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10 THS GALVESTON DAILY THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 191L MADE THE TK1P FROM GTOX WITHOUT IXCIUE-Vr. ITft off SsMith Pass: fs nil bu: Monsvj, IfS bur; JUcipuat. IS vt Key Wejt p. lot Tt ot Babbie bar. 5 p.

ci Scct- lltht jMluo, crvvud bar. p. K-: croued Motile bir. JUde rt Some DrrOsluK In BbUnr Cku- XotM. Tha government drtdjge General c.

B. Coro- atock teacbuj port Tuesday uljht from 7T1V- shr bein (or ftar in rlvtr harbor work. dre-ige wai ioitri 'WUmlrjrtoa district by the Uulvestcn district, uiu having wmsleted the fjr vhlch she was borrowed bu been returuea to this harbor. The Comstoclc will twjajr. start work on a shoa; In the Bollvu channel, but beyond thai nothing can be ald to- what disposition will be made of her.

I'to Cowitoclc Silled from Wilmington on AUK. S. she put In at Jacksonville, wners some repairs snartr. utter which she vOUtlnuiKl the voraeo to Oulvealon. atoo- Plr.j; at Koj- AS'eat and for tuel oil.

l-rom Tampa ihe direct to Gaiveiton The trip without Incident nnfl good encountered all the down. Soundings o( too Bolivar channel show that channel han a depth of plncls 8hoalln Captain Brown has been notified by the 1 American Drttflns Compuir that It will shortly take up the, work of finishing Its contract for- enlargement at the channel. Under a subcontract Bowers Southern Eredslnj Company's dredge did considerable on the contract, ss Sid also the lovern- ment dredge Miller. the The North Germain Lloyd from Bremen I p. n.

Wednesday 45 putengert for Gtivestoff. with ol Pen Arthu-. Ber- wmd from New Orleans: tug Charles Clarke, from Teias City, towlag Clarke 2vos. 1 aad Sablne. Aug.

City of Everett, Sandterc master, from Tampa. Sailed: Toledo. Xelson master, PhlUdelphls. with o. caj-jo of crude oiL Eada.

Aug. Grlb or; 'rom Olba: Imperator from glueflelds; Oionidn from Antwerp: "''n; from BluefleJda from Celba; Eta.vaacr (Nor.j. from Pearl Lagoon. Sailed: Alver for Rotterdam, rla Newport Nevs: Yorfc' Crook. New Band Key.

Aug. p. Ocmulgee: 1 p. Momut: Northtown. a.

Mallory liner: 6 a. El Cld: noon. Ht-valliui: all bound west. New Aug. El Valle, from Galveston: St.

Paul, from Southampton. Cleared: Colorado, Key West and Gafves- ton. Barcelona, Aug. Manltol Cavo. from Now York.

ilOt trV JM i Uit OMtovtUe. lucSes; 1.40: Port Rweiail. l.lt; Kltchei. l.ffc Fort Ut Wd4 Velocity Tntifitoilm. Obaerratlos.

a. OL. statloo-- Adarlllo Ashevllle atUntle City Ausuna on 8at Jadnto. Following li a list of passengers on iteaipshlp San Jacinto. Aug.

3: Mr. Francis P. New Tork; Mr. O. B.

Uiialap. Miss Dunlap, Dallas; Mr. Oalveaton; Mrs. a V. Burke, Houston:" Mr! It.

Leach. Mrs. R. Leach. New York: Mrs.

P. Zolffler, Dallas: Mr. B. Chamberlain. Crockett: Mr.

Heniry, Mr. J. L. BTown? Dal- Mr. Benton w.

L. Qrooe. Miss Patience Oroce and colored maid. Mrs. T.

J. Oroco. Oalveston: Miss Lillian Kelley. Ban Autonlo: Mrs. B.

Tobln. New York; Mrs. W. HT Read- Ing. Galveston; Mr.

Singer. Dallas: Mr. Joseph Degnon, Mrs. J. Antonio; Mr, R.

J. Levy, Mr. L. N. Bass.

Houston; Lieutenant Inters, Mrs. Rogers. Ban Antonio; Mrs. L. B.

Burson. Illlliboro; Mrs. n. a Fife, New Tork; Mr. Dan Sullivan, Mrs.

Ban Sullivan. Master Dan Sullivan, San Antonio: Mr. FJ. Sehuena- mann, Mrs. E.

Bohuenamann. Mr. John c. Goode, Mrs. J.

C. Goodo, Now York; Mr. E. Kochmann, Houston. D.

K. I.uckenbncb Brings Canned floods. The steamer D. N. Luckenbach of tHe Bea- noovd and Gulf Steamililp Company, which sailed, from Baltimore on Aug.

21, Inaugurating a new direot service botweon that fort and Qalveston, due here the latter part of the month, with a cargo of oonnod oods principally. It Is understood she will ock at Pier Liverpool. Aug. from Campania. Sana Key, Aug.

21 fansed: 13 midnight, Occldente, bound east. Aug. 22: ft a. J. l.unlcenbach, bound west; 10 a.

Aberiowe; 1 p. Rlverdale; 2 p. Corozal; p. Terek, to Bablne, all bound west. New York, Aur- Galvtsslon.

El Norto. for. Mlddlebam Nordykn, Antwerp, Aug. Castle, for Galveston. Rotterdam.

Aug. from GaWestcn via Newport News, Sharpnjss. Aug. Almerlan, from Port Arthur via Newport News. Norfolk, Aug.

