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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-31
A GENERAL FINANCIAL REVIEW
LAST SESSION or THE YEAR ENDED
WITH ACTIVITY.
FROM the Outset There Were No RE-
actions snd All shares Traded
In showed Gains.

New York. December aD.--stocks rose con-
tinrcusiy today. With none OF the customary
reactions, and LEFT on strong at fractional
gains in the standard railway shares and Al
very material gains In various specialties that
were prominent In the days transactions
The London market. where the fortnishtly
settlement passed on favorabIy, opened ANY
W. on purchases. partly for American account.
Tasre was also general buying for foreign nc
count owing % ths disinelinstion Of hondon
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LOCAL TRADE REVIEW.
Office Of The Pos

OIHce OF rIHe rubrsi
Houston, Friday DecembersS e
Johbers report trade as quiet and expecti
activity for few days. on account Of the NJ
Years festivities 81
Monday night and Tuesday the drinme
will begin to pack their grips ana Sang
cases and again take TO the road.
Eggs are flat at sc. Some few were p
posed of at lie.
Hog products are steadier but WITHOUT y I.
advance, Lard is the leader In strcae'n =
activity. On
With 100000 cattle being fattened; moss
for export to Cuba tho outlook foriiiv y,
men is certainly good. -,
Tho Cotton Exchange will not open , un|
Tuesday, and the banks viii clos on ~
day. u, .,..,i
up, Turkeys have sold freely ana cnisA i.
have been gotten rid of by Shipping =, ~ y
side points. though prices were by no II
satisfactory. .nu,lj
Fruits are moving slowly today es eSsr n
orders have been pretty well filled ourinA Z
week W.
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NEW ORLEANS.

Especial DLspatch 10 The Post)
New Orleans. December S0.-lThe New Or
leans live stock exchange reports the markets
So. Hogs So
, s sais r. ss' calves and yearl,uss ST,
III logs 307 49,
Receipts Of beevcs light; demand Improved
lew left; prices closed Arm; fair to good alaIt
~; cows and helfers active and arm. nd
steaay. choics s6sis others .oodpie 90; calves
1.oo9is.0o, Supply Of hogs reduced, prices
stead, and UNCHANGED. cornfed s,sfis%. No
~: others i.bOffs.cs 'sV
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HIDES, v DOL AND BpEswAA'
Prices paid by Houston dealers;
RurrER ANp EGGS.

Chicago. December 80 Butts sr,rx In
regular: creamery i4Mso's; aa'sy est Il
Cheese quiet, s%mll. Eggsa 20 nm ,tputter "
se,,s n1s 10: dairy is. Eggs sis s & I
ernfiled Missouri and Kansas s'ouA ~ n
y. Louis. December 80. Butter r. cub u.
I4aIlS creamery 1sd22ls. Eegss ~, =. Arm;
New York. December So:-.rssS Sout
CENTS 1928 packages: western -
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corTox SEED PRODUCT

Pains In the chest WIEN 1910
cold indicate a tendenes 's ar 81
A piece of flannel dampenea Y 81
berlaIn's Pain Balm and bound 2 :,
chest over the seat o. pam " ~
relieve the pain and preseus u Y
ened attack Of pneumonia -
meut viii cure = lame back = :
Sold BY al druggists, IN
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su,.AR.

New York. December so..s uu.ss,rais
easier. fair refining 1916: cenlri nalcs
tast 4 1-ie: moIasses sugar sa-ls, saic'
bags centrifugal; refined Irregular. 49,
New Orleans, December ~. Sus aa,i n riit1
cperi kettle 21smSia; open kettle c faV1s25
3ssMd 1-16: centrifugal, granula.e.u 4. sson
25saias,. Molasses steady: open ke. ...si IA
centrifugal Sdpl9; syrup ssa2o' irosvs'S''
off l94f3N5
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III Presses and WRrchouScA
Houston spot Qnotation..
other spot Markefs. Z


Galveston closed quiet and I'M
cbahsed.
Low ordinary. .3sa Middling ,;,.....5 e 10 u
Ordinary ...4 1-16 Good middling..5 15-16
Good ordinary..4 9-16 Middling fair...6 .o-l6
Low middlng.. a 1915 Sales .........loe
New orleans-Spots closed steady and un-
Low ordinary...3 5-1e MIddling ......5 SIG
Ore mary 3 1916 Good middling..5 13-l6
Good ordinary. ~ Middling fair..o S-io
Low middling.. AZ Sales .......... .oooo
New York-Spols closed steady and UNI
changed.
Good ordinary. a 1915 Good middling "a
Low mi5dling % 7-16 Middling fair. SIX
Mlddling. .5s Sales ..........Hl
Liverpool closed unchanged; sales.
TO- 600 of which 5000 were American; imports
700C. CT which 500 were American.
10 go, of which )i0J were American; imports
70 900, OF which 1I,S9o we're American.
Ordinary. 2 lT-a2 Mid. upland... !, 5-32
Good ordinary. 23-S2 Good mid up. 9-Ss
Low miJdiirg . 29-82 Amer mid. fair 3ss =,
G,totations for yniddl,np Mt other spot mar.
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Quotations FOR midAling at other spot MAI

Futures opened quiet; at moor quiet, closed
steady. The highest for March was S.i6 and
lowest ETA; high for May SIS, low 5.25. Fol-
lowing TIT. the quotations for all months:
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New York. December c0.--Bsnk olsarinxA
today SEQ. l.7SS; balances SO, 1880.
,oS Ssw ~ soT bsSsssr sSes stocks
preferred. $500 Reading and $3.50 sugar.
Lon6on. December $0.--consols for money
:;xd Money SSGl ' per cent DiscouS s'f II
the open market Tor short and three months
bill. " PER cent.
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cnrenic'.'s wcathrr Reports.

7'T''4F~eS-1 W. He FOSL,1
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle
viii say OF the weather over the cotton belt,
Reports to US by telegraph from the son,h
tonight indicate that dry weather has be.n
auite general during the weak. and thai the
temrerature has been higher. In consequence
OF the moro favorable conditions the gather.
Ing and marketing OF cotton has made 1000
progress.
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Futures opened quiet; at noon firm; closed
steady The highest for March was 5,5S and
the lowest 500 high for August 5.73 low S,7l.
Following are tho quotations for all months:
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COTTON

Hsssten RaNroad Reeein,.. '-
Hergton'a grnss receipts Of cottnn -
vsfteut railroads entering the city vsr. ms rs
inssrs sea axs LIS
~.s s1..Se' Norenefa......, 1.S6l
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
rsodnr


New York. December 80, --Trausactions on
tho New York stock exchange for the year
show a decided change in all branches over
those OF tho preceding years. The total num-
Der OF listed stocks dealt Ia during the year
amount to S5S5o.Sii shares. unlisted stocks.
a1.6&e. 472 shares. Sales Of State and railroad
bonds amounted to SSa7e64.000 tpar value),
unlisted bonds ~, 2S3. 800 ana government
bonds t2it2S,2l0.
In 1897 only 77,7isa%7 listed and unlisted
sharee were sold In 1926, 81. ~. ols shares:
in 1905, 6S4l0.676 shares. and In 1894. the Door
est year In many. ls,2T5, 7Ss shares
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HOUSTON.
Saunders & Hotchkis live stock commission.
merchants report az follows.
HOUSTON.

. . I. ~
L;sht receipts OF all classes OF cattle during
we past weak; trade dull ON al grades but
choice: no calves on market; good demanI
Retail market supplied with hogs; good de-
mani for packer hogs. several more cars can
b, handled per week ' ~"
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81. I.esi. Movement.

Gross receipts Of cotton At St. Louis from
Sspt<mber TO December % were 57a0Ss bales
edits were ics.5As, against ss7os same time
last year. '''4e
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Now York. December 30.--The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cablegram says:
business 10 broadening on the markets here
leading feature today.
Americana were sctive There was q dis
tinct growth OF public dealing In them.
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weekly Bnnk Cicnrinus.
New York. December 30, The following Ia
hle compiled by Rradstreet shows the bank
clenrings al principal cities for the week end
ing December 30, with the percentsee of in
crease and decrease as COMPARED with the cor
responding week last year;
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New York Money,

New York. DecembeF S0.--Money on call
steady At ads Per cent: last loan 2: prime
mercantile paper S63& per cent: sterling ex-
change steady. with actual business in bank
ers bills At 4.sth@t.s<ii for demand aud
4.slA@4.s ~ for sixty days. posted rates 4.s3ls
aud 'S5A; commercial bills 4. s0h@s.sl; silver
certificates beit6eoii; has silver 5s Mexican
dollars 46S. Government bonds strong; State
bcndr Arm; railroad bonds strong
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Dry Goods.

