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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-13
METER Of BUSINESS.
|ex 70 the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
ANTS BAvE MORE CONFIDENCE
Acrease In the Volume Of Buai-
kss Keeps Up-The War IN
Coffee Trade NOtes.
Once Of Tho Post,


Houston, Wednesday, January IL.
ke unfavorable weather and muddy.
streets and bad roads In the country
lrt in trade which began last week
Is. Mt
With merchants OF all classes indi-
more sanguine feeling. They appear
more confidence than at any time
q year. The opinion is held that the
ment noted In tho Eas. except In
hon goods Industries. viii soon reach
hthwest and have stimulating effect
)ness generally.
Is from the interior state that plant
busily engaged in making prepara-
br the next crop. In some sections
lination is to cut down tho acreage
to cotton. while In others there Will
much change from last year. because
! can not secure advances except upor,
PAL colonies from the Northwest are ex-
to settle in the coast country be-
bow and spring. which will materially
1.-THE population and create new trade
must be supplied by Houston.
The Tomato Pack.
J eighteenth annual review of the to-
Jack of the United States and Canada
perican Grocer states that the pack In
Fhile 6os,25S cases larges than in 1896,
fhind the annual average for the four
1887, 1856 cases. The total out
1897 is 4,l49.441 cases. and Is unequal
annual requirements of the trade in a
u general prosperity, or else prices
mot have advanced since August from
cents per dozen on standard grades OF
tins The carry-ovpr from ls9. into
hs very much lighter than the carry
ON 1895 to 1895. 1t is also certain that
in packers hands at the close of 1896
lighter than they have been In many
~ corresponding date. The total pack
res with the output of nine previous
as follows. cases of two dozen tins
.s9I, i.1i9. AL, 1876. 3.tii ISIS; 1895, l,i9i,-
"a. 6.5s6.9I9; 1899. 4,6s5. 1888: 1892, 1885,
", 3,fo5,S65; 1890, 3,I6si77; 1880. 1885,
IS, 3,343, 1877. Total for ten years, 30
average per year, 1886, $50; average
ar 1S94-lS97, 4,6lS.o97
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WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations are for less than carload iots.
Special prices ON carloads,
BARBED WIRE-Glidden. gal, $2.25 per 100
lbs; Waukegan, Sc higher than Glidden.
WIRE NAII.S-Rate. $500 per keg; ad-
vanoes, 1Od, I'D and led. SC; So ana 81, loc;
I'D and I'd. zoe; i'd and 90. soc; Sd, 4oc; I'd,
75c
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All classes Of cattle are In small supply ana
active demand. Hogs are wanted and brihk
top prices. Calves are worry scarce aud arg
In dsmand at quotations
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the condition of the ship. Either the
Massachusetts or the Indiana will be
substituted for the Iowa if it be found
necessary to make Il change. Either of
them is as formidable as the Iowa. Their
four large guns are of thirteen-inch type.
while those of the Iowa are twelve-inch.
In other respects their batteries are
similar to the Iowas. They are COM
monty regarded as rather better sea
going ships than the Iowa.
The Department has not decided to in
crease the number of Watsons ships,
as has been reported. as it is felt
that the list announced yesterday is
quite ample to take care of Admiral
Camara's squadron, now returning has
tily to protect the coast of Spain.
Camara's only armored ships are the
Pelayo and the Carlos ". the former
of $4,000. the latter 5000 tons. They
are out-ranked in every point by the
ships of the American squadron, armor,
armament. speed. size and number of
guns and general effectiveness.
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FATE Of ALFONSO XII
THE WORK OF THE HAWK, PRAIRIE AND
CASTlNE.
Extraordinary Daring of the Hawk Ensign
SChofi-Id a New Decatur in The Bay
y of AIgiers.

