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GALVESTON
TRIBUNE.
3
A HAPPY COMPROMISE
SCARCELY ANYTHING
Markets
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 10, 1898.
!
Dra^/i
COTTON.
Blo.x1.l2: Boolrs
THE SPANISH LOSS WAS 300.
I
I
IM PRINTING DEPARTMENT
Candidates
853
ILJ
3,129
Total stock
13,765
KNAPP BROS.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
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15
t
1,275
Galveston, Texas*
t
GALVESTONIAN DEAD.
8- 5
IN CAMP AT JACKSONVILLE.
With
Its
WAIVES EXAMINATION.
STILL IN CHARGE.
BOSTON’S EMPTY PEWS.
Port
Tone
S’les
I
2J63
UNIFORMS ALL RIGHT.
at
1,343
DECISION IS RESERVED.
DISGUSTED WITH AGUINALDO.
J
Temple. CHICAGO. ILL.
BLOOD POISPW
6 1-16 6 1-16
5%
5%
68,811
1,820
403,919
5,074
This day
last year.
Last
sea-
son.
Movement of Vessels from 2 P. M. Yester-
day to 2 p. m. Today.
4
3
said this afternoon that a general freight
agent for the Pittsburg and Gulf would
be named later. Mr. Sargent declined to
discuss the situation.
Been
Pratt.
Another Engagement, in Which the
Insurgents Took a Garri-
soned Town.
n -it
' r ■
Asphalt Refiner
and Coal Tar Distiller.
Besides having the facilities for
doing anything in the line of Ruling
and. General Bookbinding
This
day.
15
Mid.
today
5%
5%
Yester-
day.
4 1-16
4 7-16
4 15-16
5 5-16
5 11-16
5 15-16
6 5-16
ARRIVED.
Bark Lottie Moore (Br.), Mitchell, from
Vera Cruz.
Stationers, Printers and Binders,
218 CENTER ST.
MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF
MACHINERY, STEAM ENGINES AND BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
MillFuhnishings and Shafting a Specialty.
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<□
Futures:
January-February
February-March .
March-April . ......
April-May .........
May-June ______....
July-August ......
August-September
September-October .....3.24a
October-November .....3.22-23
November-December ...3.21-22b
December-January .....3.21-22b
HAVRE MARKET.
Havre, Aug. 10.—
Today.
..3.21-22b
..3.22-23a
..3.23b
. .3.24a
,.3.24-25b
..3.26-27b
..3.25-26b
741,291
201,591
284,865
861
665
250
63
79
4%
3%
4
2%
as no
mo-
OFF FOR PORTO RICO.
New York, N. Y., Aug. 10.—The trans-
port Chester with the First regiment of
volunteer engineers, numbering 1200 men,
sailed today for Porto Rico, clearing the
bar at 4.30 this morning.
Ordinaire ..........
Tres ordinaire.....
Bas ................
(September .........
October .............
November .........
December .........
January ...........
February ..........
August ............
January ...
February .
March .....
August ...
September
October ...
November
December ,
202,643
2,080
8,050
3,664
216,437
6,281
THE COTTON COMPRESS RULE
10,000
21
2,600
’ *’15
3%
2%
3%
2%
4%
3
Cleanly Printed LETTER HEADS,
BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, Etc.
as well as blanks gotten up with a view
to simplifying the routine workings of the
clerical department of a business house.
;ross........
. gross.....
3%@
2%@
3 ©
2%@
3 ©
2%@
3%@
2%@
4 @
3 @
3%@
2%@
Gomez Went Through the Trocha
Where Strongest
•■m* noditer':-'
Easley Abbey (Br.)
Erie (Br.) ............
Harmonic (Br.) .....
I
|toubeis’§|
F in 1 to 5 d»y». Xj
Gn*r*ntced '
not to 5 trimure.
PRODUCE MARKET.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 10.—Closed: August
short ribs, $5.32% bid; August pork, $9.17%
asked; August lard, $5.35@5.37%.
MARINE MATTERS.
continues to maintain its high degree
of excellence in every branch. Each and
every order given prompt and careful
attention.
will note that we use
the Union Label on
all Campaign Printing 1
Lawrence V. Elder,
....SUCCESSOR TO J. W. BYRNES....
He Succumbed to Pneumonia and Measles
at Cavite. -
Cavite, July 31, via Hong Kong and
Paris.—Maj. Tilden of the First California
and Lieut. Mead of the First Oregon are
ill with typhoid fever. Private Walter
Berdine, company E, Twenty-third infan-
try, of Galveston, Tex., has died from
pneumonia after measles.
The transports City of Para, Indiana,
Morgan City, Valencia and Ohio arrived
tonight.
can be. more agreeable to the taste of an
office man than a set of neat, flat-opening
Today.
.... 43%
.... 42
..... 39%
.... 39%
.... 39%
.... 38%
.... 38%
.... 38%
.... 38%
.... 393%
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Yester-
day.
6.06-07
6.09-11
6.12-13
6.15-17
6.18-20
5.90-92
5.94-95
5.97-98
5.99-6c
6.02-03
5%
5%
6%
6 1-16 6 ”1-16
6%
RECRUITS FOR PORTO RICO.
Newport News, Va., Aug. 10.—The Alamo
sailed at 3 o’clock, this morning with half
of the First Kentucky and Gen. Grant’s
staff aboard. .The Obdam ts still loading.
GALVESTON MARKET.
The Galveston market for sp*ot_cotton
closed quiet and steady.
Today.
Low ordinary............4 1-16
Ordinary ..................4 7-16
Good ordinary............4 15-16
Low middling.............5 5-16
Middling .................5 11-16
Good middling............5 15-16
Middling fair.............6 5-16
Sales, 21 bales; yesterday, 271.
GALVESTON STOCK.
Ship-
ments. Stock.
678
214
4
450
Yester-
day.
43%
42
1 3934
I 39%
39
38%
38%
1 38%
38’4
39%
_________ 7-16
. .Buenos Ayres 7-11
............Barry 7-22
Today.
..5.67-68
..5.70-72
..5.74-76
..5.53-55
..5.52-54
..5.54-55
..5.58-59
..5.33-64
of best Quality and at lowest market prices.....? Artesian Well Contractor.
Office—SU Tremont, bet. Strand and Meeh ante
Factory—Avenue A. between 18th and 19th.
THE WRECKER ARRIVES.
Guantanamo Bay, Aug. 9, via Playa del
Este, Province of Santiago.—(Delayed in
Transmission.)—The Newark, Scorpion,
Suwanee and Resolute, with marines,
sailed this after neon and the I. J. Mer-
ritt has arrived. The latter, after coaling,
proceeded to the wreck of the Cristobal
Colon;
Messrs. Merritt and Chapman now think
the Infanta Maria Teresa is held in posi-
tion by a rock through her bottom for-,
ward, but they expect to haul her off soon.
LEE IRON WORKS,
A paragraph in The Tribune last night
stated that the woman’s exchange- in the
Y. M. C. A. building was under new
management. Mrs. Jones states that she
is still in charge of the exchange.
will have a frontage of 75 feet on Polk
street. The exterior walls of the building
will be in brick and stone and will har-
monize with the other structures consti-
tuting Hull house. The interior treatment
of the coffee house, which occupies the
first floor, will be old English. That of the
theater will be in harmony, but the gen-
eral color scheme will be much lighter.
The building of this theater is the mate-
rialization of one of Miss Jane Addams’
long-cherished plans. Long experience
with the people with whom she had to
work had shown that lessons could best
be taught from the stage. There were
many who would not read books, who
could not give their attention to the ordi-
nary lecturer, but who were constant at-
tendants upon such dramatic entertain-
ments as were offered by the cheap vaude-
ville shows and theaters of the distract.
Twelve thousand dollars had been raised
and Miss Helen Culver tendered the use of
the grounds for a term ending in 1920.
In speaking of her plans Friday Miss
Addams said: “Yes, we have decided to
give the West side a new theater. The
young people around us have shown real-
ly remarkable dramatic ability. With our
better facilities for the work we will en-
large its scope. Plays in Italian, Polish
and in the other languages of the district
will be given.’’
"(His Powen~Is Waning and He Is Prepar-
________ - ing for Flight.
j(?avite,^Manila Bay, Aug. 3, via Hong
Kong, Aug. 9.—(Delayed in transmission.)
—The Americans are disgusted with the
conduct, of Aguinaldo, the insurgent
leader, whose power is weakening owing
to the fact that the Philippines are realiz-
■ ing th&’unsubstantiality of his promises.
My wife makes a „ ■
_x/_ Tffsitre-ents steamers are now in Manila
"Ka^'iitoVtSiOning in order to insure Aguin-
. If necessary.
The Ainerican field hospital worked
•splendidly under the battle of Malate, and
A THEATER FOR HULL HOUSE.
Miss Addams Hopes to Educate the Peo-
ple by Means of the Stage.
Chicago Chronicle.
Hull house is'to give the West side a
new theater. This theater, the construc-
tion of which has just been made possible
by the gifts of a number of generous
women will be the means of opening up
for Hull house of a new line/ of work
among the cosmopolitan population of the
district in which it stands.
It is to be an elaborate structure and
FOR MORE CAMPS.
Washington, D. C., Aug; 10.—The war
department has under consideration the
establishment of army camps at Lexing-
ton, Ky„ Knoxville, Tenn., and Tyron, N.
C. Army officers have been detailed and
are now examining into,’the suitability of
each of these places, and if their reports
are satisfactory the camps will be estab-
lished and orders issued directing the va-
rious commands now at Chickamauga to
move to the hew places. ;
A BLUE GRASS CAMP.
"Washington, D. C„ Aug, 10.—The war
department has decided to establish an
army camp in the blue grass region of
Kentucky and an order to this effect will
soon be issued. It is probable that the
troops now at Chickamauga will be
marched to the new camp, the exact loca-
tion of which can not be stated.
SHIP CHANDLERS,
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
T\ L. Cross <& Co.
have in stock a full assortment of goods
in their line, including BEEF and PORK,
which they are offering low to the trade
and to consumers.
2014 AND 2016 STRAND.
Augusta..........
Memphis.........
St. Louis.........
