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TTfIUATlONS NARROW.
Ian Report Caused Little Change
in Cotton.
I.vta / GENERAL AVERAGE OF III
4 ,.o, still Larse-More Rain Re-
'N'1 inorts--Spinners Are
Buying.

.r. came at the appointed
|'a' n ~. ian hoard on an unknown road
b. TIE s'en '"sactlve hearings has en-
Is vhose piYsp ~ ali travellers In
alaed ins -. ma past seven days, the
y. dlfec'lon ~ 80 which eager eyes In
Besase pon'' ~ nave beep directed
5sN q ihlo' stroncer and smoother
guide 70 - rnoaronce. II came
Nh has maui ~ .ostnr,Iov.s session and
'ne a ,,.ns worked no comforts or NO
revelations =, tbosa interest
stascd sorIo"s sact its effect
\ ii iis aufeN, rs u,tle felt ana
*npghcul ine Wy .o,.,o,s,v n thesc
{nenstrated as s'a'eD III. .nr ,,.on CON.
tanns, u Y ~ .No,.t tho sltnntiou,
ens to sff'V"s' ,na General average
y staseneh. s's - ~ thc o,th
6eton Of 'ne ~ ,,niIno feoftom
81 n Jnly luis 80, ~, .,n,c o,te NJ
n SANDING VI Nv and nm ,nr,oytment
4 rfecedluk "'sn ,,,,o,o Car 4ts,st. 1900.
n = ever lHs naoo for tho month Of
4 In has been 81 aud the present Tine
I'M ,he situation 6s points peh'nu th's
4 ,,.I,e record.
doors Of the Liverpool exchange
Y 4, an closed in honor of the Bank
q y. helldays and the Interpretation
"a ,,aas market viii put upon the report
.a'p ,.ao,yn pntu today. This may
IA not ne huV"u -, ,,a t,ole
III some greater acilNiN nv
"a. Z matters stood yesterday the inhu-
# AL sught IN us raising of con
"a MAS oh's s's'
Ia 4 yaiues.
mo moi result New York was lower
Ia -, ontiou higher on Decem-
Fl the Angus of,''.' ,oi,,ts an
III and advanced from W p"''is9 y.
IA o,hsr nositions. New orleans galnea =
49, ontrocts on Septeniper and
Augus' 49,. ,.or,otsr
Ipst from 10 hcVt'r on 'ns
GA tsrls Spot quotations stood nnal-
81 Sa+,rd,v's ngnres aud 2l62
|A i'''n ,oa1,nc ,rode
NE we're SOLD az the le"ui"s
81 New bales were much in evidence
Ia m, .oon heoin ia arrive bv the car
III WI ~" lo,ston
>#i lot numpef came 70 iiV'is'V"'
f which were direct from the wagons.
la
*fslowing is the text of the department
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1900 natives, 5000 Texans 500 calves mar
ket for good beef steers 10 70 t3c higher;
other cgttle steady 10 he higher: choice
export aud dressed beef steers 3 .50QtJ 10:
fair Ia good 4. s'ki5 40; stockers and feed
crs 3 oUd4 rs; Western fed steers 4 100
4 90: Western range steers q. S56i4 80;
Texas and indian steers 3. 0OalI 80; Texas
cows .. TOGf3. %; native cows 2 coal, %;
=. 2atI4. 30; calves . .5n6f5. 25, Hogs Re
Ccipts 1000; market bGlioc higher; bulk
of sales 1890 10; heavy d,0od18. 10; mixed
packers 5.T5G6 10; lights & .4J6f6 90; lambs
. .eRff5 90; wethers 3 2sFl4 90; ewes 2.T5Gl
3.25: range sheeps 8.85d3 4o stock sheep
| i b06L2. o5.
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ST. Louis Grain and Provisions.

