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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
Mr.. Miller Resigns.
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.NtW OIitduS
General Agent c. G. Miller OF the Texas
and Pacific Missouri Pacific has filed hi,
resignation with these two lines, effective
January 1.
This information was given out yester-
day by Mr.. Miller himself, though the res
ignation had been forwarded several days
ago.
II have no explanation to make for tho
course" said Mr.. Miller to Il reporter yes,
terday evening. IL have filed my resigna-
zion. seyeling my connection with both
companies, and my future movements are
not yet made record Of
This was little information as to the
cause prompting so well known a railroad
man to leave the companies he has SO
faithfully served, but from other sources
il is learned that he has by no means
ceased his connection with the railroad
world. Mr.. Miller has been railroading
many years, and he has no idea OF doing
anything else Whether he will remain
with the Texas ard Pacific or not is not
known but II is safe TO say that his husl-
ness ability and his railroad knowledge
vii rot prove lost investment on his
part.
Who will succeed Mr.. Miller remains
also n matter of speculation. 1t is likely
that MIR. Harris, WHO is IN charge of the
situation at the depot, will be appointed 10
the position. though it may be some Texas
man.
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OF the above railroad company for very
knR time and bic promotion Il we'll de-
served aud fnerited che
In 1889 be was in tho fire insurance busi-
mss at Henderson, Texas. but desired 10
make chsnge and enter the railroad SER
wee. Mr.. Horace Booth Of this city. who
pr-vsil to be an influential friend, gave
TIN a letter 10 Mr.. Joe Ho.Tt1. VINO was
then general euptrinoendeDt at Palestine.
and he went to work as brakeman. for a
period OF thirty days, agreeable to his own
css.ie. without compensation. At the ex-
piratiop OF this time he was given per-
manent position as brakeman on the mia. n
Tins with tie usual salary attached TO that
class OF work. He steadily advanced to the
pc.lticn OF fire sht conductor. but during
3 the tssst ten years has been one OF the most
reifab.e passenger conduc,ors en- the fast
nail service a this company. He is with
but cne exception the oldest In conductor
scrv.ce OF this company and his promotion
viii DO gladly received by his fellow ems
ployes. who have been so long associated
with him.
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soope tr On opportunity 10 celebrate the
evening before Christmas IN a social ail'i
pleasant manner The openlng owed to
Sardy claw" was rendered IN oho US ~
GalEteen Georges, no matter what thelf SUI
.IpGles II gnl oe. wnl.e tla us0lte On the
{. econ ais Of Sweet Rose U Grady, as
relerctd by Captain FTgna Rochardt. may
he spoken Of as +he event Of Tie evening.
~ lie esg-QlLAng coptest Mn. II. p.
MaGef.id was declared the winner. he hav.
ing tatan the greltest number OF hard
boiled eggs.
In discussing the sandwiches as provid-
ed by jim Law.or. they were found TO be
interspeIse'i with the proper go-between,
and after the key rolling contest there wes
found sufficient liau.d refreshm,nt to az
company them.
1t was on THE whole a jolly tine, one well
calculated 10 drive away the blues and pre-
pare the mind for good nights rest and
N pTorsr condition 10 enjoy merry
Christmas today.
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Notes end Personals.

Mr.. r. G. Mcguire. commercial agent
OF the Katy ut New Orleans, arrived IN tho
city yesterday ard VIII speed portion OF
the holidays with relatives here.
Or account Of tho teachers meeting at
Austin tickets will be on sale by the Mis-
souri, Kansas AMI Texas railway December
&c, limited 10 return December 30. al one
ard one third fare fer the round trip from
Houston,
Mr.. C. B. sloat, general passenger and
ticket agent OF the Chicago. Rack Island
an1 Texas railway with headquarters ot
Fort Worth, came in over the Ceatrsl yes
terday and will remain ~ the city O short
time attending to passerger traffic.
The Gulf Air Line has issued very neat
card through w. accounting department.
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GRAIN RATES.

