The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20

as 50. Beef hams dull at sis co. Tierced
beef dull and steady; city extra India mess
SlF OJfg2l %. Cut meats quiet, steady; picked
bellies &c; picked shoulders 5s+16e; picked
hams 1O54GlOHc: middles nominal. Lard
dull and steady; western steam g. 90; city
80 5096 IS; May 81 So, nominal; July S. 30,
nominal: refined dull; continent 81 50; South
american - %; compound 8 1896 l25c.
Pork quiet and steady; old mess s13 25Gll3 50;
extra prime Sl3 50. Butter steady ana quiet
state dairy, l2Ql61fc; state creamery. 140I7c:
western dairy, 9Gl2c: western creamery, 100
lac; Elgins tic. Molasses. foreign nominal:
New Orleans open kettle, good to choice 27G1
Soc dull and unchanged. Peanuts steady;
fancy hand picked 44a4Mc. Coffee-options
steady, 1925 points down; May Is Is; July
II 80; september Il 1904 IS; December ID IS
Ql3 30; spot Rio dull and nominal; No. z,
l61sc. sugar, raw quiet hut firm; fair refining
2tsc; refined quiet and firm; of A n-l60
l5-l6c; standard A 474 1886; cut loaf AKA
15-l6c; crushed 4AG4 l5-l6c; granulated Ia
4 5-l6c. Freights TO Liverpool quiet and
weak; cotton, 5-64d; grain. Id asked.
Chicago. Ill, May lg.-1he shorts" had
scare this morning and the Bulls were
happy in proportion. Wheat opened any
where from 81 to &c above the close of yeSter-
day; made further gain OF Il of a cent. set
tied back and closed lc higher than yester-
days final figures. Frosts Prevailed all
through the northwest and southwest last
night and Liverpool cables reported an ad-
vance In that market of Id. If anything else
was required to infuse courage
into the minds of those who
OF the short sellers 1t was derived from the
character of the buying late in yesterday
session. " ealthy, but conservative men.
who are abundantly able to carry large guam
titles OF grain were reported, and it was
mainly on their buying that yesterdays
closing rally took place. They were again in
the market at the opening this morning and
bought freely throughout the day Some OF
the Pardrldge following became frightened
around 56Ac. for July and covered freely, but
there was no evidence OF buying by the
leader himself July wheat sold between
578c. and 562sc. and closed at 56szc.
cash wheat was higher with the futures Corn
This market had nothing particularly in
tefeStlng In its action. A good firm tone to
prices was the principle Characteristic. but
the feeling came from wheat The range OF
prices for July corn was between 3SQ3Si "a
Size. The close was at S734c, a net gain OF
2s01ac over yesterday. Oats were equally
nrm with wheat and corn, although
the gain for the day was not quite as
great AS in the other markets. the cold
weather was factor. Cash oats were steady.
Provisions were dull and devoid of feature.
The opening was firm, probably from sympa-
thy with grain, but the latter market evinced
a dropping tendency. The live hog market
closed easier than early reports quoted it and
product, of course, followed its lead. July
pork and ribs closed 2ac lower than yester-
day whilst lard was unchanged. The cash
demand was al a Standstil.
Chicago, May 19.--Cash quotations were as
follows: Flour inactive, the feeling was
easy and prices unchanged. Wheat-NO. ?
spring 5424c; No. red &C. Corn-No. >,
37Hc. Oats-No. ?, 33Ac. Mess pork per
barrel, sll S2H0Il 50. Lard. per 100 pounds,
81 l5Gg1 IN. Short rib sides So 2j6l6 22h.
Dry sailed shoulders s. 7596 90; short clear
sides S. 62h@7 ~. Whisky, 81 Is.
Leading fuCnrag rauua1 a fNll01pa.