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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-24
|ES BAROMETER.
]. 4. Condition Of Trade
Generally.
10 FLOUR ARE LOWER.
l..,,sn, Changes In staple
~,sher Prices for BsG-
/ iss-rrads Notes.
ofacc of The Post,

Hsuston. TUESDAY June 80,
~crc cheerful feeling In the
.sry trade. though business
A scilye. Prices nre low on
"a IL is believed that this
.,s an increased demand.
.sror,ant changes this week
. ,.suctIon of 20 cents per bar
~ a loss of 3-lsc on sugar.
!. has been rather light all
~ the Texas mills have
.sy,,sblc to reduce prices in
...c business. MINNEAPOLIS
mv.r. The continued decline
s,,rimltable to the collapse
q sugar market ard the larg"
.sar stock in Wall street.
|. shaking up of values is at
so,t he determined. and buyers
n holding off until tranquility
"a. The coffee marNc, has
Arrnnrss IN most oi Wv ''''''
ecially good GfaheS' "'''e" ii =
but not very abundant RE
considerable a''cntoh' az"
cnmon grades of domestic are
10 popular favor. ir'ces are
aye an upward tenucnc'' Mo-
syrups are hoidihs up we'll
light demand throughout 'n's
80 .pyANcED
VIZ. a, into hopr,nr have
p, s.r INV and August
,dvoncc of abou,
NV" .,,,,u ,,st Nav Very
we -, - :, ,,,ra nr,ces
" "" 10. ,,,,,,., show,,r
~ So. ,,,. bo under
s'"''
=" ,,,..a ,-d.r.
L.
,,,,,,rg tn no de,,v-
IN July and are now prepared
N.rac,s with country merchants
h They Will mol make any
to secure business. however
ihirE definite IS Known IN re-
H. The manufacturers oil Ar
Delta ties have not announced
price Yet, anl quotations on
are entirely hofn'hii. friccs
for July ann August ue'V"rF
Wy &c announced III u 'e" gay .
Hnce on Banging Is no ""'p'
larEe Demand Tor ma'eriai 10
bales Carload lots of STANDARD
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EVENING posT's cABLEGRAM

New York June %. The Evening Posts
London f.nlncal cablegram says; The
complicaiions IN the political outlook, nni
Inc closing was distinctly better. mainly
becanse Inc outstanding bull accounts
sound. Americans we're llfGcss and reg
nla, The Paris and iSerfn markets we're
flat.
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BUTTER AND EGGS.

Chicago. June 2s. - Butter - steadyl
creamery 10Mi4,s dairy. 9Wlo.
ST. Louis. June 2S.-Butter--LoweeS
creamery lnal5; dairy Gg,l. Eggs steady.
Kansas City June steady;
creamery i24ls; dairy ioUl2. Egxs-Wesk.
W..
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PAINTS AND OILS.

OII.--Linsepd IN bhls. raw. isc boiled.
4Jc petroleum, 100 test. In bbls. Nc; In
stove gasoline in cases, 81 20: IN hhls. l5c
Eupion oil IN bbls. iac. IN cases. $3.50; cas-
tor OIL medical pure. ?jc ,urpont'ne. in
bb,s alc.
WINDOW GLASS-In boxes. 60 and 20 10
10 pcr cent discount. new list.
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Itndon. June 21.--Thc next series OF the
wcol aiction sales MI open on juno "
and ciosc OH July "a. The offering VIII
average about 1900 bales u day.
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,,p11,nsERI.ITs.

=, APT PILE Eva. svaporstcd, ssa6l,; fancy
49, ren NJ per . Ri snresn e. T 1aniy
c'eanuu, % ~. mectar mes. cvaporated. Sc;
n ,sn ihye' ovsporys,ed. siac pears. evapo-
TED rtea. Sc: plupls. pitted. Sc .ra
tI 1, III oss ,in bas 'ss
a a;so s srSwn H. H. f., 5S.b boxes l.ails'
PRGSEs Crop isi5 cal1e loa =, pr,nrs;
CD-7os. 7i6c: 80 SOS. SC. silver rfunes Tee
ruby prunes, i,ie
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II 7-led per ounce. Money, Y per cent.
short and three months bsiis. Y PER cent.
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Sl'(iAIt.

