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SATURDAY,
GALVESTON TRIBUNE:
JULY' 4, 1896.
3
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POLITICAL NEWS.
THE MAKING OF PENS.
BICYCLE FOR 25c.
THE
CHARM OF COLOR IN AFRICA.
For
►So
On
Extraordinary Drawing
PAVEMENT PARAGRAPHS.
Tuesday,
JULY 14,1896.
FIRST BALE.
9
5632 Prizes, Aggregating $574,880.00.
PERSONAL POINTS.
Price of Tickets:
Wants--Too Late to Classify.
TRY THE
BIDS WANTED—
COTTON.
A GIANT RACE. .
For their Next Drawing—
CAPTURED A SHARK.
July 15, ’96.
VISITORS’ GUIDE.
and
Fu-
ex-
..1 00 @1 50
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a
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gross ..
, gross
2%@ 2%
2 @ 2%
4 @ iy2
3 @ 3%
3 @ 3V2
jer cent;
%per cent; silver, 31%d; con-
the
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a
to
I have somewhere seen it observed that
we should make the same use of a book
that the bee does of a flower; she steals
sweets from it, but does not injure it.—
Colton.
The speaker of the house of commons, in
state ceremonials, stands next to the bar-
ons and is immediately followed by the
commissioner of the great seal
i all those
gushed ths
Domingo
Lottery
PAN-AMERICAN
LOTTERY
The Largest Distribution of
any Company in the World.
Concho,
Leona,
Comal,
Twentieths . SOa
Fortieths. . . 25a
Nueces,
Lampasas,
Alamo.
Yester-
day.
3 19-32
3 25-32
3 29-32
4
4%
4 7-16
! CAPITAL PRIZE? ' -
I__(U. S. CURRENCY.)
CAPITAL PRIZE, $32,000.00
Tickets, $2, $1, 50c, 25c.
Capital Prize
$160,000.
One in Every 10 Tickets
Bound to be a Winner.
CAPITAL PRIZE,
$20,000.
R. P. SARGENT & CO.,
2203 Mechanic Street,
Gsnsral Swand-M Dealers
THERE ARE ONLY
60,000
—---TICKETS.
Killed by a Heron.
Lycett of
Net receipts ........
From other ports .
Gross receipts ....
Exports—
Great Britain ....
France ............
Continent .........
Channel ..........
Total foreign......
New York ........
Morgan City .....
North by rail ....
Total coastwise ..
Local consumption
Total exports, etc .
Stock ...............
Mississippians are called ‘1 Tadpoles, ” the
ancient Heraldic device of Franca being
“three toads erect saltant.”
Much in Little
Is especially true of Hood’s Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contained so great curative power in
so small space. They are a whole medicine
Yester-
day.
3.57-58
3.55-56b
3.51-52b
3.44b
3.40-41b
3.39-40a
3.39b
3.39- 40a
3.40- 41
3.41- 42
3.42- 43b
Waiting; For Their Riders.
“In residence streets,” said a stroller,
“one may often see bicyclists coming out
of areas with their bicycles, sometimes
down from front doors, preparatory to a
• spin, but I got the other day, looking in
at an open basement window of a big
apartment house up town, a new idea of
the number of bicycles th^t may be housed
under one roof, for there stood a row of
bicycles, side by side and close together,
like horses in their stalls.”—New York
Sun.
2%@ 2%
2
2%@ 2%
2
Wholes .... $10 Tenths.....$1
Halves .... $5 ~
Fifths.. ... $2
Bids must be sealed and left at the office
of the Wharf company.
JNO. E. BAILY,
Secretary.
FOUR NICE COOL UNFURNISHED
Rooms for rent. Apply
BA TH AVENUE DRUG STORE, 25th & L.
SELECT ROOMS IN PRIVATE HOUSE,
suitable for gentlemen; bath, etc.
2627 Broadway.
Bales.
.. 437
.. 151
Adowe & Lobit,
BANKERS
And Commission Merchants.
Massachusetts Deweys.
“It would seem,” says the Boston Trav-
eller, “as if the bench of Massachusetts had
fairly reveled in Deweys,ifor do loss than
four of the same name have sat at one
time or another either on the supreme or
superior court bench since 1814. The first
one was Daniel Dewey, who held office for
a year on the supreme court bench. Then
came Charles Augustus Dewey, appointed
in 1837, dying in office in 1866. Francis
Henshaw Dewey was appointed to the su-
perior court in 1869 and resigned in 1881,
and Justin Dewey, now on the same bench,
was appointed in 1886. Thero are, there-
fore, today two Judge Deweys in this com-
monwealth.”
Galveston.
July 25
July 24
July 8
July 23
July 13
July "24
July 13
July 9
July 3
ROYAL SPANISH
Lottery Co.
(OF AMERICA)
Decided by the Favorably and
Well Known
ROYAL SPANISH LOTTERY
I THE OLD RELIABLE
Mexican Lottery,
Beneficeacia Publisa of the City of Mexico. *
1,348,561
304,189
1,487
7,041
65
312,782
4,591
1,663,934
10,747
A Fighting Editor.