casa a.; September 6sM; December 1lss;
nc. hard 6sd6o. Corn-No. cash SsA,
September 5S9sM5sia; December oQki May
Nav 3eiS No. Q white 3SAG3sh. Pork
Stcadg: jobbing 10. 70. Lard quiet, steady
s 20. Flour--Firm; new red winter pat
4 1Sei3. 10; clear 2 65m2 90 Cornmeal--
sfeady $50. Bran-Strong; sacked east
Track 81. with SIC bid. Hay-Tlmotn1H y
MIX, steady. 20. Iron cotton ties
X Raging 69sdTA Hemp Irvine &C.
nry sslt meats Boxed. quiet; extra shorts
e. 1,,ic,,;, poTed ouiet extra shorts 8 90
.,enr ais q S7ts; clear slides . so Receipts
F,anr IL 900; wheat $4,000; corn 10000
cats 10000 shipments Flour ,o id NM
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MAcARnNI su1pMnNrs

Victoria. Texas, August 5.--The follow.
ing shipments Of alive stock were made
during the past week from points on tho
New York, Texas and Mexican and Gulf,
Western Texas and Pacific railways:
Monday, July 20: From Beeyille Arson
Bros, three cars horses TO Fort Worth,
and from Victoria, three cars by same par
ties to same point, all for the British gov
eminent.
Tuesday. July 30: From CLIP, Allen Du-
gat. one car cattle and two cars calves to
the New orleans market from Victoria. w.
III. Sutherland, one car steers to the
Crescent City; from BeeyiHe. M. o. Dill.
Wednesday, July 81: s. j. Winston, one
cal cattle from Wharton 20 Houston.
Friday, August 2: John Wlilemin, one
car cattle from Aloe to New Orleans.
Saturday, August 2: From Edna pcns.
two cars calves to New Orleans; from Ber-
clair, j. j. Murphy, one car calves to New
Orleans and one mixed car to Galveston )
from Victoria, j. N. Pagan, one car sheel<
to st. / outs.
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GUTTER ANp EGGS.

Chicago, August 5.-Butter--Firm; cream.
cry 1890; dairy 1sdi8h. Cheese-Firn
9AMlOM. EggsFirm; fresh l3I5M14
s3f9 packages. Market steady. state and
Pennsylvania 16d1s; Western candied i20
1871 Western uncandied Sm14
ST. Louis, August b.--Poultry Quiet:
chickens g; springs IL. Turkeys 5. young
t0m12: ducks :, springs geese 3; springs
D. Butter Steady; creamery 1915; dairy $50
l4iA. Eggs-Steady. nearby Toe.
Elgin, Ill, August 5.--Butter~No Offer
lngs; firm at 2oc same as last week. sales
of the week 60T, 200 pounds showing light
Increase.
Kansas City. August b. Eggs-ReceiptS
-; fresh Missouri and Kansas stock DC.
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pRIEp FRuIrs ANp IKE.

APPLES--Fancy evaporated. 5O-lb boxes
Sc: Lib cartons fancy Size; cartons
choice Sc; choice eyaporated, 7lsc; sun
dried, 10.
APRICoTS- ID loose, Zoe.
CITRON--In 10-lb boxes, 13c
CURRANTS-In bbls, 13Izc. 25.lb boxes
cleaned, bulk, lac; lib cartons, l5c
7c.
FIGS California. i2lsc; Imported. 15a
lSc.
PEACHES Choice new stock, SIC.
RAISINS--Callfornla, 3-erown, L. l..
boxes, 5000 Y boxes +. j.. RgisiDs. 650T5e;
2-crown l.. NJ Taslns, Sob boxes re;
3.crown L. NJ. raslns, 50lb boxes, 10.
PRUNES-ca California. 5O,GOs, &c. 6O-7Os,
6lsc; 7O-s0s, &c; s0-90s, she; 90-1Oos, sc.
NUTS-Brazll, lac per ID. hlberts, Sicily.
f5c; walnnts. Halle: peanuts. fancy hand
picked, 5saM8c No. ?, 4AM5c; Jumbo. ga
81; almonds, Taragona, 1sc per Vi in
saeks; pecans. selected, Zoe; large, 12ui5c;
medium, 7MSc.
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WHEAT PASSED SEVENTY.
BuIllsh Statistics Caused the Cereal
10 Advance.
IMPROVEMENT N CORN WAS SLIGHT
Only Professionals Dealt In Oats and
Provisions. Both Of Those Branches
Of the Market, Declining.

