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STOCKS CLOSED LOWER.
Railroads We're Heavy, with the Buying
Demand Apparently Exhausted.
THE BULLS SOON BECAME DISCOURAGED
Bears Gained Control and Hammered
Prices Down to Their Liking DUR
ing the Entire Session.

New York, August 29-Prices In many
prominent railroad stocks show losses OF 81
per share and awards as a result of the days
| trading. There was disposition In the
early hours OF the dav to contest the de-
cline and the effort was assisted by several
strong features in the list. But the persistent
heaviness of railroad stocks and the mani
fest exhaustion of the buying demand dis
couraged the bulls and turned the scale In
favor of the bears. stocks in which manipu-
lation by pools has been recently evident
| showed a conspicuous lack of support. Con-
| spicuous in this class was Louisville ana
Nashville. Northern Pacific preferred. BATH
more and Ohio and Western Union. Several
of the minor stocks which have been under
recent naturalization also suffered severely
Some opposition to the early heaviness result
ed from the active demand for Republic steel
stocks on the strength of yesterdays deciara-
ton of a dividnd on the preferred STOCK ana
semi official intmations of very large earn
ings available for the common. The common
advanced at one time 2l9 and the preferred
points Steel and Wire was also marked up
on predictions that the listing committee VI
the stock exchange was disposed 70 auinlt II
to the listed department. THESE TWO factors
impaired frinness to the iron ana steer sroup
with the exception of Tennessee Coal ana
Iron and Colorado Fuel In the raI.roau
list there was demand for Kansas and Texas
preferred and gains showed by Wheeling ana
Lake Erie In the local traction STOCKS Brook,
Ign Transit was lifted quite agGressvely and
Metropolitan street Railway showed some
gains. The trading in Tobacco was heavy and
the stock showed some advance. But these
elements of strength were quite insufficient 70
induce a renewal of buying in the general
list on anv large scale and prices continued
to drift away under drihbling offerings
The declaration of per cent semi annual
dividend IN Union Pacific preferred stiffened
that stock and caused check to the down
ward movement. but when the bears per,
ceived the continued offerings they attacked
the market. making the closing active and
weak at about the lowest. The few Garner
gains were mostly wiped out. those remaining
being largely reduced.
The bond market was rather quiet and price
changes were irregular. Total sales. par value.
S1,4S0,000.
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CROP CONDITIONS.
Drouth Continues with Increased y,
verify In Texas md Other States.

.rOuth Continues with Increased Sc
verify In Texas md Other states.
Washington, August 29.--The following is
the weather bureaus summary OF crop con-
ditions;
While the drouth conditions reported at the
close OF the previous week have been relieved
locally in the South Atlantic States. drouth
continues with increased severity in Texas.
Oklahoma. Southern Missouri and rain Ia
much needed IN the Ohio valley.
Favorable weather conditions prevailed in
Iowa. North Missouri and Kansas. The con-
dition OF corn IN the States OF the Central
Mississippi and Ohio valley Is less satisfactory
than nj the close OF the previous week, ow-
ing TO continued absence OF moisture. which
weather conditions In the Middle Atlantic
States have been more favorable and gem.
orally the crop reports Indicate that the crop
has made rapid advancement toward ma
turity.
While reports OF rust and shedding In cot
ton are somewhat less numerous In the east
ern portion OF the cotton belt In the Central
and Western districts the reports OF rust ana
shedding continued undiminished premature
openinE being quite generally reported In the
last named districts where there rs quite
general deterioration In the condition OF the
crop.
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sHERrFFs' DEPARTMENT.