Houston..........
Sold by Dragslste,
«r sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid, for
•1.00, or 3 bottles, $.76.
Circular seat on rtQuejt,
GOODXUBAN FIGHT.
• i| S M *
CLEARED.
Barge Regulator (Am.), Rowe, for Pen-
sacola, in ballast.
SAILED.
Loch Tay (Br.), Stevens, for Hamburg.
-THE BOYS DISAPPOINTED.
Prospect of Peace Causes No* Joy
Chickamauga.
Chickamauga, Tenn., Aug. 10.—Disap-
pointment among the seven regiments
vember, 1897, when the attendance at the that were to have gone with Gen. Wade
to I’bfto Itico is keen and complaints
are numerous. Many officers and men
have now abandoned all hope of seeing
active service and the air of expectancy
which has prevailed in. all the camps at
the park is now missing.
Notwithstanding the prospects of peace
anfi'-lack of service the work is going on
as usual in all regiments. The men
work hard and the training is as thor-
ough as it was at first. Everything is
conducted as though the men were going
.into. vigorous warfare in the near future.
the courage and steadiness of all regulars
and volunteers caused Gen. Green to of-
ficially thank the. troops.
The Spanish used Mauser and Spring-
field rifles, with brass coated bullets.
Adoue 6c Lobit,
Bankers
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Sight Drafts on London, Paris, Stockholm,
Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort and Berlin.
Liverpool....
G alveston ... _______, _
NewOrleans. Steady
Mobile.......
Savannah...
Charleston ..
Wilmington.
Norfolk......
Baltimore...
New York....
Boston ..........
Philadelphia Dull
Augusta ..... " '
Memphis.....
St Louis.....
Houston .....
Fair........
Quiet, stdy.
Steady......
Nominal....
Steady......
Quiet .......
steady......
Nominal....
Nominal....
Easy........
Steady......
J—ZU. 11 ........
Quiet.......
Quiet.......
Dull ........
Quiet........
COMPRESS HEARING.
Special to The Tribune.?,, 1 ; ....
Austin, Tex., Aug. 10.—Thei Texas 'rail-
road commission this morning heard argu-
ments for and against t.he .abolition of its
GRAIN MARKETS.
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 10.—Closed: September
wh^t, 65%c bid 1 September oats, 20%c bid;
September com, 32%@32%c asked.
St, L-ouis, Mo., Aug. 10.—Closed: Cash
wheat, 71c bid; September wheat, 66%@
66%c bid; cash corn, 32%c bid; September
corn, 32c bid.
GALVESTON GRAIN RECEIPTS.
By I. and G. N., 2 cars wheat; by M., K.
and T., 26 cars wheat; by G., La P. and H.,
3 cars wheat; by G., C. and S. F., 9 cars
wheat; by barge, 1 car oats. Total, 41 cars.
R. P. SARGENT 6 CO.,
2119 Strand,
Have for sale NEW AND SECOND-
HAND FIRE PROOF SAFES, BOILERS
ENGINES. FURNITURE. COUNTERS
CHAIRS, TABLES, SHOW CASES and
sundry other articles, which can be sold
cheap for cash.
Agents HALL’S FIRE AND BURGLAR
SAFES, VAULTS, etc.
5 11-16 5 11-16
5 11-16 5 11-16
5%
5%
GOVERNMENT REPORT.
The government cotton report for Aug-
ust was issued today and as a result
there was a decline of about 10 points
in New York against the advance both
in spots and futures at Liverpool.
Taking the entire cotton producing re-
gion as a unit the condition of the crop on
Aug. 1 was exactly the same as on July
1—namely, 91.2. This is 4.3 points higher
than on Aug. 1, 1897, 11.1 points higher
than on Aug. 1, 1896, and 5.8 points higher
than the August average the past 10 years.
Texas’ average is 91.
Dennis Sullivan appeared before Justice
Barry this morning and waived examina-
tion on the charge of murder. He will
therefore remain in jail.
Biliousness
Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents diges-
tion and permits food to ferment and putrify in
the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache,
Hood’s
insomlna, nervousness, and,
if not relieved, bilious fever _ I B
or blood poisoning. Hood’s IIS
Pilis stimulate the stomach, ®
rouse the liver, cure headache, dizziness, con-
•tipatlon, etc. 25 cents. Sold by all druggists.
The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Net receipts...
From other pts ....
Gross rec’pts..
Exports—
Great Britain. .
France ........ .
Continent .... 1,275
Channel ...........
Total foreign.. 1,275
New York.........
Morgan City... ....
Other U. S pts .....
North by rail......
Total c’stwise.....
Local consump 37
Ttl expts, etc.. 1,312
t LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Local quotations:
Beeves—
Choice,- per. lb, 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 lb, gross............
Common, per lb, gross.........
Sheep-
Choice, per lb, gross............
Common, per lb, gross.........
Hogs—
C°rrl£ed’ Per lb, gross..........
Mastfed, per lb, gross..........
CHICAGO.
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 10.—Hug:
24,000; market slow and steady.
state cotton compress regulations. The
interior presses are all well satisfied with
the existing regulations, while the seaport
presses and s|me|-of the railroads want
them changed. Some presses claim that
the present, regulations have cost them
$30,000 losses'during the past year.
