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COTTON ON sHIPBoARp.

Cotton on shpboard. not cleared, at Galvss
tor tochy: "a
For Liverpool-Ss West Indian, 1924 bales; .
Polycarp, 1855; SIS Wilma, 17o5; Holywslt
1850: SIS Aston Hall, s0g3.
For Manchester-Ss Brs ckfied, 1860 bales.
For Havre-Ss Bendo, lag; SIS Fulwell, $50
SIS lncemore, 1850. pa
For Rotterdam-Ss Lady Lewis, COO. M
For Brcmen--Ss Freshfield, 9b5
For New York-Mallory line, 5O6l. 81
Total cotton on shpboard, 1851.
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COMMERCINI. nnIrrs.

New York. September i5.-Clesrinss IA,
AIS >g: balance, slo.sil,si
lVsi, &c for the account
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MONEY AND BANKlNs

Houston, September iS.-The LEGAL banks nrs
wen supplied Win money tor all palposs,
lean market. =" 'ne
Exchange IL quoted as follows. New Yor.
putins. rari selling, New York. St Louis and
leans. buying. par. selling. "a premium
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Flour Firm
Whcat-No . spring, Gia65ik No. sprins.
G2isa6G. No. red c.
Corn-No. ,, SoMdSoh; No yellow 2oiAn
30Ns
oats No, ., elhG2l,A; No white. 2i12i.
Ne, white 23hN2i
Rye-No .. i7ni7ik
pnrcy-No. .. SgH4s
FlnNseed- No l. SSNmSo.
Timothy seed--prime 2a5
Mess pork--rcr barrel, Si5ffS so
lnrd pcr 100 pounds S2l.d4.N2t.
short ribs sdcs--Loosc. il5fT5.ei
Dry saltCd shouldors-.noxed. psGiH.
Short rlcAr shes-nnXrh 4 GnlIh 70
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nARINE INrELLIGENcn.

AARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port OF Galveston, September Is.
CLEARED
So Mexicano, King. Tampico and Vera Cruz.
IS Aston Hall, McFee, Liverpool.
SIS ST. Hubert. Smith, Rotterdam.
SAILED.
SIS Mexicano, King. Tampico and Vera Cruz,
IS City Of York. Tindale. Rotterdam
Sch W. Wallace Ward, Kelsey, Pensacola
VESSELS IN PORT.
IS Aston Han.
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HIDES, wooi. Avn nEEswAx.
riees paid by Houston dealers;

81. Louis. September is.--w Steady: de.
mand fair medium. 1903: light ave. isafls:
heavy nne. loGii; tubwashed. isQ.7.
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GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.

By Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe railway
PIP bales; by International and Great North.
ern. 1872: by Galveston Houston and Hendey-
son. 15i by Missouri, Kansas and Texas. l2,7
by Galveston. La Porte and Houston. $50; BY
barge Abbie. 22s; by barge C. w. Bein, 11si
Total. GS13. ~
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on about the same basis. Prints Of all sort
are dull and fcatureless.
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Chicago adyices TO II. W. Hunter A 90. cav.
puts ON December wheat 6sas. and calls eSs, q
S 1854 Puts on December corn sold NJ ssL
and calls s9lsG29%,
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The following are ths Siearancs.
Houston banks for thu week thus IA, ana ~
.ae corresponding time last year. together win
Tie in.reate or decrease ""o
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The London Produce Markets Review of tn,
I'D says. Although the long drouth nas UNI
douhtedly seriously delayed the crop. an far as
can be ascertnined 1t has not materially In.
jured 1t. the speculative beet market has been
quiet. ana only u limited business has o. nj.
oono al precs which ara ftGly maintained No
d. e!dcd alteration has taken place IN the value
Of cane hluas, whlcu. however, are slow al
sale SO lar rs reuning descriptions are con
ceGned. but on the othor nand Grocery sugars.
owing to the reduction ia stocks as compared
with last year, have met with better .
msnd al fully previous rates. Lonaol yellow
eystals nave hoeu in fair requcat and pii,,s
are very frm These sugaia show better
value than anything else IA the mArKot, ana
may. We think, be h0ugnt freely Glucueu
remains practically unehaugt d. and is very
slow OF sale. There We're no imports OF crys
tallizod raws to London Tor the week cudlar
the lst instant the total for this year IL
1897
Although the refined market has not hrcu
quite SO active for cuntriiuguls, prices remain
quite stoidy. Continental Xranulattu cnutinu A
in fair request for ready and pfoEpt augata
AT lad above last weeks quotations, but FOR
ward shipments have been SLOW OF sale M
ABOUT previous prices. a large trade has been
done ia cubes aud cut LOAF. aud some kinda
are sd dearer. but IN. finest aud medium
kinds still show excellent value. compared
with the lower sorts. Dutch and Austria
crushed are In moderate request at about M De-
vious prices. while syrup and molasses con
unue rather slow OF sale. but Quotat ons are
unchanged.
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HEAVY STAPLES.

