davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14

AMMuNTrIoN-Powder per keg. Aoo9
425; blasting p g u. s. si peF Res' uf0p
BXcoN~Extra short clear. in sacks. SAC:
regulars, SIC; boxed, Mc higher; smoked bel
lies 7aSAc. New York salt bellies TIC;
BAGGING AND TIES -Les2 than car lots.
7lsc Tics. Arrow. 45-lb, soc. ., 49,.
CANDY--Stick wrapped, basis a. 6A1Ic
pe Co ri aud cordosa. lo%Giie; fair.
sAG9c; prime. sAasNe; choice, loc: fancy.
g esbeEsr ryosa Basis H loS.s cases. eS
ii soc delivered; s6..b cases, il.7oe delivered:
APEX, ,eo-lb cases. n.4oc; in 3S-lb cases.
FLouR-Emplre mils, Houston: Davisson's
high patent si25; second patent 500; Texas
Star mills: Tidal Wave si2S; Sea 2. FAIRY Ssy9;
$50. rye flour $780, pumpernickei S %.
Special rates for shipments to Interior points;
Hcur in barrels loo above sacks.
FARtNACEOUS GOODS -Gnts. hominy ard
cretm meal, In barrels, s2.7j pearl meal, In
io-lb sacks, sl.65d1,70 per Dbl of four sacks,
Scotch oats SEAS. Friends oats seS5. Columbia
HAMs-standard s9sNc; picnic hams: elic.
HoNEY--Iu so-lb cans. extracted. SRMtc:
In comb. SGl0c. In 12-ib cans. extracted. 51aG
LARD--Refined tierces. compound. sc: leaf.
6ikc: 50-lb cans &c higher than tierces l0-lb
cans s.c higher; 5-lb cans &c higher; Glib
cans 1c higher.
ssEs-Reboiled. fair. 1es.1lsc: prime
20a2lc, choice 2SQ2ec. fancy new crop syrup
SIC. fair 4Iscf5c, fancy imported sisl6Ac.
hoPE-Basis for i-16: Sisal 7Sac; Manila Dc.
sALT--Llyerpool coarse s5a9oc fine , sSSp
90 l % 81 as soa i 10 g $3.50 Sols
s245
SALT F1sH-Macs.rel. No. ], in 1o-ib kits.
81 o0at1.10 half barrels. s6.50dT0n
sARDTNEs American quarters ss.o oS az
mustard three.quarters, 10; imported till
lette grade, quarters. $780, fancy sprats'
boxes. &c: Royal Gloss, bulk. sAc; Nickel.
100 packages. per boz. $3.50; corn starch. eso
per h. 20 aud 40-lb boxes.
STANDARDIZATION are for small lots: spe,,
cial prices given on carload orders. Standard
gianrlated SIS cubes and powdered is55 10
choice 4ssQ4%c; Arbuckle's, in 2-lb and OLD
packages. Sac,
nEANs-Navy 2Ma2Ac; Bayou sihc: E ing,
lisa dried 2Ac; pinks S1ac' linas 47ac' o'a'h
puTTER-Blue Star 2lc:. dairy. 1s9l7c; FL
gin creamery 2i125c; Elgln dairy bricks
16I3c oleomargarine, solids loci prints llc'
sneciai Blue Star lsc; Texas S Sa puIIef Ov
ciEEsE1New York full cream. lac; Wis
eoas fun cream l2M@lSc Young ynn AmeI fHi1
create lS4Gi4c.
EGGS-rexas, nominally 11GtSc per dozen.
KRAUT-sS.0o in half bbls.
oNloNS--Californle s5c per pushel.
PEFPER-Chile 15al7c per Id; black Singa-
pore 13c.
pc. btshe; sweet potatoes 2jc.
SEED PoTATOES-Ea-ly Rose. genuine
Northern. $3.50 per 1l-peck bbls; Peerless s2o0
per 11-peck bbs; Tennessee Triumph, in sacks.
81 90 per bushel
PoULTRY-Hen s2.50qS. 90; fryers s2.251
$50; broilers, sl75g2, 90. Turkeys. hens. 800
Ing TO size and quality. Ducks S2.5OI3oo
Geese 81. S0G600. full feathered.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14