Railroads Are Not Going 20 Reduce
to MissisSirpi river roin's.
Sherman. Texas, December 24.-it up
pears that there has been some misunder-
standing and wrong impression created
by an interview given OFT recently by j.
z. Harrison, president OF the Texas Grain
lie lers' asso ton. Mr., Harrison thought
Fl ON The notifications Of the agents of two
railways-the Houston and Texas Central
and the TeXae and a2i0c-relative TO
rates, that 8 rate OF 20 cents per hundred
weight would be put on to Mississippi
pg uts--or rather retainedand the inlsr-
view seems to have created this impression
generally; but 1 is new stated that this
rate only applies TO points east OF the Mis-
sssippi river. and that an advance OF b
cents per 100 pounds to points this side
has leen made, This explains Galveston
special that no such Instructions had been
received there.
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An Annrecinted GIT.

Mr.. 81 Packard, manager OF sne IVY
laundry. was yesterday presented WIN
handsome gold headed umbrella ~ :,
following employees OF his estaoi''a'A' =.
Messrs. C.. Lindley. B. a. CanppeH' !,
odell. r.. ]. Oliver, w. j. Thomas, y, Z
Knox, G. Pardo, c. !. HawKils' "A
Michaels, o. H. oraver, H, NJ. oFa,s IN IN
F. NJ. Dooley. In recognition OF Inc .. :.
Mr.. Packard indicted the folsoWils -
Genvlemen 1t is pleasure 70 be re- iei hsrea
by ones co-workers. 4 TRUST OUT ia ~.
relations may be as they have been 10 nd nd
vast Wishing you a merry chrs, sn, s AZ
bosing YOURS may be as bright as yos s,, u1,.
made mine. | am. very truly, yp ns .tsrJ.
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$50 and over 1885,. ....liN is 20
l.S and over v aso......,ss tx s s1N

$50 and over 1884,. ....1iN is 20
lib and over 100 $500. .l2ss f6h 2lh
Ov.G 1to M es .......1 Sx I'm 22M
kat.s Lannel on STOCK cattle Apply only
on shipments OF ten carloads or more.
Shipn4en.e OF less than Ten CARS vi. .ake
btAi "a tie rate; provided, aggregate charge
Is not eaier than Tor ten cars at SOCK
cattle rate.
On shipments OF calves, goats, hogs anu
sheep In single deck cars, rates named on
beef cattle will apply; In double decked
carx. rates named on horses will apply.
When demand 10 made Tor double deeked
care and same can not BIO supplied, TWO
single deck cars Will be furnished at same
rate as for ono double decked car
When our mileage between competitive
points Is greater than that OF a compelling
line or lines. under one management, use
short line mileage, making proper notation
on way bills. a
In figuring distances Use the published
distance table and when rate for any COM
puted distance is not given. use the rate
given for the next greater distance, and In
all cases specify mileage on way bills.
Following minimum weights will govern
on shipments of beef cattle, stock cattle,
oxen and horses. in ordinary or stable cars.
and of calves, goats hogs and sheep In
single or double deck car:
- t,tn nj atOh
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THE HOTELS.
Rates 500 and $500 per day
JAS. LAM LDls. erop,

