The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-15

change In prices Provisions advanced
| 2ifdlUc.
Wheat opcucd with all the symptoms OF
u decline. which have become SO innllla
| to traders the past week. A decline ~
Liverpool OF I'D per GENITAL. nOtwithStanu'
| Ing yesterdays advance here caused the
| market 10 open weak, and had II not been
| FOR the Illinois state crop report. winch
was published to-day, the market might
| have continued ON the down grade. u was
y great surprise TO the trade 20 re ~
| formed that from II per cent TO the entire
area seeded In the state had been IN winter
killed. and that In many counties the en-
| tire area seeded viii BE- plowed mp,
That started prices IN the other dlTectloi
| Immediately. Trade Immediately at the
| start Nrr" In May at ssl=C TO i2asc, pS com
pared with fs5,il5l at tho close on Friday
| but It was only minnie or two hrioff
| ills was being paid II reacted again again
TO 12isc and from that reached 'i'Ic on ui'
next stretch and after another reaction ~
| s3C went up 10 15i.c In lew swirl ana
| lively bounds,
The weeks clcarances Of wheat and
flour from both COASTS a. reported by
Bradsircets. were equal to ;'sH;4S2 bushels
compared with 1850 bushels The week be
fore and 9,Ill.0OO bushels the corresponding
| week OF the previous year. $40,
Argentine shipments were only, NV,
| bushels this week. compared win l'.SJ.WN
| bushels the corresponding week OF we
| year before. Chicago receipts were hihe'
| teen cars against thirty-threc year ago
and Minneapolis and Duluth reported only
| iO9 cars. compared with al last year.
The small receipts were ascrioed 70 Va,
blOCkaded condition OF roads and therefore
| did not attract so much attention rs thel
| would otherwise have done. Dispatches
| from Nebraska also mentioned dAh,1ES 70
wheat In that state from WINTER huIHik,
and the pit was kept on the boil durlhs 'Hs
greater part OF the short session ,
81, Louis was even stronger than Chlca'
| 20, indicating that moro credence was
placed In the reports than mere.
New York reported four boat LOADS OF
wheat sold early in the session for export
and nftcrWard Increased the numper 20
seven loads. Chicago sold 10000 bushels Tor
shipment TO domestic millrrN.
The market closed at iSi. Hta5sc.
corn was Arm all DAY. helped both by
| wheat and much smaller receipts than *,
pcctcd Trade was well divided ana tne
range Of prices was narrow, EXPLOITS Mel ,
$4,000 bushels. May opened uncmanES,GI, ~ A'
2Ia.c, nuctuatcd between s4'aahd -t'sH-'iE''
closing steady at Hstc.
oats were firm and fairly active ana
ruled shade higher AL day, Ihstc ma aI,, :
GOOD demand from shorts. trading DelhE
Influenced by the upward trend OF whctt
WeekIv rIearunCrs were $1,000 bushels,
NAV opened &c higher at lHsdl.'Ac, solu
10 i79sc and closed at the opening ptlgt
The session tn provisions was almost tep'
etitIOn OF Yesterdays market AnOthef
small run OF hogs started prices on the w
turn, and with the exception OF suSn'
reaction Immediately after on some rcaliz'
ING the market ruled firm all day. Pack
erS were liberal buyers.
At the close May pork was l0c higher ~
| IS Co: March 2'sc higher at = - ana MAY
| rlbs Sc higher at 81 62is: ESTIMATED re-
celpts Monday: Wheat II cars; corn Nv
cars: oats, go cars; hogs 800 heAu'
Cash quotations were as follows: =.
FIour-Steady: winter patents y JJii =
| straights 81 O0d4 ~: spring specials - ~
sprInc patents 81 coat 10; Etrat6hls " iVH
20: bakers g C0fi3 20.
| WheAt-So. . spring 12SIc; No. spring
| for. No red SgitdSJlsc. - ,...s
Corn-No. = 23'Su25isc; No. yellow 2Srn
-' 6jS,s-No. , 1G.GisSc; No. : white &c
No , white lSigc.
BSrIcyNSo. nominal: No. ; ?5aSse; No
FiaSsecd-So. ! 77i.1S6c.
Timothy seed-Prime s. lOd2 t.
Mess POrk-Per barrel, 5yGS o..
I,ard-Per 100 pounds, 81 10.
Short RlhH-SideS toose) " Snf ~ uIE
| snIfpd shoulders boxed AlygisAc; shoFl
| clear sides (boXedb 4+aGiac.
Whlsky-DlstIllerS' finished goods pei
gallon 81 L..
Butter-F'irm; creameries loSlsc: dAIrie'
| 9Il6c .-,,,.
Eggs-Steady; fresh lOc,
The leading futures ranged as follows: