The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-07
fluctuations Were Frequent and
Sales Enormous.
NEW ORLEANS CLOSED AT A DECLINE.
futures We're Fifty Points Up At One
rinc-New York spots Advanced.
The Quotations
Office OF The Post.
Houston, Thursday, August

world seemed to be tearing around like
| nadmen, uncertain what to do. Bulls sold
| one minute and bought tho next: bears
covered on every break and hammered
| the market on every rise. Prices would
| shoot up like a skyrocket and In few
| minutes would 10 down with the same
! force The bulis- seemed to fear that the
| bottom would suddenly drop out OF the
| market, while the hears imagined that
! every hot Wind from the South was carry
| INK prices 10 points higher. \ shower In
| oklahoma Territory caused "A sharp de-
| cline. and the next minute a telegram that
| the Texas crop was burning up made tho
| shorts tumble over each other in bidding
! up priccs. Traders were nervous and
| sales were enormous.
| Az one time New York bears bua ham
picred prices down Is points lower than
| yesterday, but by so the market was
| about ~ points above the lowest and "a
| points above last nights closing After
| this realizing salos caused che figures TO
| grow less. but final quotations were IL
| points higher than Yesterday New Or
| leans reflected the excitement at Now
| York, and, If anything, had a worse
! mixed situa ton. The lowest prices were
70 points below last nights closing and
| tho highest . points above H. Toward
| the latter part of The session the bears
| saw u good chance to Jump on the mar
| ket and before any one knew what had
| happened had hammered prices to figures
| 10 or IL points lower than Yesterdays clos
| ing. Sales for future delivery at New
| York were Ill. 400 and at New Orleans isf.
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J At today's session Now York futures
opened steady ct a decline on the near
months. ana unchanged on the distant
positions September opened at 7.E,
against 753 last might. and dropped to 739
early in the session. Prices quickly raj
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Liyerpool did not make the advance that
was due this morning. though futures,
were up about lU-6id at one time. The
closing was 7-e4d higher than Yesterday.
equal TO about "a American polnts.
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| WIN heAVy fenllIins ana some possipiiI-
ties of showers IN Arkansas and Okla
hora. which may cause sharp reaction.
l;25 ,. m.-Perfectly crazy markcs Now