IIempstead, Te1lss. February 1s.--The
thermometer registered below zero yes
tssiday mosning and 4 above this morning,
buk, hsn anqdsrstod today. until this evening
II 4 5ast At the freozing point. Clear creek.
- rapid current, was frozen solid this
ring, - that wagons could pass over
y II i6nrske heer salpou. a frame build
~ h&or ifro8e IN the bottles and In
nv laottlo beer presented q pc
I n ~; jcs being formed within
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.

demand for cornfed hogs of $50 pounds aud
up: fair demand for mastfed hogs of $50
pounds and up in retail trade
GALVESTON.
Galveston, February 13.-The A. p. Norman
Live Stock company reports the market as
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
uouslpn Knilrond Receipts.

Uoustou.s gross receipts OF cotton by the
various railroads entering the city were az
follows: -,-
International and Great Northern. ....,. ll5
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio. u
Texas and New Orleans. ...,.......,.." .
Houston East and West Texes.....,... IL
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe.......-.... ~
San Antonio and Aransas Pass. 100
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. ............ 40
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
IN THE COTTON MARKETS
Statistical Information from Leading Elk.
changes Of United States and Europe.
ANOTHER SHARP ADVANCE IS RECORDED
Although New York was CLOSED the
Other Markets Were Active and
All Prices Arc Higher.
ofnco Of The Post.


fIUusuon, AIUNudy, ftDruafy 10
While the Thermometer has been going
down cotton has been going up.
New York was closed and New Orleans will
close at noon tomorrow. but this did not deter
the bull SPECTATORS Cold ~eather favored
the bulls. In fact everything was bull4sh.
In Houston frctors had but little cation and
the buyers. being eager to purchase. have
caused prices to advance from u to &c. While
there were no GALES in the local market the
quotation committee based the market D.
offerings and quoted the actual value OF mid
ding cotton.
Spots advanced In all markets. Liverpool
is up S-S2d and tho American markets aver.
age bc.
Futures In Liverpool are up 8-e4d4-64d and
In New Orleans 10 to ~ points
Owing to New York being closed the statis-
teal movement WINS not received.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
Francs. commercial,
~ days .............'s.2lA S.tx
LESS 1-1s.
Only Curb Trading,

---s4 4sl.tff lilI
Only Curb Trading,
st. Louis. February l3.-This being tslAt,
cd as Lincoln's birthday. It was hclldaI
exchange and no trading was dono 81
on the curb. Calls on May wheat werv. n
OFF to 1I7sc and back TO i75sc ard puts, 4
local market $3.50 was bid early for May u
and later no buyers above $751;. Puts \
35Iac and calls offered Mt 35xc.
Receipts ut st. Louis fer the torty-dJ
hours were: Wheat, 1851 bushels: cmA
go bushels; oats, 5000 bushels
London Money.
London, February 13---Consols for ~
t1lA for the account 111as. Bar silyst q
271a. Money 1i21l4 per cent; rate diss1.1l
in open market for short bills 2 l-1e5s4sq
three months bills 2 1-1sG2ls per cent
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
APpLEs-Per hi y y M M =

nIILEs--Per Dbl, $5.005l5 20
loose N.a0fil75 '''VVVi'P' packed;
LEMONS s3sospS. * WV
MIA seedlings s2,50. S''"' eaiifor-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
...e,., on sHIpBOARp.

