The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-21
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

eiioNi NIINS NIUNtES,
WASHiNGToN--Th wero ,.-, ,.,,.
visitors at the White House judge pay
| OF canton, ono the special envoy of Ha-
yama' called. but did not, see the presl-
| iesentatives Bland of Missouri Foss Of
M o!s and McClcary OF MINNESOTA were
| amoag the oallers.
p sUo,fH cI L93T; M. Mea.A tran on the
Way struck a vehicle and Instantly killed
| Hurry Clark aud Mss Sarah Fisher OF
IpslAn,i who was visiting friends here.
! being badly crushed.
/ III T.LPHiA, Pa.-The iuhico'oe
| .biation OF the silver anniversary of
Archh'shcp Patrick J. Ryan began this
exercises until rrisy evening next.
CHICAGO, ll.-Thoush a grave had
hssn cus, N kosehll cemetery for tbs
body OF Leo w. Daniels, The read estate
| Thursday of last week from the efiect OF
y, bullet wound the body Was not buried,
| Murder Is suspected by relatives and
| post norton.
SAN FRANCISco-The trial of the only
| remai3ing ssre on the Fair case has been
| legun. Instead of contest over the
| whole estate. and a struggle for $4,000 900
It is night for sl.ooo. OOo the case having
| narrowed down TO a legal battle over the
| TWO pieces OF rtNil estate which Mrs. Net
| ne NiIN M says SENATOR lN3lf convened
| to her by pencl deeds a few weeks prior
| to his dcsth
! SAN Minister Wing Tu
Fan and al but two of his suite left last
night for Wash ngton They travel In re-
gal style Pullman sleeper being spe.
| c.ally reserved for the minister aud his
| suite and ca tourist sleeper for his serv-
ants a special baggage. csr has been
get apart The allowance u l2c0O pounds.
| but that amount will be exceeded.
| WASHINGToN-The presence on the
tioor OF the senate OF the republican sub
eomm!ttoe Of the selate finance commits
tee which is engaged n preparing the
| tarfi bin was made the bass Of much
speculation, rhe members Of the comniit
tee were closeted for time with Senator
Vest of the den.ocrnte side Of the finance
committee and nfterward held individual
! con- erpuces with other senators on both
sides OF the chamber
| WASHINGTON-Amo the nominations
sent TO the senate today We're postmastcrs
for Texas: Cameron, Thomas a. Pore,
Beaumont, James y. Armstrong.
COLu MBUs. ohco-Wlll!om Haas, for
the murder of Mrs. william Brsder and
W.llam WHEY. for the murder Of his
wife, were eiectrocuted here.
TALI.AfiA SSEE. Fla.-The first ballot
for United States senator to succeed Gail
resg ID ogs eS All e. en- pS ", ali
Chlplcv s, Hocher ., Rurford 3.
CITY OF MEXlCo-Thc senate has
pc .en the resolution ratfying the treaty
with England regarding the boundary be-
tween 5a,Nico and the colony of Belize
| WASHINGTON-Th United States gov
cinmemt WEI not support the demand Tor
! indfmr'tN upon the BRUSH goNerhsneh.
by Edward ivory. who was for some tine
in PRISON IN London under suspicion OF be-
ing concerned in dynamite plot.
LIMA. Peru--The Ch.iau and Peruvian
delegates TO the conference oil the az
vsory board OF commercial museums
which will ,e held in Philadelphia IN June,
will leave Tor the United States by the
} s,cdmcr Loa SAILING from Cal.do ON
| May II.
! INDIANAroL1s-Am Rusie stated
positively tina. he lad signed New York
coutrect and had forwarded IL TO Fres.deh
| Freedman on Monday. Rusf VIII leave
for New York wednesday morning
NEW YORK-Jm Watts, the. i.ouis.Xllc
negro mode poor showing w.th 10" wal
colt at the broadway Athletic club. beng
| handicapped by weak legs
T,oNE-'rhe ltalian Geographicai society
| has received news OF the safety OF tn" 80
| tego cXpcdA. ion. reported TO nave been ue7
s;r1Yed 10y the Abyssmians-
! NEWCASTLE. Pa.-But l!t.lo interest
! WAS taken n the election of congressman
in the Twenty-ffth district ani showa.-
Iter QSep) was elected by Soou maJor''y
oyer Hoffman uOem).
! HARRISBURG. pa.-The board OF par
| doms has recommenlei the eshtnut''aloi
OF the death sentence imposed upon JahlNs
| h. Gentry for the murder OF the acunss'
! Nldgc Yorke, to imprisonment Tor re
/ C;ovarnor Hastings. Il is sad. VIII approve
! tn recommendation.
| CAPE TOWN-Coell Rhodes reception
| here on his return from England was III
| the nature of an ovation.
CAPE TOWS-The TransVaal republic
! has sent six agents to Durham port OF
the colony. to watch the movement VI
British warshlps.
| PHiLAbEl PIN A-BNly Vernon of Ia.
varstraw n V, was knocked out In tho
| fourteenth round by Leslie Pierce OF
| camden at the olympic Athletic club at
Athens. Pa Vernon WIS knocked sense
less and at q late hour showed no signs
of rev.v!ng IT Is feared he viii not livs
through the night. Pierce was placed
under arrest.
rived In port from Hampton Roads. The
squadron Is TO take par IN the navhi
parade next Tuesday, when Grants ,ou'b
is Dedicated.
''e;erars held meeting in the ltotel
Marlborough TO perfect arrhngemfhts ior
participating in the Grant parade ines-
Gay.
INDIANAPOLIS, nd.-The supreme as
ecmnlv of the Uniform Rank knights Of
Pythlas met here
CHICAGO Municipal elections were
held throughout Illinois reports feeeiN1i
irdleate tina. party lines were not SHARPLY
drawn. . T.,
OMAHA, Neb.--The public Interest IN
the municipal election was silIht and nne
vote was remarkably small ~ '"In
were not sharply drawn, FRANK ".
Nooros, republican, Is elected mayor by
small ma jority.
"a ~ CATO a beautiful cuban woman
aTout 20 years OF age. was mys'er'ohsi6
"b1t and seriously wounded
Confessed Murder and hobhcrS'
Montreal April 3O.Eph Kelly confessed
to the murder OF Cashier stickney at SOM
ellsworth. n. II. lie admitted that lie tom-
mitted both murder and robbery, and says
he had no accomplish.