Galveston Got All Site Wanted
Without a MWmjur.
I Manufacturer of Roofing and Ravin®
I Pitch, Benzole, Creosote or Dead OIL
& Roofing and Building Felt, Shell an®
©> Gravel Roofing and Sanitary Flooring,
I Wood and Asphalt Paving for Streets
I and Sidewalks.
Figures Show That the City’s Churches
Have 80,000 Unoccupied Sittings.
Massachusetts, and more particularly
Boston, has been regarded for many years
as being a great center of superfluous
women. Now it seems likely to achieve a
reputation as the city of an abundance of
church sittings. This is gathered from a
report submitted at the annual meeting of
the Boston City Missionary society. The
statistics show that, the Protestant ohurobes
of the city provTd^bver 80,000 surplus sit-
tings for the Protestant population, even
were they all to attend church at any one
service.
These figures are the result of a careful
Investigation made by the society in No-
Today.
January ..................5.97-98
February .................6c-01
March .....................6.03-04
April ......................6.06-08
May ...... .6.10-12
August .............. 5.82-84
September ........ 5.85-86
October ....... 5.88-89
November ................5.90-91
December ....... 5.94-95
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Yester-
day.
5.75-76
5.78-80
5.82-84
5.60b
5.60-61
5.62-63
5.66-67
5.71-72
COMPARATIVE SPOT MARKETS.
The following are the closing quotations
•for cotton on the spot today at the leading
markets, together with the closing of mid-
dling yesterday, with today’s sales:
Mid.
yes’y
3 17-32 3%
New Orleans Papers Are Not on to Army
Styles.
If anyone should ask Mr. M. C. Michael
what he thinks of the New Orleans papers
he would not sing their praises. Not long
ago the New Orleans papers tried to poke
all manner of fun at the new uniforms of
the Riche regiment, saying they did not
fit and saying a lot of other things that
were likewise untrue. When it is said
that the uniforms were ordered through a
Galveston firm—M. C. Micheal & Co.—the
grounds for their animadversions will be
clearly apparent, for the New Orleans
newspapers have long maintained that
nothing good can come out of Galveston.
It is clearly a case of spite, attempted
revenge upon/ a commercial rival that is
rapidly outstripping the sleepy old Cres-
cent city.
As for the uniforms, the charges against
them are unjust. They are simply emena-
tions from ignorant minds, who do not
know what- js proper. It was asserted
that the trousers were too short and were
baggy at the knees. The New Orleans
papers did not know that these are the
Khakai uniform, made to be worn with
leggings and, therefore, must of neces-
sity be made full at the knees. Our ene-
mies also claimed that the color was not
pretty. Here again the critics exposed
themselves, for the color was exactly like
the sample ordered by Col. Riche., the
same shade as-jbhe uniform worn bjr the
men, and selected for the reason that any
shade different from that worn by the
men would make the officers conspicuous,
and, therefore, an easy mark for the
sharp-shooters.
battle was the result of
get Gomez with 3000 men
through the trocha near Camaguey, to
make his headquarters with the officers
of the Cuban republic in C'amaguey. The
trocha at this point was guarded by 4000
69
1,344 1,915,632 1,451,326
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool, Aug. 10.—Spot cotton was in
fair demand, with prices %d higher. Sales
10,000 bales, 9200 of which were American,
and 500 went to exporters and speculators.
Imports 3000, 1000 of which were American
Futures opened quiet but steady and
closed barely steady % to 1 point up.
Yester-
day.
3
3 3-16
3%
3%
3 11-16
3 15-16
767,909
299,362
427,327
12,050
1,275 1,506,639 1,228,608
..... 333,288 ------
and never had been broken before. Gen.
Gomez himself led his soldiers as they
made the Attack on the trocha and the
block houses early in the morning.
The .. principal block houses were not
heavily garrisoned and were quickly
stormed and taken. The Spanish soldiers
fell back of -the trocha line and there made
..a stubborn resistance, which they kept up
the greater part of the day. In the after-
noon?_however, their main body gave way
before a machete charge of the Cubans
and the'entire Cuban force passed over
the dividing line and marched without fur-
ther interruption into Camaguey. More
than 300 Spaniards -were killed in the
battle and about 130 Cubans lost their
lives.* There were many wounded on both
sides. ■ Spanish and Cuban wounded were
cared for alike by Gen. Gomez’s phy-
sicians, and (Spanish prisoners were liber-
ated after being deprived of their arms.
In Tres..Palmas, Gen. Diaz, with a com-
parat'ively small body of Cuban soldiers,
engaged a Spanish column 600 strong,
t of the village and took
possession of it, together with a store of
arms and provisions, which were dis-
tributed among the suffering Cuban fam-
ilies. Tres Palmas is near Bahia Honda,
and there is great destitution among the
Cuban families there.
Spots: Today.
Ordinary ..................3 1-16
Good ordinary.............3 7-32
Low middling............3%
Middling .................3 17-32
Good middling.............3 23-32
Middling fair..............3 31-32
Sales, 10,000 bales; yesterday, 8000.
