The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18
SHORT NEWS STOKES.

| LONDON-The new torpedo destroyer
| Crane had her private trial In Stoces bay.
| She made 80 40 knots per hour
| NEW YORK.-Rev. George d. Hough-
ton, pastor of the TRANSPORTATION, better
| known as the Little Church Around the
Corner" is dead
ST. LOUIS.-Mrs. Josephine Schillng.
| reputed to be the wealthiest woman in
| Port Gibson, Miss, and o. A. CassOn, also
| of that city. were married here.
| CDNCINNATI.--The International Asso-
| citation of Coupon Ticket Agents selected
| Detroit for the next meeting place in
September, 1898.
| MONTREAI-The story telegraphed
| from Quebec OF a terrible landslide on the
Duchesne RIVER and the loss of forty lives
turns out to be untrue.
NEW YORK<The Leather Betting Man
ufacturers' association held its annual
meeting at the Aston house and decided
on an advance of % per cent in the price
of betting
WASHINGTON-Th president has ap-
pointed f. w. Mondell of Wyoming as
sistant commissioner of the general land
office j. A. Fell postmaster at Hennes-
sey. o. 7.
RoME-The papal encyclical on the
subject of the Manitoba schools is not
YET completed and IL is authoritatively
stated that II will not be published for
ten days to come.
NEW YORK.-Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany,
wife of the head of the great jewelry firm,
is dead at home I'M this city, aged 81 Mr..
and Mrs. Tiffany celebrated their golden
wedding ON November 80 1891.
NEW YORK.-When the prize winners
began their walk-around at the horse
show the boxes were empty. The first tier
OF reserved seats was empty, too. except
mere and there were a sparse gathering.
NEW YORK.-Steiger, under the name
oil FRITZ Meyer, was convictAi of the muir
der OF the Policeman Dock Smith. who
attempted to arrest him while he was rob-
bling the .pocr box of the Church of the
Redemption last moDth.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--Robert Sims, coll
ored. was hanged at Jonesboro, Wash
inst ton county, Tenn Sims shot and killed
Waiter Galloway July 8 last. He recently
made confession.
LIMA, Peru.-The faInatical Inhabitants
Of Arpuepera, capital of the department
or the same name, are promoting meet
inss To protest against legalizing the civil
week. N
NEW YORK.-The last of the series of
strikes ordered within the last'Gtlaree
months by the Brotherhood of C,oaknak-
ers, has been called off. The strikers will
resume work Friday morng, having SCI
cured the desired concessions. FF
HANANA.A serious personal DISPUTE
having arisen between Senior Tubhrco
Bea, a PROMINENT reformist and Senior
Crespo. the Wen known conservative lead
the police get wind of 1t, and both men
have been arrested
WASHTNGnON.-On December tho
Interstate commerce commission will give
2 9, nearing to the railroads that have pc
tltiened for an extension of the time in
when 70 equip their freight cars and hco-
motives with automatic brakes and car
coupiers under the law of 1893.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-William Mayes.
who shot and killed c. d. Masseng.ld on
July Is In Sullivan county, was hanged
at Buntville- The murder took place ON |
the farm of the latter and but a short |
distance from his wife and three chill |
dren.
from Lima, Peru, says: President Piero,a |
who had, It is believed, recovered from
a recent attack of fever. has suffered a |
relapse and has been compelled to take
rious.
SANTA FE. N. Ms. M. Folsom.
former president of the Albuquerque Ma.
honal bank, serving five years sentence
N the Territorial penitentiary for falsi-
wing the published statements of the
bank. has been granted a full pardon by
he president.
WILMINGTON, N. CA special to
he Star says that Ed Purvis. a negro. |
Was hanged IN the jail yard at Lillington,
Blackmam white, flagman on the Allan.
nc Coast line, on the 18th of last August.
PGrvis confessed the crime.
CLEVELAND. Ohio.--A passenger train
'n the, me Gseyesand, Canton and Southern
'a ,r9ad was wrecked, The train was de-.
s Slien az the approach to the bridge over
Pettihone brook. Two passenger Goa chss
,,ohed oyer the embankmont into Inc
ntch. sixty persons We're aboard hut
'say three We're injured N"'
WICHITA, Kan.-George NJ. Hughes a,
AntrKado, l.. T., has arrived in Wichita
~ Z tr'p 10 secure 1000 colo.ists for tha
Wichita country, who are to settle In anS
i srss ths Wichita menntains before tae
arn OF January and by sheer persstencv
nd force CT Numbers compel is,nSrass
open tho country TO settlement. "
NEW YoRK-The first poIygamists ex.
,iuded under the existing .mn,,gratson
avs We're six Mohamnedans who had
..riNec on the steamer California, and
VINO We're arralgned before the speclai
r OF inquiry at the barge office here
inc lrnmisrants declared they believed IN
ne Koran. which tsaisliss poiygamy. thu
we're then ordered deported. es
DIED OF A BROKEN HEART.