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Tho options opened weak at q TO Q points decline,
owing to free selling by Liverpool OF all months but
September, and prices ran on 8 to 10 points, with .
very. unsettled feeling. Tho close shows a loss of I 90
b points on all months but September. which was II
points up. The trading was to q fair extent on local
corner on the August option yesterd.-, IL appears to
have switched on to the new crop. New Orleans set
during the early trading, but rallied near the
close and showed only a loss of I points. Troy. Ala.
AUG. 2l,-'Havo had continuous rain since the 9th
Inst. Cotton crop Is more seriously injured than may
be generally known. Up 10 LIST inst. the crop was not
excellcd by any OF previous years. but after that date
came excessive hot. dry weather with sorching
winds for ten days. followed by sudden fall in tenn.
p~erature, and then excessive rainfall for nve days.
Almost all fields look brown from rust. What the out
come will be no ono can tell, but tho prospects at tho
moment are gloomy indeed"
CoFFEE-Rio on the spot was dull; No. z, Gao. Salee
800 bags Maracaibo and 300 Central American on
Driy ITO tartna The futura fradIng NJ = 4. foIto,v,,
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Stabler & Smith have sold for Henry q. Laiat to
Joseph Miller the plot extending through from iIeth
20 nth street. 1913 feet west OF LenoX avenue. Mr..
Lest takes No. l52 West Ninty seventh street. n three-
story house. l7x3oxloo, in payment.
charles %olinsky has sold for the scholle estste
brick building on lot 25xlO0.
sarah J. Busby has sold Nos, aSl and qes Hudson
street. plot S2x06.
David Stewart has sold for the Marx Ernst syndi.
cate tho block front on the west sids of Audubon ave-
nue., between ls4th and lS6th streets. l7y. lOxb0.
II +. schcllhass and II. c. Badgiey have sold for W.
Il, Dickerman to William Russell 1871 acres, Weaver
street and New Rochelle road. for $40, 600.
Douglas Robinson a Co. are reported a. having
sold the four story and basement brick dwelling, No.
IL West Forty seventh street. 25xlOO.b.
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Futures here closed firm. with sales of ID, 300 bags.
havre and Hamburg unchanged. American ware
house deliverics l7.440 bags. American visible sup
ply or Brazil s00,404 Gags, against 500. 6S1 last
year. Rio dun and so refs on; receipts 10. 900 bags;
1t3cs 425,oOO; exchange 9 3.16d.. an advance OF
"a; Santos steady and goo reiS down; receipts
10000; stock 72l. 900.
NAVAL s~ToREs-spirts OF turpentine firm at es0
2stac. rosin steady at $l.+593l.oo for common to
PnovlstoSs-Lard nrmer. Prime, s5as5.o1. Pork
stendler. Mess, e0.25@e9.50. Talow, 3ac. Butter
creamery western, &c. loo. Chicago,
SHARPLY. ribs leading on a large demand from packers
and foreign interest. There was considerable realiE.
ing by scattered longs, but at times offerings were
very light. The market closed strong with the i'm.
provsmcnt held. The element OF strength in this
market Ia the cash demand, which Ia growing larger
every day. aud, Notwithstanding tho liberal hog move
mcnt, stocks continue to decrease. Twenty-Five
thousand hogs are estimated for to morrow"
S~ruAE Raw dull but nrm: 50 test, $40; 9o'
test. 3s4c. Refined quiet.
Woor-The Wool Exchange quotes domestic woods,
secured basis. as follows: Texas: Spring. fine. IL
months, 45S48c.: spring, 1no. o TO y months, 430
45c:: spring, medium, ~ months. 42d 43c.; spring,
medium. 6to $ months, 40@42c.; fall, nne, 35S98c.
CALIFORNIA;: Spring. northern. free. & and I2 months.
49& 46c. spring. northern. free, Q to $ months. 43S
months. Ala Acc. fall, free. 34@35c.: fall. defective,
3p933c. Oregon: Eastern. No. 1. 43a4 8c.; eastern,
NO. =, 42CG43c.; Valley. No. l, 4O342p; Valley, No. 2.
SsS 9ec.; Valley, No. 2. 3793sc Territory staple:
Fine. 4s@o0c.; nne medium. AGO 47c.; medium, i2o.
Territory ordinary: Fine. %5@4ec.; nne medium. 430
CHICAGO. Aug. 25--These were to-dny's prices:
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Real Estate Auction sale.,

