The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-04

CHICAGO-Wheat hesitated for half
an hour after the opening this morning.;
under the incentive OF immense foreign
buying of the cash article began n
steady climb. closing 1isc higher. Corn
gained Sdlsc; oats bIAc. Provisions
were animated and gained i2aq25c, the
latter In pork.
AS has been the regular custom Of
late, wheat started strong at an ad-
vance over the previous days closing
price and for the same reason as on
former occasions the strength OF some
one or other OF the foreign markets.
This morning IL was Liverpool, which
before the trading commenced here re-
ported an advance OF 2i9d per GENITAL for
September delivery, or the equivalent
OF &c per hushel since Friday last. The
advance here In the same time, taking
76c as the price this morning. has been
lizc per bushel. Just one-hnlf that nj
Liverpool. The first trades In septem-
Der were chiefly at 7Ghc, but the ad-
vance brought out very heavy offerings
and a quick break to 1890 resulted. 1t
soon recovered again to 76c and during
the next hour II iluctuated between IdA
and 76hc. The Russian shipments TO
Europe last week were much heavier
than had been looked for and made the
total from the chief shipping countries
to Europe 5.lO3OOO bushels against
3.S5i 900 bushels the week previous and
4,20S,OOO bushels the corresponding
week OF last year The quantity on
ocean passage Increased $4,000 bushels.
Chicago receipts were 33l cars, OF which
81 were from this years crop. Min
neapolIs and Duluth reported 31l car
loads received against 400 cars the year
before. Liverpool stocks Of wheat have
been reduced l,Si6,OOO bushels since
July /.
Dispatches from New York kept in
crcnsing the number Of boat loads
bought for export there until at Il
o'clock the number had risen TO ll9 and
they claimed 100 were worked yestcr-
day. making 2i0 for two days, or the
equivalent OF $4,000 bushels. Some Of
ihnt business was wheat bought for
shipment at Chicago. The bulk Of the
eNport tnkinus were credited ta the
continent, but the United Kingdom was
likewise in the market and took spring
whont here. The closing Cablcgrams
were gtrOng-PhrlE 10 confines higher
for flour and from 10 TO 20 Ccntlmcs for
wheat while Antwerp showed another
% confines rise for American received
west and Liverpool closed with a net
gain Of "a per Genital The primary
western receipts were 7O5,COO bushels
against h0i,6il bushels, n year ago.
Rrndstrect's made the worlds Visible
G2 900 bushels more tian II was last
week. hut to that has to be added an
increase on the Pacific coast during
July of i,13b.OOO bushels Exports Of
wheat and flour from Atlantic portR for
the day were equal to 10000 bushels,
Toward the end the amount OF bual-
ncaa done for export had expanded to
100 boat londB ut the scabOard, accord
Ing 10 some reports, and ia 100000
bushels here which merely gives an tn
dlcntlon Of the vast demand as II mp
pcnrod TO the majority 10 or 90 boat
londs more or less cutting no figure.
September touched the highest figure
for some time, fonctlng only &c. Sep
tender opened isGAu higher to i6ff
7Ghc. sold M 10 i,hdIjNc, advanced
to INC and closed with sellers nj i7c.
Corn continued Ia rule strong lnllu-
cnCcd by the advance In wheat and the
dry, hot weather that ptlll prevailed In
Kansas ThumnnH crop report for Tho
month was made public cntly In the
session, but ltH estimate Of n prospect
i've Yield NJ 2,G2IOOOOOO bushels was
considered no excessive us to be nltO-