G. A. Erwin Cleveland; Samuel White.
lex, St Louis, H. ~ wilkins, Brenham; \.
p. Battazzi. Schuienbure; T. T.. Merrill. u.
s. v A.; Hilsrio Alder. Cuba; p Reeves
San Antonio. j. S. Daugherty. city; i
Hallignn, St Louis: Il =. Clark. Calves
ton. Chas. Clarke. Ir., Galveston. Ben IA
garry, Sour Lake; Geo. Grunewald. 81.
Louis: Jno =. Cary. Mobile Ala. W. era
ham, Bingham; j. G. Powell, Lake c /Tcs.
La. j, s. Merritt, Gulf. Colorado and santa
Fe railway c. W. Baldr!dge. Fort Madison.
Iowa; Mrs. Il. Buchanan and children Cole
man. Texas; Mrs X. Il. Bettis. Brownwood
Texas; Miss NJ. Sweeney. San Antonio; Miss
Lawlor. San Antonio Il, w. Braham, Hunts
ville w. r. Ruff and wife. Waller II. n
Gourdin Smith. Dallas; w. yack. Dallas; a.
Orange: Irene Kelsey. Austin. " Walter
Gresham. Galveston; Mrs. A,S. Hearne. New
York; Miss Hearne New York: Robert Wal
ker. Durant, /. T.; Miss Walker. Shreve
port. La VIM. G. Morrison. Sherman. Tex
as; John r. Resebro. sherman, Texas; Q. q
Ellis. Sartartia; Leigh Ellis, Sar,artia: w. III
Kelsey New Orleans: c. s. Goldsmith an
wife. Winston n. g.; W. r Jordan. LAX!
Charles; o. NJ Petit, Kinesha, wis F. y
Terae: Hilarlo Aldar, Cuba; Fred Morrell
CMeaFo: Dir. j. NJ Gober, Mataeorda r. j
Fit2 gerald. Cue-o, Mrs NJ. l.. Gay. Hunts
vllle Miss MarPie Gay, Hunt Vile; Seth g
Gay and wife. city; Burton Il. Emme {, NV
FORK c. f. Heis!g, beaumont; W; T.; NJ
Clure. Galveston. Houston and Henderson
railway: A. II. Spur. Iialiotsvlle; @. Hath
way Cleveland: NJ. s. Robson. Cleveland
Wilson D. Stearns. Galveston
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POLICY SHOPS CLOSED.

Chief Bnugh TX ON Top for the
Holdings.
Things are now coming Chief Baugh's
way. He lad some trouble In eceom-
pllshlng It, but no great reforms srs
brought about without trouble, The policy
shops have at last closed and ths policy
crank who counted on policy wheel win
rings for his C'rsstmas money reskoned
without his host. The. red wheel, tbs blue
wheel. the Kentucky wheel the II. l..
wheel and the Interstate wheel are all
closed, and Chief Baagh says ne proposes
10 keep them So.
It's slot machines hive either all been
removed from the saloons or have f,ces
turned to the wall and their slots plugged.
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enc to which it attributes much Of It's SUE,

enc to which it attributes much OF Its sue.
cess. is the fact thAt 1t guarantees ya4les
on everything it sells! and is guarantees
is as good as any bondholder can ask ioF.
Texas merchants, therefore, who nave
been in the habit of buying on credit N
New Orleans. st. LOUIS ami other business
centers. will do we'll to look INTO this mat a..
ter IL they have not already done 50. ~
every word lherein recorded is gospel lfu. y.
Send for the catalogue and compass ~. ~
prices with those you have been N .ns
habit of paying. and You will WONDER W.,
you have overlooked this matter 80 Nus
for they are simply bard times prices sus
ySal Will find them so.
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y. Vi. c. A. Notes.

Rev. W. A. Wiseman will address the
mems meeting at the Y NJ. G. A. rooms
thas Afternoon al O'clock. All men are
invited.
TIE best Christmas present TO give
Young man is t'ckst Of membsrshp in the
Y. NJ, G. A. The fee fer regular memhe-
ship costs IS now. aftsr New Years uay
tJanuary ~ a ticket will cost Sc.
The Ladies Auxiliary Is planning to riys
the usual New Years rect pt.on al the 40
s'ceisiion rooms on Monday January 4
from TO .. m. Light refreshments viii
DO given IN the hall AZ 5 o'clo,k.
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runsT-cLAsa

SfrirtIy fIrs' claw
ton: j. u, West, Corslcana: L. N. Thomp son.
willard Z. Gail, ST. Louis. No.; s. r. 4 So
i. e. Ress. Waco; Abe Berliner, New York;
Booron q. Collier. Memphis, II. II. Miller,
l.onitNille. e. U. Harlan. 'Tamplco. Mexico;
Julian NJ. Smith. Chicago; J.. Byers, Ei i'aso;
W y. Mcclure. Galveston. Houston and He.,-
dtrson railway, Galveston; j. r. Lines, MIR,
Lines, Mrs, birdie Bader. Miss Ida Mastzs.
l,ellyille. Texas; NJ. Taekaberry. Liv,npstl .
TeAus; W. Scott Jones. J. v. Bell. city;
Charles W. Moore. Philadelphia; James West.
Temple; J. II. West, Now Orleans: A. r, Hen
ton, Columbia.
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For, Worth, Texas, December 2i,-Mor-
gan Jones, president of the Fort Worth
and Denver City road accompanied by
Judge and Mrs. S. p. Green and Colonel
and Mrs Il. W. Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Conner, left this evening in his pri-
vate car over the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas for san Antonio. whore the party
will visit for two or three days.
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Co'to, seed hulls.

