Show CONDITION OF CROPS Weekly Summary by Agricultural Agri-cultural Bureau S WEATHER NOT FAVORABLE Abnormally Cool In the Mississippi Valley Excessive Rains in Portion Por-tion of the Missouri Valley Hot Dry Weather in the Southern States Protracted Drought Continues in Middle Rocky Mountain District Corn Continues in a Promising Condition S SILVER New York 7 > c Sun Francisco Wic London Jl 3l6d LEAD New York exchange COPPER New York exchange unchanged Silver and Drafts San Francisco Aug1 19 Silver bars G2tc cMexican Mexican dollars nominal Drafts sight uc telegraph 7c New York Aug 19Bar silver G208C Mexican dolliiru llic Money and Exchange New York Autr 19 Money on call firm at 3fjMx4 ocr cent cloalnp blil and asked K54 per cent prime mcrcnnillo paper Ih I i < i < per cent sterling exchange atoady with actual business In bankers bills at 1 I1 J for demand and at 31 181 for sixty days posted rates MS117 > 1851 and 1S7 tIIss eommcrclal bills flSliffIM7H Now York Metals New York A 7g 19All metal markets were quiet today and HO far as local prices were concerned there wcro no changes noted Demand for tin was dull nnd spot wns quoted nt yesterdays ilg uro of 2SOO7i < BO Tho foreign price was raised 5s closing spot at 127 15s and futures at 123 J2s fid Copper urns Junt us dull at the moment buyers arc not In time market yet there Is no pressure to sell and prices are therefore steady Standard spot closed at SlOPOf 1125 hike 7X51170 electrolytic Sll lOfi 1150 and casting JlllOJ 1130 Cop per In London Improved 3s Cd closing with spot ut 11 l 13s 9d and futures aL tfij Lead ruled quiet and steady nt I c for spot London advanced Js 3d lo 11 rs 9rt for spot Spotter abroad gained 2s M and closed nt 18 15s for spot Time local price remained re-mained firm at 55IS Foreign Iron markets reported slight gains Glasgow closed nt nto 9d mind Mlddlpsboro at Sis 11 Locally while lImo market had a linn undertone offerings were seamen and trade aa a result wan dull Warrants were nominal No 1 foundry northern J2X2SOO No 3 foun dry northern 522nogK00 No 1 foundry southern S22C07j2J00 No J foundry south ern soft 522005 2300 Summary of Crop Report Washington Aug 19Tue weekly suni inary of crop conditions Issued by the Department of Agriculture says Thn week has not been fAvorible for rrfpld maturing of crops in the northern districts eastward of thp Mississippi vnl Icy whore It has been abnormally cool with excessive rains In portions of the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys whilo hot nnd generally dry weather pre vailed In the Southern Slates and time protracted drought eontlmus In the mid dlo Rocky Mountain districts Rrought has been relieved In Washington and gon erilly favorable conditions provnlled In tha Paclllc coast Stales although tIme week was unseasonably cool In that region and showers Impeded grain liar vesting In Oregon during the fore part of limo week Corn continues In very promising condi tion In the nrlnclnal corn Stales In the more northerly portions of which however how-ever It has not matured rapidly tinder the low temperatures which prevailed during time week Spring wheat harvesting Is nearly tin Inhod In the Dakqtns mind has progressed under favorable conditions in northern Minnesota but was Interrupted by showers show-ers In the southern portion of that Stale In which the crop generally has ripened slowly and unevenly in Iowa wheat In shock has been