Arrived: Bloomfleld, from Port Arthur ant cleared for Shserness. Campana, Aug. El Lobo, from Port Arthur via Buenoe Ayres. Liverpool, Aug. Arabic, from Boston Flume, Aug.

Carpathla, from New York. Weather and Crops 4 Scarcity ot Cotton Ftckers. Special to The Newt, Taylor, Aug. an Increased demand for labor In the cotton fields also comeJ the usual scarcity of domestic help in the city, whwe It Is almost Impossible to secure domestics and others to perform necessary house, yard and kitchen work. Tho price ot picking haa advanced from 600 to 76c per 100 pounds in some Instances, and still tho cry for moro pickers is heard on (ivory hand.

Clly Bu'UIo Cbiul.sum Chlqsgo Corpus Christ! Dtl Klo Dn Mointi Dodg. City Dulutb Durango Kuttport Kprt Worth Gsjvvston Bay Havana Havre Helena Houston Huron Jacksonville Mlcml Kajnloops Key Knoxvllle Louisville Uacon MempMff Modena Montgomery Montreal Moorhe4 Xaesau New Orleans New Tork North I ukiahona. Palestine Phoenix Pittsburi Portland, Raleigh Rapid City Roseburg Roswell St. Paul Salt Lake City Run Aatonlo- San Diego San Francisco Sau)t Stc. Marie Savannah Seattle Bherldan Bhreveport Spokane Swift Current Tampa Taylor Washington Wllllston "Wllmlnpton Wlnnemucca Winnipeg In 24 hours.

At time LowMt Yrt. Triad, ton, 74 66 eo 7s 7: 5S Has Cotton for Havre. The Hogan line ateozner Montauk cleared Wednesday for Havre with a "cargo of lO.JOO bales of cotton valued nt $874,768, and 3,329 pieces Gl pine lumbar, $768. This the first cargo of 19H" "cotton to go to Havre and Is the largest cotton cargo of the 1511-13 Benson to dato, The Montauk will pall today. August Cotton RcoMpta Henyv Receipts of new cotton to date are 107,118 bales, against 57,053 bales the tame date last season.

Wednesday's receipts were bales. Tho movement is heavy, but not henvy na wns anticipated. The labor difficulties In Liverpool have caused a cessation of dSraand and has delayed" the sailing of considerable tonnage for this port. Sea Captain 111. Captain Abraham Jakobsen, master of the Norwegian steamship Fagertun.

now in port from Frontera, Mexico, on Wednesday woi removed from his vessel to St. Marys Infirmary, seriously 111. MarlnS Notes. acknowledges receipt of ft list of proposed Ballings-Issued by B. Sproule A'Co.

steamer Nueces -arrived Wednesday from New. York, via "Key West with general and passengers. The Norwegian fruit steamer Fagertun it-' rlvcd Wednesday morning fromiProntera with 16,000 bunches.of bananas and other tropical fruits. Tho line steamer El Orients arrived from New Yorjc Wednesday morning with general The Hamburg-American steamer Reglna sails today for Hamburg, via Norfolk. The MaHpry line steamer San Jaclnto sailed for New York Wednesday evenln 74 ss si C2 78 IS 54 68 (8 13 (4 74 so- la to so 38 4 82 (8 72 73 70 EO 73 60 44 84 74 62 It 71 70 8 63 72 48 62 64 60 6 62 64 78 60 64 84 74 74 60 68 SS 78 44 10 ft ei cs (8 62 62 74 SB 34 7C it (6 56 J4 I I it I I 80 48 70 SS 44 76 50 68 74 78 64 70 68 50 88 60 40 76 "S6 7070 66 OS 48 63 68 64 48 60 76 62 60 CO 8 60 88 72 B4 34 68 7460 .00 1.04 .00 4 4 i 4 12 8 It 32 4 6 It 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 10 4 4 10 i 10 4 4 MNKOIEUEi STOCK TRAXSACT'OSS ALMOST THE SMALLEST IX SOME Total today.

4 14 4 8 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 8 4 18 4 0 4 4 10 .00 .00 .06 .00 .04 .00 .00 .03 .00 .10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .02 .01 .00 .00 .00 .08 .01 .00 .06 ".00 .00 .00 .04 .00 .00 .16 .00 .00 .20 .00 .01 .00 .00 .08 .14 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .66 .00 .00 .00 .00 .04 .74 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 TotaU BoEtsv Fat Vodur, Valttd frr t'p He Call. with pas- including 6,000 sengers and general cargo, bales of cottoa. Arrivals and, Departures. Port of ARRIVED. Ss Nuecas, 2,460 tons.

Johnstone master, from New York, to. B. T. de Milt. Fagertun tons, Jaconsen ter.

from, Frontera, Bs Bl Oriente, 8.747iion, Presoott from New YorK, to Morgan -line. Cotton Crop Is Detcriontlnc. Special to.The News. Taylor, Aug. cotton' men of city state that the present condition of the cotton crop of the section Immediately mirrmmdlng Taylor Indicates deterioration of fully 40 per cent during tho past thirty flays.

nas been caused by the excessively hot weather causing the plants to shod profusely. The outlook for crop In this section Is not now so optimistic as a few weeks.ago. Drouth IB Smthwmt. Special to The News. KerTTllle, Aug.

It--The hot, dry weather continues. 'There Is no hope for more than half a crop of cotton In this county. Some cotton Is coming In from Olllesple County, six bales arrived loday for shipment. Rain Is badly needed to help out on the fall Tnere. Is an abundance of oati straw In thli section, and It will be extensively used Io: feeding.

