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Show GAINS -ARE THE RULE - - , i - ' ' : ' NEW YORK. Aug. l.-Opening changes wer- rmnll -rn the stoi:k market today . LfalnB lar'y predomTnated and the-. the-. irMIng was actlvo and diversified. Thire was a gala of i tn Amalgamated Cop- urnVri nf J?L8L ' n,1o" Lead gained H and Allls-Chalmers preferred a point. w?y Pference for Industrials and specialties was still manifested in the trading, railroad stocks as a rule showing "regular tone of profit-taking. Gains were: Northwestern, 2W; Erie ic Western, ; Smelting and Federal Mining Mi-ning preferred. 1; Minneapolis, St. Paul & tUult Ste. Marie. Mlnneipolls and St Louis. Locomotive preferred. Lead and Peoples Oas. L Chicago Great Western. St. Louis Southwestern preferred and Wisconsin-Central lost. 1. , , , The tone became rather heavy with the persistent drop of railroad stocks. Nofth-iJT Nofth-iJT ifr ilf V Canadian Pacific nil xir010 ,a"1 n,Kht "nd Chicago Great Western preferred and Iowa Central Cen-tral preferred 1. Gains of between 1 and a points meantime were scored by Mln- 0 a0li8'oStV Paul and 8ault 8te- Marie. C. C. & 8t L., Great Northern preferred. Pittsburg Coal preferred. Federal Mining New York Airbrake and Knickerbocker Bonds were steady. Prices advanced after noon 'and made considerable trading. Fractional gains resulted for some of the Eastern trunk lines and industrials. " Colorado Southern J?J?.'. a.nd. NeS Y.ork A,-r . while United Sutes Realty ferl i 2nd Union Bag preferred dropped 1. The market gave way weakly, carrying prices below - last night. Smelting lost more than Its gain. The decline from yesterdays level ran In Westinghouse Electric to 2V Canadian Pacific 1, Tennessee Ten-nessee Coal 1 and Missouri Pacific. 1 nion Pacific. St, Paul, Sugar, the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan stocks and Virginia-Carolina Chemical 1. Covering by aborts caused a slight rally, but the closing waa dull and e"s;. Some special demands arose for stocks, in the Southern territory, which lifted L. ft N. 14 over last night. Southern Railway a large fraction, and raUled Atlantic At-lantic Coast Line a point from Its opening open-ing decline. Big Four rose 4. Anaconda JH-'and Minneapolis and St. -Louts preferred pre-ferred and 8teel Foundries preferred 1. The general liet was inclined to droop Westlpghouse Electric dropped 1.- ' : . -Chicago Cattle. ( HI?A9' Aur J--Cttle-Recelpta. 62f0; steady; good to prime steers. 85 25 6 7; poor te medium. 83 00(85.10; stockers and feeders. $1004.23: cows. I2.5O&-4.60: heifers. lr.2C6.00; . renners, 31.C5S2.25-bulls. 31.C5S2.25-bulls. 8Z.2utr4.00; calves. 83.0ie7.00: Texas edtcera. 83.604 60;" Western steersy83.50 Hogs Receipts: today, 11,000;' tomorrow. 22.000: o4j 10c higher: mixed and butchers, 8a.oot6.10; good to choice heavy. 85.854j6.05: rough heavy. 35.35fi5.7v; light. 85.65g6.07; bJrk of sales. $5.0o&.Oo. . Sheep-Receipts. 15.000; sheep.'' strong; lambs, steady; good to choice wethers. 84.oOH4.80; fair to choice mixed. 83.75&4.40; Western sheep. 84.005.75; native lambs. 8a.0oS7.000; Western lambs, 8o.OOfc7.10. ; New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Aug. l.-Sugar-Raw. strong; fair refining, 3 7-16-ji3c; centrifugal centri-fugal .96-test. 4 3-32&4c; molasses sugar, i MtWc renned flrn: crushed, 36.60-powdered. 36.60-powdered. 83-40: gra vitated, 35.30. Coffee-Steady; Coffee-Steady; No. 7 Rio. 8o. : Chicago Grain. v CHICAGO. Aug. 1. Predictions 'of rain tonight throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas created a firm toae in the wheat market here today. Higher -prices at Liverpool was an additional bullish Influence. In-fluence. Shorts were active -bidders but offerings were extremely light... The market opened a trifle eauler as a result of liberal receipts. September being unchanged un-changed at c lower at 8o'4c to 80c Prices, however, quickly rallied, September Septem-ber advunclng to 864c; Minneapolis, Du-luth Du-luth and .Chicago reported receipts of1 773 cars against 428 a year ago. Sentiment in corn was bullish, several of the prominent bulls being active buyers. buy-ers. In addition shorts covered freerv. An Improved demand for cash corn helped the demand for distant deliveries. September Sep-tember opened &c to c higher at 52c to 52c and sold up to ii2c. . Oats were firm in sympathy with corn. Pit traders were fair buyers. September opened a shade higher at 27c and advanced ad-vanced to 27c. -. 1 '. Provisions were Steady as a result of a 10c advance In the-price of live hogs. Ijird and ribs were each unchanged at 37.35 and 8.12 respectively. Wheat September, 84c84;; Decem-bf.r, Decem-bf.r, 86c; Mav, 88c. Oorn August. 53c; Sebt ember. 62fi C2c- old. 32c; December, 46c; old. 4ic; May, 45Sc. 1 Oata August. 27c; September, 27c; December. 284c: May, VbK!. m.rmmb'r' ctobr' Lard-September. $7.r; October. 37.45; November, $7.40; December. 87.20; Janu-ur; Janu-ur; 87.a. - Ribs September. $8.15; October. $8.20. ' Rye Cash, 5.60c.. i. Flux Cash. Northwestern, $1.33. ' Timothy September. $3.35. . Clover A uaust. 112.75. - . Barieyr-Caah, 4oa46c. - . . New York Money. . NEW YORK. Aug. 1. Mone'v on call steady, highest 2. lowest 2. ruling rate 2, last loan 2. closing bid 2. offered 2 per cnt. . , , ,. . , Time loans easy, sixty, days 3 per cent, ninety days 3 per cent, six months 8 4 ser cent. . . . Prime mercantile paper. 4-4 per. cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.86.45$4.86.50 for demand, and ,at $4.84.7034.84.75 for ,ix. ty-day bills. - Posted rates, $4.85f4.87. ' Commercial bills, 84.84e4.84. Bar sliver. 59Vc. ' Mexican dollars. 45o. '. "' Government bonds and railroad bonds. Steady. , . ... |