The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-18

| January .......... 44TL 4.5a II9A.i 40. Y |
| december ......- ..... ..... d.. ..- BIN
Jannnly 49,. 500 800 3SsAI 10
-
| ceniber wheat Sios.d TODAY al an advance
| OF exactly 3s4c over Yesterday. The bulge
| eign markets and was accompanied by
scenes of excitement seldom Witnessed ~
| the floor. Corn and cats followed IN the
| wake OF wheat advancing ic and sc re-
| spectivey. Provisions We're also strong
and closed l0al2Ac higher.
| The senl-eNcited state OF the wheat mar
| krt as yesterdays session Was coming to
a close was Increased tbs morning INTO
| a fairly good specimen OF alarm. THAT
fear was well sfounded. as It turned out
! There was not a singie bushel TO lie had
| FOR less than lSsc advance on Yesterdays
c.osng price. ana very little AT l. or lisc
higher than it closed at yesterday for De
cenl.r delivery.
| The reason for such "A sudden and ma
terial rise following the bad jump Of the
previous DAY stuck clear out from the OIL
| cal burutin boards The foreign markets
led In the scramble Just rs they did on
the day before. The public dispatch from
night Of 2iai per GENITAL which was the
equivalent OF Sc per bushel. Private mes,
ms market here and 1t continued TO rise
New York wired that foreigners were
active buyers there and ella nied that 40
Aontloa lls-suual to lipJ.0lU hushcls--Wcre
taken there and at our ports Yesterday.
| WIN that for a starter the pric. b.i Tor
December the OIsniuE f3A.u a.
against 72is at the end of yesterdays Ses-
| sion The crowd had hardly gotten acGus-
toned to 7ic wheat when further dis
patches of an exciting character started
them again.
4 san Francisco messuge SAID that tWo
more steamer aargocs OF whe,lt had heen
taken TO- India and that inquiries were
now be- az tns.dr for sailing VESSELS 90 take
Wheat to the same destination. The sie-
nit,aure of the latter point in the DIS
raich was tho ind alton ii gave OF the
rXtnrtcd long continuance OF the Indian
reauirements ON top of all that Il prl-
Vaie clblcEram reported the Berlin mar
Isa' .xrit,d ana . marks higher, l.iug
cuuivalcnt to l2sc per bushel 1t IS 40
wonder that spectators scrambled for
wheat. And they did. There was simply
c6ancs me snNou Isl shorts had i' was When
a SPECTATOR Was satisfied with tile proht
S,t 'ssV,'e.rvthinr WAS era6i6sl at and III"
rrlce never stopped advancing uutu 7Gis
tii.'riay's closing. Here tho realizing In
q, "nd Ma5 T0 10 75 at the close
i i,StS'l1e s'''''''''' '''"'
Az in wheat. SO ~ was in c .9i,. Fer ,,y
Sr',h5ari renor,e1 sales Tor export today
al IN ,nl NH ,hr demand here was ike
wise good. Nothing hat the influence Of
port from from s ArFsga to "a lar @rser 19en
the great boom IN wheat As il was, the
p Was aa at ne at 'G the ' opening. sc adj
V w,s,, If dd not sell Tor less than 2s',
, ouJ was very strong near the close at ~ :
y o n,te sharrd In The general strength aul
f n9 AZ aSoGI ths Re6 point Of he session
Imerf VIM ,r"nts MIN open.-i at 2ii.1
3"S o a9 t advance Of l.c and sold up TO y
TlEG, was about The closing price. 49,.
sbnwcd ill., M. oniy resistance TO the genera
advSnee in prices fci INTO line today ans
made substantial gains Packers w1r,
s 1s,od Nv Nv higher hog prio,s and the bulge
in grain. Closing prices were close to III,
top. january pork CLOSED, Ss'2c s,, his i7,h,
. hH.uaiS '''' ''o '''''
Estimated receipts for Monday-W heal
$50 cars, corn $50 cars oats 90 cars hos'
g. 900 head.
cash quotations were az follows;
(, Flour-llard spring patents 3 7V4f 10
Wheat No. = spring l4ts; NO sprint
, 67lsn6J No. red Ul4q77Ss.
( Corn No. >, ~: .;,. ,t,,c,,o,-
q Oats-No - % 81 w. ""''s
Barl"y-No. hohi MAR
; Flax seed-No' i. to'2a.t'
Ilmothy secn, ~ Itg,1 On
. Lard-Pcr 100 lbs, 4S2lag4lS5;, "a
; short rlps sluuT,S.; 4 eiShed ,yoods ne,
MhlskEv'''S '''''''
gallon, LIS. ,,.. cb,r,,arts
r Articles heVetr''' S'i'' q IN
Flour barrrls '...'.''' l9'0W s S1
W neat puSite'S '''''' tnl 90 SIS non
0 Corn, bushels .'.''''''' ec1l'WW~v ri 043
= oats, bushels r.....''' os1"n N9 9i''
Rye, bushes ;.''''''''' iiss' 0o iaso
l Barley bushels ..'''''' LEW" '"'"
- ,r.,,.
st. Louis Mo, octoper IT, - g
. Higher WhohtmoPHto"so cotsb yad cle
vator, AZ track. UH7S, NO. nara cash
20; De,cenuer 81 n "'S o;dyance steady
lures nish ,n,, bighcr. No cash. 9sis; De-
SPOT hlin an h'stiov' ,r,9. OF tr,iture,
, cemncr - MA MaS, =, 80 \ % ~, h
showed adyan9GS yo al@' III hi's'e piarIev-No
u; May, -, ~ 5s Rr,nIStronp anc
iral Cornm' @la,,i.o33' AZ ,r.,.l ,biss side
! higher; sales sacMgu, 20 r StaeA' ELI send
~ eaai track on ON ~ EriIn IA Iiay|
q y. ilhot.S WHISKY lis Cation lie,
steady duu' w LEN Port iii,,hrr
standard mess Jonpins, '-oH ~, r. ~, '' a.
J, i 90 shorts. i'7ik Dry salt meats
u boHel suou' ~, ebc,ts I 5n Receints-
NO ran !5s,,. Nb4nt. 4goJO; corn, 1gS coo Ship