The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-09
sHoRr NEWS STORIES.


cAIRo-Fire destroyed $4,000 worth OF
n,oncrtv. Including tho rev Baptist chnfcn
aud annex,
wAstilNuToN- South American
commercial tourists paid their first H,Hl
! 10 the National capital.
NASHVILLE DeIogntos are arriving 70
a,tand the convention of tho Southern
League OF Master plumbers
pDSToN. Mnss-Thc convention OF ~.
uotcl Mems Mutual Benefit association VIII
hn held next year I'm New Orleans
pARlS-M. Paul Casimir- Pcricr, nenatoi
,,n,n mo department OF the Seine ihlo'euit
and nuclr OF tho PRECEDENT Is deau'
HpRrIN- Andrew d white. the new
,r,ti,1d etntes Ambassador to Germany, nc.
companied by his family. have a'rN'u
hore
pIqvrspURG. Evan, botier known
asa "Eph" Morris OK champion oafshAh ol
the United isutes, is dead OF eohHol"p-
ton.
ST. LOUIS Supreme Dictator Mnliiga IN
Of New York presided at the session Vi Wv
snnremc lodge knights of Honor Ia s,S-
sion here.
urbana Ohio-In mn interview Sheriff
ucI.ain ,akes the responsibility for tho
retirement of the militia on tho mofnlnb "
tho lynching'
LIMA. poriI-Tbe steamer Santiago. from
Panama. which arrived In port at caliao.
hna been ordered quarantined, having yo-
low fever on board.
KEW yORK--A case wGa begun before
a Justice court which involves the haoll'V
Of sleeping car companies Tor moneys
stolen from passengers.
KANSAS CITY Mo--rhc southwestern
Winter wheat Millers' association. 'm-
braning all miil.rs ih the entire suu'h"es''
began TWO days session.
yIENNA-rhc strike Of the street raw
way employees. which has Involved All the
lines IN the city, was settled by tue com
pnnios making large concessions to the
strlkors,
HARRISBURG, Pa.---Tho senate poshes
finally the bill which has already gone
through the house. taxing unnsturali7ed
adult males employed In the state cents
a day.
KANSAS CITY--N and I'd Baker. keep.
ers N a dynamite" bucket shop In kansas
CITY. Kan, who were last week tried on
the charge OF gambling, have been dis
charged
MUNiClI-Lghtning struck a powder
factory situated about three miles from
RosenhcIm. exploding 1900 pounds OF ssn
powder. Great damage was done. but there
WIS no Ices Of life.
DENVER. Coio--Thc Rront number OF
favorable responses now received daily as
sures an immense attendance to the Inter-
national gold mining convention which VIII
meet here July Z.
NEW YoRK--There were number OF
disturbances between walking delegates OF
tho striking tailors and proprlctors OF shops
whose employees II was sought TO bring out
but nothing serious occurred.
DETROIT, Mich. Grand Potentate iar-
risou Dlpgmau and the imperial council OF
Mystic ghriners were escorted 10 Masonic
Tenipie and formally welcomed 10 Detroit
by Mayor Maybury'
WAgHINGTON--rh tenth annual con-
yeution OF the National association OF To-
cal agents Ia In session, here. There were
1870 delegates present from all OF the prom
inont cities east OF Denver
BOSTON. Mass.-More than three score
men have recently deserted from the war.
shire New York and Massachusetts,. To-
eetb4r with the twenty-eight VINO ieft mo
Texas while she WAS here last week.
owENsBoRo. KS, Jerome smeathers.
his wife and seven children were noisoned
at Ycivington, this county, with paris
green. One child II reported dead Two
dying, and possibly none VIII recover.
AsHEyILLE. N. c.-The Injunction
case OF the Southern Railway company vs.,
Governor Russell. Attorney General Wall
ser aud the president and directors Of ~