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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01

.H. AIM: Of and cate u '
xsensn M.s sy gs y E TcSssns os ssss
4ss. q 3 sas e.has ssk
4 ss. and M. BIT X La ono,aa Port
ase sasiz 3 san Nan.im -.
IS .o ssa' sam .n Fsags r @
fDs A si p 'sss So s, T.ss:::ss
Hmss Ann ssn e tons Manua i' sassiss
bsg Wa sode sn Fnss H. xoeN
sa & = 1 ,ss e r s4ss Tssa. x'
Eis 81 na Es s yoaenaa Vancouver April
a1asssr ~ = ionic 1 ss.nsh Fs
E E5 ,ssaa = E a ruin ,c
Sans q 1 sa as'is 81
I.s shi .a: @ n, Is.S:ss
k aa a a." 81 !. p "a = s s as Sa: .a. sra
ks as e. + i Is toms an ss l nsas
Lev 81 Burgess roanssn Am biz 80 ens San E1sns, Tacoma
c Grant 81 LON, ,ss. % Fssssi si Pa:
s a. os .s Ss Gamble
MfIssad Am s g Hsnp s rSSs nx April
Sanamo saa i @ "a n sa.nsha
ssIsa s & i. ss ~ sai
E @ M
ss;sI sss s Is . H. s: .s: s:s;
knsg s cousins s'sn 8 n ea %
ss n an : % i a. sss.f T. r 4...:
s ssaa Mssa SIR i,s @ Y
T Tr t ssse ss : ss. sa ;ss
An 1se iona HGnxsOss T nss ,,,
Winiam carson Am Pert 5aLs'.y - =
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PUGET SOUND SHIPPING
rAcusc coAsr cnAnx.nA

Honcaau u ns -
Omitted hnsdon
Hasse
H.
ArherSE annF Francis ito IA
arkenune City Ppete San
coan
Agxse tons, fuanN .
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SAN FRAN~Isco~ Departed. April ~
Am bk Agate. Nanaimo: Am biz President,
Brktos tay: Br ctr Wellington. Nanaimo:
Am sh Occiiental. Seattle, Am schf
Glendale. Seattle. str Tflismock. Co.'S
hay: str HEnpsre. Coos bay: schs EA-
ward Park. Usal. Arrtved-Am str Wee
or, Yaaisna
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Special Dispatch 20 the Isoss-Ins eIlIsencer
PORT BI-AkELEY. April g.-~Fo.iow-
Ing are the names. dsgttna. ions etc. ~
vessels loading lgynafer ~ this port. Am
scaf Vega. Rasmussen, repairing. Am schr
Seau0sa, Larsen. San Diego, Cal: Am bark
Seminole Taylor. Sydney. ~ =. w. FIR
Chill ship Temuco. Ssensen. Valparaiso.
Gale.
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British
British Tswnsn aavsaG
valued At
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CHICAGO nARkErs.


CHICAGO, April es.-Dry weather and
hot winds in the winter wheat country.
with snow and freezing weather In the
northern portion OF the spring wheat re-
gion. where seeding 10 In progress. started
wheat firm Free liquidation OF May
caused . weak spot shortly after the
opening. but the market turned strong
again xi,h professionals buying July. The
selling pressure in May was so urgent
that the discount was widened TO iAc and
deliveries on May contracts next Monday
~ill be heavy. Reports OF drou;h west of
the Missouri river were numerous and
private crop adviees bad. Nay opened
lsas%c higher a; 7141.1&sc: declined TO
nae: advanced TO 71:sc. and closed with
sellers a, 7lsc. july opened AVasc higher
Al .s0s3hc: sold OF to 7ssAc: rose to IsssGJ
7sAc, and closed with sellers =, ~ Q 'sasc.
large decrease in stocks and good cash
demand strengthened coEn. Trading MAS
heavy. principally changing May deals TO
July and September. May closed NC
higher.
Dry weather. = good cash demand and
covering helped cats. May LETT on q shade
higher
Provisions ruled steady. with fair buy
ing b. packers. Pork closed . shade low
err. lard stsc higher and ribs unchanged.
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Imports Of specie.
TIE imports ~ specie :hgs week were
re 10 gcla ard S-s - silver
The Rank statement.
TIE F4uancier Says This week: Tee New
York banks ars ss8h accommodating h1ie re-
serves. the total sarells according ga the
csrfea1 exAib4t so1siag ay t5ss SIS The
factors which we're prominent in tae pre-
vsesSs statements are SIN IN evidence.
Trey Sad further decrease I'm loans Of
sSss -s&s. tsestsg a4saca less. however than
reported fSF the week ex34ang April -
f14gAcSsts have taile0 afT ssh asa ard as
cash Increases over s. e1a CO. sfae sGrsius
es pan SsA 81 s$s7ga The statement 10
rsucf better than has been i0akea tar
ksaan operations fts~ fA@ week WITH the
sas-tresisssry resulted IN & less o. mote
sAAa 81 sssg.e 70 ire banks and this rsore
tssa offset tee estimated gain from tne
int agS5r
averages disclosed >efser ersGsing fp- tie
week Il - ss:srsASesszI whether the actual
eoaLiisen ~ TIE clearing institutions ts w.
fertsS4 IN These averages. since tie ter
1xrEy IN asoHey Affairs 81 fAysTsng a COG
timed ao~ CT finds 70 ts1s center and IL
a a<aa1 ersgse Gzsnx are 20 Be exysas@s aas
TRAN this tine en- Nhasse%v Es3rswy she
banks soxE - the sstNsr~ss4ry s.ssrtag tee
past few days WILL ysussaa4y he very much
s-cr~ THAN r~ecyssess through interest fas-
Asar~~mens= ara sghsr rshyrnssss h~xsngsng
May l. ~ more fnt~vest Tran sAr bark
averages IS ssFs ecrSsfglrEs ~ sns exchange
rAz -ks<. q hsch - w0rksng tr~a<s1 . hsyn
level wsgh the PROBABILITIES Of still
furshe~ advance TIE quotation 10 rcs
very near sas cxrorsing roSai. eos saa;
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The Cxarina left fof Tacoma yesterday
20 coal and cargo FOR San Francisco.
TIE steamer Rosa.ie - due from Alas
kan ports and viii probably make porf
today.
TIE repairing Of the Glencxie In being
pushed YsrsSiy a. Mosans yAsds. II 10
expected the Fsar.r VIII b. ready fcr
sea in . day nr sxo her injuries being
less than at drss suspected
TIE Excelsior. advertised TO sal today.
VIII nos leave until TUESDAY. IL then TIE
Steamer u under contract 10 take the
Capt. Glenn United States expedition ard
viii await that officers final arrange
MenfE.
TIE steamers Cottage City and LAnrasa
ajisd for Asaskan p5rfs yesterday, each
wsfh = good cargo % passengers ard
freight Tbs passengers on both beats
are men Who had been In AiAxka before.
and they knew what Wa nss1ed. The
result was that few fancy packs went
aboard. AL the meu going north nov
hays definite location ana are returning
20 former dsggines or camps.
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lnEn I'd TRADE REVIEN.


Tho thing that nnus fnsersssed en~nmss .
ION men ana produce de11ers today was
xne fanure ~ the Gan Francisco sfeamer
naue Wala ts arrive ID fime tor her car
- % pe PIT On TIE mArkef- Che did not
est 70 until tonight. and AZ . result the
.s0see aaye been bare MI day. % far ~
gYeen ssuns are concerned Oranges and
snsone efe Plentiful ~ prices unchanged.
Strawberries and cherries are also an, The
market without nuc4uasion
Tnsfs = no aspar1gus in the market, the
seceaps4 from Waua WAlsx having ceased
On account OF cold weather In Eastern
Washington Tomatoes which came tn on
tne sisamsr WasIa Walia viii be held al
EG4a are sttH quoted 1T various figures
% different Dealers. and II 10 difacult 70
strike an average.