New York. December so.-Ths dry goods
market was without important feature today.
Business was generally as quiet as on pre-
yiols days Of the week. in both staple and
fancy lines. The tone continued stron.
throughout and further advances in prices are
rssarded as certain early in the year Print
rlotns were strong, with some sales OF reei,-
lars at 2asc and Of 3sis-inch 64-squures Al
shr Business in the wcolen goods diviso,,
WIS quiet and without special feature. Thu
demand for foreign merchandise Of stapio
character was slow for spring and only r,aao
crate for fancy lines and speciaitics.
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r New orleans, Deeember sc.--coaes Rio. o..
NsH York. December so--Conee- 0ptious
1eee1l 70 s petnts higher; sales $3.50 bess
~ ;issiS ossSs,s sSe,i' ''''''s ~
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81 LutlS.
81 Louis, December observation-disclosures
BOO. including 1900 Texans. shipments 300:
steady, fair to fancy native shipping mud en-,
port steers a5ds. .: dressed beef and butcher
steers 3 a.2o; sictrs under lOoo pounds 100
Mi.ac; Texas and Indian steers 3 50lii 80;
COWS End hcifers 2.ioas,so. Hogs Receipts
5000 shipmrnts 1900; steady 10 strong; pigs
and ltEht q ,30aS. 10, packers 3 i0dr3 so: butch.
ers s.e5N3.so sheep Receipts COO. shipments
100 slow; native muttons s.saai, so lambs
4. b0NS 90.
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HOUSTON wnoI.EsALE ..:.loEs.
Quotations for RsunA Lets OF staple
Commodities.
HEAVY STAPLES.

These QuOtati0ns nre revised daily. and theif
cortectnnao can be relied upon. The prices are
those ruling In Houston Wholesale markets.
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Weekly Bnnk cIcnripus.

Extra dividend. ~ per cent. .-EAtra
dividend. l per cent.
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Chicago, December 30. Cattle Stronger ana
loe higher for primo lots; good to prime 5 uofI
S.ao commoner 3 a0fIA.s5 feeders Q 0OI4 10;
bulls cows and heifcrs a.ooag.75, the latter
Tor choice heifers; Western ted steers sold at
jay a. 50 and Texans nj S.70n4.s5,
Hogs-Strong; good demand medium $500
], ~ heavjes . .S0ft3 20. pigs 2.angis, 80
sheep and lambs Stronger, with fairly
active demand; sheep 4. 10; lambs 80. export
400,
.Receipls--cattlc $1,000 hogs $4,000. sheep
The herald., 1898-08-21

war in providing officers for the army and
navy. There has been some little talk of
favoritism and political influence in the as
signment of commands in the navy, but
at the worst Washington has only med
died in so far as to determine which of
several trained officers of a rank approx
mately equal should be chosen for a par
ticular service. There has been no putting
in Of volunteer commodores over seasoned
sea dogs.
But in the army, while the regular army
has been the backbone of the existing mill
tary machine, there has been a prodigous
hosting of new-made soldiers into good
places, while many first-rate men, whose
life's work has been soldering, and who
have been long at 1t, have had no promo
ton and little chance to win it. The sad
part of It, from the regular army point of
view, must be that the volunteer officers in
many cases seem to be so efficient. What
ever credit or emolument Of any sort there
has been in our naval victories has gone to
professional naval officers, but of the credit
for our land fights and of the emoluments
Of war, like promotion and Increased pay,
very large share has gone to the volun-
teers.-Harper's Weekly.
The herald., 1898-08-21
fIRfPROOf WARShIPS
VIEWS OF CHIEF NAVAL CON-
sTRUCToR HICHBoRN
NAVAL LESSONS OF THE WAR
The Use of Wood Must Be Eliminated,
as Far as Possible, From
Fighting Craft

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 4.-"Our
fighting ships have got to be made hre-
proof" said Chief Naval Constructor HIGH
born today. THAT has been demonstrated
by the sea fight off Santiago, in which the
destruction of the Spanish cruisers seems
to have been wrought mainly by the burn
ing of their own woodwork. The fires could
not be extinguished. partly owing to the
cutting of the water pipes by our shells
and there was nothing to do but to run the
vessels ashore. Flames and smoke actual
ly drove the men from their guns.
Evidently it will not do to put any in
fiammable material into our war ships In
future. 1t is not practicable TO make ev-
erythng of metal, but where wood is used
1t must be rendered fireproof Fortunately,
satisfactory method for accomplishing
this is already known, and wood thus treat
ed has been employed exclusively In the
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Commodore schley's Quickness

