The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
SHORT NEWS STOKES.

NEW. YoRK-Ficld Marshal Yamagatn
CH ~ AGo--John f. SIN "a vas MUIR
dered al his place Of business by five
men, who made Their escape.
PNRKERSErRG. w. Walk Governor
Arthur n. foreman. West Virginia var
governor is dying al his home In this city
1NGTON-Secrctary Carlisle has
returned to he city from Chicago, where
II" recently delivered an address on the
money question.
CLEVELAND. Ohio-tt has finally been
decided to hold tho National encamp-
mcnt of the Uniformed Rank of Inc
Knights of Pythias in this city August q
BALTIMORE. Md.-'rhe Baltimore com
mitiee on reorganization of the Baltimore
and Ohio railway has decided to employ
an expert to make a thorough examina-
lion Of the accounts OF the COMPANY from
1888 TO the present time.
ST. LOuIS-The municipal assembly has
passed "A bill to bury the overhead wires
1t puts the construction OF conduits under
control of the board of public improve
ments and reserves the right for the CITY
10 buy them up after fifteen years.
PITTSisuRG. Pa-rho window Glnss
Workers association witch is the wealth.
lest labor organization in the world. niay
decide to fight the rnanufcatu an
equal grounds by erecting fa,.to-ics nj
various points TO be run on the co.ope-
cratiVe plan.
BARABoO. Wis,-Rovs. Morrill, twins.
cvangelisis whose meetings nave been
broken up by persons who did not like
their peculiar style vi evangelism, have
been ordered out OF tNyn by tho mayor.
| They provoked riot by violent anti
Catholic TRADES.
CHATTANOOGA. DEMONSTRATING Saw
aga was taken from his bed TT Irving col
legc. seven miles from McMinnvilie, in
Warren county, by mob of mashed men
| was suspected OF being a ''spotter" for
| United States officers.
PITTSBuRG. Pa.-Pittsburg has cor
| nered the tungstate market by deal thai
| brought three drains of that preoious
chemical TO the city ana the price has
| gone up from $2ss pound TO S556 within
| the last month Tungstate is the sub
stance used in u combination with calcium
TO make rays visible.
WILMINGTON. Del. 49, General Lev
1 clark Bodies OF the regular army, re-.
| tired, died In this city, aged 81 years He
served under Generals Taylor and Scot
~ i1rn Vie Me hs war and also with dis
wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg
| NEW YoRk-A dispatch to the Herald
| from tairo, Egypt. says: A brief cerc-
mony was conducted Friday by the cler.,
| mo remains OF the late Colonel Cock rell 10
american colony. The khedive was Off,
| elaiiy represented.
SARATOGA, N. f,-The hot wave Is
reducing tho Adirondacks snow de.
| post TO freshet. Lakes, rivers and
other streams are unusually high. and still
| rising. At Glens Falls. Chestertown. For,
Edward, Warrensburg and other points
| tho water Is bursting the hanks ana
threatens great destruction.
| DENVER, Colo.-Wm. Linn and Francis
G. Hatch OF New York. G. Gray and c
4. Mariner of Los Angeles and Chas. w
| Eranklin OF Denver have Incorporated the
Costa Rico Pacific Railroad company, with
u capital stock of si,SD,000. The company
proposes to construct a railroad from the
| city of San Jose, Costa Rea, westerly to
| the Pacific ocean,
| MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.-A sensation has
been created here by tho arrest OF Geo
| g. Jacoby and Moritz Mikalos OF a local
| liquor house doing a Wholesale business
on an Indictment charging them with
counterieitins the stamp Of Hiram Walk
! err = Sons OF Ontario. manufacturing