Chicago August Son hullish statistics,
aud conditions, generally, were bullish to-
day, September wheat closed an active day
l* over Saturday. Corn closed V higher
and oats shade down. Provisions at the
close were "a TO Toe down.
September wheat opened unchanged to
a higher, at 60h 10 69is. under buying oc-
easoned by rather bullsh statements of
worlds shipments and the amount on pas
sage and an advance In Paris. Trade was
very dull for a time, however, aud an
easier tone In corn found Its reflection IN
wneut, which worked off 10 6SAM0SJs dur
ing the nlst half hour. Seaboard ciearances
we're again reported as very heavy while
oncrings from first hands in the West were
said TO be light. While gloomy tidlngs of
tue condition OF the corn crop had no
marked effect In the pit. where maize for
future delivery is handled. II was accepted
by wheat traders as emphasizing the bull.
lshness OF the wheat position fnir-sized
short interest was driven TO cover b. the
awakened aggressiveness of the bulls and
September advanced without material set
taking on the bulge hut the market held
strong and closed l& over Saturday. al
1Qss. Local receipts 22T cars. Mnnenp'
oils and Duluth 30i cars Primary receipts
/ l6l, 900 bushels. Sea hoard clearance
wheat and -four were equal to 1897 01
bushels. Exporters reported IL buatlouds
taken. MoTlu shipments lnSt week were
S,391,000 while the quantity on passage
showed an Increase OF t,0sS,O00 bushels
which was nearly 2,000,0O0 less than has
been expected.
The corn market opened steady. but ruled
easy for time thereafter because OF gen.
ernl showers West. as well as favorable
temperatures. Crop reports came In with
the usual tone uf dependency unnterrupt
ed. In Illinois and parts of Iowa, where
little damage had heen thought 10 have
been wrought messages claimed the nlani
was not caring. There was also dlspo
sition to fear the State reports OF Kansas
due. September touched lSh early ant
then dropped to 56Js. rallied on covering T.,
5TH, around which figure II 1uctuated mar
rowly the remainder of the session, rht
close showed bit more firmness in sym
patty with the wheat strength, hut Sep
temher only over Saturday al 5T9s. Re
celpts 14t cars,
Trade in oats was moderate and wat
mostly done by pit professionals, who were
working both sides of the market for sinai
profits. The feeling ms usual, was GOV
steady, owing to the rather slack re
Spouse which corn gave the wheat advance
| itpceipts $50 cars.
Provisions were dull. only small bust
ness OF purely professional character be
| Ing done. The opening was stendv "
| sympathy with higher hogs, hut the marke
\ became easier later on lack OF support from
| packers, who do not care for an advance
| 10 prices Mt this season
Estimated receipts tomorrow Wheat ~
| cars; corn 235 cars, oats $50 cars, hog
/ 1900 head.
i1r il aung futures ranged as follows:
! ArttnteS nnpn High Low. Close
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BUREAU REPORT CAUSED ADVANCE
Cotton Futures in New Orleans improve d
Sharply When L Was Recnived.

New Orleans, August 5.-Thc spot cotton
market was quiet today. Factors are ask.
in< run prices for their holdings on the
suength of the bureau report, which is
regarded as measureabIy bulish. Sales
lt1D bales. including 900 to arrive. QUO.
tatinhs unchanged.
] llnr 70 the receipt Of the government
report OF crop conditions for July, the
market for contracts was dun and prices
wece below Saturdays level by \ to I
Rolhts falling of subsequently some Z Ia
I, points, But when the report was received
iribnted TO largely by number Of heavy
buying orders placed by New York In This
murkrf and prices shot up to the extent
oI y. to IA points from the lowest previous
lafel az the day and finally closed Y points
higher or August. on September and s
10 u points on the other positions.
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HEAVY STAPLES.

