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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-14

St Louis, December 1S-Cat,le-- Rcceipts
2200; shipments 1900. steady, native export
steers i.30Qi.7bi fair TO choice shipping $3.50
@i.25; coarse heavy stocrs 3ind3.65. bulk
.fSIa.75 steers under 10'1 lbs 504r8 "1
stoekers and feeders i.S5G3 cows and
hH.icts Lou S,s-i, Nat4iisltr .o"a ..-I t--Vs,
caves 90. Texas grass steers .. l0ff
3.Ou; fed 3@.d315; cows L7bn3.OQ, bulk 2.l0f1
275. liogs--Recoipts 400. shipments 1900
higher. active; heavy S.25d2,50 mixed
3.i0d8 40, light 3. 25if3. 10. Sheep Receipts
b0j shipments none, steady aud firm. ma
dive muttGns 4.4Hi3.e5. bulk j1a2 no. com.
mon l.5)r2M. lambs 27bGfi00, Southern
sheep 2.00ir3 %.
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IONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
)oinas Of Day With Wall Stree,
Operators.
'RlcES RAMBLING AND DRIFTING
Increased D"msnd for Ronds and None,
tmer ting From Hiding Piac. ..
Cotton Closed Easier.

New York. December ls.--(Special.)--lt
was the same Old rambling drtfting In
prices on the stock market. One good
feature cropped ont IN that the genera
81 was slightly firIncr. some recovcries'
but were irregular and independent
reading stock was heavy. The grangeif
were neglected and In the afternoon there
vas return to absolute staguatton, ou'
there was some noteworthy movements
among which was a further advance W
Consolidated Gas, Il slow recovery in the
Nenderb.ts and a sharp upward reaction
n Manhattan Elevated. The advance IN
Denver preferred illuminated during the
carly hours on its dividend resumption
There Is an Increased demand for bonds
and this shows that money is coming
out of its holes Tho market was nrin
and with most Of tho changes in an up
ward direction. Galveston, Houston ana
San Antonio first Mexico and Pacific di'
vision, Denver ard Gu.f first and wabash
Seconds advanced to 2, Denver ana
Rio Grando shares advanced fractional
ly.
Sterling little weaker. sixties. 4.s7S. de.
mand, ASA; Denver and Rlo GraHde has
declared IA dividend of per cent on the
preferred ste H.
Silver steadler, &c; eSican dollars 52A..
supply OF cotton pil's moderate the
above dividend OF the Denver aud Rio
Grande Is the first since May. 1898.
N'''"'' I'fUei'o"" Is on peu ioch !c'
and good buying hardened prices and gave
i to . POINTS further advance heforc
"'o"' ieNV'""' ON''"'''ohS "cFe '"'''
TO-DAY ana improvements on,N natural
| ivt,-rool wa. mora fnvnrahle mort re.
r,'Int. s,,ss ,hoo ,,,o,,.'t a.nd ,ho ,n,.r,,.
N''P'S 'e9' t"e' VNFVo''u ana t'e interior
movement failing of tor the week moro
fE.,, ,l. ,.s.,,
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Houston Daily statement.
This Duy Last Van,
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COTTON StrD PRODUCTS.
IInuniun Ninrkei.

The following uuotariuns were posted
to ay by the cotton seed product denar :
ment or the ltOus,on Cotton kAcnang,
and Board of 1raua.
Per Gallon.
Choice crude OIL for butter
Oll......-. -t.s..'.s, 80 .'''''. y
Strictly prime crude OIL. q
Prime crude ..............,. lDia
Prime butter oil In barrels. - n %
Piaine summer yellow oil. .. 2?lsa q
Cake and meal Z. o. h. mil interior
Snort Ton.
Prime cotton seed cake SIP 50 VA "
PRIME cotton seed meal ...,.. Y y ~ "
Cotton seed hulls .....-........ % ri 4 90
I1nters. A. Houston delivery and classi-
lie alton per H. sac.
soar stocks foois from refined oil. per
flo % bid. % asked.
Remarks-M Market quiet.
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NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans. December 13.--Hog prod
ucts very quiet and steady; pork y 5-S lard
refined terces 4isd4H boxed meats dry
salt shoulders as; sides A.; bacon. sdes
Us: hams, choice sugar cured 9itmg9.
Rice steady: ordinary 10 good ait0t Flour
nrmcr; extra fancy 340u35o patents 3.G5a
3.75. corn meal quic; 90. Bran stenly. 81
Hay, prime l70l9 choice - Corn easy: No
sacked white 81, mixed 3its yellow So
oats steady; No, SACKED 2iiaM25.
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ON suIppoARD NOT CLEARED.

