The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-16
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

NEW yoRK-In letter to Tomas Estrada
Palma. General Gomez says no nus NV
changed his Headquarters
NEW oRLEANs--The constitutional con-
vention elected Lieutenant Governor snyoei
and Judge Nice. Laurison vice presidents
utDpLEsBoRo, Ky.--smalipox has been
declared epidemic. There are. twenty nine
cases All saloons and the pupiic sehoois a''
closed. an
FALLS CITY. Neb.--Jose lIoechech, who
numbered his wife near Humboldt, on the
night of December 4, 1897, hanged hinset III
| tho county jail,
| NEW oRLEANS--Judge Pardee has over
ruled all exceptions and the noted Inree
irrienas will be tried on the libel charging
her with nlibustering.
| VALPARAISO, Ind.-Frank Rosenoerger nc.
cldentally shot and killed Hays T. smart NJ
| the Normal school, with pistol winch was
| supposed to be unloaded
: BOSTON, Mass.--The house OF representa-,
| tives put a quietus on the attempt TO amend
| the constitution and give women the risn'
| of suffrage by a vote OF % TO A.
CHICAGo-The stockholders OF the ROCK
| Islnnd road have agreed on scheme for re-
funding the bonds of the road II pro!iues
for slOo, 900 900 in gold bonds at per cent
ST LoUIs-The Burlington route. com
mcncng on February ID. will inaugurate a
! line of tourist sleeping cars between 81. LOUIS
and Portland.
HOT. SPRINGS, Ark.--The first day. OF the
midwinter shooting tournament opened under
| most favorable auspices The weather was
beautiful and there was n large crown III AZ
tendance.
SHERIDAN. Mo.-The Farmers bank was
entered by burglars, who blew up the vault
with dynamite and got away with S2ioo IN
cash and $4,000 in drafts. me 9ui si'''
J crossed the line into Iowa ana escaped
a SAVANNAH, Ga-The private papers OF
Captaln o. NJ Carter are to pass in review
before the court martial now assembled mere,
! to try him for his alleged misdongs while
, stationed at Savannah
wAyERLY. ohio--While Abner Adams,
head sawyer for the Turner Sawmill COM
pany was engaged at the mill as usual. nc
, fell on the saw, with the result that his mead
was sawed squarely oil.
ST. LOUIs-Wm. NJ. Heath. manager o.
the Central Electric Express company oil TINS
CITY was found dying in Forest park from i
bullet wound in the head The young man
l was taken to the city hospital, where nc
I died.
BUFFALO. n. "a number of men. esti-
mated at between twenty and thirty, who
4 were fishing through the ice on Lake Erie
several miles up the lake. are believed tc
have lost their lives or are adrift on the Ice
, on the lake.
LaGrange. Ky.-Samuel Button. once
wealthy and prosperous farmer of Oldham
county, has been adjudged iunatlc ana sem
D to the Lakeland asylum. 1t Is believed ina
, his failure to get an appointment heiped u
bring on his insanity.
DENVER, Colo.--Maior S. X. Hooper is re
oeiving communications asking him to taxi
decisive steps towards paving the way So, ior -
grand patriotic demonstration in 1908, II
honor of the purchase OF Louisiana. of which
Colorado was n part.
/. NASHVILLE, Tenn Right Rev. G. T
e Quintard, Episcopal bishop of Tennessee. diet
suddenly. He was a chaplain in the Confyi
war and during his services he always devoted
much attention to the University of the South
r MEMPHIS, Tenn. The eighth annual meet