At the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. yesterday D. Phnnix
lngraham 4 Co. sold No. l5l Convent avenue, three.
Logan for S27. s3S.
Peter F. Meyer Co. sold No. es2 East ls7th street,
three'story brick dwelling. lot 12. 6xloO IL, fore.
closure. TO the plaintiff, Susan A. Coekey. for Ss, 800:
also Nos. 20 to 20 Columbus avenue and Nos. los and
ioo west Sixtieth street, six nvestory brick nat
houses, plot l0o,bxloo. foreclosure. to Thomas D.
Adams for 9l5l. $50.
John NJ. Thompson & Co. sold No. 1875 West Forty.
ninth street hre' story brick nat house, lot 25xlOo.b.
James l.. Wells sold No. $40 East sixtteth street
frame shed. with two.story brick stable In rear, lot
2oxl00.e. foreclosure, to the PLAINTIFF, John G. EIdt
for 0S, 500. "NH
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Available cash balance,
Including gold reserve. 1890. SOC. 1o8 1921 1859, e02
Money in London 81 Y cent. Rates of discount
IN open market for both short and three months
pills IN y cent. Amount of bullion withdrawn
from the Bank Of England on balance to-day
100000. Paris advices quote 8 y cents at 1O4
francs 30 ccntimes. Exchange on London. IS
francs 1919 confines.
The Union Trust Company OF this city and the
Girard LIE Insurance. Annuity and Trust Com.
pany OF Philadelphia offer to investors at lO3
and interest from Sept. I OF this year. SO, 500, 900
OF guaranteed 3lo y cent trust certificates of
the Pennsylvania Company. These certificates
are q part OF an issue of SIS. o 900 designated
as Series A." and they are secured BY the
covenant OF tho Pennsylvania Company, the
pledge OF DC. 900 shares Of the guaranteed special
stock OF the PittsburR. Fort Wayne and Chi
cage Railway Company. having q par value of
SS.ooO goo. and also BY the guarantee of the
Pennsylyania Railroad Company. Both the
principal and interest are payable in
gold without deduction for taxes Imposed
by the United States or the State Of
pennsylvania, and each certificate bears the in
dorsement OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany; The interest is payable March l and Sept.
!, either in Philadelphia or in this city. These
certificates are issued by the Pennsylvania Com
pany on account of capital expenditures and to
higher rates Of interest and which mature at an
early date. They mature Sept. l. 1887. but the
company has the right to redeem them BY pur.
chase at the rate Of $50. 900 q year at par and
accrued interest should they be obtainable upon
those terms. The trust companies Offering the
certincates recommend them as an investment
security of the highest class.
The sales of mining stocks at the New York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange to-
n n n q iNIInura
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MEDA1 OF HoNoR ron ooL, roFTEK.
It wss Awarded % Hius Tor Cousprcueus nrav-
cry at missionary Ridge.

It wss Awarded 70 Frius ror Conspiousus nrav-
cry at Missionary IidGe.
Col. John J.. Toney Of Jersey City has received
. communication from the War Department In
forming him TINT q Congressional medal OF
honor for conspicuous gallantry In action dur
ing tho civil war has been awarded 10 him.
Secretary AIger's letter 20 Cot. Tofhey is as fol-
lows:
WAR DEPARTMENT
"OFF1CE OF THE SECRETARY.
WARRINGTON, Aug. IL, 1897
"SR-You are hereby notified that by diroc-
ton OF the President and under the provisions
Of tho Act Of Congress. approved March 3, 1883,
providing for tho presentation of medals Of honor
TO such officers, non-commissloned officers. and
privates as have most distinguished themselves
In action. n Congressional modal Of honor has
this day ocen presented to you for most distin-
Euished R~allantry in notion, the following being
. statement of the particular service, viz:
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. %, 1858. this
oficer, then First Lieutenant Thirty.third New
Jersey Volunteers. having been ordered to be
excused from duty on account of sickness. re-
m Of the advance %storming party. and
with conspicuous gallantry participated II in the
assault on Missionary Ridge. This officer was
here wounded and permanently disabled for
The medal will DO forwarded, to you by reg,
istered mail as soon as It shall have been en-
r. A ALGER, Secretary Of War,
Lieut.. JOHN j. ToFFEY, Jersey City. NJ
This Is the second medal OF honor awarded to
. Jerseymsn. United States Senator Sewell has
the other one.
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Escaped FROM ST: 1AzAnus,s.
Ono or tho Young FuEiuves Recapeurea By
Mother Elizabeth.