For Manchcster-s KamWS aty 5s5s z
2iSG. For Liverpoolrshpips uIins lsx "
ships Monmouth 5y'i
Is. 6iS. ,;-nhere. 1sii.. y
dleham Castle 99i. crefeld aov'' :
For NV York--Mallory my ~
line I6. 4s6. Total, H,5S.a
Totni on shlpboard. bs,fli'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
GRAIN AND HAY

sarioad lots { o. b. cars from millers: deal.
on as enntfe from store bGl0c more per 100 ;os
snG lOn l0e Der 100 lbs on Nav AAN 'oiA'
f nnRnhiN.gs; c SS5n bran sac per 100 lbs.
cuRS ~ ~ SohN-sedsso per 100 lbs.
os,yh,TS-Texas 81 l3Gc per bu A'''
W WHaEEAA.TrySslHn0RTs-s5e per 100 lbs.
HAY -,i APPROXIMATIONS per bu
Ss5;svI " !oi South Texas prairis bav * oals
~ North Texas s9.cOgle6 30. 1"' s''V0v
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
.,.,,o,, COTTON RECElps;,

nv Gulf. Colorado and ssp Grost Ects
12ii bales: Internationai a nd sdepdersos, h
sos; Galveston, Houstonr va So, Gltn
Missouri. Kansas anu 10 TOTAL, SNs9
The evening times., 1899-09-19
MORE LOSSES REPORTED.
Growing List of Casualties From
the Recent Storm.

ST. JOHNS n. F., Sept. 19-The crop
of disasters from last Thursdays storm
is still growing. Yesterday it was
learned that the schooner Lily
May, of Renews, had psr-
ishsd, the wreck coming ashore near Ire
passey. Seven of her crew were drowned.
Five of them were married men with
families Thursday night, also the schoon-
er Angler was swamped by the seas of
Burin Peninsula. the five men aboard
sinking with her. Her four ether men were
fishing in their dories when the storm
arose, but found shelter in another vessel
enc man breaking his leg in boarding her.
In Conception Bay the schooner Ethel.
with eight men, must have foundered, as
wreckage bearing her name was picked up
yesterday morning Three men were drown
ed at Farmyards by their boat upsetting in
the harbor before the very eyes OF their
friends
Ore man was washed overheard frCIl the
schooner Daisy, and ole f-om the E:cse-
mary while another VS. RIlled by wave
striking his fishing stage at Baealieu. This
makes twenty-six deaths reported yester-
day besides fourteen already recorded. The
coast is strewn with wreckage and every
thing points to further disasters, details of
which will be known within a few days.
The Labrador steamer is due tomorrow
and will probably report more losses.
The evening times., 1899-09-19

regulations and organization, that the chief
danger to this country lies. If the plague
should gain foothoid in Paraguay, its
spread to neighboring states could be pre-
dicted with practical certainty, and its ex-
elnsion from the United States would be-
come serious and difficult task.
We dc net wish to pose as alarmists. but
the bubeRic plague situation is one which
demands the closest attention and gravest
consideration at the hands of our State and
National health authorities. This pesti-
lence is insidiously spreading its horrors
throughout large part of the world. II Is
as bad as ever in Bombay. 1t Is still active
in Egypt. 1t has reached Europe where,
in Portugal, it has not yet been stamped
out 1t is virulent in Hongkong. has made
its appearance at Lorenzo Marques, on
Delagoa Bay, in Portuguese South Africa
doubtless reaching that place from Opor-
to-and at last is reported in our own hem
isphere.
Unlike our own familiar seourge of yell
low fever. the bubonic plague does not ap-
pear 10 be creature of the seasons. II
is as liable to attack New York as New
Orleans. or Boston as Galveston. As its
invasions cover more and more seaports
with which our ocean trade is. in varying
degrees. in contact, the danger grows, and
it should be recognized and earnestly pre-
pared against.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
AMERICANS USED AS SLAVES.
Complaints of Starving Miners Back
From the klOndike Region.

