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MARINE INrELLlGENCk.
port q Gnlyeslon. peeemeer la.
ARRIVED.

Port OF Galveston. December 10.
ARRIVED.
SIS Roker, Taylor FROM Barry
SIS Nordfarr. DruDnich. from Hayre
SIS Spripgwcll. Chisholm, from Bermuda
SIS kingswsli. Humphrey. from Swansea.
SAILED.
SIS Mount Lebanon, McLsS, for Hayre via
Norfolk,
Sch Gladys, colson. for Pas,agoula.
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LIVE STOCK.


Choice cattle in demand; light supply.
Choice calves scarce; strong denianu
Retail market supplied with corn hogs.
ratker hogs In Hight receipt; several car loads
more can DO handled per week
Carload lots OF hogs can always no sold on
arrival at market prices. =
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srGAn.

New York, December H. sugar --Rn,, !,
regular. refining 1s-1s centrifugal "a test
I ',le, Molasses sugar, il-i6, Refined. uuist
New orleans December i.--susar. FIRM
open kettle vas LIS; open kettle, eentrfnsni
2ssni l-le; centrifugal formulated ia-ief,iS !.
Molasses strong, open kettle 2idSs. csmtr, T.
fugal sfIs Syrup, strong, 25q27.
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Dry Goods.

New York. December ls.--pry goods-Ad-
sahtes OF Is arc reported in some mates OF
'oui-yad sheetnss. STANDARD and thrc.-yard
shee'ings and drills in strong position. fine
ssfn' gray cloths. advancing; print cloths.
nm. with sales at latess advance in narrow
soses prints, IN good demand; rinehams ran
anu other white. goods generally Nell sold ana
s,psayi fsir orders OF pince dyed woolens ior
mon q wear, Dress goods. unchanged
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II you want to get rid Of Rheumatism try
bottle OF Elmer 4 Amends Prescrip.
ton, No 2eai. r. Schmidt Iiousto
Texas, agent,
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GALVESTON srnc,s


By Gulf coiorsda and Santa ne. 1853 bales.
lnteins,iSnai and Great Northern. CLOS: Gal.
vesgon, ronstcl and Henderson. aas7. Me
sure. Kansas and Texas, SI6i; Galveston is
Porto aud Houston, ss; schooner Tidal ,Way"
50 Total. 19,75.. "' ""'c'
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sr. 1.oIlIs.

81 Louie. December 1e.-Cattle--Receipt,
500. Including 1900 Texans; shipments. ';5o:
inrket eteady; fair TO fancy native shipping
anu tNport steers. '.gim5.iQi dresset boFt aud
butcher steers. 3.6G1sso; steers under IoGo
pounds, sooi1t;@; s'oclSers and feeders 800
indiai. steers. 2boIi25; cows nnd hsifers
..:2oeS,So. liogs--R scslpls 10000: shipments,
i9oD' market steady. Yortets. 3.l0i325. pack.
eis. S.20dSS5: outchera, 3.a5liSa5 sheen
Receipts. $500: shipments. 100, market steady.
native muMons. S.50Ii:3s. lambs. A.0Nll0 10
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New Orleans, December l.. -coffee--R.o. o, !.
binary IL fair 7lSk ' VI :
New York Deceniter. H. Coffee options
Spot coffee Rio, quiet and tendinv any, !.
No. Z. invoice. c's. No. jobbing Z, Mild firm
with good deiaand at full rates; Cordoya sSiis
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Month OF delivery.

new York Fsss. !, Fl
FUTURES opened firm; at no'' z
- VI j, "
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Month Of delivery.

New orleans Fsss 49,
Futures opened STEADY ~
noon quiet; closed STEADY. 81 II
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COTTON.
Houston DnIIx Sin,
Houston comparative Statement.

