The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-17

railroad arrivals In the city yesterday. and
received the glad hand" from several of
his old friends.
Mr.. Harry {. Archer commercial freight
and passenger agent OF the Kansas city,
fittsburg and Gulf. with headquarters 10
Galveston, was In town yesterday.
q. M. Pratt. chairman OF the new South
western Passenger association. has ar
rived In st. Louis and located hs head
quarters In the Union Trust building.
The Houston EAST aud West Texas rail-
way station known as MITCHELL will. after
July ], take the name Of Angelina So
says an official circular of the company.
Mr.. a. &. Fonda chief rate clerk In the
Santa Fe general freight office at Calves
ton, left yesterday to visit friends In Gin
clnnati, and was accompanied by his wife.
MIR, +. s. Beard, commercial agent OF
the Fort Worth and Denver, with head
quarters at Fort Worth, was In the city
Yesterday circulating among the railroad
boys.
MIR. Rush II. Barnes. general freight
and passenger agent OF the Texas aud Fort
Smith railway, with headquarters at Tex.
arkana. was a visitor to Houston yester-
/ day.
Mr.. r. w. Norton. chief clerk to General
Manager Polk of the Santa Fe, left Gal
| weston yesterday with his wife and family
| for Pulaski, Va, where The latter Will
| spend the summer.
Mr.. W. +. Mcclure, general freight and
passenger agent OF the Galveston. Houston
| and Henderson with Headquarters In Gal-
| weston, enjoyed day In the railroad
metropolis yesterday.
| Colonel Richard Morton Major A. r.
Dunlevy and MIR. j. V. McNeal. all promi-
nent railroad men of Maryland. are making
n tour az Texas, and for the past few days
| have been pleasantly sojo<rning In Sar
/ Antonio.
| The Houston East and West Texas rail
way will In a very few days run an excur-
| sion from Shreveport to Galveston at sS.5t
| for the round trip, and officials Of tn,
road were at Shreveport yesterday crys
tallizing the project.
| Colonel c. c. Gibbs land commissioners
| Of the Southern Pacific system. arrived In
: the city yesterday, accompanied by his able
lieutenant. Hon Sam l.. HAN. They a e
here TO meet the board of equalization C.
garding taxes, and are guests at the Law
lor. 49,
Mr.. G. G. Jaqua, car accountant of tn,
Houston and Texas Central railway, ac
compan1ed by his wife and son, LETT las
night for Atlantic City. N j.. where th,
| former will attend the annual meeting o
the National Car Accountants associn
ton.
Mr.. II. A. Jones, general freight agent
of the Houston and Texas Central railway
accompanied by his family and Miss Rowir
Masterson, left last night In Vice Presl
dent Quinlan's private car for Glenwoot
Springs Colo, where the family Will spene
the summer.
Gross earnings for the first week o
June, as compared with the correspondent,
period Of last year. were reported yesterda,
as follows: Monon, s63,57l. an increase o
1881; Rio Grande Western. $50. 100, al
increase OF $4,000; Missouri Kansas an
Texas, $i65,345, an Increase of $4,000; Bil
Four, s260.62S an Increase Of sl726.
Mrs. jeff N. Miller and Mrs. j. q
Carr and family, who attended the grad
uating exercises OF Miss Estellc Carr a
Dallas yesterday. will return TO the CIT
this morning. Mrs. Miller Is the wife {
the chief clerk In Vice President Quinlan'
office. and Mrs. Carr is the wife OF TIL
payInaster of the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railway
A special train for the accommodate
} OF colored people will be run between Eagi
, Lake and San Antonio. over the Sunss
route, and at a specially low rate. on Oh
Goth instant. 1t will leave Eagle Lake
6 o'clock n. m, dischnrgng its passenger
l In the Alamo City In time to witness an
: take part iu the emancipation celebration
Frank Davis VIII be In charge.