Rates on cotton sesd hulls ard meal mot
exceeding 20 per cent?, in mixed ear loads.
VIII be 2h cents per 100 pounds higher
ihsn cotton seed hulla in straight car
| loads.
The rats on cotton seed hulls. In car
loa3s. to Ga'ves'on will be 2ib cents per
REQ Wounds higher than the rate on sam 2
to Hors' on
4. Ignite and ignite brquettes, car
loads. per ton OF 1000 pounds, between
poir.s on the Houston East and West
raxae railway.
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William Jones. Texas; l.. e. stenson. Lab
erty A. n Bingle, Liberty; W; J. Crawford
G,.veston; II. G. Flanagan, New York, r. n.
Hornuon. Dubuque, Iowa; T 4 Warden ual-
weston w. T. Dlckey.. city James w Mue =
HURT iovelady j. w. Foster, san Antonio,
IL NJ. White, city. II. G Fay. Fort WorthS'
"a, aieana: j, T. Afford, Beaumont: Il. A.
Fills. Corpus Christi H. 4. liiiisworth, New
Orleans; Glen Armstrong, Dullas.
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u,aerh,lI ~ Texnrknnn.

Texarkana, Texas. December 2s,--Exp,rt
Accountant y. NJ Undsrhill OF the State
railroad commission is IN Texarkana to-
day looking over the books in the general
offices of the Texarkana ana Fort Smith
railway (Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf,
Mr.. UnderhiE has been hard at work all
day,
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To make rates to or from Galveston ada
Pig cents to the rnte to or from Houston,
observing 10 cents per 100 pounds n n
minimum and Trio following as max
Be ween Houston or Galveston; Flour %,
grain. oat meal. grlts and BOMBAY. n bar
rels sacks o. boxes will b. % cents per
100 pounds higher ihan those shown in
above on car LOAF shlpmens, except where
| local tariff. fourth- cla7a. Is less.
3 Cotton seed nn5 cotton se'd products,
car loads. Rates in oe1ts rer 90 rounds:
Cotton 'eed
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" EACeptIUn'-I SNte5 ITUiil IttHuy ana UNITE
80, TO Hors'on. TOO per ton.
Minimum Wetght.--The minimum weight
OF each carload shall be twenty tons. pro-
vided that when the actual weight of each
shipment contained In a car loaded to its
full capacity shall be less than twenty
tons. then the actual weight OF such ship
ment shall be charged for n. the rate per
ton applicable under this tariff.
5. Live stock car'oads. between all sta
lions on the Houston Fast and West Texas
railway. rates In cents per 100 pounds:
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CAPITOL HOTEL
%Iank A. Herve;.
ST., Manager.

Fits rooms. with
rriyat- esths. slp-
piled Will pure al
tesian wafer from
eur own we'll. lacss
sample rooms. With
hest and mos, con :
vcpiei,t aceonifno.
dat,oEs ive com :
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MORE RATES WERE FILED
u. E. end ". I. figures on Several Com
modIties Promulgated.
NIX. AND 1,c.Rl AND T.APpucATIONs
Were Also Honored, All of Then
with the Usual Reservations ~
TO Their Standing.