Gios, recepSs ihns far this weee 90 $50
Ifoss 1900 pts l0l DAYS this year s'i -nj 80
Gross receipts l0i Gays ia iSeT-l,s -, I, ia e,1I
uross goccnts iul days IA iSO;.as . !. IA i,,,,,
hoAstoas gross receipt. %: cotton by tis var, on,
enisIin: Toe ciiy wore follows;
i iaussIon ana Iesaa centr, ..s,... asv7
l,nlvc.,on snu ,s.sas sorihsrn G.1S7
ve.,,~nor "a 'ny.sk anu san antonio, 6)l
Iurs,",' y" " ,Sahs ;',.,:......-.-... ..3
,,m;f aas Wes, r,xSs.,-. .........- $40
sah ANTONIO aud Arins.s Pass .... Ala
Wagon " ""u '-,,'.,.....,. 1871
fickers And liu,ers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ''.'''
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CHICAGO.
KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City. December r. Cattle Receipts,
4ov0 natives and 700 Texans. market fairly
active al steady prices Christmas cattle, 500;
dressed beef steers. 500n5,t0; medium. A.75aD
400 COWS and heifers. 2G5dii.Q0; Western
steers. 3.c0Mito. Texas steers, 3506pl. 10:
Texas butcher cows. 2.65aI3 20: canning stock,
2.ooMa60. Hogs -lteccipts, $50: trade good :
market urtvo: strong to higher heayies,
3.301S.i2E; mixed, S.S0Gr3, 40: lights 220ai33o
Sheep-- Receipts, 1900; market active and
a'tong: lambs, 50nu5.50 nuttons ss5fli..i :
ieading lambs. 3 3,il4.2a; feeding sheep, 3.351'
3.Sc: stocktrs. 2.b0d3.5O.
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N ~ Worth. Texas December Il. recent
~ = ~ arrival snd dispes Ion 1t
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GRAM Am ifAY

Carload lots. Job cars, from mlllcrs; tcalers
charge from store 5dri0c more per 100 lbs on
bran. 2gsc per bushel on oats and corn, and
i09tl5c per 100 lbs on hay.
BIlAN--7Sc. corn bran. csc per 100 lbs
CHOPPED coRN---16r per 100 lbs
cORN-No sacked, 3StsIS9iac per bu
OATS-Tcxns, 29iaGi35c per hu
wIIEAT--SiI0RTS--,0 ner 100 lbs
Il WHEAT SCREENINGS 65dr.0c per bu.
1IAY---Alfaita. sl2.001iaso per ton: timothy
ISooIlf.oo; South Texas prairie hay $4,000
600: North. Texas, 80 .0o6pl0. 90.
COTTON SEED pRoDUCTs-.Meal and
cake, $is.5oais5o per ton; hulls. si.5oJ5U
per ton. A
SORGHUM SEED s.l5Glao per bu.
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sDecreasc.
Comparative Spot Narlsl, /,
The following are the closing Quutsu61i
cotton GU the spot today at the lVl1Iae p
kets. together with the closing 4 r.
yesterday. with today's sales: h 3
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Quotations are for less than carload lota
Special rates on carloads
BAkBED WlRE-Gldden. sal.. $40 per 100
lbs; Waukcgan. s2.i5
WIRE NAlLs--Rate, $3.50 per keg; nd
WAGES. 1od. Id md It'd. Sc; Sd and Oh. ZOE
I'd ana "a. .ec. i'd and sd, zoe: I'd, 45c; Cd 7Jc.
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LIVERPOOL ~
Futures opened steady; ae a,r aas75' !,
MT g n. IN, steady, closer ua!usy - =
The evening times., 1898-12-08
TRIUMPH FOR AMERICAN
BRAKE MANUFACTURES
Awarded the Contract TO Earip the
russian Cars over the bidders
of Enrnne

