The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13

eIfnnl'cr delivery -0hr Corn erofS DUH
enc nominal No in elevator fas tq'sc
auCai 90. options opened duil 90 Aftlsc de-
cline closing steady August delivery gTNc.
september delivery 4Tac. October delivery
egc. December delivery ID Oats spots
dnh and easter. options dull and lower
august deNNcrY Wac September delivery
ST NC, October delivery % ne. spot ugncses M.
Z ANnAsc; 40. white sOiac. No , Chicago
5sac. miEad wcstf m 2i624e white western
sNNt'c Wool unsettled 0uG dull domestic
fleece tB2Sc; pulled 2n0cAc Beef steady and
dull, family SO O1Gll 20. extra mess A. 50l
~. Beef hams rm and quiet ~ az O0t5I5 -
Tieroed beef quiet and steady. city extra India
mess 4l5 01Gi7 90 Cut meats dull and steady.
picked tellies HE picklcd shoulders exc:
picked hams lu'f9lltaC. MlddleS nominal:
short clear F.. Lard quiet and weaker.
western steam closed at A "a bid. citv steam
= OGs On; september - 40. October ~ %.
nominal; refined aun and steady continent
~ 30; south America g. 7b, compound g. 40
{ %, Pork arm and grtet. new mess ga SOD
40 90 MOlasseS-Foregn nominal; New
orleans open kettle, good to choice 3003sc,
ana market dull and steady. Peanuts dull
ana weak; fancy i@4'8c: picked --. Coffee
Optlons opened irregular and closed steady,
points down 10 20 up; August delivery Sl4 50:
october delivery fl4 a50tA OO December de
livery 81 sOQl4 so; March delivery F.;
May delivery fl4 2OtDlf -; spot Rio dull and
nominal; No. Ice, SuRar-raw dull; fair re-
ing 81; centrifugalS g6a test SIC. refined
nrm and in fair demand; on 41}l685kc;
standard A 3-1G615Rc; cut loaf 5NM5 IL tic:
market dull ana weak; cotton steam I'D;
grain 3Ad.
Chicago, Aug i2.-Patridgo's short line Of
wheat Is looming up as a factor in the mar
ket He has had perhaps 10000 bushels
called from him on each Of the past three
days. lie has been a seller in the pit on the
bulge sides and IS sold to be short four mil
hon bushels. 1t Is gossip that he is fighting
the advance tooth and nail After q period
and hesitation due TO cholera talk there was
another big bulge in wheat to-day September
closing at an advance OF &c; December gain
ed sc. Corn is 4%c better although the gener-
al rains must have greatly improved the crop
prospects. Provisions were very dull and aver
aged easier in price. but closed at about yes
terday figures. Wheat started OF weak and
lower but soon made a sharp dash upwards.
There were u good many selling orders early
and MS the shorts had been pretty well gath
cred IN yesterday. there was not much de-
mand Later in the day confidence WIS re-
stored by the fact that exchange was easier
being quoted from par to 81 per 81, 900 discount
and the buying was resumed, but with very
little for sales. The shorts got badly fright
ened and began 10 climb over each other
IN their efforts to even up, and the invest.
ment demand increased in bold
ness and volume II was active
in bidding themup. Cables too, were stron-
ger ana higher, and the export ClearnnCes
were again liberal. The receipts of primary
markets were nearly 100000 bushels less
than the preceding week, and 1t is calculated
that the visible supply will show a fair do
crease, while the corresponding week a year
ago there was an increase Of 3, l75, 900 bushels.
The opening was about 4 a 6C. lower than
Yesterdays closing fiuctuated within "a small
range, and advanced &c for September and
30. for December. eased of q a NC. and then
rallied sharp, prices advancing exc closing
firm within &c. Of the top II any one
In the corn trade had predicted a week ago
that the market could be put up cent In one
hour, In the face of good rains over nearly the
entire corn belt, he would have been put
down as a lunatic. That is what occurred
this morning. Cash was In urgent demand,
shippers taking all the offerings, which were
light, It was difficult to obtain round ship
ping lots, and the price was bid up and aver
aged cent higher than yesterday, which IN
turn affected speculative values. The de
mnnd was due to the better price
of exchange. Opening trades were a
fractional loss and sold off afterwards
NC more, rallying later on nc,
changed but little, and at the close had gained
A@4c. Oats started out slow, and prices re
covered NC from the opening Later trading
increased, and as wheat and corn advanced
oats sympathized and prices advanced NC
and market closed firm, with a net gain OF &c
for the day The provision market was al
most stagnant until few minutes before the
close, when Armour & Co. s brokers were put
into the crowd to bid ribs up, which they did
without the necessity OF buying many.
Freights were slow and rates unchanged.
Chicago, Aug. 12.-Casn quotations were
as follows: Flour easy ana nominaly un-
CHANGED: WheatINo' spring 632so; No.
Corn@No. doc oats, No. 2 &c; No ' > white
+. o. b. 2s02s@c; No. white f. O. b., 2}A
2SlSc. No. l fax seed 81 o. Prime timothy
seed 80 Is. No. rye 4sc. No Charley blank;
No, harley. I. o. b.. 35c; No. 4 barley f. o. b.
&C. Mess pork, per barrel, sl2 80 Lard
per 100 pounds IS Is. Short rib sides loose
ia 250G 40 Dry sailed shoulders, boxed
81 25 short clear sides, boxed 81 S71a61s l2R
Whisky, distillers finished goods per gallon,
81 II. Butter steady and unchanged. Eggs o.
Sugar, cut loaf -; granulated C; stan
daTd &c.
Leading futures ranged as follows: