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wheat, lh,Wl bushels. corn. ,gnn bushels
oats, d00n bushels. shipments Wheat la
sOO bushels: corn, 5000 bushels oats. 5000
bushels
New Orleans, October 9S-Hog products
quiet but firm, Pork STANDARD mess, S.i5ff
100 Land Refined, tierce, ?75; pure 5.37ls.
BoNed meats-.pry salt shoulders, i,S7is.
sides, b.62iaMi,sj, Bacon Sides clear ribs
6.Silg@d.6o. llams-Cholce sugar cured. S9, a
a'a. Firm; ordinary to good, aus Flour.
grain and feodstufs easier extra fancy. q i5fi
%. patents S.aimi05. Cornmcal ii 76Sii SO
Bran--bi, llay--Prime. l0O0dil ON. rhoice
II ooftls,D, Corn-No, 2 saCkcd- white and
mixed, TO- yellow a. oa,s-No. sacked,
soisa3o.
New York, October Is, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
a's,leS, exports, BOG. $50 bushels. spot casy. IA
red 10 as {. o. b. aaont. Options opened
weak In response to lower cables and large
spring receipts. After a SLIGHT rally on his
ciearancos nj noou they weakened again uu
der light EXPORT Developments and closed IN
settled at 9su9s decline. No. rcd, 72,s. Wool
quiet Pig iron warrants--7 00fi72S Lake
copper Finn; 1850. Tin-Firmer; is 10 Issa
--Firmor; s.67iadS,7o. spelter--Firmer. 5.isG
U5.la.
sherman, Texas, October 97--Stock raisprs
throughout Grayson county arc complaining
OF the raNages OF ticks This pest is said 10
be worse chan for many years. and every
known Mmedy is being resorted to.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Weak Cables and Lack Of Export Demand
Caused Wheat to Decline.
DAYS NEWS WAS IN THE MAIN BtARISH
CIcnrances Of wheat and Flour Were
HcHvy-An Ensy Feeling In Corn.
Provisions showed Weakness.

Chicago, October sS.--Weaker cables today
aud slack export demand caused decline In
wheat December closed izMssc lower. Corn
and oats lost &c each. Pork declined 1.ac
aad lard and ribs &c each.
Owing TO considerable drop In the Liver
pool prices and prevailing impression thai
the difficulty between England and Franco
woulL be amicably arranged, December wheat
here started weak at isMssc below yesterday .
close. That much having becu Topped on a.
ono swoop, the market for two hours there
after made desperate but on the whole un.
successful efforts to recover some Of the SUD
den loss. The buying during that time was
srticent to prevent any further decline ~,
though those who took the wheat we're chioiy
inouced thereto ny the possession oil pu'e
either good for the day or the week. for al
hour curing the Mode of the session tht
range of fluctuations In December wheat Wal
fiom 6GA sellers to ISIS bid--the best illlstta'
ton that could be presented of the rut into
which speculation had dropped.
The days news was in the main bearish hu
was not entirely without crumbs OF comfort
for tho bulls. The clcarances of wheat and
nour from the Atlantic and gulf ports were
very heavy. amounting to an aggregate o.
950.IOJ bushels. and New York reports ioD,n0l
bushels Of wheat sold for export to Brazii
Che received 23S cars; Northwestern re-
coip,s 1857 ears. Advces from Northwestern
points were TO the effect that the movemcn
would continue TO he favorable with good
Weather. New York reported no acceptance
oil yesterdays cahlcd Offers and no bids today
At workable limit.
December opened iamsc lower at G6h 0G63s
declined to S5Ts. advanced 10 662sd6bla, thcr
reacted To GGiAnGGi, sellers the closing price
IA Improvement in the Weather and IN
creased offerings from the Interior caused m
easy feeling in corn. The decline In whea
WAS also consideration. There was consider
able selling of loug property and prices SUI
ttrcr slightly In consequence. Receipts 25i
cars.
Small receipts and good cash demand OIL
account Of the demuralizcd rail rates held oats
firm.
LIt' raj receipts of hogs and slight fallinJ
of IN the cash demand. together with the d..
cline IN grain. weakened provisions The
rrnge In lard and ribs was worry small.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow Wheat II
head.
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LOCAL TRADE REVIEW.
Office of The Post,

