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TRADE Notes.

m mans ANS have advanced and are reported
p .hoice evaporatcd apples are becoming
'ce and have an advancing tendency
,hS.n,ckens are IN good supply and SO cheap
"s' 'he poor demand liz surprising.
~"niy an average amount of Texas fruit
S',ason Inc market Yesterday, but the
noralized
MON lIomaioes are arriving from several
s IN South Texas. There is only a
n neinhnd. prices ranging from - TO
cents per peck.
v,an. nrsi shipment OF new crop San Sal
nm coii"e was received by a wholesale
.' Vi Houston this week.
as MdU p sprng chickens soil II, si50ml7b'
a. asvu,ers range from 81. 00dl.it. Old hens
auii sale al s2.oc02,25.
IN "a, ra, hes sold Yesterday as low as 70 cents
rsn,s hokcs. and the highest was 40
kcs,s, ~ fonr-baske, crates ranged from
etalIty. "' 'r"'' "as eeheraiiy u pun
ID ",,nberrios have sold this week AZ 75cft
Eoxssp PER H.guart crates. Plums In peck
Nrss, are 3NWioc. and four-hasket crates
enx',h,,;; Apples range from .5u Zoe for
'''iru hushel boxes,
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CHICAGO.


fo ,,,,,,."s" !uhe 81 me most strikine
nxtr",,, y. ,ne .rau'hs III whcaI was us
vs,,,,, na,ioMn , .,uil markets are
u Sl,,ny weak anh today's was not an eN-
,}r,,a ~ Srptehnsr wnea, closed AZ De
80 80 vi 1900, ,orn ana oats were ootn
$3.50 a'u uec,'ilc' ano,il &c cach. Ifo-
-, ,',i's i''p' 'Neu ,i''e' Potk maNihs i'c
~. ,,
,, w ,ir'' ~, ~ .ics cnanses were 'o,nneu
"t'u ~, sh' nnrIoW range on &c anu STOW
-" ~, e''a.' AiWioneh me most n,arlsh Ica-
eune on Neslrruay news. me NORTHWEST
IL ~ e,,,.ip'H Weie cohsiu'rapiy tnouin,u 70
nay, Wheat opened weak AT the decline
OF &C per nusnsi Inc receipts at Min
,,er' 30 anu ,,n,u'n, WHICH NeStetday
Wfrs ~ caSs were today only III cars.
Besides that, however spring and winter
wheat regions aiike mad another heavy
soar 'hs ram which moth could we'll have
,,1i w'shou,. me cables showed no par
lcuiar change 10 hrsin VIII and nothing
nhI we genera disinciination 10 trade
,n ~ to he against the market rhe
after feature of the BUSINESS was even
more pronounced today tia WAS Re
n,a"ked "t 4 NssterdaN Reports from the
Northwest had no NOR I. say OF rust in
we growing sprung wheat, hni letters from.
various sections OF me winter wheat ,;oun-
wy THneraiiy Trn'ioncn 'hc disappointing
ke,. o. the other band. was 1no,e1 easier
N the market here was caused by the
l1tt.r report. Nrfhing, however. fhnt
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TIE SUGAR MARKET.

mere have ben no further changes IN
sugar since the loss of 3-l6c Monday, al
thoagh the European markets ire stiil m
ported In dcmoralize1 condition. The
Immediate future depends upon E;rnce
and II Is useless to anticipate what Eu-
rope Will do Until this scare has run It's
coaFse. Prices have already gone below
Inc belief of everybody as possible. We; II
further decline would not be surprising
a'fing the present condition of the mat
Ia.
~ connection with the last big break
~ Inc inarkct it Will he interesting To noie
~ changes IN raw sugar since the lsl Of
s.nuary- Tho vcM opetrd with cenliilu-
ga quoted IA, aa.c and it ended the
.ment,I At L. The range during FehrnarS
KS ,SI-sc to Nc and during March i'sr
sSnc. In Aprll the price worked NJ from
ss-iec to ,l2c. During May the price case !
Wv v'o '-N. June opened with III" quota
svqn ior centrifugal Use, and II Is now
.~; ms makes the range from January
aate ilsc to 2 5-sc.
~ ,dieyious 10 Mondays decline the highest
ny nv loves prices for graduated sugar
I'm january were WA Use. the fnrr ~
ENe ming made in April and the latter
=, rn, January. The trusts card price H.
t i,vs thc OF '>c lower than at any previous
ome this year
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STOCKS.
The following worc m. clo,ips quotation, on tho
lcadiDs stocs, .! tne Si~ Y,rt EK,hsng, totnyf
COFFEE.

New York. June 2i.--coffce-O Options
opened steady and unchanged to points
lower ruled steady on moderate local
trade with ltttlc attention paid to foreign
news and closed quiet and unchanged 10
5 POINTS decline, sale 500 bags 5pc,
coffoe--Rio quiet; No. 7 a. mild quiet.
cordoya l6ails, sales 800 bags Mnraeaibo,
y. I.
san,os. June ai--luactive. good aver
age 1880. receipts 5000; sock i2',oO,
Hamburg. June a.-Qulei and un-
changed. sales 5000 bags.
Rio juno si.-Quie,. M. lnsSoD OK
change iGd: rccripis 1904. cleared for the
United States oO0n; stock i25cDo bags.
Iiavre, juno 2.--onet. ~ net decline;
sales 1900 bags
New York, June 2i.--To'ai warehouse
Guiding frai from. Ne. York New York
stock today 1904; Iniled States stock
:03 1872: afloni for tic tinted STATES III. 500;
total visible for the United States 3fs, 2i2
bags. agins' SIS hays last year
New Orleans. June q -.corfeA--Rio dun,
ordinary to low fair i5s,ai7h
SUGAR.
Mem, Orleans. June %.-suxar-steady.
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COMMERCIAL. NRIitrS.

CINCINNATI. ONO juno p Whskv IN
good demand sales col barrels q, 20,
Now York, juno a. ---6oVerlneni bonds
weak. State bonds dun. Rhlrotd bonds
firm.
New York. June 81 Bank clearlnes
$50 nSi 2is. balances si.i7a.S}2
New York. June 81 Hides steady;
leather steady. wool steady.
New York. juno 2f.1Npal sBios stocks
oday 2,s.3oj Including; American sugar
l5l 300. st. Pam $500; sl~'r certificates
$4,000, American Tobacco $500.
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ST. LOUIS.

81. Louis June a. Cattlc- Receipts.
24oo, sh rm"nis, 1000; market active and
steady. nstNc shipping steers. $500 r1,
i.i5; steers under 1000 pounds. s75Ga35O
siookcrs and feeders, 2.50,ii.jO; cows AMI
hdifers. 2Gilfa.Go; Texas cnttl" range 30
WSh" for light grades TO good fod steers.
cows. l7lu2.7S. lIOes--Recc.p 700. shin
mcnts, TOO. market SC lower. iight. 3 2oa
a.25 mixed. 3.i0u3.2a; heavy al5Gi3.go
sheep Receipts. 1900, shipments ZOO
market strong; natives ranged 2jpfia, so
for poor TO best Texans, S.25u55o, lambs.
i.u0u5 20
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FRUITS AND NUTS.
APPLES -Toxas, sca zoe per 10 bush

APPLEs-TcNas, Soniec per l-s bushel
BANANAS Per bunch, siopal.75.
RLAckRERRlESP Per bucket 1890.
per q quar-, crate. 7scnl.a5.
CALIFORNIA FRrlT-Cherries. s2.0ou
> 30 per l0-lh boxes; apricots. 81 75g > g per
i-harket crates. pums, s9.0lu2. -.
coCoANuTs-S3 5oai.0o per 100; $500
per 1000
crates.
choice. zoos. g. soi13.75; 3sos. 800: fancy
silOa i.25, California, ss.25n3lo per Hoy
NUTS Brazil. lie ior h. hlberts, sicily
ac Naples, i2i2. wainuts. ll1l3c; peanuts.
5isM6c almonds. Taragona. io per H. l9r
per sack; California Almonds Zoe: pecan
9i.nGc.
onANGEsm.calIfornia, navels, ss759ioo:
seedlings. sG.2jd35o
boxes. soca,sl Is per u quar- crates.
PEACHES Per peck boxes small TO
i-baskci rates. 6OcafsloO.
WArERMELoNs 75cQs2,Oo per dozen.
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NEW ORLEANS.

New orleans. .une ai.-liog products
quiet; pork old ~. lard refined 'iorccs
ss.a3 rs boxed meats. dry san shoulders
and sidos !; bacon. clear rib sides D.,
hams, choir4 sugar cured sNn9. tlenr
cas- en- extra fancy S,30ti3 10; patents SiOq
$50. corn meal qWci. LOO, Hay casier;
prime l20ldl -. choice l6.51fiin no. Corn
hrm; No2 sack,d white and mixed 81. yei-
low Al. oats quiet, No sacked .iisW25
Rice rough. reco.pis none. no salos. nom
inaI clean. sales 1853; good demand, ordi-
nary TO good .gi.
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Kansas Guy. June a, Cattle Receipts
800. shipments 1850. market strong, 10
higher, Texas steers 2.2anS 90. Texas cows
?WU2J1, beef steers 2. i0ui 81, native cows
Hogs Receipts l2.bDD. shipments 200:
strong and higher; bulk of sales a.Dofr
3lh; heavy 2b0u3Io: packers 290Yf3 IL.
mixed 3.O0da *, Eight 31OfI3 25. workers.
3. l5u3. 30 pigs a.lolia.o. Shcep--Rscelpts
400, shipments 800 stronger. lambs 3. 01,l
J.35, muttOns .. Duii3 So
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CHICAGO.

Chicago. June -. Cat,lc--loor good to
choice dry I'D ctatlc there Wac u s,eady
dc land aud prices were firm at Mon
days advance but grassy lots moved OF
slowly aud purchasers were Bidding lower
prices. Sales wcru on "A basia of 3Sou3. 10
for common coarse and grassy lots. mp In
i.@Jul 80 for choice to extra beevca. with
the bulk Of sales al 3.aofl 80 Cows sold
largely ~ {? iopS % and heitors were ac-
tive at 3.'ali2 So wath some extra ones at
S.soutn1. Bulls We're steady aud calves
were in active demand at 3.oOtp5.o5 for
common 10 prime lots. Texas ca.,lc were
in large supply and fairly active demand
al rulJug prices.
1loes-Trnde WIS again active ~ steady
prices for all kinds except big heavy
swine. which sold slowly. The bulk of
tho bogs on the market sold u; S.i3di3 %
for heavy aud Mt 3.2sn1 3, 20" medium
weights. leavics sold AZ 2.S,iiS n mod
ium ioua 10 and light al 4 .2jn3.5j.
Slhc' There WINS good demand Al
steady prices, shop were sallh.c at
i.ion2 u for inferior 10 common up 10
1Un - for fur to prine with bulk %
sales 3,5oniGa. Inferior Texans - MS
low as "a and Prime fiocks CELL around
3.G0 lambs wcrc again In arg, supply
and In good demand M slmb.bo. the bun.
selling at 5 bOuG %.
lleeipts-CattIc 1900, hogs 5000; sheep
AuJO,
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ENr;I.lsl1 c.lNsnLs.

