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GaIveston Country rroduce.


Tomatoes-Coast country and ISLAND Gro,
Csc,
Beeswax-Good yellow, 2oa22c; mixed. II
Hay-choice timothy SIC 2oaIs. so per tca
choice upland prairie sl100fGIe.O0 per ten
ACCORDING t. quality, choice alfalfa HiN
new coast crop s5.00d6.00 Dealers ask a;
ADVANCE OF 5Oc TO 81 per ton on these figures
Pecans-Texas, 10d121sc per pound
75c
Butter-Fresh Texas, 15c per pound.
Eggs-Cases returned, Texas fresh CAP
died. 7Gse,. fresh bay and island l6c.
Onlons-New crop Texas, 90c per bushel
Potatoes-New Texas. 75c; California SOC.
, HGiney--Twelye square crates, ~
supplied
cabbage-st, Louis, sl.5oaa25 per crate /.
Chickens--Grown hens. $350g1275, ~.
grown springs, N,75@2. 90: broilers. si.@t
l. Is old ROSTERS. 81. 5OQ2 90 per dozen.
Iurkeys-Hens, NOcGp5.oo; gobblers 500
scarcely any demand. Fl,
Geese npucked, ss.5o@4co. Not wsnts'
Ducks-S3.00 per dozen.
Gulneas-S2 90 per dozen
Beets-2On2 Pc per dozen lunches ouov
lions nominal.
Esehalots-loGl5c per dozen punches. v.
T, Texas Peaches-Four- crates. 45Q@s
boxes. 30d35c
Plums-Texas. soa35c. Botsn, soc per crs's
Apples-s0@S5c per quarter box.
Green Apples--sj 90 per bushel "a
okra--Ioc per bushel.
Egg Plants-20H2Gc per dozen.
Green Pepper-50G60c per bushei. a
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MARKET DEMORALIzED.
The Breaking Of The Drouih Sent Corn
Down 3 IL Cents
WHEAT FELT THE BREAK AND FOLLOWED
oats closed Half Cent Down and
Provisions Z t-2 10 10
Cents Lower.

Chicago, July l6--The corn market suffered
decentralization because OF the breaking OF the
drouth. september closing 3asash under Sat
urday wheat felt this and closed agA re-
duceh oats closed y down and provisions
from 7is@ic lower IA lard to zoe lower in pork
Corn at the outset assumed the decidedly
weak position, which made II the center OF
attraction on change during the day The
opening was at loss and early trading
tanned the price stil further down. There
was practically one factor; rain in generous
quantities in the corn belt, Kansas especially.
Message after message poured in announcing
that the drouth had been broken and the
crop left with the brightest prospects. There
was rain Sunday and moro today Country
pcccptanoes were heavy, Local people got
10000 bushels on bids sent out last night
September opened rs up to Sss down at 1870
~, and met practically no demand until the
market had slumped to IoA True. there was
a reaction carly. September rallying 10 u
after declining TO 41@, but II did not hold
for any time. Liquidation was general and
tne price wobbled wonderfully at times. as
holders looked here and there for purchasers.
At the bottom the. selling pressure was less
vigorous aud shorts took profits. This re-
suited In little recovery, but the close
was decidedly weak, September 3ssa3is i'm
der Saturday at i07saH The shipping bust
toda tBug 1 mn am
while New York reported 100 loads and Phala
aeiphia Ito loads marketed for export Receipts
were go cars Amount on ocean passage
Increased lS-S,0oo bushels and the visible
showed bulge over last week of 10000 bush
eS, Liverpool closed weak ia wheat
IN wheat II WAS "A case OF holders do
ellDihs to let go. while there was a small
interest," TO absorb offerings. The selling en-
uNsehen' was found In the corn weak.
n,i-ss, IN weak Liverpool cables, In rain iu
lne Northwest and continued more favorable
lepolB from the wheat section However
reports over Northwest conditions continued
70 cnuulct and many good authorities M,
Iicted onc-thrd crop Tor North nakni,
NeW YORK reported 81 loads taken for eynort
put the price was still out OF line Sn
sse5ulper opened q higher TO = lower at 7S,t
''S. ana gradually under the l!dutdatiu,'
pressure sagged to 6sys AZ In com H.,
was scmc recovery from the bottom. hui
we close was weak. September %0S, ,trder
I, 9a ~ JeI dy AZ t'3s' Primary recelpts were
uihWO bushels compared with l. 3g D00 hush
els last year. Minneapolis and Duluih re-
ported "a vars against 1855 cars last week ana
,1o cars n year ago. Receipts here were I'D
ga ~ seventeen Of contract grade Clearance
az Tue seaboard Of wheat and aour ,ycrs
equal TO 100 600 bushels "U'N
oRts acted in sympathy with corn. bu,
were comparatively steady and rather aulei
IN. ' y e sou between Zhg2Slsa@4s, clos
Ine provisions market broke viii, ror,
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.
Current Quotations on Hound Lot
of staple Commodities