Key West, Fla, July 9.-6:50 p. m.--
steamer, destroyed by the Hawk, Pram,,
and Castine at Mariel on Wednesday
last was the Trans Atlantic liner Al
fonso XII, of nearly 5000 tons Al
though the American ships were unable
to approach close enough to clearly es-
taDnsh her identity Oh account OF the
brisk fire from the steamer and the shore
batteries, her appearance corresponded
almost exactly with the descriptions of
the Alfonso MI. as given in Lloyds.
The destruction of the ship, the chief
details Of which have already been pub
lished, was Il daring piece of work. The
credit does not all belong to the Prarie.
whose big guns finally encompassed the
Spanidrd's ruin and left her a mass of
blazing wreckage on the beach. The
work of the little converted yacht Hawk
was heroic to II degree. 1t was she
who first discovered the enemy and alone
gave chase, running back for the as
sistance of the two larger gunboats only
when the Spaniards drew in under the
Mariel batteries and close to two Spanish
gunboats lying in the harbor.
Before seeking aid. however the Hawk
lowered a small boat, manned by En-
sign Scofield and II crew of six. In the
bright light of the tropical moon they
pulled boldly into within Il ships length
O. the Spaniard after she had gone
aground. their mission being TO learn
her name. From the time they left the
Hawk until their return the small
boat and her crew made Il brilliant tar
get for the machine guns and small
arms aboard the steamer. and an inceS-
SAINT fire was directed at them. Moth
ing daunted. they drew close enough to
hear orders on the enemys deck. Shots
were fying all around them. but none
struck, and they We're eventually com
PEELED to return to their ship without
having fulfilled their purpose
The fire. not only from the ship. but
also from the Mariel tower, Il sand bat
terry and Spanish gunboats. continued
until the Castine and Prairie came up
and silcnced them and destroyed the al
fonso XII.
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HEALTH OF THE MARINES AT
GUANTANAMO GOOD.
VERY EASY TO TAKE THE TOWN NOW
Seige Guns and Ammunition From the 0rizaba
Being UnIoaded:. Believed the Roads TO
Santiago Are Passable Now For
Heavy Artillery.

copyrighted 1898 by Associated Press J
Guantanamo, July s, a. m., by the
Associated Press dispatch boat Cynthia.
via Port Antonio, Jamaica, July 8, a.
M, and Kingston, 1870 p. m.-Advices
received by Commander McCalla, of the
Marbehead, from the city of Guantana-
mo show that the deaths from starvation
there average fifteen daily.
Gen. Perez. the commander of Guam
tanamo, has given up hope of succor and
the town could readily be taken were it
worth while to risk the lives of the
American troops. The entrance from the
upper to the lower bay is patrolled
nightly by steam launches. The gun
boats in the upper bay have not shown
themselves for several days.
Post Capt. Fernandez, of Baracoa,
with three officers, was captured by
Commander McCalla as they ran into
this harbor for news. They did not use
the American flag until too late.
Thousands of Cubans-Some estimates
placing the number at 20,000-are being
fed at the camp on the west side of the
harbor with supplies furnished ut the
camp by the Red Cross Society.
The health of the marines at Guam
tanamo is good but the same cannot be
said of those at Baiquiri, where forty
Of the hundred men are on sick report.
suffering from low fever.
On July 9th. ninety Spaniards APP
peared on the hills west Of Baiquiri and
opened fire. The gunboat Manning re-
piled vigorously and her shells soon si-
fenced and drove away the enemy.
The siege guns and their ammunition
are now being unloaded from the trans
port Orizaba to large barge. The diff
tculty is to get the guns ashore through
the surf. 1t is believed that the roads
20 the front at Santiago are now pass
able for heavy artillery.
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WORK OF GUERILLAS.

Believed They are Numbering Our Mer
Under Sanction of Spanish Authori
ties.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
In front of Santiago. July 8. 8 "A. M
BY the Associated Press dispatch boat
Cynthit, via Port Antonio, July g. 8 n
m.-By the way of Kingston, .Jamaica
July 8, 8 II. m.-There has been abso
lutely no change at Santiago during tht
past twenty-four hours. The Spanish
authorities are taking time to consider
the proposition to surrender. and no an
swer will be made before noon to-mor
row.
Gable operators. at the request of tho
Spanish officials, have been allowed tC
enter Santiago. and the matter of th.
surrender of that city is now being con
sidered with Madrid direct.
The general feeling among the Amer
can officers is that the surrender will bt
made not necessarily tomorrow (Sat
urday), but they believe that date vii
be the beginning of the final negotl
tions. The Spanish authorities request
that hereafter all communications Il
them be made in Spanish, as 1.-The Of
ficers who did the transating for us are
no longer with us"
Orders have been issued that each re-
glment in the American lines hoist a
nag on the trenches in front of the DO.
sltlon 1t occupies. This gives ;ht
SpanlardS an excellent idea of the ey-
tent and location of our lines. but il
also makes a very imposing appearance
lhis morning nearly score of standards
were finttering at different points alone
the works which are now nearly four
miles long and enclosing the city on two
sides.
1t had been proposed that a battalion
OF sharp-shOoters be formed from eacl
regiment i'll the army to be commanded
by officers of practical proficiency as
marksmen and hunters. 1t is said that
this battalion would be able to clear
the region near the army of peslSy gueril.
las VINO, from tree tops, make many at
tempts. some of them successful, II
wounding men as they are carried to the
rear. During the truce. which has
now lasted four days, there has beer
none of this murder business going on
and the American officers. therefore. con
clude that the guerillas have been en-
gagged in this miserable work under +ht
direct orders or control Of the Spanish
leaders Several commissions from
Spanish authorities to act as guerilas
have been picked up on the battlefield,
of San Juan and El Caney.
The story published by a New York
paper to the effect that the Spanish pris
oners have been turned over to Cubans
who will kill them, is without tbe
slightest foundation in fact. No nr;s.
oners have been turned over to the 'Cu.
bans at any time.
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BALLOONS FOR CUBA.

