The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-13

Planters hotel He Us en- route TO Fort
Missoela, Mont, under instruction from
General Miles TO organize corps OF zoo
| troopers TO ride by bicycle from Missouia to
| st. Louis.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.--Firc IN the
| tanpery Of a. u. Patrick 4 Co., entailsd a
| loss TO plant aud stock estimated at from
| 100000 TO $4,000. with Insurance " $780,
| 600
| FRANKFORT, Ky.The legislature is
aroused over the unrcfutod evidence Of
acknowledgement disclosed In the invcstiga-
| ton OF the two prisons.
| SOMMERVTLLE, n. J.--glmer Clamson
was hanged. here IN the Spmerrot county
iail. He was 10 wears old. and slot his
former employer. Harry Hoigc.t, a farmer,
on August % last.
| SPRINGFIELD. II, Tho Humphrey
| bills. extending tho franchises OF all street
railways in Illinois nifty years. was killed
| BY thu committee.
| CINCINNATI. c.--percy Thompson Of
| New York, secretary OF the American
| Warehuuscmon association. said no had
| just received official information from tie
| Interstate commerce commission that the
| commission would hear tho charges made
| by tho Warehousemen's asso citation against
sixiy-nvu railroad companies.
| MoBERLY. Mos. l., Lee, a promincn,
| citizen OF Moherly and member OF the
city, suicided because of financial troubles,
MApRiD-Pcru and Bolivia havo sub
| mittcd their territorial dispute to tho ar
| btiation OF Spain.
| loNDON-An appeal has been issued IN
| behalf OF donations to fund to assist
Mrs Della parnell. mother OF the sicat
| Irish leader.
| NEW iOltk-The annual meeting of the
| ciNil service reform association WAS held
IN this city. The association holds that
| any Modification of tho rules would be a
breach of promise mado by President Me
knlev in his letter OF acception and In
aurural address,
LIMA. peru-New gold mines have been
discovered In the province OF Carahaya. de-
plrtmcnt Of Puma. 1t is believed they will
yield largely.
PlTTSBuRG. ra.-The American Ticket
brokons' association is holding its nine
teenth annual convention here.
| WASnlNGTON-Th rice interests Of
Georgia, South Carolina and Louisiana
have invaded the capital In force by large
rice growers. They say they were salts
fled with the rice schedule Of the plnglcy
| pill as 1t passed the house. but are UP In
arms at the revised version presented By
the senate finance committee.
| LONnON--A special dispatch from Ma
| pies says two large streams OF lava that
have been flowing down Mount Nosuvus
| for the last Two days have united at the
| deposit from the eruption of 1925
ClIlCAGO-The gross receipts from traf-
| fic of the Illinois Central for the month OF
| April are estimated at 81 .567 73T. u decrease
of S1l 00i from the corresponding month
last year.
| CLEVELAND. Ohio Director of Police
| Abbott today said that he will usc the whole
| police force. and. If necessary. call on the
| militia to prevent the proposed National
| league ball game In this city next Sunday.
pHILADELPHIA.-On o. the bondimen
of Captain Hart, convicted OF being Gu
| ban fiibustcr, usked to b. releIHed from
| his bond. as he believed Hart intended TO
agcin sail for Cuba, Tho court refused
BERLIN..-Thc reichs,ag rejected the hill
proposed BY the socialists 20 repeal the
clause of the penal code dealing with les
majestic.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.--Govcrnor pudd has
received the formal petition for the par
| don OF Theodore Durent, awaiting execution
| at san Quentin prison for the murder ot
! Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont He
protests his entire innocence.
ATLANTA, Ga--General Wesley Merritt
| has issued an order refusing TO appoint
| court martial to try charges against Lieu
| tenants O'Brien and Bariord preferred by
/ Captain Romecn.
CHICAGO.--The announced dctcrmina-
ton of tho Illinois Central ana Union IA
ciGc to run home seekers excursions dur
ing the coming summer has caused the
roads OF the Western Passenger association
10 make strong efforts to entirely do away
with these excursions,
LYNCHBURG. Va-The Traders' bank
has gone into the hands of trustees. The
bank has been in liquidation since last
September
AKRON. O.-Miss Nellio NJ Hehe. an
insurance and real estate agent, commit
ted suicide by taking carbollc acid 10 avoid
appearing in police court 10 explain the
alleged misappropriaton Of 800.
NEW YoRK-The Society of Tnnmany
Of the Columbian order. neld its annual
meeting in Tammany hall The sacn"hs
elected We're: Hugh j. Grant, william
Sohmer, George Mcclellan, Nathan Stratus.
Charles Welde. Patrick heorrl. John G
Sheehau. j Zergcnt Cram. George W.
Plunkit,. Henry u Hotohkss. .'ohn II |
Patrick william Sulzer and Augua'us ". |
Peters Thomas l.. Feiter was elected |
grand sichem.
THE HIGHER COURTS.