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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21
vioie,t.s Circular.

New York. March 20. Atwood Violet &
Co say Of the situation in cotton
The business to-day was Of unusual vol
ume saics being estimated at 100000 bales,
The opening did not indicate what subss-
auently took plaee-namely, simultaneous
and enormous liquidation. The horrible wire
service OF the South largely contributed 10
the decentralization here. The giraffe course
OF some Of the trust ntocks-S Sugar Tobacco.
etc,--togethCr with higher money rates.
brought some liquidation in that quarter In
the general stock market. and caused stock
houses TO sell out their cotton interests 10
a great extent orders from that source
seemed to arrive at the Cotton Exchange a,
time when the market was weakest
August sold al ass and May al 5.Sl a de-
cline OF " and n Points respectively from
the opening to-day. Inc recovery later was
due to shorts covering and some new buying
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GALVESTON STOCK.
coMMERcIAL nRInrs.

Paris, March 90 Three per cent rentes 1927
i2isc for the account
New York. March %, Bank clearings sos
l0A.SAS; balances &io9,eSS
New York, March % Total sales stocks to-
d-y were sos 600, including Atchison pre-
t-ircd q 20; Burlington 5i,515. Manhattan
IS go
New York. March 60 The Commercial Ad-
vertsers London financial cahleeram says
The markets here were idle today, waiting
kaFtefn holidays. from Friday to Tuesday.
Americans followed New York layishly.
ondon, March 9o.Consos for money iiC
1-le Tor the account no 9-is: bar silver
q N-i6d money 2ian2s, per cent. Rates fot
liscount in the open market for short and
three months bills 90 per cent
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81. Louis Grain and provi.ions.

81. Louis March % -Flour-steady better
inquiry patsnts; 3.40a3,60 straights Sl9dS.2S.
clear 2.T5d300. Wheat-Firmer; No. red.
cash. elevator, TO- track 7lG713s March 70A
May 70 asked, July GAYS; No. 2 hard 6ig6e.
Curn--Easy No. 2 cash SO, track "a, March
81, May S2la; July 33ls. oats--Dui, No, ?
each 27ia track 2s March 27ls. May q bid,
No. white 300 y, Rye Firm; So Flax
seed nominally firm 1i3 Cornmeal--1. 7SdiS0,
bran Arm So Hay steady TO strong, timothy
. 20, prairie 650ds CO. Whskey-steady 1.2e.
Cotton ties rs, bagging 5lRQ6h. Pork Firm
standard mess iobbing now. 9l2ta; old s.t2is
Dry salt meats-Boxed shoulders 425. extra
shorts { 70; ribs 4S7I,; shorts 100. Bacon
Boxed, shoulders 100, extra shorts 526; ribs
o,sl ,Recsipts-Flo9r 81, u'oeo, wheat loo.
5000. Mheai 20. 600: corn 30. 700. oats 10000.
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The Rice Market.

Dan Talmages SONS Co. Of New York say
OF the rice market;
The demand in both domestic and foreign
shows marked Increase: the total movement
quito an item ahead OF any previous week
tue current season. In the enlarged volume
foreign was the gainer due to modified values
o. the high grade Java enabling II to COM
II and patronage from the far West and other
uearer points heretofore exclusively occupied
by Japan. There appears to he growing
d spostion on the part Of the trade TO al
NeTsIfy holdings. as by variety there is a les
seting OF tho deadly parallel of conpct-
ton incident 70 uniformity IN style ana price.
Adyices from the South note good demand
AZ all points, with steadily hardening values
Tie ultra conservative claim thai there IS
very considerable quantity Of rice lying ar0unn
the Southwest, on plantatioua aud In the
hands Of local mlllers and traders, There L.
little doubt that the amount ~ stable hut
reckoning from comparative point Of vic"
IL is really small being totally Inadequate to
meet forward requirements. While the for
ward supply is still an unknown quauuiy, all
evidences hetokeu the nearing Of tho end AM
confidence Is unhouuded. manifested 10 an
eminent degree especially in some who refuse
II place any value upon their holdings, Pre-
dieting that early summer viii bring fancy
+ figures. far above those now current Cables
and correspondence from abroad note free
movement. firm prices and further advsncvs
imminent. While the amount ou passage has
increased, the stocks az all points are light
and the two combined deemed scanty ~
against the usual spring call the apprecia-
ticr NJ this fart being evidenced by the gen
eisl anticipation Of wants.
TslmaEe. New Orleans. teeeFaphs Louisiana
crop movement 10 date Heceipts, rough,
e6s3s5 sacks last year Inclusive NJ amount
carried over 1885 saokF. Sales cleaned
test. 161,lis barrels last year 100 1875 barrels
Good demand. market firm and NC advanced
or ordinary 70 fair.
Taimsge. Charleston, telegraphs Carolina
crop movement to date; Receintr, cleaned.
IS, scs barrels Sales 29aso barrels Market
sctlve and advanced fun nc on prime Ia
choice grades.
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A BUSINESS BAROMETER
Prices Of Commodities and an Index to the
Conditions Existing In the Markets.
COFFEE MARKET WAS RATHER ERRATlc
seller, Are piscountina Prices-TaI-
mnge reviews the Rice Market
Trade Notes.
onies Of me Post.
Houston. Monday, March 20.
- ~. -nnri.aA Ia Attract

Houston Monday, Aartn ~
Ar,orr iobbers the coffee market Is attrset-
,nx attention. Coffee never before was cheap
or. vet al the same time holders expect an
advance Following IL the New York Finan-
elal Chronicles review
Esrly in ths week there was stronger
turn i, the market for Brazil grades Of COT
fse. based on sudden rise of 1870 IN me
rate Of sterling exchange at Rio. UNDERSTOOD
n he due TO the successful associations Of
tie provincial loan 10 san Psulo OF .oo9PVo
rounds. Subsequently. however the advance
81 sterling exchange was lost and the mar
let for coffee turned easier, losing all OF the
siiyance The upward turn 10 values eNper-
fenced during tbs first half Of the week
stimulated the demand to some extents aud
Included in the business transacted was
fai; limo of RIO No. for March April ShiP7
ment from Brazil at oslo. cost ana treieht.
Al the close there were sellers az TINS hgufe,
but demand had subsidized aud the nehA pin
buyers would make was 5s.c cost and freisnt
for Rio No = The movement Of the crop
has continued on a liberal scale. and tnis, 10
rether with the large supplies OF conee IN
sight makes many Of the trade chary ABOUT
purchasing supplies with any show OF iree-
Gom. despite the fact that the prices rui i
arc low Rio No. : on the spot sold VI S-loc'
tut the close was quiet at 3-l6c. The mar
ket for West india growths has shown
steady tone In a quiet way Jobbers nave
been purchasing moderate supplies. import
tTs have fairly full stocks on hand, but they
have shown no disposition to hurry sales. de,
clining 10 trade unless they obtain iuil
values closing AZ Sc for fair Cucuta. East
India growths have heen firmly held for de-
rifabe grades
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APPLEs-Tanay eyaporated s0-lb boxes
9Nc; lib cartons 1Ol2c; choice eyaporsted IN
bulk. 50-b 9lie; fancy sliced, in 59-ib boxes,
ArRICoTs--i3o per ID lsoss 1S,zc in lilo
cartons
CITRON-tn i0-lb boxes, i5c.
CuRRANTS-In bbls &C. 25-lb boxes, Glenn
Cd. bulk Iikc; lib cartons Sc.
PEACHES Eyaporatcd, uupeeled, l0nllr,
RAISINS- California. 3.crovn l.. l.. boxes,
81 60; !, box L. J.. raisins 6GI65c; 2-crown l..
N raislns. sob boxes, &c; S-crowu l.. NJ.
raisins 51-lb boxes &c.
FHuNES-Calforna 50-60s &c; 6o-I0s &c,
70 SOS csc: sO-e0S 6c 90-l00s ism5isc.
Napier i2lkc. walnuts liaI2c peanuts 5n5Ac;
almonds. Taragona, i6c per ID. IN sacks; pc
cans 3d6c Italian chestnuts Toe per ID.
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Total .....................
Houston spot Quotations.
Spots closed easy. 1-16c down; sales, 5ss.
other SPOT Markets.