These quotations are revised daily. and their
correctness can be relied upon. The prices are
those ruling In Houston wholesale markets.
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IN THE COTTON MARKETS.
Statistical Information from thl
Leading Exchanges.
THE BEARS HAD ANOTHER INNING
LfyerpooI Led in the Decline and the
American Markets Followed.
Prices Low.
Office of The Post.

Houston, Thursday, September 10.
II was another bad day for cotton. Liver
pool led the downward movement In response
10 the decline on this side yesterday and the
American markets then went Liverpool Few
points more. At the close today spot MD
ding IL New Orleans was 3-l6 and Septem-
Der delivery 5.02, with October o.O3-0i
When tho bottom will be reached ana the
tide turn no one Will prophesy. The trade 10
sill pessimistic and the bears aggressive on
the ground that splnners are holding aloof
and the crop is topheavy.
Liverpool was l-32 off on spots and 2,a-6i On
futures.
New York revised spots on the opening and
at the close took off lis. New Orleans re-
duted spots Lie While Houston and Calves
ton remain unchanged.
r,,,ras In Nau vor, o,osod 6 a. ard In
New Orleans to points down.
Receipts at ports were 17,2li against 20, $50
I,et WAR
~
NC" orleans eApects oooo 10 'ooo TOMORROW
againE, 5lS6 last year, and Houston looks for
900p 10 a5oo against ana lac, voor
' ~ - ~ '
uupter & CHS. Cot,on l,tt.r
n N, ~. q r. - I,.,..aa, 49,,
W. iA'n'ei W. say "'ei pun iie'
our decline OF yesterday with a break OF
1iL. Ga on contracts. and 1-32 decline on spots.
-, -, 90 nnn 80, -,
o"t sou i%'Voo puies' our markets opoheu Ut
about last nights prices, but notwithstand-
ing Liyerpool did not further decline there
vas reneued uouidot,o, -, co,,or T., orr NOR
"t' iene"ea iquiu"'ioii Oh COTTON IN our mar
kets and considerable short selling which re-
suited in a decline of & points with the close
= iou.a, ,to,, ,.a..a.,a,. n. -. -.
iV"ei 'Hah Ses'eiuas' New 10TH s'euuy anu
New orleans quiet and steady. Liverpool, to
meet our decline of today which emma actsr
- -, !, n =, - =,
he' 'iose' must DE @-ot lower IN the morning.
and II this happens that market will be very
close to the low mark of I'd hut notwith
,ai H., -,
''""I'"s liie ~" price, our markets, only III
points above the lowest ever reached at any
time tho feeling continues boori.b and THE
-. ~ ~ o'", '9"' anu 'A''
sentiment seems 10 grow as the decline contin-
ues. The country is offering spots freely and
another month at least Ufcgshrdl hrd hr
another month at least. and that this first
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DEANS Navy. Be-. nayou. iAc English
dried 2'sc, pinks. laihe. Limas. is94'.c;
black eyes. ia,Mu4
nuTTER Blue Star. poe. dairy i5GlGc. Ell
kin creamery. 2S12tc. Elgin dairy britks
le'.c; oeomaygarirc solids, loc prnts. ilc.
CyIotufo fancy creamery, ia l0-lb pals. 10c
ItAaA country. .Gsc
CApBAGE Texas. s2oOd2 rs per cratic.
CELERY Csc per bunch.
.tHEhSE-Ncw York fun cream l1l2c.
Wisconsin fun cream, l2nt2iac Young Amer
ici lHls- Western skim, Joe
EGGS Texas. haze; Kansas. l5c.
lEiI ER-Chho, lin2lc per H.
I0TATOES New Texas. 65H70c per bu
PoULTRY-~llenS. s. 6Oa2 -; fryers, s. 25fp
ADS broilcrs. sLt5G2 20. spring turkeys 49, %
MAOC; dueks. y. iOM2.oO. geeao. N.00Q500
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There is an active demand for all classes Of
ealue, and shipmcnts are urged. The supply
IS not sufficient for present needs. Prices
are firm at the advance
GALVESTON.
Reported for The Post by A. =. Norman
stock commission merchant
bee'es- Choice, per ID. grcss..... sAg az
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british Rice M,r,,c,.