WOtHSr FIiEnoeth.
Clara Hancock, aged Ia years, in company
with Dorothy Jackson. a girl of about the same
age, escaped from st. Lazarus's School in Mount
Vernon on Tuesday of last week. Clara is the
daughter of John Hancock. q carpenter and
builder In fredericksburg. Va. who placed her
In tho school three years ago. to remain ten
JesrH. Dorothy. who lives in Paterson, N. j.,
paid their faro to that place with part of S5 her
mother had sent her. Mrs. Jackson sheltered
CLARA until Friday. whom she brought her to this
City and left her In charge OF a friend, Dr.. &. S.
woodward. of 2l0 East 10th street.
Mother Elizabeth, who has charge Of the school
from which the girls escaped. having learned OF
Clera's whereabouts, appeared in Harlem Court
yesterday and asked Magistrate Pool TO help
Eegain possession OF. tho child. Policeman Mo
Taggert was sent to Or. Wo0dward's house
with Mother Elizabeth: Clara answered their
summons and Mother Elizabeth took the child
TO the New Haven Railroad station and boarded
y train for Mount Vernon.
pr. Woodward says he will use his host efforts
TO have the whole affair investigated, aa Clara
complained of i'll usage at the homo.
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swo RS HIT At WORK,
Shey Were In . Grocery Store. ana . Home-
~ard-Roura Poiios serGoAns Saw Their I.isht.

~ard-Ssoura Poiios Sergeant saw Their Light.
While Sergeant Groves OF tho GrecnpoInt
avenue police station, Brooklyn. was going to
his homo on q car early yesterday morning he
saw a light in Jorgen Schuu,achcr's grocery at
Oh Withers street. He suspected that burglars
were in the place. and jumped OFT. The transom
over tho door was opon. He entered tho vesti.
bulo of the house. and pressed q bntton ringing
an electric bell In the grocer's Kitchen on the
floor over the store. The ringing of the hell
husband. '
Schumacher got a revolver and hurried down
tho stairs. lie and tho Sergeant went into the
store through a hull door and looked around for
sne intruders. While they were overturninu
counter and tried TO escape by smashing a rear
WINDOW. Groves captured both and took them
70 the Herbert street station. They were James
Lake, "a years old, OF = Powers street. and
Abe Harrison, 81 years. OF 90 broadway. They
were nrraigned in tho EVEN Street Police Court
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Coping Gives way, Painter x,,.a.

Thomas s~heeban. a painter. OF 1877 Third
sSenue. died in Bellevue Hospital yesterday of
n fractured skull. shechan received his injury
while at work on a now building at Seventy. first
Dtroot and West End avenue. Some OF the stone
BIN upon tho head.
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Court Calendars Thl. nav