Gaivestou-spots closed lis lower.
Low ordinary. 4gs Middling .,...6 lis
Ordinary. ....4 Ills Coed middliug..e 9-16
Good ordinary. . 3-l6 Middling fair...f
Low middling g 9-l6 Salas ..........l45o
New orleans-spots closed dull 4 lower.
Low ordinary. .3A Middlng ....; 9 ILLS
Ordinary. ..'..A Good midding.G 5-16
Good ordinary 9-1s Middling fair. & 1915
Low middling.. D Sales ..-.......fi5O
New York-spots closed quiet, y lower.
Good ordinary. 5is Good middling..6 9-16
Low middling..6s. Middlng fair.T 1-l6
Middling. .......6 3-1s Sales .2526
Iverpoo-Spots closed unchanged; sales
10000 OF which 1900 were American; imports
1000. OF which none were American.
Ordinary. .....2 1916 Mid upland .5ss
Good ordinary. 3 Good mid up. g a-ls
Low middling 3 SIS Amer. mid. fair.3 1859
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a Revolution ESrected when the
Treaty Is Ratified.

Treaty Is Ratified.
Rome, March 2O.-The opinione revives
the story that Don Carlos, the Spanish pre-
tender. has secured advances of several
millions from English and French bank
ers and will soon enter Spain, Tho pre-
else date is deferred until the ratihcations
of the treaty OF peace between Spain aud
the United States have been exchanged
but according to the opinione the Carlists
and Spanish republicans win start a reyo-
luton Immediately after the exchange is
made
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Poultry is In good demand at full prices.
Lemons are sS75a4oO, with the market
supplied
Potatoes. owing 10 HEAVY receipts. are
quoted at eoa95o
Eggs are still steady AZ sdec, but indications
are that the market Will improve shortly.
The market in apples has been practically
bare for the past two weeks but arrivals
O. fancy New Yorks have put the market az
5000 for the barrel, packed.
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SUGAR.

New York. March 2o-susar-Raw barely
steady; fair refining SSs centrifugal. a6 test
rs molasses sugar 3% refined easter. No.
II. ~; No. Is, 1-lSi No, IA, 1t-l6; Mould
New Orleans. March 20 --sugar-open ket-
lie Sdi open kettle centrifugal 3 a-l6d4 1-f6.
centrifugal yellows i-16q4a4 seconds S-iG
SIS Molasses strong; centrifugal 7a1s.
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Cnrioad lots. G. b. chrs from millets deal
ers charge from store 51iec more per 100 lbs
m bran fdSc Per hushel on oatE aud corn.
and inni5c rer loo lbs on hay.
FRANTIC corn bran 67izc per ion lbs.
CHOPPED CORN s00S9c per 100 lbs
CORN No o sacted 5c per hu
OATS Texas 2tdG6c per bu
NlLLET sgED-15c
SORGHUM per hushel
WHEAT SHORTS Sac per 100 lbs
WHEAT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES per hi
EAY-Alfalfa Sl2 OOdl8.5O per ton timothy
Sl2 50dl9 50: South Texas prairie hay Sb.00a
M North Tons So OoMl0 90.
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iette grade, quarters. sli.aoi fancy sprats.
quarters $3.50.
srARcH- Standard goods: Pearl IN io-lb
100 packages per box, 81 so: corn starch. 5hc
rer ID, % and 40-ib boxes.
SUGAR Quotations are for small lots:
sptcial prices given on carload ordsre. Stand
ara granulated 7-16c; cubes and powdered.
4 lf-l6c, LoupAana yellow clarified fancy,
d5isc; choice, A~Tf7sc; Ar5ucklo's In lib
ard d-lb packages. 5ssc,
PRODUCE.
BEANs-Nsvy sqsLc Bayou 3iso; Ems.
lish dried PIC; pinks 3iac, Linas ave black
cycs &c.
BUTrER-Blue star 2sc. dairy iedl7c; FL
git creamery 2512sc; Elgin dairy bricks 1Tizc
oisonargarlne. solids. l2alac, prints ladl4c.
special Blue star lie Texas country butter DC.
CABBAGE--Sc per H.
CHEESE New York fpl cream 1alsc: VIE
cousn full cream isMi3Nc, Young America
i+Gi4i4o Western skim 14ci fancy rolls full
cream liHi4isc.
EGGSs-TeNag. Sc per d1zen.
hRAIiT-- 50 Is in half hbls.
ONIONS 4 ~ 62c per h
PEPrER-Chile 151i7o per lb' black sinss-
rNr 1sc.
POTATOES Eating aaGesc per bushsl.
SEED POTAT OES-- Eariy Rose genuine
northern $3.sfFig15 per II peck hhs. Peerless
lnph IL sacks, Ms per hushel.
POULTRY Hens. $500 90; flyers 81 261
$50: broiiers. SiTa62no Turkeys, hens. $50
Tiho1. gnbhlsrs Sie000i4.00 per dozen, ao-
cnrtIng TO pizo and quality Ducks S29e1
$50. Geese SiSe0s.oo, full featherod
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
'Less 10.
New York Mnnev.

