The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-21
SHORT NEWS STOKES.

NEW YORK-Thc journal and Adver-
tlsor viii say: The formation Of u sac
malers' combination, which VIII inelnie
almosl every manufacture lh 'hls ""ui'-
Try is now under considerations
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Acting Mayor
pcnrcc requests the Associated PRESS TO
promulgato the following card from tne
county health officer "pho only TOW de-
cideI cases Of smallpox In this cliH nave
heen removed Al other suspicious ca ,,.,.'
nr0 b.inc tnkon 10 the pest house. Ihe
usotlo are being generally Vaeeihatcd''
NEW YORK -Jrhe new light draft gun
boat Annapolis WnS placed ~ oointn'5T, l,,
al the brooklyn navy y'fr1 ~ th' pt''-
once Of a large crowd OF spectators
KANSAS cITY-it Is almost certain
thai The ST. Louis ana san franeisen W.
ha running freight aud passenger 'r"I"'
INTO his city TINS Sc'''
opEII, Ill.-'I,yo men tried to hold IN
,hc cashier OF McWilllams' bank and rob
Il lint Cashier Van Buskirk showed ngnt
ana drove them out. a large nnmper OF
citizens followed tho men ana shpu Ply go
them. Numerous shots were htep' "'N "'
ono was Injured
KANSAS CfTY--A. 3. Nichols has sneh
his wife for divorce. naming Zen " bnr'
rcss a prominent cGb man. as corr,
spoudrnt ana has also entered hnlt ioI
sio1oo against burgess for alternating his
wife's affections
PANS Tho chamber Of dcputies by
vote of 5l7 10 uassch the direct TAX biil'
Los ANGELES Mrs. N. c. Greed hns
arrived at lkma. ME- shr re'nf, ,,i ,o e ,nr
III, estate OF the dead miner, except mat
she would claim about iwo-thrds OF mo
estate,
KNoXviLLE, Tenn.-,lThe Rockville
Free Street Fair and Trade Carnival.
w,hloh made such great success lasl ftil.
il 10 be repeated about INC FIRST OF INC
comiuf October,
MILES CITY, Mont--f4ilow, Hair ana
were arrested ~ accessories, with nngenp
Standing I'll, for the murder Of John
Hoover. broke jail hy diggins through an
eIgh' con-lnch wall
LOUISVILLE. Ey;-The Louisville Rlih-
mont. No schedule OF t.sets ald habit
ties Tho general hard times Is the only
cnuse of the Assignment given
IONDON--A dispatch from hon,ovideo
avs n twenty-five days armis,ice bctwoe
~. Insurgents and tho government
INNS hns heen signed. pending negotiA-
ulons for compromise.
BERldN-rhe rsichsanzelgcr publishes
a bulletin from bnpeIsr 'iIs'n nns
seiy'g eve shows thai the sight Is In no
sense impaired.
SAN FRANClsco-Aii the nags IN Tho
city arc at half mast as tribute 10 inc
laie Charles +. Croker,
curry or MENICO--Ths rev tariff in
No United states, which prohibits the I'm.
nortation OF lottery tickets will shut out
Mexican lotteries from considerable buti-
ness.
CRY or MExIco--It Is propcsed 70 re-
vfvc aha old concession for railway from
sss t,rnotos' 10 Mous.lley. which WAS Riven
TO some Mexican merchants IN Browns-
vile. Texas. many years ago,
PARIS The chamber q deputies voted
10 auihoslxe the establishment, q ipt.
roller c ~ shc sufferers by tho recent foods,
I.GNDoN--cap,ain Huntington, presi-
dent Of the Pacific Mail Hteamship com
pany. has had the rsgis,r ro ot lne nritaat,
shin China transferred i'"s'' ts'' s'f''ss"
10 the Hawaiian nag.
wAsIiINGToN-lTh sscrstafy q war
has desienaied Captain o a. Garter q
ssss s' y Gsiss s 'nsssss sss W. n