The State Department has received from
Consul General W R. Holloway at S..
Petersburg, an important report on con-
tract awards in Russia. He says in part:
Mr. Thomas c. Purdy. representative
of the New York Air BTa'-s Company. has
obtained through Consul Smith, of Mos
COW, a trial order from the Russian gov
ernmcnt to equip twelve freight locomo-
tives and 200 freight cars with their air
brake, for which the price paid will be
s25, 900. This contract was obtained in
competition with French. German and
Russian companies. The Wes inghouse air
brake has been in use on passenger trains
in Russia for about two years and the
Westinghouse Company has purchased a
building in this city and is now putting
in a plant to fill a trial order similar TO
that given to the New York Air Brake
Company. Should the order given to the
latter company prove satisfactory, it will
also build works in st. Petersburg.
There are said to be mechanical diff
culties to be overcome in adapting the
air brake to the freight locomotives and
cars in use on Russian railroads; but
should they be overcome, the entire freie ht
equipment, consisting of 10,G00 locomo tives
and 5G0,000 cars. will be equipped with air
brakes as rapidly as possible. the cost
of which, it is estimated, will reach $50.-
| 0G0.1GO
"A Russian company has been organized
to run line of twenty-one coast steamers
| from Vladivostock to Port Arthur and
leading ports in the Pacific Ocean. Con-
tracts have been awarded for twelve of
| these steamers
The evening times., 1898-12-08
FAULTY INSPECTION OF
CORN FOR SHIPMENT
4 NciI-Foundcd Complaint From
Denmark Against Dust in the
American Grain.

Serious complaints have been made to
the State Department, through Vice Con-
sui Blum. at Copenhagen. by Danish COM
merciaI men, against the American in
spection of American Indian corn for for
eign shipment.
From the Investigations / have person
ally made. says the vice consul. Il con-
slider the complaints well founded. July
and August shipments were not satisfac-
tory. Three of these, coming from houses
IN Baltimore Philadelphia and New York
on the steamships Kirkby. Sidia and Le-
confield, respectively, were especially bad.
1t seems incredible that the corn dis
charged from those steamers could be
passed by the inspectors as corn No. 2
sail grade, as it was full of dust dirt and
sand, which averaged from to per
cent. To say nothing of this great loss in
weight, it is reasonable 10 believe that al
this dirt has d very bad effect on the
sound corn, which. or this account, easily
becomes damaged before it arrives at it,
destination.
Denmark is an enormous market fol
American corn, and as this evil can nc
doubt be remedied | wish to cMI atten,
ton to the above-named facts"
The evening times., 1898-12-08
A Useless ProIongatfon.

If the abstract which the Alger Relief
Commission allows to be published is a
fair indication Of the testimony of Coo
@Alel Hecker, his examination was a
waste of time that might have been
better employed in duck hunting. That
officer should be mine Il valuable in
formation. He could interest the pub
lie deeply by recitinG the conditions
and causes of his own appointment to
one Of the most important I2cCs in the
service Of the Government .aSt summer.
lie was wholly unknown to the people
and So far as can be learned he had
made no record as a master Of the art
Of transportation. There are hundreds
OF men in the land who have spent
years in the practical study of all the
problems Of moving large bodies Of men
10y rail and water and who have an in
innate knowledge Of the value of vessel
property. 1t is not known that Colonel
Hecker was one of these. Yet he was
put in position where, if he should be
disposed to make deals for his personal
profit. he could pocket tens of thou
sands of dollars by merely accepting
the opinion Of a seller as TO the worth
Of his vessels. He could make many
other thousands of dollars for himself
by conceding the reasonabIeness of un-
reasonably rates offered by railroads
for the carrying of troops and equip
ments. Such position in civil life is
The evening times., 1898-12-08
DANISH MERCHANTS
BUYING VESSELS
More Ships Needed to Accommodate
the Commerce Between Denmark
and the United States.