New York, March 20 Money Oh call easy
4p' Per cent last loan at per cent prime
mercantile paper S%Q4h per cent sterling
sNchange steady. with actual business Ia
bankers bills at 4s514G4 s5ls for demand and
s2i4G s3lz for SO DAYS posted rates 4S4d
s4is and 4ssa4 ssla commercial bills 4s2is
silver certificates nominsliy 60Q60ip: bar sill
yer 5aA Mexican dollars 47s. Government
bonds strong.
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ST. Louis. March 20,-Cattle-Recel Pt I, \
Including 20 Texans; market STEADY. IA
fancy native shipping and export stee .' ID
80; dressed beef and butchers ste =, ID
As steers under 1000 pounds 3. ont,ws. Il
crs and feed s.354470; cows and he ps q r
40: Texas and Indian steers 1870 81.
top price paid for premium cattle llv vs Z
Worth fat stock shows. Hogs ReeesIgs XXI
market sc lower; pigs and lights s''{
packers 370G3, so; butchers S.S0q3s.T IN
-lieceipts 1900; market steady VIE n
scarce and prices nominal.
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nurrER AND Eggs.

Chicago, March 20 Butter-Mprket steady
eroameries lfd90, dsiries ilhGl7 Eggs
steady fresh l2.s. Cheese Steady; creamery
l0Aaia,
creamery l7G22 dairy lSal7. Eggs Steady.
1917.
New York March 90. Eggs--Receipts II 100
Packages steady Western 10; Southern isis
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CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

CANNED FRUITS Apples, S-ib s0ds5c;
pineapples 2-lb. eyeless and cnreless, $1,000
co. 2-lb extra ~ atcd 81 s0ftt.Sj; 2lb standard
slc,d $40. pears 2-lh standard DOC black
tCiries 2-lb standard G5c pic fruits, 2-lb, as
sorted zoe: peaches 2-lb full weight 81 10; GLIB
light weight sl.l0; pie peaches. 3-lb S5c.
CANNED TABLES--romatoes. 3-lb
fun weight s51e0c; 2-lb full weight 6jqI0c;
okra and tomatoes, 2-lb 90G' Lima beans, 2-lb
full weight 90c; string bcaus 2-lb fun weight
h5e. A No. ] stringlcss beans. 2-lb full weight
$50; red kidney beans, 2-lb full weight 30,
Iaartowiat peas 2-lb fall weight Sjc, early
.une peas. fancy 2-lb weight S.iO Ameri-
can petit poa peas fancy, Glib ful weight
81 e5Gi 10: asparagus California, 2ta-lb 81 on.
corn Auburn Cream, 2-b fun weight 81 100
Is; a No. I. 2-lb full weight 81 o5al1o; Blue
Ridge. 2-lh $4,000
CALIFORNIA FRUIT Extra standard ga
H. peaches lemon cling S2.i0G220; yellow
Crawford Sle5pl. So; black cherries 81 SO: april
cots SlG5aL70; Bartlett pears $l66nl.i0 as
sorted Slt5d1.50 standard 2'a-lb peaches. vel
low Crawford $1,000 Loo; apricots H.ioG l45;
Bartlett pears 81 sol 30
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MUNYON'S GUARANTEE.
Strong Assertions rs 20 Just what
tho Remedies viii DO.

