The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-06
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

TUsCoN. Arlz.-Frank L. Donne colicc-
tor OF Unit states cu toms NJ the port or
Nog les. died of typhoid fever puon'
mcuiH.
LEXINGTON Ky.-A Jury was secured
Friday 10 try claude q Brlcn OF Memphis
charged with comnlct In the murder OF
McrCh MT a. r., CHM, Octobcr II last
BEUFORT, $. c. The bark Oliver r. mr.
low whlrh was stranded sunday nigat.
broke to pieces Thursday night The cook
was killed Ivy % failing mast and anotl
man hrd his back broken. rive ~ the
crew were rescued.
AURORA, In-Thc rcm6ins " Miss Kate
II esctt. the act cSs. who w,s Killed last
Monday by Barry Johustouc the actor ar
rived here Friday.
NEWPORT NEWS. Vs1hc terrible
storm Of wind aud rain was tho most de-
strucuyc known ~ Hamilton Raads for
some time. one llfc was lest aud nuner
ous boats have been torn loose from their
iuoorIngs and bcachcd
Ia JUNTA. Colo.--A message from the
II ] =" ranch saws thn' II posse overlook
the three men who rohhcd the Carlton post
Office saturday and later shot sheriff Tote
ard killed one Of the robbers horses. The
men escaped.
RICHMOND. va.-The lin IN the house
~ delegates making an approximation oi
$4,000 for the purpose Of securing an rN
hbit ~ VirEiria's natural ma mauuiho
turod products at the Lonisian Purchase
Exposition ST. Louis WAS reported.
BOsToN.-A local pnper publishes an IN
terSiew with cx.Goycrnor uogg on the iu-
turc of the Texas oil fields. lie says
100000 barrels are In sight
/ NEW ORLEANS The report OF the
state pension bonrd shows that there are
1914 cX-Confcderatc soldiers ou the pension
rolls IN Louisiana.
GUTHlE, Okla Announcement is made
that the republican territorial chairman
will issue tomorrow n call fol a republican
Statehood convention
GRAND RAPIDS, Mlch.-A syndlcatc,
made M largely OF Michigan capitalists,
has purchased a tract Of cypress timber
land between New Orleans and Hammond
La, with an estimated stumpagc Of ioO'
10000 feet
BOSTON. After unusually 'ong periods OF
calm. mild weather, spirited storm from
the gulf brought grim winter 10 New Eng
land with great suddeuuchs and, for inc
FIRST tlmc this season. covered the entire
region with eight inches Of snow
BAKER CITY, orc.--An immense snow
slide occurred at Cornucopin Two miners
were killed and an immense amount OF
damage done.
mo JANEIRO DIR Prudcnte Jose De
Mores the hrst president ~ Brazil, dled
on Wednesday IN Pindnmonhangaha state
OF Sac Pablo.
POCATELLO. Idaho Three masked men
entered the Eagle gambling rooms Thurs
day night aud robbed the place OF about
$1,000. Two Of the men advanced with
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there were not less than thirty-hvc men.
LoNDON.--In connection with the prohl-
hition Of the importation Of cattle from
New England, veterinary experts here as
sert that the foot and mouth disease Is 80
contagious that cattlemen themselves nave
carried the Infection from one Scotch or
English town to another
NEW YORK ~ william Henry Welsh,
travelling passenger agent Of the New York
Central railroad, is dead OF Yonkers from
a tumor on lhe brain. BE was With Custer
In the Indian campaigns
KNOXVILLE, TENN. G. McCarter, a
Sewer county school teacher, was bound
over TO the Federal grand jury 10 answer
the charge OF counterfeiting.
SAVANNAH, Ga-The long trestle on
the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad on
the Satilla river was washed away and dc
stroyed by the food
FULTON. KY. G. LortOn OF Chicago
has been appointed superintendent OF this
Tennessee division Of the Illinois Central
railway. with headquarters here succeed
ing G. A. Clark, who becomes general man
ager Of the Tennessee Central.