Tho to'al amount OF cotton on ship
board not cleared, today. is 5000 bales,
against l7l,27i at the same time last
season. The divisions are as follows:
Inchisla CS92. SIS Kintuck 1864, IS HRturn-
Ina l2i3. non-members i0s8 total, 26.it1.
For France: Ss N.rtigern ijSS, non-
members 3ti7. total, 49S5
FOR Brcmon So iirinkburn 1927, ss VIII
liam Branfoot 1908. total, $500,
FOR Hamburg: SIS Wllderspool GOO
For Now York: Mallory line 1855.
For Morgan CITY: Morgan line. 20.
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FIN A. ~ CIAL.

Rates ON silver.
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MoLAssEs SHORTAGE.

II is Claimed that there VIII be short
sse In mc.asses at New Orleans of 40
se' cen; in open kettle and % per cen;
n centrifugal goods. Valuations are al
,sssly rela' ve.y higher and "a further
~ is locked for after the turn OF
"a. year. In View of the strong appear
SaaTy OF The market many planters WI.
~, ,.u pack at east one-third Of their crop
t,ES we improvement expected later in
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Kansas city, December Wheat slow
generally .ow. No. hard 57q5S: No. :?
rcd $50 50, No. spring 57a5s; No. 3 spring
j3ia0 J5ia rejected nominaly 1906. Corn
active and unchanged; No. mixed 22Fs
22a, M. 2 VIII to PA, oats demand light
No. mixed i7ia; No, ? white l7Qls, Rye
steady; No 2 nominal 32ie. Hay steady;
ter steady creamery. lSN22: dairy liGfit
Eggs active Is. kPceirts--Wheat 81, 900.
corn, 5000; oats 1s0OJ.
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WINDOW GLASS--In boxes. 90 and 10 to
GO and 20 per cent discount, new list
n1,IrnrNr MArERlNI-

MENT-Portiand cement per bbl.
GO t.-,y Id. Roseaale cement per bui, Sl.iJar
no. lime drcclay, &2ju5.iD. PLASTER paris
- 40. nrtbrick ST. LosIs per NJ .iO diaia
having tile. per loot itlH, TO lnrnes
iullusIyc: felt roofing, per square, $40
t'alu. a me and 1InyaI cement paster
Tr ION SiiU9, plasiering halr, goat, per
IL. &c, laths. per NJ, 500.
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rur rrnOpEAN PANIC.

IT. T. ~ Ems ! sN-NiN-s
Tho following from the current number
q, TIE London parkcrs' Magazine gives
some idea Of how severe the recent Eu-
ropean panic las really been;
''Novenlber 1875, will lorg he remem-
bered as witnessing one of the most vide
spread and severe deprcciations In the
value Of public securities ever expert
encei within n short space Of time Even
the breakdown in prices Immediately fol
lowing The Barring Girls 5 In lOgl is ea-
trely oclips,d by the deporab.e results
Of the recent panic. The valuation of
our usua, 53i representative securities
show tai deureciatiCn for the month
Of no less than l5S,0O0. 600. Up To the cnd
Of October these securities showed an ag-
gregate net rise since the commencement
Of the year Of a little over fl00OD1,001. Thus
It will h. seen that the collapse Of the
past month has swallowed up more than
one-ha,f ot the years apprec alton. These
figures are quite apart from South Afri-
can shares where the shrinkage has hccu.
N Proportion, even more severe, An idea
the rapiditY with which prices have
wlsrsed IN that doDartmeut may I've
u,hered from the tact that ten leading
unpanios acne, with nominal capital
vse Of Is icn 600, show net loss for the
Ush o. fl6.6O0,0o
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New Orleans. December 13--W eekiy-- Not
receipts &.tl0 grcss ~, i5a, exports to-
Great Britain 3i,5i2, France 30. 1919; conti-'
ncnt 1885; coastwtsc 1871 sales 1850.
New York. December i3.--Wcekiy--NetI
receipts !O2l. gross 90 IA exports to Great
Britain llbl, France SGA; continent s0Sts
forwarded 1850 sales 1891, spinnerv 1891,
HANR5 MARKET.
Havre, December t3.--rhc Havro mar
ket opened quiet and AZ up aud closed
rAav and II UP.
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EVENING POSTS cABLEGRAAL
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, December II Money on cav
easy Mt IWlls per cent. last loan /: clos 4
o"Hred ~ l per cent. Prime mercantile
rarcr. iNfN per cent. Sterling exchange
e'enhv. With nctunl business IN hn uke 70
r'l's nj i.sSiafA Sosi for demand and - T.
% 4. ~ fcr s'Nty davs. Poetic rate as et
50 and 4 CO. ~ % Commercial bills 4T
silver ccrtinca tes 667fd6A.
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rR1.Irs AND MITES.

