Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-10
CHICAGO CHANCE.

CHICAGO. April 9.-The buying of May wheat by Armour gave rise to speculation and con. lecture in the min ds Of many on the board of trade floor today. His purchases were the best support accorded the market today. and 544sa54Ae, closing at 547sc, lsc under yesterday.
 The Corn market was less apathetic today than it has been for some time past. The outside appeared to have adopted the selling course anu local spectators were perfectly willing to help them along. May corn opened at 46tsd46Ac, sold between 464 and 45ss@ 45s4c, closing at 45s4c, l2@ssc under yester- day Cash corn was in poor demand and was quotabiy 43l2 c per bushel lower.
 Oats-The fine weather and the heavy re- celpts depressed oat price today. The de- cline was also in line with the action of wheat and corn, the influence of those markets being in itself potent enough to adversely affect the market. May oats c.osed Ac under yesterday. Cashfoats were A@l2c lower than yesterday.
 Provisions-Here, as in wheat, Armour was the factor. He bought right and left of ribs. The shorts getting alarmed covered freely of everything. The close showed the full ad- vance practically sustained. May pork gained 35c, May lard 15c and May ribs 15@
 Cash quotations were as follows Flour was firm at tlrmer prices, with moderate demand both on local and shipping account. Wheat 547sc. Corn-No. Z, 45sse 46nc. oats-No. 7, 29c. Pork; SIP 1212a12; 25: Lard, per 100 s6.3oa6.35. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, $5.25a5. 37la. Short clear sides, boxed, s6. 55a6 60. Whisky. $1.26.
 IN WALL STREET
 NEW YORK. April 9.-The railway and mis- cellaneous stock market was quiet today At the opening the market was firm under the in- fuence of higher prices from London, the i'm provement ranging from r to per cent. There vas disposition to take a hopeful view of things, the rains at the west and the ad- vances in wages reported by manufacturing concerns creating more confident feeling as to the future of stock prices, The paucity of buying orders, however, was taken advantage of by those bearishly inclined to test the market, and there were moderate sales of the grangers Atchison, Manhattan, the anthracite coalers and Distlling and Cattle Feeding. 7iss; St. Paul 4s, to 57ss; Rock Island a4. to 63ss; Northwest ss, to 91R2; Lackawanna % to 15sss, Delaware and Hudson 1lh, to 125tei 1a, to 109A; Reading 4, to 12h; Di istillinG 9s, to 14sb, and Atchison &, to 5sB. Burlington and Quincy was still affected by its poor an- traders to dislodge long stock were not as successful as they had hoped, and in the final trading there were indications that some of prIsing strength of the vanderbilts had much to do with this change of front. Michigan Central was especially strong and from 93t9 to York Central advanced from e5% to eea; Canada Southern from 50lb to 5l and Big Four from 37h to 3sM. In the industrials 1of% to io2as. Chicago Gas opened weak and later recovered. The dividend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum is expected tomorrow. Certifcates of Delaware ana Hudson stock in cred today. This accounts for yesterdays s break in the stock. In the final dealings the losses of lM to ias per cent. Baltimore and Ohio leading Sugar, General Electric and vanderbilts gained anywhere from 4 to per cent, the latter in Michigan Central. The
 The sales of listed stocks aggregated 1o5.- 900 shares. unlisted 39 .000 shares.