Appellate Division Contributors.
supreme Court-Speulal ~Term-Part L-MOtIou cal.
tors. mat
surrogate's Court-ChAInbers-So day calendar,
Eor prooate-Wil OF Henry Suhmitt, DorotheA Knox,
John J. Lynch. Rosa Brett Lumer, Augusta Heriag'
Soesph Leayy. mary A. c~oughlin, Karl EbhlTdt, Jean
CITY Ceart-s9sciAl Term-Aouona.
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WEDNESDAY. Aug. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
was In better demand. Sales 424. 900 bush. for
export, including $4,000 ungraded spring on
private terms. 100000 No. 2 red at 81 .Ois,
10000 do. at $l.O4as. and 10000 No. . hard
winter on private terms. Free on board afoat:
No. l Northern spring. New York, 81. Osl,: do.
Duluth. 81 .oel4; No. l hard spring, Sl.l O No. .
hard winter. Sl.o3h; No. 2 red. new, 81. O4ass
Sl.04&. Receipts at Duluth to-day 90. 625 bush..
against 235. $50 last year; Minneapolis lis, $40,
against l44. $40; Milwaukee 81 800, against
36.4oo; Chicago 377.1l1. against l44.44s; st.
Louis 100000. against 1889; Kansas City
none. against 41.4oO; Toledo 81 .529, against
2l.25e; Detroit 1855. against 43. 7O1. Futures
Future sales 14.o35, 600 BUSH. as follows:
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stances bearing upon tho present and prospa-
tive value OF securities we're iRnored.
Chief among these are the railway tradio =
turns that are coming TO hand. For example, tb
Missouri Pacific system reported to-day an n
crease OF slo5. 900 In Its gross earnings for ID
third week In tho current month. The southcn
Railway Company reports an increase Of owe
$4S,0oo In net earnings for July. II 10 trus
worthily reported that the c., b. and Quind
Company will show gross earnings for July tha
will be $500, 900 In excess Of those for the sam
month OF last year, while the Reading Con
pany's July statement, which is now due, is cor
Adcntly expected to show an increase 81
net earnings OF nearly $500, 900. Returning d
the present month, there are indications the
the Rock Island systom will report gross RI
ceipts Of about $4,000 In excess of last yeat
A feature of to-day's market was persisten
buying Of New York Central. which was accom-
panied by rumors that the next traffic report q
that company Will be an unusually good ono
II the railroads arc able to make tho showingt
referred to before the crop movement is well
under way, their traffic returns during the
next few months arc quito likely to Justify the
hopeful views entertained by many people as to
the course of prices on the Stock Exchange. II
will DO surprising II the traffic returns that come
TO hand during the next month or two do not
modify European, particularly Englisl views.|
as to the value Of American railway securities,
This country will not be- a sufferer, Dwever,
should foreign holders Of America secu-
rites continue to part with thoi. BY
taking them in exchange for breadstfs the
commercial interests Of the United Satos re-
duce their Indebtedness abroad. and the ountry,
rs a whole, is stronger in consequence, More
over, securities purchased from Euroe are
likely 70 show a profit quito as great g those
that have accrued upon the hundreds ofnillions
of securities that have been absorbed hee since
the Barring panic.
Tho heaviest dealings to-day WERE In the
Granger stocks, with st. Paul leading l respect
to activity and c., B. and Quincy sustaining the
greatest net loss. 1t was the on' active
stock that closed a full point loer than
yesterday. Exceptional strength VS. shown
by Now York Central, Missouri Pacific,
Chesapeake and Ohio. Tenneeo Coal
and Iron, and a number Of 10 active
shares. At times tho market rallh sharply,
indicating . very moderate suppl On tho
other hand moderate sales to reali7 profits. or
aggressive ones to establish q low range Of
prices, disclosed an nbsorptive pow that war
rants tho assertion that tho undeone Of the
speculation was strong throughout
Final sales compare with those yesterday
as follows:
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none last year, Cincinnati a., against 81 last week
and l last year; Houston e,i8t, against, A.s9S last
week and t.6t5 last year, shipments lncluosd 1r0m
ton 0.48o; estimated receipts At Houston oo-morrow
7,58e Last year. Futures here declined 10 to 10
points, but recovered most OF this and closed barely
steady at q net decline Of 9 to 0 points on all montns
except September, which whs II points higher. sales
lO6.600 bales. The future trading was ns follows:
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sales OF railway bonds (par value), se,3
RAILROAD ASD OTHER sHARrA

RAILROAD AND OTHER SHAREh.
OPEN high Lo'r' - 1osfng--
Eaies. ing. rst. ,st. ma ard
1880 Am E l" ID i45 LAY llTb l17A
iOhmsRpllGS Sll5ali5 ll61
aas AmSN' ID l4is 1t Ia Ia.
+i@ AmSMp 80 80 80 3ah az
Sb72 Am Tob. OIL Ola eOL 81 OIL
@as A rob pfl l2lal12 llehli2 ia
40 Am E1..ll6'all ll5a ll5all7
$50 Am con go 2Oio 20 los onL
b26 ApCOp 3 G3L Yah 72a 7oh
1870 hEh.T&
SEE. g. 1874 ISA r I6L
1870 Atcb.T& "
SEE D.. 33h aolu aol. aoa
81 Arb pr 36a 36L 36a e a6L
400 Bait o 10 1914 Is a lAL
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examine and verify the accounts Of. the. com
pany. and bis certificate OF verincation 10 ap-
pended to the report.
Tho annual report Of President J. @. osrood of
the Colorado Fuol and Iron Company says that
no action was taken by tho directors regarding
p sse Z stock AUG se% 70, but The n,SitspS has Gn be ees
Informally copsidered, and AT It's next meeting
y, 4. b SoSTS Mill 4 The all fa RIT0ss9 tn Tsc SGSids s, ngSi Inst
due from tho Rail Makers Association, and OK.
traordinary payments amounting to $l,7l.oa
would DO, n sufncient reason for passing the
dividend. but aside from that tho Importance
OF making large expenditures OH the steel works
OF the stockholders, to conserve the company's
cash resources. II seems reasonable to oxpcct
partment, in view OF the abundant crops in Kan.
sas and Nebraskaa and the consequent prosperity
Of the formers, whose forced economies during
the past -FOUR years have greatly curtailed their
winter consumption OF coal. The earnings Of
the iron department will depend entirely on tho
% nrS%s' at Saf tSe sic S3' works. OF in' 6 PnSSep's any 1@ o}pcpS.
stances which can DO foreseen the company can
earn a fair margin above its hxed charges. The
income account for the year ended juno 80
shows:
Total expenses. SSGt.aSa 'S s.saS.SoS Dec Dec. 'S SSs.sss
o, Met 1,s ncn1 asis,ssE a7O4.aOo Inc. slg,iss
otnor income. ll,oSo 80. Inc. 1880
Ali cSEs.in 'pf.d. 's sas,,ess '5is.sSs Dec Dec: 'sS S,asS
Bal. surplus. s2oo. s27 o74.8lo Inc. el2o.oie
These securities, among Others. were sold by
auction to-day at the Real Estate Exchange:
ao snares state Trust Co ........... 1861
20 shares Gernan.A merican Insurance Co. 800. 40l
90 shares Chatham National Bank ............. eos
IL shares Bank OF Manhattan Co ........,.2 gee
IL shares United New Jersey r. r. & Canal Cos 252's
The receipts of the Government to-day were:
Customs, $412, 352; informal revenue. $242,436;
Tho disbursements were 81, 144, 900, an excess
of expenditures over receipts of $i7s. GAO. Tho
8 4,3sS,l 47, and disbursements $40. 777,9Os. an
EXCESS of expenditures over receipts OF $685.
Tho ret assets Of the Treasury at the close
OF business to-day as officially computed com.
pared with those Of yesterday as follows:
Aug. 25. Aug. "a.
Gold coin and bullion -. .e149. 27s. oSS e148. 3S1 ,0pe
Silver dollars and bullion 26.ys 1899 28.l84,557
United States notes.. 2T177,6b7 27,Ss9, sY8
Other assets in excess OF
demand liabilities. .... 2S,bl2,S6 2I,290. 800
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Rys.was dull. State. 45s47o.; No. g Western, o4la
@ooc:, cost and freight to Buffalo. Corn-Spot was
slender. Sales 4 $1,000 bush. including 100. 900 No.
= mixed; No. 2 yellow and No. g white on private
terms Tree on board ahoat, and 40. 900 at the outports
TOT export. No, 2 mixed. in elevator. 37Tsc.; q. 1000
Ssnow. IN store. at 34ac.t 10000 ungraded at $500
ture sales 64b. 900 bush. - follows: :"
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r1NANo1A1 AND COMMERCIAL.

New York stock RnchanEo-sales Aug. Do.
3 q 3 a., C, 29
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Douglas & Jones,
Members N. Y. Stock Exchange,
"a BROAD ST, n. Y. CITY.
Market letter on application.
9iridtnds mud 9atrrest.
OFFICE Of wEISnACH COMMERCIAL con-
rANY,

OFFICE Of COMMERCIAL CoS--
PASY.
~ all St, New York, August l2. 1907
Ihe pircniors have this day declared a uuart.r,v
u,Ninohu or TWO 90 FER CENT, on the rrcserr-d
Stock. payable September 10. 1897. To stockhnltcrs
Or record at the close OF business August sIst' TIans'
Ter BOOKS or tho preferred stock Will be- close, fTnp,
Checks Will be mailed, "N'
EDWARD c. LEE. Treasurer.
~o'N"Aro ana hudson tanni COMPANY.
~ NEW YORK. Aug. rs, 1897.
M !, rE naR,Gd sSr, on the capital stock OF this Company
~ In this city. on and after Wedne.dAy. seni -
Ieyl. me transfer books will be closed from, ma rl6sc,
Sept. 10. 1897. NA VI ihuTsuAy'
ny order OF the Board OF Managers.
NAPLES A. WALKER, TreAsurcr.
OFFICE OF TiiE AMERICAN COAL COMPANY
NO. BROADWAY.
Tho po.ra NEW YORK, August 9Th, 1897.
me sSArd OF Directors OF the American Coal com
gIs AZ . Aitessny County. Md, have this day do
~. S. : ssmissnnuAl dividend OF four per cent. Spos
once on Wednesday. September Ist Az @"0
GEORGE 4. BoWLbY. SscEstAEN
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Bid. Asked.
On ct 60, r.
at pl of @. o7h -
On st Is, r.
1907. lib 112N
On st a, C.
1907. lib 112A
On st 10, r.
1925. ...126h 1861
On st Is, c.
1925. ....126b 1861
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""tP'u'''"' ,"i'lHo tSbl.no!boc. $3.50, 783
In the previoR fiscal year thn ,mp.nv do
ducted from itssurplus OF 1861 .95for cost of
GS3 new STANDARD gauge cars nm ynenIs
from the specia renewal fund All eouipment
renewal fund. nc sum of &ll3. 5tjlrn yinv ths
balance carried to profit and loss Iedi, Roig.
3i'4, against E3l 1876 in the yeaIust c1osai
The statistics iiven in the report d un,tsnsiiv
complete, and n conformity With 1practics 81
the company he committee nppltad nv tha
stockholders At their last anau1neeti60 ne.
lected w. q. Purdy treasurer OF tlkocE Isiand
nSaii"a' S"up~ns ~ = oislntere4 expert TO
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-11
POST GOSSIP.

Corporal Hurch of D troop, who
was discharged Monday, re-enlisted
yesterday.
Private John st. Clair, of the bat
terry is in the hospital to undergo an
operation.
Yesterday was check day at the can
teen and big business rush was the
consequence.
First Sergeant Carpenter, of b com
pany, visited the post from the target
range Saturday.
Sergeant Niles is leading the band
in the absence of Chief Musician Gross
who is on leave in Galveston.
The men of the battery say that
Room Orderly Koch is so tired early
in the morning that he has TO attend
to the watering of the plants at night.
Cavalry parade took place in the
lower post yesterday evening at $3.50
O'Clock, Capt. Thomas, reviewing the
squadron.
Major A. "A. Harbach, OF the Eight.
cen infantry, stationed at this post
who has been on a short leave, has re,
turned home.
Mr.. Chris Augur, son of Major ia
cob \. Augur, of the Fourth cavalry
recently promoted from captain OF
troop a, Fifth cavalry, is visiting
friends at the post from Fort Bliss.
Private DUR, of X troop, who was
discharged yesterday, re-enlisted 70
X troop of the Seventh cavalry ano
will proceed to join it at its station
Fort Huachuaca, Arizona.
Private John Clark, of troop Il, Fiftl
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-11
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1897
FIT. SAM HOUSTON NEWS,
TWO OLD SERVICE MEN IN THE
BATTERY. f'
Private Boyle Who Fought At Wounded
Knee And Private Adams Who
Ret res Today-Gossip

Private Boyle, of the battery, better
known as king of the capnibals," who
was recently injured by his horse, is
recovering rapidly and will soon be
able to re-assume his duties, but at
present he is doing only light work.
Bogel has seen seventeen years con-
tinuous service in the. army, con-
siderable part of 1t active service, too,
and he carries evidence of his active
campaigns in the numerous battle
scars ON his face and head. He was
in the Seventh cavalry in 1891 when
that organization participated in the
famous battle of Wounded Knee with
the Sioux Indians in Dakota, Colonel
Whitside, now of the Fifth. cavalry
and in command of this post, then be-
ing a major in that regiment. Boyle
received several severe wounds in the
fight. He is jolly good fellow and
is well liked by all his comrades is
well as his captain, Mr.. Dillenback,
who is also veteran and hardy and
experienced old soldier. ~