolship Alliance is floated off the
mud unirjured and goes on to New.
port.