The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-31
SHORT NEWS STOKES.

SHORT NEWS STOKES.
Observation-Disclosures rabre died at
II O'Clock tonight.
DEFIANCE. ohlo--C w. ShoemaAcr's |
any goods store burned; less Se5,voo, insur- |
anee $4,000.
LoNpCN-Loue A.. Campbell. consul /,
general fog the Rcpupi9 OF salvador, died |
here Tuesday.
CHlCAGo-J. C. Muffin. for a nnmber |
of years v!oe president Of the Chicago and
A.t1n. daed here.
" lLL,iA,M,sPoRT, Pain a ,lsh he.
morning, hali IL dozen persons were
wound, l.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, snrgeon, (;
Clark. Texas TO Fort liuucha. Aris., re
ueNing Assistant Surgeon Porter
HARh h4 re PaA ssnaSn wss
one OF the Wanamaltcr managers, WAS
arrested on a charge of bribery.
| MEN YoEK-The directors OF the
| American Tobacco campahy have declared
| dividends of , per cent OF the preicrTe
stock ana per cent on the common STOCK.
| ST LOtlS-lacob tMschel. during a.
vcrce trial brought by his wife, shot her
| in the shoulder AMI wounded her uNcie.
| julius Sch.eber. and her attorney. Water
| Mcintyre.
NEW YoRK-At ,oday's session of the
| American Historical association, professor
| William Sloan OF Columbia college was r'e-
| icai REVIEW.
LoNpoN-A Daily news dispatch from
| Odessa reports that Caucasian brigdnds
| have raided :. number OF government ni.ls-
aanes. securing large quantities of arms
| and ammunition.
NEW TORl<--Colonel John +. Hobbs,
who calls himsclf King of illin.ka, and
Miss ELLA Collins, were married. at the
| residence OF III. bride S parents on Fourth
avenue. this city.
READING. Pa.n,,At ruckerion tonigh,,
Mrs. William Sede,, were killed by an
explosion OF dynamite.
NEW YORK--The American lawyers
a. s0n3t!oa elected the fpltowing cfheors;
Y. d, Baggott president. 7. ". McCaslin
and j. NJ. Cavanaugh. wee presidents; j.
| G. t1arcscnS, SECRETARY.
TRENTON, n. J.--1Nhe Honduras syndi-
cafe, a company with a caiital OF $4,000,
was Incorporated IN the Office OF the sec
rotary of state today, The company Is to
! operate railroads in Honduras.
CHICAGO Tho meeGng OF window
rass makers and iobheI has term mated.
The rebate aert emant rolchel was formal
ly ratiici and it was definitely announced
that there would b no iucrease IN plices.
HONkEIls. N. Y.--AlcNander Smith &
Cos big carpet mills VIII resumc work
soon after the first Of the year The mill
employs 200 persons and has pay roll of
sG0.000 week when working fun time.
:, DENVER. Colo.--The board of directors
of The Denver chamber OF commerce has
UNA llnpNSIN utclItu 10 ignore inc HlNi-
, t.iioR IN send delegates To the monetary
, conference to as held in indianapolis mex,
Monday.
! NEW YoRK-Wilnsm u. Young. the
! board member of the firm Of a. r. cuth-
Q hort * 90 was expelled by tho govern
ing committee of the sock exchange to-
. day or charges OF following bucket shol
: methods rN
y EVANSVILLE, omo-The supcrintend-
I cnt OF the Baltimore ana Ohio shops al
I ! this place, has received orders TO close
n | down the shop here until further notice
-Four hundred men are thrown out OF EN-
rloymont.
LOuISrILLE. Ky,--ofiicers sexton and
. Brown Of this city We're indicted at Sa.om
= the kllng If young John Rippey, whom
o they rn.slook FOR . criminal named Brook
son. ON whose TRAN they We're
> NASirI NOTION committee ap
=. pointed az the convention OF lumbormel
held in Cincinnati. reached W sshingt OF
p. today. They VIII bo given hearing he
n fore the ways and means committee to
y morrow.
u CANTON. ohlo-senator Clark o
Il Evanston. Wyo. ana Congrcssmaq Mon
pr siioni elect for an hour today. Maio
II William Goolsrccd, "A PROMINENT ciiizei
If Of columbus, was also a caller AT the Me
hinley residence.
MOBILE. Ala.--At the second days scs
sion Of the Southern Educational assoc'a
" ton. agencies and c-hoas Tor, the IN,
is was discussed by Hon. j. Z. Preston o
T.. Watoi Valley. Miss. and State Capta!l
= Il. q. Glenn OF Atlanta, Ga.
q CHICAGO. ill.-Two men robbed Josepl
/, Spanhcimcr en employe of the Contra
- ! Steam Laundry company. in DARN
,r | manner. They covered h.m with revolver
~ while in the elevator between the frs
~ | and Sc .ord floors of building an
n wrenched from his hand val!se contain
~ ms s5t2
NEW YORK Prosecuting Attorney Ia
re ward +. Farrell and sheriff Edward l.
Grosn Of Lafayette county, kentucl ,
oi s.tlcl TO lqy on the Tcutohic to hiring hnc
D. from ENGLAND Arthur Platt formerly
m keeper IN the Eastern Kentucky lnsan
ASYLUM who Is accused of the murder {
10 patient named Jesse Tyrec, ten yeai
" ago
al KNOXVILLE. Tenn.--A bill was fled
m chancery court OF Knox county today h
" creditor who furnished supplies for m
Mutual Iieh, and Power company. The
have made the municipalities of North an
Hco Knoxville and the United STATE
$ Mortgage and Trust company parties
x the suit aud ask that the mortgage give
70 be set aside on the ground of fraud.
r. WASHINGTON-C Captain W Ham !
Parker OF Richpcns, Va, Glrd here ,
aranleHy CAPITA. Pdrkcr was founorl
u. nrcrldefst Of the Maryland agricultural co
~ lege. and before the war ne was profcasf
w Of astronomy Mt Annapolis. AT tho T.
- RiEn M Cf THO late wAr nc res gnfd frol
th7 Foderil navy. entered the Ccnfedcrat
navy and became one Of ita most prom
a, nolt officers.