The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
MARKET SUMMARY.
FINANCIAL

CHiIAEQ, Dec. 1S.-N heat was very dull,
but FIRM today. Strong outside and foreign
markets ard anticipations of less bearish
statistics Monday caused some covering by
shorts, resulting in q 7sc advance in May.
Other ma. Eets also leaned decidedly iowa: d
the bLH SIDE. corn and oats advancing alb ut
14c each and provisions closing 215GIlac
hgAef. Wheat opened very tame, but quite
firm At about 14c higher than 1t closed the
Gay b2fcia May 917sc. 1t sold a few mo-
ment3 la.ar at 92c and for some time he'd
at 9laft2e. The weeks clearances of wheat
and tc ar, as reported by Bradstreet's were
considerably smaller than they have b. en-
running for a long time back The amount
OF the weeks clearances from both coasts
Is 4,G54 Jl0 bu against 6.26i 900 blu week 90
and 4z22.050 Blu the corresponding day CT the
year before. The Minneapolis and Duluth
receipts day were $50 cars, against 6SS ,a,5t
week aad 376 the corresponding day of 1896
Chicago received 22S cars, against 80 last
year on the similar day. Minneapolis and
Duluth receipts for the week were 633 cars
less than they were the week previous. 1t
was reported from Minneapolis that 140 cars
OF their receipts today were Armour e. Co. s
wheat, en- route from Eureka station to Chi
cago Weather in Argentine was repor ed
more favorable. BeerGOhm estimated the
worlds shipments for the week to Europe
1t SGoJCG bu and expects a decrease in
the qua tity on ocean passage. Minneapolis
announced its estimate to It's stock of wheat
for the week from 1000 900 bu increase as
reported yesterday to from 100000 Blu to &c.
900 bu increase. In addition to wheat de-
ltvered yesterday afternoon for December
contracts, 1850, 900 blu were delivered out to-
day b. armour C Co., a-d paid for by Allen,
Grter & eller. 1t had already been taken
for granted, however, by the trade that ali
the wheat sold to French-Lelter would be
taken care Of, and that hey have for seino
time back had the money in the bank ready
to Pay n demand. Outside markets all
showed strength. The days clearances OF
whoa: aid -four were sweIled to a total of
59OC0G Il the additional Information that
New Orleans shipped 10000 Blu wheat and
$1,000 b0.s Of -four and Galveston $50 bu
wheat. The market became much irmer i'll
tone nea~ the close and made its best pr e5
for the day then. Shorts covered quite freely
and as offerings were mod srate prices moved
up easily. May finally rose to 921a0923sc,
and was bringing 921zc as the session erded
December was dealt in very sparlngly. 1t
closed at 80 or &c lower than it did yester-
day.
Corn was dull. May ranged from 291SG29Hc
and 2Siac and closed 1sGHc higher at 291aD
29Ac. With the exception of about fifteen
mimi IS activity toward the close, trading
in oats was very dull. May ranged IRON
223sQ 2z/ec, closing Ac higher at 223sc. Trad
ing III provisions was fairly active. At the
close May pork was 5@7lac higher at s. $40
8.85, May lard 212Q5c higher at $4.706Dl 72ls,
and May RIBS 212q5c higher at $4.521R. Esti-
mated ctc=ipts MondSy Wheat 425 cars;
corn 80 cars; oats, $50 cars; hogs, 10000
head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: