The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-17
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

PAWNEE, o. T,--Johu Barclay and 10.
seph Brummel, convicted Of murder IN july,
l'Op, " Captain j. q. Poole, are to be
hanged February IL. Poole was shot white
attempting to arrest Brummel and Barclay
for horse stealing.
CHICAG0.-Chalrman Ebert e. Gary of
the United States steel corporation an
nounces the purchase Of the Union and
Shalon steel plants Of the Union steel
company, near Pittsburg, the transaction
involving bond issue Of $i5,OCD,OUO
GUTHRIE, o. THE Kansas City. Mex
leo and Orient railroad has just let the
! contract for tfty-siX miles of grade Work
In Oklahoma. This closes the gap in OKLA
1oma and gives grade from wichita,
Kan, 70 san Angelo, Texas
GUTHRIE, o. IA territorial charter
mas been secured by exMaycr Henry
Zeigenhelm and Peter j. Doerr, vice presi-
dent Of the Lafayette National bank of
81 Louis, for State bank at Falls, o. T..
the operation Of which is announced to be
gin January l.
CHICAGO.-Another contribution OF
SL0O00Q0 from John d. Rockefeller to the
1 University OF Chicago has been announced.
NEW YoRK.-The board Of aldermen has
voted S250OoO TO buy coal for the poor Of
the city.
.GALLIPoLIS, Ohio.-The Ohio river Is
I rising four Inches an hour.
PlTTSBURG, Pa River experts do not
eNpeCt more than sixteen or seventeen feet
4 to follow the rains and snow at hendwHter
points The shipments Of coal to the Suoth
Tuesday aggregated V,3350OO bushels.
NEW IoRK.--Advlces from Barranqui!a
! confirm the report Of the total wreck Of
the steamer Bogota in the Magdalena river
/ recently near III Banco, says a Herald
| dispatch from Colon. She had on board a
| LARGE force Of government soldiers, many
| Of whom were drowned. The details Of the
| disaster have been suppressed.
! NEW NORE.-Thc Americans CORE.
81 Gzt4la 4 I -.
King Of the Belgians, was leaving the royal
train ut the station 40 Labeu, two shots
were ured IT hin, although neither took
eucCr.
! has been given TO the eleven Cuban chill.
drcn who have arrived at the Point Iona
/ homestead aud whose case has attracted SO
/ much attention.
! PORTLAND. Orc.-trhe German school
! ship, uerZogeu Cecolia, which mas arrived
+ rldco, has broken the record, the best
/ previous record being sevcuty-si1 days.
/ NEW understanding with what The
/ doctors believe to be hydrophobia, caused
! by a scratch on the wrist by a pet Maltese
! cat, IhOmls klsegS, an engineer IN Que of
! the big downtown buildings, is dying In
! Bellevue hospital.
! ALEXANDRIA. LATHE Rapides opera
House gompan{, win a capital Of S3oWQ;
/ put mp a modern aud up to date thcHtcr.
/ BALTIMORE Details OF the plan by
/ which q local syndicate VIII supply Mon
4 teT"y, MtAlcu, with modern trolley sys.
! tenn nave been completed. The Monterey
| Electric Railway company, with a capitul
! OF $lo0o'ooo IN gold, bonds and bona
| been announced, viii be organized.
/ GALENA, ILL., Senator Joseph w. Bailey
! az leNas mas accepted mn invitation of the
! Grant h!tth0ay association ot Galena to
| denver tIe annual address at the colebra-
! tton April ~
| MEMPHIS Tenn. The flood situation in
| western Tennessee and Northern Missis-
| slppi j. Stii grave aud but few OF the rail-
, the oysrhows.
BLOOMINGTON, uL-The bank at clar.
! Gnce' ih Ford county was opened by rob
| perS ana 5000 taken.
PoTTSNlLLE Pa-Miniug operations In
! the ochu' kul regions are seriously aaln-
/ prrcd by the heavy rains which have flll.p
! almost continually since sunday, half
! the eoherlts are expected to suspend.
! NlENNA.-E Eighteen Gyps,os who wcrs
| tn'amped at hlUscy, near Arud, Huuga v,
! have irogsn 10 dcgth, Many persons IN
/ glhcr parts Of the country also have met
| ae.tn as result OF the intensely cid
| woathcr
/ INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.-The auditing com.
mitiec Of the United Mine Workers com
. ., 'gu It's Investigation Of tire books OF See
Itt.N wilson for tue third quartz, aud
- rucd until the drst Monday after
Cl,ismas,
NEW YoRK.--Aftcr repe ted postpone
mcnts the PENIS lydnla road tunnel frtn.
hise aud the New rk and New rsey
tunnel franchise were passed by the board
! II aldermen
FORT LEE, n. by the expl sion OF n
gas tank the residence Of John PudugNl
was d m tshed, his 1--WE children Instantly
MI ed and his wife rlously iuju cd Tie
explosion took place, her right arm almost
torn from her body.