St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-15
SLUGGISH AND SLUMPY.
Wheat Steady in ALI Futures, With a
Downward Tendency.
THE EFFECT OF A SUICIDE.
John JaGkson's Death in st. Louis De-
presses May---All Stocks C.cse
Lower---Live Stock Sales.
THE EFFECT OF A SUICIDE.
Special TO the Glooe

Special TO the Glooe.
CHICAGO, April 13.-The wheat mar
ket was fairly active and interesting
during the greater part of the session.
There was less violent action than Oh
Friday, less outside news and less trad
ing. The opening was about steady,
followed by decline to the lowest
points of the day, with strong reaction
at the end of the first hour, which
put prices to the best points
of the day. Toward noon there
was feeling of weakness, which put
prices back slight fractions under the
closing prices last night, and there the
market held until l o'clock. Sales
ranged: May at SSc to $3.50. to SS14c to
size; June, sac, to SSc, To S614 C, to SSc.
to size; July, S2$4c, to S2l1sc. to Size,
to Size. at l p. m. Receipts here were
but % cars. Export clearances were
$4,000 bushels of wheat, with 10000
barrels of flour from New York. The
sensational news of the day came from
ST. Louis, where Millionaire John Jack
son suicided, it is supposed. from losses
on his heavy holdings of cash and May
wheat. When the news was re-
ceived May broke from Sc to
s634c, and July from s215c to
size. Foreign dispatches brought
news of injury to the Russian crop.
There was slight rally in wheat the
last fifteen minutes. which caused re-
action of ii4@15c. Oats were active AMI
prices were unsteady in May. The
only prominent future was May. the
clique did little if any business. Small
outsiders did the selling and
barred the market. There were
scarcely any buyers except at great
concessions. Receipts were 127 cars.
COrn-Receipts, 43l cars, 1913 cars
graded No. 2. There was pretty free
selling early, and prices, after opening
fraction lower. sold off &c for all tu-
lures. May went to 343sc, June to
8424c, July to 353sc. The large esti-
mate for Monday, 445 cars, kept the
market heavy. Toward the close
there was some buying by
shorts, and closing prices were a little
better. Shipme MS were $4,000 blu.
ClearanceS from Atlantic ports. $4,000.
Provisions were strong and higher early
hogs. Later the market became dull
and the advance was lost, and closing
prices show loss from yesterday of
2}2@1ac.
THE DAYS TRADING.
CHICAGO, April l3.-1he wheat mar
ket was quiet to-day and ruled steadier
than for some days. July is attracting
the most attention, prices for which
tuctuated within &c range and closed
about 5sc higher than yesterday. Nav
tiuctuated within L &c range and closed
the same as yesterday. 4 far trade
was reported in corn earlier. but as the
session advanced the market became
quiet and inactive. The following de-
veloped was easier, and transactions
were at lower range of prices, closing
&c lower than yesterday. Oats were
weak, unsettled and lower on free realiZ-
ing. closing l4G03sc lower than yester-
day. Hog products were moderately
active, but irregular, growing weak
toward the close and closing quiet.
PRICES FOR TIE DAY.
Wheat-No. 2 May opened at SSc,
closing at SSc; June opened at ST$lc,
closing at S7$lc: July opened at S236c,
closing at S2l4c. COrn-NO. . Nav
opened at 345sc. closing at size; June
opened at 35c. closing at 341sc; July
opened at 352sc, closing at 3515c. Oats
No. May opened at 2411sc, closing at
2414c; June, opened at 2415c, closing at
2414c; July, opened at 2411 &c. closing at
2414c. Mess Pork per bbD-May
opened at ll.G0. closing at $11.50; June
opened at Sll.57l5, closing at S11.5715:
JnlY opened at S11.72l5, closing at
S11.571I. Lard per 100 lbs)-May opened
at S6.s5. closing at 500; June opened
at .S6S5, closing at $3.50: July
opened at $j.a5. closing at s6.s5.
Short Ribs (per 100 lbs)-April
closed at 1875; May opened at 1886.
closing at $3.50; June opened at
s6.0215, closing at $5.O715: July opened
at 500, closing at SG.021S.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet and unchanged Wheat-No. 2
spring. S6$4 0S7c: No. 3 spring, 72(07Sc:
No. 2 red. S654MS7c. Corn-NO. 2.
BIC. Oats-NO. ., 23$Ic. Rye-No. 2.
43c. Bariey-NO. ,. nominal. Flax
seed-NO. l, S1.54. Prime Timothy Seed
-S1.2S(G1.30. Mess Pork Per Dbl, S11.5O
@11.55. Lard-Per 100 lbs. 1878. Short
RlbS-SideS QOoSe), S5.S5(059O. Shout
derS--Dry sailed (boXed,) S5.371505.5O.
Short clear sides (boxed.) $6.9715(06.5O.
WhiSky-DiStillerS' finished goods, per
gal, S1.03. Sugars-IJnchanged Re-
ceipts-FlOur. 5000 bbls: wheat. 5000
blu: corn, $4,000 bu: oats, 111,0O0 blu:
rye, 5000 bu: barley, $4,000 blu. Shlp.
ments-FlOur. 5000 bbls: wheat, 81 900
bu: corn, $4,000 bu; oats, $4,000 bu:
rye, 5000 bu: barley, $4,000 bu. On the
produce exchange to-day the butter
market was active and unchangeM
Eggs, weak, 10c.