The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-27
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New York, March ss.--w
notified John Y. McKan. y
oravesend. that his ,ss,.
communication conn, !, for good behsy 4,
April 80. This victim y,
uvity IN politics declare. \ p q
pc on MS feet again. h,,s w
pack wnat he has Loaf 4. M
iegltlmate business ana -. wll
iows monkey with the bsiis. ~ a
me secret is out. Ecor,,. 7.
oeen puzzled to know bov ~ ~
saloons could offer the l.,,s..
WHISKY In the city" for s ess,N ~
sui In Ludlow street 49, ~
WHISKY to dealers at 81 "a sse Nv
are eishty ordinary drints suloA
,, ma the cost per drins Y ~ q.
~ cents. And there W." % ~ ~
Fifth avenue bids fair ). ..ss.
ooulevara as the popular cyclIus N.
fare. Many riders say IT,, 49, -
popular now. 1t is asphal,As s !. n 81
ington Arch to One Hundrss ~ NJ
nihtn street, with but 4 feS ~ ~
is laiu as straight as Ma ~, -
church parade is no longer IN . ~
ture Of the city's greatest sS trs salels y
Coney Island was visited ....j N.
as many as $4,000 persons ,,.sss'eg n
think that summer was 4 NM u
were welcomed by the hote, ~ y =,
Keepers with open arms and !. a ~ y
right at home, in so far ,s -l a.ae Y tfl
.helr money was concerned 49, ~ n
lies are not the least bit ais.. ~ y. SaA.l
war talk. They fear buslna.. X M ~ vi
man more than a Spanish h. Nh sss pelts.
The Central Cuban Keller -.
up TO its eyes In business. TbA a.rs \
eeipts from all parts of the co,r,. ~. !. =
become 80 great that the commit. \. ~ Y
secured a warehouse. where s,,nDl,.s
sent Immediately upon their arrirs i'si 4 y
a are hele carefully examined for duasT
aitleies, repacked and arranged 4 ,sss
nieh.s, winch are then forwardsd 4 y
VARIOUS CUBAN consuls. So sensyosss y
lhe contributions of food clotblss Y. "
medicines that two vessels viii -. y
chartered to carry fresh supplies y - 4,
stricken isle. pS'Htss 70 Y
The florists, the bon-bon sellers y,
toy dealers are showing dainty TRIM. !,
tended for Easter offerings. Basts,. \,
pots of growing plants are The hyo,..
Easter gifts for persons who havs i,
grown the egg-hunting age. ina ho,.n.,
shors have Easter offerings which ~ !.
beauty-and in price-with those en,m.,.,
and begeinIned trifles which the jswsIs,.
enclose at this season in haped M, 7.
lain boxes. Everything nowadays t,,r,
to be specially designed to force fea.
TO face supplementary proceedings,
That Wall street is entirely governed i,
the course of events at Washington /, \.
dlcated by the fact that nearly every in.
portant brokerage house in the street I
represented at the capital either BY one Il
the firm or by trusted clerk. on the alart
lor trie earliest official news regarding thA
CUBAN situation. Private and public wins
from Washington are unusually busy. All
me uneaslness will continue until the long
looked-for report of the naval court d, in.
lulry is officially given to the press. IN
volume OF business will be of the mid.
sort unless something dropG h
me cabinet room or in congress
Great was the surprise Of passersby VI
saw today in the window Of a Park Row
lrug store this sign Pure Anti-SpaniiA
Licorice, 3 cents; two for 5 cents. m
who was proudly surveying hb
'amIart Of big black licorice sticks, vas
'sked about the card. That's the GEM.
ne anti-Spanish licorice." he argued !
that all licorice is Spanish and
lsked him the why and the wherefore d
he anti" With twinkle in his shrewd
we. he replied: That's valuable plata
lass window. Do you think I'd risk y
" putting sign there: Spanish licorlceF
>it.' Patriotism is certainly being redacee
o cash basis all over this town.
Some of the moonshine outfits on IN
last Side are pretentious as well as profit
Bile. The other day stills were found y
he cellar OF four story building, with :
alocn on the first floor and dance hall %
be second, all under the control Of ~
licit distiller. With these outlets Tor 10
isposal of their product, the stills wsts
spt going to their full capacity all "
me, and Uncle Sam, according to the !es-
nue. officers, has lost thousands OF dcian
Y the evasion OF the internal revenus
lws. 1t is quite safe to say tnat mos
is manufactured here tnan
lie mountains CT old Fayette and SomsfSss
nd it has claws on It,, too.