OFFICE OF Railroad Commission OF Texas,
Austin. Texas. December 24.--These al'pli-
cations. Nos. so. 81. 49, SO and 81 by the
Houston East and West Texas Railway
company. to apply the rates named below,
are placed on file In this Office as the rates
adopted by said railway company on the
commodities therein named. and will be by
this commission from and af,er This tsste.
But thus is done with the distanct UNDER
standing that the rates so recognized snail
be considered as the rates OF said railway
company. and not OF this commission Tho
COMMISSION heteby distinctly states that
1t wall not recognize as its own any rates
Other than Lp4si5 nov restrained by the
injunction issued by the circuit court of the
Inaaeo. states Tor the Wesoetn district OF
Texas, or such as may be hereafter pro-
muigated by said commission.
john IL. Reagan, Chairman:
l.. j. Storey.
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2. Flour rates. On flour corn meal, cat
meal, grits and homlny. in barrels. sacks
or boxes, in straight or mixed car loads, or
mixed with bran. minimum weight 10000
sounds per car.
Gra.n rates; On corn. oats. barley, rye,
wheat. malt. bran. mfll-feed and mill stun.
in straight or mixed car Loads, or mxea
with hay. minimum weight 10000 pounds
uer car.
Hay rates: On hay. stri.g ht car loads.
II 600 poNnds minimum per car.
pat.a In nnnts ner 100 pcdtutls.
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TWO MEnIrEp rnoMorIoNs
In the Freiwht aud Passenger De-
pnrtmcntS of the I. and q. n.

an the Fftikht HursthRrE bc'
partmcnts of the !. and q. n.
The general freight and passenger de-
psrtmenls of the International and Great
Northern Railroad company have issued
from their headquarters at Palestine the
icl..wing circular
ktfest.ye January I. 1899, MIR. w, r.
Muslck Is appointed gensral Eastern freight
and passenger agent. with headquarters at
No. S9l Broadway. New York.
The Office OF commercial agent is abol-
sized. d, j. Price
General PASSENGER and Ticket Agent
q. H. Turner.
General FEsgst Agent,
Approved: l.. Trice.
Sec v. p. and Gen. Supt.
In this connection. Mr.. c. Hightower has
befu apposnSed to the office OF travelling
passenger and freight agent. succeeding Mr..
Musaek
Ms. Haghtswsr sss ban " the supaoy
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W, T. ana j. r
Boyle reassume the
management OF the
Hutchins House, tho
old established no,
tel. Everything Will
be found In FIRST
class condition. All
we ask Is a trial.
Rates. s? 90 nsr day,
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uegrct lad mlrschacld,s Retiremcnt

The reti.tsment OF Mr. Eli A. Hirschheld
from ths Fort Worth and Denver CITY rail-
way is much regretted by his many friend,
in Huntsville Those who attended the
ChautauQua at Boulder Coo, last sua,-
ner are specially hopeful his retirement
VIII not have any effect on the Chau.auqua
work,
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The rtes or cotton seed, in car loads
20 Galve ton viii b. cephs per 100 pounds
higher than tho rate on same to Houston
clats r will b. maximum in al, cases
Galveston rot"e VIII az cents per 100
rounas higher than Houston on cake meal
and oil. until maximum OF 30 cents is
reached.
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SHEDSKIN
20 INES

1gylittle boy broksout with N itching rash.
! I tsIcd three doetors and medical college but
~ Ec2t getting worse. Taers Ens not one
;easdreta1k qfskin On ~ tskols bodv unaffected.
10 1as 90 nass q Sores and the stencil was
lS'sh:suI. n removing the banda-cs they
sHpill sake ~ akin Nth them. and tho poor
ohi;f'n eoreAp,s wers heart-breehlrg. Aftcs
~ secon1 sppaleatIon Of CuTIcrKA (oint-
I9ent) ~ sloss " f5vrorenei "A the
ocf16 t. ~ -. HI skia peclca sTcnty
t(Ii4o, ~ aoW N n t1ftrelv cryei.
11 1A8xA1r M Ca o., Chicago. II.
y On Isqxvneys lss Eyrsv gAsr uvses.
. 80: - ~ IS IS d& ssss1z
5S:sl a;sl : e g.
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EIls., Chrs.tn,a~ rro,,,

The Christmas Eve entertainment given
by the officers and members Of the F,ks
a. mssT ~, hal IN The Binn building was
complimentary U thsmaslyss. ana s9ordins
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j. J. Arthur. Secretary.