Yester-
day.
3.20- 21b
3.21- 22a
3.22b
3.23a
3.23- 2413
3.26a
3.24- 25b
3.22- 23a
3.21-22a
3.20- 21
3.20- 21b
3,982
GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.
By G., C. and S. F., 15 bales.
GALVESTON STATEMENT.
This
sea-
son.
Agreement for Rapid Transportation
By Ball and Quick Loading
at Ship SI do.
."''• ” ri HOSPITAL RECORDS,
e-fi? r.-. ,
'^o".]Be 'Preserved as Evidence in War
*• Claims and Pensions.
New York, *N. Y., Aug. 10.—A special to
the Tribune from Washington says: The
suggestion that the hospital and medical
as well as. military records of all officers
and soldiers enlisted in the war against
Spain' be carefully made and preserved as
'a parttk'e; permanent records of the
war department in order to facilitate the
ad judication and payment of future
claims for pensions, it appears, is being
favorably^ considered by the higher offi-
cialS .ot the department. The plan sug-
gested,, is so practical and easy of execu-
tion .at a; moderate expense of time, and
is witbarone from which both the govern-
ment arid claimants for pensions will de-
rive some benefit, that it seems strange
nobody ever proposed it long ago. There
appears-now to be a fair probability that
but Mr. Hanley was given control of the it will be adopted and carried out,
freight traffic of the road. Mr. Gillham legislation will be needed to set it in
THE I. AND G. N.’S FINE.
" ■■ J-’it!---------
Draft Is Said &> Have
Promptly by Mr.
Houston Post.
The latest information in connection
with the fine adjudged against the Inter-
national and Great Northern railroad in
connection with: the transportation of
Riche’s regiment of immunes is that
Chairman Pratt of the Southwestern Pas-
senger association has drawn upon the
International fot tife amount of the pen-
alty, which is nqw said to aggregate $8000.
This is the full amount of the revenue de-
rived by that railroad for transporting the*
troops, and includes in addition a fine
each of the three tickets sold.
The Southwestern Passenger association
has been investigating this case for sev-
eral days, as was told in this morning’s
Post. The charges argainst the Interna-
tional and Northern were preferred (by:
the Southern Pacific, the latter road
claiming that the former had violated the
rules of the association and had made a
rate for the transportation of the troops
that was below the minimum for such in-
terstate business as agreed upon by mem-
bers of the passenger bureau. The bureau
has assessed an unusually heavy fine, in
order, as claimed, to show that the rules
of the association must be respected.
It is stated that the Southern Pacific
made a bid similar to that of the Inter-
national and Great Northern, but that it
was withdrawn. The former road was
fined $100 by the passenger association,
however.
It is understood that the International
and Great Northern’s side of the case was- ,
that the Southern Pacific cut the rate first
and they simply met the cut. The South-
ern Pacific officials explain this by saying
that the rate was a misquotation and was
withdrawn as soon as the head officials
were notified of it. There is complete reti-
cence among the International officials,, Spaniards under Gen. Jiminez Castellanos,
but they may have something to say to-
day.
Whether the International will honor/
the draft of Chairman Pratt is now the
question, and railroad men in Houston
and elsewhere are anxiously awaiting this
information. Many contend that the fine
was entirely too severe and that the In-
ternational and Great Northern will draw
out of the association before submitting
to it. On the other hand a prominent of-,
ficial stated last night that the fine was
perfectly just and that unless such fines
deprived a railroad of all revenue derived
from business obtained against the rules
of the association there could be no en-
forcement of ttoScriegulationg.
The Texas and Pacific railroad was not
considered guiffy of any violation of the
rules, as the bpslijess originated with the
International and was merely handled by
the former frbffi/^Longview to New Or- ■
leans under th^ usual contract with con-
necting lines.’ jjg J
1 modsr——
. JOHN A. SARGENT RESIGNS,
J. W. Lightbu^rL^ISucceeds Him on the
P^tig^gg and Gulf.
This day.
For Great Britain’..... .....
For France............. .....
For other foreign...... «■....
For coastwise...............
In compresses and
depots................... 13,765
6,035
23,311
31,293
5,301
65,940
»□ LecLlliSllipS.
Anselrpa de Darrinaga (Br,K
Bencroy (Br.). Lamb...
Breckfield (Br.) .........
Brinkburn (Br.) .......
Capelila (Br.) --------.....
Cambria (Br.) .......... .....
City of York (Br.), Tindale_____________
.................. at Rio Janeiro 7-11
Curityba (Ger,), Mohring....Antwerp 8- 4
Easley Abbey (Br.)..........Liverpool 7-27
Erie (Br.) ......................Savoona 7-24
Harmonic (Br.) .....at Buenos Ayres 6-23
Hemisphere (Br.), Davies...Swansea 7-22
Highfield (Br.) ...............at Havre 7- 1
Navigator (Br.), Liverpool via Span-
ish main........
Ramazan (Br.).....
Rose Castle (Br.). ______ __________e . __
Rosemorran (Br.) ........Rio Janeiro 7-22
Ship.
Mylomene (Br.), Wilkens..Barbadoes--
Schooner.