Of Mr. Hamber, a former editor of The
Standard, the following story is told in
Mr. T. H. S. Escott’s book, “Platform,
Press, Politics and Play:”
“One instance of Tom Hamber’s short
way with aggressors I myself beheld. He
had driven down with Mrs. Hamber to the
office, leaving her in a cab for a few min-
utes to complete his business inside. While
he was away the driver addressed, her in
tones she did not like.
“ ‘Tom,’ she said, when her husband
reappeared, ‘ this man has spoken imperti-
nently. ’ x
“ ‘Get down from your perch at once,’
said the journalist to the jehu. The man,
with a coarse oath, descended.
“Hamber boxed first one ear, then the
other. When the driver squared up to
him, the Tory organ’s militant chief sci-
entifically slipped a right and left into his
opponent, polishing him off very neatly.
So(I have heard from others who saw it,
ho annihilated an abusive bargee at Hen-
ley some three decades ago.”—Strand
Magazine.
DRAWING
JULY 7, 1896.
LOUIS MARX,
Th.0 Slad.dev Wort.
One of the most curious enemies of Brit-
ish fresh water is a small floating water
reed—the’bladder wort. Along its branches
are a number of small green vesicles or
bladders, which, being furnished with tiny
jaws, seize upon yie little fish, which are
assimilated into its substance. This is a
subtle poacher, the true character of which
has only lately been detected.
F. L. BIXLER & BRO.,
CONTRACTORS AND
BUILDERS.
Houses erected on the installment plan.
Estimates furnished for all classes of work.
4 03 Tremont St., Galveston.
change, bankers’ sixties, $4.8714J commer-
cial, $4.86%@4.87; reichmarks, 95%; francs,
bankers’ sixties, 5.17%@5.16%; commercial
sixties, 5.18%@5.17%.
New Orleans, La., July 4.—Sterling ex-
change, commercial sixties, $4.86%@4.87%;
francs, commercial sixties, 5.18%; New
York sight bankers’, $1.50 premium; com-
mercial, 50c premium.
London, July 4.—iBank rate, 2 per cent;
street rate, %pe'r cent; silver, 31% 2;
sols, 113 9-16.
Atonic Dyspepsia.
The ultimate cause of atonic dyspepsia
is constitutional depression. It may bo
due to overwork, and especially to pro-
longed worry. Sometimes the dyspepsia
is the first manifestation of tubercular
poisoning. Again, there seems to be an
inherent failure of the digestive organs.
Once established, dyspepsia is, in turn, the
cause of loss of strength, of mental inertia
and visceral weakness. Some degree of
simple anaemia is almost inevitable. The
exciting cause may be an illness of any
kind, the excessive use of tea, coffee or
other beverages, the lack of proper food,
some error in habits of eating. Often it
is not discoverable. —New York Ledger.
More Steel Used For Them Than
Guns, Swords and Needles.
“Do you know anything about pens?”
asked a Nassau street stationer the other
morning. “I thought you didn’t. Now,
let me tell you something about the me-
tallic pen that you never "dreamed of. It
requires the finest kind of steel to make a
really first class pen. I have been over-
hauling records and find that a greater
quantity of steel is used annually in the
penmaking business than in all the gun,
sword and needle manufactories of the
world. The recent popularity of the type-
writer has, of course, diminished the use
of pens, but the output is enormous never-
theless.
“In Birmingham, England, there are a
number of pen manufactories that turn
out a total of 150,000,000 pens every work-
ing week. The majority of the workers
are women, and the wages, while low, help
to make Birmingham a notable seat of in-
dustry. To make 1,000,000 pens a full ton
of steel is required. There is really so
much work about the manufacture of a
pen that it is surprising that they sell as
cheap as they do, but, as I have said, the
production is so great that it is a profitable
business. Pens have been in use a whole
century now, but 40 years ago, when they
took the place of quills as the popular ink
spreader, it was one of the secrets of the
age how that slit was made in the pen.
Those employed in that particular branch
of the work were obliged to record an oath
that they would not reveal the secret of
that slit cutting process.
‘ ‘ The secret became an open one, though,
in the natural course of events, and soon
almost every interested person knew that
the slit was made with a pair of scissors
fixed in a press. Men perform the initial
work on a pen. That is .to say, they roll
out the steel to the proper thickness. The
women then take hold, cutting the steel
into strips as wide as two pens are long.
Presses do the cutting for the women.
The steel when it leaves the presses is
shaped like a pen, but is flat. The forms,
made by these presses are then put into a
red hot furnace, and when thoroughly
heated are taken out and permitted to cool
slowly. This process makes them soft.
Then the women use fast presses that ham-
mer the points as well as stamp the name
of the manufacturer.
“This done, the pens are heated again,
and, while still hot, are cast into oil. They
are much harder, but dirty and greasy
when taken out. To clean aud whiten
they they are then boiled in water to which’
soda has been added. The next step is to
place them in a cylinder which revolves
over gas jets. This turns them blue. A
number of other minor ..details, and the
pen is packed and ready for the market.