Injured nnd a large percentage per-centage ruined by wet weather Harvest ing was also reported nt the North Pa cilia coast but la well advanced In Waslf Ington Further reports of damage to oats in shock are received from the Ohio and uppor Mississippi valleys The reports respecting apples are favorable fa-vorable from New 13nglanu Michigan Kansas Oklahoma and portions of Illinois Ohio and Virginia and the out look In Wisconsin Is Improved while In Missouri Limo prospects are less favorable and variable reports arc received from New York Elsewhere a generally light crop Is Indicated San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Aug 19The of > clal closing quotations for mining stocks to day were as follows Andes m Justice 04 Bolelmer Occidental Con 10 B Opimir ili Ilimhtiorm ermncun 23 CitIcmionla 12 Poinsi IS Clint Comm 20 Savamne Cimoliar 0 Seg Lieiclmcr tX Commildemmce 78 Sierra Ncv 17 C C Vm 121 Sliver 11111 5tt Crown Point 07 Union Con 17 12 Utah Comm 01 qi Yellow Jacket 12 1ecicamm it NEW YORK MINING STOCKS Ailimnis Comm 2i icadihilc Coim 05 Alice 20 Ommtumio 850 Bracc 0 Opimir flrtmmmstsiclc oii tmocmmi Coimmstocl < otosl 15 C C rfl Savage 02 Deadwood 100 Sicrra Net 10 lformm Silver 123 Srxmaii Ilipcs 30 Iron Silver i Standard 315 Little Chief BOSTON MIXING STOCKS Adventure 2200 Old Domn 1800 Aliommcz 2Qi Qtutmmcv 200 Amnmiigd 6S7i Fe Copper i62l l3lmmgham 3200 inmmmmtmaclc 17000 Cal H 53000 irimotmntn 9100 Ccnttinnimtl 181 luiulty 1151 Cop flnimge 6700 U S 2075 Domnmm Coal 11150 Utah 1rammkiiim 1050 ti Copper 31i isle Royale 1123 lctnrin aSiI MOhmttWk 45ii limoimmu 500 Osccoh 550 Wolvorlumo Parrot 2S00 Stocks and Bonds Now York Aug 19There wore inoro ahures of stock sold on the exchange today than yesterday dealings rising ugnln over the half million mark The market look on a fair appearance ol avcragu strength but un analysis will show that the gains In the majority ol equally active stocks arc fractional whilo the really striking gains are conllncd to a few spots In this market The deal tags were larpoly In professIonal hands and were supposed to rolled time operation opera-tion of spooulallvu pools The situation was not changed from that of yester day on till approaching ruturn lo New York ol J P Morgan which bus caused a renewal of ninny long current projects und railroad deals which sic supposed lo awaIt his nctlon to be put Into forco The most prominent of theso In Its ef fect upon the speculation In the formu lation of a plan for control of Louis villa t Nashville There secma n fairly general agreement that this plan will tnko tlu > form of a guarantee of IL dividend on Lnulsvlllo 1 Nashville commonly sup pnsud to havo boon llxed nL 7 per conl The riiovcmcnl led by Lou mmvii ho made Ilnilf felt In other southern atockH no ably Illinois Central and Nashville Chat tanooga AS at iouig Norfolk Western und Cliosupuaku it Ohio wore also sup poijod to derive some benellt from thin cauHu although tile ndvimo In Ponnsyl vanla and Baltimore Ohio pointed to spccuLitlon on tho soft coul traffic A sottlcjiient or the coal slrllcu nnd a decision de-cision on thc I quoHtlon of the prc ll ncv uf thrt United Stales Sled corporation arc illwo suppoRrrl to Wait Mr Mor rim mms action The upward movement In Southern Paclllo wuu aggrcsslvoly ro nuwcd today for thin first time since the announcement of the proponed 3100000000 mortK Kc lo provide funds for better mnenL