The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-07
GOSSIP On

Now York, April ~
financiers here hay,
that Suspense ii wo,ss
head of an active MI
discussing the sltuatlou
this language: 81 NJ
war were declared toin.
nalf the bad effect 10
INC suspense is hayia3
pense is killing buslnb
People do not like inysis;
ties. II the cuban
head quickly the bu.is
is sufficiently DrosDetSs
cry quick. There has
done yet, because thI,,.
ul'eiisc' out II the a.. h
longer some Of us Win 20.
manent dead stop and
business generally.
big wholesale mcrphssa.
frcni the presen, ,lnc-rss'..
Ia y. Many buyers
Southern houses arc IN W.
fuse to place full order
ers report everything ~
way the war talk M ~
lions In this section nss|2
and instead Of purehss
goods they halyc and crss
Some have. returned fS..
ing a single purchase, ~.
also complaining that 4: !
serious handicap. nv
the least bit alarmed
however. no matter v{',
praoict a boom as soon = +
gives place to the subsi,'
ttit substance is povs
noisy. sSs
A new form of public N,
been introduced to NcwYclI
Davies, the baritone SIM
ready attained a high rsps
land. Mr.. Davies calls N
"Cantillation. In realIly
worked over, refined and 4,
nificance and a new name' b
ly a combination Of eloctljsI
1t is the rendering Of toe.
pirate descriptive music
Davies attempts TO rende,
alone. That is to say. b. a
in several different votes
same time. He has 4 Al,
and renders with rare eaedI
poems he selects for bis ~
has his limitations, and d n
in everything he undertstx
tertainment be introdnees i
with popular favor. He W.
=
warm applause at his frst
49,
John II. Starin, the veid
owner, has demonstrate III
a more practical way than
He has, through his son.h
Howard Carroll. Offered H.
Of his transportation lima
Black in event of war, bold
readiness at two hours nd
port the entire National CIVIL
of New York, say l4,u00 nhee
to any point or points Init
lower bay or to the fortified
Island Sound" To the eadt
furnished all necessary h
steamers for the troops. st01
guns, caissons and aumnulhl
and tugs for horses and vtsH
this service there would BE- n
Marine risks against var
rapidly as the chances d
The Atlantic Mutual lnsgru
today fixed a rate Of ! ptra
sailing for South American
2 per cent rate scheduled d
sells on Wednesday was adnl
cent. President Raven II MI
tual says that the insursls
working entirely In thcIdiit
the insurance Is neccssinl
For this reason, II 40 ~
1--WE must raise the rates.
an idea how the Cuban d'ln
settled, the rates will couti1H
We are getting close y y
now"
Nearly 600 bills were lsite
ture for approval or dls,vr
error Black. He has, uuda
ton. thirty days In which
them. This requires acfioi
of twenty a day. The gosa'
has plenty of work before "
even if there should DO nos
The number of thlrty-eay
is not as large this year y
there were 1888 of them.
"stcye" Brodic has eni'le
licity of reading his cva
get a fine lot of free neEsp
mcnt at the same time.
he is not dead, but very mua
enjoyed The april fool pN
lie With his Bowery 'r'sn@,
The New York Methodss
cd in favor of equal MIN.
representation at the
The vote was 11S to w.
The body of Anton ssh
mated at Fresh Pond, Y
his expressed with peio's
The policy Of importinsi
Europe by way of oans ,a,-'
las received some c0nNS
crs. -
put the right si'sa =
rexas state Democra.
The presidential con'ea !,
be an important one
battle OF 1896. The deu
yet itself in good shape e., 81
must have free slives IA
Ill county and sta.s I. w
nittees. and the leadesss ,stt
as governor, United Ss ssSs
congressman, must " IN,
gressive men WHOSE a. ~
'sa,.;ai -. will be toI