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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, ^UNE 12. 1897.
AMONG THE LUMBERMEN
BRIGHT CROP PROSPECTS SERVE TO
ELEVATE THE HOPES OF MILL-
MEN AMI MAM EACTI RERS.
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Representative* in Culm Arc Politic
Enough to Ket'p (Julct—Uitiiiil-
vuntfigt'H in hixporttng.
Orange, Tex.. June lO.-The information
derived from interviews with millmen this
morning- did not indicate an improvement
in conditions at this point over those pre-
vailing at date of last report. For four
days, in the early part of the week, orders
came in a little faster tiian at any time re-
cently, but yesterday's mail, as well as that,
so far, of to-day. brought very little new
business, and traveling men, not having
found enough to encourage them to stay on
the road, have with very few exceptions
come in, with the expectation of remaining
at home until there is a perceptible- ripple
in the tide. They pronounce crop condi-
tions to be most encouraging all over Texas,
Oklahoma and Kansas. Wind and hail have
done bad work at a number of places in
that large territory, but in the aggregate
the loss will be small when compared with
the immense acreage under cultivation.
Shipments by rail have consisted largely
of yard stock, though a few house bills
have presented themselves here and there.
The boomer has evidently subsided and will
no doubt remain in retirement din ing the
dog days. He is not offering to trade town
lots for lumber right now. and as the or-
ders for hous^ bills come from so many dif-
ferent towns, covering a wide district, the
inference is that a normal growth is being
maintained throughout the lield supplied
irom nulls at this place.
The demand for railroad material to be
used in Texas is lighter here than it was a
month ago. The Kansas City. Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad is taking lumber away
on barges to their crossing on the Sabine
river above here, but ii has not commenced
distributing ties in this county, and until
track laying begins the requirement lrom
that quarter can not be large. Shipments
by rail to Mexico lead the way this week.
It is usually heavy stuff, that looks as
much like mine material as railroad lum-
ber. Collections were satisfactory and
prices have been maintained at every of-
fice. Only one had received a remonstrance,
and that was reconciled over the Western
Union, at a cost of 40 cents. There lias
fallen no rain to interfere with handling
lumber since last report, and all commands
have had prompt attention where they were
to go by rail.
Water shipments have been brisk at every
mill. Schooners and barges have a very de-
cided advantage over rail shipments, since
they involve less handling, are easier to
load and discharge. They make fast along-
side the vessel they lighter to and no mud-
dy footprints stain lumber between the
mill ana the hold of the ship. This, with
the fact that they can carry freight so
much cheaper than railroads, assures them
a decided preference at mills so situated as
to be able to use them. It sometimes oc-
curs that lighters are not at hand to keep
up with the work. Then there is but one
way out. A party was forced to send thirty
cars of export stuff from here to Galves-
ton by rail this week, due to the lack Of
barges to keep up with demands made
upon them 1 y the presence of so many long
voyage vessels now taking lumber at Sa-
bine Pass and Galveston.
Mexic and South America continue to in-
crease their business with Sabine Pass,
winlt; the West indies have taken about tin.1
same quantity of lumber this year that was
sold to them through that port up to July
1, 1*90. The Lutein r & Moore lumber com-
pany has a l. preventative in the Antilles,
i-ie was nrently in Porto Rico, and from
there he returned to Santiago de Cuba. He
will next visit Jamaica and later look in
on the Idaytian republic. He continues to
know nothing of what is taking place in
Cuba, and probably it is just as well, if he
proposes to return to the "gem" later in
the. season, for if there is one nationality
less popular than another in Cuba, it is the
American, and tin representative now trav-
eling there in the interest of the big mill
concern at orange is politic enough to know
the value of circumspection.
While the tone of foreign trade papers in-
dicates extensive traffic in lumber at sev-
eral Eu.opeun ports, private advh-ecs of
later date do not show a strong market at
any of them for pitch pine. There were
lignt stocks at. the principal distributing
points on that side during the first lour
months of the season, but buyers held off
wncii active shipments from Mexican gulf
ports, that wen evidently exaggerated by
interesicd parties, intended for those mai-
k> ts were repor ted. At London the diamond
jubilee has side-tracked other important
undertaking.;.
Tht St. Lawrence river in Canada and
tli ' Pluck sea on the other side have been
cleared of ice, and lumber fleets from both
are beginning to deliver the product of mills
in those districts to ports in southern Eu-
rope, and ungagemtnts made with Cron-
Ktadi shippers last fall are now coming for-
ward. I n«,re will come from the White sea
during next mouth several cargotv. to be
added to the general market, and then, or
btlore, will set in competition that will se-
riously afiect wood goods from south At-
lantic and Mexican gulf ports.
..'list why pitch pine has not succeeded In
getting a more prominent place on that
tide is difficult to cxnlain, but from some
cause not easy to comprehend, bv those
who have used it longest and in the widest
range of situations tested its strength and
durability, it drops to the bottom when-
ever overstocks of any kind of building ma-
terial crowd markets in which it is onlv
fairly well known, climate and atmos-
X'heric conditions affect it less than thev
do many woods cut from a greater altitude
or grown in a colder atmosphere. A few
unfortunate ventures have been put upon
foreign markets, the evil effects of which
continue to be occasionally visited upon
those who, before and since, hav« used the
greatest care in their efforts to supply only
the best of the grades adapted to the trade
they accommodate. The time required to
make the voyage from a pitch pine port to
a market b»\\ond the Atlantic, either by
sail or steam, is greater than that required
to get similar woods from other manufac-
turing points to discharging places and the
intense heat in the hold of a vessel, especial-
ly during (he summer months, is such that
the slightest blemish, one that would under
open air treatment never appear, develops
Into an apparent defect and condemns oth-
erwise first-class goods to a third rate lum-
ber when graded in the consumer's market
To thuae conditions are due nianv disap-
pointments on this side, where lumber went
into the ship bright, clean and sound,
showed up on the account sales blued
stained or damaged. Ventilation in the hold
would do something to avent these disad-
vantages, but freighters are not built to air
lumber, and some complaint may be ex-
pected to follow shipments so long as pres-
ent inspections prevail abroad, and there Is
*io present prospect for any modification in
rules that have for years had the approval
of buyers there.
The political situation in South Africa is
such that ;umber is not going to markets
there with the same freedom that was
noted a year ago. While complications be-
tween Lngiand and the South African re-
public have settled down to a question of
diplomacy, there remains enough uncer-
tainty in the conclusion to make shippers
timid, and only urgent business will be
undertaken there at present, either from
the no^th i of Europe or from American
ports. Mills on the west coast are getting
a lair trade from China and Japan, but
Australia is not the large buyer that it
was at one time. Central American, Chil-
ean and Peruvian demand has been main-
tained, but manufacturers on Puget sound
fomplain that competition at the mills has
lowered prices until ship owners an* the
only people growing rich from intercourse
•with the Spanish-American republics on
the Pacific side.
8. F. Carter, who owns a big mill at
l-poria, with his head office at Houston
was in the city yesterday. Mr Carter
thinks lumber will begin to pick up before
the end of June, and, if present crop pros-
pects continue until August, a *zood full
rade is certain to follow.