London Although business in cleaned lie.
- somewhat auleter, tho hrmcr tone mo.
Vaillng during the past week is tull. main.
tanned, particularly for the lower grades OF
napgoon, and Tor these prices remain steady.
There Is also more Inquiry for Java, ior
really me bold grain parcels are hecoming
scarce, but Japan Ut present price asiis
SLOWLY. Tho quantity landed In London
scieaned and uneloanedl was 7es tons against
90. ~ tons the deliveries were "a tons, against
a0s tons, and the stock was Gig5 tons nsa,ns,
u zss tons, The stock In Liverpool was M
s6I tons, against 1850 tons at the same time
last year. 's '''"'
Liverpool Rangoon rice Is firmly be,a M,
the spot. and there 10 continued good In.
curry for shipment. For forward pali,io =
prices are very firm. Further arrivals Of
new crop Java confirm the general poor DUAL
n.y. ana prices for fnc old are distinctly bet.
yer. Pasnas and Japans are slow sale. bur
ktosks OF the latter are insignificant, and
placed on the market ~
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New York September l5.--wheat- Rece,pts
$4,000, exports 10000; spot strong; NJ. !
red TSai fob. atloat TO arrive and SPOT, on
tens were to ? advance; No. red Ssntenl.
hHr IA December. 6Sh, Wocl-ouict Pig
irun-Dull Copner--Quiot Lead-Stealv
Speltor-oulct Gotten sccd oil--Ap{r', nri-;e
summer, yellow, 2sie spot. and % iuture do.
livery; off summer, yellow, %.
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FRUITS

FRUITS
APrLES--Per barrel. $500
pANANAS--.per bunch. st.60fil.15.
l EMONS-~- Fancy, So 80; extra fancy 81. 90
California, 81. 30,
PEARS--Sl. 90 per hushol
PEACHES i-hasket crates IacGsl, 90: fancy
S5Nta, per peck box.
oRANGEs~-Nayels, sS,SoIs75; seedlings.
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WIRE AND NAILS.

W I'VE NNU NNTIsN,
Quotations are for less than carload lots
SIcVlal rates on carloads
BARRED WlRE-Gldten, gal, $40 per 100
lhs NOukcgan $1tS
WIRE NAILS Rate. 81 90 nor keg. nd.
vnr,es. Tod. I'D aud led, sc: Sd and va loo ,
Cd aud ID. zoe; I'd and cd, soc 81 i5c: ID, zoe.
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A MONUMENT TO JOBBERY.

TODAY the ferry depot is to be given over to the public. The great building, impressive to
 the eye, but from ground to tower-tip sham, IS almost out of the hands of the jobbers It IS a monument to the work of these jobbers. Over the main entrance to the city has been reared deception
 n stone, pretense in wood, the mutilated sugges- ton of that which the architect planned and for which the people pay.
 The shameful story has been told again and again, and while the truth has caused indignation, 1t has not brought any to the felons dock, herein fall ing short of the purpose of its telling The who had charge of the erection of the building have seemed to try to devise methods by which squander the funds provided and cheat the community which had trusted them The sum of $ooo,ooo had been voted for the structure After all the contracts had been let there remained of this at least $35ooo ample margin 1t would appear, for all emergency.
 Straightway began series of changes. Cheaper stone used than the contract called for, pine substituted for oak, terra cota tiling was abolished wooden shutters took the place of steel plumbing specifications ignored, common brick worth $I4 laid n the wall supplanted that for which the tractor would have had to pay SIPS. Numerous par titions eliminated. The list is too long to set forth in detail Enough say the changes, all bad extended every department of the work that con- tractors were permitted to do as they pleased and actually received extra pay for changes for which they could have afforded to pay the State handsome bonus The details may all be found in the files of this paper, and in the records of the Grand Jury.
 It might have been supposed that allowing tractors to cheap material where good material had been called for in the specifications by the terms of which they legally and morally bound, would have resulted in saving to the State. Quite the contrary With all the shoddy substitution the money has been used to the last cent and it found cessary to actually leave story unfinished for lack of cash. Who got this money? Why was it pended? By what right did Colnon and Swain waste State funds? Why should they escape punishment? These some of the questions naturally arising as the gigantic swndle they engineered to botched completion is turned to the of a wealth which has been betrayed by its paid servants
 Calfornans are liberal. They take pride in any material improvement. It is not their way to enjoy being the victims of confidence game. They agreed to pay for frstclass depot and expected to get it. They did their share; they paid. They did not get the depot In its place they receive inferior build ing, walled plastered, honeycombed and topped with glaring fraud
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RICH QUARTZ
 BROUGHT FROM
 A GOLDEN ISLE
The Prospectors Prefer It to the Diggings in the Neighbour
 hood of Dawson.

