The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-15
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

LONDON George Hamilton, tina
secretary Of state for India. az a result Of
his Invitation on September 8 for tenders
for India bills payable In six and twelve
months at tho option OF the holders, 10
the amount Of E2.50o.oo0. has accepted
tenders at E97 IS 30. payable in 4 year,
PARISH great dock strike Is imminent
at Havrc In consequence OF refusal by the
employers TO grant an increase In wages.
I4oNDoN--T Paris correspondent Of
the Daily Graphic says that NJ. Jules CAM
appointed French ambassador to Great
Britain IN succession to Baron do courcei.
who presented his letters OF recall to Queen
Victoria Mt Windsor last March.
SAN FRANCiSC0--A party Of Southern
Pasihc officials has departed for Mexico
for an inspection trip over the Sonora rail.
road aud II 10 rumored that their inspection
of the property Is TO be followed by the
transfer OF the road by the Santa Fe 10 the
Southern Pacific company,
WASHINGTON. Tho total length Of the
worlds telegraph systcm has now reached
$.aOs. Del miles. exclusive az 1so, $40 miles OF
submarine rables. or ths Europe has L.
76t.7so miles; Asia slo.6sh, Africa ea.4i0:
Australia 2i7,47s, and America a,ri6.5as.
NASHVILLE. Tenn International
Association OF Police and Telegraph Super
intcndeuts is iu annual session.
NOW YoRK,--Thc National board OF
steam navigation held It's twcnty-sixth an.
nual meeting In tho Fifth Avenue hotel
Tho executive committee recommended that
congress should be asked to pass a law
making uniform regulations regarding the
height OF bridges above navigable rivers
aud the longth Of spans. The board APP
proved this recommendation.
/. tu,xs
record OF fast time WAS mado on the Mis-
souri Pacific whcpta new engine Just from
the roads own Thnns made the remarkable
speed OF siSty-eiRht miles an hour between
here and SedalIa. The speed was only kept
up for n short time.
SAVANNAH. Ga.---Tho wrock Of tho
schooner Agnes l. Grace. which sank Au-
gust bwith four ten-ton guns for the Fort
Tybec Notifications on board, was located
twenty miles southenst OF Tybee sea buoy,
The deck was sounded In search OF the
gums. but they were not on board.
BALriMORE,- SarSh Randall dIcd
Tuesday on the eve of her 1854 annlver-
sary from the effects of paralytic atrokc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Judge Slack has do
cidcd the Angus Craven case In favor OF the
plsintiffs. the heirs OF tho late Senator
Fair
BRUSSELS. --carlotta. cx-emprcss Of
Mexico, Is son dangerously III that her
death Ia feared nj any moment.
CHICAGO. Juror JohrLJs. ron1pr. whose
Illness caused an adjournmcn OF the Lieut.
CERT murder trial until Wednesday, In
much Improved and W. his physicians
say. DO able To attend Wednesdays sea-
sion. Luetgcrt spent quiet day in Jail.
NEW YORK---Robcrt Fitsrinmons, Tho
pugilist. has been arrested on warrant
secured by Howard J. Patterson Patterson
has been acting az coachman for the MI.
gilist. Inst Friday F'itzslmmons discharge,
the ooachman A quarrel followed md
Patterson claims FttzslmmonA assaulted
him. Patterson has also sued tho pugilisi
for $4,000 damages.
MTDDLETOWN. N, UT Ia now rub
lioly stated that Elsie s.. Hnrtmans horse,
had been poisoned before she went TO tho
post In which she was defeated by Marcus
Dalcy's Limerick.
LITTLE ROCK - Governor Jones has
comniubtod to life Imprisonment the death
sentence upon William Charles. colored,
convicted OF criminal assault upon Susan
Howell IN Columbia county,
MiLWAUkEB-Tbo ninth annual con
vention Of the National Life Underwriters
association meets horo Wednesday.
PHiLADTLPIiIA.-Th fiftieth anniver-
sary OF the golden jubilee of the great
council OF the Improved Order Of Red Men
formally began oft the Continental hotel
with tho only open session OF the conven-
ton. There were 1871 dcIegaics present,
representing every State In the Union ex-
cept Mississippi.