Commodore Schley is about the quiclr-
est thinker was ever shipmates with"
said an old ex-man-o' wars man, now a
messenger in the navy department IT was
a bo'sun's mate with him when he was
the commander of one of the old wind
TANNERS. We were on the South Atlantic
station. We pulled into the harbor Of
Montevideo for fresh provisions one morn
Ing, and Commodore Sohley's gig was
dropped to take him Off to tho beach to
see the American consul on some business.
Schley, when the gigs crew pulled her
alongside the gangway, stepped into the
boat with a good deal Of difficulty, for
Montevideo is the toughest harbor in the
world. and with the motion of the ship
and the rocking of the gig It required some
seamanship to get aboard of the running
boat. The coxun Of the gig gave the order
to shove off a bit ahead of time before
Schley had got aft to his seat. Just then
big wave struck the ship on the port side
and she keeled over, while the gig rose
almost level with the starboard gun'ls. A
big gun was hanging with her snout di-
rectly above Schley's head when this hap
pened, and If he hadn't done a bit Of rapid
thinking his skull would have been crushed
like an egg shell. He just happened to
take in the situation out Of the tail Of
his eye, however. and he dropped into the
bottom Of the gig on all fours in the nick
Of time to save his life."-Washington
Post
The herald., 1898-08-21
A Queer Kissing Business

"Old-fashioned Hungerford is once more
celebrating Hocktide with all its quaint
customs and ancient ceremonies. This IN
teresting ceremony began with the annual
'macaroni supper and will be continued
today, when the two managers of the rival
banks, who have been elected 'tuttimen for
the ensuing year, go round to the houses
of the tenants in the town and exercise
their prerogative Of kissing all the ladies
in each house. Hungerford is one of the
last remaining unreformed boroughs of
England, and still retains Its ancient Of
fetal nomenclature, electing to have a
place Of mayor and corporation, con-
stable, portreeve, a keeper of the Golfers.
q hayward, two ale tasters and bellman.
1.-The tittimen (who are also collectors of
the poll taxi have from time immemorial
called at every house in the borough and
received from each 1nhabitant, II he be
male, a penny, and in case of the ladies a
kiss, the ceremony being announced from
the balcony of the town hall by blast from
the Hungerford horn blown by the bellman.
Afterward a dinner is held. at which the
officers for the ensuing year are electeds'-
Notes and Queries.
The herald., 1898-08-21
The Lesson of Santiago

The Santiago campaign has proved-at
the sacrifice of many lives, and, what is
almost as bad, at the cost of shattering
many sound constitutions-that while regi-
ments from the northern states cannot be
turned into a tropical campaign. under
field conditions. to do field work and sur
vive as effective military organizations.
If they are set to work making roads. dig
ding intrenchments and doing the hard day
labor of the soldier, they will sicken with
fever and die In droves. This work must
be done by natives. 1t must be paid for,
but no rations must be dealt to idle Cubans.
and 1t must be clearly understood that the
white soldier needs in the subtropics a care
he does not need further north. If this
is done, the work of pacifying Cuba will be
both successful and unattended with Sc
rious loss If this is not done the dead Of
our army of occupation will be numbered
by the Observation-Disclosures Press.
The herald., 1898-08-21
Why He ReproVed

1t isn't every man in Uncle Sans pay
who feels his responsibility as does an old
Irishman who Is a treasurysmessenger.
Just the other day he was berating an alb
sent clerk for leaving some pins on the
edge of his desk. where they might be
brushed of by anybody passing.
They'll be swept on the nure," said he,
land wasted. to the extravaganza of the
government, which is already so hard up
It's borrowin money, 1t is. to pay expin ses,
and It's a shame, it is. for the min in the
government imploy to be wastin' pins
which cost money"
There was general laugh at the earnest
ness of the old mans complaint, and some
body said he deserved an increase of salary
for his devotion to the interests of the coun-
try. And then. as the clerks trooped out
the old man said to the last of them:
'Yis. it's all right for yees gazoo byes to
be laughin at me. I'll see nothin' wasted
here. The kin laugh. but it's not thin
that has to go down on their hands and
knees to pick up pins. "-Washington Post
The herald., 1898-08-21