statement concerning the expansion
of the Danish merchant marine was is
sued at the State Department yesterday
1t follows:
From January l to November l, 1885, the
Danish merchant steam fleet has been
increa ased-partly by steamers newly
built in Denmark and abroad, partly by
purchase of steamers abroad--oy forty
five steamships, with n gross tonnage of
about 1900. or a net registered tonnage
of about $4,000. A further addition of
four steamers, aggreGatinS 2.0l0 register
ed tons net. is expnc-ei during The Last
two months of the year. making Il total
increase for 1898. of forty-nIne steamers
with $4,000 registered tons net. 1t can
not be stated accurately how much 1f
this increase is intendal rpr the Danish
american steamship service, but it is
known that nearly nalf of the increase
in 1895 was placed on the steamship
routes from Denmark TO the United
States
THE decrease in the Danish merchant
steam fleet during the same period was
seventeen steamers of 1000 tons net: but
none of them were on the American
lines. The indications are that the Dan
ish-American tonnage will increase still
more during the coming year"
The evening times., 1898-12-08
ROCHEFORT FAVORS
AMERICAS DEMANDS.
THEY ARE NOT TOO ARDuous
Declares Tint the Republicans of
France Rejoice Over Spain's
Loss of Possessions.

Paris, Dec. S.-Henri Rochefort, in eX-
pressing an opinion ON the attitude of
America as regards rs present relations
with Spain, does not consider that Amer
lea is too severe in the demands embodied
in the treaty of peace. He thinkssit is
better that the people of the Philippines
should pass from under the Spanish re-
gime.
Rochefort would like to see Gomez presi-
dent of the Cuban Republic, and thinks
America might make Aguinaldo governor
general of the Philippines. This, he says,
would be home rule for the Filipinos, with
the strength of America to protect and
guide them, and would render abortiye all
Spanish encouragement of rebellion among
Filipinos against the United States
He declares that the republicans OF
France rejoice with the Americans in the
freeing of Cuba and the Philippines from
the intolerable yoke of Spain.
The evening times., 1898-12-08

never filled without requiring large
bond from the occupant. Besides, there
is usually an auditing board of experts
TO pass on his transactions. 1t would
be interesting to learn why Secretary
Alger selected Colonel Hecker for his
important post and whether he exacted
the heavy bond that should be requir-
ed. 1t is found that Colonel Hecker had
no previous army experience worthy of
mention and certainly he had never
achieved eIninence as a railroad man.
If we are to judge from the abstract
of his testimony, he was not required to
explain why there were not means pro-
Yided for the proper landing of troops
and supplies in the Cuban expedition,
as suggested by General Miles. His di-
vision managed" the transportation of
the expedition and therefore he should
know something more about it than his
examination revealed. For a man who
had hand" in the purchase of seven
teen vessels that cost from forty-one
thousand to six hundred and siNty-siX
thousand dollars each, Colonel Hecker
was allowed TO leave the stand without
having been subjected to proper in
quiry. We fancy that an impartial
Congressional committee will not be
satisfied with SO few facts from an Off
Ger charged with such heavy respon-
sibility. Indeed. his duties were too eX-
tensive and varied. There Were retired
officers of the navy or prominent YES
sci men who might have been selected
to buy vessels without imposing the
duty on man who had to make rail-
road rates and manage expeditions. 1t
is not surprising that the transporta-
tion and landing OF the invading army
was horribly bunGled.
If the Alger Relief Commission can do
no better than this, it is hard to imag
inc any reason for the continuation of
IFS pretended investigation. II has
keard as much testimony OF the kind TO
which il is partial as can BE- necessary
and il is in constant danger IF hearing
some Of the other sort. Ii has brought
out the fact, in spite Of its obvious pur-
pose. that all the charges are true and
/ that the responsibility rests on the Sec
I r. JarN BI " ar ana lAe AuJuIaLl del-
/ eral. BY their virtual suspension of
+ General Miles and by the incompetency
of the men they appointed To RESPONSE
BILE office. including the commander Of
. the expedition To Cuba, they made all
! the scandals OF the war possible and
unavoidable. The testimony of General
/ Breckenridge, Colonel Roosevelt and
others cannot be refuted. If the few
! ambitious apologists for the War De-
! partment have not said all that is need
"a for an eXculpatory report, greater
number if they can be found, will not.
/ At any rate. it is not necessary for Con-
gress To await the report of this Com
mission. of the appointment OF which it
! has not been Informed by the President.
The evening times., 1898-12-08

