The herald., 1897-08-26
shows: Available cash balance, $22O, 3O6, ,103;
yold reserve S143 27S $685.
CHICAGO MARKETS
Yesterdays Transactions on the Board
of Trade

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Nearly all of yester-
days decline in the grain pits was recover
ed today. How strong a hold the bull
clique had on September was shown soon
after the opening today. September was
quoted at the opening at from 931sd93$i.
compared with yesterdays closing price
of 91&, and touched "a almost Immediately
after. 1t dropped back to 921s, and then
it was that the spurs were put in. Offerings
of September ceased almost altogether, the
bull crowd apparently sure of their posi-
tion, standing pat" and the price jumped
and kept jumping until about II o'clock,
when it had reached 81 cents Traders in
December had not been idle in the mean
time. That option started at 91M91b an
advance of &M1H cents from yesterday,
, touched 92, went back to 90S, then went on
the run to "a cents. There was a slight
interval of weakness about an hour from
the opening, when the New York market
yielded, but the slight decline occasioned
was quickly recovered. Liverpool showed
a decline to begin with of from 303lkd., but
recovered part of that later New York
wired shortly after the opening that for
eigners were buying wheat and houses
here who do business for foreign specula-
tors reported that they had buying orders
from abroad. In the course of the fore
noon it was found that one firm in New
York had sold fifty boatloads, or 40 coo
bushels, for export, but much more sat
isfactory evidence of the European de-
mand was that. the shipments from At
lantic cities since yesterday mornings re-
ports were 912, 600 bushels without taking
account of the -four which was 1000 bar
rels. Chicago receipts were 800 cars but
only % of the number were contract The
market was extremely nervous to the end.
Fluctuations of Y in September between
trades were frequent, and December made
nj II Wi :
reason, beyond attempts of brokers to buy
or sell more than 10000 bushels at time
The continental markets were weak. Paris
closed at decline in wheat of from 17sG
25s cents per bushel and Antwerp was
one franc down. or the equivalent of "a
cents per bushel. Liverpool closed I'd. per
GENITAL lower for the day on spot and from
2ssM2%d. down on futures. Closing prices
here were: September, 96% December, 94si.
Trading in corn was heavier than wheat
in the quantities that changed hands, al
though the fluctuations We're much narrow
er. At the outset there was another new
lot of selling by the pool which was sup
posed to have sold out yesterday, the guam
tity let go of today being estimated at
40C0 600 bushels. Notwithstanding this, the
market advanced, the demand being gen.
eral. elevator people, who were sellers yes
terday, being especially heavy buyers. Crop
reports were for the most part unfavorable.
Oats were easy for awhile after the open
| ing and some nervousness was shown The
market firmed up later with wheat on the
| belief that the bull crowd is still holding
it's line. A feature was the light offerings
which at times made it difficult to fill
orders The market for provisions attract
ed considerable attention, and the feel
ing was decidedly stronger, mainly in SYM
pathy with the grain market.
The leading futures closed as follows:
HIr l.