London. Juno ai-Consols for money,
ll2 1916; ditto FOR the account. ~ l5-I6-
Bar silver 81 9-iGi y'r ounce. Money. "a
por cent. Rate Of discount in the opcn
market for short and three months bills
"a pcf cont.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

IoTl OF tpdlSchtOfl, June ~.
Sailed.
So Alamo. iIix. New York.
Vessels IN Port.
So tlamo. New York.
rs iiclyrtia, Hamburg.
schrs Martha, Edward j. Berwind. j.
NJ. McInnis.
i'k James a. Wright.
TO Arrive.
So Concho. New York. sailed June 90
S. Engineer, Liverpool, sailed May 90
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Total receipts of cotton nj Galveston to-
day were u bales, DIVIDED as follows: by
Gulf. COLORADO ana Santa Fc, rs: by
schooner William Murray, 30.
No shipments tcbiy.
ON SiilPBOARD NOT CLEARED.
Cotton en- shtpbonrd not cleared AT Gal
weston today:
Bales
Mallory line. Now York ............. GIG
Same day last year ................., 1.i9s
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New York. June :, Wheat-Rccoipis
,-,,Soi bu, experts SAY. sr3t dnI. No.
hard - 5-50t5 7-s. OPTIONS opened .as.rr
under u sappo sniing c.bles. sod up on
had crop reports. general covering and
smaller spring whea, receipts, but Fused
or near the close and Was finally Ms''ic
ne. lower after one OF the small =. iride
his wear. No. rcd June G. rs, SEPTEMBER,
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POSTS cAnLnGRAM.

New Y-rk June q --E.vcuing Posts
London financial cablosram: The settle
n;ent TO-DAY revealed small account, NJ
ccntangoes were higher as usual at the
end Of the half hos on account of money
hcine temporarily wanted. Thus con
tayocs on Americans were . J.. TO per
cent. Tho market "penco dun, but as
a'tn as the arrangcmt M OF the arcunnt
was sen the tone changed sharply ani
lrices rebounded upwards. corsols lead
ing. Americans, after a ps'sod Of dull
n,ss, were very nrm ~ The strret. tb''
prices at tn" closing he.Oe ~ TO 81 Of u
dollar h"ttc. fer leading stocks. Pnrs
and Berlin markets better closing fam
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RECEIPTS AND Expc..rs.
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Chicago. June ei-Butter = Steady,
creamery, lOlliia; dairy. 99iO.
81; Louis, June 2t-Butter-cre
l0als; dairy. sal, Eggs--S,e,dy; T.
Unchanged; creamery. ioQp; dairy. l0Ql.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, juno II Money on cnli
hrmcr al 1l,Qs per cent; last loan IL.
closed ii2Mo per cent, Prime mercantile
nap'r ,msa per o1",, S,srhE IN,h,nsT
h',.s AT i.SSdtssL for demnnd and iMgi
49,. for sixty days. Posted rates. tsSa
i%ia and iS'uiSah. Commercial bills,
tssi. Bar silver, 6S7a. Silver certificates,
.u
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st. Louis. Juno "a. Flour Inchsnge
Wheat Steady; spci lower; No, cash
40, August So September i5Ss IA. cora
Lower: spo cnsier No. mixed ca. h.
~. July, ~ asked. .Scrteml,cr 2Rss,
Oats-- Wcak and lower; srpt dun: No. >
cash Ii rs hid. july lG asked, usust lbis,
September. 1872. Rye 3 asked Barley
Nominal Corn meal l50. Bran-Ste ldy;
m IN .nai Timothy sccd-i'r me 400. Hay
ilrmrthy. 7oOS,l2.5o. Whisky i.g?. Cotton
tics and bagg ng Unchanged. Pork BIZ
ter. standard mess iobhing, 7i2iaa737l..
Lard steady, prime steam. 800, choice,
s.a7i. Bacon fioxed shoulders and ngs.
iSoNcd shoulders. 3.75 longs, 3.Sia: RVS,
10; shorts 4.l2i2. Receipts Flour. 2oll:
wheat. 20 900. corn. lSDol. oats. 1s.coo
Ii n0l, nanS ~. 600.
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Difference 49,. 1872 :.7e7 2.75i. $50
IiAVRI MARKET.
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS

New Orleans, Juno 2t--The market for
cotton seed oil is weak; cnkc and meal,
steady and firm prime crude
oil. IN bulk. ~; prime summer yellow. In
barrels, 70; meal. 100. cake. 100 per short
ton; long ton. for export, 1900.
New York, June 2i.--Cotton seed prod-
neis quiet; lower tendency IN oils. piims
crude oil, 20M2i; prime summer yellow in
BARRELS. 2',sm20; prime cotton Eeed meal,
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srs' charge from store 5sS,,c more per 100
lon On bran. eI3c per bushci on oats ami
CQRN--Sackcd, 4oc.
PRAN-ssfi70,.
OATS 2Sffs6c No. white. So7sec: COM
mon, Tm23c.
CHOPPED CoRN-soc per 100 his.
HAY-.Alfal.a, tis n0sfit.OO rer ton; m !.
lct sli 500 80; timothy. si7. sdl is 40; North
, reAas prairie, $500; South Texas prairie
BUILDING MATERIAL
90 EMEN'r-Portlun cement, per Dbl.
t.;eanSo. Rosedalc cement. pcr bhl.. S.7i
pars, W. 10: frehrick. ST. Louis, per Nj
NV drain paving tile. per foot. 7dsisc; 3
70 inches inclus,v,: felt roofiins, per
sluarc N:iSu2.N; Acme. and Royal CO.
,nent pk ster. ncr ton. $i40o; plast ering
hair. goat. per lib. &c; laths. per NJ, 500.
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HIDES AND WOOL.
aid by receivers

Hides-Prices paid by receivers
Dry flint, selected .................. 6izn7
Dry sail u " oiz
Wet sailed. selected. ................. u AZ
Deer skins ,...,..,,',..,;,.;.....,..,l W..''
Twelve months. medlum..........., 1t.H
Twelve months. fine, ................ d.,
SIX months la2c less.
ThllOW-~tilDe .+.ss..'- .,''...-..''. s't4..'.
Beeswax-Good run ..............-..:l W:
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a,&sflN; yeiiows. s7-iefs I5-is; seconds.
2ssu2 7-i6. Molasscs dun; centrifugal.
New York. Juno 2i.--Sugar--Saw, quiet;
fair refining, 3: centrifugal, 96 test, 3,s:
ieuiiMd fairly active.
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PAINTS AND OILS.

OI~-I.inseed in Ibis, raw. 49, boiled,
45c. petroleum 40 test, IN bbls. Ne; in
stove gasoline. IN cases, $40; in Ibis. i5s.
Eupion oil In bbls. lac in cases. s. 30. ras-
tor oil medical pure Ole; tnrpentine, In
WHITE LEAD Strictly pure. Gn6ac.
WINDOW Gf.ASS-In boxes, 90 and 20 TO
70 per cent discount, new list
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rHE CROPS ARE SUFFERING.
c.rs virtually Ruined and Cotton
Being Damaged.
srA1E OE THE SUGAR MARKET.
ssvsu Pric"s That Hnv" Been Known
This Year--Texaa Frutt Ia Cheap.
Othcr Trade Notes.