Government Completing Il Gas Plant al
Tampa-Balloons for Signal Pur-
poses.
Tampa, Fla, July "a gas plant is
just being completed by the government
here. The work is in charge of Major
Reber, who is attached to the signal
corps. Gas will be made here and placed
in cylinders and sent to Cuba for use
in balloons, it having been determined
that this can be done better than by tax
ing the stall porta BILE part over. Be
sides. the big thirty-foot observation bal
loon. Il number of seven by nine-foot
balloons are to be sent over These
small ones are not for observation. but
for signalling. Each one will be painted
Il different color. and one will be an
chOred over each division of the army
so that the whereabout of each will be
known to the other, and there will never
be any possibility of one firing on the
other. This method Of keeping the track
of the different commands is very highly
regarded by army officers.
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NO HOPE OF THE WRECKS.
This Authority Says They Cannot Re
ElOatGd.

Copyright by the Associated press)
With the Fleet. off Santiago de Cuba
july :, noon. by the Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Cynthia II, via Port An
tonic, Jamaica. July q 10 n. m., by way
Of Kingston. Jamaican July 9.-9:15 a.
m.-Boats crews from the Texas and
the Associated Press dispatch boat land
ed this morning on the wrecks of the
Almirante. Oquendo and Infanta Teresa.
Commodore Schley saw some Spaniards
on board of them. and thought our men
had better take their arms. but they
would not wait. When they neared thu,
ships they saw the Spaniards leapng
off and swimming ashore. Not a shot
was fired, however Probably the Span
iards had been looting.
The wrecks are described as looking
like big steel buildings after destruction
by fire. The deck beams of the war
ships are twisted, as if the flames had
the power of tremendous explosion.
The armoring plates weighing tons have
been wrenched off. and there were many
evidences in the holds of where the shots
of the Brooklyn and Oregon had landed
The decks We're strewed with officers
uniforms and small arms. All the guns
are ruined except an 11-inch gun i'm the
forward turret of the lnfaTta Maria
Teresa. which seems to be in perfect
order.
There is absolutely no hope of floating
the Spanish ships.
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SAMPSON AND SCHLEY,
President Considering Promotion
Their Present Rank.

Washington. July 9.-The President
has determined to promote acting Ad-
miral Sampson and Commodore Schley,
in recognition of their services in the de-
struction of the Spanish naval fleet in
American waters. but is as yet unde-
cided as to the extent of promotion. Al
though Admiral Sampson ranks Commo-
dore Schley in command of the naval
forces in Cuban waters, he is subordinate
to that officer by two numbers in the
naval register. Commodore Schley
stands number eight in the list of com
modorcs, and Commodore Sampson
stands number ten, having been pro-
motedt TO that grade within the past
week. Commodore Watson, also on
duty with the fleet at Santiago, is senior
to both of the others. standing number
six in his grade. When an official re-
port is received Il decision will be reach
ed as to the extent of promotion to be
made.
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blegram was received from Admiral
Sampson to-day:
Playa del Este, July Sth.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington,
ID. G.
"Preliminary report from board order
ed to examine wrecks states that wreck
ing appliances should be gotten here
Immediately. Think no doubt about
saving Vizcaya, Maria Teresa and Crisa
tobal Colon. if haste be made. Colon is
much the most valuable being in perfect
order. Would recommend most power
full appliances be sent at once.
SAMPSON"
The department had already arranged
with the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking
Company to undertake the salvage of
these vessels, and two of the vessels of
that company are now on their way to
Santiago. AS SIMPSONS dispatch makes
out much stronger possibility of saving
the ships than was supposed copy of
it has been sent to the contractors with
the request to hasten the work and to
be prepared to send additional assist
ance if it be found necessary
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EMILE ZOLA'S SENTENCE.
Sixteen Days Imprisonment but the Sen
tence is Suspended.