Office of The Post.
Houston, Friday, October Is.
All cotton seed products are Arm, with a
tendency toward higher prices, in spite OF
adverse shipping rates.
Messrs. Rubey and Berry OF the Houston
Horse. Mule and Livery company have lott
for st. Louis to purchase stock. They report
the local market for mules and farm stock as
active aud prices firm
Turkeys are in good request. while chickens
and other poultry are dull and weak.
Sugar is decidedly strong and an advance is
locked for
The Westman Produce company is in receipt
of a car of fine Michigan apples
At primary points hog products are weak
ard tending downward.
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1924, knight Of st. George s2o7 R.,-.. b
Wiidcroft 1915, Oakheid 2sS7. csoQ
Ramon de Larrinaga $685., Alds,esnS -
Marie 1878, Burton 5052. Eden Hail -
total. S2,15S. wv mexleon r
For Professionalism Chin, -.
Ethelhilda 4402, Yorkshire 7o;s M e ~
sgao' lreve'yan 3oo7, Benrath si7a; toi.I -
For other foreign ports--s,o.v I, . a.
ury 4914. Lady Joicey PASS. S avasn fho
tmcly $50. Elizabeth Rickmcrs SaS ~ ~ ~
6ss4. Birchfield 1850, Ormazon III = 1870 tAllo
1915 Elsie 900. Moonstone 100, Bishrs. Iasls
Eric s!s. sardonyx 1850; total. Si,ssi'
Star line 1925: total, 7l45. ''ns III -
Total on shipboard. lsi.5os bales
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Carload lots, job cars. from millers: dealers
charge from store 5(il0c more per 100 lbs on
brat. 2Q3c per bushe on oats and corn. and
l6Glac per 100 lbs on hay.
BRAN-b0c; corn bran, 60c per 100 lbs.
CHOPPED CORN--I0c per 100 lbs
CoRN--No > sacked. 3s6139c per hu
oArS-Texas, 262MS0c per bushel
WHEAT SiiORTS-7Oc per 100 ns
WHEAT SCREENINGS-65l 70c per tu.hel
f-Alfalfa, 81 O0Ils.00 per ton: timothy,
Sl3.00Mli00 South Texas prairie hay. St50I
600 North Texas, S9.00atO.O0
corr ON SEED PRODUCTS Meal and
rnkc. SIC 5OGlS,5o per ton; huls. si.So05 80 per
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Isou.ton spot Qnotntions.
Galveston Spots.
loscd steady and unchanged.


New OrIcnns SpOts.
The New Orleans spot market closed steady
as revised.
iuw oruinaty.... 2 l5-l6 Mddins.. Al
Ordinary 80. 7-l6 Good middllng 5-l6
Coco ordinary 4Is idllng fair. 90
Low n,duin.... ~ ~alcs ........,. 1880
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
. Less l.ls.
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Chicago. October q Butter-Msrket cas-
Ter; creamery ltGi2i dairy. i2Gls. Eggs
Firm fresh. i7ulIis. Cheese-steady at
former prices
New York, October IS. Eggs Receipts 5leG
Packages; hrmer; Western. sO,s,
81. Louis. October es--Butter- STEADY.
Is.
Kansas City October rs Ruttsr--is lower;
separator, 81; dairy, IS, Eggs- Steady; fresh
oandlod Missouri and Kansas stock. i5is.
cases returned.
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Chronicle wenthcr Reports.

Especial Dispatch to The P0st.J
New York October 2s--The Commercial ana
Financial Chronicle says: Our Geographic ad-
vices this evening indicate that the tempera-
ture has been lower at the South during the
week, with killing frost at many points The
precipitation has generally been light The
gathering OF the crop has made excellent
progress and cotton Is being freely marketed.
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~. Louis Grain md Provisions.