Whether it be the rich or the poor man’s
pen, the mode of manufacture is alike.”—
New York Mail and Express.
Sargent Transfer and Storage
30 Years in business and reliable.
Transfers and Stores all kinds Light and
Heavy Merchandise. Safes, Machinery and
Household Goods a specialty.
Parties about to leave can have ole xn ail
reliable storage for their goods.
54203 Mechanic Street.
PHONE 464...
FOR ALL KINDS
Vegetables, Poultry,
Fruit, Home-Made Candy, eta
ffltTES BROS., 21st hst.Miit.ani P. 0.
FREE DELIVERY.
PRENDERGAST’S
I .... corker.
A new and handsomely equipped bar is now
open to the public with the finest stock or
Imported Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Headquarters for the celebrated
Anheuser-Busch Beer.
JAS. PRENDERGAST, Pronr.
A Difference In Terms.
“Is it true that the O’Tooles and Mackil-
lums no longer speak?”
“Yes. Mrs. O’Toole had a brush with
her neighobr. ’ ’
“I beard that it was a broom. ’’—Detroit
Free Press.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES AND
VAULTS. A stock always on hand.
Hood’s
chest, always ready, al-
ways efficient, always sat-
isfactory; prevent a cold
or fever, cure all liver ills,
Hick-headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25c.
fr he only Pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
WITH EVERY 25c WORTH OF
Jackson Square,
Searchlight or
El Belmont Cigars
you stand a chance of getting the beautiful
ALUMINUM BICYCLE.
Choice of lady’s or gentleman’s wheel,
exhibition in window.
E. Samuels, Tobacconist,
306 TREMONT STREET.
$60,000.00. |
TICKETS-Wlieles, $4; Halves, $2; Quarters, $1; Eighths, 50c; Sixteenths, 25c.
EEWARE OF IMITATIONS—See that your tickets are signed U. Bassetti,
Manager, and A. Castillo, Intervenor, as no others are genuine.
Next Drawing, July 23d, 1896.
The Girl and the Cork.
“Women haven’t much conscience,” said
a business man; “girls haven’t, anyway.
We have a girl typewriter in our office who
keeps me worried to death about a cork.
There is a large bottle of benzine in the
office to clean the machines with, and the
other day a benzine odor arose so pervad-
ing that I went to the bottle to see what
was the matter. The cork was gone. I
searched for it in vain, and then asked
that wicked typewriter girl if she knew
anything about it.”
“ ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘I took it. I wanted
a cork to put in my tonic bottle.’
“ ‘Well, but, Miss Madge, the benzine
is escaping all over the office, and we can’t
stand it.’
“ ‘I can’t help it,’ she remarked. ‘I had
to have a cork for my tonic bottle.’
“What could I do? I had to send the
porter out to get another cork, and, do you
know, in a few clhy'S that graceless girl lost
her tonic cork again and again took the
cork from that benzine bottle? It seems
mean to fight a girl about a cork, but if
she does it a third time I’ll make her go
out and buy some corks for the office.
She needs education in principle.”—In-
dianapolis Journal.
AS TIO B'R/YAIN.
Chicago, III., July 4.—The movement
among the silver forces to agree upon ex-
Congressman Bryan of Nebraska .for
temporary chairman has received a back
set on account .of the fact that "Bryan’s
seat in the convention is contested. The
silver leaders are making an investiga-
tion of his chances in the contest. If satis-
fied that Bryan will not be disturbed in
his seat, he will be chosen 'by the silver
men,, but if there should appear any doubt
of his being seated they will take some
one else.
Powdered Fluor Spar Helps X Kays.
Professor Winkelmann and Dr. Straubel
of the University of Jena have succeeded
in discovering a new method of photo-
graphing with Roentgen rays by which
the length of exposure is reduced from 10
to 15 minutes to only a few seconds. The
method is based on a conversion of the X
rays into rays of other undulations by
means of fluor spar crystal. If the Roent-
.gen rays are allowed to fall upon a photo-
graphic plate, the sensitized film of which
is turned away from them and covered
with fluor spar, the rays, after passing the
film, will be absorbed by the fluor spar
and there undergo the modification spoken
of. The new rays now act upon the pho-
tographic plate, and indeed much more
strongly than did the Roentgen rays on
passing through. As large fluor spar
plates are to be had with difficulty powder
of the same crystal was tried in their place,
and as this succeeded nothing stands in
the way of the further application of the
method. The new rays emitted by the
fluor spar were minutely examined by the
discoverers. They succeeded in determin-
ing the frangibility, and from this the
length of the undulations. The rays lie
far beyond the ultra violet end of the visi-
ble spectrum.—London News.
A Warmth and Richness of Tone One Can
Find Nowhere Else.