The. orot.,io,- -. ....,a.,
correctness can be relied upon. The nrica.
are those ruling in Houston Wholesale mar
kets
HEAVY STAPLES.
AMMUNITION Powder per key. 81 ooa
as: blasting powder $l.65 per Reg. DROP
shot par sack Sl.5o; buck 81 80
bACoN-Extra short clear. in sacks, s1sc;
9lIa912c.
BACGlNG AND TIES-Bagging, 2-lb. sac.
"a -lb 9Ac; Arrow ties. less than carload lots
rom Houston, $3.50.
CANDG-Stiok wrapped. basis "a 7917Hc
per 10: No. i, tLll weight basis "a. 7lscf
~ ,per III, special sizes &c higher.
AN DLES-star. full weight, l2Ac; Gran
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points lever There was a slight farther de-
cline Immediately after the call. and after
a brief period Of hesitation came a sharp rise.
But before midday the market had developed
froeh weakness ana under heavy selling for
both accounts dropped rapidly to the lowest
level Of the morning. Net decline 5 TO ~
points. Europe sold large amounts OF sum
mer niopths cotton here aud the South sold
government report and weather statement
would show decided Improvement helped 10
weaken sentiment In hull quarters. Tho
abort tine policy Of Fab River mills was re-
garded az but temporary relief for the con-
gcsted cloth situation az home, while South
ern mills reported supcrabundance OF raw
material and few orders. The market is
speculatvely Nat and feaiureless. The late
operations were not specially interesting ana
prices varied scarcely points. The close was
5dS points lower
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earlne dairy prices lSc; Linooi. so,,d. a..
prints 12hc: Special Blue Star i.l.c: cr rsS
Gem and Country Rolls Ice, special dairy'nng
lancv dairy -Sc; Texas country butter ~.
CABBAGE-St. Louis, ia saoks .. -
crates, S2.50D2.75. 80 per
!CHFE Sfi--W Wisconsin full cream rolls !,
1870 Wisconsin fun cream dais. es Id
EGGs-Texas. SAFE; Kansas l5c. quar-,
ONIONS-New, per ID. 1%12c.
IEPPER-Chile 14qi5c per Id; black sim
PoTATOEs--Texas Trlumphs. s5eD7sc
PouLIRf-Hens 81 ooG$2. ?5; cocks, ls,J
81 I692 25: brolers 81. 00ii 70 Turievs ~
81 5Gq6.O0; gobblers So o6qs 90 per dozen "' \
eording to size and quality Ducks, lars
81 ?psfa.25 Gees, full feathcred. So .oOaiS
CUR cas-. s1.50H2.00. 10Y
ToMAToEs-Per crate of four boxes d
65c.
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Mig TranNn ctions in Corn