APPI F'S-s9 7S0i.oO ncr bbl.
~ NA>- As 81 95f7i en- ~er hunrh
GRAPES Malaga s5.5Oa6.OO per cask
CCCOANUTS-si. % per 100, Si0.V per
lG9o
rMONS-Mees ma. s3.25N35n.
NUTS-BraZil, lie per III: iiberts. Sicily.
De; Naples. lie. walnuts, lie, peanuts sag
&c: almonds. Tarag5no lie per 10. 13c per
sack. California almonds. zoe; new pecans
or ANGFs-Califorula seedlings $500:
nave.s, $3.50: McXicans, si.255if.5o.
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Chicago December 3.--Cattlc-Only
about q 100 have been received this week
as against 20, 250 last week. Trade today
WAS moderately large NJ unchanged
prices. choice rat cows and helfors SELL
ing to better advantage than very good
stoors. About 100 head of Christmas
cattle brought 6a55o, but the great bulk
Of the cattle offered brought S,S-l So
only II few hundred steers selling above
i.s5liie), There was decided activity In
the COW aud hoifer TRADE and prices av-
eraged Is higher with sales largely at
l.eJp2 80 Calves OF the better class were
active and at % highor sales being made
a tigl az $50. Texas steers were In
moieiatc supply
Hog. Nearly 202 600 head have arrived
This week, as against 22l $40 for the same
time last week and lolGli for the axe
period a year ago Trade today was
active at an average advance of b. The
supply was mostly DISPOSED OF carly at
3.j5M3 Co. the hu k se Ing at 3A5u3 10
with more safes Mt $50 than at any other
frre.
Sroer--ln fair demand win prices fully
AZ good as yesterday on desirable sheep
ana lambs, yet the common stock n
which there was a liberal Supply sold at
about a. ,7w figures as at any time. Com
mon westerns sold 225N2sl Receipts
cattle $500, hogs 5000 sheep 1000.
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SUGAR CROP OF CUBA.

The cultivation of this seasons crop IF
sugar in Cuba has been very defective
owing 10 the scarcity of field labor AID
money difficulties. In discussing this he
New Orleans Picayune says the uncertain
ties attending grin ing because Of the re-
bellon vi TO doubt prevent many estate
from working this year. and In many
iosaIlues II viii he imposs .uie "a WORK.
owing 10 the active in difference of the
revolutionsts.
Conservative authorities have up to the
nresent placed the shortage in the Cui an
IRON al about 500, 400 tons. Recent adv!rcs
bowever. viii make II necessary 30 mod
fy even that es ima'e. and the Picayuue
would not be SURPRISED If less than bali
A CROP should soon come to ho the ac-
cepted igure.
< very short Cuban crop should mean
strong range of prices here thruughout
.he entire season. The deficit N he
European beat sugar crop alone PROMISES
IA cnnr letelv wipe out the surplus ~ oil >
sugar: hence the shor' age IN Cnta On
not be- mode good by innovations from
Fnrone. i've situation in sugar Is Ger
tanly a strong one s:atistically.
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WIPE AND NAILS.
.,ion. are from icbberB: speciSl

cuotntions are rom lcbbeFB. sPvVHI
n5nns wen IN large shipments.
piPkRBFD WIRE-Gliaden. doalyanized,
soSi rcr 100 lbs painted glrs s o. wan
hs vT-1InptS MATT S-Rate 900 rer keg: az
,.,nres' 10 10 ~ penny, soc; and Emmy.
Nv. 4 and I penny. 75c arL penny. sc
penn penny NAfT ,s1Pate s275 per keg; same
aSvances as on wire nails.
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COMPARATIVE COTTON srATEMEN