La Grange. Texas. Angus, o y
wants the following described 4. I ~
horse, is hands high. year. w, name
PAGER, has star in face tn,n .r,dsr' 4
tail. branded T C on right sno "n,,ne 7
Connected below T? Any one wsS rsr,:
horse notify N. Cole, MulGoo aa,,s ~
August Loessin, sherin rss ~
Texas.
Stolen on August "a, 1899, n0n ~
beck, Texas, one sorrel no.'1 b.,sndSl
hands high, 4 or 5 years o. ~ u
on left shoulder, both nina e II
collar marks on neck. VIII ~, MAT
for horse or s25 for horse an i,imA1
tify ]. b. Gresham, snenA
county, Texas.
'strayed or stolen from nv w, ons nv
2715 Providence street. clls' I, AZ hands n
10 or ii years old. 70 or = vsrd
branded 80 on shoulder; - rev. W M
Strayed or stolen from I. ~ 81 dun n
Richmond. Texas. two sor.ss a Sish. IN
4 years old. 1s1s or Il haac es brov1 n
Y, fresh reached; also onv , I ran
1917 or IA hands high. ap rdsrscp. =
Liberal reward. A, =.
Harris county. Texas.
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Grnin nniI Proyinions Elsc,,hcre.

Kansas CITY, Aug. 29.-Wheat-Sept G8is:
December 6GM cash No. hard 64aD6iiA: No
IL 6lMm6sls. No. . red 60, Corn--september
2,M December 2iis; cash No. . mixed 20: No
IL white 29is. onts-No. white 2eGt2s. Re-
Shipments-wh 29,i0O; corn 2l.i0o; oats
5000.
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RELIGIOUS
Red Oak Presbytery.

Waxahachie, Texas, August ST
Oak presbytery met at Forreslon
with delegates in attendance iloH
Worth to Grandview on one po..s
and from Cleburne to this Cly = }
other. The presbytery was caileo p.' Y
by Moderator Kennon. Inc ssss"
last three days.
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CoIored Baptists.

Denison, Texas. August 2s'--in' "
Northwestern Baptist Sunday scnou
vention was called to order ~ =
teenth annual session by lne fnslsr,1
Rev. f. G. Davis, this morning. ~ 4
are arriving on every tram anu rsst
vention promises to be Inc
held in the State.
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damage reports we're renewed. and the mar
ket rallied quite sharply. The weekly govern
ment crop report added to the flrmer feeling.
The upward movement was arrested, however,
by continued heavy receipts at the ports, In
contrast With the small sales Of spot cotton
at Liverpool. while private cables reported an
unsettled feeling in the cotton trade, owing
to contradictory advices from this side. During
tho afternoon the market was quite nervous
lnd gave way under a bear raid just before
the close, finishing barely steady at Z to 5
poiflts decline
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BUSINESS MATTERS.
New Partner-,,,

'pus onris'r' Texas, August ga big
.aAa transaction took place here yes
!, LAY when the large hardware firm Of
~ y :. Gussett dissolved and a partner
sn.p was effected between John II RIunt-
x xensa randolph Robertson and H. r Ste
p. nh, the firm name to be Bluntyer
m mosertson Go: This is one Of The
in sont sn.ensiye hardware establishments
as tb the Iexas, formerly being known
90 'he u 3. Mitchell company. =
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1870 suddenly.

Lake Charles, La. Aue y ~ 1
snyder, well known carps y Wv
denly at his home IN .p's s..yy ~
wife was aroused BY his as y 3
and arose TO invest sa lady depd' 4
feetion Of the heart was !, - ~ N -
death. He leaves wy" & ~
tiers to mourn his 1893 4
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New Orleans, August 29.-W. II. Bachelor
Co., Ltd, say OF cotton: Heavy receipts
are having their influence. Tho market open
ed at a decline of TO points this morning,
,eacting later on shorts covering and some
outside buying, and closing at the level es-
tablished There was nothing new to report
Ia the weather department. excepting that
the recent rains in the Atlantic States seem
to have improved the condition somewhat but
rs yet no rains of Importance nave fallen IN
Texas, and the practical destruction OF the
crop there has been confirmed. In our .Judg
ment, profitable trading may be INDUCED In
IN cotton by buying on any extreme recession
The weekly weather bureau report presented
a most depressing account OF the situation in
the cotton belt--in fact, conditions icouln not
be worse-~but this announcement did not dis
tprb the beare. who feel fortified becnuse OF
the excessively heavy movement, OF which
they expect continuance during September.
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rempie Firm TO Con.oIidate.

