The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-05
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LONDON-1'hc Globe this afternoon
says that a rumor is current In tho city
that serious disturbances have taken
| WAStl1NGTON--The annual dinner
Igiven TO the members Of the supreme coui.,
| ny Presiesni and Mrs. Cleveland tool,
place at the White House
TRENTON, N. 1.-The American Coffee
company, with a capital stock OF 100000,
al paid in, was Incorporated here In ghe
office of the secretary OF state
TRENTON, n. 1.-The Trenton Swings
chancery TO 6oreclose a mortgages Of slbcj
| on cA-Mayor McGowan's handsome rAsi-
| dence.
OTTAWA--The liberals gained two seats
IN the elections Tor the hcJse Of commons
| IN three oalario const. tuancies. which hsld
| been declared vacant by the courts, owing
| to corrupt practices.
| WASliINGToN-rh senate committed
on military affairs decided unanimously
| To-Day to report favorahly the nomination
| OF Colonel j. Nj. Wilson to be CHIEF OF
engineurs in the army.
| PitONIDENcE, Il. 1.-The curtaiImonu
oil the PRODUCTION OF cotton win begin to-
morrow al the mills of the a. -. and r..
| Knight compaay, the Quitneck company
and The Crom,on company.
| LONDON--A dispatch from Rome savs
Audience tomorrow to Prince Henry dor
leans, who Is in that city making active
prepada,ions for his expedition 10 Abys-
siniI-
CALUMET, Mich.-The bodies of two
missing minors who were imprisoned IN
| the Tamarack mine have been round
Heating IN the water at tho bottom of lie
shaft The fro is cut hut The mine IL
| Sun fun of gas and smoke.
! ST. LOlfIS--Tho Will of Thomas Il. Turn
| er OF Normany. ST. Louis county, who died
| In New Orleans, was probated at CLAYTON
ARD letters tustameniNfy on the estate
t, rms a.s.f NFnIf. Ffs.Ft
op0,OM.
LoNDoN-A dispatch to the Times from
! Bei'lIl says tlint the conservative party
| has elected Herr Won LcNctzow, former
/ president of the rcfchs'ae, as party lcaacr
/ T. the place Of Baron Won Mnntuecl. who
/ has been elocted president Of the Brandon-
/ burg diet.
DENVER. Colo.-The state supreme
court has ordered chat peremptory writ
o. prohibition Issue, commanding the dis-
/ lrict court OF Lake county to DISMISS the
! case az iinSt the officers of tho Lcaivllle
Miners union. indicted foA murder, upon
a ilolle prose-
NEW YoRk--The correspondent of the
! Herald IN Guayaquil, Ecuador tclrsraphs
/ that Colopcl Nicholqn Lopez. chief OF nr-
| tillery stationed at Quito was shot In
| the breast and Instantly Killed by Colonel
! Enrique Mariot, delegate 20 the Ma
tional convention.
! WESTINGHOUSE Lamont gave
a dinner at his residence, his guests le-
| ing the vice president Speaker Reed, Son
alors sherman, Cameron, lodgA Hale
Chandler. Alflfich. Gr8y, Carter. Murphy
Smith and Brce, General Mics and Rep
resentatiye McMlllin.
LDNDoN-A dispatch to the Standard
! from PANS says: Two sergcants and four
| urivates connected wth the Alpine Chas-
aeurs IN charge of the mail between Seez
and Mont Nalcncan. lost in the recent
blizzard. are supposed 10 have persisted
| h the line OF duty during the storm.
| "a a. M
the cria ser Brooklyn rose almost two feet
out 81 tho waaers of the Delaware today
as the resul; of The Hghtsring process
tnow hcing carried on She will piobably
| be able to take advantage of the food tide
tomorrow and make the trip up the river
WASHINGTON--Th squadron OF Adj
mtral BGnce has sailed from Hampton
Roads 10 begin a now get of maneuycrs
and drills. the most interesting feature Of
which win be amock h.ockade of the port
at Charleston. $. c.. reproducing In Some
measure the conditions existing there dur
INK the late wat.
NEW YORI<-C'ommissionc Blanchard
Of the Joint Traffic association denies in
toto the report from Chicago concerning
the disruption of thai body, owing TO the
alleged dissatisfaction of the Grand
Trunk, Wabash. Big Four, Lake Shore.
Glover Leaf and other lines over the
traffic percentages
CHICAGO-A special to the Chronicle
from Denver. colo. says: Colorado sin,ut-
ors have entered into u combine ugs,lne
the lead trust of New York The Weet-
EN- combination VIII now ship their pro-
importation Of Iced by the trust and the
payment of cent IA pound duty
LONDON-In the libel SUIT brought by
Rev. George Brooks. a former Methodist
preacher. against the st. James GdHctte,
asking for $4,000 damages on grounds sttn- |
liar to the recent action which he brough ut !
aeai,9st Henry Lapouehere editor of
Truth. n verdict was rendered in favor |
OF the 81. james Gazette WITH costs.
SAN FRANCISCO-The supreme court |
of California has rendered no decision on |
The appeal of Theodore Durrhnti found |
guntv of the murder OF blanche Lamont |
twcntY-one months ago. MAny attorneys |
believe that the court VIII grant Durrnnt |
a new trial 1t rs said a dccision VIII not |
be handoi down before the end oil the |
year.
WAsHINGToN--John C. Carlisle sec
rotary of the treasury, has been retained |
as leading counsel Tor homer anu l.alol-
of about 10000 acres Of land on the lake |
front In Chicago. The iend which i'enner |
and Lafollotte seek 10 get, patented 70 |
them for a Song Is estimated to be worth |
not less Than sl6.0oOop
Ora V ElsEND, EHg.--The British steam |
or Duke of Buckingham, from Brisbane, |
ronortss having been In collision last even.
transport line steimer Mohawk Captain |
Gates from New York on January g for
London. where sne arrived ,odny' me
Stih iNh poi' w" - ~ - - ~
inpham were damaged and sho was Leak
Ing.
HASTINGS, Neb.-Poli.ics crcpi into the
last days session of the beet ssiglr con-
ventlon in the form ~ r"iol" ion d.
clarsng dhe State morally bound to pay
the bounty earned on sugar by State fac
tories durnc the rasi lWu yCArf. :hr
resolution was finally adoprAl. The state
assoc.a-ion DECIDED 10 reoFganze as a
mombcr of the American sugar atomet9
society.
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