AMMUNITION Powder, per key, 81 90;
blasting p.y9s.r' S sl,eo rs, Ses' drop shot.
PEI icoN-Extra short clear. In sacks. on
o,toe. regulars. 10Ac: boxed, lse higher
Hellies. i0ixNiOAc. ,,,s. 49,,
a. % 81 .ib. Sc: Arrow ties, less than eas'
ia lots. from Houston. SL2I.
OcSANDY stick, wwraPPeat, 81, Pas Is,s * No 2
ssSTisc per 10; special Sizes lie high
-. ,..ssxsd eiLf0 l5c, as 10 quality.
erfLNpLES Star full weight. i0l9c; Gran
lie fuA weight hie Esse5 5ns,a nlgn's Dsse
axe, yssa - fair. sssAei psiaa %
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DRUGS AND cHpAIIcArs

Qulnine, 450l47c per ounce bottle; NOR
phine. S2.25M2-5O per ounce; cocaine. So %
per ounce; borax, SIZE per pound Ia 100.
pound packages; copperak, SI.4O in barrels.
castor oil, S1.20 per gallon In 5-gaiIon
packages; EPSON salts, Si.T5 per hundred
IN barrels: alcohol. S2.7Od3.OO per gallon;
sulphur. 50 05 per 1.n IN barrels; alum,
2lkc per pound In barrels; salfpeter, 70 per
pound In barrels; dnmphor. zoe. wood alec
hol 800: gum opium, S3eJ; powdered
opium S4s5 earbolle acid, 4O0f42c per
mound IN bottles; calcium carbide s. 81
per hundred, delivered Texas common rail-
way points
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New York Dru eonds.

New York, August 5.-The FAN River
print mill syndicate was formally dissolved
today and manufacturers are again free
60 art In individual capacity There mas
ben TO change In prices today In either
nailow or wide goods. In this market
az descriptions of staple cottons brown
hlelrhed and colored are again quiet hut
gcncrallv steady in price. Prints selling
fairly. mostly in staple lines Ginghams
firm Good business In white goods for
next spring with fancies prominent.
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Grain and Provisions ELSEWHERE.

New orleans, August Hog products,
stCsdv Pork-Standam mess Is. 30. Lard
REFINED fierce 6Js; pure lard sIs@9, Boxed
meats Dry salt shoulders lt2Sdf7s; sides
sss. Bscon,- Clear rib sides 9ls Hams.
Sri,,nry 10 fair 66762,. Rice Ordinary 70
c,od @S4I. Flour-Extra fancy 3, 25a3, ~
patents 3 55d3 IS. Cornmeal 2.92. q, bra an
eS,o a, Corn-Ouiet; No. . sacked white
~: mixed "a; yellow SO. oats-No. sack
ed Al. ,.. xVha5+
h ,si'i 81 es.23sa165s2: No red 0TG6s. Corn
sei,tcmbeT 59; December 3s5s; cash No
mixed 5qik: No. white COZ. oats-No-
Nsw York. August 5.-wheat.-.Recelpti
sas 90. exports 24S,O0O. Spot-firmi no
, rsd T7Is + O. b aioat and i9A eleyator
harl soy I. O. b. adOat. Options nrm.
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New YORK. Money.

New York, August 5--Money on call
steady 2d2R per cent? hats loan ?. Prime
mercantile paper iIsd5 per cent Sterling
Exchange firm, with actual business In
bankers, bills at sT% for demand and
M 4. S5ii6I4. S53s for sixty days; posted
rates 4.S6 and d.ssi5 commercial hills
4 s4i56i1. 81: bar silver 5Sss; Mexican dol
lars 40 Government bonds steady; rail-
road bonds weak; State bonds inactive.
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KANSAS CITY
CspecIal TO The Post.N

