The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-15
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

NEW YORk-The steamship Saale will
take out 2s5.Ct0 ounces OF silver
QUINCY, llL--The BARLOW corn planter
S SSFk7 closed today with liabilities Of 49,
SING SING, N. Y.-Howard A. Scott
was eIec,rocuted for the murder of his
wife.
cnIcAGo-rhe order of Free Sons Of
Israel selected Baltimore as the place of
the session In iSS.
LONDoN-sir Henry Irving unveiled
the statue to Mrs. Sarah Scott Siddons,
| the famous English actress.
DUBUQUE. Iow1I-lt has been shown
| by experiments at many places in Iowa
chat hog cholera can be cured.
| NIl3NNA-Charlotte Wolter. the TRACE
diennc, at Gre time known as the '.trlge-
| DIV queen of Germany" is dead.
| WAsHIN3ToN-T senate confirmed
| John +. Convey OF Washington 10 be con-
| sui general at kanagawa, japan.
NEW YORK-The following Houston
ians are AZ the st. Denis. j. w. Gleason.
NJ Mclaughlin, John Foley and NJ.
Hackett.
NAsaVILLE-About $50 members Of the
| Greek Latin society, liarpa Alpha, are
| atterd'nG Tie biennial convention now in
session in this city.
SAN FRANCTsCo-The British ship
Kinkora was wrecked on Clipperton reef
Part of the crew are still there Six Of
the men have reached Acapulco.
LoUISVILLE-The republican State
eG9Tenion rnd to nomna e9nd h. d f9F
called to meet August 10 in This city.
MANSFIELD. Ohio--The Lutheran syn.
oil aid hard and much work. The board
of supplies was discontinued and its work
VIII be doH by the dis strict synods.
PITTSBURCi--rhe Junior order of Amer
lean Mechanics has taken possession of
Pit:sburs. The twenty-ninfh annual SEES
sion Of the Nint3onal convention begins
Tuesday.
,-r-,,, <,onr- H., .o.,, ,..> ,o,,,,,,t,
ted suicide in the vestihule Of Calvary
Episcopai church Saturday afternoon has
been positively identified as Mrs. JOSE
phine Dur:at.
ial commissioner OF dissatisfied stock
holders. saws that his European trip con
vincoi him that the COMPANY can be rcor-
Ganiz@d and the government debt paid.
RICHMOND, Inl.-The southbound eX-
press on the Grand Rapids and lndiaha
ra1 was dHchrd by spreading rails ar
Stone Station. Engineer David Kramer
was killed and several trainmen received
Injuries
NEW YoRK-The Herald says: The
Afro American community N New York
Is stirred up 9ytc NE recent og'ereakSs
iect is being discussed.
SAN FRANCISCO-The Pacific Mail
Steamship city of Para brought the de-
tails of the loss in midocear of the Brit
ish shin 3nciShurst, burned nj sea. Only
three of the awenty-two men COMPOSING
the crew were rescued.
MII.WA KEI1-Repor,s from various
PARTS of Wisconsin show an extresne d..
gree. OF heat. the average besng In the
neiehborhood of 100 In the shade Five
builders working on school huil'i'hs
were Frustrated by tte heat
PARASITIC newspapers of this city
to asssasslnrate President Fnure yester-
day was esther Il practical joke or, the act
of mailman and that the so-called out
body,
.LAPoRTM. d:-Patriel: Luncheon,
the wealthiest land owner In North indi-
ana, is dead aged 70. He lived with MS
brother. both being b1eheors. ulid'r the
same roof thirty yei~s without sIeaking'
dying With the silence u1hrukea HIS iof-
tune is estimated a. about si00l,Oeo
CINCINNATI--Iphn Van Heest ana
Eugene Resipdh fought twenty rounds to
I, draw al The Kenton. Athletic club N
advantage
NEW NoRK-The bout between Dick
O'lcien of Boston ana Fred Lang of In
Ganapolis was stopped by the police after
Observation-Disclosures fourteenth annual
readirstment OF CONSULTATION and sara,
ries Of presidential postofhces has been
comrleicd and the changes given out az
the postofhce department Brennan ana
Ennis were RELOCATED from second 10 thlfa
| clase; Meridian from third 10 fourth
Ash ~ lille, n. c.-Ihe newspaper
mon In President McKinley's party we're
denied admission by the English keeper
to George Vanderbilt palace near here
The president refused 10 yialt the place
unless the ocder was Withdrawn. This
was promptly done and the mansion IN
spected.
Those wishing to get rid of rheumatism
should try bottle Of Elmer a. Amends
Prescription No. 2S5l. e. +. Schmidt.
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