Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-27

s s5 s:55. RIBS m. As +" As
Cash,wheat, 10. red, 81 90.
CHICAGO. August 26-Wheat eclipsed
the top notch prices Of the present bull
campaign to-day, the September option
reaching 81 OS'4, and December g5c. AFTER
exceedingly Wild fluctuations September
closed at gS7sc and December at $3.50, ad-
VanCcs Of 2'sc and &c respectively. The
furry in September was but the result
Of another turn OF the screws between the
bull CLIQUE. while I'm December the advance
was caused by builish cables crop news.
Corn was the most active market on the
floor and showed llUlasc advance at the
close. oats advanced about sc and pro-
visions U20C. The first fifteen minutes
of the session in wheat was as bad quar-
ter Of an hour for the shorts in wheat
and corn as any in their recent most eN-
aspCrating experience. The bull clue Eol
back with compound force a the people
who called margins on It's brokers so heaN-
ily Monday. September wheat opened at
from 9Sisc 10 81 CO. or from ! 10 sac
higher tnan il closed yesterday ana
mounted half 4 cent at time until ap3ut
ten minutes from the opening 81 OBJ was
bid. a price Sac over the previous gay
closing price. December I'm the meantime
had reached 96C. starting at from si-gc 10
Soc which quotations were las0Ac hiElet
than at Yesterdays close. For a few min
U'es the market hesitated at those prices
then q decline 20 SOC n September ana
81 &c IN December enSued. Inc business
during the next hour and a half was de-
void Of sensational features and the heaNy
trading It the commencement dWinGItd
to a suffering fire of iive5 ana ems
among the scalpers during which sep
tember worked up n GGin TO 81 W ana Do-
cember down 10 Ole.
Pro sdble. or at least, possible, removal
OF the French import duty on sraln'
wholesale failure of the potato crop IN ire
land and elsewhere, rehash OF all thdI
was known and much that was purely
imaginary regarding wheat ana rye ciDP
shortages in various European countIi5s'
and above all, the conviction that the
clique could with equal ease push "hetl
up 20 81 >, or 9)c, all contributed 70 the
unSetfing of the traders minds, Wnich
the early fluctuations indicated. Chicago
received 2sj cars OF which only 10 were
contract. Minneapolis and Duluth re
ctiVed 1875 cars, compared with li5 Ias-
week and 1856 q year ago. The quantity IN
spected out Of store was 3i.yOi bushels.
The Atlantic port Clearances were again
very heavy, being equal IN wheat ana
-four 10 900 bushels, 653OoO bushels or
which was in the shape of wheat. Liver
pool quotations were very irregular, rang
ing from 1S.d 10 354d above the previous
days closing prices and resting with net
advance for the day from ID 20 81.
Antwerp was unchanged, but Pans was
One feature Of the market was the small
cash business, the rapid advance in price
having brought that business 70 a pracI-
cal standsull. New York wired that Eu-
rope accepted little wheat offered from
this side last night. September worked
down 10 oslo and December 10 92l2c, but
by closing tine these quotations had re-
covered 70 $3.50 and $3.50 respectively.
There was an immense business in corn,
so great in fact THAI It was almost I'm
once they got out. Many faces familiar
in The wheat pit were seen in the corn
crowd and outside business was very
heavy. Receipts were heaVy-lth3 cars
and estimates for tomorrow were even
larger. This fact was lost sight Of, how
ever, In the scare over drought, fears or
frost and bad crop reports. Elevator peo-
PIE sold freely, as did people VINO bought
on yesterdays break, and result being
that not all OF the advance was maintain
ed. The opening was strong &aq excited.
September started about q cent higher az
302.c and ranged between Sll!c and aC4c,
closing at 207sc asked. December opened
al from SIC 10 3-tsc, an advance or "lGlSsci
touched 3gtC sold as high as oissc ana
CLOSED at 33disc. Exports were $1,000 bu.
Oats were comparatively Gull. There
was no sign Of selling. by the bull pool.
which is supposed 20 hold about 3.VJOUj
bu. The opening was strong under Cood
buying orders and comparatively light Of
ferngs. 4 decline followed, due 10 the
~
Became firm again under good buying or
ders at the decline There was increased
outside buying. Receipts were on cars.
September opened about &c higher az l9-ac
and sold al l9c and closed al l5l4c. De
cember opened at &c higher az -0aac, sold
between 207sc and posse, closing at 2esc.
Provisions caught some Of the grain eI-
element. though business was only mod
erately active. Nothing counted so much
as the news that the potato crop abroad
oh
being fed on them. a strong live stock
market and the advance in corn We're al
so factors. At the close September pork
was 2@c higher al IS 81. September ard l5c
higher at 81 % and September RIBS l5c
Estimated receipts Friday: Wheat. go
cars; corn. 1850 cars; oats, $40 cars; hogs.
% 0jO head.
Flour, firm; standard spring patents,
Wheat No. . spring. ss7.ca$1 %; No. 8
spring. 9oQe3c; No. red ss7scdl e57s.
Corn, No. , and No. ? yellow, 5ol - 20.
oats No. 2. 1SAQlac; No. . white, -2i-g
235sc; No. white. 9i2q22c
Rye, No. ., 52izc.
Barley. No. ., nominal; No. 3, 377l2c;
Flaxseed. No. l. 81 o7dl 90.
Prime timothy seed, = ..
Mess pork per Dbl $ ~.
Lard. per l0O lbs. 81 s.
snort lids Sues tlDO>el = D. 90 -.
Dry sailed shoulders boxed. 5lsizc.
Short clear sides (boxed). 5z,G7sc.
Whiskey. distiliers finished goods, = ..
Sugars. cu- loaf. 5.Sc: granula.ei. sic.
on the Produce Exchange today the
butter market was steady; creameries, 139
lSkc diaries. 9ql5c.
Cheese. steady At SitG9c.
Eggs firm. fresh. 13Lac.
Receipts-FlOur 1900 bbls: wheat e07-
600 bu: corn. 80 90 bu: oats. 5000 bu;
rye. 1890 bu; barley. 260lJ bu.
90 bu: corn. l.l4looo bu; oats 1890 bu;
Shipments-Flour = 90 bbls; wheat 207 =
barley, 300 bu.
NEW YORK. August 2s.-Flour. re-
ceiDts q SEQ bbis; exports, 1.1zS bbls; mar
ket was firm and quoted a little higher
on spring patents; Minnesota patents,
s. $40 %.
Wheat. receipts. 500 bu; exports, g.
SIS bu: spot, firm; No. 2 red. s. 05it OPP
tons opened strong and closed al Lake
net higher: No. red August closed at
a2TL Gznternhe 81 fl1zk11-01l