New York, lrly IL, Corn broke today from
TO ceuts on the announcement that heavy
rams had fallen over the big corn States
breaking the drouth Just IN time To pre
cent crop disaster Speculative holders
or the cereal became trn,oraned a, the d,,vv
piunge Of prices and threw over large blocEs
OF corn ~ the hope that they might ert AMI
Tree from loss Total transactions NJ New
York reached the big sum of as "a b,,.h -"
september closing Saturday at 49,. fen ner
pendieularly 10 i5ys az midday. 4 mn,
Iaepoh Of this was regained later. tho mar
See Cloelns az i6I Seeing their opportunity
s.hpNers bought heavily on the detllpe ana
u wac said took upward OF go loads al ah
pofls, TINS being one OF the heaviest dav'
export business In year OF two. "'
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A DULL DAY In COTTON.
Transactions 10 Spots aad Futures We're
Rather Slim.
TIVE NEWS WAS FAVORABLE TO The BEARS
Futures Closed Lower in All Mark
ets-some Decline Also shown
In Spots.
ofhce d nae zoe.

Houston, Monuay, Suiy ~
n was another had day for the bulls in cot
ton today. in fact they we're not 10 evil
deuce Trading was on small scale, and
after tho Decline the opening call the
fluctuations we're narrow, merely point or
two.
News OF all kinds was against any ad-
vance The rain over Texas where 1t was
needed and hct, dry weather over the rest of
the cotton belt was one factor. Liverpool
was lower, with on,s 5000 bales sold. Man
chester reported being quiet And
then there was the deplorable news from
China. II is feared that even should the
troubles be brought TO an end in a few
months Il will require years to restore CON
fidence and bring about new trade relations.
Chra's cotton trade is big item. and tue
si.4ation existing there is decidedly is favor
OF the bears.
On the other hand the strong statistical
position of cotton should tend TO keep prices
up III spite OF numerous adverse circum
stances. The worlds visible supply OF Ameri-
can cotton lost between July and Septem-
her 1, 1899, 10000 bales II the loss during
the same period this senson is the same. the
worlds visible of American will be brought
down to 10000 on September l. 1900 against
100000 on September !, 1899.
III the spot markets transactions we're
small. No sales were recorded in either
Houston or Galveston, Liverpool was off I'D.
New York 5-ler and Galveston isc
Old crop months have been shaky the past
few days and It is thought the squeeze In
July Is about over
Futures in Liverpool were 1854 off on near
months and 4-64 to G-6i on far positions
New York opened at decline OF to 10
points and closed with July down points.
august and other options to points
lower
New Orleans opened with July of points
August II. September 10 aud other months
10 points. On closing july was down
points, August and other months to
points.
inc range Of prices for the active moptns
IN New York and New Orleans Is as follows;
IN New York N''''
August . 02-03 o IN % no q M Ga 4
January ~ SOg-tC Sfg S0e IN i,
In Nov Orleans
Aagqst ,...". s,s2b a.a sa2 pst-ss
october ....... 9.0s-0g Su SU7 Slof,
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81. Louis Grain ana provi,ion.

~ Louis, july -Whoo;--luN 78a. A.,
gust 'ik September s4ss Decenb, ~
no. hard 7oh87l. Corn-No eash an
Juiy 1914; september 20. Oats-No ro,h
81 - Jply Ky. sepiember $3i. 81 ) White
primo steam 6.51l5. choice B62B glonr 80 80,
an gu n1.nenaased Timothy seed steady, prlTs
a g. Corn meal 2aG2,ao Bran eSs i,e
Gie' "a cas-, sLaeN o ~ lay arm: timothy 90
cotton Ties 2a hagsing sass Iiemn ,a,, YIN
Dry SAT- meats boxed extra sbort,
So So, clear ribs. TO: clsur sides ~
rlhs ~ easy noAsd. extra shorts SSH. clea-
SvyY. wheat 246.0o0; rorn 5000. oafs Al AMI
- snndlptnents- Flour sOo0l wheat ifGo. 49, ve
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ncurton pnilr ssntemens.
nunston compnrntlNe stntement.


