The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-26
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

trpaNoN. Mo.--Colonel VIM. Bryan
,rnira here TO an enthusiastic audience Oh
10000 people. 1000
ing the lynching OF the Slciilahs !"
have been received here.
sr t.oIjIs.-The Republic Iron ara S,, sa
comnany OF East ST. Louis inoiea go,
wages OF It's 1900 employees 10 per ee"'
WASHINGTON The supervisors VINO az IN
to have charge OF the takins W iii he named
Cuba. Porto RICO ana h""
soon. ..,,,iv
NApoI.EoN.-paniel Hane. was iust ,nt,g
killed by lightning. Eight otners, so otass Ind
n threshing gang, were knocked
two will probably die. -, m
KENovA w. ya.-Jessc Adams. aged Sv'
living on . tug In the river, killed ms wiz. Wiz,
aged "a and then killed nimse,l 'e''
Is given as the cause OF the Tragedy .
SAN FRANClSCo-The United states sh Can
nnyt Tartar mas sailed for Manila WIN oe ~
fautrv and a number OF recruits tor INC Amy
aboard.
ST CLOUD. MINI. James Harren OF Fee,
port and Miss Agnes Herzog OF Mi NV homs of
Instantly killed by lightning at the hohe VI
Miss Herzog The two were engaged 10 pe
married
MERIDIAN Miss. G. Tomiinson, super
intendent of motive power FOR the NeW III
leans. Vcksburg, Shrevepo,ii l,, an NV n switch
road was run over and killed py s"i'~"
engine. . x,,,,av
i,EApyILLE, Colo.-The Arkansas Vaiiey
smelter which has been closed since 1uis 40
on account of the disagreement pe'm No., ra-
workmen ana the managers. mas peeh re-
onened. Wages have been increased
NEW yORK.-The amalgamation oil the
,tenty-elcht large plumbing material manu-
factories OF the country has been perleeesu'
under the title of the Central fouhury coii
many vim a Capitalization of $l4, 0OO.OOO
wAyCRoss. Ga.-Mrs. II. G. Mock, her
con tfoe Nock) and Cora Smith. an orphan
girl, were drowned at Balls Bun; on tae sa-
tela river. two miles west Vi Mas' toSr
They were bathing ana got pesoHu '"e'
depth. 49,
WASHINGTON Two big battleshlps. the
Kearsarge and Kentucky. are now SO well
along toward completion that the contractors
have called for the eight-inch guns as theY
are about ready to put on the upper turre's
and mount the guns therein.
FORT GIBSON, 1. THE bodies of two
white men. supposed to have been father ana
son, have been found IN the prusn ny .u'
/ Tahleuuah road four miles from this place
! The names of the victims are not known Du'
/ IL Is stated that they were from Barton coun'
| ty, Mo.
| SANTA FEE. N M.--Samuel Ketchum. the
train robber recently arrested at Cimarron'
died at the penitentary OF blood poisoning
resulting from wound in the arm received
In the fight with the sheriff ana posse. ne
refused to make a statement. although he was
dying,
LOUISVILLE Ky,--The republican candi-
dates for state Offices had conference with
the executive committeeman: State treasurer
Long was selected as chairman of the cam
paign committee: Mr.. Taylor viii personally
manage his own campaign as the head of the
ticket.
ClNCINNATI.-St. Louis detectives arrested
John Connors in local shoe factory ant
charged him with murder. This is the las
arrest in a sensational murder case occurring
a YEAR ago In St Louis, when Charles
Brant, q stenographer, was held up by three
meI and shot to death.
CHICAGo.--Mrs. Augusta styles was this
evening declared by Jury not guilty of tbs
murder of her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Schultz The case has been on trial fol-
nearly a week and has been full of dramatic
episodes. Mrs. styles shot her mother be
cause the latter dlsparaged to Belle styles,
daughter of Mrs. Styles. "the character o.
her mother" When her daughter came tc
her with the stories. Mrs. Styles was frantic
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