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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-19

Reports received by General freight and
Passenger Agent L. ]. Martin of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway give the
most encouraging reports OF the crop pros
poets all along his line--from Rockport.
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salxatinn Army.

Services will be held at the Salvation
Army hall throughout the day, commenc-
Ing u a. M, II a. M. 2 p. m. and & n
m. The night service will be conductei by
Rev. j. w. Mattox, formerly master =,
the Victoria Baptist church. San Antonio
Open air services will be held as follows,
Corner Main and Preston lO:I5 a. M. mar.
9es square $3.50 y. m, Prairie and smith
$3.50 p M, Kiams corner d. m.
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Southern pnriiic promot,op

mr. D. T. Graham. late OF the motive
p'We' department OF the Southern Pacific
railway In this city, left here last night
for Algiors. La, TO accent n nora -
i've position in the service of the cor,,ao
at that point 'pauy
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Let us have your order now for co ton
tags, marking brushes and Ink. saup. q
paper, cotton and gin books aud avoid the
lpconvenience Of delay. Clarke Courts.
Houston Office 2l7 Main street. Phone 75o.
- n ncIntyse. resident agent.
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occurred on Wednesday nisnas s,rf
following programme was rs Mis n
Instrumental. $3.50 - IN
Vacation song 1888. - w.1suis 4
Recitation-"The Reason !. s,s ~
Recitation-'The Little Sem NJ
Recitation-"will the Llsn' " v,e.r
Recitation-'.TIm Murphy'sO IN !:
49,. 49,. 49,. -, -. "A PfEt1
Vocal solo-"The unhnisnsa NJ
:. :. -. -. 1900, njs...fs,
Recitation--"Let the cat u,ss a.
Dialogue-"Four Celebrates ~
ters". -. - " NO.
Cinderella. -. -. .s.' JuIa Y
Red Riding Hood ......'''' ~
Sleeping Beauty -. 1890 Tildt
Gold Spinner 80. .,., NAN ~
observation-disclosures Meas ~ q =
Distribution Of premiu
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THE HOTELS.
CAPITOL HOTEL
frank A. Hervsy,
Dr.. Manager.

Rates, $50 to
400 per day. Six
" }egant rooms.
wnh bath. Large
sample 70 o III g.
Centrally located.
Best accommoda-
tons for CONNER
tial men In the
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no OCCUPATIoN TAxpAYERs.

All persons pursuing business or ayoca.
tion upon which city licenses ara due are
hereby notified to call at the office OF the
city assessor and collector in the market
house and pay same Immediately. other,
wise the penalties Of the ordinances Will
BE- enforced to the letter.
Justin c. White.
City Assessor and Collecto-
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oahieioupes are scarce for this time az
rre year and command good prices
Natermelons are arriving and selling AZ
early season prices. "s a.
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Uig Cotton Receintx

Ihe cotton exchange records at New Or
leans show that between September /. 1897
and Juno /, 1898, the following railroads
hauled to that city the number OF bales OF
nntfnn
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Inc tone OF the produce market was he,.
yer, being firm and steady. owing to light
receipts chickens advancing % to 20 cants
a dozen, The egg, market was firm and
s,eaus al : cents. The market being we'll
condition. NV" III soou
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mere was very strong demand for
lemons, lemons which are moving freely at adj
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consumers nod desiring to pay the prices
ASKED Tor the Kansas product.
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WEDNESDAYS EXCURSION.

IL Will lie Given by Railroad EN-
ployes md VIII lie Magnificent.
On next Wednesday, juno %, the en-
ployes OF tho Houston and Texas Central
railway will have their annual excursion
| and picnic at La Porte. and that 1t will
he one Of the most mammoth and enjoy
able events OF It's kind held the present
| season Is foregone conclusion. The most
elaborate arrpngements are being made
| for the occasion, and u superb programme
OF Juvenile sports. In which children OF
all ages can participate Will make the day
| pass as merry as a marriage bell" Moth
| Ing that can add TO the success OF the
| outing has been omitted or forgotten, and
| fine band OF music will be one of the
/ features OF The happy gathering Lemon
| ade. candy and otner dellcacies VIII be
distributed al iibitum ana Tree OF charge,
and II the little ones do not have day
OF unalloyed pleasure 1t Will not be the
iault OF those who are experimenting the
grand festival
one OF tho most inspiring numbers of
the varied programme will be the vocal
rendition OF the National anthem by
trained galaxy OF beautiful children. This
In itself would bo sufficient TO make the
event delightful, both for young ana old.
but there are almost innumerable other
attractions in the shape OF games and
sports which will furnish unlimited enjoy
ment to the railroad employees and their
friends and make the picnic exceptionally
enjoyable.
TIE ten wheel locomotive, No. 81. fresh
from the shops and gaily decorated with
flags and eyergreens. will haul the ex-
cursiousts 10 and from the grand gala
day celebration, and right royal time Ii
In store for all who attend.
The train leaves the car shops at $50
a. m. the machine shops at $40 a. III. and
the Grand Central depot at o'clock.
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Hotel Bristol,