Though I must admit that South Af-
rica, taken as a whole, offers far less to
attract the lover of natural beauty than
does southern or western Europe or the
Pacific states of North America, there are
two kinds of charm which it possesses in
a high degree. One is that of color. Mo-
notonous as the landscapes often are, there
is a warmth and richness of tone about
them which fills and delights the eye. One
sees comparatively little of that pale gray
limestone which so often gives a hard and
chilling aspect to the scenery of the lower
ridges of the Alps and of large parts of
the coaasts of the Mediterranean. In Af-
rica even the gray granite has a deeper
tone than these limestones, and it is fre-
quently covered by red and yellow lichens
of wonderful beauty.
The dark basalts and porphyries which
occur in so many places, the rich red tint
which the surface of the sandstone rocks
so often takes under the scorching sun,
give great depth of tone to the landscape,
and, though the flood of midday sunshine
is almost overpowering, the lights of
morning and evening touching the moun-
tains with every shade of rose and crimson
and violet, are indescribably beautiful. It
is in these morning and evening hours
that the charm of the pure, dry air is spe-
cially felt. Mountains 50 or 60 miles away
stand out clearly enough to enable all the
wealth of their color and all the delicacy
of their outlines to be perceived, and the
eye realizes, by the exquisitely fine change
of color tinge between the nearer and the
more distant ranges, the immensity and
the harmony of t’he landscape.
Europeans may think that the continu-
ous profusion of sunlight during most of
the year may become wearisome. I was
not long enough in the country to find it
so, and I notice that those who have lived
for a few years in South Africa declare
they prefer that continuous profusion to
the murky skies of Britain or Holland or
north Germany. But even if the fine
weather which prevails for eight months
in the year be somewhat monotonous,
there is compensation in the extraordinary
brilliancy of the atmospheric effects
throughout the rainy season and especial-
ly in its first weeks.
During nine days which I spent in the
Transvaal at that season, when several
thunderstorms occurred almost every day,
the combinations of sunshine, lightning
and cloud, and the symphonies—if the ex-
pression may be permitted—of light and
shade and color which their changeful
play produced in the sky and on the earth,
were more various and more wonderful
than a whole year would-furnish forth for
enjoyment in most parts of Europe.
The peacock is found in a wild state in
India, Ceylon, Madagascar and many other
parts of Asia and Africa*
Sight Drafts on. London, Paris, Stockholm,
Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort and Berlin.
There is no doubt that there are particu-
lar moods of mind, aspects of feeling or of
life, that can be adequately expressed only
by particular kinds of music.—W. Knight'.
Our brigadier generals receive a salary
if $5,500 each.
Playmates.
Pastor—Do you ever play with bad little
boys, Johnny?
Johnny—Yes, sir.
Pastor—I’m surprised, Johnny! Why
don’t you play with good little boys?
Johnny—Their mammas won’t let ’em.
—London Tit-Bits.
J. N. Sawyer & Co.,
Agents, Galveston.
Sole Agent,
GALVESTON, - - TEXAS.
For circulars and particulars apply to
B. W. LeCOMPTE, Sole Agent.
Offices 315 Tremont St., Galveston, Tex.
Last
season.
1,656,212
1,656,4$)
810,46b
212,413
325,679
J. A. Neill of Waldo arrived this morn-
ing.
J. E. Wallis and family leave tonight for
Buffalo, N. Y.
C. T. Goode and wife of Shreveport are
at the Beach.
R. T. Curry and wife of Shreveport are
the guests of the Beach.
Matt Van Lear, a commercial tourist of
Shreveport, is in the city.
Ike Dreyfus, a merchant of Shreveport,
is registered at the Grand.
Dan Wallis goes to Chicago tonight en
route to the Thousand Islands.
B. D. Gray, a prominent farmer of
Shreveport, is among the excursionists.
P. S. Wetterman, a banker of Nacog-
doches, and his wife are registered at the
Beach.
‘Mrs. E. Van den Linde left for St. Jo-
seph,- Mo., this morning to visit her
daughter.
Wm. Bremer, Ben Bremer and Miss
Edith Bremer of Ballinger are guests of
the Grand.
C. A. Gaines, W. L. Bell and N. N.
Windsor, three attorneys of Shreveport,
are registered at the Grand.
WALLIS, LANDES&Co.
Cotton Factors
AND WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Liberal advances made on bills lading on
cotton in hand. Minimum charges and faith-
ful services guaranteed. Stencils, shipping
blanks and daily quotations furnished on,
application. Correspondence solicited.
Salt Glazed Stoneware.
The Albany Times-Union says: “Few of
the many Albanians who daily handle the
salt glazed stoneware jugs and crocks in
Common use today know that the cradle
of industry in America was here in our
own city and that the pioneer of this in-
dustry, on this side of the Atlantic, was
Paul Cushman, grandfather of the genial
Colonel Harry C. Cushman, so well known
to the present generation of Albanians.
Paul Cushman was of sturdy Puritan
stock, his ancestors having been among
those who chartered the Mayflower and
established the colony' of Plymouth, in
Massachusetts. Mr. Cushman came to Al-
bany at an early age, and in 1806 estab-
lished here the first pottery where decora-
tive ware was made on the western conti-
nent.. Before the establishment of Mr.