St Louis. October 2S-Flour Unchanged
Wheat-Lowff. No . red cash elevator. a.
m,lh' track; 10; to arrive December, Go9s,
May, @l4' No. hard cash, 6Gdt1 Corn
May, Bus Oats--Firm No cash, - bil:
track s6isI27; May. 2sls bid No white,
2tSsM2S- Ryc--Strong, 5lis. Faxseed High
Prime, 40 Cornmeal-Quict. i60fi Is.
Bran Easier; sacked east track ~ Hay
steady timothy, 6.00Wa,O0; prairie d00d7 90.
Quiet standard mess. iohbiug ISL Lard.
Lower; prime steam ATS, Dry salt meats
HoNoh shoulders 4.a5: extra short clear
shoulders. 4.'a extra short clear 5.6el3; clear
ribs 40 shorts. 1.S,is. Receipts Flour. 5000
barrels wheat, l2s,goo bushels; corn. $1,000
bushels; oats. 10000 bushels. Shlpments-
Flour, 900 barrels wheat 900 bushels.
corn 10000 bushels oats, 2OOo bushels
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GALVESTON.
NEW ORLEANS.

Market supplied with cattle and hogs; ~
stocked with calves sheep In demand.
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COFFEE.

New orleans October Is Coffee quiet; Rio,
ordinary 10 fair, sSsns7s.
NGw York October as-Cofiee Options
opened steady and unchanged. closed steady
A. net unchanged prices sales 1850 bags.
srot Rio dull and easy: No. 7, invoice 81
-, iobsing s'sIsN mild duh aud barely
stcady ccrdoya Sails
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The New York SPOT market closed dull an
unchanged
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.

Market July suppIleu WIN all Gill
cattle. Choice cornfed hogs In demand q
load lots of hogs can always be sold q 1
rival, at market prices.
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st. Louis. October 2s..-Cattle-.NNsSdoI: y
including 100 Texans; shipmssm;,asn ~ u
10 firm: fair to fancy native sn, SLY snd ~
port steers 4. 50d5. 5o dressed p scca nouptt =
steers 4.00g 10; steers under nj. "; "
and heifers s'o0aI so; Texas s nd 'u 81
s.75G5. IS: cows and heifers z ~ S.si, r. 4!
Receipts ZOO. shipments is y SS.tehsn
s4oaS so: packers s,4ogS; 70 .SSSssmsub 81
as. Sheep Receipts 23oo, 49, X. eulH II
steady: native muttons s.voSSs *: hntt
bucks =. 1908. so; stockers sspVe
6i. %. .l.a 3
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CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

CANNED FRuITs-Appies. s-lb. SOaS5c:
pinoApples Alb. cyeless aud coreless. u 500
1.G0. Tin extra grated, Sl.s0@l So; lib stand
ard Sliced, si2O; pears 2-t standard. 90c.
llnckherries. 2-,b standard. Coo: pie fruit =
ID. assorted. zoe; peaches. lib. full weight
Ni1; lib. light weight, sl.0O. pie peaches. 3,
H. Soc.
CANNED VEGETABLES-To matoes. 5-lb.
fuil weight. S5a90c; 2-ib, run weight. 65p70c;
okra and tomatoes. 2-lt, 9oc; lima beans, lib.
null weight, 90o, string beans lib. fun
weight, Doe; No | strngless beans. 2-lb,
fun weight. $780, red kidney beans 2-lo, full
weight, poe, marrowfat peas. lib. full weight,
Noe. early June peas. fancy, 2-b fun weight,
I.4O; American peit pois peas, 2-lb. full
weight, sl.5oatis5; asparagus California, ga
10. 500: corn. Auburn Cream. lib. full
weight, Si.l0@Ll5: No, /, lib full weight,
81 oFdi 10; Blue Ridge, 2-lb. S5a9Oc.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT--EXtra standard ?A-
IL peaches lemon cling. 81. 1907 20: yellow
Crawford, ti6S6il.25; black cherries, $ls5:
apricots, sl66al 20; Bartlett, pears. si,65dpl70;
assorted, $L45ul.50 Standard 2ls-lb peaches,
yellow Crawford. 81 5Oii.55; apricots, $1,000
l&. bartlett peat. sl.45ILSS.
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WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations arc FOR ,ess than carload lots
SreC8 rates on carloads.
BARRED WlRE-Glidden. GAL. $40 per 100
lbs; Npukegan. S2,ia.
WIRE NAILsRate. $3.50 per kcg; ad.
vapces. lOd, I'D and led, SC: 50 and "a, loo;
Cd and I'd. zoe: i'd and 3D. SOC; Sd. 46c: I'd. ,5c
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Nov York, October as,--rhe dry goods mar.
ket has shown better conditions under the
trfuenCe OF cooler weather than was the cas-.
eariier. There was IA marked gain In the num-
Der and extent OF mail orders. and buyers IN
the local market have been more numerous
The opening up OF certain fields in the South
by the freezing out Of the yellow fever has
helped the aggregate to a considerable extent.
N some quarters there has been a freer in.
uuiry Tor light weight wooden goods aud drest
goods. staple cottons are quiet and gener
ally without feature though tho colder wealth
ef ahc me print cloth market frmness tend te
better the attitude OF sellers
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APPLEs--Pcr barrel. siOOa42 20; California,
81 80 per box fancy Oregons, Sl.7o per box.
BANANAS-Per bunch. sl.7512oo. packed:
lcCse, 81 80
IEMONs-~C Choice $50; fancy, $500.
PEARS--Sl.00 per bushel
PEACHES basket crates 75c9sl.oo; fancy
2560c5, per peck box.
ORANGES California late Valencias $500.
CALIFORNIA FRutT--Grapes, biacR va
reties, $3.50 per crate; Tokay. siG0; pears.
s., 25G250 per box
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