iempie' Texas. August 2S.--The hard
T rase hrms Of 7. L. Hollingsworth and the
.smpie Hardware company are to be con-
soliaa'ed about September /. The Temple
~ ai g" company will move It's stock
vii, 'no hoillngsworth stand and the two
s wnr use IN connection with the present emf
be kent e denton stand Shelf goods will
= Asp' IN the Denton stand ana line
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weakness was shown BY wheat at the one

slons closed unchanged to 2tsc lower.
Weakness was shown by wheat ut the open.
ing OF trading. Liverpool reported decline
OF I'D. while the Northwest adyices told o.
perfect weather for harvesting operations. and
also said that new wheat would move freel,
from now on. Longs were the principal sell
ers. They were apparently afraid of theii
position under the favorable crop conditions
and liquidation from that source forced prices
downward slightly from the opening decline
The break in prices was taken advantage OF
by shorts. who covered quite freely. anu !
slow recovery in prices ensued. the advance
bringing both the September and December
options fairly within yesterdays closing
prices. An interval OF extreme dizziness fol,
lowed and prices for an hour or more varied
but little. The general tendency was in the
main downward, the speculative market bein;
influenced to a certain degree by the carly
slack cash demand.
The weakness became moro pronounced In
the afternoon. though the declines were small
on account of the lack of trading either way.
The Northwest was weaker than the local
market and selling came from that dlrec-
ton. Late In the session the market was m
fluenced nv the Hungarian minister 3 estimate
of the wheat crop putting the amount at
nearly 10000. 900 bushels under requirements.
fair amount of buying followed this an
nouncement and best prices Of the daN were
reached There were plenty of holders VIII
Inc to Dart Win IntlT WHEAT at luz any,
and the close found the market steady. nut on
n slight downward turn
Bradstreet's estimated the worlds visible
decrease at .os2. 600 bushels. about what was
expected. Minneapolis aud Duluth receipts
were ISL cars and Chicago received W cars
The primary receipts were 6o60oO bushels
The Atlantic port clearances OF wheat ana
-four amounted 10 2Ss,000 bushels. The cash
demand here was slow and offerings generally
freer. New York nut the export engage
meuts at twenty Ave loads. September opened
iic lower at G9ai n697s. 1t declined TO 699s
during the frat hour, sold as high as 70ls
and closed at TO- December opened hMSse
lower. at TissG7l%: it declined to 7lis and
reacted TO T21s@72h, closing at 7295
Corn was irregular, September was weak
carly. with wheat. and on the more liberal
country offerings, but it rallied later and
closed about steady Receipts 9iS cars.
Oats in the main followed corn. September
was weak early. but recovered partly and
closed fairly steady.
Provisions were steady, most of the day.
Weakness whs shown at the opening In SYM
pathv with the grain market The close was
steady. September pork unchanged: lard 21Ec
lower and ribs 2i5c lower.
Estimated receipts Wednesday: Wheat. corn
and oats no estimates compiled: hogs, 2i,0J0.
he leading futures ranged as follows.
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LEES l-1s.
FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

Paris August 29.-Three per cent rentes 1901
35c for the account. t
New York, August 29.-The Commercial Ad-
yertiser's London financial cablegram says:
The markets here today were idle and de-
pressed on serious Transvaal apprchensions.
Americans opened under parity and were duh
and weak. The close was heavy at the bot
TOM
New York. August 2s.--Bank clearlngs today
$40, 900, 446; balances sS976,S35.
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ST. LOUIS

