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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05

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! Open Yes'y
| ing. Closed. Close.
Month OF delivery.
a asked, b bid nominal.
stocks at United states Forts.
This week. Last year


The following are the dosing quotations for
cotton on the spot today at the leading mar
kets, together with the closing OF mdding
Yesterday with todays sales:
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HIDES, WOOL AND nEEswAx.
Prices paid by Houston dealers:
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS


New York October i.-~cotton seed OIL
STEADY prime crude isaiiShc. prime cruce
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asked: b bid nominal
Nc,y York Futures.
Futures opened quiet: at noon steady; closed
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CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

CANNED FRUfTs-Apples. 3-lh. soaS5c.
pincapplcs, Glib. eyeless and rorclesg. Sl.50Gl
1g0: 9Th extra grated. sl.SO0l s1; 9-lb stand.
ana sliced 81 20, poars, IN standard, Dos.
tlackberr'es. 2-lh standard. G5c pie ..uIi. =
70, assorted, zoe; peaches, 2-b full weight,
Slt5; lib. light weight. sl.0O pic peaches s.
CANNED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S-lb,
fLll weight. Sjm90c, glib, full weight, G5ll7Oc:
okra aud tomatoes. 2-b 900; lima beans, lib,
lhii weight, DOC, string beans, 2-lh, fun
weight, Coz. a No. | stringless beans, 2-lb
fun weight. $780, red kidney beans. lib. full
weight voc msrrowtnt peas. 2-lb. full weight,
900 early Juno peas, fancy. 2-lb, fuli weight,
N,o; American petit pots peas. lib. full
weight, Slb5Ul'0, asparagus California, 2is-
lib. 700. corn Auburn Cream, lib. full
weight. S.loni 10. \ No. /, 2-lb full weight,
81 0.Wl 10, Blue Ridge 2-lb, S5Mg0c.
CALIFORNIA FHulr-Extra standard 2iL-
| Id peaches, lemon cling S2l0r2.20. yellow
Crawford N.6iMl,2o black cherries, 81. So.
aprieots, tl6bql 70, Bartlett. pears, l.Gbslt 20;
| assorted, $l.Abdl50 Standard gi1-lb peaches.
l.t5. bartlett peas. 81 isG;.&.
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ArPLEs-per barrel, siooai2S California.
$3.50 per hox,
BANANAs-Pcr bunch. sL75a2oo. packed;
loose 81 So
LEMONS Fancy. $500
PEARS 81 90 per bushel
pEACHEs--4- basket er9tos 75oasi oo fancy
3Sa'f5. per peck box,
ORANGES-Calitornia seedlings. 81 25G2 ~
CALIFORNIA; FRUIT Grapes, black va
rietics. 81 80 per crate, rokny. 81 co. peaches.
$3.50 per box. pears, s2,25di2 80 per box,
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HOUSTON RANK cLrApINu,

The following are tho clearances O, tn<
houston banks for the week this Tar and for
the corresponding time last year. together vita
the Increase or decrease:
This year. Last year. Increase
SATURDAY .N.ls1,5s9 Si,607,bSs Sl59. ou
Monday ......... l,gsI,6ll l,SSa,Sl9 iOt' o9s
Tuesday ..,..... i,Si5,i2I 2,O2s60S l7707S
''fN''
decrease
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Package rugn rs.

Tho Arbuckle Bros. who are in opposition
to tho Sugar Trust. are now putting up sugars
In , and 5-pound packages the wholesale
price In Houston being ba.c per pound. To-day
the iirst conslguments arrived A eur cona ins
$50 cases Of 2-pound or 200 cases Of 5-pouud
Packages, equivalent to 100 barrels The
sugar Ia put up neatly In paper bags and ia
quite an innovation. It IL probable the trust
viii follow the Arbuckles hut are talking OF
putting the sugar un in ga and ipound pack
aGcs-
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Quotations are for ,css than carload lots
Srcclal ratios on carloads.
BARRED WIRE -Glidden. GAL, $40 per 100
lhr Mpukegan, $2i6.
WIRE NAli4S-Ratc, $500 per itcg: ad-
vnroes. iod. I'D and led DC: sd and I'd. Toe,
Ga nnd I'd. zoe; I'd and 3D. soc, 50. iSc. I'd, zoe,
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BAROMETER Of BUSINESS
Al Index to the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
WEEKLY REVIEW OF COFFEE MAsKG7
NO Pre~sure 10 sell ~ Present--Pack.
age sugars Vow ON Sale In HOus-
ton--Poultry In over supply.
once OF The Post,
Houston. Tuesday. October 4