Munyon guarantees
that his rheumatism
Cure will euro nearly
all cases Of rbeurna :
tism In n few hours;
that his Dyspepsia Cure
will csre indigestion and
ell stomach troubles:
that his Kidney Cure
will cure 90 per cent.
OF all cases OF kidney
tfovble; that bis Co.
tarrh Cure will cure
cstarrh no matter bow
long standing: that his
Headache Cure will cure
arr kird Of headache In
p few minntes. that
bis Cnld Cure will
,utrHtv hraaL p0 anv
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aALYEsToN sTATEMENT


For Liverpool SIS Monterey, SS7s hsles.
For Brsmen--Ss Ellen Rickmcrs, 2ed.
For Hamburg SIS Chstfed iSS.
For Cauos'-Ss. tIuntsclin, 2iQs,
For New York-Mallory linc, 1888 bales,
Lone star line 197a Total ejfa
rotnl ON Eh-nhonrd. a9.lnL hales.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Stacking Off in Wheat Receipts Helped a
General Weakness.
SHORT BUYING PARTIALLY CHfCKaATED
wheat started out ON the Bull side
but WINS Unable 10 OFFSET the
General Liquidation.

Chicago. March %, loving TO diminished re-
ceipfs today and unfsyorahle weather. wheat
ruled Arm. May closed weak s'sc lower. Corn
and cats advanced iit, Pork declined 5n5'zc.
Lard 2lad5c, and ribs lett OF unchanged.
There were number or factors in the wnest
trarket at the commencement and traders
started business in bulllsh mood. Gables
we're higher and freszing weather was report
ed in the wheat belt which might prove
damaging to the growing plant The state.
msnts OF the worlds supply gas regarded as
favorable 10 ths buying. The worlds ship
meats were considerably smaller than expect
ed and The amount on passage showed an IN
ease for the week OF only $1,000 bushels.
May opened Ndiac higher At 617sasSl.c, and
n crop damage reports became numerous the
plcc rose 10 $50 sc.
Apparently reliable reports from both the
Northwest and Southwest regarding farmers
deliveries were 10 the onect that the receipts
were being reduced, and IN many eases were
insufficient for the requirements Of the local
millers AS the sendets OF this Information
backed up their claims with messages to buy
snorts became nervous and covered Freely
advancing May to Gsiac.
Chicago got forty ono cars and Minneapolis
and Duluth received $50 carloads. Atlantic
port clearances were rather light, amounting
to only 5000 bushels, but that was exclusive
o. reports from Newport News and Gulf ports.
Tho market ruled very Arm the greater part
OF the session, but near the end the taking u
profits by scalpers resulted in reaction TO
67Ssc, and the price at the close was 6i3sc
buyers.
Light country aceeptances and smaller re-
coipts strengthened corn fairly good spec
ulative business was done at some little I'M
provement in prices. Receipts 209 cars
a good cash demand and considerable buy-
ing OF July by the country helped oats.
Provisions opened steady in sympathy with
buoyancy of the grain markets. but later lost
INC advance on selling out by the longs. who
| we're evidently awaiting hrmness on which to
make their holdings.
| Estimated receipts Tuesday: Wheat 6j cars
| corn 325 cars oats $50 cars, hogs A,OQO head
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS,

BY Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe. 9il bales;
International and Great Northern, 1855; CAT
weston, Houston and Henderson, 800: MIS-
souri, Kansas and Texas, 1921. Galveston,
La Porto and Houston. zoo Total, 1857.
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COFFEE.

New York. March q. -Conee--options nm
changed 70 points lower; sales 1880 bags
spot, Rio dull and easy; No, Z. invoice, 6iS
Cordoya SfI4
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Dry Goods.

New YORK, March 20 Tho spot business in
cotton goods has again been quiet TO-DAY nm,
NV = steady demand throughout the mails.
business mas reached an average total The
~ my % Tue market shows no material change
Tao upward tendency a, ths n,o,ra,, =
nrenouneed. but there arc no ind;cat,aS no.
ny glElng way in prices of either stanis nv
rTt my mes Of cotton goods at hrst banas
~, ~. slotns we're quiet. hut Fan River mar
any Sois'ed dress gocds fair Nav fall lines
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Quotations for Round Lots of staple
ConImOdities.


These quotations are revised daily and their
corn ertness cen be relied upon. The prices are
those ruling in Houston wholesale markets.
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WIRE Ann NAILS.