Cotton Bmlpfa Special to The News. Edna, Aug. Is'oomliig in steadily, receipts Increasing dally. Receipts' are nearfcg mark, and will no the Batur-J day nlghl-iat the rate It Is coining In. The weather continues hot- and cotton Is opening The heat is not There was a good breeze at noon Cotton mil Be Opal by Sept.

1. SpBcienfsiTheNews. Is still extremely hot and dry here, open- Ing very fast Is a scarcity of Of early cotton the crop is alV'made, and will bo all open by Sept. 1. If pickers can-be hod tho crop.wiil.all be gathered'and ginned by Oat 1, There will not be any top Temperature Reword.

Yeaterday.4 at Oalveston, as shown by the thermograph of the Ibr cat office of'the United-States weather bureau on the roof of the.Trust building: Temp. -Temp. 7-a. ..81 1 p. 8'a.

,8 11 a .86 6 p.im.!-...; 79 Hirer Bulletin. (In feet and tenths. meridian time.) Flood Stage at Brlnlly River-- staje. 8 fall. 40 Dallas Long Lake Riverside Liberty (Aug.

22). Rlrer-- Kopperl Waco Valley Jtmctlon Colorado Rtver-- Balllnger Marble Falls Austin Columbni 4.3 J.7 S.6 31 22 40 II SO 0.5 l.J 0.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 River Conditions--The Trinity, Brxzoi and Colorado have not changed materially and continue low, and no Important changes will occur in the next thirty-six hours. Ss Montauk Henry master, for Havre. Ss San Jaclnto, Staples master, for New York. Sa El-Mundo, Parker master, for New Tork.

'SAILED. Ban Jaclnto, Staples master, for New York, Per Ss 31229 pieces plhe lumber, 60,840 fest, $758; "10,600 square bales cotton, 5,665,000 pounds, (674,756. New. York: Per San Jaointo G.OOO eotton, 1,580 tara bars copper. 270 piecea lumber.

New 'York: Per Ss Munflo 000 ban cop- par, 200 packages merchandiw, 200 barrela asphalt, 800 boxoa drlftd fruit, 200 bales cotton 200 bags wool. Weather Beedrd. Oalveston weather record for Aug. 1911, "with temperature and precipitation daia. for corresponding dates ot the last thVee Temp.

wind. VeL Rain. Weather. 8 1 NW 9.. .00 Cloudy.

7 p. 13 Maximum Minimum Average temperature Precipitation 1.04 Cloudy. .1908 1910 1911 87 84 .00 90 76 -i .01 81 74 '85 80 1.04 Temela In Poit. STEAMSHIPS. Veaael, Flap, Tons.

Agent. Pier. Anglo-Canadian 2.6SO, 8. Bgitcovloh Bremen 18 de Larrlnaga 2,832, Fowler Movltie, Manchester sc AntUllan 3,678, S. J.

Jackaon, Liverpool 10 Oheruskla 2,052, Fowler McVltle, Hamburg Cothbert (Br.) 2,274, Liverpool 37 Dictator 2,659, Win. Parr Liverpool 10 El Mundo, 3,747, Morgan Tork Bl Orients, 8,747, Morgan lino, New Fagortun 478. 20 Fam 2,736, B. Sgiicovlch Co. Bremen 1S- Frnnklurt 4,739.

Holt. Infioro (Br.i, 4,775, S. T. Jackson, Llverpool.il JIttrtaznn 2,193, Havre Texas City Mattewaa 2.107, S. Sgitcovlsh Kavro 16 Montauk 2,202, S.

SgUcovieh Havre 18 Zv'uooes, 2,460, 9. T. de Milt, Now York 16 Ossabaw, 2,048, Nw York 35 Ponrlth Castle 2.3S7, Fowler Mo- Vltle, Antwerp and Ghent 2.S22, Barcelona and Genoa 34 Heptna 1,82, Fowler McVltlo, Hamburg Santandcrino 1,909, Langbfhn Liverpool 12 Vessels for Gftlreston. STEAMSHIPS. Abcflour Brazos.

Evans NPK- YorK Dalton nt Ayres O. X. IjVicUcnhacb. "Coonr.n Haltltnore Kl CU1. Dclultanty Now York Kl Mundo.

pRrker N'ew York Kl Knnwk-s Ncvf York Klfa Monrol! (Ger.) ftt Port Inclis Kalloclor, (Er.) Hull Hubert Confh nt Pni.i InUuln A a i Iliislon noltcrclnni touglbeno Pcha'flno Naples Mf'nvl5f 1 i i Baltimore St. KEbcrt Jonrs Prim Thurl'inrt Antwerp Knvana 8-19 7-19 f-20 8-19 S-J5 8-52 6 "-18 7-SO S-J1 S- S- 4 8-11 f- 3 Cotton Region Bulletin. hours endlng'nt 8 7fith'meridian time, Rain. rt group-- tMln. fall 100 Blllnger, 103 Brownwood, 10G.

Clarendon, raining. 86 Baatland, part 108 Worth, part cloudy Haskell, cloudy 103 Henrietta, cloudy 108 part cloudy 95 Woatherford, clear 102 Northeastern group-- Dalloe, part cloudy 104 Greenville, 100 Long Lake, clear Longview, cloudy 91 part cloudy 90 Palestine, clear 9 4 cloudy 98 Sherman, cloudy 99 Central group-. jrslcana, clear 98 Dublin, clear i 105 Kopperl, 102 Mexla, part cloudy 102 clear Temple, clear 99 Valley Junction, clear Waco, clear 108 104 group-Austin, clear BcevIIle. 98 Corpus Chriotl, clear 86 Cuoro, clear 104 Hondo, clear 152 Kcrrvlllc, part cloudr 101 Llano, clear IDS Lullng, clear 101 Marble Falls, clear Antonio, clsar 100 Alice, clear 101 Marcos, 98 Southeastern group-Brenham, clear 101 Columbus, clear cloudy 88 par! cloudy 95 ituntsvllle, clear 97 clear Blutrlct Time Xotltf. fj.ilv^ston, An p.