"The Island of Gold'' has been discov- cred and the bonanza which H. Talbot Watson and his confreres came all the way from England to pre-empt has been taken by other parties. From all accounts however, the new Fl Dorado is anything but a second Klondike. Yesterday the schooner Altair arrived from Karluk and in her hold there are sixteen sacks of ore which are said to be fair samples of the ledge located for Messrs. Hotaling, Cor den and Garratt. Dan Dougherty, an old miner who came down from Karluk with the gold hunters, does not think very much of the find, however, and says there are lots of better locations on ''The Island of Gold''
 A couple of years ago L. Gilbert was mate of the American ship St. Nicholas and went with his vessel to the canneries on Kodiak Island, "The Island of Gold" While out hunting he ran across some quartz lodges and secured number of samples. These specimens he brought back to San Francisco with him and gave them to MT. Garratt, who had them as- saved. The assay showed that the stuff was worth from $250 to 500 a ton.
 In the meantime Gilbert had become &C., quainted with the captain and told that gentleman all about his discovery and pricked off it's exact location on the chart. With few of the specimens Moore went to England and there interested H. Talbot Watson and others. When Watson and his experts reached San Francisco they handed over $10,0OO to Moore, with which he purchased and outftted the schooner Free Trade. The story of that vessel and her visit to Kodiak Island, where Watson and his party were put ashore, has al- ready been told
 Before the Free Trade got away from here, however, Moore and Gilbert, the latter of whom was going as first mate on the Free Trade, had a falling out and Gilbert left Hotaling and Messrs. Gordon and Garratt, with the result that the schooner Altair was fitted out in a hurry and sent post haste after the Free Trade Both vessels trouble broke out on the Free Trade, and
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Moore would have got the worst of 1t had not Gilbert gone to his assistance.
 This part of the story Is denied by Cap tain Gilbert and Mate Hanson of the AL tair. One thing is certain, however. The Free Trade sailed away and the Altair re- mained behind to allow Gilbert to relocate his gold mines An old miner called Jim my'' helped the skipper in his search. and the sixteen sacks of ore in the hold of the Altair are the result of his labors Jim my was sent North by MT. Hotaling.
 ly lost the number of his mess. He went out hunting and ran across a big bear: He wounded the animal and 1t showed fight. It played hide and seek around big boulder wi the mate for nearly half an hour, until, just as Holmes was ready to drop from exhaustion, he got a chance and put a bullet into brutn in vital part and the battle was over. Mate Holmes brought the skin down with him and Is very proud of his trophy.
 Dan Dougherty, who came down from "The Island of Gold" on the Altair, has been away from civilization for ten years. Once every six months he has been in the habit of going to Karluk for letters ana supplies, and he would not now be in San Francisco were it not for the fact that he requires machinery to work his mine. Ills place is forty miles from Karluk, and he says it is quite enough of klondike for him. He brought down with him three packages on which he declined to place any value. They must be worth consider able, however, judging by the self-satls- fled smile that spreae over his face when the valley of the Yukon was mentioned.
 Collaborating quartz can be found crop ping out all over the island,' said he yes terday, "but the question is, will it pay to work? These Altair people have simply located a ledge, the same as dozens of other people have done. but it remains to be seen what their specimens will say. I'm perfectly satisfied with my location, and I'm going back there as soon as I transact some business here"
 Soon after the anchor was dropped the crew of the Altair went ashore. One sailor was left aboard, but he was so helplessly drunk that neither kicks nor cuffs would wake him. The only thing on watch was a little black pup, and it tired and went to sleep beside the drunk en sailor.
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NEWS OF FOREIGN NANTES.