Anna E. Kranz, Brown... .Baltimore 7-16
Elwood H. Smith, Drisko..New York £- 5
Laura C. Anderson, Potter.Baltimore 7-16
Mabel Hooper................New York 8- 5
POOR LITTLE EDNA.
various services'^n a given Sunday was
obtained by an.Accurate count. Out of
265 places of worship count was made in
234. The aggregate attendance at the sev-
eral services and’riaeetings was 64,534. An
estimate of those present at the 29 churches
where no count was made brings this fig-
ure up to 108,313. Based on the estimate
of the seating capacity of the Protestant
churches made in 1892, the figures prove
that if all the wojjshipers of every descrip-
tion gathered in the churches at one serv-
ice the churches'would have only been
two-thirds filled.
From tho experience of the superintend-,
ent of the society he states that 144,000
may be regarded as the total available at-
tendance at any one church service.
this it may be seen that if the sum total"
of all those who had attended all the serv-
ices had gone to church at any one givrin
service there would have been over 80,000
empty seats.—New York Press.
Tom—Women are taking away men’s oc-
cupations. Why, they’re even manufac-*-
turing furniture. 1.,:.^’
Tim—Yes, that’s so. My wife inak^js, a
bed every morning.—Boston Courier.
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files, gnats and mosquitoes. We carry It
in any quantities. HANNA & LEONARD..
Phone <C3.
‘‘ONE YEAR BORROWS ANOTHER YEAR’S FOOL.”
YOU DIDN’T USE
SAPOLIO
LAST YEAR. PERHAPS YOU WILL NOT THIS YEAR
Big Q is a non-polsonocs
remedy for Gonorrhoea,
Gleet, Spermatorrhoea,
Whites, unnatural dis-
charges, or any inflamma.
! nu. w luurnr, tion, irritation or ulcera*
PreTeats eontagiea. tlon of m ucoui mem-
JHeEvUNS OheMIC»lCo. braneg. Non-artringeat.
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The La Porte Road Matter Was Not
Disposed of. ]
Sherman, Tex., Aug. 10.—Fbderai Judge
Bryant of the eastern district yesterday
evening announced, that he liwopld with-
hold final decision in the application to
confirm the sale of the La Porte railroad
until September 3, at which time he would
again call up the case in chambers at tSher-
man and render a finardecision, by which
the sale of the La Porte 'fAilfqad t® George
W. Holt would either confirmed or set
aside. ]*/- ' ;
Judge Bryant said of the matter: “This
is done in order that all parties interested
may have time in which to secure a bid-
der and report the same to the court at
Sherman Sept. 3." . *1 , . /
C. B. Lee & Co., Proofs..
GALVESTON. TEX’
.21H J F THE
This
week,
61 1,913,981 1,348,366
174 49,899
”’61 1,914,155 1,398*265
Totals................ 238
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
Total receipts of cotton at all United
States ports thus far this week were 2532
bales; same time last week, 7696- same
time this week last year, 3736; thus far
this season, 8,504,992; same time last sea-
son, 6,618,634; increase, 1,886,258.
Exports this week: To Great Britain,
534; to the continent, 13066.
+^-t0Sk t^lis (3ay’ 230,880; yesterday, 233,090;
this day last year, 80,958.
Kansas City-Sta:ia ’ -
John Attee (dSargent, general freight-’ -drove them out
agent of tiie; Krirnsas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad’ g$|ered his resignation last
week to Robert GUlham, general manager
of the systemplThe resignation was ac-
cepted today q^riX/J. W. Lightburn was
appointed to peff^m the duties of general
agent with the title of first assistant gen-
eral freight agent. Mr. Lightburn hag s.
been general agent for the Pittsburg ,
Gulf with headquarters at New Orleans,
La. He is a well known and capable
freight official. ■
The resignation of John Sargent created
no surprise in railroad circles. It has
been expected for some time. It is report-
ed that Mr. Sargent will shortly be con-
nected with the freight traffic department
of a leading western railroad. Officials of
the Pittsburg and Gulf decline to stated,
the reason for Mr. Sargent’s resignation.
John Sargent was formerly assistant
general freight agent of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis railway. In July,
1896, he accepted the position of general/
freight agent of the Pittsburg and Gulf
to succeed James Donohue, now general
agent -of the ’Frisco in this city.
Nearly two months ago J. A. Hanley,,
formerly traffic manager of the Santa Fe
railway, was appointed freight traffic
manager of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf. The office of general freight
agent held by Mr. Sargent was continued,
VESSELS IN PORT.
Vectls (Br.), Diver....................Pier 32
Nethergate (Br.), Prosser............Pier 27
Eden Hall (Br.J, Jones................Pier 31
Olinda (Ger.), Hansen................Pier 18
Robert Adamson (Br.), Morgan....Pier 27
Dominic (Br.), Forbes................Pier 15
Ariosto (Br.) .....................Quarantine
Enterprise (Br.), Russell.............Pier 14
Topaz (Br.), Gray................Quarantine
Schooner.
Stella B. Kaplan (Am.), Potter......Pier 20
Bark.
Lottie Mo-ore (Br.), Mitchell. .Quarantine
UP AND CLEARED.
Steamships.
