The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-01

at one time. Weak cables and a poor
cash and export demand started llQul.
dalton which continued almost without
cessation all day.
Other grain and provision markets
were comparatively steady, corn closing
shade higher. oats unchanged and
provisions 2lSc lower to 2hc higher.
Liquidation OF long May wheat began
with the tap OF the opening bell and
continued all forenoon. BY 1880 o'clock
the price Of that option had declined TO
70St iD7Olkc, compared with M OIL &c at
the close OF the market yesterday. II
opened at from Tic to 7ltc, while May
was making the decline OF l1sc referred
to, July lost only &c, July could at any
time be sold in considerable quantities
at the bid price without further de-
pressing It until q greater concession
was forced by the ditnculty OF finding
buyers for May.
The additional weakness Of the mar
ket was due merely to the contlnla ton
OF previous be1riah condlti Ions. We1knes
abroad and no appearance Of any ouy-
ing by foreigners, notwithstanding the
daily lnducement offered here o. lower
prices. Liverpool quoted decline OF AZ
a. The start and further loss OF I'D
later.
A private cablegrnm from Liverpool
reported arrivals there OF cargoeS OF
white wheat as Weighing that market
down this morning.
AiinneapollB and Duluth receipts were
sol cars compared with $50 a week ago
and eS7 last year The receipts here
were fourteen carloads. Exports OF
wheat and Hour from Atlantic ports
were equivalent to $4,000 bushels, New
York reported prominent firms there
selling wheat futures on cable orders
and selling out OF long May wheat helo
for foreign account, was feature OF
the pit transactions here at the open
Ing.
There was a rumor near the end OF
the session that the decline in price had
woke a little export inquiry at the sea-
board and that twenty-five boat LOADS
Ind been worked: the most that could
be c0nIirmer however, was TWO poat
loads. The milling demand at Chicago
was satisfied with 2l.000 bushels. The
decline in May TO 70H (910lSc, was toll
lowed by q slight rally which took It %
7OEc and that by another decline %
7eiSc and o recovery to IO;sc OF inc
close. .,,,,.,,, -,
closed at 6s?s6i0c.
Cornheld remarkably hFmin contrast
to the weakness in wheat The nuctuR-
lions were Insignificant, but the ten
dcncy was for tile most part IN the dl'
rection OF Improvement.
wet weather west, with good pros
meets OF a continuance OF the SAINT, llgnt
receipts, l03 cars and good exports, az,
% cars, ali tended to hold prices steady
III a shade above yesterdays prices.
Nav opened shade lower at 26&c:
sold to 24TSG25c and closed steady al
2l7Ec. ~ 80.
oats like corn, were relatively very
ann. althouGh there was scarcely any
thing 10 influence such tendency. no
news items developed. business was
duli and prices confined 10 o narrow
range. May opened shade lower; AZ
i7If6Dl75GC, sold to l7h@l1Sc and CLOS
ed at lTNc bid. -
Provisions opened rather weak, De-
callse Of fairly liberal receipts OF hogs
al western points. At the decline with
which trading commenced there were
bt,vInp orders enough to prevent any
further loss, and near the enu, wnen
wheat had got a turn for the better, the
decline was all recovered and small
fraction to the good. go.
Al the close May pork was St3c nlGne!
at IS say; May lard 2iEc lower o.
81 29jA and May ribs a shade higher az
Estimated receipts Thursday: Wheat,
"a cars; corn. 1l3 cars; oats III cars;
hogs, 5000 head. ,,
THE leading futures ranged rs 40lloWb'