The spitflre. British torpedo-boat de- stroyer, collided last month with coal hulk, disabling the boats steering gear and doing some damage to her hull plat ing.
 Russia intends to hereafter maintain naval force of some importance in Chi nese waters, and two cruisers are to be permanently stationed at Vladivostock and Port Arthur.
 The battle-ship Illustrious passed through her commission trial at sea June 22, making 15.9 knots with 10,016 horse power under natural draught. The ship was down to draught of 27 feet inches forward and 28 feet inches aft displac- ing about 15 200 tons, or 300 tons over her normal displacement.
 A coffer-dam one and half miles in length is being built in the mud to keep out the water of the Hamoaze from the site of the new docks in the course of construction at Keyham, England. The first section was put down and closed in less than six months, and one and half
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with small tubes are washed with weaker solutions, after which the tubes are filled with fresh water. Next a smoky fire IS built in the furnaces with coal tar, the smoke from which forms coating on the tubes A quantity of quicklime Is then placed in the boiler, the casing closed and kept airtight, and finally the outside Is painted with red lead or coal tar.
 TrinIe screws and water tubes are being introduced in several of the ships build ing for the German navy. Two battle ships to replace the Friederfch der Crosse and Preussen will have triple screws and one frst-class cruiser of $500 tons and four second-class cruisers of only 5650 tons, named Freya, Hertha, Victoria I,uise and Vioreta will be similarly fitted. Three types of water-tube boilers-the NicIausse, Belleville and Durr-are being experimented with, and one-th1rd or the steam generating power in the new ships is supplied by either of these boilers and two-thirds is still retained by the ordi- nary box boilers In the navy of Holland the practice is to use equal parts of each type, while in the British and French navies the water-tube boilers are SUD- planting the Scotch boilers entirely.
 Lord Brassey professes surprise at the apparent superiority or recent shlps pulie at Elswick for foreign governments as compared with ships of the same class and displacement in the British navy. The Japanese cruiser Tagasako of 43OO tons is compared with the Astrea class of British cruisers of 4360 tons, and the comparison is in favor of the Japanese. The latter mounts two S-inch quick-f1rers, ten 47-inch, eight 12-pounders and six 11a-pounders, carries 800 tons of coal and has a speed of 24 knots. The Astrea has a battery of two 6-inch quick-frers, eight 47-inch, eight 6-pounders and one g. pounder, carries only 400 tons of coal and her maximum speed is only 19.5 knots. The apparent vast superiority of the for eign ships is probably not quite so great actually, and it is possible that the Brit ish ship carries a greater quantity of am munition. The disparity, however, Is un- doubtedly considerably in favor of the Elswick-built ship, and the solution Hes probably in the fact that the designer in the Armstrong yard is not hampered by the interference which exists in all navies, and prevents the director from properly exericising his functions of naval construction in the British navy.
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million cubic feet of timber was used in its construction.

million cubic feet of timber was used in its construction.
 The Queens yacht, Victoria and Albert, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire June IS. The fire started in a char coal burner in the forecastle and the flames shot up to a great height. The crew, however, promptly responded to the alarm and only slight damage was done to the venerable wooden hull.
 The strike of the coal miners in South Wales has been the means of putting off the British naval maneuvers It is not for the want of coal in the dockyards. for there is more than usual heavy stock on hand and 1t was broadly intimated in Parliament to the First Lord of the Ad- niralty that his course was prompted by a desire to take sides with the mine owners against the strikers.
 The Atlas and Cyclops Works at Shef- field have made great improvements in their armor-making plants. The latter has two hyrdaulic presses of 4000 and 10000 tons capacity, and armor over six inches in thickness is not rolled but Is placed under the hydraulic press The Atlas Works has two overhead travel ing cranes of 100 and 150 tons capacity and hydraulic press of 5000 tons.
 The preservation of boilers on board ships out of commission in the French navy is, according to latest regulations as follows: Large boilers with large tubes get a wash of strong milk of lime or solution of soda, and tubular boilers