St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-01
Closing Prices We're Higher and Rsmarka-
bly, Steady for the Last Day Of
the Year.
Crackers Explode on the Board To-day
Hats Are Smashed and the Girls
Delighted.
The Flour Merchants Spoil the Day
by Carefully Hiding Their
sample Bags
An Irregular Day In Wall street, she
Changers still showing Good
Points.


Bpeciel to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Dec. S1.-On change to-day
trading was below the usual average, owing
10 the winding up Of the year. kIost OF the
business was in the way of evening up.
Wheat was 5S05Sc higher, closing at S51zc
Tor January, s55Ec for February and 9l5<
@81%c for May. Corn opened strong, but
closed quiet. Year sold at 36as@37zc
and closed at &c May sold at 1890
fOlc and closed at 40c. Oats were quiet
and steady Rye and barley were dull
Hog products were fairly active and higher.
Mess pork closed at SOLO for February
ma SlO.45 for MAY. Lard closed at So. 10
Tor February and So. 321{ for May. Short
ribs closed at $5.021S for February and
1910 TOR March. To-day there was band
Of music on the board and singing by the
tonefuI coterie in the provision pit. ms
forenoon there was noise Dut no
music The galleries on both SIDES
the big hall were crowded. There were
several hundred at the south end, where
the strangers gallery is. In the north bal
rcnv. where TIE members take their friends.
there were enough sealskn jackets 10 STOCK
a furrier, and pretty bonnets and faces TO
the hearts content. II was the last session
for the year, and the crowd was on hand 10
witness the sport For an hour there was
trading, and while 1t lasted
THE BULLS WE'RE SATISFIED.
A substantial decrease in the amount OF
wheat afioat, the continuation OF the mild.
open weather, and the taking Of few boat
loads of wheat for export caused the figures
10 advance All the options were
up about l<c. Then the monkeying
began. There was pushing and
hauling for awhile. Then followed smash
inc Of hats. The dilapidated old turbans,
such as arc affected by the brokers, went
shying through the air. There was no
throwing Of -four bags for the reason that
there were no -four bags 20 throw. The
sober-minded operators, remembering the
experience OF last year, after short hour
OF trading, carefully cleared away the Ia
bles, tucked away their sample bags In
their drawers, put their hands In their
pockets, bit down their lips and stood
around grumbling at the disturbance 10
trade. The rich fellows in the provision
crowd, who carry the wheat and
who had not made all their chang
ing over" looked glum, too. But.
once started, the rollicking grew more
furious. The long reels of telegraph tape
were shot up into the air, to come down
with their tails after them like rockets.
Heavy fire-crackers were set on under the
chairs of the lO0-bushel let, and other
antics resorted 10. mainly with view to
give the galleries what they expected.
When President Blake pounded his gavel in
the guests gallery there was shout, and
when be excltedly told the members that ii
they set off
ANY MORE FIRE-CRACKERs
he would close the hall, there was another
shout But no more crackers were shot of.
All that happened delighted the telegraph
messengers more than anObody else.
When even hat was smashed
they yelled with the vigor Of
lung for which lthey excel and when
cracker exploded they jumped with glee
The proceedings seemed TO please the pretty
girls in the gallery, but the boys with the
beN-metal lungs saw the girls and gave
them points. The most furious fun came
after o'clock, when the band appeared in
the south gallery. BY this time 200 men
were on the floor and half as many ladies
looking down on them. There had been
wine dinners in some of the neighboring
offices, and the guests had dined and winea
themselves into a spirit of hilariousness.
Nothing was above their sport. Beavers
whose glossiness had been reserved for
tomorrow were seized and-that WAS the
last Of them. A score or more OF members
had decked themselves out in masqueTad-
ing costumes There was an elephant
rugged up out of an umbrella, a couple of
brokers and some torn muslin. and one
loyal member FRUSTRATED himself before it
to allow it to walk over him. TIE band
marched abont the floor, and a hundred
younger members joined arms and followed
them At3 o'clock the thousands in the
building were still enjoying themselves.
The business of the day was nil, the inten-
tons ditto and results the same. There
will be no session OF the board tomorrow.