The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-01


age of worlds supply. There was also failure
at Chicago on short side. Slight reaction of
1s9J4c came about, closing firm at 2ssl13l4c
81 07I6Si 0sIS; September delivery 81 O9lS
October delivery 81 l0ss; November delivery
8; December delivery 81 1874 January de-
livery 3: February delivery 5 -; May delivery
s. Corn. strong and moderately active;
No. 2, cash, 74M75c In elevator; 75676c
ahoat; ungraded mixed, 700 SC; steamer
mixed, nc; white 74c; options tirm. NO lsc
advance with wheat and covering OF shorts;
August delivery 72l467 SIC; September deliv
cry $3.50; October delivery 671tc; December
delivery 5915c; May delivery C. Oats weaker
and moderately active; options we're dull
C; September delivery S5iAc; October delivery
35l4c; spot pre- s. No. g. 3OG937c; white 43c; spot
No 2white and september 50 03oIsc; 70. ,, 5715
613724c; mixed western, 33GD37c; mixed western,
l4@l7c; new 4S04Sc; state, common to
choice, 1S1l;c. Coffee-Options opened irregu-
lar and closed steady, e. p down; August
delivery -; September delivery Is 35Gl5 IS;
October delivery IL 40@14 %; November
delivery Sl3 556h19 Co; December deliveryl5 $50
IS 30; January delivery -; March delivery C;
spot Rio dull, nominal; fair cargoes ls94c; No.
7. l6t9c: Sugar raw, dull ana steady; tar
covia 4-9c; refined firm ana lnr demand;
No.6. 31Sc; No. 3, 31sc; on A, 4C04Isc:
mould A. 4 l6c; standard A, bloc; confec
TONERS sl6c; cut loaf; 5,sc; crushed 5!sc;
cubes. 7-.6c Molasses-Foreign nomnalt 500
test, l1Sz112c in hhds; New Orleans quiet. D I'd
steady, common to fancy 2SWSsc. Petroleum
quiet and lower; crude in Dolls, psrsers s. 80;
YORK, 50 1905 5s;vs, philadelphia and
baltimore, s. $5@s 81: In buik, 4 S. Cot,
ton seed oil quiet: crude prime 30
grade &c. Tallow firm aud quiet, Wool
quiet and steady; domestic feeca soa31c;
pulled 930Sso: Texas 17@2ac Provisions
Pork dull and stehag: prime gu 50@is 90;
OLE 90; D extra T' prime $40 sS@iOTs Beef duh |,
steady; family Sl8 sp9d114 20; extra mess
g 5O@Io co.. Beef bans dHn az $1,000
1S 10 90 Tsroed beef aSss sse 90 city
are firm but quist: picked bellies a. 8@S4c;
pickeled shoulders 6l416ISc: picked hams
ii@iil4c. Middles qaietAGd Arm; shoft clears,
September delivery " ot LaF9 e ' 5 S5
81 90 bid; October deIissry 81 % bid; Novsinbeir
delivery s.; December delivery s., bid;
January delivery So refined dull: cont
nent s; South America s.. Peanuts
quiet; fancy handpicSed. 404lsc; farmers,
2l4031Sc Freights to Liverpool firm and
quiet; cotton, per steam. 1SG55 500;
CHICAGO, Aug, 31.zwheat went booming
again to-day and the top figure OF the session
scored an advance of nearly cents eompar d
with the closing price OF Saturday. The Sentj-
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that which prevailed last week. The change
was due to higher cables and bad weather in
England and HungasX "a report %. oG saSHing
to aS3 900 600 bushelsiI sfie rye CROP c6liipared
was one full Of excitement. and the
IS Displayed dn1 by tS operators
rapid advance when wheat sold up TO
81 Ia Many operators went heavily short
during the decline of the latter part of
last week, and at the opening this morning
they were clutching franticaily at the heated
runRs of the fire escape. Among the scared
shorts it was said was Partridge, big bear, who
retired from the pit after making a losing
in the other advance reckoned in seven figures.
New York and st. Louis were heavy buyers.