stock Yards. Kansas City. Mo-, August D.
N he following sales by rexns and Ter
riiary stockmen were Exported today;
r. II shaw, Elgln, S0i pound COWS 29p;
heifers. 400 H. u. Halsell, MiEeo, SOL.
Icnnd steers. 800; Caldwell < keoran,
Shgdcn. a2O-pound steers 3 20: Gage 4
Connolly Oaktaha, i2s.poand steers, 81;
Borden & Damon Elgln. SOS. pound steers
z - cInlstead a snyder. Eigln. nlstpound
steers. 81: 92ipound steers, $40: u,
Adams x shaver. Elgln. 10i6,pound steers,
3.eb: s. y. Blocker, Elsin, Hl-pornc
calves, g. -.
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coFFEE.

New York, August 5.--Cofec-Spot Rio.
dull; No. Z invoice hss: mild, quiet; Cor
doya S6Il1M. The coffee market was lower
today under bearlsh European cables, pig
receipts and an unsatisfactory movement
unfolding on the call Opening prices were
points beneath the close OF Saturday
with the undertone steady. Street roasters
purchased the near months on the, openink
selling movement while German interests
bouellt the more distant options spAsingly.
Very little trading was done IA tie q FER
noon and fluctuations we're narrow az Jay
the undertone quiet. Total sales ia,VD
hays Septcmber A s.; December 500 feb-
ruary 500; March $50; May o,4o; Juy
5yO6i5.55.
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GRAN AND Hay.

Carload lots. T. 0. h. cars from millers.
dealers charge from store 5MtiOc more per
100 lbs on BRAN IN b. per bushel on oats
and corn and 1Od15e per 100 lbs on hay.
BlkAN-Per 100 lbs, Sl.15fil II.
WHEAT SHORTS-Per 100 lbs, 81. lb6f
CoHN-No. . sacked. 76G7s
CORN cH0PS-Mixcd and pure. 81 ,,35U
La
OATS Per bushel 5On58c
HAY-Alfaifa. xi3.O0di5.O0; choice tim.
othg. So OoN24.O0: south Texas prairie
hay S0.O0d90O. North Texas and Terri.
tory hay. s14.5oais.oo.
Pabst & relnbach gotan a ear Of lsmon.
Of the Messiah variety.
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Nnw YoRK nXcHANan.
nANK CLnARINGs.

Following are the cleariugs OF the Hous.
t,n hanks, together with the amount Of
Increase or decrease over last year.;
This week, Last year. Inc,
saturday SILICA $ISs lssss S2SsS ~
MOnuay ....,. l,3Si,Blb Slo,sT 0t5''lJ
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cIIICAGo.

Chicago, August b.---CAttle-Reeeipts 2i,-
$50 Including 1900 Texans Market slow.
Good 10 prime steers 3. 30M0 30; poor 20
iridium 40d5 40; stockers and feeders
lower 3 2aGI4 %; eoks 2. 75@4 80; heifera
I. .5Gf4. 90; Gamers .50ll2. 40; bulls 30
"a 20; calves B OOn5 %; Texas steers S.DO
4 10. hest grass rangers 4.Tj. lIcgs-Rn
ceipts $1,000. Market stronger, 5c higher.
Firm. Good 10 choice heavy Sc higher;
trDi Good to choice heavy 3. a5ld6 20:
iieht 3 s56f5 30; bulf Of sales 3. S06I6 o..
Sheep-Receiptg 3O.0OO Sheep 1O0t15G
lower. Lambs 1O6f15c lower. Good 70
choice wethers 3 0O6i4 90; fair 10 choice
mixed 3 25f13. 90; Western sheep 3 80
8.85: yearllngs 3.75@4 s5; native lambs
a c.6I5 IL
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paris. August 3 .-'rhree per cent rentes
10lf zoe for the account; exchange on Lon
New York August B --Clearings $780,
eS6, COS; balances s4,9l6,JOl.
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Bank Holiday IL midland.
FINANCIAL BRIEFS.

london, August 5.--roday is n bank hol-
Iday and all exchanges here and In Liver
pool are closed,
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s.c.ints at United States Ports.
ln.,.noe ~ 4.las aso.475