Quotations arr for less than carload lots;
sTtcial rates on carloads.
EARBED WIRE Gliddeu, gal. sS35 per 100
lbs Waukegan $50
WIRE NAILS Rate &2.15 per keg; advances.
l0G I'D and i6d. 5c; Sd and "a, lor, Cd aud ~,
GOO 81 aud Sd 300. 3D. t5c: %. 7oc
GALVANIZED STAPLl1S- -tG,35.
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WNeAf" MO- ? 0nrlnE, hbNttTac 40,
eprirg 62ns7c No. rcd e1d7nc.
Corn No 9. s3isc No. yellow @SizG2i~
oats-No .. re; No white 29i@dS0c; 40.
3 white o67.d2 qisc.
RYE No q, di5c.
Barley No. q. SSdisc
F'laxseed 80 /. ll1is; new. n
Timothy Seed Prime 2.36
Mess Fork Per barrel 3 T5Gs 81.
Lard Per loo pounds 5lSd517is.
short ribs sides lloosel. aS5d465
Drv sailed shoulders tboxedl, 2Sdi s7it
Short clear sides thoSedl, 4Soa4Ss
Whisky. nor salon. l2s
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kansas City. March 20.--Cattle-Er
$50 natives and 1850 Texans. markets.
aid firm The sale of 1880 pound nys
year-old5 at SIS was said to he theHl
price paid, the primo market for TexsaT
o. this weight. Heavy native steers ~;
medium steers 4.75d515; light Weighs Y
: CO., stockers and feeders 4s5d5-S5; nc'
cows and heifers 3.15d425. Westerr-
8.95ni70, fancy Texans 5.s5. medium ~
056 { 60. Hogs Receipts $50 .
hfavies 360Q2 T2ts mixed S.5oGSJQ /
weights 2, i003e5; pigs 3.1S1S 20 sheps
ceipts $500; market supply at STEADY 2.
spring lambs $50. led lamha i75dAsf !;
tons i00d4 C.; feeding lambs 425dtM
ire sheen 8 900 no breeding ewes sbF
COWS and stockers a0ds25.
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form Of cold and 40 on through the entire list OF
remedies. AT all druggists. rs cents a vial
II you uecd medical advice write Prof. Munyop.
1908 Arch ST., Phila. II Is absolutely Tree.
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Houston Railroad iseccints.

ncustons gross receipts OF cotton by the
various railroads entering the city wsre u,
follows:
Houston and Texas Central. ..-......... SIS
International and Grsat Northern. 100. 1866
Galveston. Harrisburg and San Antonio. %
Texas and New Orleans. ................
Houston East and West TeXas........,. 100
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe........... a.
san Antonio aud Aransas Pass........... 81
Missouri. Kansas and Texas.,......... l7S5
Total .......................... 1858
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HOUSTON BANK CLEARTNGs.

Following are the clearances Of the Houston
bank for the week thus far and for the CORE.
spending time last year, together with the in.
crease or decrease:
This year. Last year Increase
Saturday ......,. sos4@2 $I37.73S S24s eOi
Monday ........ t,olS.660 s95.4lS 1g5 o57
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Sew YORK Iruture-.

Futures opened steady: closed steady. High
est for May 500, low 5S1 high for August
6.o7. low 5.sS. high for October SOL low $50.
Following are quotations for all months
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London, March 20.-Thc final week of the
present wool auction sales opened with large
attendance Of buyers. The offers number asSe
pales, ana were chiefly OF good medium stock
Anu lalr portion ot inferior. There Was A
kc9n competition and better secured Mcrinos
VIC m great request. The German and
french buyers operated in the low cross breds
=, 1hough TIE home buyers secured the bulk
p.easy merlnos were equally divided Fol
loving are the sales 10 detail: New south
NS,es $500 bales; secured sd6is Sd: greasy
. n-l6o Queensland 7o0 bales: secured. Is.
sH s,. 90 greasy IhqS4 Victoria 200 bales
sS.ou.e9 iV.sdals 81; greasy si4aiid South
A.slraiis lVo bales: secured is 2iad67is id /;
Greasy 67qsd. West Australia 800 bales
Neasy S,galOd New Zealand $500 bales.
s.oured Aisals fled. greasy 4a.ai0d Cane of
G'od Hope and Natal 100 bales sra,,rs y,
y l,ta9als 'd- Punta Arenas 800 bales: greasy
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Exchange is quoted as follows New York
buying, 59o discount; selling. New York, st
Louis and Kansas City, u premium: New Or
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Gross receipts thus far this week, .., 1896
Gross receipts 100 days this year,. 1851 ,79S
Gross receipts l91 days In 1S91-9s. l656,lsS
Gross receipts 1879 days in 1s94-35.... ,0is