Houston. Tuesday, october 4.
Local jobbers who have good sized stocks
Of green coffees are satisfied with the out
look OF the market. Coffee, like cotton, has
been selling very cheap, too cheap TO suit
the planters who raise It. The Mexican COT
fee. however. has not suffered as has Rio and
Santos. Most Of the Mexican coffees arc
claseed as mild grades and they always com
maud much higher prices than the Rio. The
New York Journal OF Commerce says IN its
weekly review OF tho coffee market
A moderate volume OF distributing business
has been transacted In the market for Brazil
grades. Az a rule jobbcrs have had some
call from the country trade, indications being
that the Interior. with comparatively few
exceptions. was working on very moderate
stocks; still the orders which have been re-
ceivcd have been almost exclusively for small
lots. as buyers with few exceptions. have
shown disposition to confne their purchases
close TO actual requirements. There has been
no pressure to sell coffee; consequently values
have been we'll maintained. limited amount
OF business has been transacted In the market
for invoices and prices havo hardened slightly.
closing at 6i4c for Rio No. Z. At the close of
last week about 5000 bags of Santos were sold
at sac, cost and freight. for No 4, and early
this week sales were made of Bahia Nos. Z
and 5, at 5s.c. cost aud freight Rio No at
&c and Rio No. at 6I4c cost and freight. At
the close. however, au advance In sterling
exchange and trouble over the collection OF
the EXPORT duty at Rio made II difficult for
exporters at Rio and Santos to do business.
and comparatively few Arm offers were re-
ceived. The crop movement has continued
large West India growths have had only a
limited call. but values have held steady at
&c for good Cucuta. East india growthH have
been dull and without changcss
The relative course OF prices for coffee fu
lures In the New York and lIavre markets
for the past four months was n matter OK
citing some comment among some OF the
trade. On June l October contracts in this
market closed at 59oQ5.95c today the closing
Quotation for tho same month was h356I5. i0r
AT Havre October contracts on June | closed
at ~ francs, today they closed Mt IS 90 francs
This apparent different course of prices IN
the two months. however. was explained to
solne extent by the fact that the nearby Dc
lisertca In the local market have been de.
pressed by the uncertainty as TO what action
Will be taken by the official committee of the
New York coffee exchange. which meets an
nually. in November, for the purpose OF con
sidcrng the advisability Of making Il change
In tho differences existing between the dir.
fercnt grades.
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HOUSTON.
sauuoers : notchkis, lNe stock commission

kcc"i,ls Of .adlc ot al classes have been
heavy and Will continn, so until In. ian
WORK Grasses, choice mutton needed Re-
lots % hogs can always br scld on ARRIVAL at
market prices
GALVESTON
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Chicago advices To n, W, Hunter & Co. gavs
puts on December wheat ella and calls 6SiS
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pld; sellers. ' value
New Orleans Futures.
Futures opened steady; at noon quiet; closed
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ODIJIM HABIT. only gu.npk.a W
home cure. No interisnsr. >!
work; no publicity. WHkbA.,
HOUSTON ma
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cor