CushYhan’s pottery all decorated stoneware
was brought from England and Holland.
Mr. Cushman brought over some expert
Dutch potters and commenced the manu-
facture of ornamental stoneware. Many
pieces of his ware, decorated with finely
cut designs in vine work and more elabo-
rate devices, are still in existence. These
pieces are now of great vaiue and, indeed,
can scarcely be purchased at any price. A
number of them are still retained in the
Cushman family, where they are highij
prized as family relics.”
LOINS MARX,
GALVESTON, TEXAS-
The Poets.
First Poet—Heard a neat compliment
on your stuff about the “Daffodils” yester-
day.
Second Poet—Indeed?
.“Yes. Fellow asked ma if I wrote it.”—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
“Never marry into a shawl family,” was
the advice given by a lady to her sons, and
vary good advice it was. The habitual use
of a shawl means either that a woman is
already delicate or is surely making herself
so. __________
Consumption, LaGrlppe, Pneumonia and
all Throat and Lung diseases are cured
by Shiloh’s Cure. For sale by J. J.
Schott.
Easy Test.
“I don’t see how you design
lovely suits for little boys, ’ ’ g
enthusiastic woman.
“It is easy enough,” said the ladies and
children’s tailor. “I try them on my own
boy. If the suit makes him utterly miser-
able, I know I have scored another success
with the mot . jts. ”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
sixties, buying $4.85, selling $4.99; New
York sight, buying %c discount; selling %a
premium, New York sight, buying %c dis-
count: selling %c premium. American sil-
ver, buying, %c discount, selling at par.
New York, N. Y., 'July 4.—Sterling ex-
LOUIS MARX,
Sole Agetit, Galveston, Tex.
Karl’s Clover Root Tea Is a sure cure
for Headache ana nervous diseases.
Nothing relieves so quickly. For sale by
J. J. Schott.
Markets.
Ship Chandlers,
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
T. L. CROSS & CD. Have in stock a full
raoHKUKKaKsnrasi assortment of goods
in their line, including Beef and Pork, which,
they are offering low to the trade and to
consumers. Cor. Center and Strand.
LOCAL GRAIN RECEIPTS.
Corn received today: By I. and G. N., 1
car.
Oats received, today: By I. and G. N., 1
car.
in 1 to 5 days. 5
f Qnarantesd '
F not to stricture.
Prevents coatsgion.
LtheEvahsChemicalCo.
^CINCIHNATI.O.J
U. S. A,
The Royal Spanish Lottery Co. of
Madrid is the only company in ex-
istence that distributes 8057 prizes
in only 60,000 tickets, or in other
words, about 5000 more prizes than
any other Lottery, or
1 PRIZE IN EVERY 7.
What Did He Expect?
“Galatea,” pouted Pygmalion after
little family unpleasantness, “you are a
cold, hard hearted woman.”
“You must remember, sir,” retorted
Mrs. Pygmalion loftily, “that I come of a,
marble hearted family.”—Washington
Times.
E. Lycett of Atlanta writes that he
has in his possession a Greek cameo show-
ing how a hunter was fatally mutilated by
a captured heron 4,000 years ago. A trac-
ing of the cameo whioh he sent shows a
Greek carrying a heron, which must have
measured over six feet in height, by one
leg over his shoulder.
The bird had probably been stunned by
the cudgel which the man carried. On re-
covering the bird found itself being car-
ried, and, craftily waiting until it got over
being dizzy, struck the man with such
vigor as to kill him at the first blow. The
bird probably escaped..—Now York Sun.
CLEiVEDAND’S PICTURE.
ChteaigO', Ill., July 4.—A picture of
President Cleveland that surmounted two
pictures of Senators Hill and Murphy in
New York’s head quarters andwas pointed
■to proudly yesterday, as the only patriotic
■ display of Clev eland’s face, was missing
this morning, and in its place hung a pic-
ture of ex-G-ov. Flower. Inquiries as to
the whereabouts of the picture called
forth the explanation th-at the “string was
weak,” and they were afraid it would fall.
NlOITElS.
Rockdale, Tex.—-!C. H. Coffield, presi-
dent of the First national 'bank, is off for
Chicago as a delegate to the national
Democratc convention. He favors free
silver.
Tyler, Tex.—A. G. M'dlwaine, John M.
Duncan, iH. B. Marsh and ‘Horace Chil-
ton, delegates to the national Democratic
convention, have gone to Chicago.
Austin, Tex.—The following have gone
to Chicago as delegates to the Democrat-
ic convention: J. iS. Hogg, Jeff Johnson,
A. S. Burleson, R. IM. Swearingen, J. H.
Robertson, R. A. Pleasants and Dr.
Parker. Louis Wortham goes as a fiele-
gate from the sound money Democratic
convention.
Chicago, Ill.—iThe gold Democrats held
their first conference, at which it was
unanimously agreed that the nomination
of a free silver ticket will lose the east.