United hydro.crarhlc offlc? ball on staff of the City National Bank buUdinif Cropped tofi.iy nl exactly m. fOth meridian. nrcr. 75th moriilian. or 6 p.

m. m-jGn understand thnt th? mcrliliin the Instant tlma tal! to fall. 78 .00 74 .01) E9 .22 73 .00 74 74 .00 73 70 .00 74 .00 75 .00 73 .00 .00 74 .00 73 .00 76 .00 72 .04 74 75 .00 74 .00 .00 70 .00 .00 74 .00 76 .00 .30 78 .00 76 .00 .00 74 .00 76 ,00 77 .00 76 .00 72 .00 76 .00 77 .00 .00 76 .00 74 .00 75 .00 High temperatures continue In Texas, but tbVcool wave In 'moving slowly and temperatures fallen cotulderably In Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. In the latter section heavy'rain has accompanied the. change.

There hare also been some heavy rains In Loalslana, Mississippi and Georgia, and light-to moderate rains Tn Tennessee and Arkansas and'at a few-points In the North. yarlable with un 7 settled, showery are Indicated for this locality for the next day or so, STEWABT, Local Forecaster. Aug. I-otal Weithw Record. T.mpeTatuie^and^ precipitation at Galveston for ''24 libtirs ending at T-, m.

this date: MaTlmu'ni temperature. SS degrees; temperature; SO degrees; mean temperature, 84 degrees, which Is 2 degrees above the normal: accumulated eicesr of temperature since first of month, '15 degrees; accumula.ttd deficiency of Iffffre'-'deKrees. Total of an- Inch below tho.normal;'accnmu1ated deficiency of precipitation slncei. first: of Inches; accumulated'deflctency of precipitation Inches. has been" coming-in steadily, for several It Is abr normally, dry and-the puttlng-on process seems to at standstill, Hnntsyllle, Aug.

light fata fell. days" ago, but the ground-Is drjt and the weather sultrji There are-plenty -of melons on the market and poultry IB being brought In supply the demand. Cuero, Is coming in- pretty lively. -The-'-'farmers-; are -somewhat handicapped for want of pickers. The weather for handling a is badly needed' for.

stock watering and for pasturage. 1 Karncs City. is doming are running full dry cisterns' are getting low and a large number of people are having their drinking'water Mul! hi. Tei Aug. extreme, hot weather has In thin a of the The-best farmers, all aKree that cotton has been Rhort 60 -per 'cent' Half-grown cotton" bolls are burnt up on the stalk.

'All vegotatlon has ceased ing here. Over half of the cotton In sight will be gathered" by the middle of September. Ban Marcos, Aug. 'present weather- has reached a 'point where It is conBidered a record-breaker. Already trees throughout 'thef country are dying, In many Instances these being cedars.

-TTnles? rain comes Boon the fall feed crop will not materialize, and will bo an absolute failure. All the cotton of the present crop wilt soon be -pathered. The situation is far from encouraging. Torlc. Aug.

today lapsed Into the extreme dullness that marked them in the early suramvr. Transactions were almost the amalleat ot the day for some weeks. Such tendency as the list manifested waa mostly lu the direction of lower prices. Southern Pacific and Tobacco preferred established new low records. From the first hour.

In whlcfc prlcw fell abruptly except In Canadian the ros. and fell sometimes within a 1-polnt but oftcner than otherwise chances were more circumscribed. In fact, Irora 11 o'clock until an hour before the close only 111,000 shares changed hands and the total output less thaa 2T6.000 shares. Such discussion as the 'evoked dealt largely with the policy of economy and general retrenchment to which masy of the lure, raiiroaas are officially comnatted. A father Interview attributed to the head of the Atchlson road was- In line with this and confirmed the belief now generally prevalent thai coniorvatlim and extreme caution are to guide all corporate undertak- ngs for'he balance of the year If not for a longer period.

Bonds easier; total rales, par value, 51,158,000. States 2 per cents advanced (4 on call. Kondi. Unltefl States refunding 2s. 10094 Ua led States refunding 2s, coupon.

J)n ted States 3s, United Is coupon loiu States 4s registered lllg United EUtei 4s coupon in? Allll-Chalmeri 1st Is American Agricultural mi v. American Tel. a Tel. cony. 4s I04g American Tobacco 4a American Tobacco 108 li Armour i Co.

4tti 2 Atchlson general 4s 99-2 Atchlson 4s losit Atlantic Coast Line 1st 4s Baltimore Ohio 4s $au. Baltimore Ohio 92 Baltimore ft Ohio 90W Brooklyn Transit conv. 4s ss2 Central of Georgia 5 Central Leather 8s Central Railroad of New Jersey gen. Is ItOH Chesapeake Ohio 414 looS Chesapeake Ohio ref. Chicago Alton 3tts 65 Chicago, Burlington Qulncy Joint 96 ii Chicago, Burlington ft Quinoy gen.

Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul gen. SV.i 928 Chicago, Rock Island Pacific col. Chicago, Rock Island ft Pacific ref. 89 Colorado Industrial fis 74 Colorado Midland 4s 82 Colorado ft Southern refr.and ext. 4fti.

