The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-08

CHICAGo-Wheat Ia going close to the
dollar mark again. December closed to-
day at 96Isc, an advance Of 2lac since
Saturday. Strong cables and u heavy
export business started the market
strong and kept II In that condition.
Corn scored tc advance. notwithstand-
ing enormous receipts and denlals of
crop damage. Oats shared In the pros
perity to the extent OF ssc advance.
Provisions were affected somewhat by
the yellow fever scare but at the close
showed only iaG decline In pork and
2iac In ribs, while lard advanced &c.
The Liverpool wheat market had adj
vanced before trading commenced here
the equivalent of 4Mc per bushel over the
price It closed on Saturday last, &c of
that rise having occurred yesterday,
Paris was also quoted Sc per bushel
higher since Saturday. In sympathy
with the strength abroad, an advance OF
about &c lnaugurated the days business
here, December starting at from 95isc
to 9jAc, compared with Saturdays clos
ting price Of 1854, But local Spectators
who held long wheat over from the end
OF the week before seized the opportunity
of reaping 80 material profit and their
offerings caused the market to show n
sagglng tendency most If the forenoon,
December declining to 0iiac before any
material rally occurred The trade sta
tlstlcs Of last weeks movement OF wheat
In the direction OF consuming countries
were somewhat of n drag TO the mar
ket. The weeks shipments Of wheat and
flour from all sources to the importing
countries OF Europe were 9,Sl2,O0O bush
els, against 7.i5i.e08 the week before and
7.jl3,OOO bushels the corresponding week
OF 1896, The quantity on ocean passage
was thereby increased 100000 bushels.
Receipts OF wheat at Chicago since Sat
urday morning were LOSS cars, but out
Of that great number 80 only came up
to the contract standard The quantity
shipped from here since Saturday morn
ing was prOportlonately email, compared
to receipts. $4,000 bushels comprising
the total. Minneapolis and Duluth re-
ported l,S3O carloads received, compared
with 2,6l2 for the three corresponding
days Of the previous year Atlantic port
clcnrngs Of wheat ana flour since sat
urday were equal TO l,l5jO0O bushels
The visible supply decreased Gj60O0
bushels and the total Is now down to
1i,H7OOO busheg a year ago the corr
responding week week Showed g2i 999
bushels increase and the total was ~
10000 bushels. Closing cnbIcs did not
vary much from those reporting the
opening quotations. II was difficult to
get Information regarding the precise
number u boat loads cold for export at
Now York and elsewhere, hut II " very
evident from what could be- learned that
100000 bushcls or more had been dis
posed o. That was the reason why the
market after us ronotlonuiy disposition
IN the forenoon became once more very
strong nnd bringing O6Ac for December
about llftecn mlnuiol from the close,
The anal trading price was gGhc.
Trade w corn was active aud much
moro general than In wheat Strong
cables nnd very general damage reports
from drought elnrlod the market very
ilrm but the cnurmouG tocolptb aud vls-
IDLE Increase, coupled with some en-.
phnllc dunal1 " any material damigo
10 the cmp, cluHa1 nm onslar fopllng 10
prevail for some tim. The bullishnoF4
of whoat in the laHt hour, however.
started renewed buylug aud closing
prlcoa were about tho highest 81 tag day.
Reoolpta since Saturday were 5,5il care,