Paris, July 9.-In the libel suit of the
three handwriting experts in the Ester
hazy case against NJ. Emile Iola and
Nj. PerreuX, the editor of the AurOre
growing out of allegations made by the
latter against the experts who testified
regarding Dreyfus documents, the court
has sentenced NJ. PerreuX to pay Il fine
of 800 francs and has sentenced NJ. Xola
to IL days Imprisonment and to pay II
fine Of 10000. The Imprisonment, how
ever. is suspended. In addition, each
of the experts is awarded 5000 francs
damages.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-10
LEADS ALL MORT III CAROL lA MAlE@ u NEWS AMID CIRCULATION.
THE YALE AND COLUMBIA
Have Left Anchorage and Are on Thei
Way South.

Way South.
Charleston, s. c.. July 9.-The people
of Charleston have been doing every.
thing in their power to make the troops
here comfortable. The quarters supplied
for them by the city are the best to be
had and are cool and commOdious, and
each day Mayor Smyth supplies each
regiment in the camp with one thousand
pounds of ice for the drinking water.
Approaching these and many other fa-
vors extended his command, Gen. VIII
son to-day sent letter of thanks to the
mayor and council. thanking Charleston
for all that was being done for his men.
In it he said that the city had establish
ed its claims as Il most appropriate place
for the embarkation of soldiers. 1t was
learned to-day that the Yale and Colum-
bia left their anchorage off the light ship
ut | O'clock this morning.
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RECOMMENDED BY PRITCHARD.

Captain c. j. Harris. as Member of In
dustrial Commission.
Washington. ID. c., July 9.-(Special.)
Senator Pritchard has recommended
Captain c. j. Harris. of Dillsboro, for
appointment as member of the Indus
trial Commission. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Harris will be appointed to repre-
sent North Carolina on the Commission.
Senator Pritchard has been requested
to assist in the prosecution of A. H..
Hicks for the killing of Captain Toms.
The Senator. who left for home tonight.
said that if he could arrange matters,
he would engage in the case.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-10
A TEN DAYS ARMISTTCE
One Report is That the Cabinet is. (,on
sidering it-Sagasta's Denial

Madrid. July % p. m-The T. T.iherol
says the Spanish Cabinet is considor;no
the question of signing a ten days' arms
'ice' IN order to facilitate the peace ne
gotiations.
Inc Rome correspondent of the I'm
parciai' telegraphs that ten days' ar
misiice is coming, but he adds that he
thiiks tne powers, with the Vatican, are
engineering the movement. and are con-
siderlhS the proper form which the
armisticc shall assume. Senor Sagasta.
however, declared after the Cabinet
meeting that the rumors of an armistice
were without foundation. adding that
the government is only discussing the
means of prosecuting the war;
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CABINET DIVIDED ON PEACE.
American Reinforcements Arrive a
Santiago.

Madrid. July 81 p. m.-Duke Al
modevar De Rio. upon leaving the cabi-
net council to-day. denied that peace ne
gotiations had been opened, adding:
AT the present moment we must talk
only of war;
1t is the general impression that the
Cabinet is divided as to the peace ques-
ton.
\ dispatch from Santiago de Cuba an
nOunces that American reinforcements
have arrived there and adds that the
Reina Mercedes was sunk in order to
block the entrance to Santiago.
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INTERVENTION GROWS STRONG

London, July 10-The Observers Vien-
ma correspondent says:
''The Spanish reverses have caused a
fresh outburst of sympathy with Spain,
and there is a greater prospect of in
tervention now than at any previous pc
riod Of the war;
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TROOPS REACH SANTIAGO.

Washington, July 9.-The War De
partment is advised that Randolph S
Sixth Battery of artillery, the District
Of Columbia regiment, and regiment
of Illinois infantry, which left Tampa
several days ago, have reached San
tiagO.
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Messina. Sciiy.. July 9.-The Spanish
torpedo boats. Audaz. Proserpina and
Osada. belonging to Admiral Camara:s
squadron. have arrived here from Port
Said, on their way back to Spain.
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PRESS ASSOCIATION.