87 Delaware ft Hudson conv. 4 Denver ft Rio Grande 4s to Denver ft Rio Grisds-ref, 89'S Distillers Si Erie prior lien 87 Hrle general 4s 77' Brie conv. 4s, series A. nu Erie oonv. 74u General Slectcic conv.

69 160 Illinois Central 1st ref. 4s Interborough-Metropolttan iUs 1TV International Mercantile Marine (4T Japan 4s. Japan 4 Kansas City Southern 1st 74V Lake Shore deb. 4s SJi: Louisville ft Nashville unified 4s tsl, Uissourl, Kansas Texas'lst 4s ft Texas gen, 8C Missouri Pacific "tl Missouri Pacific 5a floi National Railways of Mexico tit New York Central gen. 88 New York Central deb.

98 New York, New Haven ft Hart conv. 6s 180 Norfolk ft Western lit con. 971 Norfolk ft Western conv. Northern Pacific 4s Northern rPaolfls 8s 70 Oregon Short Line ref. 4s Panama 2s Pennsylvania conv.

3Hi 96? Pennsylvania con, 4l lot Reading general 4i Bt Iwms ft San Francisco fg. K.w ii dlt CiekaM. at N.w Terk. Today. Et.rltng--Dtc-jji-l.

(4 to dayi SO days 4 fjii 4 SI? Totarday. 14 Com'U 40 day Costfl. 90 dais Cuai'l. 10 days Com'l. iO 10 t5 toy' 5 ts ziyj S-S2.

1-16 MKSOIHOUBUII MOOT S11TABIJS lOCATIOJf FOB A X. OFFICES UAJU) TO Fl.VD. Thownutt Sqvture Feet of Floor Keeded--Wamt All Df- ptrtmrnu Under One Mallory Line Galveston to Key West and New York Xew Tork MoDej. Tork. Aug.

o-l tall highest. 2i4 per cent: loweet, ruling rate. I lart loan. closing bid. offered at loaziB soft: sixty days, per cent; ninety days.

Ix monthi, Sii. Prime mereontlle paper. 4U per cent sterling firm, with actual business In bllli at 14.88.60 for fixty- day bllli and at for demand: commercial bllli, 14.81. Bar illverT Mexican 4Bc. Government bondjflrm: railroad bondi euter.

ChJcaco Bank Clesurlno. Special to The News, Chicago. today. balance). Money, 4S6 lla on Kiw Tork et Chicago.

ni-jount; it lOo premium, Boltou MUlug Stocks Boston. Aug. Arijona, Commercial, 1115-16; Butte Coalition. London Money. London.

Ang. 21. Consols for money and for the account, Bar silver steady at 24 per ounce. Money. 1V4 per cent; Honor.

Aog. per cent rentes, 94f nf i ho "ccount. Exchange on London, 25r 26He for checlu. GALVESTON COUNTY NEWS Algoa. Special to The Algoa, Aug.

C. Backus spent the day Qalveston on business. Mr. Bentley of the Planet Junior Manufacturing Company Is In Algoa today, purchaslnc town lots ana looking over the coJntVy gen? erally. He Is very enthusiastic about the country and.

the cltrui Industry. A light shower fell here at noon today, but UI1 th out ot the Special to The Houston, Aug. ot the Gieat Korthern Rall- way aro tai-ing some trouble In finding; s. suitable location. In Houston for the general offices a road, which ara to be moved to this city from Palestine Boon as sufficient floor space cen be secured.

Twenty thousand square feet 6( Hoof spaco, suitably arranged. Is needed ana while that amount 01 space could easily be found In the various office buildings, the officials of the road are anxious to have all of the departments under one roof and-as near tcsether as possible. was made on Wednes- toat Einj amount or space could be secured In the Carter building, but owing to the fact that space on avery floor is steady occupied by tenants it would be nectisiary tu scatter the railroad employes and offices all over the building. The officials hope to be able to secure several whole floors In the bijlldlntr. but If this arrangement io made of the tenants now In the building wlll.be obliged to take other quarters.

In addition to private offices for the officials of the road, several large rooms or halls are) the various departments, which ore under the supervision of chief clerks. The revising department, the freight claim department, and the passenger department are usually Ipoated In extra large rooms for convenience. It is nald that at least 200 employes of tho International Great Northern will move to Houston when the general offices of the road are moved here. With their families the move will probably Increase the population of the city by 1,000. to Wltieuf Xutlor.j as.

NUECES SsL. Aug. S. S.BRAZOS Wed. Aug.

SO COLORADO Sept. 3 S.S.ALAMO Sept. 4 Carries freight only. from Galvwtcn at 8 re. Bitardiy steamers call at Ker West, making connection for polnu tu Florida and Cuba.

For Information as to reaervations, rates, see or -write t. T. Tex. TICKETS TO AND FROM EUROPE OIK2AI FBSIGHT A815T8 Noilii German Lloyd GalvestoivBremen NEXT DEPARTURES. Bo.

KAKKOVSK sa BRESIWV.U Oct. i 86. FRANKFURT Got 18 88. HANNOVER Nov. II Si HANDOVER Jfciu'U The right of changing or canceling toy wlllnc ii reserved.

ALFRED HOLT. Ac rat. Membcm of Mold All-Day In Lonm. Spncta. to The Newa.

Alta Loma, Aug. Frezll Alvln WM here today on biulnesa." Mrt. of Louisiana la ipendinr week with her niece, Mra. J. H.