New York. Juro 3.,saigar-Raw dull:
refined quiet; powdered ..
S.w Orleans. Juno 23.-Sugar steady;
onsn kcttIc az; ycllows 2 l5-lCNS; seconds
ass. Others unchanged.
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lloN PRICE cIiRpENr

):tnsss -. nfs revised daily and
ihcrss van be relied upon. The
InarLs,sr ruling In tho Houston
,a.I,nrsE - Diamond. si.75 per
)dsn N tin boxes, $500 per
| Ec.,,cc 'a''c per dozen boxes.
kN.-fowder. per key H.5oQ
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port OF Galveston. June =.
Arrived.
- Helvdtia. Schroattcr. Hamburg.
Sch J. NJ. McInncs Iiarmcs. Tuapsn
Cleared
So Alamo, 1Iix. New York.
Sailed.
Sch Henry c. wlnship. Morgan. Mobile
Vessels IN Port
Sp Alamo. Now York.
rs Hclvetia. Hnmburg.
Scnrs Martha. Edward J. Bcrwind.
Blk James A. Wright.
TO Arrive.
Ss Concho. New York. sailed June 20.
Ss Engineer. Liverpool, sailed May 20.
RECEIPTS AND ExPOssTs
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FINANCIAL.

Galveston Texas. Juno 23.--in the local
exchange market. sterling sixties. buying
49,. selling 4ao. Now York sight, buying
Il discount. selling 4 premium, American
silver buying y. discount, selling At par.
Now York, june 23.--Slscllng exchange.
bankers sixties. ASIA commercial
~. reiciimarlts 49,. francs. bankers six
lies 3. 10 rs: commercial sixties 51Iis
Now Orleans. La. June 2.-stcrl.ng ex-
change. commercial s,xiias. ihs,41t .s5ih
francs commercial sixties. 5.lsis. New
York sight bankers $50 premium: COM
mer,iil Zoe discount.
London. June 23.-I,ank rate, per cent .
sr.et rate, :, per cent: SILVER. ii 7-l"d,
consols, IL 9-l6.
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COMPARATIVE SPOT MARKET.
The following. are tho closing quotations
for cotton on tho spot today at the lead.
Ing markets. together with closing OF mid.
ding yesterday. with todny's sales:
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KECEIPTS AND bffIFWHNIb,
Total receipts of COTTON al GALVESTON to.
day were AZ bales, by international an0
Great Northern railway.
No SHIPMENTS.
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CHICAGO.

Chicago. June %. -rattc- Receipts $500
Prices strong on basis Of 350ui,O) for
common tn prime natives ana i.o0d5c0 for
extra choice. The bulk sold at 40. The
stockcr and feeder branch OF the market
continues SLOW. but prices are steady At
..ibn3s5. Tho COW and heifcr trade Is
active and while canning cattle nre slow,
good fat hntrhcrs' stun Is IN brisk de-
mand Texas cattle are going better. fat
fed steers selling as nigh M s.S5.
Hogs VIII. "A lishi Tuesday supply and
II lively demand Yesterday The iecIi:.e was
quickly recovered, prices ruling T, higher
for all kinds NJ hogs. Sales were l,r..iy
M 3.l5itS..1. common 10 nrim. heavy
swine selling 2 Alf3.5; miNci and butch.ra
weights SlDNJio. light weights at 325lt
$50
sheep There WAS +. strong demand and
~ active market. prices ruling strong.
sheep we're IN demand nj i7jfi2.0b FOR
inferior M 10 i.bpmi.2j for fancy 10 choice
bnlk OF the native sheep crossing The
scales above $50 with Texans wanted nj
2,0n365 l.aml,r sold actively Al 3.pyilg. ~
according 10 quality.
5000.
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ENGLISH cnNsc.Ls

London. June 25--consois for money.
W Tic. FOR the account ll2is Bar silver.
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GRAIN AND NAY.

IN, lad lots lob cars. from mills deal
,,.' c,,n,ro from store 5f Zoe more per l"o
lbs en- bran. 2u3c per bnshei on oa's ana
ctrn. a.
cOEN-Sacksd. +0c.
AN-6s47o:.
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y Asked; b Bid.
LIVERPOOL. FuTuREA
Opened steady; demand moderate; I'D
steady.
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KANSAS CITY.