L. Miller spent two days at Houston this
week, but if he made any big trades while
there he would not tell The News man
what they were. When interviewed this
morning he remarked that shingles wtm
(I
looking up, but cypress logs can be turned
into money quicker when converted into
stringers and ties Hum they can if made up
in shingles.
At the Jackson cut-off, thirteen miles
above Orange, pine logs and hewn timber
have come in all this week. C. L. Smith
turned 1,000,000 out of Anacoco last Tues-
dav, and J. S. and W. O. Price let 800,000
feet loose at their dumping ground the
following day. and river men think there
is. ample water to bring both drives
througn. With the Price logs will come an-
oiI v. r lot of hewn timber. The Cow Creek
tram and the Sabine tram each have logs
coming down.
Robert Cain of Burrs' ferry was here
yesterday, lie reports a rise in the Sabine
river at his place. When he left there
Monday morning. June 7. it had reached
tin s-toot mark, and was rising csiowly. but
he thinks the head water expended its
force during thv next twenty-tour hours
and that a decline has set in before this.
No attempt will be made to run timber
from abo\e Anacoco 20U miles north of
Orange. Crops in Calcasieu, Vernon. Sa-
bine and He Soto parishes are as promis-
ing as lie lias ever seen them in the month
of June, and he has farmed and logged in
that part of Louisiana for the ik.st forty-
seven years.
I». Tramway ('all made a run up to the
Hoo Poo mills and over the Cow Creek
tram this week. The mill and tram are
both running, but not being crowded. Man-
ager Adams is wrestling with a well 12x14
feet at the top that he needs to feed his
boilers. After reaching a depth of 15 feet
he struck quicksand and began a curbing
made of 4x12 heart pine, but the pressure
was so great that he was foreeii to in-
troduc- longitudinal braces made of 4xij
every IS inches to prevent a collapse of the
heavy timbers on the sides and ends.
Mansfield Nealy of Marysville, La., was
here this week and closed a deal for hewn
timber that he will commence work on in
September. Mr. Nealy has had large ex-
perience in pine and owns some line tim-
ber lands in Calcasieu and Vernon par-
ishes, La.
C. A. Epping, manager of the Calcasieu
Export company, whose head office is at
Lake Charles. La., was in the city one day
this wt-.ek and visited several mill offices.
His company has some large engagements
and will load a steamship at Sabine Pass
this month. They have several vessels fixed
for later shipments.
C. C. Tucker, formerly of Orange but
for the past two years foreman of the
Howeott lumber company's mills at Lin-
cecum. Grant parish, La., was here this
week and left to-day for the home of his
boyhood at lJeerfield. N. H„ where he will
spend the summer with his parents.
H. C. Bur'.ew of the Purlew timber com-
pany, operating at De Witt's Eddy, on the
Sabine river, was here Tuesday. He will
have a run of hewn timber ready by the
last of next week and, if water lasts,
should reach here by June 20.
Walter Stewart, bookkeeper at the Or-
ange lumber company's office, went to
Houston .ast Sunday to take in the base-
ball game.
Advices received by D. Call at noon to-
day report the Sabine river falling at Sa-
lem this morning.
T. E. Spotswood, exporter of Beaumont,
was in the city again yesterday with some
important foreign schedules to offer. The
News man was not able to learn that any
of them were placed.
George Bancroft was last heard from at
Apa.aehleola. He will visit Brunswick and
Savannah on the Atlantic side and. re-
turning, stop off a few days at Nash-
ville to lake in Tennessee's big centennial.
E. C. Dwyer spent the week at West
Lake, La., looking after shipments now
being made from there on barges to he
towed to Galveston for export on steam-
ship to Europe by Robert Morgan of Or-
angi.
W. fc\ Lewis, manager of the Orange
lumber company and ui the D. R. Win-
gate lumber company, has been on a
business trip up the Central railroad this
week.
J. II. Dawson, landman for Lutcher &
Moore, is making a tour of inspection
through the Louisiana pine lands of that
company.
The schooner J. M. Mclnnis completed
her cargo at the Lutcher & Moore lum-
ber company's wharl yesterday lif time to
drop down the river before dark. She will
deliver this load at Tacalatla, Mexico.
Captain Chris Harms takes with him on
this trip his bride, nee Miss Sophia Pave.l,
to whom he was married at Galveston on
June {.».
'1 11!' tug Fannie towed a long string of
cribs, consisting of hewn and sawn timber,
to Sabine Pass yesterday for Martin, Tay-
lor & Co. She returned last night and left
this morning for the Kansas City, Pitts-
burg and Gulf bridge to bring back the
barges Mexico and Nicaragua.
The tug Lenora took out a big tow of
sawn timber from the D. R. Wingate lum-
ber company's boom lor the steamship
Egremont Castle, just arrived at Sabine
Pass to load for Donald & Co. of Mobile.
Several hundred sticks of sawn timber
were towed from the A. Gilmer mills Tues-
day.
The J. V. Guillotte towed the barge
Lucieti W. Lee from the Pancroft lumber
company's wharf ioaded with lumber,
shipped by Robert. Morgan, that will be
transferred to a eteamsnip at Galveston,
bound for a European port. Mr. Morgan
also sent the barge Fergusson from the
Lutcher «S1* Moore lumber company's wharf
to Galveston this week loaded with ma-
terial to go by another steamship from
that port to a market in the United King-
dom.
In Other Markets.
The Manufacturers' Record of June 4 re-
ports the lumber market at Baltimore, Md.:
"There is no material change in the local
lumhur market, and conditions to-day are
similar to those reported a week ago. The
demand in nearly all departments is moder-
ate, and prices about steady. In air-dried
lumber sales have been better during tho
week, and the demand from boxmakers and
yardmen is improving. There is consider-
able business iu kiln-dried North Carolina
yellow pine, and a number of good orders
are being filed. The market for white pine
is quiet and steady, with a fair movement
in certain grades. Cypress is dull, and prices
about steady, in the hardwood line the de-
mand continues light, both in a local way
and from out-of-town buyers. There is very
little, doing in the export line, and shippers
are awaiting a better market in Great Brit-
ain and the continent."
The following 1'rom a letter in the Record
dated Norfolk, Va., indicates better pros-
peels for North Carolina lumber at that
port:
"Marked improvement, and all choice
lumber for European markets is well sold
tip, while there ate a number of new orders
rteeived during the past week which will
absorb the eui of several mills lor some
days to come. Manufacturers are generally
of tho opinion thai tin* worst is over, and
that trade now will take on more sat-islac-
tory results. Prices, no doubt, will advance
on certain grades of lumber as the demand
irom northern sources is now in sonic eases
quite urgent und slocks are by no means
excessive, but on the other hand badly as-
serted In certain sections. Air-dried 'lum-
ber is improving in the demand, and box
lumber is more called for, as the canning
season is now open. Four-quarter one and
two edge is in active demand, with stocks
light. There is no material improvement in
dressed lumber, and planing mills are gen-
t-rally running on three-quarters or full
time, while the most of them are fairly well
supplied with orders. Prices for dressed
lumber show up somewhat better, and dur-
ing the past week there have been reported
several large sales at improved prices. The
local demand for city improvements and
from builders is just now quite active."