.
New York. December i3.--For the week
ending Friday. December 10:
Net receipts at all Unitni states
ports during week .............. 22s.i4
Net receipts at all United States
ports during same week last
year ........s.s'.. ..'.'f.-.s.s...s... 3tz,l2I
Total receipts TO this date ...,...-,. 2,se6,5l5
year ....,...,...,.,,. ...,........... 4,?ae. IS,
Exports for the week .,..,......... 1sf.I5!
Exports for same week last year. cfS 2iD
Total exports 10 this date...,.,..., i.7sJ,v6i
year ,....,,..;,.,;..;... ....7....'.'. 2.77i.sss
this Year .,;;:,,,..,..a,........',.,. s@.G.
same time last year'........'.... l.2issls
stock az all interior towns,,...,.. 2iSou
lime last year ..,..... o. los SIC
stock at Liverpool .,.....,........ $4,000
yssr .......i.....,'....,. ,. -. ssc.ooo
Stock OF American af,oat for Great
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mp us-Fancy sliced in boxes {A05c
go evaporated 6f64, fancy eNapoTated
7sst 'StCOTS-Evepo- itsd re.
friTRON-iic per 10.
ions &c.
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nrcEIpTs AND sHIPMENTs.

Total receipts OF cotton AT Galveston to-
day were s057 bales, divided as follows:
Ils Gulf. Colorado and Santa fe rail-
way, 1910 bales; by International and Great
Northern railway. l7ty; by barge jules,
u)9, by barge Stuart, lll0. by barge ]. X, Z
GOT; by barge Boots, 1868 by schooner
witch of the Wave, 30. M
Shipped to Havre by SIS Hawkhurst,
aisG bales taken by Galveston cotton
mills, % bales.
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T-ndon, n c mber q = Cor-'ls for mon v
~ 9-lei nor ounce Money u 90 'tn'.
I'VE rate Of A's~ornt IN the o"c7 ma~k {
for sNort and three months' bills Is 1876
rtr cont
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TUItrr-NNrFcl INN. Orp7m0TV, lN17'I:
dairy l?0Y2; cNeCsa. quiet and unchanged.
Eggs firm, 21,aaa,
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Stocks
The following were tn usng quotstions on / G
% d sioo 9 ~ tae Wy rs * hings tod4
CUE'kEG.
NEW YORK.

New York, December l3--Coffee-Options
opened steady at 5dl5 points advance on
ables and closed steady at ba2U points
net advance; sales Il. $50 bags. Spot cof-
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Gnlvcstou.

Reported for The rost py A. i. Norman
i've stock commission merchants
See YES
Choice per H., gross.,....,..,.... sNdf -.
Common per To-, gross,.......... = a. ~
Cows
Choice per H.. gross .............. 2afs ~
Common pc; 10, gloss, .......,.. 2 a ~
NeRrliufs--
Ctoice per ID, gross........... .i.iD 3
Com on per H. & oss.......,.,.. a "a
Calves
nm, u or H., eross,,,.....,... 3 q So
she, p
hoico per h.. gross............. 3 20 "a
common per t., gross.,.,...... 80 q o.
..e~N.,.. ,As stock
o.v Ncas ,cu.,' ,LvV.,.
' si,s. s9 sss,9 oSs y IN 44Si ~
Sc .. S,fAa iit
"a "
Market well supplied with cattle and
caves Ovcrstooked with sheep and boss,
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Grnln-Chlcr 20.
CHICAGO.

