The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-08-07

Chicago Ills. Aug. 6.-Butter-Steady;
creamery, 11G1Fac; dairy, 7AQ7iac.
Eggs-Ffrm; fresh, s12c.
Poultry-Firm; turkeys, s91oc; chickens.
&c: spring chickens, 10ll101zc; ducks, Sq9c.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 6.-Wheat-Very
large receipts; prices Y to l cents above
yesterdays closing; No hard, 7sc; No. 3.
Tic; No. 4, CSC; No. soft, nc; No. 3, 7r2c;
No A. 71c; No. spring, 6912c.
Corn-Steady; No. white, 24ssc.
Oats-Lower; No. mixed, l6Q17c-
Hay-Good demand some higher; choice
Butter-F1rm; creamery, bic; dairy, 10.
Eggs-Demard good, y cent higher; fresh
candled Missouri and Kansas, &c.
ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, No, Aug. 6.-Receipts-Flour
1900; wheat, $500; corn, 1900; oats, 5000.
Shipments-Flour. 5000; wheat, 1000: corn.
64, 90; oats, 5000.
Flour-Dull, easier, but unchanged
Wheat-The speculative market was ex-
c!tngly nervous and fluctuations were very
rapid and wide. The opening bulge was a
surprise and there was a scramble TO cover.
Large blocks Of long wheat were unloaded
and this made the market erratic The
heaviest advance for the day was made by
September, which at its highest point was
, cents about yesterdays close, with the
other futures fractions behind that The
close was weak, but q TO l5sc higher than
yesterday. Spot higher; No. red cash,
elevator. Size; on track, sl12Qs2I4c; No. 2
hard cash, 75sA@Tc, on track: August, size;
September, SS4Q1sc; December, s2I4c bid.
Corn-F'utures opened weak and for a
time there was heavy selling, which caus-
ed rapid decline, the market finally clos
ing = 10 1c lower than yesterday. Spot
steady; No. cash. 2534c; September, &c
bid; May. H11c bid.
Oats-Dull, easier; No. 2 cash. I72.c bid:
on track, No. 3 1S14a19c: No. white. 229
&c; No. white. 2Ulxq2lc; September. 17asc
bid.
Rye-Firn, Glkc, track
Hay and Butter-Unchanged.
Eggs-Higher, 7i2c.
Pork-Unchanged; standard mess tobbing
$SQp6S.5N
Landowner; prime steam, S12.s: choice,
si.171a.
NEW YORK.
New York, Aug. 6.-Prices for whea.
moved up rs cents a bushel today in ans
wer 10 very strong Liverpool cables but
meeting large selling orders on the bulge
Immediately turned weak, rallying again
IN the early afternoon. French markets
were very weak and decidedly lower,
which. with the good reports OF new wheat.
caused local weakness. September started
a, siSsc. sold up 10 si5sc, and broke 10 SSIsc,
rally.ng later 10 81 cents. Foreign houses
bought and sold. a fair export demand
for wheat was again reported.
New York. Aug -Flour-Recelp;s. H.
SIS barrels; exports. 2o,025 barrels. Mar
ket moderately active and steady.
Wheat-Receipts, ia, 200 bushels; exports,
-. Spot rner; No. > red. S92sc. Op-
tons opened strong and higher on an un-
expected advance az Liverpool; weakened
under realizing and heaviness OF Paris
markets, but rallied an the afternoon on the
reported reduction of French duty, and
closed 1i.9issc higher.
Corn-Receipts, 1Ss,s25 bushels: exports,
S, ,0ss bushels. Spot weaker: No. 9, Sc
ahoa; Options weak, SsG@sc lower. Au-
gust. 31kc; September. sc: December. 34c
OaIs-Rece.pts. 1850 bushels; exports.
12.eI1 bushels. Spot firm: No. ?. ga 2b.c
Options weak, Isc lower; September. 2i-zc
California dried friiits-Steady: evaporat-
&c apples. prime wire-tray, &c: wooi-dried
prime. 5i2c; choice. SIC: fancy. g.. Prunes,
9 10 ~ cents as 70 SIZE and quality. Apr.-
cots. royal. s1ac: Moor Park. Iec: Peaches,
uRpeeled, 6GSc. peeled. LQlic.
Bujter-Rece:pts, 49So packages; marke,
quiet; western creamery, u4I5c; Els-ns,
l5c: factory. 75siei.c.
Egg%Receipts, 4.s72 packages; market
fir-ner: state and Pennsylvania l21fi5c; wes-
tern, lSc.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, Eng. Aug. s.-Wheat-Spot
No. red western winter firm. ssI6l-d: No.
! red northern spring firm, Is,
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