How Three Stalwart Americans Created a
Mild Sensation In England.
The friends of Dr. McVickar never tiro
of telling an adventure the good doctor
had in the spring of 1883, when he went
to Europe with the late Dr. Phillips Brooks
and. Mr. Robinson, the builder of Boston’s
Trinity church. Mr. Robinson stands 6
feet 2 inches in his stockings. Dr. Mc-
Vickai? measures 6 feet 4 inches, and Dr.
Brooks exceeded 6 feet in height. While
at Leeds they went to hear a lecturer ad-
dress the workingmen on “America and
Americans.” The lecturer stated that
Americans were, as a rule, very short in
stature, and seldom, if ever, rose to the
height of 5 feet 10 inches. In fact, they
were a race of pygmies. He did not know
to what cause to attribute that fact, but he
wished that he’ could" present examples.
Dr. Brooks rose to his feet and stretched
his immense frame to the utmost, as he
said:
“I am an American. I do not exceed
the average American in stature or in
weight, and I sincerely hope if there is any
other representative of my country present
he will vouch for the truthfulness of my
remarks.”
In a foment Mr. Robinses arose and
said in a stentorian voice:
“I am an American and am 6 feet 2
inches tall and am just below the average
height of my countrymen. If there be any
other American here, I hope he will cor-
roborate me. ’ ’
By this time the house was in a jolly
humor. Waiting until the excitement
could abate in some degree and the lecturer
regain control of his nerves, Dr. McViokar
arose, drew his form to its full height and
exclaimed:
“I am an Amer”—
But he got no further, for the audience
was in convulsions.—Philadelphia Record.
Mallory s‘eaXsh^
(New York and Texas Steamship Oo )
Buran Gateton and New York
FLEET—TEXAS SERVICE:
San Marcos,
Colorado,
Rio Grandh,
Leave Galveston for New York every SAT-
URDAY (direct) and every WEDNESDAY
(calling at Key West). Freight received
daily. Insurance at lowest rates.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS unsur-
passed. A delightful sail to New York. State-
rooms reserved in advance.
C. H. Mallory &"Co.,
Gen. Ag’ts, New York.
GOV. MdClOIRKLE AlRIRIVElS.
Chicago, Ill., July 4.—>Gov. McUoTkle,
whose name has been listed among the
possibilities for second place on the tick-
et, was one of the new arrivals. He.
comes as onlooker, having no official con-
nection with the convention.
Of the vice presidential possibility
I governor spoke modestly, saying: “I
in no sense a candidate for the vice presi-
dential nomination.”
Points of Interest to Visitors
How to Reach. Them,
THE BEACH.
Finest surf on the American coast.
Beautiful drive and wheelman’s course 30
miles long. Cars at 21st and Market and
others labeled “Beach hotel” running on
Mechanic and 25th, go direct to the Beach
lawn, bath houses, Olympia and bicycle
track.
THE BAY.
Galveston bay for fishing, boating,
cursions to Bolivar and the jetties. Foot
of 23d street, opposite Union depot, foot
of 22d and foot of 21st, principal slips for
taking pleasure boats. View of shipping-,
elevators, etc, all along the bay front.
THE JETTIES.
The jetties may be viewed from pleasure
boats on the bay, excursions running at
all hours of the day., and mode of con-
struction may be examined at 9th and bay
shore (in rear of the John Sealy hospital).
Take East Market cars, get off at 9th and
go north.
TYPICAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Ball high school (gift of George Ball),
between 21st and 22d and Winnie (or G)
and H, opposite Central park Short walk
from business center or beach, Broadway,
Winnie or avenue L cars. Rosenberg
school (gift of Henry Rosenberg), 11th, be-
tween Winnie and H, opposite Sidney
Sherman park. Winnie cars, leaving 22d
and Market.
MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Medical branch university of Texas,
Strand, betv/een 9th and 10th. John Sealy
(city) hospital (gift of John Sealy), oppo-
site, between 8th and 9th East Market
cars, get off at 10th and go north. In same
neighborhood, St, Mary’s infirmary, 8th
and Market East Market cars.
BROADWAY.
Backbone of ffialveston, running east
and west through the city, double width
street, contains many handsome resi-
dences. Take East Broadway or West
Broadway cars, leaving 21st and Market.
West Broadway cars pass by cemeteries
and Woollam’s lake on to Denver Resur-
vey.
FOSTOFFICE LINE.
Leaves Center and Postoffice every 20
minutes, passing many beautiful resi-
dences and lawns in the western portion
of the city, now rapidly building up, pass-
ing close to Woollam.’s lake and to the
beach.
PAVED STREETS.
Following are the paved streets:
Strand, 17th to 25th; Mechanic, 20th to
25th; Market, 19th to 33d; Postoffice, 20th
to 25th; Church, 21st to 24th; H, 23d to 39th;
I 11th to 23d; O, 23d to 40th; 21st, bay to
Postoffice; 22d, bay to Church; Tremont or
23d bav to gulf; avenues H, I and O are
the favorite tracks for wheelmen, being
smoothly paved with wood blocks;, they
are connected by the wood pavement on
Tremont street.