1. Rates on rough wooden blocks tnot
product OF saw mill) including house blocks
Der between points ON the Houston East
and West Texas. minimum weight $4,000
pounds per car traues in cents per 100
pcunds).
l,aA.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Friday. December %. at a mes NEE, 1colIss,
stockholders Of the First National e slsclsl
bank the following students wsls Fowlsf.
,sreetors. H, A, sauer, sarngs' = H.,
Uvalde Burns, R. T. Lacy and "a : BUN
kelI. Az a directors meeting ovA'ST Ia
wa, elected president and n '
cashier. tbe 6fA
schools i, the South to introd.cs huspesI
teal plan OF teaching BY ac, sl',s.slc sna
transactions with banks, wno,' ETC. y
retail houses, commission nrms s,,y 10 IN
operation. This feature ADDS grss'', q II =
value of the course OF the s."-''
interesting and practical
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r,,u .urRtrAN BREWING Assv
TIoN .on,ne
VIII issue on tho lst Of laaun' eslsna',
the largest and most at'faou' I
they have ever put OUT sl5
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NOTICE TO MEMBERs OF HoIl'"0

You are requested. 70 me-. a. sttses
Hall al p m. for the PUPPIES, n !" a w
.tr,s Mr.. f. p. Noland's funers' Z
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-06-10
WERE STRUCK By SHELLS.

vixcaya and Furor Hit During the Bonn.
bardment OF Santiago.
LONDON, June 9.-The Madrid cor.
respondent of The Standard says: It
is reported that during the engagement
at Santiago two shells struck the Viz
caya and one the destroyer Furor. Ad-
miral Cervera praises the splendid
behavior Of the marine brigade that
served the guns Of the Castillo de Ia
Socapa battery under terrible fire for
several hours.
The papers are doing their utmost to
dispel the unfavorable impression made
by the news from Santiago. and they
recommend the authorities to give
more details and not to keep silence on
the facts, which afterwards would leak
out through foreign or private advices.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-06-10
MORE TRANSPORTS.

Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn SECURES
= Several Boats for the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, June g. Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn has chartered the
steamships Indiana, Morgan City and
City of Para for transports for troops to
the Philippines; has closed contract
for the Victoria, Olympia and Arizona,
of the Northern Pacific steamship line,
and secured the privilege Of acquiring
the Tacoma and the Columbia, If need
ed all five on condition they are given
an American register. He also has or
dered impressed into service the Sena.
tor, Queen and City of Pueblo, of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, if
found satisfactory.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-06-10
SKATER IS IN COMMAND
Is on Board the Bancroft, With
the Indiana and Helena
as Conveys.
Expedition Made Up Mainly OF
Infantry, Cavalry and
Artillery.

LONDON, June 9.-The Washington
correspondent Of The Daily Chronicle,
with the approval of General Greedy,
cables the following:
The army sailed from Tampa at
noon Wednesday. The force numbers
$1,000 men, composed Of infantry, cav.
airy, artillery, engineers and signal
corps.
The infantry consists Of ~ regiments
--i8 regulars and IL volunteers AS fol.
lows:
OF the regular regiments the First,
Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty.frst,
Twenty.second, Twenty.fourth and
Twenty.fifth.
or the volunteer regiments there
were the Seventy.irst New York,
Thirty.second Michigan, First and
Fifth Ohio, Second New York, First
District Of Columbia, Fifth Maryland,
One Hundred and Ffty.second In.
diana and the Third Pennsylvania.
The Total Infantry Force
is 81, 600 men. In addition there are q
battalion of engineers, detachment of
the signal corps, five squads of cavalry,
four batteries of light artillery and two
batteries of heavy artillery.
General Shafter Is in chief command
Of the force, which Is conveyed by the
battleship Indiana and the gunboat
Helena, with the training ship Ban.
croft as Genral Skaters floating home.
The transports are due at Santiago
Friday night or Saturday morning and
landing will be attempted on Satur.
day. This should be effected without
difficulty and no doubt by Su nday at
the latest the Stars and Stripes will
float over Santiago de Cuba.