.. Liverpool 7-29
..........Hull 7-31
.River Plate 7-24
...Port Said 7- 8
....Liverpool 7-28
• St. Vincent 8- 1
THE METROPOLITAN. ,, ’
Capital Stock Increased froni $30,000,000 to
$45,000,000. I .
New York, N. Y,, Aug. 10.—The capital
stock of the Metroppiiiari street railway
company has been Increased iifrom $30,000,-
000 to $45,000,600. This increase: was decided
upon at a largely attended, meeting of
stockholders, after*•■d'tkfiafeijaerit setting
forth the exact financial condition of the
road had been read. After . the meeting
Secretary Warren said: • j
“Six million dollars of the . increased
capital will be used tcKEake .riP outstand-
ing debenture certificates,JfVQOS.OOO. Will be
used to pay for work now under way, the
remaining $5,000,000 will; remain in the
treasury and can be used as pccasion de-
mands for the improvement of the com-
pany’s property.” \ ’
Mr’. Warren said that]the changes of mo-
tive power on two of the company's,roads
were nearly paid ford'iHe was asked:
“Is it a fact that your company intends
‘gobbling up’ the Third avenue surface
road?” ’ : / .• |
“Certainly not,” he-repllsdj “The road
would be of no service to us. - We parallel
it now.” * ]
A delegation representing; Galveston
business interests spent yesterday in Aus-
tin in attendance upon a hearing before
the railroad commission. They went up
expecting to havel a/fight to bbtain cer-
tain necessary and iibportant (concessions,
but to their delight~and surprise every-
thing was happily compromised and some
concessions secured that are of great im-
portance to the shipping interests of the
town. '5./ ;
Everybody knows how ''tangled have
been our arrangements with the interior
in the past. Yesterday’s tranaetions go a
long way toward the elimination of sun-
dry causes that have beeaj so fruitful of
trouble in the past to* shippers and to
all other parties concerned in the cotton
and export business. Cleared of technical
expressions the facts are in substance as
follows:
Cotton buyers have had great difficulty
in transporting their cotton protnptly to
this port. The railway men mave mainr
tained that the long, expensive and har-
rassing delays were not their fault, but
were due to the necessity for the law
forcing them to have cotton compressed
at the compress nearest the point of
shipment. This law has worked injury to
the shippers, to the railroads and to many
presses. Sometimes a compress would be
out of order, or would -have more to do
than it could accomplish without great
delay, but this is all aranged' for now.
The compress men, the .railway represent-
atives, and the ship brokers met and for
once agreed on a reasonable and fair
compromise, whereby the railroads can
agree to deliver cotton at the ship’s side
within 15 days front the date of shipment.
The “nearest compress’ ’-must either agree
to return the cotton to the bars within
five days from the date of delivery at the
press, or the road, by agreement among
the compressmen, may take the cotton to
the next press that can compress the
shipment in the five days, thus leaving
the railroad 10 days for delivery, which,
they say, is ample time.
This compromise enables the shipper to
provide for ocean tonnage at the time of
shipment, knowing that his cotton'will be
delivered in 15 days. Prior to this com-
promise, a consignment of 500 bales, say,
might have tonnage contracted for, and
then be tied up in a compress for two
weeks or longer, awaiting its turn, and
the consequent demoralization of business
was most expensive and harassing.
The “Pier 35 Controversy” was also
compromised yesterday. This difficulty
arose form the dispute as to whether the
road had to bring the freight to the
steamer or the whether thri steainer had
to go about from pier to pier and collect
the freight. The ruling now is that quan-
tities less than 500 tons must be taken to
the steamer at her pier; for 500 tons or
over the steamer must be moved for the
freight.
The railroads entering. Galveston.are de-
termined in their fi-ght^a'gdSlnfet’the scalp-
ers, and from the rnumer in which they
are going into it, itf is assumed'Wat they
will either be successful or that a great
deal of the spare change usually left in
Galveston by visiting excursionists will be
lost to us by the roads refusing to put on
special rates to this point. The result of
the conference of the passenger men the
other day, regarding the putting into ef-
fect of a certain scheme,:.is already in
operation and is being used by the roads
in an effort to do away with the vexa-
tions and loss of revenue caused them by
the gentlemen who will sell you a ticket
to anywhere “for next..to nothing.” Just
what this scheme' is the railroad men re-
fuse to divulge, and for very ^ood reasons,
as they say that its publication would
nullify the benefits it IS expected to pro-
duce. As yet it is only ih. the experimental
stage and has given no evidence of *its ef-
fects, but is expected within ri-Vriek or so
to show whether .it ‘can continue lOr not.
Should it not be successful, the only re-
course left, so claim the roads,' is the
complete withdrawal of the Sunday $1
round trip rate to arid from Houston and
the repealing of reduced rates from other
points.
The occupants of the .Santa Fe general
office building are beginning to feel happy.