Kansas rpiy, june - Wheat welk, No.
? rod s3i. No. 3 iea52. No, spring aiH.
oais Oats steady. No. 2 white lSniA5.
Fye steady. M, 80 Hay s,oe,dy and
UNCHANGED. Receipts Wheat 200 h9shcls;
|niri csrn u coo; oats none.
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), oats 9, 'ssc, No white. soassc, CON-

mon, HGc5c =
CHOPPED CoRN--soc per 100 lbs
-HAY.Alfalsa, tis,o0mtitO per ton; NIL.
ict. W. 5ouls5o; timothy. ti7.5tdfs. 20; North
= e soa., prairie. 500; South Texas prairie.
RUILpINd MATERIAL
., CsEMENT-Portiand cement, per bbl.,
80 S;o ~ ~: Eossdalc cement. rcr Dbl, Sis
Paris, G.io; friedrich. ST. Louis, per NJ
;sv' uraiii paving tile. per foot, sdfi5c 3
70 inches inclus.vs: felt roofing, per
square. 75a25o; Acme and Royal &c.
tncnt pkstcr, per ton, sia0V; piast aring
"a'r' goat, per III. &c: ioths per NJ. $500.
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NEW YORK.

New York. Juno y Wheat Rccetr's
iInOoN: expora lo'loi bushels spot i
stoaGicr and moro nctiVe; No, hara 500,
ri.d.r suring Wa, receipts. IN; sui,se-
quonly recovered On unfav2rable crop
wotl,l's stocks. 81 slug isnl. nct higher :.
export demand showed Improvement to-
d,y, June So: September dSbs.
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BurLpINd MATERIAL
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO.
The leading futures ran gcd a. follows:
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STOCKS.
Tho following wore tho cpying quotations on the
LEADING stooss Of Tao Nav vvry Esshunss today
LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON

j. Jacobs & Co., live stock commission
merchants OF tho Houston Stockyai'is, se-
port as follows:
Bccvcs--Chuice :. ................... sAp ~
Cowa-Choice 49,. .......,......... q y.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .....,....s'.... -iiW "a
Calves Choice spring ...,...........
Caiy es--- According TO aiae. ..........3 u SIS
Mutton--First Glass only...,....,..
Common not wantcd.
llogs-Cornfcd ub0 lbs and unbcr) 3,s
This week our market Is fully supplied
with cal tito OF NIL classes.
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Closing aao,..,ou, On bond, at No" sOr. TODAY
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GALv ESToN.

Reported for The Post by A. p. Norman.
live stock commission merchant.
BeevcS--
Choice. per III. gross. ESQ 3
Common. per Id. gross. y at
Cows.
Choice. per III. gross. 2im 2h
Common. per Id. gross........ u ~
YenrlinGs-
CT oicc. per Id, gross. ............ 2iaD
Common. per lib. Rross........ "a IA
Calves
Small. per III. gross. a Az
Large. per Id. gross. % aIs
Sheep
Choice. per 10. gross 3 % 3is
Common, per head. ..............1 90 oil 10
Hogs
Cornfed. per ID, gross. Sisdp
MnSlfcd. per ID. grOsn. ......... 2ta9Q .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-18
Never Served His Sentence.

A man who eighteen years ago was
sentenced to serve a year in the peni-
tertiary, but who had been at home ever
since, no effort ever having been made
to take him to Jail, appeared before
Governor Brown of Kentucky a week
ago and asked that he be permitted to
serve his term or else that he be par
doned. The man said that in 1877 a
jury found him guilty Of malicious
cutting and he was sentenced to serve
a year in the penitentiary. No one Of
fered to take him to the penitentiary, SO
he went to his home in Clark county.
He was never asked to go to jail, so he
never went What was the reason for
the remarkable failure to carry out the
sentence he did not know. The govern
or pardoned him.
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is He INSANE
Charlie Rillerman of EmpOria
Acts That Way.
Hires an Ex-Convict Negro to
Burn a Rival Restaurant.
BOTH ARE CAPTURED.
Prominet Member of Masons
and Other Orders.
His Mother and Sister Said to Be
in the Asylum.