Spots closed quiet; prices unchanged; SAFES
none.
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Financial CabJe,

New York, July l0.--The Commercial Ad-
vertisers London financial cablegram says:
Business vas very dull today in the markets
here. which were under the depressing in
nuenee of the reports of the massacres in
Pekin. Yet there was no pronounced
dependency, the news having been generally
discounted during the last fortnight. indeed,
there was a fairly general recovery befors
the session closed In the American depart
ment prices were firm and dealings though
quiet were OF good character in anticipa-
ton of an advance in the Union Pacific dlvl-
denG. 1t Is regarded here as certain that
favorable action in this case will be followed
inevitably by similar action by the Baltimore
and Ohio directors
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inc range OF prices for the active months
In New York and New Orleans Is as follows:
OnenRd Hirh ~ H..
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DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.

otlnine 41@43c per ounce, in bottle: M,
phine 5! 0oN2.2 70 per ounce; cocaine s., 100 n
ounce. borax Sac per pound in 100. pou3
packages copDeras sl.4O per pound IN M
rels castor oil sl.15 per gallon in 5-saI5
barrels; alcohol 81. 90 per gallon, sulphur y
per hundred in barrels, alum 2iac Der NON
in barrels; saltpetre &c per pound in barre
oamphor, 7Uc; wood alcohol. 500: gum opirJ
$50; powdered opium s4.75; carbolic NJ
.SU4Vo ner pound bottles; calcium carbI3
So 20 rnr cwt.. delivered Texas common r,1
way rcintB. III
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Monday
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.

= Less 1-1s.
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Diherence .."lo,5S e,4l7 I.S26.9Ca
Galveston Cotton stnt-m,.n,
COFFEE.

t,r NeM f 6s July is.-cohee- spot Arm; No.
AZ 'o,Se W. mid quiet; futures opened arm
n 80 taonsaaee OF ioa2o points ana showed
sssn,o, Ase aeeree Of strength most OF ire
ehs aal9 on active support from an sides
snot won strong European cables, better
~ sP0, aS,emand bullish statistics and absence
bushes. sod me holiday IN Brazil checked
n rosrsss somewhat but failed to impede hui
s " materially. The market closea
Tctnis MIN prices 1905 points net ad yanee
August 1 ss so Z S 9S bass Including July ss
hrr 500 ''NSl n@s, september S.l54S 20: oeto-
uary $40 March 800, May ). %. 9'S' 'A"-
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Galveston Spots closed quiet. &c lower.
Low ordinary. - 9-l6 Middnng 49, 9it
Good ordiuary.S 9-i5 Middlmg fair 10
Low mndliug 9 l-lG Snles ..... ...,
New lork-Spots closed quiet. 3-l6c down.
Good ordinary Good middling i0ik
Low mddlng. .a7s Niddling fair 10 a-le
MddliuE.. 1915 Sales ........ill4
New urlcens--Spots closed quiet and IN
changed
Low oTdiudry..7 TIC Middling ...10 SIG
Ordinary ...-...8 1-lG Good middling 10 T-i6
Good otdaary So MiddlnE fair 10 li-l6
Low miaaihg. % ll-l6 Sales ..,..... e3or
Liverpool Spots small business. priee.
sd lower sales 5000 bales, OF which 1900 were
American imports none
ordlnary ...,..a 9-32 Middlng ... 9 1852
Good oTduoty...6 t5-32 Good middlinH5 $3.50
Low micdhng...5 1882 AHddliug fair..6 3-l6
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afoat and Siis elevator; No. Northern $50
aHoat 10 arrive. NJ. dad $50 fo.h. ahoat
TO arrive; options steady july SsM. sepiem-
Der STA October 81, December s2A. Cotton
seed Oh quiet
Kansas City July wheat septem-.
Der 6SH: No. ? each hard sSI6s; No. Z RED
72ieftSM Corn September SsAs cash no.
mixed 5sgSeh. No white 49, oats-No.
white 26is. Receipts 1900, corn 400: oats
1890. shipments--wheat $1,000 corn g.
200, oats 1000.
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United States So. coupon. ............. ITO
United States Is, registered ex int...... 1881
United States new a.. coipon..,...... i3tA
United States old Is. registered. ........ lib
United states old As coupon. ..........t lis
United states IS. registered ex int...s ll2k
Tinted States 5s coupon. ...,....,.t... ia
District OF Columbia 9. 65s.n....s..... 1913
Atcnison general As ...,,,....,.,.,.... lQl%
A'chisoa adjustment is ........,..,... ooM
Colorado Southern As ...t,4,......... S4'1
Denver and Rio Grande 1sts.,....... 102
Denver and Rio Grande 49,. ........ e7N
Fer Worth and Denver City 1sts....- 40
kansaa City. + and q lsfs........... 7iW
Louis and Nash unified As ,.......,.... 9Sil
Missouri Kansas and Texas 2ds...... 6sA
BMissouri. Kansas and Texas As. 81
Reading general Is ........,.......... ssh
Rio Grande Western 1sts tofferedl, -. oSls
81 l. and / NJ consol 5s.........,...,.. 110h
ST l. and Il general 6s..,........... 12g
southern Pacific IS ................. 79lh
Southern Railway So ................. i0SIs
Standard Rope and Irvine 6s ........, Y
Texaa and Pacific nrsts (offered). 49,. 1t2
Texas and Pacific seconds ......,.... IS
Union Pacific As Observation-Disclosures. 106M
wabash firsts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1i6
v abash seconds Observation-Disclosures. 101
West Shore 4s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1924
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New York Money.