Ritter. cheese and eggs remaired prae.
.,..,,v unchanged, with the best quality Of
Fansss eold storage sgss Raging from 10
TO lie.
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N Z 3. eeerls Cotton / etter.

h a., 'speclai to The Post.l
|se5 s.as August 3. Rains in North
u al s"s'e'n Texas aud Arkansas
|lssls.,,a market TO open 4 to . lower.
ii Il ~, previous to the bureau
"a y a,asaltIonai decline Of & The
y rlyla ssu ,s about this time. up 10
N nolnis .ne condition 77.a. q drop
4 p Aurns, lime -. as compared
4 h,t 1s' 'ast year and 81 year
pvt was con.tsasd an being Gull.
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"A
fs movement still shows no weakening
Slhes Net receipts at all ports for the
n we're 2gs6 bales against Jt2 for the
'spoudlng day of last year. Since Fri
they have been 5162 bales, against
ast week and 1924 for the correspond
Tine Of last year. Thus far in the
they have hcen 7.4lS.249 bales
~ GfS l6l for The corresponding time
~ season. Since Friday exports have
ltS's bales, compared with li,IT3
ssek and l4,2i3 for the corresponding
q last year. Stock Mt United states
iM the day were 323al9 bales. com.
WIN S03,Is5 for the same day of
q last year
s'lpllatlon reports were very favorable.
zane from points in North Texas,
'S SS and Tennessee. including Dal-
oaetman: Paris, Shreveport, Texar-
hope, Pine Bluff and Little Rock.
'le seems to be as yet no uneaslness
,elas the spot cotton demand Rather
Y reports have come from Germany,
better China and Japan trade prom
swell as in the Philippine and Ha'
sands and other couIaries
= ~ ny the outlook and buying of
WI, X 'he journal pf Commerce says:
n w MARKET for future deliveries has
n No. wing the market for spot cotton
~ broadening. which many will
III r,,k9 ete 70 the purpose. II is claimed
M am, .hlh foriy-elght hours 1000 bales
Il !, s nave changed hands In this
III S,ae OF II &c OF middllng selling
.}31eo ine current spot quotation fol-
~ N 'vIion Is s Lice: officially the
'8s saiied dull but steady on that
4 nsg ~ 'alng that viii go strict low
III, n hss,sn meter VIII bring 1c above the
~ ~, Vsss because August is supposed
~ 'sent low cotton; the New Yorl
<N terr Sa,sely OF low mlddllng or below
|# tpsslfahle as to working qualities
IA rsrs's, appears to he only waiting
| irsns,ii 10 trade IN cotton goods, ant
H. lhs lions .ns point to an early improve
MI halAr MARKET for staple cottons is a
, pnoftsa lts own, while print cloth,
b ana 20 he somewhat easier, a con
afiosssee 10 be dae In part to lat,
I6iNs ~ dlsintegration OF syndicat,
q ottoe i. lact that splnners are buy
30urprtia... me local market is importnn
SceWia with Indications OF stabillt,
Hf Fanye - spot markets where quota
{t. a a , SC TO SIC with one ex
'oesh Is also reported with the ten
17 a lne direction Of New orleans ov
~ alleged August corner In tha
o,ss OF psices at New York an,
lows: ne ac'iVe nigEths wa
W fh,k
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Daily Interior Movement,
Comparative SPOT Markets.


t;ah cston- Spots closed steady, prlceSur-
changed stock 44,2s3 bales 90
boNi ord S ~ N GSSd mid sx i-io
Good ord ...6N Mid fair .'.'.s%
To,S mid ,.Ih Sales ,...... 900
New orleans Spots closed firm, prices
uiscmnsed: stock 61,l11 bales.
IoN ord 5A Middling .....S l-l6
nydinary. = 1915 Good mid g I-l6
Good ord . 81 Mid fair ...ss l "a
low mid..7 5-16 Sales ........1,45o
Ney York-Spots closed quiet. prices I'M
changed. stock 1T0,272 bales -,
cad ord 7 l-l6 Good mid .s%
Tov mid TM Mid fair .....s u ID
N;iddi1nr 1-16 Sales ........l41
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HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICES.