EMPoRIA, Jan. 18--Charles S. Heller
man, one of the most prominent young
business men of this city, is in Jail on
the charge of attempted arson, having
been caught in .he act of firing the Far
mers restaurant. a competitors place of
business. The story is a thrilling one:
The sheriff received word several
days ago from Tom Williams, a tough
negro who recently returned from the
state pen where he served a term, that
Charles Hillerman had been trying for
two weeks to hire him to burn out the
10 cent restaurant AT Ala Commercial
called the Farmers restaurant and ran by
r. s. Hurst He said that Hillerman
was 10 pay him $15 for the deed. No
date was set at that time and they were
waiting for a dark night. Williams
wanted Hillerman to come with him
and watch to see that no one caught him,
Hillerman was to furnish the oil, which
he finally agreed to do Williams told
the sheriff that they would set fire to the
building at IL o'clock. Sheriff Gaughan,
Deputy Sheriff O'Connor, Marshal Flem-
ing and several of the policemen were
hid in the rear of the restaurant and
wuited for things to move. Shortly be-
fore IL o'clock Williams arrived on the
scene. Hillerman soon came with a
half gallon jar of gasoline. They en-
tered the lot in the rear of the restau-
rant, and decided to start the fire in the
cellar. Then they returned to the alley
and were opening the jar of gasoline
when the officers arrested them,
Charlie Hillerman was born and reared
in this city. and never, until now, has
anything been said against him. Hill
herman belongs to the Masons, Knights
of Pythias. Improved Order of Red Men
and Modern Woodmen.
A great many people believe that Hill
lerman's mind is unbalanced. 1t is said
that he has been losing money since the
fifteen cent restaurants started, and it
has preyed GU his mind until he deter
mined 10 stop one of them. It is said
that his mother and sister are in the in
sane asylum.
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THESE ARE QUEER FISH.
g0me Products of the Sea That Are
Found in Australian waters.

gdme Products of the Sea That Are
Found in Australian Waters.
Sydney Letter to Boston Transcript:
Several varieties of fishes which have
long disappeared from other parts OF
the world are still represented in New
South Wales. Among these are the ces-
TRACTION, or Port Jackson shark, whose
teeth resemble those of the fossil aero
dis found in mesozoic deposits, and the
ceratodus, an existing ganoid, otherwise
exclusively represented in the trias
formation, it's anatomy showing con-
Meeting link between a lizard and a
fish. Among other remarkable hsh
found in these waters several may be
enumerated. The frog fish, belonging
to the order pediculati, has fins adapted
for walking on the ground rather than
forsswimming, and is found floating in
shore among marine plants from whleh
1T is with diff1culty distinguished owing
to its great Resemblance to them In
point of color. The hopping fish, va
riety of gobil, or sea gudgeon, has its
fin developed into legs, so that the AMI
NAL is able to leap among the. mud
flats which it frequents. The eyes Of
the fish are curiously placed at the top
of its head and are capable of being
moving Independently of one another.
The hippocampus, or sea horse, SO
named from a resent lance in the shape
of the head and fore part of the body
to that o: the horse, is very singular
fish, but the phyllopteryx is, perhaps
the most remarkable fish of Australia,
If not of the world. It is like tie ghost
OF a sea horse, with it's winding sheet
all in ribbons around it. It's tattered
cerements are in shape and color like
the sea weed it freQuents, so that 1t
hides and feeds with safety. The
dugong (halicore Australis) was for
mer1y met with at the mouths of the
Richmond, Tweed and Brunswick
rivers, but it is seldom now seen south
of the Brisbane river, in Queensland
1t resembles the porpoise in shape and
size, but has no dorsal fin. The skin
is heavy and thick, and is said to make
excellent leather. The habits of this
animal are those of a graminivorous
ruminant, it's stomach being exactly
like that of an OK. 1t frequents the
flats and shadows along the margin OF
the shore and feeds upon the grass
which is found thereon. Like the whale
family, it suckles it's young, is warm
blooded, and therefore is incorrectly
described as a fish. The dugong at
tains large size, sometimes measuring
fourteen feet long and ten feet in girth.
An animal of such dimensions would
weigh about 300 pounds.
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An improved form of the electric tar
get has been brought out by an Aus
trian officer. The target consists of
small meshes of wire, which are painted
a bright color. No matter how long the
range may be, as soon as the surface
of the wire is struck by the projectile,
& signal which passes along a connect
ing cable, is registered on an indicator
placed near the stand. The impact OF
the bullet on the figure or wire rings
that represent the upper part of
mans body closes the circuit and rings
a bell, the ringing being simultaneous
with the signaling on the indicator.
The apparatus is placed under ground
and acts automatically, requiring no
care whatever for maintenance. 1t has
been well received by Austrian army
experts, as it enables man to be dis
pensed with in indicating the points
and so removes what has been more
or less fruitful source of accident in
military shooting drill.-New York
Times.
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Dog Gets a state FuneraI.