New York, July 16.-Money on call easy
lhalk per cent. Prime mercantile paper
S%q4R per cent. Sterling exchange firm,
with actual business in bankers bills at
4.S7diS7M for demand and at 4.s5lsGi4. S4A
for sixty days Posted rates 4.S5dAS7l2 com
merCial bills iS3asd4 $685.. Silver certificates
6ll4g62A; bar silver 6l%; Mexican dollars
ASH Government bonds strong: State bonds
inaetlye: ralIroad bonds irreEular.
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

London, July 1.-THE stock exchange will
be closed Saturday. July q.
Paris, July i6.-Three per cent rentes 9sf
4Sc for account Exchange on London 25f
11i7c for checks.
New York July 1s.-Clearings $lOS, $50, ss7 !:
balances S7,49625t
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s. Louis, July .-Cattle-Recelpts 51oO
including 400 Texans: market steady 70 a
ihade lower, natives and export steers 500
. % dressed beef and butcher steers 500
20 steers under 1000 pounds 3 S5Gl 80.
stocbets and feeders . G0a4 so; cows and be,f.
e RS 2,Wpi SO; Gamers 1.50dta s.: bulls 500.
: " Texas md indian steers 2. lnII .S5; cow
mo heiiers 2,5014.l5. Hogs-Recsipts $500;
hackers 5l5d5. 80, butchers ; S6555 ~ { ~
sheep-Receipts l4oO: sneep steady, native
muiions !0QS, so; lambs s 5jd6 q; culls and
bucks 2,ooa4 90. stockers Q 00G3 IS.
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Goiiad News Notes.