From the klOndike Region.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Sept 19.-James
Holmes, of Philadelphia, spokesman for
seventy five men who arrived from the
Edmonton trail, where many men died in
trying to reach the Klondike, said: eve
have been living on the charity of Canadian
and American governments for five months.
We were stranded at Muir Bay. We had
two days food left, when the Casca Com
pany of Glenora, heard of our condition and
provisioned us until the Hudson Bay Com
pany, under charter from the government of
Canada transported US to the coast We
have sent petition to the directors of the
Hudson Bay Company, signed by seventy
five Americans, protesting against their off,
cials use of Americans as slaves because we
were objects of charity. One Gay on the
steamer Strahcon, they ordered US to pile
wood We refused and they gave us tainted
meat without potatoes for three days, as a
punishment The Hudson Bay Company
officials are much ratified, as they cannot
sell goods to the Indians owing to the fact
that thousands of outfits are being thrown
away on the trail and picked up by the red
men. tf
1.-THE deaths on the trail among Ameri-
cans have been appalling. l counted over
100 deaths from scurvy, frost, and starva-
tion" Holmes confirms the previous re-
ports of the death of P. Hoffman. Peter
Simenson, and Valentine Wendlen, of New
York, and Charles Helmuth, of Brooklyn.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
WEIGHING TIE. MAIL.
TnbuIations' to He Made by the Cen
eral PoStofiice

1t was stated by the Second Assistant
Postmaster General this morning that no
extra force would be employed by the de-
partment, for the general reweighing Of
the mails which will commence October 3.
at every postoffice in the United States.
This expense must be betrayed by the local
pcstofTices. In other words the extra funds
must come out OF the local accounts.
This order will not affect the tabulation
OF the mails, which will take place in this
city after the returns OF the weighing by
the local postoffiees. A large force Of ex-
ira clerks will be employed at Washington
by the General Postoffice Department II
is not expected, however. that this work
will commence before December 1t is SCI
there is 70 appropriation with which to de-
fray the expense of the extra work OF re-
weighing by the local officers.
This will be large item OF extra ex-
pense to postoffices of the big cities The
reweighing viii continue daily from Oe-
!! tober for thirty days. when the tabulation
will commence. Blanks are now going Out
from this city TO all the postofiices in the
country.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
DEATH IN A PROLONGED SLEEP
4 Young Mother Expires After S!um-
herring Over 100 Hours


NEW YORK. Sept 19.-Mrs. Sarah Blu
mensohn. a young woman who, on Thurs
day midnight, fell into a sleep from which
she could not be reused, died shortly after
daybreak today al her home No. l Pike
Street Death was due to a complication
of diseases, but Mrs. Biumensohn might
have recovered had she not been weaken
ed by her sleep OF over 100 hours. DR..
Ellsberg, of No. 1o9 East Broadway, the
attending physician, who was unable to
do anything for the patient, described her
condition as uremic coma, and 1t was while
in that state that the woman died Mrs
Blumensohn did not cnce gain conscious
ness since she fell into the deep slumber
last Thursday. Her husband who watch
ed by her bedside continuously from the
time he came home on Friday evening and
found her asleep. tainted when he was
told by the nurse this morning that his
young wife was dead.
The sleep which ended IN her death fol-
lowed Mrs. BlumensohuAr long GONZALES
cence after the birth Of her baby, about
six weeks ago. II was in honor of this
child that a party was given on Thursday
by the Elumensohns. The young mother
was happy and apparently well. but efter
the guests had departed she complained
of dullness in the head and drowsiness.
When she did not awaken on Friday
morning her husband was not alarmed,
as she was believed to have been tired
out by the gaiety of the evening before.
AS days came and went and the woman
did not wake up, anxiety increased, and
finally Professor Lefevre, of the University
Medical College, was called in. Il was
then too late, however, and nothing could
be done to restore her 10 consciousness.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
Perverted History.