Stoner. HCCk AlVln Vl lU Mr- Gilby left Tuesday mends in Michigan and Canada home. CommUiioner Captain Drewry and City Engineer Dickey of Galvwton came up Tuetday morning to look after the in- Uresti. Mr. Fletcher met them with auto ana vhowed them the rood roadi the county ii making.

of to viatt her old tlV Htt i5 10, iO'A C.OU Tlnin-- Stat'ni -1 No, tri. or Sta'no, fMax. No. Kew York- 01 In. Spoclal to TheJJews.

New Tork, Aug. oil was unchanged. Refined petroleum continued on the basis of 7.2Bc for standard white, In barrels, at New York, standard white petrtfieum, liv" barrels. New Tork and, Philadelphia, 7.26c; lu 3.75cj"standar4'white, In ctwtes, New York and Philadelphia, 8.76c; water white, in barrels, New York and Philadelphia, 8.2Sc;' In bulk, 4.7Bo: water white, In.cases, New York and Philadelphia, 9.76C. oil--American seed, city raw.

out-of-town raw. Calcutta raw, "H5c. Lard oil, There was a trade In the market for cotton Peed oil, but prices were steadier, closing at a not advance of points. Offerings were small with bears leas aggrcsslvoj owing to firmness in Europflan anG In other groaaes generally, but thero was also only an indifferent demand and consumers are not anxious buyers. There appears to be considerable difference of stocks of old oil, but holdings are believed to have been well hedged In the future markets by and for this reason tho stocks are believed to been discounted by the decline In vnlups which has occurred during the past month or six Tho range of contract prices In the local market today wan lown: Open.

High. Month Bpot B.OO I al to Thr Savannah A Now orle.iiw, I.ltUc Houston Oklahoma IB 11 IS 14 13 12 17 IT Sfi 78 Pfi 90 fis .00 .09 .00 .00 .90 .20 1.10 1.30 .50 130 i i for IE Kor 24 hours cndlnB at d. The following th meridian nine i innicnus a Note--Thp morse" THH.ximnrn auS minimum are ir.ao* up nt cncTi "CWT from thp actual and ralnf.il! fro.n number of ulAtlna rcporilnc .10 Inch or It cooler In toUon belt, hf.ma ar.ct and ii ths normftj In all districts except Texw. chiefly October December January February March York Irj Goods. New Autr.

demand for cotton KOOds for prompt nrarby Phlprnent piirrmry market (lurirlg day. Finnnelpue? gfnghnms --vcre fc-r in for quirk Oollvorv, and wrapppil Cutton flannels ttnA dlmltirji. wcro Sloro inquiry In PvHence for print hut only a volumr? of won put tbmuRh. were with Irrcsulnr. A ninvf-moiit fllfi- i In AM nro a firmer "titoT.

YfT Ton. to Thi KCWJI. Brj'ftn. advan ion here today. nAii.nr CMoa at $13 aad'ioday io txjuli San FrancUoo.gen.

Bt. Louii-Southweitern con. St-Louii gold Seaboard- Air' Una adj. Southern Pacific'obi. f'i Boathern Pacific conv.

4i Southern Pacific lit ref. "flltf Southern Rail-tray. 5s. iOTU Bouthern'Railway gen. Tfl Union'Pacific Union-'Pacific conv.

Union-Pacific lit and United -States Ilubber' 6s u. United States Steel 2d Virginia-Carolina Chemical Bs "Wabaah let 108 1st and-ext. 6214 TVeatern.Maryland 4s 87 TVeptinghouae Electric conv. 6s .98 "Wisconsin Central 92 i StOCJM. Cloning 'v Sales.

High, Allls-Chalraers Amal.VCopper...;.... 6,800 61 60H Am. Agricultural Am, Beet Sugar. Am. Can Am." Cotton, Oil 'Ami 'Locomotive Ani.

Smelt Ref Am. Steel Am. Buff'ar Am. Tel. Ani.

Tobacco Am. Wbooien Anaconda Mining Oo. Atchlson do Atlantlo Coast Baltimore Brooklyn Rapid Tran Canadian do Central of N. Jersey. Chesapeake Chicago Chicago'Gt Western.

do'pref Chicago N. St. Paul. c. c.

st. Louis; Colorado Fuel Tron Southern. Consolidated Corn-Products Delaware Hudoon. Denver Rio Grande So pref Distillers Erie do 2d pref General Electric Great Northern do Ore. certificates Illinois Central Int-Mct.

do pref. Int Marine Int. Paper Ini, Pump Towa Centrnl Kansas City Southern do pref Lacledc LehlKh Valley Louisville Mlmf. 'St. St.

P. ft S. 8. K. do Missouri Pacific National Blfcutt National Lead of M.

2d pf Now York N. Ont. Norfolk North American Northern Pacific Pnclffc Mall "Pennsylvania Gas A Pt. Loulft Vlttahiirjr Coal Ipeclal Arcadia, Aug. Croier went to Oscar Link went to Qalveston.

In the last nine montha the Highland farmers have made substantial advancement p. 7 11 rt 5 undir 5 th na or He 100 fig trees andV-60 orange treei. Mr. Oarlow hu 10 acres, 150 fltf- tr.a§ and 100 or Mr. Weeflle has 10 acr.s under JS out oranges and fll C.

lllbbs has. ZO. acres and 0 ha. 10 acres! Mr, Oats ha. 20 acres ana B.