houston Daily Statement,
Today Yester5.
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Hunter II Co.'s Cotton Letter.
b. w. Hunter a Co. say of todays cotton
market: Liverpool again came with an eX-
cellent market, and reported 1000 bales sold
on the SPOT, and closed higher on contracts.
Cables were most encouraging and much
better feeling was evident. our market ad-
vanced to points under good buying, and
there was only point or two recession at
the close on profit taking. The feature OF the
day was runner that NELL was buying on
this side, and this led to the belief that he
would soon have something favorable to shy
OF the staple, perhaps advise spiuners to at
least begin buying now and lay In a part OF
something OF this kind Is most likely IN the
WIND as tho market has shown remarkable
hrmuess both yesterday and today in the face
OF heavy rectipts ana good weather, aud the
dGllntsa OF speculation, and tho general bear
iShDess OF the trade Cotton is very low,
thouSh. below the cost ci production and
this Offsets many and possibly all bearish
icatures. without tho incentive Of Neill's help
Tor bull turn Houstons estmatA today
fell below the average run, but the road that
usually reports the heaviest receipts brought
Ia only fifty seven bales. which shows that
the light receipts was not due 10 lack OF cot
ton. The amount coming into sight for tle
week Will exceed half million bales, and
indications point to record breaking move
ment for October but II has been clearly
aemci strated that this has been more THAI
discounted. Traders generally expect bull
ish bureau next Monday ana there Is already
some buying IN anticipation OF it. but trading
IS confined To Legitimate business, and to pro-
lesSlUnals. Tho outsider continues to do his
specializing in spots. where his profits arr
half of what the same guesses in futur S
would net him, but where he can speculate
without putting up margins.
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IN THE COTTON MARKETS.
Statistical Information from the
Leading Exchanges.
NELL IS SAID TO HAVE TURNED BULL
on the strength of the Report Prices
of Deliveries Advanced in Sew
York and New Orleans.
Office OF The Post.
VIHVV VT
Houston. Tuesday. October I.

Houston, TUESDAY, Octooer u
II NELL were TO say that horse was SIX
teen feet high the whole cotton world would
agree with him. He is master OF the specu-
lative cotton world and tip from him In
advance would be as valuable as one from
the late Jay Gould In the palmiest days OF
his stock manip ilation. Not long ago Neili
predicted an enormous crop and was bear.
Every cotton man at once turned bear. with
the result that the lowest prices ever recorded
prevailed. Now comes the statement that
Nelll. the cotton king has been converted to
the bull side OF the market and behold, cot
ton Spectators are all bulls. III Is noped.
therefore that Brother NELL will remain on
the bull side of the market and become as-
gressive. Should he do so 1t would meaa
millions of dollars to the Southern planter,
who. as usual. has again staked his all on
cotton which 1t costs him more to raise apd
market than he gets for It.
The storm on the Atlantic coast is said to
have damaged great deal Of cotton, and the
weather In the Eastern tier of the cotton
growing States has been unfavorable This
is another small item for the bull side against
tho enormous movement, present and pros
pective. that the bears are banking on.
Spots were lrmer In tone today, with fair
business Houston advanced Lice, but the
other markets remained unchanged.
Futures in Liverpool were from unchanged
to u cid up. New Orleans closed up on Uc-
tobor and ) to & on other positions New
York was , to points higher than yesterday.
Receipts at ports were $3.50 against 5i,oS3
last year
New orleans receipts tomorrow are est
mated at 1900 to 1900 against 96d5 last
year
Houston expects $500 10 300 against $40
last year. 1t Is probable that owing to some
congestion the estimate is low. Some roads
are well crowded tor track room and cars.
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; ro., re ipts 2. days in lsa7-9s ...-.. 81,
cross rece pts 33 days In lSso-sf ..'... avs
Aoustup Nallr0ad Recotpte
spot Quotations.

Spots closed steady. 1-16c up; sales, fsi.
Today. Yesterday. Last ysaS'
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A SPANISH PLOT
To Blow Up the Marietta Prevented
of Execution by Chill.

New York, April 15.-It is stated that
there was a plot here to injure the
United States gunboat Marietta while
she was in this port, says the Valpara-
$50 correspondent of the Herald
Just prior to the arrival of the Mari
eta the United States consulate in
Valparaiso was informed by trust
worthy persons that an attempt against
the gunboat was contemplated by Span
ish subjects in Chilli.
Immediately upon receipt of this in
formation the United States minister,
Mr.. Henry L. Wilson; Consul John F.
Caples and Vice Consul August Muller,
Jr., called upon the governor of the
province and laid the matter before
him. This explains the unexpected trip
of the United States minister from San
tiago to Valparaiso.
Once acquainted with the fears of the
American representatives and the facts
in the case, the governor Immediately
gave assurance that the city and mari
time authorities would take precautions
to protect the Marietta and extended.
through the minister a cordial welcome
to the officers and seamen. During
the stay of the Marietta no greater vigil
lance could have been exercised by the
Gillian authorities had the safety of
one of their own warshipS depended
upon them.
Before the gunboat sailed, the Amer
lean minister, consul and vice consul.
accompanied by Captain Symonds, of
the Marietta, called upon the governor
and on behalf of the United States gov
eminent thanked the Gillian authori-
ties for what had been done to protect
the WarShip.
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WANAMAKER'S OFFER.
Will Raise a Regiment-Em-
plOyes Who Enlist Pro-
Vided For.