HOUSTON. TEXAS.
American Plan, So and $3.50 per Day.
Strictly nrst-class. centrally located: Pas
senser Elevator. Electric Lights. Steam Heat.
Return and Call Bells IN all rooms. Elegantly
furnished. new and modern.
Accommodations unsurpassed by any Hotel
b the city.
MURIsoN & MALIN. Managers.
Formerly OF Capitol Hotel.
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SANTA TE EXCURSION EVENTS.


The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway
of July celebrations along Its line at one
anu one third fare for the round trip.
For the International United Society OF
Christian Endeavor, at Nashville, Tenn.
July 8 to IL. rate OF one fare for the
round trip is authorized by the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe railway. Sell only on
July /, 2 and 8, with final return limit OF
July 81.
For the Northwest Texas Epworth league
conference. to be held at Temple July to
s, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fee rail-
way Will sell round trip tickets for one and
one third fare, Tickets on sale July 5
and 6, limited to return July 8.
For the Baptist Young Peoples Union
convention ut Buffalo, n y, July "A to II,
tickets Will be sold from all stations to
Buffalo and return, on the Gulf. Colorado
aud Santa Fe railway, at rate of one first
clase limited ipre Dates OF sale, July 10
and IL. Return limit July 20.
For the meeting OF the National Educa-
tiopal association at Washington. ID. c.,
July 10 II. Il rate OF one fare, plus S. for
tie round trip is authorized by the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Re railway. Tickets
viii be sold only on July g. 4 and 3. with
final return limit OF July is. In addition
TO regular allrail routes. the above rates
Will apply via New Orleans. Selboard Air
line and steamer through Norfolk Va,
and on tickets so routed an additional tran
sit limit of five days in each direction will
be allowed.
For the reunion of United Confederate
Veterans, 10 be held at Atlanta July 20 to
%. the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe railway
VIII sell round trip tickets from the diff
$3.50. Rosenberg $3.50, Morgan sI6.S0,
Fort Worth $3.50. Dallas $780, Wolfe City
sl6.65, Houston $3.50, Temple Sl6.S0, Gle
burne $3.50, Gainesville SIPS, Wylie
$3.50, Paris $1,000. Tickets on sale July
Ii, II and Is, limited to return August l.
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AnnunI commencement,

~ .ne second annual commencement Of
's' naoins school at 1919 Lubbock s,re.,
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Chicken receipts were light poultrv
good demand at quotations. o1''is
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There was good demand for resa. esr,.
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In approval OF application OF the Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Rail-
way company the commission made the
following order; Rate on grain and ar
ticies subject TO grain rates. in car loads.
from Houston to Streets Switch and inter-
mediate points, . cents per 100 pounds.
This order shall take effect June 20 1898.
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In approval of the joint application Of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Texas rail-
way and tho Houston and Texas Central
Railroad companies, the commission gave
It out that authority is hereby granted for
the adoption OF the rate OF 10 cents per
100 pounds for the transportation of sawed
oak lumber In ear loads, minimum weight
10000 pounds per car, from Boyd and
Paradise to Dallas.
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ceived today Gen. Skaters permission
to return to Santiago. The starving
crowds Of women and children, ignor-
ant of the conditions prevailing at
Santiago, discussed the advisability Of
returning and whether they would find
food there.
At o'clock in the morning the most
venturesome had started on the four
mile walk to the city, and all day long
a procession of gaunt women and
emaciated children struggled forward.
Two weeks Of suffering in the over
crowded and filthy town of Ell Caney
had worked sad changes in the appear
ance Of the refugees.
AS the news came up the road that
Santiago could actually be entered the
crowds took new heart to push ahead
The American soldiers stood by the
roadside watching the procession. The
rain that came on early in the after
noon was mercifully Of short duration
Women of evident refinement and
good family struggled on on foot. A
small proportion of the refugees re-
turned today.
One refugee, a woman, said today
that when she left Santiago twelve
days ago there was a sufficiency Of
coarse food, like rice, but other neces-
stiles were lacking.
There were fourteen deaths at Ell
Caney yesterday, and twice that num-
Der are expected today, all from illness
arising from lack Of food. There Is no
yellow fever at Ell Caney.
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SANTIAGO IS A PEST-HOLE
SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE
PLACE SOMETHING AWFUL
Result of an Examination Made by
Gen. Shafter-TOwn Lacks Every
Sanitary Feature-VisiOns of
Happy Past Dispel1ed by Lepers
Running mt Large on the Streets
-Four Hospitals Filled.

SANTIAGO, July 18 (via Kingston,
July 19.)-Gen. Shafter has had thor
ough examination made Of the sanitary
condition of Santiago. The work was
done by DR.. Goodfellow, Of the gen.
erals staff, and by civilian physician,
DR.. Orlando D. Wiker. They find that,
although there are at present but six
cases Of yellow fever in the city, in ad-
dition to two suspects, the town is ripe
for an epidemic. Santiago and Rio ia
neiro are considered the greatest fever
breeding centers in the world This
town lacks every sanitary feature at
its best, and now after two months
siege, leaving it dirty and repellant, 1t
is a veritable pest hole. The awful
stenches that arise from the streets
stagger and choke one.
The city Of Santiago is typical
tropical place, with narrow, crooked
streets and low, one-storied dwellings.
Many of the houses are succeed and
painted with startling colors, sky blue
and vivid shades Of green predominant
ing. These, with the red tiles of the
roofs and the quaint verandas, show
evidences Of past picturesqueness, but
everything is now in a state of dilapi-
dation and decay, and the city is but a
shadow Of its former self. The ma
jority Of the houses are absolutely
ruins. and public squares. once green
with fountains playing in their CEN
ter are now utterly neglected The iron
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while working in a barn, the building
being blown down.
At Marinette the roof Of the Jail was
blown off and carried distance of
forty feet and the flag pole on the city
hall was snapped off. The Marinette
planning mill was badly twisted The
city electric light company's store
building was lifted from it's foundation
and badly damaged. So severe was
the storm that street car traffic was
suspended for a time.
At Fond du Lac the storm leveled
several arches, which had besn erected
for the Catholic knights convention,
ard huge trees were uprooted.
Watertown reports an unusually
heavy fall of rain and many trees up
rooted Crops were badly damaged.
Black River Falls experienced the
Of considerable damage to crops there
were no serious effects.
BELOIT, Wis, July 19.-The most
damaging storm that has visited Beloit
in fifteen years occurred at o'clock
this afternoon. Trees and wires in all
parts of the city were blown down, rem
dering the streets impossible. Several
business blocks were unroofed, includ-
ing the McClinchy building and God
dard G. ALIENS factory. A smokestack
was blown down at Fairbanks, Morse
& Co.'s factory, and a horse killed by
a live wire.
A late special from Fond du Lac says
the residences of Peter Adams and
Frank Eggers, east of the city, were
torn from their foundations.
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IN the military hospital, where there
arc thirty-seven wounded Spanish off,
GERS and 431 wounded soldiers and sal
ors. In addition, there are hundreds
OF cases of malaria and dysentary and
six cases Of yellow fever
The sailors were wounded in the bat
tie on July and 2. They were disem-
parked from the fleet Of Cervera to as
slst In resisting the attack Of the Amer
lean troops by land.
These sailors say that when the
Spanish fleet sailed out of the harbor
half Of the sailors and marines on
board had been fighting and working
IN the trenches ashore for forty-eight
hours previously. Admiral Cervera.
tney also assert, sacrificed his fleet In
obedience to the popular clamor, both
In Spain and Cuba, including Santiago.
that he should give battle to the Amer
icar fleet.
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FOUGHT FOR FOOD.
TncOnceivabIe Scenes OF Want and
Woe In Santiago.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.