A weeping colored girl rushed into
an undertaking establishment uptown
in New York last week and guided the
coffin constructor to an elegant apart
ment. There he met a sobbing lady,
who told him that a dear member of
her family had fallen from the roof Of
the house and was fatally injured. The
undertaken asked to see the body, and
was taken into the parlor. where on an
onyx table lay the cold corpse OF fox
terrier. Visions OF a fat funeral van
ished from his MIND only 10 return with
the entrance of the weepin woman, for
she slipped ten So notes il his hand and
told him that her. pet must have state
funeral. The pup was buried in q
pIush-lined and silver mounted casket
in the family lot at Woodsawn.
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PLAN OF OFFERING GOLD.
a Brooklyn Banker Makas a Proposition

"A brooklyn Banker MakaS q proposition
to Secretary Carlisle.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 18.-Ex- Congressman
W. j. Coombs, president of the manufac-
turers' Trust company of this city, has
sent the following letter to the Sec
rotary of the treasury, Carlisle: "We
are subscribers to the popular loan and
have accumulated gold to be used in
payment for the same. We are willing
to deposit this gold in the treasury
for the use of the government
and receive a receipt therefor spec
flying that in case none of the
bonds be awarded to US, that the gold
shall be returned out Of the proceeds of
that which is received from the
successful bidders. We think that
many of the other banking institutions
will be willing to do the same thing and
in that way without loss to themselves
assist the treasury in the interim to main
tain its gold reserve"
Mr.. Coombs says people all over the
country are accommodating geld, with
which to buy the new issue of bonds.
This is being drawn from the treasury,
and the result may be that the reserve
will be reduced to the danger point.
I'VE have no doubt' he said that other
banking institutions will be willing as
we are to give the government the use
of their accumulated gold until Febru-
arv 3"
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A SrRANGE ROBBERY.
A Sneak Thief Enters George Eagles
House on Quincy Street.

A Sneak Thief Enters George Eagles
House Quincy Street.
The house of George NJ. Eagle at go
Quincy street was entered by q sneak
thief last evening soon after seven o'clock
and perhaps $50 worth of goods taken,
though in doing it the thief passed over
possibly $500 worth of jewelry and did
not open trunk that contained about
$50 belonging to Miss Laura Lusk of
Governor MorrilPs office.
The robbery was discovered about
1880 o'clock by Mrs. Eagle when she en-
tered the house.
Handkerchiefs, candy, ten cents in
money and baby ring were gone. One
pair of gold bracelets is the only article
OF much intrinsic value that is missing.
Almost ali of the missing articles were
the property of little Bunny Eagle who
died two years ago.
There were foot prints under one of
the windows and these the police traced
10 the home of the Spendloyes three
doors away. Their suspicious point to
one of the young Spendlove boys.
Charles, the oldest OF the boys, has been
in jail frequently charged with theft
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4 BIG RAILROAD DEAL.
St. Louis and Lawrence, Kan, Men
Said to Have Prospective Contracts.

St. Louis and Lawrence, Kan. Men
Said to Have Prospective Contracts.
ST LOUIS, Jan. 1S.-The Republic pub
fishes the following this morning:
Preliminary steps will be taken today
looking to the organization of syndi-
cate of st. Louis capitalists for the pur-
pose of constructing a portion of the
great railroad project across Siberia from
the Russian border to the Pacific, coast, a
distance of 5000 miles.
NJ. S. Carter & Co., R. NJ. Quigley & Co.,
and B. A. Aldrich are the ST. Louis peo-
pie interested in the venture. Monroe 81
Lee. of Lawrence, Kansas, are also in
the deal. Mr.. Aldrich is general agent
for the Kilbourne s. Jacobs man ufactur-
ing company, of Columbus. Ohio; is
largely interested in railroad building.
The formation of the syndicate was the
outcome of the arrival in st. Louis
yesterday of man who registered at the
Planters hotel as "R. E. DeSaviner. rail-
road contractor Count De Toulouse,
Lautrey) San Francisco NJ. Saviner.
as he says he prefers to be called, has a
contract for building a portion of the
line, and is on his way to Paris to inter
est French capital in the scheme. The
Russian government is behind the road,
and it is with the Russian government
the ST. Louis men will have to deal in
making the contract