-. william Trautwcin. a prosperous
....sr who lives nine miles south of
c..ro s,,en, yesterday In the city. Mir.
r..u,we,n has considerable farming prop.
~ IN Dewitt county and also has
sus,ness interests in the town of Cdero.
N came to this county from Germany
.s,v in the fiftics. and with the indom-
nsbe energy and perseverance character
ustlc of his race. has prospered In the
hnd Of his adoption.
Mr.. Trautweln has just taken a tour
- his own country and has aslo closely
sbserved the condition of crops from San
Antonio to Houston. and in IA communlca-
tiou with Il reporter of The Post. said ::
~ wish 1t distinctly understood In the
hesinring tina, | am neither a populist nor
calamity nowler. but from what have
,een the past week l must say that the
srop prospects of our section are very
toomy l., ,. 49,,
~or., have ever known. and | have
Men In this country since 1851. We have
Md no rain worth mentioning in our sec
lion since the last of April The corn
l, Iva actually burned up, and the fields look
- IL devastated 10y fire. There are acres
and acres of II that will not produce ossr
three bushels per acre, whereas the aver
ige yield Is thirty-hve TO forty bushels.
III farmers have a good supply of old
eorn on haild-sifiicient to last them until
,ba irst of the year. This they are hoard
ing carefully and will not sell. although
NOW offered 81 to 10 crnis. against % cents
4 few months ago. Rain would not help
corn al this time. for ii Is past redemp-
iIon Many farmers are cutting ii for
forage, the growth of the plant having
ceased some weeks ago.
"ln regard to cotton. the damage is
neat deal more than many people have
been led 10 believe. our acreage was in
/ creased fully II per cent as compared
WITH last year, yet am satisfied the
he'd will be even less than in 1875. Fairy
otton has stood the drouuh well and
have seen many very pretty fields. the
plants ranging from ~ to feet IN height
this cotton is blooming and frniting nice
", hut its growth has been, stopped and
branching checked. y good rain would
hep It Wonderfully and insure "A good
second and Third picking.
1T is well known. however. that thou
sands upon thousands of acres of cotton
we're planted after the spring rains This
height and Is suffering greatly. Any sensi-
he man can understand how young
and tender plant is seriously injured by
drouth. while well matured one may
not show any very bad results This is the
casa throughout the cotton belt When
ever you hear of cotton looking well and
frufng ntcely You can rest assured II
ia crop tf.at is actually at many places
dying for want of rain. Tine only mois-
turs I, has Ia depend upon is the early
morning dew. This is soon absorbed ny
the sun. which Is pouring It's heat upon
the plant with very noticeable energy.
10 hard that the farmers have not
deemed it advisable TO chop this young
cotton, consequently it is IN very bad
Ok indeed
.l.,ft.
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WIRE AND NAILS.

Barb wire quotations are for carload
lois. {. n. h.. Houston.
'obARBED wiRE-Gliddcn, galyanized
80 Is par loo lbs: painted wire 80; Wan
Eeran. Zoe higher than Glidden.
WIRE NAII.S-Rate. 500 per, keg' adj
,.,,rss 10 10 co penny. SOC; and penny
sa., q aud 7 penny, 75c; and penny 'c
penny: sl;2o;; penny q n - ner her. game
,dvances az on wire nails.
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LIoCoRS

BEER-schltz. quarts. $3.50 per hhl.
pints' slIol per Dbl; Dixie Pale, quarts,
500. pints $3.50 Magnolia Pale. quarts
50 On: pints 500.
HIGH WINES-si % per gallon.
WHISK Y-Per gallon; Finished gods,
on higf, wine basis, sla2 siraipht bourbon
and rye according TO age and quality,
sl75a3.0o; BLENDED, N.75u3O
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NEW ORLEANS.

Market supplied with cattle and calves,
overstocked with sheep.
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.

HOUSTON.
J. jacobs & Co., live stock commission
merchants OF tho Houston Stockyarls. &C.
port as follows;
Beevcs--Chucc ......s............ ssu s,t
CoWS-+Chosrc .........s..s..... " "a
manifestations :. ................ stsv s.z
Calves -Choicc spring ...............
calvcs-AcuoNiing 70 sixe.......... Il 3's
Mutton--F4rst class only...........
Common not wanted.
Hogs-cornfcd Qoo lbs and unbeD S's
This week our market is fully supplied
with cattle OF ail classes
GALVESTON.
Reported for The Post by A. II. Norman,
live stock commission merchant.
Brcvcs--
Choice. per III. gross. 2sD
Common. per ID. gross. ....... 70 W.
Cows
Choice, per III, gross. ........"" gag ~
Common, per Id. Brots......... " "a
ycnrlings--
Common. per i6. sross.......... 30 ~
Small per III, gross........... Z q AZ
Large, per Id. gross. " "a
Sheep
Choice. per ID. gross. a. 3h
Common. per head. .............l % al 10
Hogs
Cornfed, per III. gross. .......... S,sM
Mastfcd. per ID. gross. 2MW
receipts T "a, w ys's so os's s Tss
s: :s:; s: ~ III III
Hogs ..,,...-. -.,..l ,...l ....l 1N.n
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HOUSTON PRICE CURRENT.