Port Of Galveston, october IS.
ARRIVED.
SIS Colorado James Risk, New York.
CLEARED.
SIS Renrath. Benck, Havre.
SIS Nceto Uribarrl, Manchester.
IS Taunton, Page Hamburg.
SAILED.
SIS Hampstead. Bland, Liverpool.
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GALvEsT0N CoTToN REcEIprs

BY Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway.
a6.l bales; International and Great Northern
1853; Galveston Houston and Henderson. a75a.
missouri. Kansas and Texas, 2Saa: GaIyestor
La rcrte and Houston, 1904; sloop Witch 81
the Wave, q. Total. 1854 -
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soRomuM sEEp-sl l5al.eo per bush,
MONEY AND BANNING.

Exchange Is quoted as follows; New York.
huying. Sao0I2.So discount: selling New
YORK. St Louis and Kansas City. par 10 sl.0e
discount; New Orleans, buying $500 discount;
selling. par.
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b. W. Hunter 4 Co. say of today's cotton
market. Liverpoo's market this morning was
better than expected after our break OF yes
terday, spots were ia fair demand, prices
steady and futures steady at y to l-1i de
,line Trading was moderately active. aud
tho undertone to the market was good. Mid
ding fair was advanced l-32 New orleans
also advanced the high grades. marking them
lp a. Receipts were liberal ana weather
Auod Tho amount coming into sight for the
week was 5lS,3i5. against olD,bb0 Tor the same
week last year. nc total into sight since
SEPTEMBER J is now 1853 which IL $1,000
hai,s s,i.au ot the previous high record for
the S. 1000 crop. The largest amount coming
into sight ioT any one week last year Was
"a 900 bales. aud the record was made duT
INK the week ending November !, 1874. whcn
tUa 5,3 bales came into eight. Now that the
,tuarantnes are relaxed. the market Is east OF
ierings OF cotton Memphis was weak ana
Savannah declined l-lb. quoting mIddIlug
= i--io which is the first time that market
has changed IN two months. Our markets
ruled oul and steady all day witnin the mar
low range OF yesterday closing prices To
To the trading New orleans was inclined
to be ltttle weak around the opening. Jan
uary bel g offered freely for while at AS
and Mairh at ag5 which are botn NE low
reoorGs. March in New York sold a., $50.
which is II new loS record Gu that market
I ne market Is IN rut and the n"Nt 20 points
up or down Will depend entirely upon whether
weak longs are In the market ana VIII get
tired out and lqudatc OF whether there Is n
weak short interest which will try to cover,
being Disappointed at the resistance the mar
ksts make to this low level to their efforts
break IL,
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COTTON on suIppoApn

Cotton on shipboard, not cleared. Ar Calves.
ton today; sa' AZ "s''es-
For Great Britain Steamships Ernes,o an
o,'i' governor iois MARITIME 300 Barbadian
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ar,,iu a Richn. dson'- Circular.