J. Smith Co. have 40 acres. Mr. Perkins has 20 800 fig trees-arid 600 orange trees.

W. E.i Davis of Alvin visited Arcadia on Special to The News. Aug. county commissioner, Tiewed'ihe improvementi the rodsrat: FrlentHiwood hai at'Bolivar for a few days laying out irork for.the ihell teami, 1 Thomas -Evans IB In Galveston on buiineBB, Rev. has been at tS Epw.orth -League; meeting at Corpus Christ" for the put two'weeks, Is home again; H.

who down Sunday to spend a days hi! family. lefV for Houston Tnosf ay Mike In Gatveston Tile members of the Association, of Texas' General Freight Agenta held an all day session In Qlveston, Wednesday, convening: early In the and shortly after o'clock In the evening. There was a short intermission for luncheon at Hotel Galvez, where the meeting waa held. The sessions were Private, a number of rate matters coming up for discussion of the proposed agreement between the carriers and the American antt English bankers. In thin no definite agreement was determined, however.

The railroad men present at the meet- Ing were: C. Brasher, assistant general freight agent of the Sunset Central lines In L. Hedfleld, assistant general freight agent of the Texas Pacific-at Dallas; General Freight Agent J. S. Hershey, General Jre'eht Xgent A.

C. Fonda, Assistant General Freight i Agent A. Landry and THE OLD RELIABLE CREOLE LINE Galveston to Barcelona and Genoa S. S. "PR1NCIPBSSA Aug.

28 S. a "ASPROMONTE" Sept. IS S. S. "MONGINBVRO" About Sept.

SO Regular sallinge will be maintained and through bills of lading Issued to all principal points In Italy. THB TEXAS TRANSPORT AND TERSIlffjAX, CO. Agtl. P. H.

SACK. Manager. Chief Clerk Arthur HV Fonda of freight traffic department, all of Santa Fe, of Galveston; H. agent of-the Texas Tariff Bureau, Fort Guy B. Wood, general freight agent of the Texarkana Fort Smith; MT J.

Dowlin, chief olerk of the Chicago, Rock Island IQulf, Fort W. C. Preston, general freight agent of the Fort Worth Bio Grande. Eort Worth; C. P.

clerk oL the Eort Worth Deflfrer. (Jlty, Fort Worth; -Horace Booth, freight agent of the International QreatNorth- ern, Palestine; 'H. Horan, chief clerk to the manager of the Kansas City. Mexico Orient, Sweet-water; F. Abbey, chief' clerk of the Missouri, Kan-' Texas ot Texas, Dallas; J.

C. Manghan, general freight agent of the San Antonio Aransas Pass, Sen Antonio; J. F. Lehane, general freight agent of the Cotton Belt Route, 1 Tyler; W. F.

Murray, general agent of the-Cotton Belt B. Cray, general- freight agent of Quanah; -A. B. Buck and B. -Fields Jr.

Porto Rico Line Direct Service to Principal Porto Rican Ports s. s. BERWIND From Galvnton Augutt 26 from Port Arthur Auguit 25 For and freight engagements, apply to HBW TORK ANU PORTO RICO tTEAJtlHU- CO. T. DeHILT, C.

FITBtPFBIl, Port Artkmr. 1,200 1S3-4 1,400 90H 200 123 2,800 101 100V .100 8014 805 'HO 76 764 9,700 23314 232 73 day business connected with his house ato na Qalveston' visitors'. Tuesday. Hackworth and C. C.

Pettlt are In for a -dayi on returned from a fow days the Island City Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs Mill. Temssa May Parke, Neva Owens, Ifozelfo Murrav Berry Owens, H. K.

Moorehead, J. M. Parke and -Merlin Deals: enjoyed hay ride to League City Tuesday Supper wai eaten en route and a few hours were enjoyed" -XTVOET TO-FOKCB EICTSN Will Be Made br Palesttae la Rrf- erence to of A Great Nortliern. RELIABLE SERVICE HOGAN LINE TO Havre arid Bremen GiOBiTLiNE TO Bremen and Hamburg S. SG1TCOVICH tL Agents 100 141 141U HO 2,400 114H 114 300 ZC.H ZOO 1,000 1SH 114 65 28 29 49(4 49 186 100 25 400 26 136 "4 5,100 600 200 3014 49Vi 40 153 800 -15 15 10 29 ft so 200 104H 104 104U 1,800 366, 200 143H 143 100 34 84Viy BO 300 132 J.82 200 81U "31 POO 42 Hitchcock.

to.The News." Hitchcock, Aug. B. Moller was in'Qalveston today. Miss Helen Helftmstetn, bera spencl- sevsrai months and 'Mrs. John Mrs.

E. Hoffman and daughter, Mias Bdna, Galvcaton today; Irenfl Mollor visited in Galveaton tcraay. J. C. Kelso '-was today looking after road matters.

Extra teams wero added to the onloading gang thls.w«ek and the ehellinff of the road through Hitchcock is now rapidly. Hhowery weather prevailefl in Hitchcock today. Marqua, Biwclal to The News. Marqus, Aug. F.

B. Butler and children and Mra. C. Stafford and childreir'bf Taxas City, Mtaacs Florence Too-- tlls. Rose May Tickla, Ethel Hausinger and Johnnie Tickle of Galveston spent a pleasant day at tho home of Mrs.

W. E. Smith last Saturday. Little Mlea Evelyn Mills entertained a of her little friends with a party'in honor ot- her fifth birthday last Saturday evegjngr' Those present were: Little Misses "-Jafmle and Ef.t*lfa Smith. Loreno "WcstotJagfe, RORlc and Toy Miller, Phena Pizzitola, Lycy Mills, Masters Edwin and Gus Rust Collia Johnnie and Edwin -Mills.