ST Louis. August 29.-Cattle-Receipts 5eoo.
including 1000 Texans; native shipping and
25G5.75; steers under 1000 pounds l5oSs u.
stockers and feeders 2.5O@5 90; COWS and heif,
er So 2;roa515; Gamers 1902. 75 bulls 500
5.Vv' Iexas and Indian steers 8 65@5 0O COWS
ana helfers 2.5OG3. 20. Hogs-Receipts 5000.
&c hi. higher; pigs and lights 4.7O64 90: packers
4.6Oa4 So; butchers 47014 So. SheepNRe-
CENTS 24oo; strong: native muttons 3. 1904 ~.
h,n COG oo stockers s.oO@3 60; cuis and
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Stock Sold.

Sinner, Texas. August oh. Grams
dealer in staple and fancy groceries
his stock to w. Wendtland & Co. O
place; consideration 1927. Messrs' We
land & Co. will continue the business ]
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SUGAR.

refined quiet Susa'-faw steady:
ce MeW orleans. August %, Sugar steady.
dull; centrifugal 6ai4 -'sw41s. Moiasses
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CATTLE DELIVERY

sale Messrs. Pope e. Carrineton frnm, tha;n
pasture at this place. delivered yesterday 70
MT. Mccormick 457 head of fat cattle. One
YOKE OF steers, raised in Leon county and kent
on hatiVe grasses. weighed 300 pounds
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BUTTER AND EGGS.

n Kansas City, August 2o.-Eggs Arm: fresh
i missouri ana Kansas firsts. cases returned,
.Shlcago August 29.-Butter firm. creamorv
tES1sgS. dairy 13MT Cheese firm. 9gG1eH
New York. August % Foe
l9.2si packages; Western ungraded dSa neceipts
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New York. AUGUST 20 Money on call ma
e cent, prime mercantile paper 4KG5 per cent MT
Il, hans shen h,, easier with actual bushes,
anu at a;sshai 49, for sixty days; nosta,
rates 4.s6mi slh. Commercial bills son
si,sdr oer dd,s sghso bar silver SsS
regular '1'"oau ponds IT.
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New york, August 2e.--Ths speculative
movement In cctton today was quite brisk,
with tho course Of the market variable. aftor
opening at decline Of to points. the open
Ing prices being the lowest OF the day. The
early weakness was due TO unsatisfactory ca
however. thirty-one places In Texas reported
clear, warm weather. with no rains. Crop
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of paints. oils, wall paper etc, WI /,
added. The Denton dry goods stocl Y
be moved to the store now occupied d
Temple Hardware company.
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PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.

Fort Worth, Texas, August 29.-J E. Greer
OF Chicago has just bought from Wiiliam
Featherstone, his partner, his interest in 1000
cattle and about 10000 acres of land in Clay
county: The amount is said to have been
ABOUT 100000. The transaction was brought
about by litigation between the two men,
Greer suing his partner to force the payment
OF the firms Indebtedness Judge Mccormick
membership of copartnership had right to
force settlement of company liabilities. The
circles. AZ iesai
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COFFEE.

unc sw 1STk; August 2s.-coifee closed quiet
oass' spot coffee. Rio dull; mild auiet iS''oo
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KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City, August 9.-cattle-Recepts
i 200 natives and 1000 Texans good demand
for all descriptions at unchanged prices: n
few punches of indifferent quality shade
lower; heavy native steers 55OG6.15; light
weights 5.1O9575: stockers and feeders 00p
ners 2.4on3 10; Western steers 4.00GI5. SIS; Tex
ans S.2oG3.9o. Hogs-Receipts IL 400; trade
active; a few lunches of light weights a shade
,5Oa4 SPY; light 4.55d4 rs: pigs 4 15m4. 30.
sheep-Receipts $40; supply consisted largely
oil Western grassers: market active and
STEADY; lambs 4.75d5 40; muttons 8 SOD4 90;
stockers and feeders 3.15Gl3 10; culls . 5O0l3 %
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Low middllne. s 1915 MlddlInk faif. -.T
M,ddlinE.........6N Sales ..........7b
Liverpool--spots closed steady and un-
changed; sales 6000 imports 5000.
Ordinary. Middline .......3 ole
Good ordinary...3 3-16 Good middling..3 13-16
Low middiinE. .aM Middling fair. AZ
Quotations for middling ut other spot mar
xefe together with the sales:
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in THE COTTON MARKETS
Satisfied Information Iron the Leading
Exchanges Of the World.
MARKET WAS DULL AND INDIFFERENT
Futures Ranged within Narrow
Observation-Disclosures Spots lie Down.
other Markets Unchanged.
Office Of The Post,

