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Show uu illlD'S MARKETS ' V J NEW YORK, Aug. 5 Harvester ciares were the striking features of tho early dealing on the stock exchange ex-change today, advancing 3 points on announcement of the forthcoming dissolution. dis-solution. Tho few other irregular changes were confined to specialties, General Motors, Sumatra Tobacco and Baldwin Locomotive, supplementing last Saturday's gains. United States Steel, rails and shippings were dull and fluctuated within a very narrow radius. Lorillard Tobacco continued heavy losing almost five points. The market was practically at a standstill during the noon hour when little more than 50.000 shares changed hands. Leaders continued extremely sluggish, the only features being Gen- ornl Mntnrs nnrl eonnors at extreme grains of 1 to 3 points. Including Harvester which increased increas-ed its advance to four points, the very slender dealings of the morning centered cen-tered around half a dozen specialties, i leaders, including rails showing further fur-ther neglect Sumatra Tobacco on another an-other drive against the shorts, rose five points and American Linseed common com-mon and preferred were about 1 points higher. Baldwin Locomotive cancelled its gain and United States Steel held within the most contracted limit while American Telephone established es-tablished a new low record for years on the further decline of one point. Liberty bonds again touched par. NEW YORK, Aug. 5 Mercantile paper: pa-per: Four months 6 per cent; six months G per cent. Sterling: 60 day bills $-1.72; commercial com-mercial 60 day bills on banks $4.72; commercial 60 day bills $4.71; demand de-mand $4.75 7-16; cables $4.76 7-16. Francs: Demand 5.71; cables 5.69. Guilders: Demand .5IV2'. cables .52. Lires: Demand 8.01; cables S.00. Bar silver 99c per ounce. Mexican dollars 77c Government bonds irregular. Railroad bonds firm. Time loans strong; 60 days 6 per cent bid; 90 days 6 per cent; bid; six months 6 per cent bid. Call money firm; high 5V6 per cent; low 4V per cent; ruling rate 5 per cent; closing bid 5 per cent; offered at 5V per cent; last loan 5 per cent OMAHA tlVESTOCK OMAHA. Nebr., Aug. 5 Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 6,000; mar.ket steady to 10c higher. Heavy $1S.101'S.90; mixed $18.551S.65; light $1S.4019.40; pigs $15.0018.00; bulk of sales $18.25 18.70. Cattle Receipts 16,500! market slow to steady, 15 to 25c lower. Native Na-tive steers $ll40lS.40; cows and heifers $S.2513.25; western steers $10.5016.50; Texas steers $9.50 12.50; range cows and heifers $S.00 11.50; canners .$7.00S.OO; stockers and feeders $7,50 12.50; calves $10.00 13.50; bulls, stags, etc., $7.0011.50. Sheep Receipts 7,700; market steady stea-dy to strong. Wethers $12.5013.50; ewes $10.5013.00; lambs $16.00 17.25; yearlings $13.0014.50. KANSAS CITY tlVESTOCK KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Aug. 5 Hogs Receipts S.000; market steady. Bulk $19.0019.35; heavy $19.2019.40; butchers $19.1019.35; light $1S.90 19.25; pigs $17.7518.50. Cattle Receipts 26,000; market low-. er. Steers $17.7o18.50; westerns $11.0016.00; cows $6.0013.300; heifers hei-fers $7.50 14.00; stockers and feeders feed-ers $7.5017.S0; calves $7.5013.50. Sheep Receipts 6,000; market steady. stea-dy. Lambs $14.5017.25; yearlings $11.0015.00; wethers $10.0014.00; ewes $S.0012.50. |