The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-31

strong; No. 2. 5l%c, elevator; 5i'sg
2&a3kc. higher; July. BIC; August. 55c.;
September. sc
Oats active and firmer; Options dull;
July, S9lsc; August ,3 Ss!ci; september
loiMilhc, mixed western. 4oqiic.;
white do. ioai3c.
Hay--Good to choice. s0G9Oc.
Wool steady and in fair demand; do
nestle fleece, 2iG22c.; pulled, 15n3ic.
Beef quiet and steady; family. $1,000
IA 90: extra mess, SS.0pHSJO; beef hams
dull at s2i.OO; tierced beef quiet and
steady: city extra, India mess, Si'Dg
bellies. s7.75; shoulders. SG25 hams,
SII 75d12O0: middles nominal
Lard quiet and easier western steam
closed qIiet: city. 1878; July. $3.50: Sep
tember 81 30. Refined dun; Continent,
81 %: South American. sis9; compound,
Pork~sIess, sI45O; extra prime nomi-
nj Butter hrmer and in fair demand;
state dairy. lfi4al 9c.; creamery. lGa20c.;
western dairy. 12gl5c.; creamery, l4U
Cotton seed oil dull and easier; crude.
Petroleum tn' steady and dull; Washing
ton barrels $500; DO, in bulk, $3.50.
Refined-New York, f515; Philadelphia,
$50: do. IN bulk, s2Gq2!b3
mon TO good. si.2Jg l.SO.
Turpentlne steady and dull at 29G
coke
Rice active and firm; domestic. fair
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New Or
leans, open kettle. good to choice, steady
and dull at 2TQ31c.
Peanuts quiet and steady:
Coffee-Options firm at on2o points up;
August, S14.GO; october, $3.50; March,
Sl230 Spot Rio dull and steady; No.
I. sl625.
fair refining. li-l6c Refined firm
and fairly active: off a. 4G4 5-iGc; stand
ard a, 4 T-lGq43sc.; cut-loaf 5iSuj Lie;
crushed. 5isG5 j-lGc.. graduated, 1-l6
q4Ac., cubes, 1 l1-ldQ4bc;
FTeights to Liverpool depressed and
dull; cotton, 5-64; grain, Nd
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, ILL, July 30.-Out Of pure
sympathy with ccrn and on buying prin-
cipaily to cover previous sales, the wheat
market advanced today in the face Of
the most radical bear news. demonstrate
ing quite plainly that there has been
lack Of caution in short selling during
the recent decline. September wheat
opened from 52ssc. 10 52%Q52l2c., sold
between 52@,c. and 5412c., closing at BIKE,
NC over Saturday Cash wheat opened
easy, but later ruled firm and closed
NC. per bushel higher.
Corn--In strength and activity, the
corn market was ahead Of everything
else on the floor, and actually setting
the pace for wheat as well as oats, and
TO some extent provisions. The weather
was the absorbing subject OF interest,
and rain or no rain actuated traders
I'm buying or selling. At the opening
some showers were shown on the map
and others were heard OF by private
messages. Their extent and sufilciency
was In doubt however. and when Wash
instOn weather indications for dry
weather in the West were made public
increased energy on the part OF the
at the outside point Of the day, and
with no diminutiOn Of the bull senti-
ment. september corn opened from i3Ac.
10 nc, sold between 1890 and 1910,
saturday. May being more directly
affected by the damage to the new
crop, was stronger than the other op-
tons, closing 3Q3lsc. over Saturday
Cash corn was strong closing lc over
Saturday.
oats received a portion Of the benefit
accrung 10 corn, but everything was lost
sight Of I'm the desire of shorts to get
their oats with as little loss as possible
The efforts 20 buy forced prices up
ward. closing September nc. higher
than Saturday
Provisions-The market for product
was dull and weak until within short
period Of the close. when the strength
in gTain eXerted a good influence on
measure Of firmness appearing in pork.
The fact tnat there was an enormous
run OF hogs at the yard and the market
for them was so demoralZed that in
telligent quotations by grades was out
Of the question, caused q decidedly de-
pressed feeling in provisions easy. The
close was unchanged for September
pork, 5UIl2c. lower for September lard,
and BE- lower for September ribs. There
d.. IL.