In the Record's report from Charleston,
S. C., the outlook for trade is not so favor-
able:
"The general market is rather quiet, and
ulong the water front business is assuming
the usual dull midsummer character. The
market in lumber keeps up, however, und
shipments are going forward as usual, but
the volume of business in nearly all depart-
ments of the lumber industry is only moder-
ate. The demand is principally from north-
ern points, and very little foreign business
is being done. At Georgetown and other
milling sections there is considerable ac-
tivity. At Georgetown, vessels were load-
ing for Baltimore with lumber and shingles,
and at mills on the Pee Dee river, a cargo
of lumber und shingles for New York left
last week, and also one from Jacob Savage's
mill. Prices for nearly all grades of lumber
continue steudy, with a narrow margin of
profit."
The Record has this in a letter from Sa-
vannah, Ga.:
"The demand for lumber has been quite
pronounced during the past and the
month closes with an active market in near-
ly every department of the lumber industry.
The shipments during the week will reach
about 4,[>00,000 feet, and the prospects for a
good trade during June are very favorable.
From (he near by Georgia ports of Darien
and Jdruuswick the lumber and timber trade
is reported active, with conditions surround-
ing these markets more favorable. At all
interior points in the southern section of
the state lumbermen report a belter move-
ment, while stocks at mills in some cases
are generally light and barely sufficient to
supply the demand. Prices are firm and for
certain grades are reported a shade higher."
The position taken at Savannah was par-
ticipated iu at Pensacola, as shown by a
letter in tho Record:
"Tim market during the past week has
been quite active, and lumber and timber
shipments still continue liberal. There is
at present a good stock of timbers on hand,
and prices continue steady, with no pros-
pect of any immediate advance. There is a
fair demand for timber, and latest advices
report the market in Great Britain as about
sicady. with stocks somewhat reduced at
primary points. Latest sales of Pensacola
pine were at fair figures, and the indications
are that the market will improve later on.
Shippers here have confidence in future out-
look. and holders are not willing to sell free-
ly at nresent figures. The movement in
lumber here is much better, especially for
the better grades, which are being freely
shipped to Europe. At the various milling
points- there is more activity than usual,
and stocks in some cases are being rapidly
absorbed by the current demand. Prices
in seme cases are higher and the general
list of values very steady."
A letter In the Record from Mobile indi-
cates liberal sales, but prices are close:
"A fairly active market has ruled hero
during the month just closed and the lum-
ber and timber industry, while in a more
satisfactory condition as to volume, is still
suffering by a depression in values, in the
timber market stocks are ample for the
demand, especially in sawn timber, and
prices at the close are a shade firmer.
Holders, as a ruie, are firm in their views
and are not anxious sellers, preferring to
await future developments from the Unit-
ed Kingdom and continent. Sawn timber,
when placed upon the market, will bring
10io cents per cubic foot. 40-foot basis,
while contracts are made at about the same
figiy e. There is a fair demand for cypress
at •• to s cents per cubio foot, according to
the average. There Is very little demand
for round poplar, oak or hickory logs. Ce-
dar is dull at 20 to 30 cents, according to
quality and size. Pine saw logs are in
fair demand at 15 to $7.50 per 1000 feet de-
livered at the niii'l. There Is a moderate de-
mand for hewn timber at 10 to 11' cents per
cubic foot, basis of 100 cubic feet, average
B1 good, while the contracting price is nom-
inal. The lumber trade is fairly active, and
while prices are firm, they still show very
little margin of profit to the manufac-
turer. During the ovcrtlow the Vicksburg
saw mills made the most of the opportuni-
ties offered tor collecting a good supply of
saw logs. It is stated that they have now
on hand 12.000.000 feet of logs, which will be
cut into lumber. Of this stock of timber
about 2") per cent is hardwood and the re-
mainder Cottonwood and cypress. The re-
ceipts of building material at New Orleans
for the week ending May 27 were as fol-
lows: Lumber 1 ,r>S2,000 feet, shingles 190, Gl»0,
laths 160,000. oak staves M1.600 and cypress
staves 24,000. The receipts of lumber for
the season amounted on the 27th ultimo to
37.145.000 feet, against 75,550.128 feet for the
corresponding period last year."
The Southern Lumberman has this on the
market at Nashville, Tenn.:
"Shippers say they have had a very fair
trade during the past two weeks so far as
the volume of lumber movement is con-
cerned, but at the low prices on which or-
ders are obtained the margin of profits is
not very satislactory. Most of the orders
received are smaJl and many of them for
special and mixed lots. The loading of sev-
eral kinds and sizes of lumber In the same
car involves an amount of labor, time and
trouble that is illy compensated by the pre-
vailing prices. The government recently
placed an order for about a million feet of
lumber for the construction of the locks
and dams on the upper river, and it is
being delivered at the rate of about five
carloads a day on barges near the east
end of the bridge. Almost all other orders
are from regular customers, or are for 'im-
mediate needs.' "
H. J. Lutcher was at the centennial ex-
position. Nashville, last week and return-
ing stopped at Memphis, where he met
one of the Lumberman's staff. The fol-
lowing is a portion of what resulted:
"The Lutcher-Moore lumber company
have a door made of curly cypress on ex-
hibition at the Tennessee centennial that
in beauty is equal to a rosewood door. Cy-
press is the coming wood, not because of
its beauty alone, but because of Its utility.
There is no wood that can stand the water
like it. and whether for shingles or tanks,
gallery posts or floors, tubs, buckets or
what not, cypress Is the one wood that
will last from generation to generation
without decay. There is an old legend re-
lated by the early fiatboat men that when
the French first settled on the coast they
covered their houses with cypress clap-
hoards. and that they, ail moss-grown and
hanging with lichens and orchids, yet shel-
ter the descendants of the early colonists."
Chicago papers- have nothing encourag-
ing on yellow pine this week. The Timber-
man says:
"In the yellow pine irade the southwest-
ern mills are enjoyjng a first rate volume
of demand. They do riot have much com-
plaint to mike, except in the matter of
prices, which seem to be dragging along
on the botto/h. As a matter of fact, some
of those who handle yellow pine are begin-
ning to believe that there are no bottom
prices, as sales have been made of some
items at even lower figures than the un-
precedented quotations scored a month or
two ago. The low prices of yellow pine are
not. now confined to this market alone, but
are quite general. There has been some
gain in trade in the territory west of tho
river and at several eastern points, but
the volume of sales in this market does not
show any material increase. Timber bills
are heard of only at rare intervals, and
but few of them are for delivery in this city,
as heavy building seems now practically
suspended. There are quite a number of
oolls for car material on the part of rail-
roads and car manufacturing companies,
both north and south, and some of the mills
that make a specialty of car stuff are now
busily employed, prices on car material
appear to be better sustained than on any
other items. The. local requirement for yel-
low pine is very light, but this is chiefly
owing to the low demand for building ma-
terial of all kinds, as the proportion of yel-
low pine finishing and flooring entering into
new building is apparently as satisfactory
as ever."
