The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-17

4-lec; refined fairly active and firmer;
No. 6. SIC; No. 3, 5Ssc; OIL A, 4(04lsc:
mould A. l6c standard ,d. Ssioo' o SoGfeS
5ISc; powdered. 11-i6c; graduated. NO
49sc cubes, 1850. Molssses-Foreign noml-
nal; 500 test. i1%912c in hhds; New Orleans
firm and active; common 90 fancy 2S69S2c,
Petroleum quiet and steady: crude in bills,
Parkers s. 90 crude in bulk. 50 30; refined New
York, SO 1905 30; Philadelphia and BRlt
more, Is 1906 30; in bulk, 81 S063 S.
crude OFF grades 27D90c; new yellow 500
sc. Wool quiet and steady; domestic fleece
3O0S6c: pulled 260Ssc: Texas HG24c Pro
visions quiet and unchanged-Pork, new mess
S12 OO0la 80; extra prime 81 0CD1 81
Beef quiet and steady family Sl2 70; extra mess
80 0OG19 50. Beef hams firm az Sl4 50.
Tieroed beef easy; city extra; India mess.
Sl7 50A20 90. Cut meats strong; shoulders 50 %
exc: picked bellies 90D914c; hams lOl9Qllc.
Middles strong; short clear. September delivery
IS 90. Lard steady and dull; western steam
S. 81; city SO S06D5 go; options -Septem
Der delivery s.; Gctober delivery s. %:
November delivery s; December delivery 5;
January delivery 81 a. Peanuts quiet;
fine fancy hand picked &c; farmers 2lhD
31<c. Freights TO Liverpool 10 good demand
and stronger; cotton, per steam, ll649316d;
grain, I'd.
Wheat opened decidedly lower this morning
on weaker cables and the collapse of the Eu-
ropean war scare. There was free selling at
the outside, December going 60 s614 G959Sc, but
the shorts, who have profted by the recent ex-
perence In which they have been badly
squeezed because they waited too long began
10 take their profits freely, and their buying
soon put prices up to 97lsc Then came reports
of yesterdays clearau noes at the Atlantic sea
board, showing an aggregate of 4jl1O0)000
bushels. which gave strength TO the market
and caused squirt of buying which put De-
csnber up to 971oc. The price hung around
that figure for some time, again broke to 96Mc
on weak closing cables improved some, but
closed steady at 97c, a loss of sc compared
with the closing figures OF yesterday. There
was a little furry on an unfathomed rumor
that Italy had ordered the completion of the
ron-cads now under construction with all pos
sible dispatch, and had directed that
for duty at once, but quickly
died out Hutchinson is said to have tele-
graphed here from New York that wheat is
offered for sale for soc and corn Soc Another
telegram from New York said that Russia will
have to supply thirty provinces Of the empire
with food. Partridge sold wheat at 97c, and
Hutchinson was supposed to have sold freely
through brokers. Corn opened easy on account
| OF fine, warm maturing weather in the corn
belt. and in sympathy with the lower
price of wheat, october started at
| 531b054c, against SAFE at the close
| yesterday. advanced with wheat to 5416c, broke
| to $3.50 recovered some put weakened again,
selling off to $50 and closing easy at 591sc The
market was very weak during most OF the SEES
| sion. due to fine weather. Some Of the old time
buyers were free sellers and liquidation of long
| corn was free There was rumor in circua-
llon tnaI the cnque was solilhB Eood deal. oats
| we're quiet and easy in sympathy with corn The
provision market was heavy from start to
| feverish, and the lowest prices Of the session
| were current as the market closed The decline
| since yesterday amounts to 20c per barrel 10
pork, l0c per 100 in lard and from 10 to
| 1910 per 100 in ribs There was a fair specula-
| tive business, sellers for the most part being
tired longs and packers
| CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Cash quotations were as
| follows: Flour unchanged; spring patents
| 81 800 IS; winter patents 81 700 IS; bakers.
| 81 1904 25; straights 81 $685. 10. Wheat-No
spring, 93l4093ssc; No. red 94c. Corn
| No. q Coo Oats-No. 2 &c Rye
| No 2, s.. Mess pork, per barrel $40 Is
| 010 20. Lard, per 100 MS So 82lS Short
ribs sides, loose. g. O097 10. Dry sailed
shoulders, boxed, IS 62IfQ6 TO- Short clear
| sides. boxed. 81 SoGD7 80. Whisky at 81 Is.
| Leading futures ranged as follows:
L Onening. Hghast Clnsino