TJiis movement was ulso aasocl nlta with the t homewjird bound movement of a wellknown speculative lousier who hnii operated largely In It In time past Canadian Pacific and Its subsidiary corn panics form another center which radiated radi-ated strength and the t gossip to account for the rise pointed to efforts by thai company lo secure an entrance Into Chicago Chi-cago Tho strength of Wisconsin Central and of the Chicago Terminal stuclcti hcomort due to the name rumor There wcrn various other points of interest in the t market hut nil scunied equally dime to t iipuclnl cuuucu The money market iran nor appreciably easier although there was Icaa J tendency to Hurry than yesterday Time rate for mail loans was wlml sims tained however al uhoul 4 ft per rent for rue largest part of the loans The recent rapid downward course of foreign oxchango was arreatcrt and there was a tendency to recovry In that mar ket Some selling of storks here for Lon don account wan u factor In time llrmcr exchange market H became known to day Unit S500COO In Lold was shipped out of the country yesterday lo Hiicnou Ayres HiippoBcd lo bo for Ihc purpose of mob lug limo crops there A violent break of G points In Colorado Fuel followed a sug jisllon that the struggle for control might throw It Into the hands of a ru celvor Thn stock rallied I ½ The market closed dull and irregular Liquidation In Central of Georgia In come bonds was continued and made Ito bond market Irregular Total Bales par vnlue 1123000 United States hands were all unchanged on the last call NEW YORK BOND LIST U S ref 2s rcgl07X U S 5s coup lOitI U S ref 2s coupl07b Cole So Is 01 U S Cu mcg 105 D tt II G Is 1J G t HK coup I051 Nor Pac la l01 U S n la reg i2 Nor Pan HB 7i U S n Is eoupia2 A So Pac Is 1 cii U S old Is rcgins Union Pac Is i IT S old Is couplOSi U P coriv is 1014 U S fia res CLOSING STOCK LISTS LIST-S Sales High Low Close Atchison 7100 12 02A 02 preferred luOO 102Ji 102i 102yt Bait Ohio 22UOO 110 A > 100 1WL preferred IM Canadian Pacific CUOO 130 I37vfe 137 i Canada South 700 01 J 10 M Chosa Ohio 3000 514 5J S4S Chicago it Allon 7000 Wk 11 IIm4 preferred 300 7G 70i TtJVs C 1 it L 75 preferred 200 91V1 01 90 Chicago 12 I 212 Chicago G V 2D700 3II i2Ti 31 A preferred 300 29tt SOA SiPc B preferred 1700 51 Vf 50 51A Chicago N W 100 210 210 237 C II 1 P lJOO iFS lSlvi 162ri Chicago T T 7500 21 23ft 23y preferred lOfiOO 121 Nil Hvi C C C Si L 100 305it lij 105 Cola Southern lOM 3111 33S 31 1st preferred 400 7S s 7S 7S nii prcicrrcu JLiw vft ui i o Del Hudson 18 D R G 1100 W < tl < 4 15 preferred 2100 OWi 93A W4 Erie StOO jt Hi I IS i 1st preferred 1000 Clft GSi fO 2nd preferred 200 Si 63 53 > a Gt North pfd SOO 101 192 103 Hocking Valley JftCO 102 101 101 preferred 20fl 01 91 91 Illinois Central JSOT 1C9H 1fSf 16D Iowa Central SOO 50i 49i 50 preferred 400 S7 SO Stmu > Lake Erlo W ff > preferred 120 Louisville c N 31700 157 151 4 156 Manhallan L GMO 135 31m4 135 Mel St By OX MS JI7 i i74 Mexican Con 1 > 00 2931 294 29j Mexican Nat 2900 19 IGvs 1S Minn it St L l 112 A Missouri Pac 5600 117 A 117 1174 M 1C T 3100 52t 11 A 32 preferred 390fi Cli Gl rtl4 M J Central 3310 IGSi HVJ4 3GTA Norfolk t V 19900 70xi CD COjd preferred 00 Ontario W 2500 3I 33ja 31 Pennsylvania 8700 lG0 > > 6 i 11Or 1GO Reading SSOO 07 ½ > fifi < CGvl 1st preferred 500 SOVi Siift 8614 2nd preferred lGOO 73A 73 73 St L S F 100 EOJ S0s SO 1st preferred