At last they have evidence .that one.of the
three nuisances of which they have been
complaining is about to be done away
with. At least that is the deduction they
have arrived at from- the evidences pre-
sented to them. When several men with
rods and tape lines? appeared the other
day and began sounding, and measuring
the lake back of the building, it was taken
right away as proof that it was about to
be filled up and thait the water would
soon give away to land. The work of
filling in has not yet been started, but any
kind of hope, however remote, is a source
of satisfaction to the office holders in the
building.
iffR ApE s (°.$ °]couM C
NET RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
The following were the net receipts of
cotton today at all United States ports:
Galveston 15, New Orleans 241, Mobile 2,
Savannah 8, Charleston 255, Wilmington 1,
Norfolk 7, Boston 71, Philadelphia 185;
total, 785. Same day last week, 1323; same
day last year, 377.
FINANCIAL.
Galveston exchange: Sterling, 60s, buy-
ing, $4.80p selling, $4.85; New York sight,
buying, % per cent discount; selling, %
premium; New-Orleans sight, buying, %
discount; selling, % premium; American
silver, % discount; selling par.
London: Bank rate 2% per cent, street
rate 1%@1 7-16 per centA rate of silver
’27 5-16d; :*consols for money 110 11-16, con-
sols f&r a’cdriufit 110 11-16.
New York: Sterling exchange bankers
60’s $4.83%(^4.84, “Commercial $4.83%; reich-
marks, commercial 60’s 94 7-16; francs,
bankers’ 60’3^5.21% less 1-16, commercial
5.21% less 1-16.
New Orleans: Sterling exchange, com-
mercial 60’s $4.82%@4.83%; francs, commer-
cial 60’s 5.23%; New York sight, bankers’ $1
preiiiium, commercial 25c premium.
New York, N. Y., Aug. 10.—The Cuban
junta In this city has the following Cuban
advices: Tbe American arms sent into
Cuba on the last Nunez expedition on the
steamer Wanderer have been used with
good effect by the Cuban soldiers under
Gens. Gomez, Diaz and Rojas. News of
Cuban victories in the western provinces
has] readied here, one of the battles being
the largest, and most important ever
fought in that part of the island. With
the" hays Jof victory, however, comes a
story of 'Cuban suffering from starvation
and an appeal for further aid from the
United States.
The principal
ari attempt to
'The Second Texas Pleased
New Location.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 9.—The First
Texas arrived here this morning and was
assigned Id quarters next to those of the
Second Texas at Fairfield. The trip from
Miami was made without incident except
• for' the tragic death of Corporal E. K.
Humphrey*;’an occurrence which has cast
a gloom Over the entire regiment.
Col. Oppenheimer of the Second has re-
ceived a telegram from Gen. Wade, ask-
ing as to the strength of the regiment and
’..t^e amountLamd condition of its equip-
. ment,„ This, is taken to indicate that the
expedition to Porto Rico is being prepared
as rapidly as possible.
Dr. T. S. Ford of Nacogdoches, who has
beeii given an appointment in the medical
department with the rank of major, is
here atid may be assigned to one of the
two’' brigrides in which the Texas regi-
ments are included.
The Unfortunate River Craft Against
Another Snag.
“It never rains but it pours,” is an
adage that ths owners of the little stern-
wheel steamer Edna have a firm, unwav-
ering belief in. First, the tiny transport
got mixed up with an avaricious official
of Mexico, who charged her $50 for some
papers that were worthless, and caused
her to raise the Mexican flag, with which
she sailed into the harbor of Galveston;
then the custom house authorities here
jumped on her for violating more United
States laws* than one could shake a stick
at. The government took pity on the ves-
sel and let her off, after a promise to be
good in the future and a two or three
weeks’ confinement here.
When liberated and with a pilot on
board , she sailed proudly up the channel,
out past the jetties and was off for Tam-
pico. Now she is back with us again, an
chored near the county bridge.
Before the Edna left Galveston there
distinct mutterings, because they did not
distinct muttrings, because they did not
get the pay they claimed was due them.
They were finally placated, however, with
the promise that when the vessel got to
Quintana, there would be money awaiting
them here. When that port was sighted
the crew became joyous and worked hard-
er than ever, but when it was found that
the money had not arrived they got down-
right mad. and refused to go another inch.
As a consequence the vessel had to make
her way'back" to Galveston, where she is
now awaiting orders.
Primary, Secondary or Tertiary BLOOD
POISON permanently cured in 16 to 35
pay railroad fare and hotel bills, and no
charge, if we fail to cure. If you have
taken mercury, iodide potash, and still
have aches and pains, Mucous Patches in
Mouth, Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper Col-
ored Spots, Ulcers on any part of the
body, Hair or Eyebrows falling out, it is
this Secondary BLOOD POISON we
guarantee to cure. We solicit the most
obstinate cases and challenge the world
for a case we cannot cure. This disease
has always baffled the skill of the most
eminent physicians. $500,000 capital be-
hir ’ our unconditional guaranty. Abso-
lute proofs sent sealed on application. Ad-
dress COOK REMEDY CO., 1546 Masonlo
10.—Hogs—Receipts
..,wv, mumei. siuw auu si.ea.ily.
Cattie—Receipts 14,500; market for good
cattle strong; others weak; Texas steers
$3.20@4.30.
Ill.
5%
6%
6%
0 5-16 6%
5%
5%
5 11-16 5 11-16
DAILY INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
Re-
ceipts.
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