Re- freahment.n conslntlne: of lea cream ard cake were served. Special to The Newi." Palestine, Auff. WliJ1.3 i '-iioth- been' given 'out cbucern- ItiR A Northern 'general, offices to Hous-' it Is said. that, orders have-been received the removal' be 'accomplished 'by the- 'middle, of the omce men -are makinr. their arranpe- merits -acc6rdingly.

-While of the employes-, own It is doubtful whether any. of them will sell' on their as it Is -known that the and county will soon make' a determined effort to force road" to return the -headquarters to; Palestine. Inspecting ttnty Road. Special to The Kcws. San Atnbhio, Aug.

Engineer Parker of the" railroad commission; accompanied by a number of officials of the Missouri; Kansas Texas railroad, left this in a special train to go over the entire Texas system of the road. Those, accompanying Mr. Parker were A. D. Bethard, vice president and general manager, Dallas; C.

M. Bryant assistant general manager and chief engineer, and Alex Atcheson. Mr. Parker will prepare a written report for the commission at the conclusion of the trip. Harrison Line Regular Service Galveston TO Liverpool and Ha.vr« Wm.

Parr Co. AOBINTS 1,300 100 40 40 40 BOO lOtK 102U 1021,4 7ft l.Snfl 11PH 100 29 30 l.SOO 121 120R', TOO 108(4 S3 100 I JP.4 32 S2.00ft 1 4 4 148H 92" PJ" Si; liron Pflcifir Hnuthtrn da prrf TmncuFCc Ft. T- A 4 i 67" lii'i; 6S 1 6 30 fiOO 000 TOO 71 2 US'! 4 809 SIU CltT. Special tq The News. League City, Aug.

Bertha Dick of City Is visiting friends The Y. F. U. Cluh has postponed Its monthly dance, which occurs on the last Friday of each month, on account of tho children's social that takes placo on that date. The club will meet tho first FT ay In Septpmbcr at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. J. E. Walker. A Inrare cro.wd from htrj attended the danco Webntcr plvon by tho young boys and girls Tuesday evpnlng.

The Tennis Club met at the home Rtoddnrd. After the meeting tho club played S. M. LcScsne, Qnlvepton News Rpondcnt. visited this place yrMfrday Catherine Information about this city and ReeUcn for a wriieup In the annual trado Issoo of Sept.

3. The following parties attondcd the dance at "VWnptcr last night: MIsicH imartel and dpr- irudr t'rlcjit, Florentine Berry. Artrudc Dugat. Frank Ketr, Walker, Lcultc Vincent Culver and Lee Walker, Texas City. Spoctfll to The N'cwu.

OHy. Stanley G. Ppencer of Gnlvwtfta Is In the city on tiusin'jpa today. J. Mrs.

Smith ard -Mist Catherine Secor nre Galveston The O.s.iftbkw i at rt nn! sailod this cftfrnoon Xtw Yoik vin Wen. Mr. Is in a toclay. Mr. It.

Waroy ot HfiU-slon is (n toilny on iiu.itn·;?.«. Mr. S. Carothtra is a vlcltor to A mays mcctinfr cltlrcna was this I ersnlnc at I-oiignhoremen's Hall to discuM the' Train for Shrlners. Bpecli to The Newa.

Houston. Aug. Saturday afternoc.Vi the Sunset-Central lines will run a special train to Galveston'to care for the- Shrlnera. The train will leave the Grand Central Depot at 1:30 'T the afternoon and (he regular Sunday fare will be charged. Saturday night the Sliriners-will give a grand ball at tho Hotel Galvez.

New Texan Pncltlc Appointment. Special to Thfl News. Dallas, Aug. Sept. 1, 1911, Mr.

Henry G. Herbcl Is appointed Interstate commerce attorney of the Texas Pacific Railway, with headquarters at St. Louis, Ho. Notice ot Hearing. Special to The News.

Austin. Aug. railroad commission has given notice of hearing Sept. 12 on propositions looking- to many changes In the Texas classification Snloon JK Otirglnrixcd. SpirJal t-i The N'cws.

Seguln. A PJi-tj- effected an entrnnce In the saloon of Mike Fnrreli Isst nlgiu antl serurc) about $15 In- cnsh ft Kmall amount of stock. No arrest has licen made. L. CROSS Ship Stores a.rvd Chandiery MASUFACTtTREUS' AGENTS.

Keep a stock on hand of every- thlny in our line. Call on.l be 8OUL 2010 nnil Slrnad. Leyland Line S. S. A I I A (Captain Japha) Sails," jGalveston to Liverpool On or About Aug.

30. ISQUlPoCBllfT. trlrst-olsUM Fare 984 Fredfc. LerlRnd 14, 'Affomsj. 8.

J. JACKSON, Hanncer, tialvenvon. Saint Line" REGULAR SERVICE GALVESTON BREMEN FOWLER a McVlTIE, Agents OalvMton. Tex. Two Routes to Old Mexico BAGGING AND TIES LOW PRICES HOUSTON.

TEXAS MBXIOAN-AJIEIUCAN STEAMSHIP SERVICE. Foot freight and passenger service from New Orleans and Texas to Tamplco, Vem Cruz and- Fjcrto 7vtexlco, esttllnff every ten dnys; from New Orleans the 1st, 10th and 20th: from TeraB City dajB. Through bills 'ji lad- connection ivith all lintis ttt points In Mexico. For further information apply to R. B.

THTON, Oraenl Frclsht Ajcent, CltT. Tel. every Ins a all points In 8 Langbehn Bros. TBDCAS-EUROPEAS STEAM.SH1F Wff TKXAS. CBBA STKAMSICP J.l.V'R.

TO LUMMOX. OALVESTOX DAILY.