Chicago. Decemner IA Tho hea,s bod
matt, rs Their own u,,v Ia ~ ,yr",s 49, ,"o
wheat showing n dcs',ne az s nnn I'm
aud oats self1r love- INN r,Iv 80
ever known t. co nefora ,t,,fNnryys rou.
corning the propap. q .xports sIro,tIs rom
tho gr,wup rrnn ~ s,,, - - p.NS ,''t
bearisn factor. Latcr tna ren oI"'' Ia
stocks for Inc we.E a., Ntn1raNrltu ~
lJu ith would o- Monnev he fonr4 80 ha,e
Increased g,sNUv1 Sus',s,.s brounn , ~ u,are
grist Ia The hcaIs, ~ 40 81 " .,'
ing, perhaps 560t,6 bnsnss n sett 10 c he
ior the firm when was recently snsneud.
ed for bucket shnn n,t,,a,,o,sSs so ps"v'
prominent f. aturs ~ ,hn days' NV VIZ
lions aud runors we're current in u ne MI
tnat i!lc Wnrat sold ~ 80, III VI, az a. me
OF 500 600 bushes whir5 nese 81 "a s nns
of ,hu partners 1f ihe tir,, In.' tr W NC ng
tn corn WAS .arge Y confined 50 the NUN
delivery. 10 new ,ri,.e c",,r3s s''O 49,
made. corn getting dnv,n ~ * q SAN
re amount 81 me laws Sociins Ma
rot DO con. 'dcrod Of aiiv p,afotsai cnpse.
quence except Tor the fac, iran t,e IRE.
viousy prevat.Inr rrfros wore 1n,,rdi,e.
dented,y low me i,nn1nusitv az ~. 80,
cas- apparently caused a general desire 4
keep q the long side of Inc n,nrkef ana
Lett TO themselves. IN enears seemed 10
discount zero. Another lowest prics. was
estabi she'd In the oat ,nt,rlS,t I'M thnrS.
was little activity. proyisions stnrtcd
nrm ard advanced n lite. but on a
small fraction OF the addition 10 nl,ces
was maintained s.. ,tiSr ,f'e9,rte "a -.
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New Orleans, December u --tSpeclnl to
the Houston Cotton Exc hnnge. Market
weaker: prime crude. bulk, u.
yellow 26N27 In barrels; meal NS75Hia.o0
cake $3.50 1900 per long ton for immedi'
ate delivery.
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Flos-Evapora,ed ioc; Turkish lay

NECTAltlNES--Ev TO-,
PEACI ES- Etapvrateu CT.
FEARS-k Exaggerated NC.
fLu MS--Pitted ioc,
fNlN MES - crop OF 1896. California
prunes, s-lo0s, &c. s0-sos, 6isc, 50-70s, &c
0-oos. The, silver and ruby prunes, 10
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STOCK
GALvEsToN WOOL MARkEr. I

Total stock .ise.sOo 81
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New York, December i3.--Hubbard Bros
q Co.'s cotton letter says;
Foreign advloos today were not as favor
able as expected In spite OF the dlsposi-
upn abroad TO look for further advance
n Prices, ana uur market was diHapp0int-
"a at Ne sniuu lnpruN onunt IN Liver.
pool. This opening OF our market rcfiec,ed
su.a lhhil'~.ftN-.iIt, Dut lfir mdrket mas
slowly imploVcu on thc general De,iuf
mat we ate approaching n period when
90" moNtH' NJ OF fhc crop VIII be- ve4y
4sht, with tnr result Of better marte ,
iniH uisposlLou IL no general that H. IA
iuh'ult to hnd many VINO expect de
me IN prices when more Is known Of
lie crop ahd the probabilities ne TO tho
situation IN the h.hst. Merchants a Z,
Therefore content 10 wait furtnor develop
u eats whiic speculation ns yet has not
/" II nt.rncicd 10 the market which ls
sustained hy factors which are visible to
liner onc. our market declined during
me afternoon on the local tradc parting
WIN ihflr hb,dingB on the hnk OF out
side support the amount Of cotton coming
INTO sight promiacs to bc Ii2VJ0 bales
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OII-IAuseed. in barrels raw 45c: boiled
sc: petroleum, 10 lest: In hbls lie. in
,ases Si.75 brilliant oil il.Gi. n hhl. l2lsc.
stove gasoline, IN cases N.No IN !hhls. l5c,
l. r OIL medical pure. 81 ~; turpentine. in
l,i.fa
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Paris Advocate; The way In which bilis
and resolutions are pouring into congres9
Candidate Reed wall not be very otitet{S
adhered to- = {, o. -7gf
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COTTON POINTS.

houston expects 5000 bales tomorrow.
against 1919 on the same day last year.
me estimate az New orleans IS for II OJ0
60 l3,pJO bales, against 1850.
ebert q co. of New Orleans wired f.
NhrRill at l0:55 n. m. "Alnrkot Bieadier
IN interior towns 30 far posted showing
father small Increase o. stocks"
II ~ estimated that 200 100 20 l.27i, O1O
hhlch viii come into tight this mouth
lrainst l.2Il 900 IN December, 1892 and
i.W@,V00 ia December. l,M,
The. rocopts a, Interior towns this weeh
are about li,OlD lees than the corTnbboni.
ing week m 1872 the year Of o. 100 900 hnlt
rop. IL : also pointed out that extremely
ID wee ther prevailed nbodl th!a time II,
1882. which considerably retarded mar
e,tlng the CROP, Whine now Tie weather
ould not be moro favorable.
According TO +. Carg!lls adyices. tho es-
IimHted receipts at Ncw Orleans for tile
eoning week are 1000, ggG.us 1900 last
year ana 1900 tho year before. For oil
ports tho es'imoic IL goo 900, agningt $50 u0O
IN 1894 ana 100000 in 1893.
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Nrw Work MARKET.