II has often been currently reported of late
that the New York cotton market was
ebert one. and that that interest would Ia
covering at least maintain values. The buy
Ing for this account is now the sustaining
feature. Besrsh conditions still prevail. We
nave the effects OF Ncill's circular to be felt
latcr a large movement ilom the central
90, Were quaiant,nes nave been raised and
some large lots Of cotton 10 he moved In
icsas when the lover freight rates 30 into
efisc November :. On the other hand, the
bullSh copditions are apparentl, too fnr on
20 n.ip prizes materially. We all know that
large decrease In the acreage next spring ~
inevitable, and that this will he forced by the
money lenders. We also know that trade
ropnitons well warrant the spinner In paying
present prices for cotton and In many dts
ricts higher prices than arc now prevailing,
They don't take II as Wish they would,
simpy because they believe II will be hough,
lower.
me market has weak undcrtonc. and win
probably be forced some lower, hut In every
cluss from the spinner to the smallest oper-
ator, there will be some who will wait loo
long to get cotton on the bottom The amount
coming into sight for the week was 5iS,3,o
against 567.2i0 last week. $50 last year. We
are now 2si000 ahead of last year.
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Flnur-Steady.
WheaiNo spring 65m67i6; No spring
63n65'a No red. 6I0iGs
,Corn-No, .. a2,sds9A No. yellow. 32ha
No. , white 25MGt26k.
Rive No 2. 506t5l
Batisv-No. = 33Gf4s
FlaxsecdNo. I. %.
Timothy seed--Prime c3Ttb
Mess pork-pcr barrel. 7s0a5S5
ard-Per 800 pounds. iS5ali Siik
short ribs sldAs-Loosc ia1 I5.20
Dry sailed shoulders Boxed 4;sdtN
short clear sidcs Poxed. 5lOd5.20.
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AMMUNITioN-Powder per Key. a 0as,. %
blasting powder. sl.Ss per keg; drop shot. NJ,
sack. 81 .35, buck, SLIGO. 'e'
BACoN-Extra short clear. In sacks. s,.S,
essc, regulars. e&0.c; boxed &c hishas
smoked bellies, sA@so. New York salt briiies
sasc: breakfast bacon, s,sdSNc. 's''
BAGGlSG AND TlEs--Less than car ,o,.
ssashc. Ties, Arrow, 4h-ih. sac. $40
CANnY--stick, wrapped basis a. INN.
per In; special sizes, Nc higher. ~Se
C0FFEE-Rio and Cordova, lotaqioxc, TAI,
eisU9c. prime. sIsIsc; choice, Zoe; fsncv
liisGiiSc: peaberry. iiaiSc. Roasted co,..
ices: ArbuckIe's Ariosa. has,s 9th casss
lie delivered; sS-ib cases. II zoe te,lysrs:.
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u biu. sellers: , value.
New Orleans Futures.
Futures opened steady: at noon dull, quiet :;
CLOSED duh but steady.
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GRAIL" ond pro,irion~ nl.cwbcrc.

Kansas city October 2S.-~Wheat--lc lower:
No hard. q; No. ., 6li4Gl6S. No rcd Isl
No. Surfing, dlHGs. Corn Steady To lie
lower; No. mixed, 30ia, oats-.Stcady. NJ,
: white, g. Rye Steady to lower: No .
100, choice prairie, IO06f1,25 Recrlpts-
Wheat ~ o." bushels. corn. 1900 bushels
oats, 5000 bushels shipments Wheat, i6O,
bushels,
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n asked: b bid. n nominal.
New Work Futures.
Futures opencd quiet and steady at noon
dull closed quiet.
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The following are the clearances OF the
iouston banks for thu week thus far and for
no corresponding time last year. together
Llll ihn . % Z. 49,
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SATISFIED Information from the Exchanges
d United States and Europe.
The Range OF Prices In Narrow md
transactions Are Limited-New
Low Records Made.
ONCE Of The Post


