The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-19
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

HOT SPRINGS Va The presidents Wall
here viii close Friday night Iht uaih WIZ
reach the capital N the evening
NEW YORK General W, w. kirkland
father ot Oaatts Tyier. the actress was stfloh-
en- with pafAiyfia IN restaurant IN tolS CITY
last SUNDAY morning.
WASHINGTON COMPLYING With the earn
est request OF members senator AVN uaS
Withdrawn niU icstgpatlon as chairman OF the
tndustUal commission.
htNNAglrA --'rne government OF Nicaragua
has published = defamation 10 the ehett t1it
t'e Mosuu.tU cUdst ia unuei the same laws
END dutics as the 1885, Oh tue stite
81 LOUIS The top ncor OF the hge story
building oCcupieu hy the NeWeoMn brpthets
wan and Paper company corner Locdst am
seventh stroets, WAS AGttel ny 'ie Loss
$4,000.
WICHITA. Kan Tho officers Of the trans
mississippi commercial conGtess. when Is 10
meet here May Oh. nave iuyited tresiaeAt Mc-
present.
WASHINGTON. Tine war department OH
Gals expect that within two months the va
enc transport neet VIII be on It's way nome
from Manila. with the last of the volunteer
regiments,
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Two iron furnaces
and 2uu coke ovens we're nut IN blast m tne
birmingham district this week. TEE plu.
cucton OF pig iron will be increased over 800
tons daily.
EAST TROY. Wis John +. Potter Of anti
slavery lame. and former consressnan'
oied IRON a paralyuc stroke. aged y years.
Mr. Potter WIS QUO OF the tounders OF the
republican party.
CHARLOTTE. n. {. ice Jackson, colorei.
was hanged here for rape commit d on a
Young white girl last September lie made
nve minute speech. protesting his Innocence
and sung q hymn.
ATLANTA. Ca Word was received here
that Major john A Logan, who Was re-
qpptiV nuelIOu OF ad1utEut
general Of the denartinert of the Cult has
resigned from the volunteer service.
DEApWOOD A vein ot ore carrying SlO,O0
IN tree gold has been discovered on ranch
near Custer CITY The vein Is II inches vide
ant has hcen discovered for distance OF 90
feoi but no sinking has been done yet.
WASHINGTON Letters received In this
city Indicate that Senator James Is. Jones Cf
A"kansGg, chairman az the democratic Ma
t,onal committee. hah peasant voyage
Hcross the Atlantic and that his health 10
uuch improved,
NEW YORK. The Mazet investigating COM
mission spent the greater part of the day ~
ar attempt to ahow tho respective bondns
interests OF tho city employees held by the
sG.callod Freedman and the so-called Plat
Surety companies
NATCuEz. Miss. The steamer Lulu prlnce
of the Natchos and Bayou Sara Packet COM
pany. struck snaE while maklLg laldipg t
First Pond, twenty miles below here. she
hoEau to MI RAPIDLY. Everything was re
moved from the boat
WAsHGNGTON. The difficulty which rose
NJ Manuos Brazil, last April, on the oecastod
OF the visit to that place OF the United States
cruiser Wilmington. which wao on voyage
OF exploration Of the Amazon, Is reported 10
b. triilng 10 character
CINCINNATI james Weaver colored,
assd II yenrs, confessed to having poisoned
his father, Woodson Weaver, and his halt
brother John Weaver. on Tuesday morning.
John died in few hours and Woodson has
stu chance for recovery
NEW YORK Tho congregation of the
First PRESBYTERIAN church met and sustained
their rastur. Rev. DR.. Antholy NJ. Evans
whom the boSrd OF directors, hsatei by Rus
sell Sage, sought to Gust lust because his
pastorate was not fully successful
ST LOUIS David l. Field. retired capt
talst shot and killed Robert w. Stratford,
hi negro man OF all work, in the vesthule
of his handsome residence, Stratford attempt
en- to assault his employer who had just dis
charged him for neglecting his work
PHILADELPHIA. The Phoenix Bridge
company, whose works are located at Phoe-
nlNvilc Pa was awarded the contract Tor
SIN additional steel bridges by the Russian
government for use on the great Transibo-
ran railway, which that government is build
iuR,
LOUISVILLE. Eugene Bezenah of Covlug-
ton and Tommy HoGan Of New York, boxed
twenty rounds Of the prettiost fighting ever
seen here. AZ the end OF ,he contest the
rteree declared tho bout draw Hogan :
face was covered with blood. while Bedenah
waG unmarked
PlTTsDURG The convention Of American
Foundrvmon elected tho following officers:
President ! S, Scamen Of Pttshurg score
tary John a Penton Of Detroit treasuIe,,
Howard Evans Of Phlladclphio: vice presi-
dent, Southern states, J, II Gouldon Of Co.
lumbus, Ga. Southwestern, W A. Musier
nalnH Texas.