The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-26
CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO. Qcs. &-Whast cpenes about
= loser mas II c5ase9 SATURDAY. several
sAa.e@l sA2g2sSs Liverpool a@os2ttaas wsas
tram I'D to III loser % - g4a wlEa, ans
ne Sofs1 wesssFa recespEs We're eSsxN. TIE
weird : shipments tVT Eas weeS = EUROPE
we're again heAyg and considerably Ia ex-
csss @ I1elr estimated req atEe mems. ne
LotA4 quantity from AL E0T>s- exclusive IS
4SSi week and &.&lLs@ os2sneaS The caEvS-
spending week II me rear before Chicago
receipts were - cars
Apart from sAs heavtaess q the days
rec-19Es however. the news from me
Nor lASesi wss very aaliish- Estimates -
good l21gSs as % t1e crop 0E lae tnFee
if1aslpaA waeai qEe4aetns states pt@ce4
the total a frozn lle.sssAeso % s-3V3&sei
hushsass considerable reduction from re-
ce8E = 2rGS- AaoE11t1E aaTtcaS were - tka2
eject tha. France was SEA bidding Tor IA
tive EaE8sa wae2E. olf thaf tAsrs Mas 10
more available, and Russian wheat Ia Lon
Goa Vas SAID 20 hays advanced from "a %
Tae aacsuasisns huug for AZ hour ana
AAl1 oa tae varying asqecss of the visible
supply As tee lS0feS sAF0Te4 o Gist=4-
vored larger OF smaller Increase thaa
had been estszla ed Saturday. The aD43
outcome OF * was an lncrease. rather
smaller than aA3 aeea locked Tor, ine
amount being ss4.49 o..sheis. against an
Increase FOR tAe similar week last year 2f
-.8tsaN 52silSGs- DECEMBER touched $ac. the
highest polat g the session, saertly after
tie annonneernsat OF he visible increase
aga-es-
Tae quantity % ocean passage Increased
ScV.@N p1s4sSzs. The e&D0E 5 tEcm AtEaEltlc
ports Tor the day We're -. 30 bushels. as
Tar as heard froEl- Liverpool closed 80
ID lower. A rise Of - confines. equal -
&C per bUsfeI. At Antwerp was the occ2-
sion OF the advance u December and May
"a he middle % the day. The opening Was
weak a. from sac % ssssc tor Dece InoeE,
against Saturday ; close Of PC asked. u
sold at Sac md from tha, up 10 ~ In a
very Irregular way. Near The end OF the
session X became very heavy. tAe extreme
weakness Of corn having It's effect. Longs
took profits freely ca large quantities. and
taSIe was 10 inquiry for wheat for ship
Meat here or reported from elsewhere. The
pit filled with sellers and the price drop
ped 70 s5sa 1ssasc and was s5i1c az TIE close.
There was no comfort for the bulls n
corn The market opened weak ~ A1S-c
decline. Il remained near The opening nsF~
ures until the visible supply ng4res Were
n ported whieh showed an astonishing in
crease Of s.l@s.eQ9 bushels This makes the
visible supply OF cora -, loo.o0a bushels, or
more than double that Of last year. Offer
inSs were heavy alter that. With very III
tie demand. December ranged from @sesc
- Z5ssc. closing ic lower at 25@sc sellers.
Oats We're heavy al me day. largely the
result CT sympathy with corn, December
ranged from lsisc 10 lsc. and closed &c
lower al lsgIsisc.
Provisions were heavy to begin with In
the heavy receipts or hogs, ana were kepS
IN thar condition by the radical weakness
or corn.
Closing Quotations.
December wheat opened al sllg4isc, de-
clined TO $50 sSsac, reacted 10 s4ssc, and
again declined 10 s5ssc. Closing. October,
SIZE; December, new. sSl3c-
Coru-OctobeT, 24'4e; December. z5ssc.
Oats-Oct0her, l1l4c. December. IsIsc.
Pork-October. S1.15. December. $.S5.
I.ard-OctobeT, S49. December. sass.
Rlbs-October. xiS5. December, 81. A..
Cash Wheat-No. 1 red, soc; No. red,
s0H95c; No. l spring, sec; No. spring, S@e9
SIC; No hard winter. SSuS9c; No. hard
winter, Ssas5c. No. l new spring. SIC. Corn
No. ,, 2ta9c; NO. 3, &c. oats-No. =
lsdlss4c: No s. I7uISze. Barley, 5iaeI42c.
Rye, 41c. Flax. $LG0 Timothy, SITS.
Live stock.
Cattle-The range of prices was wide.
from SS.S94 for a few very ordinary lots
of native dressed beef steers, up 10 $50
$50 for choice 20 extra spring cattle. with
the bulk OF the sales at SA50Q5.i0 Ex-
porters were fair buyers OF fat beeves
around S4sJ45. Eat cows and heifers sold
a s3.s0T4.50. and 4 few cows sold below
s.. 90 Bulls were wanted at S2.S5st2.sa for
bolognas, SsgS.S5 for feeders and s5.504
As for export steers.
Hogs-Sales were at an extreme range
OF SS.30a3.95 for hogs and s2.95eIS.1 FOR
pigs. with sales largely at s3.60u5.so for
hogs and at S3.50lS. 75 for pigs
Sheep moved on actively at s2.511S for
common natives up to s44450 for good TO
extra offerings. Western range sheep.
s. 25a4 % Lambs. $4zf4s5 for inferior TO
prime lots, Western lambs selling ar $3.50
@5.50. Feeders bought q good many sheep
al S3.50fi4. and lambs al SA5Vfl8. IS.
Receipts - Cattle, -.oo hogs. 5000,
sheep, =, 600.