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the trading a the Anaeonda. together With
the tradsr4 d tie Green ana sevsral ether
seocks b sslberActa1 r WI - seen TIT
fne TRADING Nos yexy nnTr0W Ard thax the
stAn0Ard 0haxes WeRe yevy Murh nag3ocs-
ID. CrOp unceyt1snkie1. toGethef With the
decrease of Hff.eo In Bud ngtc&fs 1MrpleD
sarnangs for March. iefs the sranGefs
nsnt !. MFge,y beartsh IA certain etecks.
whs1e the rank and 1Ie axe geDefAiiy dts-
pesed to hold tenacsously - the4f socks
bat Z haIs end that baIIssk snikuaiAsh w:u
arouse stocks from their iethArgy II oountl-
ful crops are assured. Fer the week the
tfon and eseai shares were irregular to the
extent o. = point or -. ImOcetAnf changes
not hftherto mentioned are: Advsncee-
Iafrd Avenne, 10: Canadian PacifSc, ~.
& ~ Louis second preferred. ~ De-
cliues- AetrcpoaitAn. 81; TooAcco. "a:
Manhattan ~. Delaware z HUDSON and
Brooklyn Union A. -
Operations IN bonds during the week
we're On . large scale and many OF the
me<iium-pxtced issues nnde Handsome al
yancee. The fAc. that several states hAve
laws impending or enacted permitting
savings banks 20 iayest in certain high
the value Of saca naoxfgages Speculation
generally too was strong and confident.
the absence OF real syringency in the
money market forcing the employment OF
Idle fsrGs into mortgages whtca return .
fair rate OF interest.
United States - registered advanced u
the new - registered u and new - coa-
rson and the Is registered Il IN the bid
price. Tho old Is coupon declined H.
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SAN FRASCIsCo Markets.



SAN FRANCI6Co, April As-wheat ex.
port movement goo0. wheat hrmer. an
other advance In call board options: spot
prices unchanged. Barley On call opened
easier; sample market dull and heavy.
Oats very firm, but trade not active. Spot
quotations were.
Fiour-Net cash for family extras. tase
GAS; bakers extra, =. Aogsss; Oregon and
Washington. &3Us.0
wheat--shipping. sl.s5 for No. /. and
d.9srz Tor cho &c; milling. 81 l1E1.
Bariey-Feed. n-a2,zaLos: brewing. NOM
tnaI
choice. N55zfs -: fancy feed. u.4,tzdi e:
gray. -saG1 IN: milling. a.s7,sUi IS. Sur
prise. H-45gI.O.
Flour. quarters sacks. sss7. wheat. cen
oats. csn,sis. iS: beans. sacks. 81: corn.
cenfals. l.2is: potatoes. sacks, lao. onions
sacks. d: bran. sacks, z.s6s: middlings
sacks. go; hay. tons. 5e3: Wool. bales. so6.
hides. number. sss: quicksilver. TASKS! 20:
wine. gallons. assn.
CsOsing 0sstatiens.
wheas-ouiet; May. s.OsA; December.
aarIey-oniet: May. n,e.; new. r.c
Corn-LarGe yellow. u.easGLi7ls-
weel ana Hope.
Wooi-Sprinx: Nevada. sa1ec: Eastern
Oregon. s0ilc: Valley do. l5017c. FAN:
Northern mountain. 76Sc: mountain
lambs. 6<ec: San Joaquin plains, e06c:
Humboldt and Mendocino. 60oc
Hops-s-rop Of iae6. 1Sc.
Produce, Fruits, Etc.
Millstu1s-Middlings. tlsQ1D. bran.
SEso@1e:9 per ton
Hay-Wheat. Se0fs: wheat and oaA So0
IL best barley. 500: alfalfa, SOD 20:
ss. Early Ear sa ko.s
I.sO: River Burbank SlHais0: Oregon
Burbanks 81 60GIs 50; sweet. nominal: Gu
enmbers. Bc6N: garlic. sc: green peas.
zHsI1c; string beans. 4n9c per 10: torna-
toes. ~ 34f2: fancy asparagus. S2.5142 Is;
eeg plant. 15c. chill green peppers. i512sc.
Fruits-Arples, choice. E.7s: common.
81. strawberries. NAs: cherries, 6Oc0n IS
per box: oranges, naveis e sOG3: Mexican
lines. rcnArk. x0150. common California
lemons. 3l6l.1: choice California lem
ons. $i.50d2 bananas 81. s0Q2.6o per bunch
Buttfr-Fancy creamery. i6t4c; fancy
dairy, lsi<e: DO seconds, l3914c: picked,
nominal: hrkin. nominal.
Cheese-New. l0Qiiic; Young American,
ll1i2c. Eastern. i4di5c: Western, 121lsc
Eggs-Store. i4al4i4c: fancy ranch lSa
lSi4c; Eastern. nominal: duck nominal
Poulfry-Turkey 1obbiers i3gi4c: turkey
hens. iSI14c per 10: ROSTERS old, Ssf550
young. 0I9; broi!ers. small. s.soq4:
large. A5sff5.5 50; fryers, $617. hens, A5nd
$50: old ducks. t6fs per dog: geese. 81 500
2 70 per pair. old pigeons. &i.OH2ss
Exchange.
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Chieag0.
CHICAGO. April .-There were not
enough cattle received today TO make q
market and prices were nominal.
TIE demand fer hogs MAS good AMI
prices A good Sc lower. Fair TO choice,
s. S7issl& 80: heavy packers. 81 sass:
mixed. s. onssei. butchers. 81 sots- 81.
light g. Gstla.&. pigs Sc. saai3sa
Prices OF sheep were nominal. there be-
ing TOO small supply to make a market.
Receipss-t'a;iie. 30. hogs. l.5T. sheep,
i.1O
Omaha.
OMAHA April 2a--cattle-R Receipts / 90
head, market steady Native beef steers.
81 ls.gi1 %. Western steers s. Ss2f4 ~. Tex
a. steers s. ssss 1 81. cows and hesfess s. 3
al. Gamers s. Sslls 80; stockers ard feed
e-s sils. calves. Na4gI; bulls ana stays.
g. scss2 W
Hcgs-Recespts, s,ies head market
steady Heavy 81 Tt0I3e -. mixed. s.. SO
-; light, s. ssas3. 70 bulk 81 sales 81 g. ga
4S98.
Sheep -- Receipts fTss: MARKET steady.
Fair 10 choice Westerns. fsssas; common
ana sso.sk sheep, sS.ssfs44, lsnshs. 81 10
$50
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Tn. following sv
and icha
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CRESCENT Bicyeie~-The reeord-break-
~ IN past years. the leader again for IL
CAR Of ~ Rambler Bicycles Just @.
s5veA Watch Ter big parade Tsesday.
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Mo-. X. 4 r. 3ts Ga
Fcurs -, ..-.. 4S
y. Y. Cen. lists .lifia
n. ]. G.. Gen. IS. III
Ncrih Car IS LET
FcGrs -. ....,1is4
Nor. Pac. lists Ia
ThreeS 49, -. ss
EOurs -. .....fps4
,SY.C. 4 Stills i9s<
n. 4 ". Con- -. sA
General IS I'D
Or. Nav. lists lit
Fours 49,. lick
0. Short Line S. 1874.
Ccsasgsl - ......it2
Reading Gen. ~ So.
r. G. w. lists -. Tk
St.L. 4 I.M.C.R. :.