woe In santiago.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July IS (via
Kingston, July 10.-The Red Cross So
ciety's steamer State of Texas, arriv-
ed yesterday at o'clock in the after
noon, and this morning, at daybreak,
DR.. ElweH. who was in charge of un-
loading, secured eight stores in the
heart Of the city and one large barn
on the docks, engaged eight stevedoras
and began to unload the steamer, about
6 o'clock. She had 1,400 tons Of pro-
visions on board. The distribution be-
gan at o'clock, allowing a pound and
half Of rations to each citizen. When
the unloading began scores Of half
starved citizens rushed to the dock,
fighting, trampling one another under
foot, breaking open the cases and seal
Ing the supplies. Finally q picket of
troops was placed on the wharf, re-
fusing admittance to any one.
The entire cargo had been landed be-
fore the distribution began. Each ap-
hcant was furnished with a ration
ticket, supplied by the local commits
sioners, with Gen. McKibbin's indorse-
ment.
The water supply of the city. which
was cut off on July 3, above Ell Caney,
by Gen. Garcia's troops, leaving the
town without water, will be turned on
again tonight. The ice factory resum-
ed work today, using the rain water
supply in the cisterns.
All the liquor stores, wholesale and
retail, are closed under Gen. Skaters
order, but the Spanish soldiers have a
large stock Of rum on hand, which they
are exchanging for our hardtack and
corned beef.
Last night the city was very quiet,
and there were no disturbances, the
distribution Of the supplies from the
State Of Texas being anxiously await
ed, as there was literally nothing in
the city to eat. Before the refugees
left for El Caney flour was selling at
$loO per barrel, barrels of beans at
sec per 100 pounds, condensed milk at
IS tin, and hard tack at 81 per piece.
AT Ell Caney the prices were still higher
$25 for a tin Of condensed milk and S.
for O. piece Of hard tack. The ruin and
want in the city are almost inconceiv-
able.
twenty-five Cubans, political prison
ers, are still in the local jail, but a
petition has been submitted by Cuban
residents to Gen. McKibbin, the tenn
porary military governor, and their re-
lease is expected.
Admiral Sampson, accompanied by
Commodore Schley and marine staff,
landed at O'Clock this morning, from
the Vixen, and met the municipal off,
GERS Of Santiago.
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VISIONS OF THE PAST.

VISIONS OF THE PAST.
But here and there through the open
doors Of more pretentious dwellings one
meets with the vision Of an open court,
filled with palms, brilliant-hued pouchi-
amos and other Towering trees and
plants. 1t is like brief glimpses Of a
happy past. long gone.
There is no sewage system. The city
drainage Is all from the surface, into
the harbor and the lower part Of the
city, through which much Of the drain
age runs, especially from the poor
quarter around the bull rings to the
northwest of the city, Is the seeding
center of malaria, typhoid and other
low fevers.
There are four hospitals, In which are
1,47S patients, comparatively small
rumber considering the lack Of food
and long siege, but it must be remem
bered that the reconcentrados were
never admitted to the hospitals, and
when the notifications Of the proposed
bombardment by our batteries were re-
ceived, every patient who could stag
ger out was driven into the streets.
Twenty lepers, who were in the civil
hospital, were turned into the streets,
and they have been roaming there ever
since.
IN THE HOSPITALS.
The largest number Of patients are
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Elementary to the main operations con
Quoted by the army
MILITARY UNDERTAKING.

The StrategiStS, military and naval,
are agreed in the view that the taking
OF Porto Rico is primarily military
undertaking, and Admiral SIMPSONS
orders are on these lines. The navy
department is rapidly moving the large
fleet Of auxiliary craft, made up Of
merchant ships, large ocean going
ships, tugs, ETC., from Atlantic coast
seaports to Cuba, where they will be
placed on blockade duty, thus releasing
the larger ships for more active duty at
Porto Rico and coast of Spain. Three
of these craft were sent south today,
and most all of them will be on the
way In a week, stopping only long
enough at Norfolk to have their bat
teries strengthened. When the war
broke out a large number of these
auxiliary craft were purchased. They
have been distributed along the coast
from Maine to Florida, at some forty
or more points, making an effective
coast patrol. There is felt to be no
further need of this patrol, so that with
the exception of few important points
the auxiliary craft will be withdrawn
for service in Cuba. Capt. Bartlett
has the work in charge and Is rapidly
hurrying 1t to completion.
Bids will be opened in New York, in
the presence Of Col. Hecker, chief of
the transportation bureau Of the war
department, for the conveyance home
to Spain of the Spaniards captured by
Shafter. Meanwhile, in advance Of the
opering a bid has come to the depart
frn 80 ! ha fo~ nirr,, e.f0
ship lines, proposing to carry $4,000 men
from Santiago to Cadiz for the lump
sum OF f125,000. Any increase or di-
munition in the number will be charg-
ed for in the same proportion. This
bid is being held up subject to the
formal opening tomorrow.
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TODAY'S BULLETIN.
Page

Page.
MILES off for Porto Rico.
Big Expedition Going Right Away.
Sad Day for Spaniards.
Santiago Pest Hole.
Big Storm In Wisconsin.
Toral May Be Court Martialed.
2-The Great Northern Shops.
County Roads and Bridges.
S-Fifteenth Regiment Mustered.
Third in Fight at Santiago.
Fourteenth Anxious to Go Forward.
The Thirteenth at Honolulu.
Editorial.
Senator Ne.son on Bankruptcy.
Minnesota Day at Omaha.
b-Minneapolis Defeats Indianapolis.
st. Joseph Beats Detroit.
A Chinaman's Desperate Deed.
Much Gold From Klondike.
Capitol Corner Stone Laying.
eBar Silver, 59Ac.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, 75kc.
Phillips Case Carried Up.
Steamer Dubuque Partly Wrecked.
Foresters Frozen Out.
Warden Wolfer's Check.
SERepublican State Committee.
Randolph Street Car Service.
Amending the Game Laws.
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Porto Rico is seventy miles east of Hayti,
1025 miles from Key West, 800 miles from
the east coast of Cuba, 1900 miles from New
York and 1900 miles from Norfolk where our
flying squadron has it's base Of supple From
Cape Verde, the rendezvous of the Spanish
fleet. 1t Is 2,4O0 miles, and from the Canaries
2,6oO miles. 1t is 5000 miles from Cadiz. By
occupying it it is believed the United States
will control the situation in the North A.
lantic. The Army and Navy Journal says:
Porto Rico is about 10S miles long by 81
wide It's area LIS about three and one-half
times that of Rhode Island, being $3.50 square
miles. Its geographical contour is that Of
an irregular parallelogram; It's physical con-
ditions are those of most islands in tropical
countries, 1. e., mountains in the center and
a moderate belt Of level land on the coast.
The average height of the mountain ranges.
which run east and west, Is about 1,500 feet.
The highest peak, Ell Yungue. In Sierra de
Loquillo, in the northeast, Is $500 feet In
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old merry-go-round told Of happier
days, but on every side there were evil
dences Of the pinches of the siege and
of starvation

or starvation.
LUNCHEON AT THE PALACE.
The palace was reached soon after 10
o'clock. There Gen. Toral introduced
Gen. Shafter and the other American
generals to the alcalde, Senor Forneo,
and to the chief of police, Senior Gull
telleras, as well as to the other mu-
nicipal authorities. Luncheon was then
served at the palace. The meal consist
ed mainly Of rum, wine, coffee, rice
and toasted cheese. This scant fare
occasioned many apologies upon the
part of the Spaniards, but 1t spoke elo-
quently Of their heroic resistance. The
fruit supply of the city was absolute
ly exhausted, and the Spanish had
nothing to live on except rice, on which
the soldiers In the trenches Of Santi-
ago have subsisted for the last twelve
days. In addition, the water supply of
the city had been cut off for the last
two days. Since the refugees left the
city and the surrender of the place was
seen to be inevitable a reign Of terror
existed. The city's business was sus-
pended, stores were closed, and the SOL
diers were apparently allowed full IL
cense to plunder and sack at will. At
noon, after the American flag had been
raised, Gen. Shafter turned the CITY
over to Gen. McKibbin, who, with the
Ninth infantry, will enforce order in
conjunction with the civil authorities.
The Spanish soldiers are encamped
in lines on the reverse side of the hill
on which are our entertainments. Many
of them believe, as they have been
told SO. that the United States has pur-
chased the island Of Cuba, and that
our government will pay them their ar
rears of pay and return them to Spain
They repudiate the idea that they have