Philadelphia, April 15.-Ex-Postmas-
ter General John Wanamaker has sent
this telegram to Washington:
ITO the Honorable Secretary of War:
Though opposed to war unless hon
orably unavoidable, in the event of it's
coming, will, under your instructions,
raise a regiment of Pennsylvanians for
military duty and go with them for
service. JOHN WANAMAKER."
After sending his offer to the secreta-
ry of war, Mr.. Wanamaker posted in his
store two notices, one for the mana
gers office and the other for the time
keepers desk, as follows:
In order that our men may have easy
minds in considering and arranging
their affairs in the event of being call
ed upon for military service, this notice
is posted to say:
"First-That all the positions thus va
Gated will be re-opened to return to
when the military service is over
'Second-That all salaries will con-
tinue in full in such absence for actual
service and be paid to the authorized
representative of their respective fam
lilies.
"Third-An insurance to the amount
of 81, 900 will be paid by the firm in case
of death while any of our people are
actually engaged in military service"
Mr.. Wanamaker, in a speech at Ash
bourne, last night, said:
I'VE know not to what we shall awake
with the morning light.
Thick shadows of the impending
strife of arms have settled down upon
the land, Notwithstanding the hope
against hope that awful costs of war,
in blood and treasure might be saved
with justice to both countries and with
dignity and honor.
1.-THE roll of drums and the signal of
the flying squadron is calling us to war.
Each of us must consider his relations
to the nation and adjust his affairs &C
cor1ingly.''
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COMMAND FOR LEE.
President Will Put Him at the
Head of Virginia Troops.

/ New York, April 15.-The president
has decided to give Consul General Lee
the command of the Virginia Volunteers
In the event that hostilities break out
between this country and Spain, says
| the Washington correspondent of the
| World
| Th1s decision on the part of the pres
| 1dent was reached after a conference
with Secretary Alger and a number of
! other military men.
The matter was first preached by a
| friend of the president, who suggested
| that it would be good plan to give
| Lee a command of some sort in case of
war. The president consulted with sew
| eral friends, who advised him that it
| would be impossible to appoint him to a
| command in the regular army.
The president, who is staunch adj
mirer of Gen. Lee, was nonplussed.
FINALLY the announcement was made
| from the war department that in the
| event that volunteers were called for,
| the president would appoint all officers
| of the rank of colonel and above, and
| officers under that would be appointed
! from the various states in which the
| volunteers were received. When the
call is issued, Virginia, Gen. Lees state,
| will furnish her quota, and the presi-
| dent will designate Gen. Lee as the
commander of the forces from the Old
Dominion.
| Owing to Gen. Lees great knowledge
| of the typographical conditions of the
island of Cuba, it is more than likely
that his command will be given orders
to at once proceed to Cuba. General
Lee has announced his willingness to
return to Havana at the head of an in
Vading army and doubtless he will be
allowed to go upon the outbreak of hos
tilitieS.
A member of the senate proposes to
introduce a special act, under which the
president may appoint General Lee ma
| jor general of volunteers.
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FOR WOMEN CLERKS.
The British Money Order Office is
About to Be Thrown Open to
Female Labor.

London, April 15.-The announcement by
the Duke of Norfolk, postmaster general,
that the British money order office is
about to be thrown open to women clerks
is the source of much qualification to
equal rights advocates who have worked
increasingly for years in an endeavor to
secure foothold for female labor in this
branch of the postoffice department.
1t was but few years since that not a
single woman to be found employed
in the British poStoffice. AT the present
time, largely owing to the efforts of the
equal rights societies, there are nearly s.
goo women employed in the big buildings
in st. Martin s-le-Grand. and through the
carrying out of the orders just issued by
the postmaster general it is expected that
the greater part of the routine service
now performed by male clerks in the saw
ings bank, telegraph, money order and
other branches of the postal service will
be given over to young women.
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"BELLE OF NEW YORK" HIT
American Comedy, Slightly Recon
structed, Makes Staid Old London
Chuckle and Applaud.