S6 2nd preferred 300 77 77 7fri St L S W r100 355i rS 3S preferred 5600 7Sii 77i 77f St Paul 2IW 1SG iRSii ISSt1 preferred 100 1311 191 193i Southern Pac 72900 7314 72 73Vi Southern Ity 11500 40i WA Wi preferred 500 98 97 97 Texas and Pac GCKX Blo h SI 51 4 T St L W n900 31 29i 29 preferred fifOO I7S 1G 4r1 Union Pac 15900 100K 103 109 nrefcrrcd BOO 92 92 93 Wnbash SOOO MS 32 32ft preferred 2100 3Sfc IS ISA Wheeling L 13 900 2iyt 2IVi 2 7 2nd preferred SOO 3S5i 3Si SSli Wisconsin Ccn 33COO 30 2S J 51 preferred 23200 5Gii 52 5G Express Companies Adams 210 American 300 253i 2il 250 ITnltnil Stnton 700 IJti 13i ltl WcllsFargo SSO Miscellaneous Amalgamated C 300 fG Cii4 G 53L Am C V lriCO lli ICtti 3J preferred 1500 M i 01i D2V Am Linseed Oil lCd 1M 21 13 ½ preferred 100 52 52 50 Am S K 100 i71 H3 16 preferred 100 fi7i > 7v 97J6 Anaconda Mining UOO 101 101 102 Brooklvn R T 2100 0711 GG Gil Colo F I ISiro W4 SJ 5 S7 Con Gas 2SOO 222 2216 222vi S Coat fob pfd 300 121 Tll 121A Gen Electric lOt 185 1S5 1SPA Hocklnp Coal 300 21 20t lOA Int Paper 1100 21 20 2114 preferred t 7t Int Power 200 G3M GS GOi Laclodc Gas So Nat Biscuit 100 IS I S Nat Lend 3200 25 ½ 25 25 I North Amor 12Jt Pacific Coast 2100 75 7l j 77 i Pacific Mull 2000 4li i2 I vi lSi Peoples Gas 900 10IJ4 101 10U I PrcGscd S C 2200 4D ISVi ISVi prefercrd Soi Pullman 2U Republic Steel od Ifll 10 JO preferred riOO 77 7GU 7071 Supar lSOO 132A 132 I32i Tcnn C c 1 4000 GO C7 A USVj Union B P HI preferred Jj U S Leather 100 13 13 13 preferred 500 S7 S7 SCU S U S Ilubber JJi preferred Po U S Steel lSOO iOt lOvl lOjl S preferred lCOO 00 90 00 Wcslern Union SGOO P3X 01 IC Am Loco GOO 52 4 32 32 preferred 100 01 91 03U L K C Soulhtfrn 11Z 3G 6 3fi Rfr preferred SOO GO 5fJVi 6051 L Total sales for the day 571100 shares Foreign Markets New York AUIJ 19ilie Commercial Advertisers London llnauclal cablegram says Stocks were Irregular today but tho tone was gonerally satlsfaclory Americans Ameri-cans opened firmer and time advance was well held tIle close being buoyant Tin coal slocks ware supported on lie belief r that lie return of J P Morgan means tht end of the coal strike The southern railway stocks were also it feature under lie load of the aggressive slnsniUh of Louisville Nashville which was bid up 3 J a share London bought Erie Rend lug and Southern Paclllc United Slates Steel was not affected by rumors of President Schwabs retirement from tin head of that corporation Paris adeanced Rio Tlntos to l3Vi New York Sugar Market New York Aug 10 SUKnr Rnw tttoady fair refining 2c centrifugal W test 3lsc molasses sugar 2e rcllncd steady Butter and Eggs New York Aug 19 Butter Receipts 0000 packages market barely steady 1m Itnllon June creamery JaQilTlc factory IliliGe FggsReceIpts 12000 packages market 1 steady State and Pennsylvania JOjWO c Western candied 17i19c Western un candled 15Ilji17Vc S i St Louis Wool Market St Louis Aug 19uvoohFirm and un chanscd Boston Wool Market Boston Aug 19 There hns been much L doing In tho wool market although u lit tIe inoro quiet than last week Thu po slllon Is ilrm with better prices gradually gradu-ally obtaining Territory wool Increases In flnnnuss Tho tendency Is jjiHl up ward jMth the wool dcalors having wool I to sell AhnL have cost them even ubdvn I time market here nt present Kino staple Urrltorles KljCCc strictly S flume clothliiKt OTif3c tine and limo me dium Soul 52e > medium 4jF46e |