r,,.,ent Quotations on Round Lots Of
Staple Commodities,
rh2se quotations are revised daily and
.,iir eorrectness can be relied upon. The
ndces are those ruling In Houston whole.
-. rtafKetss
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J to Is lower,
ST. LOUIS.
81. Louis. Angnst CO. dc Receipt
sr. LOuIS.

st. Louis August 5.-Ca'de- Receipts
gsOO Including 5000 Texans; market slow,
Win natives Zoe lower and Texans lOn20
on: native chipping and export steers =. 70
al. 10; dressed beef and butcher steers
x "a. gfockerg and feeders JO0i4. 10 COWS
and heifers 2 OOa5 90: Gamers l.OOn2 90;
hulls p 25Ii3. %; Texas and indian steers
Hogs Receipts $500 market &c higher: pigs
and lights 4 T565 %; packers 4. S5G6 90;
butchers @ .05n6 90 Sheep--Receipts 100;
market steady; native muttoDs 3. UD0J3 10
Iamhs 8.500i9 So: calls And bucks 1.70d
& 30; stockers soar. 10.
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THE TLANTiC RICE MILLS COMFY
Now York CITY and beaumont. Texas.

THE ATLANTIC RICE MILLS COMPLY
New York City and Beaumont, Texas.
ofer best Inducements for toll Milling
and marketing OF milled product at highest
prices.
LIBERAL advances arranged for on Rough
Rice stored within It's capacious ware
houses.
PORTED and DOMESTIC, HONDURAS
and JAPAN SEED RICES, OF best quality
during planting season. also OF extra heavy
BINDERS TWTNE In time for harvest.
Texas should mill aud market her own
rice.
TRXAs GRoCERs AND JoBBERS
should conhne their dealings 10 Texas
grown rice, II being the best rice raised
I'm any country, the world over and sus-
ceptibie of the finest results from milling,
as the past seasons experience has abund-
anuy demonstrated.
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Stocks.

Following are the sales OF stocks and
closing prices for the New York stock mar
kat. Closing
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-06

Catrill & Richardson Of Houston report
the rcnsc OF prices for the leading stocks
today as follows.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-06
EsTABLIsHED 1872.
EsTABLIsHED 1871.
HENRY BEER, BERTRAND BEER.
EDGAR II. BRIGHT.
ii. & B. BEER,
COTTON MERCHANTS
New Orleans.

MEMBERS OF; New Orleans Cotton IN.
change New York Cotton Exchange, and
Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso-
citation.
Special attention given 10 the execution
Of contracts for future delivery In cotton
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-06
PRICES OF CATTLE LOWER
RECEIPTS WE'RE VERY HEAVY AT
ALL POINTS.
Kansas City Was the Only Market that
Stood Up Under the Pressure.
Prices Advancing There.

Special to The Post. Reported by the
st. Louis National Stock Yards)
National stock Yards, ILL.,, August g.
THE following sales hv Texas and Terri
fory etockmen were made today;
lay Forsythe Tulsa, ]. r.. 972 pound
steers. 3 20. II. Il Spaulding, summita l.
er' CedarvaIc. Kan. 1921 pound steers.
3 SIS: 6iOo cattle sold; $500 Texans Sold
10 to Is lower.
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ouston Railroad Receipts.

F0IINWing arc tho9IFecelpts OF COTTON by
tlr yaGCus railroads entering the city:
Bales.
Ioustcr and Texas Central ,....,.. ~
International and Great Northern ..... u
Galveston, Harrisburg and San .112
Texas and New Orleans ......,.-..... !
Houston East and West Texas ...... 8
t;nif. Colorado and Santa Fe ...... 8
MtssoLll, Kansas and Texas ..,..... 10
Wagons .............. .
1o;al Observation-Disclosures 1