time and complaining that he was gettlna
lighter all the time and would soon BE- =
skeleton II he stayed any longer. the man
with the niokels pushed the door open and
walked out ON the sun-beaten street. Ths
barkeepeer went on with his explain tons.
Now Hobson's maiden blush is an.
other Of them fancy boys. It's made in n
lemonade glass. A little syrup Of sugar h
poured into the glass nearly full Of showed
Ice. Canary wine is made the base antiths
coolr Is given with Burgundy. IT'S moe.
modest drink. That's where the Hobsou
comes in"
The stranger was now moving toward the
door.
i've got a lot MORE" suggested the pa
triotic barkeeper.
That's enough, thank you. Promise me.
however. that II you ever get any one man,
when peace is finally declared, to drink all
Of those things in one day to let me know.
want the honor of scattering few roses
on his grave. kansas City tSar.
The herald., 1898-08-21
Form er Acquaintance Meet

Governor Atkinson of Georgia. who was
at the Raleigh in the early part Of this week.
told a pretty good story at his own ex-
pense.
mot long SINCE" said the governor. II
had to visit some coal mines where convict
labor is employed, and In order to see how
the men were treated it.was necessary for
me to go down into the mines. couple
Of guards escorted me to the lower regions.
showed me everything about the operation
of the mines, and finally conducted me to
the place where the convicts were engaged
in work. AS we approached the force in
striped garments one of their number looked
our way and rushed up to me, saying:
"'Good Lord! Bill Atkinson, as sure az
live! My God! Bill, never expected to see
You here. What on earth did you get sent
up for?'
1.-THE man was lifelong acquaintance.
and when told him how I happened to be
there it appeared to relieve him greatly,
but there was big laugh among his COM
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The herald., 1898-08-21
Raiding the County Treasury

John Lamb Of Bolton has been arrested
on a warrant issued by Justice S. M. Pratt
on complaint of supervisor Taylor, says
the Glenn Falls Star. Lamb is charged with
IN attempt to defraud the cotnuy of War
rem, in that he made affidavit to the killing
of rattlesnakes. He presented what he
claimed were rattles from each Of the
snakes and asked for the bounty of ST..
Lamb had already been paid 1924 by the
county treasurer upon orders given by the
supervisors of Bolton and Hague. The plan
as exposed by Supervisor Taylor has been
to take the rattes from a snake. divide
them into pieces, leaving two rattles on
each piece; then take piece of flesh from
an snake and insert 1t in the upper end of
the severed portion of the RATHER, thus
giving the appearance of having been cut
off from the tall of a snake and get the
bounty of 81 on each piece having two rat
ties.
Affidavits were presented showing that
Lamb obtained seven snakes tails from two
boys who had killed the reptiles. Lamb
then presented an affidavit swearing to the
killing of twenty-three snakes, produced
twenty-three pieces with two rattles on
each, and obtained an order for $23 on Coun-
ty Treasurer Packard. Later Lamb re-
ceived of the same parties fourteen snakes.
and presented an affidavit to the killing OF
seventy-one snakes and asking for an order
for 81, producing seventy-one pieces with
two rattles on each piece. Supervisor Tay-
or caught on to his plan and swore out a
warrant. The county has already paid out
about 5000 upon orders, and now the ques-
ton is, How many snakes have really been
killed?
In Washington county the bounty on
snakes is so cents 1t is claimed that quite
snakes killed in that county are
brought to Warren county, where the
bounty paid Is just double, and that the
amount fraudulently collected on Washing
ton county snakes during the last year or
two is quite an item.
The herald., 1898-08-21
Trouble From the Start

President McKinley's commission win be
confronted with troublesome problems
from the start The constitutional amend
ments designed to protect the southern ne~
groes by the suffrage rights will not be ale
lowed as to Hawaii. The race issue pops
up in an unexpected manner. Senator
Morgan of Alabama, who is on the COM
mission to prepare a government for the
islands, may give the Republican majority
valuable hints gathered from his Ku-Klux
experience or observation. The trouble ID
that as class the native Kanakas and the
Japanese; next in numbers, are more in
telligent than the southern negroes. The
worriment of applying imperialistic meth
DDS to the republic Of Washington and
Jefferson is already upon us.-Pittsburg
Post.