Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-17
Exciting Scenes in the SPIT" on the
Chicago Board.
LATE ADVICES FROM OTHER CITIES
A Dozen Lives Lost in a Swiss
Railway Disaster.
THE BASE BALL OUTLOOK,
PANDEMONIUM IN THE PIT.
December Wheat Rises in Ten Minutes From
01.O9 to 3I.l3.

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at tne opening OF the board OF trade tins morn
Ing. The trading was just as wildly nervous as
it was on SATURDAY. when December wheat
iumned within a few minutes from aq7L 20
=, ne m. III - -, - a.: ..
s'o' Ing JUN ie'er was sum On 'iiis niorn-
ing, ana traders were Unnamed with the pros
pect of higher prices as the result of the ex-
citedlv higher cables Iondon renortad car
,oo. o. ,,o,,,,,. .h;,... .h;i,,, "a o
Pence hisher, LNerpooi was up the equi'aient
OF cents per bushel and Paris country mar
kets were up the equivalent of cents
When the hell tanned for the oneninc, Of bnsi
ness the mir AZ once became a pa ndemoniDm
ont of which came these tignes for December
wheat inside Of ten minutes. I OeIL no ri
IlOIx III llIL I11II1 I lOsL 1 IIL II0
LA
This x,s the ton fcnre on the carly bu,ge
Then tbe nrice hob N 70 w,aalcr and With fsahIa
rallies sank away and ia now ouoted at IO7iI
sellers the lowest nrice of the day SentemhoT
corn is now 66sI.
IO.25 a m-~necember whoa. sola of tn o5
new i. O6; september corn sold to e4II. new 65ss.
COURSE OF THE MARKET.
As the New York produce exchange did not
ono, rn.;I =, o,oloot C,o o,oIool, fh;o., ,;,,,cn
f Wv e ''
gave 'ne New iorkers hait hour oi unre-
stricted dealing on the Chicago market. Their
orders doubtless had some effect in the early
trading here. The bulge to sLl3 was accom-
panied by the widest excitement and some
sales were reported as high as sl.l4. The sue
ceeding period of weakness was the result Of
free selling by both longs and shorts. Con-
servative traders in both camps were satisfied
that prices were too high for safety.
In spite of the sensational advances abroad,
tLa eynort bas;s and tbev mnst he hronab, 20.
gether before the benefit of the foreign
shortage on which the boom is founded; can
-, .a elI,. i hs ionss
tbe s,me graie began 70 nut ont ratbar free i;nes
on the theory that whether the market goes
higher or not its nresent figure il
above the average. The conseouence was that
from the ton fip1re there was a steady down
ward tendency with here and there a Slight re-
action, followed each time by still lower fig
ures until 81 .O5 Was reached. That was the
low point.
rye which had an indenenSent strencth Sep.
tember selling up to SliIOL.
Corn opened strong and higher. September
started at GOA to 661a against 627 at the close
n: on sa.uruas' soid 10 oo1s; weakenea 70 6i4
rallied 10 90, anu AT IL CLOCK was PACK 10 SdS..
oeptemper oats opened at ~; SOLD 10 Sois,
anu =. ~ eioch s'oou at Lslsf
SePtenioer PorA oPeneo Ioc;niguet AT Sio.O;
In 70 70 Sio'o'' ou' a' IL CLOCK hao proAeh 10
na,a No. Wi. A., ...:
l'to a am;INew iork ana tne foreigners
I" pi:1 nI on 'uo uo"nNafo reaeuo
wheat there were the equivalent of 8 cents
ioNer anu rye Genus lower heiped 10 oepress
i9.is vbo,. o.;,,,- noo,
Der is now quoted at 1885,. Sentember corn
has fallen to 631a.
THE PRICE pr.curs I 70 ,o,-,s
frQ dlvCy nm ahoraf
this morning was as previously agreed upon,
all ON settlement no new trades hainy ,oaoa
nooo...o- -. -. 40
h eiunnoer ;, snea' opeheu az i'oo anu soiu up
s;a suIpo y. ~ one,na,. a oens W IL anu nnen
,a. s.". .oaoTa, Ia '-o .,i, Saue uli.n i.oo.s
"%s reacneu anu .neh soiu up 10 Luz AT loSo:
1ear corn opened at 40, then advanced to A
anu .o1s uoMn 10 4.7a anu al io:oo stands at 40
E.er!tnl ng is quiet ana no Tears OF failure are
entertained.
AT BALTIMORE WHEAT TOUCHES LIS:
BALTIMORE, Md, August 1.-The excitement
on change today bears no abatement Decen.-
Der wheat opened atl-l4>s, advanced to llsand
fell again to l.l5s, where 1t renamed at p m.
august and september wheat was steady.
There were very few bidders and holders OF
wheat are not disposed TO sell One OF the
strong incidents OF the pending increase In
prices OF cereals Is the advance In flour. This
staple has increased 20 cents q barrel since
thursday Gambrllls went up 40 cents on
Saturday and 20 cents today. Other market
able brands have advanced the full IS cents.
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Sr. PAUL, MIMI, August 17.-Harvesting Is
well under wav all over the northwest and the
nrom;sa of h;o cro,, il ha;n,, - .,... o.,
cn - 'oAs 'A"n iui
nleo- instead OF averaging nfteen to twenty
bushels to the acre wheat is turning out from
twenty-five to thirty bushels, and the increased
yield from an increased acreage makes l5O. .0O0,-
900 bushels the minimum product for the Da-
kotas and Minnesota Other grains are close
to wheat. oats especially turning out we'll There
handle the immense cron and the raiirosdS
are hard at work preparing to handle the gain.
me. Inc ,ach =, s.orse tac,es VII compel the
srain soon and transnortation fac;t;es ;ii ha
taxed to their utmost. The weather. for har-
yesting is all that could be desired.
o"As oNfhhcEpENrLD cRof.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa August l7,-Never be-
fore has Iowa harvested sucb n cror ~ ..ra.,.
:. iii 49,. - m. ~. .eu". :.
10 ~ VILE '.ai Ao oA' 'foP esPeciaiiy ~
immense. uwii easily average sixty TO seventy
bushels, ana In many places Will go 100 bushels
to the acre. In addition to this oats will weigh
from thirty-four to forty pounds to the bushel.
This great crop Is causing railroad officials no
little trouble All the railroads are building .
large numper OF gram cars In order TO be pre-
pared ior tne business Wnen tne movement OF