Goliad. Texas. July ie.-Mr. Boyd rs
Campbell and wife Will return from
two weeks VISIT North and will be giF1
reception at his fathers home.
The merchants OF Goliad have offere1.
premium of $50 for the first bale OF ny
this week.
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New York. July is.-The market for dry
goods shows no material change today. II Is
excessively hot here aud spot business suf-
iers on that account. but mail orders are
up 10 the average, Brown cottous dull at
previous prices. Bleached unchanged In price,
law gredes somewhat trmer Print cloths
firm, but quiet Prints In moderate request.
White goods steady No change In wooden
goods division
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centrifus scrS 90 Jny iS-sssar--Raw strong
: ~ ND refined strong. No = ~ seEar
S sS: W, 80; Nos. and 10 II S &, 4,
standa np K az ssa No. Is s'2c No. ii & & 70.
4 SIS eut ~ w.. sossi.sSeiionsrs 4 see: mould
NJ s sle sranpated $40 CUBES 81 p'w-
,.',,1M vrieanS .iuiy 16.--Surar ri f,sn,rs,,,,.,
nnies sISiz, seconds sui s.i6 Nnls saassl
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WIRE AND NAILS

gan sS.S5 aS']
NAILs-sS.co base. Advances for comml
oven base I'd zoe; Sd. 45o; I'D and Sd. b
cd zoe. sd. loo; l0d and lsd.. &C. Quotatio]
are Tor less than car lots.
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BUTTER AID EGGS.

Chicago. July l6.-Butter Steady: ereasst
cry 1913 dairy l4d17. Cheese-Steady. Y
dlQA. Eggs Steady; fresh IL
Kansas City. July ,-Eegs--Firm: ffes'
Missouri and Kansas stock So dozen; sous
@Tn eggs g.
mark ll@iSis Tor average lots; Western ~
of 10.
Elgn, III. July s--Butter-steady oasr
ings 81 tubs, with no sales
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GRAIN AND HAY.

Carload lots. fob. cars from millers: do,
ers charge from store 5lp10r more per n
lbs on bran, ease per bushel on oats aud col
and l0G15c per 100 lbs on hay.
BltAN-Per 100 pounds 1sGisec
WHEAT SHokTS--Per 100 pounds. sso
S1.O0.
CORNING. 2 sacked 57a5Sc.
CORN CHoPS--Mixed aud pure 81 0s3l.s
OATS-Choice bright Texas 2TI2sc.
HAY-Alfalfa s11 50d12 90. per tom tr
othy Sl5. 5OMl6. 80; South Texas prairie I'd
s. 5oa650; North Texas and Territory So;
$1,000.
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London ConsuIs.

London, July lG,--Consols for money esh;
account 9-l6 money 1iaQ1% per cent The
rate Of discount In the open market for short
o. per cent.
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CANNED Goops.


CANNED FRUITS-Pineapples 2-lb. ~
less and coreless, 81 s5d2. 90; Glib extra graf.
81 ooq2 20; 2-lb standard sliced. 81 80: pear
2-lb standard 90c peaches. 2-lb standa,
81 S0et1 30; standard 81 25G11 80. Glib secon!
al. 10. ~
GAINED .VEGETABLEs-Tom 81
fun weight. $4,000; 2-lb, full weight. S.
zoe; okra and tomatoes. 2-lb SOC; Lima bean
2-lb. fun weight, 75e: string beans glib. II
weight l5c A No / strnsless beans, 2-l
full weight, 81 80; red kidney beans. 2-lb. ii
weight 95c@sl 90; marrow lat peas 2-lb. ID
weight. $l.iO@l 25. carly Jnne peas. falu
10. run weight, No; American petit pc
peas, fancy 2-lb, full weight 81 s5G7lE
asparagus. California. 2ls-l5. 81 90: corn. A:
rum cream, 2-lb full weight 81 1901. is;
no; l 2-lb fun weight. sl.05G1 10; Bls
Ridge, 2-lb, S0Gs5c
CALIFORNIA FRUIT--EStra standard n
ID peaches lemon cling. 81 iSlb2. 25; yec
Crawford. s1.9562. 60: black cherries s2.1N
:. rs; white cherries 50 lo42 IS. aprieots. 81
al so strawberries sl.S5: pluns 81 35li.A
grapes 81 S50pl 40; seconds Toe per dozen les
than extra standard prices.
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ERTfITS