•'It is evident that there is a little better
demand for cypress locally, but at the
same time the rush has not yet arrived.
General trade is so dull that until there is
a material revival in building operations,
no extensive permanent improvement can
be looked for in the sale of cypress. Still
the work that is being done on behalf of
cypress in this market is beginning to pro-
duce results, and quite a little is being-
specified in new building operations, al-
though much of the work now being done
for cypress will not show its full effects
until later. The cypress manufacturers are
maintaining their prices, and it may be
said that no other wood enjoys as substan-
tial a position with respect to the lumber
market. Trade nt the mills is fair and ac-
cumulation slight. Most of the manufactur-
ers are possessed of good dry slocks and
can fill orders of any character on short
notice. There is a fair sale for cypress
tank stock, and the yards in this city are
fairly well supplied with assortments of
both*tank stock and finishing lumber."
The Timber man's St. Louis letter con-
tains the following:
"Cypress is one of the woods that is not
moving very briskly, but it enjoys the dis-
tinction of having held up its price better
than any other wood. Very little is selling
in this market at the present time. Local
stocks are heavy, all of the factories hav-
ing more of it than they usually carry and
the yards being In good shape to meet the
summer trade. As there is so much cypress
sold direct to consumers, there is little in-
clination on the part of the yards to carry
large stocks and some of them are cutting
down. Yellow pine conditions are about the
same as at last writing. The country trade
is holding up well, especially In the east, but
there Is not much doing locally. The retail-
ers are not as busy as they were, although
their business is still fairly good and the
prospects are good, as there is a large
amount of figuring being done by the build-
ers. Prices are fully as low as they were,
which means, literally, that there has been
no improvement whatever in the past two
or three weeks. So far as we can learn the
mills are all busy and have enough orders
to keep them going for some time. Mill
stocks are not particularly heavy. Hard-
woods have been moving in about the same
quantity as during last week and the gen-
eral trade conditions are about the same.
The agricultural implement manufacturers
are buying, but not in very large quanti-
ties. The local yards are buying freely
enough of what is coming in, but are not In-
clined to order ahead. The river receipts
are very light for this season, and the rail
receipts of hardwood are not what they
should be."
A Kansas City letter tells in the Timber-
man how matters look there:
"The wholesale markets are in the same
condition as they have been for some weeks.
The demand this month Is not expected to
be very large, as June Is usually a dull
month, but July ought to show considera-
ble increase in the demand for ©vwything
in the lumber line. Yellow pine is still low,
but the situation Is a little better than It
has been. Orders seem to be plentiful at
the mills, and will lie more so when the fall
buying begins. This will or should result
iu stiffer mill prices, and it is hoped that
the manufacturers will set about strength-
ening the market before the tall trade be-
gins, as the indications are that they will
have more business than they can take
care of promptly, judging from the reports
of the low condition of mill stocks, and
the scarcity of certain items. White pine
is holding its own as to prices and the de-
mand is fully as good as usual at this
season. The tendency among the manufac-
turers is to hold strictly to their list prices
with a view to making udvances when the
trade increases so as to warrant same. Oak
is in about the same condition as last re-
ported. Prices are fairly good, but ought to
be higher, in view of the good general de-
mand and the fine prospects for trade later
on. The mills are about all running now
and have enough orders to keep them go-
ing for some time. The red cedar shingle
market shows more activity than anything
else."
New York business has improved some,
and the fact is noted in a letter to the Tim-
bvrman:
"White pine remains in about the same
position as reported in previous letters. On
the whole, it is fairly active, occasionally
stirred by freight rate cutting, with a con-
sequent increased movement and low offer-
ings There is no demoralization in this
lumber, however, and no disposition on the
Part of local dealers to sacrifice it. either
in this district or in exporting. The past
week has developed a feeling of stiffness
0n the part of several of the Michigan
mills, large shippers to New York, which
has strengthened the situation here and
kept pine steady. Yellow pine has felt the
improved state of the market, and were of-
ferings less it is probable that prices on the
better grades might improve. It is not
generally believed here, however, that the
already too large movement in the direction
of this market and the disheartening condi-
tion of most of the southern mills can pos-
sibly stand any curtailment of product,
either concerted or individual, and these
conditions will naturally continue to force
the price downward. The fact that many
of the southern mills are actually obliged
to sell at any price they can get has had its
effect upon the trade here, and buyers are
indifferent unless offerings are so low as
to make profits to the sellers almost an
impossibility. Random cargoes are selling
at. $14.50 to $17. ordered cargoes average
$16.50, flooring $15.50 to $18.50, siding $13 to
$15. etc., delivered."
The Timberman has the following from
Toledo, O.:
"Trade for May has, as far as we can
gather, more nearly approximated to nor-
mal output than for any month this year,
and we believe was larger than for"lS90.
We find that as a rule lumber is moving
more steadily and more freely than at anv
time thus far in 1897. As yet there has dp-
veloped no betterment in prices. Stocks
are decreasing as a rule here, and the pol-
icy seems to be to sell as close to the piling
sticks as possible before replacing. It is
true that some new lumber is coming in,
but as yet seatteringly only, to fill up ac-
tual shortages. We question much whether
there has been or will be any large pur-
chases for this market until the trend of
trade for the balance of the year is more
plainly discernible. Prices, notwithstand-
ing stocks are rapidly becoming more or
less broken or depleted, remain below
where there is any margin of profit. So
matters stand to-day. and still lumber is
going out freely. The better grades of
lumber are strong. There seems no anxi-
ety to push good lumber. That is taking
care of itself, but lower grades are being-
pushed by all hands. It would seem as
though the turning point could not be far
off."
At Philadelphia there were few improve-
ments to note; the Timberman has a letter
containing this:
"The white pine dealers have been strug-
gling against untoward conditions. They
have stocks under their control at lake
ports, to say nothing of stocks at their
command further west, and in their vig-
orous efforts to sell prices have been nat-
urally cut until there is nothing in the
business. The country trade is spoken of
by some as being good but, after all, the
struggle to get it hardly pays. Hemlock
dealers are not making much money on
present margins. Ther* is a great Ileal of
stock at mills and our people prefer to let
it stay there until sonn customer wants it.
This refers, of course, to large dealings.
Our yellow pine dealer.* are trying to ap-
pear cheerful and take a hopeful view of
things and to regard tie present as a last
act In a long play of hard times. They
have reasons for thinkirg that the summer
months will bring a gocl deal of work, and
in a measure restore the elasticity of trade.
The only strong feature is that there are a
good many contractors and builders look-
ing around and talking >f buying. Project-
ed" work looms up; but it makes us sick
to be told of what is going to be done.
Then, when an immense structure is run
up it is nearly all st<,el and fire-proofing
material."
The Northwestern Lumberman has letters
from Canada that indicate big work on that
side. One from Ottawa isays:
"The quantity of luml,er being made this
season on the line of tht Parry Sound rail-
way is said to be imnrnse. It has been
estimated at 500,000,000 leet. The proposal
to place export duties on logs and pulp-
wood has not been abtndoned, and upon
the action of the United States congress
depends, largely, the futire of the agitation.
Parliament will doubtless have adjourned
before the final draft »f the Dingley bill
is agreed upon, and tin?re are still those
who believe that free lumber is by no
means an impossibility. Speaking upon the
tariff resolution in the (iominion parliament
last week, Mr. Charltoi, one of the most
prominent supporters of the government in
the house, said that h? desired as much
as anyone to see all Canadian lumber man-
ufactured in Canada. He believed all ex-
port duties were wron? in principle, and
saw no difference between an export duty
on sawlogs and on any >thnr raw material.
He did not approve of pitting on an export
duty because the Americans proposed to do
so, his reason being that if Canadians did
not like a $2 duty they vould like a $4 duty
less. It would be amlsjake to impose an
export duty at present, pr that would only
mean that the provisions of the Dingley
bill would be immediacy enacted. There
was a large section of htnbermen in Michi-
gan that were opposed to the duty, and who
had spent considerable Ime and money to
secure free lumber, and t was this section,
in his opinion, that woull be hurt if a Can-
adian duty was imposed. The consequences
of such action, he saif, would be more
disastrous to Canadiani t han to Ameri-
cans."
A Canadian manufacturer writes to the
Lumberman from farthd* east. He is in a
position to express indifference:
"B ridge water, Nova £|>otla. May 27.—We
are thankful to be out of the region de-
pendent upon the Amerldm market, as your
own production seems o be able to fully
supply the demand, and there is sound ar-
gument in favor of ajduty on Canadian
lumber while your lunilermen have to pay
such high duties on all they consume. The
British markets are n)w advertising free
trade, and we hope solie day your people
inav realize that if fit* trade is the thing
for the United States i is a good thing for
the whole continent, aid that the Chinese
principle of exclusion s behind the limes.
We are running full tme at present, cut-
ting 150,000 feet a day, ind have all we can
do to till the contracts how made with for-
eign customers."
The Northwestern lumberman's advices
from West Vrginia slow a better condi-
tion at Wheeling;
"The millmen contimp to get a little more
to do, loggers are gettng better prices and
find a more active deirjind, and the planing
mills and lumber yarip In nearly all cities
are fairly well fixed in the way of busi-
ness. Prices are not! moving upward in
keeping with improved demand, and it has
come to be generally lillevcd that till there
is a full demand lor the normal output,
there will not be a rtjilization of the best
rates. Another important move was made
toward the building oj the Little Kanawha
Valley railroad this yeek. At a meeting
of the directors the jontraet for building
the first thirty miles jf the line was let to
the Little Kanawha <pnstruction company
of Chicago. * * * Tie past month has
been a good one for tile mills at Sutton and
Camden-on-Gauley, aid lumber shipments
from each point brokt all previous records.
Sutton loaded 125 ctrs and Camden-on-
Gauley 179. The outWok is that June Ship-
ments at each point will be still heavier.
The demand for railjoad ties continues to
exceed the supply, aid representatives of
a number of large rfids have been scout-
ing in West Yirglnii for good white oak
ties at prices that \)ould have astonished
the natives three yea s ago. Fifty thousand
white oak ties have been loaded on the
Ohio River railroad l' the Point Pleasant
hoist the past two w edits, and buyers would
have taken twice as iiany more could they
have been secured."
On the oast shore « Michigan lumber is
still on the shady Bid, as shown by a let-
ter the Lumberman pints from Saginaw:
"Business for the irlonth just closed was
about as unsatlsfactofr as it well could be.
Shipments both by 'all and water have
been exceptionally *uall, aoid the volume
ot sales was also far less than had been
expected earlier in the season. There Is no
change in quotations for lumber products,
and not enough business doing to establish
a market. One transaction in the whole-
sale market of 1,H50,000 feet, purchased by
local parties, is noted, but the prices were
not named. There has been sonic business
in box shooks. but the dressed lumber trade
is* dull. Lumber is coming in from Canada,
ami it is estimated that yi),000,000 feet or
more of lumber will come in by hike this
season. Those who handle manufactured
stock assert that lumber can be bought at
upper lake points and in Canada much
cheaper than manufacturers here are will-
ing to sell for. Lumber is moving froni
Alpena quite briskly, and that port will ship
a larger quantity by water this season than
will be moved from any other Lake Huron
point. There have been shipped thus far
2(5.097.000 feet of lumber, 3,055,000 shingles,
300.000 pieces of lath, and 414,000 pieces or
cedar."
The Lumberman has a letter telling of
conditions at Bay City, Mich.:
"Talk regarding the duty bn lumber has
died away, the impression prevailing that
the rate as reported by the senate com-
mittee will go through. It is also notice-
able that nothing more is heard from an
export duty on logs, and it Is generally con-
ceded that Canada will not attempt it un
less the retaliatory clause in the tariff bill
is eliminated, which is improbable. The
•only kick is heard from the dressed lumber
people, who will do all they can to have
the schedule changed. The shipping busi-
ness is abnormally light, and there is very
little demand for tonnage for this trade ex*-
cept to bring lumber from Canada. The
shipments for May will be about the small-
est in all the history of lumbering on this
river."
Minneapolis is doing a better shipping
business, with no cutting of prices. The
Mississippi Valley Lumberman says:
"Shipments from the local market during
tho past week have shown a very encour-
aging increase. With a whole day out for
holiday the total for the week is larger
than for the corresponding week of last
year by nearly a million and a half feet
and larger than the previous week by near-
ly a million feet. Each day of the week
has shown a volume of more than a million
leet handled, and Saturday, the dav before
the holiday, showed the largest total for
any day of the year up to the present, run-
ning as it did over two and one-half mil-
lion. This steady increase is the natural
outcome, of the improved conditions in the
country. * * * Straight cars of stock, or
cars with but two or three different items,
have been more numerous than heretofore.
As the time for the shipping of new stock
approaches there is a growing scarcity ot
several items of dry stock, and the diffi-
culty in filling orders increases. The re-
sult is that there is a stiffening on those
items of stock, and this is helping to hold
the whole market up. There is some sell-
ing of stock that Is long at figures that
are below the average of the last lists that
went out. but there is no general cutting
of prices and it is not likely that there will
be. The retail yards report an increase in
the city demand, and the record of the of-
fice of the building inspector shows that
ther*} is a large amount of small building
going on in the city. It is the small build-
ings that use the larger proportion ol
lumber. The rccord of the office of the
building inspector for the month of May
shows the number of permits to have been
343 for buildings valued at $241,175, while
for the corresponding month of last year
the number was 374, valued at $654,985/'
At St. Paul:
"Trade in aid lines excepting hardwood is
improving as the year advances. There is a
steady increase in the amount of city build-
ing anil the retail yards are having more
to do than heretofore this year. The local
sash and door factories are picking up a
considerable number of local bills and trade
with the country Is also letter. The whole-
sale lumber trade is better and mail orders
are more frequent, as well as orders sent
in by the traveling men. Hardwood Is still
a little slow, though the amount of build-
ing promises better things for the near fu-
ture."