thsir quotations are revised daily and
pficss correctness can be relied upon. The
Hkoesaaire thcse ruling in the Houston
esc.s,.E CREASE - Diamond. H.7h per
frazisr, In tin boxes. $500 per
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-25
COTTON MARKET REVIEW.
Rain Ia Texas Caused q Decliue Ia
Futures.
BEARS SELLING THE NEXT CROP,
They Hsitavs That the Tsass Drouth Rss
been Bsoksn -Farmsrs want
More Rain.


A dcclipc IN Liverpool spots and f'i-
lures. rain IN some parts OF Texas, and a
prospect that New England spinners will
adopt short time. were among the facts
arraycd against cotscn today. causing n
loss OF s to 10 points at New York and
New Orleans. The leading American spot
markets were tluii and UNCHANGED. with
the exception of GALVESTON which de-
clined ,sc. Liverpool spots were 1-s2d
lower while futures lost is-6idmi-6td.
That the prolonged drcal,s, In Texas was
broken by the rain that fell today is .
wild guess for the shorts to make, and
shows that they hardly appreciate the
fnct that this n a State OF magnificent
distances, Showers hero and there and
a good rain at a new points, do not come
up TO the requirements of the farmers
although they may induce the bears 10
sell tho next crop. Thousands and thons-
ands or acres OF COTTON IN this State
have been without moisture for tw',
months, and II will make great deal OF
water poured upon vide extent OF ter
ritory TO satisfy the demands az the plant
Showers only agRiTvato the case when
followed by hot, scorching days like those
prevailing now.
AT todty's sess on New York futures
opened steady, prices ranging from I'M
changed TO pcipt higher There was
II slight decline Oh the second call. and
With tho rocc.W Of rain news from Texas
the market broke sharply. The closing
was barely steady. N . points lower
than yesterday. August sold mt 7.o6 early
IN the session, dropped to IN. then nd-
vanccd 10 723 but closed AZ Ti7MIls.
againx 1..SuT.?6 yesterday. October sold
at s.7i for the highest and $50 lowest.
New Orleans futures opened quiet. with
a lower tendency. and by tho second call
prices were TO points on The closing
wax 10 10 points lower than yesterday.
August started at G.0s and closed at the
lowest figure Of the day-6.5i.
Cargili & Richardson received the fol
lowing adviccs from Gilbert ~ Ca Of New
Orleans:
impr r e. hut II rSsas ' his KS genera" 's
rails, think viii Inc lower. NJ outside
business.
ranged tomorrow of New England mill
owners io scuRs short time. which 4
think win hn adopted,
MIR. l;ilisons hInres OF European cotton
consumption 10 June !, have been re
ueivcd by the New York Chronicle. The
full movement FOR THIS year and last
year is ms follows:
I'ales of 400 pounds each DOS Omitted
-p ,sa TO jung ,so liz ~
g. h Cont. TIL. ia
spiunors,. stock oc- =. .u, 80. 49,.
r aGa"s to Juno ,ses s.s,o e.,S c. ~
s sun ,,,,;,,, e., iso''' tl'e' Tbs 7,s'l
weeks :. :. = .2,sls, $500 ea5s. e,.gl.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-25
SUGAR.

New Orleans. June 4-suxar-Steady
open kettle. sos 7-I6: centrifuSal. whites.