December opened excited with anywhere
between 81 005snS1 0115 paid in Different
parts of the pit against $3.50. at the close Satur
day. and as the local trade was largely short
there was lively scrambling to get the meager
offerings which were rendered at the advance.
Everything in sight offered at those figures
was snatched with the greatest avidity. and
| 81 013z being Immediately bid, a big business
was done at the higher quotations named. There
| were somefew sales at 81 01K, and one or two
| as high as 81 OF before sellers came forth in
| sufficient numbers to cause any reaction. The
call price having thus early Ia the day beer
| reached selling against those privileges be
| came the order OF the momsnt. and in tht
| course of the next fifteen OK twenty minutes
| the price was.beatsn back to 81 0OIS. Thu
suspension of Henry Towner trading a
RuInsey Bros, who had been unfortunately
heavily handicapped by some long time priv
leges he had sold, became Known abou
the time OF the decline last noted. and buyin
in lot of wheat due TO that cause, started
another upturn, during which prices rose briskly
to 81 0211. After another reaction x
vi Ol34, the price shot up once more
touching ,g 81 os14, on rumor that thC
lers and grain merchants made the worldi
crop even more heavily short than tue figures
given by the Hungarian government estimate
Most or the cablegrams received concerning
the figures of the Vienna congress we're unin
telligible. but the trade was ready primed fol
the bullsh Interpretation Of the report anC
continued to bid for December wheat until the
price was up to 81 O4}s The receipt of 1,06'
cars of wheat here, Sl6 at Minneapolis, LIS al
Duluth aud over 100000 bushels at St. Loui,
was disregarded in the excitement Of
taking in short wheat. The roaring
OF the discounted bears was kept W
by the closing cables showing an addition TO thI
opening advance quoted from Liverpool, ant
buying continued with energy TO the close, the
last trading price being 81 o. net advance
since Saturday of 4ss cents. Corn was also {
source OF discomfort to bears. IL did not i'm
medtately respond to,vthe excited advance IL
wheat at the START hut it could not y%uolly
ignore it. so that Notwithstanding the receipts
OF contract grade, atiIe market opeaea strong
at advances on Saturdays closing price anC
with many Irregularities and down. anc
hardly for second stRIionary-the price ad
vanced above opening figures from "a to 2lAc.
and finally closed with net gam OF 21sc.. 5SIhc
being the latest trading price for October
fluctuations IN oats were narrow until near tn,
close. when few orders came 10. aadthe mar
ket made quite squirt, as sellers vera very
scarce. The last prices we're tte highest made
and showed an advance of 3l01 cent sinc'
Saturday. The largest quantity OF rye thai
ever came on this market arrived to-day bu
values were well maintained, as good deal o
II had been sold to arrive. Receipts were 30
cars, 2S4 OF which graded No 9 Sales were a
sIQSS16 cents, with the bulk of transactions a
IS cents The close was: Cash, SO cents
September 61M cents; October, 50 cents. Receipts
or hogs were abogt as expected
and the price DLPeported front tht
yards was about steady. There was nothing
therefore, but the perturbsd condition Of shorts
in corn TO disturb the provision trade, and il
anticipation OF heavy deliveries tomorrow OF
September contracts, those having some OF thost
bought we're changing them into later deliver
les. This changing was the soul feature OF the
days business, and atlthe close, prices, though
higher than on Saturday, were not signifi
cantly so. 90 81" s1t
CHICAGO. Aug. si.--Cssh quota siops5 Here as
follows: Flour uncSahged: Water patents
sis0Q4 30; bakers 81 iO14 Is; straigut'
81 556o5 TO- Wheat-No. : spring, $! 0@J4G1l %
No. spring wheat 81 0j8l O31 9: No. z. red
81 Q2141 03 Corn No. q 63 &C. Oats-So.
$3.50 No RyS-No s. spS g MSS s; pore g pee
barrel, $40 G09lO O5. Lard per 1Ol lbs. s8o2l63
63. Short ribs sides, loose, % l5@1 IS. Dry
salted shoulders, boxed. s. 2l06 Is. Short
clear sides. boxod. s. 25G7 81. Whisky al
81 X.
Leading future, ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Closing
Aug delivery. 100 8: osl4 1os
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