President Mckinley Gives the Editors
a Private Reception.
Washington. y. c.. July 9.-The South
Carolina State Press Association is visit
ing Washington on its annual excursion.
. About forty members are in the party.
a private reception was given the Asso-
citation by President Mckinley at the
White House.
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TELEGRAMS FROM SHAFTER.
English Gables Working-Number o
Killed

Washington, July 9.-The War De
partment received two dispatches from
Gen. Shafter, over night as follows:
Playa del Este. with army corps in
me held. July 9.-Secretary of War.
Washington Gable operators were per-
mitted to go in yesterday morning The
English cable was in working order and
some OF the operators were in the city.
Gen. Toral wanted these there rs they
were the principal men. This cable has
not been cut and the men have in have
not taken ii up again. English cable has
been working all the time through to
Havana.
(Signed) ''SHAFTER"
playa del Este. July 9.-Camp near
Santiago, July Sth.-Adjutant General
Washington: Complete report received
to-day of loss on July ! and =. Killed -
officers, 2OS enlisted men. Wounded 81
officers. 1.203 enlisted. Missing 70 en-
listed men. The reports giving the names
of the killed and wounded are being pre-
pared and it is hoped to get them off to-
morrow.
tSigneD ''SHAFTER."
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"SHAF AFTER"
CADIZ FLEET TO CARTAGENA.

Port Said July 9.-At > p. m. to-day
the Spanish warships. collers and troop
ships saYed for Cartagena.
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CALDWELL NOT LOST.
Sick and in the City on Leave of Alb
Sence.

Jacksonville, Fla. July 9.-The re-
ported disappearance of Capt. Il. IL.
Caldwell, surgeon Of the Second Virginia
regiment, is unfounded in every way.
Capt Caldwell was sick in the city for
few days, but was on leave of alb
sence and is now attending to his duties
at the division hospital.
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A COUNCIL OF WAR.

= WASHINGTON, JULY "a
= CABLEGRAM WAS RECEIV-
. ED FROM GENERAL SHAFT
= ER AT THE WAR DEPART
. MENT TONIGHT, WHICH is
. UNDERSTOOD TO MAKE
: CERTAIN RECOMMENDA-
= TIONS, AS ACTION UPON THE
+ SPANISH PROPOSALS FOR
. CONDITIONAL CAPITULA- 4
= TION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER 4
. IT'S RECEIPT. SECRETARY 4
= ALGER, SECRETARY LONG 4
. AND ADJUTANT GENERAL
= CORBIN, WENT TO THE 4
. WHITE HOUSE, AND ARE 4
. NOW IN CONFERENCE WITH 9
o THE PRESIDENT. 4
. BATTLE MAY OPEN ANY 4
. WASHINGTON. ID. c.. JULY 4
= 9-THE CONFERENCE BROKE 4
. UP SHORTLY AFTER MID
. NIGHT. SECRETARY ALGER. 4
. ON LEAVING. SAID THERE
= HAD BEEN NO REPORTS OF I
y FIRING NOR OF ACTION. 4
= BUT HE ADDED. THERE
= HAS BEEN SOME TALK OF 4
. SURRENDER. A PROPOSE q
. TION HAS BEEN MADE. 4
= WHICH WILL NOT BE CON Z
= SIDERED. AND THINGS. |
. THINK. WILL GO ON ABOUT Z
. AS THEY WE'RE INTENDED" q
= do YOU MEAN BY THAT" .
. HE WAS ASKED. THAT THE q
q BOMBARDMENT WILL BE Z
y MADE AT ONCE" q
q Il CAN'T SAY DEFINITELY. q
q BUT THAT is VERY PROBA- .
= BILE" HE REPLIED. .
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MAY SAVE THESE SHIPS
THE VlZCAYA, MARIA TERESA AND Girls
T0BAL COLON.
Sampson Telegraphs that The Colon is in Per
feet 0rder--M Measures for Saving
Them Under Way.

Washington, July 9-The following ca
blegram was received from Admiral
Sampson to-day:
Arizona republican., 1898-02-14

cabin in a gulch not far from Dead
 wood, and was one of those fellows
 who live that way, raise few pota- toes, go hunting and fishing, do lit tie prospecting and when money is short go out and wash few dollars worth of dust out of a creek bed. Do you know, Sebastian found that mine fifteen years before he located it. While out hunting one day he found chunk of rich float near a spring where he stopped for drink. Whe,h- CT it was laziness, or what, I don't know, the cuss just buried it there by the spring and went on with his gun. He didn't pay any more attan- tion to it for fifteen years. Then when the Monte Cristo was located on hill near there, he remembered that chunk of ore and went back to hunt it. The spring had closed and opened again hundred feet above, but Se- bastian found his rock and then he found the ledge close by. He got $5O.- 900 for the claim that became the Brown Bear. He came down to the city, made presents to the girls and so on, and now is living in another cabin up there at French Gulch, just about as he did before he came across his fortune"