Mr. James Il Heene regards the for
cign trade as the fundamental factor in
whatever Is gratifying in cur finan ial
and commercial situation. Evidently he
does not think the possession Of the
home market should Toe the only object
Of our Industrial concern. From cur sur
plus products there has been an addi ion
81 over one thousand one hundred mil
lions in three years. which suggests u
his mind every effort 10 further extend
our foreign trade When American
legislators discover that We have m st
to gain by making life easier to these
who produce the grain. provisions and
cotton that form the burden of our eX-
ports We shall have real prosperity.
The evening times., 1898-12-08
Territories and states.
From the Chicago Tribune.)

tErOm the Chicago 1Tlbune.)
When the thirteen revolted colonies declared
1Ecni~el f. a free people and became independent
OF Great Britain, they created a sovereign ma
ton leaving however, numerous ''homc rule
powers and functions 10 lie exercised by the in
dividual States Subsequently the national Gov
ernment. which had been orgaEized by the origi
nal States admitted many other States into the
union. hut while those newer States were il
4 Territorial condition they possessed no soy.
eTeigBty.
But while the Government created by the
Constitution was empowered TO make new State.
out Of any territory it held and make them full
partners in the Union, enjoying all the rights and
privileges of the original States. that Govern
ment is not compelled 10 convert Territories into
States. There Is not word in the Constitution
to that effect. Does Senator Hosr deny that,
The matter is left entirely to the discretion o
Congress. IL can let Territory remain Terri
tory for fifty years, with New Mexico. Sc
Congress viii not be obliged 10 admit the Phil
ppines into the Union as one or more States
but can give them whatever form of government
it pleases.
The evening times., 1898-12-08
The Anti-Exnanrionists,
Trom the Minneanolis Trihune.N }


Senator IIoar and the few who will stand with
him will find their attitude as unpopular with
the country at large as was that of the New
England Federalists who opposed the war Of 1912
and lighted bonires to guide the British ships in
landing troops for the invasion OF American soil.
After the war the Federalist party disappeared
and its leaders were compelled to hide in order
to avoid hooting whenever they appeared in pub
lie. They were lucky to escape hanging
Men who set themselves up against the national
spirit, especially in opposition to the nation in
dealing with foreign foe, always sign their po-
litieal death warrants. II few New England
Senators choose to oppose the Paris treaty, they
will arouse spirit of righteous wrath in the
West and South that will seriously injure New
England prestige. Against any unpatriotic COM
bination to defeat the treaty by the ultra-cou-
seryative, President Mckinley may easily gather
around him a group OF the younger and more
progressive Senators Of all parties, and he will
be justified in making concessions to the South.
il Southern aid is needed to secure the necessary
tWo-thirds vote in the Senate Tor ratification.
The evening times., 1898-12-08
FIRST NAVAL PENSION
OF THE SPANISH WAR
The Widow of Captnip Gridiey. Who
Died Mt Manila, To Receive Thirty
Dollars n yI.nth

The first pension granted in the naval
service of the war with Spain was placed
upon the records yesterday II allows
$50 per month to Mrs. Harriet ' Grid
ley, widow of Capt. Charles Vernon
Gridley, who commanded the olympia
Admiral Dewey's flag ship, during the
memorable battle OF Manila Pay
Capt Gridley, who was III with tropi-
cal fever. left his bed to participate in
the fight, which was led by the vessel
he commanded
As result of the excitement AID strain
incident to the battle he suffered 2 re-
lapse and eventually died from combi-
nation of ailments, including hernia nith
abdominal dropsy and cirrhosis of the
liver
The evening times., 1898-12-08
The German Policy.
(From the Kansas City Star J