London, April 15.-"BeIle of New York -
which was produced for the first time at
Shaftesbury theater last evening, is prob
ably the greatest American dramatic sue
cess ever produced in London. Critics
who came to hiss remained to howl with
glee. The English audience swallowed the
the chasing of the duck with delighted
wardes, manager of the Gaiety company,
that must become a rival of the Casino
girls, said that the Belle of New York.
is the best thing of the kind ever pro-
duced in London.
To mention individual successes would
be to print the entire cast. Lederer made
one experiment that turned out we'll Dur
ing the Pell street scene, where, in the
New York production Edward Hoff sang
''Old Glory under the American flag, the
English version presented another song
entitled stand or Die Together" rem
dered beneath the flags of England and
America crossed. The chorus is as fol-
lows:
''Then here's to good Old Glory,
And the dear old Union Jack;
In battle fierce and CORY
Let's fight, boys, back to back.
We won't forget
We're brothers yet
And birds of a single feather:
With our flags unfurled
Against all the world
Well stand and die together
The audience received this song with ap-
probation throughout, and with great en-
thuSiaSm.
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the senator paid an eloquent tribute to
the craftsmanship of President McKin-
ley. Mr.. Fairbanks declared that all
reasonable, peaceable means had been
employed by the chief executive earn
est1y, intelligently and periodically, to
honorably avert war. All efforts at an
amicable solution had failed, however,
and the senator declared his firm belief
that all that remained was to invoke
the mighty power of the government in
behalf of the enduring peace and i'm
perilled humanity
In conclusion he said: 1--WE shall now
have the satisfaction of knowing that
come what may in the lottery of war,
we have left undone nothing which
could be done consistently with honor
to secure a pacific settlement. the
Spanish flag must be withdrawn ana
cease forever to contaminate the air OF
this hemisphere To the high and holy
cause of humanity we dedicate the lives
and fortunes of the republic"
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FOR A YUKON ROAD.
Canadian Government Arranging for
Line to Teslin Lake.

ottawa, Ont, April 15.-William Nc
Kenzie, and d. d. Mann, have arrived
here. Their presence has started all
kinds of talk as to the likelihood of
their arranging with the government
for a new deal for a railway into the
Yukon One proposition is to build a
railway from Alice Arm, or Portland
canal, right through to Teslin Lake.
This would be entirely through Cana
dian territory and would dispose of all
complications that might rise at Wran-
gel and give an eall-Canadian route. 1t
would also do away with the uncer-
tainties of navigation of the Stickeen
and the delays Of trans-shipment at
Wrangel The road, which would be
$40 miles long, through a bad country
would be enormously expensive.
A resolution passed at a public meet
ing at Vancouver has been forwarded
to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, representing the
Importance of building a railway from
an ocean port in British Columbia tow
ard the gold fields in the KlOndike, and
earnestly requesting the administration
to devise some means whereby this can
be accomplished.
Another proposition has also been
mentioned. 1t is to make some ar
rangement with the United States gov
eminent to insure bonding privileges,
etc, for a railway from Lynn canal to
Fort Selkirk by the Dalton trail. This
would neceSsitate a charter from the
United States government and the Ca
madam government well.
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SAGASTA INDIGNANT
That a Suspicion Should Attach to
Spain Regarding the Maine.

London, April 15.-Senor Sagasta, the
Spanish premier, is quoted in a special
dispatch from Madrid as saying with
reference to the destruction of the
Maine having been caused through
Spanish agency:
This Infamous calumny merits the
reprobation of the whole world. All
the nations know the true cause of the
disaster, and many American officials
know it too. For the American gov
eminent to base a plea of intervention
upon heartless calumny of this char
acter is to rebel against reason and jus
tice For this reason, it is impossible
for US to refrain from protesting form
ally to the powers against the imputa-
ton"