The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-08
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

RUCHAREST-The Roumanlan cablne
has resigned.
CINCINNATI-Cinci w,nners Lad,
irone. Van Antwerp, San Juan, Sim W
BANGK OK Tho king of Siam hn
stswed on his visit to Europe and tht
United States.
COLUMBUS. Chio-Willam Haas. IN,
Cinc!nnau murderer. has been respitec
until April 81
BERL1N-Dr. Won stephan. imper.o
| secretary of state for the postal depart
ment. IL dead.
HEfLlN-Tho reichstag uaanImousl,
Passed tho commercial code en- bloc. annie
cheers from those present
NEW YoRK-Ed Neustndt & Co, floul
The liabilities ara estimated at 100000.
NEW YORt<-The royernlng committee
Of the New FORK exchange has voted 10
close the exchange on Good Frldaf. April
II.
, DETROIT .t T.; N.hc FIR r; Nqg ri pc,
sent the concern $1,000 from Detroit dur
ing March.
CHICAGO-Four thousand men Were
forced out of employment by the closing
Of tha works Of the Illinois Steal company
at South Chicago.
LONDON Information has been re-
ceiycl hero of the loss at sea az The Dan
lsh lark cara. The crew landee AT ST.
PORE. Martinique
CoLUMBUs. ohio-The State prohibit
pon convention nominated j. c. holli3av
fer governor. Economic questions were
rot mentionod in The platform.
ANN ARBOR. Mlch.-Dr Jnnie, Z; An
gan is considering The use Of his name
as a candid1le for minister TO Td'key'
MACON. Ga.-Charles Reid Instantly
ahot and Killed l., w. Halsteai. Tie cause
of the killing was an anslilt oltfred III"
wife of Mr. Rcil AT a circus performance,
hal a I'M.
Der of high Chilean Officers haze hee i
suspended and will be courinartialed
They lr- accused of serious bresches of
discipline.
n drastic measure INTENDED TO pre;ent inc
fraudulent salo of foreign mat ana
cheese, passed As second teaiins IN the
aoGti Of commons.
BOSTQN-Tho New England Associated
press. branch of The United Press, has
bers and clients have joined tie A.iso-
oiated Press in body.
WICK aRURG, Miss.-The VALLEY Route
shops at th.s place have shut down tenn
po'irily. Several hundred men are Idle N
CONSEQUENCE. The shut down . tie resuA
OF the high water situation
BUENos AYRlls-It is nsporthd here
tLoops under General Arrhio, The gov
einni~at WILL send reinforcement,
PIERRE. s. D.-AdYices from MORGAN
riy ar country are 10 the Greet nat loss
Of cattle in that section during the past
winter has been 10 and ~ per cont. Inc
storms have been severe on stock.
BALTIMDRE-Th most brilliant social
evont Of the season in THIS cry was tre
wedding of Miss Caroline Gary, '!aiighter
OF the nostnnstcr general, to frencls ri-
ward Pegrnm. at Crown Memorial churcf
BALTIMoRE-By the VIII of the late
Mics WJnfred Martin, who dih az tne
Hotel AliamDnt on April !, neary. II hol
quite 100000 . bedueathed TO var Gus
Cathol Q churches and charities N Mary
land and California.
TORONTO Can.-Iiundre1s Of unfm.
ployed work lngmcn gathered In part OF
he parliament building and asked The
Op,1r.o cover lnnit to provide york Tor
them so they could keep their wives ana
children from Starvation.
PITrSBURG Pa.--SeVcnteen Of twenty
e'pht pudding furnaces at A. ii. Iyers
rolling mill closed down by strike OF
puldlers against reduction 81 30 cente
iti ton In the pudding rste. have been
started with non-union men.
LONDON--The Pars corras pondent OF
the Times says tho reports Thai the GEAR
will visit France and that NJ. Faure will
visit ST. Petersburg are stiil Kept up. de-