FACTORY DISTRICT.
West Market cars lead out to the fac-
tory and mill district, past cotton com-
presses and other industrial establish-
ments. Among the leading factories are:
The rope mill, Winnie, between 36th and
37th; bagging factory, Winnie, between
38th and 39th; new brewery (under con-
struction>33d and Postoffice; cotton mills,
Winnie, between 40th and 41st.
And Found In Its Capacious Maw a Paper
Addressed to Himself.
“One afternoon, when we were in the In-
dian ocean,” said the captain, “I noticed
a shark swimming round the ship, and I
didn’t like it a bit. You know tha super-
stition to the effect that a following shark
presages the death of; one of the ship’s
company. He sailed round us all the next
day and the next after that, and I deter-
mined to catch him an Ji quell my uneasi-
ness. We baited a hook, and after a short;
time captured and kflled^him. Then we
cut him up. Do you know what we found
in that shark’s inside? No? Well, a news-
paper unopened, and it will surprise you,
as it did me, when I tell you that it was
addressed to me.”
A shout of great laughter went up from
the captain’s audience, who winked at
each other unblushingly. He, however,
took all the bantering in good part, and
when the jeers were ended he said:
“Now, gentlemen, I’ll tell you how it
happened. I found that my children had
been skylarking the day before in the
cabin. They found among the mass of
reading that had been brought aboard
some unopened newspapers addressed to
me. They had been throwing these news-
papers at each other, and one of them went
out of the porthole. The shark saw it, of
course, and gobbled it down, and that was
how it happened. Now, gentlemen, judge
for yourselves the truth of iny story.”—
London Answers.
GALVESTON STATEMENT.
This
season.
.....926,415
..... 1,520
.....927,935
.......436,474
........ 95,480
.......162,024
....... 2.610
.......696,588
.......207,234
......... 2,566
Other U. S. ports ....... 15,812
"NTH V»Tr v*r» 41 812
.‘226,424
. 5,252
.928,264
. 10,740
ON SHIPBOARD NOT CLEARED.
Cotton on shipboard not cleared at Gal-
veston to day:
IMallory line, Ne<w York .....
■Sameday last year ...........
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Total receipts of cotton at Galveston to-
day 'were 57 bales, divided as follows: By
I. and G. N., 6 bales; by M., K. and T., 50;
iby Wells-Fargo express, 1.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool, July 4.—'Spots were unchanged
as to quotations, with prices firm. Fu-
tures opened steady at an advance of 1 to
2 points and closed steady.
Liverpool spots: Today.
Ordinary .................3 19-32
Good ordinary ...........3 25-32
Low middling ...........3 29-32
Middling ..................4
G-ood middling ...........4%
Middling fair ............4 7-16
Sales, 1000 bales; yesterday, 12,000.
Liverpool futures: Today.
July .......................3.59
July-August ..............3.57-58a
August-September ......3.53-54a
September-October, .....3.45-46a
October-November' .....3.42a
November-December ...3.40-41b
December-January ......3.40-41
January-February ......3.40-41b
February-Marcto ........3.41-42b
March-April .............3.42-43b
April-May ................3.43-44b '
GALVESTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Reported for The Tribune by A. P. Nor-
man, live stock commission merchant:
Beeves—
Choice, per Tb , gi
Common, per lb.,
Cows—
Choice, per lb., gross ........
Common, per lb., gross .....
Yearlings—
Choice, per lb., gross .......
Common, per lb., gross .....
Calves—
Choice, per ib., gross ........
Common, per Ib., gross .....
Sheep-
Choice, per Ib., gross ........
Common, per head ..........
FINANCIAL
In the local exchange market, sterling
selling $4.99; New
Bids will be received until noon, July 15,
for the construction of a
WAREHOUSE ON PIER NO. 10,
in accordance with plans and specifica-
tions in the office of W. H. Tyndall, ar-
chitect.
SPOT 'SALES.
Notwithstanding that this is a legal holi-
day and that the cotton exchange was
closed it is understood there were heavy
transactions in spot cotton and that sales
were larger than on'any day for some time
past. Sales are said to have been made
by two firms aggregating between 1500 and
2000 bales.
Big G is a non-poisonous
remedy for Gonorrhoea,
H Gleet, Spermatorrhoea,
gS Whites, unnatural dis-
W charges, or any Mamma-
™ tion, irritation or ulcera-
tion of mucous mem-
branes. Non-astringent.
i Sold by Uraggesis,
f-S 'cr sent in plain, wrapper,
Uy express, prepaid, for
(.1.00, or 3 bottles, $2.75.
Circular sent on requests
PRICE OF TICKETS:
WHOLES......................$2,00
HALVES.......................$1.00
QUARTERS................... SOo
EIGHTHS....... ............. 25c
The hotels are already crowded, but
there is still room for others.
Fire crackers are out of mode, and the
juvenile American today doesn’t like it
a bit.
