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Show woae's MARSETS 8TRONG UPWARD TENDENCY IN THE STOCK MARKET. New York, Aug. 5. Opening dealings deal-ings in stocks today were hardly more than nominal, but prices showed some sharp gains over last night's closing. Union Pacific 'roe i aud - Southern ' Pacific. Kansas Southern. Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago Gicat Western pfd., and I1, S. Steel large fractions. The market did not yield much when profit-taking sales began and room traders bgan to bid up prices vigorously. Reading, Union Pacific, V. S. Steel and Amalgamated Ctppei. were bought liberally and advances established of a point, or more In many Mocks. American Sugar rose 2; Union Pacific, 1 1-2: Rending. 1 .1-S; Southern Pacific. Atlantic Coast line, Great Northern Ore Ctfs , and American Ameri-can Beet Sugar, 1 1 1. and St. Paul. Chicago Great Western, Amalgamated Amalgamat-ed Copper and American Sme;ting, 1. Speculative confidence was engendered engen-dered by the belief that the weight had bceu removed by improving crop prospects and by the easy money market.. mar-ket.. The gains in Union Pacific. Reading, American Smelting and Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie reached 2; Western Union 1 l-2:eWst-inghouse Electric 2 3-1 ; Amalgamated Amalgamat-ed Copper. 1 5-S; Denver & Rio Grande, pfd., and U. S. Steel, 1 12, and Chesapeake & Ohio. Kansas & , lexas, Missouri macule and Republic I Steel. 1-4 Iowa Central, pfd., declined de-clined 1 3-8 and American Steel Foundry, Foun-dry, 1. Omaha Livestock. Omaha, August 5. Cattle Receipts I l.uOu. Steady. Native steers $4.50 I a 7. 50; ows and heifers $3 0ua5.S5; ! western steers $."!.! M)aC. 20; range caws and he.fers $2 75a4.75; canners $2.-i 75a.J.25; stoekers and feeders $3.00a 5.C5; calves, 50a7. 00; bulls, stags, etc. $3.25n5.25. Hogs Receipts 7,S0u; stead v. Heavy $7.:'.oa7.to; mixed .i;7.30a7.85; light $7.0.)aS.15: pigs, $7.00aS.00; bulk of sales. $7.20a7.SO, Sheep Receipts :5.50o. Yearlin?s $4.50a5.40; wethers $3.50:14.25; ewes $3.25a4.n0; lambs $C.25a7.0i); market mar-ket steady. Chicago Livestock. Cattle, receipts estimated at .1000, market . steady, beeves i.fiO-snO; Texas Tex-as steers o 50-5.60. Western steers l-b.75; stoekers n-.l feeders l-G.2.; cows and heifers 2.70-6 fiO; calve ti.r'0-8.50 Hogs, receipts estimated at 11.000, market strong; lteht 8.10-9.00: mixed 7 85 8 85, heavy 7.00-8.20, routh 7.00-7.85, good to choice heavy 7.85-r.0, 7.85-r.0, pi 8.3.V9.00, bulk ot sales 7.U5 1 S "0. Sheep, receipts estimated, ai M)00, market stroug. native 2.iiO-4.60. western 2. 75-4. fin, vearllng-, i.50-5.75, I lambs, native. 1.70-7.15, western 1.75 t 7.15. i Chicago Produce. Chicago, Aur. 5 Butter, steady; creameries 2?. l-2a28; dairies 2:ia2rt. Eggs, .steady: receipts 7.'J47 : at mark cases included, 10.il 1: firsts. 16; prime, firsts, 17 1-2. Chee?e. steady Daisies Dais-ies 15 Mai 2; twins. 14 l-2a3-l: young Americas, 15 .'Mali;; Iong-. horns 15 P.-Jalf.. 1 t Sugar add Coffee. i ! New Yolk. Aug. 5. Raw sugar firm; j muscovado. Sfl lest. $3.sr,; c-entrifngar ' yr; test, $l.iJi'.: molasses sugar, St test, i $3.01. Refined, steady. COFFEE Firm: -spot No. 7 Rio, I S 7-8; No. 4 SantoJ. 9 3-1. Metal Market New York. Aug. "- Copper Quiet ; spot and September, ?1" 05 12.23. Lead-Quiet. .50. Uar silver, 52 3-4b- |