The Pacific coast lumbermen propose to
entertain the retail lumber dealers who do
business with them east of the Rocky
mountains. They are to leave Minneapolis
at 3 p. m. July 21. says a Seattle letter, and
the excursionists will be met at Spokane
by a large entertainment committee and a
half carload of watermelons, peaches, pears,
apples, plums, cherries and other lruits
that grow in such profusion in the eastern
portion of the state, besides roses, such as
Marechal Neils, Jacqueminots, La France,
American Beauty and other natives grow-
ing in every yard on Puget sound in luxu-
riance rivaling California. Every detail of
the manufacture of lumber and shingles
from the tree to the finished product will
be seen and nothing omitted. Withal there
will be no formality observed, no elaborate
banquets, no set and tiresome speeches-
just an ordinary junketing trip without
any display or show. The itinerary will be
issued and mailed to 10,000 retailers next
Tuesday, the carrying out of which will
keep the committees busy at this end un-
til July 24. the day of arrival of the excur-
sionists.
The Lumberman has this in a letter from
San Francisco:
"The demand from England appears to
be increasing and soon more of our mill-
men will be directing their attention thith-
er. Matters were very lively in the lumber
trade of the port during the past week.
Shipments amounted to 11.220.158 feet, the
largest in a long time. Of this (5,871,000 feet
were pine and 4,358,158 feet redwood. Of the
redwood a good deal was for the cargo of
tho Seafarer, the rest for local consump-
tion. General business is a fair average, al-
though usually at this season it drops off.
There will probably be an exception this
year and we do not look for any ^very live-
ly local trade for the balance of tyie half
year."
LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
The following were tfie ruling prices for
groceries, etc., in tho wholesale market yes-
terday:
AXLE GREASE—Diamond. 40@50c; gold-
en, wood, G2l/2(£tti5«'. tin, 75("a.,80c per doz.
boxes; castor oil, wood, C2Vi(^(J5c: do tins,
8u(U90c; Apex, 1-lb tins, 3 doz., $2.40; 2^-lb
tins, 3 doz.. $5.10; 3-lb tins. 2 doz., $4.10.
AMMUNITION—Powder, per keg, $4.00@
4.25; blasting powder, $4.25^4.50 per keg';
agents' prices, shot, drop, under B, per
sack. $1.30^1.35; drop, B and over, $1.55@
1.00; buck. $1.55@l.ti0.
BAGGING AND TIES—Quotations for
carload lots. Bagging, 2-lb., 6%c; 2V4-lb.,
67/fee; 21/4-lb., 7%c per yard. Improved giant
ties, 01c; 45-lb. Arrow ties, 71c; Delta ties,
80c. f. o. b. Less than carload lots, bag-
ging, He per yard and ties 5c per bundle
higher.
BAKING POWDERS—One Spoon, 4-oz.t
80c; 8-oz.. $1.35; 16-oz., $2.40; 2^-lb pails,
$5.75; 5-lb pails, $11.50; Bon Bon. (5 oz., 40c;
10-oz., 60c; 20-oz., 80c; 3-lb., $2.70; 5-lb., $4.50.
BEESWAX—20c lor good yellow; 18c for
mixed lots.
BACON—Extra short clear, 5%(f/(P/8c;
straight short clear, 6%@0%c; breakfast
choice, SVic; fancy. 9Vic.
BEANS AND PEAS—Black-eyed peas, 3@
3*4c; lady peas, 5c; white beans, 2^@3c;
wnippoorwill peas, ?c per lb; split peas, 3%
g4c per lb; clay bank peas, 3Vi»(&"4c per lb;
ima beans, 3V2^4c; California do., red kid-
ney, 3^(84c per lb.
BEER—Anheuser quarts, $9.50; pints, $10*
Budweiser quarts, $10.50; pints, $11.50; Dixie
Pale and Magnolia quarts, $8.50; pints, S9;
Schlitz pints, |10.00; quarts, $9.50.
BRAN—S2V^85c per owl at mill in Galves-
ton.
BUTTER—Fresh Texas country, no de-
mand; Kansas, 12c; Kansas creamery, 18c:
fresh Elgin, 22V2(&23c.
CANNED GOODS—Two-pound standard
goods, doLen: Strawberries, $1.05(g:i.l0; pine-
apples, standard, $1.25<gl.35; seconds, $1.05@
1.10; pears, standard, 85c&$P00; peaches,
standard, 2-lb. $1.05(^1.15; seconds, 2-lb, 90e<y>
$1.00; 3-lb standard, $1.50(711.75; 3-lb seconds,
$1.20(&T.30; pie peaches. 2-lb, G5(0)75c; 3-lb, 75(fc)
85c; peas, marrowfat. $1.00@1.10; extra sweet
sifter, $1.90(^2.00; Lima beans, 85@90c; string
beans, 70fy75c; corn, $75cC{j$1.15; oysters, l-lb,
1. w., 55(&60c per doz.; 2-lb, 1. w., $l.05Gj'1.10
par doz; 1-lb 4-oz, 75ftj80c; 2-lb S-oz, $1.32^i)
1.45; 1-lb 5-oz., 80Ca>85e; 2-lb 10-oz.. $1.45it
1.55; tomatoes, 2-lb standard, 70@75c; 3-lb
standard, 87Vi'&92V2e.
('ANDY—Stick, wrapped, standard, 6@6Vic;
cut loaf, 6Va(/i7c; plain, V4c less; fancy mixed,
in pailsJVifd^ic; fancy, in cases, 10y2(&'llc;
rock, 9Vi'fllOVic.
CALIFORNIACANNED FRUITS-Stocks
broken. Wholesalers fill orders for stand-
ards at following quotations per doz, 2VHb
cans: Peaches. $1.00@1.70; pears, $1.00^1.70;
apricots, $1.85® 1.45; egg plums, $1.35^1.45;
grapes, $1.35(&1.45; white cherries, $2.50@<2.65.
CHEESE—Quotations are as follows: New
fancy full cream. 12^(fe[13o: Young Ameri-
cans, 13(&13V£c; Swiss, 25c; imitation Swiss.
18c; skimmed cheese, lltyc.
COFFEE—Steady; wholesale grocers' auo-
mMMim
TARRANT & CO. Chemists
New York
Effervescent—Palatable
Superior
in action and
effect to aii
other aperients.
A refreshing remedy
for the cure of Con-
stipation, Biliousness
and Sick Headache,
50c. and J1.00. All Druggists.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED^9
TRY
SAPOLIO
roasted, Ariosa, list, 12.60c net, basis 100-lb
cases.
COTTON SEED MEAL—Ex-cars Galves-
ton, per short ton, Sl7.50((i1S.50.
COTTON SEED CAKE—Ex-cars Galves-
ton, per short ton, $17.00(i/18.00.
COTTON SEED OIL—Ex-cars Galveston:
Prime crude, per gallon, 19©20c In barrels;
refined summer yellow, 23^250 in barrels;
choice butter. 2G(g27c in barrels.
CRACKERS-A B C so4a, ABC
ginger snaps. 7V2C; A B C croams, 7^c;
cakes and jumbles, IOV2C. Kennedy's X soda,
3c; factory soda 4c. ginger snaps 5c, creams
Be, cakes and jumbles Sc.
CANDLES—Quoted as follows: Star, 7%
<g8c; lf>-oz paraffine, set, 9c.
DRIED FRUIT—Steady. Peaches, evap-
orated, peeled, none; peaches, evaporated,
unpeeled, none; peaches, sun-dried, Vis,
nominal; apricots, evaporated, none; ap-
ples, "vaported, 1-lb packages, 7£/7M>o;
bulk, GHCaOUc; pears, evaporated, Vis, 7%@
8V»c; nectarines, none: dried grapes, none;
California French prunes, none.
EGGS—Cases included: Texas, 7^c; re-
ceipts moderate.
FERTILIZER—Per ton, $19.lM/-23.00.
FLOUR—Tidal Wave (Kaiser Auszug)
and Neptune, $4.80; Sea Fairy, Mermaid and
Edelweiss (second rol.er patent), $4.20; Sea
Nymph and Undine (roller extra fancy;,
$4.(K): Sea Jewel and Melite (roller extra
choice). $3.70; Sea Pearl and Hera (roller
family. $3.10; Glutin Bakers' Winner, $4.20;
rye Hour. $4.10; Pumpernickel, $4.00. Flour
in barrels. 15c above sacks; flour In half
barrels, 30c above barrels. Bran, 78c per
100 lbs.
HAMS—Standard brands, OVj^^c; Cali-
fornia.
HIDES—Good demand: dry flint hides,
12c selected: dry salt hides, 9c: green salt-
ed hides. 5VaC selected; green butchers', 5c;
deer skin. 18c for prime; tallow, 2M«c.
HONEY—Strained. $1 per gallon.
KRAUT—New, $2.25(^2.30 per half barrel.
LARD—'Tierce. 4%ftl%c; cans, In cases,
4%fa5%e; pure leaf lard. Vsc advance.
MEAL, ETC.—Hominy, grits and cream
meal, per bbl., $2.4lWa2.50: per half bb'.., $1.(50
@1.70; per sack. 6J@(J5e; corn meal, per bb!.,
in wood. $2.05(^2.10; in 48-lb. sacks. $1.90^1.95;
per 40-lb. sack. 40(ff42c; oatmeal, per bbl.,
none; per half bbl., none; Scotch oats, per
case of SG 2-lb. pkgs.. $2.30'»/2.40; breakfast
flakes, 30 2-lb. pkgs.. $1.95(^2,10.
MOLASSES — Centrifugal, fair, 22V'C;
prime, 25c: choice, 271/oc. Open kettle, fa*ir,
25c; prime, 27l/2c; choice, 32V2C. Sirup, new,
30(f/'35c.
ONIONS--New stock. 90c per bushel.
POTATOES—New, 75c; sweet potatoes,
50c.
PETROLEUM—Brilliant, in wood barrels,
per gallon, 13c: In 2-5 cases, $1.80 per case; In
12-1 cases. $3.00; 5-gallon Acme cans, 90c;
water white, 150 degrees, in 2-5 cases, $2.00
per case: do, in wood barrels, 15c per gal-
lon; Eupion, in 2-5 cases, $2.20; do. in 5-gal-
lon cans, $1.10: do, in wood barrels, per gal-
lon, 17c; gasoline, 74 degrees, in 2-5 cases,
$1.85; do, in wood barrels, 10c per gullon.
POULTRY—Market glutted: chickens, old.
$2.50C«2.75 per doz.; spring chickens. $1.50ifr)
2.<)0; turkeys. 110 demand; ducks, $2.50(U3.OO;
geese, $3.50@4.00.
RAISINS—California. L. M. boxes, 5@
5^4c; Cal. L. L. boxes, none; Cal. L. L. half
boxes, none: quarter boxes, none. Stocks
broken. L. L.s scarce.
RICE—Louisiana head, 514ffi5^c: choice, 5
&5Vsc; prime, 4%@4%c; good. 4',^4%c; Java,
514(«5M;c; Patna, 5Vi^5y2c; mill prices,
%c less for car lots.
ROPE—Sisal, 7-16 basis, 4%#51Ac; manilla,
7-1(5 basis. 7V2@7%c; cotton, ll@liyac; cotton
XXX, lG(?/l(iV2c.
SALT—Liverpool, in car lots from dock,
coarse, 60c; fine. 80c; from warehouse,
coarse, 70c; fine. 90c; small lots, coarse, 80c;
fine, $1.00; Louisiana, nominal.
SUGAR—Steady; New York standard cut
loaf and crushed, 5.71c; standard cubes and
powdered, 5.46c; standard powdered A. fine
granulated. 5.71c; New York standard gran-
ulated. 5.07c; American standard granulat-
ed. 4.97c: German standard granulated.
4.02c; Louisiana choice white. 4.50c; Louisi-
ana fancy ye.low clarified. 4.38c; Louisiana
choice yellow clarified. 4.25c.
VEGETABLES—Celery, 30c per bunch;
home grown, 35c; beets. $1.00 per bushel;
turnips. $1.00 per bushel: cabbage, home
grown in good supply at ltyc per lb, or $2.25
per crate; mustard greens, 40c per doagn
bunches.
FRUITS AND NUTS.
ALMONDS—12V2C.
APPLES—None in market.
BANANAS—Per bunch. $1.50@1.75.
BRAZIL NUTS-10@12Vfec.
CHILI PEPPER—20c per pound.
COCOANUTS -$3.50 per 100.
HAZEL NUTS—10c per pound.
LEMONS—Messina and Palermo, $3.25@
3.50.
ORANGES—California seedlings, $3.00©
3.50.
TEXAS FRUIT.
BLACKBERRIES—Per crate, $1.25(0)1.50.
PEACHES—Per crate, G0®)75e; '4-bu.
boxes. 45@60c.
PLUMS—One-Nurth bushel boxes, 40(ft50c;
per crate, $1.00^1.25.
APPLES—One-fourth bushel boxes, 20(&)
25c.
MARITIME MATTERS,
Arrlyaln nnil Departures*
Port of Galveston, June 11.
ARRIVED.
Ss Pensacola, 1069 tons, J. W. Simmons
master, two days from Pensacola, with coal
to Fowler & McVltie.
CLEARED.
Ss Lampasas. Evans. New York.
Ss Rita (Spn.), Ceniga, Havre.
SAILED.
Ss Rita (Spn.), Ceniga, Havre.
Import* ami Export*.
EXPORTS-COASTWISE.
New York—Per steamship Lampasas: 1738
bales cotton. 3540 sacks wool, 408 sacks mil-
let seed. 500 cases canned goods, 200 barrels
winne, 175 kegs litharge, 80 bales skins and
hides.
EXPORTS-FOREIGN.
Havre—Per steamship Rita: G120 bales
cotton, weighing 3.213,000 pounds and valued
at $232,942.
Veiae!n In Port*
STEAMSHIPS.
Explorer (Br.), Thomson pier 15
Floridlan (Br.). Bullock quarantine
Guy Colin (Br.), Orchard pier 29
Lampasas. Evans pier 24
Pensacola, Simmons pier 34
VeaseU Dcntlnod for Galrenton*
STEAMSHIPS.
Name—Flag—Master. Sailed.
Concho, Risk New York 6- 5
Horsa (Br.). Veale Calcutta 4-15
Jamaican (Br.), Daniel....at Barbudoes 5-27
Maroc (Fr.), Bernard Baltimore 5-29
Polaria (Ger.)
Hamburg, via West Indies 5-18
SCHOONERS.
Daisy Farlin at> New York 6- 4
Haroldine Norfolk 5-18
Mary E. G. Dow Bultlmore 5-27
Firwt in Thirty Year*.
The French steamer Maroc, Captain Ber-
nard, from Baltimore, is due at any time
now. She will be the first French vesael in
this port for upward of thirty years. Old
railroad Jron for Genoa will constitute her
cargo. She is to J. Moller & Co.
The British steamship Horsa. also to Mol-
ler, which is crossing the seas from Cal-
cutta with a cargo of jute, is expected to
arrive at any time.
A Fast Torpedo liout.
New York, Juno 10.—The United States
torpedo boat Porter 011 Sunday made the
marvelous record of a mile in less than two
minutes with scarcely an effort. To-day
she made the circuit of Long Island, nearly
300 miles, in faster time than it has ever
betm made bei'oie an4 succttfsfuJly passed
Dr. T. McGORK.
This well known and reliable Specialist treats
Nervous. Chronic and Private Diseases. He
cures Piles, Fistulas, Strictures and all Diseases
of tho (ieuito Urinary Organs. WEAK MEN
QUICKLY RESTORED BY
DR. McGORK'S INVIGORATOR.
The Great Vital Restorative.
A positive cure fornervon3
debility, Hpermatorrhooa, diz-
ainoss, despondency, failing
memory, proslatarrhooa,
trembling and nervous dis-
eases caused by youthful in-
discretions, excesses or the
abuse of stimulants. It re-
stores lost manhood, im-
paired vigor and exhausted
vitality, stops uuuaturul
lossen, onlarges and strength-
ens the organs, cures pim-
ples, blotches and private
diseases.
Prico $2 per bottle, or 6 for $10.
T. McGork, M. D.,
SPECIALIST,
N. E. Cor. 19th and Market Sts.. Galveston, Tex.
I me is a non-poisonous
romdiiy for (ionorrhu'u,
gleet, Spermatorrhea,
1 Whites, unnatural dia-
| charges, or any inflamma-
tion, irritation or ulcera-
tion of m ncoiiH mem-
^theEvanS GhemkhiOo. bmiM. Nou-antrlngent.
^CINCINNATI,0.8881 Sola by UrnirciiU,
"or sent in plain wrapper,
by impress, prepaid, for
{1.00, or 3 bottles,
Circular sent on rt>uue*t.
TRIAL
BOTTLE
FREE
to show its
Croat Merit
will be glvon
to any one
applying per
sonally or by
letter.
'Quarantecd
ot to striotni
Prevents contagion.
6
ALVESTON'S REPRESENTATIVE
BUSINESS HOUSES.
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
J. S. Brown Hardware Co., 222C-28 Strand.
BARREL MANUFACTURERS.
Galv. Barrel Factory. Wm. Buchan, Propr.
BREWERIES.
Lemp Bg. Co., Wm. G. H. Janssen, Mgr.
CISTERN MANUFACTURERS.
Galveston Cistern Mfg Co., 28th and Mkt.
CEMENT DEALERS AND IMPORTERS.
G. H. Henchman, 2420 Mechanic st.
Wm. Parr & Co., 2102 Strand.
COAL.
F'.ood & McRae, n. e. cor. 21st and Mech.
Fowler & McVltie, Cotton Exchange Bldg.
E. H. Sieling, jr., opposite News office.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
ICirkwood & L%eb, n. e. cor. 21st and Strand,
Lang & Weinberger, cor. 24th and Strand.
COTTON FACTORS.
Gust. Heye & Co., 22d and Mechanic.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
C. P. Young, 2026 Mechanic st. 'Phone 800.
GROCERS.
Wallis, Landes & Co., 2409-11 Strand.
INSURANCE AGENTS.
Beers. Kenison & Co.. 2010 Strand.
John W. Harris & Co., Tremont and Strand.
LIVESTOCK COMMISSION.
Borden & Borden Livestock Co., CSth, Mkt.
A. P. Norman, 58th and Market sts.
PAINTS AND OILS.
Rice, Baulard & Co., 215 Tremont st.
ROOFING AND PAVING.
Lawrence V. Elder, S'c's'r to J. W. Byrnes.
SALT IMPORTERS.
Wm. Parr & Co., 2102 Strand.
SHIP CHANDLERS.
T. L. Cross & Co., 2101 Strand.
SHOW CASE MANUFACTURERS.
Southern Show Case Works, 2327 Strand.
STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND BROKERS.
Fowler & McVltie. Cotton Exchange Bldg.
Wm. Parr & Co., 2102 Strand.
WHOLESALE CANDY AND CIGARS.
Lang & Weinberger, cor. 24th and Strand.
the most severe test that has ever been
given a boat in her class. The highest
speed for oneliour was twenty-seven knots.
SlieriN on Hclmilt i'iem.
Architect Tyndall has just completed
planw for a shed on the wharf between
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-seventh streets,
110x650 fe»et. The wharf company is adver-
tising for bids for a shed to cover pier 21.
The sheds over both thfese piers were de-
stroyed by tires last sunimer. The piera
have been rebuilt from the bottom up and
are constructed after correct ideas.
Snliine 1'iinn.
Sabine, Pass, Tex., June 10.—The British
steamer Victoria, Captain Mackie, cleared
yesterday for Cardiff.
British steamship Egremont Castlie, Cap-
tain Conby, entered yesterday from New
Orleans.
Tlie La 111 puhum Cleared*
The Mnllcry liner Lampasas, Captain Will-
lam F. Evans, cleared yesterday for New
York direct and will sail this morning. She
has one cabin passenger, Mrs. A. S. Smith.
Movement of Venneln,
Queenstown, June 11.—Arrived: Lucania,
New York for Liverpool.
Storm in Denver.
Denver, Col., June 11.—A very heavy rair*
storm, accompanied by terrific lightning,
visited this city and vicinity, which caused
considerable damage. The fall of water
was so heavy that the streets wero Hood-
ed and many culverts were washed out.
Lightning struck the new four-story build-
ing of the Studebaker manufacturing com-
pany, setting lire to it and causing a loss
to building and stock of about $25,000. It
was fully insured. There are railroad
washouts 011 the various lines running into
Denver, but none are of a seriuua char-
acter so far as can be learned.
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