HOUSTON, TUESDAY, August 81.
TO take today's cotton market as criterion,
one would judge the season to be midsummer
II was dull AID Indifferent In the extreme, and
fluctuations were confined TO narrow mar
gin.
Both the bulls and bears have become dis
gusted with the situation and can do nothing
but await the outcome Of the existing crop
conditions few OF the former continue to
buy on reports of the unbroken drouth, while
the latter hammer down prices on predictions
Of rain and the heavy receipts Of cotton
Liverpool has heard the cry OF wolf" so
much that they pay but little attention to re-
ports OF crop shortage, and in the face OF
almost unprecedented early receipts will not
he convinced that thore has been material
damage done; and not until the crop has been
practically marketed, or the receipts being to
diminish. will they acknowledge the corn
prominent jobber and cotton factor. speak
ing of the situation said; III the producers
would hold back half of their crop this season
md not food the market with cotton. they
would receive at least cents for the portion
reserved AS viii he the case. they will sell
their entire crop at the present or lower quo
tatIons, and after receipts being to lall off and
the shortage is fully recognized prices will 70
'' ,,,. ~. a.. ta.,,,,,,, atrca,,, ARA
is no uoupt that the "au'dho iue'ui uo"'
amounts to % or so per cent and may reach
a higher mark. Rains in many portions of the
state now would pave most disastrous, and in
but few sections would they be of benefit
There was no selling today. The trading
done was buying by Price and lde, who took
quite a lot at the lowest price Of the day.
Liverpool. however. was a moderate seller,
with only few scattered buyers.
Tho government report was decidedly I'M
.,, ,r- ,,s.o, hn, dr,.. ,,inde In
idNoF"p'e' iVN"" rep"'t'" NV Wy Minus 80
the northern portion drouth getting severe
generally; cotton opeuiug rapidly and prema-
,,,rot,. ,,,r, .hed5,r,g an bioon,y and vo,,up
''.e'S' pan go
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Quotations Are for Round Lots OF
stnpIe Com Oddities.

These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can he relied upon. The prices are
those ruling in Houston Wholesale markets.
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HOUSTON BANK cLEARrNos.

Following arc the clearances OF the Houston
banks for the week thus far ana for the corre-
spouring time last year. together with the In
crease or decreases
This year. Last year. Increase.
Monday ......... 99S,772 649,251 Slg,azi
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discount In the open market for short bills
az per cent: for three months bills aMd3 sic
per cent
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London ConsoIs.

London. August 2s.-consols for monsv
lce' for the account lo5,s Bar silver du,,
2lxd. Money lhalx Der cent ns.. -.
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Now York nry Goons.

New York. August 2s-staple cotton goods
are strong There is fuller demand than
sellers can meet and prices are steadily tend
ing upward Print cloths firm for regulars.
but no demand. Wide goods scarce aud against
buyers, The demand for prints is improving
Mems wear worsteds strong and frequently s
per cent higher z
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GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.