APPLEs-Texas. 6O075c per crate: boz4
25d35c.
APRICoTs-P Per crate. 81 756fc 10.
RLACKBEE RTES-sf. 1908. 40,
S4AfNTALoUFES-Per crate. i0I60c.
CHERRlF.S- California 81 5Oa9 90
COCOANUTS-Per sack So .50d4.0O
LEMONS-Extra fancy Messinas. Sc. 90; fat
cy Messinas $3.50: choice Messinas. 81
b 90; fancy CALIFORNIA;, 81 5o14 70,
EACHES-Common 20G25c per peck, fans
35qtoc. 4-basket crates. common asa 4Oc;
basket crates, fancy 50975c.
PLUMS-No demand.
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Following arc clearances Of the Houston
banks for the week thus far and for the
corresponding time last year together with
the Increase or decrease:
This year. Last year. Inc.
Monday ......... S9s3542 ssl9.ti7 s16l.399
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METALS.

New York. July 16--Pig iron warrants W.,
nominal Copper quiet and unchanged u
SIC 80 for spot. Tin Arm at SS4 10 Lt.'
dull and unchanged at 81 .97is Spelter sas AZ,
az Al7is. The brokers price for lead "
$3.50. and for copper $3.50
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pRIEn FRuIrs Ann NI1rs.

,at. LEs-Faney eyaporated 50-lb boxes.
iTln cartons SIC; choice evaporated 7hc
81 ~ S--Per ID, loose i2Iko
SiIRON--ln lo-lb boxes, l3c
,CuRRANTs--l1 bbls, Sc; sS-ib boxes. clean.
81 hIik INC; lib cartons SQSIkc
t III sEs--i,lb packages l0c. s0-lb boxes &c.
Dr. y -, ISIa.iifornia 2lac; imported l5Glsc.
% hsArlsiNs-California, S-erown. L. L. boxes.
ffT'<S A-box L. L. raisns s5975e; 2-crown
o. thisins. 50-lb boxes TIC: 3-crown
L. "a Ialsins, 50-lb boxes Sc
~ ~ tIlNEs-caliornia 5O.6Os nc; 6o-7os 70:
'o,1sos &C. so-sos 5iae; 90 zoos &c -
- Brazil loc per ID. nlborts, Sicily lee;
h.pies lf2e. walnuts l3@SJsc; peanuts fancy
n . picled 6ha5lsc; No, Ne almonds.
doaIaKosa. lto Id In Sacks Italian chestnuts
luci poems selected loo
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nan Forces nishearten,o

New York. July ie,-Early events In cotton
were exciting ana thoroughly diaheartenlng
70 the bull forces which suffered so severely
IN saturdays movement Nearly all the in
nuences hearing on the market were again
against price Improvement In view OF the
heavy decline ana enormous unloading o.
that day the hlh looked Cor natural reac.
x.ca ibis porrinx But tbs cables we're weak
nearly O.; that could be desired Moreoyes
ms lbinsse neMs was such as 10 nrsvs,,t
3 gs,s inyestlnsnt bring Tor OUTSIDE occount
Win idvetpoei futures down ~ 10 sL nonts
god spots on y, our rarkst opened NV .,s,s
suiy possfs higher and iAtsr deliveries sssa
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COTTON SEED pRopucTs.

r. B. mill. Texas interior points ac.
eordiuG to location, Pc, callaD
80 oiute on loose ....'... 80 q 81
Tnme summer eIoW uii ...... 33la9 "a
L!nters. Ger Dound.,............ 4%8
nm. -, Per Ton.
luis puleu '.''' .''''.'.'....... > 90
Primo cotton seed meal ..,...2g5 so 692 IL
rhine cotton seed cake .,....2! 50 Ge2 "a
quotations on prime cotton SEED meal ana
a. O@ifeS-