The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-23
SHORT MEMS STOKES.

KEY WEST, F'la.--The batteshp Maine
is keeping most ylgiiant lookont for Eli
busters and every vessel passing is put
into inqusltion.
| BUDA PEST.--In the lower house Of the
Hungarian parliament Premier Bauffy said
the government could not accept the reso
luton OF Francis hossuth for the manage
ment and establishment of an independent
Hungarian customs regime by January /.
1898,
COLUMBIA. S. C,-The Southern ex-
press officials are as reticent as ever about
the $4,000 robbery Sunday night They say
they are working on the case.
SAVANNAH. Ga.--About 100 negroes
Of Savannah held meeting to take actiol
with regard to resolutions passed by the
cotton exchange and board of trade last
Monday protesting against the appointment
OF negroes 10 Office here. Resolutions were
PASSED saying that the cotton exchange
resolutions were unjust and unfair
/ RICHMOND Va.-Rev. W. W Brown,
the president OF the Grand Fountain of
True Reiormers, the most powerful or
gani2atior among the colored people u
the South is dad in Washington City from
blood poisoning
/ NEW YORK.-The condition OF Mrs.
Darlington Booth who is dangerously III
With heart trouble. is unchanged.
! ASHEVILLE, N. C.-rhe corner stone
OF 4 monument to be erected to the memory
Of the late Senator Baird Vance was laid
On the square with Masonic ceremonies.
LupINGTON, Mich, Flint and pere
! Marquette railroad officials l0day signed
contract under which no labor excepting
members OF the American Federation Of
1 Labor viii be employed In the big transfer
depots here.
| MADRID.-rhe chamber will be dis
solved on January 20 next and the eloe-
I tons win be held on February 20. The date
for Resembling is April 10.
! LONDON The Mviroge Neurolski. pub
lished at St. Petersburg says that Emperor
| Williams attempt to occupy China is like
Napoeons attempt to conquer Mexico
| HAMBURG, Ark--There was recorded
/ in the clerks office here a deed or trust
given by the Mississippi River. Hamburg
| and Western Railroad company to the
! Colonial Trust company of New York CITY
! which foreShadows the early construction
OF the railroad named,
/ NOW YORK-Aruaur Maurice. ~ yaars
I OF age, a member of The New York Stock
! Exchange WAS found dead IN his room
/ IN The Hotel Wiuuhrop. II Is alleged that
mr.. Matrices nose WAS ltttcyed as if Ivy
! blow, and that there was a deep cut over
one OF his eyes
NEW YORK The diroators OF the Lake
! shore, the Can1Ilan southern and The
/ NJ e'liGAn Ctmtral railways have declared
! The regular seml-annual dividends on Inc
/ STOCKS or uaetr respective companies
| BUENOS AYRES-1lhe chamber of dep
| uiles has rejected the rethiiatory tariff
AGAINST the CnAtet States, which was sub
| nitted by the llnauce committee. nut
| ted to Increase the tariff on petroleum
| 3 per celtt in go,d.
! LONDON Richard Arthur Prince who
| aSsNssinated William Terrss, the actor.
was brought upM remand at the Bow
street court and was again remandcd
NEW YORK-Mayor-eie Van Wycl<
mas appointed Alfred DOwnes a newspa-
per man, to be his private secretary at
SALARY OF 5000 year.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Micarhe school
board of this CITY requires teut .aprs Ia re- !
/ tg9Nl from attending dances. parties and !
| other social entertainments held IN the
evening preceding the day in wtich school |
Us To De IL! session.
CHARLESTON, 5. C.--The annual han
! quet OF the New England society Of this |
| city was given az the Char. son @toie /
Iva, craft Of the evening was Asss aat
jus llce LnN.d j. Brewer, of the suptcme |
court OF the United States. He responded !
TO 'Forcfathers Day"
SlRINGFlELD H. 80 The supreme |
court upheld The cons.ltutionahty OF the !
new jury commission law.
NEW YORK-C p. Huntington has sod |
uhe 1o0-ton non steamship Morgan CITY.
ailq II viii sail with freight and passrr- |
Sers IN the course OF two or three weeks
for Seattle AND South Alaskan por.s
coNSTAN1lNOPLE - y number of
earthquakes have occurred around
smyrna, Asia Minor. Ssme persons have
been killed and many have heen Injured.
DOlsTMONI), Plrlssa--An explosion of
fire damp took place at the Kaiser Stuhl
sewes PIT, Eight corpscs have heen
nroNght 10 the surface. and seven men
living but severely injured. There IRE
five still missing,
ClilCAGo-The funer,m ceremonies over
me remains of Washington Hesng, ex-
P9slmaster of Chicago ard edltor-in-cAsef
81 the nun Staats Helung we've hold
at the CathtLsra! OF the Holy Name.
WILTON, Conn.--pavil r. Lambert
VINO was wounded by masked burglars
dead. -
PRESCOTT, Arz.-The fiercest snow
storm OF the season. which comnenced
sunday has been followed by "A cold vr,vn
grees
Los ANGELES. Ca,.-The orange ana
lemon crops OF Southern Capforgjs haVa
peen injured by frost during d Succession
OF cold nights The faet that ora ages
do not show the effect % the frsst NJ
rom two weeks 10 a month after tho ro9l
weather renders 1t hard 10 say how milc6G
they have been damaged
NORFOLK, Na.-The trial of John An
dersen, COCK of the schooner Cln,a
Rocker, for thc murder OF Mate s,nN
ds'is, was concluded and the case eiveo tn
ene jury A verdict Of guilty Is expected.
AMATEUR Editors Biz Edition.
WaNahachie, Texas, December s2-1'o