From the. indianapolis News.)
II recent, discussion Of the Dreyfus YER
dict, Mr.. Michael Davitt, ever seeking to
make point against England. said:
The rich Englisl,-speakng world works itself
into a hypocritical moral rage against nation
that taught England and Europe the liberty they
profess.
There never was, in all probability, such
a gross perversion of history framed in SO
few words. The great principles of Eng
lish liberty were finally and forever en-.
bodied IN fundamental law one hundred
years before the French revolution. There
have been many extensions of those prin-
ciples. and many curtailments of abuses
But for q century the work in England has
been in the way of reform along lines laid
down IN the seventeenth century. The
suffrage has bsen widened; the rights of
those charged with crime have been bstteI
safeguarded; educational privileges have
been extended to all; prison management
has been reformed; the number OF crimes
for which capital punishment is imposed
has been diminished, and many OTHER things
have been done to better the lot of the
average man But all these improve
msnts have grown out of the spirit which
laid the foundations Of English liberty
at time when France was cringing and
covering under an odious desrotism.
Magma Charta is more than six hundred
years old.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
Political Aspirant. in minnesota

From the st. Paul Dispatch.)
There is a respectable number of quite respect
able gentlemen scattered this State, who.
while holding the office of State senator, are am
bilious for n nomination to Congress. While
the State constitution may not regulate the elec-
tion or determine the qualifications of Congress
men, public sentiment may, and doubtless will,
make practical application Of the Supreme Court
decision in the Sutton case, that member of the
Legislature must serve out his term before ac-
cepting another offce. State senator elected
TO Congress next year would begin his term
Congressman two months before the expira-
tion Of his term as senator, and during session
of the Legislature, and would be compelled to
neglect his duty in position OF the other
There plenty of well qualified men whose
duties would not conflict and such will be elected
to Congress. We have men, perhaps, who might
be spared from the Senate, but not for that pur-
pose. Let them serve out their sentences where
they are.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
Who VIII Fire First.
fFrnm the Baltimore Sun \


II is not impossible, OF course, that the Beers
seeing that war is inevitable, viii attack the
British before their re-enforcements arrive They
/. boiling over with rage at what they deem the
aggressive injustice of the English, and some OF
them are confident of repeating their former vic.
tories. The younger and less experienced Beers
are said to be eager for hostilities, expecting to
''do up the enemy in short order. This attitude
may precipitate fight on the frontier before the
authorities at London and Pretoria have ceased
10 exchange dispatches. But this would be so OBJ
viously useful to the war party in England that
President Kruger win doubtless try to keep his
young braves in check. Both sides shrink from
incurring the odium of firing the first shot,"
such odium being useful factor in politics.
1t will mean much in Cape Colony, well as in
England, where the justice OF the demands made
in behalf of the outlanders is not universally con-
ceded. Some of the radicals object to war for
any object whatever and will seize upon all the
benefits to be obtained by criticising the Govern
ment's policy.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
MR.. REED OPENS BUSINESS.
The Former Speakers First Day nj
New York Lawyer.

Inc FOfmef Spe0ker'S f1rSt Day us
New York Lawyer.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Former Speaker
Thomas Bracket Reed became citizen
of New York yesterday. He began the
practice of law as the head of the firm
of Reed, Thatcher & Barnum, with offices
at No. 10 Wall Street Mr.. Reeds part
ners placed about him coterie OF Office
boys and clerks to prevent reporters from
seeing him.
Judge Reed. as he will now be known.
entered the Office of his firm at 10 o'clock.
He got off Broadway cable car, and with
a swinging stride walked down Wall Street.
Brokers and others merely gave him
glance in passing. The former Speaker did
not attract as much attention in the street
as he Usually did in his morning walk to
the Capitol in Washington.
He wore light Fedora hat, the usual
black eutaway coat and grey trousers. I'M
mediately upon entering his Office he was
closeted half an hour with Mr.. Thatcher
discussing the programme for the day.
After his interview with Mr.. Thatcher he
notified the Office boys that he would see
40 one, and. calling in a stenographer, he
dictated letters for two hours. After a
walk around the, Office inspecting the yari-
GUS departments he started out for the
day. First he walked up Wall Street TO
Broadway and thence to the Mercantile
Safe Deposit oCompany's Office at No. 120,
where he deposited several papers. Then,
boarding a Broadway car. he started for
his apartments in the Cambridge Hotel.
That ended his first day as lawyer in
New York. Mr.. Reed said to reporter:
II an too busy to discuss politics or
office business. ! have been busy all the
morning and will be for several days.
might see the newspaper folk after get
settled"
Mr.. Reed has the best private office in
the suite. 1t Is opposite the entrance and
overlcoks Wall Street. The biggest thing
in the Office next to Mr.. Reed is his desk
chair.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
The cartervirIe Outbreak.