Yt Houston. Friday OCTOBER -.
Tho range Of prices shows that there is lit
tie speculation in cotton. All life seems to
be out OF tho market. There is no snap or
Vim to trading and both sides appear to be
playing waiting game. expecting that the
lowest prices will soon be reached and an
opportunity offered for investment In futures.
New Orleans and Liverpool advanced prices
oa the higher grades otherwise all spot mar
kets closed without change
Liverpool futures closed l-6i down, New Or
leans unchanged to | point up and New York
unchanged to points up
Compared with last Friday New York Is
to lower and New Orleans 10 TO II down.
Port receipts we're 7o,iIa, against 52.SI2 last
year, aud Tor the week ,2o3 against 36e,9lo
last year.
houston expects 1000 to 225O0 tomorrow
against $685. last year and 1880 In 1894.
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Total sross rcceipts this year !. D55,ts4
Total met receipts this year .......... 3i2,a47
Total gross receipts snme time last yoar.. uuveI5
Total net recepus same time last wear -. 2Ig,a4O
Hh,Iu.ent xul ward this wseg ........ 1Ol,ilg
BhipmontA raj. 10 and via New Orleans. i4l7U
shjpu,outs 10 Japau s.....,....... 2OV5
I.s .l-se. =
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rnts nnd can. on Grnin.

Chicago adyices to h, W. Hunter & Co. ravc
puts on December wheat IS rs to ei% 10
81 rs, and calls 61h 66S., W
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Spots closed as revised sales 10000 Of
which aiO0 were American; Imports 1900 OF
which l6 400 were American.
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Beeves In liberal supply, SAFES siow' 4! w
weak, 3.5Of14.5O Cows and heliefs ~ Y
supply; prices weak and unchangsc; 49, ~
3.75. Yearlings. receipts liberal. ssgv. ~;
at S.00G3.5O; good to choice calves. ~ as.ts,S
prices weak. 9.00@11.00. Hogs ~ ms%sia
supply; prices firm and unchanSssa.. - n ~
supply in butchers hands; prices steaoy' ~
tons. 4.00Mi.5O.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-18
HILO PEOPLE WILL ASK FOR A
FRANCHISE.
Members of the House Give Notice of
Introducing Many Bills-But Little
Business Before the Senate.

Twelve Senators answered the roll
call this morning. a communication
was read informing the Senate of the
organization of the House.
Senator McCandless read a petition
from "a native named Palihea. The
petitioner stated that he was 20 years
of age; he rents piece of land in Pa
lolo Valley, for which he pays an AN
nual rental of $25; taxes had ac-
cumulated to the sum of $51.70. He
asked that the amount be remitted
Referred to Finance committee.
Senator Rice announced that Acts
1 and 2 were ready to pass first read
ing. Act /, appropriating $4,000 for
the expenses of the Legislature, pass
ed first reading; Act 2 was referred
to the Committee on Health and Edu.
cation. 1t reads as follows:
Section /. There shall be and there
hereby is appropriated from the Pub,
lie Treasury the sum of $j0,00000 foI
the purpose of erecting and building
school houses throughout the Repub.
lie.
Sec. 2. This amount shall be placed
in the Treasury on special deposit
subject to the order of the Minister
of Public Instruction.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect
from and after the date of it's publ
cation.
Senator McCandless was opposed tC
the bill, owing to lack of particulars
He was not in favor of .appropriatine
lump sums to be held as a special de
posit. The speaker said that the Leg
islature should not award money in
the dark, and, in his opinion, the Sen
ate could not act on the bill in It.
present form. The Senator added tina
both houses were disposed to do eve
rything possible to further education
in the Republic, but wished to be ell
lightened first. as to the manner II
which the money is to be expended
The Senator moved that the bill he re
ferred back to the Executive for par
ticulars. but withdrew his motion II
favor of Senator Warehouses;, which
referred it to the Committee OF
Health and Education.
Senator Holstein gave notice of hi
intention to introduce a bill relating
to wines and liquors of low alcoholic
strength.
Adjourned.