ST.. & S.F.G.6s. I2px
81 Paul Con. .lsfa
N.P.C. & P.1sts.l 2x
ElyeS 49, .....l2s
so. Railway IS ..lI0;<
Stand r. Z r. Ss So
Tenn. new set - 9sk
Tex & Pac. 1sss.115
Seconds -. -. S1
Union Pac. - ..lsSIs
.U.P..D. 4 G.1sts 80
Wabash lists III:
Seconds -. ...l9
West Shore Is ..1iSL
Wis. Cen lists :. 20
Va. Centuries >, 81
Deferred :. 80. ~
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PORTLAND wHkAr nAnxxr.

PORTLAND. Or. Aprf, s.-The wheat
MARKET was quiet today. owing 20 scarcity
OF tonnage WaliA Walla. Sc: valley,
ayMsDc: hluestem, f10Gzc
Cie&red-Br BIZ British Princess. far CAL
lao. with 7s.si9 bushels wheat
Total wheat shipments fer the month Of
April, nour included. - As bushels.
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L. 8. 70. req .-..ifn
Three.s. req .loA
Trees. cop -f.nn
New 4s.reg ...lAA
Mes ~, coup -lD
Old Is. reg .,.-iil4
Old Is. coup ..iisbA
F1ves. reg -...1iiA
Elves. coup liz
Dist. Col 3 Ess III
Ala---SlAss A -li0
Class b .-..s. .f1a
Glass c .,.....lOD
Currency :. ..Np
Ateh'n Gen. ~ :.
AdjsAstm't - :.
Can. 30 Ids -...lilk
Gees. 4 o. ~. 81
Ffges -. lis
C&NW. Con ss.iA
S. r. deb. So ..l2
Chi. Term. - leo
Colo. South Is S.ts
D. K II. G.is,s. 1854.
Fours 49,. -. i@A
East Tenn. lists. 10
Erie Gen. - -. ssia
r w K ID e LIST. 6iz
Gen. Elec. So lis
G. II. & s. A. 6s-1l4
Seconds -. LIN
II. 4 T. Cen. IS. 1im
Skies 49, ....u2
Iowa &. lists III
X G. p & G lists. 9Th
La New Con As 1lS
l.. 4 n. Uni. Is. 80
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MESSENGER SERVICE.

InE o. X. hex for mrsss1ge-S.
~~s-ssh inton ana Great Earthera tee
ss..A aAshs. Earneys ana expreAs "a.
a. = SahsA service Telephone Main Ia
Veas- sFsncA QGeea City Laundry.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01

On the Produce Exchange today the but
ter market was quiet. creamery. i21iS
dairy. EIi&c-
Eggs-Sleady. fresh. iia.Il2c.
Cheese-W eak, cream. us.0lsc.
e Go
THE COTTON MARKETD.
New York.
NEW YORK. April Cotton steady.
middiing, sssc.
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. April 2.-Coiton, nrm:
middling. 5 !5-16c.
4 60
LIVE 9TnCK Mark Eta
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F1ourSteady: winter patents, $s.50f3 GO;
straign,s, $52VsIa. %; clears. 3393l spring
specials. $4-ias14.2. patents $3.5o453. 90,
straigf1ts s. son5.lo bakers. 81 aa..50
Wheai-No. spring. ni9ls2tsc. No. 3
spring. 66a QTlirc: No. red. Hlxu7S1xc.
CoTn--No 2. Nt4c.
Oxts--No. 2. 3sfs!ixc, No. white, 300
sic: No. white, 2si4al5Oixc.
Rye-No. 3 59c.
Bariey--No. .. s7.s4ti5c.
Flax secd---No. L. 3iis: new, $1.lS.
Timothy setsd--Prime ESQ
Mess pork-ssSsIs.a6 Fer barrel.
Lard--t i5u isix per 100 pounds.
Short ribs-Sides Qoose). Aa0I4.S.
Dry sailed shoulders tboxeab-4,@1f%c-
Short clear sides tboxedp-$ a. 95SI5 rs
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods, 81. g
per gallon.
Clover seed-Contract grade. $s.25.
Receipts and Shipments.
Re- Ship
ceis.s- ments
Flour barrels ........... s,n0 i0@
Wheat bushels ............. 6.e8 $4,000
Corn. bushels .......... - Gao sA 90
Oats. bushels ............... al 600 5SocD
Rye. bushels .....-..... 400 2UO
Barley bushels ............ 100 200
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Jobblng quotations. yesterday were n
eoiIowo:

ougaf-0oiden c. In bbls. A7c extra &.
In bbls. ASSc: powdered. 5.Skc: dry granu-
lated. SIC: cubs. k.3bc: beet. Sac: spot cash
prices
Flour. sfc.-PAtent Excellent, a.: Nov
city 4, .; star fbAkersD, t26, California
100 lbs. In l0-ib sacks; corn meal. white.
G.e per 100 lbs In l0-lb sacks: buckwheat
hour pure, 40 per % lbs, 10 sIb sacks:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-24
LONDON PRESS COMMENTS
Upon the Outcome of the Intcrun
liOmml Athlctic MecfinR.

London. July "a. All the morning paners
publish editorials expressing consratulatlon
upon the immense success Of the athletic
meeting at the Queens CLUB SATURDAY and
EXPRESSING the hope that 1t will not be ,hr
last OF such contests. Al, compliment the
members OF the American team on thei,
splendid performances.
The Daily Graphic thinks the climate had
something to DO with the 'esult and says.
1T is easy to believe the rum,r that Illness
was the cause OF Harvard's record holder IN
the half mile event running FAR below his
form
Tho standard saws: ANY hostility which
may ever have existed between the Two peo-
niles has hocn owing to their ignorance OF
each other and nothing Is better calculated 10
remove II than such meetings as that OF Sat.
uiday. Diplomacy and commerce create ieal-
oGsies quite as often as they remove them.
while nothing but good is likely % ie ult
ftom the social approximation which Is now
sprlnging M between those in whose hands
will be the shaping OF the ANGLO Saxon rdc9,
We trust tho meeting may take Arm root as
annual GATHERINGS.
The Daily Telegraph. SAYS. Both couu-
tries ought to be proud of their representa-
tivcs Such scenes are worth going miles
to sec not solely for their own sake but
all they imply of keen brothcrly compelltion
between two sections of the Anglo-Saxon
race.
Dealing with the defeat Of Burke. the naih
Mail says II ia only fair TO admit that ne
WAS bv no means In good trim.
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Clark tremendous efforts have been made to
have him reinstated. Maher has repeatedly
oncred up his contract OF >i0.vVv a year Tor
three wears. Stewards OF the Jockey clue
have appealed. owners and ,rainers nave pc
uuohed The pressure from all classes OF
racing men was great.
u have the matter under consideration
said Mir. Clark, "sAl kinds OF appeals have
been made Tor the boy some bv the hienost
men on the turf, have not finallv decided
what | shall DO"
Jockey Maher darted ava, from the tra-h
cei.v IN the afternoon on his bicycle.
II am going over to ShoSpshead Bay for
tho contract, he said 10 friend II am
10 etve II TO Mr.. Clark and | Will be ridins
aeain In day or two" Last night IL WIS
announced that the contract had been eau
celled. Mr.. Clark declined 10 discuss the
case.
w, II. Clark's Banastar. Il viii be romo,n.
hcred. was a great popular favoritc for the
suburban ana after n long DELAY was lcft az
the post. Maher rode Ba,lastHr and Mr.
Clark after the race said that the locke,
was responsible An Investigation by the
stewards OF the meeting followed Nnher hnl
been SUSPENDED for ten DAYS and infd ss0l
for hrutailv whippne Baaaslar when h. had
no chance 10 win. but the stewards iailoi
to discover any evidence of fraud and SO
reported TO the Jockey club.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-24
Railrond Notes and Personals.

The old-time chestnut the abolition of
free passes, Is again going the rounds,
A number of the Gulf Beaumont and
Kansas City officials were in Houston
yesterday.
The Pee Gee receivers have acquired a
large quantity of steel rails for improving
their tracks
The Santa Fe and Colorado and South
ern will build a 5000 joint depot at
Colorado Springs.
The Southern Pacific train from the
West, due to arrive here at I;05 last even
ing. was two hours behind time
Tho next regular meeting OF the South
ern and Southwestern Railway club Will
be held at Atlanta, Ca, on August 10.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas has
signified its intention Of appealing TO the
United States supreme court the cases re-
Gently decided against 1t in the matter OF
abrogating the arbitrary freight and pas
senger rate charged for the traffic that
passes over the Boonville bridge.
The st. Louis Kansas City lines have
agreed to tender the Eastern lines all
short line rates for basing purposes to
Texas points via Kansas City. These
lines will not sell tickets to Texas at
short line rates via Kansas City, but East
ern lines can take advantage OF them for
basing purposes.
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conference had been called to suggest some
.emeoy' Is that there exists a rate war be-
tween Atlantic coast cities and Kansas
Slty and other points on the Missouri
river. The lines carrying freight from
New York, Philadelphia, etc. to Savannah,
new orleans and other gulf points by
o ooa.' and thence north by rail to Kansas
Sty and other Western cities. have been
largely cutting under the rates charged
by lines running from Chicago and St.
LOUIS westward. Receiver Fordyce of the
gun line is asking for dinerential Of
10 cents, and 1t is on this point tina, the
wnoie question at issue hangs. The Santa
re. Missouri Pacific and other Missouri
river lines have taken stand on the ques-
rio ana refuse to grant the differential.
you are.
me conference was blank failure,
neither side being willing to make any
concession. Another meeting is TO be held
next Wednesday, and the result win be
watched with interest.
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NEUROLOGICAL.

ER.-Temple. Texas. July 23.--Mrs.
Fer wife OF Santa Fe Conductor Ben
Iied tbis morning at 80 at the resi-
|her father. Captain Keller at kellers
Iree miles from town. She had been
kalth for several months.
bN.-Goldthwaite Texas. July 22s-
WATSON. the second son of A. II.
living two miles north Of this town.
hrsday morning of catarrh of the
| He had suffered for more than
death was great relief TO him.
h .-Corrigan. Texas. july 22.-Mrs.
4 Jasper, Texas. who has been vis-
Imotter at this place for two months.
J last night Mrs. Rigsby came here
liking Il might revive her. She leaves
several brothers, a husband and
children to mourn her loss.
|-Coldthwaite. Texas. July 23.--Ben
|young stockman of the Big Valley
lty died this week near Evans. Ham,
|nty. OF slow fever Mr.. Bull was in
lion purchasing cattle when he was
Biz Valley in the Mohler cemetery.
Texas. July 22.-Miss
Inner. most estimable Young lady.
lereay Of blood poisoning. The de-
While spending the sumner in Colo
|urad 4 toe of the right foot. The
|eveleied so seriously that she was
no return home and was i'll only
rs rrtvious TO death.
E-Brvan. Texas. July 23.-Mr. Chas.
died suddenly at the home OF his
|n-law. Mr.. John NJ. Caldwell. in this
morning at o'clock. MIR. WISE
|rood health aud his sudden death
(eat shock to the entire city. He was
pent citizen. having large property
and having served the citv two terms
man. He leaves three brothers at
|ne at Greenyille and one at Ardmore.
Winchester Texas. July 22.-After "A
ness Mrs. wv quietly passed away
u at o'clock at the home OF her
" and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. j,
'llllm. The deceased was in her Goth
me 10 Texas about fifty wears ago:
!, six children TO mourn her demise,
Nnom were present Mt her bedside.
y. living in East TeXns, Mrs. Mat
VIC not be present. Those present
:. John Fraim of MsIano, Milan
nd Mrs. Justin Terry Of the same
US: Eliza Bishop Of Giddings. Les
ana Mrs. Young and Mrs. McCol-
Winchester.