1t is pity that when laboring men have
a grievance and general public sympathy at
the same time, they cannot, as a rule, act
in a way to preserve the latter The out
break at Carterville,. ILL.,, is case in point.
All decent citizens Joined with the local
miners. in resenting the importation of for
mer conYicts from the prison mines of Ala
bama. to take their places. 1t is probable
that the feeling throughout the State could
have been. utilized 10 compel remedial
measures at the hands Of the Springfield
authorities. if not under a Republican then
under Democratic regime.
Violence and bloodshed, to which there
appears to have been added vindictiveness
toward the militiamen sent to the scene
TO preserve order, will tend to forfeit
whatever consideration law abiding citi-
zens may have for the oppressed mine
workers The latter should amend their
ways, and look for relief to the ballot
rather thsn the bullet.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
Squeezing Bone and Muscle.

tfrOm the Bnl-lGeapnlA hecOIU-b
The weil-to-co can pay the increased
cost; the poor, with no margin betweeD
earnings and outgo for subsistence, must
reduce their daily allowance OF meat or
abandon it altogether. Could working
population of compulsory vegetarians ac'
complish in the future the mighty tasks per-
formed by American energy and muscle IL
the past? Is ii to be desired in the public
interest, that the level OF subsistence for
labor in this country shall be brought down
10 the black bread and garlic standard of
Europe or the rice diet of Eastern Asia?
Questions Ike these will be in order
and imperious 10 the United States if the
inordinate greed OF the Beef Trust for larger
profits shall be given full and permanent
swing. few more turns Of the screw, an5
meat will have become a luxury rather than
a necessity of living The masters of the
markets would then reap richar returns
than before, while handling less of their
product and thus reducing expenses and
depriying men of employmsn snt, A sustained
high level of prices in the Domestic market,
with an assured and unlimited foreign out
let for the surplus product, is the ideal
and aspiration Of every industrial and COM
mercial combination organized TO exploit
the American people. The Beef Trust is
dominant at home, and only needs assured
control of markets abroad to render It's en-
ioyment of monopoly supreme and unassail-
able by anything short Of social and in
dustrial revolution.
The evening times., 1899-09-19
a WoMAN's FATAL JUMP.
Two Victims of n Runaway in Pc
tersburS. Va.

tersburG, Va.
PETERSBURG. Va, Sept 19.-An acci-
dent occurred near Harper's Home. in
Brunswick county. Sunday morning. which
resulted in the death of Miss Annie Wilkes.
one OF the bestknown young women in
the county.
Eddie Wilkes, in company with his two
sisters, Misses Annie and Bette Wilkes
was driving in carriage to which two
mules were hitched on the way to the Good
Shepherd Church, in Dinwiddie county, 70
attend the services there. and while cross
ing the bridge over the Nottaway River the
tongue of the vehicle got out of the yoke.
which frightened the team and caused them
10 run away at q rapid gait Mr.. Wilkes,
seeing that he could not control the mules.
called TO his sisters TO jump and as he did
so he himself jumped from the carriage
ard was uninjured. Miss Bette Wilkes
jumped clear. but was very seriously in
iured by striking against the ground
Miss Annie also jumped. but in some way
caught in the carriage and was fatally in
jured. She died OF her injuries about )
o'clock in the afternoon. The accident oc-
CURED almost in sight of the Wilkes hone.
The young woman who was killed was a
sister of W. S. Wilkes. of this city