(trom the Kansas City Starr
The Emperor is extremely solicitous for the ey-
pansion of Germany. Instead of permitting Ger
mans to flock to the United States and South
America, TO add to the number and strength OF
other Hationalitics, he wants to create German
colonies, and hence the German possessions in
Africa and the presence of the mailed hand of
the German Michael in China and the peculiar
attitude OF Germany at Manila. Even the spec
tacuiar pilgrimage 10 Jerusalem contemplated the
practical proposition of increasing the field for
the employment OF Germans
Germany is not big enough for the Germans
They have overfowed into Russia. where the
mechanics and storekeepers are largely Germans
and, even IN the agricultural regions the Rus
SLAMS bear German names. London is full OF
German clerks, and, all over Europe is found the
German mechanic. The Turkish army is a fine
field for German army officers, who, at home, are
paid such small salaries that they have to turn
the cloth of their uniforms and live on the most
frugal fare. Germany is suffering now from the
ailment, which, through the wisdom Of its lead
ers the United States may avoid.
The evening times., 1898-12-08
THURSDAY. DECEMBER s, 1898.
sennfor Honr,r Protect.

Evidently Senator Hear has no conf
dence in the disinterested patriotism
and honorableness Of Senators and
Representative de is shocked and
worried by the appointme mt Of Senators
as commission, rs IL MAKE recommenda-
tiens upon which ghsy are called 10 act
later as Legislators. ii is not merely
that he considers il unconstitutional,
but he says il is uuWise. AS he offers
no reason for Ibis il can only b. in
ferred that he d. not think they are
T. be trusted. Buu If that is true, We
are gone 10 the Gcgs-anyhow. If Sena-
t,rs who Wera srnt 10 Hawaii and 10
Paris cannot b. relied upon 20 suggest
what is right and proper. then they
cannot deserve TO be trusted with the
power 10 introduce bills and especially
10 serve on committees to report on
blis
in going tc Hawaii 10 study the con-
ditions o. the islands and draw up a
scheme 4 government, the Senator'S se-
lected acquired knowledge Of the
legislative needs of Hawaii that they
could not get IN any other way. In
deed. this is in harmony with the prac-
Iice Of appointing committees Of Con
eress TO investigate subjects that call
Tor legislation ana 10 report for the in
formation Of the House or Senate We
cannot see that there is any more dan
ger in the sending Of "A commission Of
Senators 10 Hawaii Jo devise and sug-
e ST plan Of administration on which
the senate must vote than in the send
irc Of a committee # Representatives
L. New York to study the sweat shops
81 order to propose legislation for the
House. In each case the members OF
TN investigating BODY are called upon
ro vote N Tie measures they suggest.
II senator Hoar IS right as to the un-
wisdom of appointing Senators on COM
missions. thCn he Is bond 10 declare
the uuwisdom e one OF the most COM
mon and Indispensable customs OF Con-
gress. Also, his attitude involves de-
niaI Of the good sense or honesty OF
Senators il they do not know enough
or are not honest enough To report in
telHgently and impartiaIly on the sub
sect investigated. then they are not sen
slble and trustworthy enough TO vote
on the legislation proposed. We should
think the Senate would resent the re-
Elections Of Mr.. Hoar.
IL would puzzle Senator Hoar TO indi-
cate in what way the appointment of
Senators to serve on commissions that
are to report to the President violates
the spirit OF the Constitution. The line
that separates the legislative from the
executive department Of the Govern
ment is not wiped out by such pro-
ceeding. But even if il is urged that by
tins course the President secures the
benefit Of the support OF these particu-
lar Senators to the scheme of legisla-
tion which he offers, where is the mis-
chief in that? II is not his scheme
after all, but that Of the Senators who
make the report. In effect il is not diff
ferent from the report Of q Senate CON-
mittee. Besides, the President has other
and more powerful means of obtaining
q material support as long as he is
charged with the patronage Of the GOV
eminent. 1T is Senator Hoars opposi.
ton TO expansion alone that has led tc
his discovery of the unwisdom Of thi:
practice