St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
BULLS AGAIN .||!|'! ACTIVE !!!!:'. |! :! Y
s. vi
Crop Damage Scare Becomes
a Factor in Corn Deals
Once More.
sGooD BULGE IN WHEAT.
Oats Are Firmer, and Pro-
/ visions but Slightly
Changed. --,,-,-.---
HEAVY TONE IN STOCKS.
The Greatest Loss Recorded
in the Shares Of the
Whisky Trust.

CHICAGO. Aug. 25.-Bulls In wheat
and corn again took courage today, and
the grain markets closed firm. The
crop damage scare was prominent
factor i'll corn, and this and other bull
ish news helped wheat. Corn closed
with gain of &c for September.
Wheat flushed &c higher for December,
and September oats are sc higher.
Provisions closed with but little change.
Wheat opened firm, in the face of
much encouragement in the matter Of
receipts. present and prospective. but
upheld as against that by the firm tone
of the Liverpool market and the num-
Der of letters received by the commits
sion houses from country correspon-
dents relating to very general and
increasing use of wheat for food. De-
cember started with buyers at $3.50,
being the price asked for 1t as the mar
ket was closing yesterday. Some
brought 571ac, and 1t then became too
plentiful. sagging to 574@573Sc. 1t
firmed up again, and about an hour
from the start it WAS again wanted at
size.
The recovered tone of the corn mar
ket and the sharp bulge 10 the price of
tina. article near the close caused the
local shorts in wheat q good deal of un.
easiness, and they. in their alarm,
rose to 572sc tor December, and closed
up strong at 574c The corn market
recovered the builishness which it lost
yesterday. There was an absence of
rain in the greater part of the corn belt,
which appeared to encourage some
more buying on country account.
Some local shorts also helped by
their purchases the advance in prices
which occurred. The receipts of
only 224 carloads this morning in place
of $50 as estimated yesterday gave un-
easiness to a few who had the temerity
on the day before to sell some short.
Boyden & Co. bought some September
early, aud CongdOu was buying with
good deal of confidence near the close.
There was good advance Immediately
at the opening. the nervousness of those
who had September short to cover
quickly spreading into the May deal
Ings. The market was rather inactive
Dn the middle of the short session, but
it became quite animated near the close,
and it was strong at the samestime.
September opened at 54115c. rose irregu-
larly to 554c. and closed at 55e bid.
May started at $40, witil,a sale or two
Sat 5214c. 1t advanced to SIC, and closed
at 521sc.
= Corn continued to govern oats. which
ranged narrowly. but the sympathy did
not extend as far as it has heretofore.
September closed at 304c, after having
sold at 90@301sc. May ranged from 35c
ito 354c, closing at the high price.
S The provision trade was not very
active, and the tendency Of prices was
I generally downward until near the
close, when the bulge in wheat and corn
caused rally and sold what January
stuff was wanted by spectators. Pork
for January closed unchanged.
Freight-Wheat at 1ssc and corn II
to Buffalo, aud 1c for oats to Port
Huron. 4.
The leading futures ranged as follows: