The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-20
ToDRTS TEXTURES.
rrobabsiit'cs-Fair; local showers on tho
COAST suuthenstcriy winds.

fOlNGltN.
England intends to pour troops into
South Africa Notwithstanding Governor
Robinson says such II move VIII bring OIL
hostilitics with Transvaal.
Barney Burnato Is trying TO induce
President Kruger to assent to the reforms
dema nded by tho Uitlnnders.
Supplies are running short and the large
number Of natives In Buiuawayo causes
fears OF treachery
Mutabcles have moved from about Bulu-
awayo, but it is feared that they Geek
ana Will gain control of the only pass.
which would mean loss TO the whites
Ruluawayo Is protected in vulnerable
places by dynamite mines with when II
is hoped to do deadly execution.
Germans are aiding the Transvaal TO
arm and Kruger is making concessions to
Germany
German press speaks very utterly OF
English movements IN South Africa.
A hundred of the population OF Buiu-
awayo are missing.
Money very cheap In London.
Hawaii will not move IN the cable mat
| ter until congress acts.
A ease of cholera aboard the steamer
| Gaelic. ..n
| corc,ns are stiiI very hostile to tho
,s,n,,.so aud n number of the latter have
| been killed. ,,.
An resurrection has broken 'out In the
Congo Free State, Africa.
/. CUBAN.
,r,,,e ,,n,rre1 Cubans were killed ana
,.,.or wounded In massacre by 'he
e,,,,,sh on tho outskirts of H'Vn''a'
~. a.. aid Wcyler intends to torture Kew
n,av 10 extract confession from mn"
A,,o,,to and Jose Maceo each nave
| =, command and arc trying TO eaten
,bo snnnish between two hres'
n,,,. Insurgents are applying the loren
right ana ''i'' An ,-,i,ca states
| ,, cnaiu are said to thoroughly uhuer-
sand each others position.
snan,sh are sim confident that they
have Maceo caught in trap
DOMESTIC,
,,,,h,,cars I'm both house and senate
ave .nxIous to get through with the ses-
,,o,, aud will push all appropriation bills
ia that end Democrats are said TO be
eyncIng q disposition to prolong the scs-
sion.
Mrs. oSulllNuu Sh]S I'sN'V H'''-N''o 90
,,,rt workers are on the verge of starva-
| ton.
Archbishop ireland says American ND
erty Is n direct outgrowth Of the teaching
| of the principles of the Catholic ohhfeh'
Nine fishermen were drowned In IA most
remarkable squall which caught them OH
the Massachusetts coast
STATE.
Ex.Goyernor Roberts explnins the letter
he wrote to Barney Gibbs.
Hon. jonathan Lame gives his views ON
the democratic situation,
n l. Fusion, who Killed the sedueer OF
| his daughter and went 10 the penitentiary
| without n guard, pardoned by the gov
ernor.
| SPORT.
| Houston TO- Galveston &: Austin 0. San
| Antonio o; Dallas Ii. Denison 4; Fort
Worth G. Sherman 4
| st Louis TO- Chicago 2; Cincinnati IL,
| Louisville 8.
| Austin got two double and one triple
play In the game with San Antonio.
Moutauk. Croker's horse, no longer
thought of in connection with winning
the English Derby.
| LOCAL.
The lily white republican convention.
r,he annual tournament OF the state
Sportsmen's association.
Services nj the First BAPTIST church.
Meeting of Dick bowling camp.
concert at Turner Hall last night
| POLITICAL.
IT. Ia predicted that Teller OF Colorado
will bolt the republican party II silver
platform is not adopted.
NO SIGNS OF NANSEE.
Hamburg, April 19.-rhc police have re-
ce,yed news from Ustiansk, in Northern