The members of the Clerks’ piaRective
association are enjoying the fourth in
grand style.
The few oleanders that are still in full
blooom are attracting the admiration of
the excursionists.
Fort Worth, Nacogdoches, Pine Bluff,
Ark., and Shreveport are well represent-
ed among the excursionists.
The rain interfered last night with the
amusements at Olympia, but this
evening everything will be in full blast.
The beach this morning presented a
lively scene, as many of the excursionists
went straight to the strand of the Mexi-
can gulf.
On the Sth at 3 o’clock p. m., in Grace
church, Miss Daisy Pettit of this city and
Robert W. Elgin of Houston will be mar-
ried by Rev. J. R. Carter. They will visit
New Orleans and then go to Houston,
where they will reside.
DON’T WANT. A CAUCUS.
Chicago, III., July 4.—IBoies’ advocates
are not in favor of a caucus for the pur-
pose of nominating a silver candidate,
lliey th.iiik the convention should settle
all such questions. Nor do they favor the
abrogation of the two-thirds rule. They
intend, however, to vote 'down any gold
man that the national’ Cbirffilittee may
offer for temporary chairman and insist
upon a silver man for the place.
'Several Iowa democrats who are anti-
silver men, including J. J. Richardson, a
member of the national committee, are
here working against Boies and joining
the gold forces in an effort to prevent the
nomination of any silver man. They
say they had their fight at home and de-
feated the anti-silver men overwhelm-
ingly. The Boies men say that the con-
test should have ended with the state
convention, and are decidedly indignant
that the fight should Ibe Continued at
Chicago.
Examined and Found to Be of This Year’s
Growth.
The first bale of cotton -of the new crop
Of 1896-97 arrived last night to Gust Heye
& Co. and was sold at public outcry to
the highest bidder at the cotton exchange
at 11 o’clock this forenoon. The purchaser
'was U. Muller and the price paid v^as
10 1-16 cent per pound. The following offi-
cial report was made by the cotton ex-
change committee:
We, the undersigned classification com-
mittee, hereby certify that we have exam-
ined one bale of cotton, marked B and
'Weighing 545 pounds, received yesterday,
July 3, from San Diego, Duval county,
shipped to Gust Heye & Co. by P. A.
■Bodet. We find the cotton to be this year’s
growth and classing’ strict middling, of
good, strong staple. J. D. Skinner,
Albert Kuhn,
J. O. Aymes.
This first bale this season is six days
ahead of last year’s bale, but behind 1894
and 1893. Houston received the first bale
in 1894 on June 26 and in 1893 on June 30.
The following table shows the date of re-
ceipt of the first bale of new cotton at
Houston and Galveston for the past nine
years:
'Houston.
1888 ...................... July 19
1889 ...................... July 21
1890 ...................... July 21
1891 ...................... J uly 6
1892 ...................... July 11
1893 ...................... June 30
1894 ...................... June 26
1895 ...................... July 24
1896 ..............................
(Continued from First Page.)
GOLD MiEN WILD VOTE-.
'Say Flower and Fellows—-Hill and
Whitney Reticent.
Chicago, El., July 4.—The leading
question of the day seems to be: “Will
the gold standard men bolt Hie convention
if a silver platform is adopted?” As to
this particular question, ex-Gov. Ros-
well P. Flower said today:
“I am frank to say that if an out and
out silver platform is adopted the gold
standard men, as representing the true
Democracy, should leave the convention.
I believe that with the success of a silver
ticket it means that the leaders in the
movement and the movement itself will
be consigned by the people to oblivion
before a year has passed and the theory
of silver is known by the masses.”
“Will the gold adherents nominate
candidate in convention in order
hold their forces together?”
“Frankly, I don’t think so. My own
belief is we will not be in the conven-
tion when the roll is called for nomina-
tions. I don’t think qjS* will remain in
the convention after the adoption of a
silver plank.”
'Senator Hill was told of Gov. Flower’s
views, but declined to sulbscribe to that
portion concerning the bolt. He said;
“We have several days yet an’d things
may change materially, -so that I can not
say what our action will be. No, I don’t
think we will have a candidate. Indeed,
if a silver platform is adopted, I don’t
see how we could make a pretense of
placing a candidate upon it.”
John R. Fellows said: “We ought to
leave the convention if the silver policy
prevails. That is all I have to say.”
Mr. Whitney, after talking to Mr. Hili,
strode into1 the Illinois headquarters and'
said; “We are naw conducting our cam-
paign of efiu'caitiion, and it will last until
the ■co-nvention mee%. How it will end no-
bady knows, but we will move very quiet-
ly until after the convention gets in ises^
sion. Will w-’e bolt? Well, I can’t dis-
cuss that nofir. Will we have a candi-
date? I can’t tell.”
On the other hand, it has been deter-
mined by some of the anti-silver men to
have candidates placed in nomination for
whom they can vote. The gold standard
men think they have about 330 votes in the
convention, and they wish to have them
held aiway from any silver eanjidate un-
til some definite arrangement.-can be
made.
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