BY Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe railway,
25Si bales. by International and Great North
crn. 1888 bales; by Galveston. Houston and
Henderson. 800 bales; by Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, i0l bales; by Galveston, Houston
and Northern. III bales. total. 1896 bales.
COTTON ON sHIPBoARp
For Liverpool--Ss Vala, 200 bales; SIS Elec-
trican. 1850 bales
For Hayre-Ss Rioiano 500 bales.
For Brcmen--Ss Elizabeth Rickmers. 1861
bales.
For Hamburg--ss Aldgate. 1926: SIS Adalia.
400.
For Rotterdam-ss Eric, 1906 bales.
For Antwerp--sss Breckheld. 1906 bales
For New York--Malory line. 2f90 bales.
Total on shipboard, ll,Sii bales.
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st. Louis August 29.--Wheat-No. 2, cash
and Septembe~ 69ts, December I29s; May 76h;
No. hard 6Sd6Sis. CornNo. ?. cash 3Oie:
September 9OAnSol4; December q; May 272i.
May %: No . white 26927 Pork firm, 300.
ard higher; prime steam 5.l2h; choice 5l7ls
Eggs steady. u. Timothy seed firm: prime
245; ordinary 2.1502. %. Corn meal steady
:.75ai So Bran irmer, sacked, east track
5sG5Sis. Hay quiet; timothy 7.0OGS TO- prai-
lie 6.00d7 so. Whisky steady, 1876 Cotton
Ties steady, Lis, Hemp Irvine steady o. Bag
ging steady. 6d6A. Dry salt meats firm;
boxed shoulders 5,25: extra short clear 537la:
clear ribs 8 30; clear sides 5.62M Bacon firm;
boxed shoulders $50; extra short clear 5S7is;
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Tuesday -. :. 1,2Os,755 1.11s,oos
CHICAGO

CHICAGO
Chicago. August 29.-rhere was the usual
dull tuesday trade in cattle. There was a
fair demand for matured cattle, but others
were slow at easy prices. Good to choice
cattle sold at 5.65dG.6o; commoner grades 400
co. stockers and feeders 3.3514 80: bulls.
cows and hefers 2.0OG5. Is; Texas steers 3.3O1
%; calves 4.0Od7.25.
Offerings of hogs were light, and with a
strong general demand prices were 2lsa5c
higher for desirable offerings. Heavy nogs
A. 5g4 92l2; pigs brought S.50a4. 60 and culls
2.00m3. 95.
Sheep and lambs were strong on light re-
ceipts and better demand; sheep sold at 200
@ooo for common up to 4.25 for prime native
wethers. Western range sheep brought 3 5OGO
AS; lambs sold at 3.507575
Reeeipts--Cattle $500. hogs Is. 900. sheep 5000.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port of Galveston. August 70

Port of Galveston, August 20
ARRIVED.
SIS Truma fBr.l. Havana
SIS Germania (flr.). RIO de Janeiro.
SIS Adala OBJ. Cardiff.
SIS Elric lBr.). St Vincent.
SAILED.
SIS Pensacola (Aml. for Pensacola.
SIS Gylicr (Nor), Cuban ports.
So Elizabeth Rickmers tGer.), Bremen.
SIS Aldgate tBr.). Hamburg.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Averaged Weak, but Closed al I'm
changed Prices.
CORN AND OATsLoST l-Sc FOR SEPTEMBER
Provisions Were stendy, September
Pork Unchanged and lard and
Ribs 2 1-2c Lower.

Chicago. August 2s.-wheat averaged weak
today. but closed at substantially unchanged
prices Expectations of increased Northwest
receipts were stu affecting the bulls. but
shorts were disposed to take profits. Other
markets were uninterestlng. Corn closed hc
lower for September and unchanged for De-
cember Oats declined &c in September. but
closed a shade higher for December. Provi-
slons closed unchanged to 2tsc lower.
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WIRE AND NAILS.

wIRE--Galvanized Glidden, 1885; wauke-
gan. 1895.
NAILs-s3 20 base. Advances for common
over base: I'd 70., Sd, 45c; I'D and sd. soc; cd,
zoe; 3d. 10c; 10d and 16d, SC. Quotations are
Tor less than car lots.