New loI-., Deoember I5.-tspeclaI %
,hs Houston Cotton Exchange.
trrda iii, gsieQeSe; prime summer yellow
sc in bbis: prime cake nominal; meal
S206f9l per ton; market quiet.
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Hamburg. December is.--Quiet and u
changed; sales 1000 bags.
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fee-Rlo quiet: No. Z lt,s; mild quiet; Cor
dova lSfiis.s; sales 1900 bags Maracnibo
private terms; 40 bags Central American
private terms; 800 bags Savanilla. private
terms.
..rehouse deliveries from , New Yors
yesterday. 760S bags; New York stock 20
my fS6,Sl2 bags; United States stock no.
yS bngs; afioat for the United state
N3 600 bags, total visible Tor the uniteu
States sis,e0s bags, against 5ii,eoi bags
last year.
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SANTOS,
NEW ORLEANS

Santos, December is.--Ouict, good aver.
age Santos 14,70o refs per 10 kios. Re-
ceipts n,ooo bags; stock t0s.oco hags.
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COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
The Interior Movement Mas Disap-
pointiugly Large.
CAUSED A DECLINE AT TIE CLOSE,
L'v~rpno, Advanced About siz Amcrica,
roints- The Dec mb~r Movement
Wili he Very Small.
Office OF The Post,

houston. FRIDAY, December ~.
Liverpool sent over an advance this
morning which gave the American mar
keis decidedly better feeling during the
forenoon. Aftar the second call, however.
prices broke sharply at New York and
closed points lower than yesterday. rhe
depression shown during tho afternoon
was generally Inscribed to hammering by
the bears, who arc making a desperate
effort 10 keep prices down. The weekly
interior movemenl was also larger than
expected and helped the downward turn.
Por, receipts for the week were POS 600.
me pears ocutenu that 1t Is "A pretty big
movement, however, pnd whom compared
VIII $4,000 during the same week last
year does not indicate a remarkably short
crop. The interior movement WAS 81 100.
against 4SiV1 last year and All,0OO the year
before.
New York futures opebed steady. prucu-
cally az yesterdays ngures. After this
thpfe was considerable iiuctua don, with
an upward tendency, anl ny the second
cali quotations wore To pctnts up. Just
before tho close a rapid decline beam aud
the last call lcft the market . TO 3 points
lower than Yesterday.
New Orleans futures opened steady
about point on ON a few months. hut AZ
noon prices We're up to points, This
gain was lost during tho afternoon, how
ever. and The market cloHeu steady With
January and March contracts j point
loMct than yesterday.
ItNernupi EpO.a MVuc steady and I'M
changed. wiki sales OF 1900 halcs. New
ork closed quiet at l-i6c advance. Other
Leading American markets were quiet and
steady with no changes IN quotations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-14
THE BUSINESS BAROMETER,
An Index to the Condition of Trade
Generally.
ALL SEAS0NABLE GOODS IN DEMAND.
. HOLIDAY stir @ecn IN Local Bushes.
Ciic.es Rep 'rt of n Moissses
Shortage.
Office of The Post.


The rush of holiday business is now
fairly on. though nothing 10 compare with
what may be expected next week. The
,obbers and wholesalers were busy today
flling orders from the interior. num-
her of wagons from the country were no.
diced on the streets many of them bring
ing In produce or cotton and carrying cut
large purchases of dry goods and grocer
les. The retail dealers have been busy
ali this week. the demand for seasonable
Goods being quite heavy. Grocery mer-
chants have already begun to feel the
snecu of an increased demand that Is al
WAYS expectei about Christmas times.
The city is NOW putting on It's hoi day at
lire and Visi ors are very much impress .
uith The thrift and en- ,erprise 81 own by
uonston merchants. Not only are stocks
large ard first class III every line OF lrdde,
obtained elsewhere